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Psalm 144

1 He praiſeth the Lard with great affection and humilitie for his kingdome reſtored, and for his victories obteined. 5 Demanding helpe and the deſtructiõn of the wicked. 9 Promiſing to acknowledge the ſame with ſongs of praiſes, 15 And declareth wherein the felicitie of anie people conſiſteth
¶ A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.BLeſſed be the Lord my ſtrength, wc teacheth mine hands to fight, & my fingers to battel.
2.He is my goodnes & my fortreſs, my tower & my deliuerer, my ſhield, and in him I truſt, which ſubdueth my people vnder me.
3.Lord, what is man that thou regardeſt him! or the ſonne of man that thou thinkeſt vpon him!
4.Man is like to vanitie: his daies are like a ſhadowe, that vaniſheth.
5.d Bowe thine heauens, ô Lord, and come downe: touche the mountaines & thei ſhal ſmoke.
6.e Caſt forthe the lightening and ſcatter them: ſhote out thine arowes, and conſume them.
7.Send thine hand from aboue: deliuer mē, and take me out of the great waters, and from the hand of ſtrangers,
8.Whoſe mouth talketh vanitie, and their right hand is a right hand of falſehede.
9.I wil ſing a newe ſong vnto thee, ô God, & ſing vnto thee vpon a viole, & an inſtrument of ten ſtrings.
10.It is he, that giueth deliuerance vnto Kings, & reſcueth Dauid his ſeruãt frõ the hurtful ſworde.
11.Reſcue me, and deliuer me from the hād of ſtrangers, whoſe mouth talketh vanitie, and their right hand is a right hand of falſehode:
12.That our ſonnes maye be as the plantes growing vp in their youth, & our daughters as the corner ſtones, grauen after the ſimilitude of a palace:
13.That our corners may be ful, and abūnding with diuers ſortes, and that our ſhepe may bring forthe thouſands and tē thouſand in our ſtretes:
14.That our oxen may be ſtrong to labour: that their be none inuaſiō, nor going out, nor no crying in our ſtretes.
15.Bleſſed are the people, that be ſo, yea, bleſſed are the people, whoſe God is the Lord.

Notes

1:a.
Who of a poore ſhepherd hathe made me a valiant warriour and mightie con querour
2:b.
He cõfeſſeth that nether by his owne auto ritie, power nor policie his kĩg dome was qui et, but by the ſecret grace of God
3:c.
To giue vnto God iuſt praiſe is to confeſſe our ſelues to be vnworthie of ſo excellent benefites, & yt he beſtoweth them vpon vs of his fre mercie.
5:d.
He deſireth God to conti nue his graces & to ſend hel pe for the pre ſẽt neceſſitie.
6:e.
By the ſe maner of ſpeaches he ſheweth that all the lettes in the worlde can not hinder Gods power, which he apprehended by faith
7:f.
That is, deliuer me from ye tumultes of them that ſhulde be my people, but are corrupt in their iudgemẽt & enterpriſes, as thogh thei were ſtrangers.
8:g.
For thogh thei ſhake hands, yet thei kepe not promes
9:h.
That is, a rare & excellent ſong, as thy great benefites deſerue.
10:i.
Thogh wicked Kings be called Gods ſeruātes, as Cyrus, Iſa 45.1. for aſmuche as he vſeth thē to execute his iudgements: yet Dauid becauſe of Gods pmes, and they, that rule godly, are pperly ſo called, becauſe they ſerue not their owne affections, but ſet forthe Gods glorie.
12:k.
He deſireth God to cōtinue his benefites toward his people, counting the procreatiō, of children and their good educatiō among ȳ chiefeſt of Gods benefites
13:l.
That the ſerie corners of our houſes may be ful of ſtore for the great abundance of thy bleſsings
14:m.
He attributeth not onely the great commodities, but euen the leaſt alſo to Gods fauour
15:n.
And if God giue not to all his children all theſe bleſsings, yet he recompenſeth them with better things