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¹ My soule blesse thou God: O God my Lord thou art become exceeding great, thou hast put on glory and maiestie.² Who is decked with light as it were with a garment: spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne.³ Who seeleth his vpper chaumbers with waters: and maketh the cloudes his charriot, and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde.⁴ He maketh his angels spirites: and his ministers a flaming fire.⁵ He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations: that it can neuer moue at any tyme.⁶ Thou coueredst it with the deepe, lyke as with a garment: the waters stande vpon the hilles.⁷ At thy rebuke they flee: at the noyse of thy thunder they bluster downe apace.⁸ The hilles mount aloft: and the valleys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundation for them.⁹ Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe: neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth.

¹⁰ Who also causeth the springes which runne betweene the hilles: to flowe into the riuers.¹¹ All beastes of the fielde drinke therof: and the wylde asses quench their thirst.¹² The foules of the ayre haue their habitation nigh vnto them: singing out of the midst of the bowes [of trees.]¹³ He watereth the hilles from aboue: the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes.¹⁴ He causeth grasse to growe for cattell: and hearbes for the vse of man.¹⁵ That he may bryng foorth foode out of the earth: both wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce, & also bread to strengthen mans heart.¹⁶ The trees of God be satisfied: euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted.¹⁷ Wherin the birdes make their nestes: in the fyrre trees the storke buyldeth.¹⁸ The high hilles are a refuge for goates: and so are the stonie rockes for conies.

¹⁹ He hath made the moone for certayne seasons: and the sunne knoweth his goyng downe.²⁰ Thou makest darknes and it is night: wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode.²¹ The Lions do roare after a pray: and in seeking their meate of God.²² When the sunne ariseth, they recoyle backe: and lay them downe to rest in their dennes.²³ Man goeth foorth to his worke: and to do his seruice vntyll the euening.²⁴ O God howe manyfolde are thy workes? thou hast made them al in wisdome, the earth is ful of thy ryches.²⁵ So is the sea it selfe large and wyde in compasse: wherein are thinges creeping innumerable, both small and great beastes.²⁶ There go the shippes, and there is that Leuiathan: whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin.²⁷ These wayte all vpon thee: that thou mayest geue them meate in due season.²⁸ When thou geuest it them, they gather it: and when thou openest thyne hand, they are filled with that which is good.²⁹ When thou hydest thy face, they are troubled: when thou takest away their spirite, they dye, and are turned agayne to their dust.³⁰ When thou sendest out thy spirite, they be recreated: and thou reuiuest the face of the earth.

³¹ The glorious maiestie of God shal endure for euer: God wyll reioyce in his workes.³² He beholdeth the earth, & it trembleth: he toucheth the hilles, and they smoke.³³ I wyll syng vnto God as long as I liue: I will sing psalmes vnto my Lord so long as I shall be.³⁴ My meditations of hym shalbe very pleasaunt: for all my ioy shalbe in God.³⁵ As for sinners they shalbe consumed out of the earth: and the vngodly shall come to an ende, blesse thou God O my soule, [and] prayse you the Lorde.