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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¶ The second part.
[verse 13] O God thou art my kyng and Lorde, and euermore hast ben: yeathy good grace throughout the world for our good helpe hathe seen. [verse 14] The seas that are so depe and dead, thy might did make them drye: And then didst breake the serpents head, that he therin did dye.
[verse 15] yea thou didst breake the heads so great of whales that are so fell: And gauest them to the folkes to eate, that in the desertes dwell. [verse 16] Thou madest a spring with streames to rise from rock both hard and hye: And eke thy hand hath made lykewyse, depe riuers to be drye.
[verse 17] Bothe day and eke the night are thyne, by thee they were begonne,

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Thou settest to serue vs with theyr shine, the light and eke the sunne, [verse 18] Thou doest appoint the endes and costs of all the earth about: Both sommer heates, and winter frosts, thy hand hath founde them out.
[verse 19] Thinke on (O Lorde (no time forget. thy foes that thee defame: And how the folish folke are set, to rayle vpon thy name. [verse 20] O let no cruell beast deuoure, thy Turtle that is true: Forget not alwayes in thy powre, the poore that much doo rue.
[verse 21] Regarde thy couenaunt and beholde, thy foes posses, the lande: All sad and darke, for worne and old, our realine as now doth stand. [verse 22] Let not the simple go away, with disapointed shame: But let the poore and nedye aye. geue prayse vnto thy name.
[verse 23] Ryse Lord, let be by thee mainteined, the cause that is thyne owne: Remember how that thou blasphemde, art by the folysh one. [verse 24] The voyce forget not of thy foes, for they presumyng hie: Is more and more encreast of those, that hate thee spitefully.
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