Certayne Psalmes select out of the Psalter of Dauid and drawen into Englyshe Metre, wyth Notes to euery Psalme in iiij. parts to Synge, by F. S. [i.e. Francis Seager] |
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Psalme. C.xx. Ad Dominum cum tribularer.
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Psalme. C.xx. Ad Dominum cum tribularer.
When troubles, dyd me sore oppresse
And my soule was heauye:
Upon the Lorde, I dyd then cal
Who hearde me by and by.
And my soule was heauye:
Upon the Lorde, I dyd then cal
To whom I spake, and sayde O Lorde
Ryd and delyuer me:
From lyinge lyps, that speake disceayte
And worke all vanitye.
Ryd and delyuer me:
From lyinge lyps, that speake disceayte
And worke all vanitye.
O thou false tonge, thy due rewarde
Shalt thou haue for thyne hyre:
Euen percynge strokes, of Arows kea{n}
With hote consumynge fyre.
Shalt thou haue for thyne hyre:
Euen percynge strokes, of Arows kea{n}
With hote consumynge fyre.
And wo is me, that am constraynd
With Mesech for to byde:
And in the tentes, of Cedar eke
To dwell all my lyfe tyde.
With Mesech for to byde:
And in the tentes, of Cedar eke
To dwell all my lyfe tyde.
My soule longe tyme, in troubels byd
That I coulde not releace:
Euen amongst such, as loue debate
And are enmies to peace.
That I coulde not releace:
Euen amongst such, as loue debate
And are enmies to peace.
And styll in peace, I seake to lyue
Wherin I most delyght:
But when I speake, to them therof
They are ready to fyght.
Wherin I most delyght:
But when I speake, to them therof
They are ready to fyght.
From God all ayde, and helpe vve haue
In our distresse and nede.
VVhich vve must aske, and of hym craue
Not doubtynge for to spede.
In our distresse and nede.
Not doubtynge for to spede.
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