Psalm 147.
PRaise ye the Lord, for it is good
unto our God to sing,
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.
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- 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.
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- London, :: Printed by S. Griffin for J. Rothwel, at the Fountain and Bear in Goldsmiths row in Cheapside.,
- 1655.
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"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 12, 2024.
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For it is pleasant, and to praise
it is a comely thing.
[verse 2] The Lord his own Jerusalem
doth raise and build alone,
And the out-casts of Israel
doth gather into one.
[verse 3] He heals the broken in their heart,
their sores up he doth binde,
[verse 4] He counts the number of the stars,
and names for them doth finde.
[verse 5] Great is the Lord, and of great power,
his wisdome hath no bound.
[verse 6] The Lord lifts up the meek, and casts
the wicked to the ground.
[verse 7] Sing vvith thanksgiving to the Lord,
always in him rejoice,
Unto the Lord our God sing ye
praises with harp and voice.
[verse 8] Who ore the Heavens spreads the clouds,
who for the earth below
Prepareth rain, who makes the grass
on mountains high to grow.
[verse 9] He gives the beast his food, he feeds
the ravens vvhen they cry,
[verse 10] His pleasure not in strength of horse,
nor in mans legs doth lie.
[verse 11] But those that fear the holy Lord
and strive him to obey,
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And on his mercy set their hope,
ev'n his delight are they.
The Second Part.
[verse 12] O praise the Lord, Jerusalem,
thy God, O Zion praise.
[verse 13] For he the bars hath strengthened
wherewith thy gates he staies.
Thy children he hath blest in thee,
[verse 14] And in thy borders he
Hath setled peace, and with the flow'r
of wheat he filleth thee.
[verse 15] He sends out his Commandement,
his creatures all unto
On earth, and swiftly runs the Word
which from his mouth doth go.
[verse 16] His snow both soft and white like wooll
on earth he giveth out,
His hoary frost like ashes he
doth scatter round about.
[verse 17] His ice or hail like morsels he
doth cast out with his hand,
Before the sharpness of his cold,
who able is to stand?
[verse 18] He sendeth forth his powerful Word,
and melteth them again,
His winds he makes to blow, and then
the waters flow amain.
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[verse 19] The doctrine of his holy Word
to Jacob he doth show,
His statutes and his judgements he
gives Israel to know.
[verse 20] He with no nation thus hath dealt,
his judgements and his Word
Not any one of them hath known;
praise ye the living Lord.