The Psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each psalm.

PSALME 103.

A thanksgiving to God for all his benefits and mercies.

PRaise the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, praise his holy name.

2 Praise the Lord, O my soul: and forget not all his benefits.

3 Which forgiveth all thy sinne: and healeth all thine infirmities.

4 Which saveth thy life from destruction: and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kind∣nesse.

5 Which satisfieth thy mouth with good things: making thee young and lusty as an eagle.

6 The Lord executeth righteousnesse and iudgement: for all them that are oppressed with wrong.

7 He shewed his waies unto Moses: his works unto the children of Israell.

8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: long-suffering, and of great goodnesse.

9 He will not alway be chiding: neither

keepeth he his anger for ever.

10 He hath not dealt with us after our sinnes: nor rewarded us according to our wicked∣nesse.

11 For look how high the heaven is in com∣parison of the earth: so great is his mercy also to∣ward them that feare him.

12 Look how wide also the east is from the west: so farre hath he set our sinnes from us.

13 Yea, like as a father pittieth his own chil∣dren: even so is the Lord mercifull unto them that fear him.

14 For he knoweth whereof we be made: he remembreth that we are but dust.

15 The dayes of man are but as grasse: for he flourisheth as a flower of the field.

16 For assoon as the winde goeth over it, it is gone: and the place thereof shall know it no more.

17 But the mercifull goodnesse of the Lord endureth for ever and ever, upon them that fear him: and his righteousnesse upon childrens chil∣dren.

18 Even upon such as keep his covenant: and think upon his commandements to do them.

19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in hea∣ven: and his kingdome ruleth over all.

20 O praise the Lord, ye angells of his, ye that excell in strength: ye that fulfill his com∣mandment,

and hearken unto the voice of his words.

21 O praise the Lord all ye his hosts: ye ser∣vants of his that do his pleasure.

22 O speak good of the Lord all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion: praise thou the Lord, O my soul.

The Prayer.

O most mercifull God, whose mercy is as high as the heavens, as great and many as the mo∣mēts of eternity, thou hast opened thy hand wide to fill us with blessings, and the sweet effects of thy loving kindnesse, thou art pittifull as a Fa∣ther, tender as a Mother, carefull as a guardian, & exceeding mercifull to all them that fear thee: we pray thee to fill our soules with great appre∣hensions and impresses of thy unspeakable mer∣cies, that our thankfulnesse may be as great as our needs of mercy are, and let thy mercifull loving kindnes endure for ever & ever upon us all. Keep no anger in store for us, chide us not in thy displea∣sure, satisfy our mouths with good things, remove all our sinnes from us as far as the east is from the west, heale all our infirmities and save our lives from destruction, for these are mer∣cies thou delightest in: and because we cannot praise thee accordingly to thy excellencies, take

our soules in thy due time, into the land of ever∣lasting praises, that we may spend a whole eter∣nity in ascribing to thy name, praise, & honour, and dominion. Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake our Lord and only Saviour. Amen.