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.
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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.
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¶ Exaudi deus vocem meam. Psal. lxiiii. I. H.
¶ Dauid praieth against the false reportes and sklaunderers, he decla∣reth theyr punishment and destruction, to the comfort of the iust, and the glory of God.
O Lord vnto my voyce geue eare, with plaint when I doo pray: * 1.1And rid my lyfe and soule from feare, of foes that threat to slay, [verse 2] Defend me from that sort of men, whiche in deceipts do lurke:And from the frownyng face of them, that all ill feates doo worke.
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[verse 3] Who whet theyr tongs as we haue sene, men whet and sharp theyr swordes:They shote abrode theyr arrowes kene, I meane most bitter wordes. [verse 4] With priuie sleyght shote they theyr shaft the vpright man to hit:The iust vnware to strike by craft, they care or feare no whit
[verse 5] A wicked worke haue they decreed, in counsell thus they crye:To vse deceit let vs not dread, what? who can it espie? [verse 6] What wayes to hurt they talke and muse, all times within theyr hart:They all consulte what feates to vse, eche doth inuent his part.
[verse 7] But yet all this shall not auayle, when they thinke least vpon:God with hys dart shall sure assayle, and wound them euery one. [verse 8] Theyr crafts and their ill toungs withall, shall worke them selues suche blame:That they whiche then beholde theyr fall, shall wonder at the same.
[verse 9] Then all that see shall know ryght well, that God the thing hath wrought:Shall prayse his wittie workes and tell, what he to pas hath brought. [verse 10] Yet shall the iust in God reioyse, Stil trusting in his might:
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So shall they ioy with minde and voyce, whose hart is pure and ryght.