Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The LXXVII. A psalme of Asaph.

[ A] HEare my lawe (o my people) encline yo^r eares vnto y^e wordes of my mouth. I wil open my mouth in parables,* 1.1 and speake of thinges of olde. Which we haue herde and knowne, and soch as oure fa∣thers haue tolde vs. That we shulde not hy¦de them from the children of the generacions to come: but to shewe the honoure of the LOR¦DE, his might and wonderfull workes that he hath done. He made a couenaunt with Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe, which he cō¦maunded oure forefathers to teach their chil¦dren.* 1.2 That their posterite might knowe it, and the children which were yet vnborne.

To the intent y^t when they came vp, they might shewe their children the same. That they also might put their trust in God, & not to forget what he had done, but to kepe his cōmaundementes.* 1.3 And not to be as their forefathers, a frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion, a generacion that set not their herte a right, and whose sprete was not true towarde God. Like as the children of E∣phraim, which beynge harnessed and carien∣ge bowes, turned them selues backe in the ty¦me of battayll. They kepte not the coue¦naūt of God, & wolde not walke in his lawe.

They forgat what he had done, and the wonderfull workes that he had shewed for them. Maruelous thinges dyd he in the sight of their fathers in the londe of Egipte, euen in the felde of Zoan.* 1.4 He deuyded the see and let them go thorow it, and made the waters to stonde like a wall. In the daye tyme he led them with a cloude,* 1.5 and all the n••ght thorow with a light of fyre. He cloa∣ue the hard rockes in the wildernesse, and ga¦ue them drynke therof, as it had bene out of the greate d••••pth. He brought waters out of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 rocke, so that they gushed out like 〈…〉〈…〉. Yet for all this they syn∣ned agaynst him, and prouoked the most hy∣est in the wildernesse. They tempted God in their hertes, and requyred meate for the∣ir lust, For they spake agaynst God and say¦de: Yee yee, God shal prepare a table in the wyldernesse, shall he? Lo, he smote the sto∣ny rocke, that the watery streames gushed out, and the streames flowed withall: but how can he geue bred and prouyde flesh for his people? When the LORDE herde this, he was wroth: so the fyre was kyndled in Ia¦cob, and heuy displeasure agaynst Israel.

Because the•• beleued not in God, and put not their trust in his helpe. So he commaū¦ded the cloudes aboue, and opened the dores of heauen.* 1.6 He rayned downe Manna vpō them for to eate, and gaue them bred from heauen. Then ate they angels fode, for he sent them meate ynough. He caused the east wynde to blowe vnder the heauen, and thorow his power he brought in the south wynde.* 1.7 He made flesh to rayne vpon them as thicke as dust, and fethered foules like the sonde of y^e see. He let it fall amōge their tētes roūde aboute their habitaciōs. So they ate & were fylled; for he gaue them their owne de¦syre. They were not dispoynted of their lust.* 1.8

But whyle y^e meate was yet in theyr mou¦thes: The heuy wrath of God came vpō thē, slewe y^e welthiest of thē, & smote downe y^e cho¦sen men of Israel. But for all this they syn¦ned [ D] yet more,* 1.9 and beleued not his wōderous workes. Therfore their dayes were consu∣med in vanite, and sodenly their yeares were gone. When he slewe them, they sought him, and turned them ••arly vnto God.

They thought then that God was their socoure, and that the hye God was their re∣demer. Neuerthelesse, they dyd but flater him in their mouthes, and dissembled with

him in their tonges. For their herte was not whole with him, nether continued they in his couenaunt. But he was so merci∣full, that he forgaue their mysdedes, and de∣stroyed them not: Yee many a tyme tur∣ned he his wrath awaye, and wolde not suf∣fre his whole displeasure to aryse.* 1.10 For he considered y^t they were but flesh: euen a wyn∣de that passeth awaye, and commeth not a∣gayne. O how oft haue they greued him in the wildernesse? How many a tyme ha∣ue they prouoked him in the deserte? They turned backe & tempted God, and moued the [ E] holy one in Israel. They thought not of his hāde, in y^e daye when he delyuered them from the hande of y^e enemie. How he had wrought his miracles in Egipte, and his wō¦ders in the londe of Zoan. How he turned their waters in to bloude, so that they might not drynke of the ryuers.* 1.11 How he sent ly∣se amonge them, to eate them vp, and frog∣ges to destroye them. How he gaue their frutes vnto the catirpiller, and their laboure vnto the greshopper.* 1.12 How he bett downe their vynyardes with hayle stones, and their Molbery trees with the frost. How he smote their catell with haylestones, and the∣ir flockes with hote thōder boltes. How he sent vpon them y^e furiousnesse of his wrath, anger & displeasure: with trouble and fallin∣ge in of euel angels.* 1.13 When he made a wa∣ye to his fearfull indignaciō, and spared not their soules from death, yee and gaue their ca¦tell ouer to the pestilence. When he smote all the firstborne in Egipte,* 1.14 the most princi∣pall and mightiest in y^e dwellinges of Ham.

[ F] But as for his owne people, he led them forth like shepe, and caried them in the wyl∣dernesse like a flocke. He brought them out safely, that they shulde not feare, and ouer∣whelmed their enemies with the see. He ca¦ried them vnto the borders of his Sanctua∣ry: euen in to this hill, which he purchased with his right hande.* 1.15 He dyd cast out the Heithen before them, caused their londe to be deuyded amonge them for an heretage, and made y^e tribes of Israel to dwell in their tē¦tes. For all this they tempted and displea¦sed the most hye God, and kepte not his coue¦naunt. But turned their backes and fell a∣waye like their forefathers, startinge asyde li¦ke a broken bowe. And so they greued him with their hie places, & prouoked him with their ymages. When God herde this, he was wroth, and toke sore displeasure at Isra∣el.* 1.16 So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo, euen his habitacion wherin he dwelt a∣monge men.* 1.17 He delyuered their power in to captiuyte, and their glory in to the enemi∣es hōde. He gaue his people ••uer in to the [ G] swerde, for he was wroth with his heretage.

The fyre consumed their yonge men, and their maydēs were not geuen to mariage.

Their prestes were slayne with the swer∣de, and there were no wyddowes to make la∣mentacion. So the LORDE awaked as one out of slepe, and like a giaunte refreshed with wyne.* 1.18 He smote his enemies in y^e hyn¦der partes, and put them to a perpetuall sha∣me. He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph, and chose not the trybe of Ephraim. Ne∣uerthelesse, he chose y^e trybe of Iuda, euē the hill of Sion which he loued.* 1.19 And there he buylded his temple on hye, and layed y^e foun∣dacion of it like y^e grounde, that it might per¦petually endure.* 1.20 He chose Dauid also his seruaūt, and toke him awaye from the she∣pe foldes. As he was folowinge the yo∣wes greate with yonge, he toke him, that he might fede Iacob his people, and Israel his enheritaunce. So he fed them with a faith¦full and true hert, and ruled them with all y^e diligence of his power.

Notes

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  Exo. 13. d Exo. 17. b Nu. 20. b 1. Co. 10. a
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  Exo. 16. c▪ Deut. 8. a Sap 16. d Ioh. 6. d
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