3 For, cloy'd with woes and trouble sore, 4 Reckon❜d I am with them that pass I am a man, but weak, alas! 5 From life discharg'd and parted quite Whom thou rememberest no more, 6 Thou in the lowest pit profound Where thickest darkness hovers round, 7 Thy wrath, from which no shelter saves, 8 Thou dost my friends from me estrange, And mak'st me odious, Me to them odious, for they change, 9 Through sorrow, and affliction great, 10 Wilt thou do wonders on the dead? Shall the deceas'd arise, And praise thee from their loathsome bed 11 Shall they thy loving kindness tell, 12 In darkness can thy mighty hand 13 But I to thee, O Lord! do cry, And up to thee my prayer doth hie 14 Why wilt thou, Lord, my soul forsake, Bruis'd and afflicted, and so low 16 Thy fierce wrath over me doth flow; 18 Lover and friend thou hast remov'd, They fly me now whom I have lov'd, PARAPHRASE ON PSALM CXIV. This and the following Psalm were done by the Author at fifteen years old. WHEN the bless'd seed of Terah's faithful son, And past from Pharian fields to Canaan land, PSALM CXXXVI. LET US, with a gladsome mind, For his mercies aye endure, Let us blaze his name abroad, For of gods he is the God. O, let us his praises tell, Who doth the wrathful tyrants quell, For his, &c. Who with his miracles, doth make Who, by his wisdom, did create The painted heavens so full of state. Who did the solid earth ordain To rise above the watery plain. For his, &c. Who, by his all-commanding might, And caus'd the golden-tressed sun The horned moon to shine by night, He, with his thunder-clasping hand, And, in despite of Pharaoh fell, He brought from thence his Israël, For his, &c. The ruddy waves he cleft in twain For his, &c. The floods stood still, like walls of glass, While the Hebrew bands did pass. For his, &c. But full soon they did devour The tawny king with all his power. His chosen people he did bless In bloody battle he brought down He foil'd bold Seon and his host, And large-limb'd Og he did subdue, For his, &c. And, to his servant Israël, He gave their land therein to dwell. For his, &c. He hath, with a piteous eye, Beheld us in our misery. For his, &c. And freed us from the slavery Of the invading enemy. For his, &c. All living creatures he doth feed, And with full hand supplies their need. For his, &c. Let us therefore warble forth His mighty majesty and worth. |