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Family-hymns gathered (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalmsFamily-hymns gather'd (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalms
Family-hymns gathered (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalms.Family-hymns gather'd (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalms.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1695
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Hymn LII. [Proper to be sung when a Child is born into the Family.]
Psal. 128.1, 2, 3. Blest is the Man who fears the Lord, And therefore him obeys, That keeps his feet within the Paths Of his prescribed ways. Thou shalt with pleasure eat the sweet Of what thy pains have got; ⟨p. 58⟩Prosperity shall gild thy days, And crown thy happy Lot. Thy Wife shall like the spreading Vines With choicest fruit abound; Thy Children like green Olive Plants Adorn thy Table round.
Psal. 128.1, 2, 3. BLest is the Man who fears the Lord, And therefore him obeys, That keeps his feet within the Paths Of his prescribed ways. Thou shalt with pleasure eat the sweet Of what thy pains have got; ⟨p. 58⟩Prosperity shall gild thy days, And crown thy happy Lot. Thy Wife shall like the spreading Vines With choicest fruit abound; Thy Children like green Olive Plants Adorn thy Table round.
—127.3, 4, 5. For Children are an Heritage Which from the Lord doth come; And his Reward by Marriage Is every fruitful Womb. As Arrows fitted to the Bow Are in a strong Man's hand; So Children of the growing youth Their Parents Glory stand. That Man enjoys a happy state Whose Quiver's thus supplied; He needs not fear when'ere his Cause Shall in the Gate be tried.