16 And he would feed them from the shock

With flour of finest wheat,

And satisfy them from the rock

With honey for their meat.

PSALM LXXXII

1 GoD in the great assembly stands
Of kings and lordly states,
Among the gods, on both his hands
He judges and debates.

2 How long will ye * pervert the right
With judgment false and wrong,
Favouring the wicked by your might,
Who thence grow bold and strong?

3 Regard the weak and fatherless,
* Dispatch the * poor man's cause,
And raise the man in deep distress,
By 1 just and equal laws.

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,
In darkness they walk on,

The earth's foundations all are moved,

And out of order gone.

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.

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* Bagna. dath-el.

* Bekerev.

Tishphetu [gnavel.

Shiphtu-dal.

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+ Hatzdiku.

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* Jimmotu.

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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,
O God, hold not thy peace,
Sit thou not still, O God of strength,
We cry and do not cease.

2 For lo! thy furious foes now * swell, And storm outrageously,

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* 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.

Them to ensnare they chiefly strive *Jirthjagnatsu gnal. + 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.

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5 For they consult with all their might, Lev jach 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, And hateful Amalec,

The Philistines, and they of Tyre,

Whose bounds the sea doth check.

[dau.

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8 With them great Ashur also bands, And doth confirm the knot:

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They were repulsed and slain,

10 At Endor quite cut off. and roll'a
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 seize

God's houses, and will now invade

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+ Their stately palaces. + Neoth Elohim bears both.

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.

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4 As when an aged wood takes fire

Which on a sudden strays,

The greedy flames run higher and higher,
Till all the mountains blaze,

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15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue,

And with thy tempest chase;

16 And, till they yield thee bonour due, Lord, fill with shame their face.

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+ Heb. They seek thy Name.

17 Ashamed and troubled let them be,

Troubled, and shamed for ever,

Ever confounded, and so die

With shame, and 'scape it never.

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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! O Lord of Hosts, how dear

The pleasant tabernacles are,

Where thou dost dwell so near!

2 My soul doth long and almost die
Thy courts O Lord to see,

My heart and flesh aloud do cry,
O living God, for thee.

3 There ev'n the sparrow freed from wrong
Hath found a house of rest,

The swallow there, to lay her young,

Hath built her brooding nest.

Ev'n by thy altars, Lord of Hosts,

They find their safe abode,

And home they fly from round the coasts
Tow'rd thee, my King, my God.

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

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Where springs and show'rs abound.

7 They journey on from strength to strength With joy and gladsome cheer,

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Till all before our God at length

In Sion do appear.

8 Lord God of Hosts, hear now my pray'r,

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 in the joys of vanity
A thousand days at best.

I, in the temple of my God
Had rather keep a door,

Than dwell in tents, and rich abode,

With sin for evermore.

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11 For God the Lord, both sun and shield,

Gives grace and glory bright,

No good from them shall be withheld
Whose ways are just and right.

12 Lord God of Hosts, that reign'st on high,

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That man is truly blest,

Who only on thee doth rely,

And in thee only rest.

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PSALM LXXXV

1 THY land to favour graciously
Thou hast not, Lord, been slack
Thou hast from hard captivity
Returned Jacob back.

2 Th' iniquity thou didst forgive
That wrought thy peopie woe,
And all their sin, that did thee grieve,
Hast hid where none shall know.

3 Thine anger all thou hadst removed,
And calmly didst return

From thy fierce wrath which we had proved
Far worse than fire to burn.

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4 God of our saving health and peace,

Turn us, and us restore,
Thine indignation cause to cease
Tow'rds us, and chide no more.

5 Wilt thou be angry without end,
For ever angry thus,

Wilt thou thy frowning ire extend

From age to age on us?

6 Wilt thou not turn, and hear our voice,

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And us again * revive, * Heb. Turn to quicken us.

That so thy people may rejoice

By thee preserved alive?

7 Cause us to see thy goodness, Lord,

To us thy mercy shew,

Thy saving health to us afford,

And life in us renew.

8 And now what God the Lord will speak,

I will go straight and hear,

For to his people he speaks peace,

And to his saints full dear,

To his dear saints he will speak peace;

But let them never more

Return to folly, but surcease
To trespass as before.

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