1650 Scottish Psalter (Lining Out of The Psalms)

1  Lord, thee my God, I’ll early seek: my soul doth thirst for thee; My flesh longs in a dry parched land, wherein no waters be: 2  That I thy power may behold, and brightness of thy face, As I have seen thee heretofore within thy holy place. 3  Since better is thy love than life, my lips thee praise shall give. 4  I in thy name will lift my hands, and bless thee while I live. 5  Ev’n as with marr...

1  O God, give ear unto my cry; unto my pray’r attend. 2  From th’ utmost corner of the land my cry to thee I’ll send. What time my heart is overwhelmed, and in perplexity, Do thou me lead unto the Rock that higher is than I. 3  For thou hast for my refuge been a shelter by thy pow’r; And for defense against my foes thou hast been a strong tow’r. 4  Within thy tabernacle I for ever will abide; And...

1  O Lord, thou hast rejected us, and scattered us abroad; Thou justly hast displeased been; return to us, O God. 2  The earth to tremble thou hast made; therein didst breaches make: Do thou thereof the breaches heal, because the land doth shake. 3  Unto thy people thou hard things hast showed, and on them sent; And thou hast caused us to drink wine of astonishment. 4  And yet a banner thou hast g...

1  My God, deliver me from those that are mine enemies; And do thou me defend from those that up against me rise. 2  Do thou deliver me from them that work iniquity; And give me safety from the men of bloody cruelty. 3  For, lo, they for my soul lay wait: the mighty do combine Against me, Lord; not for my fault, nor any sin of mine. 4  They run, and, without fault in me, themselves do ready make:...

1  Do ye, O congregation, indeed speak righteousness? O ye that are the sons of men, judge ye with uprightness? 2  Yea, ev’n within your very hearts ye wickedness have done; And ye the vi’lence of your hands do weigh the earth upon. 3  The wicked men estranged are, ev’n from the very womb; They, speaking lies, do stray as soon as to the world they come. 4  Unto a serpent’s poison like their poison...

1  Be merciful to me, O God; thy mercy unto me Do thou extend; because my soul doth put her trust in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings my refuge I will place, Until these sad calamities do wholly overpass. 2  My cry I will cause to ascend unto the Lord most high; To God, who doth all things for me perform most perfectly. 3  From heav’n he shall send down, and me from his reproach defend That w...

1  Show mercy, Lord, to me, for man would swallow me outright; He me oppresseth, while he doth against me daily fight. 2  They daily would me swallow up that hate me spitefully; For they be many that do fight against me, O most High. 3  When I’m afraid I’ll trust in thee: 4  In God I’ll praise his word; I will not fear what flesh can do, my trust is in the Lord. 5  Each day they wrest my words; th...

13  But thou, man, who mine equal, guide, and mine acquaintance wast: 14  We joined sweet counsels, to God’s house in company we past. 15  Let death upon them seize, and down let them go quick to hell; For wickedness doth much abound among them where they dwell. 16  I’ll call on God: God will me save. 17  I’ll pray, and make a noise At ev’ning, morning, and at noon; and he shall hear my voice. 18...

1  Lord, hear my pray’r, hide not thyself from my entreating voice: 2  Attend and hear me; in my plaint I mourn and make a noise. 3  Because of th’ en’my’s voice, and for lewd men’s oppression great: On me they cast iniquity, and they in wrath me hate. 4  Sore pained within me is my heart: death’s terrors on me fall. 5  On me comes trembling, fear and dread o’erwhelmed me withal. 6  O that I, like...

1  Save me, O God, by thy great name, and judge me by thy strength: 2  My prayer hear, O God; give ear unto my words at length. 3  For they that strangers are to me do up against me rise; Oppressors seek my soul, and God set not before their eyes. 4  The Lord my God my helper is, lo, therefore I am bold: He taketh part with ev’ry one that doth my soul uphold. 5  Unto mine enemies he shall mischief...

1  That there is not a God, the fool doth in his heart conclude: They are corrupt, their works are vile, not one of them doth good. 2  The Lord upon the sons of men from heav’n did cast his eyes, To see if any one there was that sought God, and was wise. 3  They altogether filthy are, they all are backward gone; And there is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one. 4  These workers of iniquit...

1  Why dost thou boast, O mighty man, of mischief and of ill? The goodness of Almighty God endureth ever still. 2  Thy tongue mischievous calumnies deviseth subtilely, Like to a razor sharp to cut, working deceitfully. 3  Ill more than good, and more than truth thou lovest to speak wrong: 4  Thou lovest all-devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. 5  So God shall thee destroy for aye, remove thee...

1  After thy loving-kindness, Lord, have mercy upon me: For thy compassions great, blot out all mine iniquity. 2  Me cleanse from sin, and thoroughly wash from mine iniquity: 3  For my transgressions I confess; my sin I ever see. 4  ‘Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinned, in thy sight done this ill; That when thou speak’st thou may’st be just, and clear in judging still. 5  Behold, I in iniquity w...

14  Nay, rather unto me, thy God, thanksgiving offer thou: To the most High perform thy word, and fully pay thy vow: 15  And in the day of trouble great see that thou call on me; I will deliver thee, and thou my name shalt glorify. 16  But God unto the wicked saith, Why should’st thou mention make Of my commands? how dar’st thou in thy mouth my cov’nant take? 17  Since it is so that thou dost hate...

13  Will I eat flesh of bulls? or goats’ blood drink will I? 14  Thanks offer thou to God, and pay thy vows to the most High. 15  And call upon me when in trouble thou shalt be; I will deliver thee, and thou my name shalt glorify. 16  But to the wicked man God saith, My laws and truth Should’st thou declare? how dar’st thou take my cov’nant in thy mouth? 17  Since thou instruction hat’st, which sh...

1  The mighty God, the Lord, hath spoke, and called the earth upon, Ev’n from the rising of the sun unto his going down. 2  From out of Zion, his own hill, where the perfection high Of beauty is, from thence the Lord hath shined gloriously. 3  Our God shall come, and shall no more be silent, but speak out: Before him fire shall waste, great storms shall compass him about. 4  He to the heavens from...

1  The mighty God, the Lord, hath spoken, and did call The earth, from rising of the sun, to where he hath his fall. 2  From out of Zion hill, which of excellency And beauty the perfection is, God shined gloriously. 3  Our God shall surely come, keep silence shall not he: Before him fire shall waste, great storms shall round about him be. 4  Unto the heavens clear he from above shall call, And to...

1  Hear this, all people, and give ear, all in the world that dwell; 2  Both low and high, both rich and poor. 3  My mouth shall wisdom tell: My heart shall knowledge meditate. 4  I will incline mine ear To parables, and on the harp my sayings dark declare. 5  Amidst those days that evil be, why should I, fearing, doubt? When of my heels th’ iniquity shall compass me about. 6  Whoe’er they be that...

1  Great is the Lord, and greatly he is to be praised still, Within the city of our God, upon his holy hill. 2  Mount Zion stands most beautiful, the joy of all the land; The city of the mighty King on her north side doth stand. 3  The Lord within her palaces is for a refuge known. 4  For, lo, the kings that gathered were together, by have gone. 5  But when they did behold the same, they, wond’rin...

1  All people, clap your hands; to God with voice of triumph shout: 2  For dreadful is the Lord most high, great King the earth throughout. 3  The heathen people under us he surely shall subdue; And he shall make the nations under our feet to bow. 4  The lot of our inheritance choose out for us shall he, Of Jacob, whom he loved well, ev’n the excellency. 5  God is with shouts gone up, the Lord wit...

1  God is our refuge and our strength, in straits a present aid; 2  Therefore, although the earth remove, we will not be afraid: Though hills amidst the seas be cast; 3  Though waters roaring make, And troubled be; yea, though the hills, by swelling seas do shake. 4  A river is, whose streams do glad the city of our God; The holy place, wherein the Lord most high hath his abode. 5  God in the mids...

1  My heart inditing is good matter in a song: I speak the things that I have made, which to the King belong: My tongue shall be as quick, his hoour to indite, As is the pen of any scribe that useth fast to write. 2  Thou’rt fairest of all men; grace in thy lips doth flow: And therefore blessings evermore on thee doth God bestow. 3  Thy sword gird on thy thigh, thou that art most of might: Appear...

1  My heart brings forth a goodly thing; my words that I indite Concern the King: my tongue’s a pen of one that swift doth write. 2  Thou fairer art than sons of men: into thy lips is store Of grace infused; God therefore thee hath blessed for evermore. 3  O thou that art the mighty One, thy sword gird on thy thigh; Ev’n with thy glory excellent, and with thy majesty. 4  For meekness, truth, and r...

13  Thou mak’st us a reproach to be unto our neighbors near; Derision and a scorn to them that round about us are. 14  A by-word also thou dost us among the heathen make; The people, in contempt and spite, at us their heads do shake. 15  Before me my confusion continually abides; And of my bashful countenance the shame me ever hides: 16  For voice of him that doth reproach, and speaketh blasphemy;...

1  O God, we with our ears have heard, our fathers have us told, What works thou in their days hadst done, ev’n in the days of old. 2  Thy hand did drive the heathen out, and plant them in their place; Thou didst afflict the nations, but them thou didst increase. 3  For neither got their sword the land, nor did their arm them save; But thy right hand, arm, countenance; for thou them favor gave. 4...