Verse 1
To the chiefe musition vpon Ieduthun, a psalme of Asaph. My voyce was vnto the Lorde, and I cryed: my voyce was vnto the Lord, and he hearkened vnto me.
Verse 2
In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde: my hande all the nyght catched & ceassed not, my soule refused comfort.
Verse 3
I called to remembraunce God, and I was disquieted: I conferred with my selfe, and my spirite was wrapped in pensiuenesse. Selah.
Verse 4
Thou dydst kepe the watche of mine eies: I was amased & coulde not speake.
Verse 5
I dyd thynke vpon the dayes past: and on the yeres of the olde worlde.
Verse 6
I called to remembraunce my psalme, song on the musicall instrument in the nyght tyme: I communed with myne owne heart, & searched out my spirites.
Verse 7
What, wyll the Lorde forsake me for euer? wyll he be no more intreated to be fauourable?
Verse 8
Is his mercie cleane gone for euer? and is his promise made from one generation to another, come vtterly to an ende.
Verse 9
Hath God forgotten to be gratious? and will he shut vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure? Selah.
Verse 10
And I sayde, this is my death: but the ryght hande of the most hyghest may graunt me yeres.
Verse 11
I dyd call to remebraunce the workes of God almightie: for thy wonders done a great whyle a goe came into my mynde.
Verse 12
I also gaue my selfe to muse of all thy workes: and I talked of all thy actes.
Verse 13
Thy way O Lorde is in holynesse: who is so great a God as the Lorde?
Verse 14
Thou art the God that doth wonders: thou hast made thy power knowen among the people.
Verse 15
Thou hast redeemed thy people with a mightie arme: the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph. Selah.
Verse 16
The waters sawe thee O God, the waters sawe thee, they feared: yea the depthes of them moued out of their place.
Verse 17
Thicke cloudes powred downe rayne, thinne cloudes gaue a noyse: and thine arrowes went abrode into al corners.
Verse 18
The sounde of thy thunder was rounde about the sky: the lightnynges shone through the worlde, the earth quaked and trembled.
Verse 19
Thy way is in the sea, and thy pathes in the great waters: and thy footesteppes are not knowen.
Verse 20
Thou dydst leade thy people lyke sheepe: by the hande of Moyses and Aaron.