The Psalter of Dauid newely translated into Englysh metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men. Wherunto is added a note of four partes, wyth other thynges, as shall appeare in the epistle to the readar.

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The Psalter of Dauid newely translated into Englysh metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men. Wherunto is added a note of four partes, wyth other thynges, as shall appeare in the epistle to the readar.
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[London] :: Translated and imprinted by [R. Grafton and S. Mierdman for] Robert Crowley in the yere of our Lorde. M.D.xlix. the xx. daye of September. And are to be solde in Eley rentes in Holburne. Cum priuilegio ad impremendum solum,
[1549]
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The .xxj. Psalme.

LOrde in thy myght and powre the kynge shall be glad and merie. And in thy saueyng health he shall reioyce excedyngly. Thou haste geuen hym his hertes desyre, wythout any delay: And of the thynges he hath asked thou hast not sayde hym naye. Wyth the beste and most pleasaunt gyftes thou haste hym preuented: And ryght so wyth a crowne of goulde, hys heade thou hast crowned. He asked lyfe of the and thou haste geuen to hym certayne: Such lenght of dayes that he shall be, when no tyme shall remayne. Through the health that thou gaueste hym, ryght great is hys glorye: Vpon him thou hast set honour, & bryghtnes great plentie.

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Thou haste set hym that he hath aye plen¦tye and aboundaunce: Of all good thynges, so doest thou chere him wyth thy comtenaunce. For in the Lord the kyng putteth, his trust vnfaynedly. And shall stande stydfastly through the good¦nes of God most hye. Thyne hande hath founde all suche men as, thy deadly enmies be: And thy ryght hande hath founde all such, as euer hated the. Lyke a fornayce in thyne anger, thou hast them all kenled: The Lorde hath eate them in hys Ire, fyre hath them consumed. The fruyte of theyr bodies thou haste row¦ted out of the land. And haste not suffered theyr seede emonge men for to stand. For they went obout to noye the, and for to do the yll: They inuented suche wyckednes, as they could not fulfyll. But thou madest them as a but, to shote at wyth thy bowe: And wyth thy strynge thou leuelledste euen at theyr face I knowe. Extolle thy selfe Lorde in thy powre, set vp thy selfe on hye:

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Then shall we synge and celebrate thy powr most worthyly.
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