Psalterium Americanum

Psalm 42

To the Chief Musician. Maschil; for the Sons of Korah.

1 As the Hart makes a panting cry,

for cooling streams of waters;

So my Soul makes a panting cry

to Thee, O mighty God.

2 My Soul does flame with thirst for God,

ev’n for the living God;

When shall I come, and when appear

before the face of God?

3 My Tear has been my constant meat,

both in the day and night,

While they continually say to me,

Where is thy God?

4 These things when I remember,

I pour out my Soul in me,

For I had gone in company

with the multitude; I

went with them to th' House of God

with voice of joy and praise;

Even with a multitude of them

that kept a Festival.

5 Why doest thou throw thy self into

dejections, O my Soul?

And why art thou disquieted

in me with such a noise?

Hope thou with waiting upon God;

For I shall praise Him yet;

Salvation’s are dispensed from the

kind Aspects of His Face.

6 My God, my Soul’s cast down in me;

Hence I’ll remember thee

From Jordan’s Land and Hermon’s Hills,

from the Hill Mizar there.

7 Deep calleth unto deep,

at the noise of thy water spouts;

Thy swelling Billows and thy Waves

have all gone over me.

8 Now the ETERNAL God

will with effectual power command

His mercy which He promised

when that the Day arrives;

And when the Night comes on

there is with me a Song of His;

A Supplication to Him who is

of my Life the GOD.

9 I will say unto God my Rock,

Why hast thou me forgot?

Why go I mourning for the

sore oppression of the foe?

10 With cutting to my very bones

my foes reproach me hard;

While every day they unto me

do say, Where is thy God?

11 Why doest thou throw thy self into

dejections, O my Soul?

And why art thou disquieted

in me with such a noise?

Hope thou with waiting upon God;

for I shall praise Him yet;

Salvation’s He does work before

my face; He is my God.

Psalm 43

1 Judge me, O God, and plead against

a Nation merciless,

My cause, O save me from the Man

that’s crafty and unjust.

2 For of my strength thou art the God,

why doest thou cast me off?

Why go I mourning for the sore

oppression of the foe?

3 Thy light O send forth,

and thy truth; let them lead me;

Let them bring me unto thy holy hill,

and to thy Mansions there.

4 Then to God’s Altar I will go;

To God, Joy of my Joy:

And on the Harp I will confess

to thee, O God, my God.

5 Why doest thou throw thy self into

dejections, O my Soul?

And why art thou disquieted

in me with such a noise?

Hope thou with waiting upon God,

for I shall praise Him yet;

Salvation’s He does work before

my face; He is my God.

Psalm 44

To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. Maschil.

1 We have heard with our Ears, O God;

our Fathers told us

What thou wroughtest in their days

in the former days.

2 Thou didst expel the Nations with

thy hand; but plantedst them;

Thou didst afflict the People there,

and thou didst send them out.

3 For it was not by their own Sword

they did possess the Land;

Nor was it any arm of theirs

which did deliver them.

But it was thy Right hand, it was

thy Arm which did the thing;

Twas the Light of thy face;

Because that thou didst favour them.

4 Thou even thou thy self shall be

ever my King, O God:

Salvation’s by commandement

for Jacob, O procure.

5 Through thee as with an horn we will

push down our Enemies;

Them who do rise against us,

we will tread down in thy Name.

6 For in my Bow I will not place

at all my confidence;

Nor shall it be a Sword of mine

that shall deliver me.

7 But thou art He who still doest

deliver us from our Enemies;

Thou puttest to shame them

that have hated us.

8 We glory in the Glorious God,

all day, and every day;

And to thy Name we will confess

unto Eternity. Selah.

9 But thou hast in thy wrath cast off

and hast put us to shame;

And with our Armed Forces now,

thou art not going forth.

10 Thou makest us for to return

back from the Enemy;

And they that hate us, of our Wealth

make for themselves a spoil.

11 As if we had been Sheep for food,

so hast thou given us up;

And thou among the Nations

scattered us all abroad.

12 Thou of thy People hast made sale,

and not increased thy Wealth;

Nor hast thou multiplied thy Gain

by a price paid for them.

13 Unto our Neighbours thou doest

make us to be a reproach;

A scorn and a derision

to them that encompass us.

14 A mere by-word of us

thou doest among the Nations make;

Among the People we are those

at whom they shake the head.

15 Before me every day is my

confusion to be seen;

And the shame for to show my face

has wholly covered me.

16 From the Voice which reproaches

me and utters Blasphemies;

From the face of the enemy,

and the revengeful one.

17 All this is come on us, yet we

have not forgotten thee;

Nor have we dealt perfidiously

against thy Covenant.

18 Though in the place of Dragons

thou hast sorely broken us,

And thou hast overwhelmed us

in the gloomy shade of Death.

19 If we have e'er forgot the Name

of Him that is our God;

Or if unto a strange God

we have stretched out our hands;

20 Shall full inquisition make?

For the most inward secrets

of the heart He fully knows.

No, our God knows all.

21 Yea, for thy cause we're put to death,

all the day long 'tis so:

We are accounted like the Sheep

designed for to be slain.

22 Awake, O Lord, our strong support,

O why art thou asleep?

Awake thou so as to arise;

Cast us not off for ever.

23 O wherefore doest thou hide thy face?

Wherefore doest thou forget

The affliction which does humble us,

and our oppression sore?

24 Because our Soul is bowed down

unto the very dust;

So prostrate that our belly

does lie cleaving to the Earth.

25 Arise, O thou that ever art

the help that we propose,

And, O do thou deliver us,

even for thy mercy's sake.

Psalm 45

To the Chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. For the Sons of Korah. A Song of Loves.

1 My Heart it boils good matter out;

I speak unto the King

What I have wrought;

my Tongue is like a ready writers pen.

2 Fairer thou art than Sons of Men;

Upon thy lips there is a Grace diffused;

God therefore has blessed thee

for evermore.

3 Gird thou thy Sword upon thy thigh,

O thou most mighty One;

Do it with thy Magnificence,

and with thy Majesty.

4 And in thy Majesty do thou

proceed most prosperously;

Yea, ride thou forth upon the Word

of Everlasting Truth:

It is a Word of Meekness,

and a Word of Righteousness;

So thy Right-hand shall shew

Things very wonderful.

5 Sharp are thine Arrows:

(under thee) the People shall fall down:

Sharp in the Hearts of them

that have been enemies to the King.

6 For ever and for ever is,

thy Throne, O God, the Judge:

The Scepter of thy Kingdom

is a Scepter swayed with right.

7 Thou lovest Righteousness;

and thou hatest all wickedness;

God therefore, He who is thy God,

has now anointed thee;

Hath made thee His Messiah

with a sweet refreshing Oil,

Which does distinguish thee

from them who do partake with thee.

8 With Benjamin and Aloes,

and Cassia’s all thy robes,

Fetched from the ivory Palaces;

from thence did make thee glad.

9 Ladies of Honour unto thee

are Daughters of Great Kings;

At thy Right-hand in Ophir’s Gold

arrayed thy Consort stands.

10 Hearken, O daughter, and behold;

and bow thine ear to this;

Now thine own People O forget,

yea, and thy Fathers house.

11 So in thy Beauty shall the King

have an intense delight;

Because He is thy Lord,

therefore pay homage unto Him.

12 Daughter of Tyrus, even thou;

the wealthy People shall

Solicit for thy favour

with a Present made to thee.

13 The Daughter of the King, she is

all glorious within;

Her covering is of spangled Robes

which are inlaid with Gold.

14 In Robes of Needle-work

she shall be brought unto the King;

Virgins that follow and attend,

these shall be brought to thee.

15 They shall be brought

with wondrous joys, and exultations there;

Their entrance shall make into

the Palace of the King.

16 In the room of thy Fathers

now thy Children shall succeed;

These thou shalt henceforth

constitute Princes in all the Earth.

17 In every Generation I

will make thy Name to be

Remembered; so the People shall

praise thee for evermore.

Psalm 46

To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. Upon Alamoth.

1 God is a Refuge unto us,

and fortifying strength;

and help in troubles which

we have in great abundance found.

2 Therefore we will not be afraid,

altho’ the Earth do shake;

And tho’ the mountains be removed

to the midst of the Seas.

3 Though the waters, let them roar;

They swell, and are disquieted;

And the mountains tremble

with the swelling thereof.

4 A River’s here; the streams

whereof rejoyce the City of God;

The Holy place where the Most High

has His Habitation chosen.

5 God is within the midst of her;

She shall not be mov’d;

God early will afford

His help unto her.

6 The Nations raged,

the Kingdoms were in great Commotions roiled;

He did give forth His thundring Voice;

the Earth was all dissolved.

7 The ETERNAL God of Armies

grants His presence unto us;

The God of Jacob is for us

a lofty Citadel. Selah.

8 O come, consider well the Works

of the ETERNAL God,

Who hath made desolations

upon the waited Earth.

9 Unto the Borders of the Earth

He maketh Wars to cease,

He breaks the bow and cuts the spear,

Chariots He burns in fire.

10 Be still and know that I am GOD,

among the Nations I will be exalted;

and will be exalted

in the Earth.

11 The ETERNAL God of Armies

grants His presence unto us;

The God of Jacob is for us

a lofty Citadel. Selah.

Psalm 47

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah.

1 All ye People, every one,

Clap ye your hands for joy;

With a loud voice of triumph

make a joyful shout to God.

2 For the ETERNAL God

most High, is greatly to be feared;

He as a King reigns over

all the Earth.

3 He shall even with His Word

subdue the People under us;

And He shall bring the Nations

to lie prostrate at our feet.

4 He shall make choice for us,

what shall be our Inheritance;

Even the Excellency of Jacob,

whom He has lov’d. Selah.

5 God is gone up unto His Place

with a triumphant shout;

God is thither with the Trumpet

sounding gone.

6 Sing Praises to the Glorious God;

sing Praises yet again;

Sing Praises unto Him

our King; sing Praises unto Him.

7 Because the Glorious God

is now the King in all the Earth;

O sing ye Praises unto Him,

each understanding one.

8 The Glorious God

does as a King over the Nations Reign:

The Glorious God fits King upon

His Throne of Holiness.

9 The Princes of the People do

in a Convention meet;

They do become the People

of the God of Abraham.

Because that they who are Shields

for to defend the Earth,

Belong to God, He therefore is

exalted very high.

Psalm 48

A Song. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah.

1 Great art Thou, O ETERNAL God,

and greatly to be praised

in th' City of our God,

in the Mount of His Holiness.

2 Mount Zion, a most lovely Seat,

the Joy of all the Earth;

On the North sides whereof

there does the Great Kings City lie.

3 God in her Palaces

is known for an high Citadel.

4 For lo, the Kings assembled there;

they passed by together.

5 They saw; then wondred;

they were feared; a terror seized them.

6 Fear seized upon them there;

a Pain of Women in their Pangs.

7 The Ships of Tarshish

thou doest break with a fierce Eastern Wind.

8 According to what we have heard

so is what we have seen;

In th' City of th' ETERNAL God,

to whom all Hosts belong;

God shall establish it. Selah.

9 With quiet meditation

we have had our thoughts, O God,

in the midst of thy Temple,

thy kind benignity.

10 According to thy Name, O God,

so is thy Praise unto the

Earth; thy Right hand is full

of Righteousness.

11 Because of thy right Judgments

Mount Zion shall rejoice;

The Daughters of Judah

triumph with glorious Joy.

12 All about Zion

walk ye round, and round encompass her;

Account the number of her Towers,

to see what state they're in.

13 Apply your mind unto the Wall

that has defended her;

Observe her Palaces, that ye

may tell the Age to come.

14 For this God is our God;

He’s so to all Eternity;

And He will be a guide for us

to Death, and over it.

Psalm 49

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah.

1 Bestow an hearing upon this,

all ye People, every one;

Hearken all you Inhabitants

upon a transient World.

2 Yea, hear, ye Sons of meaner Men,

and Sons of higher too;

Let the Rich Man attend to this,

together with the Poor.

3 My mouth shall speak of things

that have a wisdom manifold;

And my hearts meditation

shall yield many prudent things.

4 I will incline mine ear

unto a most instructive speech;

I will upon the harp explain

my speech that seems obscure.

5 In days of evil

why should I be anxiously afraid;

The days, when of my heels

the Sin does compass me about.

6 They that do place their hope

upon their strengthning Wealth,

and the multitude of their

Riches do boast themselves.

7 There is no Man of them

that can by any means redeem

His Brother, nor give unto God

a price to ransom him.

8 For the Redemption of their Soul

is of a weighty price;

And it remains unfinished

to perpetuity.

9 For this, that he should always

live to perpetuity;

That he should never see the Pit

wherein corruption lies.

10 For he may see that wise Men dye;

so does the foolish Man

And brutish perish; and their Wealth

they leave to other Men.

11 What is within them

is this Thought, Their houses

Ever will endure;

their Tabernacles will

Endure from age to age.

Their own Names for that cause

they do impose upon their Lands.

12 But notwithstanding all of this,

look back on what passes.

Man in bright excellency placed

continued not a Night;

Under dominion he did fall

even like the perishing beasts.

13 Egregious folly unto them

this way of theirs does prove;

Yet their Posterity walk on

in that which they have laid. Selah.

14 They are like Sheep laid

in the Grave; upon them

Death shall feed; and over them

the upright ones shall have a dominion.

When the bright morning shall arrive,

still their Rock descend,

Death to destroy; He then shall

from His Habitation come.

15 But from the power of the pit

God shall redeem my Soul;

This He will do, because

He will receive me to Himself. Selah.

16 When that a Man grows Wealthy,

then be not concerned at it;

When that the glory of his house

is greatly multiplied.

17 For at his Death

he shall not take any of it with him;

Nor shall the glory which he had

descend then after him.

18 Tho' in his Life

he did proclaim his Soul a blessed one;

and other Men will praise thee

when thou doest befriend thy self.

19 O dying Man, Thou shalt

unto the Generation go

Of them that were thy Ancestors;

Light they shall never see.

20 Man who in honour is advanced,

and does not understand,

Under dominion such an one

falls like the perishing beasts.

Psalm 50

A Psalm of Asaph.

1 The God of God's, the ETERNAL God,

hath spoke, and called the Earth,

Even from the rising of the Sun,

unto its going down.

2 From Zion wholly beautiful

God sends a lustre forth.

3 Our God shall come and He shall not

keep silence any more.

Before His Face a waiting Fire

shall dreadfully devour,

and round about him it shall be

very tempestuous.

4 He shall give out His call

unto the Heavens from above;

and He shall call unto the Earth,

to judge His People there.

5 Assemble ye His gracious ones

together unto me,

Those that have made a Covenant

with me by Sacrifice.

6 The Heavens also shall declare

abroad His Righteousness;

Because the Glorious God Himself

in Person shall be Judge. Selah.

7 Hear, O my People, and I'll speak,

Give ear, O Israel;

And unto thee I'm GOD,

I am thy GOD.

8 Upon thy Sacrifices I

give no Reproofs to thee,

For thy Burnt-Offerings

have been still before me evermore.

9 Know that a Bullock I

will not out of thy house accept,

He-goats for Offerings I

will not out of thy Folds receive.

10 For every Beast throughout the Wood

is as my own;

the Cattle which are on the Hills

by thousands in a drove.

11 The Fowls that on the Mountains fly,

I know them every one;

and the wild Beasts that range the fields

I ever have at hand.

12 If I were hungry I would not

declare it unto thee;

For that the World is mine,

and so is all that filleth it.

13 Doest thou imagine I shall feed

upon the flesh of Bulls;

Or that I shall, to quench my thirst,

drink up the blood of Goats.

14 Confessing, offer unto God

a Sacrifice of Praise;

And pay unto the most High One

the Vows which thou hast made.

15 And call upon me in the day

when trouble comes on thee;

I will deliver thee and thou

shalt glorify him then.

16 But to the Wicked God

hath said, What claim'st thou

To declare my Statutes,

or my Covenant

Take thou into thy mouth?

17 Because thou hatest instruction,

And doest cast my Words

behind thy back.

18 When thou hast seen a Thief

thou hast gladly concurred with him;

and with Adulterers

thou hast chosen to have thy part.

19 Thou to thy mouth hast given

a loose for evil purposes;

and thy Tongue artfully

contrives to carry on deceit.

20 Thou on thy seat doest speak

against thy Brother wrongfully;

thou doest give out a slanderous lye

against thy Mothers Son.

21 These things thou didst,

and I was dumb; thou thoughtest

Me like thy self;

I will reprove thee, and will rank

these things before thine Eyes.

22 Consider now this,

you that are forgetful of a God;

Lest I tear you to pieces and

there’s none to rescue you.

23 He glorify’s me, who does bring

an Offering of Praise:

And unto him who takes the way

I'll God’s Salvation shew.

Psalm 51

To the Chief Musician; a Psalm of David, when Nathan the Prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

1 Have Mercy upon me, O God,

according to thy Grace:

As thy Compasses are most large,

blot out my Trespasses.

2 O multiply my Washing from

all of my Vile Iniquity;

And O make me entirely clean

from all of my defiling Sin.

3 Since I do of my Trespass make

a free and full acknowledgment;

And I continually have my Sin

before my Eyes.

4 To thee, To thee alone

I’ve sinned, and done ill

in thy View; That when thou

speak’st thou mayst be just, and mayst

be judged.

5 Behold, I was formed in Iniquity,

and in Sin my Mother conceived me.

6 Behold, Thou doest desire

the Truth in the most inward parts;

and thou wilt make me understand

Wisdom in what’s concealed.

7 O purge me with the Sprinkler

well, and so I shall be throughly clean;

O Wash thou me, and then I shall

be whiter than the Snow.

8 Make me to hear that which

will be Gladness and Glorious Joy to me:

The Bones which thou hast broken

quite, O let them yet again rejoice.

9 From the beholding of my Sins

kindly hide thou away thy face;

and all of my Iniquities

wholly do thou obliterate.

10 O God, Create in me an heart

that shall be judged throughly clean;

and in the midst of me

do thou renew a Spirit right and firm.

11 From standing still before thy face

O cast me not away:

Thine holy Spirit now from me

O take thou not.

12 Restore thou unto me the Joy

of thy Salvation now;

and let a Spirit free and high

gloriously lead and strengthen me.

13 Unto Transgressors I will give

Instruction in thy Righteous Ways;

and Sinners shall be converted

unto thee.

14 O God, O my Salvations God,

Deliver me from crying Bloods:

My Tongue then of thy Righteousness

shall openly proclaim.

15 Lord, who art my Support,

Do thou Open these Lips of mine:

and then my mouth with freedom

shall declare thy glorious praise abroad.

16 For thou desires not Sacrifice,

else had I freely given it;

Thou doest not take delight at all

in a common Burnt-Offering.

17 The Sacrifices owned by God

are in a broken Spirit found;

An heart that’s broken and contrite,

O Gracious God, Thoul’t not despise.

18 In thy good pleasure, O do thou

do good to threatened Zion too;

And O do thou build up the Walls

of both our Jerusalems.

19 Then thou with pleasure wilt

receive the grateful sacrifices

Which are to be reckoned requisite

unto true and full Righteousness,

Burnt-offerings thou wilt then receive;

and even whole Burnt-offerings too;

Then they shall offer Bullocks

on the Sacred Altar claimed by thee.

Psalm 52

To the Chief Musician. Maschil; A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.

1 Why doest thou boast thy self

O thou mighty Man,

of Mischief, that thou doest

boast thy self? The Mercy

of a Mighty God

endures continually.

2 Thy Tongue deviseth things

of a Pernicious Tendency;

It is like a Sharp Razour;

it shall fill works deceitfully.

3 Thou lovest evil more than good;

more to speak false than right. Selah.

4 Thou lovest all devouring Words,

O thou deceitful Tongue.

5 And God upon thee

shall inflict endless Destruction;

He shall take thee away,

and pull thee from thy dwelling place;

Yea, He shall extirpate thee

from the Land of Living Ones. Selah.

6 The Just shall also see and fear,

and they shall laugh at him.

7 Behold the Man who made not God

his strength, but trusted

In his mighty Riches,

and grew strong in’s Wealthy wickedness.

8 But I am in the House of God

like a Green Olive Tree;

I have had in the Grace of God

my everlasting Hope.

9 For ever I'll praise thee,

because this is what thou hast done;

And I'll wait on thy Name,

because it is good before the Saints.

Psalm 53

To the Chief Musician; Upon Mahalath. Maschil. A Psalm of David.

1 The Fool hath said

within his heart, That there is not a God.

Thus they corrupt; they do the thing

that is abominable.

There is no one among them all

who does the thing that’s Good.

2 From heaven God who is the Judge

looks on the Sons of Men;

He looks to see if that there be

one who does mind at all

To understand, or, One who is,

a seeker after God.

3 They’re every one declined;

they are together putrified;

There is not one doer of good,

no, not so much as one.

4 All that work evil,

know they not? They eat my people up,

As they eat Bread; they do not call

on God who is the Judge.

5 Even then and therewith

terror they were greatly terrified;

For God is in the race of him

that is the righteous one.

Because the counsel of the humbled one,

you shall put to shame;

Because he does for refuge fly

to the ETERNAL God.

6 From Zion who gives Israel’s health?

When the ETERNAL turns

His Captive People, Jacob will

joy, Israel will be glad.

Psalm 54

To the Chief Musician; on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.

1 O by thy Name save thou me, O God,

and judge me by thy strength.

2 Hear thou my Prayer, O God;

Give ear to the Words of my Mouth.

3 For Strangers have against me risen,

and formidable ones

Pursued my soul,

they have not set God in their view at all. Selah.

4 Behold, the God who’s Judge

is He who does afford me help;

'Tis the Supporting Lord’s

with those who do uphold my Soul.

5 He shall retaliate evil to

my Prying Enemies;

Exterminate them utterly

as thy Truth calls for it.

6 With Freedom I will Sacrifice

to thee, ETERNAL God;

With Praises I’ll adore thy Name,

because that it is good.

7 For out of all adversity

He has delivered me;

Mine Eye hath also seen what

comes upon mine Enemies.

Psalm 55

To the Chief Musician. On Neginoth. Maschil; of David.

1 Give thou a gracious Ear, O God,

unto my righteous prayer;

and from my Supplication

now O do not hide thy self.

2 O give attention unto me,

and hear me graciously;

I in my sad complaint do mourn,

and make a Troublous noise.

3 From the Foes voice,

from the face of Grief by the wicked one;

For falsehood they do cast on me,

and hate me furiously.

4 Within the midst of me

my heart trembles in travailing pain;

and there are fallen upon me,

the terribles of Death.

5 Terror with Trepidation hath

now much surprised me,

and horrid Consternation hath

quite overwhelmed me.

6 Then I said, O that I had

Wings of a Dove to me?

I would swiftly fly away,

where I might find a Rest.

7 Behold, I would then make my flight

to a vast Distance off;

my Lodging I would make in

a far distant Wilderness. Selah.

8 I would make all the haste I could

in making my escape,

From the impetuous Wind

which does rise with a mighty Storm.

9 Lord, Send Destruction upon them;

divide their Tongues:

For in the City I have seen

fierce Violence and Strife.

10 Both Day and Night they compass it,

upon the Walls thereof;

and troublesome Iniquity

is in the midst thereof.

11 Grievous Corruptions full of fraud

are in the midst thereof,

and from the Streets thereof

Deceit and guile do not Depart.

12 For it was not an Enemy

that has reproached me;

For if it had been such an One,

I could have suffered it.

Nor was it one who hated me

that has insulted me;

Had it been such an One,

I might have hid my self from him.

13 But it was thou, O man,

whom I Esteemed like my self;

'twas my Informer,

and one who was my familiar Friend.

14 We sweetly did Communicate

secrets to one another;

We walked into the House of God

in Company together.

15 Let Death arrest them,

let them go down to the Pit alive;

For mischiefs are where they do meet,

even in the midst of them.

16 But as for me, This I will do,

I upon God will call;

And the ETERNAL God

will give Deliverance to me.

17 Evening and Morning,

and at Noon, I meditate for Prayer;

so I will make a fervent Cry,

and he will hear my Voice.

18 He hath delivered my Soul

in peace from those who made

Against me an hostile approach;

for many were with me.

19 God shall hear, and shall vex them;

He, even who sits Judge of Old. Selah.

There are no changes found with them;

and so they fear not God.

20 He shall put forth his hand

against the Men at Peace with him;

his Covenant therein he hath

profaned by breaking it.

21 Smooth were his Mouth’s fine butter’d

Words; but war was in his heart;

Much softer were his words than oil;

and yet drawn Swords they were.

22 Cast thy Load on the ETERNAL God,

and he shall strengthen thee;

The Righteous one He will not leave

ever to be disturbed.

23 But thou, O God the Judge,

wilt cause them to go down

Into the dark pit of the grave

in which there is corruption found;

These bloody and deceitful men

shall not live out half their days;

But as for me, This I will do,

I’ll put my trust in thee.

Psalm 56

To the Chief Musician; upon Jonath-Elem-Rechokim. Michtam; of David. When the Philistines took him in Gath.

1 Pity thou me, O God;

for man seeks for to devour;

continually opposing me

he still oppresses me.

2 My Enemies are all the Day

seeking me to devour:

Many are they who do contend

against me from on high.

3 At whatsoever time I am

afraid, I’ll trust in thee.

4 What I will praise in God, it is

His Word; I'll trust in God;

I will not be afraid

what frail Flesh can do to me.

5 My Words they daily wrest;

their Thoughts against me tend to ill.

6 Together they convene themselves;

they do conceal themselves;

my steps they curiously observe

when they wait for my Soul.

7 Because of their Iniquity

shall they make an Escape?

O God, do thou the People cast

in indignation down.

8 Of all my wandring to and fro,

thou keepest an Account;

Into thy Bottle put my Tear;

Is it not in thy Book?

9 In the Day when I make my Cry

then shall my enemies be turned back;

So do know, because God is for me.

10 In God I'll praise the Word,

in the ETERNAL praise the Word.

11 I hope in God;

I will not fear what man may do to me.

12 O God upon me are thy Vows;

to thee I’ll praises pay.

13 Because thou hast delivered

my Soul from threatened Death;

O wilt thou not deliver

my feet from falling too?

That I may walk before God

in the Light of living ones.

Psalm 57

To the Chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the Cave.

1 Be merciful to me, O God;

Be merciful to me:

Because my Soul in Thee alone

does place its confidence.

Yea, I will make my refuge in

the shadow of thy wings

Until that the calamities

shall be well overpast.

2 Unto the most high God

I will cry with a fervent voice;

to God who does perform

for me what He has promised.

3 From Heav'n he sends and rescues me;

my enemy blasphemes.

God will send forth His mercy,

and He will send forth His Truth.

4 My Soul’s with Lions;

I do lie among a fiery crew;

Mens sons whose teeth are

spears and darts, and a sharp sword their tongue.

5 Above the Heavens, O God the Judge,

Be thou lift up on high;

and over all the Earth

let be thy Glory spread abroad.

6 For my steps prepared a net;

he bowed down my Soul;

before me they have dug a pit,

wherein they’re fallen themselves. Selah.

7 My heart is well prepared, O God,

my heart is well-prepared;

and being so prepared,

I will make a Psalm.

8 My Glory, O awake thy self;

O Psaltery; awake, O Harp too;

I my self will in the morning wake.

9 I'll thee among the People praise,

O Lord, my great support;

I will sing unto thee among

the Nations of the Earth.

10 For thy great mercy does extend

unto the very Heav'ns;

and to the tender Clouds

there does extend thy faithfulness.

11 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.

Psalm 58

To the Chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David.

1 O ye indeed speak Righteousness,

O you confederate ones?

Do ye judge none but righteous things,

O Sons of earthly Man!

2 Yea, in the heart contriving it

you work iniquities;

you in the Earth will still

weigh out the violence of your hands.

3 The wicked are estranged from God,

even from the very womb;

they go astray as soon as born,

the speakers of a lie.

4 Their poison’s like the poison

which a serpent has in it;

that of the deaf Adder

which does obturate her ear.

5 She will not hearken to the voice

of any Charming ones;

No, tho' the Charmer

should be one, never so skilled in Charms.

6 O God, What teeth are in their mouth,

do thou quite break them out;

The great teeth of the dragons

break, O Thou ETERNAL God.

7 Like water let them melt away,

divide among themselves;

Let him direct his arrows,

let them yet be as cut off.

8 Even like to a dissolving snail

let each one pass away,

As a Females untimely birth;

they have not seen the Sun.

9 Before your Pots can feel the thorns,

as raw flesh snatch'd away,

So let wrath carry him away,

even as a whirlwind would.

10 When that the righteous one

shall feel this vengeance, he’ll rejoice;

in the blood of the wicked one

then shall he wash his feet.

11 Then shall a Man say, Truly,

for the Just there’s a reward;

most certainly there is a God

who judgeth in the Earth.

Psalm 59

To the Chief Musician. Al-taschith. Michtam, of David: When Saul sent and they watched the house to kill him.

1 From them that are my enemies,

My God, Deliver me;

from such as rise against me,

grant me a defence on high.

2 From them that work iniquity

do thou deliver me

And from the men of bloods

to me a preservation grant.

3 Because, behold, they lie in wait

for to surprise my Soul;

The mighty ones against me

do a Congregation form.

'Tis not for a transgression

which by me was ever done,

'Tis not for any sin of mine,

Thou know'st, ETERNAL God.

4 They run and they prepare

themselves without my fault at all;

Do thou awake to succour me,

and, Oh! behold my case.

5 Thou therefore, O ETERNAL God,

who art the God of Hosts,

O thou the God of Israel,

do thou appear awake;

To give a visit unto all

the Nations of the World;

But be not merciful to them

who wickedly transgress. Selah.

6 At Evening they return;

they make a noise like to a dog;

And about all the City

they do take their compass round.

7 Behold, they do out of their mouth

Belch forth most grievous things;

sharp swords in their lips;

for who (say they) is there to hear?

8 But, O ETERNAL God,

Thou shalt But merely laugh at them;

all of the Nations

thou shalt in a mere derision have.

9 His strength is that for which

I will keep waiting upon thee;

Because that God is evermore

my high-place of defence.

10 The God of all my mercy

shall prevent me still with it;

God shall make me to see

What does befall my enemies.

11 Slay them not, lest my People

do forget; but by thy power

O scatter them, and bring them down,

O Lord, who art our Shield.

12 For their mouth’s sin,

for their lips that speak false,

and for cursing, and for lying

which they speak.

Waste them in wrath,

waste them, that they mayn’t be,

and let them know, that God

doeth rule in Jacob, to the ends of all the Earth.

13 At Evening so let them return;

let them bark like a Dog;

and if they are not satisfied,

then let them murmur on.

14 But as for me, I’ll make my Song

of thy victorious power;

and of thy mercy

I will in the morning sing aloud.

Because that thou hast been for me

my high-place of defence;

and refuge in the day

when there was trouble upon me.

15 O Thou that art my strength,

I will utter my Songs to thee;

Because God is my high defence;

God of my mercy still.

Psalm 60

To the Chief Musician. Upon Shushan Eduth. Michtam. Of David; To teach. When he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-Zobah; When Joab returned and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt, Twelve Thousand.

1 O God, Thou hast rejected us;

Thou hast dispersed us;

Thou hast been angry;

O do thou return to us again.

2 To tremble thou hast made the Earth;

Thou hast divided it;

The breaches of it, O do thou

heal them, because it shakes.

3 Thy People thou didst cause to see

a very grievous thing;

Thou hast made us to drink the Wine,

which doeth astonish us.

4 A Banner thou hast given

now to them that have thy fear,

That it may be displayed on high

in the good cause of truth. Selah.

5 That thy beloved ones

may have an hoped deliverance;

Do thou now save by thy right hand;

and do thou answer me.

6 God hath spoke in His holiness;

I will triumph with joy;

Shechem I will divide,

and will measure out Succoth’s Vale.

7 Gilead is what I claim for mine;

Me-nasseh too is mine.

Ephraim is of my strength

the head; Judah’s my Lawgiver.

8 Moab’s a Pot wherein I’ll wash;

On Edom I will cast my shoe;

Philistia, if thou canst,

triumph thou over me.

9 Who will conduct me

unto the well-fortified Town?

Into the heart of Edom,

who is it will lead me on?

10 Is it not thou, O God,

who us didst cast off heretofore?

Even Thou, O God, who didst not

go out with our Armed hosts?

11 O give us succour;

from distress; for vain’s

the help of Man.

12 Through God we shall do valiantly:

and He’ll tread down our foes.

Psalm 61

To the Chief Musician. Upon Neginoth. A Psalm of David.

1 O God, hear thou my mighty cry;

attend unto my pray’r.

2 From the end of the Earth

I will send up my cry to thee;

When that my heart is overwhelmed,

this will fill my course with sorrow.

O lead thou me unto the Rock

that is more high than I.

3 For thou hast been my sheltering place,

which I have hoped in;

A Tower of strength

to hide from the face of the enemy.

4 I in thy Tabernacle will

for ever make abode;

I’ll seek my refuge under the

covert of thy wings. Selah.

5 Because that thou, O God, the Judge,

hast hearkened to my Vows;

Thou hast given me the Heritage

of them that fear thy Name.

6 Days thou shalt add unto the days

of Him that is the King;

His years shall be prolonged

an Age upon an Age.

7 Before the face of God

He shall abide for evermore;

Mercy and Truth do thou prepare;

these will continue him.

8 And then for evermore

I will sing praise unto thy Name;

That I may be performing

still my Vows from day to day.

Psalm 62

To the Chief Musician; To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1 Assuredly my Soul doth wait

in silence upon God;

From Him it is that all of my

Salvation doth proceed.

2 Surely He is my Rock,

and He is my Salvation still;

He is my high place of defence;

I shan’t be greatly mov’d.

3 Against a Man how long will ye

plot mischiefs? you shall all

Be slain; like to a bowing wall

you’l be, a tott’ring fence.

4 They only plot to cast him down

from his high dignity;

They love a lie; bless with their mouth;

but inwardly they curse. Selah.

5 My Soul, See that in silence

thou wait upon God alone;

Because it is from Him

that I my expectation have.

6 Surely, He is my Rock,

and He is my Salvation still;

He is my high place of defence;

I shan’t be mov’d at all.

7 In God is my Salvation still,

and there’s my Glory too;

The Rock in which I’m fortified;

my refuge is in God.

8 O People, At all times

repose your confidence in Him,

Pour out you heart before His face;

God is our safe retreat. Selah.

9 Sure lower Men are vanity,

and higher Men a lie:

Let them ascend the Scales,

they’re less than vanity together.

10 O do not in oppression trust

and robbery: Be not vain;

If riches should be multiplied,

let not your heart thereon.

11 The mighty God hath spoken

once; These two things

I have heard; One is, That there’s

a mighty power which does belong to God.

12 The other, That Mercy belongs

to thee, ETERNAL God;

For thou wilt render every Man

according to his work.

Psalm 63

A Psalm of David.

1 O God, Thou art my God,

I will feel after thee betimes;

My Soul is in a thirst for thee:

Thee does my flesh desire,

They do it in a Land that is

a very wilderness.

And in a place of weariness,

which has no water in’t.

2 It is that I may have a view

of what thy Power is,

And what thy Glory;

As I have seen in the holy place.

3 Because thy loving kindness

is better than Lives themselves;

My lips shall therefore be employed

in setting forth thy Praise.

4 So in my Lives I will proclaim

Thee the most blessed One:

I will still elevate my hands

in thy most blessed Name.

5 So as with marrow and with fat

my Soul shall be sufficed;

And with my joyful lips my mouth

shall celebrate thy Praise.

6 If while I’m lying on my Beds

I do remember thee,

If in the watches of the Night

I meditate on thee.

7 Because that thou hast been to me

an help once and again,

and in the shadow of thy wings

I do triumph with joy.

8 Still closely following after thee

my Soul does cleave to thee:

Thy right-hand doth sustain me

so that I am kept from falls.

9 But they who seek my Soul

to bring destruction upon it:

These shall go surely down

into the low parts of the Earth.

10 By the hands of the Sword

they shall make him to How away;

they shall become a portion

to the Jackals of the Night.

11 But the King shall rejoice

in God; each one that swears by him

Shall Glory:

but the mouth be stopped

of them that speak a lie.

Psalm 64

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 O God, Hear Thou the Voice

that’s in my Praying unto Thee;

O do thou keep my Life

from the fear of the Enemy.

2 O hide me from the secret plot

of the malignant ones;

From the contemptuous rage

of them that work iniquity.

3 The Men who like a cutting Sword

do whet their spiteful tongue;

they’ve bent to shoot their arrows out,

a word of bitterness.

4 This they do to shoot secretly

against the perfect one;

they suddenly do shoot at him,

and they are not afraid.

5 An evil matter for themselves

they give a strength unto;

they talk about their hiding snares:

Who shall see them? They say.

6 They search iniquities;

they make an exact scrutiny.

The inward thought of every one,

and the heart is a deep.

7 But God shall shoot down upon them

an Arrow suddenly;

There shall be sudden wounds.

8 And so they shall make their own

tongue to fall upon themselves:

All they who do behold them

shall be put to flight.

9 So all Men are afraid,

and shall declare the work of God;

For they shall wisely apprehend

the work that he hath done.

10 The just one shall be very glad

in the ETERNAL God;

And all that are upright in heart

shall gloriously rejoice.

Psalm 65

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A Song of David.

1 Praises wait unto Thee, O God,

in Zion; and unto thee

Shall the Vow be perform’d

unto Jerusalem.

2 O Thou that art the hearer of

all that appeals to thee,

Since thou art such an One,

all flesh will still repair to thee.

3 Works of iniquities against

me have prevailed sore;

But as for our transgressions

Thou wilt purge them quite away.

4 O blessed is the Man that makes

Thee his trust;

Whom Thou dost choose to dwell

in thy Courts,

And doest cause to approach Thee

unto thy Holy Place;

He shall be satisfied with the

Good of thy House,

And with thy Temple’s holy place.

5 By awful things in righteousness

an answer unto us

Thou wilt dispense,

the God from whom still our Salvation comes.

Thou art He that art an hope

unto all the ends of the Earth;

And so Thou art of them

that are far off upon the Sea.

6 The mountains he establishes

by His own mighty power;

He has a Girdle, of a Great

and wondrous fortitude.

7 He does allay the raging noise

of the disturbed Seas;

The noise raised by their waves:

and the tumultuous People too.

8 They who dwell in the utmost parts

do also fear thy signs;

Outgoings of the Morning

and the Evening thou makest glad.

9 The Earth with Rain thou visitest,

after that thou hast made it

To desire the Rain, Thou doest

enrich it mightily.

The River of God with Waters

is richly replenished;

Thou doest prepare them Corn;

'tis so that thou preparest it.

10 Water its ridges plenteously;

On its furrows O descend

With showers thou makest

it soft;

Thou doest bless what does spring

from it.

11 Thou with thy Goodness

doest adorn the Year as with a crown;

And the paths that are trod by thee,

do drop a fatness down.

12 They drop upon the Pastures

of the thirsty wilderness;

And so the little Hills are girt

on every side with joy.

13 The Pastures they are clothed

with flocks; the Valleys too with Corn

are covered over:

they do shout, and sing for joy.

Psalm 66

To the Chief Musician. A Song. A Psalm.

1 Make a joyful Shout,

all ye Lands, unto God.

2 Sing forth the Glory

of His Name;

Make Glorious His praise.

3 Say unto God,

Things done by Thee, how terrible

they are! For thy great power,

thy enemies shall seem

to stoop to thee.

4 All who do dwell upon the Earth

shall worship thee;

And they shall sing to thee;

They shall sing to thy Glorious Name. Selah.

5 O come and take a view of the

works that are done by God;

How terrible in what He does

upon the sons of Men!

6 He into dry Land that might be trod

did He turn the Sea;

Thorough the flood they passed

on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

7 He by His power for ever

rules; His Eyes the Nations see:

O now let the rebellious ones

no more exalt themselves. Selah.

8 A Benediction to our God,

ye Peoples, offer up;

and the voice of His Praise

do you make to be heard aloud.

9 'Tis He who by restoring it

does place our Soul in Life;

and He does not permit our foot

to stumble into falls.

10 Because that thou, O God,

hast made a thorough proof of us;

Of us thou hast such a Trial made

as Silver should be tried.

11 Thou hast brought us

into the Net that was prepared for us;

Affliction which doeth straighten us

thou on our Loins hast put.

12 Thou hast made Man

ride over our head;

We went through fire and water;

But thou hast brought us forth

into a fructifying place.

13 I will with due Burnt-Offerings

now enter into thy House;

and I will render unto thee

the Vows that I have made.

14 The things which formerly

my lips did openly pronounce;

and what my mouth hast spoken

when I was in my distress.

15 Burnt-Offerings of well-marroved

things I'll offer up to thee,

Rams with their Incense:

Bullocks I with Goats will offer up. Selah.

16 O come, attend;

All you that have in you the fear of God;

and I'll give a Relation

of what He does for my Soul.

17 A cry importunate I did

make with my mouth to Him;

And for that very cause He was

extolled by my tongue.

18 If in my heart I paid regard

unto iniquity,

Surely the Lord would not

have heard my Supplication then.

19 But verily, now God hath heard

what I addressed to Him;

He hath attended to the voice

which my petition had.

20 Blessed be God, who hath not

turned my Pray’r away from Him:

Because His mercy He hath not

turned away from me.

Psalm 67

To the Chief Musician; on Neginoth. A Psalm. A Song.

1 God be merciful to us;

and bless us;

Cause His countenance

to shine upon us. Selah.

2 That thy way throughout

the Earth may be known,

thy saving Health among

all Nations may be known.

3 O Glorious God,

The People they shall celebrate

thy praise; yea, all the People,

every one, shall celebrate thy praise.

4 The Nations let be glad,

and sing for joy;

For thou shalt judge the Peoples

justly,

And shalt lead the Nations

on the Earth. Selah.

5 O Glorious God,

The People they shall celebrate

thy praise; yea, all the People,

every one, shall celebrate thy praise.

6 The Earth shall yield her fruit,

and us God, our own God, shall bless.

7 God shall bless us,

and all ends of the Earth shall Him revere. Selah.

Psalm 68

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A Song of David.

1 May God arise;

His Enemies, may they be scattered;

and such as are haters of Him

fly from before His face.

2 Drive them as smoke is driven away;

as wax melts in the fire;

The wicked ones shall be destroyed

before the face of God.

3 But righteous ones, they shall be glad;

they shall rejoice before the face of God;

yea, they shall leap through

their exceeding joy.

4 To God sing; to His Name sing Praise;

He through the deserts rides:

Extol Him by the Name of JAH;

and in His face rejoice.

5 A Father of the Fatherless;

a Judge for Widows too:

So God is in the dwelling place

of His pure holiness.

6 God sets the Only's in an house;

brings out the bound in chains:

But the rebellious ones

dwell in a place most destitute.

7 O God, When that thou didst

go forth in thy own Peoples view,

When thou didst take thy wondrous march

through the wilderness. Selah.

8 The Earth shook; yea,

the Heav'ns dropped before the face of God;

even Sinai at the face of God,

the God of Israel.

9 Thou, O God, thou didst send

a plenteous Rain;

The ground, even weary,

thou didst strengthen.

10 Thy Congregation did dwell

therein; of thy Goodness,

O God, for the poor

thou hast provided.

11 The Lord gives forth the word;

and of the Souls that publish it

Great is the company.

12 The Kings that had their Armies,

and yet again, they fled:

and the who did reside at home,

then did divide the spoil.

13 Tho' ye have lien among the pots

wings of a dove you have

That is with Silver covered,

and her feathers with bright Gold.

14 When the Almighty one

therein did scatter mighty Kings,

Then very White like to the Snow

in Salmon it became.

15 Like to the Mount of Bashan

is the Mountain of our God;

A Mountain 'tis of Wondrous heights

the Mount of Bashan's for.

16 Why, O high Mountains,

do ye leap? This Hill

God does desire, to dwell there;

Yea, the ETERNAL God will dwell for ever there.

17 God’s Chariots Twenty Thousand are;

Repeated Thousands, they

Among them is the Glorious Lord:

Sinai’s in’s Holy Place.

18 Thou hast on high made thy Ascent:

and then Captivity

Thou hast led Captive;

and thou hast received Gifts for Men.

Yea, Gifts for such Men

as have been very intractable;

That so the God whose Name is JAH,

may have a dwelling place.

19 O blessed is the Lord

who doeth lay daily Loads on us;

O blessed be the God

from whom does our Salvation come.

20 This God, He is to us the God

from whom Salvations come.

And to the ETERNAL God,

the Lord Hells of Death belong.

21 But God shall wound the Head

of them that are His Enemies;

The hairy Scalp of him

that walks on in his trespasses.

22 The Lord hath said,

From Bashan I will make for to return;

From the Depths of the Sea

I’ll make my People to return.

23 May'st Thou dip deep thy foot

in Blood; may'st thou dip deep

The Tongue of thy Dogs

in that of thy Foes; yea, every One of them.

24 Thy Goings they have seen, O God,

the Goings of my God;

the God who is my King,

and is lodged in Holiness.

25 The Singers went before,

then came players on Instruments;

These were among the Damfels

which managed the Timbrels there.

26 O speak well of the Glorious God,

you Congregations speak;

Even the Lord, you that are from

the Spring of Israel.

27 The Little Benjamin does now

make his appearance, there;

and an Inspired Ruler who

does now proceed from him.

The Eminent Ones of Judah

were and the Stones of their Support;

the Eminent Ones of Zebulon;

the Eminent of Naphthali.

28 Thy God is He, who does Command

confirmed Strength for thee;

Strengthen, O God, the very thing

which Thou hast wrought for us.

29 For the sake of thy Temple

which is at Jerusalem,

They that are crowned Kings

shall bring their Presents unto thee.

30 Do thou bestow Rebukes

upon the Wild beast of the Reeds;

Rebuke the Multitude of Bulls,

joined with the Peoples Calves.

With Pieces of Silver each one

of them submits himself;

He hath dispersed the People

which do take delight in War.

31 Out of the Land of Egypt

then there shall great Princes come;

Soon Ethiopia shall then

stretch out her hands to God.

32 Now, O ye Kingdoms of the Earth,

sing to the Glorious God;

O sing ye Praises forth unto him

that becomes your Lord. Selah.

33 To Him that rides upon the Heav'ns

of Heav'ns which were of old;

Attend; He does give out His Voice;

It is a mighty Voice.

34 Great strength ascribe

ye unto God;

Now over Israel does his Magnificence

appear, and His Strength’s in the Skies.

35 Thou from thy Holy Places art,

O God, how terrible!

He that is so is He that is

the God of Israel.

'Tis He who to His People

give a confirmed Strength;

Yea, forces most invincible.

O blessed be our God!

Psalm 69

To the Chief Musician; Upon Shoshannim. Eduth; A Psalm of David.

1 Save me, O Glorious God,

because the waters do

Threatening my ruin,

penetrate into my very Soul.

2 In the mire of the Deep I sink;

there is no standing there;

Into deep waters I am come;

and the Flood covers me.

3 I'm weary with my crying there;

my very throat is dried;

mine eyes do fail, while that I do

keep waiting for my God.

4 They that bear hatred unto me,

tho' still without a cause,

These Men are multiplied

above the hairs upon my head.

My causeless enemies

who would destroy me, are grown strong;

Then I made restitution of

what I took not away.

5 O God, Thou knowest very well

what is my foolishness;

and my offences have not

at all concealed from thee.

6 O ETERNAL Lord of Hosts,

Let not them be ashamed

who hope on thee through me;

nor let them be ashamed

who seek thee, O Israel’s God.

7 Because that I have undergone

reproach on thy account,

and a confusion full of shame

has covered my face.

8 I am unto my Bretheren

but as a stranger held,

and to my Mothers Children

I am held an alien.

9 Because the hot Zeal of thy house

has even devoured me;

Contempts from those who thee contemn,

have also fallen on me.

10 In falls when I wept

with my Soul, that turned

To my reproach.

11 When I wore Sackcloth,

then I was a by-word unto them.

12 They who sat in the Gate pursued

me with their obloquies;

And I was made the Songs

of those who take the Drunkard’s cup.

13 But as for me, I turn my Prayer

to Thee, ETERNAL God,

in such a time, as I might hope

to find acceptance in.

In the great multitude of thy Mercy,

hear me, O God;

And for the Faithfulness which is

in thy Salvation found.

14 Deliver me out of the mire,