The First Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm versified
O thou, the first, the greatest friend
Of all the human race!
Whose strong right hand has ever been
Their stay and dwelling place!
Before the mountains heavd their heads
Beneath Thy forming hand,
Before this ponderous globe itself
Arose at Thy command;
That Powr which raisd and still upholds
This universal frame,
From countless, unbeginning time
Was ever still the same.
Those mighty periods of years
Which seem to us so vast,
Appear no more before Thy sight
Than yesterday thats past.
Thou givst the word: Thy creature, man,
Is to existence brought;
Again Thou sayst, Ye sons of men,
Return ye into nought!
Thou layest them, with all their cares,
In everlasting sleep;
As with a flood Thou takst them off
With overwhelming sweep.
They flourish like the morning flowr,
In beautys pride arrayd;
But long ere night cut down it lies
All witherd and decayd.
Poems by Robert Burns
