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The .xxxvi. Psalme.
The
vngodlye mans wyckednesse testyfye thin myne herte:
That of the feare of God there is in him no maner parte.
That of the feare of God there is in him no maner parte.
For in hys owne conceyte he doeth stande wonderfully well:
Tyll suche tyme as hys wyckednes doeth all hatered excel.
Tyll suche tyme as hys wyckednes doeth all hatered excel.
Uniuste and disceytfull are the wordes of hys mouth eche one:
And of the doctryne that doeth teache to do good, he wyl none.
And of the doctryne that doeth teache to do good, he wyl none.
In hys bed he inuenteth synne, and doeth himselfe addresse:
To walke forth in a wycked waye, he doeth no vice represse.
O Lorde thy mercie is aboue in the heauens so hye:
And aboue all the elementes thy trueth and veritie.
And aboue all the elementes thy trueth and veritie.
Thy iustice is lyke great mountaynes, & thy iudgmentes ryght depe:
Boeth man and beaste thou wylt (O Lorde) alwaye preserue and kepe.
Boeth man and beaste thou wylt (O Lorde) alwaye preserue and kepe.
Thy mercifull goodnes (O God) is ryght, famouse in dede:
And to thy charge the sonnes of men haue them selfe committed.
And to thy charge the sonnes of men haue them selfe committed.
Through the greate plētie of thyne house they shall be druncke I thyncke:
Of the streame of thy delicates, thou wylt geue them to dryncke.
Of the streame of thy delicates, thou wylt geue them to dryncke.
For the vene or fountayne of lyfe is in thyn hande or myght:
And in thy bryghtnes thy seruauntes shall alwaye perceyue lyght.
And in thy bryghtnes thy seruauntes shall alwaye perceyue lyght.
Spreade out thy mercie ouer them that do acknowledge the:
And eke thy ryghtuousenes on them, that of vpright herte be.
And eke thy ryghtuousenes on them, that of vpright herte be.
Let no fote of pryde come to me, make proude men from me flye:
Let me not be moued by the powre of the vngodly.
Let me not be moued by the powre of the vngodly.
For emōg them such men as haue wrought wyckednes dyd fall:
They were driuen magre a theyr heade, they had no staye at all.
They were driuen magre a theyr heade, they had no staye at all.
| 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] | |