Blow, as is wont, in the new moon This was a statute giv❜n of old A law of Jacob's God, to hold, When as he pass'd through Egypt land, From burden, and from slavish toil I set his shoulder free; His hands from pots, and miry soil, When trouble did thee sore assail, I answer'd thee in thunder deep Hear, O my People, hearken well, Thou ancient stock of Israel, If thou wilt list to me, Throughout the land of thy abode I am the Lord thy God which brought Thee out of Egypt land; Ask large enough, and I, besought, Will grant thy full demand. 1 And yet my people would not hear, And Israel, whom I loved so dear, Then did I leave them to their will, O that my people would be wise, Then would I soon bring down their foes, And turn my hand against all those Who hate the Lord should then be fain But they, his people, should remain, Their tine should have no end. And he would feed them from the shock And satisfy them from the rock PSALM LXXXIL GOD in the great assembly stands How long will ye pervert the right Who thence grow bold and strong? Regard the weak and fatherless, Defend the poor and desolate, They know not, nor will understand, I said that ye were gods, yea all The sons of God most high; But ye shall die like men, and fall As other princes die. Kise, God, judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth redress, For thou art He who shall by right The nations all possess. For lo, thy furious foes now swell, And storm outrageously, And they that hate thee proud and fell Exalt their heads full high. Against thy people they contrive Their plots and counsels deep, Them to ensnare they chiefly strive, Whom thou dost hide and keep. Come let us cut them off, say they, That Israel's name for ever may For they consult with all their might, Themselves against thee they unite, The tents of Edom, and the brood Moab, with them of Hagar's blood, Gebal and Ammon there conspire, The Philistines, and they of Tyre, With them great Ashur also bands, All these have lent their armèd hands 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 As Zeb and Oreb evil sped, So let their princes speed, As Zeba, and Zalmunna bled, For they amidst their pride have said, The greedy flame runs higher and higher So with thy whirlwind them pursue, Ashamed, and troubled let them be, Ever confounded, and so die With shame, and scape it never. Then shall they know that thou whose name Jehovah is alone, Art the Most High, and thou the same PSALM LXXXIV. How lovely are thy dwellings fair! My soul doth long and almost die There ev'n the sparrow freed from wrong Hath found a house of rest, The swallow there, to lay her young Hath built her brooding nest, |