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 will declare my law to thee, My servant Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto mee, [verse 9] Besides my self amongst you then no strange God shall allow, Nor worship any other God, nor shall unto it bow.
[verse 10] I am the lord thy God, I thee brought up from Egypt land, Open thy mouth, and I will it fill with an open hand. [verse 11] But for all this they would not hear my voice, when I did chuse For mine own people, Israel me did utterly refuse.
[verse 12] Therefore in wrath I gave them up by their lusts to be led,

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And so in their own counsels still they vainly wandered. [verse 13] O that my people unto me had hearkned what I said, And Israel had walked in my ways, and me obey'd!
[verse 14] I would have quickly by my pow'r subdu'd their enemies, And turn'd my hand against all those that did against them rise. [verse 15] Gods enemies should soon themselves have humbled him before, Their states and prosp'rous times should have endur'd for evermore.
[verse 16] I would have fed them with the crop and finest of the wheat, And made the rock with honey drop, that they their fill might eat.
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