Religion

Psalm 145

by John White 1575–1648

From Davids Psalms in Metre (1655)

Religion

THee will I laud my God, O King,
and blesse thy name always.
Thee will I blesse each day, and will
thy name for ever praise.
Great is the Lord, worthy great praise,
his greatness none can reach.
One race shall to another praise
thy works, and wonders teach.

I of thy glorious Majesty
the honour will record,
And will remember all thy works
most wonderful O Lord.
Men of thine acts the might shall shew,
thine acts that dreadful are,
And I thy glory to advance,
thy greatness will declare.

The memory of thy goodness great
men largely shall express,
And shall in joyful songs of praise
extoll thy righteousness.
The Lord is gracious, and from him
compassions largely flow,
In mercy he is very great,
and is to anger slow.

Good unto all, and over all
his tender mercies bee,
Yea, all thy works shall praise the, Lord,
thy saints shall honour thee.
And of thy Kingdomes glory they
shall speak, and power shall show,
That all the sons of men his works
and mighty acts may know,

And may thy Kingdomes majesty
and glory understand.
Thy Kingdoms, Lord, a Kingdome is,
that shall for ever stand,
And thy dominion through each age
Endures, and those that fall,
The Lord upholds, those that are bow'd
down, he up raiseth all.

The Second Part.

The eyes of all do wait on thee,
and thou dost them relieve,
And thou to each sufficing food
in season due dost give.
Thy bounteous hand thou openest wide,
and then thy goodness gives
Enough to satisfie the need
of ev'ry thing that lives.

The Lord is just in all his ways,
his works are holy all.
Near all he is that call on him,
in truth that on him call.
And the desires he will fulfill
of those that do him fear,
Yea, he will surely save them all,
and he their cry doth hear.

The Lord all these preserveth safe
that love him in their heart,
And he all those that wicked are
will utterly subvert.
My mouth the praises of the Lord
right gladly shall express,
Yea, let all flesh his holy name
for ever praise and bless.

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A metrical version of Psalm 145.

MLA

White, John. “Psalm 145.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/white_john/130/.

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