Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.
{\b Maschil of Asaph.}\par\par\tab O God, why hast thou cast {\i us} off for ever?\par\tab Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,\par\tab And done that which is evil in thy sight;\par\tab That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest,\par\tab And be clear when thou judgest.
{\b A Psalm of Asaph.}\par\par\tab The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken,\par\tab And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.