Psalm CXI.
1
I Will extol and praise the Lord,
With all my heart and mind:
Where upright men, to worship him,
Are in assemblies join'd.
2
Great are his works, sought out of them,
That love to meditate:
To them most glorious they appear,
And infinitely great.
3
They never ought to be forgot,
For he is good and kind:
For them that fear him he provides,
And doth his promise mind.
4
To them he shew'd his mighty works,
And wonders of his hand,
When they for an inheritance,
Possest the heathens land.
5
His works are all most just and right,
And his commands are sure:
Most true and upright is his word,
And ever shall endure.
6
To his redeemed ones he gave
An everlasting Law:
Most holy is the name of God,
And to be had in aw.
7
All wisdom at his fear begins,
And truly wise are none,
But they that keep his holy laws:
All praise to him alone.
2. Metre.
1
The Lord I will extol,
With all my heart and soul,
Where upright men are met:
For they that search and mind,
Shall clearly see and find,
That all his works are great.
2
Highly to be extoll'd,
And glorious to behold,
His mercy faileth not:
The wonders he has done,
And his compassions shown,
Can never be forgot.
3
The Lord hath duly fed,
As he had promised,
All those that fear his name:
And given the heathens land,
To be at their command.
To shew his power and fame.
4
The works that he has done,
Are faithful every one,
And his commands are sure:
All fram'd, we must confess,
In truth and uprightness,
And ever shall endure.
5
He did his flock redeem,
From bondage most extreme,
And gave to them a law,
Which shall remain the same;
Most holy is his name,
And to be had in aw.
6
His fear is that wherein
All wisdom doth begin;
And none are wise beside,
But they, and only they
That his commands obey,
His name be magnifi'd.
