No alien God shall be, In honour bend thy knee. Io I am the Lord thy God, which brought Ask large enough, and I, besought, 11 And yet my people would not hear, And Israel, whom I loved so dear, 12 Then did I leave them to their will, 13 Oh that my people would be wise, 14 Then would I soon bring down their foes, And turn my hand against all those 15 Who hate the Lord should then be fain But they, his people, should remain; 16 And he would feed them from the shock And satisfy them from the rock PSALM LXXXII. GOD in the 'great' assembly stands Among the gods 2 on both his hands 40 50 60 2 How long will ye3 pervert the right 4 4 4 Defend the poor and desolate, 5 They know not, nor will understand; The earth's foundations all are moved, 6 I said that ye were gods, yea all 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall' As other princes die. 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. I BE not thou silent now at length; Sit thou not still, O God of strength; 1 2 For lo! thy furious foes now 1 swell, And they that hate thee, proud and fell, 3 Against thy people they 2 contrive Their plots and counsels deep; Them to ensnare they chiefly strive 20 Shiphta. 5 Whom thou dost hide and keep. 6 Lev jach 5 For they consult with all their might, dau. And all as one in mind Themselves against thee they unite, 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, 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, 10 At Endor quite cut off, and rolled II As Zeb and Oreb evil sped, 12 For they amidst their pride have said, 7 Neoth Elo him bears both. 66 God's houses, and will now invade 7 Their stately palaces." 13 My God, oh make them as a wheel; 20 30 40 50 Giddy and restless let them reel, 14 As, when an aged wood takes fire The greedy flame runs higher and higher, 15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue, 8 8 16 And till they yield thee honour due, Lord, fill with shame their face. 17 Ashamed and troubled let them be, Troubled and shamed for ever, Ever confounded, and so die. With shame, and scape it never. 58 8 They seek thy name : Heb. 18 Then shall they know that thou, whose name Art the Most High, and thou the same PSALM LXXXIV. I How lovely are thy dwellings fair! 3 There even the sparrow, freed from wrong, young, The swallow there, to lay her And home they fly from round the coasts ΙΟ 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 Is better and more blest Than dwell in tents and rich abode With sin for evermore. II For God, the Lord, both sun and shield, Gives grace and glory bright; No good from them shall be withheld 12 Lord God of Hosts that reign'st on high, Who only on thee doth rely, PSALM LXXXV. I THY land to favour graciously 20 30 40 |