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Psalm LX.
1
O God thou hast rejected us,And scattered us abroad:
Thou hast been long displeas'd with us,
Now turn to us, O God.
2
The earth to tremble thou didst make,And it in pieces tear:
O heal the breaches thou hast made,
For still it quakes for fear.
3
Most heavy judgments thou hast shew'd,Before thy peoples sight:
And mad'st us drink of such a cup,
That us astonisht quite.
4
But thou a banner hast displaid,For them that fear thy name:
Now hear, and for thy promise sake,
Defend and save the same.
5
What God hath from his temple spoke,I now rejoyce to see:
For Shechem now and Succoth vale,
Are both possest by me.
6
Both Gilead and Manasseh too,Are now become my own:
Strong Ephraim with Iudah's tribe,
To which belongs the crown.
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7
Proud Moab shall my washpot be.On Edom I will tread:
And over the Philistines land,
In triumph will proceed.
8
But who will Edom's city strong,Enable me to take?
Lord, wilt not thou, who heretofore,
Our armies didst forsake?
9
O help us in our troubles, Lord;In man there is no trust:
But we through thee shall valiant be,
And tread our foes to dust.
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