 | Thomas Stephen - 1844 - 752 trang
...works to praise ?" But his majesty stood up, and called for the fifty-sixth psalm, which begins, " Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, for men would me devour." The minister's insult was so gross, that the people waived his psalm, and sung that which was called for... | |
 | Thomas Winthrop Coit - 1845 - 566 trang
...Baxter's Life, p. 45. The king paid them in their own coin. He called for the Psalm beginning thus, " Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour." wit, it might do for a political town-meeting ; which many a time and oft has been held in a Puritan... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - 1846 - 996 trang
...thyself Thy wicked works to praise ? " The king arose, and instead of this, began the 56th Psalm : " Have mercy, Lord, on me I pray, For men would me devour : " and with a common impulse, the whole assembly joined with him ;J but the pity of a people is tardy,... | |
 | George Hood - 1846 - 268 trang
...tongue. As soon as they had sung it, the king rose and requested the soldiers to sing the psalm, , " Have mercy. Lord, on me I pray, For men would me devour." This was accordingly sung in compassion for his distress, — a distress that saw no relief until it... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 856 trang
...to praise ?' Whereupon his Majesty stood up and called for the fifty-sixth Psalm, which begins : ' Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour ! ' The people waved the minister's Psalm, and sang that which the king had called fur." The king, however,... | |
 | David Hume - 1848 - 552 trang
...thyself, Thy wicked deeds to praise ? The king stood up, and called for that psalm which begins with these words, Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray ; For men would me devour. The good-natured audience, in pity to fallen majesty, showed, for once, greater deference to the king than... | |
 | Bartholomew Elliott G. Warburton - 1849 - 604 trang
...praise ? " When the King arose and, in a calm, clear voice, called for the fifty-sixth psalm :— " Have mercy, Lord ! on me, I pray, For men would me devour." The congregation joined without hesitation with the Head of the Church.—See Kennetts History, p. 166.... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1849 - 620 trang
...praise ? " When the King arose and, in a calm, clear voice, called for the ftfty-sixth psalm : — " Have mercy, Lord ! on me, I pray, For men would me devour." The congregation joined without hesitation with the Head of the Church. — See KennetCs History, p. 166.... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1852 - 412 trang
...works to praise?' His majesty thereupon stood up, and called for the fifty-sixth Psalm, which begins, 'Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray,— for men would me devour.' The people waved [refused] the minister's psalm, and sang that which the king called for." At length, the... | |
 | Thomas Bailey - 1852 - 472 trang
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Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray ; For men would me devour. 
