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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 .xlviij. Psalme.
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Lorde is greate and much praysed, and magnified styll:
Wythin the citie of our God, and in hys holy hyll.
Wythin the citie of our God, and in hys holy hyll.
The mount Sion on whose north syde the greate kynges towne standeth:
Is a goodly cōtrey & is the ioye of the whole earth.
Is a goodly cōtrey & is the ioye of the whole earth.
God is knowne and acknowledged in hys owne palaices:
To be a castell of defence, to such men as are his.
To be a castell of defence, to such men as are his.
For lo, kynges came togither and so passed by alonge:
And were amased at the syght, and dryuen forth headlonge.
And were amased at the syght, and dryuen forth headlonge.
This feare and sorowe taketh them euen as vehemently
As the throwes of a woman that should trauayle by and by.
As the throwes of a woman that should trauayle by and by.
And as the easterne wynde that doteh blowe wyth greate stormes of hayle:
Is wont to breake the shippes that do vpon the salte sea sayle.
Is wont to breake the shippes that do vpon the salte sea sayle.
As we haue hearde so haue we sene, in the Lorde of hostes towne:
In oure goddes citie whyche he hath made sure for fallynge downe.
In oure goddes citie whyche he hath made sure for fallynge downe.
O God let vs conceyue in mynd, thy goodnes and mercie:
In the myddle of thy temple and thy saynctuarie.
In the myddle of thy temple and thy saynctuarie.
Lyke as thy name, so doeth thy prayse (O God) go through the lande:
And aboundaunce of iustice is in thy powre and right hande.
And aboundaunce of iustice is in thy powre and right hande.
Let the mount of Sion be glad, let Iudes daughters reioyce:
For thy iudgmentes, when they shal heare, thyne holy worde and voyce.
For thy iudgmentes, when they shal heare, thyne holy worde and voyce.
Se that ye go aboute Sion, compasse it about rounde:
Number all the lettle turrettes, that in hir walles be founde.
Number all the lettle turrettes, that in hir walles be founde.
Marcke hir forefence diligently, and hir palaices hye:
That you maye make reporte of it to youre posteritie.
That you maye make reporte of it to youre posteritie.
For this is God, and our God is for euer & for aye:
He shall direct and gouerne vs euen to oure dyeinge daye.
He shall direct and gouerne vs euen to oure dyeinge daye.
| 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] | |