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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 .xiij. Psalme.
Lorde
howe longe wylt thou forget me? what for euer and aye:
Lorde how long wylt thou hyde thy face from thy seruaunt I saye?
Lorde how long wylt thou hyde thy face from thy seruaunt I saye?
How longe shall I consult in mynde, and in myne hert trauayle?
Howe longe shall myne enmies agaynst thy poore seruaunt preuayle?
Howe longe shall myne enmies agaynst thy poore seruaunt preuayle?
Loke backe and answere me (O Lorde) illumyne thou myne eyes:
And suffer me not in the death to sleape in any wyse.
And suffer me not in the death to sleape in any wyse.
Leste myne enmye shoulde say, I haue agaynste him preuayled:
And suche as vexe me, should reioyce, yf I were weakened.
And suche as vexe me, should reioyce, yf I were weakened.
But I truste in thy greate goodnes, and bountiful mercy:
And in thine health mine hert therfore reioyceth certaynely.
And in thine health mine hert therfore reioyceth certaynely.
I will synge to the Lorde I saye, with hert vnfaynedly:
Because he doeth requyte to me all thynges aboundantly.
| 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] | |