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Psalm 145
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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Vers 1
I’ll thee extol, my God, O King;
I’ll bless thy name always.
Thee will I bless each day, and will
thy name for ever praise.
I’ll bless thy name always.
Thee will I bless each day, and will
thy name for ever praise.
Vers 2
Great is the Lord, much to be prais’d;
his greatness search exceeds.
Race unto race shall praise thy works,
and shew thy mighty deeds.
his greatness search exceeds.
Race unto race shall praise thy works,
and shew thy mighty deeds.
Vers 3
I of thy glorious majesty
the honour will record;
I’ll speak of all thy mighty works,
which wondrous are, O Lord.
the honour will record;
I’ll speak of all thy mighty works,
which wondrous are, O Lord.
Vers 4
Men of thine acts the might shall show,
thine acts that dreadful are;
And I, thy glory to advance,
thy greatness will declare.
thine acts that dreadful are;
And I, thy glory to advance,
thy greatness will declare.
Vers 5
The mem’ry of thy goodness great
they largely shall express;
With songs of praise they shall extol
thy perfect righteousness.
they largely shall express;
With songs of praise they shall extol
thy perfect righteousness.
Vers 6
The Lord is very gracious,
in him compassions flow;
In mercy he is very great,
and is to anger slow.
in him compassions flow;
In mercy he is very great,
and is to anger slow.
Vers 7
The Lord JEHOVAH unto all
his goodness doth declare;
And over all his other works
his tender mercies are.
his goodness doth declare;
And over all his other works
his tender mercies are.
Vers 8
Thee all thy works shall praise, O Lord,
and thee thy saints shall bless;
They shall thy kingdom’s glory show,
thy pow’r by speech express:
and thee thy saints shall bless;
They shall thy kingdom’s glory show,
thy pow’r by speech express:
Vers 9
To make the sons of men to know
his acts done mightily,
And of his kingdom th’ excellent
and glorious majesty.
his acts done mightily,
And of his kingdom th’ excellent
and glorious majesty.
Vers 10
Thy kingdom shall for ever stand,
thy reign through ages all.
God raiseth all that are bow’d down,
upholdeth all that fall.
thy reign through ages all.
God raiseth all that are bow’d down,
upholdeth all that fall.
Vers 11
The eyes of all things wait on thee,
the giver of all good;
And thou, in time convenient,
bestow’st on them their food:
the giver of all good;
And thou, in time convenient,
bestow’st on them their food:
Vers 12
Thine hand thou open’st lib’rally,
and of thy bounty gives
Enough to satisfy the need
of ev’ry thing that lives.
and of thy bounty gives
Enough to satisfy the need
of ev’ry thing that lives.
Vers 13
The Lord is just in all his ways,
holy in his works all.
God’s near to all that call on him,
in truth that on him call.
holy in his works all.
God’s near to all that call on him,
in truth that on him call.
Vers 14
He will accomplish the desire
of those that do him fear:
He also will deliver them,
and he their cry will hear.
of those that do him fear:
He also will deliver them,
and he their cry will hear.
Vers 15
The Lord preserves all who him love,
that nought can them annoy:
But he all those that wicked are
will utterly destroy.
that nought can them annoy:
But he all those that wicked are
will utterly destroy.
Vers 16
My mouth the praises of the Lord
to publish cease shall never:
Let all flesh bless his holy name
for ever and for ever.
to publish cease shall never:
Let all flesh bless his holy name
for ever and for ever.
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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About this psalm
Psalm 145 is a psalm of David and belongs to Book V (Psalm 107–150) of the Psalter. Acrostic psalm: Each stanza begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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