Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ... PSALM XXXVIII. Lord! in Thy wrath reprove me not; withhold Its sharp rebuke, nor let Thy servant feel The pangs of fervid indignation's scourge. With keen and searching wound Thine arrows pierce Thy hand my spirit bows, and not a part Of this perturbed frame by Thy reproof Thus chasten'd--by corroding sorrow worn--The sense of healthful quiet longer knows. In all my crimes immers'd, my burden'd strength Begins to sink;--in all my body's wounds Lurks noisome foul corruption, whose rank growth My vice and folly nurtur'd, till, behold!.. I writhe in anguish and to earth am bow'd The live-long day deploring my stern fate. No soundness reigns, alas! in all my flesh--With grievous parching heat my fever'd loins Incessant burn, till shatter'd and subdued--Each nerve enfeebled--all my vigour fled, I moan aloud in bitterness of heart. O Lord! Thou knowest all that heart's desire Thou hearest ev'ry groan; this heaving breast, These sinking pow'rs elude Thee not; these eyes Thou see'st above, of light and vision reft. But not one lov'd companion, not one friend Draws near to sooth; all from my suff'rings flee-Nay--at wide distance e'en my kinsmen stand. And now with timely snare the hand of hate, Upon my life intent, his treason plots; And malice, prompt to wrong, his voice uplifts Calumnious, in that council where deceit From hour to hour some new delusion schemes. Still Qmy God! with deaf and listless ear I hear not--nay, with mute and closed lips, As one to whom all sound is ever hush'd, And in whose speechless accents never yet Was heard.reproof;--so, truly have I borne In dumbness all my wrongs; for on Thy love Rest all my hopes, and Thou O Lord wilt deign To answer in Thy suppliant servant's cause. Let not malicious joy my fortunes mock Nor...
