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Psalm 119 - 7 (Zain)
ST. THOMAS
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Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
1650 Scottish Psalter
Henry Purcell, 1659-1695
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49 Remember, Lord, thy gracious word
thou to thy servant spake,
Which, for a ground of my sure hope,
thou causedst me to take.
50 This word of thine my comfort is
in mine afflïction:
For in my straits I am revived
by this thy word alone.
51 The men whose hearts with pride are stuffed
did greatly me deride;
Yet from thy straight commandements
I have not turned aside.
52 Thy judgments rïghteous, O Lord,
which thou of old forth gave,
I did remember, and myself
by them comforted have.
53 Horror took hold on me, because
ill men thy law forsake.
54 I in my house of pilgrimage
thy laws my songs do make.
55 Thy name by night, Lord, I did mind,
and I have kept thy law.
56 And this I had, because thy word
I kept, and stood in awe.