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SAUM 113.
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PSALM 113.
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Gys tûnn y saum cheddin ayns baarle.
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To the tune of the same psalm in English.
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Shiuish nooghyn as shirveishee’n Chiarn,
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Ye saints and servants of the Lord
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Jeh mooayds e ghloayr gowjee arrane ;
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Sing of the extent of his glory
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Da ennym noo cur ooashley bra.
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Give eternal praise to his name.
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Veih’n ayrn jeh’n seihll ta’n ghrian girree
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From the part of the world where the sun rises
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Dys yn eer boayll t’eh goll dy lhie,
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To as far as the very place it sets,
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Jeh e ennym yrd jeanjee imraa.
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Speak of his high name.
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Trooid-magh yn seihll she Jee ta rere;
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Throughout the world it is God who rules;
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Cha vel yn cheer dy vaynrys seyr
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The land of free happiness
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Ogh scaa fardalagh jeh e ghloayr.
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Is but a vain shadow of his glory
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Rish’yn, e reilltys ta erskyn,
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Compared to him, whose kingdom is above,
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Eh chroo yn niau t’eh cummal ayn,
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Let him, who created the heaven he dwells in,
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Ny-lhig ve soyllit prince na pooar.
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Not be compared to prince or power.
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Ga ayns e stayd, t’erskyn cur geill
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Although in his state he is above giving heed
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Ayns niau ta heose, da ainleyn reill,
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In heaven that is up there, to angels dwelling,
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Fooast gys yn ooir sgooidsave lesh croym:
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Still to the earth he is willing to stoop:
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Yn ymmyrchagh t’eh troggal seose,
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He raises up the needy,
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Veih’n thorran injil dys y phlaase,
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From the low midden to the palace,
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Ny heshey da'n er s’ooasle t’ayn
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A partner for the most noble person there is.
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Traa, laccal cloan, ta’n kynney plaiynt,
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When, for lack of children, the kin complain,
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T’eh eirey coyrt, lesh bea as slaynt,
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He brings an heir, with life and health,
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Myr shen sauail yn ennym-chynn;
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So saving the family name;
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Cur er yn ghennish dy reayll thie,
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Making the barren to keep house,
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As ve ny moir gherjoil as mie.—
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And be a comforting and good mother.—
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O moyll jee eisht e ghloayr smoo beayn!
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O praise ye then his most everlasting glory!
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