If thou, O Israel, to my words will lend thy listening ear; 9 Then shall no God besides myself of all the nations round. 10 The Lord thy God am I, who thee 11 But they, my chosen race, refused 12 So I, provoked, resign'd them up, And in their own perverse designs permitted them to stray. 13 0 that my people wisely would 14 Then should my heavy judgments fall against their numerous foes. 15 Their enemies and mine should all before my foot-stool bend; But as for them, their happy state should never know an end. 16 All parts with plenty should abound; PSALM 82. OD in the great assembly stands, Go where his unpartial eye In state surveys the earthly gods, or be to sinners kind? Defend the orphans and the poor; let such your justice find. 5 They neither know, nor will they learn, 6 Well then might God in anger say, 8 Arise, and thy just judgments, Lord, And all the nations of the world HOLD not thy peace, O Lord our God, Nor with consenting quiet looks 2 For lo! the tumults of thy foes And those who hate thy saints and thee, 3 Against thy zealous people, Lord, And to destroy thy chosen saints 4 "Come let us cut them off," say they, "That no remembrance may remain 5 Thus they against thy people's peace consult with one consent; And differing nations, jointly leagued, their common malice vent. 6 The Ishmaelites, that dwell in tents, with warlike Edom join'd, And Moab's sons, our ruin vow, with Ilagar's race combined. The Lords of Palestine, and all 9 But let such vengeance come to them, at Kishon's fatal stream; 10When thy right hand their numerous hoste As Zeba and Zalmuna, so 12 Who, with the same design inspired, 13 To ruin let them haste, like wheels 14, 15 As flames consume dry wood,or heath, 16,17 Lord,shroud their faces with disgrace PSALM 85. Or them confound, whose harden'd hearts thy gentler means disclaim. 18 So shall the wondering world confess, LORD, thou hast granted to thy land that thou, who claim'st alone Jehovah's name, o'er all the earth hast raised thy lofty throne. PSALM 84. God of hosts, the mighty Lord, how lovely is the place Where thou, enthroned in glory, show'st the brightness of thy face! the favours we implored, 2, 3 Thy people's sins thou hast forgiven, 2 My longing soul faints with desire S The birds, more happy far than I, and there thy praise display! 5 Thrice happy they, whose choice has thee 6 Who pass through Baca's thirsty vale, Their pools are fill'd with rain, which thou at their request dost grant. 7 Thus they proceed from strength to strength, and still approach more near; Till all on Sion's holy mount, before their God appear. 8 O Lord, the mighty God of hosts, 9 Behold, O God, for thou alone 10 For in thy courts one single day Than, Lord, in any place besides Much rather in God's house will 1 11 For God, who is our Sun and Shield, 12 Thou God, whom heavenly 1osts obey, Whose hope and trust, securely placed, 4 O God our Saviour, all our hearts 5, 6 For why should'st thou be angry still, 7 Thy gracious favour, Lord, display, 8 God's answer patiently I'll wait; shall streams of justice pour And God, from whom all goodness flows, 13 Before him righteousness shall march, To my complaint, O Lord my God, Hear me, distress'd, and destitute 2 Do thou, O God, preserve my soul, Thy servant keep, and him, whose trust 3 To me, who daily thee invoke, 4 Refresh thy servant's soul, whose hopes 5 Thou, Lord, art good, nor only good, who for thy mercy sue. When troubled, I on thee will call, for thou wilt answer me. 8 Among the gods there's none like thee, O Lord, alone divine! To thee as inuch inferior they, as are their works to thine. 9 Therefore their great Creator thee the nations shall adore; Their long misguided prayers and praise 10 All shall confess thee great, and great 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I 12 Thee will I praise, O Lord my God, 13 Thy boundless mercy shown to me, 14 O God, the sons of pride and strife 15 But thon thy constant goodness didst 160 bounteous Lord, thy grace and strength Thy kind protection, Lord, on me, thine handmaid's son, bestow. 17. He'll Sion find with numbers fill'd 2 thee, my God and Saviour, I My soul draws nigh to death's cold shade; Confined, past hopes of liberty. 9 My eyes from weeping never cease; The dead, whom thou forsook'st alive? 27 Some signal give, which my proud foes 13 To thee, O Lord, I cry forlorn; PSALM 87. G the Lord there condescends to dwell; 2 His Sion's gates, in his account, our Israel's fairest tents excel. 3 Fame glorious things of thee shall sing, with that of Tyre and Palestine; My prayer prevents the early morn: THY HY mercies, Lord, shall be my song; my song on them shell ever dwell that many such from her proceed; The Almighty shall establish her; 6 His general list shall show, when read, To ages yet unborn, my tongue thy mercy shall for ever last; Thy truth, that does the heavens sustaic, 20 “My servant David I have found, Like them shall stand for ever fast. with holy oil anointed him; 8 Thus spak'st thou by thy prophet's voice, 21 "Him shall the hand support thatcrown'd. “ With David I a league have made; " and guard, that gave the diadem. "To hii, my servant, and my choice, 22“No prince from him shall tribute force, “hy solemn oath this grant convey'd : " no son of strife shall liim annoy; 4 "While earth, and seas, and skies endure, 23 His spiteful foes I will disperse, u thy seed shall in my sight remain; 6 and them before his face destroy. " To them thy throne I will ensure, 24 " My truth and grace shall him sustain; " they shall to endless ages reign.” “ his armies, in well-order'd ranks, 6 For such stupendous truth and love, 25 “Shall conquer, from the Tyrian Main both heaven and earth just praises owe, "to Tigris and Euphrates' hanks. By choirs of angels sung above, 26" Me for his father he shall take, and by assembled saints below. “ his God and Rock of safety call ; 6 What seraph of celestial birth 27 “ Him I my first-born son will make, to vie with Israel's God shall dare? * and earthly kings his subjects all. Or who among the geds of earth 28 - To him my mercy I'll secure, with our Almighty Lord compare? “ my covenant make for ever fast: y With reverence and religious dread, 29 “ His seed for ever shall endure; his saints should to his temple press ; “his throne, till heaven dissolves, shall last. His fear thro' all their hearts should spread, PART II. who his Almighty name confess. 30 “ But if his heirs my law forsake, 8 Lord God of armies, who can boast "and from my sacred precepts stray, of strength or power like thine renown'd? |31 “ If they my righteous statutes break, Of such a numerous, faithful host, “nor strictly my commands obey; as that which does thy throne surround ? 32 “ Their sins I'll visit with a rod, 9 Thou dost the lawless sea control, " and for their folly make them smart, and change the prospect of the deep; 33 " Yet will not cease to be their God, Thou mak'st the sleeping hillows roll; “nor from my truth, like them, departe thon mak’st the rolling billows sleep., 34 “ My covenant I will ne'er revoke, 10 Thou break’st in pieces Rahab's pride, “ but in remembrance fast retain; and didst oppressing power disarm; “ The thing that once my lips have spoke Thy scaiter'd foes have dearly try'd “shall in eternal force remain. the force of thy reisiless arm. 35 “ Once I have swern, but once for all, 11 In thee the sovereign right reinaing 56 and made my holiness the tie, of earth and heaven; thee, Lord, alone " That I my grant will ne'er recall , The world, and all that it contains, "nor to my servant David lie: their Maker and Preserver own. 36 "Whose throne and race the constant sup 12 The poles on which the globe does rest“shall, like his course, establish'd see; were form'd by thy creating voice; 57 " Or this my oath, thou conscious moon, Tabor and Herinon, east and west, u in heaven my faithful witness be.” in thy sustaining power i ejoice. 33 Such was thy gracious promise, Lord; 13 Thy arm is mighty, strong thy hand, but thou hast now our tribes forsook, yet, Lord, thou dost with justice reign; Thy own Anointed hast abhorr'd, 14 Possess'd of absolute command, and turn'd on him thy wrathful look. thou truth and mercy dost maintain. 39 Thou seemest to have render'd void 15 Happy, thrice happy they, who hear the covenant with thy servant made; thy sacred trumpet's joyful sound; Thou hast his dignity destroy'd, and in the dust his honour laid. who on thy sacred name rely; 41 His frontier coasts defenceless left, And, in thy righteousness employ'd, a public scorn, and common prey. above their foes be raised on high. 42 His ruin does glad triumphs yield 17 For in thy strength they shall advance, to foes, advanced by thee lc might; whose conquests from thy favour spring; 43 Thou hast his conquering sword unsteeld, and Israel's God our Israel's King. 14 His glory is to darkness fled, "A mighty champion I will send ; 45 His youth to wretched bondage led, drown'd. 46 How long shall we thy absence mourn?, Yet then our boasted strength decays, wilt thou for ever, Lord, retire? Shall thy consuming anger burn,. till that and we at once expire? 47 Consider, Lord, how short a space thou dost for mortal life ordain; No method to prolong the race, but loading it with grief and pain. 48 What man is he that can control death's strict unalterable doom? Or rescue from the grave his soul, the grave that must mankind entomb? 49 Lord, where's thy love, thy boundless grace, the oath to which thy truth did seal, Consign'd to David and his race, the grant which time shall ne'er repeal? 50 See how thy servants treated are with infamy, reproach and spite; Which in my silent breast I bear, from nations of licentious might. 51 How they, reproaching thy great name, have made thy servant's hope their jest 52 Yet thy just praises we'll proclaim, and ever sing, The Lord be blest. PSALM 90. Lord, the Saviour and defence of us thy chosen race, From age to age thou still hast been our sure abiding place. 2Before thou brought'st the mountains forth, or the earth and world didst frame, Thou always wast the mighty God, and ever art the same. 3 Thou turnest man, O Lord, to dust, of which he first was made; ; to sorrow turn'd and pain; 11 But who thy anger's dread effects 12 So teach us, Lord, the uncertain sum That to true wisdom all our hearts may ever be inclined. 13 O to thy servants, Lord, return, As we forsake our sins, do thou 14 To satisfy and cheer our souls, That we may ali our days to come 15 Let happy times, with large amends, of our afflicted years. 16 To all thy servants, Lord, let this PSALM 91. And when thou speak'st the word, Return, HE that has God his guardian made 'tis instantly obey'd. 4 For in thy sight a thousand Shall, under the Almighty's shade, 2 years whole hours unminded waste. 5 Thou sweep'st us off as with a flood, its morning beauty shows; 8 We by thine anger are consumed, and by thy wrath dismay'd; Our public crimes and secret sins before thy sight are laid. 9 Beneath thy anger's sad effects our drooping days we spend ; Our unregarded years break off, like tales that quickly end. 10 Our term of time is seventy years, an age that few survive; But if, with more than common strength, to eighty we arrive, my God, in whom I will confide. 3 His tender love and watchful care Shall free thee from the fowler's snare, and from the noisome pestilence: 4 He over thee his wings shall spread, And cover thy unguarded head; his truth shall be thy strong defence. 5 No terrors that surprise by night Shall thy undaunted courage fright, nor deadly shafts that fly by day; that in the hottest season slay. while thy firm health untouch'd remains and count the sinner's mournful gains. 19 Because, with well-placed confidence, Thou mak'st the Lord thy sure defence, and on the Highest dost rely; |