Letatus sum. Psal. cxxii.
I Did in heart rejoyce
To hear the peoples voice,
In offering so willingly:
[verse 2] For let us up, say they,
And in the Lords house pray:
Thus spake the folk full lovingly.
[verse 3] Our feet that wandred wide
Shall in thy gates abide,
O thou Jerusalem full fair,
Which art so seemly set
Much like a city neat.
The like whereof is not elsewhere.
[verse 4] The tribes with one accord,
The tribes of God the Lord
Are thither bent their way to take:
So God before did tell
That there his Israel
Their prayers should together make.
[verse 5] For there are thrones erect,
And that for this respect,
To set forth justice orderly:
Which thrones right to maintain
To Davids house pertain,
His folk to judge accordingly.
[verse 6] To pray let us not cease
For Jerusalem••s p••ace,
Thy friends God prosper mightily:
[verse 7] Peace be thy walls about,
And prosper thee throughout
Thy palaces continually.
[verse 8] I wish thy prosperous state
For my poor brethrens sake,
That comfort have by means of thee.
[verse 9] Gods house doth me allure
Thy w••alth for to procure
So much always as lies in me.