The Psalms of David in English Meter, Psalms · Psalm 109 – Psalm 118
PSAL. CIX.
O Thou the God of all my praise, to help me do not cease;
When sinners do against me speak, do not thou hold thy peace.
verse 2 The wicked and the guilefull mouth against me opened be;
And with a false and lying tongue they have accused me.
verse 3 They did beset me round about with words of hatefull spight;
And though to them no cause I gave, against me they did fight.
verse 4 They for my love became my foes, but then I went to pray:
verse 5 Evill for good, and hate for love, to me they did repay.
Set thou the wicked over him, and at his owne right hand
…ve thou his greatest enemy leave, ev'n Satan, there to stand.
And when by thee he shall be judg'd, condemned let him be;
…nd let his praier turne to sin, which he shall make to thee.
Few be his daies, and after him his charge another take;
And fatherlesse his children be, his wife a widow make.
verse 9 Yea, let his seed be vagabonds, and beg continually;
And from their places desolate seek bread for their supply.
verse 10 Let covetous extortioners take all his goods away;
Of all for which he labour'd hath, let strangers make a prey.
verse 11 Let there be none to pity him, let there be none at all
That on his children fatherlesse will let their merciemercy fall.
The second part.
verse 12 Let his posterity from earth cut off for ever be;
And in the following age his name be blotted out by thee.
verse 13 Let not his fathers wickednesse from Gods remembrance fall:
Let not from him his mothers sin be blotted out at all.
verse 14 But let them in the sight of God appeare continually;
That he may wholly from the earth cut off their memory.
verse 15 Sith mercy be forgat to shew, and did pursue with spight
The poore sad man, that him whose hea… was broken, slay he might.
verse 16 As … in cursing pleasure took, so let it to him go,
As blessing was not his delight, farre from him be it so.
verse 17 As … with cursing cloth'd himselfe, into his bowels so,
Like water, and into his bones, like oile, downe let it go.
verse 18 As doth his garment cover him, so to him let it be;
And as a girdle, girt wherewith continually is he.
verse 19 This the reward be from the Lord, unto mine enemies;
Who evill speak against my soule, and mischiefe do devise.
The third part.
verse 20 But for thy Names sake, O my God and Lord, do thou for me;
From my distresse deliver me, for good thy mercies be.
verse 21 Because I needy am and poore, (yet do in griefes abound,)
And in me my afflicted heart doth feele a piercing wound.
verse 22 As when the shadow doth decline, so I away do go;
And as the Gr…shopper, so I am tossed to and fro.
verse 23 My trembling knees are weak & faint, because I long do fast;
My flesh of fatnesse now doth faile, and I consume and waste.
verse 24 And I a vile reproach and scorne to them was made to be;
And they that did upon me look, did shake their heads at me.
verse 25 But thou, O Lord, that art my God, mine aide and succour be:
According to thy promise, Lord, save and deliver me.
verse 26 And they shall know thereby, that this is thine owne mighty hand;
And that, O Lord, thou hast it done, so shall they understand.
verse 27 Although they curse with spite, yet thou shalt blesse with loving voice;
They shall arise, and come to shame, thy servant shall rejoyce.
verse 28 Let them be clothed all with shame that enemies are to me:
Let their confusion, as a cloak, to them a cover be.
verse 29 But with my mouth I greatly will give thankes unto the Lord;
And ev'n in the great multitude his praise I will record.
verse 30 For at the right hand of the poo… to save him, stand shall he;
From those to save him, of his soule that cruell Judges be.
PSAL. CX.
THe Lord did say unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Till I have made thy foes a stoole, whereon thy feet may stand.
verse 2 The Lord shall out of Sion send the scepter of thy might;
Amid thy mortall foes be thou the ruler in their sight.
verse 3 And in the day on which thy reigne with mighty power shall be;
The people with a willing heart shall subject be to thee.
verse 4 Yea, they in beauteous holinesse thee serve and worship shall.
Thy births dew is the dew that doth from womb of morning fall.
verse 5 The Lord hath sworne, & of this oa… he will repent him never:
Of th' order of Melchisedeck thou art a Priest for ever.
verse 6 The Lord in glory high advanc't, that sits at thy right hand;
Shall in his day of wrath strike throug… great Kings that him withstand.
verse 7 The heathen he shall judge, and fill the place with bodies dead;
And over many countries he shall smite and wound the head.
And he shall drink out of the brook that runneth in the way;
…erefore he shall lift up on high his royall head that day.
PSAL. CXI.
PRaise ye the Lord, him will I praise with all my heart and might;
… the assembly of the just, and in the Churches sight.
The works of our almighty God in greatnesse do excell;
And ought to be sought out and seen of all that love them well.
His workes are very beautifull, and shine full gloriously;
And his most perfect righteousnesse endures eternally.
verse 4 The Lord hath made his wondrous workes remembred still to be;
The Lord is of compassion full, and mercifull is he.
verse 5 A blessed portion he doth give to them that do him feare;
And his sweet covenant of grace in mind he still doth beare.
verse 6 The power of his mighty workes he to his people shewes;
While he the heathens heritage upon his Saints bestowes.
verse 7 Both truth & judgment are the works wrought by his hand and might:
His precepts and commandments all are very sure and right.
verse 8 Firme are they, and established for all eternity;
And they most righteously are done in truth and equity.
verse 9 Unto his people whom he chose, redemption he did send;
His Covenant he commanded hath, that it should never end.
verse 10 Holy and reverend is the Name of our great Lord and King;
And only from the feare of God doth all true wisdome spring.
verse 11 Good understanding have all they his precepts that fulfill:
His glory everlasting is, his praise endureth still.
PSAL. CXII.
PRaise ye the Lord: The man is bl… that feares the Lord of might;
And in his just commandments all that taketh great delight.
verse 2 His seed shall prosper here onearth, and they shall mighty be;
The generation of the just full blessed shall we see.
verse 3 Of riches he within his house sufficient shall be sure;
And in Gods sight his righteousnesse for ever shall endure.
verse 4 Unto the righteous doth arise amid the darknesse light;
Kind, and compassionate is he, and leads his life aright.
verse 5 A good man favour shewes, & lends with merciemercy and compassion;
And he is wise, and his affaires he guideth with discretion.
verse 6 Surely, he shall be settled so that nothing can him move:
The just shall be remembred still in Gods eternall love.
verse 7 Of evill tidings that may come, he will not be affraid;
Because his heart upon his God by faith is sixt and stai'd.
verse 8 His heart is firmly stablished, affraid he will not be;
Untill upon his enemies Gods justice he do see.
verse 9 He doth distribute to the poore, and to them freely give;
His righteousnesse doth still remaine, and with him ever live.
verse 10 In power and in dignitie aloft he shall be set;
And this the wicked man shall see, and seeing, rage and fret.
verse 11 For anger he shall gnash his teeth, and shall consume away;
The wicked mans desire and hope shall perish and decay.
PSAL. CXIII.
PRaise ye the living Lord, praise ye your Lord and King,
All ye his servants, to his Name all praise and honour bring.
verse 2 Now and in ages all his holy Name be blest;
And his great Name in places all be prais'd, from East to West.
verse 3 Above the Nations all the Lord doth sit on hie;
Above the highest heav'ns he sits in glorious majestie.
verse 4 With this great Lord and God who dareth to compare?
Whose dwellings far above the world so high exalted are?
verse 5 Yet of his goodnesse great he doth descend so low,
As in the heavens and the earth the things to see and know.
verse 6 He raiseth from the dust the poore that low did lie;
And from the dung-hill lifts the man opprest with povertie.
verse 7 That him he may advance, and with the Princes set;
With those that of his people are the chiefe, ev'n Princes great.
verse 8 To her that barren was, he children doth afford;
So she keeps house, a mother glad; praise ye the living Lord.
PSAL. CXIV.
WHen Israel from Egypt came, and did his dwelling change;
When Jacobs house from those did part that were of language strange.
verse 2 His Sanctuary Judah was, his holy place was there;
And his dominion Israel was, and they his people were.
verse 3 The sea it saw, and at the sight as all affraid did flye;
And back the river Jordans streames were driven mightily.
verse 4 The Mountains skipped like to rams, and could not stedfast stay:
And, like young lambs, the little hills did move and leap away.
verse 5 What ail'd thee, sea, as all amaz'd so suddenly to flye?
Ye rolling waves of Jordans floud, why ran ye backwardly?
verse 6 Ye mountains great, what was the cause that ye did skip like rams?
Ye little hills, why did ye leap and skip like little lambs?
verse 7 Before the presence of the Lord, tremble thou earth and quake;
Before the presence of the God of Jacob do thou shake.
verse 8 Who from the hard and stony rock did pooles of water bring;
And by his power did turne the …int into a water-spring.
PSAL. CXV.
NOt unto us, Lord, not to us, but to thy Name give praise;
Both for the mercy and the truth that are in thee alwaies.
verse 2 Why shall the heathen scorners say, Where may their God now be?
verse 3 Our God in heaven is, and what he pleased done hath he.
verse 4 Their Idols silver are and gold, work of mens hands they be:
They have a mouth, and do not speak, and eies, and do not see.
verse 5 Eares have they joyned to their hea… yet do they nothing heare:
verse 6 They also cannot smell at all, though noses they do beare.
verse 7 And hands they have, yet handle not feet, yet no walk they take:
A throat they have, and yet no speech through it a sound doth make.
verse 8 They that them make are like to them and they whose trust they be;
verse 9 O Israel, trust in the Lord, their help and shield is he.
verse 10 O Aarons house, trust in the Lord, their help and shield is he:
verse 11 Trust ye in God, who fear the Lord, their help and shield is he.
verse 12 The Lord of us hath mindfull be… and he will blesse us still;
Both Israels and Aarons house blesse certainly he will.
verse 13 Those that do fear & serve the Lord, the Lord will blesse them all;
The Lord his blessing will impart both to the great and small.
verse 14 To you the Lord abundantly will multiply his grace;
He will increase it more and more to you, and to your race.
verse 15 All ye the Lord that feare and serve, are blessed of the Lord,
Who hath the heavens and the earth created by his word.
verse 16 The heavens, yea the heavens high, Gods throne and palace be:
But freely on the sons of men the earth bestowed he.
verse 17 The dead do not give to the Lord praise from the grave below;
Nor any that into the place of silence downe do go.
verse 18 But we the servants of the Lord, who here on earth shall live,
Henceforth and ever will him praise: to God due praises give.
PSAL. CXVI.
I Love the Lord, because my voice and praier heard hath he:
verse 2 And all my daies will call on him, who bow'd his care to me.
verse 3 Even when the snares of cruell death about beset me round;
When pains of hell me caught, and whe… I woe and sorrow found.
verse 4 Upon the Name of God my Lord then did I call, and say:
Deliver thou my soule, O Lord, I do thee humbly pray.
verse 5 The Lord is very gracious, and righteous is he:
Yea, in our God depths infinite of tender mercies be.
verse 6 The Lord in safety doth preserve all those that simple be;
Even I my selfe was brought full low, and he relieved me.
verse 7 And now, my soul, sith thou art safe, returne unto thy rest:
For largely lo, the Lord to thee his bounty hath exprest.
verse 8 Because my soul from threatned death delivered is by thee;
By thee mine eies from teares, my feet from falls delivered be.
verse 9 Before the Lord, even in the land of life now walk will I:
verse 10 This I beleev'd, and therefore spake, though grieved heavily.
The second part.
verse 11 I said in my distresse and feare, that all men liars be;
verse 12 What shall I pay the Lord for all his benefits to me?
verse 13 The wholsome cup of saving health I thankfully will take;
… on the Lords Name will I call, when I my praier make.
verse 14 The vowes which in my grief I made, I to the Lord will pav;
… presence of his people all, ev'n now without delay.
verse 15 The death of Gods beloved Saints is precious in his sight;
Though carnall men do them despise, yet are they Gods delight.
verse 16 Thy servant, Lord, thy servant lo, I do my selfe confesse
… of thine hand-maid, thou hast broke the bands of my distresse.
verse 17 And I will offer up to thee a sacrifice of praise;
… I will call upon the Name of God the Lord alwaies.
verse 18 The vowes which in my grief I made, I to the Lord will pay;
… presence of his people all, ev'n now without delay.
verse 19 Yea, in the courts of Gods own house, and in the midst of thee,
… glorious Jerusalem, the Lord still praised be.
PSAL. CXVII.
O All ye Nations of the world, praise ye the Lord alwaies;
And all the people every where set forth his noble praise.
verse 2 For great his kindnesse is to us, his truth doth ever live;
Then to the Lord give praises great, praise to him ever give.
PSAL. CXVIII.
O Give ye thanks unto the Lord, for gracious is he;
Because his mercies very sure, and everlasting be.
verse 2 Let Israel confesse, that still his mercies do endure:
Let Aarons house say now, that still his mercies are most sure.
verse 3 And let them now that fear the Lord, say that his mercies sure,
Which he doth shew unto his Saints for ever do endure.
verse 4 On God I call'd in my distresse, and he did answer me;
In a large place he did me set, wherein I might go free.
verse 5 The Lord himselfe is on my side, affraid I will not be;
When God is on my side, what hurt can man then do to me?
verse 6 The Lord doth take my part with them that help to succour me:
Therefore on those that do me hate, I my desire shall see.
verse 7 Better it is to trust in God, then in mans mortall seed;
Or to put considence in Kings, or Princes in our need.
verse 8 All Nations have enclosed me, and me encompast round;
But in the Name of God shall I them conquer, and confound.
verse 9 They compast me on every side, they round about me came;
But I will surely them destroy in Gods most mighty Name.
verse 10 Like Bees they compast me about, yet, like to thornes that flame
They quenched are; for them shall I destroy in Gods great Name.
The second part.
verse 11 Thou hast with force thrust sore at me, that fall full low I might;
But yet the Lord sustained me, and made me stand upright.
verse 12 The Lord is my defence & strength, my gladnesse, and my song;
He my salvation is become, and my preserver strong.
verse 13 In dwellings of the just is heard the voice and melody.
Of joy, and health; for the right hand of God doth valiantly.
verse 14 The right hand of the mighty Lord exalted is on hye:
The right hand of the mighty Lord hath done most valiantly.
verse 15 I surely shall not die, but live, and living shall declare
The workes and wonders of the Lord, which great and many are.
verse 16 The Lord indeed hath chastened me, me chastened sore hath he:
Yet wholly over unto death be hath not given me.
verse 17 Set open unto me the gates of truth and righteousnesse;
That I may enter into them the Lord to praise and blesse.
verse 18 Behold, this is the gate of God, which he hath opened so,
That into it the righteous men shall with his praises go.
The third part.
verse 19 And, Lord, because thou me hast heard, I will give praise to thee:
For thou art graciously become a Saviour unto me.
verse 20 The stone which by the builders was refused with disgrace,
Now the head-corner stone is made, and s…t in chiefest place.
verse 21 This was the mighty work of God, this was the Lords owne fact;
And it is marvellous to behold with eies that noble act.
verse 22 This surely is that joyfull day which God himselfe did make;
And we his servants will therein great joy and pleasure take.
verse 23 Save now, O Lord, I thee besee…h, thy helping hand extend;
And now, I do bes…h thee, Lord, prosperitie to send.
verse 24 Blessed be he in Gods great Name that cometh us to save;
We from the house which to the Lord pertaines, you blessed have.
verse 25 God is the Lord that shewes us light, with cords then fasten ye
An offering to the altars hornes, a signe of thankes to be.
verse 26 Thou art my God, and therefore I will praises give to thee;
Thou art my God, therefore by me thou shalt exalted be.
verse 27 O give ye thankes unto the Lord, because most good is he:
Because for ever to his Saints his mercies lasting be.