P58. Do ye, O congregation, then

1 Do ye, O congregation, then,
indeed speak righteousness?
O ye that are the sons of men,
judge ye with uprightness?
2 Yea, even within your very hearts
ye wickedness have done;
ye of your hands the violence
weigh out the earth upon.

3 Estranged the ungodly are,
even from the very womb;
they, speaking falsehood, stray as soon
as to the world they come.
4 Unto a serpent’s poison like
their poison doth appear;
yea, they are like the adder deaf,
that closely stops her ear;

5 That so she may not hear the voice
of one that charm her would,
no, not though he most cunning were,
and charm most wisely could.
6 Their teeth, O God, within their mouth
break thou in pieces small;
the great teeth break thou out, O Lord,
of these young lions all.

7 Let them like waters melt away,
which downward still do flow:
in pieces cut his arrows all,
when he shall bend his bow.
8 Like to a snail that melts away,
let each of them be gone:
like woman’s birth untimely, that
hath never seen the sun.

9 He shall them take away before
your pots the thorns can find,
both living, and in fury great,
as with a stormy wind.
10 The righteous when he vengeance sees
shall be most joyful then;
the righteous one shall wash his feet
in blood of wicked men.

11 So men shall say, The righteous man
reward shall never miss:
and verily upon the earth
a God to judge there is.

Text Information
First Line: Do ye, O congregation, then
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Scripture:
Tune Information
Name: NORWICH
Meter: CM
Key: e minor
Source: Ravenscroft's Psalmes, 1621



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