9 Throughout the land of thy abode No alien God fhall 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; 40 12 Then did I leave them to their will, And to their wandering mind; 50 14 Then would I foon bring down their foes, That now fo proudly rise, And turn my hand against all thofe That are their enemies. 15 Who hate the Lord fhould then be fain To bow to him and bend, But they, his people, fhould remain, Their time fhould have no end. 60 16 And he would feed them from the fhock And fatisfy them from the rock PS AL. LXXXII. 6:5 I G Of kings and lordly ftates, † Among the Gods, † on both his hands 2 How long will ye ‡ pervert the right ** 4 Defend the poor and defolate, And refcue 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, 5 10 15 20 Tishphetu gnavel. ++ Fimmotu. 6 I faid 6 I faid that ye were Gods, yea all The fons of God most high; 7 But ye fhall die like men, and fall 8 Rife God, * judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth * redress, For thou art he who shalt by right The nations all poffefs. !B PSA L. LXXXIII. E not thou filent now at length, O God, hold not thy peace; Sit thou not still, O God of ftrength, We cry, and do not cease. 2 For lo thy furious foes now + fwell, And + ftorm outrageously, And they that hate thee, proud and fell, 3 Against thy people they contrive Their plots and counfels deep, Till they no nation be, Be loft in memory. * Shiphta. Sod. +Jebemajun. **Firthjagnatfu gnal. ++ Tfepbuneca. 25 *5 10 15 ↑ Jagnarimu: 5 For they confult* 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 confpire, The Philistins, and they of Tyre, 8 With them great Afhur alfo bands All these have lent their armed bands To aid the fons of Lot. 20 25 30 12 For they amidst their pride have said, By right now feize shall we God's houses, and will now invade * Their stately palaces. 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 Which on a fudden frays, 45 50 The greedy flame runs higher and higher 55 Till all the mountains blaze; 15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue, And with thy tempest chase; 16 And till they + yield thee honor due, Lord, fill with fhame their face. 60 17 Afham'd, and troubled let them be, Troubled, and fham'd for ever, Ever confounded, and fo die With fhame, and fcape it never. 18 Then fhall they know that thou, whose name Jehovah is alone, Art the most high, and thou the fame O'er all the earth art one. *Neoth Elohim bears both. 65 PSAL. LXXXIV. |