Laudate Dominum. Psal. cxlvii.
PRaise ye the Lord, for it is good
unto our God to sing:
For it is pleasant, and to praise
it is a comely thing.
[verse 2] The Lord his own Jerusalem
he buildeth up alone:
And the disperst of Israel
doth gather into one.
[verse 3] He heals the broken in their heart,
their sores up doth he binde:
[verse 4] He counts the number of the stars,
and names them in their kinde.
[verse 5] Great is the Lord, great is his power,
his wisdom infinite.
[verse 6] The Lord relieves the meek, and throws
to ground the wicked wight.
[verse 7] Sing unto God the Lord with praise,
unto the Lord rejoyce:
And to our God upon the harp
advance your singing voice.
[verse 8] He covers heaven with clouds, and for
the earth prepareth rain:
And on the mountains he doth make
the grass to grow again.
[verse 9] He gives to beasts their food, and to
young ravens when they cry.
[verse 10] His pleasure not in strength of horse
nor in mans legs doth ly:
[verse 11] But in all those that fear the Lord
the Lord hath his delight,
And such as do attend upon
his mercies shining light.
The second part.
[verse 12] O praise the Lord, Jerusalem,
thy God, O Sion, praise:
[verse 13] For he the bars hath forged strong,
wherewith thy gates he stays.
[verse 14] Thy children he hath blest in thee,
and in thy borders he
Doth settle peace, and with the flour
of wheat he filleth thee.
[verse 15] And his commandement upon
the earth he sendeth out:
And eke his word with speedy course
doth swiftly run about.
[verse 16] He giveth snow like wooll, hoar-frost
like ashes he doth spread:
[verse 17] Like morsels casts his ice, thereof
the cold who can abide?
[verse 18] He sendeth forth his mightyword,
and melteth them again:
His wind he makes to blow, and then
the waters flow amain.
[verse 19] The doctrine of his holy word
to Jacob he doth show:
His statutes and his judgements he
gives Israel to know.
[verse 20] With every nation hath he not
so dealt, nor have they known
His secret judgements; ye therefore
praise ye the Lord alone.