Psalms Of David In Metre

The Psalms Of David By Isaac Watts In Metre Psalm 120. Complaint of quarrelsome neighbours; or, A devout wish for peace. 1 Thou God of love, thou ever blest, Pity my suffering state; When wilt thou set my soul at rest From lips that love deceit? 2 Hard lot of mine! my days are cast Among the sons of strife, Whose never-ceasing brawlings waste My golden hours of life. 3 O might I fly to change my place, How would I choose to dwell In some wide lonesome wilderness, And leave these gates of hell. 4 Peace is the blessing that I seek, How lovely are its charms; I am for peace; but when I speak, They all declare for arms. 6 New passions still their souls engage, And keep their malice strong: What shall be done to curb thy rage, O thou devouring tongue! 6 Should burning arrows smite thee thro', Strict justice would approve; But I had rather spare my foe, And melt his heart with love. Psalm 121. Divine protection. 1 Up to the hills I lift mine eyes, Th' eternal h...

The Psalms Of David By Isaac Watts In Metre Psalm 119. I have collected and disposed the most useful verses of this psalm under eighteen different heads, and formed a divine song upon each of them. But the verses are much transposed to attain some degree of connection. In some places, among the words "law," "commands," "judgments," "testimonies," I have used "gospel," "word," "grace," "truth," "promises," &c. as more agreeable to the language of  the New Testament, and the common language of Christians, and it equally answers the design of the Psalmist, which was to recommend the Holy Scriptures. Psalm 119 - Part One. The blessedness of saints, and misery of sinners. Verses 1-3. 1 Blest are the undefil'd in heart, Whose ways are right and clean; Who never from thy law depart, But fly from every sin. 2 Blest are the men that keep thy word, And practise thy comman...

The Psalms Of David By Isaac Watts In Metre Psalm 111 - Part One. The wisdom of God in his works. 1 Songs of immortal praise belong To my Almighty God; He has my heart, and he my tongue To spread his name abroad. 2 How great the works his hand has wrought! How glorious in our sight! And men in every age have sought His wonders with delight. 3 How most exact is nature's frame! How wise th' Eternal mind! His counsels never change the scheme That his first thoughts design'd. 4 When he redeem'd his chosen sons, He fix'd his covenant sure: The orders that his lips pronounce To endless years endure. 5 Nature and time, and earth and skies, Thy heavenly skill proclaim: What shall we do to make us wise, But learn to read thy name? 6 To fear thy power, to trust thy grace Is our divinest skill; And he's the wisest of our race, That best obeys thy will. Psalm 111 - Part Two. The perfections of God. 1 Great is the Lord; his works of might Demand our ...

  The Psalms Of David By Isaac Watts In Metre Isaac Watts did not write a Psalm in Metre for Psalm 108. Psalm 106 - Part One. Verses 1-5. Praise to God; or, Communion with saints. 1 To God, the great, the ever blest, Let songs of honour be addrest: His mercy firm for ever stands; Give him the thanks his love demands. 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways? Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise? Blest are the souls that fear thee still, And pay their duty to thy will. 3 Remember what thy mercy did For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed; And with the same salvation bless The meanest suppliant of thy grace. 4 O may I see thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice! This is my glory, Lord, to be Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee. Psalm 106 - Part Two. Verses 7-8, 12ff. Israel punished and pardoned; or, God's unchangeable love. 1 God of eternal love, How fickle are our ways! And yet how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy of grace! 2 Th...

The Psalms Of David By Isaac Watts In Metre Psalm 101. The Magistrate's Psalm. 1 Mercy and judgment are my song; And since they both to thee belong, My gracious God, my righteous King, To thee my songs and vows I bring. 2 If I am rais'd to bear the sword, I'll take my counsels from thy word; Thy justice and thy heavenly grace Shall be the pattern of my ways. 3 Let wisdom all my actions guide, And let my God with me reside; No wicked thing shall dwell with me, Which may provoke thy jealousy. 4 No sons of slander, rage and strife Shall be companions of my life; The haughty look, the heart of pride Within my doors shall ne'er abide. 5 [I'll search the land, and raise the just To posts of honour, wealth and trust: The men that work thy holy will, Shall be my friends and favourites still.] 6 In vain shall sinners hope to rise By flattering or malicious lies; And while the innocent I guard, The bold offender shan't be spar'd. 7 The impious crew (that...

The Psalms Of David By Isaac Watts In Metre Psalm 96. Verses 1, 10ff. Christ's first and second coming. 1 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands, Ye tribes of every tongue; His new-discover'd grace demands A new and nobler song. 2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, God's own almighty Son His power the sinking world sustains, And grace surrounds his throne. 3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day, Joy thro' the earth be seen Let cities shine in bright array, And fields in cheerful green. 4 Let an unusual joy surprise The islands of the sea; Ye mountains, sink, ye valleys, rise, Prepare the Lord his way. 5 Behold he comes, he comes to bless The nations as their God; To shew the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad. 6 But when his voice shall raise the dead, And bid the world draw near, How will the guilty nations dread To see their Judge appear! Psalm 96. The God of the Gentiles. 1 Let all the earth their voices raise To sing the choicest psa...