The booke of Psalmes, Englished both in prose and metre with annotations, opening the words and sentences, by conference with other Scriptures / by Henry Ainsworth.

PSALM XLIV.

[verse 2] 〈♫〉〈♫〉 O God we with our ears have heard, 〈♫〉〈♫〉our fathers have us told: 〈♫〉〈♫〉the worke thou wroughtest in their daies, 〈♫〉〈♫〉in daies before-of-old. [verse 3] 〈♫〉〈♫〉 Thou with thy hand didst dispossesse 〈♫〉〈♫〉heathens, and plantedst them: 〈♫〉〈♫〉unto the peoples diddest ev'll, 〈♫〉〈♫〉and propagatedst them.

[verse 4] For they have not by their own sword, inherited the land; and their arm, hath not saved them; but it was thy right-hand and thine arme, and thy faces light; because thou wouldst their wealth. [verse 5] Thou that my king O God: command, Jakobs ful-saving-health.

[verse 6] In thee, we our distressing-foes as with-the-horn-shall-push: in thy name, we shall tread-down those that rise up against us. [verse 7] For in my bow I will not trust: and my sword saves me not. [verse 8] For thou from our distressers hast for us salvation-got:

Our haters thou didst-make-abasht. [verse 9] In God, we prais'd all day: and thy name, to eternitie, we will confesse, Selah. [verse 10] But-now thou dost away-repell, and us ashamed-make: and with our ordred-armies, thou dost not thy journey-take.

[verse 11] For the distresser, thou dost cause us backward to recoile: and they that hate us, for themselves doe make of us a spoile. [verse 12] Thou hast us given as sheep for meat: and us in nations fann'd. [verse 13] Hast sold thy people for no wealth: nor by their prices gaind.

The second part.

[verse 14] Thou to our neighbours dost expose us for an opprobrie: a scoffing and a scorn, to those that round-about us be. [verse 15] Thou dost us for a parable, among the heathens put: a nodding also of the head, the nations through-out.

[verse 16] My shameful-ignominie is before me all the day: and the abashing of my face, me cov'ring-doth-aray. [verse 17] For voice, of him that doth reproach and tantingly-despight: and for the face of th' en'mie, and self-avenging-wight.

[verse 18] All this is come on us, and we have not forgotten thee: neither against thy covenant committed-falsitie. [verse 19] Our heart hath not turn'd back: nor from thy path, our step-estraid.

[verse 20] Though thou us crusht in dragons place: us cov'red with deaths shade.

[verse 21] If we forgot, our Gods name: or to strange God spread our hands. [verse 22] Shall not God search this? for, hid-things of th•• heart, he understands. [verse 23] But for thee, we as slaughter sheep esteemd are, kild all day. [verse 24] Stirre up, why sleepest, Lord? awake. thrust not away for aye.

[verse 25] O wherefore hidest thou thy face: forgetst our case-distrest and our oppression. [verse 26] For our soule is to the dust down-prest: Our belly also on the earth fast-cleaving-hold doth take. [verse 27] Rise, for our full-help: and redeem us, for thy mercy sake.