Psalms 77:4–6

¹³When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

¹⁴Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

¹⁵So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

¹³When I say, My bed shal comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint:

¹⁴Then thou skarest mee with dreames, and terrifiest me through visions.

¹⁵So that my soule chooseth strangling: and death rather ^†then my life.

⁶I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

^6‖I am weary with my groning, all the night make I my bed to swim: I water my couch with my teares.

¹³So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

¹³So they sate downe with him vpon the ground seuen dayes, and seuen nights, and none spake a word vnto him; for they saw that his griefe was very great.

¹ON that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

¹¶ On that night ^†could not the King sleepe, and hee commaunded to bring the booke of Records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

³For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

³For now it would be heauier then the sand of the sea, therefore my words are ^†swallowed vp.

⁷¶ Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

⁷¶ Remember the dayes of olde, consider the yeeres of ^†many generations: aske thy father, and he will shewe thee, thy Elders, and they wil tell thee.

⁹¶ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

⁹¶ ^*Awake, awake, put on strength, O arme of the LORD, awake as in the ancient dayes, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

⁵I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

⁵I remember the dayes of old, I meditate on all thy workes: I muse on the worke of thy hands.

¹WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

¹¶ Wee haue heard with our eares, O God, our fathers haue told vs, what worke thou didst in their dayes, in the times of old.

⁹In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

¹⁰¶ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

¹¹Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

¹²That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

¹³That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

¹⁴As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

¹⁵¶ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

^9*In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saued them: in his loue and in his pitie hee redeemed them, and he bare them, and caried them all the dayes of olde.

¹⁰¶ ^*But they rebelled, and vexed his holy spirit: therefore hee was turned to be their enemie, and he fought against them.

^11**Then he remembred the dayes of old, Moses and his people, saying; Where is hee that brought them vp out of the Sea, with the shepheard of his flocke? where is hee that put his holy Spirit within him?

^12*That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arme, diuiding the water before them, to make himselfe an euerlasting name?

¹³That led them through the deepe as an horse in the wildernesse, that they should not stumble?

¹⁴As a beast goeth downe into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so diddest thou leade thy people, to make thy selfe a glorious Name.

¹⁵¶ ^*‖Looke downe from heauen, and behold from the habitation of thy holinesse, and of thy glory: where is thy zeale and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels, and of thy mercies towards me? are they restrained?

¹⁴¶ Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

¹⁵According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

¹⁴¶ ^‖Feede thy people with thy rod, the flocke of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feede in Bashan and Gilead, as in the dayes of old.

¹⁵According to the dayes of thy comming out of the land of Egypt will I shew vnto him meruailous things.

¹²For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

¹³Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

¹⁴Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

¹⁵Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

¹⁶The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

¹²For God is my King of old working saluation in the midst of the earth.

^13*†‖Thou didst diuide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

¹⁴Thou brakest the heads of Leuiathan in pieces, and gauest him to bee meat to the people inhabiting the wildernesse.

^15*†Thou didst cleaue the fountaine and the flood: thou driedst vp mightie riuers.

¹⁶The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne.

^17†Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made Summer and Winter.

¹⁸Remember this, that the enemie hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people haue blasphemed thy Name.

⁸Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

⁸ Yet the LORD will command his louing kindnes in the day time, and in the night his song shalbe with me, and my prayer vnto the God of my life.

⁴Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

⁴Stand in awe, and sinne not: commune with your owne heart vpon your bed, and be still. Selah.

²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

²³Search me, O God, and knowe my heart: trie mee, and knowe my thoughts:

^24†And see if there bee any wicked way in me: and leade me in the way euerlasting.

⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

⁴⁰Let vs search and try our waies, and turne againe to the LORD.

²⁵¶ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

²⁵¶ And at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises vnto God: and the prisoners heard them.

¹⁶I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

¹⁶I communed with mine owne heart, saying, Loe, I am come to great estate, and haue gotten ^*more wisedome then all they that haue beene before me in Ierusalem: yea my heart ^†had great experience of wisedome & knowledge.

²I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

²I will say vnto God, Doe not condemne mee; shewe me wherefore thou contendest with me.

¹⁰But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

¹⁰But none saith, where is God my maker, who giueth songs in the night?

²Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

²Arise, goe to Nineueh that ^*great citie, and cry against it: for their wickednes is come vp before me.

²⁸But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

²⁹For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

³⁰For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

³¹For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

³²But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

²⁸But let a man examine himselfe, and so let him eate of that bread, and drinke of that cup.

²⁹For hee that eateth and drinketh vnworthily, eateth and drinketh ^‖damnation to himselfe, not discerning the Lords body.

³⁰For this cause many are weake and sickly among you, and many sleepe.

³¹For if we would iudge our selues, we should not be iudged.

³²But when we are iudged, we are chastened of the Lord, that wee should not be condemned with the world.

¹⁷¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

¹⁸Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

¹⁷¶ ^†Although the fig tree shall not blossome, neither shall fruite bee in the vines: the labour of the Oliue shall faile, and the fields shal yeeld no meat, the flocke shall be cut off from the folde, and there shalbe no heard in the stalles:

¹⁸Yet I will reioyce in the LORD: I will ioy in the God of my saluation.