Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends

Chapter 1: Psalms 1–17

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Psalm 11 with Philip Sidney – God’s Day of Reckoning Since I do trust Jehovah 1 still,

Your fearful words why do you spill? 2 That like a bird to some strong hill I now should fall 3 a flying. Behold the evil have bent their bow, And set their arrows in a row, To give unwares 4 a mortal blow To hearts that hate all lying. But that in building they begun, With ground-plot’s 5 fall, shall be undone: For what, alas, have just 6 men done? In them no cause is growing. God in his holy temple is: The throne of heav’n is only his: Naught 7 his all-seeing sight can miss; His eyelids peise 8 our going.

1 Jehovah – the LORD 2 Spill – waste

3 Fall – start, begin, commence 4 Unwares – the unsuspecting 5 Ground-plot’s – foundations 6 Just – righteous

7 Naught – nothing 8 Peise – take note of