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The .cxvj. Psalme.
I loue
the Lord because he heard myne humble voyce and crie:
And because he gaue eare I wyll, calle on him tyll I dye.
And because he gaue eare I wyll, calle on him tyll I dye.
The cordes of death had gyrded me, & eke the straytes of hell:
Had caught me and I was fallen into daynger cruell.
Had caught me and I was fallen into daynger cruell.
But I called on the Lordes name & thus I sayde in dede:
Lorde for thy mercie delyuer, thy seruantes soule at nede.
Lorde for thy mercie delyuer, thy seruantes soule at nede.
The Lorde is full of benifites, and eke of iustice all:
And our God is right mercifull, when we do on him call.
And our God is right mercifull, when we do on him call.
The Lorde that vseth to defende, the sylley simple sorte:
Preserued me when I was weake, and was all my consorte.
Preserued me when I was weake, and was all my consorte.
My soule, returne into the place, of thy quiete and reste:
For the Lorde hath done good to the. euen as thou desyreste.
Thou hast plucked my soule from death, Lorde, and his cruell stynge:
So haste thou done myne eyes from teares, and my fete from slydynge.
So haste thou done myne eyes from teares, and my fete from slydynge.
Wherfore I wyll lyue holyly, before the Lorde I saye:
In the contreys and regions of men that lyue for aye.
In the contreys and regions of men that lyue for aye.
My fayth and promise vnto God, I helde most constantly
Euen when I was forced to saye, I am decayed greatly.
Euen when I was forced to saye, I am decayed greatly.
Yea when I sayd in my swyfte chase, and when I fled in haste:
All men are false, ther is none true, or that of trueth doeth taste.
All men are false, ther is none true, or that of trueth doeth taste.
What worthy thanckes therfore shall I, geue to the Lorde saye ye:
For all the benifites that he, hath shewed vnto me?
For all the benifites that he, hath shewed vnto me?
The cup wherwyth men vse to geue thanckes for health receyued:
The same wyll I take & call on the Lordes name so blessed.
The same wyll I take & call on the Lordes name so blessed.
And nowe before all his people, to the Lord wyll I paye:
All vowes that I haue made to him, or else shall make for aye.
All vowes that I haue made to him, or else shall make for aye.
For wyth the Lorde the death of suche, as serue hym loue yngely:
Is of such price that none of them, shal suffer death vaynely.
Is of such price that none of them, shal suffer death vaynely.
Ah Lorde I am thy pore seruant, thy pore seruant am I:
And the sonne of thyne handmayden whoe dydeste my bondes vntie.
And the sonne of thyne handmayden whoe dydeste my bondes vntie.
To the therfore I wyll confesse, and that wyth sacrifice:
And wyll call vpon the Lordes name in my most faythfull wise
And wyll call vpon the Lordes name in my most faythfull wise
Nowe before all the Lordes people, all my vowes wyll I paye:
In his courtes at Ierusalem, prayse ye the Lorde I saye.
In his courtes at Ierusalem, prayse ye the Lorde I saye.
| 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] | |