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

Psalm 119: Lamed

by Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke 1561–1621


Most plainly, Lord, the frame of sky
Doth show thy word decayeth never:
And constant stay of earth descry
Thy word, that staid it, staieth ever.
For by thy lawes they hold their standings,
Yea all things do thy service try;
But that I joy'd in thy commandings,
I had my self been sure to dye.

Thy word that hath revived me
I will retaine, forgetting never.
Lett me thine owne be sav'd by thee,
Whose statutes are my studies ever.
I mark thy will the while their standings
The wicked take, my bane to be:
For I no close of thy commandings,
Of best things else an end I see.

MLA

Herbert, Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. The Psalms of David (Psalms 44–150), Psalm 119: Lamed. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/pembroke-psalms/86/.

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Herbert, Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. The Psalms of David (Psalms 44–150), Psalm 119: Lamed. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/pembroke-psalms/86/.

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