Psalms E-Book

John Milton

• Herausgeber: Charles River Editors
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Seitenzahl: 26

Beschreibung

John Milton was an English poet and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. Miltons poetry was heavily influenced by the political issues of his day. Miltons most famous poems are Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. This version of Miltons Psalms includes a table of contents.

Leseprobe

Psalms

PSALM I.

(Done into Verse, 1653 )

 BLESS’D is the man who hath not walk’d astray

 In counsel of the wicked, and ith’way

 Of sinners hath not stood, and in the seat

 Of scorners hath not sate.  But in the great

 Jehovahs Law is ever his delight,

 And in his law he studies day and night.

 He shall be as a tree which planted grows

 By watry streams, and in his season knows

 To yield his fruit, and his leaf shall not fall.

 And what he takes in hand shall prosper all.                         10

 Not so the wicked, but as chaff which fann’d

 The wind drives, so the wicked shall not stand

 In judgment, or abide their tryal then

 Nor sinners in th’assembly of just men.

 For the Lord knows th’upright way of the just

 And the way of bad men to ruine must.

PSALM II.

(Done Aug. 8. 1653. Terzetti.)

 WHY do the Gentiles tumult, and the Nations

 Muse a vain thing, the Kings of th’earth upstand

 With power, and Princes in their Congregations

 Lay deep their plots together through each Land,

 Against the Lord and his Messiah dear.

 Let us break off; say they, by strength of hand

 Their bonds, and cast from us, no more to wear,

 Their twisted cords: he who in Heaven doth dwell

 Shall laugh, the Lord shall scoff them, then severe

 Speak to them in his wrath, and in his fell                          10

 And fierce ire trouble them; but I saith hee

 Anointed have my King (though ye rebell)

 On Sion my holi’ hill.  A firm decree

 I will declare; the Lord to me hath say’d

 Thou art my Son I have begotten thee

 This day, ask of me, and the grant is made;

 As thy possession I on thee bestow

 Th’Heathen, and as thy conquest to be sway’d

 Earths utmost bounds: them shalt thou bring full low

 With Iron Sceptir bruis’d, and them disperse                         20

 Like to a potters vessel shiver’d so.

 And now be wise at length ye Kings averse

 Be taught ye Judges of the earth; with fear

 Jehovah serve and let your joy converse

 With trembling;  Kiss the Son least he appear

 In anger and ye perish in the way

 If once his wrath take fire like fuel sere.

 Happy all those who have in him their stay.

PSALM III. - WHEN HE FLED FROM ABSALOM.

(August 9, 1653)

 LORD how many are my foes

 How many those

 That in arms against me rise

 Many are they

 That of my life distrustfully thus say,

 No help for him in God there lies.

 But thou Lord art my shield my glory,

 Thee through my story

 Th’ exalter of my head I count

 Aloud I cry’d                                                        10

 Unto Jehovah, he full soon reply’d

 And heard me from his holy mount.

 I lay and slept, I wak’d again,

 For my sustain

 Was the Lord.  Of many millions

 The populous rout

 I fear not though incamping round about

 They pitch against me their Pavillions.

 Rise Lord, save me my God for thou

 Hast smote ere now                                                   20

 On the cheek-bone all my foes,

 Of men abhor’d