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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 .cxxvij. Psalme.
Vnlesse
the Lorde do builde the house, ye buildars lose theyr payne:
And except he kepe the citie, the kepars watch in vayne.
And except he kepe the citie, the kepars watch in vayne.
It is in vayne that you do rise, so sone and reste so late:
And that you get your vitayles wyth payn and sorowes so greate.
And that you get your vitayles wyth payn and sorowes so greate.
Syth in the meane ceasone God doeth graunte slepe and quiete reste:
To his dearlynges and all such men, as his herte lyketh beste.
To his dearlynges and all such men, as his herte lyketh beste.
Beholde the byrthryght of the Lorde, is chylder and younge frye:
And the wages that he geueth, the fruite of the bealye.
The chyldren that be borne in youth, whylse boeth parentes be yonge:
Are lyke the arrowes that are shotte, by a man that is stronge.
Are lyke the arrowes that are shotte, by a man that is stronge.
And happie is he that fylleth his quiuer wyth the same:
For when they shal stryue wyth theyre lyke, they shall sustayne no shame.
For when they shal stryue wyth theyre lyke, they shall sustayne no shame.
| 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] | |