75 Quicken us thou, then gladly we Shall call upon thy Name. Cause thou thy face on us to shine, T PSAL. LXXXI. O God our ftrength fing loud, and clear, Sing loud to God our King, To Jacob's God, that all may hear, Loud acclamations ring. 2 Prepare a hymn, prepare a song, The timbrel hither bring, The chearful pfaltry bring along, And harp with pleasant firing. 3 Blow, as is wont, in the new moon Th' appointed time, the day whereon 4 This was a statute giv'n of old For Ifrael to observe, A law of Jacob's God, to hold, 5 This he a teftimony ordain'd In Joseph, not to change, When as he pafs'd through Egypt land; 80 5 10 15 20 From 6 From burden, and from flavish toil I fet his fhoulder free: His hands from pots, and miry foil, 7 When trouble did thee fore afsail, 25 On me then didst thou call, And I to free thee did not fail, And led thee out of thrall. I anfwer'd thee in ‡ thunder deep Be Sether ragnam. With clouds incompass'd round; I try'd thee at the water fleep Of Meriba renown'd. 8 Hear, O my People, hearken well, I testify to thee, Thou ancient flock of Ifrael, If thou wilt lift to me, 9 Throughout the land of thy abode No alien God shall be, Nor fhalt thou to a foreign God In honor bend thy knee. 30 35 40 12 Then did I leave them to their will, And to their wand'ring mind; Their own conceits they follow'd still, Their own devices blind. 50 To ferve me all their days, 13 O that my people would be wife, 55 And O that Ifrael would advise To walk my righteous ways. 14 Then would I foon bring down their foes, That now fo proudly rife, And turn my hand against all thofe That are their enemies. 60 15 Who hate the Lord should then be fain To bow to him and bend, But they, his people, fhould remain, Their time should have no end. 16 And he would feed them from the shock With flow'r of finest wheat, And fatisfy them from the rock With honey for their meat. 'G OD in the || great || assembly stands 65 || Bagnadath-el. § Among the Gods, § on both his hands § Bekerev. He judges and debates. 2 How long will ye || pervert the right ||Tishphetu gnavel. With || judgment falfe and wrong, 6 Fa Favoring the wicked by your might, Who thence grow bold and strong? 3 + Regard thee + weak and fatherlefs, + Shiphtu-dal. + Dispatch the + poor man's cause, And raise the man in deep distress By juft and equal laws. 4 Defend the poor and defolate, 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 mov'd, 6 I said that ye were Gods, yea all ΙΟ + Hatzdiku. 15 Fimmotu. 21 7 But ye fhall die like men, and fall 25 § Shiphta. As other princes die. 8 Rife God, § judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth § redress, For thou art he who shall by right The nations all possess. 'B PSAL. LXXXIII. E not thou filent now at length, O God hold not thy peace, Sit thou not ftill O God of strength, We cry, and do not ceafe. Pp For 2 For lo thy furious foes now || swell And || ftorm outrageously, And they that hate thee proud and fell Exalt their heads full high. 3 Against thy people they || Jehemajun. contrive Jagnarimu. + Their plots and counsels deep, 5 + Sod. 10 *Them to infnare they chiefly ftrive,*Firthjagnatsu gnal. + Whom thou doft hide and keep. +Tfephuneca. 4 Come let us cut them off, fay they, Till they no nation be, That Ifrael's name for ever may Be loft in memory. 15 5 For they confult with all their might, +Lev jachdau. And all as one in mind Themfelves against thee they unite, And in firm union bind. 6 The tents of Edom and the brood Of fcornful Ishmael, Moab, with them of Hagar's blood, 20. |