 | William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe - 1867 - 540 trang
...praise?' Whereupon His Majesty instantly stood up, and called for the 56 Psalm, beginning thus — ' Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, for men would me devour :' which the people readily sung, waiving the other *." Sep. 10. The Scottish Commissioners at London... | |
 | Elizabeth Penrose - 1869 - 528 trang
...dignity and meekness that touched even those rigid enthusiasts, called for the 56th psalm instead:— " Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, For men would me devour!" —which was sung accordingly. The Scots, having now tho king in their hands, required of him to send... | |
 | John Richard Andrews (barrister.) - 1870 - 482 trang
...CHAP X. Whereupon his Majesty stood up and called for the ~16"47 fifty-sixth psalm, which commences, Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray, for men would me devour. The congregation, it is added, set aside the minister's psalm, and sang the one the King had called for.... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1875 - 508 trang
...to praise." His majesty 4 thereupon stood up, and called for the fifty-sixth psalm, which begins, 44 Have mercy Lord on me I pray, for men would me devour." The 4 people waived the minister's psalm, and sung that which the king called • for.' Whitelocke's Memorials,... | |
 | Jules Michelet - 1875 - 422 trang
...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... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1876 - 1148 trang
...wicked works to praise ? His majesty thereupon stood up and called for the 56th psalm, which begins Have mercy, Lord, on me I pray, For men would me devour. The people wave the minister's psalm and sung; that which the king 11 JC 11 cilled for. and the articles... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - 1876 - 292 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 - 586 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.... | |
 | 1881 - 544 trang
...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 - 594 trang
...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... | |
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Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray ; For men would me devour. 
