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 makest me odious, Me to them odious, for they change, 9 Through sorrow, and affliction great, 10 Wilt thou do wonders on the dead? And praise thee from their loathsome bed 11 Shall thy loving-kindness tell, 12 In darkness can thy mighty hand Thy justice in the gloomy land 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, 15 That am already bruised, and shake With terror sent from thee? Bruised, and afflicted, and so low 16 Thy fierce wrath over me doth flow; 18 Lover and friend thou hast removed, They fly me now whom I have loved, A PARAPHRASE ON PSALM CXIV. This and the following Psalm were done by the Author WHEN the bless'd seed of Terah's faithful son, That saw the troubled sea, and shivering fled, PSALM CXXXVI. LET us, with a gladsome mind, For his, &c. O, let us his praises tell, Who doth the wrathful tyrants quell. For his, &c. Who, with his miracles, doth make Amazed heaven and earth to shake. For his, &c. Who, by his wisdom, did create Who did the solid earth ordain To rise above the watery plain. For his, &c. Who, by his all-commanding might, Did fill the new-made world with light. For his, &c. And caused the golden-tressed sun All the day long his course to run. The horned moon to shine by night, He, with his thunder-clasping hand, And, in despite of Pharaoh fell, 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, For his, &c. He foil'd bold Seon and his host, For his, &c. And large-limb'd Og he did subdue, And, to his servant Israël, He gave their land therein to dwell. For his, &c. He hath, with a piteous eye, 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. Let us therefore warble forth His mighty majesty and worth. That his mansion hath on high |