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The Whole Book of Psalms

Publication Date: 1790 Publisher: A. Strahan Publication Place: London Editors: Thomas Sternhold; John Hopkins

My soul, give praise unto the Lord

Author: T. S. Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My soul, give praise unto the Lord, my spirit, do the same: And all the secrets of my heart, praise ye his holy Name; 2 Praise thou the Lord, my soul, who hath to thee been very kind, And suffer not his benefits to slip out of thy mind: 3 That gave thee pardon for thy faults, and thee restor'd again From all thy weak and frail disease, and heal'd thee of thy pain; 4 That did redeem thy life from death, from which thou could'st not flee; His mercy and compassion both he did extend to thee; 5 That fill'd with goodness thy desire, and did thy youth prolong, Like as the eagle casts her bill, again becoming young. 6 The Lord with justice doth repay all such as are opprest, So that their sufferings and wrongs Are turned to the best. 7 His ways and his commandments all to Moses he did show; His counsels and his valiant acts the Israelites did know. 8 The Lord is kind and merciful, when sinners do him grieve, The slowest to conceive a wrath, and readiest to forgive: 9 He will not always chiding be, though we be full of strife; Nor keep our faults in memory, for all our sinful life: 10 According to our sins also he doth us not regard, And after our iniquities he doth us not reward: 11 But as the space is wondrous great 'twixt earth and heav'n above; So is his goodness much more large to them that do him love. 12 He doth remove our sins from us, and our offences all, As far as is the sun-rising full distant from his fall. The Second Part. 13 Behold, what pity parents do unto their children bear, Like pity beareth God to such as worship him in fear. 14 The Lord that made us knows our shape, our mould and fashion just, How weak and frail our nature is, and that we are but dust: 15 And now the time of mortal men is like the with'ring hay, Or like the flow'r right fair in field, that fadeth soon away; 16 Whose gloss and beauty stormy winds do utterly deface, And make that after their assaults such blossoms have no place: 17 But yet the goodness of the Lord with his shall ever stand; Their children's children do receive his righteousness at hand: 18 I mean, who keep his covenant with all their whole desire, And not forget to do the thing, that he doth them require. 19 The heav'ns most high are made the seat and footstool of the Lord; And by his pow'r imperial he governs all the world. 20 Ye angels, that are great in pow'r, praise ye, and bless the Lord, Who to obey and do his will immediately accord: 21 Ye noble hosts and ministers cease not to praise him still, Who ready are to execute his pleasure and his will: 22 Yea, all his works in ev'ry place, praise ye his holy Name: My thankful heart, my mind and soul, praise ye also the same. Scripture: Psalm 103

My soul praise the Lord, speak good of his Name

Author: W. K. Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My soul, praise the Lord, speak good of his Name O Lord our great God, how dost thou appear? So passing in glory, that great is thy fame, Honour and Majesty in thee shine most clear. 2 With light as a robe thou hast thyself clad, Whereby all the earth thy greatness may see: The heav'ns in such sort thou also hast spread, That they to a curtain compared may be. 3 His chamber-beams lie in the clouds full sure, Which as his chariots are made him to bear: And there with much swiftness his course doth endure, Upon the wings riding of winds in the air. 4 He maketh his spirits as heralds to go, And lightnings to serve we see also prest; His will to accomplish they run to and fro, To save or consume things as seemeth him best. 5 He groundeth the earth so firmly and fast, That it once to move none shall have such pow'r The deep a fair cov'ring for it made thou hast, Which by its own nature the hills would devour. 6 But at thy rebuke the waters do flee, And so give due place thy word to obey: At thy voice of thunder so fearful they be, That in their great raging they haste soon away. 7 The mountains full high they then up ascend, If thou do but speak, thy word they fulfil: So likewise the valleys most quickly descend, Where thou them appointest, remain they do still: 8 Their bounds thou hast set how far they shall run, So that in their rage not that pass they can: For God hath appointed they shall not return The earth to destroy more, which made was for man. The Second Part. 9 He sendeth his springs to strong streams or lakes, Which run do full swift among the huge hills, Where both the wild asses their thirst often slake, And beasts of the mountains thereof drink their fills. 10 By these pleasant springs and rivers most clear, The fowls of the air abide shall and dwell, Who moved by nature do hop here and there, Among the green branches their songs shall excel. 11 The mountains to moist the clouds he doth use; The earth with his works is wholly replete. So as the brute cattle he doth not refuse, But grass doth provide them, and herb for man's meat. 12 Yea, bread, wine, and oil, he made for man's sake, His face to refresh, and heart to make strong, The cedars of Liban the great Lord did make, Which trees he doth nourish, that grow up so long. 13 In these may birds build, and all make their nests; In fir-trees the storks remain and abide: The high hills are succours for wild goats to rest, Also the rock stony for conies to hide. 14 The moon then is set her seasons to run, The day from the night thereby to discern; And by the descending also of the sun, The cold from heat alway thereby we do learn. 15 When darkness doth come by God's will and pow'r, Then creep forth do all the beasts of the wood; The lions range roaring their prey to devour: But yet 'tis thou, Lord, who givest them food. 16 As soon as the sun is up, they retire, To couch in their dens, then are they full fain; That man to his work may, as right doth require, Till night come and call him to take rest again. The Third Part. 17 How sundry, O Lord, are all thy works found? With wisdom full great they are indeed wrought; So that the whole world of thy praise doth sound; And as for thy riches, they pass all men's thought: 18 So in the great sea which is large and broad, Where creeping things swarm and beasts of each sort; There mighty ships sail, and some lie at rode, The whale huge and monstrous there also doth sport. 19 All things on thee wait, thou dost them relieve, And thou in due time full well dost 'them feed: Now when it doth please thee the same for to give, They gather full gladly those things which they need. 20 Thou open'st thy hand, and they find such grace, That they with good things are filled we see: But sore they are troubled if thou hide thy face, For if thou their breath take vile dust then they be. 21 Again when thy Spirit from thee doth proceed, All things to appoint, and what shall ensue; Then are they created as thou bast decreed, And dost by thy goodness the dry earth renew. 22 The praise of the Lord for ever shall last, Who may in his works by right well rejoice; His look can the earth make to tremble full fast, And likewise the mountains to smoke at his voice, 23 To this Lord and God will I sing always; So long as I live my God praise will I: Then an I most certain my words shall him please; I will rejoice in him, to him I will cry. 24 The sinners, O Lord, consume in thine ire; Also the perverse, them root out with shame; But as for my soul now, let it still desire, And say with the faithful, Praise ye the Lord's Name. Scripture: Psalm 104

In speechless silence do not hold

Author: N. Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 In speechless silence do not hold, O God, thy tongue always, Ev'n thou, O Lord, because thou art the God of all my praise. 2 The wicked and the guileful mouths on me disclosed be, And they with false and lying tongue have spoken unto me. 3 They did beset me round about with words of hateful spite, Without all cause of my desert against me they did fight. 4 For my good will they were my foes, then I began to pray; My good with ill, my friendliness with hate they did repay. 5 Set thou the wicked over him, to have the upper hand, At his right hand, Lord, suffer thou his hateful foe to stand. 6 When he is judged, let him then condemned be therein. And let the prayer that he doth make be turned into sin: 7 Few be his days, his charge also let thou another take, His children let be fatherless, his wife a widow make: 8 His offspring let be vagabonds, and ever beg their bread, In places desolate and waste let them seek to be fed: 9 Let covetous extortioners get all his goods in store, And let the stranger spoil the fruit of all his toil before: 10 Let there be none to pity him, let there be none at all That on his children fatherless will let their mercy fall: The Second Part. 11 Let his posterity be quite destroy'd and never breed, Their name out-blotted in the age, that after shall succeed: 12 Let not his father's wickedness from God's remembrance fall, And never let his mother's sin be done away at all: 13 But in the presence of the Lord, let them for ever stay, That from the earth their memory he may cut clean away: 14 Since mercy he forgot to shew, but did pursue with spite The troubled man, and sought to slay the woful-hearted wight. 15 As he did cursing love, it shall happen unto him so; And as he did not blessing love, far from him it shall go, 16 As he with cursing clad himself, so it like water shall Enter his bowels, and like oil into his bones shall fall. 17 Ev'n as the garment let it be to cover him withal, And as a girdle wherewith he always be girded shall. 18 Let this be the reward from God of him, that is my foe, Yea, and of those that evil speak against my soul also. 19 But thou, O Lord, that art my God, deal graciously with me; Deliver me for thy name's sake, for great thy mercies be; 20 Because in depth of great distress I needy am and poor, Also within my pained breast my heart is wounded sore. The Third Part. 21 Ev'n so do I depart away, as doth declining shade, And as the grasshopper, so I am shaken off and fade. 22 With fasting long from needful food my knees enfeebled are, And all the fatness of my flesh is gone with grief and care: 23 And I also a vile reproach to them am made to be, And they that did upon me look did shake their heads at me. 24 Help me therefore, O God, I pray, my aid and succour be, According to thy mercies great save and deliver me. 25 And they shall know thereby, that this is thy most mighty hand, And that 'tis thou that hast it done, they well shall understand, 26 Although they curse with spite, yet thou shalt bless with loving voice When they rise up, and come to shame, thy servant shall rejoice. 27 Let them with shame be cloathed all, that are mine enemies, And with confusion as a cloak be covered likewise. 28 But greatly I will with my mouth give thanks unto the Lord, And I among the multitude his praises will record. 29 For he with help at his right hand will stand the poor man by, To save him from the man, that would condemn his soul to die. Scripture: Psalm 109

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All people that on earth do dwell

Author: J. H. Hymnal: WBOP1790 #Ca (1790) Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice: Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, come ye before him and rejoice. 2 The Lord ye know is God indeed, without our aid he did us make; We are his flock, he doth ns feed, and for his sheep he doth us take. 3 O enter then his gates with praise, approach with joy his courts unto, Praise, laud, and bless his Name always, for it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? The Lord our God is good, hs mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, and shall from age to age endure. Scripture: Psalm 100 Languages: English

In God the Lord be glad and light

Author: J. H. Hymnal: WBOP1790 #Cb (1790) Lyrics: 1 In God the Lord be glad and light, praise him throughout the earth; Serve him, and come before his sight with singing and with mirth. 2 Know that the Lord our God he is, he did us make and keep, Not we ourselves, for we are his own flock and pasture sheep. 3 O go into his gates always, give thanks within the same; Within his courts set forth his praise, and laud his holy Name. 4 For why? the goodness of the Lord for evermore doth reign, From age to age throughout the world his truth doth still remain. Scripture: Psalm 100 Languages: English

I Mercy will and judgment sing

Author: J. H. Hymnal: WBOP1790 #CI (1790) Lyrics: 1 I Mercy will and judgment sing, O Lord God, unto thee, O let me understand the ways that good and holy be. 2 Within my house I daily will walk with an heart upright, And I no kind of wicked thing will set before my sight. 3 I hate their works, that fall away, they shall not cleave to me, From me shall go the froward heart, no evil will I see. 4 Him I'll destroy that slandereth his neighbour privily; The lofty heart I will not bear, nor him that looketh high. 5 My eyes shall be on them within the land, that faithful be; In perfect way who walketh, shall be servant unto me: 6 I will no guileful person have within my house to dwell, And in my presence he shall not remain that lies doth tell. 7 Betimes I will destroy ev'n all the wicked of the land, That I may from God's city cut the wicked worker's hand. Scripture: Psalm 101 Languages: English

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William Kethe

? - 1594 Person Name: W. K. Hymnal Number: CIV Author of "My soul praise the Lord, speak good of his Name" in The Whole Book of Psalms William Kethe (b. Scotland [?], d. Dorset England, c. 1594). Although both the time and place of Kethe's birth and death are unknown, scholars think he was a Scotsman. A Protestant, he fled to the continent during Queen Mary's persecution in the late 1550s. He lived in Geneva for some time but traveled to Basel and Strasbourg to maintain contact with other English refugees. Kethe is thought to be one of the scholars who translated and published the English-language Geneva Bible (1560), a version favored over the King James Bible by the Pilgrim fathers. The twenty-five psalm versifications Kethe prepared for the Anglo-Genevan Psalter of 1561 were also adopted into the Scottish Psalter of 1565. His versification of Psalm 100 (All People that on Earth do Dwell) is the only one that found its way into modern psalmody. Bert Polman ======================== Kethe, William, is said by Thomas Warton in his History of English Poetry, and by John Strype in his Annals of the Reformation, to have been a Scotsman. Where he was born, or whether he held any preferment in England in the time of Edward VI., we have been unable to discover. In the Brieff discours off the troubles begonne at Franckford, 1575, he is mentioned as in exile at Frankfurt in 1555, at Geneva in 1557; as being sent on a mission to the exiles in Basel, Strassburg, &c, in 1558; and as returning with their answers to Geneva in 1559. Whether he was one of those left behind in 1559 to "finishe the bible, and the psalmes bothe in meeter and prose," does not appear. The Discours further mentions him as being with the Earl of Warwick and the Queen's forces at Newhaven [Havre] in 1563, and in the north in 1569. John Hutchins in his County history of Dorset, 1774, vol. ii. p. 316, says that he was instituted in 1561 as Rector of Childe Okeford, near Blandford. But as there were two Rectors and only one church, leave of absence might easily be extended. His connection with Okeford seems to have ceased by death or otherwise about 1593. The Rev. Sir Talbot H. B. Baker, Bart., of Ranston, Blandford, who very kindly made researches on the spot, has informed me that the Registers at Childe Okeford begin with 1652-53, that the copies kept in Blandford date only from 1732 (the earlier having probably perished in the great fire there in 1731), that no will can be found in the district Probate Court, and that no monument or tablet is now to be found at Childe Okeford. By a communication to me from the Diocesan Registrar of Bristol, it appears that in a book professing to contain a list of Presentations deposited in the Consistory Court, Kethe is said to have been presented in 1565 by Henry Capel, the Patron of Childe Okeford Inferior. In the 1813 edition of Hutchins, vol. iii. pp. 355-6, William Watkinson is said to have been presented to this moiety by Arthur Capel in 1593. Twenty-five Psalm versions by Kethe are included in the Anglo-Genevan Psalter of 1561, viz. Ps. 27, 36, 47, 54, 58, 62, 70, 85, 88, 90, 91, 94, 100, 101, 104, 107, 111, 112, 113, 122, 125, 126, 134, 138, 142,—the whole of which were adopted in the Scottish Psalter of 1564-65. Only nine, viz. Ps. 104, 107, 111, 112, 113, 122, 125, 126, 134, were included in the English Psalter of 1562; Ps. 100 being however added in 1565. Being mostly in peculiar metres, only one, Ps. 100, was transferred to the Scottish Psalter of 1650. The version of Ps. 104, "My soul, praise the Lord," is found, in a greatly altered form, in some modern hymnals. Warton calls him ”a Scotch divine, no unready rhymer," says he had seen a moralisation of some of Ovid by him, and also mentions verses by him prefixed to a pamphlet by Christopher Goodman, printed at Geneva in 1558; a version of Ps. 93 added to Knox's Appellation to the Scottish Bishops, also printed at Geneva in 1558; and an anti-papal ballad, "Tye the mare Tom-boy." A sermon he preached before the Sessions at Blandford on Jan. 17, 1571, was printed by John Daye in 1571 (preface dated Childe Okeford, Jan. 29,157?), and dedicated to Ambrose Earl of Warwick. [Rev James Mearns, M.A]. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ==================== Kethe, William, p. 624, i., line 30. The version which Warton describes as of Psalm 93 is really of Psalm 94, and is that noted under Scottish Hymnody, p. 1022, ii., as the version of Psalms 94 by W. Kethe. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Thomas Sternhold

1449 - 1549 Person Name: T. S. Hymnal Number: CIII Author of "My soul, give praise unto the Lord" in The Whole Book of Psalms Thomas Sternhold was Groom of the Robes to Henry VIII and Edward VI. With Hopkins, he produced the first English version of the Psalms before alluded to. He completed fifty-one; Hopkins and others composed the remainder. He died in 1549. Thirty-seven of his psalms were edited and published after his death, by his friend Hopkins. The work is entitled "All such Psalms of David as Thomas Sternhold, late Groome of the King's Majestye's Robes, did in his Lyfetime drawe into Englyshe Metre." Of the version annexed to the Prayer Book, Montgomery says: "The merit of faithful adherence to the original has been claimed for this version, and need not to be denied, but it is the resemblance which the dead bear to the living." Wood, in his "Athenae Oxonlenses" (1691, vol. I, p. 62), has the following account of the origin of Sternhold's psalms: "Being a most zealous reformer, and a very strict liver, he became so scandalized at the amorous and obscene songs used in the Court, that he, forsooth, turned into English metre fifty-one of David's psalms, and caused musical notes to be set to them, thinking thereby that the courtiers would sing them instead of their sonnets; but they did not, some few excepted. However, the poetry and music being admirable, and the best that was made and composed in these times, they were thought fit to be sung in all parochial churches." Of Sternhold and Hopkins, old Fuller says: "They were men whose piety was better than their poetry, and they had drunk more of Jordan than of Helicon." Sternhold and Hopkins may be taken as the representatives of the strong tendency to versify Scripture that came with the Reformation into England--a work men eagerly entered on without the talent requisite for its successful accomplishment. The tendency went so far, that even the "Acts of the Apostles" was put into rhyme, and set to music by Dr. Christopher Tye. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.