086) The Second Part.

The Second Part.

9 Destroy, O Lord, their ill designs, their counsels soon divide; For through the city my grieved eyes have strife and rapine spied.

10 By day and night on ev’ry wall they walked their constant round; And in the midst of all her strength are grief and mischief found.

11 Whoe’er through ev’ry part shall roam, with fresh disorders meet;

Deceit and guile their constant posts maintain in ev’ry street.

12 For ’twas not any open foe that false reflections made; For then I could with ease have borne the bitter things he said:

’Twas none who hatred had professed, that did against me rise; For then I had withdrawn myself from his malicious eyes.

13,14 But ’twas e’en thou, my guide, my friend, whom tend’rest love did join; Whose sweet advice I valued most, whose pray’rs were mixed with mine.

15 Sure vengeance, equal to their crimes, such traitors must surprise: And sudden death requite those ills, they wickedly devise.

16,17 But I will call on God, who still shall in my aid appear; At morn, at noon, at night I’ll pray, and he my voice shall hear.