The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined, Psalm 45 – Psalm 48
PSAL. XLV.
MY heart is indi…ing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a readie vriter.
MY heart a matter good indites I speak of things which then
I of the King made; my tongue is a ready writers pen.
2 Thou art fairer then the children of men: grace is powred in thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
2 Thou fairer then mens children art, into thy lips in store
Grace powred is, for ever God hath blessed thee therefore.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mightie: with thy glorie and thy majestie.
3 O thou that the most mighty art, thy sword gird on thy thigh:
Both with the glory that is thine and with thy majestie.
4 And in thy majestie ride prosperouslie because of truth▪ and meeknesse▪ and righteousnesse: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things,
4 For truth, meeknesse, and righteousnesse, ride prosperously in state:
Thy right hand shall thee teach the things that are of terrour great.
5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the kings enemies: whereby the people sall under thee.
5 Thine arrows sharp are in the heart of the kings en'mies all,
Whereby these that the people are down under thee do fall.
6 Thy throne (O God) is for ever, and ever▪ the scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter.I
6 For ever and for ever is. O God, thy throne of might,
The scepter of thy kingdome is a scepter that is right.
7 Thou lovest righteousnesse, and hatest wickednesse: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladnesse above thy▪ fellows.
7 Thou hat'st ill, and lov'st righteousnesse therefore God thy God he
With oil of gladenesse did anoint above thy fellows thee.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrhe, and aloes, and cassia: out of thh ivorie palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
8 Of Aloes. Cassia, Mirrhe to smell, thy garments all are made;
Out of the yvory palaces, whereby they made thee glade.
9 Kings daughters were▪ among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
9 Among thy women hon'rable kings daughters were at hand:
Upon thy▪ right hand did the Queen in gold of Ophir stand.
10 Hearken (O daughter) and consider, and incline thine ear: forget also thine own people, and thy fathers house.
10 O daughter hear, consider thou and do thine ear incline,
Forget also thy fathers house, and people that is thine.
11 So shall the King greatlie desire thy beautie: for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.
11 So shall thy beauty by the King desired greatly be;
Therefore see that thou worship him, for thine own Lord is he.
12 'And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift, even the rich among the people shall intreat thy savour.
12 And there of Tyre the daughter shall be with a gift that's▪ great:
Among the people ev'n the rich thy favour shall intreat.
13 The Kings daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
13 The daughter of the king within all glorious is to see:
Her clothings that she doth put on, of fine wrought gold they be,
14 She shall be brought unto the King in ra… ment of needle work: the virgin… her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
14 In raiment she of needle work brought to the king shall be,
Her fellow-virgins following her shall be brought unto thee.
15 With gladnesse and rejoycing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the Kings palace.
15 They shalbe brought with gladnes great and with rejoicing all.
And in the palace of the king they also enter shall.
16 In stead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make Princes in all the earth.
16 In stead of those thy fathers shall thy children be to thee,
Whom thou may'st so in all the earth make princes for to be.
17 I will make thy Name to be remembred in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
17 In generations all I'le make thy name remembred be:
Therefore for ever and for ay praise shall the people thee.
PSALME XLVI.
GOd is our refuge and strength: a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be reinoved:
GOD's our refuge and strength, in straits a present help is he:
2 Therefore we will not fear although the earth removed be.
And though the mountaines be carried into the midst of the sea.
3 Though the waters thereof roar, and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Though hils in midst of sea be cast, 3 Though its waves roriug make,
And troubled be, though mountains als with swelling thereof shake. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streames whereof shall make glad the citie of God: the holie place of the tabernacles of the most High.
4 There is a river streams whereof shall make GODS city glad,
The holy place of the most High of tabernacles made.
5 God is in the midst of her: she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
5 GOD is within the midst of her, nothing shall make her move;
The Lord a helper to her shall and that right early prove.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdomes were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
6 The heathen people raged all, the kingdomes moved were,
His voice he also uttered, the earth it melted there.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Iacob is our refuge. Selah▪
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
7 The Lord of hosts he is with us, Jacobs God's our refuge. Selah.
8 Come see Gods works what on earth he made desolations huge.
9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth: he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder, he burneth the chariot in the fire.
9 He to earths end makes war to cease: he breaks the bow, and spear
He cuts in sunder, he doth burn the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I w…ll be exalted in the earth.
10 Be still, and know that I am God, exalted be will I
Among the heathen, in the earth I'le be exalted hy.
11 The Lord of hosts is with us▪ the God of Iacob is our refuge. Selah.
11 He that of armies is the Lord, with us remaineth thus:
He that of Jacob is the God, is a refuge for us. Selah.
PSAL. XLVII.
OClap your hands (all ye people:) shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2 For the Lord most high is terrible: he is a great King over all the earth.
ALL people clap your hands, to God with voice of triumph shout:
2 For God most high is terrible great King all earth throughout▪
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
3 The heathen people under us subdue he surely shall,
Beneath our feet he shall likewise bring down the nations all.
4 He shall chuse our inheritance for us▪ the excellencie of Iacob whom he lo…ed. Selah.
4 Of our inheritance he shall for us the chuser prove,
Of Jacob the excellency, whom he did dearly love. Selah.
5 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
5 God's with a shout gone up, the Lord with trumpet sounding hie:
6 Sing praise to God, sing praise, sing praise praise to our King sing ye.
7 For God is the King of all the earth, sing ye praises with understanding.
7 Because that over all the earth the Lord he is the king;
The praises that to him belong with understanding sing.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holinesse.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together.
8 Ov'r heathen God reignes, on his thr one of holinesse sits he:
9 Together of the people all the Princ…s gath'red be.
Even the people of the God of Abraham: for the … of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exal…d.
Ev'n the same people of the God of Abraham that be,
For sinelds of earth to God belong, exalted high is he.
PSAL. XLVIII.
GReat is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holinesse.
THe Lord is great, and greatly he for to be praised is▪
In our Gods city, in the hill of his own holinesse.
2 Beautifull for situation, the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
2 For situation beautifull the joy of all the earth
Mount Sion's, the Kings citie great is on the sides of north.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For lo, the Kings were assembled: they passed by together.
3 God in her palaces is known for a refuge for ever:
4 For …o the kings assembled werd, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled, the were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travell.
5 They saw it, so they marvelled, they troubled hast did make,
6 As of a woman travelling fear, pain there did them take.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east-winde.
8 As we have heard, so have we scen in the city of the Lord of hosts,
7 With an Eastwind by thee the ships of Tarshish broken be:
8 In city of the Lord of hosts, we, as we heard, did see,
In the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy loving kindnesse, O God, in the midst of thy Temple.
In our Gods City: God himself for ay it stablish will:
9 We of thy loving kindnesse, Lord, thought in thy Temple still.
10 According to thy Name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth, thy right hand is full of righteousnesse.
10 According to thy Name O God ends of the earth untill,
So is thy praise; and righteousnesse, thy right hand it doth fill.
11 Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Iudah be glad, because of thy judgements.
11 Of Sion let the mount rejoice, and glade the daughters be
Of Judah let, and that because of judgements done by thee.
12 Walk about Sion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces;
12 Walk about Sion, compasse her, thereof the towers tell:
13 Consider ye her palaces, and mark her bulwarks well;
That ye may tell it to the generations following.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
To generations following that it so tell may yee.
14 For this God is our God for ay, our guide to death hee'l be.