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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 .lxxxvij. Psalme.
The
bases and foundations of Sion are faste set:
In the mountaynes and hylles that are boeth holye and sacrete.
In the mountaynes and hylles that are boeth holye and sacrete.
The Lorde beareth more fauour to the cities of Sion:
Then he doeth to the residue of Iacobs nation.
Then he doeth to the residue of Iacobs nation.
Ryght noble thynges (O goddes citie) are reported of the:
Reported in the (O Sion) right noble thynges there be.
Reported in the (O Sion) right noble thynges there be.
Rahab, and such of Babilon as haue knowen my name:
I wyll haue kepte in memorie, as right worthy of fame.
I wyll haue kepte in memorie, as right worthy of fame.
Loe palestine is worthy prayse, because therin were borne:
Boeth Zor and they of Ethiope, of whom I thyncke no scorne.
Boeth Zor and they of Ethiope, of whom I thyncke no scorne.
But of Sion it shall be sayed, that many of greate fame:
Haue bene borne there, & the high God shall eke confirme the same.
Haue bene borne there, & the high God shall eke confirme the same.
In his writtynges the Lord shall cyte the peoples euerie one:
And of them all, the chyefest man was borne in this Sion.
And of them all, the chyefest man was borne in this Sion.
In the (Sion) are all my welles where out all they do sprynge:
That in my trase do leade the daunce, & do my praises synge.
That in my trase do leade the daunce, & do my praises 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] | |