Psalms of David 7
7
Domine Deus meus.
Psalm VII.
T. S.
1O Lord my God, I put my trust
and confidence in thee,
Save me from them that me pursue,
and still deliver me.
2Lest like a lion he me tear
and rend in pieces small,
while there is none to succour me,
and rid me out of thrall.
3O Lord my God, if I have done
the thing that is not right,
Or else if I be found in fault,
or guilty in thy sight:
4Or to my friend rewarded ill,
or left him in distress,
Which me pursu’d most cruelly
and hated me causless:
5Then let my foe pursue my soul,
let him my life down thrust:
Unto the earth, and also lay
mine honour in the dust.
6Stand up, O Lord, now in thy wrath,
and put my foes to pain:
Perform the Kingdom promised,
to me which wrong sustain.
7Then shall great nations come to thee
and know thee by this thing,
If thou declare for love of them,
thy self as Lord and King.
8And as thou art of all Men Judge,
O Lord, now judge thou me
According to my righteousness,
and mine integrity.
The second part.
9Lord cease the hate of wicked men,
and be the just man’s guide:
10By whom the secrets of all hearts
are searched and descry’d.
11I take my help to come of God,
in all my pain and smart,
That doth preserve all those that be
of pure and perfect heart.
12The just man and the wicked both;
God judgeth by his power:
So that he feels his mighty hand
even every day and hour.
13Except he change his mind, I die;
for even as he should smite,
He whets his sword, his bow he bends,
aiming where he may hit:
14And doth prepare his mortal darts,
his arrows keen and sharp,
For them that do me persecute,
whilst he doth mischief warp.
15But lo, though he in travail be
of his dev’lish forecast,
And of his mischief once conceiv’d
yet brings forth nought at last.
16He digs a ditch, and makes it deep,
in hope to hurt his brother:
But he shall fall into the pit
that he digg’d up for other.
17Thus wrong returneth to the hurt
of him in whom it bred,
And all the mischief that he wrought
shall fall on his own head.
18I will give thanks to God therefore
that judgeth righteously,
And with my Song will praise the name
of him that is most high.
Iliyochaguliwa sasa
Psalms of David 7: MP1562
Kuonyesha
Shirikisha
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First published in England in 1562.
Psalms of David 7
7
Domine Deus meus.
Psalm VII.
T. S.
1O Lord my God, I put my trust
and confidence in thee,
Save me from them that me pursue,
and still deliver me.
2Lest like a lion he me tear
and rend in pieces small,
while there is none to succour me,
and rid me out of thrall.
3O Lord my God, if I have done
the thing that is not right,
Or else if I be found in fault,
or guilty in thy sight:
4Or to my friend rewarded ill,
or left him in distress,
Which me pursu’d most cruelly
and hated me causless:
5Then let my foe pursue my soul,
let him my life down thrust:
Unto the earth, and also lay
mine honour in the dust.
6Stand up, O Lord, now in thy wrath,
and put my foes to pain:
Perform the Kingdom promised,
to me which wrong sustain.
7Then shall great nations come to thee
and know thee by this thing,
If thou declare for love of them,
thy self as Lord and King.
8And as thou art of all Men Judge,
O Lord, now judge thou me
According to my righteousness,
and mine integrity.
The second part.
9Lord cease the hate of wicked men,
and be the just man’s guide:
10By whom the secrets of all hearts
are searched and descry’d.
11I take my help to come of God,
in all my pain and smart,
That doth preserve all those that be
of pure and perfect heart.
12The just man and the wicked both;
God judgeth by his power:
So that he feels his mighty hand
even every day and hour.
13Except he change his mind, I die;
for even as he should smite,
He whets his sword, his bow he bends,
aiming where he may hit:
14And doth prepare his mortal darts,
his arrows keen and sharp,
For them that do me persecute,
whilst he doth mischief warp.
15But lo, though he in travail be
of his dev’lish forecast,
And of his mischief once conceiv’d
yet brings forth nought at last.
16He digs a ditch, and makes it deep,
in hope to hurt his brother:
But he shall fall into the pit
that he digg’d up for other.
17Thus wrong returneth to the hurt
of him in whom it bred,
And all the mischief that he wrought
shall fall on his own head.
18I will give thanks to God therefore
that judgeth righteously,
And with my Song will praise the name
of him that is most high.
Iliyochaguliwa sasa
:
Kuonyesha
Shirikisha
Nakili
Je, ungependa vivutio vyako vihifadhiwe kwenye vifaa vyako vyote? Jisajili au ingia
First published in England in 1562.