And drov'st out nations, proud and haut, 35 To plant this lovely vine. 9 Thou did'st prepare for it a place, And root it aeep and fast, That it began to grow apace, And fill'd the land at last. 10 With her green shade that cover'd all, The hills were over-spread, Her boughs as high as cedars tall Advanc'd their lofty head. 11 Her 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, And broken down her fence, That all may pluck her, as they go, With rudest violence? 13 The tusked boar out of the wood Up turns it by the roots, 40 45 50 Wild beasts there brouze, and make their food Her grapes and tender shoots. 14 Return now, God of Hosts, look down From Heav'n, thy seat divine, Behold us, but without a frown, 35 haut] 60 'Proude and haute.' Skelton's Magnyfycence. , Ill and haut.' Barclay's Ship of Fooles, p. Strife hatching haut ambition.' Sylvester's Du p. xi. xxvi. 214. 240. Bartas, p. 135. 15 Visit this vine, which thy right hand And the young branch, that for thyself 16 But now it is consum'd with fire, Upon the son of man, whom thou 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, Loud acclamations ring. 2 Prepare a hymn, prepare a song, The timbrel hither bring, The cheerful psaltry bring along, With trumpets' lofty sound, 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; His hands from pots, and miry soil, ? When trouble did thee sore assail, On me then didst thou call, And I to free thee did not fail, And led thee out of thrall. I answer'd thee in thunder deep With clouds encompass'd round; I tried thee at the water steep Of Meribah 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. 10 I am the Lord thy God which brought Ask large enough, and I, besought, 11 And yet my people would not hear, And Israel, whom I lov'd so dear, 12 Then did I leave them to their will, Their own conceits they follow'd still, 13 O that my people would be wise, To serve me all their days, And O that Israel would advise To walk my righteous ways. 14 Then would I soon bring down their foes, That now so proudly rise, And turn my hand against all those That are their enemies. 15 Who hate the Lord should then be fain To bow to him and bend, But they, his people, should remain, Their time should have no end. 16 And he would feed them from the shock 'With flow'r of finest wheat, 40 45 50 55 50 6 And satisfy them from the rock PSALM LXXXII. 1 GOD in the great assembly stands 2 How long will ye pervert the right Dispatch the poor man's cause, And raise the man in deep distress By just and equal laws. 4 Defend the poor and desolate, And rescue from the hands Of wicked men the low estate Of him that help demands. 5 They know not, nor will understand, In darkness they walk on, 10 18 The earth's foundations all are mov'd, 20 And out of order gone. 6 I said that ye were Gods, yea all The sons of God most. high; 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall As other princes die. |