For that goodnes, that in thy worde doth brace
Repugnant natures, in quiet wōderfull

And for thy mercyes, nōber withoute ende
In heaven and earth, perceaved so plentifull
That over al, they do themselfes extende

For hys mercye, moche more then man can synne

Do away my synne, that thy grace offende

Ofte tymes agayne wasshe me, but washe me well wythin
And from my synnes, that thus makes me afrayde
Make thou me cleane, as ever thy wonte hath bene

For unto thee nowe, none can be layde
For too prescrybe, remyssion of synne

In harte retourned, as thou thyselfe haste sayd
And I beknowe my faulte, and my neglygence.

7.-The Psalter, by R. Crowley. 1549. 4o.
Psalm xix.

To us the heavens do declare,

Godde's wonderful glorie :

And the copasse thereof doeth shewe

hys handworcke trulye.

The day that succedeth shall teach

us yet a little more:

And the nyght folowynge shall shewe
more then that went before.

They have no maner of language,

nor wordes sowndynge wyth noyse:
They speake not as men use to speake,
no ma doeth heare theyr voyce.
Yet went theyr rule through out ye world,
all men have heard theyr sounde:
And theyr wordes went into the coastes,
of all the worlde so rownde.

In these heavens the Lorde hath sette,

a dwellyngeplace and tent:

For the sunne that wyth his bryght beames,

is alwaye resplendent.

And as a brydgrowme he commeth

out of his bower bryght:

Ryght cherfully to renne his rase,

lyke to a man of myght.

At the utmost parte of the easte, he doeth his rase begynne: And in the utmoste of the weste, is hys returnynge in.

And under the heavens that be so wonderfull and wyde:

There is not one that from his heate may hym absent or hyde.

8.-Psalms, by Sternhold. 1549. 12o.

Psalm xix.

1.

The heavens and the fyrmamente,

do wondersly declare:

The glory of God omnipotent,

Hys woorkes and what they are,

2.

Eche day declareth by hys course,

an other day to come:

And by the nyght we knowe lykewise, a nyghtly course to runne.

3.

Ther is no lāguage, tong, or speche,

where theyr sound is not hearde : In al the earth and coastes therof theyr knowledge is conferd.

4.

In them the lord made royally, a settle for the sunne: Where lyke a Gyant joyfully

he myght hys iourney runne.

5.

And all the skye from ende to ende he compast round about:

No man can hyde hym from his heate but he wil fynd hym out.

9.-Certain Psalms, by W. Hunnis. 1550. 8o.

Psalm li.
1.

Have mercye lorde, upon my soule

thy goodnes me restore,

And for thy mercye infinite

my synne thynke on no more.

2.

From wickednes lorde wasshe thou me
and clense me from my synne,
For I confesse my evyll lyfe

that I before was in.

3.

Onlye to the have I synned

and done yll in thy syght,

That in thy wordes whe men the judge myghtest overcome by ryghte.

4.

Beholde I was begotte in synne

and so my mother bare me Wherfore I clayme thy savynge helthe Mercy good lorde and spare me.

5.

That I may render unto the

truthe in the inwarde parte

Then secretely I shall receive thy wysedome in my hart.

6.

With ysop lorde then sprinkell me
And so shall I be cleane

And whyter thus shall I be made

than ever snowe hath ben.

10.-Psalms by Sternhold. 1551. 12o.

Psalm xix.

1.

The heavens and the firmament,

doe wonderously declare: The glorye of god omnipotent,

his workes and what they are.

2.

Eche daye declareth by his course, an other daye to come:

And by the night we knowe likewyse a nightly course to runne.

3.

There is no language, tong, or speche,
where their sound is not heard:
In all the earth and coastes thereof
their knowledge is conferde.

4.

In them the Lorde made royally
A settle for the sunne:
Where lyke a Giant joyfully,
he might his iourney runne.

5.

And all the skye from ende to ende, he compast rounde about :

No man can hide him from his heate but he will finde him out.

11.-Certain Psalms, by F. Seagar. 1553. 12o.

Psalm cxii.

The man is blest that feareth God

and walketh in hys waye:

That in hys lawe, hath hys delyght

and doth hys wyll obaye.

Hys seade on earth, shall prosper well

And wondrouslye increase:

The faythfull flock, shal be blessed
Wyth everlastinge peace.

Hys house wyth rytches, shall abounde
Wyth plenty and great store:
Hys ryghteousnes shall styl indure

and last for evermore.

Unto the man that mercy sheweth

and walketh here aryght;

From darknes great, shall then appeare
Unto hys eyes playne lyght.

O happy is, the mercyfull

That lendeth lyberallye:

And in hys words, is circumspect
And speaks advysedlye.

The wycked and the ungodlye

Shall it beholde and se:

And wyll conceave dyspleasure then
And sore offended be.

They shall for it, gnashe with theyr teath
And vanysh quyte awaye:

And all their desyre, and their wyll
Shall peryshe and decaye.

12.-Psalms by Sternhold, printed at Geneva. 1556.* 16o.

1.

The heavens and the firmamenta
do wonderously b declare,

The glory of God omnipotent,

his workes and what they are.

2.

The wonderous workes of God appeare,

by everyd day's successe:

The nyghtese which likwise their race runnef,
the selfe same thinges & expresse.

3.

Therh is no language, tong, or spechek,

where theyr sound is not hearde:

In all the earth and coastes therof
theyr m knowledge is conferd.

4.

In them the lorde n made for the sunne

a place of great renome

Who like a bridegrome rady trimed

doth P from his chamber come.

* Various readings, from the edition printed at Edinburgh, 1564.