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To thee I call; O haste thee near, | {{Vs|1}} To thee I call; O haste thee near, | ||
My voice, great God, indulgent hear; | My voice, great God, indulgent hear; | ||
Extend thy powerful arm, and save | Extend thy powerful arm, and save | ||
My soul from the voracious wave. | My soul from the voracious wave. | ||
In depths of mire behold me bound; | {{Vs|2}} In depths of mire behold me bound; | ||
In vain my sinking feet the ground | In vain my sinking feet the ground | ||
Explore; while high above my head | Explore; while high above my head | ||
The whelming floods their billows spread. | The whelming floods their billows spread. | ||
Faint are my limbs, my palate dry, | {{Vs|3}} Faint are my limbs, my palate dry, | ||
While ceaseless to my God I cry; | While ceaseless to my God I cry; | ||
With wasting orbs my eyes attend | With wasting orbs my eyes attend | ||
To see his promis'd grace descend. | To see his promis'd grace descend. | ||
Behold my Foes around me spread, | {{Vs|4}} Behold my Foes around me spread, | ||
The hairs that shade my hapless head | The hairs that shade my hapless head | ||
Outnumb'ring; foes, that, arm'd with pow'r, | Outnumb'ring; foes, that, arm'd with pow'r, | ||
My soul have labour'd to devour, | My soul have labour'd to devour, | ||
Yet pure of each offence I stand, | {{Vs|5}} Yet pure of each offence I stand, | ||
Plight to their terms my willing hand, | Plight to their terms my willing hand, | ||
Nor shun (extortion's easy prey,) | Nor shun (extortion's easy prey,) | ||
The wrong-imputed debt to pay. | The wrong-imputed debt to pay. | ||
To thee, my God, to thee alone | {{Vs|6}} To thee, my God, to thee alone | ||
The errors of my heart are known: | The errors of my heart are known: | ||
Thine eyes my inmost guilt have view'd, | Thine eyes my inmost guilt have view'd, | ||
Nor can my thought thy search elude. | Nor can my thought thy search elude. | ||
{{Vs|7}} let not, heav'nly Lord, thine aid | |||
Thus long to my request delay'd | Thus long to my request delay'd | ||
Their hope to hostile scorn consign, | Their hope to hostile scorn consign, | ||
Whose hearts on Israel's God recline. | Whose hearts on Israel's God recline. | ||
Thy cause, by me avow'd, my fame | {{Vs|8}} Thy cause, by me avow'd, my fame | ||
To insult gives, my cheek to shame: | To insult gives, my cheek to shame: | ||
The impious mockers on me gaze, | The impious mockers on me gaze, | ||
Each eye, each lip contempt betrays. | Each eye, each lip contempt betrays. | ||
Domestic wrath and kindred hate, | {{Vs|9}} Domestic wrath and kindred hate, | ||
In thy defence, my soul await; | In thy defence, my soul await; | ||
The brothers of my blood in me | The brothers of my blood in me | ||
An alien and an outcast see. | An alien and an outcast see. | ||
The zeal that to thy house I bear | {{Vs|10}} The zeal that to thy house I bear | ||
My soul consumes; each taunt severe | My soul consumes; each taunt severe | ||
That loud-tongu'd rage for thee intends, | That loud-tongu'd rage for thee intends, | ||
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Dissolv'd in tears, with fasting worn, | {{Vs|11}} Dissolv'd in tears, with fasting worn, | ||
What obloquy my soul has borne! | What obloquy my soul has borne! | ||
My loins with sorrow's garb o'erspread | My loins with sorrow's garb o'erspread | ||
With jests their cruel fancy fed: | With jests their cruel fancy fed: | ||
I pass the crowded gate, pursu'd | {{Vs|12}} I pass the crowded gate, pursu'd | ||
By laughter and reproaches rude, | By laughter and reproaches rude, | ||
The proverb of the drunkard's tongue, | The proverb of the drunkard's tongue, | ||
And theme familiar of his song. | And theme familiar of his song. | ||
O let me in th'accepted hour | {{Vs|13}} O let me in th'accepted hour | ||
In pray'r to thee my spirit pour; | In pray'r to thee my spirit pour; | ||
Thine ear in full accordance bend, | Thine ear in full accordance bend, | ||
And pleas'd thy promis'd help extend. | And pleas'd thy promis'd help extend. | ||
Snatch from the miry depths my feet; | {{Vs|14}} Snatch from the miry depths my feet; | ||
Back let my furious foes retreat; | Back let my furious foes retreat; | ||
Safe from their hate thy servant keep, | Safe from their hate thy servant keep, | ||
Nor leave him sinking in the deep. | Nor leave him sinking in the deep. | ||
O then the swelling storm assuage, | {{Vs|15}} O then the swelling storm assuage, | ||
E'er yet the flood's remorseless rage | E'er yet the flood's remorseless rage | ||
In dreadful whirlpools wrap me round, | In dreadful whirlpools wrap me round, | ||
And plunge me in the dark profound. | And plunge me in the dark profound. | ||
Hear, Lord, and to my soul display | {{Vs|16}} Hear, Lord, and to my soul display | ||
Thy mercy's all-enliv'ning ray; | Thy mercy's all-enliv'ning ray; | ||
Look down, eternal God, look down, | Look down, eternal God, look down, | ||
Behold me, but without a frown: | Behold me, but without a frown: | ||
Nor to thy servant's longing eye | {{Vs|17}} Nor to thy servant's longing eye | ||
Thy face, amidst my woes, deny. | Thy face, amidst my woes, deny. | ||
Haste to my aid, O haste thee near, | Haste to my aid, O haste thee near, | ||
Release my soul from hostile fear. | Release my soul from hostile fear. | ||
Thine ears have heard each insult keen | {{Vs|18}} Thine ears have heard each insult keen | ||
Thine eyes, just Lord, my shame have seen, | Thine eyes, just Lord, my shame have seen, | ||
And stedfast mark'd the adverse band, | And stedfast mark'd the adverse band, | ||
That leagu'd in guilt around me stand. | That leagu'd in guilt around me stand. | ||
My soul, by evil tongues assail'd, | {{Vs|19}} My soul, by evil tongues assail'd, | ||
Unequal to the conflict fail'd: | Unequal to the conflict fail'd: | ||
I wish'd, in vain, some friend to find, | I wish'd, in vain, some friend to find, | ||
Whose voice might soothe my troubled mind. | Whose voice might soothe my troubled mind. | ||
These, 'mid the crowd that wait me nigh, | {{Vs|20}} These, 'mid the crowd that wait me nigh, | ||
Gall to my lothing lips apply; | Gall to my lothing lips apply; | ||
While these my thirst's afflictive rage | While these my thirst's afflictive rage | ||
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While pleas'd the social board they share, | {{Vs|21}} While pleas'd the social board they share, | ||
Let Death around it plant a snare, | Let Death around it plant a snare, | ||
And what should bliss and health bestow | And what should bliss and health bestow | ||
With aim inverted work their woe. | With aim inverted work their woe. | ||
Let blindness check their fell designs, | {{Vs|22}} Let blindness check their fell designs, | ||
Bow with affliction's weight their loins, | Bow with affliction's weight their loins, | ||
And let thy wrath, with loosen'd rein, | And let thy wrath, with loosen'd rein, | ||
Descending crush the rebel train. | Descending crush the rebel train. | ||
Let horror and destruction drear | {{Vs|23}} Let horror and destruction drear | ||
Amid their tents the standard rear, | Amid their tents the standard rear, | ||
Nor human habitant be found | Nor human habitant be found | ||
Within their dome's capacious round: | Within their dome's capacious round: | ||
Since, unprovok'd, with murth'rous view, | {{Vs|24}} Since, unprovok'd, with murth'rous view, | ||
Whom thou hast smitten they pursue, | Whom thou hast smitten they pursue, | ||
And seek, instinct with cruel joy, | And seek, instinct with cruel joy, | ||
The man of sorrows to destroy. | The man of sorrows to destroy. | ||
Let each (for nought their hearts could bend) | {{Vs|25}} Let each (for nought their hearts could bend) | ||
From depth to depth in sin descend, | From depth to depth in sin descend, | ||
Ne'er, touch'd by healing mercy, see | Ne'er, touch'd by healing mercy, see | ||
The path that leads to bliss and thee; | The path that leads to bliss and thee; | ||
Let vengeance, kindled to a flame, | {{Vs|26}} Let vengeance, kindled to a flame, | ||
Blot from the earth their hateful name, | Blot from the earth their hateful name, | ||
Nor let them, 'mid thy chosen band, | Nor let them, 'mid thy chosen band, | ||
In life's fair page recorded stand. | In life's fair page recorded stand. | ||
And O! while press'd with ills I lie, | {{Vs|27}} And O! while press'd with ills I lie, | ||
Cast on my state a pitying eye, | Cast on my state a pitying eye, | ||
And let thy mercy to my grief | And let thy mercy to my grief | ||
In full sufficience yield relief. | In full sufficience yield relief. | ||
For this to thee my voice I rear; | {{Vs|28}} For this to thee my voice I rear; | ||
Nor shall the hoof'd and horned steer, | Nor shall the hoof'd and horned steer, | ||
New draughted from the fat'ning field, | New draughted from the fat'ning field, | ||
A sacrifice so grateful yield. | A sacrifice so grateful yield. | ||
Ye humble souls, that seek his aid, | {{Vs|29}} Ye humble souls, that seek his aid, | ||
His love, in my release display'd, | His love, in my release display'd, | ||
His love your dying hearts shall chear, | His love your dying hearts shall chear, | ||
Who stoops the helpless poor to hear. | Who stoops the helpless poor to hear. | ||
O praise him, heav'n, and seas, and earth, | {{Vs|30}} O praise him, heav'n, and seas, and earth, | ||
And all whom nature wakes to birth: | And all whom nature wakes to birth: | ||
Him praise, who Sion deigns to shield, | Him praise, who Sion deigns to shield, | ||
Whose hand shall Judah's cities build: | Whose hand shall Judah's cities build: | ||
He bids her sons the land divide, | {{Vs|31}} He bids her sons the land divide, | ||
Where unmolested shall reside, | Where unmolested shall reside, | ||
Through rolling time's extended year, | Through rolling time's extended year, | ||
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Table of Psalms << Psalm 69 >> | ||||||||||||||
General information
Settings by composers
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in Latin
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See also Improperium expectavit, for settings of vv.21b-22 as the offertory for Palm Sunday.
Text and translations
Clementine Vulgate (Psalm 68)Latin textmm |
Church of England 1662 Book of Common PrayerEnglish text Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. |
Metrical 'New Version' (Tate and Brady)
English text Save me, O God, from waves that roll, |
Their judges at my wrongs do jest, |
With hunger pin'd, for food I call, |
Metrical version by James Merrick
English text 1 To thee I call; O haste thee near, |
11 Dissolv'd in tears, with fasting worn, |
21 While pleas'd the social board they share, |
Statenbijbel (1637)Dutch translation1 Een psalm van David, voor den opperzangmeester, op Schoschannim. |
Káldi fordítás (68. zsoltár)Hungarian text Végig, azokért, kik át fognak változni. Dávidé. |
Metrical Paraphrase by Isaac Watts, 1719
English text PART 1 (v.1-14). C. M. |
PART 2 (v.14-21,26,29,32) C. M. |
PART 3 – C. M. |
"PART 1" – L. M. |