Excerpt from The Psalms of David in Metre I will no off rmg make Yea, neither I their very names up in my lips will take. 5 God is of mine inheritance and cup the pmtion: The lot that fallen 18 to me, thou dofl maintain alorie. 6 Unto me happily the lines in pleafant plac'es fell; Yea, the inheritance'i got, in beauty doth excel. 7 Iblefs the Lord, becaufe he doth by counfel me conduit And, 'ln the feafons of the night, my reins do me inftruét. 8 Before me {till the Lord I fet fith it is fo that he Doth ever fland at my right hand, I iball not moved be. 9 Becaufe of this my heart 18 glad, and joy fhall be expieft Ev' n by my glory: and my flelh in confidence fhall ref'c. Io Becaufe my foul in grave. To dwell fhall not be left by thee; Nor wilt them give thine holy One corruption to fee. 11 Thou wilt me 'fhew the path of life of joys there 13 full hore Before thy face, at thy right hand are pleafures evermore. P S A L. XVII. Rijord, hear the right, attend my cry, unto my pray'r give heed, That doth not in hypocrify from'feigned lips proceed. 2 And from before thy prefence forth my fentence do thou fend Toward thefe things that equal are, do thou thine eyes intend. 3 Thou prov dfi mine heart thou vrfit'dft me by night, thou didf't me try, Yet nothing found' it; for that my mouth fhall not fin, puzpos d I. 4 As for mens works, I by the word that from thy lips doth flow, Did me preferve out of the paths wherein defiroyers go. 5 Hold up my goings, Lord, me guide in thofe thy paths divine, So that my footfleps may not Ilide out of thefe ways of thine. 6 I called have on thee, O God, becaufe thou wilt me hear That thou mayit hearke'n to my fpeech, to me incline thine ear. 7 Thy wondrous loving Linduefs fhow, thou that by thy right hand Sav'ft them that U ufl Ill thee, from thofe that up Egall it them fiand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally l