¶ The third parte.
[verse 21]
Of peace no worde they think or say, theyr taulke is all vntrue:
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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"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 8, 2024.
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Page 78
They still consult and would betraye, all those that peace ensue.
[verse 22]
With open mouth they run at me, they gape, thei laugh, thei flere:
Well wel, say they our eye doth see, the thyng that we desire.
[verse 23]
But Lorde thou seest what waies they take sease not this geare to mende:
Be not far of nor me forsake, as men that fayle their frend.
[verse 24]
Awake, aryse, and stirre abrode, defend me in my right:
Reuenge my cause my Lorde my God, and ayde me with thy might.
[verse 25]
Accordyng to thy righteousnes, my Lorde God set me free:
And let not them their pride expresse, nor triumphe ouer me.
[verse 26]
Let not their hartes reioyce and cry, there, there, this geare doth trime:
Nor geue them cause to say on hye, we haue our will of hym.
[verse 27]
Confound them with rebuke & shame, that ioy, when I do mourne:
And pay them home with spite & blame that brag at me with scorne.
[verse 28]
Let them be glad and eke reioyce, which loue mine vpright waye
And they all times with harte & voyce, shall prayse the Lorde and saye.
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[verse 29]
Greate is the Lorde and doth excell, for why he doth delyght:
To see his seruaunts prosper well, that is his pleasaunt sight.
[verse 30]
Wherfore my tonge I will applye, thy righteousnes to prayse:
Unto the Lorde, my God will I, sing laudes with thankes alwayse,