14 Deliver me out of the mire, from sinking do me keep; d: Free me from those that do me hate, and from the waters deep. 15 Let not the flood on me prevail, whose water overflows; Nor deep me swallow, nor the pit 16 Hear me, O Lord, because thy love 17 Nor from thy servant hide thy face: 18 Draw near my soul, and it redeem; 19 To thee is my reproach well known, [full 21 They also bitter gall did give 22 Before them let their table prove 23 Let thou their eyes so darken'd be, that sight may them forsake; And let their loins be made by thee continually to shake. 24 Thy fury pour thou out on them, and indignation; And let thy wrathful anger, Lord, fast hold take them upon. 25 All waste and desolate let be And in their tabernacles all 26 Because him they do persecute, whom thou didst smite before; They talk unto the grief of those whom thou hast wounded sore. 27 Add thou iniquity unto 20 Reproach hath broke my heart; I'm 28 their former wickedness; And do not let them come at all into thy righteousness. Out of the book of life let them be raz'd and blotted quite; Among the just and righteous let not their names be writ. 29 But now become exceeding poor 30 The name of God I with a song more gracious shall prove Than bullock, ox, or any beast that hath both horn and hoof. 32 When this the humble men shall see, it joy to them shall give: O all ye that do seek the Lord, 33 For God the poor hears, and will not his prisoners contemn. 34 Let heav'n, and earth, and seas, him and all that move in them. [praise, 35 For God will Judah's cities build, and he will Sion save, That they may dwell therein, and it in sure possession have. 36 And they that are his servants' seed inherit shall the same; So shall they have their dwelling there that love his blessed name. 1 LORD, haste me to deliver; with speed, Lord, succour me. 2 Let them that for my soul do seek sham'd and confounded be: Turn'd back be they, and sham'd, that in my hurt delight. 3 Turn'd back be they, Ha, ha! that say, their shaming to requite. 4 In thee let all be glad, and joy that seek for thee: Let them who thy salvation love say still, God praised be. 5 I poor and needy am; come, Lord, and make no stay: My help thou and deliv'rer art; O Lord, make no delay. M: fmm, f,: s,: s, d :— 70 PSALM LXX. SECOND VERSION. 1 MAKE haste, O God, me to preserve; with speed, Lord, succour me. 2 Let them that for my soul do seek sham'd and confounded be: Let them be turned back, and sham'd, that in my hurt delight. 3 Turn'd back be they, Ha, ha! that say, their shaming to requite. 4 O Lord, in thee let all be glad, 5 But I both poor and needy am; 1:t d' d' 8 d':m:s f:m:r d:r:m m:r t, d:-:d rdt, d: 1:s:f 1 O LORD, my hope and confidence Then let thy servant never be 2 And let me, in thy righteousness, 3 Be thou my dwelling-rock, to which I ever may resort: Thou gav'st commandment me to save, for thou'rt my rock and fort. 4 Free me, my God, from wicked hands, hands cruel and unjust: 5 For thou, O Lord God, art my hope, and from my youth my trust. 6 Thou from the womb didst hold me up; thou art the same that me Out of my mother's bowels took; I ever will praise thee. 7 To many I a wonder am; but thou'rt my refuge strong. 8 Fill'd let my mouth be with thy praise and honour all day long. 9 O do not cast me off, when as 10 For those that are mine enemies |