The Psalmes of David The King And Prophet, And Of other holy Prophets, paraphas'd in English: Conferred with the Hebrew Veritie, set forth by B. Arias Montanus, together with the Latine, Greek Septuagint, and Chaldee Paraphrase. By R. B. [i.e. Richard Brathwait] |
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Psal. 94. Deus ultionum.
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Lord God, to whom revenge belongs,set forth thy selfe thereto:
O God, avenger of all wrongs,
shew what thy power can doe.
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Judge of the earth, lift up thy head,the proud lift up their hearts;
Upon the haughty-hearted tread,
reward them their deserts.
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How long insult, O Lord, how longshall wicked, wicked scorne,
Contriving, executing wrong,
with such delight be borne?
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How long shall wicked workers speakethe language of disdaine;
And forth in such proud boastings breake
their mischiefes, bred with paine?
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Thy people, Lord, they bruise, they bray,thine heritage oppresse:
The widow and the stranger slay,
strike dead the fatherlesse.
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God shall not looke (say they) so nie,and who shall make him know?
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The God of Jacob is too hie,to understand so low.
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Unwise among the people heed,in time your selves advise,
Before too farre your pride proceed:
Fooles, when will ye be wise?
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Shall he, whose hand did plant the eare,of hearing have no sense?
Nor sight, the eyes great Enginer,
that form'd their sevenfold fense?
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He that whole Nations doth chastise,his censure who shall beare?
He that in knowledge schooles the wise,
his compasse who shall steere?
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The Lord, he knowes mans thoughts (vaine foole)to vaine conclusions draw:
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Blest (Lord) the man thou sett'st to schoole,and lesson'st in thy Law.
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To give him, from the evill daies,in quiet rest to sit:
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untill be digg'd the pit.
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His people want the Lord may make,yet will not leave them there;
Nor his Inheritance forsake,
howbeit, sometime forbeare.
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But Judgement shall to Justice fall,to Righteousnesse revert;
And after it shall follow all
that are upright in heart.
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Against the evill doers head,with me who lifts a hand?
Against iniquitie to plead,
on my part who will stand?
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If from the Lord, that never failes,some help I had not felt,
My soule had then (that now prevailes)
almost in silence dwelt.
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When, Lord, I said my foot did move,thy mercy was my stay;
My soules delights (thy comforts) drove
my clouds of thoughts away.
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Of Tyran-evills shall the thronehave fellowship with thee;
Whose shadow'd lusts, for law have gone,
of mischiefe make decree?
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The Just mans soule they hunt by troupes,condemne the guiltlesse blood:
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My refuge yet, the Lord, my hopes,my God their Rocke, makes good.
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On them the Lord shall cause to falltheir painfull wickednesse:
Suppresse them in their malice shall,
our God shall them suppresse.
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