The royal prophet exhorting the people to attend, 5. reciteth many great benefits of God towards their forefathers (whose ingratitude, often rebellion, and chastisement he still noteth) 9. 11 in their entrance into the land of Chanaan: 12. also before the same in Egypt, and in the desert. 42. How God plagued the Egyptians: 52. protected, and conducted his people into the promised land. 56. where likewise they often offended, were punished: 65. yet were still conserved: 69. and the tribe of Juda exalted in king David.The royal prophet exhorting the people to attend, 5. reciteth manie great benefites of God towards their forefathers (whoſe ingratitude, often rebellion, and chatiſement he ſtil noteth) 9. 11 in their entrance into the land of Chanaan: 12. alſo before the ſame in Ægypt, and in the deſert. 42. How God plagued the Ægyptians: 52. protected, and conducted his people into the promiſed land. 56. where likewiſe they often offended, were puniſhed: 65. yet were ſtil conſerued: 69. and the tribe of Iuda exalted in king Dauid.✦
Understanding to Asaph. My people attend ye to my law: incline your ear unto the words of my mouth.Vnderſtanding a to Aſaph. MY people attend ye to b my law: incline your eare vnto the wordes of my mouth.Intellectus Asaph. Attendite, popule meus, legem meam ; inclinate aurem vestram in verba oris mei.
2I will open my mouth in parables: I will speak propositiones: dark sayings, riddles from the beginning.I wil open my mouth in c parables: I wil ſpeake d propoſitions from the beginning.Aperiam in parabolis os meum ; loquar propositiones ab initio.
3How great things have we heard and have known them, and our fathers have told us.How great thinges haue we heard and e haue knowne them, and f our fathers haue told vs.Quanta audivimus, et cognovimus ea, et patres nostri narraverunt nobis.
4They were not hid from their children, in an other generation. Telling the praises of our Lord, and his powers, and his marvellous works which he hath done.They were not hid from their children, in an other generation. Telling the prayſes of our Lord, and his powers, and his meruelous workes which he hath done.Non sunt occultata a filiis eorum in generatione altera, narrantes laudes Domini et virtutes ejus, et mirabilia ejus quæ fecit.
5And he raised up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How great things he commanded our fathers, to makeAnd he g raiſed vp a teſtimonie in Iacob: and h made a law in Iſrael. How great thinges he commanded our fathers, i to makeEt suscitavit testimonium in Jacob, et legem posuit in Israël, quanta mandavit patribus nostris nota facere ea filiis suis :
6the same known to their children: that an other generation may know. The children that shall be born, and shall rise up, and shall tell their children.the ſame knowne to their children: that k an other generation may know. The children that ſhal be borne, and ſhal riſe vp, and ſhal tel their children.ut cognoscat generatio altera : filii qui nascentur et exsurgent, et narrabunt filiis suis,
7That they may put their hope in God, and may not forget the works of God: and may seek after his commandments.That they may l put their hope in God, and may m not forget the workes of God: and may n ſeeke after his commandmentes.ut ponant in Deo spem suam, et non obliviscantur operum Dei, et mandata ejus exquirant :
8That they become not as their fathers: a perverse generation and exasperating. A generation, that hath not directed their heart, their spirit hath not been faithful towards God.That they become not as their fathers: o a peruerſe generation and exaſperating. A generation, that hath not directed their hart, their ſpirit hath not bene faithful towards God.ne fiant, sicut patres eorum, generatio prava et exasperans ; generatio quæ non direxit cor suum, et non est creditus cum Deo spiritus ejus.
9The children of Ephrem bending, and shooting with bow: were turned in the day of battle.The p children of Ephrem bending, and ſhooting with bow: were turned in the day of battel.Filii Ephrem, intendentes et mittentes arcum, conversi sunt in die belli.
10They kept not the testament of God: and in his law they would not walk.They kept not the teſtament of God: and in his law they would not walke.Non custodierunt testamentum Dei, et in lege ejus noluerunt ambulare.
11And they forgat his benefits, and his marvellous works, which he showed them.And they forgate his benefites, and his meruelous workes, which he ſhewed them.Et obliti sunt benefactorum ejus, et mirabilium ejus quæ ostendit eis.
12Before their fathers he did marvellous things in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.Before their fathers he did meruelous thinges in the land of Ægypt, in the filde q of Tanis.Coram patribus eorum fecit mirabilia in terra Ægypti, in campo Taneos.
13He divided the sea and brought them through: and he made the waters to stand as in a bottle.He diuided the ſea & brought them through: and he made the waters to ſtand as in a bottle.Interrupit mare, et perduxit eos, et statuit aquas quasi in utre :
14And he conducted them in a cloud by day: and all the night by light of fire.And he r conducted them in a cloude by day: and al the night by light of fire.et deduxit eos in nube diei, et tota nocte in illuminatione ignis.
15He interrupit: struck, smote the rock in the desert: and gave them water to drink as in a great depth.He ſtroke the rocke in ſ the deſert: and gaue them water to drinke as in a great depth.Interrupit petram in eremo, et adaquavit eos velut in abysso multa.
16And he brought forth water out of the rock: and made waters run down as rivers.And he brought forth water out of the rocke: and made waters runne downe as riuers.Et eduxit aquam de petra, et deduxit tamquam flumina aquas.
17And they added as yet to sin unto him: they provoked the Highest to wrath in the place without water.And they added as yet to ſinne vnto him: they prouoked the Higheſt to wrath in the place t without water.Et apposuerunt adhuc peccare ei ; in iram excitaverunt Excelsum in inaquoso.
18And they tempted God in their hearts: so that they asked escas: food, victuals for their lives.And they tempted God in their hartes: ſo that they aſked v meats for their liues.Et tentaverunt Deum in cordibus suis, ut peterent escas animabus suis.
19And they spake evil of God: they said: Can God prepare a table in the desert?And they ſpake euil of God: they ſaide: w Can God prepare a table in the deſert?Et male locuti sunt de Deo ; dixerunt : Numquid poterit Deus parare mensam in deserto ?
20Because he stroke the rock and waters ran, and torrents flowed: Can he also give bread, or prepare a table for his people?Becauſe he ſtroke the rocke and waters ranne, & torrentes flowed: Can he alſo giue x bread, or prepare a table for his people?quoniam percussit petram, et fluxerunt aquæ, et torrentes inundaverunt. Numquid et panem poterit dare, aut parare mensam populo suo ?
21Therefore our Lord heard, and made delay: and fire was kindled in Jacob, and wrath ascended upon Israel.Therfore our Lord heard, and y made delay: and z fire was kindled in Iacob, and wrath aſcended vpon Iſrael.Ideo audivit Dominus et distulit ; et ignis accensus est in Jacob, et ira ascendit in Israël :
22Because they believed not in God, nor hoped in his salvation.Becauſe they beleued not in God, nor hoped in his ſaluation.quia non crediderunt in Deo, nec speraverunt in salutari ejus.
23And he commanded the clouds from above, and opened the gates of heaven.And he commanded the cloudes from aboue, and opened the gates of heauen.Et mandavit nubibus desuper, et januas cæli aperuit.
24And he rained them Manna to eat, and bread of heaven he gave to them.And he rayned them Manna to eate, and bread of heauen he gaue to them.Et pluit illis manna ad manducandum, et panem cæli dedit eis.
25Bread of Angels did man eat: he sent them victuals in abundance.Bread a of Angels did man eate: he ſent them victuals in abundance.Panem angelorum manducavit homo ; cibaria misit eis in abundantia.
26He transported the Southwind from heaven: and in his power he brought in the Southwest wind.He b tranſported the Southwinde from heauen: and in his powre he brought in the Southweſt winde.Transtulit austrum de cælo, et induxit in virtute sua africum.
27And he rained upon them flesh as dust: and as the sand of the sea feathered fowls.And he rayned vpon them fleſh as duſt: and as the ſand of the ſea fethered fowles.Et pluit super eos sicut pulverem carnes, et sicut arenam maris volatilia pennata.
28And they fell in the midst of their camp: about their tabernacles.And they fel in the middes of their campe: about their tabernacles.Et ceciderunt in medio castrorum eorum, circa tabernacula eorum.
29And they did eat and were filled exceedingly, and their desire he brought to them:And they did eate and were filled excedingly, and their deſire he brought to them:Et manducaverunt, et saturati sunt nimis, et desiderium eorum attulit eis :
30They were not defrauded of their desire. As yet their meats were in their mouth:They were not defrauded of their deſire. c As yet their meats were in their mouth:non sunt fraudati a desiderio suo. Adhuc escæ eorum erant in ore ipsorum,
31And the wrath of God ascended upon them. And he killed their fat ones, and the chosen of Israel he hindered.And the wrath of God aſcended vpon them. And he killed their fat ones, and d the choſen of Iſrael he hindered.et ira Dei ascendit super eos : et occidit pingues eorum, et electos Israël impedivit.
32In all these things they sinned as yet: and they believed not in his marvellous works.In al theſe things they ſinned as yet: and they beleued not in his meruelous workes.In omnibus his peccaverunt adhuc, et non crediderunt in mirabilibus ejus.
33And their days failed in vanity: and their years in haste.And their daies failed in vanitie: and their years e in haſt.Et defecerunt in vanitate dies eorum, et anni eorum cum festinatione.
34When he slew them, they sought him: and they returned, and early they came to him.When he ſlew them, they ſought him: and they returned, and f early they came to him.Cum occideret eos, quærebant eum et revertebantur, et diluculo veniebant ad eum.
35And they remembered that God is their helper: and the high God is their redeemer.And they remembred that God is their helper: and the high God is their redemer.Et rememorati sunt quia Deus adjutor est eorum, et Deus excelsus redemptor eorum est.
36And they loved him with their mouth, and with their tongue they did lie to him.And they loued him g with their mouth, and with their tongue they did lie to him.Et dilexerunt eum in ore suo, et lingua sua mentiti sunt ei ;
37But their heart was not right with him: neither were they counted faithful in his testament.But their hart was not right with him: neither were they counted faithful in his teſtament.cor autem eorum non erat rectum cum eo, nec fideles habiti sunt in testamento ejus.
38But he is merciful, and will be propitious to their sins: and he will not destroy them. And he abounded to turn away his wrath: and he kindled not all his wrath.h But he is merciful, and wil be propicious to their ſinnes: and he wil not deſtroy them. And he abunded to turne away his wrath: and he kindled not al his wrath.Ipse autem est misericors, et propitius fiet peccatis eorum, et non disperdet eos. Et abundavit ut averteret iram suam, et non accendit omnem iram suam.
39And he remembered that they are flesh: spirit going, and not returning.And he remembred that they are fleſh: i ſpirit going, and not returning.Et recordatus est quia caro sunt, spiritus vadens et non rediens.
40How often have they exacerbaverunt: irritated, annoyed; provoked to anger him in the desert: provoked him to wrath in the place without water.How k often haue they exaſperated him in the deſert: prouoked him to wrath in the place without water.¶Quoties exacerbaverunt eum in deserto ; in iram concitaverunt eum in inaquoso ?
41And they returned, and tempted God: and the holy one of Israel they exasperated.And l they returned, and tempted God: and the holie one of Iſrael they exaſperaed.Et conversi sunt, et tentaverunt Deum, et sanctum Israël exacerbaverunt.
42They did not remember his hand: in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of the afflicter.They did not remember his hand: in the day that he redemed them from the hand of the afflicter.Non sunt recordati manus ejus, die qua redemit eos de manu tribulantis :
43As he put his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanis.As he put m his ſignes in Ægypt, and his wonders in the filde of Tanis.sicut posuit in Ægypto signa sua, et prodigia sua in campo Taneos ;
44And he turned their rivers into blood, and their showers that they might not drink.And he turned n their riuers into bloude, & their o showers that they might not drinke.et convertit in sanguinem flumina eorum, et imbres eorum, ne biberent.
45He sent upon them a swarm of flies, and it ate them: and the frog, and it destroyed them.He ſent vpon them p a * ſwarme of flies, and it eate them: and q the frogge, and it deſtroyed them.Misit in eos cœnomyiam, et comedit eos, et ranam, et disperdidit eos ;
46And he gave their fruits to the ærugini: blight, mildew, and their labours to the locust.And he gaue their fruites to r the blaſt, and their labors to ſ the locuſte.et dedit ærugini fructus eorum, et labores eorum locustæ ;
47And he killed their vineyards with hail: and their mulberry trees with hoarfrost.And he killed their vineyeardes with t haile: and their mulberie trees with v horefroſt.et occidit in grandine vineas eorum, et moros eorum in pruina ;
48And he delivered their beast to hail: and their possession to fire.And he deliuered w their beaſt to haile: and their poſſeſſion x to fire.et tradidit grandini jumenta eorum, et possessionem eorum igni ;
49He sent upon them the wrath of his indignation: indignation, and wrath, and tribulation: immissions by evil angels.He ſent vpon them y the wrath of his indignation: indignation, & wrath, and tribulation: immiſſions z by euil angels.misit in eos iram indignationis suæ, indignationem, et iram, et tribulationem, immissiones per angelos malos.
50He made a way to the path of his wrath, he spared not their lives from death: and their cattle he shut up in death.He made a way to the path of his wrath, he ſpared not their liues from death: and their cattel he ſhut vp in death.Viam fecit semitæ iræ suæ : non pepercit a morte animabus eorum, et jumenta eorum in morte conclusit :
51And he stroke all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: the first fruits of all their labours in the tabernacles of Cham.And a he ſtroke al the firſtborne in the land of Ægypt: the firſt fruites of al their labors in the tabernacles b of Cham.et percussit omne primogenitum in terra Ægypti ; primitias omnis laboris eorum in tabernaculis Cham :
52And he took away his people as sheep: and led them as a flock in the desert.And he c tooke away his people as ſheepe: and led them as a flock in the deſert.et abstulit sicut oves populum suum, et perduxit eos tamquam gregem in deserto :
53And he brought them forth in hope, and they feared not: and the sea covered their enemies.And he brought them forth in hope, and they feared not: and the ſea couered their enemies.et deduxit eos in spe, et non timuerunt, et inimicos eorum operuit mare.
54And he brought them into the mount of his sanctification, the mount, which his right hand purchased. And he cast out the gentiles from their face: and by lot he divided the land of them in a funiculo: measuring line of distribution:And he brought them into d the mount of his e ſanctification, the mount, which his right hand purchaſed. And he caſt f out the gentiles from their face: and by lot he diuided the land of them in a corde of diſtribution:Et induxit eos in montem sanctificationis suæ, montem quem acquisivit dextera ejus ; et ejecit a facie eorum gentes, et sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis ;
55And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.And he made the tribes of Iſrael to dwel in their tabernacles.et habitare fecit in tabernaculis eorum tribus Israël.
56And they tempted, and exasperated God the highest, and they kept not his testimonies.And g they tempted, and exaſperated God the higheſt, and they kept not his teſtimonies.Et tentaverunt, et exacerbaverunt Deum excelsum, et testimonia ejus non custodierunt.
57And they turned away themselves, and kept not the covenant: even as their fathers, they were turned as a crooked bow.And they turned away themſelues, & kept not the couenant: euen as their fathers, they were turned as a h crooked bow.Et averterunt se, et non servaverunt pactum : quemadmodum patres eorum, conversi sunt in arcum pravum.
58They incensed him to wrath in their hills: and in their sculptilibus: graven idols, carven things they provoked him to æmulationem: rivalry, imitation; jealousy, provoking to jealousy.They incenſed him to wrath in their i hilles: and in their * grauens they prouoked him k to emulation.In iram concitaverunt eum in collibus suis, et in sculptilibus suis ad æmulationem eum provocaverunt.
59God heard, and contemned: and he brought Israel to nothing exceedingly.God heard, and contemned: and he brought Iſrael to nothing l excedingly.Audivit Deus, et sprevit, et ad nihilum redegit valde Israël.
60And he rejected the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle, where he dwelt among men.And he reiected the tabernacle m of Silo, his tabernacle, n where he dwelt among men.Et repulit tabernaculum Silo, tabernaculum suum, ubi habitavit in hominibus.
61And he delivered their force into captivity: and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.And he deliuered o their force into captiuitie: and their beautie into the hands of the enemie.Et tradidit in captivitatem virtutem eorum, et pulchritudinem eorum in manus inimici.
62And he shut up his people in the sword: and he despised his inheritance.And he p ſhut vp his people in the ſword: and he diſpiſed his inheritance.Et conclusit in gladio populum suum, et hæreditatem suam sprevit.
63Fire devoured their young men: and their virgins were not lamented.q Fyre deuoured their young men: and their virgins were not lamented.Juvenes eorum comedit ignis, et virgines eorum non sunt lamentatæ.
64Their Priests fell by the sword: and their widows were not wept for.Their r Prieſtes fel by the ſworde: and their widowes were not wept for.Sacerdotes eorum in gladio ceciderunt, et viduæ eorum non plorabantur.
65And our Lord was raised up as one that sleepeth: as a mighty man having surfeited of wine.And ſ our Lord was raiſed vp as one that ſleepeth: as a mightie man hauing ſurfited of wine.Et excitatus est tamquam dormiens Dominus, tamquam potens crapulatus a vino.
66And he stroke his enemies on the hinder parts: an everlasting reproach he gave to them.And he ſtroke his enimies on the hinder partes: an euerlaſting reproch he gaue to them.Et percussit inimicos suos in posteriora ; opprobrium sempiternum dedit illis.
67And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph: and the tribe of Ephraim he chose not.And he reiected the tabernacle t of Ioſeph: and the tribe of Ephraim he choſe not.Et repulit tabernaculum Joseph, et tribum Ephraim non elegit :
68But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.But he choſe the tribe v of Iuda, mount Sion which he loued.sed elegit tribum Juda, montem Sion, quem dilexit.
69And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns in the land, which he hath founded for ever.And he built w his ſanctuarie as of vnicornes in the land, which he hath founded for euer.Et ædificavit sicut unicornium sanctificium suum, in terra quam fundavit in sæcula.
70And he chose David his servant, and took him from the flocks of sheep: from after the ewes with young he took him.And x he choſe Dauid his ſeruant, and tooke him from the flockes of ſheepe: from after the ewes with yong he tooke him.Et elegit David, servum suum, et sustulit eum de gregibus ovium ; de post fœtantes accepit eum :
71To feed Jacob his servant, and Israel his inheritance.To y feede Iacob his ſeruant, and Iſrael his inheritance.pascere Jacob servum suum, et Israël hæreditatem suam.
72And he fed them in the innocency of his heart: and in the understandings of his hands he conducted them.And he fedde them in the innocencie of his hart: and in the vnderſtandings of z his hands he conducted them.Et pavit eos in innocentia cordis sui, et in intellectibus manuum suarum deduxit eos.
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40How often have they exasperated. Moyses (Deut 9. v. 7.) repeating what had passed in the desert, chargeth the people that they had still provoked our lord to wrath, from the day, that they came out of Egypt, and always contended against him. And our lord himself expostulating their ingratitude, & often murmuring saith (Num. 14. v. 22.) in the beginning of the second year, that they had then tempted him ten times; either by this certain number signifying an uncertain, or else chiefly ten times: for so often we find recorded that they tempted him, and murmured within that small time more notoriously. First near, unto the red sea (Exod. 14. v. 11.) where seeing the Egyptians pursuing them, they murmured against Moyses, for bringing them out of Egypt, saying: It had been much better to have served the Egyptians, then to die in the wilderness. Secondly, for want of sweet water. Exod. 15. v. 24. Thirdly, for lack of meat, Exod. 16. v. 3. Fourthly, keeping Manna for the next day, contrary to God's commandment. ibid. v. 20. Fifthly, going on the Sabbath day, also contrary to God's commandment, to gather Manna. Ibid. v. 27. Sixthly, for want of water in Raphidim. Exod. 17. v. 2. Num. 26. v. 2. Seventhly in Horeb, adoring a calf & the image thereof. Exod. 32. Eightly, repining for their travails in the wilderness. Nu. 11. v. 1. Ninthly, loathing Manna, and burning with desire to eat flesh. Ibid. v. 4. 5. 6. Tenthly, despairing to possess the promised land of Chanaan, after that the discoverers had reported the difficulties, with the force of the people, and of the cities against which they must fight. Nu. 14. v. 1. All which and the rest, saith S. Paul, happened to them in figure of us: and are written for our correption (or admonition) that we murmur not as they did. 1. Cor. 10.How often haue they exaſperated. Moyſes (Deu 9. v. 7.) repeting what had paſſed in the deſert, chargeth the people that they had ſtil prouoked our lord to wrath, from the day, that they came out of Egypt, and always contended againſt him. And our lord himſelf expoſtulating their ingratitude, & often murmuring ſaith (Num. 14. v. 22.) in the beginning of the ſecond yeare, that they had then tempted him tenne times; either by this certaine number ſignifying an vncertaine, or els chiefly tenne times: for ſo often we find recorded that they tempted him, and murmured within that ſmal time more notorionly. Firſt nere, vnto the redde ſea (Exod. 14. v. 11.) where ſeing the Egyptians purſuing them, they murmured againſt Moyſes, for bringing them out of Egypt, ſaying: It had benne much better to haue ſerued the Egyptians, then to die in the wildernes. Secondly, for want of ſwete water. Exod. 15. v. 24. Thirdly, for lack of meate, Exod. 16. v. 3. Fourtly, keeping Manna for the next day, contrarie to Gods commandment. ibid. v. 20. Fiftly, going on the Sabbath day, alſo contrarie to Gods commandment, to gether Manna. Ibid. v. 27. Sixtly, for want of water in Raphidim. Exod. 17. v. 2. Num. 26. v. 2 Seuently in Horeb, adoring a calfe & the image therof. Exod. 32 Eightly, repyning for their trauels in the wildernes. Nu. 11. v. 1. Nintly, loathing Manna, and burning with deſire to eate fleſh. Ibid. v. 4. 5 6. Tently, deſparing to poſſeſſe the promiſed land of Chanaan, after that the diſcouerers had reported the difficulties, with the force of the people, and of the cities againſt which they muſt fight. Nr. 14. v. 1. Al which and the reſt, ſaith S. Paul, happened to them in figure of vs: and are written for our correption (or admonition) that we murmur not as they did. 1. Cor. 10.
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