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PSALMES.
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4 The streame had swept ws hence, the rageing floode
Gone over had our soules ; in vain withstoode,
5 The waters proud had sweld our soules above.
6 But for ther teeth the Lord did not think good
Ws to mak prey. Wee blesse him for his love.
7 Evin as a bird from craftie fowler’s snare,
Our trembling soule escapt, not by our care.
The snare is brocken and we ar sett free.
8 Helpt in the high Jehouah’s name wee are,
Who made the heavins and earth; ws helped hee.
cxxv.
Evin as Mount Sion, which vnmov’d
For euer doth abide
Shal they be, in the Lord who trust.
Evin as on everie side
Thy cittie, O Jerusalem,
The mountains rise around,
Both now and ever so the Lord
About his oune is found.
For that the rod of wicked men
Wpon the lote should stay
Of those that are his vpright ones,
The Lord will not giue way.
Hee will not let them suffer stil,
Lest (tempted to transgresse),
They in impatience put forth
Their hands in wickednesse.
Do good, Lord, to the good, to all
That vpright are in heart.
But as for those, by paths perverse,
That doe from the depart,
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4 The streame had swept ws hence, the rageing floode
Gone over had our soules ; in vain withstoode,
5 The waters proud had sweld our soules above.
6 But for ther teeth the Lord did not think good
Ws to mak prey. Wee blesse him for his love.
7 Evin as a bird from craftie fowler’s snare,
Our trembling soule escapt, not by our care.
The snare is brocken and we ar sett free.
8 Helpt in the high Jehouah’s name wee are,
Who made the heavins and earth; ws helped hee.
cxxv.
Evin as Mount Sion, which vnmov’d
For euer doth abide
Shal they be, in the Lord who trust.
Evin as on everie side
Thy cittie, O Jerusalem,
The mountains rise around,
Both now and ever so the Lord
About his oune is found.
For that the rod of wicked men
Wpon the lote should stay
Of those that are his vpright ones,
The Lord will not giue way.
Hee will not let them suffer stil,
Lest (tempted to transgresse),
They in impatience put forth
Their hands in wickednesse.
Do good, Lord, to the good, to all
That vpright are in heart.
But as for those, by paths perverse,
That doe from the depart,
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| Description | Edited with introduction, notes and glossary by William Tough. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood & Sons, 1898. Contents: V. 1. Introduction. Early miscellaneous poems. Sonnets. Dido and Æneas. A spirtuall hymne. Doomesday. Fancies farewell. The trve crucifixe for true Catholickes. Sonnets. -- v. 2. A counter-buff to Lysimachus Nicanor. Caledons complaint. The cry of blood. Some psalmes translated. The historie and descent of the house of Rowallane, [in prose] Notes. Glossary. |
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