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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 .viij. Psalme.
O Lorde
, our Lorde, howe wonderfull is thy most holy name:
Throughout the earth? that aboue heauēs thou spreadest out thy fame
Throughout the earth? that aboue heauēs thou spreadest out thy fame
Thou haste brought strength oute of the mouth of babes and sucklinges yonge:
For thy foes sakes, to weken them, that reuenge their owne wronge.
For thy foes sakes, to weken them, that reuenge their owne wronge.
But thyne heauens I wyl behold, thyne handiworckes I saye:
The mone and starres that thou hast made, and prepared for aye.
The mone and starres that thou hast made, and prepared for aye.
What thynge is mortall man that thou doest him neuer forget:
And the sonne of man what is he, that thou doest him vyset?
And the sonne of man what is he, that thou doest him vyset?
For vnto God thou hast made him litle inferiour:
Thou hast compassed hym wyth suche glory, and suche honour.
Thou hast compassed hym wyth suche glory, and suche honour.
Thou hast made him lord of ye worckes that thyne handes haue formed:
And eke all thinges vnder hys fete thou hast constytuted.
Al flockes of shepe and droues of beastes, thou diddest to him geue:
And eke the labouryng beastes that in the feldes do lyue.
And eke the labouryng beastes that in the feldes do lyue.
The foules that lyue in the ayre, with fyshes great and smalle:
That lyue by the sea, and all thynges that passe by the sea walle.
That lyue by the sea, and all thynges that passe by the sea walle.
O Lorde that arte our Lorde I saye, oure mayster and our guyde:
How wonderfull (Lord) is thy name, through oute the earth so wyde?
How wonderfull (Lord) is thy name, through oute the earth so wyde?
| 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] | |