8 Thou dost my friends from me estrange, And mak'st me odious, Me to them odious, for they change, 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 bruis'd, and shake With terrour sent from thee? Bruis'd, and afflicted, and so low 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 remov'd, A PARAPHRASE ON PSALM CXIV. This and the following Psalm were done by the Author at fifteen years old. WHEN the blest seed of Terah's faithful son, 1 'Pharian: Egyptian. Why fled the ocean? And why skipt the mountains? PSALM CXXXVI. LET us, with a gladsome mind, Let us blaze his name abroad, For of Gods he is the God; For his, &c. O, let us his praises tell, Who doth the wrathful tyrants quell; For his, &c. Who, with his miracles, doth make Amazed Heaven and Earth to shake; For his, &c. Who, by his wisdom, did create The painted heavens so full of state; For his, &c. Who did the solid earth ordain To rise above the watery plain; For his, &c. Who, by his all-commanding might, Did fill the new-made world with light; For his, &c. And caus'd the golden-tressed sun The horned moon to shine by night, He, with his thunder-clasping hand, And, in despite of Pharoah 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; For his, &c. His chosen people he did bless For his, &c. In bloody battle he brought down He foil'd bold Seon1 and his host, And large-limb'd Og he did subdue, For his, &c. Seon:' Sihon, king of Amorites. And, to his servant Israël, He gave their land therein to dwell; All living creatures he doth feed, And with full hand supplies their need; For his, &c. Let us therefore warble forth His mighty majesty and worth; That his mansion hath on high, |