The Psalmes of Dauid truly opened and explaned by paraphrasis, according to the right sense of euerie Psalme. With large and ample arguments before euerie Psame, declaring the true vse thereof. To the which is added a briefe table, shewing wherevnto euery Psalme is particularly to be applied, according to the direction of M. Beza and Tremellius. Set foorth in Latine by that excellent learned man Theodore Beza. And faithfully translated into English, by Anthonie Gilbie, and by him newly purged from sundrie faultes escaped in the first print, and supplied with the principal pointes of euerie Psalme, summarilie set downe in a table at the end of the booke.

THE PARAPHRASIS.

1 I Wil giue thankes vnto the Lord without cea∣sing, and I wil neuer leaue off to haue his praise in my mouth.

2 I wil extol the benefits of the Lord, I saie, from the bottome of my heart, that al the afflicted, when they heare this, may be thereby comforted.

3 Go to then, praise and magnifie the Lord toge∣ther with me, and let vs altogether extol and praise his name as he deserueth.

4 For I haue sought the Lord, and he accompli∣shing my desire, hath deliuered mee from al that troubled me.

5 Therefore shal they be bold also, moued by my example, to turne their eies vnto him, and to make haste to run vnto him, and shal not be repulsed.

6 For, Behold (shal they saie) this miserable man was heard, when he called vpon the Lord, who de∣liuered him out of al his miseries.

7 And this is a sure case, for like as they that feare God, are assaulted of euerie side, not onlie of other men, but also of Sathan and his angels: euen so the Lord againe doth campe about them with the in∣uincible armies of his Angels, that they may so be preserued.

8 I beseech you therefore, doe not careleslie be∣hold this great goodnes of the Lord, but rather thinke vpon it againe and againe, & taste his most comfortable sweetnes, and crie together with me: O blessed is that man that trusteth in the Lordes

protection!

9 Feare ye the Lord therfore, so manie as he hath separate and consecrate to himselfe: for nothing shal be wanting to them that feare the Lord.

10 Behold, I praie you, the lions, and al such beasts as liue by rauening & crueltie, how oft they die, be∣ing destitute of their praie: this is the resemblance of the wicked, which seeke riches and power by the oppression & spoile of the poore, alwaies gree∣die, whilest they perish miserablie. But of the con∣trarie part, vnto them that feare God, there wan∣teth nothing that is for their commoditie.

11 Come hither, my children, heare you me, and I wil teach you the right rule of godlie life.

12 Is there anie that desireth that most blessed life heaped vp with al true felicitie?

13 First of al, regard that thou abuse not thy tong to hurt anie man, or to deceiue anie.

14 So abstaine from euil, that thou doe that thing which is good. Be thou careful to keepe true peace and concord, so that, though it seeme to flee from thee, thou stil doe pursue it. And though, whilest thou followest this waie, thou must sustaine manie battels, yet be not discouraged.

15 For the Lord with open eies watcheth ouer them that loue iustice, and hath attentiue eares vn∣to their cries.

16 Contrariwise, he beholdeth them with a terri∣ble countenance, whosoeuer reioice in wickednes, that he may roote them out, and the remembrance of them altogether.

17 Wherefore, the iust doe crie, I grant, and not without cause, but the Lord heareth them, and deli∣uereth them forth of al miseries.

18 For euen then, when they seeme to be brought to the greatest extremities, he is most neare vnto them, to comfort their heauie hearts.

19 Finallie, they that would liue iustlie, are subiect

to manie miseries, but the Lord deliuereth them out of al.

20 And though the enimies do seeme to be readie to breake their verie bones in pieces, yet the Lord wil not suffer the least of them to be broken.

21 But their owne wickednes shal destroie the wicked, and al they shal perish that hate the iust.

22 For the Lord doth redeeme the soules of his seruants, neither shal anie of them, that flee vnto him, be condemned, or perish.