〈♫〉〈♫〉 SAue me, O God & that with spede, the 〈♫〉〈♫〉 waters flowe full fast: So nie my soule doo 〈♫〉〈♫〉 they procede that I am sore agast. I sticke
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.
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〈♫〉〈♫〉 full depe in filthe and clay, wheras I fele no 〈♫〉〈♫〉 ground: I fall into suche flouds, I say, that I 〈♫〉〈♫〉 am like be drounde.
[verse 3]
With crying oft I faynt and quayle, my throte is horse and drye:
With loking vp my sight doth fayle, for helpe to God on hye.
[verse 4]
My foes that giltles doo oppres, my soule, with hate are led:
In number sure they are no les, then heares are on my hed.
[verse 5]
Though for no cause they vexe me sore they prosper and are glad:
They doo compell me to restore, the thynges I neuer had.
[verse 6]
What I haue done for want of wit, thou Lorde all times canst tell:
And all the same that I commit, to thee is knowne ful well.
[verse 7]
O God of hostes defend and staye, al those that trust in thee:
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Let no man doubt or shrink awaye, for ought that chaunceth me,
[verse 8]
It is for thee and for thy sake, that I doo beare this blame:
In spite of thee they would me make, to hyde my face for shame.
[verse 9]
My mothers sonnes my brethern all, forsake me on a rowe:
And as a straunger they me call, my face they will not knowe.
[verse 10]
vnto thy house suche zeale I beare, that it doth pine me muche:
Theyr checks & taunts at thee to heare my very hart doth grutch.