LIX + 

Judgment + 

If e’er I fall beneath Thy rod, + 

As through life’s snares I go, + 

Save me from David’s lot, O God! + 

And choose Thyself the woe. + 

How should I face Thy plagues? which scare, + 

And haunt, and stun, until + 

The heart or sinks in mute despair, + 

Or names a random ill. + 

If else⁠ ⁠… then guide in David’s path, + 

Who chose the holier pain; + 

Satan and man are tools of wrath, + 

An Angel’s scourge is gain. + 