The whole book of Psalms collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others ; conferred with the Hebrew ; set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches ...

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Title: The whole book of Psalms collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others ; conferred with the Hebrew ; set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches ...
Author: Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.
Publication: [Cambridge, England] :: Printed by John Field ...,; 1666.
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Subject terms: Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.; Psalters.
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I Lift my heart to thee,
my God and guide most just:
Now suffer me to take no shame,
for in thee do I trust.
 [verse 2]  Let not my foes rejoyce,
nor make a scorn of me:
And let them not be overthrown
that put their trust in thee.

 [verse 3]  But shame shall them befal
which harm them wrongfully:
Therefore thy paths and thy right ways
unto me, Lord, descry.
 [verse 4]  Direct me in thy truth,
and teach me, I thee pray:
Thou art my God and Saviour,
on thee I wait alway.
 [verse 5]  Thy mercies manifold
I pray thee, Lord, remember,?
And eke thy pity plentiful,
for they have been for ever.
 [verse 6]  Remember not the faults
and frailty of my youth:
Remember not how ignorant
I have been of thy truth.

Nor after my deserts
let me thy mercy finde:
But of thine own benignity
Lord have me in thy minde.
 [verse 7]  His mercy is full sweet,
his truth a perfect guide:
Therefore the Lord will sinners teach,
and such as go aside.

 [verse 8]  The humble he will teach
his precepts for to keep:
He will direct in all his ways
the lowly and the meek.
 [verse 9]  For all the ways of God
are truth and mercy ••oth,
To them that keep his testament
the witness of his troth.