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A New Version of the Psalms of David

Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. By Sir Richard Blackmore

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Psalm XCIV.

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Lord God of Vengeance shew the Might,

With which Thou art endow'd;

2

Rise of the Earth thou Judge upright,

And recompence the Proud.

3

How long, how long shall at our Cost,

The Wicked shout for Joy?

4

How long shall evil Workers boast,

And haughty Speech employ?

5

In Ruin these thy People lay,

Thy Heritage oppress;

6

The Widow and the Stranger slay,

And kill the Fatherless.

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7

And yet among themselves they cry,

Grown insolent and bold,
The Lord our Deeds shall not espy,
Nor Jacob's God behold.

8

Ye brutish Men, Instruction hear,

Will Fools ne'er wiser be?

9

He that contriv'd the Eye and Ear,

Shall he not hear and see?

10

Can't he for you Correction find,

Who makes the Heathen smart?
It is ev'n He, who to the Mind
Its Knowledge do's impart.

11

God, that our Thoughts are all unwise,

And empty, can attest;

12

But he whom thy kind Stripes chastise,

Taught by thy Law is blest.

13

For to th' Abodes of Rest he goes

From black and adverse Days,
While the dark Pit is dug for those
Who walk in wicked Ways.

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God will not cast us off with Scorn,

Nor will his Portion slight;

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But equal Judgment shall return

Approv'd by Men upright.

16

What Pow'r will rise, who'll for me stand,

And from the Wicked save?

17

Without th' Almighty's helping Hand

My Lot had been the Grave.

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18

When I was near to Ruin brought

Thou sav'd'st me by thy Might,

19

And when perplex'd with anxious Thought

Thy Comforts me delight:

20

Shall Pow'rs and Thrones of impious Name

Have Fellowship with Thee,
Who by a Statute Mischief frame,
And Wickedness decree?

21

Against the just Man's Life they joyn,

And shed his guiltless Blood;

22

But God his Care will ne'er resign,

My Rock against the Flood.

23

He their own Sins shall on them bring,

And to Destruction doom,
In their own Guilt, our God and King
Shall the vile Race consume.