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7. But ye shall die like men, and fall

As other princes die.

8. Rife God, judge thou the earth in might,

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PSALM LXXXIII.

E not thou filent now at length,
O God hold not thy peace,
Sit thou not still O God of ftrength,
We cry, and do not ceafe.
2. For lo thy furious foes now fwell,
And 'ftorm outrageously,

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And they that hate thee proud and fell
Exalt their heads full high.

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3. Against thy people they contrive Their plots and counfels deep,

Them to infnare they chiefly strive, f Whom thou doft hide and keep.

4. Come let us cut them off, fay they,

Till they no nation be,

That Ifrael's name for ever may

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5. For they confult 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

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21. Brood.] Race. So above, Ps. iii. 27. "This world's BROOD." And ODE F. INF. "That heavenly BROOD."

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Of scornful Ishmael,

Moab, with them of Hagar's blood,
That in the defert dwell,

7. Gebal and Ammon there confpire,
And bateful Amalec,

The Philiftins, and they of Tyre,
Whofe bounds the Sea doth check.

8. With them great Afhur alfo bands
And doth confirm the knot:

All these bave lent their armed bands

To aid the fons of Lot.

9. Do to them as to Midian bold,

That wafted all the coaft,

To Sifera, and as is told,

Thou didst to Jabin's host,

When at the brook of Kifhon old

They were repuls'd and flain,

10. At Endor quite cut off, and roll'd

As dung upon the plain.

II. As Zeb and Oreb evil sped,

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So let their princes speed,

As Zeba, and Zalmunna bled,

So let their princes bleed.

12. For they amidst their pride have faid,

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By right now fhall we feife

God's houses, and will now invade

a Their stately palaces.

13. My God, oh make them as a wheel,

No quiet let them find,

Giddy and restless let them reel

Like ftubble from the wind.

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14. As when an aged wood takes fire Which on a fudden strays,

The greedy flame runs higher and higher

Till all the mountains blaze,

15. So with thy whirlwind them pursue,

And with thy tempeft chase;

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16. And till they yield thee honour due;

Lord fill with fhame their face.

17. Asham'd, and troubled let them be,

Troubled, and fham'd for ever,

Ever confounded, and fo die

With fhame, and fcape it never.

18. Then fhall they know that thou whofe name

Jehovah is alone,

Art the most high, and thou the fame

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O'er all the earth art one.

PSALM LXXXIV.

OW lovely are thy dwellings fair!
O Lord of Hofts, how dear

The pleasant tabernacles are,

Where thou dost dwell so near!

2. My foul doth long and almost die

Thy courts O Lord to fee,

My heart and flesh aloud do cry,

O living God, for thee.

3. There ev'n the fparrow freed from wrong

Hath found a house of reft,

The swallow there, to lay her young

Hath built her brooding neft,

* They seek thy name. Heb.

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And home they fly from round the coafts
Toward thee, my King, my God.
4. Happy, who in thy house reside,
Where thee they ever praise,

5. Happy, whose strength in thee doth bide,
And in their hearts thy ways.

6. They pass through Baca's thirsty vale,

That dry and barren ground,

As through a fruitful watry dale

Where fprings and fhow'rs abound.

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7. They journey on from ftrength to strength With joy and gladĵome chear,

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Till all before our God at length

In Sion do appear.

8. Lord God of Hofts hear now my prayer,

O Jacob's God give ear,

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9. Thou God our fhield, look on the face

Of thy anointed dear.

10. For one day in thy courts to be

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Is better, and more bleft,

Than in the joys of vanity
A thousand days at beft.
I in the temple of my God

Had rather keep a door,

Than dwell in tents, and rich abode,

With fin for evermore.

11. For God the Lord, both fun and fhield,

Gives grace and glory bright,

No good from them fhall be withheld

Whose ways are juft and right.

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12. Lord God of Hofts that reign'ft on high,

That man is truly blest, Who only on thee doth rely,

And in thee only rest.

PSALM LXXXV.

1. HY land to favour graciously

Thou haft not Lord been flack,

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Thou haft from hard captivity

Returned Jacob back.

2. Th' iniquity thou didst forgive

That wrought thy people woe,

And all their fin, that did thee grieve,

Haft hid where none fhall know.

3. Thine anger all thou hadst remov'd,

And calmly didt return

From thy a fierce wrath which we had prov'd

Far worse than fire to burn.

4. God of our faving health and peace,

Turn us, and us restore,

Thine indignation cause to cease

Toward us, and chide no more.

5. Wilt thou be angry without end,

For ever angry thus,

Wilt thou thy frowning ire extend

From age to age on us?

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6. Wilt thou not turn, and hear our voice,

And us again revive,

That so thy people may rejoice

By thee preferv'd alive?

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