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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HAve mercy on me, Lord, after
thy great abounding grace:
After thy mercies multitude
do thou my sins deface.
 [verse 2]  Yea wash me more from mine offence,
and cleanse me from my sin:
For I do know my faults, and still
my sin is in mine eyn.

 [verse 3]  Against thee, thee alone I have
offended in this case:
And evil have I done before
the presence of thy sace:
 [verse 4]  That in the things that thou hast done
upright thou mayst be tri'd,
And eke in judging, that the doom
may pass upon thy side.

 [verse 5]  Behold, in wickedness my kinde
and shape I did receive:
And lo my sinful mother eke
in sin did me conceive.
 [verse 6]  But lo, the truth in inward parts
is pleasant unto thee;
And secrets of thy wisdom thou
revealed hast to me.

 [verse 7]  With hyssop, Lord, besprinkle me,
I shall be cleansed so:
Yea, wash thou me; and so I shall
be whiter then the snow.
 [verse 8]  Of joy and gladness make thou me
to hear the pleasant voice:
That so the bruised bones which thou
hast broken may rejoyce.

 [verse 9]  From the beholding of my sins,
Lord, turn away thy face:
And all my deeds of wickedness
do utterly deface.
 [verse 10]  O God, create in me a heart
unspotted in thy sight:
And eke within my bowels, Lord,
renew a stable sprite.

 [verse 11]  Ne cast me from thy sight, nor take
thy holy Spirit away:
The comfort of thy saving health
give me again, I pray.
 [verse 12]  With thy free Spirit establish me,
and I will teach therefore
Sinners thy ways, and wicked shall
be turned to thy lore.

The second part.

 [verse 13]  O God that art God of my health,
from bloud deliver me:
That praises of thy righteousness
my tongue may sing to thee.
 [verse 14]  My lips that yet fast closed be,
do thou, O Lord, unloose:
The praises of thy majestie
my mouth shall so disclose.

 [verse 15]  I would have offred sacrifice,
it that had pleased thee:
But pleased with burnt-offerings
I know thou wilt not be.
 [verse 16]  A troubled spirit is sacrifice
delightful in Gods eyes:
A broken and an humble heart,
God, thou wilt not despise,

 [verse 17]  In thy good will deal gently, Lord,
to Sion, and withal
Grant that of thy Jerusalem
uprear'd may be the wall.
 [verse 18]  Burnt-offrings, gifts, and sacrifice
of justice in that day
Thou shalt accept, and calves they shall
upon thine altar lay.