Certayne Psalmes select out of the Psalter of Dauid and drawen into Englyshe Metre, wyth Notes to euery Psalme in iiij. parts to Synge, by F. S. [i.e. Francis Seager] |
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Psalme. C.xliij. Benedictus dominus.
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Psalme. C.xliij. Benedictus dominus.
Blessed be the Lord, my refuge
My whole powre strēgth & myght:
yt doest instructe, my hands to warre
And my fyngers to fight.
My whole powre strēgth & myght:
yt doest instructe, my hands to warre
And my fyngers to fight.
That art my hope, and fortytude
My buckler and defence:
Subduinge people, vnder me
My trust and confydence
My buckler and defence:
Subduinge people, vnder me
My trust and confydence
O Lorde, what is man in thy syghte
That thou taks such respecte:
Unto his wayes, and dost so much
Hym esteme and accept.
That thou taks such respecte:
Unto his wayes, and dost so much
Hym esteme and accept.
The state and lyfe, of man may we
Repute to be as vayne:
Whose tyme lyke shadowe fades away
Renewynge not agayne.
Repute to be as vayne:
Whose tyme lyke shadowe fades away
Renewynge not agayne.
Bowe downe thyne heauen, from thence discende
To such as thee prouoke:
The mountains touch, wherby thy powre
Shal forthwith make them smoke.
To such as thee prouoke:
The mountains touch, wherby thy powre
Shal forthwith make them smoke.
Caste forth thy lyghtnynge, them to feare
In thy great wrath and fume:
Out of thy bowe, thyne arows shote
Therby them to consume.
In thy great wrath and fume:
Out of thy bowe, thyne arows shote
Therby them to consume.
Lord frō aboue, thy hande downe stretche
Thy helpe to me nowe sende:
From the daunger, of the wycked
By thy powre me defende.
Thy helpe to me nowe sende:
From the daunger, of the wycked
By thy powre me defende.
Whose mouth doth speake, all vanitie
No truth is founde therin:
Their ryght hande is, an instrument
To commyt greuouse synne.
No truth is founde therin:
Their ryght hande is, an instrument
To commyt greuouse synne.
I wyll synge vnto thee, O God
Upon the lute alwayes:
A newe songe soundinge, on ten stryng{s}
Thy name to laude and prayse.
Upon the lute alwayes:
A newe songe soundinge, on ten stryng{s}
Thy name to laude and prayse.
That vnto the, kynges on earth
Dost gyue the vyctorye:
Thy seruaunt Dauid, hast saued
From all his ioberdye.
Dost gyue the vyctorye:
Thy seruaunt Dauid, hast saued
From all his ioberdye.
From the powre, of the vngodly
O Lorde delyuer me:
Whose hands to do, mischiefe are prest
Their lyps talke vanytye.
O Lorde delyuer me:
Whose hands to do, mischiefe are prest
Their lyps talke vanytye.
Graunte that our sons, may grow and crease
As younge plants on ye grounde:
Oure doughters to, be pure and cleane
Wyth verteous to abounde.
As younge plants on ye grounde:
Oure doughters to, be pure and cleane
Wyth verteous to abounde.
That our garnars, of corne may be
replenysht with greate store:
Our shepe and cattayle, to increase
In numbre more and more.
replenysht with greate store:
Our shepe and cattayle, to increase
In numbre more and more.
That scarsnes do, them not oppresse
The oxe for laboure stronge:
No cause to vse, imprysōments
Nor complaynynge of wronge.
The oxe for laboure stronge:
No cause to vse, imprysōments
Nor complaynynge of wronge.
Happy maye we, all suche repute
And iudge them of that sorte:
To be blessed, that haue the Lorde
For theyr God and comforte.
And iudge them of that sorte:
To be blessed, that haue the Lorde
For theyr God and comforte.
Hovve iuste the Lorde, is of hys vvorde
This psalme doth here recyte:
His goodnes greate, and mercye bothe
His glory and hys myght.
This psalme doth here recyte:
His goodnes greate, and mercye bothe
His glory and hys myght.
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