46th Psalm

The 46th Psalm Mystery

Here is the 46th Psalm from the King James Version of the Bible, translated in 1610-11. Words are enumerated from the beginning and from the end of the Psalm. See if you can guess the identity of the one whom the translators may have been honoring. Hint: look for boldfaced words.

1	201	God	68	134	of	135	67	in
2	200	is	69	133	the	136	66	the
3	199	our	70	132	tabernacles	137	65	earth.
4	198	refuge	71	131	of	138	64	He
5	197	and	72	130	the	139	63	maketh
6	196	strength,	73	129	most	140	62	wars
7	195	a	74	128	High.	141	61	to
8	194	very	75	127	God	142	60	cease
9	193	present	76	126	is	143	59	unto
10	192	help	77	125	in	144	58	the
11	191	in	78	124	the	145	57	end
12	190	trouble.	79	123	midst	146	56	of
13	189	Therefore	80	122	of	147	55	the
14	188	will	81	121	her;	148	54	earth;
15	187	not	82	120	she	149	53	he
16	186	we	83	119	shall	150	52	breaketh
17	185	fear,	84	118	not	151	51	the
18	184	though	85	117	be	152	50	bow,
19	183	the	86	116	moved:	153	49	and
20	182	earth	87	115	God	154	48	cutteth
21	181	be	88	114	shall	155	47	the
22	180	removed,	89	113	help	156	46	spear
23	179	and	90	112	her,	157	45	in
24	178	though	91	111	and	158	44	sunder;
25	177	the	92	110	that	159	43	he
26	176	mountains	93	109	right	160	42	burneth
27	175	be	94	108	early.	161	41	the
28	174	carried	95	107	The	162	40	chariot
29	173	into	96	106	heathen	163	39	in
30	172	the	97	105	raged,	164	38	the
31	171	midst	98	104	the	165	37	fire.
32	170	of	99	103	kingdoms	166	36	Be
33	169	the	100	102	were	167	35	still,
34	168	sea;	101	101	moved:	168	34	and
35	167	Though	102	100	he	169	33	know
36	166	the	103	99	uttered	170	32	that
37	165	waters	104	98	his	171	31	I
38	164	thereof	105	97	voice,	172	30	am
39	163	roar	106	96	the	173	29	God:
40	162	and	107	95	earth	174	28	I
41	161	be	108	94	melted.	175	27	will
42	160	troubled,	109	93	The	176	26	be
43	159	though	110	92	LORD	177	25	exalted
44	158	the	111	91	of	178	24	among
45	157	mountains	112	90	hosts	179	23	the
46	156	shake	113	89	is	180	22	heathen,
47	155	with	114	88	with	181	21	I
48	154	the	115	87	us;	182	20	will
49	153	swelling	116	86	the	183	19	be
50	152	thereof.	117	85	God	184	18	exalted
51	151	There	118	84	of	185	17	in
52	150	is	119	83	Jacob	186	16	the
53	149	a	120	82	is	187	15	earth.
54	148	river,	121	81	our	188	14	The
55	147	the	122	80	refuge.	189	13	LORD
56	146	streams	123	79	Come,	190	12	of
57	145	whereof	124	78	behold	191	11	hosts
58	144	shall	125	77	the	192	10	is
59	143	make	126	76	works	193	9	with
60	142	glad	127	75	of	194	8	us;
61	141	the	128	74	the	195	7	the
62	140	city	129	73	LORD,	196	6	God
63	139	of	130	72	what	197	5	of
64	138	God,	131	71	desolations	198	4	Jacob
65	137	the	132	70	he	199	3	is
66	136	holy	133	69	hath	200	2	our
67	135	place	134	68	made	201	1	refuge.

William Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564.
In 1610, when the 46th Psalm was translated, he would have been 46!
Happy Birthday, Billy!