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. 57. Miserere mei Deus.
Ad Præstantem. Ne corrumpas, Michtam Davidis, cùm fugeret â facie Saulis in speluncam.
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Be mercifull to me, O God,be mercifull to mee:
For as my safeties sole abode
my soule doth trust in thee.
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my hopes assurance seat:
Till time an end of evills brings,
and calme this tempests heat.
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I unto God Most-High will call,my plaint before him lay:
Whose promise firme performance shall
in full perfection pay.
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He from the Heavens shall send his hand,and save me by his power:
Hath mark't him with reproaches brand,
whose mouth would me devoure.
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His mercy, and his truth, beforeshall God send forth in aide:
For, where fierce Lions ramp and roare,
my soule is subject laid.
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Among the sons of man I lie,that fire and fury breathe:
Speares from whose teeth, and arrowes flie,
whose tongues sharp swords unsheath.
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O God, where brightnesse most abounds,above the Heavens ascend:
Thy glories beames beyond the bounds
of all the earth extend.
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A net they for my steps have laid,and downe my soule is bow'd:
But in the trench are they betrai'd,
which they for me had plow'd.
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My heart, O God, is fixt on thee,on thee my heart is fixt:
The song that I shall sing, shall be
of thankes and praises mixt.
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Awake, my glory, slow delaymy Lute and Harp off shake:
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I early will awake.
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To thee, O Lord, my thankes will Iamong the people bring;
And where the Nations scatt'red lie,
aloud thy praises sing.
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The greatnesse of thy mercies storeabove the Heavens doth streach:
Thy truth up to the skies doth soare,
a higher pitch to reach.
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O God, where brightnesse most abounds,above the Heavens ascend:
Thy glories beames, beyond the bounds
of all the earth extend.
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