The Psalmes of David The King And Prophet, And Of other holy Prophets, paraphas'd in English: Conferred with the Hebrew Veritie, set forth by B. Arias Montanus, together with the Latine, Greek Septuagint, and Chaldee Paraphrase. By R. B. [i.e. Richard Brathwait] |
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Psal. 120. Ad Dominum, cum tribul.
Canticum Graduum.
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In my distresses anguish,When I did lye and languish,
Upon the Lord I call'd:
No longer he deferr'd mee,
But at mine instance heard mee,
From where I lay enthrall'd.
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My soule, O Lord, deliverFrom lips of lies the quiver,
And from a double tongue:
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False tongue, what gives it to thee?What profit shall it doe thee,
When thy fell sting hath stung?
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Sharp arrowes are lesse cruell,No Juniper, like fewell:
So deadly are they not,
As are those forked quarrells,
As are those wild-fire barrells,
The tongues malignant shot.
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Now, woe is me, these dangers,More strange to me then strangers,
That exil'd life re-sents:
Against my will constraine me,
With Meshech to containe me,
And dwell in Kedars Tents.
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My soule hath too long resting,With him, that peace detesting,
Is ever male-content:
I am for peace, that love it,
And when my speeches move it,
for warre then are they bent.
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