Paraphrase. Psalm XLIV.

O mighty God! our fathers told
    The wondrous works thou didst of yore;
Thy glories in the days of old,
    Wrought on proud Egypt's hostile shore.
Thy wrath swept through that guilty land;
    Before thy face the heathen fled;
His people, with an outstretched hand,
    The Lord of Hosts in triumph led!

It was not counsel, spear, nor sword,
    A heritage for Israel won;
It was Jehovah's awful word
    That led our conquering armies on.
The heathen host--their warriors brave--
    Were scattered when the Lord arose;
At his terrific glance, a grave
    Was found by Jacob's haughty foes!

God of our strength! Almighty Power!
    Our sure defence, our sword and shield,
Still guide our hosts in danger's hour,
    Still lead our armies to the field.
In thee we trust--what foe can stand
    The awful brightness of thine eye?
Both life and death are in thy hand,
    And in thy smile is victory!

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Rejoice O my people! Jehovah hath spoken!
The dark chain of sin and oppression is broken;
Thy warfare is over, thy bondage is past,
The Lord hath looked down on his chosen at last.
A voice from the wilderness breaks on mine ear--
O Israel, rejoice! thy redemption is near:
A path for our God the wild desert shall yield;
He comes in the light of salvation revealed;
His word hath declared, who speaks not in vain;
He bends the high mountain, exalts the low plain;
All flesh shall behold him, far nations shall bring
Their glad songs of triumph to welcome their King!

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Psalm CXIV [1]

When Israel by Jehovah call'd
    From Egypt's hostile plain,
Pour'd forth in numbers as the Sand
    And sought the adjacent main:
Then God descended from on high
    To lead the favour'd Race
To rule o'er Jacob, & his Name
    In Judah's Tribe to place.
The Sea at their approach alarm'd
    In wild amazement fled
And Jordan's flood was driven back
    Within it's fountainhead.
The Mountains from their basis shook
    Confess'd the Parent God!
With sudden throws like Rams they skipp'd
    And broken, fell abroad.
The little Hills by the same power
    Were from their Center torn
Like Lambs resistless they gave way
    In Tumult wild, upborn.
Ye Waves what strange amazement, say,
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Psal. LXXXIII.

Be not thou silent now at length
O God hold not thy peace,
Sit not thou still O God of strength
We cry and do not cease.
For lo thy furious foes now ^*1swell
And ^*1storm outrageously,
And they that hate thee proud and fill
Exalt their heads full hie.
Against thy people they ^*2contrive
^*3Their Plots and Counsels deep,
^*4Them to ensnare they chiefly strive
^*5Whom thou dost hide and keep.
Come let us cut them off say they,
Till they no Nation be
That Israels name for ever may
Be lost in memory.
For they consult ^*6with all their might,
And all as one in mind
Themselves against thee they unite
And in firm union bind.
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Thou Shepherd that dost Israel keep
Give ear in time of need,
Who leadest like a flock of sheep
Thy loved Josephs seed,
That sitt'st between the Cherubs bright
Between their wings out-spread
Shine forth, and from thy cloud give light,
And on our foes thy dread.
In Ephraims view and Benjamins,
And in Manasse's sight
Awake^*1 thy strength, come, and be seen
To save us by thy might.
Turn us again, thy grace divine
To us O God vouchsafe;
Cause thou thy face on us to shine
And then we shall be safe.
Lord God of Hosts, how long wilt thou,
How long wilt thou declare
Thy ^*2smoaking wrath, and angry brow
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To God our strength sing loud, and clear,
Sing loud to God our King,
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The Timbrel hither bring
The cheerfull Psaltry bring along
And Harp with pleasant string.
Blow, as is wont, in the new Moon
With Trumpets lofty sound,
Th'appointed time, the day wheron
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A Law of Jacobs God, to hold
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This he a Testimony ordain'd
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Let us break off; say they, by strength of hand
Their bonds, and cast from us, no more to wear,
Their twisted cords: he who in Heaven doth dwell
Shall laugh, the Lord shall scoff them, then severe
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On Sion my holi' hill. A firm decree
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