1. O God, my heart is fixed. Though I
have many wars to disturb me, and many cares to toss me to and fro, yet I am
settled in one mind and cannot be driven from it. My heart has taken hold and
abides in one resolve. Thy grace has overcome the fickleness of nature, and I
am now in a resolute and determined frame of mind. I will sing and give praise. Both with voice and music will I extol thee—“I will sing and play,” as some
read it. Even though I have to shout in the battle I will also sing in my soul,
and if my fingers must be engaged with the bow, yet shall they also touch the
ten-stringed instrument and show forth thy praise. Even with my glory—with
my intellect, my tongue, my poetic faculty, my musical skill, or whatever else
causes me to be renowned, and confers honor upon me. It is my glory to be able
to speak and not be a dumb animal, therefore my voice will show forth thy
praise; it is my glory to know God and not to be a heathen, and therefore my
instructed intellect will adore thee.
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