Dauids Thankesgiuing (1. Chro. 29.10)

OH LORD our euerlasting GOD,
Blisse, Greatnesse, Power, & Praise is thine.
With thee, haue Conquests their abode,
And glorious Maiestie diuine.
All things that earth and heau'n afford,
Thou at thine owne disposing hast.
To thee belongs the Kingdome, LORD,
And thou, for head, or'e all art plac't.

Thou wealth, and Honour dost command,
To thee, made subiect all things be:
Both strength and power, are in thine hand,
To be dispos'd as pleaseth thee.
And now, to thee our God therefore;
A Song of thankfulnesse we frame.
(That what we owe, we may restore)
And glorifie, thy glorious Name.

But, what, or who are we (alas)
That we in giuing are so free!
Thine own before, our Offring'was,
And all we haue, we haue from thee.
For, we are Ghuests, and Strangers here,
As were our Fathers in thy sight:
Our dayes but shadow-like appeare,
And suddenly they take their flight.

This offring, LORD our GOD, which thus
We for thy Name sake haue bestowne,
Deriued was, from thee, to vs;
And that we giue, is all thine owne.
Oh GOD, thou proou'st the heart, we know,
And dost affect vprightnesse there.
With gladnesse, therefore, we bestow
What we haue freely offerd here.

Still thus (Oh LORD our GOD) incline
Their meanings, who thy people be.
And euer, let the hearts of thine
Be thus prepared vnto Thee.
Yea, giue vs perfit hearts, we pray,
That we thy precepts erre not from.
And grant, our Contribution may
An honour to thy Name become.