8 Hear, O my People, hearken well, I teftifie to thee, Thou antient flock of Ifrael, If thou wilt lift to me; 9 Throughout the Land of thy abode Nor shalt thou to a foreign God 10 I am the Lord thy God which brought 11 And yet my people would not hear, And Ifrael, whom I lov'd fo dear, 12 Then did I leave them to their will, Their own conceits they follow'd still, 13 O that my People would be wife, To walk my righteous ways! 14 Then would I foon bring down their foes, And turn my hand against all those 15 Who hate the Lord fhould then be fain But they, his People, fhould remain, Their time fhould have no end. 16 And he would feed them from the back With Flow'r of finest wheat; And fatis fie them from the Rock With Honey for their meat. PSAL I PSALM LXXXII. * * *Bagnadath-el. + Bekerev. OD in the great affembly ftands G° † Among the Gods, ton both his hands, He judges and debates, * 2 How long will ye* pervert the right 3 * * 4 Defend the poor and defolate, 5 They know not, nor will understand, The earth's foundations all are mov'd, * And out of order gone. 6 I faid that ye were Gods, yea all 7 The Sons of God most high; But ye fhall die like men, and fall As other Princes die. * 8 Rife, God, judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth * redrefs; For thou art he, who fhalt by right The Nations all poffefs. Shiphta. PSALM 1 BE PSALM LXXXIII. E not thou filent now at length, 2 For lo! thy furious foes now fwell, And they, that hate thee, proud and fell *Fithjagnatfu gnal, Thephuneca. Whom thou doft hide and keep. 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. 5 For they confult + with all their might, 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 cornful Ishmael, Moab, with them of Hagar's blood, That in the Defart dwell. 7 Gebal and Ammon there confpire, The Philiftins, and they of Tyre, All these have lent their armed hands + Lavjachdan, 9 Do to them as to Midian bold, Thou didst to Jabin's hoft, 11 As Zeb and Oreb evil fped, So let their Princes speed; As Zeba and Zalmunna bled, So let their Princes bleed. 12 For they amid their pride have faid, By right now fhall we feize God's Houses and will now invade †Their stately Palaces. กา + Neoth Elohim bears both. 13 My God, oh make them as a Wheel, No quiet let them find; Giddy and restless let them reel, Like ftubble from the wind. 14 As when an aged wood takes fire, The greedy Flame runs higher and higher, 15 So with thy whirl-wind them pursue, * 16* And till they yield thee honour due, Lord fill with fhame their face. 17 Asham'd and troubled, let them be, Troubl'd, and fham'd for ever, Ever confounded and fo die With fhame, and fcape it never. 18 Then shall they know that thou, whofe name Jehovah is alone, Art the moft high, and thou the fame, O'er all the earth art one. PSALM H PSALM LXXXIV. OW lovely are thy dwellings fair, The pleasant Tabernacles are, Where thou doft drwell so near! 3 There ev'n the Sparrow, freed from wrong, And home they fly from round the Coafts 6 They pass through Baca's thirty Vale, As through a fruitful watry Dale Where Springs and Show'rs abound. 7 They journey on from ftrength to ftrength With joy and gladfom cheer, Till all before our God at length In Sion do appear. 8 Lord God of Hofts, hear now my prayer, O Jacob's God, give ear; 9 Thou God, our fhield, look on the face Of thy anointed dear. 10 For one day in thy Courts to be Is better, and more bleft, Than |