I'll dearly love thee, Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, and my tower,
and my deliverer, my God,
I'll trust in him who is my power,
My shield, & my salvations-horn,
verse 3 my high-fort; Who is praise worthy,
I on the Lord will call, so shall
I be kept from mine enemy.
verse 4 Deaths sorrows me encompassed,
me feared the floods of ungodly,
verse 5 Hells pangs beset me round about,
the snares of death prevented me.
verse 6 I in my straits, called on the Lord,
and to my God cried: he did hear
from his temple my voice, my cry,
before him came, unto his ear.
verse 7 Then th' earth shook, & quaked, & mountains
roots moved, & were stirred at his ire,
verse 8 Up from his nostrils went a smoke,
and from his mouth devouring-fire:
By it the coals enkindled were.
verse 9 Likewise the heavens he down-bowed,
and he descended, & there was
under his feet a gloomy cloud.
verse 10 And he on cherub rode, and flew;
yea he flew on the wings of wind.
verse 11 His secret place he darkness made
⟨image ?⟩his covert that him round confined,
Dark waters, & thick clouds of skies.
verse 12 From brightness, that before him was,
his thickened clouds did pass away,
hail-stones and coals of fire did pass.
verse 13 Also Jehovah thundered,
within the heavens, the most high
likewise his angry-voice did give,
hail-stones, and coals of fire did fly.
verse 14 Yea he did out his arrows send,
and bruising he them scattered,
and lightnings he did multiply,
likewise he them discomfited.
verse 15 The waters channels then were seen,
and the foundations of the world
appeared; at thy rebuke, at blast,
of the breath of thy nostrils Lord.
IL'e dearely love thee, Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, and my towre,
and my deliverer, my God,
I'le trust in him who is my powre,
My shield, & my salvationes-horne,
verse 3 my high-fort; Who is prayse worthy,
I on the Lord will call, so shall
I bee kept from mine enemye.
verse 4 Deaths sorrowes mee encompassed,
mee fear'd the floods of ungodlie,
verse 5 Hells pangs beset me round about,
the snares of death prevented mee.
verse 6 I in my streights, cal'd on the Lord,
and to my God cry'd: he did heare
from his temple my voyce, my crye,
before him came, unto his eare.
verse 7 Then th' earth shooke, & quak't, & moūtaines
roots moov'd, & were stird at his ire,
verse 8 Vp from his nostrils went a smoak,
and from his mouth devouring-fire:
By it the coales inkindled were.
verse 9 Likewi•e the heavens he downe-bow'd,
and he descended, & there was
under his feet a gloomy cloud.
verse 10 And he on cherub rode, and flew;
yea he flew on the wings of winde.
verse 11 His secret place hee darknes made
⟨image ?⟩his covert that him round confinde,
Dark waters, & thick clouds of skies.
verse 12 From brightnes, that before him was,
his thickned clouds did passe away,
hayl-stones and coales of fire did passe.
verse 13 Also Iehovah thundered,
within the heavens, the most high
likewise his angry-voyce did give,
hayl-stones, and coales of fire did fly.
verse 14 Yea he did out his arrows send,
and bruising he them scattered,
and lightnings hee did multiply,
likewise he them discomfited.
verse 15 The waters channels then were seene,
and the foundationes of the world
appear'd; at thy rebuke, at blast,
of the breath of thy nostrils Lord.