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 17, 2024.
[verse 129] Thy couenaunts are most wonderfull and full of thynges profound:My soule therfore doth kepe them sure when they are tride and found. [verse 130] when men first enter into thy wordes, they finde alyght most cleare:
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And very idiots vnderstand, when they it reade or heare.
[verse 131] For ioie I haue both gaped & breathed, to know thy commaundement:That I might guide my lyfe therby, I sought what thyng it ment. [verse 132] With mercy and compassion Lord, beholde me from aboue:As thou art wont to behold suche, as thy name feare and loue.
[verse 133] Direct my fote steppes by thy worde, that I thy will may know:And neuer let iniquitie, thy seruaunt ouerthrow, [verse 134] From slaunderous tonges and deadly harms preserue & kepe me sure.Thy precepts then I will obserue, and put them eke in vre,
[verse 135] Thy countenaūce which doth surmoūt the sunne in his bright hew.Let shine on me: and by thy lawe, teache me what to eschew. [verse 136] Out of mine eyes great flods gush out, of drery teares and fell:When I beholde how wicked men. thy law kepe neuer a dell.