PSALM VIII. AUGUST 14, 1653. O JEHOVAH Our Lord, how wondrous great Out of the tender mouths of latest birth. Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou That him thou visit'st, and of him art found? All flocks, and herds, by thy commanding word, Fowl of the heavens, and fish that through the wet And glorious is thy name through all the earth! APRIL, 1648. J. M. [Nine of the Psalms done into metre, wherein all, but what is in a different character, are the very words of the text, translated from the original.] PSALM LXXX. 1 THOU Shepherd that dost Israel keep, Give ear in time of need, Who leadest like a flock of sheep Thy loved Joseph's seed, That sitt'st between the cherubs bright, Shine forth, and from thy cloud give light, 2 In Ephraim's view and Benjamin's, Awake 'thy strength, come, and be seen 3 Turn us again, thy grace divine Cause thou thy face on us to shine, 4 Lord God of Hosts, how long wilt thou, Thy 2 smoking wrath, and angry brow 5 Thou feed'st them with the bread of tears, 6 A strife thou mak'st us and a prey Amongst themselves they laugh, they play, 7 Return us, and thy grace divine, 8 A vine from Egypt thou hast brought, And drov'st out nations, proud and haut, 9 Thou didst prepare for it a place, That it began to grow apace, And filled the land at last. 10 With her green shade that covered all, Her boughs as high as cedars tall 1 Gnorera. 2 Gnashanta. 3 Shalish. 4 Jilgnagu. 11 Her branches on the western side 12 Why hast thou laid her hedges low, That all may pluck her, as they go, 13 The tuskéd boar out of the wood Wild beasts there browse, and make their food 14 Return now, God of Hosts, look down Behold us, but without a frown, 15 Visit this vine, which thy right hand And the young branch, that for thyself 16 But now it is consumed with fire, Upon the son of man, whom thou 18 So shall we not go back from thee 19 Return us, and thy grace divine, PSALM LXXXI. 1 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, 4 This was a statute given of old A law of Jacob's God, to hold, 5 This he a testimony ordained When as he passed through Egypt land; 6 From burden, and from slavish toil, His hands from pots, and miry soil, 7 When trouble did thee sore assail, 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. 10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought Thee out of Egypt land; Ask large enough, and I, besought, 1 Be sether ragnam. 11 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, 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 PSALM LXXXII. 1 GOD in the 'great' assembly stands Among the gods,2 on both his hands 2 How long will ye pervert the right 1 Bagnadath-el. 2 Bekerev. + Shiphtu-dal. 3 Tishphetu gnavel. 5 Hatzdiku. |