The Psalms of David in English Meter, Psalms · Psalm 147 – Psalm 150
PSAL. CXLVII.
PRaise ye the Lord, for it is good unto our God to sing;
For it is pleasant, and to praise it is a comely thing.
verse 2 The Lord his owne Jerusalem doth raise and build alone;
And the disperst of Israel doth gather into one.
verse 3 He heales the broken in their heart, their sores he up doth bind:
verse 4 He counts the number of the Stars, and names for all doth find.
verse 5 Great is the Lord, great is his power, his wisdome hath no bound:
verse 6 The Lord lifts up the meek, and casts the wicked to the ground.
verse 7 Sing with thanksgiving to the Lord, alwaies in him rejoyce:
In singing praises to our God joyne both the Harp and voice.
verse 8 Who on the heavens spreads the clouds, who for the earth below
…epareth raine, who makes the grasse on mountaines high to grow.
verse 9 He gives the beast his food; he feeds the Ravens young that crie:
verse 10 His pleasure not in strength of horse, nor in mans legs doth lie.
verse 11 But in all those that feare the Lord, and strive him to obey;
And on his mercy set their hope; ev'n his delight are they.
The second part.
verse 12 O praise the Lord, Jerusalem, thy God, O Sion, praise:
verse 13 For …e the bars hath framed strong, wherewith thy gates he stayes.
verse 14 Thy children he hath blest in thee, and in thy borders he
Doth settle peace, and with the flowre of wheat he filleth thee.
verse 15 And his commandment on the earth with power he forth doth send;
His word doth very swiftly run to his appointed end.
verse 16 Like wooll his snow, and his hoare frosts like scattered ashes were:
verse 17 Like morsels forth he casts his ice, and who his cold can beare?
verse 18 He sendeth forth his mighty word, and melteth them againe;
His wind he makes to blow, and then the waters flow amaine.
verse 19 The doctrin… of his holy word to Jacob doth he show;
His statutes and his judgements he gives Israel to know.
verse 20 He with no Nation thus hath dealt, his judgements and his word
Not any one of them hath knowne; praise ye the living Lord.
PSAL. CXLVIII.
PRaise ye and blesse the Lord, his praise from heaven bring;
And in the heights above the world his glorious praises sing.
verse 2 Praise him his Angels all, praise him his hosts of war;
And praise ye him both Sun and Moon, and each bright shining Star.
verse 3 Praise him, ye heav'ns above, that heav'ns below containe;
Praise him, ye waters which above the heavens do remaine.
verse 4 Let all these praise the Name of our Almighty Lord:
For he commanded, and they were created by his word.
verse 5 And for all times to come he hath them settled sure;
He hath appointed them a law that … shall endure.
verse 6 And from the earth below, let praise to God ascend;
Ye depths and monsters of the sea, unto him praises send.
verse 7 Praise him, ye lesser hills, praise him, ye mountaines hie;
Ye fruitfull trees and cedars all, him praise and glorifie.
verse 8 Ye beasts and cattell all, and creeping things him praise;
And feathered fowle, that through the aire do swiftly cut your waies.
verse 9 Ye mighty Kings on earth, and people every where;
Ye Princes great, and Magistrates, the world that judge and heare.
verse 10 Young men, and maidens all, ev'n in your youth him praise▪
Old men and children, ye that have both most and least of daies.
verse 11 Let all these praise the Lord, and his most glorious Name;
His Name that only doth deserve all glory and all fame.
verse 12 Above both heav'n and earth extoll…d is his praise;
And of his Church the horne and power he doth exalt and raise.
verse 13 And praise to all his Saints, and glory he doth bring
To Israel his dearest flocke; therefore his praises sing.
PSAL. CXLIX.
SIng ye unto the Lord our God a new rejoycing song;
And let the praise of him be heard his holy Saints among.
verse 2 Let Israel in his Maker high rejoyce, and to him sing;
Let all that Sions children are be joyfull in their King.
verse 3 And let them in an holy dance praise his most holy Name;
Let them with Timbrell and with Harp sing praises to the same.
verse 4 For in his people whom he chose, the Lord doth pleasure take:
The meek with his salvation he beautifull will make.
verse 5 In him that grace and glory gives, let all the Saints rejoyce:
Let them to him upon their beds in songs lift up their voice.
verse 6 And let them with their mouth sound forth high praises of the Lord:
Yet let them hold within their hands a double-edged sword.
verse 7 To plague the heathen, and correct the people with their hands:
verse 8 To bind their stately Kings in chaines, their lords in iron bands.
verse 9 On them the judgement to performe found written in his word;
This honour great have all the Saints; ye therefore praise the Lord.
PSAL. CL.
PRaise God within his Sanctuary, prais'd highly let him be;
And praise him in the s…ament, wherein his power we see.
verse 2 And praise him for his mighty acts, with praise his wonders tell;
His majesty and greatnesse praise, in which he doth excell.
verse 3 And with the Trumpets lofty sound advance his praise on hie;
Set forth his praises with the Harp, and with the Psalterie.
verse 4 Upon the Cymbals loud and cleare, with gladnesse give him praise;
And on the Cymbals sounding high, aloft his praises raise.
verse 5 Let every creature that hath breath, with one consent agree
To praise the Lord, that breath doth give, the Lord still praised be.
Of him, and through him, and to him are all things, to whom be glory for ever.
Amen.