MY heart doth in the Lord reioice; | |
| That liuing Lord of might, | |
| Which doth his seruant’s horn exalt | |
| In al his people’s sight. | |
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| I wil reioice in their despight | 5 |
| Which erst haue me abhord, | |
| Because that my saluation | |
| Dependeth on the Lord. | |
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| None is so holie as the Lord; | |
| Besides thee none there are; | 10 |
| With our God there is no God | |
| That may himselfe compare. | |
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| See that no more presumptuously | |
| Ye neither boast nor vaunt, | |
| Nor yet vnseemly speak such things | 15 |
| So proud and arrogant. | |
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| For why? the counsell of the Lord | |
| In depth cannot be sought: | |
| Our enterprises and our actes | |
| By him to passe are brought. | 20 |
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| The bowe is broke, the mightie ones | |
| Subuerted are at length, | |
| And they which weak and feeble were | |
| Increased are in strength. | |
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| They that were ful and had great store, | 25 |
| With labor buy their bread; | |
| And they which hungrie were and poore, | |
| With plentie now are fed: | |
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| So that the wombe which barren was | |
| Hath many children born, | 30 |
| And she which store of children had | |
| Is left now all forlorne. | |
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| The Lord doth kill and make aliue, | |
| His iudgments all are iust; | |
| He throweth downe into the graue, | 35 |
| And raiseth from the dust. | |
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| The Lord doth make both rich and poore; | |
| He al our thoughts doth trie; | |
| He bringeth low, and eke againe | |
| Exalteth vp on hie. | 40 |
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| He raiseth vp the simple soule | |
| Whom men pursude with hate, | |
| To sit amongst the mightie ones | |
| In chaire of princely state. | |
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| For why? the pillers of the earth | 45 |
| He placed with his hand, | |
| Whose mighty strength doth stil support | |
| The waight of al the land. | |
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| He wil preserue his saints; likewise | |
| The wicked men at length | 50 |
| He wil confound: let no man seem | |
| To glory in his strength. | |
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| The enemies of God the Lord | |
| Shall be destroied al; | |
| From heauen he shal thunder send, | 55 |
| That on their heads shal fall. | |
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| The mightie Lord shall iudge the world, | |
| And giue his power alone | |
| Vnto the king; and shal exalt | |
| His owne annointed one. | 60 |
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