The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ The. cvi. Psalme. [unspec A]

¶ Prayse the Lorde.

O Geue‡ 1.1 thankes vnto the Lorde, for he is gracyous, and his mercy endureth for euer. Who can expresse the noble ac∣tes of the Lorde, or shewe forth al his prayse. Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudge∣ment, and do ryghteousnes. Remembre me, O Lorde, accordinge to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people, O vyset me with thy saluacyon. That I maye se the felycyte of thy chosen, & reioyse in the glad∣nesse of thy people, and geue thankes with thyne enherytaunce. We haue synned with our fathers, we haue done amysse, and dealte wyckedly. Oure fathers regarded nat thy wonders in Egypte, nether kepte they thy greate goodnesse in remembraūce: but were dyssobedient at the see, euen at the [unspec B] reed see. Neuertheles, he helped them for hys names sake, that he myght make hys power to be konwne. * 1.2 He rebuked the reed see also, and it was dryed vp: so he led them thorowe the depe as thorowe a wyl∣dernesse. And he saued them from the ad∣uersaryes hande, and delyuered them from the hande of the enemye. ‡ 1.3 As for those* 1.4 that troubled them, the waters ouer whel∣med them, there was nat one of them lefte.

‡ 1.5 Then beleued they his wordes, and sange prayse vnto hym. But within a whyle they forgat his workes, and wolde [unspec C] nat abyde his councell. But luste came vpon them in the wyldernesse, and they tēp∣ted God in the deserte. And he gaue them theyr desyre, and sent leanesse withall in to theyr soule. They angred Moyses also in the tentes, and Aaron the sayncte of the Lorde. * 1.6 So the earth opened, and swa∣lowed by Dathan, and couered the congre gacyon of Aberam. And the fyre was kyndled in theyr company, the flame brente vp the vngodly. * 1.7 They made a calfe in Horeb, and worshipped the molten ymage.

‡ 1.8 Thus they turned theyr glory in to the simylytude of a calfe, that eateth haye.

And they forgat God theyr Sauioure, [unspec D] which had done so great thynges i Egypte.

Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham, and fearful thinges by the reed see. So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed thē, had nat Moses his chosen stande before hym in that gappe: to turne awaye his wraythful indig nacyon, leste he shulde destroye them.

* 1.9 Ye, they thought scorne of y^e pleasaunt lande, and gaue no credence vnto his worde

But murmured in theyr tentes, and her∣kened nat vnto the voyce of the Lorde.

Then lyfte he vp his hande agaynst thē, [unspec E] to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes. To cast out theyr sede amonge the naciōs, & to scater them in the landes. * 1.10 They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor, & eate thof∣feringes of the deed. Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with theyr owne inuenciōs and the plage was greate amonge them.

* 1.11 Then stode vp Phinehes & prayed, and so the plage ceased. And that was counted vnto him for righteousnesse, amonge all po sterites for euermore. * 1.12 They angred hym also at the waters of stryfe so that he punyshed Moses for theyr sakes. Because they {pro}uoked hissprete, so y^• he spake vnad∣uisedly with his lyppes. Nether destroied

they the Heathen, * 1.13 as the Lorde commaun¦ded them. But were myngled among the Heathen, and lerned theyr workes. In so [unspec F] muche that they worshypped theyr ydolles whiche turned to theyr owne decay. * 1.14 Yee they offred theyr sōnes and their doughters vnto deuils. ‡ 1.15 And shed innocent bloude euen the bloude of theyr sonnes and of their doughters, whome they offred vnto the y∣dols of Canaan, and the lande was defyled with bloude. Thus were they stayned with theyr owne workes, and wente a who∣rynge with theyr owne inuencions. Ther¦fore was the wrath of the Lorde kyndled a∣gaynste his people, in so moche that he ab∣horred hys owne enheritaunce. And he gaue them ouer into the hande of the Hea∣then, [unspec G] and they that hated them, were lordes ouer them. Their enemyes oppressed thē and had them in subieccion. Many a ty∣me dyd he delyuer them, but they rebelled against him with theyr owne inuencions, & were brought downe in their wyckednesse.

Neuerthelesse, when he sawe their aduer∣syte, he herde their cōplaynte. He thought vpon his couenaunt, and * 1.16 pytied them ac∣cordyng vnto the multitude of his mercies yee, he made al those that had led them a waye captiue, to pytie them. Delyuer vs (O Lorde our God) and gather vs from a∣mong the Heathen: that we may geue than∣kes to thy holy name, & glory in thy prayse.

* 1.17 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlastyng and worlde without ende, & let all people say: Amē, Amen. Prayse y^• Lorde [unspec A]

Notes

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  ••ōsitemi 〈◊〉〈◊〉 dn̄o.
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  1. Pa••. 16. a Psal. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. a 1. Mac. 4. e Iudith. 13 c Esay. xii. a
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  Psal. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
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  Exo. xiiii. ••
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  Exo. xv. ••
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  Num. 1••. ••.
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  Exodi. ••2•• 1. Cor. 1••. ••
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  Roma. 1. ••.
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  Num. 14. ••
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  Num. 15. •• Ios•• x•••••••• 1. Cor. ••. ••
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  Num x••••••
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  Exo. xv••••. •• Num••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
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  Deut. vii. a and. xii. a. Iudi••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. a
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  Deut••. 32. •• Leuiti. xx. a
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  4. Reg. 22. t Iere. vii. d. Deut. 18. b Iere. 4 4. b Eze. xx. 8.
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  Deu. xxx. a
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  Luke. 1. ••.