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 8, 2024.

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WIth hart and mouthe, vnto the Lorde, will I syng laude and prayse: * 1.1 And speake of all thy wondrous workes, and them declare alwayes. [verse 2] I will be glad and muche reioyce, in thee (O God) moste hie: And make my songes extoll thy name, aboue the sterry skie.

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[verse 3] For that my foes are driuen backe, and turned vnto flyght: They fall downe flat and are destroyd by thy great force and might. Thou hast reuenged all my wrong. * 1.2 my grief and all my grudge, [verse 4] Thou dost with iustice heare my cause, most like a righteous iudge.
[verse 5] Thou doest rebuke the Heathen folke, and wicked so confounde, That afterwarde, the memory, of them cannot be founde. [verse 6] My foe, thou hast made good dispatche and all our townes destroyed: Thou hast theyr fame with thē defaced through all the world so wyde.
[verse 7] Know thou that he whiche is aboue, for euermore shall raygne: And in the seate of equitie, true iudgement wil mainteyne. [verse 8] With iustice he wyll kepe and guyde, the worlde and euery weight: And so will yelde with equitie. to euery man his right.
[verse 9] He is protector of the poore, what tyme they be opprest: He is in all aduersitie, their refuge and theyr rest. [verse 10] All they that know thy holy name, therfore shall trust in thee:

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For thou forsakest not theyr sute, in their necessitie.
[verse 11] Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lorde, * 1.3 that dwelleth in Sion hill: Publishe amonge all nations, his noble artes and will. [verse 12] For he is mindfull of the bloud, of those that be opprest: For getting not the afflicted hart, that seketh to him for rest.

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