11. As Zeb and Oreb evil sped, 12. For they amidst their pride have said, By right now shall we seise God's houses, and will now invade 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 Which on a sudden strays, The greedy flame runs higher and higher Till all the mountains blaze; 15. So with thy whirlwind them pursue, And with thy tempest chase ; 16. And, till they yield thee honour due, Lord, fill with shame their face. 17. Asham'd, and troubled, let them be, Troubled, and sham'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. 1. How lovely are thy dwellings fair! 2. My soul doth long and almost die O living God, for thee, 3. There even now the sparrow, freed from wrong, Hath found a house of rest; The swallow there, to lay her young Hath built her brooding nest; And home they fly from round the coasts 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, 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 he Is better, and more blest, Than dwell in tents, and rich abode, With sin for evermore. |