Psalms of David 17
17
PSALM XVII.
C .M.
1TO my just plea and sad complaint,
Attend, O righteous Lord,
And to my pray’r, as ’tis unfeign’d,
A gracious ear afford.
2As in thy sight I am approv’d,
So let my sentence be;
And with impartial eyes, O Lord,
My upright dealing see.
3For thou hast search’d my heart by day,
And visited by night;
And on the strictest trial found
Its secret motions right.
Nor shall thy justice, Lord, alone
My heart’s designs acquit;
For I have purpos’d that my tongue
Shall no offence commit.
4I know what wicked men would do
Their safety to maintain;
But me thy just and mild commands
From bloody paths restrain.
5That I may still, in spite of wrongs,
My innocence secure;
O guide me in thy righteous ways,
And make my footsteps sure.
6Since heretofore I ne’er in vain
To thee my pray’r addrest;
O now, my God, incline thine ear
To this my just request.
7The wonders of thy truth and love
In my defence engage;
Thou, whose right hand preserves thy saints
From their oppressors’ rage.
The Second Part.
8-9O keep me in thy tend’rest care;
Thy shelt’ring wings stretch out,
To guard me safe from savage foes,
That compass me about.
10O’ergrown with luxury, inclos’d
In their own fat they lie;
And with a proud blaspheming mouth
Both God and man defy.
11Well may they boast, for they have now
My paths ncompass’d round:
With eyes at watch, and bodies bow’d,
And couching on the ground;
12In posture of a lion set,
When greedy of his prey,
Or a young lion, when he lurks
Within a covert way.
13Arise, O Lord, defeat their
Their swelling rage control;
From wicked men, who are thy sword,
Deliver thou my soul:
14From worldly men, thy sharpest scourge,
Whose portion’s here below;
Who, fill’d with earthly stores, desire
No other bliss to know.
15Their race is num’rous that partake
Their substance while they live:
Their heirs survive, to whom they may
The vast remainder give.
16 But I, in uprightness, thy face
Shall view without control;
And, waking, shall its image find
Reflected in my soul.
നിലവിൽ തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തിരിക്കുന്നു:
Psalms of David 17: MP1696
ഹൈലൈറ്റ് ചെയ്യുക
പങ്ക് വെക്കു
പകർത്തുക
നിങ്ങളുടെ എല്ലാ ഉപകരണങ്ങളിലും ഹൈലൈറ്റുകൾ സംരക്ഷിക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നുണ്ടോ? സൈൻ അപ്പ് ചെയ്യുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സൈൻ ഇൻ ചെയ്യുക
First published 1696, improved 1698.
Psalms of David 17
17
PSALM XVII.
C .M.
1TO my just plea and sad complaint,
Attend, O righteous Lord,
And to my pray’r, as ’tis unfeign’d,
A gracious ear afford.
2As in thy sight I am approv’d,
So let my sentence be;
And with impartial eyes, O Lord,
My upright dealing see.
3For thou hast search’d my heart by day,
And visited by night;
And on the strictest trial found
Its secret motions right.
Nor shall thy justice, Lord, alone
My heart’s designs acquit;
For I have purpos’d that my tongue
Shall no offence commit.
4I know what wicked men would do
Their safety to maintain;
But me thy just and mild commands
From bloody paths restrain.
5That I may still, in spite of wrongs,
My innocence secure;
O guide me in thy righteous ways,
And make my footsteps sure.
6Since heretofore I ne’er in vain
To thee my pray’r addrest;
O now, my God, incline thine ear
To this my just request.
7The wonders of thy truth and love
In my defence engage;
Thou, whose right hand preserves thy saints
From their oppressors’ rage.
The Second Part.
8-9O keep me in thy tend’rest care;
Thy shelt’ring wings stretch out,
To guard me safe from savage foes,
That compass me about.
10O’ergrown with luxury, inclos’d
In their own fat they lie;
And with a proud blaspheming mouth
Both God and man defy.
11Well may they boast, for they have now
My paths ncompass’d round:
With eyes at watch, and bodies bow’d,
And couching on the ground;
12In posture of a lion set,
When greedy of his prey,
Or a young lion, when he lurks
Within a covert way.
13Arise, O Lord, defeat their
Their swelling rage control;
From wicked men, who are thy sword,
Deliver thou my soul:
14From worldly men, thy sharpest scourge,
Whose portion’s here below;
Who, fill’d with earthly stores, desire
No other bliss to know.
15Their race is num’rous that partake
Their substance while they live:
Their heirs survive, to whom they may
The vast remainder give.
16 But I, in uprightness, thy face
Shall view without control;
And, waking, shall its image find
Reflected in my soul.
നിലവിൽ തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തിരിക്കുന്നു:
:
ഹൈലൈറ്റ് ചെയ്യുക
പങ്ക് വെക്കു
പകർത്തുക
നിങ്ങളുടെ എല്ലാ ഉപകരണങ്ങളിലും ഹൈലൈറ്റുകൾ സംരക്ഷിക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നുണ്ടോ? സൈൻ അപ്പ് ചെയ്യുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സൈൻ ഇൻ ചെയ്യുക
First published 1696, improved 1698.