Slum me fac. Ps.69.I.H.

Christ and his elect are figured in David’s zeal and anguish, the malicious cruelty of whose enemies and their punishment, Judas and such traitors noteth, who are accursed: then gathereth he courage in afflictions, and offereth praises to God, which are more acceptable than all sacrifices. Finally, he doth provoke all creatures to praises, prophesying of the kingdom of Christ and building of Judah, where all the faithful and their seed shall dwell forever.

The first part (Psalm 69) The second part (Psalm 69)
Save me O God, and that with speed
the waters flow full fast:
So nigh my soul do they proceed,
that I am sore aghast.
 
2 I stick full deep in filth and clay,
whereas I feel no ground:
I fall into such floods I say,
that I am like be drowned.
 
3 With crying oft I faint and quail,
my throat is hoarse and dry:
With looking up my sith doth fail,
for help of God on high.
 
4 My foes that guiltiness do oppress
my soul, with hate are led:
In number sure they are no less:
than hairs are on my head.
 
5 Though for no cause they vexed me sore,
they prosper and are glad,
They do compel me to restore
the things I never had.
 
6 What I have done for want of wit,
thou Lord all times canst tell:
And all the faults that I commit
to thee are known full well.
 
7 O God of hosts, defend and stay
all those that trust in thee:
Let no man doubt or shrink away,
for ought that chaunceth me.
 
8 It is for thee and for thy sake,
that I do bear this blame:
In spite of thee they would me make,
to hide my face for shame.
 
9 My mother’s sons my brethren all,
forsake me on a row:
And as a stranger they me call,
my face they will not know.
 
10 Unto thy house such zeal I bear,
that it doth pine me much:
Their cheeks and taunts as thee to hear
my very heart doth grieveth.
11 Though I do fast my flesh to chaste,
yea, if I weep and moan:
Yet in my teeth this gear is cast,
they pass not thereupon.
 
12 If I for grief and pain of heart,
in sackcloth use to walk:
Then they anon would it pervert,
thereof they jest and talk.
 
13 Both high and low, and all the throng,
that sit within the gate:
They have me ever in their tongue,
of me they talk and prate.
 
14 The drunkards which in wine delight,
it is their chief pastime
To seek which ways to work me spite,
of me they sing and rhyme.
 
15 But thee the while, O Lord I pray,
that when I pleaseth thee,
For thy great truth thou wilt alway
send down thine aide to me.
 
16 Pluck thou my feet out of the mire,
from drowning do me keep:
From such as owe me wrath and ire,
and from the waters deep.
 
17 Least with the waves I should be drowned
and depth my soul devour:
And that the pit should me confound,
and shut me in her power.
 
18 O Lord of hosts, to me give ear,
as thou art good and kind:
And as thy mercy is most dear,
Lord have me in thy mind.
 
19 And do not from thy servant hide,
nor turn thy face away:
I am oppressed on every side,
with haste give ear I say.
 
20 O Lord unto my soul draw nigh,
the same with aid reproof:
Because of their great tyranny,
acquit me from my foes.
The third part (Psalm 69) The fourth part (Psalm 69)
21 That I abide rebuke and shame,
thou knowest and thou canst tell:
For those that seek and work the same
thou seest them all full well.
 
22 When they with brags do break my heart,
I seek for help anon:
But find no friends to ease my smart,
to comfort me not one.
 
22 But in my mete they gave me gall,
too cruel for to think:
And gave me in my thirst withal
strong vinegar to drink.
 
23 Lord turn their table to a snare,
to take themselves therein:
And when they think full well to fare,
then trap them in the gin.
 
24 And let their eyes be dark and blind,
that they may nothing see;
Bow down their back, and do them bind
in thralldom for to be.
 
25 Pour out thy wrath as hot as fire,
that it on them may fall:
Let thy displeasure in thine ire,
take hold upon them all.
 
26 As desert dry their house disgrace,
their offspring eke expel:
That none thereof possess their place,
nor in their tents do dwell.
 
27 If thou dost stick the Man to tame
on him they lie full sore:
And if that thou dost wound the same,
thy seek to hurt him more.
 
28 Then let them heap up mischief still,
sith they are all pervert:
That of thy favor and good will
they never have no part.
 
29 And dash them clean out of the book
of life, of hope, of trust:
That for their names they never look,
in number of the just.
30 Though I (O Lord) with woe and grief
have been full sore oppressed:
Thy help shall give me such relief,
that all shall be redressed.
 
31 That I may give thy name the praise,
and show it with a song:
I will extol the same always,
with hearty thanks among.
 
32 Which is more pleasant unto thee,
such mind thy grace hath born:
Then either Ox or Calf can be
that hath both hoof and horn.
 
33 When simple folk do this behold,
it shall rejoice them sure,
All ye that seek the Lord, behold,
your life for aye shall ‘dure.
 
34 For why? the Lord of hosts doth hear,
the poor when they complain:
His prisoners are to him full dear,
he doth them not disdain.
 
35 Wherefore the sky and earth below,
the sea with flood and stream,
His praise they shall declare and show,
withal that live in them.
 
36 For sure our God will Zion save,
and Judah’s Cities build:
Much folk possession there shall have,
her streets shall all be filled.
 
37 His servants’ seed shall keep the same
all ages out of mind:
And there all they that fear his name
a dwelling place shall find.

THE BOOK OF PSALMS

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