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Lxxviii. 54.— PSALMS.— Lxxxi. 2. OocC n judgmsnU d- merde*.

And their enemies hatli the sea covered. '* Aud He bringeth them iu unto the bordoi- of His sanctuary,

Tliis mountain His right hand had got, "* Aud casteth out nations from before them,

And causeth them to fall in the line of in- heritance, [in their tents,

And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell ^ And they tempt and provoke God Most High,

And His testimonies have not kept. ^^ And they turn back.

And deal treacherously like their fathers,

They have been turned like a deceitful bow, "8 And make Him angry with their high places,

And with their graven images make Him

zealous, [wroth.

"^ God hath heard, and sheweth Himself

And kicketh exceedingly against Israel ^^ And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh,

The tent He hadplaced among men, ®' And He giveth His strength to captivity.

And His beauty into the hand of an ad- versary, ^- And delivereth up to the sword His people,

And with His inheritance shewed Himself ^^ His yoimg men hath fire consumed, [angry.

And His virgins have not been praised.
 * ■* His priests by the sword have fallen.

And their widows weep not. ^ And the Lord waketh as a sleeper.

As a mighty one crying aloud from wine. ™ And He smiteth His adversaries backward,

A reproach age-during He hath put on them, ^^ And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph,

And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed. 8^ And He chooseth the tribe of Judah,

With mount Zion that He loved, ^8 And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place,

Like the earth, He foundeA it to the age. ™ And He fixetli on David His servant.

And taketh him from the folds of a Hock, ^ From behind suckling ones He hath brought

To rule over Jacob His people, [liim in,

And over Israel His inheritance. "" And he ruleth them according to the inte- grity of his heart,

And by the skiKulness of his hands leadeth them !

LXXTX, A Psabn of Asaph.

' O God, nations have come into Thy inherit-

Tliey have defiletl Thy holy temple, [ance.

They made Jerusalem become heaps, - They gave the dead liodies of Thy servants

Food for the fowls of the heavens,

The flesh of Thy saints

For the wild beast of the earth. 3 They have shed their blood

As water round about Jerusalem,

And there is none burying.

A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.
 * We have been a reproach to our neighbours,

'" Till when, Jehovah? art Thou angry for Thy jealousy doth bum as fire. [ever?


 * Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not

known Thee, [Thy name.

And on kingdoms that have not called in ' For (me hath devoured Jacob,

And liis liabitatiou they have made desolate. Haate, let Thy mercies go before us, [fathers, 378
 * Remember not for us the inicjuitics of fore-

For we have been very weak. ^ Help us, O God of our salvation. Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, aud cover over our sirs, For Thy name's sake.

10 Why do the nations say, ' Where wtheir God ?' Let be known among the nations before our

eyes.

The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants

that is shed. [before Thee,

1' Let the groaning of the x>risoner come in

According to the greatness of Thine arm.

Leave Thou the sons of death.
 * - And turn Thou back to our neighbours.

Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach,

Wherewith they reproached Thee, Lord. ^^ And we. Thy people, and the ilock of Thy

We give thanks to Thee to the age, [pasture.

To all generations we recount Thy jiraise !

LXXX. To the Overseer. — ' On the Lilies."

A testimony of Asapli.^ — A Psalm. 1 Shepherd of Israel, give ear.

Leading Joseph as a flock,

Inhabiting the cherubs — shine forth, [seh,

- Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manas- Wake up Thy might, and come for our sal-

^ God, cause us to turn back, [vation.

And cause Thy face to shine, and we are ■* Jehovah, God of Hosts, till wlien? [saved.

Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people. ^ Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears,

And causest them to drink

With tears a third time. ® Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours,

And our enemies mock at it. ^ God of Hosts, turn us back, [saved.

And cause Thy face to shine, and we are 8 A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring.

Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it. ^ Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it,

And it iilleth the land, '* Covered have been hills vnth its shadow,

And its boughs are cedars of God.

11 It sendeth forth its branches imto the sea. And unto the river its sucklings.

1- Why hast Thou broken down its hedges,

And all passing by the way have plucked it? '^ A boar out of the forest doth waste it.

And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it. '■* God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee,

Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine, 1' And the root that Thy right hand planted.

And the branch ThoumadeststrongforThee, 1^ Burnt with fire — cut down.

From the rebuke of Tiiy face they perish.

17 Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right On the son of man [hand. Thou hast strengthened for Thvself.

18 And we do not go back from Tuee,

Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we

'" O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, [call.

Cause Thy face to shine, aud we are saved !

LXXXL To the Overseer.—' On the Gittith.'

By Asaph. 1 Ciy aloud to God our strength. Shout to the ('!od of Jacob.

- Jjift up a song, and give out a timbrel.