The Whole Booke of Psalmes ‎#4b

4b. Ut quid Domine

1 What is the cause that thou O Lord
art now so farre from thine?
and keepest close thy countenance
from us this troublous time?
2 The poore do perish by the proud
and wicked mens desire:
Let them be taken in the craft
that they themselves conspire.

3 For in the lust of his own heart
th'ungodly doth delight;
So doth the wicked praise himselfe,
and doth the Lord despight:
4 He 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.

5 Because his waies do prosper still,
he doth thy lawes neglect:
And with a blast doth puff against
such as would him correct.
6 Tush, tush, saith he, I have no dread,
lest my estate should change;
And why? for all adversity
to him is very strange.

7 His mouth is full of cursedness,
of fraud, deceit, and guile;
Under his tongue doth mischief sit,
and travell all the while.
8 He lieth hid in waies and holes
to slay the innocent;
Against the poore that passe him by,
his cruel eyes are bent.

9 And, like a Lyon, privily
lies lurking in his den:
If he may snare them in his net,
to spoile poore simple men.
10 And for the nonce full craftily
he croucheth down I say:
So are great heapes of poore men made
by his strong power his prey.

The second Part:

11 Tush, God forgetteth this, saith he
therefore I may be bold;
His countenance is cast aside,
he doth it not behold.
12 Arise, O Lord our God, in whom
the poore man's hope doth rest;
Lift up thy hand, forget not Lord,
the poore that be opprest.

13 What blasphemie is this to thee,
Lord dost thou not abhorre it?
To heare the wicked in their heart
say tush, thou car'st not for it?
14 But thou seest all their wickednesse,
and well dost understand,
That friendlesse and poore fatherlesse
are left into thy hand.

15 Of wicked and malicious men
then break the power for ever:
That they with their iniquity
may perish altogether.
16 The Lord shall raigne for evermore,
as King and God alone;
And he will chase the heathen folk
out of the land each one.

17 Thou hear'st (O Lord) the poore man's plaint,
their prayer and request:
Their hearts thou wilt confirme untill
thine eares to heare be prest.
18 To judge the poore and fatherlesse,
and help them to their right:
That they may be no more opprest
by men of worldly might.

Text Information

• First Line: What is the cuase that thou O Lord
• Title: Ut quid Domine
• Author: T. S.
• Publication Date: 1640
• Scripture:
  Psalm 10
• Notes: Sing this to Psalm 3

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