The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined, Psalm 132 – Psalm 134
PSAL. CXXXII.
LOrd, remember David, and all his afflictions.
2 How he sware unto the Lord, and vowe… unto the might…e God of Iacob;
DAvid and his afflictions all, O Lord remember thou:
2 How to God, Jacobs mighty God he sware and made a vow.
3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house: nor go up into my bed▪
4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes: or slumber to my eye-lids,
3 Sure to my house tent I'le not come, nor to my bed up go,
4 Sleep to mine eyes, or mine eye-lids I'le slumber not give to.
5 Untill I finde out a place for the Lord▪ an habitation for the mighty God of Iacob.
5 Untill that I do for the Lord a place to make abode
Find out, an habitation for Jacobs mighty God.
6 Lo we heard of it at Ephrata: we found it in the fields of the wood.
6 Lo at the place of Ephrata, of it we understood,
And we did find it in the fields that were within the wood.
7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
8 Arise, O Lord, into thy rest: thou, and the ark of thy strength.
7 We at his footstool worship will, we to his tents will go:
8 Thou Lord, and of thy strength the ark arise thy rest into.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousnesse: and let thy saints shout for joy.
9 Let thou thy priests with righteousnesse, be clothed all about:
And let all them that are thy saints for joy most gladly shout.
10 For thy servant Davids sake: turn not away the face of thine anointed.
10 Of thine Anointed let the face away not turned be:
And that for Davids sake who is a servant unto thee.
11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David, he will not turn from it: of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
11 God hath to David sworn in truth, not turn he will from it,
The fruit I'le of thy body make upon thy Throne to sit.
12 If thy children will keep my covenant an… my testimonie, that I shall teach them: their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.
12 My covenant if thy children keep and law I teach them all,
Upon thy Throne for ever sit their children also shall.
13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion: he hath desired it for his habitation.
14 This is my rest for ever, heere will I dwell, for I have desired it.
13 For God of Zion hath made choise, to dwell there he requir'd:
14 This still my rest is, heer I'le dwell for I have it desir'd.
15 I will abundantly blesse her provision: I will satisfie her poor with bread.
15 I will blesse her provision and that abundantly,
And those that are her poor I will with bread all satisfy.
16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
16 I with salvation will also her priests all cloath about;
And these that are her Saints likewise for joy aloud shall shout.
17 There will I make the horn of ▪David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
17 There I the horn of David will make for to bud anone:
A lamp I there ordained have for mine Anointed one.
18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
18 Those who to him are enemies I'le cloath with shame eachone,
But yet the crown that is his own himself shall flourish on.
PSAL. CXXXIII.
BEhold how good and how pleasant it is: for brethren to dwell together in amity.
BEhold how good a thing it is, how pleasant must it be,
For Brethren thus together heer to dwell in unitie.
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aarons beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments.
2 Like precious ointment on the head it's that the beard ran on,
Ev'n Aarons beard that to the skirts went of his garments down.
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion, for there the Lord commanded the blessing: even life for evermore.
3 As Hermons dew, as dew which down the Zions hills ran o're,
For there the blessing God commands, ev'n life for evermore.
PSAL. CXXXIIII.
BEhold, blesse ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: which by night stand in the house of the Lord.
BEhold, blesse ye the Lord, all ye that serve the Lord aright,
Ye who of him that is the Lord stand in the house by night.
2. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary: and blesse the Lord.
3 The Lord that made heaven and earth: blesse thee out of Sion.
2 Your hands lift in the Sanctuary, and there the Lord blesse ye:
3 The Lord that heaven made and earth, blesse out of Zion thee.