The whole booke of psalms, collected into English meter by Thomas Sternhold, I. Hopkins and others: co[n]ferred with the Hebrue, with apt notes to syng them withall. Faithfully perused and allowed accordyng to the Quenes Maiesties Injunctions. very meete to be vsed of al sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort: laying apart al vngodly songes and ballades, which read only to the norishing of vice & corrupting of youth..

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The whole booke of psalms, collected into English meter by Thomas Sternhold, I. Hopkins and others: co[n]ferred with the Hebrue, with apt notes to syng them withall. Faithfully perused and allowed accordyng to the Quenes Maiesties Injunctions. very meete to be vsed of al sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort: laying apart al vngodly songes and ballades, which read only to the norishing of vice & corrupting of youth..
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Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.
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Imprinted at London :: by Iohn Day.,
1565..
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Church of England -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800.
Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English -- Early works to 1800.
Psalters -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The whole booke of psalms, collected into English meter by Thomas Sternhold, I. Hopkins and others: co[n]ferred with the Hebrue, with apt notes to syng them withall. Faithfully perused and allowed accordyng to the Quenes Maiesties Injunctions. very meete to be vsed of al sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort: laying apart al vngodly songes and ballades, which read only to the norishing of vice & corrupting of youth.." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14033.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.

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Leuaui oculos meos. Psalme .Cxxi.

¶The Prophet shewed by his own example that the faithfull ought to looke for all their suc∣cour of God alone, who will gouerne and geue good successe to al their godly enterprises.

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〈♫〉〈♫〉 I Lift mine eyes to Sion hil, from whence I do attende, 〈♫〉〈♫〉 that succour God me send. The mighty God me succour wil, which 〈♫〉〈♫〉 heauen and earth framed, and al things therin named.

[verse 3] Thy foote from slip he wil preserue, And wil thee safely kepe: For he wil neuer slepe. [verse 4] Lo, he that doth Israel conserue, No slepe at al can hym catch? But his eyes shal euer watch, [verse 5] The Lord is thy warrant alway, ❧ The Lord eke doth thee couer, As at thy right hand euer. [verse 6] The sunne shal not thee partch by day, Nor the moone not halfe so bryght. Shall with cold thee hurt by nyght. ❧ [verse 7] The Lord wil kepe thee from distres, And wil thy life sure saue: And thou also shalt haue. [verse 8] In al thy busines good successe, Where euer thou goest in or out, God wil thy thinges bryng about.
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