PSALME LXV.
Sing this as the 30. Psalme.
THy praise alone, O Lord, doeth reigne,
in Sion thine owne hill:
Their vowes to thee they doe maintaine,
and their behestes fulfill.
[verse 2] For that thou doest their prayer heare,
and doest thereto agree:
Thy people all, both far and neare,
with trust shall come to thee.
[verse 3] My wicked deedes preuaile, O Lord,
they power haue ouer mee:
But thou shalt mercie vs accord,
although wee sinnefull bee.
[verse 4] The man is blest whom thou doest choose,
within thy court to dwell:
Thy house and Temple hee shall vse,
with pleasures that excell.
[verse 5] Thou wilt in justice heare vs, GOD,
our health of thee doeth rise:
The hope of all the earth abroad,
and the sea coastes likewise.
[verse 6] With strength hee is beset about,
and compast with his power:
Hee makes the mountaines strong and stout,
to stand in euery stoure.
[verse 7] The swelling seas hee doeth asswage,
and makes their streames full still:
Hee doeth restraine the peoples rage,
and rules them at his will.
[verse 8] The folke that dwell full farre on earth,
shall dread thy signes to see:
Thou shalt the Morne and Euen with mirth,
make passe with praise to thee.
[verse 9] When that the earth is chapt and dry,
and thirsteth more and more:
Then with thy drops thou doest apply,
and much encrease her store.
The flood of God doeth ouer-flow,
and so doeth cause to spring,
The seed and corne which men doe sow,
for hee doeth guide that thing:
[verse 10] With wette thou doest her furrowes fill,
whereby her cloddes doe fall:
Thy drops to her thou doest distill,
and blesse her fruit withall.
[verse 11] Thou deck'st the earth of thy good grace,
with fair and pleasant crop:
Thy cloudes distill their dew apace,
great plentie they doe drop.
[verse 12] The pastures of the desert drop,
with fatnesse they abound:
The hils also for joy shall hop,
so fertile is their ground.
[verse 13] In pastures plaine the flockes doe feed,
and couer all the earth:
The vales with corne shall so exceed,
that men shall sing for mirth.