covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause : remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. : 23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee, a increaseth continually. עוֹלֶה תָמִיד : LXXV. To the chief Musician, b Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song e of Asaph. UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare. 2 d When I shall receive the judge uprightly. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn. 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff Y 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises a Heb. ascendeth. bOr, Destroy not. a Or, for Asaph, • Heb. desert. d Or, When I shall take a set time. * LXXVI. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. IN Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Sion. 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. 5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep and none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. 7 Thou, even thou art to be feared; and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven: the earth feared and was still, 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God; let 11 all that be round about him bring presents bunto him that ought to be feared. 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. born: who should arise 9 The children of Ephraim being armed, and b carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God: and refused to walk in his law: : רן heart:by asking meat for בִּלְבָבָם לִשְׁאָל־אָכָל לְנַפְשָׁם to 11 And forgat his works: streams also out of the 17 And they sinned yet more against him:by provoking the most High in the wilderness. 18 And they tempted God in their their lust. 19 Yea, they spake against God: they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? 20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can Heb. that prepared not their heart. 19 b Heb. throwing forth. • Heb, order. |