Psalms of David 34
34
Benedicam Dom.
Psalm XXXIV.
T. S.
1I will give laud and honour both
unto the Lord always,
Also my mouth for evermore
shall speak unto his praise.
2I do delight to laud the Lord
in soul, in heart, and voice:
That humble men and mortify’d
may hear and so rejoice.
3Therefore see that ye magnifie
with me the living Lord,
Let us exalt his holy name
always with one accord.
4For I my self besought the Lord,
he answered me again,
And me deliver’d instantly
from all my fear and pain.
5Whoso they be that him behold,
shall see his light most clear.
Their Countenance shall not be dasht,
they need it not to fear.
6This poor distressed man for help
unto the Lord did call,
Who did him hear without delay,
and rid him out of thrall.
7The Angel of the Lord doth pitch
his tents in every place,
To save all such as do him fear,
that nothing them deface.
8Taste and consider well therefore,
that God is good and just:
O happy man that maketh him
his only stay and trust.
9Fear ye the Lord, ye holy ones,
above all earthly thing:
For they that fear the living Lord,
are sure to lack nothing.
10The lyons shall be hunger bit,
and pin’d with famine much:
But as for them that fear the Lord,
no lack shall be to such.
The Second Part.
11Come near to me my Children dear,
and to my words give ear:
I will teach you the perfect way,
how ye the Lord shall fear.
12Who is the man that would live long,
and lead a Godly life?
13See thou refrain thy tongue and lips
from all deiect and strife.
14Turn back thy face from doing ill,
and do the godly deed:
Enquire for peace and quietness,
and follow it with speed.
15For why? the Eyes of God above
upon the just are bent:
His ears likewise to hear the crys
of the poor innocent.
16But he doth frown and bend his brows
upon the wicked train,
And cuts away the memory
that shou’d of them remain.
17But when the just do call and cry,
the Lord doth hear them so,
That out of pain and misery
forthwith he lets them go.
18The Lord is ever nigh to them
that broken‐hearted are:
And for the contrite spirit he
salvation doth prepare.
19Full many be the miseries
that righteous Men endure:
But of deliverance from them all
the Lord doth them secure.
20The Lord doth so preserve and keep
their very bones alway,
That not so much as one of them
doth perish and decay.
21The sin shall slay the wicked man,
which he himself hath wrought,
And such as hate the righteous man
shall soon be brought to nought.
22But they that fear the Lord,
are ever safe and sound:
And as for those that trust in him,
nothing shall them confound.
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First published in England in 1562.
Psalms of David 34
34
Benedicam Dom.
Psalm XXXIV.
T. S.
1I will give laud and honour both
unto the Lord always,
Also my mouth for evermore
shall speak unto his praise.
2I do delight to laud the Lord
in soul, in heart, and voice:
That humble men and mortify’d
may hear and so rejoice.
3Therefore see that ye magnifie
with me the living Lord,
Let us exalt his holy name
always with one accord.
4For I my self besought the Lord,
he answered me again,
And me deliver’d instantly
from all my fear and pain.
5Whoso they be that him behold,
shall see his light most clear.
Their Countenance shall not be dasht,
they need it not to fear.
6This poor distressed man for help
unto the Lord did call,
Who did him hear without delay,
and rid him out of thrall.
7The Angel of the Lord doth pitch
his tents in every place,
To save all such as do him fear,
that nothing them deface.
8Taste and consider well therefore,
that God is good and just:
O happy man that maketh him
his only stay and trust.
9Fear ye the Lord, ye holy ones,
above all earthly thing:
For they that fear the living Lord,
are sure to lack nothing.
10The lyons shall be hunger bit,
and pin’d with famine much:
But as for them that fear the Lord,
no lack shall be to such.
The Second Part.
11Come near to me my Children dear,
and to my words give ear:
I will teach you the perfect way,
how ye the Lord shall fear.
12Who is the man that would live long,
and lead a Godly life?
13See thou refrain thy tongue and lips
from all deiect and strife.
14Turn back thy face from doing ill,
and do the godly deed:
Enquire for peace and quietness,
and follow it with speed.
15For why? the Eyes of God above
upon the just are bent:
His ears likewise to hear the crys
of the poor innocent.
16But he doth frown and bend his brows
upon the wicked train,
And cuts away the memory
that shou’d of them remain.
17But when the just do call and cry,
the Lord doth hear them so,
That out of pain and misery
forthwith he lets them go.
18The Lord is ever nigh to them
that broken‐hearted are:
And for the contrite spirit he
salvation doth prepare.
19Full many be the miseries
that righteous Men endure:
But of deliverance from them all
the Lord doth them secure.
20The Lord doth so preserve and keep
their very bones alway,
That not so much as one of them
doth perish and decay.
21The sin shall slay the wicked man,
which he himself hath wrought,
And such as hate the righteous man
shall soon be brought to nought.
22But they that fear the Lord,
are ever safe and sound:
And as for those that trust in him,
nothing shall them confound.
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