WE PSALM 44. Deus, auribus. E have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us : what thou hast' done in their time of old; 2. How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, and' planted them in how thou hast destroyed the' nations, and' cast them out. 3. For they gat not the land in possession through their own sword : neither was it their own' arm that helped them; 4. But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance because thou' hadst a' favour unto them. 5. Thou art my King, O God: send' help' unto Jacob. our enemies and in thy Name will we tread them under, that' rise' up against us. 7. For I will not trust in my bow: it is not my sword' that shall help me; 8. But it is thou that savest us' from our enemies and puttest them' to con'fusion that hate us. 9. We make our boast of God' all day long and will' praise thy' Name for ever. 10. But now thou art far off, and puttest us' to confusion and goest' not forth' with our armies. 11. Thou makest us to turn our backs up on our enemies: so that they which' hate us' spoil our goods. 12. Thou lettest us be eaten' up like sheep and hast' scattered us 6. Through thee will we over'throw a'mong the heathen. 14. Thou makest us to be re'buked of our neighbours to be laughed to scorn, and had in derision of them that are' round about us. 15. Thou makest us to be a byword a'mong the heathen: and that the people' shake their heads at us. 16. My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face hath covered me; 17. For the voice of the slanderer' and blasphemer for the enemy' and avenger. 18. And though all this be come upon us, yet do we' not forget thee: nor behave ourselves' frowardly' in thy covenant. 19. Our heart is not' turned back : neither our steps gone out of thy way; 20. No, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons and covered us' with the' shadow of death. 21. If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and holden up our hands to' any strange god shall not God search it out? for he knoweth the very' secrets' of the heart. 22. For thy sake also are we killed' all the day long and are counted as sheep ap'pointed' to be slain. 23. Up,' Lord, why sleepest thou : awake, and be not' absent from' us for ever. 24. Wherefore hidest' thou thy face: and for'gettest our' misery and trouble? 25. For our soul is brought low, even un'to the dust: our belly' cleaveth un'to the ground. 26. A'rise, and help us and deliver us for thy' mercy's sake. PSALM 45. Eructavit cor meum. MY Y heart is inditing of' a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made un'to the King. 2. My tongue' is the pen : of' a' ready writer. 3. Thou art fairer than the' children of men full of grace are thy lips, because God hath' blessed' thee for ever. 4. Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O' thou most Mighty: according to thy worship' and renown. 5. Good luck have thou' with thine honour ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall' teach thee' terrible things. 6. Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be sub'dued unto thee even in the midst a'mong the King's enemies. 7. Thy seat, O God, en'dureth for ever the sceptre of thy' kingdom' is a right sceptre. 8. Thou hast loved righteousness, and' hated iniquity wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of' gladness a'bove thy fellows. 9. All thy garments smell of myrrh,' aloes, and cassia : out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have' made thee glad. 10. Kings' daughters were among thy' honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture God, our' fathers have told us : what thou hast' done in their' time of old; 2. How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, and' planted them in how thou hast destroyed the' nations, and' cast them out. : 3. For they gat not the land in possession through their own sword: neither was it their own' arm that helped them; 4. But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance because thou' hadst a' favour unto them. 5. Thou art my King, O God : send' help' unto Jacob. our enemies and in thy Name will we tread them under, that' rise up against us. 7. For I will not' trust in my bow: it is not my sword' that shall help me; 8. But it is thou that savest us' from our enemies and puttest them' to con'fusion that hate us. 9. We make our boast of God' all day long and will' praise thy' Name for ever. 10. But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion and goest' not forth' with our armies. 11. Thou makest us to turn our backs up on our enemies so that they which' hate us' spoil our goods. 12. Thou lettest us be eaten' up like sheep and hast' scattered us 6. Through thee will we over'throw a'mong the heathen. 13. Thou sellest thy' people for nought and takest no' money for them. 14. Thou makest us to be re'buked of our neighbours to be laughed to scorn, and had in derision of' them that are' round about us. 15. Thou makest us to be a byword a'mong the heathen and that the people' shake their heads at us. 16. My confusion is' daily before me and the' shame of my face hath covered me; 17. For the voice of the slanderer' and blasphemer for the enemy' and avenger. 18. And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee: nor behave ourselves' frowardly' in thy covenant. 19. Our heart is not' turned back : neither our steps gone' out of thy way; 20. No, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons : and covered us' with the' shadow of death. 21. If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and holden up our hands to any strange god shall not God search it out? for he knoweth the very' secrets' of the heart. 22. For thy sake also are we killed' all the day long and are counted as sheep appointed' to be slain. 23. Up, Lord, why sleepest thou: awake, and be not' absent from' us for ever. 24. Wherefore hidest' thou thy face: and for'gettest our' misery and trouble? 25. For our soul is brought low, even un'to the dust: our belly' cleaveth un'to the ground. 26. A'rise, and help us and deliver us' for thy mercy's sake. PSALM 45. Eructavit cor meum. M Y heart is inditing of' a good matter: I speak of the things which I have' made un'to the King. 2. My tongue' is the pen : of' a' ready writer. 3. Thou art fairer than the' children of men full of grace are thy lips, because God hath' blessed' thee for ever. 4. Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O' thou most Mighty : according to thy worship' and renown. 5. Good luck have thou' with thine honour ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall' teach thee' terrible things. 6. Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be sub'dued unto thee even in the midst a'mong the King's enemies. 7. Thy seat, O God, en'dureth for ever the sceptre of thy' kingdom' is a right sceptre. 8. Thou hast loved righteousness, and' hated iniquity: wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of' gladness a'bove thy fellows. 9. All thy garments smell of myrrh,' aloes, and cassia: out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have' made thee glad. 10. Kings' daughters were among thy' honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture Ꮎ Ꮎ e O of gold, wrought a'bout with' divers colours. 11. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, in'cline thine ear forget also thine own' people, and thy father's house. 12. So shall the King have' pleasure in thy beauty for he is thy Lord' God, and' worship thou him. 13. And the daughter of Tyre shall be there' with a gift like as the rich also among the people shall make their' suppli'cation before thee. 14. The King's daughter is all' glorious within: her' clothing is of' wrought gold. : 15. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and' shall be brought unto thee. 16. With joy and gladness shall' they be brought and shall enter' into the' King's palace. 17. Instead of thy fathers thou' shalt have children whom thou mayest make' princes' in all lands. 18. I will remember thy Name from one generation' to another: therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee,' world with'out end. PSALM 46. Deus noster refugium. GOD is our hope and strength : a very' present' help in trouble. 2. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried' into the midst of the sea. 3. Though the waters thereof' rage and swell and though the mountains shake at the' tempest' of the same. 4. The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the' city of God: the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest. 5. God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not' be removed: God shall' help her, and' that right early. 6. The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved but God hath shewed his voice, and the' earth shall' melt away. 7. The Lord of' hosts is with us : the God of' Jacob' is our refuge. 8. O come hither, and behold the' works of the Lord what destruction he hath' brought up'on the earth. 9. He maketh wars to cease in' all the world he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the' chariots' in the fire. 10. Be still then, and know that' I |