- God save me for thy holy name,
- and for thy goodness’ sake:
- Unto the strength th’Lord of the same,
- I do my cause betake.
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- 2 Regard O Lord, and give an ear
- to me when I do pray,
- Bow down thyself to me and hear,
- the words that I do say.
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- 3 For strangers up against me rise,
- and tyrants vex me still,
- Which have not God before their eyes,
- they seek my soul to spill.
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- 4 But lo, my God doth give me aid,
- the Lord is straight at hand:
- With them by whom my soul is stayed,
- the Lord doth ever stand.
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- 5 With plagues repay again all those,
- for me that lie in wait:
- And in thy truth destroy my foes,
- with their own snare and bait.
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- 6 And offering of free heart and will,
- then I to thee shall make:
- And praise thy name, for therein still
- great comfort I do take.
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- 7 O Lord, at length do set me free,
- from them that craft conspire:
- And now mine eyes with joy do see,
- on them my heart’s desire.
