Happiness both of this life and of the next, is obtained by fearing, and sincerely serving God.Happines both of this life and of the next, is obtayned by fearing, and ſincerely ſeruing God.✦
A gradual Canticle. Blessed are all that fear our Lord, that walk in his ways.A gradual Canticle. BLESSED are al that feare our Lord, that walke in his wayes.Canticum graduum. Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, qui ambulant in viis ejus.
2Because thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.Becauſe thou ſhalt eate the labours of thy handes: bleſſed art thou, and it ſhal be wel with thee.Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis : beatus es, et bene tibi erit.
3Thy wife as a fruitful vine, in the sides of thy house. Thy children as young plants of olive trees, round about thy table.Thy a wife as a fruitful vine, in b the ſides of thy houſe. c Thy children as young plantes of oliuetrees, round about thy table.Uxor tua sicut vitis abundans in lateribus domus tuæ ; filii tui sicut novellæ olivarum in circuitu mensæ tuæ.
4Behold so shall the man be blessed, that feareth our Lord.Behold ſo ſhal the man be bleſſed, that feareth our Lord.Ecce sic benedicetur homo qui timet Dominum.
5Our Lord out of Sion bless thee: and that thou mayst see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. And that thou mayst see thy children's children, peace upon Israel.Our Lord out of Sion bleſſe thee: and that thou mayſt ſee the good thinges of Ieruſalem al the dayes of thy life. And that thou mayſt ſee thy d childrens children, peace vpon Iſrael.Benedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion, et videas bona Jerusalem omnibus diebus vitæ tuæ. Et videas filios filiorum tuorum : pacem super Israël.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.