Tag: Songs of Christ

1    Keep not, O God, we thee entreat,

          O keep not silence now:

     Do thou not hold thy peace, O God,

          and still no more be thou.

2    For, lo, thine enemies a noise

          tumultuously have made;

     And they that haters are of thee

          have lifted up the head.

3    Against thy chosen people they

          do crafty counsel take;

     And they against thy hidden ones

          do consultations make.

4    Come, let us cut them off, said they,

          from being a nation,

     That of the name of Isr’el may

          no more be mention.

5    For with joint heart they plot, in league

          against thee they combine.

6    The tents of Edom, Ishm’elites,

          Moab’s and Hagar’s line;

7    Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek,

          Philistines, those of Tyre;

8    And Assur join’d with them, to help

          Lot’s children they conspire.

9    Do to them as to Midian,

          Jabin at Kison strand;

10   And Sis’ra, which at En-dor fell,

          as dung to fat the land.

11   Like Oreb and like Zeeb make

          their noble men to fall;

     Like Zeba and Zalmunna like,

          make thou their princes all;

12   Who said, For our possession

          let us God’s houses take.

13   My God, them like a wheel, as chaff

          before the wind, them make.

14   As fire consumes the wood, as flame

          doth mountains set on fire,

15   Chase and affright them with the storm

          and tempest of thine ire.

16   Their faces fill with shame, O Lord,

          that they may seek thy name.

17   Let them confounded be, and vex’d,

          and perish in their shame:

18   That men may know that thou, to whom

          alone doth appertain

     The name Jehovah, dost most high

          o’er all the earth remain.

1     In gods’ assembly God doth stand;
          he judgeth gods among.
2     How long, accepting persons vile,
          will ye give judgment wrong?

3     Defend the poor and fatherless;
          to poor oppress’d do right.
4     The poor and needy ones set free;
          rid them from ill men’s might.

5     They know not, nor will understand;
          in darkness they walk on:
     All the foundations of the earth
          out of their course are gone.

6     I said that ye are gods, and are
          sons of the Highest all:
7     But ye shall die like men, and as
          one of the princes fall.

8     O God, do thou raise up thyself,
          the earth to judgment call:
     For thou, as thine inheritance,
          shalt take the nations all.

1    Hear, Isr’el’s Shepherd! like a flock

          thou that dost Joseph guide;

     Shine forth, O thou that dost between

          the cherubims abide.

2    In Ephraim’s, and Benjamin’s

          and in Manasseh’s sight,

     O come for our salvation;

          stir up thy strength and might.

3    Turn us again, O Lord our God,

          and upon us vouchsafe

     To make thy countenance to shine,

          and so we shall be safe.

4    O Lord of hosts, almighty God,

          how long shall kindled be

     Thy wrath against the prayer made

          by thine own folk to thee?

5    Thou tears of sorrow giv’st to them

          instead of bread to eat;

     Yea, tears instead of drink thou giv’st

          to them in measure great.

6    Thou makest us a strife unto

          our neighbours round about;

     Our enemies among themselves

          at us do laugh and flout.

7    Turn us again, O God of hosts,

          and upon us vouchsafe

     To make thy countenance to shine,

          and so we shall be safe.

8    A vine from Egypt brought thou hast,

          by thine outstretched hand;

     And thou the heathen out didst cast,

          to plant it in their land.

9    Before it thou a room didst make,

          where it might grow and stand;

     Thou causedst it deep root to take,

          and it did fill the land.

10   The mountains vail’d were with its shade,

          as with a covering;

     Like goodly cedars were the boughs

          which out from it did spring.

11   Upon the one hand to the sea

          her boughs she did out send;

     On th’ other side unto the flood

          her branches did extend.

12   Why hast thou then thus broken down,

          and ta’en her hedge away?

     So that all passengers do pluck,

          and make of her a prey.

13   The boar who from the forest comes

          doth waste it at his pleasure;

     The wild beast of the field also

          devours it out of measure.

14   O God of hosts, we thee beseech,

          return now unto thine;

     Look down from heav’n in love, behold,

          and visit this thy vine:

15   This vineyard, which thine own right hand

          hath planted us among;

     And that same branch, which for thyself

          thou hast made to be strong.

16   Burnt up it is with flaming fire,

          it also is cut down:

     They utterly are perished,

          when as thy face doth frown.

17   O let thy hand be still upon

          the Man of thy right hand,

     The Son of man, whom for thyself

          thou madest strong to stand.

18   So henceforth we will not go back,

          nor turn from thee at all:

     O do thou quicken us, and we

          upon thy name will call.

19   Turn us again, Lord God of hosts,

          and upon us vouchsafe

     To make thy countenance to shine,

          and so we shall be safe.

1    O God, the heathen enter’d have

          thine heritage; by them

     Defiled is thy house: on heaps

          they laid Jerusalem.

2    The bodies of thy servants they

          have cast forth to be meat

     To rav’nous fowls; thy dear saints’ flesh

          they gave to beasts to eat.

3    Their blood about Jerusalem

          like water they have shed;

     And there was none to bury them

          when they were slain and dead.

4    Unto our neighbours a reproach

          most base become are we;

     A scorn and laughingstock to them

          that round about us be.

5    How long, Lord, shall thine anger last?

          wilt thou still keep the same?

     And shall thy fervent jealousy

          burn like unto a flame?

6    On heathen pour thy fury forth,

          that have thee never known,

     And on those kingdoms which thy name

          have never call’d upon.

7    For these are they who Jacob have

          devoured cruelly;

     And they his habitation

          have caused waste to lie.

8    Against us mind not former sins;

          thy tender mercies show;

     Let them prevent us speedily,

          for we’re brought very low.

9    For thy name’s glory help us, Lord,

          who hast our Saviour been:

     Deliver us; for thy name’s sake,

          O purge away our sin.

10   Why say the heathen, Where’s their God?

          let him to them be known;

     When those who shed thy servants’ blood

          are in our sight o’erthrown.

11   O let the pris’ner’s sighs ascend

          before thy sight on high;

     Preserve those in thy mighty pow’r

          that are design’d to die.

12   And to our neighbours’ bosom cause

          it sev’n-fold render’d be,

     Ev’n the reproach wherewith they have,

          O Lord, reproached thee.

13   So we thy folk, and pasture-sheep,

          shall give thee thanks always;

     And unto generations all

          we will shew forth thy praise.

1    Unto the Lord I with my voice,

          I unto God did cry;

     Ev’n with my voice, and unto me

          his ear he did apply.

2    I in my trouble sought the Lord,

          my sore by night did run,

     And ceased not; my grieved soul

          did consolation shun.

3    I to remembrance God did call,

          yet trouble did remain;

     And overwhelm’d my spirit was,

          whilst I did sore complain.

4    Mine eyes, debarr’d from rest and sleep,

          thou makest still to wake;

     My trouble is so great that I

          unable am to speak.

5    The days of old to mind I call’d,

          and oft did think upon

     The times and ages that are past

          full many years agone.

6    By night my song I call to mind,

          and commune with my heart;

     My sp’rit did carefully enquire

          how I might ease my smart.

7    For ever will the Lord cast off,

          and gracious be no more?

8    For ever is his mercy gone?

          fails his word evermore?

9    Is’t true that to be gracious

          the Lord forgotten hath?

     And that his tender mercies he

          hath shut up in his wrath?

10   Then did I say, That surely this

          is mine infirmity:

     I’ll mind the years of the right hand

          of him that is most High.

11   Yea, I remember will the works

          performed by the Lord:

     The wonders done of old by thee

          I surely will record.

12   I also will of all thy works

          my meditation make;

     And of thy doings to discourse

          great pleasure I will take.

13   O God, thy way most holy is

          within thy sanctuary;

     And what god is so great in pow’r

          as is our God most high?

14   Thou art the God that wonders do’st

          by thy right hand most strong:

     Thy mighty pow’r thou hast declar’d

          the nations among.

15   To thine own people with thine arm

          thou didst redemption bring;

     To Jacob’s sons, and to the tribes

          of Joseph that do spring.

16   The waters, Lord, perceived thee,

          the waters saw thee well;

     And they for fear aside did flee;

          the depths on trembling fell.

17   The clouds in water forth were pour’d,

          sound loudly did the sky;

     And swiftly through the world abroad

          thine arrows fierce did fly.

18   Thy thunder’s voice alongst the heav’n

          a mighty noise did make;

     By lightnings lighten’d was the world,

          th’ earth tremble did and shake.

19   Thy way is in the sea, and in

          the waters great thy path;

     Yet are thy footsteps hid, O Lord;

          none knowledge thereof hath.

20   Thy people thou didst safely lead,

          like to a flock of sheep;

     By Moses’ hand and Aaron’s thou

          didst them conduct and keep.

1    Lord, thee my God, I’ll early seek:

          my soul doth thirst for thee;

     My flesh longs in a dry parch’d land,

          wherein no waters be:

2    That I thy power may behold,

          and brightness of thy face,

     As I have seen thee heretofore

          within thy holy place.

3    Since better is thy love than life,

          my lips thee praise shall give.

4    I in thy name will lift my hands,

          and bless thee while I live.

5    Ev’n as with marrow and with fat

          my soul shall filled be;

     Then shall my mouth with joyful lips

          sing praises unto thee:

6    When I do thee upon my bed

          remember with delight,

     And when on thee I meditate

          in watches of the night.

7    In shadow of thy wings I’ll joy;

          for thou mine help hast been.

8    My soul thee follows hard; and me

          thy right hand doth sustain.

9    Who seek my soul to spill shall sink

          down to earth’s lowest room.

10   They by the sword shall be cut off,

          and foxes’ prey become.

11   Yet shall the king in God rejoice,

          and each one glory shall

     That swear by him: but stopp’d shall be

          the mouth of liars all.

1    How lovely is thy dwelling-place,

          O Lord of hosts, to me!

     The tabernacles of thy grace

          how pleasant, Lord, they be!

2    My thirsty soul longs veh’mently,

          yea faints, thy courts to see:

     My very heart and flesh cry out,

          O living God, for thee.

3    Behold, the sparrow findeth out

          an house wherein to rest;

     The swallow also for herself

          hath purchased a nest;

     Ev’n thine own altars,* where she safe

          her young ones forth may bring,

     O thou almighty Lord of hosts,

          who art my God and King.

4    Bless’d are they in thy house that dwell,

          they ever give thee praise.

5    Bless’d is the man whose strength thou art,

          in whose heart are thy ways:

6    Who passing thorough Baca’s vale,

          therein do dig up wells;

     Also the rain that falleth down

          the pools with water fills.

7    So they from strength unwearied go

          still forward unto strength,

     Until in Sion they appear

          before the Lord at length.

8    Lord God of hosts, my prayer hear;

          O Jacob’s God, give ear.

9    See God our shield, look on the face

          of thine anointed dear.

10   For in thy courts one day excels

          a thousand; rather in

     My God’s house will I keep a door,

          than dwell in tents of sin.

11   For God the Lord’s a sun and shield:

          he’ll grace and glory give;

     And will withhold no good from them

          that uprightly do live.

12   O thou that art the Lord of hosts,

          that man is truly blest,

     Who by assured confidence

          on thee alone doth rest.

1    O Lord, thou hast rejected us,

          and scatter’d us abroad;

     Thou justly hast displeased been;

          return to us, O God.

2    The earth to tremble thou hast made;

          therein didst breaches make:

     Do thou thereof the breaches heal,

          because the land doth shake.

3    Unto thy people thou hard things

          hast shew’d, and on them sent;

     And thou hast caused us to drink

          wine of astonishment.

4    And yet a banner thou hast giv’n

          to them who thee do fear;

     That it by them, because of truth,

          displayed may appear.

5    That thy beloved people may

          deliver’d be from thrall,

     Save with the pow’r of thy right hand,

          and hear me when I call.

6    God in his holiness hath spoke;

          herein I will take pleasure:

     Shechem I will divide, and forth

          will Succoth’s valley measure.

7    Gilead I claim as mine by right;

          Manasseh mine shall be;

     Ephraim is of mine head the strength;

          Judah gives laws for me;

8    Moab’s my washing-pot; my shoe

          I’ll over Edom throw;

     And over Palestina’s land

          I will in triumph go.

9    O who is he will bring me to

          the city fortify’d?

     O who is he that to the land

          of Edom will me guide?

10   O God, which hadest us cast off,

          this thing wilt thou not do?

     Ev’n thou, O God, which didest not

          forth with our armies go?

11   Help us from trouble; for the help

          is vain which man supplies.

12   Through God we’ll do great acts; he shall

          tread down our enemies.

Psalm 76

1    In Judah’s land God is well known,

          his name’s in Isr’el great:

2    In Salem is his tabernacle,

          in Sion is his seat.

3    There arrows of the bow he brake,

          the shield, the sword, the war.

4    More glorious thou than hills of prey,

          more excellent art far.

5    Those that were stout of heart are spoil’d,

          they slept their sleep outright;

     And none of those their hands did find,

          that were the men of might.

6    When thy rebuke, O Jacob’s God,

          had forth against them past,

     Their horses and their chariots both

          were in a dead sleep cast.

7    Thou, Lord, ev’n thou art he that should

          be fear’d; and who is he

     That may stand up before thy sight,

          if once thou angry be?

8    From heav’n thou judgment caus’d be heard;

          the earth was still with fear,

9    When God to judgment rose, to save

          all meek on earth that were.

10   Surely the very wrath of man

          unto thy praise redounds:

     Thou to the remnant of his wrath

          wilt set restraining bounds.

11   Vow to the Lord your God, and pay:

          all ye that near him be,

     Bring gifts and presents unto him;

          for to be fear’d is he.

12   By him the sp’rits shall be cut off

          of those that princes are:

     Unto the kings that are on earth

          he fearful doth appear.

1    Sing loud to God our strength; with joy

          to Jacob’s God do sing.

2    Take up a psalm, the pleasant harp,

          timbrel and psalt’ry bring.

3    Blow trumpets at new-moon, what day

          our feast appointed is:

4    For charge to Isr’el, and a law

          of Jacob’s God was this.

5    To Joseph this a testimony

          he made, when Egypt land

     He travell’d through, where speech I heard

          I did not understand.

6    His shoulder I from burdens took,

          his hands from pots did free.

7    Thou didst in trouble on me call,

          and I deliver’d thee:

     In secret place of thundering

          I did thee answer make;

     And at the streams of Meribah

          of thee a proof did take.

8    O thou, my people, give an ear,

          I’ll testify to thee;

     To thee, O Isr’el, if thou wilt

          but hearken unto me.

9    In midst of thee there shall not be

          any strange god at all;

     Nor unto any god unknown

          thou bowing down shalt fall.

10   I am the Lord thy God, which did

          from Egypt land thee guide;

     I’ll fill thy mouth abundantly,

          do thou it open wide.

11   But yet my people to my voice

          would not attentive be;

     And ev’n my chosen Israel

          he would have none of me.

12   So to the lust of their own hearts

          I them delivered;

     And then in counsels of their own

          they vainly wandered.

13   O that my people had me heard,

          Isr’el my ways had chose!

14   I had their en’mies soon subdu’d,

          my hand turn’d on their foes.

15   The haters of the Lord to him

          submission should have feign’d;

     But as for them, their time should have

          for evermore remain’d.

16   He should have also fed them with

          the finest of the wheat;

     Of honey from the rock thy fill

          I should have made thee eat.