Select Psalms in Verse, with Critical RemarksWalter Hutchinson Aston J. Hatchard, 1811 - 288 pages |
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admirable Almighty Archbishop Parker beautiful behold Bishop bless blest Book of Psalms breath celebrated CHRISTOPHER SMART composition crown'd darkness David DENHAM didst divine doth dwell earth Edom elegant English Poetry eternal Ev'n ev'ry excellent exordium eyes favour fear foes FRANCIS DAVISON GEDDES glorious God's grace harps hath heart heav'n Hebrew hills holy honour hope hymns imagery Israel JAMES MERRICK Jehovah king of glory Lebanon Lect light Lord LowTH Merrick mighty Mount Sion mountains NATHANIEL Cotton nature night nogt o'er paraphrase peace piety poem poet poetical poetry pow'r pray'r proclaim reader reign reminiscaris Domine RICHARD Cumberland rise sacred saints SANDYS shine sing Sion SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE skies song sorrow soul specimen sublime sweet synne thee thine thou art thou hast throne thy hand thy mercy thy name thy praise tongue translation trust truth unto verse voice Watts wings
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Page 146 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 81 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 142 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Page 62 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend, . And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 56 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 145 - Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours : and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine ; and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Page 196 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 125 - Which they beheld, the Moon's resplendent globe, And starry Pole : Thou also mad'st the Night, Maker Omnipotent : and Thou the Day...
Page 48 - The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid ; the depths also were troubled.
Page 83 - AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, •** so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ' My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?