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To thee my God euen all day long,
I doe both cry and call:
I cease not all the night, and yet
thou hearest not at all.
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Euen thou that in thy Sanctuary,
and holy place dost dvvell:
Thou art the comfort and the ioy,
and glory of Israel.
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And he in vvhom our fathers old,
had all their hope for euer:
And vvhen they put their trust in thee,
so dost thou them deliuer,
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They vvere deliuered euer vvhen
they called on thy name:
And for the faith they had in thee,
they vvere not put to shame.
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But I am novv become a vvorme
more like then any man:
An out-cast vvhom the people scorne,
vvith all the spight they can.
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And me despise as they behold
me vvalking on the vvay:
They grin, they movv, they nod their heads
and in this vvise they say.
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This man did glory in the Lord,
his fauour and his loue:
Let him redeeme and helpe him novv,
his povver if he vvill proue.
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But Lord out of my mothers vvombe,
I came by thy request:
Thou didst preserue mee still in hope,
vvhile I did sucke her brest.
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I vvas committed from my birth,
vvith thee to haue abode:
Since I vvas in my mothers vvombe,
thou hast beene euer my God.
The second part.
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Then Lord depart not novv from me
in this my present griefe:
Since I haue none to be my helpe,
my succour and reliefe.
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So many Bulles doe compasse me,
that be full strong of head:
Yea, Buls so fat as though they had
in Basan field beene fed.
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They gape vpon me greedily,
as though they vvould me stay:
Much like a Lyon roaring out,
and ramping for his prey.
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But I drop dovvne like vvater shed,
my ioynts in sunder breake:
My heart doth in my body melt,
like vvaxe against the heat.
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And like a potsheard dryth my strēgth,
my tongue it cleaueth fast
Vnto my iavves, and I am brought
to dust of death at last.
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And many dogs doe compasse me,
and vvicked counsell eke
Conspire against me cursedly,
they pierce my hands and feet.
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I vvas tormented, so that I
might all my bones haue told:
Yet still vpon me they doe looke,
and still they mee behold.
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My garments they diuided eke
in parts among them all:
And for my coat they did c••st lots,
to vvhom it might befall.
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Therefore I pray thee be not far
from me at my great need:
But rather sith thou art my strength,
to helpe me Lord make speed.
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And frō the svvord Lord saue my soule
by thy might and thy povver:
And keepe my soule thy darling deere▪
from dogs that vvould deuoure.
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And from the Lyons mouth that vvould
me all in sunder shiuer▪