Cause thou thy face on us to shine, And then we shall be safe. 4. Lord God of Hosts, how long wilt thou, 5. Thou feed'st them with the bread of tears; 6. A strife thou mak'st us and a prey Among themselves they laugh, they play, 7. Return us, and thy grace divine, 8. A vine from Egypt thou hast brought, And drov'st out nations, proud and haut, 9 Thou didst prepare for it a place, And root it deep and fast, That it began to grow apace, 10. With her green shade that cover'd all, 11. Here branches on the western side Down to the sea she sent, And upward to that river wide Her other branches went. 12. Why hast thou laid her hedges low, 13. The tusked boar out of the wood Up turns it by the roots; Wild beasts there brouze, and make their food Her grapes and tender shoots. 14. Return now, God of Hosts, look down From Heaven, thy seat divine; Behold us, but without a frown, 15. Visit this vine which thy right hand Hath set, and planted long, And the young branch, that for thyself Thou hast made firm and strong. 16. But now it is consum'd with fire, 17. Upon the man of thy right hand 18. So shall we not go back from thee To ways of sin and shame; Quicken us thou; then gladly we Shall call upon thy Name. 19. Return us, and thy grace divine, PSALM LXXXI. 1. To God our strength sing loud, and clear, Sing loud to God our King; To Jacob's God, that all may hear, 2. Prepare a hymn, prepare a song, 3. Blow, as is wont, in the new moon 4. This was a statute given of old For Israel to observe; A law of Jacob's God, to hold, From whence they might not swerve. 5. This he a testimony ordain'd In Joseph, not to change, When as he pass'd through Egypt land; The tongue I heard was strange. 6. From burden, and from slavish toil, 1 set his shoulder free: His hands from pots, and miry soil, 7. When trouble did thee sore assail, Of Meriba renown'd. 8. Hear, O my People, hearken well; I testify to thee, Thou ancient stock of Israel, If thou wilt list to me: 9. Throughout the land of thy abode No alien God shall be, Nor shalt thou to a foreign God In honour bend thy knee. |