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Laudate Dominum.
PRAYSE 1 ye the Lord, for it is good | |
| Vnto our God to sing; | |
| For it is pleasant, and to prayse | |
| It is a comely thing. | |
| The Lord, his owne Jerusalem | 5 |
| He buildeth vp alone, | |
| And the disperst of Israël | |
| Doth gather into one. | |
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| He heales the broken in their heart, | |
| Their sores vp doth he bind; | 10 |
| He counts the number of the stars, | |
| And names them in their kinde. | |
| Great is the Lord, great is his power, | |
| His wisedome infinite: | |
| The Lord releeues the meeke, and throwes | 15 |
| To ground the wicked wight. | |
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| Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse, | |
| Vnto the Lord reioyce, | |
| And to our God vpon the harpe | |
| Aduance your singing voice. | 20 |
| He couers heauen with clouds, and for | |
| The earth prepareth raine; | |
| And on the mountaines he doth make | |
| The grasse to grow againe. | |
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| He giues to beastes their foode, and to | 25 |
| Yong rauens, when they cry: | |
| His pleasure not in strength of horse, | |
| Nor in man’s legs doth lye: | |
| But in all those that feare the Lord | |
| The Lord hath his delight, | 30 |
| And such as doe attend vpon | |
| His mercie’s shining light. | |
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| O prayse the Lord, Jerusalem; | |
| Thy God, O Sion, prayse; | |
| For he the barres hath forged strong, | 35 |
| Wherewith thy gates he staies. | |
| Thy children he hath blest in thee, | |
| And in thy borders he | |
| Doth settle peace, and with the flower | |
| Of wheat he filleth thee. | 40 |
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| And his commandement vpon | |
| The earth he sendeth out, | |
| And eke his word with speedy course | |
| Doth swiftly runne about. | |
| He giueth snow like wool, hoar frost | 45 |
| Like ashes doth he spread; | |
| Like morsels castes his ice; thereof | |
| The cold who can abide? | |
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| He sendeth forth his mighty word, | |
| And melteth them agayne; | 50 |
| His winde he made to blow, and then | |
| The waters flow amayne. | |
| The doctrine of his holy word | |
| To Jacob did he show; | |
| His statutes and his iudgements he | 55 |
| Giues Israël to know. | |
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| With euery nation hath he not | |
| So delt, nor they haue knowne | |
| His secret iudgements: ye, therefore, | |
| Prayse ye the Lord alone. | 60 |
