Psalm 31:7

Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

I'll in thy mercy gladly joy: for thou my miseries Consider'd hast; thou hast my soul known in adversities:

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Consider mine affliction, in safety do me set: Deliver me, O Lord, for I thy law do not forget.

When in me was o'erwhelm'd my sp'rit, then well thou knew'st my way; Where I did walk a snare for me they privily did lay.

Thou, Lord, who great adversities, and sore, to me didst show, Shalt quicken, and bring me again from depths of earth below.

But I have all my confidence thy mercy set upon; My heart within me shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Lord, pity me; behold the grief which I from foes sustain; Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death dost raise me up again;

For why? the way of godly men unto the Lord is known: Whereas the way of wicked men shall quite be overthrown.

O with thy tender mercies, Lord, us early satisfy; So we rejoice shall all our days, and still be glad in thee.

See mine affliction and my pain, and all my sins forgive.

Thou hast it seen; for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay: The poor commits himself to thee; thou art the orphan's stay.