The Psalms of David in meter fitted to the tunes used in parish-churches / by John Patrick ...
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The Psalms of David in meter fitted to the tunes used in parish-churches / by John Patrick ...
Author
Patrick, John, 1632-1695.
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London :: Printed for A. and J. Churchill ... and L. Meredith ...,
1694.
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.
Psalters.
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"The Psalms of David in meter fitted to the tunes used in parish-churches / by John Patrick ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A27944.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
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PSALM LXXIII.
[Another Metre.]
[ 1] IT's sure, that God is kind to thoseThat are sincerely good: [ 2] But yet my Faith was at a loss,I staggered where I stood. [ 3] Viewing bad men, tho' foolish, hereTo prosper, envy rose; [ 4] To see an easy Death, an AgeOf health and vigour, close. [ 5] From troubles freed, that other menStrive to escape in vain; [ 6] They boast in violence, and prideSurrounds them like a chain. [ 7] Pamper'd with Luxury and Ease,Their looks are fat and fair:Their wealth flows in beyond their hopes,And oft without their Care. [ 8] T' opprese the weak, their lofty prideNo scruple feels, nor shame. [ 9] They dare Heav'n to blaspheme, and blastFreely the Good man's Name. [ 10] This gives disturbance to his thoughts,And makes his tears to flow: [ 11] And now he doubts, whether God knowsOr minds what's done below. [ 12] Th' ungodly are the prosp'rous men,Grow rich and thrive amain.
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[ 13] I've wash'd my hands in Innocence,And cleans'd my heart in vain. [ 14] For every Morn my plague's renew'd,In grief whole days I spend. [ 15] But stay: such words against the FaithOf all good men offend.
Part II.
[ 16] I oft debated with my selfGod's ways of Providence:I found the search too hard, and doubtsLong kept me in suspence. [ 17] Till coming to God's House, I thereDid my Mistakes amend:Before I view'd their way, but nowI understood their end: [ 18] I saw the slippery precipice,On which their feet were plac'd: [ 19] And with what terrours seiz'd, when downTo sudden ruine cast. [ 20] Their happiness was like a dreamWhich waking vanishes. [ 21] Lord! what a Beast was I, to vex [ 22] My self at their Success. [ 23] For still I was thy care, by theeSustain'd, tho' suffering. [ 24] Thy Counsels they shall guide me here,And hence to Glory bring. [ 25] There's none in Heav'n or Earth, on whomI can rely, like thee. [ 26] When my' heart and hopes here fail, my stayAnd Portion thou wilt be.
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[ 27] But those that are from Godestrang'd,Or unto Idols bow;Shall meet thy fierce displeasure here,And utter overthrow. [ 28] God is my chiefest good: it's bestTo keep to him most: nigh:His Truth and Mercy I shall praise,When I on him rely.
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