The Second Part.
[verse 11] Sihon King of the Amorites,
and Og of Bashan King,
Of Canaan he the Kingdomes all
did to subjection bring,
[verse 12] And for an heritage he gave
their land to Israel,
Davids Psalms in metre. Agreeable to the Hebrew, to be sung in usuall tunes. To he [sic] benefit of the churches of Christ. / By the Reverend Mr. John White minister of Gods Word in Dorchester.
About this Item
- Title
- Davids Psalms in metre. Agreeable to the Hebrew, to be sung in usuall tunes. To he [sic] benefit of the churches of Christ. / By the Reverend Mr. John White minister of Gods Word in Dorchester.
- Publication
- London, :: Printed by S. Griffin for J. Rothwel, at the Fountain and Bear in Goldsmiths row in Cheapside.,
- 1655.
- Rights/Permissions
-
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
- Subject terms
- Bible -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Early works to 1800.
- Link to this Item
-
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76568.0001.001
- Cite this Item
-
"Davids Psalms in metre. Agreeable to the Hebrew, to be sung in usuall tunes. To he [sic] benefit of the churches of Christ. / By the Reverend Mr. John White minister of Gods Word in Dorchester." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76568.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
Pages
Page 343
His people, for an heritage
for them therein to dwell.
[verse 13] Thy name, O Lord God, shall endure,
and thy memoriall
For evermore shall be preserv'd
to generations all.
[verse 14] For the Lord God his people vvill
at length to judge arise,
And vvill repent himself for all
his servants miseries.
[verse 15] The idolls vvhich are vvorshipped
abroad in Heathen lands,
They are but gold and silver, all
the vvork of mens own hands.
[verse 16] A mouth they have, but do not speak,
and eyes, but never saw,
[verse 17] And they have ears, but nothing hear,
their mouth no breath doth draw.
[verse 18] As sensless as they be, are those
that do them form and make,
And so are all that trust in them,
and for their gods them take.
[verse 19] But bless the everlasting Lord,
thou house of Israel,
Bless thou the Lord, O Aarons house,
vvho onely doth excel.
[verse 20] O all ye holy family
of Levi bless the Lord,
Page 344
And all ye that do fear the Lord,
bless him vvith one accord.
[verse 21] Out of Zion his dwelling place,
let the Lord blessed be,
Who dwelleth at Jerusalem,
the living Lord praise ye.