Psalms

Chapter 137

  1. 1

    My heart’s thanks, Lord, for listening to the prayer I uttered; angels for my witnesses,1 I will sing of thy praise.

  2. 2

    I bow down in worship towards thy sanctuary, praising thy name for thy mercy and faithfulness; thy own honour and thy pledged word thou hast vindicated for all the world to see.

  3. 3

    To thee I appealed, and thou didst listen to me, didst fill my heart with courage.

  4. 4

    All the kings of the earth, Lord, will praise thee now; were not thy promises made in their hearing?

  5. 5

    Their song shall be of the Lord’s doings, how great is his renown,

  6. 6

    the Lord, who is so high above us, yet looks with favour on the humble, looks on the proud too, but from far off.

  7. 7

    Though affliction surround my path, thou dost preserve me; it is thy power that confronts my enemies’ malice, thy right hand that rescues me.

  8. 8

    My purposes the Lord will yet speed; thy mercy, Lord, endures for ever, and wilt thou abandon us, the creatures of thy own hands?