How that the foe hath thee reproached

18 How that the foe hath thee reproached,
O keep it in record;
and that the foolish people have
blasphemed thy name, O Lord.
19 Unto the multitude do not
thy turtle’s soul deliver:
the congregation of thy poor
do not forget for ever.

20 Unto thy covenant have respect;
for earth’s dark places be
full of the habitations dread
of horrid cruelty.
21 O let not those that be oppressed
return again with shame:
let those that poor and needy are
give praise unto thy name.

22 Do thou, O God, arise and plead
the cause that is thine own:
remember how thou art reproached
still by the foolish one.
23 Forget not thou the voice of them
that foes are unto thee;
the tumult of thine enemies
ascends continually.

Source: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P74c