Psalm XL.
1
I sought thee Lord from time to time,
And waited patiently:
At last to me he did incline,
And listned to my cry.
2
He rais'd me from an horrid pit,
From deep and miry clay:
And set my feet upon a rock,
In firm and steddy way.
3
He put new songs into my mouth,
Of praise to God most high:
That many may observe and fear,
And on the Lord rely.
4
O blessed is that man indeed,
Whose trust is in the Lord:
But haughty men respecteth not,
Nor lyars doth regard.
5
How many are thy wonders, Lord,
Which thou for us hast wrought:
Thy glorious mercies and designs,
Surpass our very thought.
6
When sacrifice and offerings,
Our sins could not remove;
Thou didst prepare a sacrifice,
The Lord from heaven above.
7
In manner of a servant mean,
Or one whose ears are bor'd,
He came and said, lo here I am,
To do thy will, O Lord.
8
Thy law is all within my heart,
And it perform I will,
And what thy book foretold of me,
Entirely will fulfil.
9
These wonders of thy mercy, Lord,
To preach [illeg.] did not spare:
Nor in the congregations great,
Thy promise to declare.
10
Now think upon me, O my God,
And save me as before:
And let thy mercy and thy truth,
Preserve me evermore.
11
My sins surround, and seize me so,
To look to heaven I dread:
My heart doth fail; for they are more
Than hairs upon my head.
12
O save and help me then with speed,
And bring them all to nought,
Whose cruel and malicious hearts,
Have my destruction sought.
13
Let ruine be the scorners lot;
But such as seek thy face,
Let them forever praise thy name,
And magnifie thy grace.
14
My comfort is, thou think'st on me,
When I am poor and low:
Then in my trouble, O my God,
To help me be not slow.
