The Psalms of David set forth in English meeter set forth by Francis Rous...

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The Psalms of David set forth in English meeter set forth by Francis Rous...
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Rous, Francis, 1579-1659.
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London :: Printed by James Young for Phillip Nevill ...,
1643.
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.
Psalters.
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"The Psalms of David set forth in English meeter set forth by Francis Rous..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A27786.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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PSAL. LI.

ACcording tothy goodnesse great have mercy, Lord, on me; Blot out my sins, for numberlesse thy tender mercies be. [verse 2] From mine iniquity and sin, Lord, throughly wash thou mee: For my transgressions, I consesse, my sin I ever see.
[verse 3] Against thee, thee alone have I sin'd, and transgrest thy Law; Before thee evill have I done, thy glorious eies it saw. [verse 4] That when thou sentence dost pro∣nounce, thou justifi'd maist be; And wholly cleere, when thou for sin dost judge and chasten me.
B•…•…hold, in wickednesse my shape and being I receiv'd; •…•…infull of sin, and flesh of flesh my mother me conceiv'd. But •…•…o, the truth in inward parts 〈◊〉〈◊〉 pleasant unto thee;

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And secrets of thy wisdome thou revealed hast to mee.
[verse 7] With hysope (Lord) besprinkle me I shall be cleansed so: Yea, wash thou me, and so I shall be whiter then the snow. [verse 8] Of joy and gladnesse make thou mee to heare the pleasant voice; That so the bruised bones, which thou hast broken, may rejoyce.
[verse 9] From the beholding of my sins, Lord, turne away thy face; And all my deeds of wickednesse do utterly deface. [verse 10] O God, create in me a heart unspotted in thy sight; Within my bowels, Lord, renew a spirit sound and right.
The second part.
[verse 11] Cast me not from thy sight, nor t•…•… thy holy spirit away; The joy of thy salvation give me againe I pray. [verse 12] With thy free spirit me still up•…•… transgressors then of mee Shall learn thy waies, and sinners sh•…•… be turned unto thee.
[verse 13] O God, that art my Saviour, from bloud deliver mee; That praises of thy righteousnesse my tongue may sing to thee. [verse 14] The lips which sin fast close•…•…

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Lord, open and untie; My mouth shall freely speak thy praise, thus set at libertie.
[verse 15] I would have offered sacrifice, if that had pleased thee; But pleased with burnt-offering I know thou wilt not be. [verse 16] A broken spirit is to God a pleasant sacrifice: A broken and a contrite heart, God, thou wilt not despise.
[verse 17] Do good to Sion in thy love, and ever her sust•…•…ine: Th walls of thy Jerusalem build thou, and still maintaine, [verse 18] The sacrifice of righteousnesse, and off •…•…ings then to thee S•…•…ll pleasing be, then bullocks shall laid on thine altar be.
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