The Psalms of David in English Meter, Psalms · Psalm 71 – Psalm 72
PSAL. LXXI.
MY Lord my God, in all distresse my hope is whole in thee,
Then let no shame my soule oppresse, nor once take hold on me.
verse 2 Deliver me, and set me free …n thine owne righteousnesse;
Give eare to me, my Saviour be, when men would me oppresse.
verse 3 Be thou my rock, where I may have all times a safe resort:
Thou gav'st commandment me to save, O thou my strength and fort.
verse 4 From wicked men, and all their might, my God, deliver me;
From hands of them that hate the right, from cruell men me free.
verse 5 For thou, Almighty Lord, art now my hope me to defend:
Yea from my youth my trust art thou, on thee I did depend.
verse 6 Thou didst sustain me from the womb, and by thy power and will
I from my mothers bowel▪ did come, and I will praise thee still.
verse 7 Me as a wonder many see, for strange they think my case;
Yet still by faith I flie to thee, thou art my hiding place.
verse 8 And, gracious Lord, my mouth and tongue, fill with thy praises still:
My mouth and tongue all the day long▪ let thine high honour …ill.
verse 9 O do not cast me off from thee, when yeares me old do make;
And when my strength doth faile in me, then do not me forsake.
verse 10 For lo, mine enemies bitterly against thy servant spake:
They for my soule in wait that lye, together counsell take.
verse 11 They said, God doth him now forsake, and he is left alone:
Him let us persecute and take, now God from him is gone.
verse 12 But, Lord, though thou art gone, they say, farre from me never he:
Yea now, my God, without delay come to give help to me.
The second part.
verse 13 Confound thou, & consume my so…, that me do seek to kill:
And let dishonour co…er those, that think and wish me ill.
verse 14 Surely with considence will I still hope and wait on thee;
And to thy praise continually new praise shall added be.
verse 15 And all the day I will not cease thy righteousnsse to shew,
And thy salvation; for of these an end I never knew.
verse 16 Lord, in thy strength I will go on, defended still by thee;
And thy pure righteousnesse alone by me shall mention'd be.
verse 17 For even from my youth, O God, I have been taught by thee:
Thy wonders …ith r…o abroad have been declar'd by me.
verse 18 Now also when I old am growne, and when my head is gray;
Forsake me not, thou Holy One, but with me ever stay.
verse 19 Un…ll to those who now do live, …hy strength I may declare;
And of thy power the knowledge give to those unborne that are.
verse 20 O Lord, high is thy righteousnesse, and highly prais'd to be;
Great things thou dost, I do confesse, Lord, who is like to thee?
verse 21 Thou, who great troubles mad'st me know, againe shalt quicken me;
And …om the depths of earth below I shall be rais'd by thee.
verse 22 And thou my greatness shalt increase, my comforts shall abound:
For wit… thy comforts and thy peace, thou s…lt me compasse round.
verse 23 …nd I will praise thy truth and thee the Psalt…ry upon:
My … shall with a song agree to thee, O Holy One.
verse 24 M… lips great g…adnesse shall express, when I shall sing to thee:
My soule shall shew great joyfulnesse, wh…ch thou from death didst free.
verse 25 My tongue shall also speak with joy … … all the day:
For th…se thou justly dost destroy, that sought for my de…ay.
PSAL. LXXII.
LOrd, give thy judgments to the King, therein instruct him well;
And with his Son in governing, Lord, let thy justice dwell.
verse 2 Then shall he govern uprightly, and give thy people right;
Then shall he judge with equity thy poore that have no might.
verse 3 Then shall the mountains that are hye bring to the people peace;
Then little hills shall fruitfully by justice peace increase.
verse 4 And judge shall he the poor & wea… the needy he shall save;
And those he shall in pieces break, who them oppressed have.
verse 5 The people thee so long shall feare, and honour thee they shall;
As shall the Sun and Moon appeare, through generations all.
verse 6 Like rain upon the grasse new mown, to us descend he shall;
And like mild showres, whose water down on the dry earth do fall.
verse 7 And those that righteous are and pure, shall flourish in his raigne:
He shall, while doth the Moon endure, abundant peace maintaine.
verse 8 His large and great dominion from sea to sea extends:
It from the river shall go on, to the earths utmost ends.
verse 9 They that in desarts do remaine, bow downe before him must;
His enemies that refuse his raigne, shall stoop, and lick the dust.
verse 10 Those that the Kings of Tarshish be, those that the Isles command:
…ba's and Seba's Kings to thee shall bring gifts in their hand.
verse 11 Yea, and all Kings downe low shall fall before his glorious sight:
And him shall serve the Nations all, yea serve him with delight.
verse 12 For when the needy to him cry, his goodnesse them shall save;
He to the poore shall give supply, who else no helper have.
The second part.
verse 13 He taketh pity on the poore, that are with need opprest;
He shall preserve them evermore, and bring their soule to rest.
verse 14 And from deceipt and cruell might their soules redeem shall he;
Their bloud right precious in his sight shall still esteemed be.
verse 15 But he shall live, and gold shall they of Sheba to him bring;
And ever for him shall they pray, and daily blesse the King.
verse 16 Of corne an handfull men shall see to grow upon the land;
On tops of mountaines high shall be the place, where it shall stand.
verse 17 And yet like Lebanons trees shal shake the fruit, when winds do blow;
Those of the City will he make like grasse to spring and grow.
verse 18 His Name shall be continued still, last like the Sun it shall:
He men shall blesse; him also will all Nations blessed call.
verse 19 The mighty Lord still blessed be, the God of Israel:
For wondrous works alone doth he, and …e doth all excell.
verse 20 Yea blest his glorious Name be … by Angels and by men;
Let the whole earth his glory fill, say all, Amen, Amen.