Remember how infulting fools each day thy Name profane, 23 Make thou the boaftings of thy foes for evermore to cease;

Whose infolence, if unchaftis'd, will more and more increase. PSALM LXXV.

O thee, O God, we render praise,
to thee, with thanks repair;
For, that thy Name to us is nigh,
thy wond'rous works declare.

2 In Ifrael when my throne is fix'd,
with me fhall justice reign:

3 The land with difcord thakes; but 1 the finking frame fuftain.

4 Deluded wretches I advis'd their errors to redrefs ;

And warn'd bold finners, that they should their fwelling pride fupprefs.

5 Bear not yourselves fo high, as if No pow'r could yours reftrain; Submit your stubborn necks, and learn to speak with lefs difdain;

6 For that promotion, which to gain your vain ambition strives,

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From neither east nor weft, nor yet

from fouthern climes arrives.

For God the great difpofer is,

and fov'reign Judge alone,

Who cafts the proud to earth, and lifts
the humble to a throne.

8 His hand holds forth a dreadful cup;
with purple wine 'tis crown'd;
The deadly mixture, which his wrath
deals out to nations round.

Of this his faints fometimes may taste;
but wicked men shall fqueeze
The bitter dregs, and be condemn'd
to drink the very lees.

9 His prophet, I, to all the world
this meffage will relate;

The juftice then of Jacob's God
my fong fhall celebrate.

10 The wicked's pride I will reduce, their cruelty disarm;

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Exalt the juft and feat him high
above the reach of harm.

PSALM LXXVI.

N Judah the Almighty's known,
shown:
his Name in Jacob does excel:

2 His fanctu'ry in Salem ftands;
The Majefty that heav'n commands,
in Sion condefcends to dwell.
3 He brake the bow and arrows there,
The shield, and temper'd fword, and fpear;
there flain the mighty army lay:

4 Whence Sion's fame through earth is fpread, Of greater glory, greater dread,

than hills where robbers lodge their prey. 5 Their valiant chiefs, who came for fpoil, Themfelves met there a fhameful foil: fecurely down to fleep they lay; But wak'd no more, their ftouteft band Ne'er lifted one refifting hand

'gainst his, that did their legions flay. 6 When Jacob's God began to frown, Both horse and charioteers, o'erthrown, together slept in endless night:

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When thou, whom earth and heav'n revere,
Doft once with wrathful look appear,

what mortal pow'r can ftand thy fight?

8 Pronounc'd from heav'n, earth heard its doom; Grew hush'd with fear, when thou didst comę the meek with juftice to restore:

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10 The wrath of man fhall yield thee praise ; Its last attempts but serve to raise

the triumphs of Almighty pow'r. 11 Vow to the Lord, ye nations; bring Vow'd presents to th' eternal King: thus to his Name due rev'rence pay, 12 Who proudest potentates can quell, To earthly kings more terrible,

than to their trembling fubjects they.

Who is fo great a God as ours?
who can with him compare?
14 Long fince a God of wonders thee
thy refcu'd people found;

15 Long fince haft thou thy chosen feed
with strong deliv'rance crown'd,
16 When thee, O God, the waters faw,
the frighted billows fhrunk ;

The troubled depths themselves for fear
beneath their channels funk.

17 The clouds pour'd down, while rending skies
did with their noise conspire;
Thy arrows all abroad were fent,
wing'd with avenging fire.

18 Heav'n with thy thunder's voice was torn, whilft all the lower world

With light'nings blaz'd, earth fhook, and feem'd from her foundations hurl'd.

19 Through rolling ftreams thou find'st thy way thy paths in waters lie;

Thy wond'rous paffage, where no fight
thy footsteps can descry.

20 Thou ledd'ft thy people like a flock
fafe through the defert land,

By Moses, their meek skilful guide,
and Aaron's facred hand.

PSALM LXXVIII.
TEAR, O my people; to my law
devout attention lend;

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Let the inftruction of my mouth
deep in your hearts defcend.

2 My tongue, by inspiration taught,
fhall parables unfold,

Dark oracles, but understood, and own'd for truths of old: Which we from facred registers of ancient times have known, 3 And our forefathers' pious care to us has handed down.

4 We will not hide them from our fons ; our offspring fhall be taught

The praises of the Lord, whofe ftrength has works of wonder wrought.

5 For Jacob he this law ordain'd,
this league with Ifrael made;
With charge to be from age to age,
from race to race, convey'd.
6 That generations yet to come
fhould to their unborn heirs
Religiously tranfmit the fame,
and they again to theirs.

7 To teach them that in God alone
their hope fecurely ftands;

That they should ne'er his works forget,
but keep his juft commands.

8 Left, like their fathers, they might prove
a ftiff rebellious race,
Falfe-hearted, fickle to their God,
unftedfaft in his grace.

9 Such were revolting Ephraim's fons,
who, though to warfare bred,

And skilful archers, arm'd with bows,
from field ignobly fled.

10, II They falfified their league with God,
his orders difobey'd,

Forgot his works and miracles

before their eyes difplay'd.

12 Nor wonders, which their fathers faw,
did they in mind retain,

Prodigious things in Egypt done,
and Zoan's fertile plain.

13 He cut the feas to let them pafs,d
reftrain'd the preffing flood;

While pil'd on heaps, on either fide
the folid waters ftood.

14 A wond'rous pillar led them on,
compos'd of fhade and light;

A fhelt'ring cloud it prov'd by day,
a leading fire by night.

15 When drought opprefs'd them, where no ftream
the wildernefs fupply'd,

He cleft the rock, whofe flinty breaft

diffolv'd into a tide.