8 A Vine from Egypt thou hast brought, Thy free love made it thine, And drov'st out nations proud and haut, 9 Thou didst prepare for it a place, 10 With her green shade that covered all 11 Her branches on the western side 12 Why hast thou laid her hedges low, That all may pluck her, as they go, 13 The tusked boar out of the wood Upturns it by the roots; 40 50 Wild beasts there browse, and make their food Her grapes and tender shoots. 14 Return now, God of Hosts; look down 15 Visit this Vine, which thy right hand Hath set, and planted long, 60 And the young branch, that for thy- Thou hast made firm and strong. 17 Upon the Man of thy right hand 18 So shall we not go back from thee 19 Return us, and thy grace divine, Lord God of Hosts, vouchsafe: 70 80 PSALM LXXXI 1 To God our strength sing loud and clear; Sing loud to God our King; To Jacob's God, that all may hear, 2 Prepare a hymn, prepare a song; A law of Jacob's God to hold, 5 This he a testimony ordained In Joseph, not to change, 10 When as he passed through Egyptland; The tongue I heard was strange. 6 From burden, and from slavish toil, I set his shoulder free; His hands from pots, and miry soil, 7 When trouble did thee sore assail, With clouds encompassed round; Of Meriba renowned. 8 Hear, O my people, hearken well: I testify to thee, 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. 20 30 40 10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought Thee out of Egypt-land; Ask large enough, and I, besought, 11 And yet my people would not hear, And Israel, whom I loved so dear, 1 Be Sether ragnam. PSALM LXXXII 1 GOD in the great1 assembly stands Of kings and lordly states; 2 Among the gods 2 on both his hands He judges and debates. 8 2 How long will ye 3 pervert the right 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 As other princes die. 20 8 Rise, God; judge thou the earth in might; This wicked earth 7 redress; PSALM LXXXIII 1 BE not thou silent now at length; 2 For lo! thy furious foes now 1swell, And storm outrageously; And they that hate thee, proud and fell, Exalt their heads full high. 3 Against thy people they 2 contrive Their plots and counsels deep; 4 Them to ensnare they chiefly strive Whom thou dost hide and keep. 4 "Come, let us cut them off," say they, "Till they no uation be; That Israel's name for ever may 6 5 For they consult 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 conspire, The Philistines, and they of Tyre, All these have lent their armed hands 9 Do to them as to Midian bold, Thou didst to Jabin's host, 10 At Endor quite cut off, and rolled 11 As Zeb and Oreb evil sped, So let their princes speed; As Zeba and Zalmunna bled, So let their princes bleed. 12 For they amidst their pride have said, "By right now shall we seize God's houses, and will now invade 13 My God, oh make them as a wheel; 20 30 40 50 Neoth Elohim bears both. Giddy and restless let them reel, Like stubble from the wind. 14 As, when an aged wood takes fire Which on a sudden strays, The greedy flame runs higher and higher, Till all the mountains blaze; 15 So with thy whirlwind them pursue, And with thy tempest chase; 16 And till they 1 yield thee honour due, Lord, fill with shame their face. 17 Ashamed and troubled let them be, Troubled and shamed for ever, Ever confounded, and so die With shame, and scape it never. 60 18 Then shall they know that thou, whose |