Metrical Psalms 1650

Psalms 44:11-19 Metrical Psalms 1650 (MP1650)

11. Like sheep for meat thou gavest us;'mong heathen cast we be.

12. Thou didst for nought thy people sell;their price enrich'd not thee.

13. Thou mak'st us a reproach to beunto our neighbours near;Derision and a scorn to themthat round about us are.

14. A by-word also thou dost usamong the heathen make;The people, in contempt and spite,at us their heads do shake.

15. Before me my confusioncontinually abides;And of my bashful countenancethe shame me ever hides:

16. For voice of him that doth reproach,and speaketh blasphemy;By reason of th' avenging foe,and cruel enemy.

17. All this is come on us, yet wehave not forgotten thee;Nor falsely in thy covenantbehav'd ourselves have we.

18. Back from thy way our heart not turn'd;our steps no straying made;

19. Though us thou brak'st in dragons' place,and cover'dst with death's shade.