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4 Thine enemies by thousands roar
Amidft th' affemblies of thy fons :
Where all was holinefs before,
Their enfigns now pollute the ftones.
5 In famous days of Jerubaal,

An high renown was fairly won,
By hewing down the groves fo tall,
Where foul idolatry was fhown;
6 But now, at once, with might and main,
With axes, hammers, they break down
The carved myfl'ries, which contain
The fymbols of the Holy One!

7 Thine holy place, with fiery flame,
They have demolish'd and laid waste:
The dwelling of thy glorious name,
Down to the ground is bafely caft.
8 Within their fanguine hearts they faid,
Let us deftroy them all at once:
God's fynagogues in afhes laid,

They leave, where ever they advance.

9 We fee no more our wonted signs;
There is no prophet any more;
There is no perfon who divines,
How long 'tis ere this ftorm be o'er.
10 How long thall these malicious ones
Blafpheme thy holy name, O God,
And fneer at our moft piteous groans,
While we ly weeping on the clod?
11 O why withdraweft thou thine arm,
Thine everlasting arm, O Lord?
O ftretch it forth, and send th' alarm
Of death upon them by thy fword:
12 For God is mine eternal King,

Who works falvation in the earth;
Who proud King Pharaoh down did bring,
That mourning Jacob might have mirth.

13 Thou

13 Thou didst by ftrength divide the fea, And crush the dragons in the flood: 14 Leviathan was flain by thee,

And on the fowls bestow'd for food. 15 Thou didst the mighty Jordan cleave, And to her fountains drive her flood; The waters did their channels leave,

And, rear'd aloft, like walls they stood. 16 The day is thine, and thine the night; Thou haft prepar'd the light and fun; Thou mad'ft the moon to rule by night; Thou bad'ft the stars their circles run. 17 Lord, thou haft all the borders fet

Of heav'n and earth, from end to end:
The winter's cold, and fummer's heat,
From thee on high do both descend.
18 Remember this, that we confefs,
And give to thee thy glory due;
Which heathens, in their foolishness,
Do attribute their gods unto:
O Lord, they have reproached thee,
And wickedly blafphem'd thy name.
19 O do not thou deliver me,

Thy Turtle-dove, my God, to them:
Forget not thou th' affembly dear
Of thy dejected poor for aye;

20 But for thy covenant appear,

And cheer us with thy dawning day: For, lo, thy dark, benighted lands, Which ly in death's moft difmal fhade, Are full of cruel, bloody bands,

Who ev'ry-where deftruction spread.

21 0, when thy poor, oppreffed, mourn, And fly to thee, the Lord their God, Afhamed let not them return;

But let them fing thy praise abroad.

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22 Arife,

22 Arife, O'God, and vindicate'

The cause which thou haft made thine own: See how the foolish people hate,

And counteract thy ways each one!
23 Forget not thou the fwelling voice
Of all thine enemies, O Lord;
The tumult and the rifing noise

Of those who rufh upon thy fword:
Destroy, by thine almighty ftrength,
Thy foes who caufe thy faints to weep;
That we may fing to thee at length,
The Lord for ever truth doth keep.

PARALLEL to Pfal. ci. and others quoted in the margin, and fpoken all in one perfon, is evidently fpoken by the Lord the Meffiah, as appears from ver. 3. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are diffolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.' Who dares fay this, but he who upholdeth all things by the word of his power?

Behold, THE SON, the Heir of all,
By whom all things were made,
Upholding all things great and small;
The fou'reign Lord and Head.
He gives the retribution due,

To ev'ry Son of man; gy
The kingdom to the faithful few;
Death, to each faithless one!

TO thee, O God, our harps we tune,
And fing unto thy name;

Fo, lo, thy name appearing foon,
Thy wondrous works proclaim:
For all the figns are haft'ning on
Which speak Meffiah near;

While we are musing ev'ry one,
Behold Meffiah here!"

2 When I the kingdom fhall receive,
Impartial, pure, and free,
Juftice to ev'ry one I'll give,
As God appointed me.

3 The world, to wild confufion gone,
Diffolv'd in ruin lies;

But I its pillars bear alone,
Upholding earth and fkies.

4 I to the foolish people faid,
Do not deal foolishly;
And to the wicked, Be not glad,
Nor lift your horn on high:

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5 Lift not your horn on high, nor breathe
Out haughtiness; but know,
Promotion flows not from beneath,
Like winds which come and go:

7 But God is judge; he puts down one,
And fets another up;

8 And from the hand of God alone.

Each man must take his cup:

The wicked drink the blood-red wine.

Of his unmingled wrath;
For he fhall all of them confign,

Unto eternal death.

9 But I for ever will declare,

And fing of Jacob's God;

Whilft all my faints with me fhall share,
My fong, and my abode.

30 All horns of wickednefs I'll wrench,
And ftamp them with my foot; /
But righteoufnefs, with budding branch,
Shall bear eternal fruit.

SIMILAR in fubject, fpirit, and expreffion, to Pfalm xlvi. xlviii. &c.

Who was, and is, and is to come,
The Lord, th' eternal King,
Brings all his chofen Ifra'l home,
On Zion-mount to fing.
By him fubdu'd, their enemies
Shall be confign'd to bell;

But they with him, above the fkies,
In endless glory dwell.

STRIKE ev'ry moft barmonious firing,
Give all your spirit play,

While you announce the Lord our King,
And hail his coming day in
His name is known, our God is known,
In Judah's happy lands;
His name is great in Ifra'l fhown;
His tent in Salem ftands:
His dwelling-place in Sion is,
And there his glory fhines;

3 There he affail'd his enemies,

And brake their marshall'd lines; The arrows, with the bended bows, The fhield, the fword, the fpear, He dash'd to pieces with his blows, And finish'd there the war.

4 More glorious thou than hills of prey, More excellent and fair!

5 The ftout of heart did melt away,
And quite defpoiled were:

They fleep their fleep, and waken not;
The mighty move no more:

6 At thy rebuke, upon the fpot,
The horsemen cease to roar :

When