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The .xxxiij. Psalme.
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ye iust men in ye Lord, prayse doeth good men beseme:
Prayse ye the Lord wyth harppe & lute, play on ten strynges to hym.
Prayse ye the Lord wyth harppe & lute, play on ten strynges to hym.
Synge a newe songe, synge swete musick wyth blowynge of trumpet:
For the worde of the Lorde is ryght, and all hys worckes sure set.
For the worde of the Lorde is ryght, and all hys worckes sure set.
He loueth iustice & iudgment, these thynges please hym greatly:
And the earth is replenished, and full of hys mercie.
And the earth is replenished, and full of hys mercie.
At his worde were the heauens made by hys wonderfull myght:
And at the breathynge of hys mouth, all theyr armies so bryght.
And at the breathynge of hys mouth, all theyr armies so bryght.
The waters of the sea he doeth, congregate as an heape:
Right so in moste secrete closettes, he doeth laye vp the deape.
Let all the earth and all that dwell in the worlde prayse the Lorde:
Because all that he sayeth is done, all is made at hys worde.
Because all that he sayeth is done, all is made at hys worde.
He disapoynteth the counselles of ye Heathen ech one:
And doeth differ the subtyle thoughtes, of ech greate nation.
And doeth differ the subtyle thoughtes, of ech greate nation.
But the Lordes counsell standeth styll, & the thoughtes of hys herte:
Do not decay but are fully fulfylled in eche parte.
Do not decay but are fully fulfylled in eche parte.
The people that hath the Lorde for theyr God hath ryght good chaunce:
So hath the flocke that he hath chose for his enheritaunce.
So hath the flocke that he hath chose for his enheritaunce.
The Lorde loketh downe from heauen, & doeth all men behold:
He loketh downe from his dwellynge boeth vpon yonge and olde.
He loketh downe from his dwellynge boeth vpon yonge and olde.
He hath made the hertes of all men togyther in hys powre:
And vnderstandeth all theyr worckes, euerie daye and houre.
And vnderstandeth all theyr worckes, euerie daye and houre.
The kynge is not kept in saulftie, thorowe hys greate armye:
Nor the strong man doeth scape daynger, because he is myghtye.
Nor the strong man doeth scape daynger, because he is myghtye.
The horse is a disceytfull thynge to be preserued by:
Though he be stronge, for he shall not deliuer certaynely.
Though he be stronge, for he shall not deliuer certaynely.
Beholde the Lordes eye loketh on such mē as do him feare:
So doeth it on suche as trust on hys mercye so tender.
So doeth it on suche as trust on hys mercye so tender.
That he might delyuer their soules, out of the handes of death:
And nouryshe them at suche time, as honger them oppresseth.
And nouryshe them at suche time, as honger them oppresseth.
Let oure soules (therfore) loke for him with all obedience:
For he is oure helpe, and also the shylde of our defence.
For he is oure helpe, and also the shylde of our defence.
For in him shall our herte reioyce, because we do cleaue faste:
Vnto hys holy name, whiche is our comforte and repaste.
Vnto hys holy name, whiche is our comforte and repaste.
Lorde, let thy mercyful goodnes vpon thy seruauntes be:
Euen as by truste and confydence we do depende of the.
Euen as by truste and confydence we do depende of the.
| 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] | |