The Whole Booke of Psalmes ‎#27b

27b. Miserere mei

1 Have mercy on me Lord after,
thy great abounding grace:
After thy mercies multitude.
do thou my sins deface.
2 Yea wash me more from my offence,
and cleanse me from my sin:
For I do know my faults, and still
my sin is in mine eyne.

3 Against thee, thee alone I have
offended in this case:
And evill have I done before
the presence of thy face.
4 That in the things that thou hast done
upright thou maist be tri'd:
And eke in judging that the doome
may passe upon thy side.

5 Behold in wickedness my kind
and shape I did recive.
And lo my sinfull mother eke
in sin did me conceive.
6 But lo truth in the inward parts
is pleasant unto thee:
And secrets of thy wisdome thou
revealed hast to me.

7 With hysop Lord besprinkle me,
I shall be cleansed so:
Yea wash thou me, and so I shall
be whiter than the snow.
8 Of joy and gladnesse make thou me
to heare the pleasant voice:
That so the bruised bones which thou
hast broken may rejoyce.

9 From the beholding of my sins,
Lord turne away thy face:
And all my deeds of wickednesse
do utterly deface.
10 O God create in me a heart
unspotted in thy sight:
And eke within my bowels Lord,
renew a stable spirit.

11 Ne cast me from thy sight, nor take
thy Spirit quite away?
The comfort of thy saving health
give me againe I pray.
12 With thy free Spirit establish me,
and I will teach therefore:
Sinners thy waies, and wicked shall
be turned to thy love.

The second Part:

13 O God that art God of my health,
from bloud deliver me:
That praises of thy righteousnesse
My tongue may sing to thee.
14 My lips, which yet fast closed be,
do thou O Lord unclose:
The praises of thy Majesty
my mouth shall so disclose.

15 I would have offered sacrifice,
if that had pleased thee:
But pleased with burnt offerings
I know thou wilt not be.
16 A troubled spirit is sacrifice
delightfull in God's eyes:
A broken and an humble heart,
God thou wilt not despise.

17 In thy good will deale gently Lord,
to Sion and withall
Grant that of thy Jerusalem
uprear'd may be the wall
18 Burnt offerings, gifts and sacrifice
of justice in that day
Thou shalt accept, and calves they shall
upon thine altar lay.

Text Information

• First Line: Have mercy on me Lord after
• Title: Miserere mei
• Author: J. H.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1640
• Scripture:
  Psalm 51
• Notes: Sing this as the Lamentation

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