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WINCHESTER NEW. (L. M.) 𝅗𝅥 = 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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