Certayne psalmes chosen out of the psalter of Dauid, and drawen furth into Englysh meter by William Hunnis seruant to the ryght honorable syr Wyllyam Harberde knight newly collected [and] imprinted.
Hunnis, William, d. 1597.
The .lvii. Psalme. Miserere mei deus.
BE mercyfull to me o god
be mercyfull to me,
My fleshe, and hart, my soule and minde
putteth their truste in the.
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Vnder the shadowe, of thy wynges
there shall be my defence
Vntyll this time of tyrannye
be paste awaye from hence
I call vnto the moost iust god
whyche made both sea and lande
He will perfourme his seruauntes cause
that he dydde take in hande
He shal send downe from heauen aboue
his stretched arme in myghte
And wyl me saue from their reprose
whiche woulde do me vntyght
God shall sende furth his mercy great
and therwith wyll me arme
And he shall stoppe the lyons mouthes
to saue my soule from harme
For it doth lye amonge those men
that be so set on fyer
Whose teth are speares, their tonges be swordes
so hote is their desyre,
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But set thou vp thy selfe o god
and let thy power be knowen.
So that the wycked men in earth
may quyte be ouerthrowen
They lye in waite, and haue layde furth
a nette to take me in
A pytte allo they made for me
But they be caught therin.
This is the goodnes of my god
Suche comfort to vpraise
My hart alwaye shall ready be
to synge, and to geue prayse
Awake my lute and eke my harpe
and geue forth pleasaunt sounde
And I shall praise the lorde with you
as I therto am bounde
I wyll gyue prayse to the o god
thy people shall it here
And I shall synge vnto thy praise
amonge them euery where
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Thy mercyes greate, excede the heuyns
in bredth and eke in lengthe.
euyn as thy truth doth passe the cloudes
in beuty and in strength.
O god, exalte thy selfe therefore
aboue thy heauyns hye,
Thy glorye is aboue the earth
no man can it denye.
Prayse we the father. &c?
