Certayne Psalmes select out of the Psalter of Dauid and drawen into Englyshe Metre, wyth Notes to euery Psalme in iiij. parts to Synge, by F. S. [i.e. Francis Seager] |
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Psalme. Cxxxviii. Confitebor tibi.
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Psalme. Cxxxviii. Confitebor tibi.
I wyll geue thanks, to thee O Lord
Wyth heart & mynde alwayes:
Before the Gods, wyll I reioyce
and syng vnto thy prayse.
Wyth heart & mynde alwayes:
Before the Gods, wyll I reioyce
I wyll drawe neare, thyne holy place
Thy great goodnes recorde:
Thy name to prayse, and thee worshyp
For thy truths sake, O Lorde.
Thy great goodnes recorde:
Thy name to prayse, and thee worshyp
For thy truths sake, O Lorde.
When I dyd call, vpon thy name
My voyce thou hardst with spede:
And dydst sucker, sende to my soule
In the tyme of my nede.
My voyce thou hardst with spede:
And dydst sucker, sende to my soule
In the tyme of my nede.
Thy name by thy, most glorious powre
Thou hast so magnifed:
And thy most holy, and blessed worde
Aboue all thynges extolled.
Thou hast so magnifed:
Aboue all thynges extolled.
The Kyngs and rulers on the earthe
Shal thee honour and prayse:
For they the wordes, of thine owne mouth
Haue hearde in all their dayes.
Shal thee honour and prayse:
For they the wordes, of thine owne mouth
Haue hearde in all their dayes.
Yea they shall synge, and muche reioyce
And in thy wayes accorde:
That great is the, glory and powre
Of thee theyr God and Lord.
And in thy wayes accorde:
That great is the, glory and powre
Of thee theyr God and Lord.
The Lorde frō heauen, doth cast hys eyes
vpon the lowely sect:
As for the proude, he doth dyspyse
And them cleane out reiect.
vpon the lowely sect:
As for the proude, he doth dyspyse
And them cleane out reiect.
Though sorowe and care, do me compas
And trouble me oppresse:
Yet shalt thou by, thy powre and myght
Me strayght agayne refreshe.
And trouble me oppresse:
Yet shalt thou by, thy powre and myght
Me strayght agayne refreshe.
Thou shalt stretch forth, thy hand on them
The furiousnes confounde:
Of myne enmyes, and thy ryght hande
Shall kepe me safe and sounde.
The furiousnes confounde:
Of myne enmyes, and thy ryght hande
Shall kepe me safe and sounde.
The Lorde hys promys, wyll performe
Of hys greate goodnes sure:
Thy mercy Lorde, that is so greate
For euer doth indure.
Thy mercy Lorde, that is so greate
For euer doth indure.
Dyspyse not then, we the desyre
Nor do not Lorde forsake:
The worckmāshyp, of thyne owne hands
For thou Lorde dydst vs make.
Nor do not Lorde forsake:
The worckmāshyp, of thyne owne hands
For thou Lorde dydst vs make.
This Psalme the vvayes, of the vvycked
And the vngodly trayne:
Doth by theyre frutes iudge them to be
Most damnable and vayne.
And the vngodly trayne:
Doth by theyre frutes iudge them to be
Most damnable and vayne.
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