Psalms of David 10
10
Ut quid, Domine.
Psalm X.
T. S.
1What is the cause that thou, O Lord,
art now so far from thine,
And keepest close thy countenance
from us this troublous time?
2The poor do perish by the proud,
and wicked mens desire:
Let them be taken in the craft
that they themselves conspire.
3For in the lust of his own heart
the ungodly doth delight:
So doth the wicked praise himself,
and doth the Lord despite.
4He is so proud, that right and wrong
he setteth all apart:
Nay, nay, there is no God, saith he,
for thus he thinks in heart.
5Because his ways do prosper still,
he doth thy laws neglect,
And with a blast doth puff against
such as would him correct.
6Tush, tush, saith he, I have no dread,
lest my estate should change:
And why? for all adversity
to him is very strange.
7His mouth is full of cursedness,
of fraud, deceit and guile:
Under his tongue there nothing is
but what’s most base and vile.
8He lyeth hid in ways and holes
to slay the innocent:
Against the poor that pass by him
his cruel eyes are bent.
9And like a Lyon privily
lies lurking in his den,
If he may snare them in his net,
and spoil poor simple men.
With cunning craft and subtilty
he croucheth down alway:
10So are great heaps of poor men made
by his strong Power his Prey.
The Second Part.
11Tush! God forgetteth this, saith he,
Therefore I may be bold:
His countenance is cast aside,
He doth it not behold.
12Arise, O Lord our God, in whom
the poor Man’s hope doth rest:
Lift up thy Hand, do not forget
the poor that be opprest.
13What Blasphemy is this to thee,
Lord, dost thou not abhor it,
To hear the wicked in their Heart
say, Tush! thou car’st not for it?
14But thou seest all their Wickedness,
and well dost understand
That friendless and poor fatherless
are left into thy hand.
15Of wicked and malicious men
then break the power for ever:
That they with their iniquity
may perish altogether.
16The Lord shall reign for evermore
as King and God alone;
And he will chase the heathen folk
out of the Land each one.
17Thou hearest Lord the poors complaint
their pray’r and their request:
Their hearts thou wilt confirm, until,
thine ears to hear be prest:
18To judge the poor and fatherless
and help them to their right;
That they may be no more opprest
by men of worldly might.
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Psalms of David 10: MP1562
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First published in England in 1562.