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Tag: The Psalms of David in Metre

  • Psalm Singing: Psalm 5

    Psalm Singing: Psalm 5

    From The Psalms of David in Metre

    “Give ear unto my words, O Lord, my meditation weigh.

    Hear my loud cry, my King, my God; for I to thee will pray.

    “Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice: I early will direct

    My pray’r to thee; and, looking up, an answer will expect.

    “For thou art not a God that doth in wickedness delight;

    Neither shall evil dwell with thee, Nor fools stand in thy sight.

    All that ill-doers are thou hat’st; Cutt’st off that liars be:

    The bloody and deceitful man abhorred is by thee.

    But I into thy house will come in thine abundant grace;

    And I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy place.

    Because of those mine enemies, Lord in thy righteousness

    Do thou me lead; do thou thy way make straight before my face.

    For in their mouth there is no truth, their inward part is ill;

    Their throat’s an open sepulchre, their tongue doth flatter still.

    O God, destroy them; let them be by their own counsel quell’d:

    Them for their many sins cast out, for they ‘gainst thee rebell’d.

    “But let all joy that trust in thee, and still make shouting noise;

    For them thous sav’st: let all that love thy name in thee rejoice.

    For, Lord, unto the righteous man thou wilt thy blessing yield:

    With favour thou wilt compass him about, as with a shield.

    Works Cited

    “Psalm 5.” The Psalms of David in Metre. Trinitartian Bible Society, 1998.

  • Psalm Singing: Psalm 4

    Psalm Singing: Psalm 4

    From The Psalms of David in Metre

    “Give ear unto me when I call, God of my righteousness;

    Have mercy, hear my pray’r; thou hast enlarg’d me in distress.

    O ye the sons of men! how long will ye love vanities?

    How long my glory turn to shame, and will ye follow lies?

    But know, that for himself the Lord the godly man doth chuse:

    The Lord, when I on him do call, to hear will not refuse.

    Fear, and sin not; talk with your heart on bed, and silent be.

    Off’rings present of righteousness, and in the Lord trust ye.

    O who will shew us any good? is that which many say:

    But of thy countenance the light, Lord, lift on us alway.

    Upon my heart, bestow’d by thee, more gladness have I found

    Than they, ev’n then, when corn and wine did most with them abound.

    I will both lay me down in peace, and quiet sleep will take;

    Because thou only me to dwell in safety, Lord, dost make” (“Psalm 4” 3-4).

    Works Cited

    “Psalm 4.” The Psalms of David in Metre. Trinitartian Bible Society, 1998.

  • Psalm Singing: Psalm 3

    Psalm Singing: Psalm 3

    From The Psalms of David in Metre

    “O Lord, how are my foes increas’d? against me many rise.

    May say of my soul, For him in God no succour lies.

    Yet thou my shield and glory art, th’ uplifter of mine head.

    I cry’d, and, from his holy hill, the Lord me answer made.

    I laid me down and slept; I wak’d for God sustained me.

    I will not fear though thousands ten set round against me be.

    Arise, O Lord; save me, my God; for thou my foes hast stroke

    All on the cheek-bone, and the teeth of wicked men hast broke.

    Salvation doth appertain unto the Lord alone:

    Thy blessing, Lord, for evermore thy people is upon” (3).

    Works Cited

    “Psalm 3.” The Psalms of David in Metre. Trinitartian Bible Society, 1998.

  • Psalm Singing: Psalm 2

    Psalm Singing: Psalm 2

    From The Psalms of David in Metre

    “Why rage the heathen? and vain things why do the people mind?

    Kings of the earth do set themselves, and princes are combin’d

    To plot against the Lord, and his Anointed, saying thus,

    Let us asunder break their bands, and cast their cords from us.

    He that in heaven sits shall laugh; the Lord shall scorn them all.

    Then shall he speak to them in wrath, in rage he vex them shall.

    Yet, notwithstanding, I have him to be my King appointed;

    And over Sion, my holy hill, I have him King anointed.

    The sure decree I will declare; the Lord hath said to me,

    Thou art mine only Son; this day I have begotten thee.

    Ask of me, and for heritage the heathen I’ll make thine;

    And for possession, I to thee will give earth’s utmost line.

    Thou shalt, as with a weighty rod of iron, break them all;

    And, as a potter’s sherd, thou shalt them dash in pieces small.

    Now therefore, kings, be wise, be taught, ye judges of the earth:

    Serve God in fear, and see that ye join trembling with your mirth.

    Kiss ye the Son, lest in his ire ye perish from the way,

    If once his wrath begin to burn: bless’d all that on him stay” (1-3).

    Works Cited

    “Psalm 2.” The Psalms of David in Metre. Trinitartian Bible Society, 1998.

  • Psalm Singing: Psalm 1

    Psalm Singing: Psalm 1

    From The Psalms of David in Metre

    “That man hath perfect blessedness

    who walketh not astry

    In counsel of ungodly men,

    nor stand in sinner’s way,

    Nor sitteth in the scorner’s chari:

    But placeth his delight

    Upon God’s law, and meditates

    on his law day and night.

    He shall be like a tree that grows

    near planted by a river,

    Which in his season yields his fruit,

    and his leaf fadeth never:

    And all he doth shall prosper well.

    The wicked are not so;

    But like they are unto the chaff,

    which wind drives to and fro.

    In judgment therefore shall not stand

    such as ungodly are;

    Nor in th’ assmebly of the just

    shall wicked men appear.

    For why? the way of godly men

    unto the Lord is known:

    Whereas the way of wicked men

    shall be quite overthrown” (1).

    Works Cited

    “Psalm 1.” The Psalms of David in Metre. Trinitartian Bible Society, 1998.

  • Psalm Singing: Psalm 150

    Psalm Singing: Psalm 150

    From The Psalms of David in Metre

    Praise ye the Lord. God’s praise within his sanctuary raise;

    And to him in the firmament of his pow’r give ye praise.

    Because of all his mighty acts,

    with praise him magnify:

    O praise him, as he doth excel

    in glorious majesty.

    Praise him with trumpet’s sound; his praise with psaltery advance:

    With timbrel, harp, string’d instruments, and organs, in the dance.

    Praise him on cymbals loud; him praise on cymbals sounding high.

    Let each thing breathing praise the Lord.

    Praise to the Lord give ye.

    Works Cited

    “Psalm 150.” The Psalms of David in Metre. Trinitartian Bible Society, 1998.

  • Psalm Singing: Psalm 149

    Psalm Singing: Psalm 149

    From The Psalms of David in Metre

    Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing

    a new song, and his praise

    In the assembly of his saints

    in sweet psalms do ye raise.

    Let Isr’el in his Maker joy,

    and to him praises sing:

    Let all that Sion’s children are

    be joyful to their King.

    O let them unto his great name

    give praises in the dance;

    Let them with timbrel and with harp

    in songs his praise advance.

    For God doth pleasure take in those

    that his own people be;

    And he with his salvation

    the meek will beautify.

    And in his glory excellent

    let all his saints rejoice:

    Let them to him upon their beds

    aloud lift up their voice.

    Let in their mouth aloft be rais’d

    the high praise of the Lord,

    And let them have in their right hand

    a sharp two-edged sword;

    To execute the vengeance due

    upon the heathen all,

    And make deserved punishment

    upon the people fall.

    And ev’n with chains, as pris’ners, bind

    their kings that them command;

    Yea, and with iron fetters strong,

    the nobles of their land.

    On them the judgment to perform

    found written in his word:

    This honour is to all his saints.

    O do ye praise the Lord.

    Here is a link to an acapella rendition of the psalm:

    “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HleyqlbA85E&list=RDHleyqlbA85E&start_radio=1”

    Works Cited

    “Psalm 149.” The Psalms of David in Metre. Trinitartian Bible Society, 1998.

  • Psalm Singing: Psalm 147

    Psalm Singing: Psalm 147

    From The Psalms of David in Metre

    Praise ye the Lord; for it is good

    praise to our God to sing:

    For it is pleasant, and to praise it is a comely thing.

    God doth build up Jerusalem;

    and he it is alone

    That the dispers’d of Israel

    doth gather into one.

    Those that are broken in their heart and grieved in their minds,

    He healeth, and their painful wounds he tenderly up-binds.

    He counts the number of the stars; he names them ev’ry one.

    Great is our Lord, and of great pow’r; his wisdom search can none.

    The Lord lifts up the meek; and casts the wicked to the ground.

    Sing to the Lord, and give him thanks; on harp his praises sound;

    Who covereth the heav’n with clouds, who for the earth below

    Prepareth rain, who maketh grass upon the mountains grow.

    He gives the beast his food, he feeds the ravens young that cry.

    His pleasure not in horses’ strength, nor in man’s legs, doth lie.

    But in all those that do him fear the Lord doth pleasure take;

    In those that to his mercy do by hope themselves betake.

    The Lord praise, O Jerusalem; Sion, thy God confess:

    For thy gates’ bars he maketh strong; thy sons in thee doth bless.

    He in thy borders maketh peace; with fine wheat filleth thee.

    He sends forth his command on earth, his word runs speedily.

    Hoar-frost, like ashes, scatt’reth he; like wool he snow doth give:

    Like morsels casteth forth his ice; who in its cold can live?

    He sendeth forth his might word, and melteth them again;

    His wind he makes to blow, and then the waters flow amain.

    The doctrine of his holy word to Jacob he doth show;

    His statutes and his judgments he gives Israel to know.

    To any nation never he such favour did afford;

    For they his judgments have not known. O do ye praise the Lord.