7 When trouble did thee sore assail, I answer'd thee in thunder deep, 8 Hear, O my people, hearken well, Thou ancient stock of Israel, 9 Throughout the land of thy abode 10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought Thee out of Egypt land; Ask large enough, and I, besought, 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 follow'd still, 13 Oh, that my people would be wise, And oh, that Israel would advise, 14 Then would I soon bring down their foes, That now so proudly rise; And turn my hand against all those 15 Who hate the Lord should then be fain To bow to him and bend; But they, his people, should remain, 16 And he would feed them from the shock With flour of finest wheat, And satisfy them from the rock PSALM LXXXII. 1 GOD in the great assembly stands 2 How long will ye pervert the right 3 Regard the weak and fatherless, 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, The earth's foundations all are moved, 6 I said that ye were gods, yea, all 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall As other princes die. 8 Rise, God; judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth redress For thou art he who shalt, by right, PSALM LXXXIII. 1 BE not thou silent now at length, 2 For lo, thy furious foes now swell, And they that hate thee, proud and fell, 3 Against thy people they contrive 4 Come, let us cut them off, say they, That Israel's name for ever may 5 For they consult with all their might, And all, as one in mind, Themselves against thee they unite, And in firm union bind. 6 The tents of Edom, and the brood Moab, with them of Hagar's blood 7 Gebal and Ammon there conspire, The Philistines, and they of Tyre, 8 With them great Ashur also bands, All these have lent their armed hands 9 Do to them as to Midian bold, That wasted all the coast; To Sisera; and, as is told, Thou didst to Jabin's host, When, at the brook of Kishon old, They were repulsed and slain, 10 At Endor quite cut off, and roll'd As dung upon the plain. 11 As Zeb and Oreb evil sped, 12 For they amidst their pride have said, God's houses, and will now invade 13 My God, oh make them as a wheel, Giddy and restless let them reel, 14 As when an aged wood takes fire The greedy flame runs higher and higher, 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 Ashamed, and troubled, let them be, Troubled, and shamed 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 VOL. II. O'er all the earth, art One. 2 M |