Religion
Psalm 115
From Davids Psalms in Metre (1655)
NOt unto us, (Lord) not to us,
give glory to thy name,
And of thy mercy and thy truth
get thou the only fame.
Why should the Heathen people say,
where now, where is their God?
But our God in the Heavens is,
he doth what seems him good.
Their idols gold and silver are,
works of mens hands they bee,
And they have ears but do not hear,
and eyes and do not see.
And noses, but they do not smell,
a mouth, but do not talk,
And hands, but handle not at all,
and feet, and do not walk.
Nor speak they through their throat at all,
and they that do them make,
Are like to them, and so are they
that for their stay them take.
O Israel trust in the Lord,
their help and shield is he,
Trust in him Aarons house, for he
their help and shield must be.
Trust ye in God who fear the Lord,
he is their shield and stay,
The Lord of us hath mindful been,
we will him blesse alway.
He will the house of Israel blesse,
and Aarons house withall,
He all that fear the Lord their God,
will blesse both great and small.
God shall encrease you more and more,
and all your race with you.
You all are blest of God, who made
the earth and heaven too.
The heavens, ye the heavens are
the place of Gods abode,
But on mens children he the earth
hath lib'rally bestow'd.
The dead do not give to the Lord,
praise from the grave below,
Nor any that into the place
of silence down do go.
But we his people to the Lord,
all praises will afford.
From this time forth for evermore,
praise ye the holy Lord.
Codex Note
A metrical version of Psalm 115.
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