The whole booke of psalms, collected into English meter by Thomas Sternhold, I. Hopkins and others: co[n]ferred with the Hebrue, with apt notes to syng them withall. Faithfully perused and allowed accordyng to the Quenes Maiesties Injunctions. very meete to be vsed of al sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort: laying apart al vngodly songes and ballades, which read only to the norishing of vice & corrupting of youth..

Laudate nomen. Psalme .Cxxxv.

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¶He exhorteth al the faithful of what estate so euer they be, to prayse God for his merueilous works, and specially for his graces towardes his people, wherin he hath declared hys ma∣iesty, to the confusion of al Idolaters and their Idoles.

〈♫〉〈♫〉 O Prayse the Lord prayse hym, prayse hym, 〈♫〉〈♫〉 prayse him with one accord: O praise him stil 〈♫〉〈♫〉 all ye that be the seruauntes of the Lord. O prayse hym ye that 〈♫〉〈♫〉 stand and be, in the house of the Lord: ye of hys courte and of hys

〈♫〉〈♫〉 house prayse hym wyth one accord.

[verse 3] Prayse ye the Lord for he is good, syng prayses to hys name: It is a comely and good thyng, alwayes to do the same. [verse 4] For why the Lord hath chose Iacob, hys very owne you see: So hath he chosen Israel, his treasure for to bee. [verse 5] For this I know and am ryght sure, the Lord is very great: He is in dede aboue al gods, most easy to intreat. [verse 6] For whatsoeuer pleased him, al that ful wel he wrought: In heauen, in earth, and in y^• sea, which he hath framd of nought [verse 7] He lifts vp clouds euen from the earth, he makes lightnings & rain he bringeth forth the winds also, he made nothyng in vayne. [verse 8] He smote the first borne of ech thing, in Egipt that tooke rest: he spared there no lyuyng thyng, the man nor yet the beast. [verse 9] He hath in thee shewd wonders great, O Egipt voyde of vauntes, On Pharao thy cursed kyng, and hys seuere seruauntes. [verse 10] He smote then many nations, and did great acts and thynges: He slew the great and mightiest, and chiefest of their kings. [verse 11] Sion kyng of the Ammorites, and Og kyng of Basan, He slew also the kyngdomes all, that were of Canaan. [verse 12] And gaue their land to Israel, an heritage we see: To Israell hys owne people, an heritage to bee. [verse 13] Thy name O Lord shal stil endure, and thy memorial: Throughout al generations, that are or euer shal: [verse 14] The Lord wil surely now auenge, hys people al in deede: and to hys seruauntes he wyll shew, fauour in tyme of neede. [verse 15] The Idols of the heathen are made, in al their cost and landes: Of syluer and of gold be they, the worke euen of mens handes. [verse 16] They haue their mouths & cānot speake, & eies that haue no sight: [verse 17] They haue eke eares y^t heare nothing, their mouthes be breathles quite [verse 18] Wherfore al thei are like to thē, that so doth set thē forth: and likewise those that trust in them, or think they be ought worth [verse 19] O all ye house of Israel, see that ye praise the Lord: and ye that be of Aarons house, prayse hym wyth one accord.

[verse 20] And ye that be of Leuis house, praise ye likewyse the Lord: and al that stand in awe of hym, praise him with one accord. [verse 21] And out of Syon, sound his prayse, the great prayse of the Lord: Which dwelleth in Ierusalem, prayse hym with one accord.