O God, give eare, and do apply to heare me when I pray;
And when to thee I call and cry, hide not thy selfe away.
[verse 2] Take heed to me, grant my request, and answer me againe:
With plaints I pray full sore opprest, great griefe doth me constraine.
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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- 1643.
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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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Mine enemies words affrighting be, the wicked me oppresse:
They cast iniquity on me in wrath and spitefulnesse.
Great paine my heart disquieteth, it vexed is in me:
〈◊〉〈◊〉 terrours of untimely death upon me sallen be.
A trembling great, with fearfulnesse do come and seize on me;
•…•…onour doth me so much oppresse, I no way out can see.
Then did I say thus O that I the wings had of a Dove!
•…•…m wrong then I away would fly•…•…, and me to rest remove.
Lo, then I would go far away, to •…•…ee I would not cease;
•…•…ll with safety I might stay in some great wildernesse.
And my escape more sure to make, I would be gone in •…•…aste;
〈◊〉〈◊〉 me the tempest do not take, nor the fierce stormy blast,
Destroy, O Lord, and do consound their tongues, and them divide:
Or in their city strife I found, and violence I •…•…spi'd.
These on the walls both night & day do go about it round;
•…•…d in the midst doth mischiefe stay, and sorrow doth abound.
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[verse 12] In midst thereof is wickednesse, ev'n in the very heart;
And from her streets deceitfulnesse and guile do not depart.
[verse 13] If enemies had reproached me, it well en•…•…ure I could;
If open foes my scorner•…•… be, from such me hide I would.
[verse 14] But it was thou, who for a friend and fellow lately past;
And who to guide me didst pretend, and my acquaintance wast.
[verse 15] With whom I had delight to talk in secret, and abroad;
And we together oft did walk within the house of God.