I answer'd thee * in thunder deep* Be sether ragnam. I try'd thee at the water steep 8 Hear, O my people, hearken well, If thou wilt list to me, 10 I am the Lord thy God which brought 11 And yet my people would not hear And Israel, whom I lov'd so dear, 12 Then did I leave them to their will, Their own conceits they follow'd still, 13 O that my people would be wise, To serve me all their days And O that Israel would advise To walk my righteous ways ! 14 Then would I soon bring down their foes, That now so proudly rise, And turn my hand against all those 15 Who hate the Lord should then be fain But they, his people should remain, Their time should have no end. 16 And he would feed them from the shock With flour of finest wheat, And satisfy them from the rock Psalm LXXXII. 1 GOD in the * great * assembly stands * Bagna Of kings and lordly states, * [dath-el. * Among the gods, on both his hands* Bekerev. He judges and debates. 2 How long will ye* pervert the right * With judgment false and wrong, * Tishphetu Favouring the wicked by your wight, Who thence grow bold and strong? 3 * Regard the* weak and fatherless, * [gnavel. * Dispatch the poor man's cause, * Shiphtu-dal. And raise the man in deep distress, By+ just and equal laws. 4 Defend the poor and desolate, Of him that help demands. + Hatzdiku. 5 They know not, nor will understand, In darkness they walk on, The earth's foundations all are * mov'd, out of order gone. And 6 I said that ye were gods, yea all The sons of God most high; 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall As other princes die. * * Jimmotu. 8 Rise God, judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth * redress. For thou art he who shalt by right The nations all possess. ~ Psalm LXXXIII. 1 Be not thou silent now at length, Sit thou not still O God of strength, 2 For lo thy furious foes now' * And storm outrageously, * swell, * Shiphta. *Jehemajun. And they that hate thee proud and fell Exalt their heads full high. 3 Against thy people they + contrive + Jagnarimu. *Their plots and counsels deep, * Sod. 10 *Them to insnare they chieflystrive* Jirthjagnatsug. + Whom thou dost hide and keep. + Tsephuneka. 4 Come let us cut them off, say they, Till they no nation be, That Israel's name for ever may Be lost in memory. 5 For they consult* with all their might, * Lev And all as one in mind Themselves against thee they unite, And in firm union bind. 6 The tents of Edom, and the brood Of scornful Ishmael, Moab, with them of Hagar's blood, that in the desert dwell, 7 Gebal and Ammon there conspire, The Philistines, and they of Tyre, 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 They were repuls'd and slain, 10 At Endor quite cut off, and roll'd As dung upon the plain. 11 As Zeb and Oreb evil sped, As Zeba, and Zalmunna bled, [jachdau. 12 For they amidst their pride have said, + their stately palaces. + Neoth Elohim bears both. 13 My God, oh make them as a wheel, No quiet let them find, Like stubble from the wind. 14 As when an aged wood takes fire The greedy flames run higher and higher, 15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue, 16+ And till they + yield thee honor due, Lord fill with shame their face. + Heb. They seek thy Name. 17 Asham'd and troubled let them be, Troubled, and asham'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. I How lovely are thy dwellings fair! |