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. 41. Beatus vir, qui intelligit.
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Psal. 41. Beatus vir, qui intelligit.
Ad Præstantem, Psalmus David.
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Blest is the man, that wisely weighthe poore-afflicted can:
Deliverance in the evill day,
the Lord will send that man.
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Him shall the Lord preserve alive,and keep on earth to blesse:
Him to his foes thou shalt not give,
their soule shall not possesse.
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The Lord upholds his feeble headupon his couch of paine:
Turnes in his sicknesse all his bed,
returnes his health againe.
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I said in depth of my distresse,Be gracious, Lord, to mee:
O heale my soule, whose sinfulnesse
hath sore offended thee.
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On mee mine enemies exclaime,and evill of mee say:
When shall he die? when shall his name
with him be cast away?
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And if to visit mee he come,his heart vaine falshood speakes:
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at his returne forth breakes.
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All they that hate mee, on a knot,against mee whisp'ring swarme:
Against mee they this evill plot,
devis'd to doe mee harme.
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“An evill doome on him is past,“which he deserv'd before:
And now (say they) that he lies fast,
let him rise up no more.
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Yea, in my peace the man so great,to speciall trust receiv'd:
Which of my bread did also eate,
his heele against mee heav'd.
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Be gracious, Lord, to mee therefore,and raise mee up againe;
And I to them shall then restore,
like payment for their paine.
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By this I know thou favour'st mee,that though my foes assaile:
Triumphers yet they shall not be,
against mee, nor prevaile.
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But mee, in mine integritiethy hand doth still uphold:
And set mee, where eternally
thy face I may behold.
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The Lord, the God of Israel,be blest for ever then:
Let age to age eternall tell
his praise: Amen, Amen.
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