Davids Psalms in metre. Agreeable to the Hebrew, to be sung in usuall tunes. To he [sic] benefit of the churches of Christ. / By the Reverend Mr. John White minister of Gods Word in Dorchester.
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Davids Psalms in metre. Agreeable to the Hebrew, to be sung in usuall tunes. To he [sic] benefit of the churches of Christ. / By the Reverend Mr. John White minister of Gods Word in Dorchester.
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London, :: Printed by S. Griffin for J. Rothwel, at the Fountain and Bear in Goldsmiths row in Cheapside.,
1655.
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Bible -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Early works to 1800.
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"Davids Psalms in metre. Agreeable to the Hebrew, to be sung in usuall tunes. To he [sic] benefit of the churches of Christ. / By the Reverend Mr. John White minister of Gods Word in Dorchester." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76568.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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The Second Part.
[verse 8] Hear, O my people, and I willdeclare my law to thee,My servant Israel, if thouwilt hearken unto mee, [verse 9] Besides my self amongst you thenno strange God shall allow,Nor worship any other God,nor shall unto it bow.
[verse 10] I am the lord thy God, I theebrought up from Egypt land,Open thy mouth, and I will itfill with an open hand. [verse 11] But for all this they would not hearmy voice, when I did chuseFor mine own people, Israel medid utterly refuse.
[verse 12] Therefore in wrath I gave them upby their lusts to be led,
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And so in their own counsels stillthey vainly wandered. [verse 13] O that my people unto mehad hearkned what I said,And Israel had walked inmy ways, and me obey'd!
[verse 14] I would have quickly by my pow'rsubdu'd their enemies,And turn'd my hand against all thosethat did against them rise. [verse 15] Gods enemies should soon themselveshave humbled him before,Their states and prosp'rous times should haveendur'd for evermore.
[verse 16] I would have fed them with the cropand finest of the wheat,And made the rock with honey drop,that they their fill might eat.
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