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Lord, keep me, for I trust in thee
Author: T. S. Hymnal: The Whole Book of Psalms #XVI (1790) Lyrics: 1 Lord, keep me, for I trust in thee,
and do confess indeed,
Thou art my God, and of my goods
Thou hast not any need:
2 Therefore I give them to the saints
that in the world do dwell;
Namely, unto the faithful flock
in virtue that excel.
3 Their sorrows shall be multiply'd,
who run so hastily,
To offer to the idol gods,
That are but vanity.
4 As for their bloody sacrifice
and off'rings of that sort,
I will not touch, neither thereof
shall my lips make report.
5 For why? the Lord the portion is
of mine inheritance,
And he it is that doth preserve
my lot from all mischance.
6 The place wherein my lot is fall'n
in beauty doth excel;
My heritage assign'd to me
doth please me wond'rous well.
7 I thank the Lord that caused me
to understand the right;
For by this means my secret thoughts
do teach me in the night.
8 I set the Lord still in my sight,
and trust him over all;
For he doth stand on my right hand,
therefore I shall not fall.
9 Wherefore my heart and tongue also
rejoice exceedingly;
My flesh likewise doth rest in hope
to rise again; for why?
l0 Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,
because thou lovest me;
Nor yet wilt give thy Holy One
corruption for to see;
11 But wilt me shew the way to life,
where there is joy in store,
And where at thy right-hand there are
pleasures for evermore. Scripture: Psalm 16 Languages: English
Lord, keep me, for I trust in thee
Conserva me
Author: T. S. Hymnal: The Whole Booke of Psalmes #6b (1640) First Line: Lord keep me for I trust in thee Lyrics: 1 Lord, keep me, for I trust in thee,
and do confesse indeed
Thou art my God, and of my goods,
O Lord thou hast no need.
2 I gave my goods unto the Saints
that in the world do dwell:
Namely, unto the faithfull flock
in virtue that excell.
3 They shal heap sorrowes on thier heads,
which run as they were mad,
To offer to the idoll gods,
also it is too bad.
4 As for their bloody sacrifice,
and offrings of that sort,
I will not touch, nor yet thereof
my lips shall make report.
5 For why? the Lord the portion is
of mine inheritance:
And thou art he that dost maintaine
my rent, my lot, my chance.
6 The place wherein my lot did fall
in beauty did excell:
Mine heritage assign'd to me,
doth please me wond'rous well.
7 I thank the Lord that caused me
to understand the right:
For by this meanes my secret thoughts
do teach me in the night.
8 I set the Lord still in my sight,
and trust him over all:
For he doth stand on my right hand,
therefore I shall not fall.
9 Wherefore my heart and tongue also
do both rejoyce together:
My flesh and body rest in hope,
when I this thing consider.
l0 Thou wilt not leave my soul in grave,
for Lord thou lovest me:
Nor yet wilt give thy holy one
corruption for to see:
11 But wilt me teach the way to life,
for all treasure and store
Of perfect joy are in thy face,
and power for evermore. Scripture: Psalm 16 Languages: English
Conserva me
Thomas Sternhold
1449 - 1549 Person Name: T. S. Author of "Conserva me" in The Whole Booke of Psalmes Thomas Sternhold was Groom of the Robes to Henry VIII and Edward VI. With Hopkins, he produced the first English version of the Psalms before alluded to. He completed fifty-one; Hopkins and others composed the remainder. He died in 1549. Thirty-seven of his psalms were edited and published after his death, by his friend Hopkins. The work is entitled "All such Psalms of David as Thomas Sternhold, late Groome of the King's Majestye's Robes, did in his Lyfetime drawe into Englyshe Metre." Of the version annexed to the Prayer Book, Montgomery says: "The merit of faithful adherence to the original has been claimed for this version, and need not to be denied, but it is the resemblance which the dead bear to the living." Wood, in his "Athenae Oxonlenses" (1691, vol. I, p. 62), has the following account of the origin of Sternhold's psalms: "Being a most zealous reformer, and a very strict liver, he became so scandalized at the amorous and obscene songs used in the Court, that he, forsooth, turned into English metre fifty-one of David's psalms, and caused musical notes to be set to them, thinking thereby that the courtiers would sing them instead of their sonnets; but they did not, some few excepted. However, the poetry and music being admirable, and the best that was made and composed in these times, they were thought fit to be sung in all parochial churches." Of Sternhold and Hopkins, old Fuller says: "They were men whose piety was better than their poetry, and they had drunk more of Jordan than of Helicon." Sternhold and Hopkins may be taken as the representatives of the strong tendency to versify Scripture that came with the Reformation into England--a work men eagerly entered on without the talent requisite for its successful accomplishment. The tendency went so far, that even the "Acts of the Apostles" was put into rhyme, and set to music by Dr. Christopher Tye.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.
Thomas Sternhold
