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The .lxv. Psalme.
O God
, thou only art worthy to haue prayse in Sion:
And that all ye people do paye, theyr vowes to the alone.
And that all ye people do paye, theyr vowes to the alone.
For thou hearest ye prayers of thy people in theyr nede:
Wherfore all men resorte to the, wyth full trust for to spede.
Wherfore all men resorte to the, wyth full trust for to spede.
The reckenynge of our wyckednes, was more then we coulde paye:
But thou Lorde for thy great mercy haste put our synnes awaye.
The man that is chosen of the, is happy & right sure:
That in thy courte and temple he, shal dwell in greate pleasure.
That in thy courte and temple he, shal dwell in greate pleasure.
O God oure health, O the refuge, of all coastes of the land:
And of them that do dwel far of, in the seas & sea sand.
And of them that do dwel far of, in the seas & sea sand.
O thou I saye, that by thy power, haste set the hyll so sure:
And art euer gyrded about, wyth strenght that wyll endure.
And art euer gyrded about, wyth strenght that wyll endure.
O thou that doest quiete the seas, and the rude peoples rage:
In thy iustice thou hast sharplye threatned thyne heritage.
In thy iustice thou hast sharplye threatned thyne heritage.
So that all they that dwell far of, shall feare when they shall se:
Thy tokens, for thou makeste boeth euen & morne to prayse the.
Thy tokens, for thou makeste boeth euen & morne to prayse the.
Thou haste caused the earth to chappe for lacke of hir due rayne:
And haste wyth plentie of water, shotte vp hir chappes agayne.
And haste wyth plentie of water, shotte vp hir chappes agayne.
O God thy riuer is brymme full, wherby thou doest prepare:
All maner grayne for man, whych thou causest the earth to beare.
All maner grayne for man, whych thou causest the earth to beare.
Thou doeste water hir forowes & causete hir cloddes to fall:
Thou supplest hir wyth water dropes, and geuest encrease wyth all.
Thou supplest hir wyth water dropes, and geuest encrease wyth all.
Thou doest crowne and set forth the yere of thy passyng goodnes:
And to poure downe dropes of plentie, thy cloudes do neuer sease.
And to poure downe dropes of plentie, thy cloudes do neuer sease.
The pastures of the desert are fayre and full of plentie:
And the litle hylles are beset wyth all fertylytie.
And the litle hylles are beset wyth all fertylytie.
The fieldes and valleys of the earth haue for theyr couerynge:
Such flockes of shipe and plottes of grayne, that they reioyce and synge.
Such flockes of shipe and plottes of grayne, that they reioyce and synge.
| 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] | |