5 They know not, nor will understand, The earth's foundations all are mov'd, 6 I said that ye were gods, yea all 8 Rise, God; judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth redress; For Thou art He who shall by right PSALM LXXXIII. 1 BE not thou silent now at length, 2 For lo, thy furious foes now swell, And they that hate thee, proud and fell, 3 Against thy people they contrive 4 Come, let us cut them off, say they, That Israel's name for ever may 5 For they consult with all their might, And all, as one in mind, Themselves against thee they unite, And in firm union bind. 6 The tents of Edom, and the brood Moab, with them of Hagar's blood, 7 Gebal and Ammon there conspire, The Philistines, and they of Tyre, 8 With them great Ashur also bands, All these have lent their armed hands 9 Do to them as to Midian bold, That wasted all the coast; To Sisera; and, as is told, Thou didst to Jabin's host, When at the brook of Kishon old, 10 At Endor quite cut off, and roll'd 11 As Zeb and Oreb evil sped, 12 For they amidst their pride have said, 13 My God, oh make them as a wheel, 14 As when an aged wood takes fire The greedy flame runs higher and higher 15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue, And with thy tempest chase; 16 And till they yield thee honour due, Lord, fill with shame their face. 17 Asham'd, and troubled, let them be, Troubled, and sham'd for ever; Ever confounded, and so die With shame, and 'scape it never. 18 Then shall they know, that Thou, whose Name Jehovah is alone, Art the Most High, and Thou the same O'er all the earth art One. PSALM LXXXIV. 1 How lovely are thy dwellings fair! 2 My soul doth long and almost die 3 There even the sparrow, freed from wrong, Hath found a house of rest; The swallow there, to lay her young, Even by thy altars, Lord of Hosts, 4 Happy, who in thy house reside, Where thee they ever praise! 5 Happy, whose strength in thee doth bide, And in their hearts thy ways! 6 They pass through Baca's thirsty vale, That dry and barren ground; As through a fruitful watery dale, Where springs and showers abound. 7 They journey on from strength to strength With joy and gladsome cheer, Till all before our God at length In Sion do appear. 8 Lord God of Hosts, hear now my prayer, O Jacob's God give ear; 9 Thou God, our shield, look on the face Of thy anointed dear. 10 For one day in thy courts to be Than in the joys of vanity I, in the temple of my God, Than dwell in tents, and rich abode, 11 For God the Lord, both sun and shield, No good from them shall be withheld 12 Lord God of Hosts, that reign'st on high; That man is truly blest, Who only on thee doth rely, And in thee only rest. |