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Psalm 12: Help, Lord, because the godly man
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Help, Lord, because the godly man Lyrics:
1Help, Lord, because the godly man
doth daily fade away;
And from among the sons of men
the faithful do decay.
2Unto his neighbour ev’ry one
doth utter vanity:
They with a double heart do speak,
and lips of flattery.
3God shall cut off all flatt’ring lips,
tongues that speak proudly thus,
4We’ll with our tongue prevail, our lips
are ours: who’s lord o’er us?
5For poor oppress’d, and for the sighs
of needy, rise will I,
Saith God, and him in safety set
from such as him defy.
6The words of God are words most pure;
they be like silver try’d
In earthen furnace, seven times
that hath been purify’d.
7Lord, thou shalt them preserve and keep
for ever from this race.
8On each side walk the wicked, when
vile men are high in place.
Scripture: Psalm 12
Psalm 12: Help, Lord, because the godly man
Psalm 12: Help, Lord, because the godly man
Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #P13 (1800) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Help, Lord, because the godly man Lyrics:
1Help, Lord, because the godly man
doth daily fade away;
And from among the sons of men
the faithful do decay.
2Unto his neighbour ev’ry one
doth utter vanity:
They with a double heart do speak,
and lips of flattery.
3God shall cut off all flatt’ring lips,
tongues that speak proudly thus,
4We’ll with our tongue prevail, our lips
are ours: who’s lord o’er us?
5For poor oppress’d, and for the sighs
of needy, rise will I,
Saith God, and him in safety set
from such as him defy.
6The words of God are words most pure;
they be like silver try’d
In earthen furnace, seven times
that hath been purify’d.
7Lord, thou shalt them preserve and keep
for ever from this race.
8On each side walk the wicked, when
vile men are high in place.
Scripture: Psalm 12 Languages: English
Psalm 12: Help, Lord, because the godly man
Help, Lord, because the godly man
Hymnal: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P12 (2004) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Help, Lord, because the godly man
doth daily fade away;
and from among the sons of men
the faithful do decay.
2 Unto his neighbour every one
doth utter vanity:
they with a double heart do speak,
and lips of flattery.
3 God shall cut off all flattering lips,
tongues that speak proudly thus,
4 our tongues prevail; our lips are ours:
who is lord over us?
5 For the oppression of the poor,
for him in need that sighs,
to save him from his scornful foes,
God saith, I will arise.
6 Jehovah's words are words most pure;
they are like silver tried
in earthen furnace, seven times
that hath been purified.
7 Lord, thou shalt them preserve and keep
for ever from this race.
8 On all sides walk the wicked, when
vile men are high in place. Scripture: Psalm 12 Languages: English Tune Title: KILSYTH
Help, Lord, because the godly man
Psalm 12
Hymnal: Foundations Psalter #12 (2023) First Line: Help, Lord, because the godly man Lyrics: 1 Help, Lord, because the godly man
doth daily fade away;
And from among the sons of men
the faithful do decay.
2 Unto his neighbor ev'ry one
doth utter vanity:
They with a double heart do speak,
and lips of flattery.
3 God shall cut off all flatt'ring lips,
tongues that speak proudly thus,
4 We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips
are ours: who's lord o'er us?
5 For poor oppressed, and for the sighs
of needy, rise will I,
Saith God, and him in safety set
from such as him defy.
6 The words of God are words most pure;
they be like silver tried
In earthen furnace, seven times
that hath been purified.
7 Lord, thou shalt them preserve and keep
for ever from this race.
8 On each side walk the wicked, when
vile men are high in place. Scripture: Psalm 12 Languages: English
Psalm 12
Francis Rous
1579 - 1659 Author of "Help, Lord, because the godly man" in American Hymns Old and New Rous, Francis (Rouse), was born at Halton, Cornwall, in 1579, and educated at Oxford. He adopted the legal profession, and way M.P. for Truro during the reigns of James and of Charles I. He also represented Truro in the Long Parliament, and took part against the King and the Bishops. He was appointed a member of the Westminster Assembly; of the High Commission; and of the Triers for examining and licensing candidates for the ministry. He also held other appointments under Cromwell, including that of Provost of Eton College. He died at Acton, Jan. 7, 1659, and was buried in the Chapel of Eton College. Wood, in his Athenae Oxmienses, gives a list of his numerous works.
--Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Rous, Francis, pp. 918, ii.; 927, ii.; 979, i., 1023, i. The.history of the Rous version of the Psalms is still rather obscure. At p. 918, ii., it is said to have been first published 1641, and reprinted with "further changes" in 1643. The present writer has been allowed to compare the—
Booke of Psalmes in English Meeter. Printed for Henry Tutill, Bookseller at Rotterdam, 1638, with the Psalmes of David in English Meeter, set forth by Francis Rous . . . London, Printed by James Young, for Philip Nevill, at the signe of the Gun in Ivie-lane, 1643.
The preface is the same in both, and a careful collation of a considerable number of the versions showed no variations except in spelling, the only variation observed being that the ed. of 1643 adds, after Ps. 150, a supplement of—
Psalmes of harder and lesse usuall Tunes corrected, and the Tunes not altered; with versions of Pss. 51, 111, 112, 113, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 130, and 148.
The Psalter of 1647, said to be in the B. M. by Mr. Glass, p. 85 (see p. 926, ii.), is not by Rous, but is a reprint of the Bay Psalm Book noted by Glass at p. 82. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Francis Rous
