Religion
Psalm 135
From The Book of Psalms in Metre (1644)
PRaise ye Gods Name:
His praise proclame,
O ye his servants spread his fame.
Whose feet have trod
The Courts of God,
The Temple Courts of our great God.
His Name praise ye:
For good is he,
And praises very comely be.
His Jacob is;
And Isr'el his
Peculiar and choice treasure is.
The LORD also
Is great, I know,
All Gods they are our LORD below,
In heav'n, and these
Earth, deeps, and Seas,
He did what ever did him please.
He vapours sends
From earths far ends,
And rain with lightning makes & blends.
The winds swift wings
From treas'ries brings,
And smote all Aegypts first-born things.
The first increast
Of man and beast,
Even from the greatest to the least.
O Aegypt, he
In midst of thee
Sent tokens that most wondrous be.
In generall
Those judgments fall,
On Pharaoh and his servants all.
Who smote, and slew,
And overthrew
Great Kings, and mighty Nations too.
The Amorite,
And Bashanite,
Sihon and OG his hands did smite.
By him alone
Were overthrown
The Kings of Canaan every one:
He gave their land
To Isr'els hand,
An heritage at their command.
Thy mem'ry sure
And Name endure,
Not any age shall them obscure.
2. Part.
GOD will repent
Our punishment:
To judge his people he is bent.
Their Gods, behold,
Are form'd of gold
And silver, which mens hands did mould.
Both mouth and eies
They have likewise:
But blind and speechless Deities.
Each side an ear,
But cannot hear:
No breath doth in their mouths appear.
Their makers must
Be like them just:
And so are all that in them trust.
The Lords Name bless:
His praise express,
Israels and Aarons house no less.
Let Levi frame
To do the same:
And all that fear his holy Name.
From Sion hill
Him bless we will
That dwells at Salem, bless him still.
Codex Note
A metrical version of Psalm 135.
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Barton, William. “Psalm 135.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/barton_w/134/.
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