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The Book of Psalms in English Metre

The Newest Version Fitted to the Common Tunes. By Charles Darby

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The Psalms of David.

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Psalm XXX.

1

I will extol thy name, O Lord,
For thou hast helped me:
And hast not made my foes rejoyce,
At my calamity.

2

My troubled soul hath cry'd to thee,
And thou hast healed it:
Thou hast restor'd me from the grave,
And kept me from the pit.

3

Sing to the Lord, ye Saints of his,
Advance his glorious name:
O think upon his holiness,
And praise him for the same.

4

His wrath he but a moment keeps,
His love till life doth end:
43

And when a mournful night is past,
A joyful morn will send.

5

In height of my prosperity,
Lord I was too secure:
I said my mountain is so strong,
It ever shall endure.

6

But when thy face was hid from me,
How troubled then was I!
I then besought the Lord again,
And thus to him did cry.

7

What profit is there in my blood?
Can dust thy works relate?
Can it declare thy faithfulness,
And mercy celebrate?

8

Have mercy then, and help me, Lord;
'Tis done as I did say:
My mourning is to dancing turn'd,
My sackcloth into joy.

9

And now my tongue shall sing thy praise,
And never silent be:
But render thanks, O Lord my God,
To all eternity.
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