1 O Confess to the ETERNAL God,
Because that He is good;
Because His mercy is
forever.
2 So let them say, who’ve been redeemed
by the ETERNAL God;
those whom He hath redeemed
from the hand of the enemy.
3 And those whom He hath gathered
from the Lands, even from the East,
and from the West, and from the North,
and from the Sea.
4 They wandered in the Wilderness
in solitary ways;
they did not find a City
which might be inhabited.
5 They were with hunger famished
and they were parched with thirst;
their Soul within them overwhelmed,
was ready for to faint.
6 Then in their trouble
they do cry to the ETERNAL God;
He then did them deliver
from their grievous anguishes.
7 And He in a right way
did give a conduct unto them;
that they might to a City go
for habitation there.
8 Let Men to the ETERNAL God
confess His mercy now;
and the most wondrous things
which He does for the Sons of Men.
9 For He doth satisfy the Soul
wandring with appetites;
and He doth fill the famished Soul
with what is very good.
10 There are those who imprisoned
sit in darkness and the shades
of Death; in great Affliction bound;
and Iron chaining them.
11 It is because they have rebelled
against the words of God;
and they’ve despised the Counsel
of Him who is the most High.
12 Therefore He with hard labour
did bring down the heart of them;
they fell down under it
and there was none to succour them.
13 Then in their trouble
they did cry to the ETERNAL God;
He then did them deliver
from their grievous anguishes.
14 He brought them out of darkness,
and out of the shades of death;
and He did break asunder
the Chains that fettered them.
15 Let Men to the ETERNAL God
confess His mercy now;
and the most wondrous things
which He does for the Sons of Men.
16 Because that He hath broke the Gates
the which were made of brass,
and the strong iron Bars,
He hath cut these to pieces quite.
17 Fools for the way
the which they do in their transgression
take, and for their wrong iniquities
do with affliction meet.
18 All manner of repast
their Soul does then abominate;
and they make their approaches
to the very Gates of Death.
19 Then in their trouble
they did cry to the ETERNAL God;
He then did them deliver
from their grievous anguishes.
20 He will send forth his word,
and will give healing unto them;
and He will then deliver them
out of their Sepulchres.
21 Let Men to the ETERNAL God
confess His mercy now;
and the most wondrous things
which He does for the Sons of Men.
22 And let them sacrifice
of praise the sacrifices now;
let them also declare His Works
with a triumphant song.
23 They who embarked in Vessels
do go down unto the Sea;
they that on many waters
have a business to pursue.
24 These have a view of the Works
done by the ETERNAL God;
and of the wondrous things
that are occurring in the deep.
25 And when He gives the word,
He makes the stormy Wind to rise,
there with He makes the rolling waves
to swell to a mighty heighth.
26 They mount up to the Heavens;
they go down unto the Deeps;
their Soul does in this evil time
a Dissolution feel.
27 They’re tossed, and they do stagger
like unto a drunken man;
and now all of their Wisdom
is entirely swallowed up.
28 Then in their trouble
they do cry to the ETERNAL God;
He then does bring them forth
out of their grievous anguishes.
29 Into a Silence He does make
the roaring Tempest stop;
and the unquiet waves
to lay aside their boist'rous noise.
30 Then are they very glad,
because they are so quieted;
and He does bring them
well unto the Port of their desire.
31 Let Men to the ETERNAL God
confess His Mercy now;
and the most wondrous things
which He does for the Sons of Men.
32 Yea, and let them exalt Him
where the People use to meet,
and let them greatly praise Him
where the Elders use to sit.
33 Rivers He doeth reduce into
a parched Wilderness;
and places wherein Waters
flow'd into a thirsty Land.
34 A fruitful Land He doeth reduce
to falt sterility;
by reason of the wickedness
of them who dwell therein.
35 The wilderness He doeth reduce
into a Pond of Waters,
and the forsaken Land
into places where waters flow.
36 And there He makes the starving Ones
to find a dwelling place;
Yea, they a City do prepare
for habitation there.
37 And so they cultivate the Fields;
they do plant Vineyards too:
and there they do obtain the fruit
of usual increase.
38 He doeth also bestow on them
His blessing and they are
much multiplied; their cattle too,
He don’t diminish them.
39 Again they are diminished,
and they’re brought very low
through Tyranny, Affliction
and a mind oppressed with grief.
40 He upon Princes doeth pour out
Contemptuous disgrace;
and He doth make them wander in
a Desert where’s no Road.
41 But yet He doeth raise up the Poor
from out of Penury;
and He produceth Families
that shall be like a Flock.
42 The upright ones shall take a view,
and shall be very glad;
but all Iniquity shall now
forever Stop its Mouth.
43 Who is there now that will be wise,
and will observe these things?
The ETERNAL God, He shall make
His mercies clear.
A Song. A Psalm of David.
1 O God, With preparation now
my heart is well confirmed;
I’ll sing with voice, and sing
with strings; yea, so my Glory shall.
2 O well-tuned Psaltery,
Do thou awake unto the work;
Awake, O Harp; in the early morn
I will my self awake.
3 Among the Peoples I will praise Thee,
O ETERNAL God;
and I will unto thee aloud
sing among the Nations.
4 For from above the Heavens
is thy mercy magnified;
and to the tender Clouds
there doeth extend thy faithfulness.
5 Above the Heav’ns, O God the Judge,
be thou lift up on high,
and over all the Earth
let be thy Glory spread abroad.
6 That thy beloved ones may have
a full deliverance,
Do thou now save by thy right hand,
and do thou answer me.
7 God hath spoke in His holiness,
I will triumph with joy;
Shechem I will divide,
I will measure out Succoth’s Vale.
8 Gilead is what I claim for mine;
Manasseh too is mine;
Ephraim is of my strength the head;
Judah’s my Lawgiver.
9 Moab’s a Pot wherein I’ll wash;
On Edom I will cast my Shoe,
and I will triumph now
over Philistia.
10 Who will conduct me
unto the strong City?
who will lead me into
Edom?
11 Is it not Thou, O God, who hast
cast off us?
and Thou, O God, who doest not
go out with our Armies?
12 O give us help from distress;
for vain’s the help of Man.
13 Through God we shall do valiantly:
and He it is who shall tread down our foes.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 O Thou who art of my praise the God,
O hold not thou thy Peace.
2 For the mouth of the wicked One,
even the mouth of Deceit;
these have wide open
set themselves unto my prejudice;
they have in talking with me
used a Tongue of falsity.
3 They have encompassed me about
with words of hatred full;
they have an Opposition made
to me without a cause.
4 They are my Adversaries for
the love I’ve borne to them
but while they are so
do still apply my self to Pray’r.
5 And they have recompensed me
evil in lieu of good;
and hatred they have recompensed
to me for my Love.
6 To be a Ruler over him
appoint a wicked one;
and let as an accuser
at his right hand Satan stand.
7 When that he shall be judged,
let him go forth a wicked one;
and let his very Prayer become
but as a New Offense.
8 Let his days be but few;
so let another take his charge.
9 His Children, let be Orphans,
and his Wife a Widow made.
10 Yea, let his Children always rove
as Vagabonds about;
and from their desolations
let them seek about for food.
11 Let the extortioner with Snares
seize upon all he has;
let strangers also prey
upon what he has Labour’d for.
12 Let there be none that shall extend
compassion unto him;
and to befriend his Orphans
let there not be any one.
13 Let his end and Posterity
be for cutting off;
in the next generation
let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the Sin of his Father be
with the ETERNAL God remembered;
and his Mother’s Sin
never be blotted out.
15 Let them continually be
before the ETERNAL God;
that He may cut off from the Earth
the memory of them.
16 Because he did not mind
to shew mercy;
but did pursue the poor and needy man,
and the heart-broken one to slay.
17 In that he cursing did affect,
so let it come to him;
as he for blessing had no mind,
so be it far from him.
18 Yea, let him be with cursing
clothed like his next garment;
yea let it like water
reach his bowels, and like to oil his bones.
19 To him let it be like unto
the Garment covering him;
and be the Girdle wherewith
he is girt continually.
20 This of my foes is the reward
from the ETERNAL God;
and of them who speak evil
to the damage of my Soul.
21 But Thou ETERNAL God, the Lord,
Do for me for the sake of thy Name;
since thy mercy’s good,
do Thou deliver me.
22 Because I’m a meek humbled one,
and I am indigent;
my heart also within me
doth suffer most grievous Wounds.
23 Like to a shadow, when it does
decline, I’m driven away;
I am tossed to and fro
as if I were a Grasshopper.
24 My knees are grown very infirm:
my failing is the cause;
and my flesh does consume away,
of fatness destitute.
25 I also am become to them
an object of contempt;
they took a view of me,
at which they did but shake their head.
26 O Thou ETERNAL God, my God,
Send succour unto me;
according to thy mercy, Oh!
do Thou deliver me.
27 And make them sensible
that this is what Thy hand has done;
and that it is what Thou hast wrought,
O Thou Eternal GOD.
28 They still will curse;
but Thou wilt bless;
when that they shall arise,
O let them be ashamed;
But let thy Servant
then rejoice.
29 O let my Enemies be clothed
with shame; and let them hide
themselves as in a Mantle,
with their own confusion clad.
30 O Thou ETERNAL God,
I will confess thee with my mouth;
yea, I will praise Him in the midst
of a great Multitude.
31 Because He stands at the Right hand
of the distressed One,
to rescue him from those
that would condemn his Soul to death.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 The ETERNAL said
to my Lord, Sit thou
at my Right-hand, until
I make thy Enemies a Footstool for thy feet.
2 The ETERNAL out of Zion
shall send the Rod of thy mighty strength;
In the midst of thy Enemies
maintain thy Dominion.
3 In the Day of Thy Marshaling
Thy Forces for to do Thy Work,
thy People, they shall then appear
with a free-will offerings:
They shall appear in Beauties
of adorning Holiness;
more than the mornings Womb
Thou hast the fresh Dew of thy Youth.
4 The ETERNAL God
hath sworn, and He will not repent
of it; Thou ever art a Priest
of Melchizedek.
5 O Glorious God, The Lord
who is seated at thy right hand;
He in the day of His great wrath
will give wounds unto mighty Kings.
6 Among the Nations He will judge;
Dead bodies He will fill;
He will with bruises wound
the Head that’s over great and many lands.
7 He shall drink of the Torrent,
which occurs unto Him in the way;
He for that reason shall lift up
thereon His conquering head on high.
1 I will Praise the ETERNAL God
with all my heart;
where the upright meet privately,
and where more publickly.
2 The great Works of the ETERNAL God
are gloriously great;
they are sought out by all of them
who take delight therein.
3 His Glory and a Majesty
appear upon His works;
and unto perpetuity
His Righteousness endures.
4 He has made a memorial
of His most wondrous works;
most gracious is the ETERNAL God,
and most compassionate.
5 He unto them that fear Him
has granted a prey of foods;
He ever will be mindful
of the Covenant He has made.
6 Unto His People He hath shown
the great power of His works;
in giving them the heritage
of what the Nations had.
7 Both verity and judgment too
are the works of His hands;
and faithful all the precepts are;
with which He visits us.
8 To perpetuity they do
forever stand confirmed;
they’re done in faithfulness,
and in exactest rectitude.
9 He for His People did send forth
Redemption; He commands
His Covenant forever;
His Name Holy and Rev’rend is.
10 The first thing, and the principal,
which doth belong unto
a real Wisdom, is, The Fear
of the ETERNAL God.
Good Understanding is for all
who do such things as these;
and as for Him, His Praise
endures to perpetuity.
1 O sing Hallelujah!
Blessed the Man who fears
the ETERNAL God;
who greatly doeth delight
himself in His Commandements.
2 His Offspring shall upon the Earth
grow very powerful;
The Race of upright ones
shall be a truly blessed Race.
3 There shall be wealth and riches,
in his habitation found;
his righteousness doeth also
last to perpetuity.
4 In darkness there doth light arise
unto the upright ones;
Gracious he is, and Merciful,
and Righteous too is he.
5 A good Man is compassionate:
and he doeth lend his help;
with good discretion
yet he doeth still govern his affairs.
6 Sure he shall not from his good state
forever be removed;
In everlasting memory
shall the righteous one be kept.
7 Of hearing any evil thing
he shall not be afraid;
his heart’s confirmed,
relying still on the ETERNAL God.
8 His heart is well-established;
he shall not be afraid;
until he does behold
what shall befall his enemies.
9 He scatters: he gives to the Poor;
his righteousness endures
to perpetuity, his horn
in glory will be raised.
10 The wicked one shall see it,
and rage; he with his teeth
shall gnash, and melt away;
so perish will the wicked Man’s desire.
1 O sing Hallelujah!
O ye Servants of the ETERNAL God;
O do ye Praise the Name
of Him who is the ETERNAL God.
2 The Name of the ETERNAL God,
O let it blessed be;
Blessed from the present time,
and so unto Eternity.
3 Even from the rising of the Sun
unto its going down,
the Name of the ETERNAL God
is greatly to be praised.
4 Above all of the Nations High
is the ETERNAL God;
above the Heavens now there is
His Glory to be seen.
5 Who’s like the ETERNAL God,
our God, whose dwelling is on high?
6 He stoops that He may view
what is in Heaven, and on Earth.
7 He doeth raise up the poor one
from his lying in the dust;
He from the fordid Dunghill
doeth lift up the needy one.
8 That he a seat with Princes
may assign to such an one;
among the Princes which His own
People have.
9 The Barren he sets in an house
Of Children she becomes
the Fruitful Mother full of Joy.
Sing Hallelujah now.
1 When Israel from Egypt
came forth a free People,
And the Family of Jacob
from a People barbarous.
2 Then Judah came for to be
His distinguished Holy One;
yea, Israel did then become
Dominions for Him.
3 The Sea beheld this thing,
and fled; Jordan was turned back.
4 The Mountains then did leap
like Rams, the little Hills like Lambs.
5 What was done unto thee, O Sea,
that thou didst fly back?
O Jordan, what to thee
was done, that thou wast turned back?
6 O Mountains, what was done to you,
that ye did leap like Rams;
and what to you, O little hills,
that ye did leap like Lambs?
7 Before the face of Him who doeth
sustain thee, shake, O Earth;
before the face of Him that is
the God of Jacob, shake.
8 'Tis He who the firm Rock
doeth turn to a Pool of Waters;
'tis He who the dry Flint
doeth to a Spring of Waters turn.
1 Not unto us, ETERNAL God,
Not unto us;
But to thy Name
give Glory, on thy Grace
and on thy constant Truth.
2 Why should the Nations
utter this? Where’s now
this God of theirs?
3 Sure our God’s in the Heav’ns;
He hath done whatsoever He pleased.
4 Their Idols Silver are and Gold,
what hands of Men have wrought.
5 Mouth’s have they but they do not
speak, they’ve Eyes, but do not see.
6 Ears have they, but they do not hear;
they’ve Nostrils, but can’t smell.
7 Hands have they, but they handle not;
they’ve Feet, but do not walk.
Nor can they utter through their Throat.
8 The Makers of such things
are like them; so is every one
that puts his trust in them.
9 O Israel, Do thou place thy trust
on the ETERNAL God;
'Tis He who does afford them help;
and He’s a Shield to them.
10 O House of Aaron,
Place thy trust on the ETERNAL God;
'Tis He who does afford them help;
and He’s a Shield to them.
11 Ye who do fear JEHOVAH,
trust in the ETERNAL God;
'Tis He who does afford them help;
and He’s a Shield to them.
12 The ETERNAL has remembered
us; He’ll bless;
He’ll bless the House of Israel;
He will bless the House of Aaron.
13 He will bless them who have
the fear of the ETERNAL God;
He’ll bless the little Ones
with the great.
14 The ETERNAL God
shall add to you, to you,
and to your Sons.
15 You’re blessed of the ETERNAL God,
who made the Heav’ns and Earth.
16 The Heav’ns, the Heav’ns,
these do belong to the ETERNAL God;
But to the Sons of Men
He hath distributed the Earth.
17 Such as are Dead,
these will not Praise the Ever-Living Lord;
Nor all who do descend
into the silence of the Grave.
18 But as for us, we still will bless
the Ever-Living Lord
from this time and for evermore.
Sing Hallelujah now.
1 I’m full of Love: It is because
the ETERNAL God
hath hearkened to my voice;
and my Supplications heard.
2 Because that He hath unto me
inclined His gracious Ear;
therefore upon Him I will call
while I have any days of Life.
3 The cords of Death surrounded me,
and me the dreadful pains of Hell
found out; a sad anxiety
I found, and sighing grief.
4 Then called I on the Name
of the ETERNAL God,
I pray Thee, O ETERNAL God,
deliver Thou my Soul.
5 Most full of tender clemency
is the ETERNAL God;
Righteous He is too;
and our God is most compassionate.
6 The simple ones the ETERNAL God
takes into His kind custody;
I was brought miserably low,
and then He helped me.
7 O thou my Soul, Do thou return
where 'tis alone thou findst rest;
Because that the ETERNAL God
hath well enough rewarded thee.
8 Because thou hast from threatening Death
safely delivered my Soul;
my Eye from tear; my Foot
from fall by a thrust given unto me.
9 I’ll walk before the ETERNAL God
alive in the Land of living ones.
10 I did believe, therefore I spoke:
I was afflicted sore.
11 In the great perturbation
when my sore affliction frightened me;
I said, That every Man
is but a lying thing.
12 But now, O what Returns
shall I bring and make to the ETERNAL God?
Upon me are His Benefits,
yea, and above me His Rewards.
13 Of manifold Salvations I
will take the Thankful Cup;
and I will call upon the Name
of the ETERNAL God.
14 I’ll to perfection bring my Vows
duly to the ETERNAL God;
I’ll do it Now in presence of
all that His People are.
15 In the Eyes of the ETERNAL God,
how very precious is the Death,
which there shall be for those
who are His truly gracious ones!
16 O ETERNAL God, Thy Servant
sure I am, Thy Servant I will be!
I of thy Handmaid am the Son;
Thou hast dissolved my deadly bonds.
17 The Sacrifice of Thankfulness
I’ll freely Sacrifice to Thee;
And I will call upon the Name
of the ETERNAL God.
18 I’ll to perfection bring my Vows
duly to the ETERNAL God;
I’ll do it Now in presence of
all that His People are.
19 In the Courts of the Glorious House
of the ETERNAL God
Thou doest; In midst of thee,
Jerusalem. Sing Hallelujah now to God.
1 O Praise the ETERNAL God,
all ye Nations all;
His Praises, O ye People all,
now celebrate with Songs.
2 For upon us His Mercy is
confirmed; and the Truth
of the ETERNAL is forever.
Sing Hallelujah now.
1 O Confess to the ETERNAL God,
Because that He is good;
Because His mercy is
forever.
2 Now let Israel say this thing,
That His mercy is forever.
3 Let Aaron’s Family now say,
That’s mercy is forever.
4 Now let the Proselytes
that have in them the holy fear
of the ETERNAL God,
still say, That’s mercy is forever.
5 In Trouble I did call upon
the Everlasting JAH;
the Everlasting JAH did with
enlargement answer me.
6 With me is the ETERNAL God
I will not be afraid of what
a man may do to me.
7 For me the ETERNAL God
among my helpers does appear;
what therefore is to come upon
my haters I shall see.
8 It’s better to seek refuge
in Him who’s the ETERNAL God,
than 'tis to place a confidence
upon poor earthly man.
9 It’s better to seek refuge
in Him who’s the ETERNAL God,
than 'tis to place a confidence
upon Superiour Men.
10 The Nations all of them did
round about encompass me;
in the Name of the ETERNAL God
I'll surely cut them off.
11 They compassed me about;
yea, they did compass me about;
in the Name of the ETERNAL God
I’ll surely cut them off.
12 They compassed me about like Bees;
They’re quenched like fire of Thorns;
in the Name of the ETERNAL God
I’ll surely cut them off.
13 Thou hast thrust, and hast thrust
against that thou mayst make me fall;
but then did the ETERNAL God
send succour unto me.
14 The Everlasting JAH is He,
who does afford me strength;
and He’s my Song;
He also is Salvation unto me.
15 The voice of Joy and Safety’s
in the tents of righteous ones;
the right hand of the ETERNAL God
works with a mighty force.
16 The right hand of the ETERNAL God
is lifted up on high;
the right hand of the ETERNAL God
works with a mighty force.
17 I shall not dye, but live,
and tell Works of the living JAH.
18 The living JAH chastised me much,
but gave me not to death.
19 O let ye open unto me
the Gates of Righteousness;
I will go into them;
I’ll praise the Everlasting JAH.
20 The answer is, This is the Gate
of the ETERNAL God;
'tis by this Gate the righteous ones
shall make their entrance here.
21 To thee I will confess,
since thou hast hearkened unto me;
and what shall be Salvation,
This Thou hast been unto me.
22 The Stone which they who did profess
to build, did cast away,
is now become the Head Stone
which the Corner’s founded on.
23 This is a thing which is performed
by the ETERNAL God;
it is what in our eyes appears
most wondrous to behold.
24 This is the very day
the which the ETERNAL God
has made; in it we’ll show
how glad we are, and we will shine with joy.
25 Save now, O Thou ETERNAL God,
I earnestly entreat
I do entreat, ETERNAL God,
Send now Prosperity.
26 He’s blessed who comes in the Name
of the ETERNAL God;
We’ve blessed you out of the House
of the ETERNAL God.
27 The ETERNAL God’s the mighty One
and He hath shone on us;
bind ye the Sacrifice with cords,
even to the Altar’s horns.
28 Thou art my God;
and I will make Confessions unto thee;
Thou art my God, I will for this
exalt thee very high.
29 O make you a Confession
now to the ETERNAL God;
Because that He is Good;
because His mercy is forever.
1 Blessed are the upright ones
in their way;
who walk in the Law
of the ETERNAL.
2 Blessed are they who keep
His testimonies;
They with all their heart
do seek Him.
3 Yea, they work no iniquity;
they in His Holy ways do walk.
4 Thou thy Commandments
hast prescribed greatly to be observed.
5 O that my ways directed
were to observe thy Statutes.
6 Then shall I not be shamed,
when I truly regard all Thy Commands.
7 With a just Rectitude of Heart
I truly shall confess thy Praise,
when I have learned the Judgments
which Thy Righteousness has given to us.
8 What things Thou hast appointed,
those I will observe with constant care:
O do not Thou forsake me
to a great and sad extremity.
9 A Young Man, by what Method
shall he purify his sinful path?
He’l do it, if he do take heed
according to thy holy Word.
10 With all the powers of my heart
I have fought after thee,
O Lord. To wander, Oh! Don’t suffer
me from thy most right Commandements.
11 In my heart I have hid thy Word,
that thee I mayn’t by Sin offend.
12 Blessed art thou, O ETERNAL God;
thy Statutes therefore teach thou me.
13 I and all the Judgments
of thy mouth have with my lips
declared abroad.
14 I in thy Testimonies way,
as much as in all wealth, rejoice.
15 I’ll on thy Precepts
meditate; and I’ll regard
thy Paths.
16 I in thy Statutes will delight;
I will not forget thy Holy Word.
17 Unto thy Servant O do Thou
make kind and bountiful returns;
O let me live that so I may
observe with care thy Word.
18 Open my Eyes, that I may see
the hidden Wonders of thy Law!
19 On Earth I am a stranger;
don’t from me thy precepts
hereafter hide.
20 At all times for thy Judgments
doeth my Soul break with intense desire.
21 The cursed proud ones
Thou rebuke’st,
who from Ways of thy Precepts err.
22 Rolling it off from me, O take
away reproach, and shameful Scorn;
because Thy Testimonies I have kept
with careful inviolate.
23 Princes themselves in Council
sat against me then they falsely spoke;
The mean Servant on Thy Statutes
did while ever meditate.
24 Thy Testimonies truly are
my ravishing and chief delight;
they are the Counsellors
which I do still choose to consult withal.
25 My Soul cleaves to the dust;
quicken me according to thy gracious Word.
26 I showed my ways,
and me thou heardst,
Teach me thy Statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way
thy Precepts have to me prescribed;
so I will meditate upon the glorious wonders
thou hast wrought.
28 With grief my Soul melts;
strengthen me according to thy Word.
29 The way of lying take from me;
and kindly grant to me thy Law.
30 The way which truth directs
unto me is that of Which I make
my choice; thy judgments are
what I have still proposed.
31 Unto Thy Testimonies
I adhere, ETERNAL God;
O let me not be put unto
shame and confusion doing so.
32 I with a quickened pace
will run the holy way of thy Commands,
when Thou hast Enlargement
from Heaven bestowed.
33 Teach me, O Thou ETERNAL God,
the way of thy Statutes;
Thou doest appoint, and I’ll
keep it inviolate to the very end.
34 O give me Understanding,
so I will then keep thy Law,
and observe it with all my heart.
35 Make me to walk in the path
of thy Commands,
for I in them do delight.
36 Incline my Heart unto thy testimonies,
and not to covetous Avarice.
37 From view of vain things
turn my eyes, quicken me.
38 Good to thy Servant
make thy Word who’s wholly for thy fear.
39 My fear’d Reproach, O turn away;
for good and right thy Judgments are.
40 Lo, I’ve longed for thy Precepts;
in Thy Justice do Thou Quicken me.
41 O Let Thy Mercies come
again to me, O Thou ETERNAL God;
Let thy Salvation come to me
according to thy Word.
42 So I a Word shall answer
to him that falsely reproaches me;
because I have hoped
in thy faithful Word.
43 And from my Mouth,
O take Thou not wholly the Word of truth;
Because that of thy Judgments
I an hopeful expectation have.
44 Thus I will always keep thy Law
still, yea, Eternally.
45 And I will walk at large,
because I have sought thy Commands.
46 Yea, before Kings themselves
I will speak of thy faithful Oracles;
nor will I ever be ashamed.
47 And I in Thy Commandements
will take all my sweet Delight,
for they are what I still have set
my kind Affection on.
48 My hands I will lift up
unto thy Precepts which I’ve dearly lov’d,
and what are Thy appointments
I will daily meditate thereon.
49 Unto thy Servant, O be thou
still always mindful of the Word,
on which thou hast caused
me to place my confident expectation still.
50 This is my comfort in my grief;
that thy Word ever quickens me.
51 The proud have much derided me;
But yet I’ve not gone from thy Law.
52 O ETERNAL God, Thy Judgments
I remembered have, which are
the famous Old, and thereupon
I have encouraged my self in them.
53 Horror with a tempestuous force
has often taken hold on me,
on the account of wicked ones
who do forsake thy Law.
54 In the house of my Pilgrimage
thy Statutes are my cheerful Songs.
55 O Thou ETERNAL God,
I have been Night mindful
of thy Name; yea, in the Night
I have been so; and I have there kept thy Law.
56 This has befallen me,
because thy Precepts
I have kept with care.
57 My Portion, O ETERNAL God,
Thou art, so I have said,
that so I would observe
thy words.
58 Thy favourable Face
I have besought with all my Heart;
O be thou merciful to me
according to thy faithful Word.
59 I viewed my ways,
and turned my feet
to thine Oracles.
60 I made haste, and did not delay
for to keep all of thy commands.
61 The bands of wicked ones
robbed me; But yet thy Law
I’ve not forgot.
62 To praise thee I at midnight
rise; for thy just Judgments
'tis for.
63 To all of them that have thy fear
a companion am
and friend; I am so
unto all who do keep thy Commandements.
64 ETERNAL God, The Earth is full
of thy most kind benignity;
O do thou well instruct me
in the things the which
thou doest appoint.
65 O Thou ETERNAL God,
Thou hast done the best Good
to thy Servant,
according to thy Word.
66 Good sense and knowledge
teach me; for thy Precepts
firmly I believe.
67 Before I was abased, I strayed;
But now I better keep thy Word.
68 Thou art Good, and thou doest Good;
Thy Statutes therefore teach thou me.
69 The proud forged lies of me;
I keep thy Statutes heartily.
70 Their heart’s as fat as senseless grease
where in thy Law delight.
71 It’s good for me I’ve been chastised;
Thy Statutes so to learn from thence.
72 The Law dispensed from thy mouth
by far is better unto me
than would be many Thousands
of Gold, and of choice Silver Coin.
73 Thy hands have made me what I am;
and in them they have fashioned me;
O Give me Understanding
that I may learn to do thy Commands.
74 They who have thy true fear
in them and with it shall take
a view of me; and they
shall then rejoice, because I’ve hoped
in thy faithful Word.
75 ETERNAL God, I know full well
that very just thy Judgments are;
and with unfailing faithfulness
thou hast always afflicted me.
76 I pray thee, let thy mercy be
still to comfort me;
according to thy Word which Thou
hast to thy faithful Servant given.
77 The tenderest compassions let,
O let them come to succour me;
so shall I live to Thee;
because thy Law yields me the best delights.
78 Let proud ones be ashamed;
for they wronged and hurt me
without a cause; But I’ll keep
meditating still on thy most just Commandements.
79 Let those that have thy fear in them
with Love and kindness turn to me;
and this let all that understand
thy Testimonies do.
80 Let my heart have integrity
in all of what thou doest appoint;
Let it be true, that so I may
not come to be ashamed.
81 My Soul for thy Salvation faints;
for thy word do I wait and hope.
82 My eyes fail for thy word,
and for thy mercy;
When wilt thou help and quicken me?
83 Because I am become like to
a Bottle dried in smoke,
I’m not forgetful of the things
the which thou hast ordained.
84 How many are the days
which thou doest to thy dying Servant grant?
When on my persecutors wilt
thou a just Judgment execute?
85 The proud have digged pits for me
which answer not well to thy Law.
86 Each one of thy Commandements
are very Truth and Faithfulness.
They persecute me wrongfully;
O send thou help from Heaven to me.
87 On Earth they near consumed me;
yet I left not thy Commands.
88 According to thy mercy now
O do thou save and quicken me.
So I the Testimony of thy mouth
shall keep with cautious care.
89 ETERNAL God, Thy Word remains
forever settled in the Heav’ns.
90 Thy Truth’s from Age to Age;
Thou found’st the Earth and it abides,
forever.
91 They by thy orders stand this day;
For all of them thy Servants are.
92 Had not thy Law been my delights,
then in my doleful grief’s
I’d sunk.
93 I’ll ne’er forget thy Precepts,
for with them thou quick’nest me.
94 I am thine own; O save thou me;
for I’ve fought and kept thy Commands.
95 With hopes the wicked ones
do wait that they may wholly ruin me;
I on thy Testimonies do
consider and therefore life.
96 I have beheld a Period
set to all Perfection here on Earth.
In thy Commandement there is
a very broad and vast extent.
97 How vehemently do I love
the Law distilled by thee on us!
It is my meditation
still, all of the day and every day.
98 Thou hast made me more wise
than those that are my wicked enemies;
Thorough thy Precepts
for they forever are and stay with me.
99 I have more understanding
than all my instructors have;
For I thy Testimonies do
my constant meditation make.
100 I know more than the Ancients
do; For I keep thy Commands with care.
101 From all paths I’ve kept my feet
that I may keep close to thy Word.
102 I have not from thy Judgments gone,
For thou hast instructed me.
103 How sweet thy words
unto my taste!
They’re sweet past honey
to my mouth.
104 To understanding I arrive
through thy most wise Commands;
I therefore do hate every way
of false and base iniquity.
105 Thy Word’s a Lamp unto my feet;
and a Clear Light unto my path.
106 I’ve sworn, and will perform it;
I will thy righteous Judgments keep.
107 O Thou ETERNAL God,
I am afflicted and broke very much;
But O do thou enliven me
according to thy faithful Word.
108 The Free-will-offerings of my mouth
I pray thee kindly to accept;
and, O ETERNAL God, Teach me
the Judgments thou hast given to us.
109 My Soul’s in my hand ever;
yet thy Law I don't forget.
110 The wicked lay snares for me;
yet thy Precepts I’ve not wandering lost.
111 Thy Testimonies I have took
to be for my Inheritance;
Forever so; Because they are
the joy and gladness of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to do
the things the which thou doest appoint;
Yea, to do them forevermore,
in Hope of a most sure reward.
113 I wavering thoughts abominate:
But I do dearly love thy Law.
114 Thou art my shelter and my shield,
I do place my hope in thy Word.
115 Depart from me, O all of you,
that evil doers are;
for I’ll keep the Commandements
of Him who is my chosen God.
116 Uphold thou me according to
thy Word, and I shall surely live
and make me not ashamed
of what my rated expectation is.
117 Sustain thou me,
and then shall I in perfect safety be;
and I’ll unto thy Statutes
have a just respect continually.
118 All who do from thy Statutes err,
such hast thou trodden down;
For the deceit they trusted in
is found a falsity.
119 The dross thou makest to cease,
even all the wicked of the Earth
are such; Thy Testimonies
therefore I as pure place my affection on.
120 Through a fear of thee
my flesh is with a fearful trembling;
and of thy awful Judgments
I am always very much afraid.
121 Judgment I’ve done, and Justice:
Toil my cruel vexers leave me not.
122 For good thy Servants
surely be Let not the proud me
wrong and vex.
123 My eyes fail for thy Salvation,
and looking for thy Righteous Word.
124 Deal with thy Servant in thy Grace,
and me thy Statutes therefore teach.
125 I am thy Servant, make me wise;
to know thy faithful Oracles.
126 Time for the ETERNAL is to work:
they have made void thy Law.
127 I therefore my affection place
on thy despised Commandements,
more than I do on any Gold,
yea, than upon the finest Gold.
128 I therefore judge all thy Commands,
of all things to be very right;
I do hate every way that’s found
by them for to be false and wrong.
129 Wondrous thy Testimonies are;
My Soul them therefore ever keeps.
130 The opening of thy Words
gives light; It makes the simple truly wise.
131 I did for this open my mouth,
and did aspirations use;
Because I longed earnestly
for to gain thy Commandements.
132 O look upon me, and to me
O be thou very merciful;
according to thy usual course
to them who truly love thy Name.
133 The Steps I take, O give to them
a full direction in thy Word;
and grant to no Iniquity
to have Dominion over me.
134 From man’s unjust oppression
set and keep me at full liberty;
so then I harassed
shall keep thy most just Commandements.
135 Upon Thy Servant, O make Thou
Thy pleased Countenance to shine;
and do thou well instruct me
in the Things the which
Thou doest appoint.
136 Rivers of Waters do run down
still flowing from my Weeping Eyes;
For this Cause, in that they have not
observed well thy Holy Law.
137 Just Thou art, O ETERNAL God,
and right thy Judgments always are.
138 The Justice of thy Oracles,
and Truth thou very much require.
139 My Zeal hath cut me off;
Because my Foes forget
what's in thy Words.
140 Thy Word is very pure;
therefore thy Servant dearly love it.
141 I’m small and I’m despised yet I,
for all forget not thy Commands.
142 Thy Justice ever Justice is;
and thy Law is the very Truth.
143 Trouble and anguish finding me
have taken a strong hold on me;
But still thy Precepts under all
afford me my most sweet Delight.
144 Thy Oracles are Righteousness
to endless perpetuity;
Give understanding unto me;
Then shall I purely live to Thee.
145 With all the Powers of my Heart
I made a loud and piercing cry:
Hear me, O Thou ETERNAL God;
Thy Statutes I will keep with care.
146 I made a piercing Cry to thee;
unto me thy Salvation grant
that so thy Testimonies
I may thereupon with care observe.
147 The Dawning of the Morning,
I prevented it betimes for this;
that I might make my Cry to Thee;
Thy Word is what I’ve hoped for.
148 My Eyes with waking do prevent
the Watches of the Night for this;
that I upon thy word may have
my early Meditation placed.
149 ETERNAL God, According to
thy Mercy hear my earnest Voice;
O quicken me according as
Thy Most and Judgment is for it.
150 Who follow mischief,
they draw nigh;
They from thy Law are far.
153 Look on my Affliction and deliver
me; for I do not forget thy Law.
154 Plead my Cause and redeem
me; quicken me according to thy Word.
155 Salvation is far distant
from the Wicked;
for they seek not to know
and do the things the which
thou doest appoint.
156 Many Thy tender Mercies are,
O ETERNAL God:
According to thy Judgments now,
O do Thou quicken me.
157 Many my Persecutors are,
and many and great my Enemies;
yet from thy Testimonies
I do not for that at all decline.
158 When I transgressors have beheld,
I have been grieved very much;
The reason of it was, because
they have no respect for thy Word.
159 Behold, O Thou ETERNAL God,
thy Precepts how I love
and praise!
O do Thou quicken me.
160 Thy Words beginning
and main point is
most undoubted truth;
and all thy righteous Judgments are
still true to perpetuity.
161 Great Men, but without any Cause,
have fiercely persecuted me;
But of thy Word my Heart
hath still maintained a filial Reverence.
162 I at thy word rejoice as one
that finds therein a mighty Spoil.
163 Lying I hate and do abhor;
But thy Law I dearly love.
164 Thee for thy righteous Judgments
I praise seven times a day.
165 Great peace have they that love
thy Law; and nothing them
hurts or offends.
166 I’ve had my Expectation
of Salvation sent from Thee alone,
O Thou ETERNAL God;
and I have therefore done
what thou Command’st.
167 Thy testimonies hath my Soul
most diligently kept;
and the Love which I bear to them
is very strong and vehement.
168 Strictly I have thy Precepts
and thy faithful testimonies kept;
because that all my Ways
do lie in which I know
thy view.
169 Before Thee O ETERNAL God
Now let my cry come near;
give Understanding unto me
according to thy word.
170 O Let my Supplication now
draw near before thy glorious face;
Grant thou me a Deliverance
according to thy faithful Word.
171 My Lips shall utter praise
when thou hast taught me
thy Statutes.
172 My Tongue shall speak thy Word;
for all of thy Commands
are very just.
173 Let thy hand help me;
for I have chosen thy Commandements.
174 ETERNAL, Thy Salvation I
wish, and thy Law’s to me my Joys.
175 My Soul, O let it live to Thee,
and it shall gladly praise thee then;
But for this blessed purpose
let thy Judgments be my Aid and Guide.
176 Like to a Sheep that has been lost,
I have been wandering so about.
O seek thy Servant out,
for I forget not to do thy Commands.
A Song of Degrees.
1 Unto the Depths I cry’d
aloud unto the ETERNAL God.
2 Lord, Hear my Voice,
to the Voice of my Prayers
be bowed thine Ear.
3 If Thou shouldst mark Iniquities,
O Lord, who is there that could stand,
when in the Judgment try’d?
4 But surely there is found with thee
a Pardon for our Sins;
that so Thou mayst be worshipped
with a Religious Fear.
5 For Him who’s the ETERNAL God
I wait; my Soul does wait;
and on His Word I do rely
with an expecting hope.
6 My Soul waits for the Lord,
more than the Watchers do
for Morning; more than they that are
Watchers for morning.
7 In the ETERNAL God
now let Israel confide;
for there is mercy to be found
with the ETERNAL God.
Yea, and with Him there
surely is Redemption plenteous.
8 And He will Israel redeem
from all his Iniquities.
A Song for Degrees.
1 I lift my Eyes up to the Hills:
From whence should come my help?
2 My help’s from the ETERNAL God,
who made the Heav’ns and Earth.
3 He will not let thy foot be mov’d;
thy Keeper slumbers not.
4 Lo, He that keepeth Israel
He slumbers not, nor sleeps.
5 The ETERNAL God is He
who is thy watchful Keeper still;
The ETERNAL God becomes thy shade;
at thy right hand He stands.
6 The Sun shall not smite thee by Day;
nor shall the Moon by Night.
7 The ETERNAL keeps thee
from all ill; He shall preserve thy Soul.
8 The ETERNAL keeps thy going out;
and keeps thy coming in;
He does it from this time
and will do it forevermore.
A Song of Degrees.
1 I took delight in hearing them
who said thus unto me,
We will go up unto the House
of the ETERNAL God.
2 Our Feet were standing
once within thy Gates, Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem’s as a City
built compacted well together.
4 Thither the Tribes go up,
the Tribes of JAH, to the Oracle
of Israel, for to Praise
the Name of the ETERNAL God.
5 For there are placed the Thrones
on which Judgment is given forth;
The Thrones which do unto
the House of David appertain.
6 For the Peace of Jerusalem
O make a strong request:
They who have a true love
to thee shall see Prosperity.
7 Let there be Peace within the Wall
which thou'rt surrounded with;
Let there be seen Prosperity
within thy Palaces.
8 For the sake of my Brethren,
and of my Associates;
this is what I will utter now,
Let Peace be found in thee.
9 For the sake of the House
which to thee the ETERNAL God
belongs, Even the God who is our God;
I will pursue thy Good.
A Song of Degrees.
1 Unto Thee I lift my Eyes,
O Thou who dwellest in the Heav’ns.
2 Lo, as the Eyes of Servants
are to the hand of their Lords;
as the Eyes of the Handmaid
are unto her Ladies hand;
even so our eyes are kept intent
on the ETERNAL God.
He is our God and unto Him
we do direct our look;
until that He upon us
shall compassion please to have.
3 Pity us, O ETERNAL God;
pity upon us
For with contempt that’s cast
on us we’re filled exceedingly.
4 Our Soul is filled exceedingly
with the contemptuous scorn
of such as live at ease;
with the disdain of haughty ones.
A Song of Degrees.
1 But that the ETERNAL was with us,
Now this may Israel say.
2 But that the ETERNAL was with us,
when Men against us rose.
3 Then had they swallowed us alive,
when their wrath raged at us.
4 Then had the waters covered us;
the stream gone over our Soul.
5 Then had the proud swelling Waters
gone over our Soul.
6 Blessed be the ETERNAL God,
who has not given us up
A prey to their Teeth.
7 Our Soul’s escaped as a bird
out of the fowlers snare;
the snare is broken, and we
are escaped out of it.
8 Our help is in the Name
of Him who’s the ETERNAL God;
He is the Powerful Maker
of the Heavens and the Earth.
A Song of Degrees.
1 They who trust in the ETERNAL God,
these as Mount Zion are
not to be moved,
but stands to perpetuity.
2 Mountains surround Jerusalem;
so the ETERNAL God
surrounds His People from this time,
and even for evermore.
3 For the Rod of Iniquity
shall not rest on the Lot of just ones:
lest the just put forth
their hands to Wickedness.
4 O Thou ETERNAL God,
Do Thou please to do good
unto such as are good,
and to such as are in their hearts upright.
5 But such as turn to crooked Ways,
the ETERNAL God
will with evil Doers
make to go. Peace upon Israel.
A Song of Degrees.
1 When the ETERNAL God
returned what was returned of
the Captived Zion, we were like
to people in a Dream.
2 Then was our Mouth replenished
with Notes of cheerful mirth;
so was our Tongue with Shouts;
they then among the People said;
The ETERNAL God hath
done for them things that are very great.
3 The ETERNAL God,
hath done for us great things;
whereof we’re Glad.
4 O Thou ETERNAL God,
Return what must return of us;
It will exhilarate us like
Streams running in the South.
5 They who do Sow in Tears,
shall reap with an exulting Joy.
6 Each one of those in going forth
does mostly weeping go:
He carries forth the Precious Seed,
a little, to be sown;
he surely does return with Joy;
he does bring back his Sheaves.
A Song of Degrees of Solomon.
1 Unless that the ETERNAL God
shall please to build the House,
they that the Builders of it are
do labour but in vain.
Unless that the ETERNAL God
shall please to keep the Town,
in vain does any keeper
still maintain a careful Watch.
2 In vain is all you do, O you,
who do make haste to rise;
who don’t sit down till it be late;
who eat the Bread of Griefs.
3 Lo, Children are the Heritage
of the ETERNAL God;
the Fruit of the Womb
is bestowed by Him as a Reward.
4 As Arrows in the Hand of one
that is a mighty Man,
so are the Sons of Youth,
who do see his maker now.
5 O Blessed is the Man, who hath
His Quiver full of them!
Such won’t be shamed,
when they speak with their Enemies in the Gate.
A Song of Degrees.
1 O Blessed is every one
that fears the ETERNAL God,
that walks in His ways.
2 For of thy Labour
thou shalt eat; Happy
shall be thy life, and good
shall be unto thee.
3 Thy Wife like a fruitful Vine
is in the inner parts of thy house:
Thy Children like the shoots of Olives
are all about thy Table.
4 Behold, Even so blessed
shall the Man be that fears
the ETERNAL God.
5 The ETERNAL God from Zion
shall a Blessing give to thee;
all the days of thy Life,
so thou shalt see Jerusalem’s good.
6 Yea, Thou shalt see the Children
which are of thy Children born;
Thou shalt have Peace on Israel.
Peace be on Israel.
1 Much from my Youth
they’ve troubled me,
This now may Israel say.
2 Much from my youth
they’ve troubled me,
but o’er me not prevailed.
3 The Plowers plowed
upon my Back;
they made their Furrows long.
4 The ETERNAL God
who’s just, has cut the Cords
of Wicked ones.
5 They who hate Zion,
let them all be ashamed, and turned back.
6 As grass on Houses
let them be, which withers
ere 'tis grown.
7 He that’s a mower don’t
so much as fill his hand therewith;
much less does he that bindeth
sheaves therewith his bosom fill.
8 Nor shall Men passing say,
On you the ETERNAL’S Blessing be;
We bless you in the Name of Him
who’s the ETERNAL God.
A Song of Degrees.
1 From out of the Depths
I cry’d aloud unto the ETERNAL God.
2 Lord, Hear my Voice,
to the Voice of my Prayers
be bowed thine Ear.
3 If Thou shouldst mark Iniquities,
O Lord, who is there that could stand,
when in the Judgment try’d?
4 But surely there is found with thee
a Pardon for our Sins;
that so Thou mayst be worshipped
with a Religious Fear.
5 For Him who’s the ETERNAL God
I wait; my Soul does wait;
and on His Word I do rely
with an expecting hope.
6 My Soul waits for the Lord,
more than the Watchers do
for Morning; more than they that are
Watchers for morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the ETERNAL;
for there is mercy to be found
with the ETERNAL God.
Yea, and with Him there
is Redemption plenteous.
8 And He will Israel redeem
from all his Iniquities.
A Song of Degrees. Of David.
1 My Heart, O ETERNAL God,
it is not haughty grown;
nor are these Eyes of mine
with proud elation lifted up.
2 Nor have I exercised my self
in matters very great;
nor in such matters
as would be too wondrous high for me.
3 Surely I have composed
my Soul, and kept it still
Even like a weaned Child
from’s Mother weaned.
My Soul in me is as a weaned Child.
4 Let Israel now with hope
confide in the ETERNAL God;
Yea, let him do it from this time
to all Eternity.
A Song of Degrees.
1 O ETERNAL God, Have Thou
in thy remembrance still
David and all the Affliction
which he has encountered with.
2 How he did take a solemn Oath,
to the ETERNAL God;
he then did make a solemn Vow
to Jacob’s mighty one.
3 I will not go into the Tent
wherein I have my House;
I will not go up unto the Bed
that has my Coverlets.
4 I will not give unto my Eyes
the Sleep which they require,
or but unto my Eye-lids
a little slumbering time.
5 Until I do find out a place
for the ETERNAL God;
Mansions to be inhabited
by Jacob’s Mighty One.
6 Behold of it, even of Thy Ark
we heard at Ephratah;
we found it in the fields
that were then overgrown with wood.
7 We will into the Mansions go
by Thee and at thy footstool
will with bowing down adore.
8 O ETERNAL God, Arise
to go unto thy Place of Rest;
Arise, Thou and the Ark
from whence Thy Power doth appear.
9 O let thy Priests array themselves
with robes of Righteousness;
and those who are thy gracious Ones,
O let them shout for joy.
10 Because of David
who has been a Servant unto thee,
O turn thou not away
the Face of thine Anointed One.
11 The ETERNAL God
unto His David sworn;
He’l not turn from it
I'll on thy Throne one from thy bowels set.
12 If that thy Children
shall keep well my Covenant
with them, and keep the Testimony
which I shall instruct them in;
Then also their Posterity
that shall come after them
even to Perpetuity
shall sit upon thy Throne.
13 Because that the ETERNAL God
of Zion hath made choice;
He hath desired it
to have His Habitation there.
14 This is the Place where I will rest
to Perpetuity;
Here I will have my dwelling place;
for I’ve desired it.
15 I purely and abundantly
will bless her Provision;
with bread I’ll fully satisfy
the Poor which be in her.
16 Her Priests I with Salvation
will adorn as with a Robe;
Her gracious ones, they also shall
Sing, yea, and shout for joy.
17 There I will for my David
make an Horn to issue forth;
I have a Lamp ordained there
for mine anointed one.
18 His Adversaries I will clothe
with a Contemptuous shame;
but upon him still
flourishing shall be his Diadem.
A Song of Degrees.
1 Behold how good a thing it is,
and how delectable,
when Brethren down together
sit united in their Love!
2 'Tis like the precious Ointment
which poured upon the Head,
made its Descent upon the Beard
of Aaron here and there.
Yea, and it did go farther down
to the edge of his Robe
that closed about his Neck,
and reached the Names of all the Tribes.
3 'Tis like the Dew which is upon
Mount Hermon often seen;
and that which on the Mountains
of Zion does make descent.
Because that it is in that Place
that the ETERNAL God
commands His Blessing,
even Life to all Eternity.
A Song of Degrees.
1 Behold! O Give Attention!
Speak ye well of the ETERNAL God,
all you that are the Servants,
who wait on the ETERNAL God;
ye who by Night stand
in the House of the ETERNAL God.
2 Lift up your hands with Holiness,
and bless the ETERNAL God.
3 From Zion may the ETERNAL God
His Blessing give to thee;
The God who is the Maker of
the Heavens and the Earth.
1 O sing Hallelujah.
Praise the Name of the ETERNAL God;
Praise, O you that the Servants
are of the ETERNAL God.
2 You that your Station have in the House
of the ETERNAL God;
standing in the Courts
of Him who is our God.
3 Praise JAH; Because that truly
Good is the ETERNAL God;
Sing Praises to His Name;
because it is a pleasant thing.
4 Because that JAH has made
a choice of Jacob for himself;
of Israel for a Treasure
to Himself peculiar.
5 For as to me, this I do know,
That the ETERNAL God
is a Great One, and that our Lord
is above all the God’s.
6 Whatsoever He would please
to do He hath done, in the Heav’ns,
and on Earth, in Seas,
and in all Abysses.
7 From the ends of the Earth
He makes the Clouds arise;
He makes Lightnings with rain;
He brings the Wind out of His Treasures.
8 Of Egypt He smote the First-born,
from Man, even to the Beast.
9 In midst of thee, O Egypt,
He did Signs and Wonders send;
This He did upon Pharaoh
and on all that served Him.
10 Great Nations He laid strokes upon
and He flew mighty Kings.
11 Sihon King of the Amorites,
He slew, and Og the King of Bashan,
all the Kingdoms too which were
in Canaan found.
12 And He disposed of their Land
as an Inheritance;
as an Inheritance unto
His People, Israel.
13 Thy Name is, O ETERNAL God,
to Perpetuity; Thy Memory,
O ETERNAL God,
it is from Age to Age.
14 For the ETERNAL God
will to His People be the Judge;
and upon them that serve Him
He will now refresh Himself.
15 The Idols which the Nations
do render their Homage to,
are nothing but Silver and Gold;
what hands of Men have wrought.
16 Mouths have they,
but they do not speak,
they’ve Eyes but do not see.
17 Ears have they, but they do not hear;
no breath is in their Mouths.
18 They that the Makers are
of such ridiculous things
are like themes; so is every one
that puts his trust in them.
19 O Bless the ETERNAL God,
O you the House of Israel;
Bless the ETERNAL God,
O you that are of Aaron’s House;
20 Bless the ETERNAL God,
O you that are of Levi’s House;
Ye who do fear the ETERNAL God,
Bless you the ETERNAL God.
21 O Blessed out of Zion
be, now the ETERNAL God,
who dwelleth in Jerusalem.
Sing Hallelujah now.
1 O Confess to the ETERNAL God,
Because that He is good;
Because His mercy is
forever.
2 O Confess to the God of Gods,
Because His mercy is forever.
3 O Confess to the Lord of Lords,
Because His mercy is forever.
4 To Him who alone does
great wonders, Because His mercy
is forever.
5 To Him who by Understanding
made the Heavens, Because His mercy
is forever.
6 To Him who stretched out
the Earth above the Waters,
Because His mercy is forever.
7 To Him who made great Lights,
Because His mercy is forever.
8 The Sun for his dominion
by Day, Because His mercy is forever.
9 The Moon and Stars
that have dominion for the Night;
Because His mercy is forever.
10 To Him that Egypt smote
in the First-born of them;
Because His mercy is forever.
11 And He led Israel
forth from the midst of them;
Because His mercy is forever.
12 With a strong Hand,
and with a most extended Arm;
Because His mercy is forever.
13 To Him who divided
the Reedy-Sea in parts;
Because His mercy is forever.
14 And He led Israel
through the midst of it;
Because His mercy is forever.
15 But shook off Pharoah,
and his Host in the Reedy-Sea;
Because His mercy is forever.
16 To Him who led His folk
through the Wilderness;
Because His mercy is forever.
17 To Him who smote
great and potent Kings;
Because His mercy is forever.
18 And slew mighty Kings;
Because His mercy is forever.
19 Sihon King of the Amorites;
Because His mercy is forever.
20 And Og the King of Bashan;
Because His mercy is forever.
21 And did give their Land
for an Inheritance;
Because His mercy is forever.
22 An Inheritance to Israel
His Servant;
Because His mercy is forever.
23 Who in our low Estate
has remembered us;
Because His mercy is forever.
24 And redeemed us from
our Enemies;
Because His mercy is forever.
25 Who gives food to all flesh;
Because His mercy is forever.
26 O Confess to the God of Heaven,
Because His mercy is forever.
1 By the Rivers which do run
through Babylon, sat there;
yea, we poured out our Tears
when we remembred Zion there.
2 Upon the Willows in the midst
thereof we hung our Harps.
3 For they that Captived us
did there demand of us to Sing
words of a Song,
and they who laid us
in our ruinous heaps,
demanded mirth, Sing us, said they,
a Song of Zion, Sing!
4 How can we do to Sing
a Song that is for the ETERNAL God,
in the Land of a stranger here?
5 O dear Jerusalem,
If I of thee forget,
so soon shall my Right-hand
forget what it is used unto.
6 My Tongue shall to my Palate
cleave, when thee I do not mind!
If I don’t let Jerusalem
at the top of all my Joy.
7 Remember, O ETERNAL God,
the Sons of Edom, who laid in Jerusalem’s
day, Rafe, Rafe,
to its foundation bare.
8 O Daughter of Babylon,
who art to be made desolate,
Happy, who shall repay to thee
the pay thou’st paid to us!
9 O the great blessedness
of him who shall lay hold upon,
and who against the solid Rock
shall dash thy little ones.
1 O ETERNAL God, I will
praise thee with all my heart;
Before God, and His Angels,
I will Praises Sing to thee.
2 Toward thy holy Temple
I will bowing down adore;
and I will celebrate thy Name
for thy benignity,
and for thy faithfulness,
for that thou above every thing
hast magnified thy Name;
Thou hast magnified thy Word.
3 In the day I invoked thee,
and thou didst answer me.
Thou in my Soul with manly strength
me then didst fortify.
4 To Thee, O Thou ETERNAL God,
all the Kings of the Earth
shall their Confessions make,
when of thy mouth they hear the words.
5 Yea, they with voice sing
in the ways of the ETERNAL God;
Because that great the Glory
is of the ETERNAL God.
6 For the ETERNAL God is high;
but looks upon the low;
whereas what would be high,
He does far off take notice of.
7 Altho’ my walk be lying in
the midst of much distress,
yet thou with sweet revivals wilt
enable me to live:
Thou’lt use thy hand against the rage
of my fierce enemies;
and thy Right hand
shall unto me give a deliverance.
8 The ETERNAL God
will perfect what He has to do for me:
Thy mercy, O ETERNAL God,
is to Eternity.
O do not thou forsake,
O don’t utterly cast away,
those Men and things that are
the Works that thy own Hands have wrought.
1 O ETERNAL God,
Thou hast searched me,
and hast known what I am.
2 Thou know'st full well
my sitting down, and know'st
my rising up.
Thou at the greatest distance
doest well understand my thought.
3 My path thou fees
round, and my bed;
and find'st out all my ways.
4 Yea, and each word I speak,
while it is not yet in my tongue;
Behold, O Thou ETERNAL God,
Thou knowest all of it.
5 Me thou hast formed,
and beset, both as to what’s behind,
and as to what’s before;
and thou hast laid thy hand on me.
6 Such knowledge as this is,
it is too wonderful for me;
Sublime it is, and it is more
than I can reach unto!
7 Where shall I from thy Spirit go?
And where fly from thy Face?
8 If I should say, I will ascend
to Heaven, Thou art there:
Or, if I make my Bed in Hell;
so Thou art also there.
9 I’ll take the Mornings Wings,
I’ll dwell at the Seas utmost bounds.
10 Even unto that very place
thy hand shall carry me;
Thy Right hand also,
that shall make a seizure on me there.
11 If I should say,
Assuredly Darkness should cover me;
The very Night itself
would be about me as the Light.
12 Yea, Darkness nothing hides
from thee, but Night doth shine
like Day; the Darkness
and the Light, they are both but the same.
13 For my most hidden Reins
thou hast in thy possession held;
Thou in my Mother’s Womb,
as with a Tent hast covered me.
14 I’ll praise thee for wonders
I have separated been;
Thy works are wondrous,
and my Soul knows this abundantly.
15 My strength was not hid
from thee, when I was in secret made,
in the Earth’s lowest parts
I was most curiously wrought.
16 Thy Eyes did see my unformed mass;
and in thy Book were all writ down;
the days when they were formed,
and none of them were lost.
17 And now, how valuable are
thy Thoughts to me, O God!
Into how great a reckoning
are they to be multiplied!
18 If I should go to number them
more than the Sand they grow.
When I awake out of my sleep,
then I am still with thee.
19 O God, Thou wilt most certainly
destroy the wicked one;
And now you that are bloody Men,
Do you depart from me.
20 These are they who against thee
speak abominable stuff;
They who are enemies to thee
are such as swear in vain.
21 Do not I hate those who do hate
Thee, O ETERNAL God?
Those who do up against thee rise,
be’nt I offended at?
22 I hate them with perfection
in my hatred unto them;
They as my Adversaries are
ever esteemed with me.
23 Make thou a thorough search of me,
O God, and know my heart;
A thorough trial make of me,
and know my very thoughts.
24 And see if I have any way
that should be mourned for;
but lead me in the way
that lasts to perpetuity.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 Deliver me, O ETERNAL God,
from the malicious Man;
preserve me from the violent;
who do mischievous things.
2 They’re those who in their heart
contrive mischievous things;
they do together come for war
all day and every day.
3 They give an edge unto their Tongue;
'Tis as the Serpents is;
the Poison of the Adder
lies under their Lips concealed. Selah.
4 From the hands of the wicked one
keep me, ETERNAL God;
save me from the injurious man;
they thought to trip me up.
5 The Proud ones have set secretly
a Snare and Cords for me;
they’ve spread a Net by the way side;
Gins they have set for me. Selah.
6 I unto the ETERNAL God
have said, Thou art my God;
O Thou ETERNAL God,
The voice of my Petitions hear.
7 ETERNAL God, the Lord,
the Strength of my Salvation, Thou!
Thou hast in day of Battle
given a covering to my Head.
8 Grant not, O Thou ETERNAL God,
the wicked ones desires;
O let not his design obtain;
they will exalt themselves. Selah.
9 As for the Venomous Head
of those who compass me about,
the mischief of their own Lips,
let it overwhelm themselves.
10 Let burning Coals upon him fall;
let them be cast into the Fire,
into the deepest pits
let them not rise again.
11 Let not an Evil speaker
be established in the Earth;
let evil the injurious man
to Precipices drive.
12 I know that the ETERNAL God
will judge the poor and meek;
on the behalf of needy Ones
He'll Judgment execute.
13 Surely the Righteous Ones
will make Confession to thy Name;
and the upright before Thy Face
shall have their Sitting down.
A Psalm of David.
1 O Thou ETERNAL God,
I cry to thee; O hasten Thou to me!
when I do cry to thee,
do thou give Ear unto my Voice.
2 Let my Pray’r be directed
still as Incense in thy View;
As the Meat-Offering of the Eve
the lifting of my hands.
3 O Thou ETERNAL God,
Set Thou a Watch before my Mouth;
at the gate of my Lips
do Thou maintain a constant guard.
4 O do not Thou incline my Heart
unto an Evil thing;
to practice wicked Works
with Men who work Iniquity.
And in their Delicacies
let me not Communicate.
5 The Just shall kindly smite me,
and shall give reproofs to me;
But the rich Oil of such an One
shan’t mollify my Head:
For still my Prayer it is against
the Wicked things they do.
6 By the sides of the Rock it was
their Judges were let down;
they then did hearken to my words,
for they were pleasant ones.
7 As when one plougheth up
the Earth and it asunder tears;
our bones are scattered
so about at the Mouth of the Grave.
8 But, O ETERNAL God, the Lord,
My Eyes are unto thee;
on thee I my reliance place;
O do not strip my Soul.
9 Keep me from the Hands of the snare
which they have laid for me;
and from the intangling gins
of those who work iniquity.
10 O let the wicked fall into
the Nets they’ve spread themselves:
I will keep close with thee and mine
until that I escape.
Maschil; Of David. A Prayer when he was in the Cave.
1 With my Voice I did make a Cry
to the ETERNAL God;
with my voice to the ETERNAL God
I made my humble Pray’r.
2 Before His Face I poured out
what I had thought upon;
Before His Face I uttered
what was troublesome to me.
3 Within me when my Spirit failed,
then Thou didst know my Path;
In the way where I should have walked
they laid a Snare for me.
4 Look on the Right hand,
and behold; there’s none does know me there;
Refuge does perish from me,
and there’s none to seek my Soul.
5 O Thou ETERNAL God,
To Thee I made my cry, I said,
Thou art my Hope, my Portion
in the Land of Living Ones.
6 Attend unto my cry,
because I am brought very low
Save me from my pursuers,
for they are more strong than I.
7 From out of Prison
bring my Soul;
That I may praise thy Name;
the just shall be a Crown to me,
when thou rewardest me.
A Psalm of David.
1 O ETERNAL God, hear Thou
my Prayer; hearken to my Requests:
Answer me in Thy faithfulness,
and in thy righteousness.
2 In to thy presence
and in thy sight
enter not into judgment with thy servant
for no one living is righteous before thee.
3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul
he hath smitten my life down to the ground
he hath made me to dwell in darkness
as those that have been long dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me
my heart within me is desolate.
5 I remember the days of old
I meditate on all thy works
I muse on the work of thy hands.
6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee
my soul thirsteth after thee as a thirsty land. Selah.
7 Hear me speedily O Lord
my spirit faileth
hide not thy face from me
lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning
for in thee do I trust
cause me to know the way wherein I should walk
for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9 Deliver me O Lord from mine enemies
I flee unto thee to hide me.
10 Teach me to do thy will
for thou art my God
thy spirit is good
lead me into the land of uprightness.
11 Quicken me O Lord for thy name's sake
for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 And in thy mercy cut off mine enemies
and destroy all them that afflict my soul
for I am thy servant.
A Psalm of David.
1 Blessed be the ETERNAL God;
He is my Rock for me;
He doeth instruct my hands
for War, my fingers for a Fight.
2 He is my Mercy, and my Tower,
my Refuge set on high;
and He it is who doeth bestow
deliverances to me.
He is my Shield, and upon Him
I do repose my trust;
'Tis He who to subjection brings
my People under me.
3 ETERNAL God, Oh!
What is Man that Thou take
cognizance of him?
The Son of Man, that Thou esteem
him any thing?
4 Man is no other than a piece
of vanity; his days are like
a shadow which does quickly
pass away.
5 ETERNAL God, O bow thou down
Thy Heavens and descend;
The Mountains touch with Thunderbolts,
and they shall yield a smoke.
6 The Lightning do thou lighten forth;
and do thou scatter them;
Thy Arrows, O do thou shoot forth,
and do thou run them down.
7 O from on high send out thy hands;
save me, and rescue me
from mighty waters;
from the hand of base strangers brood.
8 The mouth of these does use
to speak nothing but falsity;
and their right hand
is in which is found a lie.
9 O God, I’ll Sing thee a New-Song
upon a Psaltery;
upon a Ten-stringed instrument
I’ll sing a Verse to thee.
10 He 'tis who on advanced Kings
Salvation does bestow;
He saves His Servant David
from the most destructive Sword.
11 Save me, and rid me from the hand
of the base strangers brood;
whose mouth speaks false,
and their right-hand’s the right-hand of a lie.
12 Let so our Sons be like to Plants
well formed in their Youth;
Our Daughters like to cornerstones
polished in Temple-form.
13 Our Garners full, affording
store of every sort of food;
Our Flocks yield thousands;
Myriads so increasing in our streets.
14 Our Beeves both fat and strong,
to work; safe when they are
with Young; no breaking in,
nor going out; nor clamour in the streets.
15 Happy those People are
esteemed who are in such a case;
Happy the People are,
whose God is the ETERNAL One.
1 I will exalt thee, O my God,
the King, and I’ll bless
thy Name forever
and every day.
2 Every day I’ll bless thee,
and I’ll praise thy Name forever
and every day.
3 Most Great is the ETERNAL God;
and greatly to be praised;
And of His Greatness
there cannot be any searching out.
4 One Generation shall relate
thy Works unto the next
that comes; and the most powerful
things thou doest, they shall declare abroad.
5 The Beauty, Oh! The Glory of
His more than Royal Majesty;
and the most wondrous things
of these I will discourse.
6 The Might of thy tremendous Acts,
others shall also speak about;
and of thy Greatness
I my self will declarations make with them.
7 The memory of the Greatness
of thy Goodness amply
they’ll pour out;
and of thy Righteousness
they shall sing with a loud and mighty noise.
8 Gracious is the ETERNAL God,
and He’s truly compassionate;
to anger He is very slow;
but in His mercy wondrous great.
9 Even to all the ETERNAL God
is ever Oh! how sweetly good;
yea, and His tender mercies
are towards all the Works that He has wrought.
10 All thy Works, O ETERNAL God,
shall ever celebrate thy Praise;
and all that are thy gracious ones,
they shall speak well of thee.
11 The Glory of thy Kingdom is
what they shall speak to much about;
and thy illustrious power
is what they shall make to much mention of.
12 For to make known His mighty Acts
this way unto the Sons of Men;
and the most splendid Glory of
the Kingdom which He justly claims.
13 Thy Kingdom is a Kingdom
which to unknown Ages doth extend;
and thy Dominion does unto
all future Generations last.
14 The ETERNAL God does all sustain
when He sees they are falling down;
and all of His He raises up
when He sees they are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all do wait on thee
with Hope and Expectation
still; and thou in the due season
doest give them their wanted sustenance.
16 Thou openest thy all-relieving Hand,
and thou doest satisfy
the will of every living thing.
17 Righteous is the ETERNAL God
in all the ways He takes;
and He is also merciful
in all the Works He ever does.
18 The ETERNAL God is near unto
all of those who do call on Him;
near unto all who call on Him
with truth and with our full constancy.
19 He’l the desire fulfil
of them who have the Body
fear of Him; He’l also
hearken to their cry, and He’l save and deliver them.
20 In safety the ETERNAL God
keeps all that have His Love in them;
But all them that are impious ones
He’ll utterly destroy forever.
21 My mouth shall utter forth
the Praise of Him who’s the ETERNAL God;
and all flesh bless His Holy Name
ever and evermore.
1 O sing Hallelujah!
O thou my Soul, Do thou awake
and utter Praise to the ETERNAL God.
2 I in my life, and while I live,
will Praise the ETERNAL God;
while I have any being
I will sing unto my God.
3 Place not your confidence
in Men or Princely power and grace;
Nor in an eminent Son of Man
who can’t a Saviour be.
4 His spirit with his breath
goes forth; He to his Earth returns;
and in that very day his Thoughts
all come unto an end.
5 O happy Man that has the God
of Jacob for his help;
whose hope is in the ETERNAL God
who becomes a God to him.
6 'Tis He who made the Heav’ns
and Earth, the Sea, and all in them;
'Tis He who doeth maintain
the Truth to perpetuity.
7 He Judges for oppressed ones;
He gives the hungry food.
'Tis the ETERNAL God
who sets the bound at liberty.
8 The ETERNAL God opens
the blind; the ETERNAL God
doeth raise the bowed down;
the ETERNAL God doeth love the righteous ones.
9 The ETERNAL God
doeth Strangers keep,
He gives support unto Orphan
and Widow; and subverts the way of wicked Men.
10 Forever shall JEHOVAH reign;
thy God, O Zion, He shall reign
to Generations all.
Sing Hallelujah now.
1 O sing Hallelujah.
For 'tis good to sing unto our God;
Because it is a pleasant thing:
Praise is a comely thing.
2 'Tis the ETERNAL God
who does build both Jerusalems;
and the Out-casts of Israel
He will surely gather in.
3 He heals the broken-hearted ones;
and He binds up their wounds.
4 He tells the number of the Stars;
He calls them all by name.
5 Great is the Lord on whom we lean;
and very much His power;
There is no number of the things
His wisdom knows and does.
6 The ETERNAL God
He raises up the meek-afflicted ones;
He bringeth down the wicked ones
unto the very dust.
7 Answer to the ETERNAL God
with a Confession give;
Sing with a Verse unto our God
upon the Ten-stringed Harp.
8 With Clouds the Heavens
He does clothe;
Rain for the Earth prepares;
He makes the lofty Mountains
to produce the tender herb.
9 He doeth bestow upon the Beasts
for each their proper food;
Upon the Ravens Young Ones,
when they makes their piteous cry.
10 In the strength of the Horse
he doeth not any pleasure take;
nor is He pleased in the Legs
of Man; He needs them not.
11 The ETERNAL God
takes pleasure in such as maintain His fear;
in them who on His mercy do
maintain a lively hope.
12 O both Jerusalems, Do ye
Praise the ETERNAL God;
O Zion, Do thou offer up
thy Praises to thy God.
13 Because He giveth strength unto
the bars that keep thy gates;
on thy Sons in the midst of thee
His blessing He bestows.
14 He makes thy borders to enjoy
peace and prosperity;
richly He doeth supply thee
with the finest of the wheat.
15 He to the Earth sends His command;
His Word does swiftly run.
16 The Snow He gives like wool;
the Frost He does like ashes cast.
17 The Ice and Hail like morsels,
He throws down to nourish it;
Before the Face of His sharp
Cold, who is there that can stand?
18 He does again send forth His Word,
and so He melteth them;
His Spirit He doeth make to blow,
whereon the Waters flow.
19 He of His Words to Jacob
doeth a revelation make:
His Statutes and His Judgments
He reveals to Israel.
20 In such a manner He hath not
with any Nation dealt;
For they right things
don’t understand. Sing HALLELUJAH now.
1 O sing Hallelujah now
be Sung! Now from the Heav’ns above
Praise the ETERNAL God;
praise Him in the high places there.
2 All you His Angels, O Praise Him;
praise Him, O all His Hosts.
3 Praise ye Him, O thou Sun, and Moon,
Praise Him all Stars of light.
4 Praise Him, ye that the Heavens are
of Heavens, Seats of Bliss:
and Praise Him, you the Waters
which above the Heavens are.
5 Let them give Praises to the Name
of the ETERNAL God;
For He gave His Commandment,
and they created are.
6 He also hath established
them forever, Evermore;
He hath made a Decree,
and it shall never be transgressed.
7 Now from the Earth below,
give Praise to the ETERNAL God;
Do it, ye Dragons and ye Whales,
and do it all ye Deeps.
8 Do it both O thou Fire and Hail;
Snow and Vapour too;
Do it O thou Tempestuous Wind,
which does fulfil His Word.
9 Do it, O you High Mountains,
and all of you lesser Hills;
Do it, O you Fruit-bearing Trees,
and all you Cedars join.
10 Do it, O all you Animals,
and all you Cattle kind;
Do it, O every creeping Thing,
and every flying Fowl.
11 Do it, O all Kings of the Earth,
and all ye People too;
Do it, O Princes, and all you
the Judges of the Earth.
12 Do it, O you that Young Men are,
yea, and Young Women too;
Do it, O you that Old Men are,
with Babes in Infancy.
13 Let these with Praises due to Him
so celebrate the Name
of the ETERNAL; for His Name
alone is Excellent. His Glory
is above the Earth, yea,
and above the Heav’ns.
14 And He, of His own People
doeth exalt the Horn on high;
the Praises of His gracious ones,
the Sons of Israel; a People
that are near to Him.
Sing HALLELUJAH now.
1 O sing Hallelujah.
A New Song Sing to the ETERNAL God;
His Praise is in the Church
of those that are His gracious Ones.
2 In Him who is his maker now
let Israel rejoice;
Them that are Sons of Zion
let be joyful in their King.
3 With a Tripudiating Joy
O let them Praise His Name;
let them sing Praises unto Him
with Timbrel and with Harp.
4 For the ETERNAL God doeth
in His People take Delight;
He'll beautify the low
and meek with His Salvation still.
5 In Glory let the Gracious Ones
most gloriously rejoice;
on their Beds, where they rest
or feast, let them sing aloud.
6 High Praises of the mighty God
let warble through their Throat;
and in their hand, let there be held
a double-Edged Sword.
7 Due Vengeance for to Execute
upon the Nations so.
8 To bind their Kings in Chains,
and their Nobles in Iron Bonds.
9 Upon them for to Execute
the Judgment written down.
This honour all His gracious Ones
enjoy. Praise ye the Lord.
1 O sing Hallelujah.
Praise God in His Sanctuary;
Praise Him in the firmament
of His Power.
2 Praise Him for His mighty Acts;
Praise Him according to
His excellent greatness.
3 Praise Him with the sound
of the Trumpet;
Praise Him with the Psaltery
and the Harp.
4 Praise Him with the Timbrel
and the Dance;
Praise Him with the Strings
and the Organ.
5 Praise Him upon the loud Cymbals;
Praise Him upon the high sounding Cymbals.
6 Let all that has Breath
Praise the ETERNAL God. Hallelujah.