S 51 He made a way to his indignation, and fpared not their foul from death; but gave their life over to the peftilence. 52 And fmote all the firftborn in Egypt; the most principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. 53 But as for his own people, he led them forth like fheep, and carried them in the wilderness like a flock. 54 He brought them out fafely, that they should not fear, and overwhelmed their enemies with the fea. 55 And brought them within the borders of his fanctuary; even to his mountain which he purchased with his right hand. 56 He caft out the heathen also before them, caused their land to be divided among them for an heritage, and made the tribes of Ifrael to dwell in their 61 So that he forfook the tabernacle in Silo; even the tent that he had pitched among men. 6. He delivered their power into captivity, and their beauty into the enemies hand. 63 He gave his people over alfo to the fword, and was wroth with his inheritance. 64 The fire confumed their young men, and their maidens were not given to marriage. 65 Their priests were flain with the fword, and there were no widows to make lamentation. 66 So the Lord awaked as one out of fleep, and like a giant refreshed with wine. 67 He fmote his enemies in the hinder parts, and put them to a perpetual shame. 68 He refused the tabernacle of Jofeph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim; 69 But chose the tribe of Judah, even the hill of Sion which he loved. 70 And there he built his temple on high, and laid the foundation of it like the earth which he hath established for ever. 71 He chofe David also his fervant, and took him away from the fheep folds. 72 As he was following the ews great with young ones, he took him, that he might feed F Jacob his inheritance. Jacob his people, and Ifrael | fins, but have mercy upon us, and that foon; for we are come to great mifery. 73 So he fed them with a faithful and true heart, and ruled them prudently with all his power. PSALM 79. God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance, thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerufalem an heap of ftones." 2 The dead bodies of thy fervants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy faints unto the beafts of the land. 3 Their blood have they fhed like water on every fide of Jerufalem, and there was no man to bury them. 4 We are become an open fhame to our enemies; a very fcorn and derifion unto them that are round about us. 5 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry; fhall thy jealousy 9 Help us, O God of our falvation, for the glory of thy Name; O deliver us, and be merciful unto our fins for thy Name's fake. 10 Wherefore do the heathen fay, Where is now their God? 11 O let the vengeance of thy fervants blood that is fhed be openly fhewed upon the heathen in our fight. 12 O let the forrowful fighing of the prifoners come before thee; according to the greatnefs of thy power, preferve thou thofe that are appointed to die. 13 And for the blafphemy wherewith our neighbours have blafphemed thee, reward thou them, O Lord, feven-fold into their bosom. 14 So we, that are thy people, and fheep of thy pafture, shall give thee thanks for ever, and will alway be fhewburn like fire for ever? ing forth thy praise from ge6. Pour out thine indig-neration to generation. nation upon PSALM 80. the heathen H that have not known thee, T TEar, O thou Shepherd of and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. 8 O remember not our old Ifrael, thou that leadeft Jofeph like a fheep; fhew thyfelf alfo, thou that fitteft upon the cherubims. 2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manaffes; ftir up thy ftrength, and come, and help us. 15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madeft fo strong for thyself; 3 Turn us again, O God; | heaven; behold, and visit this fhew the light of thy counte-vine; nance, and we fhall be whole. 4 O Lord God of hofts, how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth? 5 Thou feedeft them with the bread of tears, and giveft them plenteousnefs of tears to drink. 6 Thou haft made us a very ftrife unto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh us to fcorn. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hofts; fhew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 8 Thou haft brought a vine out of Egypt; thou haft caft out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou madeft room for it, and when it had taken root, it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the fhadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar trees. 11 She ftretched out her branches unto the fea, and her boughs unto the river. 12 Why haft thou then bro ken down her hedge, that all they that go by, pluck off her grapes? 13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up, and the wild beafts of the field devourit. 14 Turn thee again, thou God of hofts, look down from 16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down; they fhall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, and upon the fon of man, whom thou madeft so strong for thine own felf. 18 And fo will not we go back from thee; O let us live, and we fhall call upon thy Name. 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hofts; fhew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. SIN ING aloud unto God our strength; make a cheerful noife unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take the pfalm, bring hither the tabret, the pleasant harp with the lute. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, even in the time appointed, and upon our folemn feaft-day. 4 For this was made a ftatute for Ifrael, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This F 2 5 This he ordained in Jofeph for a teftimony, when he came out of the land of Egypt, and had heard a ftrange language. 6 I eafed his fhoulder from the burden, and his hands were delivered from making the pots. 7 Thou calledft upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee; I heard thee what time as the ftorm fell upon thee. 8 I proved thee alfo at the waters of ftrife. 9 Hear, O my people, and I will affure thee, O Ifrael, if thou wilt hearken unto me, 10 There fhall no ftrange god be in thee; neither fhalt thou worship any other god. 11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt; open thymouth wide, and I fhall fill it. 12 But my people would not hear my voice, and If rael would not obey me. 13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts lufts, and let them follow their own imaginations. 14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me; for if Ifrael had walked in my ways, 15 I fhould foon have put down their enemies, and turned my hand against their adverfaries. 16 The haters of the Lord fhould have been found liars; but their time fhould have endured for ever. 17 He should have fed them alfo with the finest wheatflour, and with hony out of the ftony rock fhould I have fatisfied thee. G PSALM 82. OD ftandeth in the congregation of princes; he is a judge among gods. 2 How long will ye give wrong judgment, and accept the perfons of the ungodly? 3 Defend the poor and fatherlefs; fee that fuch as are in need and neceffity have right. 4 Deliver the out-caft and poor; fave them from the hand of the ungodly. 5 They will not be learned norunderstand, but walk on still in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have faid, Ye are gods, and ye are all the children of the moft Highest. 7 But ye hall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arife, O God, and judge thou the earth; for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inhe ritance. lence; refrain not thyself, O God. 2 For lo thine enemies make a murmuring, and they that hate thee have lift up their head. | 3 They have imagined craftily against thy people, and taken counsel against thy fe cret ones. 4 They have faid, Come, and let us root them out, that they be no more a people, and that the name of Ifrael may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have caft their heads together with one confent, and are confederate against thee; 6 The tabernacles of the Edomites and the Ifmaelites ; the Moabites and Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalech; the Philistines, with them that dwell at Tyre. en 8 Affur alfo is joined with them, and have holpen the children of Lot. 9 But do thou to them as unto the Midianites, unto Sifera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kifon 10 Who perished at Endor, and became as the dung of the earth. 11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and, Zeb; yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana, 12 Who fay, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in poffeffion. | 13 O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the ftubble before the wind; 14 Like as the fire that burneth up the wood, and as the flame that confumeth the mountains ; 15 Perfecute them even fo with thy tempeft, and make them afraid with thy ftorm. 16 Make their faces afhamed, O Lord, that they may feek thy Name. 17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more; let them be put to fhame, and perifh. 18 And they shall know that thou whofe name is Jehovah, art only the most Highest over all the earth. PSALM 84. How amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord of hofts! 2 My foul hath a defire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an houfe, and the fwallow a neft, where she may lay her young; even thy altars, O Lord of hofts, my King and my God. 4 Bleffed are they that dwell in thy houfe, they will be alway praising thee. 5 Bleffed is the man whofe F 3 ftrength |