IsrafVs provoeatioms.
Lxxviii. 54.— PSALMS.— Lxxxi. 2. OocC n judgmsnU d- merde*.
And their enemies hatli the sea covered. '* Aud He bringeth them iu unto the bordoi- of His sanctuary,
Tliis mountain His right hand had got, "* Aud casteth out nations from before them,
And causeth them to fall in the line of in- heritance, [in their tents,
And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell ^ And they tempt and provoke God Most High,
And His testimonies have not kept. ^^ And they turn back.
And deal treacherously like their fathers,
They have been turned like a deceitful bow, "8 And make Him angry with their high places,
And with their graven images make Him
zealous, [wroth.
"^ God hath heard, and sheweth Himself
And kicketh exceedingly against Israel ^^ And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh,
The tent He hadplaced among men, ®' And He giveth His strength to captivity.
And His beauty into the hand of an ad- versary, ^- And delivereth up to the sword His people,
And with His inheritance shewed Himself ^^ His yoimg men hath fire consumed, [angry.
And His virgins have not been praised.
- ■* His priests by the sword have fallen.
And their widows weep not. ^ And the Lord waketh as a sleeper.
As a mighty one crying aloud from wine. ™ And He smiteth His adversaries backward,
A reproach age-during He hath put on them, ^^ And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph,
And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed. 8^ And He chooseth the tribe of Judah,
With mount Zion that He loved, ^8 And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place,
Like the earth, He foundeA it to the age. ™ And He fixetli on David His servant.
And taketh him from the folds of a Hock, ^ From behind suckling ones He hath brought
To rule over Jacob His people, [liim in,
And over Israel His inheritance. "" And he ruleth them according to the inte- grity of his heart,
And by the skiKulness of his hands leadeth them !
LXXTX, A Psabn of Asaph.
' O God, nations have come into Thy inherit-
They have defiletl Thy holy temple, [ance.
They made Jerusalem become heaps, - They gave the dead liodies of Thy servants
Food for the fowls of the heavens,
The flesh of Thy saints
For the wild beast of the earth. 3 They have shed their blood
As water round about Jerusalem,
And there is none burying.
- We have been a reproach to our neighbours,
A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.
'" Till when, Jehovah? art Thou angry for Thy jealousy doth bum as fire. [ever?
- Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not
known Thee, [Thy name.
And on kingdoms that have not called in ' For (me hath devoured Jacob,
And liis liabitatiou they have made desolate.
- Remember not for us the inicjuitics of fore-
Haate, let Thy mercies go before us, [fathers, 378
For we have been very weak. ^ Help us, O God of our salvation. Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, aud cover over our sirs, For Thy name's sake.
10 Why do the nations say, ' Where wtheir God ?' Let be known among the nations before our
eyes.
The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants
that is shed. [before Thee,
1' Let the groaning of the x>risoner come in
According to the greatness of Thine arm.
Leave Thou the sons of death.
- - And turn Thou back to our neighbours.
Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach,
Wherewith they reproached Thee, Lord. ^^ And we. Thy people, and the ilock of Thy
We give thanks to Thee to the age, [pasture.
To all generations we recount Thy jiraise !
LXXX. To the Overseer. — ' On the Lilies."
A testimony of Asapli.^ — A Psalm. 1 Shepherd of Israel, give ear.
Leading Joseph as a flock,
Inhabiting the cherubs — shine forth, [seh,
- Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manas- Wake up Thy might, and come for our sal-
^ God, cause us to turn back, [vation.
And cause Thy face to shine, and we are ■* Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? [saved.
Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people. ^ Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears,
And causest them to drink
With tears a third time. ® Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours,
And our enemies mock at it. ^ God of Hosts, turn us back, [saved.
And cause Thy face to shine, and we are 8 A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring.
Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it. ^ Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it,
And it iilleth the land, '* Covered have been hills vnth its shadow,
And its boughs are cedars of God.
11 It sendeth forth its branches imto the sea. And unto the river its sucklings.
1- Why hast Thou broken down its hedges,
And all passing by the way have plucked it? '^ A boar out of the forest doth waste it.
And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it. '■* God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee,
Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine, 1' And the root that Thy right hand planted.
And the branch ThoumadeststrongforThee, 1^ Burnt with fire — cut down.
From the rebuke of Tiiy face they perish.
17 Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right On the son of man [hand. Thou hast strengthened for Thvself.
18 And we do not go back from Tuee,
Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we
'" O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, [call.
Cause Thy face to shine, aud we are saved !
LXXXL To the Overseer.—' On the Gittith.'
By Asaph. 1 Ciy aloud to God our strength. Shout to the ('!od of Jacob.
- Jjift up a song, and give out a timbrel.
