"My soul melteth away for very heaviness: comfort thou me according unto thy word."
— The Church of England
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Cambridge
Publisher
John Baskerville
Date
1662, 1762
Metaphor
"My soul melteth away for very heaviness: comfort thou me according unto thy word."
Metaphor in Context
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My soul cleaveth to the dust: O quicken thou me, according to thy word.
2 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me: O teach me thy statutes.
3 Make me to understand the way of thy commandments: and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
4 My soul melteth away for very heaviness: comfort thou me according unto thy word.
5 Take from me the way of lying: and cause thou me to make much of thy law.
6 I have chosen the way of truth: and thy judgments have I laid before me.
7 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, confound me not.
8 I will run the way of thy commandments: when thou hast set my heart at liberty.
My soul cleaveth to the dust: O quicken thou me, according to thy word.
2 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me: O teach me thy statutes.
3 Make me to understand the way of thy commandments: and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
4 My soul melteth away for very heaviness: comfort thou me according unto thy word.
5 Take from me the way of lying: and cause thou me to make much of thy law.
6 I have chosen the way of truth: and thy judgments have I laid before me.
7 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, confound me not.
8 I will run the way of thy commandments: when thou hast set my heart at liberty.
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Provenance
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Citation
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. (Cambridge: Baskerville, 1762). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
01/23/2012
