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 LXXXVI.
O Lord, thy supplicant receive
His wishes to obtain,
With fav'ring ear indulge thy leave
To poverty and pain.
His wishes to obtain,
With fav'ring ear indulge thy leave
To poverty and pain.
My God for my defence prepare,
For I am sound and pure;
And of thy providential care
I still myself assure.
For I am sound and pure;
And of thy providential care
I still myself assure.
O Lord, in mercy condescend
My fervent pray'r to meet,
For day by day my knees shall bend
While I thy grace intreat.
My fervent pray'r to meet,
For day by day my knees shall bend
While I thy grace intreat.
O Lord, thy servant's soul refresh,
Which heaviness dismays;
For unto thee from out my flesh
That soul by pray'r I raise.
Which heaviness dismays;
For unto thee from out my flesh
That soul by pray'r I raise.
For thou, O Lord, art good to all,
And gracious in excess;
And great in mercy at the call
Of such as kneel and bless.
And gracious in excess;
And great in mercy at the call
Of such as kneel and bless.
Attend, O Lord, while thus I pray,
And as my voice aspires,
From humbled members hear and weigh
The drift of my desires.
And as my voice aspires,
From humbled members hear and weigh
The drift of my desires.
What time adversities deject,
And anguish is severe,
I will mine orisons direct
To thine attentive ear.
And anguish is severe,
I will mine orisons direct
To thine attentive ear.
Midst angels and the thrones above,
There is no God like thee;
Nor is there any pow'r, but love,
That can such deeds decree.
There is no God like thee;
Nor is there any pow'r, but love,
That can such deeds decree.
All nations, whose stupendous sum
Thy word came forth to frame,
O Lord, shall to thine altar come,
And glorify thy name.
Thy word came forth to frame,
O Lord, shall to thine altar come,
And glorify thy name.
For thou art magnitude and might,
All wonders are thine own;
In love, in omnipresent light,
Art very God alone.
All wonders are thine own;
In love, in omnipresent light,
Art very God alone.
Lord, thine instructive grace impart,
That I may keep thy law;
O to thy nature knit my heart,
And to thine honour awe.
That I may keep thy law;
O to thy nature knit my heart,
And to thine honour awe.
O Lord, my God, I will restore
The thanks so justly due;
And from my heart for evermore
The songs of praise renew.
The thanks so justly due;
And from my heart for evermore
The songs of praise renew.
For thy compassion is extream
My sorrows to dispel,
And thou my spirit shalt redeem
From out the depths of hell.
My sorrows to dispel,
And thou my spirit shalt redeem
From out the depths of hell.
O God, the proud in armies rise,
And men of guile profound,
Who have not thee before their eyes,
Attempt my soul to wound.
And men of guile profound,
Who have not thee before their eyes,
Attempt my soul to wound.
But thou, O Lord our God, art fraught
With clemency divine,
Long-suff'ring, and surpassing thought
As faithful and benign.
With clemency divine,
Long-suff'ring, and surpassing thought
As faithful and benign.
O with thy mercy turn at length,
Nor my petition shun,
And as a servant give me strength,
And bless me as a son.
Nor my petition shun,
And as a servant give me strength,
And bless me as a son.
O show some token of thy grace
My sland'rers to refute,
For all my griefs thy words solace,
And my fatigues recruit.
My sland'rers to refute,
For all my griefs thy words solace,
And my fatigues recruit.
| A translation of the psalms of David | |