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The Psalms of David (Psalms 44–150) · c. 1586–1599 (first printed 1823)

Psalm 119: Vau

by Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke 1561–1621


Franckly poure, O Lord, on me
Saving grace to sett me free:
That supported I may see
Promise truly kept by thee.

That to them who me defame,
Roundly I may answere frame:
Who, because thy word and name
Are my trust, thus seeke my shame.

Thy true word O do not make
Utterly my mouth forsake:
Since I thus still waiting wake,
When thou wilt just vengaunce take.

Then loe I thy doctrine pure,
Sure I hold, will hold more sure:
Nought from it shall me allure,
All the time my time shall dure.

Then as brought to widest way
From restraint of straitest stay,
All their thincking night and day:
On thy law my thoughtes shall lay.

Yea then unto any king
Wittnesse will I any thing,
That from thee can wittnesse bring:
In my face no blush shall spring.

Then will I sett forth to sight
With what pleasure, what delight,
I embrace thy preceptes right,
Whereunto all love I plight.

Then will I, with either hand
Clasp the rules of thy command:
There my study still shall stand,
Striving them to understand.

MLA

Herbert, Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. The Psalms of David (Psalms 44–150), Psalm 119: Vau. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/pembroke-psalms/80/.

Chicago

Herbert, Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. The Psalms of David (Psalms 44–150), Psalm 119: Vau. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/pembroke-psalms/80/.

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