The Psalms of David in English Meter, Psalms · Psalm 132 – Psalm 146
PSAL. CXXXII.
REmember Davids troubles, Lord, and how he sware to thee:
verse 2 And how to the Almighty God of Jacob vowed be.
verse 3 I will not come within my house, nor rest in bed at all:
verse 4 Nor shall mine eies take any sleep, nor eye-lids slumber shall:
verse 5 Till for the Lord a place I find where he may make abode;
Till I an habitation find for Jacobs mighty God.
verse 6 Behold, we of this dwelling place at Ephrata did …eare;
And we did find it in the fields, where once woods growing were.
verse 7 Into his holy Tabernacles now gladly will we go;
And at his footstoole worship him, kneeling and bowing low:
verse 8 Arise, O Lord, arise and come into thy place of rest;
Thou, and thy Ark, by which thy strength thou hast made manifest.
verse 9 Let all thy Priests he clothed, Lord, with truth and righteousnesse;
Let all thy Saints rejoyce in thee, and shout for joyfulnesse.
verse 10 And for thy servant Davids sake do not deny thy grace;
Nor of thine owne anointed deare, turne thou away the face.
The second part.
verse 11 The Lord in truth to David sware, and will not turne from it;
The fruit of thine owne body shall on thy throne surely sit.
verse 12 And if thy sons my covenant keep, and precepts taught by me;
Then evermore upon thy throne their childrens seat shall be.
verse 13 For God Mount Sion chosen hath, to dwell there doth he love;
There do I love to dwell and rest, and never to remove.
verse 14 And surely her provision I will blesse abundantly:
verse 15 And I all those that needy are with bread will satisfie.
verse 16 And with salvation her Priests adorne and c…othe I will:
Her Saints shall shout aloud for joy, wherewith I will them fill.
verse 17 There will I cause that Davids horne shall bud, and grow in might:
For mine anointed I have set an everlasting light.
verse 18 With shame, as with a garment, I will clothe his enemies all;
But on himselfe his glorious crowne shine forth and flourish shall.
PSAL. CXXXIII.
HOw pleasant, and how good it is, …ow doth that grace excell;
When in the unitie of love together brethren dwell!
verse 2 It like the precious ointment is, wherewith anointed was
The head of Aaron, whence it downe unto his beard did passe.
verse 3 It on the beard of Aaron ran, (who Christ did represent)
And downe from thence unto the skins it of his garments went.
verse 4 And as the dew to Hermon hill his moisture downe doth send;
And as the dew doth from above on Sions hills descend:
verse 5 So God on those who thus do love, his blessing downe doth send:
Yea, he doth blesse them with a life, which never shall have end.
PSAL. CXXXIV.
BEhold and have regard, ye servants of the Lord,
Which in his house by night do watch, praise him with one accord.
verse 2 Lift up your hands on high within his holy place;
And give the Lord his praises due, his benefits embrace.
verse 3 Thus do thou blesse the Lord with praise and thankfulnesse;
And God that earth & heav'n did make, thee out of Sion blesse.
PSAL. CXXXV.
PRaise ye the Lord, and his great Name praise ye with one accord:
O praise him still, all ye that be the servants of the Lord.
verse 2 In the Lords house all ye that stand, aloud his praises sound;
Praise him all ye that in the Courts of our great God are found.
verse 3 Praise ye the Lord, for he is good, yea praises to him sing:
Sing praises to his Name, because it is a pleasant thing.
verse 4 For Jacob to himselfe the Lord did chuse of his good pleasure;
And Israel he did chuse to be his owne peculiar treasure.
verse 5 For well I know in majestie the Lord is very great;
And that the Lord above all gods in glory hath his seat.
verse 6 In heaven and in earth he made, and in the swelling seas,
And in the low descending depths, what ever did him please.
verse 7 He from the ends of all the earth makes vapours to ascend;
With lightnings raine he makes, and winds doth from his treasures send.
verse 8 In Egypt he the first-borne all with death downe smitten hath;
Ev'n the chiefe strength of man & beast, in his provoked wrath.
verse 9 He hath in thee shew'd wonders great, O Egypt, which did fall
On Pharaoh thy hard-hearted king, and on his servants all.
verse 10 He also Nations great and strong smote downe, and overthrew;
And though their rulers mighty were, their mighty Kings he slew.
verse 11 Sehon King of the Amorites, and Og of Bashan King;
Of Canaan be the Kingdomes all did to subjection bring.
verse 12 Then also for an heritage their land away he gave;
An heritage which Israel his people deare should have.
The second part.
verse 13 Thy Name, O Lord, shal still endure, and thy memoriall
With honour shall preserved be, through generations all.
verse 14 His people to avenge and judge, the Lord is fully bent;
And of his servants miseries he will himselfe repent.
verse 15 The Idols which are worshipped abroad in heathen lands,
Surely but gold and silver be, the work ev'n of men… hands.
verse 16 A mouth they have, yet do not speak; eyes, yet they never saw:
verse 17 And ears they have, yet nothing bear; their mouth no breath doth draw.
verse 18 And senslesse like to them are those, by whom they formed were;
And such are all that trust in them, or who their power do feare.
verse 19 But blesse the everlasting Lord, O house of Israel:
O Aarons house, blesse thou the Lord, in might that doth excell.
verse 20 O house of Levi, blesse the Lord, by whom made all things were;
And ever blesse and praise the Lord, all ye the Lord that feare.
verse 21 And out of Sion let his Saints give praises to the Lord;
Which dwelleth in Jerusalem: praise him with one accord.
PSAL. CXXXVI.
Sung as the 100. Psalme.
PRaise ye the Lord, for he is good, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 2 Give thanks unto the God of gods, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 3 Give thanks unto the Lord of lords; for still his mercy doth endure;
verse 4 Which only doth great wondrous works, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 5 Wch by his wisdom made the heav'ns, for still his mercy doth endure;
verse 6 Who stretch't the earth above the seas, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 7 Which made great lights to shine abroad, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 8 The Sun to rule the light some day, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 9 The Moon & Stars to guide the night, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 10 Which Egypt with their first-borne smote, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 11 And Israel brought out from thence, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 12 With mighty hand & stretched arme, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 13 Who the red sea in parts did cut, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 14 And through the midst made Israel passe, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 15 But drowned Pharaoh and his host, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 16 Through desart he his people led, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 17 Praise him who mighty Kings did smite, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 18 And who the famous Kings did slay, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 19 As Sehon King of Amorites, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 20 And the great Og of Basan King, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 21 And gave their land for heritage, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 22 Even to his servant Israel, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 23 Remembring us in base estate, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 24 He from oppressors rescued us, for still do last his mercies sure.
verse 25 Who giveth sood unto all flesh, for still his mercy doth endure:
verse 26 O to the God of heav'n give thanks, for still do last his mercies sure.
PSAL. CXXXVII.
WHen captives we at Babylon did by the rivers sit,
We thought on Sion, yea we wept when we remembred it.
verse 2 We hang'd our Harps and Instruments the Willow trees upon:
And, being full of griefe, delight in musick we had none.
verse 3 For there a song required they, who did us captive bring;
Our spoilers call'd for mirth, and said, A song of Sion sing.
verse 4 But the Lords sweet and holy songs sing fitly how shall we;
When captives in a forraine land we among heathen be?
verse 5 But, O Jerusalem, if I forget thee in mine heart;
Let my forgotten cunning then from my right hand depart.
verse 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cease to move;
If I do not Jerusalem set my chiefe joyes above.
verse 7 Remember Edom, which upon Jerusalems sad day;
To the foundations raze it downe, yea raze it, oft did say.
verse 8 Daughter of Babylon justly thou ere long destroi'd shalt be;
Happy the man thy deeds to us who shall reward to thee.
verse 9 Yea, happy surely shall he be that takes thy little ones;
And in his zeale to Sion shall them dash against the stones.
PSAL. CXXXVIII.
WIth my whole heart, O gracious Lord, will I give praise to thee;
Even in the presence of the gods, thou shalt be prais'd by me.
verse 2 Toward thy holy Temple I will look, and worship thee;
And praised in my thankfull mouth thy holy Name shall be.
verse 3 For thy great kindnesse, for thy truth, I will exalt thy fame:
For thou hast magnifi'd thy word high above all thy Name.
Thou didst me answer in that day, when I to thee did cry;
And thou my fainting soul with strengt… didst strengthen inwardly.
verse 4 All Kings which raign throughout the earth, shall give thee praise, O Lord;
When they shal from thy mouth receive thy true and holy word.
verse 5 Yea, in the righteous waies of God with gladnesse they shall sing:
For great the glory is of God, the universall King.
verse 6 Though God be high, the lowly yet by him respected be;
Whereas the high and proud of heart a far off knoweth he.
verse 7 Though I in midst of trouble walk, yet thou wilt me revive;
Thou with thine band wilt stop the mouth of foes that with me strive.
And as against mine enemies wrath thy band thou dost extend;
So thy right hand out-stretched shall me save, and still defend.
verse 8 Surely, that which concerneth me, the Lord will perfect make:
Do not, O ever gracious Lord, thine owne hands-work forsake.
PSAL. CXXXIX.
O Lord, thou hast me search't & known, thou know'st my sitting downe;
verse 2 And my up-rising, yea to thee my thoughts far-off are knowne.
verse 3 My paths thou compassest about, and seest when downe I lye;
And art with all my workes and waies acquainted perfectly.
verse 4 No word is in my tongue, O Lord, but knowne it is to thee;
verse 5 Thou me behind hold'st and before, and layest thine hand on me.
verse 6 Such and so great a knowledge is too wonderfull for me;
It is so high, that it by me attained cannot be.
verse 7 From thy all-seeing Spirit to go, what place seek out should I?
And from thy presence to remove, Lord, whither should I flye?
verse 8 To heav'n if I do mount alost, lo, thou art present there;
In hell if I lie downe below, behold, there art thou neere.
verse 9 Yea, let me take the mornings wings, and let me go and hid▪
Far hence, ev'n in the utmost parts, where slowing sea doth slide.
verse 10 Yet there to lead and governe me, thine hand stretch't out shall be;
And even there shall thy right hand seaze and take hold on me.
verse 11 Yea, if I say the darknesse shall yet shrow'd me from thy sight;
Lo, unto thee the darkest night about me shall be light.
verse 12 Yea, darknesse hid…th not from thee, but night like day is bright;
Before thy piercing eyes alike both darknesse are and light.
The second part.
verse 13 For thou possessed hast my reines, and thou hast covered me:
When I within my mothers womb enclosed was by thee.
verse 14 Thee will I praise, for fearfully and strangely made I am;
Thy works are marvellous, and my soul right well doth know the same.
verse 15 My substance was not hid from thee, although in secret place
I have been made, and in the earth beneath I fashion'd was.
verse 16 Thine eyes my shapelesse substance saw, and written in thy book
Were all my parts, though yet not made, but after fashion took.
verse 17 How precious also are thy thoughts, O glorious God to me?
And in their summe how passing great and numberlesse they be?
verse 18 If I should count them in their summe, more then the sand they be;
When I awake, then am I still in heart and thought with thee.
verse 19 The wicked and the cruell men, Lord, thou wilt surely slay:
Therefore far-off, ye bloudy men, from me depart away.
verse 20 They wickedly against thee speak, though thou their torgues didst make;
And thy malicious enemies in vaine thy Name do take.
verse 21 Hate I not them that hate thee, Lord, and that in earnest wise?
Contend not I against them all, against thee that arise?
verse 22 I hate them with unfained hate, even as my utter foes;
verse 23 Try me, O God, and know my heart▪ my thoughts prove and disclose.
verse 24 Consider, Lord, if wickednesse in me there any be;
And in thy everlasting way direct and lead thou me.
PSAL. CXL.
LOrd, save me from the evill man, and be my strong defence;
Preserve me safely from the man of cruell violence.
verse 2 Which in their heart do mischief plot, and full of malice are;
When they together gathered be, their meeting is for warre.
verse 3 And like unto a Serpents tongue, their tongues they sharp have whet;
And Add…rs poyson causing death, under their tongues is set.
verse 4 Keep me, O Lord, from wicked hands, me from the violent save;
My goings who to overthrow a wicked purpose have.
verse 5 The proud a snare and cords have hid, and spread for me a net:
By the waies side where I should passe, they grins for me have set.
verse 6 Therefore I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God alone:
Heare me, O Lord, O heare the voice wherewith I pray and moane.
verse 7 O Lord my God, thou only art the strength that saveth me;
In day of battell hath mine head been covered still by thee.
verse 8 Let not, O Lord, the wicked have the end of his desire;
Performe not his ill thought, lest he with pride be set on sire.
verse 9 As for the head and chiefe of those about that compasse me;
… their owne mischiefe of their lips their fall and ruine be.
verse 10 Let burning coales upon them fall, into the fire them throw;
And to deep pits, that up againe thence they may never go.
verse 11 Let not a man of evill tongue on earth here stable grow;
Evill shall hunt the violent man unto his overthrow.
verse 12 I know, th' afflicted and the poore the Lord will help to right;
Surely the just shall praise his Name, and still dwell in his sight.
PSAL. CXLI.
O Lord, upon thee do I call, Lord, …aste thee unto me;
And hearken, Lord, unto my voice, when I do cry to thee.
verse 2 As incense let my praiers be directed in thine eies;
And the up-lifting of mine hands an evening sacrifice.
verse 3 Lord, that my mouth do not offend, a watch before it place;
And of my lips keep thou the doore, and guide them by thy grace.
verse 4 That I should wicked works commit, incline thou not my heart;
With ill men of their delicates, Lord, let me eate no part.
verse 5 But let the righteous smite me, Lord, for that is good for me;
Let him reprove me, and the same a precious … shall be.
Such smi…ing shall not break my head, the time shall shortly fall;
When I shall in their misery make praiers for them all.
verse 6 Then when in stony places downe th… Judge shall be …st,
Then shall they …are my words, for then they pleasantly will ….
verse 7 About the graves devouring mouth our … scattered round,
As wood, which … … or cleave, lies scattered on … ….
verse 8 But, O my God and Lord, mine eies do look up unto thee:
In thee is all my trust, let not my soule forsaken be.
verse 9 Lord, keep me safely from the …, which they for me prepare;
And from the subtle, guns of them that wicked workers a…e.
verse 10 The wicked into their owne nets together let them fall;
While I do by thy help escape the danger of them all.
PSAL. CXLII.
IN troubles great unto the Lord I with my voice did cry;
I supplication with my voice made to the Lord on hye.
verse 2 My sad complaint I powred out before him in my dry:
My trouble I before him shew'd, and my perplexity.
verse 3 Even when my spirit orewhelmed was, my path was knowne to thee;
In way where I did walke, a snare they closely laid for me.
verse 4 I look't and viewd on my right hand, but I of none was knowne;
All refuge wholly failed me, for my soule cared none.
verse 5 Then cri'd I to the Lord, and said, My hope thou only art:
Thou in the land of living art my portion and my part.
verse 6 Hear thou my cry, brought low am I, in mercy set me free
From those that do me persecute, and are too strong for me.
verse 7 My soule from prison bring, that I may praises give to thee;
The Saints shall compasse me about, when thou art good to me.
PSAL. CXLIII.
LOrd, hear my praier hear my suit, sent up in great distresse;
Answer me in thy faithfulnesse, and in thy righteousnesse.
verse 2 In judgement with thy servant, Lord, oh enter not at all;
For just…'d be in thy sight not one that liveth shall.
verse 3 The enemy hath pursu'd my soule, my life to ground hath throwne;
And laid me in the dark, like them that dead are long agone.
verse 4 Therefore my spirit is over-whelm'd, and pressed downe in me;
My heart in me is desolate, and doth no comfort see.
verse 5 I call to mind the daies of old, on all thy workes I thought;
Upon the works I meditate, which thine own hands have wrought.
verse 6 Behold, to thee, most gracious Lord, I stretch my craving hands;
My soule doth greatly thirst for thee, like dry and thirsty lands.
verse 7 Heare me with speed, my spirit doth faile, hide not thy face from me;
To them that to the pit go downe else likened shall I be.
verse 8 Thy kindnesse in the morning shew to me who trust in thee;
The way wherein I ought to walk do thou disclose to me.
verse 9 For I list up my soule to thee, O Lord, deliver me
From all mine enemies, for I have hidden me with thee.
verse 10 Teach me to do thy will, for thou dost still my God abide;
Let thy good Spirit into the land of righteousnesse me guide.
verse 11 For thy Names sake, with quickning grace alive do thou me make;
And for thy truth and righteousnesse my soule from trouble take.
verse 12 And for thy mercy slay my foes, let all destroied be
That do afflict my soule, for I a servant am to thee.
PSAL. CXLIV.
BLest be the Lord my strength, that doth instruct mine …nds to fight:
The Lord that doth my fingers frame to battell by his might.
verse 2 My goodnesse, fort, deliverer, my tower, and shield is he;
In him I trust, who doth subdue my people under me.
verse 3 Lord, what is man, that thou of him dost so much knowledge take?
Or son of man, that thou of him so great account dost make?
verse 4 Man is like vanity, his daies away like shadowes flie:
verse 5 Lord, bow the heavens, and come down with power and majestie.
verse 6 The mountaines touch, and they shall smoak, cast forth thy lightning flame,
And scatter them; thine arrowes shoot, consume them with the same.
verse 7 Send down thine hand from heav'n above, O Lord, deliver me;
And take me from the waters great, from strangers hand me free.
verse 8 Whose mouth of crafty vanity doth foolishly intreat;
And their right hand is a right hand of falshood and deceit.
verse 9 I a new song will sing to thee, and on the Psaltery;
And a ten-stringed Instrument to thee sing praise will I.
verse 10 Ev'n to the Lord, for he it is to Kings that safety sends:
His servant David be alone from hurtfull sword defends.
verse 11 From strangers hand me save and shield, whose mouth talkes vanity;
And their right hand is a right hand of guile and subtilty.
verse 12 That as the plants our sons may be, whom growing youth doth reare;
Our daughters as car…'d corner stones, like to a palace faire.
verse 13 That yeelding forth all kinds of store, our gathers full may be;
Our sheep bring thousands, in our streets we may ten thousands see.
verse 14 Our Oxen be to labour strong, that none do us invade;
There be no going out, no cries within our streets be made.
verse 15 Happy that people are, which be in such a case as this;
Happy that people are, whose God the Lord Almighty is.
PSAL. CXLV.
THee will I laud, my God and King, and blesse thy Name alwaies:
verse 2 Thee will I blesse each day, and will thy Name for ever praise.
verse 3 Great is the Lord, most worthy praise, his greatnesse none can reach:
verse 4 One race shall to another praise thy workes, and wonders teach.
verse 5 I of thy glorious majestie the honour will record;
And meditate upon thy workes most wonderfull, O Lord.
verse 6 Men of thine acts the might shall shew, thine acts that dreadfull are;
And I thy glory to advance, thy greatnesse will declare.
verse 7 The memory of thy goodnesse great men largely shall expresse;
With songs of praise they shall extoll thy perfect righteousnesse.
verse 8 The Lord is very gracious, in him compassions flow;
In mercy he is very great, and is to anger slow.
verse 9 Good unto all, and over all his workes his mercies be;
verse 10 Therfore just praises shall thy works returne, O Lord, to thee.
verse 11 Thy Saints shall blesse thee, and they shall thy Kingdomes glory shew:
verse 12 And shew thy power, that sons of men thy mighty acts may know.
verse 13 And may thy Kingdomes majestie and glory understand:
Thy Kingdome, Lord, a Kingdome is that shall for ever stand.
verse 14 And thy dominion through each age endures without decay:
The Lord upholdeth them that fall, their sliding he doth stay.
The second part.
verse 15 The eies of all do wait on thee, thou dost them all relieve;
And thou to each sufficient food in season due dost give.
verse 16 Thy hand thou openest liberally, and then thy bounty gives
Enough to satisfie the need of every thing that lives.
verse 17 The Lord is just in all his waies, his workes are holy all:
verse 18 Neere all he is that call on him, in truth that on him call.
verse 19 And the desires he will fulfill of those that do him feare:
Yea, he will surely save them all, for he their cry doth heare.
verse 20 The Lord all those preserveth safe, that love him with their heart;
But he all them that wicked are will utterly subvert.
verse 21 My mouth the praises of the Lord right gladly shall expresse:
Yèa, let all flesh his holy Name for ever praise and blesse.
PSAL. CXLVI.
PRaise ye the Lord, my soule him praise; to God that doth me save
verse 2 Will I sing praises all my daies, even while I being have.
verse 3 Trust not in worldly Princes then, though they abound in wealth:
Nor in the sons of mortall men, in whom there is no health.
verse 4 Because their breath doth soon depart, to earth anon they fall;
And then the counsells of their heart decay and perish all.
verse 5 O happy is that man and blest, whom Jacobs God doth aid;
Whose hope upon the Lord doth rest, and on his God is stai'd.
verse 6 Who made the earth and heavens hie, who made the swelling deep;
And all that in the sea doth lie, who truth doth ever keep.
verse 7 Who to th' opprest doth right afford, to those that hungry be
He giveth food; the gracious Lord doth set the prisoners free.
verse 8 The Lord doth send the blind their sight, the …ame to limbs restore;
The Lord doth in his Saints delight, and loves them evermore.
verse 9 The strangers shield, the widows stay, the orphans help is he;
But yet by him the sinners way turn'd up-side downe shall be.
verse 10 And raigne the Lord for ever shall; O Sion▪ thou shalt see
Thy God to raigne through ages all; the Lord still praised be.