Another of the same.
OH, hear my prayer, Lord,
And unto my desire
To bow thine ear accord,
I humbly thee require:
The Psalms of David in meeter: newly translated, and diligently compared with the originall text, and former translations, more plaine, smooth, and agreeable to the text, then any heretofore. ; Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in congregations and families.
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- The Psalms of David in meeter: newly translated, and diligently compared with the originall text, and former translations, more plaine, smooth, and agreeable to the text, then any heretofore. ; Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in congregations and families.
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- 1650.
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"The Psalms of David in meeter: newly translated, and diligently compared with the originall text, and former translations, more plaine, smooth, and agreeable to the text, then any heretofore. ; Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in congregations and families." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76561.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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Page 288
And in thy faithfulnesse
Unto me answer make,
And in thy righteousnesse
Upon me pity take.
In judgement enter notLine 2
VVith me thy servant poor:
For why, this well I wot,
No sinner can endure
The sight of thee, O God,
If thou his deeds shalt try,
He dare make none abode
Himself to justifie.
Behold the cruell foeLine 3
Me persecutes with spight,
My soul to overthrow:
Yea he my life down quite
Unto the ground hath smote,
And made me dwell full low
In darknesse, as forgot,
Or men dead long ago.
Therefore, my sprit much vextLine 4
O'rewhelm'd is me within;
My heart right sore perplext,
And desolate hath bin.
Yet I do call to mindLine 5
VVhat ancient dayes record,
Thy works of every kinde
I think upon, O Lord.
Lo, I do stretch my handsLine 6
To thee my help alone,
For thou well understands
All my complaint and mone:
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My thirsting soul desires,
And longeth after Thee,
As thirsty ground requires
VVith rain refresht to be.
Lord, let my pray'r prevail,Line 7
To answer it make speed,
For lo, my sp'rit doth fail;
Hide not thy face in need,
Left I be like to those.
That do in darknesse sit.
Or him that downward goes
Into the dreadfull pit.
Because I trust in thee,Line 8
O Lord, cause me to hear
Thy loving kindnesse free,
When morning doth appear:
Cause me to know the way
Wherein my path should be,
For why my soul on hie
I do lift up to thee.
From my fierce enemieLine 9
In safetie do me guide,
Because I fly to thee,
Lord, that thou mayst me hide.
My God alone art thou,Line 10
Teach me thy righteousnesse:
Thy sp'rit's good, lead me to
The land of uprightnesse,
O Lord for thy Names sake,Line 11
Be pleas'd to quicken me:
And for thy truth, forth take
My soul from miserie.
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And of thy grace destroyLine 12
My foes, and put to shame
All who my soul annoy:
For I thy servant am.