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The Psalmes Of David In Meeter

Newly translated, and diligently compared with the Originall Text, and former Translations: More plaine, smooth, and agreeable to the Text, then any heretofore. Allowed by the Authority of the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in Congregations and Families [by Francis Rous]

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PSAL. CIX.

[1]

O thou the God of all my praise,

do thou not hold thy peace:

2

For mouths of wicked men, to speak

against me, do not cease;
The mouths of vile deceitful men
against me opened be:
And with a false and lying tongue
they have accused me.

3

They did beset me round about

with words of hateful spight:
And, though to them no cause I gave,
against me they did fight.

4

They for my love became my foes,

but I me set to pray.

5

Evil for good, hatred for love

to me they did repay.

6

Set thou the wicked over him,

and upon his right hand
Give thou his greatest enemy
ev'n Satan, leave to stand.

7

And when by thee he shal be judg'd,

let him condemned be;
And let his pray'r be turn'd to sin,
when he shal cal on thee.

8

Few be his dayes, and in his room

his charge another take.

9

His children let be fatherlesse,

his wife a widow make.

10

His children let be vagabonds,

and beg continually;
And from their places disolate
seek bread for their supply.

11

Let covetous extortioners

catch all he hath away:
Of all for which he labour'd hath,
let strangers make a prey.

12

Let there be none to pity him,

let there be none at all
That on his children fatherlesse
wil let his mercy fal.

13

Let his posterity from earth

cut off for ever be,
And in the following age their name
be blotted out by thee.

14

Let God his fathers wickednesse

stil to remembrance cal;
And never let his mothers sin
be blotted out at all.

15

But let them all before the Lord

appear continually,
That he may wholly from the earth
cut off their memory.

16

Because he mercy minded not,

but persecuted stil
The poor and needy, that he might
the broken-hearted kil.

17

As he in cursing pleasure took,

so let it to him fal;
As he delighted not to blesse,
so blesse him not at all.

18

As cursing he like cloths put on,

into his bowels so
Like water, and into his bones
like oyl down let it go.

19

Like to that garment let it be

which doth himself aray,
And for a girdle wherewith he
is girt about alway;

20

From God let this be their reward

that enemies are to me,
And their reward, that speak against
my soul maliciously.

21

But do thou, for thine own Names sake

O God the Lord, for me:
Sith good and sweet thy mercy is,
from trouble set me free.

22

For I am poor and indigent,

afflicted sore am I,
My heart within me also is
wounded exceedingly.

23

I passe like a declining shade,

am like the locust tost.

24

My knees through fasting weakned are,

my flesh hath fatnesse lost.

25

I also am a vile reproach

unto them made to be:
And they that did upon me look
did shake their heads at me.

26

O do thou help and succour me,

who art my God and Lord:
And, for thy tender mercies sake,
fafety to me afford.

27

That thereby they may know, that this

is thy Almighty hand,
And that thou, Lord, hast done the same
they may wel understand.

28

Although they curse wth spite, yet, Lord

bless thou with loving voice:
Let them asham'd be, when they rise:
thy servant let rejoyce.

29

Let thou mine adversaries all

with shame be cloathed over,
And let their own confusion
them, as a mantle, cover.

30

But as for me, I with my mouth

wil greatly praise the Lord;
And I among the multitude
his praises wil record.


31

For he shal stand at his right hand

who is in povertie,
To save him from all those that would
condemn his soul to die.