- 1 O God, that art my righteousness,
- Lord hear me when I call:
- Thou hast set me at liberty
- when I was bound and thrall.
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- 2 Have mercy Lord therefore on me,
- and grant me my request:
- For unto thee incessantly
- to cry I will not rest.
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- 3 O mortal men how long will ye,
- my glory thus despise?
- Why wander ye in vanity,
- and follow after lies?
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- 4 Know ye that good and godly men,
- the Lord doth take and choose:
- And when to him I make my ‘plaint
- he doth me not refuse.
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- 5 Sin not but stand in awe therefore,
- examine well your heart:
- And in your chamber quietly
- see you yourselves convert.
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- 6 Offer to God the sacrifice
- of righteousness, I say:
- And look that in the living Lord
- you put your trust alway.
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- 7 The greater sort crave worldly gods,
- and riches do embrace:
- But Lord grant us thy countenance,
- thy favor and thy grace.
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- 8 For thou thereby shalt make my heart
- more joyful and more glad,
- Then they that of their corn and wine,
- full great increase have had.
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- 9 In peace therefore lie down will I,
- taking my rest and sleep:
- For thou only wilt me, O Lord,
- alone in safety keep.
