¶ Beatus vir. Psalme. Cxii. VV. K.
¶ He prayseth the felicitie of them that feare God, and condemneth the ••••rsed state of the contemners of God.
The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth.
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- The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth.
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- Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.
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- 1562.
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"The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13988.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.
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〈♫〉〈♫〉 THe man is blest that god doth feare 〈♫〉〈♫〉 And that his lawes doth loue in dede: His sede 〈♫〉〈♫〉 on earth God will vpreare. And bles such as 〈♫〉〈♫〉 from him procede: His house with good he will 〈♫〉〈♫〉 fulfill: His rightousnes endure shall still.
[verse 4]
Unto the righteous doth aryse, In trouble ioy, in darkenes light:
Compassion in his eyes, and mercy alwayes in hys syght:
[verse 5]
yea, pitie moueth suche to lend: he doeth by iudgement things expend.
[verse 6]
And surely suche shall neuer fayle: for in remembrance had is he:
[verse 7]
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7 No tidings ill can make him quayle, who in the Lorde sure hope doeth se.
[verse 8]
His hart is firme, hys feare is past: for he shall se his foes downe cast.
[verse 9]
He did well for the poore prouide, his rightousnes shall still remayne,
And his estate with prayse abyde, though that the wicked man disdaine
[verse 10]
yea, gnash his teeth thereat shall he, and so consume his state to see.