The Psalms of David in English Meter, Psalms · Psalm 104
PSAL. CIV.
O Praise and blesse the Lord, my soul, for thou art very great:
O Lord my God, with honour cloth'd, and majesty beset.
verse 2 With light, as with a robe, thy selfe thou cov…rest about;
And, like a spacious curtain, thou the heavens stretchest out.
verse 3 The beams of thy great chambers thou dost in the waters lay;
Thy speedy chariots are the clouds that swiftly flie away.
verse 4 Thou on the wings of winds dost walk, and spirits thou dost take
For messengers: and ministers a flaming fire dost make.
verse 5 The firme foundations of the earth so stedfast thou dost lay;
That never from her fixed place she may be mov'd away.
verse 6 As with a garment, thou the earth with the great deep dost cover:
The deep, whose swelling waters once the mountaines flowed over.
verse 7 But turning back at thy rebuke, they sle…, and would not stay;
And at thy thunders dreadfull voice they hasted swift away.
verse 8 They by the mountaines do ascend, and by the vallies low:
To their owne home, wth thou for them hast founded, down do go.
verse 9 There hast thou set them stedfast bounds, which shal them still restrain;
That back they never do returne, the earth to drowne againe.
verse 10 Into the fruitfull vallies thou the crystall springs dost send;
Which to the sea among the hills their winding course do bend.
verse 11 These do give drink to every beast, that dwelleth in the field;
And these their waters give to quench the thirst of Asses wild.
verse 12 By them the winged …owls of heav… delight their nests to build;
Which in the branches of the trees do pleasant musick yeeld.
The second part.
verse 13 From his high chambers rain… dow… he watreth the dry hills;
And with the fruits of his owne works the spacious earth he fills.
verse 14 Thence for the cattell he doth cause the flowry grasse to spring;
And thence for service of mankind the herb he forth doth bring.
verse 15 That food and nourishment he mig… draw from the fruitfull earth;
And wine, which the sad heart of man makes glad, and cheeres with mirth.
verse 16 And oile, to make mans face to shine and to appeare more bright:
And bread, that to the heart of man supplieth strength and might.
verse 17 Thy trees, O Lord, are full of sap. the Cedars that do stand
Lebanon, which planted were by thine owne mighty hand.
verse 18 In them the airy birds aloft do chuse their nests to make:
… for the Stork, the firre trees she doth for her dwelling take.
verse 19 To the wild Goats the mountaines high a place of refuge be:
The Conies also to the rockes do for their safety flee.
verse 20 Thou sett'st the Moon in heav'n, by her the seasons to discerne;
…om thee the Sun his certaine time of going downe doth learne.
verse 21 Then thou dost shady darknes make, black night is over-spread;
All beasts of forrests, from their dens creep forth then to be fed.
verse 22 Then the yong Lions for their prey do roare, and God entreat;
…gging in that their speechlesse speech that he would give them meat.
verse 23 But when the Sun doth rise, away together they do flie;
And hiding them from light, and sight, downe in their dens do lie.
verse 24 But then man safely cometh forth, and to his labour goes
Unto his work, wherein the day till evening he bestowes.
The third part.
verse 25 O Lord, how manifold thy works, and numberlesse they be!
And they in wisdome great have been created all by thee.
verse 26 The earth is filled with thy store, and riches manifold;
This great wide sea within her womb, doth the like treasures hold.
verse 27 Therein are flocks of creeping things that numbred cannot be;
There divers sorts of living beasts, both great and small we see.
verse 28 Therein the weighty ships do go, and make their pathlesse way:
There the great Whales do swim, which thou hast made therein to play.
verse 29 These in their divers kinds on thee do wait, and all attend;
That thou sufficient food to them in season due maist send.
verse 30 Thy hand thou openest wide, & they with good are satisfi'd:
But presently they troubled are, if thou thy face do hide.
verse 31 If thou draw in thy breath & spirit, thou tak'st away their breath;
They die, and quickly do returne unto their former earth.
verse 32 But if thy spirit thou sendest forth, then they created be;
And then the earths decayed face renewed is by thee.
The fourth part.
verse 33 An everlasting glory is thy glory, Lord of might;
An… in the workes of thy right hand, thou greatly shalt delight.
The Lord from heav'n beheld the earth, the earth then trembled much;
…e hills are set on fire and smoak, when thou the hills dost touch.
I will sing gladly to the Lord, as long as I shall live:
… will sing praises to my God, while he doth being give.
My meditation of the Lord most sweet shall be to me;
…d in my good and gracious God …ght joyfull will I be.
verse 37 But as for sinners, from the earth let them consume away;
…d let the wicked be no more, that will not thee obey.
verse 38 But, O my soul… blesse thou the Lord, thy thankfulnesse expresse;
…nd, all ye Saints, throughout the world with me, him praise and blesse.