Tune: Song 34
('Forth in they name, O Lord, I go')
Psalm 112
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Praise you the LORD, blesséd be they
That fear the LORD, e'en for alway
That delight greatly to obey
Follow His commandments each day
Their seed on earth shall be mighty
Upright generation blessed be
Wealth and riches be in homes there
Their righteousness endures for e'er
Unto the upright arises
Light in the darkness they see this
They gracious, full of compassion
And righteous, fair, be every one
Good people show favour and lend
Unto the needy they well tend
They guide affairs with discretion
Justice seen in their dealings done
Surely they shall not be moved e'er
Shaken up shall their state be ne'er
The righteous shall everlasting
Be in remembrance, each good thing
They shall not fear evil tidings
Whate'er each situation brings
Their heart is fixed, steadfast, trusting
In the LORD, safe beneath His wing
Their heart is established, they shall
Not be afraid, and shall do well
Shall see [their] desire on enemies
The LORD from them releases, frees
They have dispersed unto the poor
Their righteousness endures e'ermore
Their strength shall be with honour due
Exalted, they shall it renew
The wicked shall see and be grieved
Their justice they shall have received
Shall melt away,and their desire
Perish, as if burned up by fire
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Author:
orchidee (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8888 metre.
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Good one again Orchi - are the politicians included in the wicked?
Thanks Gold. Erm, dunno, but King David sorted out them wicked ones, whoever they were!
Meanwhile - one publishing company got pernickety. They said they think I should do something about 'alway'. Dunno if it's too old-fashioned these days. They snubbed me in a draft of poems. It was my first and last time of dealing with them. We can spread negative words too, ya know, and NOT recommend them to others.
Good reminder what will happen if we are wicked! I love 'safe beneath his wing' very cosy feeling. Maggie
Thanks Maggie. A number of psalms add a 'sting' maybe in the tail (at the end of the Psalm) for some fire-and-brimstone' stuff to descend on the wicked! Eeek! This hymn-poem could all seem 'nice' until the last verse. He has two wings, I suspect, though some birds get by with one wing. It's metaphor, but real - you seen any flying gods?
Only after a few vodkas!
Ahh, any flying pigs too - green ones?!
Thanks STEVE ~ Love the Organ Recital and the Psalm ! Forth in they name Oh Lord I Go ~ Blessed be they that fear the LORD ~ AMEN. Yours BRIAN.
Thanks Brian. I gotta pay that guy overtime ya know. I keep wheeling him out to play that organ! lol.
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