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The whole Psalter translated into English Metre

which contayneth an hundreth and fifty Psalmes

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Psalm, CXXIII.

The Argument.

On Whome the worlde: doth looke awrye,
This psalme is fit: for there behoue:
Proude worldlye men: true man defye,
All like themselfe they only loue.
As proofe doth trye.

Ad te Domine.

4. Canticum graduum.

1

To thee I lifte: mine eies on hye,
To thee that dwelst: in heauen aboue
Thoughe here wt shame mē me deny,
Yet me I trust: thou wilt approue.
O Lord be nye.

2

As man and mayd: for helpe doth eye,
Theyr Lords & Ladies handes to proue:
So we our eyes: bende certainly,
To God our Lord: his grace to moue.
O trustelye.

3

Haue mercy Lorde: to vs applye,
Haue mercy yet: shewe vs thy loue:
For skornde we be: full bitterly,
They vs with spite: from them remoue.
O cruelly.

4

With mockes and taunts: reuilde we lye,
Our soule is ful: of their reproue:
The wealthy (Lord) the proude we spye,
Be they that vs: with spite disproue.
O Lord be by.