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.

¶ Dominus illum inatio. Psal. xxvii. I. H.

¶ Dauid maketh this Psalme, being deliuerth frō great pearsts as appeareth by the prayses and thankesgeuyng annexed: wherin

we may see the constant fayth of Dauid against the assaults of all enemies, and also thende wherfore he desireth to lyue and to bedeliuered, only to worship God in his congregati∣on. Herby he promiseth hymself assuraunce, though father & mother forsake hym, he teacheth this to be the only way, to to see the good thinges in the land of the liuing, and after his example he exhorteth to faith and to attend vpon the Lorde.

THe Lord is bothe my health and light * 1.1 shall man make me dismayde? Sith God doth geue me strength & why should I be afrayde? [verse 2] While that my foes with all their strēgth might begin with me to brawle: And thinke to eate me vp at length, themselues haue caught the fall.

[verse 3] Thoughe they in campe against me lye, my hart is not afrayd: In battell pight if they will trye, I trust in God for ayde. [verse 4] One thing of God I doo require, that he will not denye: For whiche I pray and will desyre, till he to me applye.

[verse 5] That I within his holy place, my lyfe throughout may dwell: To see the beauty of his face, and vew his temple well. [verse 6] In time of dreade he shall me hide, within hys place most pure: And kepe me secret by hys syde, as on a rocke most sure.

[verse 7] At length I know the Lordes good grace, shall make me strong and stoute: My foes to foile and cleane deface, that compasse me about. [verse 8] Therfore within his house will I. Geue sacrifice of prayse: With Psalmes and songes I will applye, to laude the Lorde alwayes.

[verse 9] Lorde heare the voyce of my request, for whyche to thee I call: Haue mercy (Lord) on me opprest, and send me helpe withall. [verse 10] My hart doth knowledge vnto thee, I sue to haue thy grace: Then seke my face sayste thou to me, Lorde I will seke thy face.

[verse 11] In wrath turne not thy selfe a way, Nor suffer me to slide: Thou art my helpe still to this day, be still my God and guide. [verse 12] My parentes both theyr sonne forsoke, and cast me of at large: And then the Lorde himselfe yet toke, of me the cure and charge.

[verse 13] Teache me, O God, the way to thee, and leade me on forth ryght: For feare of suche as watche for me, to trap me if they might. [verse 14] Do not betake me to the will, of them that be my foes:

For they surmyse against me styll, false witnes to depose,

[verse 15] My hart would faint but that in me, this hope he fixed fast: The Lorde Gods good grace shall it see, in lyfe that aye shall laste. [verse 16] Trust still in God, whose whole thou art, His will abide thou must: And he shall ease and strength thy hart, if thou in hym doo trust.

Notes

• * 1.1

  ¶ Sing this as the. xviii. psalme.