The Psalms of David in meeter: newly translated, and diligently compared with the originall text, and former translations, more plaine, smooth, and agreeable to the text, then any heretofore. ; Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in congregations and families.

PSAL. LXXXI. To the chief musician upon Gittith A Psalm of Asaph. (Book 81)

SIng loud to God, our strength; with joy to Jacobs God do sing. Take up a psalm, the pleasant harp,Line 2 timbrell and psaltry bring. Blow trumpets at new moon, what dayLine 3 our feast appointed is; For charge to Israel, and a LawLine 4 of Jacobs God was this.

To Joseph this a testimonyLine 5 He made, when Aegypt land He travell'd through, where speech I heard I did not understand. His shoulder I from burdens took,Line 6 his hands from pots did free. Thou didst in trouble on me call,Line 7 and I deliver'd thee:

In secret place of thundering I did thee answer make; And at the streams of Meribah, of thee a proof did take, O thou, my people, give an ear,Line 8 I'le testifie to thee; To thee, O Israel, if thou wilt but hearken unto me.

In midst of thee there shall not beLine 9 any strange god at all; Nor unto any god unknown, thou bowing down shalt fall. I am the Lord thy God, which didLine 10 from Aegypt land thee guide: I'le fill thy mouth abundantly, do thou it open wide.

But yet my people to my voiceLine 11 would not attentive be; And ev'n may chosen Israel he would have none of Me. So to the lust of their own heartsLine 12 I them delivered: And then in counsels of their own they vainly wandered.

O that my people had me heard,Line 13 Isra'l My wayes had chose! I had their enemies soon subdu'd,Line 14 my hand turn'd on their foes. The haters of the Lord, to HimLine 15 submission should have fain'd; But as for them, their time should have for evermore remain'd.

He should have also fed them withLine 16 the finest of the wheat: Of honey from the rock, thy fill I should have made thee eat.