Chapter IX: Psalm of David

3 Confounded at the sight of Thee (3) The doctor's mistaken;
My foes are put to flight; (3) for, when people are
confounded, they cannot
fly.

4 Thus thou, great God of equity, (4) Against Sternhold
Dost still assert my right. (4) and Hopkins.

6 Insulting foes, how long can ye (5) b_o_st.
Of ruin'd cities boast! (5) Blunderings, _Siccorrige
Your plunderings now as well as they meo periculo_. That's a
Are in oblivion lost: lie, for Gibbs remembers
them.

7 But God eternally remains (6) (6) That's false and
Fixt in His throne on high, profane; God is not fixed
anywhere.

8 And to the world from thence ordains (7) Did anybody ever
Impartial equity:(7) hear of _partial_ equity?

9 And for their injured souls extend That extending a refuge,
A refuge most secure. is pretty.

12 He hears the injured poor, and then _i.e._ is angry at their
Does all their cries resent. cries.

13 And thus consider still, O Lord, (8) Nothing is restored
The justice of my cause; but what has been taken
Who often hast my life (8) restor'd away; so that he has been
From death's devouring jaws: often raised from the
dead, if this be true.

15 The heathen nations are dismay'd (9) (9) We heard a while
They're all to ruin brought, ago their very names were
For in the treacherous nets, they laid, dead,[1] now (it seems)
Ev'n they themselves are caught: they're only dismay'd.

[Footnote 1: Ver. 5. "They and their very names are dead."]

16 Lo, thus the Lord to execute
True judgment still inclines; This is profane, as if
it were only an
inclination in God to be
just.