The Psalms Of David In Metre - Hymns For Nov 6

On EarnestlyContending, we used to have The Psalms Of David In Metre from two different sources - the ones put together by the Church of Scotland in 1650, and the ones by Isaac Watts. Both are excellent and worth reading (though I think I enjoyed the ones by Isaac Watts more overall). When our websites got hacked several years ago we lost that content. But now I have put it back up in a separate blog for them, as well as for other Scriptural passages in metre put together by Watts too.

The first part of the project is complete. The Psalms in Metre put together by the Church of Scotland are all up online, as well as the original introduction we had for it. You can view them here:

The Psalms Of David In Metre By The Church Of Scotland

I have decided to give you a taste of several of them. If you love poetry and the Psalms, but are a little bit intimidated by a whole book (or even two whole books) of the Psalms in Metre, why not consider skimming through the Table of Contents and choosing your favourite Psalms to read, and see how you like them rearranged in English to be sung. Maybe you will be entranced and captured by these old hymns. Click on the titles of the Psalms In Metre presented below if you want to view that specific section of this hymnal. (I will send out links to the Psalms Of David In Metre By Isaac Watts separately tomorrow.)

Psalm 23.

   1  The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want.
   2     He makes me down to lie
      In pastures green: he leadeth me
         the quiet waters by.

   3  My soul he doth restore again;
         and me to walk doth make
      Within the paths of righteousness,
         ev'n for his own name's sake.

   4  Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,
         yet will I fear none ill:
      For thou art with me; and thy rod
         and staff me comfort still.

   5  My table thou hast furnished
         in presence of my foes;
      My head thou dost with oil anoint,
         and my cup overflows.

   6  Goodness and mercy all my life
         shall surely follow me:
      And in God's house for evermore
         my dwelling-place shall be.

Psalm 46.

   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 midst of her doth dwell;
         nothing shall her remove:
      The Lord to her an helper will,
         and that right early, prove.

   6  The heathen raged tumultuously,
         the kingdoms moved were:
      The Lord God uttered his voice,
         the earth did melt for fear.

   7  The Lord of hosts upon our side
         doth constantly remain:
      The God of Jacob's our refuge,
         us safely to maintain.

   8  Come, and behold what wondrous works
         have by the Lord been wrought;
      Come, see what desolations
         he on the earth hath brought.

   9  Unto the ends of all the earth
         wars into peace he turns:
      The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts,
         in fire the chariot burns.

  10  Be still, and know that I am God;
         among the heathen I
      Will be exalted; I on earth
         will be exalted high.

  11  Our God, who is the Lord of hosts,
         is still upon our side;
      The God of Jacob our refuge
         for ever will abide.

Psalm 121.

 1  I to the hills will lift mine eyes,
       from whence doth come mine aid.
 2  My safety cometh from the Lord,
       who heav'n and earth hath made.

 3  Thy foot he'll not let slide, nor will
       he slumber that thee keeps.
 4  Behold, he that keeps Israel,
       he slumbers not, nor sleeps.

 5  The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade
       on thy right hand doth stay:
 6  The moon by night thee shall not smite,
       nor yet the sun by day.

 7  The Lord shall keep thy soul; he shall
       preserve thee from all ill.
 8  Henceforth thy going out and in
       God keep for ever will.

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