By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M. Psalm xviii.
      1 O GOD my strength and fortitude
      In truth I will love thee;
      Thou art my castle and defence
      In my necessity.

      2 When I, beset with pain and grief,
      Prayed to my God for grace;
      Forthwith my God heard my complaint,
      Out of his holy place.

      3 The Lord descended from above,
      And bowed the heavens high,
      And underneath his feet he cast
      The darkness of the sky.

      4 On cherub and on cherubim
      Full royally he rode;
      And on the wings of all the winds
      Came flying all abroad.

      5 He brought me forth in open place,
      That so I might be free;
      And kept me safe, because he had
      A favour unto me.

      6 Unspotted are the ways of God,
      His word is truly tried;
      He is a sure defence to such
      As in his ways abide.