The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined, Psalm 74 – Psalm 76
PSAL. LXXIIII.
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoak against the sheep of thy pasture?
O God why is it that thou hast cast off for ever us?
Why smoaks thine anger 'gainst the sheep of thine own pasture thus?
2 Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchassed of old:
2 The congregation that is thine in thy remembrance hold,
Which thou by thine almighty hand hast purchassed of old:
The rod of thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed: this mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt.
The rod of thine inheritance which thou redeemed hast:
This mount of Sion wherein thou hast dwelt in time that's past.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetuall desolations: even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
3 Thy feet to desolations lift that are perpetuall,
That in the Sanctuary the foe hath wickedly done all.
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations: they set up their ensignes for signes.
4 Amidst thy congregations thine enemies do roar;
They also do set up for signes their ensignes in great store.
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once, with axes and hammers.
5 A man was famous as he had on trees lift axes thick:
6 But now at once with hammer ax it's carv'd work down they break.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy Name to the ground.
7 They fire cast in the Sanctuary, and have defil'd the same
By casting down into the ground the dwelling of thy Name.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burnt up all the synagogues of God in the land.
8 Together them destroy let us they in their hearts did say,
The synagogues of God burnt up all in the land have they.
9 We see not our signes, there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
9 Our signes at all we do not see, a prophet us among
There is no more; nor any is that knoweth well how long.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall tho enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever?
10 How long shall th'adversarie thus, O God reproach with shame?
Shall he that is the enemy for ay blaspheme thy Name?
11 Why withdrawest thou thine hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 For God is my king of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
11 Thy hand right hand why drawest thou back? it from thy bosome pluck,
12 For God's my King of old, who doth on earth salvation work.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strongth: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
13 The sea thou madest by thy strength divided for to be,
And in the waters broken were the Dragons heads by thee.
14 Thou brakest the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wildernesse.
14 The Leviathans heads thou brak'st in pieces, and didst give
Him to be meat to people that in wildernesse did live.
15 Thou didst eleave the fountain and the …oud: thou driest up mighty rivers.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
15 Thou clav'st the fountains, and the f…ood thou rivers dridst of might:
16 The day and night are thine, thou hast prepar'd the Sun and light.
17 Thou hast s…t all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
17 The borders that are of the earth all have been set by thee,
The summer and the winter both thou hast them made to be.
18 Remember this, that the enemie hath reproached, O Lord: and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy Name.
18 Lord, that the en'mie hath reproach'd remember thou this same,
And that the foolish people als blasphemed have thy Name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
19 Not to the wicked multitude thy Turtles soul deliver,
The congregation of thy poor forget thou not for ever.
20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of crueltie.
20 Unto the Covenant have respect, for habitations ill
Of cruelty, the places dark that are on earth do fill.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy Name.
21 O let not the oppressed man return again with shame,
Let him that poor and needy is give praise unto thy Name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause, remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
22 Do thou arise, of thine own cause O God the pleader be,
Remember how the foolish man reprocheth daily thee.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee, increaseth continually.
23 Thine en'mies voice forget thou not: the tumult of those hy
That up against thee rise, it doth increase continually.
PSAL. LXXV.
UNto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy Name is neer, thy wondrous works declare.
TO thee, O God, do we give thanks, we do give thanks to thee:
For that thy wondrous works declare thy great name neer to be.
2 When I shall receive the congregation, I will judge uprightly.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
2 When I th'assembly shall receive, I'le judge uprightly heer:
3 Earth and its dwellers all disolve, its pillars I up bear.
4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up thehorn.
4 Unto those that were fools I said, deal ye not foolishly;
And unto those that wicked are, lift not the horn on hy.
5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck,
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
5 On high lift not ye up your horn, with stiff neck speak not ye;
6For not from East, nor from the West, nor South promotionsbe.
7 But God is the Iudge: he putteth down one, and strteth up another.
8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red:
7 But God's the Judge, he down one puts, and sets another up,
8 For of the Lord within the hand of red wine is a cup.
It is full of mixture and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink them.
It's full of mixture, he it powres, but so the wicked all
That be on earth, the dregs thereof wring out, and drink them shall.
9 But I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Iacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
9 But I'le for ay declare; I will to Jacobs God sing praise;
10 The wickeds hornes I'le all cut off, but hornes of righteous raise▪
PSAL. LXXVI.
IN Iudah is God known: his Name is great in Israel.
2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Sion.
IN Judah God is known, great is his Name in Israel:
2 In Salem's als his Tabernacle, In Sion he doth dwell.
3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battell. Selah.
4 Thou art more glorious and excellent then the mountains of prey.
3 There arrows of the bow he brake, the shield, sword, battell-ray, Selah.
4 More glorious thou and excellent art then the hills of prey.
5 The stout hearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep, and none of the men of might have found their hands.
5 They that stout hearted were are spoil'd, their sleep they sleeped sound,
And none of all the men of might at all their hands have found.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Iacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
6 O thou that God of Jacob art, at thy rebuke at last,
Into a dead sleep both the horse and chariot are cast.
7 Thou, even thou art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
7 Thou, even thou, art he that should be feared with the heart,
And who may stand into thy sight when once thou angry art?
8 Thou didst cause judgement to be heard from heaven: the earth feared and was still.
9 When God arose to judgement, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
8 From heav'n thou judgement caus'd be heard, earth feared and was still,
9 When God to save all meek of earth did judgement rise untill. Selah.
10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: and the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
10 Surely the very wrath of man, shall praise unto thee gain,
And the remainder of the wrath thou shalt anone restrain.
11 Vow and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unhim that ought to be feared.
11 Vow to the Lord your God and pay: let to him presents bear
All they that are him round about, whom all men ought to fear.
12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he …s terrible to the kings of the earth.
…2 The sprit of them that Princes are cut off by him shall be;
…nto the Kings upon the earth most terrible is he.