The whole book of Psalms collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others ; conferred with the Hebrew ; set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches ...

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Title: The whole book of Psalms collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others ; conferred with the Hebrew ; set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches ...
Author: Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.
Publication: [Cambridge, England] :: Printed by John Field ...,; 1666.
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Subject terms: Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.; Psalters.
Cite this Item: "The whole book of Psalms collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others ; conferred with the Hebrew ; set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A97379.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.

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Da pacem, Domine.

GIve peace in these our days, O Lord,
Great dangers are now at hand:
Thine enemies with one accord
Christs Name in every land
Seek to deface,
Root out and rase
Thy true right worship indeed.
Be thou the stay,
Lord, we thee pray.
Thou help'st alone in all need.

Give us that peace that we do lack
Through misbelief and ill life:
Thy word to offer thou dost not slack,
Which we unkindly gain-strive.
With fire and sword
This healthful word
Some persecute and oppress:
Some with the mouth
Confess the truth
Without sincere godliness.

Give peace, and us thy Spirit down send,
With grief and repentance true
Do pierce our hearts, our lives to amend
And by faith in Christ renew:
That fear and dread,
War and bloudshed,
Through thy sweet mercy and grace,
May from us slide:
Thy truth may bide,
And shine in every place.