And the young branch, that for thyself They perish at thy dreadful ire, 17 Upon the man of thy right hand 18 So shall we not go back from thee 19 Return us, and thy grace divine, Lord God of Hosts, vouchsafe; Cause thou thy face on us to shine, PSALM LXXXI I To God our strength sing loud and clear; To Jacob's God, that all may hear, 2 Prepare a hymn, prepare a song; The cheerful psaltery bring along, 3 Blow, as is wont, in the new moon, The appointed time, the day whereon 4 This was a statute given of old A law of Jacob's God to hold, From whence they might not swerve. 5 This he a testimony ordained In Joseph, not to change, When as he passed through Egypt-land; 70 80 ΙΟ 20 6 From burden, and from slavish toil, His hands from pots, and miry soil, 7 When trouble did thee sore assail, 1 I answered thee in 1 thunder deep, 8 Hear, O my people, hearken well: Thou ancient stock of Israel, If thou wilt list to me: 9 Throughout the land of thy abode No alien God shall be, Nor shalt thou to a foreign god In honour bend thy knee. Io I am the Lord thy God, which brought Ask large enough, and I, besought, Will grant thy full demand. II And yet my people would not hear, And Israel, whom I loved so dear, 12 Then did I leave them to their will, Their own conceits they followed still, 13 Oh that my people would be wise, And oh that Israel would advise To walk my righteous ways! 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 1 Be Sether ragnam. 30 40 50 60 But they, his people, should remain ; 16 And he would feed them from the shock 1 PSALM LXXXII I GOD in the 1 great 1 assembly stands 2 Among the gods 2 on both his hands 2 How long will ye 3 pervert the right 4 4 Defend the poor and desolate, And rescue from the hands Of wicked men the low estate Of him that help demands. 5 They know not, nor will understand; The earth's foundations all are 6 moved, 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. 7 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. 1 Bagnadath-el. 'Shiphta. • Bekerev. Shiphtudal. • Jimmotu. ΤΟ 20 PSALM LXXXIII I BE not thou silent now at length; 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 4 Them to ensnare they chiefly strive 5 Whom thou dost hide and keep. 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, 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, Whose bounds the sea doth check. 8 With them great Ashur also bands, And doth confirm the knot; All these have lent their armed hands To aid the sons of Lot. 9 Do to them as to Midian bold, That wasted all the coast; To Sisera, and as is told IO 20 30 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, God's houses, and will now invade 1 Their stately palaces." 13 My God, oh make them as a wheel; No quiet let them find; Giddy and restless let them reel, Like stubble from the wind. 14 As, when an aged wood takes fire The greedy flame runs higher and higher, 15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue, 162 And till they 2 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. 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. 1 Neoth Elohim bears both. 40 50 60 |