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 | The Psalter of David newely translated into English metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men, wherunto is added a note of four partes, wyth other thynges, as shall appear in the Epistle to the Reader [by Robert Crowley] |  |
The .cxiiij. Psalme.
When
Israell shoulde go forth of Egypt from seruitude:
And Iacobs house from a people, boeth Barbarouse and rude.
And Iacobs house from a people, boeth Barbarouse and rude.
Then was Iuda certēly made, the lordes sanctuarie:
And in lyke maner Israell was made hys Imperie.
And in lyke maner Israell was made hys Imperie.
The whych thynge when the sea had sene it fled backward certayne:
And the great riuer Iordayne was returned backe agayne.
And the great riuer Iordayne was returned backe agayne.
As for the mountaynes ceased not, lyke wanton rammes to skyppe:
And the little hylles gan to playe, as do the lambes of shype.
And the little hylles gan to playe, as do the lambes of shype.
O thou sea, what is the bytyd, that thou goest backe agayne:
And thou I ordayne what thynge is it, that doeth thy course restrayne?
And thou I ordayne what thynge is it, that doeth thy course restrayne?
And ye mountaynes what causeth you, lyke wanton rammes to shyn:
And you little hylles for to playe, as do the lambes of shype?
And you little hylles for to playe, as do the lambes of shype?
And thou earth se thou quake also, in the lordes feare alwaye:
Se that thou tremble in the feare of Iacobs God I saye.
Se that thou tremble in the feare of Iacobs God I saye.
For he maketh a standynge pole of the rocke that was drye:
And of the flynt a spryngynge well, rennyng out plentuousely.
And of the flynt a spryngynge well, rennyng out plentuousely.
| The Psalter of David newely translated into English metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men, wherunto is added a note of four partes, wyth other thynges, as shall appear in the Epistle to the Reader [by Robert Crowley] | |