First Si Verses Of The Ninetieth Psal
first six verses of the h psalm versified, the
o thou, the first, the greatest friend
of all the human race!
whose strht hand has ever been
their stay and dwelling place!
before the mountains heav'd their heads
beh thy f hand,
before this ponderous globe itself
arose at thy and;
that pow'r which rais'd and still upholds
this universal frame,
from tless, unbeginning time
was ever still the same.
those mighty periods of years
which seem to us so vast,
appear no more before thy sight
thaerday that's past.
thou giv'st the word: thy creature, man,
is to existence brought;
again thou say'st, “ye sons of men,
returo nought!”
thou layest them, with all their cares,
in everlasting sleep;
as with a flood thou tak'st them off
with overwhelming sweep.
they flourish like the m flow'r,
iy's pride array'd;
but long ere night cut down it lies
all wither'd and decay'd.
o thou, the first, the greatest friend
of all the human race!
whose strht hand has ever been
their stay and dwelling place!
before the mountains heav'd their heads
beh thy f hand,
before this ponderous globe itself
arose at thy and;
that pow'r which rais'd and still upholds
this universal frame,
from tless, unbeginning time
was ever still the same.
those mighty periods of years
which seem to us so vast,
appear no more before thy sight
thaerday that's past.
thou giv'st the word: thy creature, man,
is to existence brought;
again thou say'st, “ye sons of men,
returo nought!”
thou layest them, with all their cares,
in everlasting sleep;
as with a flood thou tak'st them off
with overwhelming sweep.
they flourish like the m flow'r,
iy's pride array'd;
but long ere night cut down it lies
all wither'd and decay'd.