5 From life discharged and parted quite Whom thou rememberest no more, Them, from thy hand deliver'd o'er, 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. And I here pent up thus. 9 Through sorrow and affliction great, 10 Wilt thou do wonders on the dead? 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 And hide thy face from me, 15 That am already bruised, and shake With terror sent from thee? Bruised and afflicted, and so low Astonish'd with thine ire. 16 Thy fierce wrath over me doth flow; Thy threatenings cut me through: 17 All day they round about me go, Like waves they me pursue. 18 Lover and friend thou hast removed, And sever'd from me far: They fly me now whom I have loved, A PARAPHRASE ON PSALM CXIV This and the following Psalm were done by the Author at fifteen years old. WHEN the bless'd seed of Teral's faithful son, And pass'd from Pharian fields to Canaan laud, The high huge-bellied mountains skip, like rams Why turn'd Jordan toward his crystal fountains? PSALM CXXXVI. LET us, with a gladsome mind, For his, &c. Oh, let us his praises tell, Who doth the wrathful tyrants quel For his, &c. Who, with his miracles, doth make Who, by his wisdom, did create Who did the solid earth ordain 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 The horned moon to shine by night, He, with his thunder-clasping hand, And, in despite of Pharaoh fell, He brought from thence his Israel; 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 Israel, 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 |