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Beati quorum

Author: Thomas Sternhold Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The man is blest whose wickednesse

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The man is blest, whose wickedness

Author: T. S. Hymnal: The Whole Book of Psalms #XXXII (1790) Lyrics: 1 The man is blest, whose wickedness the Lord forgiven hath, And he, whose sin is likewise hid, and cover'd from his wrath. 2 And blest is he, to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin, Who in his heart hath hid no guile, nor fraud is found therein. 3 For whilst that I kept close my sin in silence and constraint, My bones did waste and wear away with daily moan and plaint. 4 Both night and day thy hand on me so grievous was and smart, My moisture like the summer's heat to dryness did convert. 5 I did therefore confess my faults, and all my sins reveal, Then thou, O Lord, didst me forgive, and all my sins conceal. 6 The humble man shall pray therefore, and seek thee in due time, so that the floods of waters great shall have no power on him. 7 When trouble and adversity do compass me about, Thou art my refuge and my joy, and thou didst rid me out. 8 Come hither, and I will thee teach how thou shalt walk aright; I will thee guide, as I myself have learn'd by proof and sight: 9 Be not so rude and ignorant, as is the horse and mule, Whose mouth without a rein or bit, from harm thou can'st not rule. 10 The wicked man shall manifold sorrows and grief sustain; But unto him, that trusts in God his goodness shall remain. 11 Be joyful therefore in the Lord, ye just, lift up your voice; And ye, of pure and perfect heart, with cheerfulness rejoice. Scripture: Psalm 32 Languages: English
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Beati quorum

Author: T. S. Hymnal: The Whole Booke of Psalmes #15a (1640) First Line: The man is blest whose wickednesse Lyrics: 1 The man is blest whose wickednesse the Lord hath cleane remitted: And he whose sin and wickednesse is hid and also covered. 2 And blest is he to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin: Which in his heart hath hid no guile, nor fraud is found therein. 3 For whilst that I kept close my sin in silence and constraint: My bones did weare and waste away with daily mome and plaint. 4 For night and day thy hand on me so grievous was and smart, That all my bloud and humours moist to drinesse did convert. 5 I did therefore confesse my faults, and all my sins discover, Then thou, O Lord, didst me forgive, and all my sinnes passe over. 6 The humble man shall pray therefore, and seek thee in due time, So that the flouds of waters great shall have no power on him. 7 When trouble and adversity do compasse me about: Thou art my refuge and my joy, and thou didst rid me out. 8 Come hither and I will thee teach how thou shalt walk aright: I will thee guide as I my self have learn'd by proofe and sight. 9 Be not so rude and ignorant, as is the horse and mule: Whose mouth without a reine or bit from harm thou canst not rule. 10 The wicked man shall manifold sorrowes and griefs sustaine: But unto him that trusts in God his goodnesse shall remaine. 11 Be merry therefore in the Lord, ye just lift up your voice: And ye of pure and perfect heart, be glad and eke rejoyce. Scripture: Psalm 32 Languages: English

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Thomas Sternhold

1449 - 1549 Person Name: T. S. Author of "Beati quorum" in The Whole Booke of Psalmes Thomas Sternhold was Groom of the Robes to Henry VIII and Edward VI. With Hopkins, he produced the first English version of the Psalms before alluded to. He completed fifty-one; Hopkins and others composed the remainder. He died in 1549. Thirty-seven of his psalms were edited and published after his death, by his friend Hopkins. The work is entitled "All such Psalms of David as Thomas Sternhold, late Groome of the King's Majestye's Robes, did in his Lyfetime drawe into Englyshe Metre." Of the version annexed to the Prayer Book, Montgomery says: "The merit of faithful adherence to the original has been claimed for this version, and need not to be denied, but it is the resemblance which the dead bear to the living." Wood, in his "Athenae Oxonlenses" (1691, vol. I, p. 62), has the following account of the origin of Sternhold's psalms: "Being a most zealous reformer, and a very strict liver, he became so scandalized at the amorous and obscene songs used in the Court, that he, forsooth, turned into English metre fifty-one of David's psalms, and caused musical notes to be set to them, thinking thereby that the courtiers would sing them instead of their sonnets; but they did not, some few excepted. However, the poetry and music being admirable, and the best that was made and composed in these times, they were thought fit to be sung in all parochial churches." Of Sternhold and Hopkins, old Fuller says: "They were men whose piety was better than their poetry, and they had drunk more of Jordan than of Helicon." Sternhold and Hopkins may be taken as the representatives of the strong tendency to versify Scripture that came with the Reformation into England--a work men eagerly entered on without the talent requisite for its successful accomplishment. The tendency went so far, that even the "Acts of the Apostles" was put into rhyme, and set to music by Dr. Christopher Tye. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.
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