2. How long will ye give' wrong judgement and accept the' persons of' the ungodly?

3. Defend the poor and fatherless : see that such as are in' need and ne'cessity have right.

4. Deliver the out-cast and poor : save them from the hand of the ungodly.

5. They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on' still in darkness all the foundations of the earth are' out of course.

6. I have said, Ye are gods: and ye are all the children of' the most High

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7. But ye shall' die like men: and' fall like' one of the princes.

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the earth for thou shalt take all' heathen to thine inheritance.

PSALM 83. Deus, quis similis ?

HOLD not thy tongue, O God,

keep' not still silence refrain'

not thy'self, 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 a'gainst thy secret ones.

4. They have said, Come, and let us root them out, that they be no' more a people and that the name of Israel may be no more' in remembrance.

5. For they have cast their heads together with one consent: and' are con'federate against thee;

6. The tabernacles of the' Edomites, and the Ismaelites: the' Moab'ites, and

7. Gebal, and' Ammon, and Amalek the Philistines, with' them that' dwell at Tyre.

8. Assur also is' joined with them : and have' holpen the children of Lot.

9. But do thou to them as un'to the Madianites unto Sisera, and unto' Jabin at the' brook of Kison;

10. Who' perished at Endor: and be'came 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 say, Let us take to ourselves the houses of' God' in possession.

13. O my God, make them like un'to a wheel and as the' stubble be'fore the wind;

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14. Like as the fire that' burneth up the wood and as the flame that con'sumeth the mountains.

15. Persecute them even' so with thy tempest and make them a ́fraid' with thy storm.

16. Make their faces a'shamed, O Lord that they may' seek thy Name.

17. Let them be confounded and vexed ever' more and more: let them be' put to shame, and perish.

18. And they shall know that thou, whose' Name is Jehovah art only the most' Highest over all the earth.

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PSALM 84. Quam dilecta! HOW' amiable are thy dwellings : thou' Lord of hosts!

2. My soul hath a desire 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 house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my' King' and my God.

4. Blessed are they that' dwell in thy house they will be' alway' praising thee.

5. Blessed is the man whose' strength is in thee in whose heart' are thy ways.

6. Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well : and the pools are' filled with water.

7. They will go from' strength to strength and unto the God of gods appeareth every' one of' them in Sion. 8. O Lord God of hosts,' hear my prayer hearken, O' God of Jacob.

9. Behold, O' God our defender :

5. Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one gene'ration' to another?

6. Wilt thou not turn a'gain, and quicken us that thy people' may re'joice in thee?

7. Shew us thy' mercy, O Lord : and' grant us' thy salvation.

8. I will hearken what the Lord God will' say concerning me for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints, that' they turn' not again.

9. For his salvation is nigh' them that fear him : that' glory may' dwell in our land.

10. Mercy and truth are' met togerighteousness and' peace have'

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Bow down thine ear, O' Lord, and

hear me for I am' poor,' and in misery.

2. Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy my God, save thy servant that' putteth his' trust in thee.

3. Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I will' call' daily upon thee.

4. Comfort the' soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5. For thou, Lord, art' good and gracious and of great mercy unto all' them that' call upon thee.

6. Give ear, Lord, un'to my prayer : and ponder the' voice of my humble desires.

7. In the time of my trouble I will' call upon thee: for thou' hearest me.

8. Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord there is not one that can' do as' thou doest.

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9. All nations whom thou hast made shall come and' worship thee, O Lord: and shall' glorify thy Name.

10. For thou art great, and doest' wondrous things: thouart' God alone.

11. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will' walk in thy truth: O knit my. heart unto thee, that' I may' fear thy Name.

12. I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with' all my heart : and will praise thy' Name for evermore.

13. For great is thy' mercy toward me and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell.

14. O God, the proud are' risen against me and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my

soul, and have not set' thee be'fore their eyes.

15. But thou, O Lord God, art full of com'passion and mercy : long-suffering,' plenteous in' goodness and truth.

16. O turn thee then unto me, and have' mercy upon me: give thy strength unto thy servant, and' help the' son of thine handmaid.

17. Shew some token upon me for good, that they who hate me may see it, and' be ashamed because thou, Lord, hast' holpen' me, and comforted

me.

PSALM 87. Fundamenta ejus.

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ER foundations are upon the' holy hills the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than' all the' dwellings of Jacob.

2. Very excellent things are' spoken of thee: thou' city of God.

3. I will think upon' Rahab and Babylon with' them' that know me.

4. Behold ye the Philistines also: and they of Tyre, with the Morians;' lo, there' was he born.

5. And of Sion it shall be reported that he was' born in her : and the most' High shall' stablish her.

6. The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth' up the people that he was' born there.

7. The singers also and trumpeters shall' he rehearse : All my fresh' springs shall be in thee.

thee O let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine' ear un'to my calling.

2. For my soul is full of trouble : and my life draweth' nigh' unto hell.

3. I am counted as one of them that go down' into the pit and I have been even as a man that' hath no strength.

4. Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded, and' lie in the grave who are out of remembrance, and are cut away' from thy hand.

5. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit : in a place of' darkness, and' in the deep.

6. Thine indignation lieth' hard upon me and thou hast vexed' me with' all thy storms.

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7. Thou hast put away mine ac'quaintance far from me : and made me to' be ab'horred of them.

8. I am so fast in prison: that'- I' cannot get forth.

9. My sight faileth for very trouble : Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched' forth my hands unto thee.

10. Dost thou shew wonders a'mong the dead or shall the dead rise' up a'gain, and praise thee?

11. Shall thy loving-kindness be shewed' in the grave or thy' faithfulness' in destruction?

12. Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark : and thy righteousness in the land where' all things' are forgotten?

13. Unto thee have I' cried, O Lord: and early shall my' prayer' come before thee.