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¶The prophete blesseth God the creatour and gouernour of all thinges, by whose proui∣dence man & beast hath the vse of the ayre, cloudes, angels, earth, hilles, valleys, bread, drinke, trees, sunne, moone, day, nyght, and sea.
1 MY soule blesse thou [unspec A] God:* 1.1 O God my Lord thou art become excee∣ding great, thou hast put on glory and ma∣iestie.
2 Who is decked with light as it were with a garment: sprea∣dyng out the heauens like a curtayne.
3 Who (a) 1.2 seeleth his vpper chaumbers with waters: and maketh the cloudes his charriot, and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde.
4 He maketh his angels spirites: and his ministers a flaming fire.
5 He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations: that it can neuer moue at any tyme.
6 Thou coueredst it with the (b) 1.3 deepe, lyke as with a garment: the waters stande vpon the hilles.
[unspec B] 7 At thy rebuke they flee: at the noyse of thy thunder they bluster downe apace.
8 The hilles mount aloft: and the val∣leys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundati∣on for them.
9 Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe: neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth.
10 Who also causeth the springes which runne betweene the hilles: to flowe into the riuers.
11 All beastes of the fielde drinke therof: and the wylde asses quench their thirst.
12 The foules of the ayre haue their ha∣bitation nigh vnto them: singing out of the midst of the bowes [of trees.]
13 He watereth the hilles from aboue: the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes.
[unspec C] 14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell: * and hearbes for the vse of man.
15 That he may bryng “ 1.4 foorth foode out * of the earth: both wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce, & also bread to strengthen mans heart.
16 The (c) 1.5 trees of God be satisfied: euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted.
17 Wherin the birdes make their nestes: in the fyrre trees the storke buyldeth.
18 The high hilles are a refuge for goates: and so are the stonie rockes for comes.
19 He hath made the moone for certayne seasons: and the sunne knoweth his go∣yng downe.
20 Thou makest darknes and it is night: wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode.
21 The Lions do roare after a pray: and [unspec D] in seeking their meate of God.
22 When the sunne ariseth, they recoyle backe: and lay them downe to rest in their dennes.
23 Man goeth foorth to his worke: and to do his seruice vntyll the euening.
24 O God howe manyfolde are thy workes? thou hast made them al in wis∣dome, the earth is ful of thy ryches.
25 So is the sea it selfe large and “ 1.6 wyde in compasse: wherein are thinges cree∣ping innumerable, both small and great beastes.
26 There go the shippes, and there is that (d) 1.7 Leuiathan: whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin.
27 These wayte all vpon thee: that thou mayest geue them meate in “ 1.8 due season.
28 When thou geuest it them, they gather it: and when thou openest thyne hand, they are filled with that which is good.
29 When thou hydest thy face, they are troubled: when thou takest away their [unspec E] spirite, they dye, and are turned agayne to their dust.
30 When thou sendest out thy spirite, they be recreated: and thou reuiuest the face of the earth.
31 The glorious maiestie of God shal en∣dure for euer: God wyll reioyce in his workes.
32 He beholdeth the earth, & it trembleth: he toucheth the hilles, and they smoke.
33 I wyll syng vnto God as long as I liue: I will sing psalmes vnto my Lord so long as I shall be.
34 My meditations of hym shalbe very pleasaunt: for all my ioy shalbe in God.
35 As for sinners they shalbe consumed out of the earth: and the vngodly shall come to an ende, blesse thou God O my soule, [and] prayse you the Lorde.