Favoring the wicked by your might, 3 + Regard thee + weak and fatherless, † Shiphtu-dal. + Dispatch the + poor man's cause, And raise the man in deep distress By juft and equal laws. 4 Defend the poor and defolate, And rescue from the hands Of wicked men the low estate Of him that help demands. 5 They know not, nor will understand, In darkness they walk on, ΙΟ + Hatzdiku. The earth's foundations all are mov'd, And out of order gone. 6 I said that ye were Gods, yea all 15 ‡ Fimmotu. 21 The fons of God most high; 7 But ye fhall die like men, and fall 25 § Shiphta. As other princes die. 8 Rife God, § judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth § redress, For thou art he who shall by right I The nations all possess. B PSAL. LXXXIII. E not thou filent now at length, O God hold not thy peace, Sit thou not ftill O God of strength, We cry, and do not cease. 5 || Jehemajun. 2 For lo thy furious foes now || swell And || ftorm outrageously, And they that hate thee proud and fell Exalt their heads full high. 3 Against thy people they contrive + Their plots and counfels deep, Jagnarimu. + Sod. 10 *Them to infnare they chiefly ftrive,*Firthjagnatsu gnal. + Whom thou doft hide and keep. +Tfephuneca. 4 Come let us cut them off, fay they, Till they no nation be, That Ifrael's name for ever may 5 Be loft in memory. 15 For they confult with all their might, +Levjachdau. 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 fcornful Ishmael, Moab, with them of Hagar's blood, 20 7 Gebal and Ammon there confpire, 25 The Philiftims, and they of Tyre, Whose bounds the Sea doth check. 8 With them great Afhur alfo bands And doth confirm the knot: All these have lent their armed hands To aid the fons of Lot. 30 Do When at the brook of Kishon old They were repuls'd and flain, 10 At Endor quite cut off, and roll'd As dung upon the plain. 11 As Zeb and Oreb evil sped, So let their princes speed, As Zeba, and Zalmunna bled, So let their princes bleed. 12 For they amidst their pride have said, By right now shall we seise God's houses, and will now invade Their flately palaces. 40 45 Neoth Elohim bears both. 13 My God, oh make them as a wheel, No quiet let them find, Giddy and reflefs let them reel Like ftubble from the wind. 14 As when an aged wood takes fire Which on a fudden ftrays, 50 The greedy flame runs higher and higher 55 15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue, And with thy tempest chase; + 16+ And till they † yield thee honor due; 59 Lord fill withshame their face.†They feekthy Name.Heb. 17 Afham'd, and troubled let them be, Troubled, and fham'd for ever, With shame, and scape it never. 18 Then shall they know that thou whose name 65 Jehovah is alone, Art the most high, and thou the fame O'er all the earth art one. PSA L. LXXXIV. OW lovely are thy dwellings fair! H% O Lord of Hofts, how dear The pleasant tabernacles are, Where thou dost dwell fo near! 2 My foul doth long and almost die My heart and flesh aloud do cry, O living God, for thee. 3 There ev'n the fparrow freed from wrong The swallow there, to lay her young Hath built her brooding nest, Ev'n by thy altars, Lord of Hosts, They find their fafe abode, And home they fly from round the coafts, Toward thee, my King, my God. 5. 10 15 Hap 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 watry dale Where springs and show'rs abound. 20 7 They journey on from ftrength to ftrength 25 With joy and gladsome chear, Till all before our God at length In Sion do appear. 8 Lord God of Hofts hear now my prayer, Gives grace and glory bright, No good from them fhall be withheld Whose ways are just and right. Lord |