The Psalms of David in English Meter, Psalms · Psalm 22 – Psalm 33
PSAL. XXII.
MY God, my God, what is the cause that thou dost me forsake?
And dost not help me when my words a loud complaint do make?
verse 2 In the day-time to thee, my God, in prai'r I crie and call:
I cease not in the night, and yet thou hearest not at all.
verse 3 Yet art thou holy still and good, and for thy graciousnesse,
The praises of thine Israel thou justly dost possesse.
verse 4 Our fathers in the times fore-past did put their trust in thee,
They trusted, and from their distresse then didst thou set them free.
verse 5 They were delivered ever when they called on thy Name;
And for the faith they had in thee, they were not put to shame.
verse 6 But I a worme, and not a man, do seem in most mens eies;
I am a vile reproach of men, the people me despise.
verse 7 They laugh at me, when me they see in passing on their way;
They shoot the lip, and shake the head, and thus in scorne they say,
verse 8 This man did trust upon the Lord that he would set him free;
Now let him help him, if his love so great unto him be.
verse 9 But thou out from my mothers womb art he that did me take:
When I was on my mothers breasts, thou me to hope didst make.
verse 10 And I was cast on thee, when first I from the womb did part;
And from my mothers belly thou my God most gracious art.
The second part.
verse 11 Then, Lord, depart not now from me in this my present griefe:
Since I have none to be my help, my succour, and reliefe.
verse 12 For many Buls do compasse me, heaven strong and cruell foes:
The chiefest B…ls of Basan hill …e round about enclose.
verse 13 They gape upon me greedily, as though they would me slay;
Much like a Lion roaring out, and ramping for his prey.
verse 14 But I drop down like water shed, my joynts in sunder break:
My heart doth in my body melt, like waxe against the heat.
verse 15 My strength is like a potsheard dry, my tongue it cleaveth falt
Unto my jawes, and I am brought to dust of death at last.
verse 16 And many dogs do compasse me; the wicked when they meet
Conspire against me cursedly, they pierce my hands and feet.
verse 17 I was tormented so, that I might all my bones have told;
Yet still upon me they do look, and still they me behold.
verse 18 And they my garments did divide in parts among them all;
And they by casting lots did trie to whom my coat would fall.
verse 19 Therefore, I pray thee, be not far from me at my great need:
But rather, …ith thou art my strength, to help me, Lord, make speed.
verse 20 And from the sword, Lord, save my soul, by thy great might and power;
And keep my soule, my darling deare, from dogs that would devoure.
verse 21 And save me from the Lions mouth, as thou hast saved me
From the sharp hornes of Unicornes, when I was heard of thee.
verse 22 Then I unto my brethren will thy Name declare and shew;
And in th' assembly of the Saints will give thee praises due.
The third part.
verse 23 Praise ye the Lord who do him feare, him glorifie all ye
The seed of Jacob, feare him all that Israels children be.
verse 24 For he doth not despise, nor loath the poore mans povertie;
Nor from him hath he hid his face, but heard when he did crie.
verse 25 And in the congregation great my praise shall be of thee;
And in their sight that do him feare, my vowes perform'd shall be.
verse 26 The meek shall eat, and shalbe fill'd, and those that do endevor
To know the Lord, shal praise his Name, their hearts shall live for ever.
verse 27 All the worlds ends remember shall, and turne to God for grace:
The nations and their kin…eds all, shall bow before his face.
verse 28 Because the kingdome of the world doth to the Lord pertaine;
And as their highest governour he over them shall raigne.
verse 29 He seeds the great ones of the earth, and they him worship must:
Yea, all shall bow before his face, which goe downe to the dust.
verse 30 For none can keep his soule alive, nor give himselfe salvation;
Yet shall a seed him serve, which shall be call'd Gods generation.
verse 31 And when they come, his righteousnes by them declar'd shall be
Unto a people yet unborne, and that this done hath he.
PSAL. XXIII.
MY shepheard is the living Lord, and he that doth eo feed;
How can I then lack any thing whereof I stand in need?
verse 2 In pastures green and flourishing he makes me downe to lye:
And after drives me to the streames which run most pleasantly.
verse 3 And when I feele my selfe neere lost, then home he me doth take;
Conducting me in his right paths, even for his owne Names sake.
verse 4 And though I were even at deaths doore, yet would I feare none ill;
Thy rod, thy staffe do comfort me, and thou art with me still.
verse 5 Thou hast my table richly stor'd in presence of my foe;
My head with oile thou dost anoint, my cup doth overflow.
verse 6 Thy grace and mercy all my daies shall surely follow me;
And ever in the house of God my dwelling place shall be.
PSAL. XXIIII.
THe earth is Gods, and wholly his the fulnesse of it is:
The world, and those that dwell therein he made, and they are his.
verse 2 For firmly he hath founded it above the sea to stand;
And laid below the liquid flouds, to flow beneath the land.
verse 3 Who is the man, O Lord, that shall ascend into thy hill?
Or passe into thy holy place, there to continue still?
verse 4 Whose hands are harmless, and whose heart no spot there doth desile:
His soule not set on vanitie, who hath not sworne to guile.
verse 5 That man the blessing from the Lord assuredly shall have;
And he shall righteousnesse receive from God, that doth him save.
verse 6 This is the generation of them that seek him right;
Jacobs true seed, that of thy face doth seek the blessed fight.
verse 7 Ye gates, lift up your heads, & doors, which everlasting be:
Then entring in by you ye shall the King of glory see.
verse 8 But who of glory is the King? the Lord of strength and might:
The mighty Lord, that conquers all in war, that with him fight.
verse 9 Ye gates, and everlasting doores, your selves wide open ye;
And for the King of glory great an entrance there shallbe.
verse 10 But who of glory is the King? the Lord of hosts is he:
He is the King, to whom most due all praise, and glory be.
PSAL. XXV.
I List mine heart to thee, my God, and guide most just;
Now suffer me to take no shame: for in thee do I trust.
verse 2 Let not my foes rejoyce, nor make a scorne of mee;
And let them not be overthrowne that put their trust in thee.
verse 3 But shame shall them befall, which harme them wrongfully:
Therefore thy pathes, and thy right waies unto me, Lord, descry.
verse 4 Direct me in thy truth, and teach me, I thee pray:
Thou art my God and Saviour, on thee I wait alway…
verse 5 Thy mercies manifold, I pray thee, Lord, remember,
Think on thy loving kindnesses; for they have been for ever.
verse 6 My sins and faults of youth forgive, Lord, and forget
In mercy free, remember me, and for thy goodnesse great.
His merciemercy is full sweet, his truth a perfect guide:
Therefore the Lord will sinners teach, and such as go aside.
verse 8 The humble he will teach his precepts for to keep;
He will direct in all his waies the lowly and the meek.
verse 9 And all the pathes of God are truth and mercy still,
To those that do his covenant keep, and do obey his will.
The second part.
verse 10 Now for thy holy Name, O Lord, I thee intreat,
To grant me pardon for my sin: for it is wondrous great.
verse 11 Whoso doth feare the Lord, the Lord doth him direct,
To lead his life in such a way as he doth best accept.
verse 12 His soule shall evermore in goodnesse dwell and stand:
His seed and his posteritie inherit shall the land.
verse 13 All those that feare the Lord, his secret well do know;
…nd unto them his covenant, he by his spirit doth show.
verse 14 Toward my gracious God mine eies are ever set:
…e is my Saviour, and shall pluck my feet out of the net.
verse 15 With mercy me behold, to thee I make my moane:
For I am poore and desolate, and comfordesse alone.
verse 16 The troubles of my heart are multipli'd indeed:
Bring me out of this miserie, necessity, and need.
verse 17 Behold my povertie, mine anguish, and my paine:
Remit my sin, and mine offence, and make me clean againe.
O Lord, behold my foes how they do still increase;
Pursuing me with deadly hate, that faine would live in peace.
verse 19 Preserve and keep my soule, save and deliver me;
And let me not be overthrowne, because I trust in thee.
verse 20 And let found uprightnesse in safety me preserve;
For on thee do I wait, whose love keeps those that do thee serve.
verse 21 Deliver, Lord, thy Saints, which on thy Name do call:
Redeem, O God, thine Israel out of his troubles all.
PSAL. XXVI.
LOrd, be my Judge, and thou shalt … my pathes be right and plaine:
I trust in God, and therefore hope still stedfast to remaine.
verse 2 Prove me, my God, I thee desire, my waies search out and trie;
As men do prove their gold with fire, my reines and heart espie.
verse 3 For I thy loving kindnesse great before mine eies do lay;
And I have walked in thy truth, and kept that holy way.
verse 4 I do not love to stay and sit with them whose deeds are vaine;
To come in house I do refuse with the deceitfull traine.
verse 5 The congregation I do hate of sinners vehemently:
I will not sit with wicked men, their company I flye.
verse 6 Mine hands in innocence I wash, and do my sins forsake:
Then I thine altar compasse, Lord, mine offering there to make.
verse 7 And there to spread abroad thy praise with words of thankfulnesse▪
And solemnly thy mighty workes of wonder to expresse.
verse 8 The habitation of thy house, Lord, I have loved well;
And in that place I do delight where doth thine honour dwell.
verse 9 Oh shut not up my soule with them in sin that take their fill;
Nor yet my life among those men; that seek much bloud to spill.
verse 10 Who do imploy their hands & might to practise mischiefe still,
And whiles of justice sale they make, bribes their right hands do fill.
verse 11 But I in my integritie still walking will abide:
Redeem me, and thy mercy grant, when I through frailty slide.
verse 12 My foot stands in an even place, thy grace doth set it right:
I therefore will thee praise, O Lord, in all the peoples sight.
PSAL. XXVII.
THe Lord is both my health & light, shall man make me dismaid?
Sith God doth giveme strength & might, why should I be affraid?
verse 2 My wicked enemies, and my foes drew neere me to devoure;
But when against me they arose, they fell with all their power.
verse 3 Although an host the field doth fill, my heart yet fearlesse is:
Though warre against me rise, I will be confident in this.
verse 4 One thing I of the Lord desire, and beg it vehemently;
The same of him I will require, and seek it instantly:
That while I live, my dwelling place may in Gods house be still;
To see the beauty of his face, and to inquire his will.
verse 5 In troublous times he shall me hide within his place most pure;
And keep me secret by his side, as on a rocke most sure.
verse 6 And now I know I shall arise, mine head shall lifted be
On high above mine enemies, that did encompasse me.
Therefore within his house will I give sacrifice of praise;
With Psalmes, and Songs I will apply, to land the Lord alwaies.
verse 7 Heare me, O Lord, when I do cry with earnest voice to thee;
Have merciemercy on me graciously, and do thou answer mee.
verse 8 When thou, O Lord, didst say to me, Seek thou my face and grace;
My heart did answer unto thee, Lord, I will seek thy face.
The second part.
verse 9 In wrath turne not thy face away, nor suffer me to slide;
My help thou hast been to this day, be still my God and guide.
verse 10 When both my parents do me leave, and their owne son forsake;
Yet then the Lord will me receive, and up he will me take.
verse 11 Teach me, O Lord, the way to thee, in a plaine path me guide:
Because mine enemies watch for me, to cause my steps to slide.
verse 12 To wishes of mine enemies leave me not, O most Hie;
Because false witnesses do rise, that breathe out crueltie.
verse 13 My heart would faint, but that in me this hope is fixed fast:
The goodnesse of the Lord to see in life that still shall last.
verse 14 Wait on the Lord, whose whole thou art, with courage wait thou must:
And then he strengthen shall thy heart; upon him wait and trust.
PSAL. XXVIII.
O Lord my rock, to thee I crie, to me an answer send;
Lest by thy silence I be like those that to grave descend.
verse 2 The voice of thy suppliant heare; that unto thee doth crie:
When to thine holy Oracle I lift mine hands on …ie.
verse 3 With wicked men that sin do work, O draw me not away;
Whose hearts doe wish their neighbours hurt, when words of peace they say.
verse 4 Give them according to their deeds, and as they mischiefe meant;
And wrought that mischiefe with their hands, give them due punishment.
verse 5 God shall not build, but them destroy, because they have not thought
Of Gods great workes, nor did regard that which his hands have wrought.
verse 6 To render thankes unto the Lord how great a cause have I?
My voice, my praier, and my complaint that heard so willingly.
verse 7 He is my shield, my heart did trust in him, a helper strong;
And by his help my heart made glad shall praise him in a song.
verse 8 God is a fort of strong defence to every Saint of his;
And he alone the saving strength of his anointed is.
verse 9 Thy people and thine heritage, Lord, blesse, guide, and preserve;
Increase them, Lord, & rule their hearts, that they may never swerve.
PSAL. XXIX.
GIve, O ye mighty to the Lord, with hearts most willing give
All strength and glory to the Lord, by whom you move and live.
verse 2 Give to Gods name his glory due with humble cheerfulnesse;
Worship the Lord that sits on high in beauteous holinesse.
verse 3 Gods voice upon the waters is, the glorious God doth thunder;
On many waters doth the Lord send forth his voice of wonder.
verse 4 The voice of God is full of power, and worketh mightily:
The voice of God right glorious is, and full of majesty.
verse 5 The voice of God doth break & teare the Cedar trees asunder:
C…lars of Lebanon he doth break in pieces with his thunder,
verse 6 He makes hills like a …alfe to skip, even the great Lebanon;
And like to a young …corne, the mountaine Syrion.
verse 7 His voice divides the flames of fire, the desart it doth shake:
verse 8 His voice doth make the wildernesse of Kadesh for to quake.
verse 9 His voice doth make the Hinds to calve, it makes the forrests bare;
And in his Temple shew'd by all his glorious praises are,
verse 10 The Lord doth sit upon the floud, and ever ruleth it,
Yea, as the King of all the world the Lord shall ever sit.
verse 11 The Lord will give his people power in vertue to increase:
The Lord will blesse his chosen flocke with everlasting peace.
PSAL. XXX.
ALl laud & praise with heart & voice, O Lord, I give to thee;
Who didst not make my foes rejoyce, but hast exalted me.
verse 2 O Lord my God, to thee I cri'd in all my paine and griefe;
Thou ga…'st an eare, and didst provide to ease me with reliefe.
Lord, thou hast caused from the graw my soule up to ascend;
And from the pit thou didst me save, life thou to me didst send.
verse 4 Sing to the Lord, ye Saints of his, with thankfulnesse him blesse:
Still praise him, when remembred is his glorious holinesse.
verse 5 His wrath is in a moment past, life in his favour lies;
Though weeping for a night may last, the morning joy supplies.
verse 6 When I enjoy'd the world at will, thus would I boast and say:
Tush, I am sure to feele none ill, this wealth shall not decay.
verse 7 For thou, O Lord, of thy good grace hadst sent me strength and aid;
But when thou turnd'st away thy face, my mind was much dismaid.
verse 8 Wherefore unto the Lord my cry I caused to ascend:
My humble supplication I up to the Lord did send.
verse 9 What gaine is in my bloud, if I unto the pit go downe?
For, shall the dust thee glorifie? shall dust thy truth make knowne?
verse 10 Then hear the praiers which I make, have mercy, Lord, on me:
Do not my troubled soule forsake, but, Lord, mine helper be.
verse 11 My mourning then was turn'd by thee into a cheerfull voice;
My sackcloth thou didst take from me, and mad'st me to rejoyce.
verse 12 Wherefore my soule uncessantly shall sing unto thee praise:
My Lord my God, to thee will I give laud and thanks alwaies.
PSAL. XXXI.
LOrd, let me never be asham'd, because I trust in thee;
But in thy righteousnesse and truth, save and deliver me.
verse 2 To me bow downe thy gracious eare, and quickly set me free:
A rocke of strength, a mighty fort of safety be to mee.
verse 3 For, Lord, thou art my only rock, my strong defence and tower:
For thy Names sake me therefore lead, and guide me in thy power.
verse 4 Pull me out of the net, which they for me have closely laid:
Because thou only art my strength, I flie to thee for aid.
verse 5 Into thy hands, Lord, I commit my spirit, which came from thee:
Of thy free grace, Lord God of truth, thou hast redeemed me.
verse 6 Them do I hate that set their heart on lying vanities:
But on the Lord I put my trust, my heart on him relies.
verse 7 I in thy merciemercy will rejoyce, because my miseries
Thou weighest, and dost know my soule in her adversities.
verse 8 And me into the enemies hand not closed up thou hast;
But thou my feet at libertie in a large room hast plac't.
The second part.
verse 9 I am in trouble, Lord, to me grant mercy and reliefe:
My soule, my belly, and mine eye consume away with griefe.
verse 10 My life is spent with griefe, my years in sighes away do flie:
My strength doth faile, my bones consume for mine iniquitie.
verse 11 A scorne to foes, and most to those which here are dwelling nie:
A feare unto my friends am I, who see me from me flie.
verse 12 I am forgotten, like a man that now hath long been dead;
I like a broken vessell am that quite is perished.
verse 13 For many slanders I have heard, and feare was every way;
While they against me did conspire to take my life away.
verse 14 But yet when I was thus affraid my trust was, Lord, in thee;
And then thou art my God, I said, a gracious God to mee.
verse 15 My times are in thy mighty hand, then do thou set me free
From bloudy hands of all my foes, that follow after mee.
verse 16 Upon thy servant make thy face to shine forth graciously:
O save me for thy mercies sake, I to thy mercy flye.
The third part.
verse 17 Lord, let not me ashamed be, for on thee call'd I have;
But let the wicked be asham'd, and silent in the grave.
verse 18 To silence put the lying lips, that grievous things do say;
And hard reports in pride and scorne on righteous men do lay.
verse 19 O how great good hast thou laid up for those that do thee feare;
Whose trust before the sons of men fixt on thee doth appeare!
verse 20 In secret of thy presence thou shalt hide them from mans pride:
From strife of tongues thou closely shalt as in a tent them hide.
verse 21 For ever blessed be the Lord, for plainly shew'd hath he
In a strong city kindnesse great, and marvellous to me.
verse 22 I in my haste did say, I am cut off before thine eies;
But even then thou heard'st the voice of my requests and cries.
verse 23 O love the Lord, all ye his Saints, the faithfull he preserves;
And plentifully doth reward the proud, as he deserves.
verse 24 Be of good courage, and the Lord strength to your heart shall send;
He shall you strengthen all, whose hope doth on the Lord depend.
PSAL. XXXII.
THe man is blessed, all whose sins are graciously remitted;
And whose transgressions by the Lord are cover'd, and acquitted.
verse 2 And blest is he to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin;
Which in his heart hath hid no guile, nor fraud is found therein.
verse 3 When I in silence kept my sin, my bones then waved old;
With plaint and …oaring all the day through torments manifold.
verse 4 Because both day and night thy hand lay heavily on me;
Which made into the Summers drought my moisture turn'd to be.
verse 5 Then I declar'd my sin to thee, I did not cover it;
I said, My sins I will confesse, then didst thou them remit.
verse 6 For this each Saint shall in a time of finding thee intreat:
Surely to him shall not come neere the flouds of waters great.
verse 7 Thou art my hiding place, and thou from trouble dost set me free:
With songs of my deliverance thou dost encompasse me.
verse 8 Come hither, and I shall thee teach how thou shalt walk aright;
And will thee guide as I my selfe have learn'd by proofe and sight,
verse 9 Be not so rude and ignorant, as is the horse or muse;
Whose mouth without a reine or bit from harme thou canst not rule.
verse 10 Unto the wicked shall be store of sorrowes, and of woes:
But mercy him that trusts in God shall round about inclose.
verse 11 Be glad, ye righteous in the Lord, greatly in him rejoyce:
Let the upright of heart for joy in shouts lift up their voice.
PSAL. XXXIII.
YE righteous in the Lord rejoyce, it comely is and right,
That upright men with thankfull voice should praise the Lord of might.
verse 2 Praise God with Harp, with Psaltery unto him praises sing:
Sing to him with an Instrument that hath a ten-fold string.
verse 3 Sing to the Lord a song most new, aloud with skill him praise:
Because right are his words, and true are all his workes and waies.
verse 4 The righteous Lord loves righteousnes, and judgement doth him please;
verse 5 And the wide earth to fill and blesse, his mercy doth not cease.
verse 6 The heavens by his mighty word did their beginning take;
And the great hosts of them the Lord all by his breath did make.
verse 7 As in an heap the waters great he of the seas doth gather:
As in a store-house he doth set, and lay the depth together.
verse 8 The Lord in might doth all excell, let all the earth him feare:
Let all that in the world do dwell an awe unto him beare.
verse 9 For what this high Creatour spake was done, and his command
So stable this whole world did make, that it doth stedfast stand.
verse 10 The counsells of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought;
He doth defeat the multitude of their device, and thought.
verse 11 But the Lords counsells, just & wise, do stand for ever sure:
The thoughts which in his heart arise, from age to age indure.
The second part.
verse 12 O Nation blest, to whom the Lord as their owne God is knowne:
verse 13 And whom he of his owne accord did chuse to make his owne.
verse 14 The Lord from heaven casts his sight, thence all men vieweth he;
And from his place of glorious light all here on earth doth see.
verse 15 For all mens hearts he with his hand alike did frame and make:
And he their works doth understand, and of them notice take.
verse 16 By greatnesse of an host no King assure his safety can;
Great strength doth not deliverance bring unto a mighty man.
verse 17 A horse is vaine, and never can give safety in the fight;
Nor shall deliver any man by his exceeding might.
verse 18 Behold, the Lord doth set his eye with favour on the just;
Ev'n those that feare him reverently, and on his mercy trust.
verse 19 That he from death and dangers deep their soules may safely free;
And them alive in famine keep, when others pined be.
verse 20 Our soule on God doth still depend; who saveth us from wrong:
He is our shield us to defend, he is our helper strong.
verse 21 Surely in God our heart is glad, in him it doth delight:
For in his holy Name we had our trust, and in his might.
verse 22 Then let thy grace and mercy, Lord, upon us ever be;
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