88:44. Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle. 88:45. Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground. 88:46. Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion. 88:47. How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire? 88:48. Remember what my substance is: for hast thou made all the children of men in vain? 88:49. Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell? 88:50. Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth? 88:51. Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations: 88:52. Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed. 88:53. Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it. Psalms Chapter 89 Domine, refugium. A prayer for the mercy of God: recounting the shortness and miseries of the days of man. 89:1. A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation. 89:2. Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God. 89:3. Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men. Turn not man away, etc... Suffer him not quite to perish from thee, since thou art pleased to call upon him to be converted to thee. 89:4. For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night, 89:5. Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be. 89:6. In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither. 89:7. For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation. 89:8. Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance. 89:9. For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider: As a spider... As frail and weak as a spider's web; and miserable withal, whilst like a spider we spend our bowels in weaving webs to catch flies. 89:10. The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected. Mildness is come upon us, etc... God's mildness corrects us; inasmuch as he deals kindly with us, in shortening the days of this miserable life; and so weaning our affections from all its transitory enjoyments, and teaching us true wisdom. 89:11. Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear 89:12. Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom. 89:13. Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.