Benedic anima. Ps.103.T.H.

The first part

The second part

My soul give laud unto the Lord,
my spirit shall do the same:
And all the secrets of my heart,
praise ye his holy name.

2 Give thanks to God, for all his gifts,
show not thyself unkind,
And suffer not his benefits
to slip out of thy mind.

3 That gave thee pardon for thy faults,
and thee restored again;
For all thy weak and frail disease,
and healed thee of thy pain.

4 That did redeem thy life from death,
from which thou couldst not flee,
His mercy and compassion both,
he did extend to thee.

5 That filled with goodness thy desire,
and did prolong thy youth;
Like as the Eagle casts her bill,
whereby her age reneweth;

6 The Lord with justice doth repay
all such as be oppressed;
So that their sufferings and their wrongs,
are turned to the best.

7 His ways and his commandments,
to Moses he did show.
His counsels and his valiant acts,
the Israelites did know.

8 The Lord is kind and merciful,
when sinners do him grieve,
The slowest to conceive a wrath,
and readiest to forgive.

9 He chides not us continually,
thou we be full of strife;
Nor keeps our faults in memory,
for all our sinful life.

10 Nor yet according to our sins
the Lord doth us regard,
Nor after our iniquities,
he doth not us reward.

11 But as the space is wondrous great,
twixt earth and heaven above;
So is his goodness much more large,
to them that do him love.

12 God doth remove our sins from us,
and our offences all;
As far as is the sun rising,
from distant from his fall.

13 And look what pity parents dear
unto their children bear;
Like pity beareth God to such
as worship him in fear.

14 The Lord that made us knows our shape,
our mold and fashion just;
How weak and frail our nature is,
and how we be but dust.

15 And how the time of mortal men,
is like the withering hay;
Or like the flower right fair in field,
that fades full soon away.

16 Whose gloss and beauty stormy winds,
do utterly disgrace,
And make that after their assaults,
such blossoms have no place.

17 But yet the goodness of the Lord,
with his shall ever stand;
Their children’s children do receive,
his righteousness at hand.

18 I mean which keep his covenant,
with all their whole desire;
And not forget to do the thing,
that he doth them require.

19 The heavens high are made the seat,
and footstool of the Lord:
And by his power imperial,
he governs all the world.

20 Ye Angels which are great in power,
praise ye and bless the Lord;
Which to obey and do his will,
immediately accord.

21 Ye noble hosts and ministers,
cease not to laud him still;
Which ready are to execute,
his pleasure and his will;

22 Ye all his works in every place,
praise ye his holy name;
My heart, my mind, and eke my soul,
praise ye also the same.