The works of Sir William Mure of Rowallan Edited with introduction, notes, and glossary by William Tough |
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My God and King I'le the extoll,And blesse thy name for ay.
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I'le blesse thee evry day; thy nameI'le prayseing be allway.
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Great is the Lord and worthie prayse;His greatnes search exceeds.
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Race vnto race shall prayse thy works,And schew thy mighty deids.
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The glory and the honor dueWnto thy Majesty,
Thy wondrous works, of my discourse
Still shall the subject bee.
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Thy fearefull acts, so full of might,By all shall be exprest;
And I indevoir will to mak
Thy greatnes manifest.
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Thy bounty, which doth passe all bounds,Men shall in record bring;
And all thy righteousnes alone
Shall celebrate and sing.
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Most gratious is the Lord; with himCompassion doth abound.
To anger allways slow, and great
In mercy he is found.
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The Lord is gude to all; to allHis works extendeth hee
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His tender mercyes. All thy works(Lord) shall give prayse to the.
The shall thy sancts, thy servants blesse.
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Thy kingdome's glory grittThey shall sett forth, and of thy power,
(Vnlimited) relate;
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That to the sones of men his actsOf might may be made known,
And thus the gloriouse majesty
Of his dominione schowne;
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Whose thron a thron eternall is,And whose dominione
From generatione shall endure
To generatioune.
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His weak ones, all that fall, the LordVpholdeth by the hand;
And all that ar bow'd doune, to strenth
Restor'd, hee straght maks stand.
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The eyes of all things do look vp,All (Lord) on thee depend;
Thow wnto evry one their food
Dost in due seasoun sende.
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Thy hand thow openest, whence to allThow dost aboundance bring,
That satisfyd is the desyre
Of evry liveing thing.
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Just is the Lord in all his wayes;He holy is in all
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His works. The Lord to all is neareThat doe vpon him call.
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To all that call on him in treuth,Who feare him, what they crave
Hee will acomplisch. When they cry
Them he will heare and save.
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In saifty, scheilded by the Lord,Ar all that do him love;
Bot all the wicked, quyte cutt off,
His wrath's effects shall prove.
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My mouth the prayses of the LordShall publisch and proclaime.
And let all flesch for ever blesse
And laud his holy name.
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