 | Jacob Abbott - 1876 - 285 trang
...appropriate. He rose, and said, in a very audible manner, " We will sing the fifty -sixth Psalm: " ' Have mercy, Lord, on me I pray, For men would me devour." " The congregation, moved by a sudden impulse of religious generosity extremely unusual in those days, immediately... | |
 | David Morris - 1879 - 532 trang
...Thy wicked deeds to praise ? Upon this the king stood up and called for the fifty-sixth psalm: — Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour 1 This was willingly responded to by the soldiers present, much to the discomfiture of the preacher.... | |
 | Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - 1881
...soldiers to sing the following psalm C.56th) by Sternhold, which they did in compassion for his distress. "Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray for men would me devour: He fighteth with me dny by day, and troubleth me each hour. Mine encmies' dnily enterprise, to swallow... | |
 | David Hume - 1882
...wicked deeds to praise S " The king stood up, and called for that psalm which begins with these wuids, " 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... | |
 | David Morris (B.A.) - 1883
...thyself, Thy wicked deeds to praise ? Upon this the king stood up and called for the fifty-sixth psalm:— Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour I This was willingly responded to by the soldiers present, much to the discomfiture of the preacher.... | |
 | 1884 - 56 trang
...thyself, Thy wicked words to praise ? " whereupon the King stood and called for Psalm 56, which begins " Have mercy, Lord, on me I pray, For men would me devour." The audience, in good-natured pity for distressed royalty, sang the Psalm for which King Charles had called. Alongside... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - 1893
...affected even the rigid enthusiasts, called for the fifty-sixth Psalm, which was sung accordingly: "Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour ! " In Scotland in the meantime the Marquis of Montrose had deserted the Covenanters and raised an... | |
 | Samuel Harden Church - 1894 - 524 trang
...wicked deeds to praise ? " The King stood up, and plaintively requested this one to be substituted : " Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray ; For men would me devour." 8 From May, 1646, to January, 1647, the negotiations between the English Parliament and the Scottish... | |
 | Joseph Waddell Clokey - 1896 - 265 trang
...works to praise." His Majesty thereupon stood up and called for the Fiftysixth Psalm, which begins, " Have mercy, Lord, on me I pray, For men would me devour." The people waived the minister's Psalm and sung that which the King called for. ' ' The use of metrical... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1899
...deeds to praise? " On which the King stood up, and commenced singing the psalm which begins with these words: " Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour," and, with one consent, the whole congregation joined with him. Nevertheless, the Scotch, who despaired... | |
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Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray ; For men would me devour. 
