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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Imprinted at Lo[n]don :: By John Day, dwelling ouer Aldersgate,
1562.
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.
Psalters.
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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.
[verse 97] What great desire and feruent loue, doo I beare to thy lawe:All the day long my whole deuyse, is only on thy lawe. [verse 98] Thy worde hath taught me far to pas, my foes in polycye:For still I kepe it as a thyng, of most excellencye.
[verse 99] My teachers whiche did me instruct, in knowledge I excell:Because I doo thy couenauntes kepe, and them to others tell. [verse 100] In wisdome I doo pas also, the auncient men in dede:
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And all because to kepe thy lawes, I helde it aye best rede.
[verse 101] My fete I haue refrayned eke, from euery euyll way:Because that I continually, thy worde might kepe, I say, [verse 102] I haue not swarued from thy iudgmēts nor yet shronk any dell:For why? thou hast taught me therby to lyue godly and well.
[verse 103] Oh Lorde howe swete vnto my tast, fynde I thy wordes alwaye?Doubtles no hony in my mouth, fele ought so swete I may. [verse 104] Thy lawes haue me such wisdō learnd that vtterly I hate:All wicked and vngodly wayes, in euery kinde or rate.