How that the foe hath thee reproached

Verse 1

How that the foe hath thee reproached, O keep it in record; and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name, O Lord.

Verse 2

Unto the multitude do not thy turtle’s soul deliver: the congregation of thy poor do not forget for ever.

Verse 3

Unto thy covenant have respect; for earth’s dark places be full of the habitations dread of horrid cruelty.

Verse 4

O let not those that be oppressed return again with shame: let those that poor and needy are give praise unto thy name.

Verse 5

Do thou, O God, arise and plead the cause that is thine own: remember how thou art reproached still by the foolish one.

Verse 6

Forget not thou the voice of them that foes are unto thee; the tumult of thine enemies ascends continually.