A translation of the psalms of David attempted in the Spirit of Christianity, and adapted to the divine service. By Christopher Smart |
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 | A translation of the psalms of David |  |
PSALM XVII.
In this my cause, O Lord, preside,
Weigh my complaint and take my part;
Attend my pray'r, untaught to glide
From lips of practis'd art.
Weigh my complaint and take my part;
Attend my pray'r, untaught to glide
From lips of practis'd art.
Let me from thee my sentence learn,
Do thou mine innocence declare;
And let thine equal eyes discern
The bounds of false and fair.
Do thou mine innocence declare;
And let thine equal eyes discern
The bounds of false and fair.
I stand acquitted in the night
When my still heart thy spirit proves;
For I am bound with all my might
To speak as best behoves.
When my still heart thy spirit proves;
For I am bound with all my might
To speak as best behoves.
Warn'd by the works that men commit,
Against the word Jehovah spake,
By grace I kept me from the pit
Which sin and mis'ry make.
Against the word Jehovah spake,
By grace I kept me from the pit
Which sin and mis'ry make.
O bear me up as I proceed
In this my pilgrimage of pain;
And left I fail in strength or speed
My heart and feet sustain.
In this my pilgrimage of pain;
And left I fail in strength or speed
My heart and feet sustain.
To God my suit I have referr'd,
And he shall his attention lend;
O grant an audience to the word
Of meekness which I send.
And he shall his attention lend;
O grant an audience to the word
Of meekness which I send.
O thy stupendous goodness shew,
And all thy copious mildness show'r;
Thou Saviour of the faithful few,
From such as thwart thy pow'r.
And all thy copious mildness show'r;
Thou Saviour of the faithful few,
From such as thwart thy pow'r.
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Choice as the lustre of an eye,
Preserve me with thy precious things,
And let me to the covering fly
Of thy paternal wings,
Preserve me with thy precious things,
And let me to the covering fly
Of thy paternal wings,
To guard me from my foes profest,
That torture me with endless strife;
My enemies my bounds invest
To take away my life.
That torture me with endless strife;
My enemies my bounds invest
To take away my life.
They're swoln with fatness, as their days
To sumptuous banquets they devote;
Their mouths are fill'd with pompous phrase,
As on their wealth they glote.
To sumptuous banquets they devote;
Their mouths are fill'd with pompous phrase,
As on their wealth they glote.
On every side our way they block,
And turn their eyes on every place,
Our stedfast purposes to shock,
And to prevent our race.
And turn their eyes on every place,
Our stedfast purposes to shock,
And to prevent our race.
Like as a greedy lion works,
His prey from safety to decoy;
Or as his whelp in secret lurks
The trav'ler to destroy.
His prey from safety to decoy;
Or as his whelp in secret lurks
The trav'ler to destroy.
Up, Lord, the godless disconcert,
And to humility controul;
That bitter sword of thine avert
From David's faithful soul.
And to humility controul;
That bitter sword of thine avert
From David's faithful soul.
The worldly men, who're better sped,
Who have their portion here below;
Who from thy treasuries are fed
The prosp'rous carnal foe.
Who have their portion here below;
Who from thy treasuries are fed
The prosp'rous carnal foe.
A num'rous offspring they conceive
According to their gross desires;
And their ill-gotten wealth they leave
To children like their sires.
According to their gross desires;
And their ill-gotten wealth they leave
To children like their sires.
Mean while to these my joyful eyes
Thou shalt thyself in truth present;
And when I in thy semblance rise,
My heart shall rest content.
Thou shalt thyself in truth present;
And when I in thy semblance rise,
My heart shall rest content.
| A translation of the psalms of David | |