374. Psalm 4 by John Milton
b"J Milton read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nPsalm 4\\ntranslated by John Milton (1608 \\u2013 1674)\\n\\nAnswer me when I call\\nGod of my righteousness;\\nIn straights and in distress\\nThou didst me disinthrall\\nAnd set at large; now spare,\\nNow pity me, and hear my earnest prai'r.\\n\\nGreat ones how long will ye\\nMy glory have in scorn?\\nHow long be thus forborn\\nStill to love vanity,\\nTo love, to seek, to prize\\nThings false and vain and nothing else but lies? \\n\\nYet know the Lord hath chose,\\nChose to himself a part\\nThe good and meek of heart\\n(For whom to chuse he knows)\\nJehovah from on high\\nWill hear my voyce what time to him I crie. \\n\\nBe aw'd, and do not sin,\\nSpeak to your hearts alone,\\nUpon your beds, each one,\\nAnd be at peace within.\\nOffer the offerings just\\nOf righteousness and in Jehovah trust. \\n\\nMany there be that say\\nWho yet will shew us good?\\nTalking like this worlds brood;\\nBut Lord, thus let me pray,\\nOn us lift up the light,\\nLift up the favour of thy count'nance bright.\\n\\nInto my heart more joy\\nAnd gladness thou hast put\\nThen when a year of glut\\nTheir stores doth over-cloy\\nAnd from their plenteous grounds\\nWith vast increase their corn and wine abounds. \\n\\nIn peace at once will I\\nBoth lay me down and sleep\\nFor thou alone dost keep\\nMe safe where ere I lie:\\nAs in a rocky Cell\\nThou Lord alone in safety mak'st me dwell.\\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 10 December 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"