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RESH.
My trouble and affliction, Lord,
consider and behold;
Deliver me, for of thy law
I ever take fast hold.
Defend my good and righteous cause,
with speed some succor send;
From death, as thou hast promisèd,
Lord, ever me defend.
As for the wicked, they are far
from saving health and grace;
Because the way thy laws to know
they enter not the trace.
Great are thy mercies, Lord, I grant;
what tongue can them explain?
According to thy judgments good
let me my life obtain.
Though many men did trouble me,
and persecute me sore,
Yet from thy laws I never shrunk,
nor went aside therefore.
The great transgressors I behold,
which is a grief to me,
Because they do not keep thy word,
nor ever seek to thee.
Behold how I do love thy laws
with a most upright heart!
Then quicken me, O Lord, for thou
most good and gracious art.
Thy word from the beginning hath
been ever true and just,
Thy righteous judgments ev'ry one
always continue must.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Dates:
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1560,1812
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Bible Refs:
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Ps 119:153-160;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Year
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Song #
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| 1812 | # 119 |
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