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WINCHESTER NEW. (L. M.) đ…—đ…„ = 72. Musikalisches Handbuch, Hmaburg (1696)

Nahum Tate (1052-1715) and Nicholas Brady (1659-1720). Psalm cxxxi.v.
THOU, Lord, by strictest search hast known My rising up and lying down; My secret thoughts are known to thee, Known long before conceived by me.
Surrounded by thy power I stand, On every side I find thy hand: Oh skill, for human reach too high. Too dazzling bright for mortal eye!
The veil of night is no disguise. No screen from thy all-searching eyes; Through midnight shades thou find'st thy way, As in the blazing noon of day.
I'll praise thee, from whose hands I came, A work of such a curious frame ; The wonders thou in me hast shown, My soul with grateful joy must own.
Let me acknowledge too, God, That, since this maze of life I trod, Thy thoughts of love to me surmount The power of numbers to recount.
Search, try, God, my thoughts and heart, If mischief lurks in any part ; Correct me where I go astray. And guide me in thy perfect way.

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