The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined, Psalm 145 – Dedication 2
PSAL. CXLV.
I Will extoll thee, my God, O king: and I will blesse thy Name for ever and ever:
2 Every day will I blesse thee: and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever.
I'Le thee extoll my▪ God and King, and blesse thy Name alwayes,
2 Each day I will thee blesse, and will thy Name for ever praise.
3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to bee praised: and his greatnesse is unsearchable.
3 Great is the Lord, and greatly he is to be prais'd in this,
The greatnesse als that is in him, unsearchable it is.
4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another:
And clearly also shall declare thy mighty acts together.
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majestie: and of thy wondrous works.
5 The honour of thy majesty that glorious is in thee,
I'le of it speak, and of thy works that very wondrous be.
6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatnesse.
6 Men of the might of all thy acts that very dreadfull are,
Shall utter speaches; and I will thy greatnesse so declare.
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodnesse: and shall sing of thy righteousnesse.
7 They utter shall abundantly the memorie to all
Of thy great goodnesse, yea and sing thy righteousnesse they shall.
8 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion: slow to anger, and of great mercy.
8 Full of compassion, gracious the Lord is unto his,
He is als unto anger slow, of mercy great he is.
9 The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
6 The Lord our God he unto all his goodnesse doth declare,
And over all the workes he doth his tender mercies are.
10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord: and thy saints shall blesse thee.
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdome: and talk of thy power.
10 Thee all thy workes shall praise, O Lord, thy Saints shall blesse thee all:
11 Thy kingdomes glory tell shall they, talk of thy power they shall.
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts: and the glorious majestie of his kingdome.
12 To make known to the sonnes of men his acts that mighty be,
And of the kingdome that is his the glorious majestie.
13 Thy kingdome is an everlasting kingdome: and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
13 Thy kingdome it a kingdome is that's everlasting sure,
And thy dominion throughout all ages doth endure.
14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall: and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
14 He that is the Almighty Lord upholdeth all that fall,
And those that low be bowed down up high he raiseth all.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their meat in due season.
15 The eyes of all things evry where they do upon thee waite,
And in the season that is due thou givest them their meat.
16 Thou openest thine hand: and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
16 Thy hand thou dost it open make and also liberally,
Thou the desire of evry thing that lives dost satisfy.
17 The Lord is righteous in all his wayes: and holy in all his works.
18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.
17 The Lord in all his wayes is just, in his workes holy all▪
18 God near is all that call on him, in trueth that on him call.
19 He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
19 And the desire fulfill he will of them that do him fear
He will them save, he will also unto their cry give eare.
20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
20 The Lord to all that do him love will a preserver be,
But as for those that wicked are, them all destroy will he.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh blesse his holy Name for ever and ever.
21 The praise of him that is the Lord, my mouth it shall proclame:
And let all flesh for ever and ever, so blesse his holy Name.
PSAL. CXLVI.
PRaise ye the Lord: praise the Lord, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God, while I have any being.
PRaise God; the Lord praise, O my soul: 2 I'le praise God while I live:
While I have being, to my God in songs I'le praises give.
3 Put not your trust in Princes: nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
3 See that ye do not put your trust in Princes, nor for this
In him that is the son of man in whom no help there is.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth: in that very day his thoughts perish.
4 His breath goes forth, and after he returneth to his clay,
The thoughts of his do perish all in that same very day.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Iacob for his help: whose hope is in the Lord his God.
5 He happy is that hath the God of Jacob to afford
Unto him help; whose stedfast hope is in his God the Lord.
6 Which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever.
6 Which made the Heaven and the earth the sea, and whatsoever
Within the same hath its abode, which keepeth trueth for ever.
7 Which executeth judgement for the oppressed, which giveth food to the hungry: the Lord …oseth the prisoners.
7 Which judgement executs for such, as that oppressed be,
Who gives unto the hungry food: God sets the prisoners free.
8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind, the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous.
8 Eyes of the blind God openeth, the Lord he raiseth thus
Them that are greatly bowed down, God loves the righteous.
9 The Lord preserveth the strangers, he relieveth the fatherlesse and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
9 God strangers keeps, he widows helps and fatherlesse that be:
But of the wicked men the way upside down turneth he.
10 The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord.
10 The Lord he shall for ever reign, O Zion, even he
Thy God to generations all: praise to the Lord give ye.
PSAL. CXLVII.
PRaise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God: for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.
PRaise ye the Lord, for it is good praise to our God to sing:
For it is pleasant, and also praise is a comely thing.
2 The Lord doth build up▪ Ierusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He healeth the broken in heart: and bindeth up their wounds.
2 God builds Jerus'lem, and th'out casts gathreth of Israel:
3 Their wounds he bindeth up, and he the broken in heart doth heal.
4 He telleth the number of the stars: he calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
4 He tels the number of the Stars, them all by names doth call,
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power his knowledge passeth all:
6 The Lord lifteth up the meek; he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving: sing praise upon the harp unto our God.
6 God up the meek lifts, he to ground casts those that wicked be:
7 With thanks to God sing, on the harp praise to our God sing ye.
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth: who maketh grasse to grow upon the mountains.
8 Who cover doth the heav'n with clouds who for the earth below
Prepareth rain; who maketh grasse upon the mountains grow.
9 He giveth to the beast his food: and to the young ravens which cry.
10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of … man.
9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to young rav'ns which cry:
10 He not delights in strength of horse, mans legs he cares not by.
11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them th… fear him: in those that hope in his mercy.
11 But in all them that do him fear the Lord doth pleasure take,
In them that to his mercy do in hope themselves betake.
12 Praise the Lord, O Ierusalem: praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthned the bars of th… gates: he hath blessed thy children within thee.
12 The Lord praise, O Jerusalem, thy God O Zion praise,
13 For thy gates barres he did make strong and thy sonnes in thee blesse:
14 He maketh peace in thy borders: a… silleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandement … on earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
14 He in thy costs makes peace, he thee with finest wheat doth fill.
15 He his commands sends forth on earth, his word runs swiftly still.
16 He giveth snow like wooll: he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
16 Hoare frosts like ashes scattreth he, like wooll gives snow on land:
17 Like morsells forth his yce he casts, who in his cold can stand.
18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
18 He sends his word and melteth them, and also for to blow
… wind he causeth by his might, and then the waters flow.
19 He sheweth his word unto Iacob: his statutes and his judgements unto Israel.
19 Unto his servant Jacob he his word so doth reveal,
His statuts and his judgements both, unto his Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgements, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.
20 He not with any Nation to deal so did accord,
And they his judgements have not known, O do ye praise the Lord.
PSAL. CXLVIII.
PRaise ye the Lord, Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
UNto the Lord do ye give praise, give ye unto the Lord
Praise from the heavens▪ in the hights praise unto him afford.
2 Praise ye him all his angels: praise ye him all his hosts.
3 Praise ye him sun and moon: praise him all ye stars of light.
2 All ye his Angels praise ye him, his hosts all praise him ye:
3 Praise him ye Sun and Moon: praise him all stars of light that be.
4 Praise him ye heaven of heavens: and …e waters that be above the heavens▪
5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
4 Praise him ye heav'n of heav'ns, ye floods above the heav'ns that are:
5 Let them Gods Name praise, for he bad, and they created were.
6 He hath also established them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not passe.
6 For ever and for ever als them shablished hath he;
And which for ever shall not passe he hath made a decree.
7 Praise the Lord from the earth: ye dragons and all deeps.
8 Fire and hail, snow and vapour: stormy wind fulfilling his word.
7 Ye dragons, and als ye all deeps praise from the earth the Lord:
8 Fire, hail, snow, vapour, stormy wind fulfilling all his word.
9 Mountains and all hills: fruitfull trees and all cedars.
10 Beasts and all cattell: creeping things and flying fowl.
9 All hils and mountains, fruitfull trees, and all ye cedars hye;
10 Beasts and all cattel, creeping things, and ye the fowls that fly.
11 Kings of the earth and all people: princes and all judges of the earth.
12 Both young men and maidens: old men and children.
11 Kings of the earth, all people, als princes, earths judges all:
12 Ye young men and ye maidens both, old men and children small.
13 Let them praise the Name of the Lord, for his Name alone is excellent: his glory is above the earth and heaven.
13 Let them Gods Name praise, for his Name is excellent alone;
His glory is above the earth, and heaven also gone.
14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints: even of the children of Israel, a people neer unto him. Praise ye the Lord.
14 His peoples horn, of all his saints the praise, exalteth he;
A people near him, Israels sons: praise to the Lord give ye.
PSAL. CXLIX.
PRaise ye the Lord: sing unto the Lord a new song: and his praise in the congregation of saints.
PRaise ye the Lord, and a new song sing ye the Lord unto,
And in the congregation of Saints his praise also.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyfull in their king.
2 Let Israel in him rejoice, who by his might him made,
Let them that Zions children are in their own King be glade.
3 Let them praise his Name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrell and harp.
3 O in the dance unto his Name let them all praises bring,
Let them with timbrell, and with harp unto him praises sing.
4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautifie thee meek with salvation.
4 For God in those doth pleasure take that his own people be,
The meek with his salvation als beautifie will he.
5 Let the saints be joyfull in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
5 O let all those that are the saints in glory great rejoice,
And let them also on their beds aloud sing with their voice.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth: and a two-edged sword in their hand.
6 And let there be with in their mouth high praises of the Lord,
And let there so be in their hand a sharp two edged sword.
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen: and punishments upon the people.
8 To bind their kings with chaines, and their wobles with fetters of iron.
7 To punish people, t'execute vengeance the heathen on:
8 Their kings with chains, their nobles als to bind with bands of iron.
9 To execute upon them the judgement written: This honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.
9 On them judgement to execute that's written in his word,
This honour have all Saints of his, praise give ye to the Lord.
PSAL. CL.
PRaise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
PRaise ye the Lord▪ praise God within his Sanctuary h…e,
Unto him in the firmament of his pow'r praise give ye.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatnesse.
2 And for his acts that mighty are praise unto him expresse,
Do ye him praise according to his excellent greatnesse.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psalterie and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrell and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
3 With trumpets sound him praise; him praise with harp and psalter…e:
4 With timbrel, dance, string'd instruments and organs praise him yee.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
5 Praise him on cymbals loud, him praise on cymbals sounding hie:
6 Let each thing breathing praise the Lord: praise to the Lord give yee.
FINIS.
THE SONGS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT IN MEETER:
By M. ZACHARY BOYD Preacher of Gods Word.
EPHES. 5. 18. 19.
Be ye filled with the Spirit, &c.
Speaking to your selves in Psalmes, and Hymnes, and spirituall Songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.
GLASGOW, Printed by the Heires of GEORGE ANDERSON. Anno 1648.
The Songs of the Old and New Testament.
THe Song of Songs, 1
The Song of Moses at the red Sea. 2
The song of Moses a little before his death 3
The song of Deborah. 4
The song of Hannah. 5
Davids lamentations for Saul and Ionathan. 6
The song of David at the promise of Messias. 7
The song of Isaiah concerning the vineyard. 8
Isaiahs song of thanks for Gods mercies. 9
Isaiahs song inci…ing to confidence in God. 10
The song of Hezekiah. 11
The Lamentations of Ieremiah. 12
The song of Ionah. 13
The song of Habakkuk. 14
The song of Marie. 15
The song of Zacharies. 16
The song of Simeon. 17
To the right Reverend, the faithfull Ministers of GODS Word of the Church of Scotland.
RIGHT REVEREND,
IT pleased You in the Generall Assembly last, at Edinburgh, Anno 1647. to take to your consideration, the great utility the Church of GOD may have by the Songs contained in holy Scriptures; After due deliberation, it pleased You to ordain that I should labour in that work▪ In obedience unto You, I have endeavoured to come as neer to the Text as was possible for me to do; And those my labours I in all humility offer to be considered, by the most learned and most judicious Brethren, that the Church having the use thereof, may in obedience to the Apostles precept Ephes. 5. 18. in Psalmes, and Hymnes, and spirituall Songs, make melody in their heart to the Lord, whom I intreat in all humility to direct You in all things by his holy Spirit; So I remain
From Glasgow, the 27 of February, 1648. Your humble servant in the LORD, M. ZACHARY BOYD.