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A New Version of the Psalms of David

Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. By Sir Richard Blackmore

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Psalm. LXXII.

1

Give to the King thy Wisdom's Light,

Thy Justice to his Son;

2

So shall he judge the People right,

And help th' aflicted one,

3

The Mountains, with the Fruits of Peace,

Shall the glad People bless;
The little Hills the like Increase
Shall yield by Righteousness.

4

He'll to the Poor see Justice done,

And break th' Oppressour's Might;

5

As long they'll fear Thee, as the Sun

And Moon shall give their Light.

6

From Heav'n his Influence shall drop,

As on mown Meads the Rain,
And as sweet Show'rs, to raise the Crop,
Descend, and drench the Plain.

7

The Man, that follows Righteousness,

Shall flourish in his Days;
And plenteous Peace the Land shall bless,
'Till quite the Moon decays.

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8

From Sea to Sea, this King shall send;

To all, his high Command,
And from Euphrates to the End
Of Palestina's Land.

9

Nor shall they in the Wilderness

Their Sands and Mountains trust,
But bow, Subjection to express,
And prostrate lick the Dust.

10

The Kings of Tarshish and the Isles,

With Gifts shall court the King;
Sheba's and Seba's Lords shall Spoils,
For Presents, to him bring.

11

All Princes shall his Subjects grow,

All Nations Him obey;

12

For He the destitute and low

Will succour when they pray.

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13

He'll spare the Needy and the Poor,

And save them by his Might;

14

Their Lives, which He'll from Force secure,

Are precious in his Sight.

15

And He shall live, and Sheba's Gold

Men to the King shall pay;
He constantly shall be extoll'd,
And pray'd for ev'ry Day.

16

Of Corn, an handful sown, shall crown

So thick the Mountain's Brows,
The Ears shall shake like Lebanon,
When to the Wind it bows.

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And they, within the City Wall,
Like Grass shall be increast.

17

His Name shall ever live, and all

Shall bless Him, and be blest.

18

Still the Lord God, who's pleas'd to own

The House of Israel, praise;
Who do's the Things perform alone,
That Admiration raise.

19

Ye People, his exalted Name

For ever glorify;
Thro' all the Earth be heard his Fame;
Amen, Amen, reply.