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That I shall judgment uprightly
Render to ev'ry one.

3 Dissolved is the land, with all
That in the same do dwell;
But I the pillars thereof do
Bear up and stablish well.
4 I to the foolish people said,
Do not deal foolishly;

And unto those that wicked are,
Lift not your horn on high.

5 Lift not your horn on high, nor speak
With stubborn neck. But know,

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That not from east, nor west, nor south,
Promotion doth flow.

7 But God is judge; he puts down one,
And sets another up.

8 For in the hand of God most high
Of red wine is a cup:

"Tis full of mixture, he pours forth,
And makes the wicked all
Wring out the bitter dregs thereof;
Yea, and they drink them shall.

9 But I for ever will declare,

I Jacob's God will praise.

10 All horns of lewd men I'll cut off; But just men's horns will raise.

PSALM LXXVI.

SIMILAR in subject, spirit, and expression, to

Psalm xlvi. xlviii. &c.

Who was, and is, and is to come,
The Lord, th' eternal King,
Brings all his chosen Isra'l home,
On Zion-mount to sing.

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By him subdu'd their enemies

Shall be consign'd to hell;

But they with him, above the skies,
In endless glory dwell.

'N Judah's land God is well known,
His name's in Isr'el great:

2 In Salem is his tabernacle,

: In Sion is his seat.

3 There arrows of the bow he brake, The shield, the sword, the war.

4 More glorious thou than hills of prey, More excellent art far.

5 Those that were stout of heart are spoil'd,
They slept their sleep outright;
And none of those their hands did find,
That were the men of might.

6 When thy rebuke, O Jacob's God,
Had forth against them past,
Their horses and their chariots both
Were in a dead sleep cast.

7 Thou, Lord, ev'n thou art he that should
Be fear'd; and who is he

That may stand up before thy sight,
If once thou angry be?

'8 From heav'n thou judgment caus'd be heard; The earth was still with fear,

9 When God to judgment rose, to save
All meek on earth that were.

10 Surely the very wrath of man
Unto thy praise redounds;
Thou to the remnant of his wrath
Wilt set restraining bounds.

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11 Vow to the Lord your God, and
All ye that near him be,
Bring gifts and presents unto him;
For to be fear'd is he.

12 By him the spirits shall be cut off
Of those that princes are:
Unto the kings that are on earth
He fearful doth appear.

PSALM LXXVII.

THE same as Psal. lxxxviii. and cxliii. with their parallels; whose illustrations see, especially the cxliii. with the general preface.

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Who came to save us, from on high,

By his almighty pow'r-

In day of his deep agony,

And in the darkest hour,

While death and hell possess'd his soul,
Bereft of ev'ry joy-

His desolations to console,

He thought on THE MOST HIGH.

UNTO the Lord I with my unto God did cry;

voice,

Ev'n with my voice, and unto me
His ear he did apply.

2 I in my trouble sought the Lord,
My sore by night did run,

And ceased not; my grieved soul
Did consolation shun.

3 I to remembrance God did call,
Yet trouble did remain ;
And overwhelm'd my spirit was,
Whilst I did sore complain.

4 Mine eyes, debarr'd from rest and sleep,
Thou makest still to wake;

My trouble is so great that I
Unable am to speak.

5 The days of old to mind I call'd,
And oft did think upon

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The times and ages that are past
Full many years agone.

6 By night my song I call to mind,
And commune with my heart;
My sp'rit did carefully enquire
How I might ease my smart.

7 For ever will the Lord cast off,
And gracious be no more?
8 For ever is his mercy gone?
Fails his word evermore?
9 Is't true that to be gracious
The Lord forgotten hath?
And that his tender mercies he
Hath shut up in his wrath ;

10 Then did I say, That surely this
Is mine infirmity:

I'll mind the years of the right hand
Of him that is most High.

11 Yea, I remember will the works
Performed by the Lord:

The wonders done of old by thee
I surely will record.

12 I also will of all thy works
My meditation make;
And of thy doings to discourse
Great pleasure I will take.
13 0 God, thy way most holy is
Within thy sanctuary;

And what God is so great in pow'r
As is our God most high;

14 Thou art the God that wonders do'st
By thy right hand most strong:
Thy mighty pow'r thou hast declar'd
The nations among.

15 To thine own people with thine arm Thou didst redemption bring;

To Jacob's sons, and to the tribes

Of Joseph that do spring.

16 The waters, Lord, perceived thee, The waters saw thee well;

And they for fear aside did flee;
The deeps on trembling fell.
17 The clouds in water forth were pour'd,
Sound loudly did the sky;

And swiftly through the world abroad
Thine arrows fierce did fly.

18 Thy thunder's voice alongst the heav'n
A mighty noise did make:

By lightnings lighten'd was the world.
Th' earth tremble did and shake.

19 Thy way is in the sea, and in
The waters great thy path;
Yet are thy footsteps hid, O Lord;
None knowledge thereof hath.

20 Thy people thou didst safely lead,
Like to a flock of sheep;

By Moses' hand and Aaron's thou
Didst them conduct and keep.

PSALM LXXVIII,

HISTORICAL and commemorative; spoken in the person of Christ, concerning those things, which happened unto the people of old for examples unto us; that we, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have great consolation, who have fled for refuge to the hope set before us. See Psal. xlix. parallels, and references.*

Prose Psalms of the Bible.

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