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. 84. Quàm dilecta?
Ad Præstantem, super Gittith. Filiorum Choreh Psalmus.
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How amiable (Lord of Hosts)thy dwelling places are?
How farre above all other coasts,
thy Tents exceed compare?
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Lord, of thy Courts, to joy the fight,my longing soule suspires,
My flesh, my heart, above delight,
the living God desires.
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The Sparrow finds a roome to rest,from reach of common wrong:
The Swallow builds a curious nest,
where she may couch her young.
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They, Lord of Hosts, within thy roofe,even to thine Altars home,
My King, my God, without reproofe,
(O me excluded) come.
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With them, what blessings dwellers are,that in thy dwellings dwell:
A house for thee, their hearts prepare,
thy praises shall they tell.
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They through the vale of Baca goe,where teares find comforts spring;
And showers, to quench the sighes of woe,
in cisterns, blessings bring.
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So marching on, from strength to strength,them shall their vigour beare;
Till to the God of Gods, at length,
in Sion they appeare.
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Lord God of Hosts, from Heaven thy seat,my supplication heare:
To what my praiers of thee entreat,
O Jacobs God, give eare.
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See who it is that sues for grace,see whom thou hast forsooke:
O God, our shield, upon the face
of thine annointed looke.
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For, in thy Courts the sweet content,that one day spent, commends;
Is better than a thousand spent,
that elsewhere any spends.
More in thine House love I their roome,
that at thy threshold sit;
Than in their Tents, my God, to come,
that wickednesse commit.
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For God the Lord, our Sun and Shield,will grace and glory give;
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to them that perfect live.
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O Lord of Hosts, thy Arme of Power,that Armies powers doth bend;
Shall on the man thy blessings powre,
whose hopes on thee depend.
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