2 Prepare a hymn, prepare a song, The cheerful psaltery bring along, 3 Blow, as is wont, in the new moon The appointed time, the day whereon 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 2 Among the gods,2 on both his hands 2 How long will ye 3 pervert the right 5 Bagnadath-el. 2 Bekerev. 4 Shiphtu-dal. 3 Tishphetu gnavel. 5 Hatzdiku. 4 Defend the poor and desolate, 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 8 Rise, God, judge thou the earth in might, 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 3swell, And they that hate thee, proud and fell, That Israel's name for ever may 5 For they consult with all their might, Themselves against thee they unite, 6 The tents of Edom, and the brood Moab, with them of Hagar's blood, 7 Gebal and Ammon there conspire, The Philistims, and they of Tyre, All these have lent their arméd hands 9 Do to them as to Midian bold, To Sisera, and as is told Thou didst to Jabin's host, 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, Like stubble from the wind. 14 As when an aged wood takes fire The greedy flame runs higher and higher 15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue, 16 And till they yield thee honour due. Lord, fill with shame their face. 1 Neoth Elohim bears both. 2 Heb. They seek thy name. 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 PSALM LXXXIV. 1 How lovely are thy dwellings fair Where thou dost dwell so near! 3 There even the sparrow freed from wrong The swallow there, to lay her young And home they fly from round the coasts, 4 Happy, who in thy house reside, 5 Happy, whose strength in thee doth bide, And in their hearts thy ways. 6 They pass through Baca's thirsty vale, That dry and barren ground, As through a fruitful watery dale Where springs and showers abound. 7 They journey on from strength to strength With joy and gladsome cheer, Till all before our God at length In Sion do appear. 8 Lord God of Hosts, hear now my prayer, O Jacob's God give ear; 9 Thou God, our shield, look on the face Of thy anointed dear. |