FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Dhriftion ^^ Section ■v^w , SEP .PSALMS OF ft^Ig^ g IMITATED IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE ft AEVF TESTAMENT, I S AND APPLIED TO THE jir I CHRISTIAN STATE AND WORSHIP. m TOGETHER WITH HYMNS J AND I SPIRITUAL SONGS. % IN THREE BOOKS. | 1 I. Collected from the Scriptures. € ^ II. Composed on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. £ By l7 W ATTSTP. P. LUKE 2 4- 44— All things must be fulfilled, which were written in the— Pulmj concerning me. HEB. 11- 3 2 — David, Samuel, and the Prophctj. Ver. 40. — That they without ui should not be made perfect. jp ■■♦■♦■4 <"♦ MM<«'«nt«MMM4M <■» 4 4 « < ]P TO WHICH IS Ntiw riiKKixED, ^ yl Sketch of the LIFE of the AUTHOR. £ AND TO THR WHOLE IS SUBJOINED, J A FOURTH BOOK OF I OCCASIONAL MYMJYS* In TWO VOLUMES. -4*4 4 4 4 4 4 4'4"4-4 <'<<4 4 ♦ 4«4 C-«'&4 4 < <■» < <••<-<••<••< •<•<-<•.< -<..«..<..<../..< W. 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ISJJC WATTS was born at Southampton, in England, July 17, 1674. lie was the eldest of nine children, lie was remarkably given to books from his infancy ; and even began to learn Latin when he was four years oid. ilts proficiency at School was so great, that a subscription was proposed for his support at the University. But this he declined ; having from princi- ple formed a resolution to lake his lot with the Dissent- erg. In the year 1690, and at the age of sixteen, lie en- tered an Academy, taught by the Rev. Tlwma.% Howe. Here he continued four years, and was eminent for his philosophical and theological attainments. In the nine- teenth year of his age he became a member of the church, of which his Instiuctor was Pastor. At the age of twenty, he left the Academy, and returned to his father's house, where he spent two years in study and devotion. After this he entered the family of Sir John Hartofiju as domestic tutor to his son ; where he lived five years, particularly devoting himself to the study of the Holy Scriptures. He preached for the first time on his birth- day, which completed his twenty-fourth year. In the month of January, 1 70 1 , he received a call from the dissenting church and Society in Berrystreet, London, to settle with them in the work of the gospel ministry. This invitation he accepted March 8th, 1702, the day that King William died. This circumstance h particularly noled by Mr. Jennings, as an act of chris- tian heroism, because of the discouraging prospect, which that event gave to men of his profession, and the fear*, with which it filled the hearts of protestant dissenters at that time, when toleration was so insecurely established, that the existence of it depe/.ded on mere casualty .~»-He was ordained, March 18th, 1702. In the pastoral iff iv INTRODUCTION. he succeeded Dr. Isaac Ciiauncy, son of the second Pre- sident of Harvard College, where he was graduated in the year 1651. This respectable Clergyman was grand- father of the late Dr. Charles Chauncy, Pastor of the first Church in Boston. To succeed a man, who was educated in this coun- try, it is presumed, was not an unpleasant circumstance to Dr. Watts. For he was a firm and zealous friend to New England, and kept up a correspondence with some of our principal characters, both in the civil and clerical lines. Almost every gentleman, who went from this country to England, was fond of being recommend- ed and introduced to him ; and they always met with a welcome and cordial reception. He frequently solicited benefactions, and made donations, particularly of books, to the Colleges at Cambridge and New-Haven, and to the Indian missions on our eastern and western borders. Soon after Dr. Watts entered upon his charge, Jie was seized by a dangerous illness, which reduced him to such weakness, that his congregation found it ne- cessary to provide an assistant ; and accordingly Mr. Samuel Price, uncle to the late Dr. Richard Price of Hackney, was chosen to that service. His health, however, gradually returned, and he performed his duty till the year If 12, when he was seized by a violent and alarming fever, which put a stop to his public labours for four years, and which eventually left him in a feeble and debilitated state, from which he never perfectly re- covered. In this afflictive season, he was invited into the fam- ily of Sir Thomas Abney* where he continued to the end of his life; a period of thirty six years. Here he en- joyed the uninterrupted demonstration of the truest friendship. Here, without any care of his own, he had every thing -which could contribute to the enjoyment of life, and favour the unwearied pursuits of his studies. Here he dwelt in a family, which, for piety, order, har- mony, and every virtue, was a house of God. Had it not been for this happy event, he might, to human view, ijave sunk into his grave in the midst of his days; and thus the Church and the World would have been depri- ved of his many excellent works, which he published du- ring his residence in this family- In the year 1728, he received from Edinburg and vT'deen, an unsolicited diploma, by which he became INTRODUCTION. v Doctor of Divinity. This academical honour was judi- ciously bestowed, as it was much deserved. He continued many years to study and preach, and to do good by his instruction and exaranle; till at last the infirmities of age disabled hint from the \hore labori- ous part of nis ministerial functions ; in consequenc. of which he offered to remit his salary ; but his Congrega- tion would not accept the resignation By degrees his weakness increased, and at last con- fined him to his chamber and his bed ; where he was worn gradually away without pain, tiil he expired — Nov. 25, 1748, in the 75th year of his jge. Dr. Watts was very emin nt as a preacher. In the pulpit, though nis stature was low, which very little exceeded five feet ; yet the gravity and propriety of his utterance made his discourses very efficacious. In the art of pronunciation he particularly excelled. Few »nen have left behind them such purity of char- acter, or such monuments of iaborious piety. His wri- tings are numerous and his subjects various. Their number and variety show the intenseness of his industry and the extent of his capacity. He has provided instruc- tion for all ages and classes ot men. He has left nei- ther corporeal nor spiritual nature unexplored. He has taught the art of reasoning and the science of the stars. To promote religion and to do good always enga* ged his heart. He was habitually of a mild and candid spirit. It was not only in his book, but in his mind, that orthodoxy was united with charity. — In one of his letters to Dr. Colman, of Boston, dated Sept- 16, 1736, after thanking him for his picture, he says — "I have put it in a frame, that it may hang in the same rank with Ur. In- crease Mather and Dr. Cotton Mather, in the front of my study. 1 have there near eighty philosophers and divines surrounding me ; their spirits are copied n their books, and their faces adorn my beloved place of retire- ment. Here Heathens and Christians, Papists and Pro- testants, Calvinists and Arminians, Prerbyterians and E- piscopalians, all meet in s'rtence and peace. Were you to see my cohabitants, you would say, I was a man of Ca- tholicism. Most of them I hope to meet in the regions of peace and love." His tenderness appeared in his attention to children and to the poor. To the poor, while he lived in the fam- ily of his friend, according to Dr. Johnson, he allowed flie third part of his annual revenue — And for children vi INTRODUCTION, he condescended to lay aside the scholar and the philoso* phef, to write little poems of devotion and systems of in- struction tor their nurture and moral improvement. Eve- ry man, acquainted with the common principles of human action. w,y^v5Div with veneration on tne writer, who is at one time combating Locke ; and at another, making a cattchism for children in their fourth year. As a poet his ear was well tuned, and his diction was elegant and copious. lie was a maker of verses from fifteen to fifty. H:s sacred poetry is beautiful as well as devotional. He has been deservedly called//^ snveet sing- er in Christian Israel, and the first of uninspired divine po- ets, iiis Psalms and Hymns have been much esteemed and extensively used in Christian bocieties. Different denominations of good men have approved and adopted them. They appear to bt better adapted to pub ic worship, than any other version or collection, which has yet ap- peared. With a view to their further usefulness, the Editov now offers the following edition to the public, it has been his endeavour to have this edition accurate and gen- nine. To this end, he has gone back to an ancient Eon- don edition, and made it his principal copy. By following this, numerous and material errors, which are found in more modern editions, are here corrected. Sinc e the decease of Dr. Watts, many of his Psalms and Hymns, under pretence of improvement, have been much altered, both in sentiment and diction ; but these alterations the present Editor has carefully avoided. In- stead of making this eminent poet ** write by the judg- ment of another," he has endeavoured to restore him to his original purity ; or to bring luck this excellent ver- sion, as fir as possible, to the state, in which the Au- thor left it. A few variations, however, on account of time and place, have become necessai y. In some instances, wrnre the original version is local, it is here made to apply to christian worship in general ; and where it is particu- larly adapted to the British nation and government, it is here varivd and suited to die state and events of our own Country. These variati >ns are not made for the sake of impioving tne orig.nal, but meuly in accom- modation to local situation and national circumstances ; and in this view, Eire both proper and needful", INTRODUCTION. fa Notwithstanding the number and variety of Dr. Wat ts' Hymns, yet it is found that they do not comprise all the subjects, which are needful for public worship. Circumstances and occasions often occur, for which no particular Hymn is here adapted. For this reason a 4th Book of Occasional Hymns is here added. This will ^n part supply the deficiency. Though it is not pretend- ed, that this book will furnish e veiy Occasional Hymn, which may be requisite ; yet such as are adapted to some of the most interesting occasions will be found. The number might easily have been enlarged ; but the Editor was fearful of swelling the volume. Though the work might have been better executed, had it fallen into more competent hands ; yet such as it is, it is hoped, lhat it will be acceptable and become useful. In making this selection, no party feeling has been indulged ; nor has it been the* object to favour or oppose any particular system of opinions, or to build up one sect in opposition to another. The inquiry has been, not for Hymns, which inculcate peculiar sentiments, but for such as are adapted to particular occasions. It has been aim- ed, exclusively, to promote an important branch of pub- lic worship ; and to do good upon general and christian principles — Several Hymns, which are not occasional, have been selected on account of the metre. The execution of the work, together with the views and motives of the Editor, is now submitted to the public. STEPHEN PALMER, Xcedham, May — 1811. NOTE. The characters denoting the Sharfi and Flat Key.?, a; the beginning of the Psalms and Hymns, are placed, in general, according to to the direction of Mr. S. Holyckk ; who is about publishing a volume of Musick, which will contain Tunes suited to all the Metres in Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns, and to those of the Fourth Book of this edition, and also to those in mo3t other books now in use — With respect to Ahre-ciatiins, the Printer has en- deavoured to follow an uniform system, abreviating only' such words as would necessarily require the pronuncia- tion of such syllables. The words loved) moved, grieved, Sec. may be written and pronounced as monosyllables — The Keladve Pronouns are uniform —The &ui though varied from most editions, it is believed, wili.be . best rules of speaki ERR A T A. Notwithstanding the care and attention of the Prix?eA to have this impression accurate, yet the following ERRORS escaped his notice in part of the impressions ; and which the Reader is requested to correct. Psalm 5 — v. 8, 1. 2. for thy r their. 12— C. M. v. 3, 1. 2, for thy r their. 18— 2d part C. M. v. 4, 1. 1, for idle r idol. 34 — 1st part C. M. v. 8. 1 4, for food r good. 35 — for 3d part r 2d part. 46 — ist part L. M. v. 6, 1. 1, for our r her. 63 — 2d part C, M. and S. M. should have the character b. 65 — 1st part L. M. should have the character^. 72 — 2d part L. M. v. 6, 1. 2, for lose r loose. 80— v. 12, 1 2, last word but one, for thy r they. 84— H. M. v. 2, 1. 5, for spirits r spirit. 95 — L. M. v. 2, 1. 4, for chuse r chose. 114 — Li M. v. 6, 1. 3, for from r with. 119 — part 14th v, 6, 1, 3, for nor r but — and line 4, for but r nor. Book I» Hymn 8— v. 2, 1. 4, for asssutts r assaults. 16 — V, 4, 1. Sj for raise r rise. 58 — v 6, 1. 4, for Delivers r Deliverer's. 14 i — v. 7, 1. 2, iorfrcw r from. Book II. HYMN 2 — V. 4, 1. 3, for thy r they. 17 — v. 1,1. 1, between the words Rise and myy iftr sen the word rue. 54 — v. 2, 1. 3, for tar r star. 58 — v. 7, 1. 3, for name r praise. 59 — v. 5, 1. 1, for While r White. 78 — v. 1, 1. 2, for iost r lost. 137— v. 4, 1. 4, for foars r tor. €)©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©«©©©©©©©©©©$ INDEX: Or> TABLE to find a PHALM suited to f.artic: Subjects or Occasions. « « © » — Note, /a M/« 7a^/ her of the same Signification -. Or seek it under some of the more general Words ; such as God, Christ, Church, Saints, Psalm, Prayer. Affliction, Grace, Deliver- ance, Death, &c« The Figures refer to the Psalms, A DAM, the first and second, their dominion, Psalm 8. Afflicted, pity to them, 85, 41 ; and tempted, sup- ported, b3, 145, 146; their prayer, 102, 143; saints hap- py, 73, 1 19, xivth fiart, 94. Afflictions, hope in them, 13, 4:, 77 ; support and prof- it, 119, xivth fiart ; instruction by them, 9 1. I 19, x\ inth fiart ; sanctified, 94, 1 1 9, xvnth part ; courage in them, 119, xvilthflari ; removed by prayer, 3 1, 107 ; submis- sion to them, 39, 123, 13 i ; from men, bee Perse ution ; in mind and body, 143 ; frying our graces, 66, 1 19. xvnth part ; without rejection, 89 ; of saints and sinners differ- ent, 94 ; gentle, 103; moderated, 125; very great, 77, 102, 143. Aged saints reflection and hope, 71. American Revolution, psalm adapted to, 21 : Indepen- dence's. Ail seeing God, 139. Angels guardian, 34, 9i ; all subject to Christ, 89, 97 ; praise the Lord, i03; present in churches, i38. Afi/ieal to God against persecutors, 7 ; concerning our sincerity, l39 ; our humility, 131. Ascension of Christ, 24, 47, 68, 110. Assistance from God, 138. 144. Atheism practical, 12, 14, 36 ; punished, 16. Attributes of God. 36, 111, 145, 147. Authority from God, 75, 82. B BACKSLIDING soul in distress, and desertion, 25 ; re- stored, 51 ; pardoned, 78, 130. B INDEX Bt-.ssing of God on the business and comforts of life, i27 jBiesnings of a family, 128, i33; of a nation, 144, 147 ; of the country, 65, 147 ; of a person, I. 32, 1 1 2. Blood of Christ cleansing from sin, 51, 69. Book of nature and scripture, 19, 1 19, ivth fiart. Brotherly love, 133; reproof, 14 1. Busiiiess of life blessed, 127. C CARE of God over his saints, 34. Chanty to the poor, 37, 41, 112; and justice, 15, 112; mixed with imprecations. 35. Children pra sing God, 8 ; made blessings, 127, 128; instructed, 3 i, 78, Chastm merit. Sec Afflictions. Christ the second Adam, his incarnation, his dominion, 8 ; his all-sufiiciency, 16 ; his ascension, 24, 68, I 10 ; the church's foundation, 118 ; his coming, the signs of i2 ; his condescension and glorification, 8 ; covenant made With him, 89 ; first and second coming, or his incarna- tion, kingdom and judgment, 96, 97, 98 ; the true Da- vid, 89, 35 ; his death and resurrection, 22. 16, 69 ; the eternal Creator, 102; exalted 10 the kingdom, 2, 8, 2 1, 72, 1 10 ; our example, 109 ; faith in his blood, 5 1 ; God and man, 89 ; his God-head, 102 ; our hope, 4, 51 ; his incarnation and sacrifice, 40 ; the King and the Church his spouse, 45 ; his kingdom among the Gentiles, 72, 87, 132 ; his love to enemies, 35, 109 ; his majesty, 97, 99 ; his mediatorial kingdom, 89, ilo ; his obedience and death, 69 ; his personal glories and government, 45 ; praised by children, 8 ; priest and king, I 10 ; his resurrection on the Lord's day, lis ; oar strroeth and righteousness 71 ; his sufferings and kingdom, 2, 22, 69 ; his sufferings for cur salvation, 69 ; his zeal and i proaches. 69. Christian qualifications, 15, 24; church made up of Jews and Gentiles, 67, Churchy its beauty, 45, 48, 122 ; the birth place of saints, 87; built on Jesus Christ, 118; delight and safety in, 27; destruction of enemies proceeds from thence, 76; gathered and settled, 132 ; of the Gentiles, 45, 47 ; God fights for her, 10, 20, 46 ; God's presence there, 84, 132 ; God's special delight, 87, 132 ; God's garden, 92 ; going to, 122; the house and care of God, 135; of the Jews and Gentiles, 87 ; its increase, 67 ; prayer in distress, 80 ; persecuted, see Persecution ; restored by prayer, 85, 102, 107 ; its safety in national desolations, 46 ; is the safety INDEX. and honour of a nation, 48 ; the spouse of Christ, 45 ; its worship unci order, 48 ; wrath against enemies proceeds thence, 76. Colonics planted, 107. Comfort, holiness and pardon, 4, 33, n9, xith and xiith fiarts, and support in God, 16, 94 ; from ancient provi- dences, 77, 143; of life blest, i27 ; and pardon, i30. Comfiany of saints, 16, io$. Comfilaint of absence from public worship, 4 J ; of sick- ness, 6; ofdesertion, 13 ; pride, atheism, oppression. Sec. 10, 12; of temptation, i3 ; general, 102 ; of quarrelsome neighbours, 120; of heavy afflictions in mind and body, . Com of God, 103, 145, 1 47. Communion with saint i33. Confession of our poverty, 16; of sin, repentance and pardon, 32, 38, 51 13 nscienee tender, 1 19, xiiith flaft ; its guilt relieved, 32, 38. 5 I, 130. 1 complained of, Converse with God, 63, 119', iid part. Conversion and joy, 1 26 ; at the ascension of Christ. 110 ; Jews and Gentiles. 87, 96, 106. Correction. See Affliction, Corruption of manners in general, 11, 12. Counsel and support from God, 16, 11 9, vith fiart, ( mrage in death, 16, 17, 71 ; in persecution, ri9, xviith fiart. Covenant made w.th Christ, 89 ; of grace un- changeable, 89, 106. Creation and Povidence, 33, 104, 135, 136, 147, 148. Creatures no trust in, 33, 62, 1 : •» j vain, and God afl- sufil/ient, 33, ; praising God, 148. D AILY devotion, 55, i39. Day o( humiliation for disappointments inwrfr, 60. Death and resurrection of Christ, 16. 69; of saints and sinners, 17. .17. 49 ; and sufferings of Christ, 22, 69 ; de- liverance from , 31 ; and pride, 49; and the resurrec- tion, 49, 71, 89 ; courage in, 16, 17, 23 ; the effect of 3in, 90. Defence in God, 3, 12 1 ; and salvation in God, 18, 61. Delaying sinners warned, 95. Delight and safety in the church, 27, 18, 84 J in the Jaw of God I 9, vth, vinth, and xvinth fiarts ; in God, 18, 42, 63, 73 84. Deliverance begun and perfected, H5 ; from despair, 18 ; from deep distress, 31, 40 ; from death, 31. 118; from oppresson and falsehood, 56 ; persecution, 53, 94 ; by prayer, 34, 40, 85, i26; from shipwreck, |07 j from 1-6 INDEX. slander, 3i ; surprising, 126 ; from temptation, 3, 6, i-S, 18 ; from a tumult, 1 18. Desertion and distress of soul, i3, 25, 38, i43. Derive of knowledge, n9, ixth part ; of comfort and deliverance, II 9, xnth part ; of quickening grace u9, XYtthfiart: of holiness 119, xith jiart. Desolations, the church's safety in, 33, 46. Despair and hope in death, 17, 49; deliverance from, i8, 130. Devotion daily, 55, i34, i4i ; on a sick bed, 6, 39. See Morning, Evening, Lord's Day. Direction and pardon, 25 ; and defence prayed fur, 5 ; and hope, 42. See Knowledge. Disease. See Sickness. Distress of soul, or backsliding and desertion 25. reliev- ed, 5i* 1 30. Dominion of man over creatures, 8. Doubts and fears suppressed, 3, 3i, i43. Drunkard and glutton, 107. Duty to God and man, i5, 24. Dwelling with God. See Heaven, Church, &c. E -{EDUCATION religious, 34,78, •^ Egypt's plagues, i05. End ol' the righteous and wicked, 1, 37. Enemies overcome, 18 ; prayed for, 35, i09 ; destroy- ed, i2, 48, 76. Envy and unbelief cured, 37, 49. Equity and wisdom of Providence, 9. Evening Psalm, 4, i39, i4i. Evidences of grace, or self-examination 26 ; of sincer- ity, 18, 19, i39. Evil times i2 ; neighbours 120 ; magistrates 11, 58,82. Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom 2, 21, 22, 69, 72, 110. Examination or evidences of grace 26, i39. Exhortation to peace and holiness 34. F TCI AITH and prayer of persecuted saints, 35, ; in the «"- blood of Christ, 32, 5 1 j in divine grace and pow- er, 62, 1 30. Faithfulness of God, S9, 105, in, 145, 146 ; of man, 15, I4I. Falsehood, blasphemy, Sec. i2 ; and oppression, deliver- ance from them, i2, 56. Family government, 1O1 ; love and worship, i33; blessings, i28. Fears and doubts suppressed, 3, 3i, 34 ; in the wor' ship of God, 893 99 ; of God, ii9, ximh ///e.ssdiscouraged, 37. Friendship us blessings, I 33. Funeral Psalm, 89, 90. G ENTILES given to Christ, ?, 22, 72 ; church, 45, 65, 72, 87 ; owning the true God, 4j, 96, 9S. Glorification anil condescension of Christ, 8, 45. Glory of God in our salvation, 69 ; and grace promised) 34, 89, 97. Glutton, 78 ; and drunkard, i07. God all in all, 127 : all-seeimr, ; i39 ; all-sufficient, 16,- 33 ; his being, attributes, and Providence 36, 65, i47 ; his care of saints 7, 34 ; his creation and Providence 33y |04, Sec. our defence and salvation 3, 33, 61, ii5 ; eter- nal and sovereign, and holy 93; eternal and man mortal 90, 102 ; faithfulness 89, i05, in ; glorified and sinnci: saved 69 ; goodness and mercy 1 03, i45 ; goodness and truth i45, i46; governing power and goodness 66; great at. d good 68, 144, 145, 147; heart-searching 139; our only hope and help 142 ; the judge 9, 50, 97 ; and condescension 113,144 ; mercy and truth 36, 89, 103,136, 145 ; made man 8 ; of nature and grace 65 ; his perfec- tions 36, in, 115, 147; our portion, and Christ our hope 4 ; our portion here and hereafter 7 3 ; his power and majesty 68. 89, 93, 96 ; praised by children 8; our pre- server 121,138; present in his churches 84 ; our refuge in national troubles, 46 ; our shepherd, 23 ; his sover- eignty and goodness toman, 8, 113, 144 ; our support and comfort, 94 ; supreme governor, 7*, 83, 93 ; his vengeance and compassion, 68, 97 ; unchangeable, 89, m ; his uni- versal dominion, 103 ; his wisdom in his works, m, |39 ; worthy of all praise, 115, 146, |50 : ki.ul to his people I , 146 : his majesty 97. .' works, 15, 24, 112, profit men not God, 16. Goodness of God, 8, 103, in, 145, 146. Gosfiel, its glory and success, 19, 45, 110 ; joyful sound, 39,93 ; worship and order, !S. Government of Christ, 45; from God, 75. Grac:, its evidences, ov self-examination, 26, 139 ; a- bove riches, li 1 ; without merit, 16, 52 ; of Christ, 45, 72 -x and providence, 33, 36, 135, 136, 117; preserving and re- storing, 138 ; truth and protection, 5 7 ; tried by affliction} 17, 66- 12 5 ; and glory, 84, 97 ; pardoning, 130. Guilt of conscience relieved 32} 33, 51, 130. 15 2 18 INDEX. H MAPPY saint and cursed sinner, i. Harvest, 65 126, 147. Health, sickness and recovery, 6, 50, 31 ; prayed for, 6, 38, 39. Heart known to God, \*j Hearing of prayer and salvation, 4, 10, 66, 102. Heaven of separate souls and resurrection, 17 ; the saints dwelling place, 24. Holiness, pardon and comfort, 4 ; desired, 119, xiihpart ,- professed, 119, ind part, 139. Hofie in darkness, 13, 77, 143 ; of resurrection, 16, 71 ; and despair in death, 17, 49 ; and prayer, 27 ; for victo- ry, 20 ; and direction, 42 ; in afflictions. 42, 143. Hcsanna of the children, 8 ; for the Lord's day, 118. Household. Slc Family. Humiliation day. 10 ; for disappointment, 60. Humility and submission, 39, 131. Hypocrites and hypocrisy, 12, 50. I IDOLATRY reproved, 16, 115, 135. Images. See Idolatry. Imprecations and charity, 35* Incarnation, 96, 97, 98; and sacrifice of Christ, 40. Infants. See Children. Instructive afflictions, 94. Instruction from God, 25 ; from scripture, 119, lvtlt and vnth parts ; in piety, 34. Intemperav.ee punished, 78 ; and pardoned, 107. Israel saved from the Assyrians. 70 ; saved from E^ypt and brought to Canaan, 77, 105, 107, 135, 136 ; rebellion and punishment, 78 ; punished and pardoned, 106, 107 ; navels in the wilderness 107,114. J •jfEHOVAH, 68, 83 ; leigns, 93, 96, 97. *^ Jtivs. See Israel. Joy of conversion, 126. See Delight. Judgment and mercy, 9. 68 ; day. i. 50. 96, 97, 98, 149 ; seat of God, 9. Justification free, 32, 130. Justice of providence, 9 ; and truth towards men, 15. K ffTIXG David and Christ. 21. -"■ Kingdom of Christ See Christ. Knowledge desired, 19, 119, lxth part. L LAW of God, delight in, 119, vth part. Liberality rewarded, 4], 112. INDEX. IS Life and riches, their vanity, 49 ; short and Lcbie, 89, 90, 11 I . ring after God, 42, 63. Lord's clay Psalm, 92 118 : morning, 5, 19, 63. Love of God to the righteous, and hatred to the wick- ed, i, ii ; to our neighbour, 15 ; of Christ to sinners. 35 ; of God better than life, 6 3 ; of God unchangeable, 89,106 ; to enemies. 35, 109 ; brotherly, and worship m a family, 133. Luxury punished, 78 ; and pardoned, 107. M MYGISTR\TES warned, 58, 82; qualifications, 101 ; raised and d-poscd, 75. JWajesty of God, 68. See God. Man, his vanity as mortal, 39. 89, g0, 144 ; dominion OTCr creatures 8 ; mortal; and Christ eternal. 102 ; won- derful formation 139. Marriage mystical 45. Mariner'* Psalm 107. ' of a family 101. M-dcfation i, 63, 119, vth and vi'.h par Melancholy reproved 42 ; and* hope 77; removed 126. Mercie* common and special 68 ; spiritual and tem- poral 103 ; innumerable 139 ; . recorded 107 ; and judgment 9 ; and truth of God 36, 89, lu3, 136,145, 146. Merit disclaimed 16. Mes'afi. See Christ Mu.ister* ord. lined, 132. bight thoughts 63, 139, 119 vth and vnh fiarih Miracle* in the wild', rness 1 14. Morning Psalm 3. 14 1 ; of a Sabbath 5, P. C3. Mortality of man 39, 49, 90 ; and hop- B9 ; and God's eternity 90, 102. N VTIOX'S honour and safety is the church 48 -r prosperity 67, \4 ; . .1 pun'shed 107. National deliverance 67, 75, 76, 12 !, 126; desolations, the church's safety and triumph in them 46. Nature and scripture 19, 119, Tilth parti of man 139. Hem- England Psalm 107. O OBEDIENCE sincere 18, 32, 13S ; better than sacri- fice 50. Old-age^ death 90 ; and resurrection 71, 89. Omni/iresence, Omniscience, Omnipotence) Cvc. See God. P "O \U!)()\T. holiness and comfort 4 ; of backsliding -"■ 78; and direction, S3 ; and repentance prayed for 38 ; and conies ion ^>2 ; of original and actual sin 5) j plentiful with God 130. 20 INDEX. Patience under afflictions, 39 ; under persecutions 37, 44; in darkness, 77, 130, 131. Peace and holiness encouraged 34; with men desired 120. Perfections of God 36, in, 145, 147. Persecuted saints, their prayer and faith 35, 44, 74,, 80, 83, Persecution, victory over and deliverance from 7, 53, 94; courage in 119, xvnth part. Perseverance 138 ; in trials 119, xvnth fiart. Persecutors punished 7, 129, 149 ; their folly 14 ; com- plained of 35, 44, 74, 80. 83 ; deliverance from 9, 10, 94. Persona! glories of Christ 45. Pestilence, preservation in 91. Piety, instruction therein 34. See Saints. Pity to the afflicted 41. See Charity, God. Pleading without repining 39, 123 ; the promises 119, xth fiart. Poor j charity to them 15, 37 41, 112. Portion of saints and sinners i, 11, 17, 37. Poverty confessed 16. Power and majesty of God 68, 89, 145. See God. Practical atheism 14, 36. Praise to God from children 8 ; tor creation and prov- idence 33, 104 ; to our Creator 100 ; from all creatures 148 ; for eminent deliverance 3 i, 118; general 86. 145, 150; for the gospel 98 ; for health restored 30, 116 ; for hearing prayer 66, 102 ; to Jesus Christ 45 ; from all nations 117; and prayer public 65; for protection, grace and truth 57 ; for providence and grace 36 ; for raio 65, 147 ; from the saints 149, 150 ; for temptations over- come 13 ; for temporal blessings, 68 147 ; for victory in war IS. Prayer heard 4, 34, 65, 66 ; in time of war 20 ; and hope of victory 20 ; and praise public 65 ; and hope 27 ; in church's distress 80 ; heard, and Zion restored 102 ; and faith of persecuted saints 35, 37, 56 ; and praise for deliverance 34; for repentance and pardon kc. 38. See Complaint. Preserving grace 138. Preservation in public dangers 46, 91, 112 ; daily 121. Pride, atheism and oppression punished 10, 12 ; and death 49. Priesthood of Christ 51, 110. Princes vain 62, 146. Profession of sincerity and repentance Sec. 119, ind part) 139; false 50. Promises and ihreatenings 81 ; pleaded 119, xth part. INDEX. 21 Prosperity dangerous, 5 5. 7 ' . Prosperous sinners cursed 37, 49. 7Z. Protection, truth and grace 57 ; by day and night IS 1. Providence, its wisdom aiv! equity 9 ; and creation 33, 135, I36 ; and grace 36. 147 ; and perfections of God 36 ; its mystery unfolded 73 ; recorded,?^ 78. 107; >n ir, earth unci sea .*3, < 117. Prudence and zea- 3?. Psalm for soldiers 13, 60 ; for old age T\ \ tor I us- bandmen *5 ; for a funeral 39, 90 ; for the Lord's day 92; before prayer 93 ; before sermon 95; for magis- trates 101; for housholders 101; for mariners 107 ; for gluttons and drunkards 107 ; for New-England 107 ; See Morning, Evei< Public praise for private mercies 116. 1 18 ; for deliv- erance 124; worship, absence from it complained of 42; worship attended on 122 ; prayer and praise 65, 84. Punishment of sinners, t, 11, 37 ; and salvation 78,81, 106. See Affliction. Purfioies holy 119. xvth part. Q fUALIFIGATIO: Si. Quarrel- ,rs i20. Quickening gra~e U9, $.vitp part. R \INT from heaven 65, I35, 147. Recovery from sickness 6, 30, U6. Rejoicing in God 18. See Joy, Del Relative duties 15, I33. Religion and justice \$ ; in words and d< Religious education. 34 78. Remembrance of former deliverances 77, I43. Repentance, confession and pardon 32; and prayer iov pardon and strength 38 ; and faith in the blood oi Chtiftl S 1 . Reproach removed 3I, 37. Resignation, 39. 123, 131. Resolutions holy 119, xvtli part. Restoring grace 23. 138. Resurrection and de ith of Christ 2, 16 ; of the saints 16, 17, 49 71 ; and d< tth 49, 71, 89. Reverence in worship 89. 99. Revolution American, psalm adapted to, 32, 75. Riches, their vanity 49; compared with grace 144. Righteous. See Saints. Righteousness, from Christ, 71. See Salvation, Pardon') Christ. 32 INDEX. S SABBATH. See Lord's day. Sacrifice 40, 51, 69 ; incarnation of Christ 40. Safety in public dangers 91 ; and triumph of the church in national desolations 46; in God 61; and delight in the church 27. Saints happy, and sinners cursed 1, 11, H9. 1st part ; safety in evil times 12, 46; the best company 16; characterised 15, 24; and sinners portion 1, 17 ; dwell in heaven 15, 24 ; punished and saved 78, 106 ; God's care of them 34 ; re- ward at last 50. 90, 92 ; and sinners end 1, 1 1, 07 ; pa- tience and world's hatred 37 ; chastised and sinners de- stroyed 94 ; die, but Christ lives 102; punished and pardoned .06. 107 ; conducted to heaven 106, >07 ; tried and preserved 66, 125 ; afflictions moderated 125; judging the world 14 9 Salvation of saints 10 ; and triumph, 18; and defence in God 61 ; by Chris? 69, 85. Sanctified afflictions 94. II9. last part. Satan subdued. 3, 6. 13. Scripture compared with the book of nature I9, II9 vnth part ; instruction from it II9 ivih part ; delight in, H9, vth and xvnith parts ; holiness and comfort from H9, vith part; perfection U9, vnth part ; variety and excellency H9, vinth part ; attended with the Spirit II9, ixth part. Seasons of the year 65. 147. Seaman's song 107. Secret devotion 34, H9. udpart. Seeking God 27 63. «Se£f examination, or evidences of grace 26, I39. Separate souls, heaven, of 17. Shepherd of saints is God 23. Shipwreck prevented. 107 Sickness healed 6, 30, 116. Sick-bed devotion 6, 38. 59,116. Signs of Chnst's commg 12, 96. Sec. Sin of nature 14 ; original and actual, confessed and pardoned 51 ; and chastisement of saints 78, 106 ; unt> versal 14. Sincerity I9, 26, 32, I39 ; proved and rewarded 18 : professed II9, md part. Sinner cursed and saint happy 1, 11 ; and saints portion- 1, 17, 37, 50 : hatred, and saints patience 37 : destroyed^ and saints chastised 94. Shu of tongue 12, 34, 50. Slander, deliverance from 31,120. Song. See Psalm. Sorrow. See Affliction, Sickness. Souls in separate state 17, 146, 1.50. INDEX. Spirit given at Christ's ascension 68 : his teaching de- sired 51, 1I9. ixth part. Spiritual enemies overcome 3, 18 144 : blessmgs and punishment 81 : mindedness U9, nd part. See Saints, Grace, &c. Spouse of Christ the king is the church 45. Spring of the year 65 : summer 65, 104 : and winter 147. Storm and thunder 2g, 1 3 5. l4fc>. Strength, repentance auri pardon prayed for 38: from Christ 71: o; grace, I3S Submis-t jii 123 131 : to Christ 2 : to sickness 39. Success ol th« g sp.i 9 i 0 Suff rings and death of Christ 22 : and kingdom of Christ 2, 22, 69, 110. Summer 65 : winter 147. Supfiort and council from God 16 : for the afflicted and tempted 55 : and comfort in God 94, II9. xivth part. Surety and sacrifice of Christ 40. T PJpEMPTATIONS overcome, 3, 18 : in sickness 6 : ■"■ escape from them 25 : of the devil I3 : suppon UJider them 3. 5 5, 9I. Tempter. See Satan. Tender conscience II9. xuith part. Thanks public for private mercies 116, US. See Praise. Threatening* and promises 81. Thunder and storm 2g# I35, 148. Times evil 1 1, 12. Tongue governed 34, 39. Trial of our grace by afflictions 66, 125 : of our he 26, l<9 Triumph for salvation 18 : and safety of the church in national desolations 46: at the last day U9. Troubles. See A xtions. Temptations. Trust in the creatures vain 6J, i46. Truth grace and protection 57, 145, 146. See God; Faithfulness, Tumult, deliverance from 118. U UX BELIEF and envy cured 37 : punished 95. Unchangeable God 89, 111. V ANITY of man as mortal 39, 89, 144 : of life anil iches 49. Vengeance and compassion 68 : against the enemies of the churcn 76 149 Victory hoped and prayed for 20 : over temptations &, 44 INDEX. 18, 144 : over temporal enemies 18 : and deliverance from persecution 53. Vineyard of God wasted 80. Vows paid in the church 116 : of holiness l!q, xvthfiart. W WAITING for pardon and direction 25 : for an- swer to prayer 85, I3O, M3. War prayer in time of 20 : disappointments therein 60: victory 18 : spiritual 18, 144. Warnings of God to his people 81. Watchjulness )g, l4l : over the tongue Sg. Weather 65, 107, 135, 147, 148. Wicked. See Sinner, Saint. Wickedness of man 14, 36, 51. Wind. See Providences, Seasons, Storra. Winter and Summer 14 ft Wisdom and equity oi' Providence 9 : of God in his WorRs 111. Word of God. See Scripture. Works of creation and providence 104, 147, 148: and grace 19,33, m> ^35* ^3^ : good works profit men, not God xv i. World's hatred, and saints patience 37. Worship, and order of the gospel 48 : delight in it 84 : with reverence Ixxxix, xcix: daily 55, I34, 141 : in a fam- ily 133 : public Ixiii, 84, 122, I32 : absence from 42, lxiii. Wrath and mercy from the judgment seat ix. See Tiiore in God, Punishment, Sinner, Vengeance, Z T^EAL and prudence xxxix. ^ Zion, its citizens \5. See Church. THE PSALMS OF DAVID, IMITATED IN THE LANGUAGE OP THE I3eto Cegtament PSALM I. C. M. (#) The Way and End of the Righteous and the Wicked, 1 IDLEST is the man, who shuns the place, .£3 Where sinners love to meet ; Who fears to tread their wicked ways, And hates the scoffer's scat : S But in the statutes of the Lord Has placed his chief delight ; By day he reads, or hears the word, And meditates by night. 3 (He, like a plant of generous kind, By living waters set, Safe from the storms and blasting wind Enjoys a peaceful state.) 4 Green as the leaf and ever fair Shall his profession shine ; While fruits of holiness appear, Like clusters on the vine. -5 Not so the impious and unjust ; What vain designs they form ! Their hopes are blown away, like dust, Or chaff before the storm. 5 Sinners in judgment shall not stand Amongst the sons of grace, When Christ the Judge at his right hand Appoints his saints a place. 7 His eye beholds the path they tread ; His heart approves it well ; But crooked ways of sinners lead Down to the gates of hell. C 26 PSALM I- PSALM I. S. M. (;&) The Saint hafifiyy the Sinner miserable. I rTTHE map is eve? blest, JL Who shuns the sinners* ways, Amongst their councils never stands, Nor takes the scorner's place ; -2 But makes the law of God His study and delight, Amidst the labours of the day And watches of the night. o He, like a tree, shall thrive, With waters near the root ; Fresh as the ieaf his name shall live ; His works are Keavcnly fruit, 4 Not so th* ungodly race ; They no such blessings 5vr} ; Their hopes shall flee, like empfy craft, Before the driving wind. 5 How will they bear to stand, Before that judgment seat, YV>.ere all the saints at Christ's right IwmiJ In full assembly meet ? 6 He knows, and he approves The way the righteous go ; Eut sinners and their works shall meet A dreadful overthrow. PSALM I. L. M. (#) The "Difference between the RighteGV^ and 'he Wickel 1 T T AFPY the man, whose cautious feet £JL Shun the broad way, which sinners go, Who hates the place where atheist: And fears to talk as sccfTern do. 2 He loves t* employ his morning light Amongst the statutes of the Lcrd ; And spends the wakeful hours of night "With pleasure, pondYir^ o'er his word, S He, like a plant by gentle streams, Shall Sourish in immortal green ; PSALM II. 2? And heaven will shine with kindest Wmis On cv'ry work his hands k.gin. 4 But sinners find their counsels crossed j As chaff before the tempest fiies, • So shall their hopes be blown and lost, When the last trumpet shakes the skies. £ In va;n the rebel seeks fc In judgment with the piou-s race ; The dreadful Judge, with stern command* Divides him to a different place. 6 " Straighc is the way my saints have trod ; " I bless'd the path, and ckew it plain 3 " But you would choose the crooked rcad> *' And down it leads to endless pain. PSALM II. S. M. (fc) Translated according to the divine Pattern. Acis iv, 24. &c. Christ dying, risingy interceding^ and reigning, I (Tl^TAKER and sov'reign Lord lYJL Of heaven, and earth, and 80*3, Thy providence confirms thy word, And answers thy decrees, * The things so long foretold By David are fulfill'd, When Jews aad Gentiles join to slay Jesus, thine holy child.) 3 Why did the Gentiles rage, And Jews with one accord Bend all their counsels to destroy Th* anointed of the Lord I 4 Rulers and king9 agree To form a vain design ; Against the Lord their powers unitsp Against 4ttsr Christ they join. 5 The Lord derides their rage, And will support his throne ; S8 PSALM II. He, who hath raised him from the dead, Hath own'd him for his Son, PAUSE. 6 Now he's ascended high, And asks to rule the earth ; The merit of his blood he pleads. And pleads his heavenly birth. 7 He asks, and God bestows A large inheritance ; Far as the world's remotest ends His kingdom shall advance. 8 The nations, that rebel, Must feel his iron rod ; He'll vindicate those honours well, Which he received from God. 9 (Be wise, ye rulers, now, And worship at his throne ; With trembling joy, ye people, bow To God's exalted Son. 10 If once his wrath arise, Ye perish on the place ; Then blessed is the soul, that fiies For refuge to his grace.) PSALM II. CM. (b) WHY did the nations join to slay The Lord's anointed Son ? Why did they cast his laws away, And tread his gospel down ? The Lord, who sits above the skies, Derides their rage below ; He speaks with vengeance in his eyes> • And strikes their spirits through. " I call him my eternal Son, 44 \nd raise him from the dead ; K I make my holy hill his throne, 14 And wide his kingdom spread* PSALM II. 29 4 « Ask me, my Son, and then enjoy " The utmost heathen lands : « Thy rod of iron shall destroy « The rebel, who withstands." 5 Be wise, ye rulers of the earth, Obey th' anointed Lord, Adore the King of heavenly birth, And tremble at his word. € With humble love address his throne- 1: For, if he frown, ye die : Those are secure, and. those alone, Who on his jrrac;: rely. PSALM II. L. M. ( fc.} ChristU Deaths Returrection, and Jscetision. V V The Romans, why their swords employ I Against the Lord their powers engage, His dear Anointed to destroy ? 2 « Come, let us break his bands," they say. " This man shall never give us laws :" And thus they cast his yoke away, And nail'd their Monarch to the cross. 3 But God, who high in glory reigns, Laughs at their pride, their rage controls s He'll vex their hearts with inward pains, And speak in thunder to their souls, 4 " I will maintain the King I made, " On Zion's everlasting hill ; « My hand shall br.ng him from the dead, " And he shall stand your Sov'rcign still," 5 (His wond'rouis rising from the earih Makes his eternal Godhead known ; The Lord declares his heavenly birth, " This day hare I begot my Son. 6 " Ascend, my Son, to my right hand 5 £ There thou shalt a»k, and 1 bestow C2 3# PSALM III. " The utmost bounds of heathen land ; " To thee the northern isles shall bow.") 7 But nations, that resist his grace, Shall fall beneath his iron stroke : His rod shall crush his foes with ease, As potters' earthen ware is broke. PAUSE. 6 Now ye, who sit on earthly thrones, Be wise, and serve the Lord, the Lamb , Now at his feet submit your crowns* Rejoice and tremble at his name. 9 With humble love address the Son, Lest he grow angry, and ye die : His wrath will burn to worlds unknown. If ye provoke his jealousy. 10 His storms shall drive you quick to hell ! He is a God, and ye but dust : Happy the souls that know him well, And make his grace their only trust. PSALM HI. C. M. (b) Doubts and Fears sufifn essed ; or, God our Defence from Sin and Satan. i TV^Y God, how many are my fears ! *■▼■* How fast my foes increase ! Conspiring my eternal death, They break my present peace. 2 The lying tempter would persuade There's no relief in heaven ; And all my swelling sins appear Too big to be forgiven. 3 But thou, my glory and my strength, Shalt on the tempter tread, Shalt silence all my threatening guilt* And raise my drooping head. * (I cry'd, and from his holy hill He bow'd a lisi'ning ear j PSALM III. 31 I call'd my Father and my God, And he subdued my fear. 5 He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes, In spite of all my foes ; I 'woke, and wonder' d at the grace, Which guarded my repose.) $ What though the hosts of death and hell All arm'd against me stood ! Terrours no more shall shake my soul ; My refuge is my God. 7 Arise, O Lord, fulfil thy grace, While I thy glory sing : My God has broke the serpent's teeth, And death has lost his sting. 8 Salvation to the Lord belongs ; His arm alone can save : Blessings attend thy people here, And reach beyond the grave. PSALM 111. L. M. ((,) Vcr. I — 5, 8. A Morning Psnlm. j X"X LORD, how many are my foes, \J In this weak state of flesh and blood I My peace they daily discompose, But my defence and hope is God. 2 Tired with the burJens of the day, To thee I rais'd an evening cry ; Thou heard'st when I began to pray, And thine aim ghty help was nigh. 5 Supported by thine heavenly aid, I laid me down and slept secure : Not death should im»ke my heart afraid, Though I should wake and rise no more. 4 But God sustain'd me all the night ; Solvation doth to God belong ; He raisM my head to see the light, And makes his praise my morning »ong. PSALM TV. PSALM IV. JL, M. ( J, ) Ver. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, T. Hearing of Prayer $ or: Go* our Portion, and Christ our Hofie. 1 f~\ GOD of grace and righteousness, \*J Hear and attend when I complain | Thou hast enlarged me in distress,. Bow down a gracious ear again, 3 Ye sons of men, in vain ye try- To turn my glory into shame ; How long will scoffers love to lie, And dare reproach my Saviour's name I 5 Know that the Lord divides his saints From all the tribes of men beside i He hears the cry of penitents For the dear sake of Christ, who died, 4 When our obedient hands have done A thousand works cf iighteousness3 We put our trust in Godalone, And glory in his pard'ning grace* 5 Let the unthinking many say, Who vjjlt bestow some earthly good 7 But, Lovd, thy light and love we pray i Our souls desire this heavenly food. «§ Then shall my cheerful powers rejoice At grace and favour so divine ; Nor will I change my happy choice For ali their corn and all their winet PSALM IV. C. M. (b) Ver. 3, 4, 5, 8. An Evening Psalm. 1 T ORD, thou wilt hear me when I pray ; J^ir I am lorever thine ; 1 fear before thee all the day, Nor would I d*re to sin. 2 And while I rest my weary head, ^ From cares and bus utss free, *Tis sweet conversing on my bed With my own heart and thee. PSALM V, 35 3 I pay this evening sacrifice ; And when my work is done, Great God, my faith and hope relies Upon thy grace alone. 4 Thus with my thoughts composed to peace, I'll give mine eyes to sleep ; - Thy hand in safety keeps my days. And will my slumbers ketp. PSALM V. C. M. (*J For the Lord's -Day Morning. \ Y ORD, in the morning thou shalt hear JL-rf My voice ascending high ; To thee will I direct my prayer, To thee lift up mine eye— 2 Up to the hills, where Christ is gone? To plead for all his saints, Presenting at his Father's throne Our songs and our complaints. J Thou art a God, before whose sight The wicked shall not stand ; Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight, Nor dwell at thy right hand. 4 But to thy house will I resort To taste thy mercies there : I will frequent thine holy court; And worship in thy fear. 5 O, may thy Spirit gu'} Comfilaint irv Sickness $ or Disease* healed* X anger, Lord, rebuke me not, Withdraw the dreadful storm ; Nor let thy fury grow so hot Against a feeble worm. t My soul's buw'd down with heavy cares* My flesh with pain oppress'd ; My couch is witness to my tears ; My tears forbid my rest, 3 Sorrow and pain wear out my drys ; I waste the night with cries, Counting the minutes as they pass, Till the slow morning rise. 4 Shall I be still tormented more ? Mine eyes consumed with griei f How long my God, how long before Thy hand affords relief ? 5 He hears when dust and ashes speak j He pities all our groans ; He saves us ior his mercy's sake* And heals our broken bones. 6 The virtue of bis sovereign word Restores our fainting breath ; But silent graves praise not the Lord, Nor is he known in death. PSALM VI. L M. (b) Tcmfita-tiow in Sickness overcome. „ S T ORD, I can suffer thy rebukes " When thou with kindnsss dost chastise -r PSALM VT, VIL 35 1 But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear ; O let it not against me rise ! 2 Pity my languishing estate, And ease the sorrows, -which I feel *, The wounds thine heavy hand hath made? O let thy gentler touches heal 5 3 See how I pass «iy weary days In sighs and groan* ; and when 'tis night, My bed is water'd v/:th my tears ; My grief consumes and dims my sight. 4 Look hu\v the powers of nature mourn ! How long, almighty God, how long ? When shall thine hcur of gtace return ? When shall I make thy grace my song ? $ I feel my flesh so near the grave, My thoughts are tempted to despair : But graves can never praise the Lord, For all is dust and silence there. € Depart, ye tempters, from my soul ; And all despairing thoughts depart : My God, who hears my humble moan, Will ease my flesh, and cheer my heart. PSALM VII. C. M. (b) Cod's Care of Ms Pevfite, and Punishment rf Persecutors, 1 "TV /f Y trust is in my heavenly Friend, •*•*-*• My hope in thee, my God ; Rise, &nd rny helpless life defend From those, who &eek my blood. 2 With insolence and fury they My soul in pieces tear, As hungry lions rend the prey, When no deliverer's near. 5 If I have trer provoked them &'st, Or once abused my foe. Then let him tread m> life to dust? And lay mine honour low* 4 If tfcere be malice hid in me, I know thy piercing eyes ; 36 PSALM VIII. I should not dare appeal to thee, Nor ask my God to rise. 5 Arise, my God, lift up thy hand, Their pride and power control ; Awake to judgment, and command Defov'rance for my soul. PAUSE. € (Let sinners and their wicked rage Be humbled to the dust : Shall not the God of truth engage To vindicate the just ? 7 He knows the heart, he tries the reins, He will defend th* upright : His sharpest arrows he ordains Against the sons of spite. S For me their malice digg'd a pit, But there themselves are cast ; My God makes all their mischief light On their own heads at last.) 9 That cruel, persecuting race Musi feel his dreadful sword ; Awake, my soul, and praise the grace And justice of the Lord. PSALM VIII. S. M. (*) God's Sovereignty and Goodness^ and Man'a Dominion over the Creatures, 1 /"\ LORD, our heavenly King, Vy Thy name is all divine ; Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heavens they shine, 2 When to thy works on high I raise my wond'ring eyes, And see the moon complete in light- Adorn the darksome skies ; 3 When I survey the stars, And all their shining forms, PSALM VIII. 37 Lord, what is man, that worthless thing, Akin to dust and worms 1 4 Lord, what is worthless man, That thou should'st love him so 1 Next to thine angels is he placed, And lord of all below. 5 Thine honours crown his head, While beasts, like slaves, obey, And birds, that cut the air with wings, And fish, that cleave the sea. *6 How rich thy bounties are ! And wond'rous are thy ways : Of dust and worms thy power can frame A monument of praise. •7 (Out of the mouths of babes And sucklings thou canst draw Surprising honours to thy name, And strike the world with awe. 8 O Lord, our heavenly King, Thy name is all divine ; Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heavens they shine.) PSALM VIII. C. M. (k) Chrises Condescension and Glorification ; or, God mad* Man. 1 f~\ LORD, our Lord, how wond'rous gr ^ Is thine exalted name ! The glories of thy heavenly state Let men and babes proclaim. 2 When I behold thy works *>n high. The moon, which rules the nighty And stars, that well adorn the sky, Those moving worlds of light : ■3 Lord, what is man, or all his race, Who dwells so far below, That thou should'st visit him with grace, And love his nature so I D eat 38 PSALM VIII. 4 That thine eternal Son should bear To take a mortal form, Made lower than his angels are, To save a dying worm ! 5 (Yet, while he livc-d on earth unknown, And men would not adore, Th' obedient seas and fishes own His Godhead and his power. 6 The waves lay spread beneath his feet, And fish, at his command, Bring their large shoals to Peter's net, And tribute to his hand. 7 These lesser glories of the Son Shone through the fleshly cloud ; Now we behold him on his throne, And men confess him God.) 8 Let him be crown'd with majesty Who bow'd his head to death ; And be his honours sounded high, By all things, that have breath. 9 Jesus, our Lord, how wond'rous great Is thine exalted name ; The glories of thy heavenly state Let the whole earth proclaim. PSALM VIII. 1st Part. L. M. { x) Ver. i, 2, Paraphrased. The llosanna of the Children ; or. Infants frr.'.ieittg God, 1 \ LMIGHTY Ruler of the skies, jfi Through the wide earth thy name is spread ; And thine eternal glories rise O'er all the heavens thy (hands have made. 2 To thee the voices of the young A monument of honour raise ; And babes, with unmstructecl tongue, Declare the wonders of thy praise. 3 Thy power arsie.ts their tender age To bring proud rebels to the ground ; To still the bold blasphemer's rage, And all their policies confound. PSALM VIII, IX. 39 4 Children amidst thy temple throng To see their great Redeemers face ; The Son of David is their song, And young hosannas fill the place. 5 The frowning scribes and angry priests In vain their impious cavils bring ; Revenge sits silent in their breasts, While Jewish babes proclaim their King. PSALM VIII. 2d Part. L. M. ( b ) Ver. 3, &x. Paraphrased. Adam and Christy Lords of the old and new Creation, \ ' ' ORD, what was man when made at first ! 1 J Adam, the offspring of the dust ! That thou should'st set him and his race But just lielow an angel's place ! 2 That thou should'st raise his nature so, And make him lord of all below ; Make every beast and bird submit, And lay the fishes at his feet ! 3 But O ! what brighter glories wait To crown the Second Adam's state ! What honours shall thy Son adorn, Who condescended to be born ! 4 See him below his angels made ! See him in dust among the dead, To save a ruin'd world from sin i But he shall reign with power divine ! 5 The world to come, redeem'd from all The mis'nes, which attend the fall, New made, and glorious, shall submit At our exalted Saviour's feet. w PSALM IX. 1st Part. C. M. (*) Wrath and Mercy from the Judgment Seat. ITH my whole heart I'll raise my song, Thy wonders I'll proclaim ; 40 PSALM IX. Thou, Sovereign Judge, of right and wrong,. Wilt put my foes to shame. 3 I'll s'ng thy majesty and grace ; My God prepares his throne To judge the world in righteou&ness* And make his vengeance known. 3 Then shall the Lord a refuge prove For all the poor oppress'd ; To save the people of his love, And give the weary rest.. 4 The men, who know thy name, will trust In thy abundant grace ; For thou hast ne'er forsook the just, Who humbly sought thy face. 5 Sing praises to the righteous Lord, Who dweVls on Zion's hill, Who executes his threat'ning word, And doth his grace fulfil. PSALM IX. 2d Part. C. M. (b) Ver. 12. The Wisdom and Equity of Providence. IEN the great Judge, supreme and just. Shall once inquire for blood, The humble souls, who mourn in dust, Shall find a faithful God. 2 He from the dreadful gates of death Does his own children raise : In Z;on's gates, with cheerful breath, They sing their Father's praise. S His foes shall fall, with heedless feet, Into the pit they made ; And sinners perish in the net, Which their own hands have spread, 4 Thus by thy judgments, mighty God, Are thy deep counsels known ; When men of mischief are destroy'd,. The snare must be their pwn. PSALM X. 41 PAUSE. > The wicked shall sink down to hell, Thy wrath devour the lands, That dare forget thee, or rebel Against thy known commands. 6 Though saints to sore distress are brought, And wait, and long complain,. Their cries shall never be forgot, Nor shall their hopes be vain. 7 (Rise, great Redeemer, from thy seat, To judge and save the poor ; Let nations tremble at thy feet, And man prevail no more. 8 Thy thunder shall affright the proud, And put their hearts to pain ; Make them confess that thou art God, And they but feeble men. PSALM X. C. M. ( b ) Prayers heard) and Saints saved ; or. Pride, Atheisw.r and Oppression punished. For a Humiliation Day. 1 1I7HY doth the Lord stand off so far ? W And why conceal his face, When great calamities appear, And times of deep distress I 2 Lord, shall the wicked st'll deride Thy justice and thy power ? Shall they advance their heads in pride, And still thy saints devour ? 3 They put thy judgments from their sight,, And then insult the poor, They boast in their exalted height, That they shall fall no more. 4 Arise, O God, lift np thine hand j Attend our humble cry ; D 2 & PSALM XI. No enemy shall dare to stand When God ascends on high. PAUSE. 5 Why do the men of malice rage, And say, with foolish pride, " The God of heaven will ne'er engage " To fight on Zion's side I" 6 But thou forever art our Lord ; And powerful is thine hand, As when the heathens felt thy sword, And perish'd from thy land. 7 Thou wilt prepare our hearts to pray, And cause thine ears to hear ; Harken to what thy children say, And put the world in fear. 8 Proud tyrants shall no more oppress ; No more desp;se the just ; And mighty sinners shall confess They are but earth and dust. PSALM XI, L. M. (&) God loves the Righteous, and hates the Wicked, 1 T\ /TY refuge is the God of love ; JVJL Why do my foes insult and cry, "Fly like a tim'rous, trembling dove, " To distant woods and mountains fly ?" 2 If government be all destroy'd, (That firm foundation of our peace) And violence make justice void, Where shall the righteous seek redress ? g The Lord in heaven has fix'd his throne ; His eyes survey the world below ; To him all mortal things are known ; His eye-lids search our spirts through. 4 If he afflicts his saints so far, To prove their love and try their grace, What may the bold transgressors fear ? His very soul abhors their ways. PSALM XII. U 5 On impious wretches he shall rain Tempests of brimstone, fire and death, Such as he kindled on the plain Of Sodom, with his angry breath. 6 The righteous Lord loves righteous souls. Whose thoughts and actions are sincere ; And with a gracious eye beholds The men, who his own image bear. PSALM XII. L. M. ( b ) The Saints' Safely and Hofie in evil Times ; or, Sins of the Tongue com/ilained of viz. Blasfihany^ Falshood:&c. 1 "TT ORD, if thou dost not soon appear ■M-4 Virtue and truth will fly away : A faithful man among us nere Will scarce be found, if thou delay. 2 The whole discourse, when neighbours meet, Is fill'd with trifles loose and vain ; Their lips are flatt'ry and deceit, And their proud language is profane. 3 But lips, that with deceit abound, Shall not maintain their triumph long : The God of vengeance will confound The Maturing and blaspheming tongue. 4 " Yet shall our words be free." they cry, " Our tongues shall be controll'd by none : " Where is the Lord will ask us why ? " Or say our lips are not our own V 5 The Lord, who sees the poor oppressed, And hears th' oppressor's haughty strain, Will rise to give his children rest. Nor shall they trust his word in vain. 6 Thy word, O Lord, though often try'd, Void of deceit shall still appear; Not silver, seven times purify *d From dross and mixture, shines so clear. 44 PSALM XII. 7 fhy grace shall, in the darkest hour, Dctend the holy soul from harm ; Though when the vUest men nave power, On every side will sinners i>w«rm. PSALM XII. C. M. ( b ) Compl&fnt of a general Corrufition of Maimers ; or, the Promises and Signs of Christ's coming to Judgment, 1 f TELP, Lord, for men of virtue fail ; JLl Religion loses ground I The sons of violence prevail) And treacheries abound. 2 Their oaths and promises they break). Yet act the flatt'rer's part ; With fair, deceitful lips they speak, And with a double heart. 3 If we reprove some hateful lie, How is thy fury stirr'd ! " Are not our lips our own ?" they cvy? " And who- shall be our Lord !" 4 Scoffers appear on ev'ry side, Where a vile race of men Is rais'd to seats of power and pride. And bears the sword in vain. PAUSE. 5 Lord, when iniquities abound, And blasphemy grows bold, When faith is hardly to be found, And love is waxing cold ; t Is not thy chariot hast'ning on ? Hast thou not given the sign ? May we not trust and live upon A promise so divine ? 7 " Yes/' saith the Lord, " now will I risev " And make oppressors flee ; " I shall appear to their surprise, " And set my servants free," psalm xin. ^ 3 Thy word, like silver seven times tried, Through ages shall endure : The men, who in thy truth confide Shall find thy promise sure. PSALM XIII. L. M. ( b ) F leading with God under Desertion ; or, Hofie in Dark' ness. 1 TTOW long, O Lord, shall I complain, jLJl Like one, who seeks his God in vain ? Canst thou thy face forever hide, And I still pray and be deny'd ? 2 Shall I forever be forgot, As one, whom thou regardest not ? Still shall my soul thy absence mourn, And still despair of thy return ? 3 How long shall my poor troubled breast Be with these anxious thoughts oppress'd t And Satan, my malicious foe, Rejoice to see me sink so low ? 4 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief, Before my death concludes my grief : If thou withhold 'st thy heavenly light, I sleep in everlasting night. 5 How will the powers of darkness boast, If but one praying soul be lost ! But I have trusted in thy grace,- And shall again behold thy face. 6 Whate'er my fears or foes suggest, Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest ; My heart shall feel thy love, and raise My cheerful voice to songs of praise. PSALM XIII. G. M. ( t) Comfdaint under Temptations of the Devil. TTOW long wilt thou conceal thy face ? ■*■ -*■ My God, how long delay ? When shall I feel those heavenly rays, That chase my fears away ? 46 PSALM XIV. 2 How long shall my poor lab'ring soul Wrestle and toil in vain ? Thy word can all my foes control, And ease my raging pain. 3 See how the prince of darkness tries All his malicious arts ; He spreads a mist around my eyes, And throws his fiery darts. 4 Be thou my sun, be thou my shield ; My soul in safety keep ; Make haste, before mine eyes are seal'd In death's eternal sleep. 5 How would the tempter boast aloud, li^ I become his prey ! Behold the sons of hell grow proud At thy so long delay ? 6 But they shall fly at thy rebuke, And Satan hide his head ; He knows the terrours of thy look, And hears thy voice with dread. 7 Thou wilt display that sovereign grace, Where all my hopes have hung ; I shall employ my lips in praise, And vict'ry shall be sung. PSALM XIV. C. M. 1st Part. (b) By Aature all Men are Sinners. 1 T?OOLS in their hearts believe and say, JL That all religion's vain ; " There is no God, who reigns on high, " Or minds th' affairs of men." 2 From thoughts so dreadful and profane Corrupt discourse proceeds ; And in their impious hands are found Abominable deeds. 3 The Lord, from his celestial throne, Looks down on things belcw, PSALM XIV, XV. 4T To find the man, who seeks his grace, Or does his justice know. 4 By nature all are gone astray ; Their practice all the same : There's none, who fears his Maker's hand, There's none, who loves his name. 5 Their tongues are used to speak dtceit ; Their slanders never cease : How swift to mischief are their feet ! Nor know the paths of peace. 6 Such seeds of sin, that bitter root, In every heart are found ; Nor can they bear diviner fruit, Till grace refine the ground. PSALM XIV. 2d Part. C. M. (b) The Folly of Persecutors. 1 4 RE sinners now so senseless grown. £Y, That they the saints devour ; And never worship at thy throne, Nor fear thine awful power ? 2 Great God 1 appear to their surprise, Reveal thy dreadful name ! Let them no more thy wrath despise, Nor turn our hope to shame. 3 Dost thou not dwell among the just ? And yet our foes deride, That we should make thy name our trust ; Great God, confound their pride. 4 O, that the joyful day were come, To finish our distress ! When God shall bring his children home, Our songs shall never cease. PSALM XV. CM. ( * ) Characters of a Saint ; or, a Citizen qfZion; or, the Qual- ifications of a Christian. 1 \ft7"HO shall inhabit in thy hill, VV O God of holiness ? 48 PSALM XV. Whom will the Lord admit to dwell So near his throne of grace ? 2 The man, who walks in pious ways, And works with righteous hands, Who trusts his Maker's promises, And follows his commands. 2 He speaks the meaning of his heart. Nor slanders with his tongue ; Will scarce believe an ill report, Nor do his neigbour wrrong. 4 The wealthy sinner he contemns, Loves all, who fear the Lord ; And though to his own hurt he swears, Still he performs his word. 5 His hands disdain a golden bribe, And never gripe the poor : This man shall dwell with God on earth, An find his heaven secure. PSALM XV. L. M. ( % ) Religion and Justice, Goodness and Truth ; or, Duties te God and Alan ; or, the Qualifications of a Christian. ■ "O^THO shall ascend thy heavenly place, v* Great God, and dwell before thy f«ice ? The man, who minds religion now, And humbly walks with God below : .2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean, Whose lips still speak the thing they mean ; No slanders dwell upon his tongue : He hates to do his neighbour wrong. 3 (Scarce will he trust an ill report, Nor vent it to his neighbour's hurt : Sinners of state he can despise, But saints are hcnourd in his eyes. * Firm to his word he ever stood, And always makes his promise good ; Nor dares to change the thing he swears Whatever pain or loss he bears.) ?SALM XVI. 49 5 ( He never deals in bribing gold, And mourns that justice should be sold : While others gripe and grind the poor, Sweet charity attends his door. ) $ He loves his enemies and prays For those w#ho curse him to his face ; And doth to all men still the same, That he would hope or wish from them. 7 Yet when his holiest works are done, His soul depends on grace alone; This is the man thy face shall see, And dwell forever, Lord, with thee. PSALM XVI. 1st Part. L. M. (fc>) "Confession of our Poverty, and Saints the best Comjiany $ or, good Works Jirofit Men, not God. 1 "OPvESERVE me, Lord, in time of need ; ■"■ For succour to thy throne I flee, But have no merits there to plead ; My goodness cannot reach to thee. 2 Oft have my heart and tongue confess*d How empty and how poor I am ; My praise can never make thee bless'd* Nor add new glories to thy name. 3 Yet, Lord, thy saints on earth may reap Some profit by the good we do ; These are the company I keep, These are the choicest friends I know. 4 Let others choose the sons of mirth To give a relish to their wine ; I love the men of heavenly birth, "Whose thoughts and language are divine* PSALM XVI. 2d Part. L. M. (&or b) Christ's All- Sufficiency. 1 TPIOW fast their Suilt and sorrows rise, iLiL Who haste to seek some idol god I I will not taste their sacrifice, Their ofPrings of forbidden blood. £ £0 PSALM XVI, i i — — — *i I ■ n in iiiiii 2 My God provides a richer cup; And nobler food to live upon ; He for my life has offer'd up Jesus, his best beloved Son. £ His love is my perpet'al feast ; By day his counsels guide me right ; And be his name forever blest, Who gives me sweet advice by night. 4 I set him still before mine eyes ; At my right hand be stands prepared To Reap my soul from all surprise, ,And be my everlasting guard. PSALM XVI. 3d Part. L. M. (.# Courage in Deaths and Hofie in the Resurrection, I "OCTilEN God is nigh, my faith is strong, ▼ * His arm is my almighty prop : Be glad my heart, rejoice my tongue, My dying flesh shall rest in hope. ,2 Though in the dust I lay my head, Yet, gracious God, thou wilt not leave My soul forever with the dead, Nor lose thy children in the grave. 3 My flesh shall thy first call obey, Shake ofTthe dust and rise on high ; Then shait thou lead the wond'rous way Up to thy throne above the sky. 4 There streams of endless pleasure flow, And full discoveries of thy grace, (Which we but tasted here below) Spread heavenly joys through all the place. PSALM XVI. 1st Part. C. M. (*) Ver. I — 8. Sufifiort and Counselfrom God, without Meriff 1 GAVE me, O Lord, from every foe; •^ In thee my trust I place, Though aU the good that I can do Can ne'er deserve thy grace- PSALM XVI. St ■ ' ' ' ' 2 Yet, if my God prolong my breath, The saints may profit by't ; The saints, the glory of the earth. The men of my delight. $ Let heathens to their idols haste, And worship wood or stone ; But my delightful lot is cast Where the true God is known. 4 His hand provides my constant food ; He fills my daily cup ; Much am I pleased with present goo& But more rejoice in hope. 5 God is my portion and my joy ; His counsels are my light ; He gives me sweet advice by day, And gentle hints by night. t My soul would all her thoughts approve To his all-seeing eye ; Not death, nor hell my hopes shall move, While such a friend is nigh. PSALM XVI. 2d Fart. CM. (») The Death and Resurrection of Christ. 1 « ft SET the Lord before my face, •"• " He bears my courage up ; " My heart and tongue their joys express, " My flesh shall rest in hope. 2 « My spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave k- Where souls departed are ; " Nor quit my body to the grave, u To see corruption there. 3 " Thou wilt reveal the path of life, " And raise me to thy throne : "Thy courts immortal pleasure give ; " Thy presence, joys unknown." 4, (Thus, in the name of Christ, the Lor^ The holy David sung, And Providence fulfils the word «+*«»#> Of his prophetic tongue. 52 PSALM XVII. 5 Jesus, whom every saint adores, Was crucify'd and slain ; Behold, the tomb its prey restores I Behold, he lives again ! i When shall my feet arise and stand On heaven's eternal hills ? There sits the Son at God's right hand, And there the Father smiles ) PSALM XVII. S. M. (») Ver. 13, &c. Portion of Saints and Sitmeis j or, Hofxd and Despair in Death. 1 A RISE, my gracious God, ■*■»• And make the wicked flee ; They are but thy chastising rod To drive thy saints to thee. -z Behold, the sinner dies ! Mis haughty words are vain ; Here in this life his pleasure lies? And all beyond is pain. 3 Then let his pride advance, And boast of all his store ; The Lord is my inheritance, My soul can wish no more-. 4 I shall behold the face Of my forgiving God ; And stand complete in righteousness* Wash'd in my Saviour's Wood. 5 There's a new heaven begun When I awake from death, Dress'd in the likeness of thy Son, And draw immortal breath. PSALM XVII. L. M. (*) The Sinner's Portion and the Saints Hofie ; or, the Heaven of tejiarate Souls, and the Resurrection* 1 T " ORD, I am thine ; but thou wilt prove *-* My faith, my patience, and my love ; PSALM XVIII. 53 When men of spite against me join, They are the sword, the hand is thine. 3 Their hope and portion lie below ; 'Tis all the happiness they know ; 'Tis all they seek ; they take their shares, And leave the rest among their heirs. 3. What sinners value, I resign ; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine \ I shall behold thy blissful face, And stand complete in righteousness. 4 This life's a dream, an empty show ; But the bright world, to which I go, Hath joys substantial and sincere ; When shall I wake and find me there I 5 O glorious hour ! O blest abode ! I shall be near and like my God ; And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of the soul* 6 My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ; Then burst the chains with sweet surprise* And in my Saviour's image rise- PS ALM XVIII. 1st Part. L. M. (%.) Ver. 1 — 6, 1 5 — 1 $. Deliverance from Despair ; or Temf$ tations overcome. 1 npHEE will I love, O Lord, my strength, -"• My rock, my tower, my high defence;. Thy mighty arm shall be my trust,. For I have found salvation thence. 2 Death and the terrours of the grave Stood round me with their dismal shade j While floods of high temptations rose, And made my sinking soul afraid. 3 I saw the opening gates of hell, With endless pains and sorrows there, Which none but they, who feel can telJj, While I was hurryM to despair. $4 PSALM XVIII. 4 In my distress, I cali'd my God, When I could scarce believe him mine J He bow'd his ear to my complaint ; Then did his grace appear divine. 5 (With speed he flew to my relief, As on a cherub's wing he rode ; Awful and bright as lightning shone The face of my deliv'rer, God. £ Temptations fled at his rebuke, The bbst of his almighty breath ; He sent salvation from on high, And drew me from the deeps of death.) 7 Great were my fears, my foers were great ; Much was their strength, and more their ragef But Christ, my Lord, is conqueror stiUj In all the wars that devils wage. S My song forever shall record That terrible, that joyful hour ; And give the glory to the Lord, Due to his mercy and his power. PSALM XVIII. 2d Part. L. M. ( ^) Ver. 20 — 25. Sincerity /iroved and rewarded, 1 "jf OR D, thou h*B% seen my soul sincere, -"-* Hast made thy truth and love appear; Before mine eyes I set thy laws, And thou hast own'd my righteous cause. ^3 Since I have learn'd thy holy ways, I've walk'd upright before thy face : Or, if my feet did e'er depart, j 'Twas never with a wicked heart. 3 What sore temptations broke my rest ! What wars and stragglings in my breast T But through thy grace, that reigns withlDj I guard against my darling sin. 4 That sin, which close besets me still, Which works and strives against my will j When shall thy Spirit's sovereign power Destroy it, that it rise no mors J PSALM XVIII. 55 (With an impartial hand, the Lord Deals out to mortal* their reward : The kind and faithful sou's shall find A God as faithful and as kind. The just and pure shall ever say, Thou art more pure more just than they j- And men, who love revenge shall know, God hath an arm of vengeance too.) PSALM XVIII. 3d Part. L. M. (») Ver. 30, 31, 32, 46, Sec, Rejoicing in Gqd ; or> Salvor lion and Triumph* 1 TfUST are thy ways, and true thy woid, •JJ Great Rock of my secure abode : Who is a God, beside the Lord ? Or, where's a refuge like our God I 2 'Tis he, who girds me with his might) Gives me his holy sword *o wield ; And, while with sin and hell I fight, Spreads his salvation for my shield* 3 He lives (and blessed be my Rock) The God of my salvation lives ; The dark designs of hell are broke ; Sweet is the peace my Father gives. 4 Before the scoffers of the age I will exult my Father's name ; Nor tremble at their mighty rage, But meet reproach, and bear the shame: 5 To David and his royal seed Thy grace forever shall extend ; Thy love to saints, in Christ their head, JLnows not a limit, nor an end. PSALM XVIII. 1st Part. C> M. (&) Victory and Triumfih over temporal Enemies* W Now is thine arm reveal'd ; Thou art our strength, our heavenly Lowe*) Qui- bulwark and our shield. L " " 66 PSALM XVIII; 2 We fly to our eternal Rock, And find a sure defence ; His holy name our lips invoke. And draw salvation thence* 3 When God, our leader, shines in arms* What mortal heart can bear The thunder of his loud alarms, The lightning of his spear ? 4 He rides upon the winged wind, And angels in array, In millions wait, to know his mind, And swift as frames obey. 5 He speaks, and at his fierce rebuke Whole armies are dismay'd ; His voice, his frown, his angry look- Strikes all their courage dead. fr He forms our gen'rals for the field, With all their dreadful skill, Gives them his awful sword to wields And makes their hearts of steel. 7 ( He arms our captains to the fight,. Though there his name's forgot j. He girded Cyrus with his might, But Cyrus knew him not. % Oft has the Lord whole nations bles&'oV For his own churches' sake ; The powers, that give his people rest,; Shall of his care partake.) PSALM XVIII. 2d Part. G. M. (%,} The Conqueror's Song, 2 P]pO thine almighty arm we owe -"• The triumphs of the day ; Thy terrours, Lord, confound the foe, And melt their strength away. 2 'Tis by thine aid our troops prevail, And break united powers j Or burn their basted fleets, or scale The proudest of their towers. PSALM XIX. 57 3 How have we chased them through the field, And tvod them to the ground, While thy salvation was our shield ; But they no shelter found 1 4 In vain to idle saints they cry, And perish in their blood r Where is a rock so great, so high> So powerful as our Gud ? The Rock of Israel ever lives ; His name be ever blest ; 'Tis his own arm the vict'ry gives, And gives his people rest. On kings, who reign as David did, He pours his blessings down ; Secures their honours to their seed, And well supports their crown. PSALM XIX. 1st Part. S. M. ( Sg ) The Book of Natute and Scrijiture. For the Lord's day Morning. TO EHOLD the lofty sky JE* Declares its Maker, God, And all his starry works on high5 Proclaim his power abroad. The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same ; While night to day, and day to nighfc Divinely teach his name. In ev'ry different land Their gcn'ral voice is known ; They shew the wonders of his hand* And orders of his throne. Ye Christian lands, rejoice T Here he reveals his word ; We are not left to nature's voice To bid us know the Lord. His statutes and commands Are set before our eyes ; He puts his gospel in our hands? Where our salvation lies. SS PSALM xxr. His laws are just and pure ; His truth without deceit ; His promises forever sure, And his rewards are great.- ( Not honey to the taste Affords so much delight ; Nor gold, that has the furnace pass'd* So much allures the sight. While of thy works I sing, Thy glory to proclaim, Accept the praise, my God, my King, In my Redeemer's name.) Psalm XIX. 2d part. S. M. ( «c ) God's Word most excellent ; or, Sincerity and Watchful ness. For the Lord's day Morning* I- TO) E HOLD the morning sun ■*"' Begins his glorioas way ! His beams through all the nations riiny And lifo and light convey. 2 But where the gospej comes, It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombsy A*nd gives the blind their sight. 8 How perfect is thy word ! And all thy judgments just ! Forever sure thy promise, Lord, And men securely trust. 4 My gracious God, how plain Are thy directions given ! O, may I never read in vain I But find the path to heaven. *AUSE, 5 I hear thy word with love, And I would fain obey ; Send thy good Spirit from above, To guide me, lest I stray. 6 O, who can ever find The errours of his ways f ... PSALM XIX 56 Yet, with a bold, presumptuous .mind I would not dare transgress, Warn me of ev'ry sin ; Forgive my secret faults, And cleanse this guilty soul of mine, Whose crimes exceed my thoughts* While with my heart and tongue I spread thy praise abroad, Accept the worship and the song, My Saviour, and my God. PSALM XIX. L. M. (* ) 'The Books pf Nature and of Serif iture compared; or the Glory and Success of the Gos/ieL 1 npHe heavens declare thy glory, Lord ; -"- In every star thy wisdom shines ; But, when our eyes behold thy wordj We read thy name in fairer lines. % The rolling sun, the changing light, And nights and days thy power confess 4 But the blest volume thou hast writ Reveals thy justice and thy grace. £ Sun, moon and stars convey thy praise Round the whole earth, and never stand : So when thy truth began its race, It touch'd and glanced on every land. A Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest, Till through the world thy truth has run5 Till Christ has all the nations bless'dj That see the light, or feel the sun. 5 Great Son of Righteousness, arise, Bless the dark world with heavenly light : Thy gospel makes the simple wise ; Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right. £ Thy noblest wonders here we view, In souls renew'd and sins forgiv'n : Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew, And make thy word my guide to keavew. 6o PSALM XIX. PSALM XIX. L. P. M. ( * ) The Books of Nature and Scripture, 1 rfT% UEAT God, the heaven's well order'd frame ^JT Declares the glories of thy name ; There thy rich works of wonder shine ; A thousand starry beauties there, A thousand radiant marks appear Of boundless power and skill divine. 2 From night to day, from day to night, The dawning and the dying light Lectures of heavenly wisdom read ; With silent eloquence they raise Our thoughts to our Creator's praise, And neither sound nor language need. 3 Yet their divine instructions run Far as the journies of the sun, And every nation knows their voice ; The sun, like some young bridegroom dress'd. Breaks from the chambers of the east, Rolls round, and makes the earth rejoice, 4 Where'er he spreads his beams abroad, He smiles, and speaks his Maker, God ; All nature joins to show thy praise. Thus God in every creature shines ; Fair is the book of nature's lines, But fairer is thy book of grace. PAUSE. ■i> I love the volumes of thy word ; What light and joy those leaves afford To souls benighted and distress'd I Thy precepts guide my doubtful way ; Thy fear forbids my feet to stray ; Thy promise leads my heart to rest* 6 From the disc v'ries of thy law The perfect rules of life I draw ; These are my study and delight : Not honey so invites the taste, Nor gold, that has the furnace pass'd, Appears so pleasing to the sight. PSALM XX. 7 Thy threat'nings wake my slumb'ring eyes And warn me where my danger lies ; But 'tis thy blessed gospel, Lord, That makes my guilty conscience clean, Converts my soul, subdues my sin, And gives a free, but large reward. £ Who knows the errours of his thoughts ? My God forgive my secret faults, And from presumptuous sins restrain ; Accept my poor attempts of praise, That I have read thy book of grace, And book of nature, not in vaim PSALM XX. L. M. (*) Prayer and Ho/ie of Victory. TOR A DAY OF PRAYER IN TIME OF WAR* 1 T^TOW may the God of power and grace ■" Attend his people's humble cry ! Jehovah hears when Israel prays And brings deliv'rance from on high. 2 The name of Jacob's God defends Better than shields or brazen walls ; He from his sanctuary sends Succour and strength when Zion calls. 3 Well he remembers all our sighs ; His love exceeds our best deserts ; His love accepts the sacrifice Of humble groans and broken hearts.. 4 In his salvation is our hope, And in the name of Israel's God Our troops shall lift their banners up, Our navies spread their flags abroad. 5 Some trust in horses train'd for war, * And some of chariots make their boasts ; Our surest expectations are From thee, the Lord of heavenly hosts. 6 ( O may the mern'ry of thy name Inspire our armies for the fight ! F 62 PSALM XXL Our foes shall fall and die with shame, Or quit the field with shameful flight.) 7 Now save us, Lord, from slavish fear ; Now let our hope be firm and strong, Till thy salvation shall appear, And joy and triumph raise the song, PSALM XXI. CM. (=*;) Our .Country the Care of Heaven. .■0C7* The three first verses altered and applied to the American Revolution. 1 npHY people, Lord, with songs of praise, •**■ Do in thy strength rejoice ; And, , blest with thy salvation, raise To heaven their cheerful voice. 2 Thy sure defence, through nations round, Has spread our ransom'd name ; And our successful actions crown 'd With liberty and fame. 3 Our trust alone was in the Lord, We on his strength relied ; His arm the conquest did afford, And all our wants supplied. 4 But, righteous Lord, thy stubborn foes Shall feel thy dreadful hand ; Thy vengeful arm shall find out those Who hate thy mild command. 5 WThen thou against them dost engage, Thy just but dreadful dcotn Shall, like a fiery oven's rage, x Their hopes and them consume. 6 Thus, Lord, thy wond'rous power declare, And thus exalt thy fame ; Whilst we glad songs of praise prepare For thine almighty name. PSALM XXI. L. M. (^) Ver. 1 — 9. Christ exalted to the Kingdom. AVID rejoiced in God, his strength, Raised to the throne by special grace ; PSALM XXII. 63 But Christ, the Son, appears at length) Fulfils the triumph and the praise, 2 How great is the Messiah's joy- In the salvation of thy hand I Lord, thou hast raised his kingdom high, And given the world to his command. 3 Thy goodness grants whate'er he will, Nor doth the least request withhold ; Blessings of love prevent him still, And crowns of glory, not of gold. 4 Honour and majesty divine Around his sacred temples shine ; Blest with the favour of thy face, And length of everlasting days. 5 Thine hand shall find out all his foes ; And as a fiery oven glows With raging heat and living coals, So shall thy wrath devour their souls. PSALM XXII. 1st Part. CM. (b) Ver. 1 — 16. The Sufferings and Death of Christ, 1 "'OtTHY has my God my soul forsook, vv "Nor will a smile afford ?" (Thus David once in anguish spoke, And thus our dying Lord.) 2 Though 'tis my chief delight to dwell Among thy praising saints ; Yet thou canst hear a groan as well, And pity our complaints. 3 Our fathers trusted in thy name, A id great deliv'rance found ; But I'm a worm, despised of menr And trodden to the ground. 4 Shaking the head, they pass me by, And laugh my soul to scorn ; '< In vain he trusts in God," they cry, "Neglected and forlorn." 5 But thou art he, who form'd my flesh, By thine almighty word : PSALM XXII, And, since I hung- upon the breast, * My hope is in the Lord* 6 Why will my Father hide his face, When foes stand threat'ning round, In the dark hour of deep distress, And not a helper found ? PAUSE. 7 Behold thy darling left among The cruel and the proud, As bulls of Bashan, fierce and strong, As lions roaring loud. S From earth and hell my sorrows meet, To multiply the smart ; They nail my hands, they pierce my feet* And try to vex my heart. 9 Yet if thy sovereign hand let loose The rage of earth and hell, Why will my heavenly Father bruise The Son he loves so well r 10 My God, if possible it be, Withhold this bitter cup ; But I resign my will to thee, And drink the sorrows up. i I My heart dissolves with pangs unknown ; In groans I waste my breath ; Thy heavy hand has brought me down Low as the dust of death. 12 Father, I give my spirit up, And trust it in thy hand : My dying fiesh shall rest in hope, And rise at thy command. PSALM XXII. 2d Part. C. M. (b) Ver. 20, 2t, 27 — 31. Christ's Sufferings and Kingdom, I "l^TOW from the roaring lion's rage, •^ "O Lord, protect thy Son : "Nor leave thy darling to engage « The powers of hell alone." PSALM XXII. 65 2 Thus did our suffering Saviour pray, With mighty cries and tears ; God heard him in that dreadful day, And chased away his fears. 5 Great was the vict'ry of his death, His throne exalted high ; And all the kindreds of the earth Shall worship, or shall die. 4 A numerous offspring must arise From his expiring groans ; They shall be reckon'd in his eyes For daughters and for sons. % The meek and humble souls shall see His table richly spread ; And all, who seek the Lord, shall be With joys immortal fed, 6 The isles shall know the righteousness Of our incarnate God ; And nations, yet unborn, profess Salvation in his blood. PSALM XXII. L. M. ( b) Christ's Sufferings and Exaltation, ¥ T^TOW let our mournful songs record The dying sorrows of our Lord, When he complained in tears and blood, As one forsaken of his God. i The Jews beheld him thus forlorn, And shook their heads and laugh'd in scorn j 11 He rescued others from the grave, "Now let him try himself to save. S " This is the man did once pretend "God was his father and \\\% friend ; " If God the blessed loved him so, " Why doth he fail to help him now ¥* 4 Barbarous people 1 cruel priests 1 How they stood round, like savage beasts. Like lions gaping to devour, When God had left him in their power, £ 2 66 PSALM XXIII. 5 They wound his head, his hands, his feet, Till streams of blood each other meet ; By lot his garments they divide, And mock the pangs, in which he died. 6 But God, his Father, heard his cry ; Raised from the dead, he reigns on high ; The nations learn his righteousness, And humble sinners taste his grace. PSALM XXIII. L. M. (*c) God, our Shepherd. 1 TVITY shepherd is the living Lord ; ■J-*-**- Now shall my wants be well supplied j His providence and holy word, Become my safety and my guide. 2 In pastures, where salvation grows, lie makes me feed, he makes me rest ; There living water gently flows, And all the food's divinely blest. 3 My wandering feet his ways mistake,. But he restores my soul to peace, And leads me, for his mercy's sake, In the fair paths of righteousness. 4 Though I walk through the gloomy vale, Where death and all its terrours are, My heart and hope shall never fail, i For God, my Shepherd's with me there. 5 Amidst the darkness and the deeps, Thou art my comtort, thou my stay ; Thy staff supports my feeble steps, Thy rod directs my doubtful way. £ The sons of earth and sons of hell Gaze at thy goodness, and repine To see my table spread so well, With living bread and cheerful wine. 7 ( How I rejoice, when on my head Thy Spirit condescends to rest 1 'Tis a divine anointing shed, J^ike oil of gladness at a, feast) PSALM XXIII. &7 8 Surely the mercies of the Lord Attend his household all their days ; There will I dwell to hear his word, To seek his face and sing his praise.) PSALM XXIII. C. M. ( * ) 1 TMTY shepherd will supply my need, ■*-»-»■' Jehovah is his name ; In pastures fresh lie makes toe feed, Beside the living stream. 2 He brings my wandering spirit back. When I forsake his ways ; And leads me, for his mercy's sake, In paths of truth and grace. 3 When I walk through the shades of death1,. Thy presence is my stay ; A word of thy supporting breath Drives all my fears away. 4 Thy hand, in sight of all my foes, Doth still my table spread ; My cup with blessings overflows, Thine oil anoints my head. 5 The sure provisions of my God Attend me all my days ; O may thine house be mine abode) And all my work be praise. 6 There would I find a settled rest,. While others go and come, No more a stranger or a guest. But like a child at home. PSALM XXIII. S. M. ( * ) PipHE Lord my shepherd is, -"■ I shall be well supplied ;. Since he is mine, and I am his, What can I want beside ? He leads me to the place, Where heavenly pasture grows, Where living waters gently pass> And full salvation flows, fffr , PSALM XXIV. 3 If e'er I go astray, He doth my soul reclaim, And guides me in his own right way, For his most holy name. 4 While he affords his aid, I cannot yield to fear ; Though I should walk through death's dark shade,- My Shepherd's with me there. 5r In spite of all my foes, Thou dost my table spread ; My cup with blessings overflows, And joy exalts my head. & The bounties of thy love Shall crown my following days ; Nor from thy house will I remove, Nor cease to speak thy praise. PSALM XXIV. C. M. (*■) Dwelling with God. I P7HHE earth forever is the Lord's, ■"- With Adam's numerous race ; He raised its arches o'er the floods, And built it on the seas. % But who among the sons of men May visit thine abode ? He, who has hands from mischief clears Whose heart is right with God. * This is the man may rise, and take The blessings of his grace ; This is the lot of those, who seek The God of Jacob's face. 4. Now let our souls' immortal powersj,- To meet the Lord, prepare ; Lift up their everlasting doors, The King of Glory's near. 5. The King of Glory ! who can tell The wonders of his might ? He rules the nations ; but to dwell With saints, is his delight. PSALM XXIVr XXV. 69 TSALM XXIV. L. M. ( % ) Saints dwell in Heaven ; or, Christ's Ascension. 1 rjpHIS spacious earth is all the Lord's, -**• And men, and worms, and beasts, and birds 'r He raised the building on the seas, And gave it for their dwelling-place. 2 But there's a brighter world on high, Thy palace, Lord, above the sky : Who shall ascend that blest abode, And dwell so near his Maker, God ? 3 He, who abhors and fears to sin, Whose heart is pure, whose hands are clean ;. Him shall the Lord, the Saviour, bless, And clothe his soul with righteousness. 4 These are the men, the pious race, Who seek the God ot Jacob's face ; These shall enjoy the blissful sight, And dwell in everlasting light. PAUSE. 5 Rejoice, ye shining worlds on higfir Behold the King of Glory nigh ! Who can this King of Glory be ? The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he. 6 Ye heavenly gates, your leaves display,. To make the Lord, the Saviour, way : Laden with- spoils from earth and hell, The Conqueror comes with God to dwell.: 7 Raised from the dead, he goes before, He opens heaven's eternal door, To give his saints a blest abode Near their Redeemer and their God* PSALM XXV. 1st Part. S. M. ( fc> ) Ver. 1 — 11. Waiting for Pardbn and Diiection, LIFT my soul to God, My trust is in his name : Let not my foes, who seek my blood5 Still triumph in my shame. I 70 PSALM XXV. Sin and and the powers of hell Persuade me to despair ; Lord, make me know thy covenant well; That I may 'scape the snare. From th-- first dawning light Till the dark evening rise, For thy salvation Lord, I wait With ever-longing eyes. Remember all thy grace, And lead me in thy truth ; Forgive the sins of riper days. And follies of my youth. The Lord is just and kind ; The meek shall learn his ways ; And every humble sinner find The methods of his grace. For his own goodness* sake, He saves my soul from shame : He pardons, (though my guilt is great,) Through my Redeemer's name. PSALM XXV. 2d. part, S. M. (#) Ver. 12, 14, 10, 13, Divine Instruction* WHERE shall the man be found, Who fears t' offend his God ? Who loves the gospel's joyful sound, And trembles at his rod ? The Lord shall make him know The secrets of his heart, The wonders of his covenant show. And all his love impart. The dealings of his hand Are truth and mercy still, With such as to his covenant stand, And love to do his will. Their souls shall dwell at ease Before their Maker's face ; Their seed shall taste the promises In their extensive grace PSALM XXV, XXVL PSALM XXV. 3d Part. S. M. ( b ) Ver. 15 — 22. Distress of Soulj &r, Backsliding and Desertion. 'INE eyes and my desire Are ever to the Lord ; I love to plead his promises, And rest upon his word. Turn, turn thee to my soul ; Bring thy salvation. near: When will thy hand release my feet Out of the deadly snare ? When shall the sovereign grace Of my forgiving God Restore me from those dangerous ways My wandering feet have trod ! The tumult of my thoughts Doth but enlarge my wo : My spirit languishes, my heart Is desolate and low. With every morning light My sorrow new begins ; Look on my anguish and my pain, And pardon all my sins. PAUSE. Behold the hosts of hell 1 How cruel is their hate 1 Against my life they rise, and join Their fury, with deceit. O ! keep my soul from death, Nor put my hope to shame, For I have placed my only trust In my Redeemer's name. With humble faith I wait To see thy face again ; Of Israel it shall ne'er be said, " He sought the Lord in vain." PSALM XXVL L. M. (*) Self-examination ; or, Evidences of Grace. I "TUDGE me, O Lord, and prove my ways, •D And try my reins, and try my heart ; PSALM XXVII. = My faith upon thy promise stays, Nor from thy law my feet depart. I hate to walk, I hate to sit With men of vanity and lies ; The scoffer and the hypocrite Are the abhorrence of mine eyes. Amongst thy saints will I appear With hands well wash'd in innocence ; But when I stand before thy bar, The blood of Christ is my defence. I love thy habitation, Lord, The temple where thine honours dwell There shall I hear thy holy word, And there thy works of wonder tell. Let not my soul be joii/d at last With men of treachery and blood, Since I my days on earth have past Among the saints and near my God. PSALM XXVIL 1st Part. C. M. ( % ) Ver I — 6. The Church h our Delight and Safety. T^HE Lord of glory is my light, And my salvation too ; God is my strength, nor will I fear What all my foes can do. One privilege my heart desires ; O I grant me an abode Among the churches of thy saints. The temples of my God. There shall I offer my requests, And see thy beauty still ; Shall hear thy messages of love, And there inquire thy will. When troubles rise and storms appear, There may his children hide ; God has a strong pavilion, where He makes my soul abide, Now shall my head be lifted high Above my foes around, And songs of joy and victory Within thy temple sound* PSAI'1 XXVII, XXIX. pSAj.vf XXVII. 2d Part. CM. (X) yfzv. 8, 9, 13, 14. Prayer and ffo/ie. j q»JON as I heard my Father say, ^ " Ye children, seek my grace ; My heart replied without delay, " I'll seek my Father's face. ' 2 Let not thy face be hid from me, Nor frown my soul away ; God of my life, I fly to thee In a distressing day. 3 Should friends and kindred near and dear Leave me to want or die, My God would make my life his care, And all my need supply. 4 My fainting flesh had died with grief, Had not my soul believed, To see thy grace provide relief ; Nor was my hope deceived. 5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints, And keep your courage up ; He'll raise your spirit when it faints, And far exceed your hope. PSALM XXIX. L. M. ( $ ) Storm and Thunder. .» 1 /jpl IVE to the Lord, ye sons of fame, ^JT Give to the Lord renown and power ;' Ascribe due honours to his name, And his eternal might adore. 2 The Lord proclaims his power aloud, Over the ocean and the land ; His voice divides the watery cloud, And lightnings blaze at his command* 3 He speaks, and tempest, hail and wind Lay the wide forest bare around ; The fearful hart and frighted hind Leap at the terrour of the sound. 4 To Lebanon he turns his voice, And lo, the stately cedars break : G U PSALM XXa Tbe mountains tremble at the noise, The vallies roar, the deserts quake. The Lord sits sovereign o'er the flood % The Thunderer reigns forever King : But makes his church his blest abode. Where we his awful glories sing. In gentler language there, the Lord The counsels of his grace imparts ; Amidst the raging storm his word Speaks peace and courage to our hearts. PSALM XXX. 1st Part. L. M. ( ^ ) Sickness healed, and Sorrow Removed, ■1 If" WILL extol thee, Lord, on high, -^ At thy command diseases fly ; Who but a God can speak and save From the dark borders of the grave I 2 Sing to the Lord, ye saints of his, And tell how large his goodness is : Let all your powers rejoice and bless5 While you record his holiness. 3 His anger but a moment stays; His love is life and length of days ; Though grief and tears the night employ, The morning star restores the joy. PSALM XXX. 2d Part. L. M. { b ) Ver. 6 Healthy Sickness, and Recovery. IRM was my health, my day was bright, And I presumed 'twould ne'er be night : Fondly I said within my heart, K Pleasure and^peace shall ne'er depart." 2 But I forgot thine arm was strong, Which made my mountain stand so long ; Soon as thy face began to hide, My health was gone, my comforts died. 3 I cried aloud to thee, my God, "What canst thou profit by my blood ? PSALM XXXI. 75 "Deep in the dust, can I declare "Thy truth, or sing thy goodness there i 4 "Hear me, O God of grace," I said, "x\nd bring me from among the dead 5" Thy word rebuked the pains I felt, Thy pardoning love removed my guilt. 5 My groans, andtears, and forms of wo* Are turn'd to joy and praises now j I throw my sackcloth on the ground, And ease and gladness gird me round. 6 My tongue, the glory of my frame, Shall ne'er be silent of thy name ; Thy praise shall sound through earth and he&v'eiij For sickness heai'd, and sins forgiven. PSALM XXXI. 1st Part. C. M. (^ ) Ver. 5, 13 — 19,22,23. Deliverance from Death. I TTNTO thy hand, O God of truth, • ■** My spirit I commit ; Thou hast redeem'dmy soul from death, And saved me from the pit, $ The passions of my hope and fear Maintain'd a doubtful strife, While sorrow, pain, and sin conspired To take away my life. 3 " My time is in thy hand," I cried, " Though I draw near the dust :"' Thou art the refuge where I hide, The God in whom I trust, 4 O make thy reconciled face Upon thy servant shine, And save me for thy mercy's sakey For I'm entirely thine. PAUSE. f ('Twasin my h'ast6 my spirit said,* "I must despair and die V "I am cut off before thine eyes ;'* But thou hast heard my cry.) $ Thy goodness, how divinely free ! How wonderous is thy grace I y6 PSA1.M XXXI. To those, ^'K^car thy majesty, And tr*st thy promises I 7 O We the Lord all ye his saints, And sing his praises loud ; He'll bend his ear to your complaints, And recompense ths proud. PSALM XXXI. 2d Part. C. M. (*}- Ver. 7 — 13, 18 — 21. Deliverance from Slander and Refiroach* j TV/IT Y heart rejoices in thy name, IvJl ^|y God, my help, my trust ; Thou hast preserved my face from shame, Mine honour from the dust. 2 "My life is spent with grief," I cried ; "My years consumed in groans ; "My strength decays, mine eyes are dried*. "And sorrow wastes my bones." 3 Among mine enemies, my name Was a mere proverb grown ; While to my neighbours I became Forgotten and unknown. 4 Slander and fear on every side Seized and beset me round ; I to the throne of grace applied, And speedy rescue found. PAUSE. $ How great deliverance thou bast wrought Before the sonsofaien ! The lying lips to silence brought, And made their boastings vain ! £ Thy children from the strife of tongues, Shall thy pavilion hide ; Guard them from infamy and wrongs. And crush the sons of pride. 7 Within thy secret presence, Lord, Let me forever dwell ; >Jo fenced city, wall'd and barr'd, Secures a saint so well. psalm xxxir, m PSALM XXXII. S. M. ( b ) Forgiveness of Sin njion Confession, BLESSED souls are they, > Whose sins are cover* d o'er ; Divinely blest, to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more I They mourn their follies past, And keep their hearts with care 3 Their lips and lives, without deceit? Shall prove their faith sincere. While I conceal'd my guilt, I felt the festering wound ; Till I confessed my sins to thee, And ready pardon found. Let sinners learn to pray, Let saints keep near the throne ; Our help in times of deep distress Is found in God alone. PSALM XXXII. C. M. ( % ) Free Pardon and sincere Obedience ; or, Confession ant?: Forgiveness. 1 TO APPY the man, to whom his God : ■"-"■ No more imputes his sin ; But, wash'd in the Redeemer's blood, Hath made his garments clean ! 3 Happy, beyond expression, he, Whose debts are thus discharged j And from the guilty bondage free, He feels his soul enlarged 1 3 His spirit hates deceit and lies, His words are all sincere ; He guards his heart, he guards his eyes. To keep his conscience clear, 4 While I my inward guilt suppress'd, . No quiet could I find ; Thy wrath lay burning in my breast^. And rack'd my tortured mind, G * %& PSALM XXXH. 5 Then I confess'd my troubled thoughts, My secret sins reveal'd ; Thy pardoning grace forgave my faults, Thy grace my pardon seal'd. 6 This shall invite thy saints to pray ;. When, like a raging flood, Temptations rise, our strength and stay Is a forgiving God. PSALM XXXII. 1st part. L. M. ( m) Repentance and free Pardon ; or, Justification and Sanctification. 1 TTftLEST is the man, forever blest, ^ Whose guilt is pardoned by his GocF, Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd, And cover'd with his Saviour's blood. % J&est is the man, to whom the Lord Imputes not his iniquities : He pleads no merit of reward, And not on works, but grace, relies. 3 From guile his heart and lips are free ;, His humble joy, his holy fear, With deep lepentance well agree, And join to prove his faith sincere, 4 How glorious is that righteousness., That hides and cancels all his sins ! While a bright evidence of grace Through his whole life appears and shines. PSALM XXXII. 2d Part. L. M. ( fc > A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon*. 1 \TC7HILE I keep silence, and conceal V * My heavy guilt within my heart, What torments doth my conscience feel ! What agonies of inward smart ! 3 I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess ; Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word,. Thy Hojy Spirit seals the gracgv PSALM XXXIIL For this shall every humble soul Make swift addresses to thy seat } When floods of huge temptations roll,, There shall they find a blest retreat. How safe beneath thy wings I lie, When days grow dark, and storms appear And when I walk> thy watchful eye Shall guide me safe from every snare. PSALM XXXIII. 1st part. C. M. ( x ) Works of Creation and Providence. 1 TH) EJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord, JiH/ This work belongs to you : Sing of his name, his ways, his word? How holy, just, and true ! 2 His mercy and his righteousness Let heaven and earth proclaim ; Kis works of nature and of grace Reveal his wonderous name. 3 His wisdom and almighty word' The heavenly arches spread ; And by the Spirit of the Lord Their shining hosts were made* 4 He bade the liquid waters flow To their appointed deep ; The flowing seas their limits know, And their own station keep. 5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth,. With fear before him stand :- He spake, and nature took its birth3 And rests on his command, a He scorns the angry nations' rage. And breaks their vain designs : His counsel stands through every age,. And in full glory shines. PSALM XXXIII. 2d part. C M. ( Creatures vain and god Ml- Sufficient, LEST is-the nation, where the Lord Hath fix'd his gracious throne j ** PSALM xxxnr. Where he reveals his heavenly word> And calls their tribes his own. 2 His eye with infinite survey Does the whole world behold ; He tbrm'd us all of equal clay, And knows our feeble mould. 3 Kings are not rescued by the force Of armies from the grave j Nor speed, nor courage of a horse Can the bold rider save. 4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men? To hope for safety thence ; But holy souls from God obtain A strong and sure defence. 5- God is their fear, and God their trust, When plagues or famine spread ; His watchful eye secures the just, Amongst ten thousand dead. & Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice, And bless us from thy throne ; For we have made thy word our choice, And trust thy grace alone. PSALM* XXXIII. 1st part. L. P. M. ( *- ) Works of Creation and Providence. YE holy souls, in God rejoice, Your Maker's praise becomes- your voice ; Great is your theme, your songs be new % Sing of his name, his word, his ways, His works of nature and of grace, How wise and holy, just and true 1 . 2 Justice and truth he ever loves, And the whole earth his goodness proves : His word the heavenly arches spread ; How wide they shine from north to south I And by the spirit of his mouth Were all the starry armies made. 3 He gathers the Wide flowing seas, (Those watery treasures know their place)- In the vast storehouse of the deep: He spake, and gave all nature birth*.. PSALM XXXIII, XXXIV. 8! And fires, and seas, and heaven, and earth His everlasting orders keep* 4 Let mortals tremble and adore A God of such resistless power, Nor dare indulge their feeble rage : Vain are your thoughts, and weak your hands, But his eternal counsel stands, And rules the world from age to age. PSALM XXXIII. 2d Part, L. P. M. ( % ) Creatures vainy and Go& Ml- Sufficient* HAPPY nation, where the Lord Reveals the treasure of his word, And builds his church, his earthly throne I His eye the heathen world surveys, He form'd their hearts, he knows their ways ; But God, their Maker, is unknown. 2 Let kings rely upon their host, And of his strength their champion boast ; In vain they boast, in vain rely : In vain we trust the brutal force. Or speed, or courage of a horse To guard his rider, or to fly. 3 The eye of thy compassion, Lord, Doth more secure defence afford, When death or dangers threatening stand ; Thy watchful eye preserves the just, Who make thy name their fear and trust, When wars or famine waste the land. 4 In sickness, or the bloody field, Thou our physician, thou our shield, Send us salvation from thy throne ; We wait to see thy goodness shine ; Let us rejoice in help divine, For all our hope is God alone. PSALM XXXIV. 1st Part. L. M. (#) God's Care of the Saints ; or, Deliverance by Prayer* \ "T ORD, I will bless thee all my days, J" Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue ; 89 PSALM XXXIV. ass. My soul shall glory in thy grace, While saints rejoice to hear the song.- 2 Come, magnify the Lord with me ; Come, let us all exalt his name ; I sought th' eternal God, and he Has not exposed my hope to shame- s' I told him all my secret grief, My secret groaning reach'd his ears ; He gave my inward pains relief, And calm'd the tumult of my fears. 4 To him the poor lift up their eyes, Their faces feel the heavenly shine ; A beam of mercy from the skies Fills them with light and joy divine. 5 His holy angels pitch their tents Around the men, who serve the Lord ; O, fear and love him, all ye saints, Taste of his grace, and trust his word ! 6 The wild young lions, pinch'd with pain And hunger, roar through all the wood 5 But none shall seek the Lord in vain, Nor want supplies of real good. PSALM XXXIV. 2d Part. L. M. ( fc, ) Ver. 1 1 — 22. Religious Education; or Instructions of Piety] 1 (plHILDREN, in years and knowledge young, \j Your parents' hope, your parents' joy, Attend the counsels ot my tongue ; Let pious thoughts your minds employ. % If you desire a length of days, And peace to crown your mortal state, Restrain your feet from impious ways, Your lips from slander and deceit. 3 The eye of God regards his saints, His ear is open to their cries ; He sets his frowning face against The sons of violence and lies. 4 To humble souls and broken hearts, God with his grace is ever nigh ; Pardon and hope his love imparts, When men in deep contrition lie. PSALM XXXIV. 5 He tells their tears, he counts their groans, His Son redeems their souls from death ; His Spirit heals their broken bones : They in his praise employ their breath. PSALM XXXIV. 1st Part. CM. («) Ver. 1 — 10. Prayer and Praise for Eminent Deliverance- 1 T'LL bless the Lord from day to day ; JL How good are all his ways ! Ye humble souls, who use to pray, Come help my lips to praise. £ Sing to the honour of his name, How a poor auff'rer cried, Nor was his hope exposed to shame, Nor was his suit denied. 3 When threatening sorrows round me stood And endless fears arose, Like the loud billows of a flood, Redoubling all my woes. 4 I told the Lord my sore distress, With heavy groans and tears ; He gave my sharpest torments ease, And silenced all my fears. PAUSE. 5 (O sinners, come and taste his love, Come learn his pleasant ways, And let your own experience prove The sweetness of bis grace. 6 He bids his angels pitch their tents Round where his children dwell ; WThat ills their heavenly care prevent^ No earthly tongue can tell.) 7 (O love the Lord, ye saints of his ! His eye regards the just : How richly Jbless'd their portion is, Who make the Lord their trust ! 8 Young lions, pinch'd with hunger, roar. And famish in the wood ; But God supplies his holy poor With every needful food.) M PSALM XXXIV, XXXV. PSALM XXXIV. 2d part C. M. ( fc ) Ver. 1 1—22. Exhortations to Peace and Holiness* i (p«0 ME, children, learn to fear the Lord, ^ And, that yonr days be long, Let not a false or spiteful word Be found upon your tongue. 2 Depart, from mischief, practise love, Pursue the works of peace : So shali the Lord your ways approve. And set your souls at ease. 3 His eye awakes to guard the just, Mis ear attends their cry : When broken spirits dwell in dust, The God of grace is nigh. 4 What, though the sorrows here they taste. Are sharp and tedious too, The Lord, who saves them all at last, Is their supporter now. 5 Evil shall 9mite the wicked dead, But God secures his own ; Prevents the mischief when they slide, Or heals the broken bone. 6 When desolation, like a flood, O'er the proud sinner rolls, Saints find a refuge in their God, For he redeem'd their souls. PSALM XXXV. 1st. part, CM. (.#ort) Ver. 1 — 9. Prayer and Faith of persecuted Saints ; or« Imprecations mixed ivtih Charity, 1 T^TOW plead my cause, Almighty God, -^ With all the sons of strife ; And fight against the men of blood, Who fight against my life. 2 Draw out thy spear, and stop their way, Lift thy avenging rod ; But to my soul in mercy say, " I am thy Saviour God." 3 They plant their snares to catch my feet, And nets of mischief spread ; PSALM XXXV. 85 Plunge the destroyers in the pit, Which their own hands have made. 4 Let fogs and darkness hide their way, And slippery be their ground ; Thy wrath shall make their lives a prey. And all their rage confound. 5 They fly, like chaff before the wind, Before thine angry breath ; The angel of the Lord behind, Pursues them down to death. -6 They love the road that leads to hell ; Then let the rebels die, Whose malice is implacable Against the Lord on high. ¥ But if thou hast a chosen few Among that impious race, Divide them from the bloody crew. By thy surpassing grace. S Then will I raise my tuneful voice* To make thy wonders known ; In their salvation I'll rejoice, And bless thee for my own. PSALM XXXV. 3d Part. C. M. ( * > Ver. 12 — 14. Love to Enemies : Or, the love of Christ t$, Sinners tyfiified in David. 1 TOEHOLD the love, the generous love,, •IE) That holy David shows ; Hark, how his sounding bowels move To his afflicted foes. 3 When they are sick, his soul complains) And seems to feel the smart j The spirit of the gospel reigns, And melts his pious heart. 3 How did his flowing tears condole) As for a brother dead I And fasting, mortified 'his soul, While for their life he pray'd* H €6 PSALM XXXVI. 4 They groan'd, and cursed him on their bed, Yet still he pleads and mourns ; And double blessings on his head The righteous God returns. 5 O glorious type of heavenly grace I Thus Christ, the Lord, appears ; .While sinners curse, the Saviour prays., And pities them with tears. 6 He, the true David, Israel's King, Bless'd and beloved of God, To save us, rebels, dead in sin, Paid his own dearest blood. PSALM XXXVI. L. I\I. (^) Ver. 5 — 9. The Perfection and Providence of God . or, general Providence and special Grace, 1 "OIGI-I in the heavens, eternal God ! ■•"-«■ Thy goodness in full glory shines ; Thy truth shall break through every cloud That veils and darkens thy designs. 2 Forever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep ; Wise are the wonders of thy hands ; Thy judgments are a mighty deep. ! Thy providence is kind and large, Both man and beast thy bounty share.; The whole creation is thy charge, But saints are thy peculiar care. 4 My God, how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort springs d The sons of Adam in distress Fly to the shadow of thy wings. o From the provisions of thy house We shall be fed with sweet repast ; There mercy, like a river, flows, And brings salvation to our taste. 6 Life, like a fountain, rich and free, Springs from the presence of my Lord j And in thy light our souls shall see The glories promised in thy word. psalSi xxxvi. s sr PSALM XXXVI. C. M. ( X ) Ver. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9. Practical Atheism exposed; on the Being and Attributes of God asseitccl. 'HILE men grow bold in wicked waj;s, And yet a God they own, My heart within me often says, " Their thoughts believe there's done." 2 Their thoughts and ways at once declare, (Whate'er their lips profess) P God hath no wrath for them to fear, « Nor will they seek his grace/' 3 What strange self-flattery blinds their eyes i But there's a hastening hour, When they shall see, with sore surprise? The terrours of thy power. 4 Thy justice shall maintain its throne, Though mountains melt away ; Thy judgments are a world unknown; A deep, unfathom'd sea. & Above these heaven-created rounds,, Thy mercies, Lord, extend ; Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds, Where time and nature end. 6 Safety to man thy goodness brings, Nor overlooks the beast : Beneath the shadow of thy wings Thy children choose to rest. 7 (From thee, when creature-streams run fow,. And mortal comforts die, Perpetual springs of life shall flow, And raise our pleasures high. 8 Though all created light decay, And death close up our eyes, Thy presence makes eternal day, Where clouds can never rise.) PSALM XXXVI. S. M. ( fc> ) Ver. 1—7. The Wickedness of Man , and the Majesty vf God ; or, practical Atheism exposed. 'HEN man grows bold in sin, My heart within me cries, *8 PSALM XXXV1L "He hath no faith of God within, " Nor fear before his eyes.'* (He walks a while conceal'il In a self-flattering dream, Till his dark crimes, at once reveal*!? Expose his hateful name.) His heart is false and foul, His words are smooth and fair t Wisdom is banish'd from his soul, And leaves no goodness there. He plots upon his bed, New mischiefs to fulfil ; He sets his heart, his hand* his head* To practise aid that's ill. But there's a dreadful God, Though men renounce his- fear $ His justice, hid behind the cloudj Shall one great day appear. His truth transcends the sky ; In heaven his mercies dwell ; Deep as the sea his judgments lie} His anger burns to hell. How excellent his love ! Whence all our safety springs $ O never let my soul remove From underneath his wings 1 PSALM XXXVII. 1st Part. CM. (fc) Ver. 1 — 15. The Cure of Envy, Fret/ulness and Unbelief; or, the Re- wards of the Righteous and the Wicked ; or^ the World** Hatred, and the Saint's Patience. | "ttJ\THY should I vex my soul, and fret n To see the wicked rise ? Or envy sinners, waxing great By violence and lies ? $ As flowery grass cut down at noon- Before the evening fades, So shall their glories vanish soon Jn everlasting shades. PSALM XXXVII. 89 f ' ' * — — = 3 Then let me make the Lord my trust) And practise all that's good ; So shall I dwell among the just,, And he'll provide me food. 4 I to my God my ways commit, And cheerful wait his will ; Thy hand, which guides my doubtful feejy Shall my desires fulfil. 5 Mine innocence shalt thou display, And make thy judgments known, Fair as the light of dawning day, And glorious as the noon. 6 The meek, at last, the earth posses^. And are the heirs of heaven : True riches with abundant peace^ To humble souls are given. PAUSE. 7 Rest in the Lord, and keep his way, Nor let your anger rise, Though Providence should long delay To punish haughty vice. 8 Let sinners join to break your peace, And plot, and rage, and foam ; The Lord derides them, for he sees Their day of vengeance come. 9 They have drawn out the threatening sword, Have bent the murderous bow, To slay the men, who fear the Lord, And bring the righteous low. 10 My God shall break their bows, and burn Their persecuting darts ; Shall their own swords against them turn, And pain surprise their hearts. PSALM XXXVtr. 2d part CM. ( b ) Vcr. 16, 21, 26 — 31. Charity to the Poor ; or, Religion, in Words and Deeds. 1 *OT*HY do the wealthy wicked boQ5l> * Y And grow profanely bold I H2 90 PSALM XXXVII. The meanest portion of the just Excels the sinner's gold. 3 The wicked borrows of his friends, But ne'er designs to pay j The saint is merciful, and lends, Nor turns the poor away. 5 His alms, with liberal heart, he givds Among the sons of need ; His mem'ry to long ages lives-, And blessed is his seed. 4 His lips abhor to talk profane, To slander or defraud ; His ready tongue declares to meij What he has learn'd of God. 5 The law and gospel of the Lord Deep in his heart abide ; Led by the Spirit and the word, His feet shall never slide. € When sinners fall, the righteous stanja, Preserved from every snare ; They shall possess the promised land, And dwell forever there. PSALM XXXVII. 3d Part. C. M. ( * ) Ver. 23—37. The Way and End of the RighteoiHi and the Wicked. •W-"- Are order'd by thy will ; Though they should fall, they rise again ; Thy hand supports tiiem still. 2 The Lord delights to see their ways, Their virtue he approves : He'll ne'er deprive them of his grace, Nor leave the men he loves. 3 The heavenly heritage is theirs, Their portion and their home ; He feeds them now, and makes them hei^S Of blessings long to come'. 4 Wait on the Lord, ye sons of men, Nor fear when tyrants frown j psalm xxxviii. n Ye shall confess their pride was vain, When justice casts them down. PAUSE. 5 The haughty sinner have I seen, Not fearing man nor God, Like a tall bay-tree, fair and green, Spreading his arms abroad. 6 And lo, he vanish'd from the ground, Destroy'd by hands unseen j Nor root, nor branch, nor leaf was found, Where all that pride had been. 7 But mark the man of righteousness, His several steps attend ; True pleasure runs through all his ways, And peaceful is his end. PSALM XXXVIII. CM. (b) BmU of Conscience and Relief; or, Befientance and Pray- er for Pardon and Health, 1 A MIDST thy wrath remember love, ■^ Restore thy servant, Lord ; Nor let a father's chastening prove Like an avenger's sword. 2 Thine arrows stick within ^ my heart, My flesh is sorely press'u ; Between the sorrow and the smart, My spirit finds no rest. 3 My sins a heavy load appear, And o'er my head are gone ; Too heavy they for me to bear, Too hard for me t' atone. 4 My thoughts are like a troubled sea, My head still bending down ; And I e;o mourning all the day Beneath my Father's frown. 5 Lord, I am weak and broken sore, None of my powers are whole ; ?he inward anguish makes me roar, The anguish of my soul. 52 PSALM XXXIX. =5 6 All my desire to thee is known, Thine eye counts every tear ; And every sigh, and every groan Is noticed by thine ear. 7 Thou art my God, my only hope3 -My God will hear my cry, My God will bear my spirit up When Satan bids me die. S (My foot is ever apt to slide, My foes rejoice to see't ; They raise their pleasure and their pride $, When they supplant my feet. 9 But I'll confess my guijt to thee, And grieve for all my sin ; I'll mourn how weak my graces be*. And beg support divine. 10 My God, forgive my follies past, And be forever nigh ; O Lord of my salvation, haste, Before thy servant die.). PSALM XXXIX. 1st Part. CM. ( b) "Ver. 1, 2, 3. Watchfulness over the Tongue; or, Pru, dence and Zeal. I Pip M US I resolved before the Lord, «**• '»Now will I watch my tongue, " Lest I let slip one sinful word, " Or do my neighbour wrong." S And if I'm e'er constraint to stay With men of lives profane, I'll set a doublt guard that day, Nor let my talk be vain. 3 I'll scarce allow my lips to speak The pious thoughts I feel, Lest scoifevs should th' occasion take- To mock my holy zeai. 4 Yet if some proper hour appear* I'll not be over-awed, But let the scoffing sinners hear. That 1 can speak for God. PSALM XXXIX. 95 PSALM XXXIX. 2d Part. C. M. ( b ) Ver. 4 7, The Vanity of Man, as Morta% % PTHEACH me the measure of my days* -"■ Thou Maker of my frame ! I would survey life's narrow space, And learn how frail I am. 2 A span is all that we can boast,' An inch or two of time ; Man is but vanity and dust, In all his flower and prime. S See the vain race of mortals move. Like shadow's o'er the plain ; They rage and strive, desire and love, But all their noise is vain. 4 Some walk in honour's gaudy show, Some dig for golden ore ; They toil tor heirs, they know not who. And straight are seen no more. 5 What should I wish, or wait for then, From creatures, earth, and dust ? They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. 6 Now I forbid my carnal hops, My fond desires recall ; I give my mortal interest up, And make my God my all. PSALM XXXIX. 3d. part, C. M. ( b ) Ver. 9—13. Sick-bed Devotion ; or, Pleading without Repining. 1 ft OD of my life, look gently down, ^JT Behold the pains I feel ; But I am dumb before thy throne, Nor dare dispute thy will. 2 Diseases are thy servants, Lord ; They come at thy command ; I'll not attempt a murmuring word Against thy chastening hand, 94 PSALM XL. o Yet I may plead with humble cries, " Remove thy sharp rebukes ;" My strength consumes, my spirit dies, Through thy repeated strokes. 4 Crush'd, as a moth beneath thy hand, We moulder to the dust ; Our feeble powers can ne'er withstand? And all our beauty's lost. 5 (This mortal life decays apace, How soon the bubble's broke ! Adam and all his numerous race Are vanity and smoke.) 6 I'm but a sojourner below. As all my fathers were ; >Iay I be well prepared to go,- When I the summons hear. 7 But if my life be spared awhile, Before my last remove, Thy praise shall be my business st'l!, And I'll declare thy love. PSALM XL. 1st part. C M. ( % ) Ver. 1, 2, 3,. 5, 17. A Song of Deliverance from great Distress. 1 7T WAITED patient for the Lord ; * He bow'd to hear my cry ; He saw me resting on his word, And brought salvation nigh. 2 He raised me from a horrid pit, Where mourning long I lay ; And from my bonds released my feet. Deep bonds of miry clay. 3 Firm on a rock he made me stand, And taught my cheerful tongue To praise the wonders of his hand, In a new thanktul song. 4 I'll spread his works of grace abroad ;: The saints with joy shall hear, And sinners learn to make my God Their only hope and fear. PSALM XL. 95 5 How many are thy thoughts of love I Thy mercies, Lord, how great ! We have not words nor hours enough Their numbers to repeat. § When I'm afflicted, poor and low, And light and peace depart, My God beholds my heavy wo, And bears me on his heart. PSALM XL. 2d part. C. M. ( * ) \Ver. 6 — 9. The Incarnation and Sacrifice of Chrk:, j PTpHUS saith the Lord, "Your work is vain, »"• " Give your burnt offerings o'er ; ■ In dying goats and bullocks slain " My soul delights no more." .2 Then spake the Saviour, " Lo, I'm here, " My God, to do thy will ; «Whate'er thy sacred books declare, " Thy servant shall fulfil. ;?> "Thy law is ever in my sight, " I keep it near my heart ; " Mine ears are open'd with delight " To what thy lips impart," A And see, the blest Redeemer comes! Tl\' eternal Son appears 1 And at th' appointed time asumes* The body God prepares. 5 Much he reyeal'd his Father's grace* And much his truth he shew'd, And preach'd the way of righteousness, Where great assemblies stood. ■ 6 His Father's honour touch'd his heart. He pitied sinners' cries, And, to fulfil a Saviour's part, Was made a sacrifice. PAUSE. .7 No blood of beasts, on altars shed. Could wash the conscience clean ; But the rich sacrifice he paid Atones for ail our sin. 96 TSALM XL, XLT, « Then was the great salvation spread, And Satan's kingdom shook ; Thus by the woman's promised seed The serpent's head was broke. PSALM XL. L. M. (#) Ver. 5 — 10. Christ our Sacrifice. \ PTpHE wonders, Lord, thy love has wrought, -*■ Exceed our praise, surmount our thought i Should I attempt the long detail, My speech would faint, my numbers fail. 2 No blood of beasts on altars spilt, Can cleanse the souls of men from guilt ; But thou hast set before our eyes An all-sufficient sacrifice. 3 Lo , thine eternal Son appears ! To thy desires he bows his ears ; Assumes a body well prepared, And well performs a work so hard. 4 " Behold, I come," (the Saviour cries, With love and duty in his eyes) " I come to bear the heavy load « Of sins, and do thy will, my God. 5 " 'Tis written in thy great decree, " 'Tis in thy book foretold of me, " I must fulfil the Saviour's part ; « And lo ] thy law is in my heart; 6 " I'll magnify thy holy law, a And rebels to obedience draw, « When on my cross I'm jifted high, Ci Or to my crown above the sky. 7 " The Spirit shall descend and show " What thou hast done, and what I do ; " The wondering world shall learn thy grace, "Thy wisdom, and thy righteousness." PSALM XLI. L. M. (*) Ver. 1,2, 3. Chanty to the Poor ; or r>ity to the Afflicted* f "OLEST is the man, whose bowels move» ■^ And melt with pity to the poor ; PSALM XLII.. 97 Whose soul, by sympathizing love, Feels what his fellow-saints endure. 2 His heart contrives for their relief More good than his own hands can do ; He, in the time of general grief, Shall find the Lord has bowels too. 3 His soul shall live secure on earth, With secret blessings on his head, When drought, and pestilence, and dearth Around him multiply their dead. 4 Or, if he languish on his couch, God will pronounce his sins forgiven, Will save him with a healing touch-, Or take his willing soul to heaven. PSALM XLII. CM. (*orb) Ver. 1 — 5. Desertion and Hope ; or, Complaint of Ab- sence from Public Worship. 1 "OlHTH earnest longings of the mind, V v My God, to thee I look ; So pants the hunted hart to find, And taste the cooling brook. 2 When shall I see thy courts of grace? And meet my God again ? So long an absence from thy face My heart endures with pain. 3 Temptations vex my weary soul, And tears are my repast ; The foe insults without control, " And where's your God at last lr* 4 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now, I think on ancient days ; Then to thy house did numbers go, And all our work was praise. -5 But why's my soul sunk down so far Beneath this heavy load ? Why do my thoughts indulge despair, And sin against my God I I 93 PSALM XLII, XLIV. 6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand Can all my woes remove ; For I shall yet before him stand, And sing restoring love. PSALM XLII. L. M. ( % or b ) Ver. 6— 11. Melancholy Thoughts reproved; or, Hops in yJJfliction. * TX/ITY spirit sinks within me, Lord, -*•*-** But I will call thy name to mind, And times of past distress record, When I have found my God was kind* 2 Huge troubles, with tumultuous noise, Swell, like a sea, and round me spread > Thy water-spouts drown all my joys, And rising waves roll o'er my head. 3 Yet will the Lord command his love, When I address his throne by day ; Nor in the night his grace remove ; The night shall hear me sing and pray. 4 I'll cast myself before his feet, And say, u My God, my heavenly Rock I " Why doth thy love so long forget " The soul that groans beneath thy stroke 2" 5 I'll chide my heart that sinks so low : Why should my soul indulge her grief ? Hope in the Lord, and praise him too : He is my rest, my sure relief, 6 Thy light and truth shall guide me still ; Thy word shall my best thoughts employ, And lead me to thine holy hill, My God, my most exceeding joy ! PSALM XLIV. C. M. ( b ) Vev. 1, 2, 3, 8, 15—26. The Church's Complaint in Persecution, } "J^P^* we have heard thy works ot old* -tt-4 Thy works of power and grace, PSALM XLIV. 99 When to our ears our fathers told The wonders oi their days. 2 How thou didst build thy churches herejj And make thy gospel known ; Amongst them did thine arm appear, Thy light and glory shone. 3 In God they boasted all the day ; And in a cheerful throng Did thovisands meet to praise and pray, And grace was all their song. 4 But now our souis are seized with sham£, Confusion fills our face, To hear the enemy blaspheme, And fools reproach thy grace* 5 Yet have we not forgot our God, Nor falsely dealt with Heaven : Nor have our steps declined the road Of duty thou hast given. 6 Though dragons all around us roar With their destructive breath, And thine own hand has bruised us sor^, Hard by the gates of death. PAUSE. 7 We are exposed all day to die As martyrs for thy cause, As sheep, for slaughter bound, we liCj By sharp and bloody laws. h Awake, arise, almighty Lord 1 Why sleeps thy wonted grace ? Why should we look like men abhorr'd. Or banish'd from thy face ? 9 Wilt thou forever cast us off, And still neglect our cries ? Forever hide thy heavenly love From our afflicted eyes ? 10 Down to the dust our soul is bow'd; And dies upon the ground ; Rise for our help, rebuke the proud> And all their powers confound. 100 FSALM XLV. 1 1 Redtem us from perpetual shame, Our Saviour and our God ; We plead the honours of thy name, The merits of thy blood, PSALM XLV. S. M. (*) The Glory of Christ ; the Success of the Gos/iel ; en thou shalt rise To his fair palace in the skies, And all thy sons, (a numerous train) Each, like a prince, in glory reign. £ Let endless honours crown his head j Let every age his praises spread ; While we, with cheerful songs, approve The condescensions of his love, PSALM XLVI. \03 _ - — m PSALM XLVi. 1st Part. L. M. t*) The Church's Safety and Triumph among Kadonal Deso* lations. 1 4T* OD is the refuge of his saints, ^-H" When storms of sharp distress invade ; Ere we can offer our complaints, Behold him present with his aid. 2 Let mountains from their seats be harl'd Down to the deep, and buried there ; Convulsions shake the solid world ; Our faith shall never yield to fear. 3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar ; In sacred peace our souls abide, While every nation, every shore, Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide,. 4 There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our God ; Life, love, and joy still gliding through. And watering our divine abode. 5 That sacred stream, thine holy word, That all our raging fear controls : Sweet peace thy promises afford, And give new strength to failing soulf. 6 Zion enjoys our Monarch's love, Secure against a threatening hour ; Nor can her firm foundations move, Built on his truth, and arm*d with power. PSALM XLVI. 2d Part L. M. ( ^ ) God fights for his Church, 1 V ET Zion in her King rejoice, ^ Though tyrants rage, and kingdoms rise , He utters bis almighty voice, The nations melt, the tumult dies. B The Lord of old for Jacob fought, And Jacob's God is still our aid : Behold the works his hands have wrought* What desolations he has made I 3 From sea to sea, through all the shore?. He makes the noise of battle cease ; K)4 PSALM XLVII. V\ hen from on high his thunder ro He awes the trt ntbling world to peace. 4 He breaks the oow, he cuts the spear, Cnariots he b;*i r.s with heavenly flame ; Keep silence, aii the earth, and hear The sound and glory of nis name. 5 " Be still, and learn that I am God, u I'll be exalted o'er the lands ; " I will be known and iear'd abroad, " But still my throne in Zion stands. " $ O Lord of hosts, almighty King, While we so near thy presence dwell* Our faith shall sit secure, and sjng Defiance to the gates of hell. PSALM XLVII. C. M. ( Christ Ascending and Rdgnhig. 1 /Oy FOR a shout of sacred joy ^-^ To God, the sovereign King ! Let every land their tongues employ, And hymns of triumph sing. 2 Jesus, our God, ascends on high I His heavenly guards around Attend him rising through the sky, With trumpet's joyful sound. 3 While angels shout and praise their King, Let mortals learn their strains : Let all the earth his honour sing ; O'er all the earth he reigns. 4 Rehearse his praise with awe profound | Let knowledge lead the song ; Nor mock him with a solemn sound Upon a thoughtless tongue. 5 In Israel stood his ancient throne, He loved that chosen race ; But now he calls the world his own? And heathens taste his grace. 6 The christian nations are the Lord's, There Abraham's God is known, While powers and princes, shields and sworcl3> Submit before his thront* PSALM XLVIIL 105: PSALM XLVIIL 1st Part. S. M. (*) Ver. I — 8. The Church h the Honour and Safety of a Nation. 1 ((jT* PvEAT is the Lord our God, ^-^ And let his praise be great ; He makes his churches his abode, His most delightful seat. 2 These temples of his grace, How beautiful they stand I The honours of our native place* And bulwarks of our land.) 3 In Zion God is known, A refuge in distress ; How bright has his salvation shone Through all her palaces 1 4 When kings against her join'd, And saw the Lord was there, In wild confusion of the mind, They fled with hasty fear. 5 When navies, tall and proud, Attempt to spoil our peace, He sends his tempest, roaring loud> And sinks them in the seas. £ Oft have our fathers told^ Our eyes have often seen, How well our God secures the fold Where his own sheep have been. 7 In every new distress We'll to his house repair, We'll think upon his wondrous gracc^ And seek deliverance there. PSALM XLVIIL 2d Part. S, M. ( * ) Ver. 10 — 14. The Beauty of the Church ; or, Goapti JVorshi/i and Order. 1 7TT1 AR. as thy name is known ™ The world declares thy praise ; Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne, Their songs of honour raise. 105 PSALM XLIX. With joy let Judah stand, On Z ion's chosen hill, Proclaim the wonders of thy han^, And counsels of thy will* Let strangers walk around The city where we dwell, Compass and view thine holy ground^ And mark the building well ; The orders of thy house, The worship of thy court, The cheerful songs, the solemn vowsj And make a fair report* How decent and how wise I How glorious to behold ! Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes} And rites adorn 'd with gold. The God we worship now Will guide us till we die, Will be our God while here below, And ours above the sky. PSALM XLIX. 1st Part. CM. ( fc ) Ver, 6— 14. Pride and Death ; or, the Vanity of Life and Richer. 1 "OTHY doth the man of riches grow '* To insolence and pride, To see his wealth and honours flow With every rising tide ? 2 (Why doth he treat the poor with scorn> Made of the self-same clay, And boast as though his flesh was born Of better dust than they ?) 3 Not all his treasures can procure His soul a short reprieve, Redeem from death one guilty hour, Or make his brother live, 4 (Life is a blessing can't be sold, The ransom is too high ; Justice will ne'er be bribed with gold. That man may never die.) HMALM XLIX. 1Q7 5 He sees the brutish and the wise, The timorous and the brave Quit their possessions, close their eye§, And hasten to the grave. 6 Yet 'tis his inward thought and pride, " My house shall ever stand ; " And that my name may long abide, « I'll give it to my land/' 7 Vain are his thoughts, his hopes are lost ; How soon his memory dies ? His name is written in the dust, Where his own carcass lies. PAUSE. % This is the folly of their way ; And yet their sons, as vain, Approve the words their fathers say, And act their works again. •9 Men void of wisdom and of grace, If honour raise them high, Live, like the beast, a thoughtless race, And like the beast they die. 10 (Laid in the grave, like silly sheep, Death feeds upon them there, Till the last trumpet breaks their sleep, In terrour and despair.) PSALM XLIX, 2d Part. C. M. ( b or gg ) Ver. 14, 15. Death and the Resurrection, 1 ^J"F> sons of pride, who hate the just, •**- And trample on the poor, When death has brought you down to dust, Your pomp shall rise no more. 2 The last great day shall change the scene ; When wdl that hour appear ? When shall the just revive and reign O'er all who scorn'd them here ? 3 God will my naked soul receive, When sep'rate from the flesh ; And break the prison of the grave:, To raise my bones afresh, :G8 PSALM XL1X, L, 4 Heaven is my everlasting home : Th' inheritance is sure : Let men of pride their rage resume, But I'll repine no moH. PSALM XLIX. L. M. ( b } The rich Sinner's Death, and the Saint's Resurrection, I "OTHY do the proud insult the poor, ▼ ▼ And boast the large estates they have ? How vain are riches to secure Their haughty owners from the grave I % They can't redeem one hour from death, With all the wealth, in which they trust, Xor give a dying brother breath, When God commands him down to dust. 3 There the dark earth and dismal shade Shall clasp their naked bodies round ; That flesh, so delicately fed, Lies cold, and moulders in the ground. 4 Like thoughtless sheep the sinner dies, Laid in the grave for worms to eat ; The saints shall in the morning rise, And find th' oppressor at their feet. 5 His honours perish in the dust, And pomp and beauty, birth and blood > That glorious day exalts the just To full dominion o'er the proud. 6 My Saviour shall my life restore, And raise me from my dark abode : My flesh and soul shall part no more, But dwell forever near my God. PSALM L. 1st Part. C. M. ( b ) yer. 1 — 6. The last Judgment ,• or, the Saints rewarded. A Pip HE Lord, the judge, before his throne -^- Bids the whole earth draw nigh ; The nations near the rising sun, And near the western sky. .2 No more shall bold blasphemers say, " Judgment will ne'er begin ;" PSALM* L. f09 No more abuse his long delay To impudence and sin. 3 Throned on a cloud, our God shall come, Bright flames prepare his way ; Thunder and darkness, fire and storm, Lead on the dreadful day. 4 Heaven from above his call shall hear, Attending angels come, And earth and hell shall know and fear His justice and their doom. 5 " But gather all my saints," he cries, " Who made their peace with God " By the Redeemer's sacrifice, " And seal'd it with his blood. -6 " Their faith and works, brought forth to lifrht^ " Shall make the world confess " My sentence of reward is right, " And heaven adore my grace." PSALM L. 2d part. CM. ( ^ $ Ver. 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 23. Obedience is better than Sacrifice. \ TTHHUS saith the Lord, « The spacious fields* «*■ " And flocks and herds are mine j « O'er all the cattle of the hills " I claim a right divine. £ u I ask no sheep for sacrifice, " Nor bullocks burnt with fire ; 11 To hope and love, to pray and praise,. " Is all that I require. Z <* Call upon me when trouble's near, " My hand shall set thee free ; « Then shall thy thankful lips declare " The honour due to me. 4 " The man, who offers humble praise* " He glorifies me best ; "And those, who tread my holy ways, « Shall my salvation taste." K 110 PSALM L. PSALM L. 3d Part. CM. ( b or * ) Ver. 1, 5, 8, 16, 21, 22. The Judgment of Hypocrites. 1 TOTHEN Christ to judgment shall descend, * v And saints surround their Lord, | He calls the nations to attend, And hear his awful word. 2 " Not for the want of bullocks slain " Will I the world reprove ; " Altars and rites and forms are vain, "Without the fire of love. 3 « And what have hypocrites to do " To bring their sacrifice ? « They call my statutes just and true, " But deal in theft and lies. 4 " Could you expect to 'scape my sight, " And sin without control ? " But I shall bring your crimes to light, « With anguish in your soul." 5 Consider ye, who slight the Lord, Before his wrath appear ; If once you fall beneath his sword, There's no deliverer there. PSALM L. L. M. ( fe ) Hypocrisy exposed. 1 TlpHE Lord, the Judge, his churches warns ', -*■ Let hypocrites attend and fear, Who place their hope in rites and forms, But make not faith nor love their care. 2 Vile wretches dare rehearse his name With lips of falshood and deceit ; A friend or brother thy defame, And soothe and flatter those they hate. 3 They watch to do their neighbours wrong, Yet dare to seek their Maker's face ; They take his covenant on their tongue, But break his laws, abuse his grace. 4 To heaven they lift their hands unclean, Defiled with lust, defiled with blood ; m PSALM L: m By night they practise every sin, By day their mouths draw near to Godv And while his judgments long delay, They grow secure and sin the more t They thinft he sleeps as well as they, And put far off the dreadful hour. O dreadful hour ! when God draws near, And sets their crimes before their eyes t His wrath their guilty souls shall tear, And no deliverer dare to riser PSALM L. 1st Part. P.M. 10a. ( l> ) The last Judgment. T^HE Lord, the Sovereign, sends his summons forth* <■*• Calls the south nations, and awakes the north ; From east to west the sounding orders spread, Through distant worlds, and regions of the dead < No more shall Atheists mock his long delay ; His vengeance sleeps no more : behold the day ! Behold ! the Judge descends ; his guards are nigh j Tempest and fire attend him down the sky : Heaven, earth and hell, draw near ; let all things come To hear his justice, and the sinner's doom ; But gather first my saints (the Judge commands) Bring them, ye angels, from their distant lands. Behold, my covenant stands forever good? Seal'd by th* eternal sacrifice in blood, And sign'd with all their names ; the Greek, the Jew, Who paid the ancient worship, or the new ; There's no distinction here : come, spread their thrones, And near me seat my favourites and my sons. I, their almighty Saviour, and their God, I am their Judge : Ye heavens, proclaim abroad My just eternal sentence, and declare Those awful truths, that sinners dread to hear : Sinners in Zion, tremble and retire ; I doom thee, painted hypocrite, to fire. Not for the want of goats or bullocks slain, Do I condemn thee ; bulls and goats are vain Without the flames of love : in vain the store f!2 PSALM L. Of brutal offerings, that were mine before : Mine are the tamer beasts and savage breed, Flocks, herds, and fields, and forests where they feed. 6 If I were hungry, would I ask thee food ? When did I thirst, or drink thy bullock's blood ? Can I be flatter'd with thy cringing bows, Thy solemn chatterings and fantastic vows ? Are my eyes charm'd thy vestments to behold, Glaring in gems, and gay in woven gold ? T Unthinking wretch ! how couldst thou hope to pleasfe A God, a Spirit, with such toys as these ? While, with my grace and statutes on thy tongue, Thou lovest deceit, and dost thy brother wrong I In vain to pious forms thy zeal pretends, Thieves and adulterers are thy chosen friends. 8 Silent I waited with long-suffering love ; But didst thou hope that I should ne'er repove ? And cherish such an impious thought within, That God, the righteous, would indulge thy sin r Behold my terrours now ; my thunders roll, And thy own crimes affright thy guilty soul. 9 Sinners, awake betimes ; ye fools, be wise ; Awake before this dreadful morning rise ; Change your vain thoughts, your crooked works atttcffid < Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your friend ; Lest, like a lion, his last vengeance tear Your trembling souls, and no deliverer near. PSALM L. 2d Part. P. M 10s and Us. ( b The last Judgment. 1 P1HHE God of Glory sends his summons forth, -**• Calls the south nations, and awakes the north ; From east to west his sovereign orders spread, Through distant worlds, and regions of the dead. The trumpet sounds ; hell trembles ; heaven rejoices Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices. 2 No more shall atheists mock his long delay ; His vengeance sleeps no more ; behold the day ! Behold, the Judge descends ; his guards are nigh ; Tempest and fire attend him down the sky, When God appears, all nature shall adore him : While sinners tremble, saints reioice before him. PSALM L, II J> 3 " Heaven, earth and hell, draw near : let all things comers " To hear my justice, and the sinner's doom ; " But gather first my saints, (the Judge commands) " Bring them, ye angels, from their distant lands." When Christ returns, wake every cheerful passion ; And shout, ye saints ! he comes for your salvation. 4 " Behold, my covenant stands forever good, " Seal'd by th' eternal sacrifice in blood, " And sign'd with all their names ; the Greek, the Jew* " Who paid the ancient worship, or the new." There's no distinction here ; join all your voices, And raise your heads, ye saints, for heaven rejoices. 5 " Here (saith the Lord) ye angels, spread their thrones^ " And near me seat my favourites and my sons : " Come, my redeem'd, possess the joys prepared u Ere time began ; 'tis your divine reward." When Christ returns, wake every cheerful passion -y And shout, ye saints !. he comes for your salvation. PAUSE I. 6 " I am the Saviour, I th' almighty God ; " I am the Judge : ye heavens, proclaim abroad* " My just eternal sentence, and declare " Those awful truths, that sinners dread to hear.** When God appears, all nature shall adore him : While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him. 7 " Stand forth, thou bold blasphemer, and profane, "Now feel my wrath, nor call my threatenings vain t " Thou hypocrite 1 once dress'd in saints' attire, " I doom thee, painted hypocrite, to fire*" Judgment proceeds ; hell trembles ; heaven rejoices ; Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices. 8 " Not for the want of goats or hullocks slain " Do I condemn thee ; bulls and goats are vain " Without the flames of love : m vain the store " Of brutal offerings, that were mine before." Earth is the Lord's ; all nature shall adore him ; While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him. 9 " If I were hungry, would I ask thee food ? "When did I thirst, or drink thy bullock's blood ? " Mine are the tamer beasts, and savage breed, Original and actual Sin confessed. i ir ORD, I am vile, conceived in sin ; ■N-4 And born unholy and unclean ; Sprung from the man, whose guilty fall Corrupts his race, and taints us all. 2 Soon as we draw our infant breath, The seeds of sin grow up for death 4 Thy law demands a perfect heart s But we're denied in every part. 3 (Great God, create my heart anew, And form my spirit pure and true ? !6 PbALM LI. O, make me wise betimes to spy My danger and my remedy.) 4 Behold, I fall before thy face ; My only refuge is thy grace : No outward forms can make me clean j The leprosy lies deep within. 5 No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast, Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest, Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, Can wash the dismal stain away. 6 Jesus, my God, thy blood alone Hath power sufficient to atone ; Thy blood can make me white as snow ; No Jewish types could cleanse me so. 7 While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace, Nor flesh nor soul hath rest or ease ; Lord, let me hear thy pardoning voice, And make my broken bones rejoice. PSALM LI. 3d part. L. M. (fc>) The Backslider restored ; or, Repentance and Faith in tlie Blood of Christ. 1 O TH0U> who hcar'st when sinners cry, ^P Though all my crimes before thte lie, Behold them not with angry look, But blot their memory from thy book. 2 Create my nature pure within. And form my soul averse to sin ; Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, Nor hide thy presence from my heart. 3 I cannot live without thy light, Cast out and banishM from thy sight ? Thy holy joys, my God, restore, And guard me, that I fall no more. 4 Though I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord? Thy help and comfort still afford : And let a wretch come near thy throne^ To plead the merits of thy Son. 3 A broken heart, my God, my Kings Is all the sacrifice I bring I PSALM LI. HT The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. My soul lies humbled in the dust, And owns thy dreadful sentence just : Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, And save the soul condemn'd to die. Then will I teach the world thy ways ; Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace ; I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood, And they shall praise a pardoning God. O may thy love inspire my tongue ! Salvation shall be all my song ; And all my powers shall join to bless The Lord, my strength, and righteousness. n_21!l PSALM LI. 1st part. CM. ( b or » ' Ver. 3—13. Original and actual Sin confessed and pardoned, i TT ORD, I would spread my sore distress J*-d And guilt before thine eyes ; Against thy laws, against thy grace, How high my crimes arise ! % Shouldst thou condemn my soul to hell, And crush my flesh to dust, Heaven would approve thy vengeance well> And earth must own it just. 3 I from the stock of Adam came, Unholy and unclean ; All my original is shame, And all my nature sin. 4 Born in a world of guilt, I drew Contagion with my breath ; And as my days advanced, I grew A juster prey for death. 5 Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my sou? With thy forgiving love ; O, make my broken spirit whole> And bid my pains remove. 6 Let not thy Spirit quite depart, Nor drive me from thy face ; 118 PSALM LT, LIII. Create anew my vicious heart, And fill it with thy grace. 7 Then will I make thy mercy known Before the sons of men ; Backsliders shall address thy throne, And turn to God again. PSALM LI. 2d Part. C. M. ( b ) Ver, 1 4 — 17. Repentance and Faith in the Blood o/Chri^ GOD of mercy, hear my cal>, My load of guilt remove ; Break down this separating wallr That bars me from thy love. 2 Give me the presence of thy grace » Then my rejoicing tongue Shall speak aloud thy righteousness-, And make thy praise my song. 3 No blood of goats, nor heifer slaini For sin could e'er alone ; The death of Christ shall still remain Sufficient and alone. 4 A soul oppress'd with sin's desert, My God will ne'er despise : A humble groan, a broken heart, Is our best sacrifice. PSALM LIII. C. M. ( gg ) Ver. 4—6. Victory and Deliverance from Persecution. 1 A RE all the foes of Zion fools, ■"• Who thus devour her saints ? Do they not know her Saviour rules, And pities her complaints ? 2 They shall be seized with sad surprise , For God's avenging arm Scatters the bones of them who rise, To do his children harm. 3 In vain the sons of Satan boast CTf armies in array ; PSALM LV. 119 When God has first dispersed their host, They fall an easy prey. O, for a word from Zion's King, Her captives to restore ! Jacob, with all the tribes, shall sing, And Judah weep no more. PSALM LV. C. M. ( b ) Ver. i — 8, 16, 18, 22. Support for the Afflicted and Tempted Soul, GOD, my refuge, hear my cries, Behold ray flowing tears ; For earth and hell my hurt devise, And triumph in my fears. ■2 Their rage is levell'd at my life, My soul with guilt they load, And fill my thoughts with inward strife, To shake my hope in God. 3 With inward pain my heart-strings sound, I groan with every breath ; Horrour and fear beset me round Amongst the shades of death. 4- O, were I like a feather'd dove, And innocence had wings ; I'd fly, and make a long remove From all these restless things. .5 Let me to some wild desert go, And find a peaceful home, Where storms of malice never blow, Temptations never come. 6 Vain hopes, and vain inventions all, To 'scape the rage of hell ! The mighty God, on whom I call, Can save me here as well. PAUSE. 7 By morning light I'll seek his face, At noon repeat my cry : The night shall hear me ask his grace, Nor will he long deny. |20 PSALM LV. 3 God shall preserve my soul from fear, Or shield me when afraid ; Ten thousand angels must appear, If he command their aid. 9 I cast my burdens on the Lord, The Lord sustains them all ; My courage rests upon his word, That saints shall never fall. 10 My highest hopes shall not be vain ; My lips shall spread his praise j While cruel and deceitful men Scarce live out half their days. PSALM LV. S. M. ("J, Ver. 15, 16, 17, 19, 22. Dangerous Prosperity ; or, daily Devotion encourages TT ET sinners take their course, ■" And choose the road to death ; But in the worship of my God I'll spend my daily breath. My thoughts address his throne, When morning brings the light ; I seek his blessing every noon, And pay my vows at night. Thou wilt regard my cries, O, my eternal God ! While sinners perish in surprise Beneath thine angry rod. Because they dwell at ease, And no sad changes feel, They neither tear nor tiust thy name. Nor learn to do thy will. But I, with all my cares, Will lean upon the Lord ; I'll cast my burden on his arm, And rest upon his word. His arm shall well sustain The children of his love ; The ground on which their safety stands^ No earthly power can move. PSALM LVT. 121 ««»iMM^M———^————— ^1—^1— ——————— PSALM LVI. C. M. ( * ) Deliverance from Oppression and Falsehood ; or, God's care of his People , in Answer to Faith and Prayer, THOU, whose justice reigns on high. And makes th* oppressor cease ; Behold, how envious sinners try- To vex and break my peace. The sons of violence and lies Join to devour me, Lord ; But as my hourly dangers rise, My refuge is thy word. In God most holy, just and true, I have reposed my trust, Nor will I fear what flesh can do, The offspring of the dust. They wrest my words to mischief still, Charge me with unknown faults .; Mischief doth all their counsels fill, And malice all their thoughts. Shall they escape without thy frown ? Must their devices stand ? O, cast the haughty sinner down, And let him know thy hand 1 PAUSE. God counts the sorrows of his saints, Their groans affect his ears ; Thou hast a book for my complaints, A bottle for my tears. When to thy throne I raise my cry, The wicked fear and flee ; So swift is prayer to reach the sky, So near is God to me. In thee, most holy, just and true, I have reposed my trust ; Nor will I fear what man can do, The offspring of the dust. Thy solemn vows are on me, Lord, Thou shalt receive my praise ; I'll sing, " how faithful is thy wnrd^ ^'How righteous all thy ways!" L 122 PSALM LVII, LVIII. 10 Thou hast secured my soul from death ! O, set thy prisoner free: That heart and hand, and lite and breath May be employ'd for thee. PSALM LVII. L. M. ( Praise for Protection, Grace, and Truth, Y God, in whom are all the springs Of boundless love and grace unknown ; Hide me beneath thy spreading wings, Till the dark cloud is overblown. 2 Up to the heavens I send my cry ; The Lord will my desires perform : He sends his ang\ Is from the sky, And saves me from the threatening storm. 3 Be thou exalted, O my God, Above the heavens, where angels dwell ; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. 4 My heart is fix'd : my song shall raise Immortal honours to thy name ; Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise, My tongue, the glory of my frame. 5 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns, And reaches to the utmost sky ; His truth to endless years remains When lower worlds dissolve and die. 6 Be thou exalted, O my God, Above the heavens, where angels dwell ; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thv wonders tell. PSALM LVIII. L. P. M. ( % ) Warning' to Magistrates. JUDGES, who rule the world by laws, Will ye despise the righteous cause, When th* injured poor before you stand ? Dare ye condemn the righteous poor, And let rich sinners 'scape secure, While gold and greatness bribe your hand ? PSALM LX. -123 2 Have ye forgot, or never knew, That God will jurlge the judges too ? High in the heavens his justice reigns ; Yet you invade the eights of God, And send your bold decrees abroad, To bind the conscience in your chains. 3 A poison 'd arrow is your tongue* The arrow sharp, the poison strong, And deatli attends where'er it wounds : Ycu hear no counsels, cries nor tears ; So the deaf adder stops her ears Against the power of charming sounds; 4 Break out their teeth, eternal God, Those teeth of lions died in blood ; And crush the serpents in the dust ; As empty chaff, when whirlwinds rise, Before the sweeping tempest flies, So let their hopes and names be lost. 5 Th' Almighty thunders from the sky, Their grandeur melts, their titles die, As hills of snow dissolve and run, Or snails that perish in their slime, Or births that come before their time, Vain births, that never see the sun. l Thus shall the vengeance of the Lord Safety and joy to saints afford ; And all who hear shall join and say, "Sure there's a God, who rules on high} « A God, who hears his children cry, * And will their suffering well repay." PSALM LX. C. M. { b ) Ver. 1—5, 10—12. On a Day of Humiliation for Disappointment in llrar» 1 TT ORD, hast thou cast the nation off* ? ■•Ml Must we forever mourn ? Wilt thou indulge immortal wrath ? Shall mercy ne'er return ? 2 The terrour of one frown of thine Melts all our strength away ; Like men who totter, drunk with wine, We tremble in dismay. $,24 PSALM LXI, LXIL 3 Our country shakes beneath thy stroke, And dreads thy threatening hand ; O, heal the nation thou hast broke ; Confirm the wavering land. 4 Lift up a banner in the field For those who fear thy name ; Save thy beloved with thy shield, And put our foes to shame. 5 Go with our armies to the fight, Like a confederate God ; In vain confederate powers unite Against thy lifted rod. t> Our troops shall gain a wide renown By thine assisting hand : 'Tis God, who treads the mighty down, And makes the feeble stand. PSALM LXI. S. M. ( b ) Ver, 1 — 6. Safety in God. J"HEN", overwhelm'd with grief, My heart within me dies ; Helpless, and far from all relief, To heaven I lift mine eyes. O, lead me to the rock, That's high above my head, And make the covert of thy wings My shelter and my shade. Within thy presence, Lord, Forever I'll abide ; Thou art the tower of my defence The refuge where I hide. Thou givest me the lot Of those, who fear thy name : If endless life be their reward, I shall possess the same. PSALM LXIL L. M. ( * > Ver. 5 — 12. JVo trust in Creatures ; or, Faith in Divine Grace and Power. t TX/ir^ spirit looks to God alone ; My rock and refuge is his throne : PSALM LXIII. 125 In all my fears, in all my straits, My soul on his salvation waits. 2 Trust him, ye saints, in all your ways, Pour out your hearts before his face ; When helpers fail, and foes invade, God is our all-sufficient aid. 3 False are the men of high degree, , The baser sort are vanity ; Laid in the balance, both appear Light as a puff of empty air. 4 Make not increasing gold your trust, Nor set your hearts on glittering dust : Why will you grasp the fleeting smoke, And not believe what God has spoke ? 5 Once has his awful voice declared, Once and again my ears have heard, 11 All power is his eternal due ; " He must be fear'd and trusted too." 6 For sovereign power reigns not alone, Grace is a partner of the throne : Thy grace and justice, mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward. PSALM LXIII. 1st Part. C. M. ( * ) Ver. i,2, 5, 3, 4. The Morning of the Lord*s Day, i TO ARLY, my God, without delay, •**-** I haste to seek thy face : My thirsty spirit faints away, Without thy cheering grace. 2 So pilgrims on the scorching sand, Beneath a burning sky, Long for a cooling stream at hand, And they must drink or die. 3 Fve seen thy glory and thy power Through all thy temple shine ; My God, repeat that heavenly hour, That vision so divine I 4 Not all the blessings of a feast Can please my soul so well, As when thy richer grace I taste? And in thy presence dwell. L2 -26 PSALM LXIII. 5 Not life itself, with all its joys, Can my best passions move, Or raise so high my cheerful voice, As thy fo; giving love. 6 Thus, till my last expiring day, I'll bless my God and King ; Thus will I lift my hands to pray, And tune my lips to sing. PSALM LXIII. 2d Part. C. M. ( & ) Ver. 6 — 10. Midnight Thoughts recollected. 1 TTpWAS in the watches of the night * I thought upon thy power j I kept thy lovely face in sight Amidst the darkest hour. 2 My flesh lay resting on my bed ; My soul arose on high ; « My God, my life, my hope," I said, "Bring thy salvation nigh." 3 My spirit labours up thine hill, And climbs the heavenly road ; But thy right hand upholds me still, While I pursue my God. 4 Thy mercy stretches o'er my head The shadow of thy wings ; My heart rejoices in thy aid ; My tongue awakes and sings. •# But the destroyers of my peace Shall fret and rage in vain ; The tempter shall forever cease, And all my sins be slain, 6 Thy sword shall give my foes to death j And send them down to dwell In the dark caverns of the earth, Or to the depths of hell. PSALM LXIII. L. M. ( 3* ) Longing after God; or, the Love of God, better than Life. i ^ REAT God, indulge my humble claim j ^* Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest ; PSALM LXUI. »2T The glories that compose thy name Stand all engaged lo make me blest. 2 Thou great and good, thou just and wise, Thou art my Father and my God 1 And I am thine by sacred ties ; Thy son, thy servant, bought with blood. 3 With heart, and eyes, and lifted hands, For thee I long, to thee I look ; As travellers, in thirsty lands, Pant for the cooling water-brook. 4 With early feet I love t' appear Among thy saints and seek thy face : Oft have 1 seen thy glory there, And felt the power of sovereign grace. 5 Not fruits, nor wines that tempt our taste*. Nor all the joys our senses know, Could make me so divinely blest, Or raise my cheerful passions so. 6 My life itself, without thy love, No taste of pleasure could afford ; 'T would but a tiresome burden prove, If I were banish'd from the Lord. 7 Amidst the wakeful hours of night, When busy cares afflict my head, ■ One thought of thee gives new delight, And adds refreshment to my bed. 8 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, While I have breath to pray or praise ; This work shall make my heart rejoice, And spend the remnant of my days. PSALM LXIII. S. M. (*) Seeking God. Y God, permit my tongue - This joy, to call thee mine J And let my early cries prevail To taste thy love divine. My thirsty, fainting soul Thy mercy does implore ; Not travellers, in desert lands* Can pant for water more. 128 PSALM LXV. 3 Within thy churches, Lord, I long to find my place ; Thy power and glory to behold, And feel thy quickening grace. i For life, without thy love, No relish can afford ; No joy can 6e compared with this, To serve and please the Lord. 5 To thee I lift my hands, And praise thee while I live ; Not the rich dainties of a feast Such food or pleasure give. 5 In wakeful hours of night, I call my God to mind ; I think how wise thy counsels are, And all thy dealings kind. ' Since thou hast been my help, To thee my spirit flies, And on thy watchful providence My cheerful hope relies. I The shadow of thy wings My soul in safety keeps : I follow where my Father leads, And he supports my steps, PSALM LXV. 1st Part. L. M. ( 5 ) Ver. 1 — 6. Public Prayer and Praise, PipHE praise of Zion waits for thee, My God ; and praise becomes thy house : There shall thy saints thy glory see, And there perform their public vows. 0 thou, whose mercy bends the skies To save when humble sinners pray I All lands to thee shall lift their eyes', And islands of the northern sea. Against my will my sins prevail, But grace shall purge away their stain s 1 he blood of Christ will never fail To wash my garments white agato, PSALM LXV. 12* Blest is the man, whom thou shalt choose? And give him kind access to thee ; Give him a place within thy house. To taste thy love divinely free. PAUSE. Let Babel tear when Z.on prays ; Babel prepare for long distress, When Zion's God himself arrays In terrour and in righteousness. With dreadful glory God fulfils What his afflicted saints request ; And with almighty wrath reveals His love, to give his churches rest. Then shall the flocking nations run To Zion's hill, and own their Lord : The rising and the setting sun Shall see the Saviour's name adored. PSALM LXV. 2d Part. L. M. ( * ) Ver. 5 — 13. Divine Providence in Air, Earthy and Sea 2 or, the God of Nature and Grace. 1 PTpHE God of our salvation hears -**■ The groans of Zion mix'd with tears ; Yet when he comes with kind designs, Through all the way his terrour shines. 2 On him the race of man depends, Far as the earth's remotest ends, Where the Creator's name is known By nature's feeble light alone. 3 Sailors, who travel o'er the flood, Address their frighted souls to God, When tempests rage, and billows roar* At dreadful distance from the shore. 4 He bids the noisy tempests cease ; He calms the raging crowd to peace, When a tumultuous nation raves, Wild as the winds, and loud as waves. 5 Whole kingdoms, shaken by the storm? He settles in a peaceful form ; Mountains established by his hand, Firm on their old foundations stand. ISO PSALM LXV 6 Behold, his ensigns sweep the sky, New comets blaze, and lightnings fly : The heathen lands, with swift surprise, From the bright horrours turn their eyes. 7 At his command, the morning ray Smiles in the east and leads the day ; He guides the sun's declining wheels* Over the tops of western hills . 8 Seasons and times obey his voice ; The evening and the morn rejoice To see the earth made soft with showers.. Laden with fruit, and drest in flowers. 9 'Tis from his watery stores on high, He gives the thirsty ground supply ; He walks upon the clouds, and thence Doth his enriching drops dispense. ?o The desert grows a fruitful field ; Abundant food the vallies yield : The vallies shout with cheerful voice, And neighbouring hills repeat their joys. 11 The pastures smile in green array ; There lambs and larger cattle play : The larger cattle, and the lamb, Each in his language speaks thy name. 12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine ; O'er every field thy glories shine : Through every month thy gifts appear ; Great God ! thy goodness crowns the year. PSALM LXV. 1st Part. CM. (#) A Prayer-hearing God, and the Gentiles called. i "ORAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee ; ■"■ There shall our vows be paid : Thou hast an ear when sinners pray, All flesh shall seek thine aid. 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail, But pardoning grace is thine : And thou wilt grant us power and skill To conquer every sin. 3 Blest are the men, whom thou wilt choose? To bring them near thy face ; PSALM LXV. 131 Give them a dwelling in thine house, To feast upon thy grace. 4 In answering what thy church requests, Thy truth and terrour shine, And works of dreadful righteousness Fulfil thy kind design. 5 Thus shall the wondering nations see The Lord is good and just ; And distant islands fly to thee, And make thy name their trust, 6 They dread thy glittering tokens, Lord, When signs in heaven appear ; But they shall learn thy holy word, And love as well as feari PSALM LXV. 2d Part. C. M. ( % ) The Providence of God in Air. Earthy and Sea ; or, the Blessings oj Rain. i 'iHTUS by thy strength the mountains stand, «**• God of eternal power ! The sea grows calm at thy command, And tempests cease to roar. 2 The morning light and evening shade Successive comforts bring ; Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad, Thy flowers adorn the spring. o Seasons, and times, and moons, and hours, Heaven, earth, and air are thine ; When clouds distil in fruitful showers, The Author is divine. 4 Those wandering cisterns in the sky, Borne by the winds around, With watery treasures well supply The furrows ol the ground. 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill, And ranks of corn appear : Thy ways abound with blessings stil), Thy goodness crowns the year. 132 PSALM LXV, LXVI. PSALM LXV. 3d Part. CM. ( # ) The Blessings of the S/iring ,• or, God gives Rain. A PSALM FOR THE HUSBANDMAN. 1 (T* ^^^ IS t,ie Lord> tlie heavenly King, ^J" Who makes the earth his care ; Visits the pastures every spring, And bids the grass appear. <2 The clouds, like rivers ra-sed on higlv, Pour out, at thy command, Their watery blessings from the sky, To cheer the thirsty land. 3 The soften'd ridges of the field Permit the corn to spring ; The vallies rich provision yield, And the poor labourers sing. 4 The little hills, on every side, Rejoice at falling showers ; The meadows, dress'd in all their pride, Perfume the air with flowers. 5 The barren clods, refresh'd with rain, Promise a joyful crop ; The parched grounds look green again, And raise the reaper's hope. 6 The various months thy goodness crowns ; How bounteous are thy ways \ The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs, And shepherds shout thy praise. PSALM LXVI. 1st Part. C. M. ( * ) Governing Power and Goodness; or , our Grace tried by Afflictions. 1 OTNG, all ye nations, to the Lord, *f Sing with a joyful noise ; With melody of sound record His honours and your joys- 2 Say to the Power that shakes the sky, " How terrible art thou ! "Sinners before thy presence fly, " Or at thy feet they bow." PSALM LXVI. 133 3 ( Come, see the wonders of our God ; How glorious are his ways ! In Moses' hand he puts his rod, And cleaves the frighted seas. 4 He made the ebbing channel dry, While Israel pass'd the flood ; There did the church begin their joy, And triumph in their God.) 5 He rules by his resistless might ; Will rebel mortals dare Provoke th' Eternal to the fight, And tempt that dreadful war ? 6 O, bless our God, and never cease ; Ye saints, fulfil his praise : He keeps our life, maintains our peace, And guides our doubtful ways. 7 Lord, thou hast proved our suffering soulsj To make our graces shine ; So silver bears the burning coals, The metal to refine. 8 Through watery deeps and fiery ways We march at thy command ; Led to possess the promised place By thy unering hand. N PSALM LXVI. 2d Part. CM. ( % ) Ver. 13—20. Praise to God for hearing Ptayer. OW shall my solemn vows be paid To that Almighty Power, Who heard the long requests I made In my distressful hour. .2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare To make his mercies known ; Come, ye who fear my God, and hear The wonders he has done. -3 When on my head huge sorrows fell, I sought his heavenly aid ; He saved my sinking soul from hell, And death's eternal shade. M 134 PSALM LXVII. If sin lay cover'd in my heart, While prayer employ'd my tongue, The Lord had shewn me no regard, Nor I his praises sung. But God, his name be ever bless'd, Has set my spirit free, Nor turn'd from him my poor request, Nor turn'd his heart from me. PSALM LXVII. C. M. ( % ) The Kalian's Pros/ieriiy, and the Church's Increase. \ QHINE, mighty God, on this, Our Land, ^ With beams of heavenly grace ; Reveal thy power through all our coasts, And shew thy smiling face. 2 (Amidst Our States, exalted high, Do thou our glory stand, And, like a wall of guardian fire, Surround thy favourite land.) 3 When shall thy name from shore to shore Sound all the earth abroad ? And distant nations know and love Their Saviour and their God ? 4 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands, Sing loud with solemn voice ; Wliile thankful tongues exalt his praise. And grateful hearts rejoice. lie, the great Lord, the Sovereign Judge. Who sits enthroned above, Wisely commands the world he made, In justice and in love. 6 Earth shall obey her Maker's will, And yield a full increase ; Our God will crown his chosen land With fruitfulness and peace. 7 God, the Redeemer, scatters round, His choicest favours here, While the creation's utmost bound Shall see, adore and fear- PSALM LXVIII. 135 PSALM LXVIII. 1st Part. L. M, (*) Ver. 1 — 6, 32—35. The Vengeance and Compassion of Gory, 1 If ET God arise in all his might, J*-4 And put the troops of hell to flight ; As smoke, that sought to cloud the skies, Before the rising tempest flies. 42 ( He comes array'd in burning flames, Justice and Vengeance are his names ; Behold, his fainting foes expire, Like melting wax before the fire.) 3 He rides and thunders through the sky, His name, Jehovah, sounds on high \ Sing to his name, ye sons of grace, Ye saints, rejoice before his face. 4 The widow and the fatherless Fly to his aid in sharp distress ; In him the poor and helpless find A Judge, who's just, a Father, kind. 5 He breaks the captive's heavy chain, And prisoners see the light again ; But rebels, who dispute his will, Shall dwell in chains and darkness still. PAUSE. 6 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong ; Crown him, ye nations, in your song : His wonderous names and powers rehearse ; His honours shall enrich your verse. He shakes the heavens with loud alarms ; How terrible is God in arms I In Israel are his mercies known, Israel is his peculiar throne. 8 Proclaim him king, pronounce him bless'df He's your defence, your joy, your rest ; When terrours rise and nations faint, God is the strength of every saint. PSALM LXVIII. 2d part. L. M. ( *■ ) Ver. 17, 18, Chrises Ascension andthe Gift (f the Spirit. \ TT ORD, when thou didst ascend on high, ■**-4 Ten thousand angels fill'd the sky -9 IS6 PSALM LXVIIL Those heavenly guards around thee wait, Like chariots, that attend thy state. 2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear More glorious when the Lord was there While he pronounced his dreadful law, And struck the chosen tribes with awe. 3 How bright the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious powers of hell, That thousand souls had captive made, Were all in chains, like captives led. .4 Raised by his Father to the throne, He sent the promised Spirit down, With gifts and grace for rebel men, That God might dwell on earth again. PSALM LXVIIL 3d Part. L. M. ( * ) Ver 19, 9, 20 — 22. Praise for Temporal Blessings } o*} Common and Special Mercies. J'E bless the Lord, the just and good, Who fills our hearts with joy and food \ W»o pours his blessings from the skies, And loads our days with rich supplies. 2 He sends the sun his circuit round, To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground ; He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain, Refresh the thirsty earth again. 3 'Tis to his care we owe our breath, And all our near escapes from death : Safety and health to God belong ; He heals the weak, and guards the strong. 4 He makes the saint and sinner prove The common blessings of his love ; But the wide difference that remains,, Is endless joys, or endless pains. 5 The Lord, who bruised the serpent's head} On all the serpent's seed shall tread ; The stubborn sinner's hope confound, And smite him with a lasting wound. 6 But his right hand his saints shall raise From the deep earth, or deeper seas, And bring them to his courts above ; There shall they taste his special love. PSALM LXIX. 137 PSALM LXIX. 1st pakt. CM. ( b ) Ver. 1 — 14. The Sufferings of Christ for our Salvation* 1 "CAVE me, O God ! the swelling floods ^ " Break in upon my soul : « I sink I and sorrows o'er my head, " Like mighty waters roll I 2 " I cry 'till all my voice be gone ; " In tears I waste the day : " My God, behold my longing eyes, " And shorten thy delay. 3 " They hate my soul without a cause, " And still their number grows " More than the hairs around my head, <• And mighty are rny foes. 4 « 'Twas then I paid that dreadful debt» " That men could never pay, «* And gave those honours to thy law, " Which sinners took away." 5 Thus, in the great Messiah's name, The royal prophet mourns ; Thus he awakes our hearts to grief, And gives us joy by turns. 6 l( Now shall the saints rejoice and find " I came, in sinful mortals stead, " To do my Father's will ; "Yet when I cleansed my Father's house, "They scandalized my zeal. 10 « My fastings and my holy groans a Were made the drunkard's song -9 M2 *38 PSALM LXIX. u But God, from his celestial throne, " Heard my complaining tongue. 11 "He saved me from the dreadful deep, " Nor let my soul be drown'd : « He raised and fix'd my sinking feet " On well established ground. 12 " 'Twas in a most accepted hour " My prayer arose on high ; f* And, for my sake, my God shall hear, 5* The dying sinner*s cry." PSALM LXIX. 2d part. CM ( b ) Ver. 14—21, 26, 29, 32. The Passion and Exaltation of Christ. 1 WOW let °Ur lipS W,th holy fear •*^ And mournful pleasure sing The sufferings of our great High Priest) The sorrows of our King. 3 He sinks in floods of deep distress ; How high the waters rise \ While to his heavenly Father's ear He sends perpetual cries. 3 " Hear me, O Lord, and save thy Son, " Nor hide thy shining face : "Why should thy favourite look like ons- " Forsaken of thy grace ! 4 " With rage they persecute the man, " Who groans beneath thy wound, 11 While, for a sacrifice, I pour « My life upon the ground. 3 " They tread my honour to the dust, " And laugh when 1 complain ; « Their sharp, insulting slanders add " Fresh anguish to my pain. 6 " All my reproach is known to thee, " The scandal and the shame ; " Reproach has broke my bleeding heart* " And lies defiled my name. 7 "I look*d for pity, but in vain ; }' My kindred are my grief ; PSALM LXIX. IS* " 1 ask my friends for comfort round, " But meet with no relief. 8 « With vinegar they mock my thirst, " They give me gall for food ; " And, sporting with my dying groans, " They triu.nph in* my bJood. 9 « Shine into my distressed soul, " Let thy compassion save ; " And though my flesh sink down to death, « Redeem it from the grave. 10 " I shall arise to praise thy name, " Shall reign in worlds unknown* « And thy salvation, O, my God ! <• Shall seat me on thy throne." PSALM LXIX. 3d Part. C. M. ( £ ) Chrises Obedience and Death : or, God glorified Qn& Sinners saved. 1 TIFIATHER, I sing thy wonderous grace, ■*** I bless my Saviour's name ; He bought salvation for the poor, And bore the sinner's shame. 2 His deep distress has raised us high ; His duty and his zeal FulhTd the law, which mortals broke, And finish'd all thy will. 3 His dying groans, his living songs, Shall better please my God, Than harp or trumpet's solemn sound} Than goats or bullocks blood. 4 This shall his humble followers see, And set their hearts at rest ; They by his death draw near to thee, And live forever bless'd. 5 Let heaven, and all who dwell on high,. To God their voices raise, While lands and seas assist the sky, And jo'n t' advance the praise. 6 Zion is thine, most holy God ; Thy Son shall bless her gates ; And glory, purchased by his blooa% For thy own Israel waits* 40 PSALM LXIX. PSALM LXIX. 1st Part. L. M. ( b ) Christ's Passion and Sinners Salvation* 1 TT^EEP in our hearts let us record U The deeper sorrows of our Lord ; Behold, the rising billows roll, To overwhelm his holy soul. 2 In long complaints he spends his breath, While hosts of hell and powers of death, And all the sons of malice join To execute their cursed design. 3 Yet, gracious God, thy power and love Has made the curse a blessing prove ; Those dreadful sufferings of thy Son Atoned for sins, which we had done. 4 The pangs of our expiring Lord The nonours of thy law restored ; His sorrows made thy justice known, And paid for follies not his own. 5 O, for his sake, our guilt forgive, And let the mourning sinner live : The Lord will hear us in his name, Nor shall our hope be turnM to shame. PSALM LXIX. 2d Part. L. M. ( fc > Ver, 7, Sec. Christ's Sufferings and Zeal. 1 YipW AS for my sake, eternal God, * Thy Son sustain'd that heavy load Of base reproach and sore disgrace, And sname defiled his sacred face. 2 The Jews, his brethren and his kin, Abused the man, who check'd their sin. : While he fulfil'd thy holy laws, They hate him, but without a cause, 3 (" My Father's house (said he) was made, 44 A place for worship, not for trade ;" Then scattering all their gold and brass, He scourged the merchants from the place. 4 Zeal for the te-nple of his God Consumed his life, exposed his blood ; Reproaches at thy glory thrown He felt, and mourn' d them as his own.) PSALM LXXI. 141 5 Hia friends forsook, his followers fled, While foes and arms surround his head ; They curse him with a slanderous tongue, And the false judge maintains the wrong. $ His life they load with hateful lies, And charge his lips with blasphemies ; They nail him to the shameful tree ; There hung the man, who died for me ! 7 (Wretches, with hearts as hard as stones Insult his piety and groans ; Gall was the food they gave him there, And mock'd his thirst with vinegar.) 8 But God beheld ; and from his throne, Marks out the men who hate his Son ; The hand that raised him from the dead, Shall pour due vengeance on their head. PSALM LXXI. 1st Part. C. M (5 } Ver. 5 — 9. The aged Saint's Reflection and Hofie\ 1 1VTV God, my everlasting hope, ***' I live upon thy truth ; Thy hands have held my childhood up, And strength en'd all my youth. 2 My flesh was fashion'd by thy power, With all these limbs of mine ; And from my mothers painful hour I've been entirely thine. 3 Still has my life new wonders seen Repeated every year ; Behold my days that yet remain, I trust them to thy care. 4 Cast me not off when strength declines-, When hoary hairs arise ; And round me let thy glories shine, Whene'er thy servant dies. Then in the history of my acre, When men review my days, They'll read thy love in every page, In every line thy praise. 142 PSALM LXXI. TSALM LXXI. 2d part. C. M. ( * ) Ver. 15, 14, 16, 23,22, 24. Cur is f our Strength and Righteousness, i lyif Y Saviour, my almighty Friend, lvJl when I begin thy praise, Where will the growing numbers end, The numbers of thy grace ? 2 Thou art my everlasting tiust, Thy goodness I adore ! And since I knew thy graces first, I speak thy glories more. 3 My feet shall travel all the length Of the celestial road ; And march with courage in thy strength 1 o see my Father, God. 4 When I am fill'd with sore distress For some surprising sin, I'll plead thy perfect righteousness, And mention none but thine* 5 How will my lips rejoice to tell The victories of my King I My soul, redeem'd from sin and hell, Shall thy salvation sing. 6 ( My tongue shall all the day proclaim My Saviour and my God ; His death has brought my foes to shame, And drown'd them in his blood. 7 Awake, awake, my tuneful powers ; With this delightful song ; I'll entertain the darkest hours, Nor think the season long.) PSALM LXXI. 3d Part. CM. ( * ) Ver. 17 — 21. The aged Christian's Prayer and Song ; or, Old Age, Death and the Resurrection, 1 (T^ OD of my childhood, and my youth, ^-H* The guide of all my days, I have declared thy heavenly truth, And told thv wonderous wavs. PSALM LXXII. 143 2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs, And leave my fainting heart ? Who shall sustain my sinking years, If God, my strength, depart ! Let me thy power and truth proclaim To the surviving age, And leave the savour ot thy name When I shall quit the stage. The land of silence and of death Attends my next remove : O, may these poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love ! PAUSE. Thy righteousness is deep and high, Unsearchable thy deeds : Thy glory spreads beyond the sky, And all my praise exceeds. Oft have I heard thy threatening^ roar, And oft endured the grief: But when thy hand has press'd me sore, Thy grace was my relief. By long experience have I known Thy sovereign power to save ; At thy command I venture down Securely to the grave. When I lie buried in the dust, My flesh shall be thy care ; These withering limbs with thee I trust, To raise them strong and fair. PSALM LXXII. 1st Part. L. M. ( # ) The Kingdom of Christ. GREAT God ! whose universal sway The known and unknown worlds obey, Now give the kingdom to thy Son, Extend his power, exalt his throne. Thy sceptre well becomes his hands, All heaven submits to his commands : His justice shall avenge the poor, And pride and rage prevail no more. 144 PSALM LXXII. o With power he vindicates the just, And treads th' oppressor in the dust : His worship and his fear shall last, 'Till hours, and years, and time be past. As rain on meadows newly mown, So shall he send his influence down : His grace on fainting souls distils, Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills. The heathen lands that lie beneath The shades of overspreading death, Revive at his first dawning light, And deserts blossom at the sight. The saints shall flourish in his days, Dress'd in the robes of joy and praise ; Peace, like a river, from his throne Shall flow to nations yet unknown. PSALM LXXII. 2d Part. L. M. ( * ) Chrises Kingdom among the Gentiles, i "TTESUS shall reign where'er the sun *$ Does his successive journies run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, 'Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 ( Behold the islands, with their kings, And Europe her first tribute brings ; From north to south the Princes meet To pay their homage at his feet. 3 There Persia, glorious to behold, There India shines in eastern gold ; And barb'rous nations at his word Submit, and bow. and own their Lord.) 4 For him shall endless prayer be made, And Princes throng to crown his head ; His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With every morning sacrifice. 5 People and realms of every tongue Dwell on his love with sweetest song ; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name* PSALM LXXIII. 145 6 Blessings abound where'er he reigns ; The prisoner leaps to lose his chainsi The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. 7 ( Where he displays his healing power, Death and the curse are known no more ; In him the tribes of Adam boast More blessings than their father lost. 3 Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honours to our King ; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen,) PSALM LXXIII. 1st Part. CM. ( b ) Afflicted Saints hapfiij, and Prosperous Sinners cursed, 1 MOW I'm convinced the Lord is kind -*-^ To men of heart sincere, Yet once my foolish thoughts repined, And border'd on despair. 2 I grieved to see the wicked thrive, And spoke with angry breath, « " How pleasant and profane they live ! " How peaceful is their death ! 3 « With well-fed flesh and haughty eyes u They lay their fears to sleep ; "Against the heavens their slanders rise, " While saints in silence weep. ^ " In vain I lift my hands to pray, " And cleanse my heart in vain ; a For I am chasten'd all the day ;♦ " The night renews my pain." 5 Yet while my tongue indulged complaints, I felt my heart reprove ; " Sure I shall thus offend thy saints, " And grieve the men I love." 6 But still I found my doubts too hard3 The conflict too severe, Till I retired to search thy word, And learn thy secrets there. 7 There, as in some prophetic glas^ I saw the sinner's feet N 148 PSALM LXXIV- Through all their life oppression reigns, And racks the humble poor. 5 Their impious tongues blaspheme The everlasting God : Their malice blasts the good man's name", And spreads their lies abroad. 6 But I, with flowing tears, Indulged my doubts to rise ; u Is there a God, who sees, or hears-, " The things bek>w the skies ?") 7 The tumults of my thought Held me in hard suspense, Till to thy house my feet were brought* To learn thy justice thence. 3 Thy word, with light and power, Did my mistakes amend ; I view'd the sinner's life before, But here I learn'd his end. 9 On what a slippery steep The thoughtless wretches go U And O, that dreadful, fiery deep, That waits their fall below 1 ' 10 Lord, at thy feet I bow, My thoughts no more repine ; I call my God my portion now, And all my powers are thine. PSALM LXXIV. CM. ( fc ) The Church filead'mg with God under sore Persecution* 1 "OTILL God forever cast us off ? ™ " His wrath forever smoke Against the people of his love, His little, chosen flock ? 2 Think of the tribes so dearly bought With their Redeemer's blood ; Nor let thy Zion be forgot, Where once thy glory stood. 3 Lift up thy feet, and march in haste. Aloud our ruin calls ; PSALM LXXIV. 149 See what a wide and fearful waste Is made within thy walls ! 4 Where once thy churches pray'd and sang, Thy foes profanely roar ; Over thy gates their ensigns hang, Sad tokens of their power. 5 How are the scats ot worship broke ! They tear thy buildings down ; And he, who deals the heaviest stroke, Procures the chief renown. 6 With flames they threaten to destroy Thy children in their nest ; " Come, let us burn at once," they cry, M The temple and the priest V* 7 And still, to heighten our distress, Thy presence is withdrawn ; Thy wonted signs- of power and grace) Thy power and grace are gone. 8 No prophet speaks to calm our woes, But all the seers mourn ; There's not a soul among us knows The time of thy return. PAUSE. 9 How |ong, eternal God ! how long Shall men of pride blaspheme ! Shall saints be made their endless song, And bear immortal shame ? 10 Canst thou forever sit and hear Thy holy name profaned ? And still thy jealousy forbear, And still withhold thy hand ? 1 1 What strange deliverance hast thou shown In ages long before ! And now, no other God we own, No other God adore. )2 Thou didst divide the raging sea, By thy resistles might, To make thy tribes a wonderous way> And then secure their flight. 150 PSALM LXXV. 13 Is not the world of nature thine, The darkness and the day ? Didst thou not bid the morning shine And mark the sun his way ? 14 Hath not thy power form'd every coast-, And set the earth its bounds, With summer's heat, and winter's frost> In their perpetual rounds ? 15 And shall the sons of earth and dust That sacred power blaspheme ? Will not that hand, that form'd them first* Avenge thy injured name ? 16 Think on the covenant thou hast made, And all thy words of love :■ Nor let the birds of prey invade, And vex thy mourning dove. S7 Our foes would triumph in our blood1, And make our hope their jest : Plead thy own cause, Almighty God, And give thy children rest. PSALM LXXV. L. M. ( # ) Power and Government from God alone. Applied to the Declaration of American Inde- pendence, July 4, 1776. l P]pO thee, Most Holy, and Most High, *"• To thee we bring our thankful praise ; Thy works declare thy name is nigh, Thy works of wonder and of grace. 3 To bondage doom'd, thy free-born sons Beheld their foes indignant rise ; And, sore oppress'd by earthly thrones-, Appeal'd to Him, who rules the skies. 3 They from thy power received their own, And sought to rule by wholesome laws ; Through thee we brought oppressors down t Thy arm upheld our righteous cause. 4 Let haughty sinners sink their pride, N.or lift eo high their scornful bead ; PSALM LXXVI. 15 1 But lay their foolish thoughts aside, And yield to rights, which God has made, 5 Distinction never comes by chance, Nor do the winds promotion blow ; 'Tis God, the Judge, cloth one advance> 'Tis God, who lays another low. 6 No vain pretence to royal birth Shall fix a tyrant on the throne ; God, the great sovereign of the earth, Will make the Rights of Man be known. 7 His hand holds out the dreadful cup Of vengeance, mix'd with various plagues. To make the wicked drink them up, Wring out, and taste the bitter dregs. 8 Now shall the Lord exalt the just : And while he tramples on the proud* And lays their glory in the dust, Our lips shall sing his praise aloud. PSALM LXXVI. C. M. ( * > Israel saved and the Assyrians destroyed ; or, God's Feth* geance against his Enemies fir oceeds from his Church. i TTN Judah God of old was known $ ■^ His name in Israel, great ; " In Salem stood his holy throne* And Zion was his seat. 2 Among the praises of his saints* His dwelling there he chose ; There he received their just complaints Against their haughty foes. 3 From Zion went his dreadful word, And broke the threatening spear, The bow, the arrows, and the sword, And crush'd th* Assyrian war. 4 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else But mighty hills of prey ? The hill, on which Jehovah dwells, Is glorious more than they. 3 'Twas Zion's King, who stopp'd the breath Of captains and their bands i 150 PSALM LXXV. 13 Is not the world of nature thine, The darkness and the day ? Didst thou not bid the morning shine And mark the sun his way ? 44 Hath not thy power form'd every coast-, And set the earth its bounds, With summer's heat, and winter's frost* In their perpetual rounds ? 15 And shall the sons of earth and dust That sacred power blaspheme ? Will not that hand, that form'd them firsts Avenge thy injured name ? 16 Think on the covenant thou hast made. And all thy words of love ? Nor let the birds of prey invade, And vex thy mourning dove. 57 Our foes would triumph in our blood, And make our hope their jest : Plead thy own cause, Almighty God, And give thy children rest. PSALM LXXV. L. M. ( * ) Power and Government from God alone. Applied to the Declaration of American Inde- pendence, July 4, 1776. l PipO thee, Most Holy, and Most High, *"■ To thee we bring our thankful praise ; Thy works declare thy name is nigh, Thy works of wonder and of grace. 3 To bondage doom'd, thy free-born sons Beheld their foes indignant rise ; And, sore oppress'd by earthly thrones-, Appeal'd to Him5 who rules the skies. 3 They from thy power received their own, And sought to rule by wholesome laws ; Through thee we brought oppressors down f Thy arm upheld our righteous cause. 4 Let haughty sinners sink their pride, Npr lif> so high their scornful head § PSALM LXXVI. 15J But lay their foolish thoughts aside, And yield to rights, which God has made, 5 Distinction never comes by chance, Nor do the winds promotion blow ; 'Tis God, the Judge, doth one advance> 'Tis God, who lays another low. 6 No vain pretence to royal birth Shall fix a tyrant on the throne ; God, the great sovereign of the earth, Will make the Rights, of Man be known. 7 His hand holds out the dreadful cup Of vengeance, mix'd with various plagues. To make the wicked drink them up, Wring out, and taste the bitter dregs. 8 Now shall the Lord exalt the just : And while he tramples on the proud> And lays their giory in the dust, Our lips shall sing his praise aloud. PSALM LXXVI. CM. ( * > Israel saved and the Assyrians destroyed; or ) God's Fe7& geance against his Enemies proceeds from his Church*. i TTN Judah God of old was known j ■»>• His name in Israel, great ; In Salem stood his holy throne,. And Zion was his seat. 2 Among the praises of his saints, His dwelling there he chose ; There he received their just complaints Against their haughty foes. 3 From Zion went his dreadful word, And broke the threatening spear, The bow, the arrows, and the sword, And crush'd th* Assyrian war. 4 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else: But mighty hills of prey ? The hill, on which Jehovah dwells, Is glorious more than they. 5 'Twas Zion's King, who stopp'd the breath Of captains and their bands ; 152 PSALM LXXVII. The men of might slept fast in death, And never found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O Jacob's God, Both horse and chari©t fell ! Wno knows the terrours of tny rod I Thy vengeance, who can tell 1 7 What power can stand before thy sight, When once thy wrath appears ? When heaven shines round w»th dreadful light? Tne earth lies still and fears. S When God, m his own sovereign ways, Comes down to save th' oppiess'd, The wrath of man shall work his praise* And he'll restrain the rest. 9 ( Vow to the Lord, and tribute bring ; Ye princes, fear his frown : His terrours shake the proudest king, And cut an army down. 10 The thunder of his sharp rebuke Our haughty foes shall feel : For Jacob's God hath not forsook, But dwells in Zion still.) PSALM LXXVII. 1st part. C. M. ( b ) Melancholy assaulting^ and Ho fie prevailing. 1 F]pO God I cried with mournful voice, «»- I sought his gracious ear, In the sad day, when troubles rose, And fill'd the night with fear. 2 Sad were my days, and dark my nights, My soul refused relief ; I thought on God, the just and wise, But thought increased my grief* 3 Still I complain'd, and still oppress'd, My heart began to break : My God, thy wrath forbade my rest, And kept my eyes awake. 4 My overwhelming sorrows grew Till I could speak no more j PSALM LXXVII. 15 Then I within myself withdrew, And call'd thy judgments o'er. 5 I call'd back years and ancient times, When I beheld thy face ; My spirit searched for secret crimes, That might withhold thy grace. 6 I call'd thy mercies to my mind, Which I enjoy 'd before : And will the Lord no more be kind I His face appear no more ? 7 Will he forever cast me off ? His promise ever fail ? Has he forgot his tender love ?" Shall anger still prevail ? 8 But I forbid this hopeless thought* This dark, despairing frame, Remembering what thy hand hath wrought i Thy hand is still the same. 9 I'll think again of all thy ways* And talk thy wonders o'er ; Thy wonders of recovering grace* When flesh could hope no more. 10 Grace dwells with justice on the thronti And men, who love thy word, Have in thy sanctuary known The counsels of the Lord. PSALM LXXVII. 2d part. C. M. ( b ) Comfort derived from ancient Providences ; or, Israel d&> livered from Egujit and brought to Canaan, 1 "THTOW awful is thy chastening rod ?" ■**-•"• ( May thy own children say) " The great, the wise, the dreadful God, " How holy is his way !" 2 I'll meditate his works of old ; The King, who reigns above, I'll hear his ancient wonders toldj And learn to trust his love. 3 Long did the house of Joseph lie With Egypt's yoke oppress'd ; 154 PSALM LXXVHI. Long he delay'd to hear their cry, Nor gave his people rest. 4 The sons of good old Jacob seem'cfr Abandon'd to their foes ; But his almighty arm redeemed The nation, that he chose. 5 Israel, his people, and his sheep, Must follow where he calls ; He bids them venture through the deep# And makes the waves their walls. 6 The waters saw thee, mighty God, The waters saw thee come ; Backward they fled, and frighted stood, To make thy armies room. 7 Strange was thy journey through the sea3 Thy footsteps, Lord, unknown ; Terrours attend the wonderous way, That brings thy mercies down. 3 ( Thy voice, with terrour in the sound) Through clouds and darkness broke y All heaven in lightning shone around, And earth with thunder shook. 9 Thy arrows through the skies were hurl'd How glorious is the Lord ! Surprise and trembling seized the worldr And his own saints adored. \0 He gave them water from the rock ;. And safe, by Moses' hand, Through a dry desert led his flock Home to the promised land.) PSALM LXXVIIL 1st Part. C. M. ( « ) Providences of God recorded ; or, pious Education and In> st ruction of Children, 1 "1" ET children hear the mighty deeds, •^ Which God perform'd of old ; Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told. 3 He bids us make his glories known ; His works ot power and grace j PSALM LXXVTII. 155 And we'll convey his wonders down, Through every rising race. Our lips shall tell them to our sons? And they again to theirs ; That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs. Thus shall they learn in God alone Their hope securely stands ; That they may ne'er forget his works. But practise his commands. PSALM LXXVill. 2d Part. C. M. ( fc ) Israel's Rebellion and Punishment ; or> the Sins and Chas- tisements of God's People. 1 fT\ WHAT a stiff, rebellious house ^-*' ' Was Jacob's ancient race \ False to their own most solemn vows, And to their Maker's grace. 2 They broke the covenant of his love, And did his laws despise, Forgot the works he wrought to prove His power before their eyes. 3 They saw the plagues on Egypt light, From his avenging hand ; What dreadful tokens of his might Spread o'er that stubborn land \ m They saw him cleave the mighty sea, And march in safety through, With watery walls to guard their way, Till they had 'scaped the foe. 5 A wonderous pillar mark'd the road, Composed of shade and light ; By day it proved a sheltering cloud, A leading fire by night. € He from the rock their thirst supplied ; The gushing waters fell, And ran in rivers by their side, A constant miracle. 7 Yet they provoked the Lord most high, And dared distrust his hand ; " Can he with bread our hosts supply « Amidst this desert land ln U6 PSALM LXXVIII. 8 The Lord with indignation heard, And caused his wrath to flame ; His terrours ever stand prepared To vindicate his name. PSALM LXXVIII. 3d part. C. M. ( « ) The Punishment of Luxury and Intemperance ; or, Chas. tisement and Salvation. : "O^THEN Israel sins, the Lord reproves, V » And fills their hearts with dread ; Yet he forgives the men he loves, And sends them heavenly bread. 2 He fed them with a liberal hand, And made his treasures known ; He gave the midnight clouds command To pour provision down. 3 The manna, like a morning shower, Lay thick around their feet ; The corn of heaven, so light, so pure, As though 'twere angels' meat, 4 But they in murmuring language said, " Manna is all our least, " We loathe this light, this airy bread ; " We must have flesh to taste." 5 « Ye shall have flesh to please your lust," The Lord, in wrath, replied ; And sent them quails, like sand or dust, Ileap'd up from side to side. 6 He gave them all their own desire ; And greedy as they fed, His vengeance burn'd with secret fire, And smote the rebels dead. 7 When some were slain, the rest return'd, And sought the Lord with tears ; Under the rod they fear'd and mourn'd, But soon forgot their fears. S Oft he chastised, and still forgave, ^ Till, by his gracious hand, The nation, he resolved to save, Possess'd the promised land. PSALM LXXVI11, LXXX. 1 57 PSALM LXXV1II. L. M. ( b ) Ver. 32, Sec. Backsliding and Forgiveness ; or, Sin Pun- ished, and Xaints saved. RE AT God, how oft did Israel prove By turns thy anger and thy love X There, in a glass, our hearts may see How fickle and how false they be. <2 How soon the faithless Jews forgot The dreadful wonders God had wrought I Then they provoke him to his face, Nor fear his power, nor trust his grace. 3 The Lord consumed their years in pain, And made their travels long and vain ; A tedious march through unknown ways, Wore out their strength, and spent their days. 4. Oft when they saw their brethren slain, They mourn 'd, and sought the Lord again ; Call'd him the Rock of their abode, Their high Redeemer, and their God. 5 Their prayers and vows before him rise> As flattering words, or solemn lies ; While their rebellious tempers prove False to his covenant and his love. 6 Yet did his sovereign grace forgive The men, who ne'er deserved to live ; His anger oft away he turn'd, Or else, with gentle flame it burn'd. 7 He saw their flesh was weak and frail, He saw temptations still prevail ; The God of Abraham loved them still, And led them to his holy hill. PSALM LXXX. L. M. ( fc ) The Church's Prayer under JJfliction 3 or, the Vineyard oj God wasted* 1 (T* RE AT ShepheTd of thine Israel, ^"" Who dos^^between the cherubs dwell. Who led the tribes, thy chosen sheep, Safe through the desert and the deeps O PSALM LXXX. 2 Thy church is in the desert now, Shine from on high, and guide us through ; Turn us to thee, thy love restore ; We shall be saved, and sigh no more. 3 Great God, whom heavenly hosts obey, How long shall we lament and pray, And wait in vain thy kind return ? How long shall thy fierce anger burn ? 4 Instead of wine, and cheerful bread, Thy saints with their own tears are fed : Turn us to thee, thy love restore ; We shall be saved, and sigh no more. PAUSE I. 0 Hast thou not planted with thy hands A lovely vine, in heathen lands? Did not thy power defend it round, And heavenly dews enrich the ground ? 6 How did the spreading branches shoot, And bless'd the nations with ttieir fruit I But now, dear Lord, look down and see Thy mourning vine, that lovely tree. 7 Why is its beauty thus defaced ? Why hast thou laid her fences waste ? Strangers and foes against her join, And every beast devours the vine. 8 Return, Almighty God, return ; Nor let thy bleeding vineyard mourn I Turn us to thee, thy love restore ; We shall be saved, and sigh no more. PAUSE H. 9 Lord, when this vine in Canaan grew, Thou wast its strength, and glory too ; Attack'd in vain by all its foes, Till the fair Branch of Promise rose- 10 Fair Branch, ordain'd of old to shoot From David's stock, from Jacob's root ; Himself a noble vine, and we The lesser branches of the tree. 1 1 'Tis thy own Son ! and he shall stand, Girt with thy strength, at thy right hand ; PSALM LXXXI, LXXXII. 155 ^^— ■ — — ■ ^ ^ j ^^ Thy first-born Son, adorn'd and blest With power and grace above the rest. 12 Oh ! for his sake, attend our cry ; Shine on thy churches, lest thy die : Turn us to thee, thy love restore ; We shall be saved, and sigh no more. PSALM LXXXL S. M. ( % ) Ver. 1, S — -16. The Warnings of God to his People ; oi> Spiritual Blessings and Punishments. 1 OING to the Lord aloud, ^ And make a cheerful noise ; God is our strength, our Saviour God, Let Israel hear his voice. 2 "From vile idolatry " Preserve my worship clean ; "I am the Lord, who set thee free " From slavery and sin. 3 " Stretch thy desires abroad, " And I'll supply them well : " But if ye will refuse your G64 PSALM LXXXV. O, happy men, who pay Their constant service there ! They praise thee still ; And happy they- Who love the way To Zion's hill ! They go from strength to strength, Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heaven appears : O glorious seat ! When God, our Kingj Shall thither bring Our willing feet ! PAUSE, To spend one sacred day Where God and saints abider Affords divider joy Than thousand days beside : Where God resorts, I love it more To keep the door, Than shine in courts. God is our sun and shield^ Our light and our defence ; WTith gifts his hands are fiil'd, We draw our blessings thence : He shall bestow On Jacob's race Peculiar grace And glory too. The Lord his people loves ; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves5 From pure and pious souls : Thrice happy he, O God of Hosts, Whose spirit trusts Alone in thee \ PSALM LXXXV. 1st Part. L. M. ( * ) Ver. 1 — 3. Waiting for an Answer to Prayer \ ort De- liverance begun and co?nfileted. 1 TT ORD, thou hast call'd thy grace to mind ; ■" Thou hast reversed our heavy doom : So God foigave when Israel sinn'd, And brought his wandering captives home. 2 Thou hast begun to set us free, And made thy fiercest wrath abate ; Now let our hearts be turn'd to thee^ And thy salvation p$ complete , PSALM LXXXV, LXXXVf. &6* Revive our dying graces, Lord, And let thy saints in thee rejoice ; Make known thy truth, fulfil thy word ; We wait for praise to tune pur voice. We wait to hear what God will say ; He'il speak and give his people peace : But let them run no more astray, Lest his returning wrath increase. PSALM LXXXV. 2d part. L. M. { # Ver. 9, &c- Salvation by Chris r. i QALVATION is forever nigh *3 To souls, who fear and trust the Lord J And grace, descending from on high, Fresh hopes of glory shall afford. 2 Mercy and truth on earth are met, Since Christ, the Lord, came down from heav*fr« By his obedience, so complete, Justice is pleased, and peace is given. $ Now truth and honour shall abound, Religion dwell on earth again7 And heavenly influence bless the ground'? In our Redeemer's gentle reign. 4 His righteousness is gone before, To give us free access to God : Our wandering feet shall stray no more, But mark his steps, and keep the road. PSALM LXXXVI. C. M. ( & Ver. 8 13. A general Song- of Praise to God* > k MONO the princes, earthly gods, -£»• There's none hath power divine ; Nor is their nature, mighty Lord, Nor are their works like thine. 2 The nations thou hast made shall bring Their offerings round thy throne ; For thou alone dost woftde'rous things. For thou art God alone. 3 Lord, I would walk with holy feel ; Teach ma thy heavenly Ways, J66 PSALM LXXXVII, LXXXIX. And my poor scattered thoughts unite In God, my Father's praise. 4 Great is thy mercy, and my tongue Shall those sweet wonders tell, How by thy grace my sinking soul Rose from the deeps of hell. -*»2 PSALM LXXXVII. L. M. ( * ) The Church the Birth-place of the Saints ; or> Jeive and Gentiles united in the Christian Church, 1 (GrOD in his earthly temPle lays ^* Foundations for his heavenly praise : He likes the tents of Jacob well, But still in Zion loves to dwell. 2 His mercy visits every house That pay their night and morning vows ; But makes a more delightful stay Where churches meet to praise and pray. 3 What glories were described of old ! What wonders are of Zion told ! Thou city of our God below, Thy fame shall Tyre and Egypt know. 4 Egypt and Tyre, and Greek and Jew, Shall there begin their lives anew : Angels and men shall join to sing The hill where living waters spring. 5 When God makes up his last account Of natives in his holy mount, 'Twill be an honour to appear As one new-born, or nourish'd there ! PSALM LXXXIX. 1st Part. L. M. ( % ) The Covenant made with Christ ; or, the true Pavid. FOREVER shall my song record The truth and mercy of the Lord ; Mercy and truth forever stand, Like heaven, estabJish'd by his hand. 2 Thus to his Son he sware, and said, " With thee my covenant first is made ; PSALM LXXXIX. m ** In thee shall dying sinners live ; " Glory and grace are thine to give. S " Be thou my Prophet, thou my Priest ; " Thy children shall be ever blest ; " Thou art my chosen King ; thy throne " Shall stand eternal, like my own. 4 " There's none of ail my sons above " So much my image or my love ; " Celestial powers thy subjects are : " Then what can earth to thee compare ? 5 "*David, my servant, whom I chose, " To guard my flock, to crush my foes, " And raised him to the Jewish throne, " Was but a shadow of my Son." 4L Nov/ let the church rejoice and sing Jesus, her Saviour and her King ; Angels his heavenly wonders show, And saints declare his works below. PSALM LXXXIX. ist part. C. M. { » ) The Faithfulness of God. | lVirY never-ceasing songs shall show lvJL Tne mercies of the Lord ; And make succeeding ages know, How faithful is his word. 2 The sacred jtruths, his lips pronounce. Shall firm as heaven endure ; And if he speak a promise once, Th' eternal grace is sure. s5 How long the race of David held The promised Jewish throne ! But there's a nobler covenant seal'd To David's greater Son. 4 His seed forever shall possess A throne above the skies ; The meanest subject of his grace Shall to that glory rise. $ Lord God of Hosts, thy wonderous ways Are sung by saints above ; And saints on earth their honours raise To thy unchanging love. m« PSALM LXXXIX. PSALM LXXXIX. 2d tart. C. M. ( b ) Ver. 7, r:c. The Power and MqjtBty of God ; or, Reverential Worship * "W1 '^ reverence let the saints appear, * v And bow before the Lord ; His high commands with reverence hear, And tremble at his word. 0 How terrible thy glories be \ How bright thy armies shine ! Where is the power that vies with thee ' Or truth compared with thine ? S The northern pole and southern rest On thy supporting hand ; Darkness and day from east to west Move round at thy command. 1- Thy words the raging winds control, And rule the boisterous deep ; Thou makest the sleeping billows roll, The rolling billows sleep. ; Heaven, earth, and air, and sea are thine, And the dark world of hell : How did thine arm in vengeance shine, When Egypt durst rebel ! ■£ Justice and judgment are thy throne, Yet wonderous is thy grace ; WTh:let;uth and mercy, join'd in one, Invite us near thy face. PSALM LXXXIX. 3d Part. C. IvI. ( Ver. 15, fee. A blessed Gospel. 1 TOLEST are the souls, who hear and know ** The gospel's joyful sound ; Peace shall attend the paths they go, And light their steps around. 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, Through their Redeemer's name; His righteousness exalts their hope, Nor Satan dares condemn, o The Lord, our glory and defence, Strength and salvation gives : Israel, thy King, forever reigns, Thy God forever lives. PSALM LXXXIX. 16* PSALM LXXXIX. 4th Part. C. M. ( * ) Ver. 19, &c, Christ's mediatorial Kingdom j or> his Di* vine and Human A'ature, 1 TLJTEAR what the Lord in vision said, •**■•"• And made his m rcy known : " Sinners, behold your help is laid, " On my Almighty Son. 2 » Behold the man my wisdom chose " Among your mortal race ; "His head my holy oil o'erflows, " The Spirit of my grace. 3 " High shall he reign on David's throne, " My people's better King ; "My arm shall beat his rivals down, " And still new subjects bring. 4 « My truth shall guard him in his way, « With mercy by his side, " While in my name, through earth and sea, " He shall in triumph ride. $ « Me for his Father and his God " He shall forever own, « Call me his rock, his high abode, " And I'll support my Son. 6 « My first-born Son, array'd in grace, " At my right hand shall sit ; " Beneath him angels know their place, " And monarchs at his feet. $ "My covenant stands forever fast; " My promises are strong ; <* Firm as the heavens his throne shall last, " His seed endure as long." PSALM LXXXIX. 5th Part. CM. ( & ) Ver. 30, 8cc. The Covenant of Grace unchangeable $ «r3 Afflictions without Rejection. \ " "^ET, saith the Lord, if David's race, -"• " The children of my Son, " Should break my laws, abuse rny grace, n And tempt my anger down ^ P !fO PSALM LXXXIX. 2 "Their sins I'll visit with the rod, " And make their folly smart ; « But I'll not cease to be their God, « Nor from my truth depart. 3 " My covenant I will ne'er revoke, " But keep my grace in mind ; « And what eternal love hath spoke, " Eternal truth shall bind. 4 " Once have I sworn, ( I need no more ) « And pledged my holiness, «' To seal the sacred promise sure " To David and his race. 5 " The sun shall see his offspring rise, " And spread from sea to sea, "Long as he travels round the skies, " To give the nations day. 6 " Sure as the moon, that rules the night, " His kingdom shall endure, ft Till the fix'd laws of shade and light " Shall be observed no more." PSALM LXXXIX. 2d Part. L. M. ( b ) Ver. 47, &c. Mortality and Uofie. A Funeral Psalm. 1 ID EMEMBER, Lord, our mortal state ; £& How frail our life ! how short the date ! Where is the man, who draws his breath Safe from disease, secure from death ? 2 Lord, while we see whole nations die, Our flesh and sense repine and cry, « Must death forever rage and reign ? " Or hast thou made mankind in vain '? $ " Where is thy promise to the just ? «« Are not thy servants turn'd to dust r" But faith forbids these mournful sighs, And sees the sleeping dust arise. 4 That glorious hour, that dreadful day, Wipes the reproach of saints away, And clears the honour of thy word : Awake, our souls, and bless the Lord; PSALM LXXXIX, XC. 171 PSALM LXXXIX. L. P. M. ( b) Ver. 47, Sec. -Life) Death, and the Resurrection. THINK, mighty God, on feeble man, How few his hours ! how short his span J Short from the cradle to the grave ! Who can secure his vital breath Against the bold demands of death, With skill to fly, or power to save ? Lord, shall it be forever said, ** The race of man was only made " For sickness, sorrow, and the dust frt Are not thy servants day by day Sent to their graves and turn'd to clay ? Lord, where's thy kindness to the just I Hast thou not promised to thy Son And all his seed a heavenly crown ? But flesh and sense indulge despair } Forever blessed be the Lord, That iaith can read his holy word, And find a resurrection there. For ever blessed be the Lord, Who gives his saints a long reward, For all their toil, reproach and pain $ Let all below, and all above Join to proclaim thy wonderous love, And each repeat a loud Amen. PSALM XC. L. M. ( b ) Man Mortal, and God Eternal. A mournful Song at a Funeral. \ FipHROUGH every age, eternal God, * Thou art our rest, our §^ie abode ; High was thy throne ere heaven was made, Or earth, thy humble footstool, laid. 3 Long hadst thou reign'd ere time began^ Or dust was fashion'd into man ; And long thy kingdom shall endure When earth and time shall be no more*. S But man, weak man, is born to die, Made up of guilt and vanity ; 172 PSALM XC. Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just,— " Return, ye sinners, to your dust I" 4 (A thousand of our years amount Scarce to a day in thy account; Like yesterday's departed light, Or the last watch of ending night) PAUSE, 5 Death, like an over-flowing stream, Sweeps us away ; our life's a dream ; An empty tale ; a morning flower- Cut down and wither' d in an hour. 6 ( Our age to seventy years is set ; How short the term ! how frail the stat* And if to eight/ we arrive, We rather sigh and groan, than live. 7 But O I how oft thy wrath appears, And cuts off our expected years ! Thy wrath awakes our humble dread ; We fear the power that strikes us dead. 8 Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man, And kindly lengthen out our spanv 'Till a wise care of piety Fit us to die, and dwell with thee. PSALM XC. 1st Part. C. M. [ fe I Ver. I — 5. Man Frail) and God Eternah ,UR God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home : 2 Under the shadow of thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt secure ; Sufficient is thy arm alone, And our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. <$ Thy word commands our flesh to dust, V Return ye sons of men ;" PSALM X€. • 173 All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. A thousand ages in thy sight Are, like an evening, gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. (The busy tribes of flesh and bloody With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards by the floodj And lost in following years. Time, like an ever-rolling stream. Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light ; The flowers beneath the mower's hand. Lie withering ere 'tis night.) Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come ; Be thou our guard while troubles last* And our eternal home. JPSALM XC. 2d Part. C. M. ( b } Ver. 8, II, 9, 10, 12. Infirmities and Mortality, the Ef> feet of Sin ;. or, Life, Old Age, and Preparation for Death 1 "|T ORD, if thine eyes survey our faults, -*-A And justice grows severe, Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts^ And burns beyond our fear. •2 Thine anger turns our frame to dust : By one offence to thee ; Adam, with all his sons, have lost Their immortality. 0 Life, like a vain amusement, flies, A fable or a song \ By swift degrees our nature die% Nor can our joys be long. 4 'Tis but a few, whose days amount Tq three scxjre years and ten 3 PS 174 PSALM XC. And all beyond that short account Is sorrow, toil, and pain. ( Our vitals with laborious strife Bear up the crazy load, And drag those poor remains of life Along the tiresome road.) Almighty God, reveal thy love, And not thy wrath alone ; O, let our sweet experience prove The mercies of thy throne. Our souls would learn the heavenly art T' improve the hours we have, That we may act the wiser part ; And live beyond the grave. PSALM XC. 3d Part. C. M. ( b ) Ver. 13, Sec. Breathing after Heaven, * 10) ETUliN, O God of love, return ; It^ Earth is a tiresome place ; How long shall we, thy children, mourn Our absence from thy face ? 2 Let heaven succeed our painful years> Let sin and sorrow cease ; And in proportion to our tears, So make our joys increase. 3 Thy wonders to thy servants show, Make thy own work complete ; Then shall our souls thy glory know, And own thy love is great. 4 Then shall we shine before thy throne In all thy beauty, Lord ; And the poor service we have done Meet a divine reward. PSALM XC. S. M. ( b ) Ver. 5, 10, 12. The Frailty and Shortness of Life. For a Funeral. LORD, what a feeble piece Is this, our mortal frame ! Our life, how poor a trifle Ms, That scarce deserves the name I PSALM XCI. 175 Alas I the brittle clay, That built our bodies first ! And every month and every clay They're mouldering back to dust* Our moments fly apace. Nor will our minutes stay ; Just like a flood our hasty days Are sweeping us away. Well, if our days must fly, We'll keep their end in sight ; We'll spend them all in wisdom's way, And let them speed their flight. They'll waft us sooner o'er This life's tempestuous sea : Soon we shall reach the peaceful shore Of blest eternity. PSALM XCI. L. M. ( * ) Ver. 1—7. Safety in Public Diseases and Dangers ^ 1 TPfE, who hath made his refuge, God, *"* Shall find a most secure abode ; Shall walk all day beneath his shade, And there at night shall rest his head. 2 Then will I say, " My God, thy power " Shall be my fortress and my tower : « I, who am form'd of feeble dust, " Make thy Almighty Arm my trust/' 3 Thrice happy man ! thy Maker's care Shall keep thee from the fowler's snare : Satan, the fowler, who betrays Unguarded souls a thousand ways. 4 Just as a hen protects her brood, ( From birds of prey that seek their blood,) Under her feathers, so the I ord Makes his own arm his peoples' guard. 5 If burning beams of noon conspire To dart a pestilential fire, God is their life, his wings are spread To shield them with a healthful shade. 176 PSALM XCI. 6 If vapours with malignaOt breath Rise thick, and scatter midnight death, Israel is sate : the poison'd air Grows pure, if Israel's God be there. PAUSE. 7 What though a thousand at thy side, At tny right hand ten tiiousands died I Thy God h,s chosen people saves, Among the dead, amidst the graves* $ So when he sent his angel down, To make his wrath in Egypt known, And slew their sons, his careful eye Pass'd all the doors or Jacob by. 9 But if the fire, or plague, or sword, Receive commission from the Lord, To strike his saints among the rest, Their very pains and deaths are blest. 10 The sword, the pestilence or fire, Shall but fulfil their best desiie ; From sins and sorrows set them free, And bring thy children, Lord, to thee. PSALM XCI. C. M. ( * ) Ver. 9 — 16. Protection from Death, Guard of Angels$ Victory and Deliverance* E sons of men, a feeble race, Exposed to every snare, Come, make the Lord your dwelling place, And try, and trust his care. 3 No ill shall enter where you dwell j Or if the plague come nigh, And sweep the wicked down to hell,. 'Twill raise his saints on high. 3 He'll give his angels charge to keep Your feet in all your ways ; To watch your pillow while you sleep, And guard your happy days. 4 Their hands shall bear you, lest you fall. And dash against the stones ; Are they not servants at his call, And sent t' attend his sons I PSALM XC1I. 177 Adders and lions ye shall tread ; The tempter's wiles defeat ; He, who hath broke the serpent's head> Puts him beneath your feet. " Because on me they set their love, " 1*11 save them, saith the Lord, " I'll bear their joyful souls above " Destruction, and the sword. " My grace shall answer when they call i " In trouble I'll be nigh ; " My power shall help them when they fall, " And raise them when they die. " Those who on earth my name have known* " I'll honour them in heaven : "There my salvation shall be shown* * And endless life be given." PSALM XCII. 1st Part. L. M. ( & > A Psalm for the Lord's Day. 1 OWEET is the work, my God, my King, ^ To praise thy name give thanks and sing » To show thy love by morning light. And talk of all thy truth at niglu. 2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest, No mortal care shall seize my breast : O may my heart in tune be found, Like David's harp of solemn sound. 3 My heart shall triumph in my Lord, And bless his works, and bless his word : Thy works of grace how bright they shine I How deep thy counsels ! how divine ! 4 Fools never raise their thoughts so high ; Like brutes they live, like brutes they die Like grass they flourish, till thy breath Blast them in everlasting death. 5 But I shall share a glorious part, When grace hath well refined my heart, And fresh supplies of joy are shed, Like holy oil to cheer my head. 6 Sin, my worst enemy before, Shall vex my eyes and ears no more ; 178 PSALM XCII, XCIII. My inward foes shall all be slain, Nor Satan break my peace again. 7 Then shall I see, and hear, and know All I desired or wish'd below ; And every power find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy. PSALM XCII. 2d Part. L. M. ( * ) Yer. 12, Sec The Church is (he Garden of Gqq* 1 "IT ORD, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand -"-^ In gardens planted by thy hand ; Let me within thy courts be seen, Like a young cedar, fresh and green, 2 There grow thy saints in faith and love, Bless'd with thy influence from above j Not Lebanon, with all its trees, Yields such a comely sight as these. 3 The plants of grace shall ever live ; Nature decays, but grace must thrive : Time, that doth all things else impair, Still makes them flourish strong and fair. 4 Laden with fruits of age, they shew The Lord is holy, just and true : None, who attend his gates, shall find A God, unfaithful or unkind. PSALM XCIII. L. M. ( & ) The Eternal and Sovereign God, 1 TTEHOVAH reigns ; he dwells in light, •J Girded wilh majesty and might : The world, created by his hands, Still on its first foundation stands. 2- But ere this spacious world was made> Or had its first foundation laid, Thy throne eternal ages stood, Thyself the ever living God. 3 Like floods the angry nations rise, And aim their rage against the skies ; Vain floods, that aim their rage so high t At thy rebuke the billows die. PSALM XCIIT. 179 Forever shall thy throne endure ; Thy promise stands forever sure ; And everlasting holiness Becomes the dwellings of thy grace, PSALM XCIII. P. M. 10s and lis. [ & ] THE Lord of Glory reigns, he reigns on high : His robes of state are strength and majesty : This wide creation rose at his command, Built by his word and 'stablished by his hand : Long stood his throne ere he began creation, And his own Godhead is the firm foundation. God is th' eternal King : thy foes in vain Pvaise their rebellions to confound thy reign : In vain the storms, in vain the floods arise, And roar, and loss their waves against the skies : Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild commotion, But heaven's high arches scorn the swelling ocean/ Ye tempests, rage no more ; ye floods, be still ; And the mad world submissive to his will : Built on his truth, his church must ever stand ; Firm are his promises, and strong his hand . See his own sons, when they appear before him, Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him. PSALM XCIII. S. P. M. 4 6s Sc 2 8s. [ % % FIPHE Lord, Jehovah, reigns, ■"■ And royal state maintains, His head with awful glories crown'd ; Array'd in robes of light, Begirt with sovereign might, And rays of majetsy around. Upheld by thy commands, The world securely stands ; And skies and stars obey thy word «: Thy throne was fix'd on high Before" the starry sky ; Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord. In vain the noisy crowd, Like billows fierce and loud, Against thy empire rage and roars In vain, with angry spite, 130 PSALM XCIV. 1'he surly nations fight, And dash, like waves, against the shore. 4 Let floods and nations rage, And all their powers engage : Let swelling tides assault the sky ; The terrours of thy frown Shall beat their madness down ; Thy throne forever stands on high. 5 Thy promises are true, Thy grace is ever new ; There fix'd, thy church shall ne'er remove : Thy saints with holy fear Shall in thy courts appear, And sing thy everlasting love. gCT* Refieat the fourth stanza, if necessary. PSALM XCIV. 1st Part. CM, [ fc> 1 Ver, 1, 2, 7 14. Sabits chastised, and Sinners destroyed; or, instructive Afflictions, 1 rx GOD, to whom revenge belongs, v Proclaim thy wrath aloud ; Let sovereign power redress our wrongs, Let justice smite the proud. 2 They say, " The Lord nor sees, nor hears ;" When will the fools be wise ! Can he be deaf, who form'd their ears ? Or blind, who made their eyes ? S He knows their impious thoughts are vain, And they shall feel his power ; His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain> In some surprising hour. 4 But if thy saints deserve rebuke, Thou nast a gentler rod ; Thy providences and thy book Shall make them know their God. 5 Blest is the man thy hands chastise, And to his duty draw : Thy scourges make thy children wise, When they forget thy law. 6 But God will ne'er cast off his saints* Nor his own promise break ; He pardons his inheritance, For *keir Redeemer's sake. PSALM XCIV, XCV. 181 PSALM XCIV. 2d Part. CM ( fc, ) Ver. 16 — 23. God, our Sufi/iort and Comfort ; or, Deliv- erance from Temfitation and Persecution* 1 MTHO will arise and plead my right ™* Against my numerous foes? While earth and hell their force unite, And all my hopes oppose. 2 Had not the Lord, my rock, my help, Sustain'd my fainting head, My life had now in silence dwelt, My soul among the dead. "3 " Alas, my sliding feet ! " I cried ; Thy promise was my prop : Thy grace stood constant by my side ; Thy spirit bore me up. 4 While multitudes of mournful thoughts Within my bosom roll, Thy boundless love forgives my faults* Thy comforts cneer my soul. 5 Powers cf iniquity may rise, And frame pernicious laws ; But God, my refuge, rules the skies, He will defend my cause. 6 Let malice vent her rage aloud ; Lefbold blasphemers scoff ; The Lord, our God, shall judge the proud, And cut the sinners off. PSALM XCV. C. M. A Psalm before Prayer. a OING to the Lord Jehovah's name, *-* And in his strength rejojr.e ; When his salvation is our theme, Exalted be our voice, fr With thanks approach his awful sight, And psalms of honour sing ; The Lord's a God of boundless might. The whole creation's King. 3 Let pr'nces hear, let angels know, How mean their natures seenr, Q (*) 132 PSALM XCV. Those gods on high, and gods below, When once compared with him. 4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, Lies in his spacious hand ; He fix'd the seas what bounds to keep, And where the hills must stand. 5 Come, and with humble souls adore, Come, kneel before his face ; O, may the creatures of his power Be children of his grace. 6 Now is the time he bends his ear, And waits for your request ; Come, lest he rouse his wrath, and swear, " Ye shall not see my rest." PSALM XCV. S. M. ( * ) A Psalm before Sermons 1 |p*OME sound his praise abroad, ^ And hymns of glory sing ; -Jehovah is the sovereign God, The universal King. 2 He form'd the deeps unknown ; He gave the seas their bound ; The watery worlds are all his own, And all the solid ground. 3 Come, worship at his throne, Come, bow before the Lord : We are his works, and not our own, He form'd us by his word. 4 To-day attend his voice, Nor dare provoke his rod ; Come, like the people of his choice, And own your gracious God. 5 But if your ears refuse The language of his grace, And hearts grow hard, like stubborn Jew4, That unbelieving race ; 0 The Lord, in vengeance dress'd, Will lift his hand and swear, *< You, who despise my promised rest, "Shall have no portion there Vs PSALM XCV, XCVI. 1&3 PSALM XCV. L. M. ( % ) Ver. 1, 2, 3, 6 — 11. Canaan lost through Unbelief; or* a Warnmg to delaying Sinners. 1 /pOME, let our voices join to raise ^■^ A sacred song of solemn praise : God is a sovereign King, rehearse His honours in exalted verse. 2 Come, let our souls address the Lord, Who framed our natures with his word i He is our shepherd ; we the sheep, His mercy chuse, his pastures keep. 3 Come, let us hear his voice to-day, The counsels of his love obey ; Nor let our harden'd hearts renew The. sins and plagues that Israel knew. 4 Israel, who saw his works of grace, Tempted their Maker to his face ; A faithless, unbelieving brood ! Who tired the patience of their God. 5 Thus saith the Lord, " How false they prove 4 " Forget my power ; abuse my love ! " Since they despise my rest, I swear, " Their feet shall never enter there." 6 ( Look back, my soul, with holy dread, And view those ancient rebels dead ; Attend the offer'd grace to-day, Nor lose the blessing by delay.) 7 Seize the kind promise while it waitsr And march to Zion's heavenly gates z Believe, and take the promised rest ; Obey, and be forever bless'd. PSALM XCVI. CM. ( * ) Ver. I, 10, &c. Christ's First and Second coming, SING to the Lord, ye distant lands, Ye tribes of every tongue : His new-discover'd grace demands A new and nobler song. Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, God's own almighty Son ; J84 PSALM XCVI, His power the sinking world sustains, And grace surrounds his throne. 3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day, Joy through the earth be seen ; Let cities shine in bright array, And fields in cheerful green. 4 Let an unusual joy surprise The islands of the sea : Ye mountains sink, ye vallies rise, Prepare the Lord his way. 5 Behold, he comes 1 he comes to bless The nations, as their God ; To show the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad* 6 But when his voice shall raise the dead, And bid the world draw near, How will the guilty nations dread To see their Judge appear J PSALM XCVI, L. P. M. ( % ) The God of the Gentiles. 1- "IT ET all the earth their voices raise, -»-^ To sing the choicest psaim of praise} To sing and bless Jehovah's name : His glory let the heathens know, His wonders to the nations show, And all his saving works proclaim, 2 The heathens know thy glory, Lord ; The wondering nations read thy word ; Among us is Jehovah known : Our worship shall no more ba paid To gods, which mortal hands have made ; Our Maker is our God alone. 3 He framed the p:lobe, he built the sky ; He mude the sinning worlds on high, And reigns complete in glory there '. His beams are majesty and light ; His beauties, how divinely bright ! His temple, iiow divinely fair 1 PSALM XCVIL 185 4 Come, the great day, the glorious hour, When earth shall feel his saving power, And barbarous nations fear his name : Then shall the race of man confess The beauty of his holiness, And in his courts his grace proclaim. PSALM XCV1I. 1st Part. L. M. ( % ) Ver. 1 — 5. Chris f reigning in Heaven, and coming to Judgment. 1 "O E reigns ! the Lord, the Saviour reigns \ ^•^ Praise him in evangelic strains ; . Let the whole earth in songs rejoice, And distant islands join their voice. 2 Deep are his counsels and unknown ; But grace and truth support his throne : Though gloomy clouds his way surround> Justice is their eternal ground. 3 In robes of judgment, lo, he comes ! Shakes the wide earth and cleaves the tombs j Before him burns devouring fire, The mountains melt, the seas retire. 4 His enemies, with sore dismay, Fly from the sight, and shun the day ; Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high, And sing, for your redemption's nigh! PSALM XCVII. 2d Part. L. M. ( Ver. 6 — 9. Chujs^s Incarnation. 1 PipHE Lord is come, the heavens proclaim JL His birth ; the nations learn his name i An unknown star directs the road Of eastern sages to their God. 2 All ye bright armies of the skies, Go, worship where the Saviour lies ! • Angels and kings before him bow, Those gods on high, and gods below. 3 Let idols totter to the ground, And their own worshippers confound i But Judah shout, but Zion sing, And earth cqnfess her sovereign Kin^, Q3 1S6 PSALM XCVII. PSALM XCVII. 3d Part. L. M. ( % ) Grace and Glory. 1 TpH' Almighty reigns, exalted high, «*- O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky ; Though clouds and darkness veil his feet, His dwelling is the mercy-seat. 2 O ye, who love his holy name, Hate every work of sin and shame ; He guards the souls of all bis friends. And from the snares of hell defends. $ Immortal light, and joys unknown, Are for the saints in darkness sown ; Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise. And the bright harvest biess our eyes. 4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record The sacred honours of the Lord ; None but the soul, who feels his grace, Can triumph in his holiness. PSALM XCVII. C. M. ( Ver. 1, 3, 5—7, 11. CnRisr*8 Incarnation, and the last Judgment, \ ^\7"E islands of the northern sea, J*- Rejoice, the Saviour reigns ; His word, like fire, prepares his way, And mountains melt to plains. 2 His presence sinks the proudest hUIs. And makes the vallies rise ; The humble soui enjoys his smiles, The haughty sinner dies. 3 The heavens his rightful power proclaim j The idol gods around Fill their own worshippers with shame, And totter to the ground. 4 Adoring angels, at his birth, Make the Redeemer known ; Thus shall he come to judge the earth., And angels guard his throne. 5 His foes shall tremble at the sight* And hills and seas retire ; PSALM XCVIII. 187 His children take their unknown flight, And leave the world on fire. The seeds of joy and glory sown For saints in durkiwss here, Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown, And a rich harvest bear. FSALM XCVIII. 1st part. CM. ( 3S ) Praise for the Gosfiel. 1 PTpO our Almighty Maker, God, ■"■ New honours be address'd ; His great salvation shines abroad. And makes the nations bless'd, 2 He spake the word to Abraham first, His truth fulfils the grace ; The Gentiles make his name their trust, And learn his righteousness. 3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim With ail her different tongues ; And spread the honours of his name In melody and songs. PSALM XCVIII. 2d part. C. M. ( % ) The Messiah's Cuming and Kingdtm, OY to the world ! the Lord is come ! Let earth receive her King : Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. Joy to the earth ! the Saviour reigns I Let men their songs employ ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground ; He comes to make his blessings flow, ■ Far as the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glory of his righteousness. And WQutfers of his love. rss PSALM XCIX. PSALM XCIX. 1st Part. S. M, ( « ) Christ's Kingdom and Majesty* THE. God, Jehovah, reigns, Let all the nations fear ; Let sinners tremble at his throne. And saints be humble there. Jesus, the Saviour, reigns 1 Let earth adore its Lord*; Bright cherubs his attendants standi Swift to fulfil his word* In Zion is his throne, His honours are divine : His church shall make his wonders known, For there his glories shine. How holy is his name ! How terrible his praise 1 Justice, and truth, and judgment join In all his works of grace. PSALM XCIX. 2d Part. S. M. [ A holy God worshipped with Reverence* EXALT the Lord, our God, And worship at his feet : His nature is all holiness, And mercy is his seat. When Israel was his church, When Aaron was his priest, When Moses cried, when Samuel pray'd, He gave his people rest. Oft he forgave their sins, Nor would destroy their race, And oft he made his vengeance known, When they abused his grace. Exalt the Lord, our God, Whose grace is still the same ; Still he's a God of holiness, And jealous for his name? fsalm c. is „ , * PSALM C. 1st Part. L. M. ( 3 A plain Translation. Praise to our CxEAfaS. 1 "^E nations round the earth rejoice •**• Before the Lord, your sovereign King ; Serve him with cheerful heart and voice, With all your tongues his glory sing. 2 The Lord is God ; 'tis he alone Doth life and breath and being give ; We are his work, and not our own ; The sheep that on his pastures live. 3 Enter his gates with songs of joy, With praises to his courts repair, An-J make it your divine employ To pay your thanks and honours there^ 4 The Lord is good ; the Lord is kind ; Great is his grace, his mercy sure ; And the whole race of man shall find His truth from age to age endure. PSALM C. 2d Part. L. M. ( 3&) A Paraphrase. 1 QING to the Lord with joyful voice ; jP* Let every Land his name adore ; The northern isles shall send the noise Across the ocean to the shore. 2 Before Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy ! Know that the Lord is God alone : He can create, and he destroy I 5 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay and form'd us men ; And when, like wandering sheep, we stray5clt He brought us to his fold again. I We are his people, we his care, Our souls and ail our mortal frame : What lasting honours shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name ? 5 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise ; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues. Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise, 190 PSALM CI 6 Wide as the world is thy command ; Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. PSALM CI. L. M. { % ) The Magistrate's Psalm. ERCY and judgment are my song ! And since they both to thee belong, My gracious God, my righteous King, To thee my songs and vows I'll bring. 2 If I am raised to bear the sword, I'll take my counsels from thy word j Thy justice and thy heavenly grace Shall be the pattern of my ways. 3 Let wisdom all my actions guide, And let my God with me reside ; No wicked thing shall dwell with me>. Which may provoke thy jealousy. 4 No sons of slander, rage and strife, Shall be companions of my life ; The haughty look, the heart of pride) Within my doors shall ne'er abide. 5 ( I'll search the land, and raise the just To posts of honour, wealth and trust j The men, who work thy holy will, Shall be my friends and favourites still.) 6 In vain shall sinners hope to rise By flattering or malicious lies ; And while the innocent I guard, The bold offender shan't be spared. 7 The impious crew, that factious band, Shall hide their heads, or quit the land ; And all that break the public rest, Where I have power, sha*l be suppress'd. PSALM CI. C. M. [ « 3 A Psalm for the Master of a Family. ,F justice and ot grace I sing, And pay my God my vows $ psalm cn. -m Thy grace and justice, heavenly King, Teach me to rule my house. 2 Now to my tent, O God, repair, And make thy servant wise ; I'll suffer nothing with me there, That shall offend thine eyes. ;3 The man, who doth his neighbour wrong, By falsehood or by force, The scornful eye, the slanderous tongue, I'll thrust them from my doors. 4 I'll seek the faithful and the just, And will their help enjoy : These are the friends, whom I shall trust? The servants I'll employ. 5 The wretch, who deals in sly deceit, I'll not endure a night : The liar's tongue I'll ever hate, And banish from my sight. 6 I'll purge my family around, And make the wicked flee ; So shall mv house be ever found A dwelling fit for thee. PSALM CII. 1st Part. C. M. [ fc } Ver. 1 — 13, 20, 21. A Prayer of the Afflicted. 1 TTTTEAR me, O God, nor hide thy face, ■"-J*- But answer, lest I die : Hast thou not built a throne of grace, To hear when sinners cry ? 2 My days are wasted, like the smoke Dissolving in the air ; My strength is dried, my heart is broke* And sinking in despair. 3 My spirits flag, like withering grassy Burnt with excessive heat ; In secret groans my minutes pass* And I forget to eat. A> As on some lonely building's top, The sparrow tells her moan, Far from the tents of joy and hope* I sit and grieve alone. 1*2 PSALM cir. 5 My soul is like a wilderness, Where beasts of midnight howl ; Where tfce sad raven finds her place, And where the screaming owl. 6 Dark, dismal thoughts and boding fears Dwell in my troubled breast ; While sharp reproaches wound my ears, Nor give my spirit rest. 7 My cup is mingled with my woes, And tears are my repast ; My daily bread, like ashes, grows Unpleasant to my taste. t Sense can afford no real joy To souls, who feel thy frown ; Lord, 'twas thy hand advanced me high. Thy hand hath cast me dow». 9 My locks, like wither'd leaves, appear ; And life's declining light Grows faint, as evening shadows are, Which vanish into night. 10 But thou forever art the same, O, my eternal God ! Ages to come shall know thy name, And spread thy works abroad. 1 1 Thou wilt arise, and show thy face5 Nor will my Lord delay Beyond th* appointed hour of grace, That long expected day. 12 He hears his saints, he knows their cry. And by mysterious ways Redeems the prisoners doom'd to die, And fills their tongues with praise. PSALM CII. 2d Part. C. M. [ % ] Ver. 13 — 21. Prayer heard, and Zion restored* u "T ET Zion and her Sons rejoice, ■"-d Behold the promised hour ! Her God hath heard her mourning voice, And comes t* exalt his power. «2 Her dust and ruins which remain^ Are precious in our eyes ; PSALM CII. Those ruins shall be built again; And all that dust shall rise. The Lord will raise Jerusalem, And stand in glory there ; Nations shall bow before his name, And kings attend with fear. He sits, a Sovereign, on his throne, With pity in his eyes : He hears the dying prisoners groan, And sees their sighs arise. He frees the souls condemned to death. And when his saints complain, It shan't be said " that praying breath "Was ever spent in vain." This shall be known when we are dead, And left on long record, That ages yet unborn may read, And trust, and praise the Lord. PSALM CII. L. M. ( b ) Ver. 2o — 28. Man's Mortality, and Christ's Eternity or, Saints die, but Christ and the Church itee, 1 TTT is the Lord, our Saviour's hand ■"• Weakens our strength amidst the race j Disease and death at his command Arrest us and cut short our days. 2 Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray, Nor let our sun go down at noon ; Thy years are one eternal day, And must thy children die so soon ? 3 Yet, in the midst of death and grief, This thought our sorrow shall assuage ; " Our Father and our Saviour live ; " Christ is the same through every age." 4. 'Twas he this earth's foundation laid ; Heaven is the building of his hand : This earth grows old, these heavens shall fad?. And all be changed at his command. 5 The starry curtains of the sky, Like garments, shall be laid aside ; R 194 PSALM CUT. But still thy throne stands firm and high ; Thy church forever must abide. 6 Before thy face thy church shall live, " And on thy throne thy children reign ; This dying world shall they survive, And the dead saints be raised again. PSALM CHI. 1st Part. L. M. ( # ) Ver 1 — 7. Blessing God for his Goodness to Soul and Body. I "OLESS, O my soul, the living God, -^ Call home thy thoughts, which rove abroad ; Let all the powers within me join, In work and worship so divine. 2 Bless, O my soul, the God of grace ; His favours claim thy highest praise : Why should the wonders he hath wrought, Be lost in silence and forgot ? -3 5Tis he, my soul, who sent his Son To die for crimes, which thou hast done i lie owns the ransom, ?nd forgives The hourly follies of our lives. 4 The vices of the mind he heals, And cures the pains, which nature feels ; Redeems the soul from hell, and saves Our wasting life from threatening graves* 5 Our youth decay 'd his power repairs ; His mercy crowns our growing years : He satisfies our mouth with good, And fills our hopes with heavenly food. 6 He sees the oppressor and the oppress'd> And often gives the sufferers rest ; BiU will his justice more display In the last, great rewarding day. 7 ( His power he show'd by Moses' hands*- And gave to Israel his commands ; But sent his truth and mercy down To all the nations by his Son. S Let the whole earth his power confess, Let the whole earth adore his grace ; The Gentile with the Jew shall join, In work and worship so divine.) PSALM CIII. 19& PSALM CIII. 2d Patit. L. M. ( % ) Ver. 8 — 18. God's gentle Chastisement ; or, his tender Mercy to his Peojrfe. 1 PTJ1HE Lord, how wonderous are his ways ! ■»*• How firm his truth, how large his grace t He takes his mercy for his throne, And thence he makes his glories known. 2 Not half so high his power hath spread The starry heavens above our head, As his rich love exceeds our praise, Exceeds the highest hopes we raise. 3 Not half so far hath nature placed The rising morning from the wea& As his forgiving grace removes The daily guilt of those he loves. 4 How slowly doth his wrath arise I On swifter wings salvation flies : And if he lets his anger burn, How soon his frowns to pity turn ! 5 Amidst his wrath compassion shines j His strokes are lighter than our sins, And while his rod corrects his saints, His ear indulges their complaints. 6 So fathers their young sons chastise* With gentle hands and melting eyes ; The children weep beneath the smartj And move the pity of their heart. PAUSE. 7 The mighty God, the wise and just, Knows that our frame is feeble dust ; And will no l^avy loads impose Beyond the strength which he bestows, 8 He knows how soon our nature dies, Blasted by every wind which flies ; Like grass we spring, and die as soon ; Or morning flowers, which fade at noon* 9 But his eternal love is sure To all the saints, and shall endure ; From age to age his truth shall reign, Nor childrens' children hope in yam. j *6 PSALM cm. PSALM CIII. 1st Part. S. M. [ « 'J Ver. 1 7. Praise for Spiritual and Temporal MercieL 1 r\k BLESS the Lord, my soul ! ^-^ Let all within me join, And aid my tongue to bless his name; Whose favours are divine. 2 O bless the Lord, my soul I Nor let his mercies lie Forgotten in unthankfulness. And without praises die. 'Tis he forgives thy sins, 'Tis he, relieves thy pain, 'Tis he who heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee young again. 4 He crowns thy life with love, When ransom'd from the grave ; He, who redeern'd my soul from hell, Hath sovereign power to save. 5 He fills the poor with good ; He gives the sufferers rest ; The Lord hath judgments for the prouc^ And justice for the oppress'd. 6 His wonderous works and ways He made by Moses known ; But sent the world his truth and grace? By his beloved Son. PSALM CIII. 2d Part. S. M. ( * ) Ver. 8 — 18. Abounding Compassion of God ; ory Mercif. in the. midst of Judgment. 1 TVir^ sou^ rePeal n^s Praise» lvJL Whose mercies are so great ; Whose anger is so slow to r;scj So ready to abate. 2 God will not always chide ; And when his strokes are felt. His strokes are fewer than our crimec- And lighter than our guilt. 3 High as the heavens are raised Above the ground we tread., PSALM cm. iW So fat the riches of his grace Our highest thoughts exceed, His power subdues our sins, And his forgiving love, Far as the east is from the west, Doth all our guilt remove. The pity of the Lord To those who fear his name, Is such as tender parents feel ; He knows our feeble frame. He knows we are but dust, Scatter'd with every breath ; His anger, like a rising wind, Can send us swift to death. Our days are as the grass, Or, like the morning flower ; If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field- It withers in an hour. But thy compassions. Lord, To endless years endure ; And childrens' children ever find Thy words of promise sure. PSALM CIII. 3d Part. S. M. ( % ) Ver. 19—22. God's universal Dominion; or Angels firaise him 1 PTT*HE Lord, the sovereign King, •»■ Hath fix'd his throne on high ; O'er all the heavenly world he rules, And all beneath the sky. Ye angels, great in might, And swift to do his will, Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear, Whose pleasure ye fulfil. 3 Let the bright hosts who wait The orders of their King, And guard his churches when they pray, Join in the praise they sing. 4 While all his wonderous works Through his vast kingdom shew Their Maker's glory, thou, my soul; Shall sing his graces too. Re 198 PSALM CIV PSALM CIV. L. M. ( % ) 77: c G/ory q/' God tn Creation and Providence, Y soul, thy great Creator praise ; When clothed in his celestial rays, He in full majesty appears, And, like a robe, his glory wears. f Note. This psalm may be sung* to a different me- tre, by adding the two foilowing lines to every stanza, viz. Great is the Lord ; what tongue can frame An equal honour to his name ?\ 2 The heavens are for his cuitain spread ; Th' unfathom'd deep he makes iiis bed ; Clouds are his chariot, when he flies On winged- storms across the skies. o Angels, whom his own breath inspires, His ministers are flaming flies ; And swift as thought their armies move To bear his vengeance or his love. 4 The world's foundations by his hand Are poised, and shall forever stand ; He binds the ocean in his chain, Lest it should drown the earth again. 5 When earth was cover'd with the flood, Which high above the mountains stood, He thunder'd, and the ocean fted, Confined to its appointed bed. 6 The swelling billows know their bound, And in their channels walk their round ; Yet thence conveyVI by secret veins, They spring on hills and drench the plains* 7 He bids the crystal fountains flow, And cheer the vallies as they go ; Tame heifers there their thirst allay, And for the stream wild asses bray. 3 From pleasant trees, which shade the brink, The lark and linnet light to drink ; Their songs the lark and linnet raise, And chide our silence hi his praise. PAUSE I, 9 God, from his cloudy cisterns, pours On the parch'd earth enriching showers : PSALM CIV, 199. The grove, the garden, and the field, A thousand joyful blessings yield. 10 He makes the grassy food arise, And gives the cattle large supplies ; With herbs for man, of various powe/j To nourish nature, or to cure. \ 1 What noble fruit the vines produce ! The olive yields a shining juice ; Our hearts are chter'd with generous wine> With inward joy our faces shine, f-2 O bless his name, ye people, fed With nature's chief supporter, bread : While bread your vital strength imparts* Serve him with vigour in your hearts. PAUSE II, 13 Behold, the stately cedar stands, Raised in the forest by his hands ; Birds to the boughs for shelter fly, And build their nests secure on high, 14 To craggy hills ascends the goat ; And at the airy mountain's foot, The feebler creatures make their cell ; He gives them wisdom where to dwell'. 15 He sets the sun his circling race, Appoints the moon to change her face ; And when thick darkness veils the day, Calls out wild beasts to hunt their prey, 16 Fierce lions lead their young abroad, And. roaring, ask their meat from God ; But when the morning beams arise, The savage beast to covert flies. 17 Then man to daily labour goes ; The night was made for his repose : Sleep is thy gift, that sweet relief From tiresome toil, and wasting grief. 18 How strange thy works ! how great thy skill ! And every land thy riches fill : Thy wisdom round the world we see ; This spacious earth is full of thee: ;00 fSALM CIV. 19 Nor less thy glories in the deep, Where fish in millions swim and creep ; With wonderous motions, swift or slow, Still wandering in the^aths below. 20 There ships divide their watery way, And flocks of scaly monsters play -9 There dwells the huge leviathan, And foams and sports in spite of man. PAUSE III. 9 1 Vast are thy works, Almighty Lord I All nature rests upon thy word ; And the whole race of creatures stand, Waiting their portion from thy hand. 22 While each receives his different food, Their cheerful looks pronounce it good : Eagles, and bears, and whales, and worms. Rejoice and praise in different forms. 2o But when thy face is hid, they mourn, And dying, to their dust return ; Both man and beast their souls resign i Life, breath and spirit, all are thine. 24 Yet thou canst breathe on dust again, And fill the world with beasts and men j A word of thy creating breath Repairs the wastes of time and death. 35 His works, the wonders of his might, Are honoured with his own delight : How awful are his glorious ways 1 The Lord is dreadful in his praise. 26 The earth stands trembling at thy stroke, And at thy touch the mountains smoke ; Yet humble souls may see thy face, And tell their wants to sovereign grace. 27 In thee my hopes and wishes meet, And make my meditations sweet ; Thy praises shall my breath employ, Till it expire in endless joy. 28 While haughty sinners die accurss'd, Their glory buried with their dust, I to my God, mv_ heavenly King, 'ttimorud hallelujahs sing. PSALM CV.* 20k PSALM CV. Abridged. C. M. ( #")' God's conduct to Israel., and the Plagues ofEgyfiU V riT* IVE thanks to God, invoke his- name, ^JT And tell the world his grace ; Sound through the earth his deeds of fame, That all may seek his face. 2 His covenant which he kept in mind? For aunaerous ages past, To numerous ages, yet behind, In equal force shall last. 3 He sware to Abraham and his seed, And made the blessing sure ; Gentiles the ancient promise read, And find his truth endure. 4 « Thy seed shall make all nations bless'd," Said the Almighty voice, » And Canaan's land shall be their rest, « The type of heavenly joys." 5 ( How large the grant ! how rich the grace \ To give them Canaan's land, When they were strangers in the place, A little, feeble band ! 6 Like pilgrims through the countries round, Securely they removed ; And haughty kings, who on them frown'd,. Severely he reproyed* fa" Touch mine anointed, and mine arm " Shall soon revenge the wrong : " The man, who does my prophets harm, " Shall know their God is strong." 8 Then let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear : Israel must live through every age, And be th' Almighty's care,) PAUSE I. ^ When Pharaoh dared to vex the saints And thus provoked their God, Moses was sent, at their complaints, Arm'd with his dreadful rod. 10 He call'd for darkness ; darkness came Like an o'erwhelming flood ; 202 PSALM CV. He turn'd each lake and every stream To lakes and streams of blood. 1 1 He gave the sign, and noisome flies Through the whole country spread ; And frogs, in croaking armies, rise About the monarch's bed. 12 Through fields, and towns, and palaces,- The tenfold vengeance flew 1 Locusts in swarms devour'd their trees, And hail their cattle slew. 13 Then by an angel's midnight stroke, The flower of Egypt died ; The strength of every house was broke, Their glory and their pride. 14 Now let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear ; Israel must live through every age, And be th' Almighty's care. PAUSE II. 15 Thus were the tribes from bondage brought? And left the hated ground : Each some Egyptian spoils had got, And not one feeble found. i6 The Lord himself chose out their wa» And mark'd their journies right ; Gave them a leading cloud by day, A fiery guide by night. 17 They thirst ; and waters from the rock In rich abundance flow, And following still the course they took. Ran all the desart through. 18 O wonderous stream ! O blessed type Of ever-flowing grace ! So Christ, our rock, maintains our life Through ail this wilderness. 19 Thus guarded by til* Almighty hand, The chosen tribes possess'd Canaan, the rich, the promised landj And there enjoy'd their rest. PSALM CVI. 203 20 Then let the world forbear its rage, The church renounce her fear ; Israel must live through every age, And be th' Almighty's care. PSALM CVI. L. M. ( * ) Ver. 1 — 5. Praise to God ; or, Communion with Saints, 1 npO God, the great, the ever bless'd, -"*• Let songs of honour be address'd ; His mercy firm forever stands ! Give him the thanks his love demands. 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways ? Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise ? Bless'd are the souls, who fear thee still, And pay their duty to thy will. o Remember what thy mercy did For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed ; And with the same salvation fcless The meanest suppliant of thy grace. 4 O may I see thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice 4 This is my glory, Lord, to be Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee. PSALM CVI. S. M. ( % ) Ver. 7, 8, 12 — 14, 43 — 48. Israel furnished and pardon* ed ; or, God's unchangable Love.- 1 /p_OD of eternal love, ^^ How fickle are our ways ! And yet how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy of grace ! 2 They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung ; But soon thy works of power forgot, And murmur'd with their tongue. 3 Now they believe his Word, While locks with rivers flow ; Now, with their lusts provoke the Lord, And he reduced them low. 204 PSALM CVII. Yet when they mourn'd their faults, He hearken'd to their groans ; Brought his own covenant to his thoughts, And callsd them still his sons. Their names were in his book, He saved them from their foes ; Oft he chastised, but ne'er forsook The people whom he chose. Let Israel bless the Lord, Who loved their ancient race ; And christians join the solemn word. Amen, to all their praise. PSALM CVII. 1st part. L. M. ( * ) Israel led to Canaan, and Christians to Heaven, ] /T^ IVE thanks to God ; he reigns above ; \JT Kind are his thoughts, his name is love 5 His mercy, ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own. 8 Let the redeemed of the Lord The wonders of his grace record ° Israel, the nation whom he chose, And rescued from their mighty foes, 3 ( When God's almighty arm had broke Their fetters and th* Egyptian yoke, They traced the desart, wandering round A wild and solitary ground ! fi= There they could find no leading road, Nor city for a fix'd abode ; Nor food, nor fountain to assuage Their burning thirst, or hunger's rage.) 5 In their distress, to God they cried ; God was their Saviour and their guide ; He led their march far wandering round ; 'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground, •i Thus when our first release we gain From sin's old yoke, and Satan's chain7 We have this desart world to pass, A dangerous and a. tiresome place. PSALM CVII. 205 7 He feeds and clothes us all the way ; He guides our footsteps, lest we stray ; He guards us with a powerful hand, And brings us to the heavenly land. 8 O, let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord ! How great his works ! how kind his ways ! Let every tongue pronounce his praise. PSALM CVII. 2d Part. L. M. [ & J Correction for 6'i?i, and Release by Prayer. \ JCpROM age to age exalt his name ; God and his grace are still the same : He tills the hungry soul with food, And feeds the poor with every good. 2 But if their hearts rebel and rise Against the God who rules the skies ; If they reject his heavenly word, And slight the counsels of the Lord ; 3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliverer shall be found : Laden with grief, they waste their breath In darkness, and the shades of death. 4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries ; He makes the dawning light arise, And scatters all that dismal shade, W hich hung so heavy round their head. 5 He cuts the bars of brass in two, And lets the smiling prisoners through : Takes off the load of guilt and erief; And gives the labouring soul relief. 6 O, may the sons of men record lne wonderous goodness of the Lord ' How great his works ! how kind his ways • Let every tongue pronounce his praise. ' PSALM CVII. ~3d~Pa7t. ~lT M. ( * > Intemperance fiuni^l and pardoned ; Q l * J 1TrmT the Glu"™ and the Drunkard. J V5 man' °n foolish Pleasures bent, V P^pares for his own punishment : io& psalm cvir. 3E=5 What pains, what loathsome maladies From luxury and lust arise ! 2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste, Yet drowns his health to please his taste ; Till all his acting powers are lost, And fainting life draws near the dusU 3 The glutton groans, and loathes to eat, His soul abhors delicious meat ; Nature, with heavy loads oppress'd, Would yield to death, to be released. 4 Then how the frighted sinners fly To God for help, with earnest cry ! He hears their groans, prolongs their breath, And saves them from approaching death. j No med'eine could effect the cure So quick, so easy, or so sure ; The deadly sentence God repeals ; He sends his sovereign word and heals. 6 O, may the sons of men record The wonderous goodness of the Lord ! And let their thankful offerings prove How they adore their Maker's love* PSALM CVIT. 4th Part. L. M. ( X ) Deliverance from Storms and Shipwreck ; cr, the Seaman's Song. i 'KTJTOULD yon behold the works of God, * v His wonders in the world abroad, Go with the mariners, and trace The unknown regions of the seas- 2 They leave their native shores bahind, And seize the favour of the wind, Till God commands, and tempests rise, Which heave the ocean to the skies. 3 Now to the heavens they mount amain ;• Now sink to dreadful deeps again ; What strange affrights young sailors feel, And, like a staggering drunkard, reel ! 4 When land is far, and death is nigh, host to all hope, to God they cry ; PSALM CVII. 207 His mercy hears their loud address, And sends salvation in distress. 5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage The furious waves forget their rage : Tis calm ; and sailors smile to see The haven where they wish'd to be. 6 O, may the sons of men record The wonderous goodness of the Lord ! Let them their private offerings bring, And in the church his glory sing. PSALM CVII. C. M. ( X") The Mariner's Psal^i. * npHY works of glory, mighty Lord, -11- Thy wonders in the deeps, The sons of courage shall record, Who trade in floating ships. 2 At thy command the winds arise, And swell the towering waves ; The men, astonish'd, mount the skies, And sink in giping graves. 3 ( Again they climb the watery hills, And plunge in deeps again : Each, like a tottering drunkard, reels, And finds his courage vain. 4 Frighted to hear the tempest roar, They pant with fluttering breath ; And, hopeless of a distant shore, Expect immediate death.) $ Then to the Lord they raise their cries j He hears their loud request, And orders silence through the skies, And lays the floods to rest. 6 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears, An .1 sje the storm allay'd : Now to tueir eyes the part appears j There let their vows be paid. 7 'Tis God, who brings them safe to land ! Let stupid mortals kno w, That waves are under his command*- And all the winds that blow. 208 PSALM CVII. § O, that the sons of men would praise The goodness of the Lord ! And those who see thy wonderous ways, Tlnr wonderous iove record. P3ALM CVII. Last P^rt. L. M. ( ^ ) Colonies frlantcd ; or, Motion* blessed and fiunhhed. A Psalm for New-England. 1 WHEN G°d' Provoked with daring crimes, v v Scourges the madness of the times, He turns their fields to barren sand, And dries the rivers from the land. 2 His word can raise the springs again, And make the wither'd mountains green, Send showery blessings from the skies, And harvests in the desert rise. 3 ( Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey, Or men as fierce and wild as they, He bids tiY oppress'd and poor repair, And builds them towns and cities there. 4 They sow the fields, and trees they plant, Whose yearly fruits supply their want : 1 heir race grows up from fruitful stocks, Their wealth increases with their flocks. 5 Thus they are bless'd : but if they sin, He lets the heathen nations in ; A savage crew invades their lands, Their children die by barbarous hands. 6 Their captive sons, exposed to scorn, Wander unpitied and forlorn ; The country lies unfenced, untill'd, And desolation spreads the field. 7 Yet if the humbled nation mourns, Again his dreadful hand he turns ; Again he makes their cities thrive, And bids the dying churches live.) 8 The righteous, with a joyful sense, Admire the works of Providence ; And tongues of atheists shall no more Blaspheme the God, whom saints adore. PSALM C1X. 209 9 How few with pious care record These wonderous dealings of the Lord ! But wise observers still shall find The Lord is holy, just, and kind. PSALM CIX. CM. [ b Ver. 1—5, 3:1. Love to Enemies, from the Example of CHRIST. 1 /f"^ OD of my mercy and my praise, ^-^ Thy glory is my song, Though sinners speak aga.nst thy grace With a blaspheming tongue. 2 When in the form of mortal man Thy Son on earth was found, With cruel slanders, false and vaim They compass'd him around. 3 Their miseries his compassion move. Their peace he still pursued ; They render hatred for his love, And evil for his good. 4 Their malice raged without a cause ; Yet with his dying breath He pray'd for murderers on his cross, And bless'd his foes in death. 5 Lord, shall thy bright example shine In vain before mine eyes ? Give me a soul akin to thine, To love mine enemies. 6 The Lord shall on my side engage. And in my Saviour's name I shall defeat their pride and rage, Who slander and condemn. PSALM CX. 1st Part. L. M. ( ^ ) Chris? exalt ed, and Multitudes converted ,* Qr> the Success of the Gospel. 1 mHUS the eternal Father spake •"• To Christ the Son, « Ascend and sit « At my right hand, till 1 shall make "Thy foes submissive at thy feet, S3 210 PSALM CX. 2 "From Zion shall thy word proceed ; " Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand, <; Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, " And bow their wills to thy command. 3 "That day shall show thy power is great, « When saints shall flock with willing minds, « And sinners crowd thy temple-gate, " Where holiness in beauty shines." 4 O blessed power ! O glorious day ! What a large victory shall ensue I And converts, who thy grace obey, Exceed the drops of morning dew. PSALM CX. 2d Part. L. M. ( & ). The Kingdom and Priesthood of Chris?. 1 HPHUS the great Lord c-f earth and sea * Spake to his Son, and thus he swore : " Eternal shall thy priesthood be, " And change from hand to hand no more. 2 l< Aaron and all his sons must die, *< But everlasting life is thine, « To save forever, those who fly " For refuge from the wrath divine. 3 " By me Melchizedek was made « On earth a kJng and priest at once ; {< And thou, my heavenly priest, shalt plead-/ " And thou, my king, shalt rule my sons." 4 Jesus, the priest, ascends his throne, While counsels of eternal peace, Between the Father and the Son, Proceed with honour and success. 5 Through the whole earth his reign shall spread} And crush the powers, which dare rebel ; Then shall he judge the rising dead, And send the guilty world to hell. 6 Though while he treads his glorious way, He drink» the cup of tears and blood, The sufferings of that dreadful day Shall but advance him near to Goth PSALM CX, CXI. ?i|. PSALM CX. C. M. ( # ) Cur is 1*8 Kingdom and Priesthood, 1 TTESUS, our Lord, ascend thy throne, *^ And near the Father sit : In Z.on shall thy power be known, And make thy foes submit. 2 What wonders shall thy gospel do !. Thy converts shall surpass The numerous drops of morning dew, And own thy sovereign grace. 3 God hath pronounced a firm decree, Nor changes what he swore ; " Eternal shall thy priesthood be, " When Aaron is no more. 4 il Melchizsdek, that wonderous priest, M That king of high degree, " That holy man, whom Abraham bless'd, " Was but a type ol thee." 5 Jesus, our Priest, forever Jives To plead for us above ; Jesus, our King, forever gives The blessings of his love. 6 God shall exalt his glorious head, And his high throne maintain ; Shall strike the powers and princes dead, Who dare oppose his reign. PSALM CXI. 1st Part. C. M. ( & } The Wisdom of God in his Works. ONGS of immortal praise belong To my almighty God ; He has my heart, and he my tongue, To spread his name abroad. S 2 How great the works his hand hath wrought $ How glorious in our sight ! And men in every age have sought His wonders with delight. 3 How most exact is nature's frame J How wise th' Eternal Mind I 213 PSALM CXI, CXII. His counsels never change the scheme Which his first thoughts design'd. 4 When he redeem'd his chosen sons, He fix'd his covenant sure : The orders, which his lips pronounce, To endless years endure. £ Nature, and time, and earth, and skies. Thy heavtnly skill proclaim : What shall we do to make us wise. But learn to read thy name ? 6 To fear thy power, to trust thy grace. Is our divinest skill ; And he's the wisest of our race, Who best obeys thy will. PSALM CXI. 2d part. C. M. ( * ) The Perfections of God, 1 //"^REAT is the Lord ; his works of might ^-3T Demand our noblest songs : Let his assembled saints unite Their harmony of tongues. 2 Great is the mercy of the Lord, He gives his children food ; And, ever mindful of his word, He makes his promise good. 3 His Son, the great Redeemer, came To seal his covenant sure ; Holy and reverend is his name, His ways are just and pure* 4 They, who would grow divinely wise, Must with his fear beg n ; Our fairest proof of knowledge lies In hating every sin. T PSALM CXII. L. P. M. [ & ] The Blessings of the liberal Man, HAT man is bless'd, who stands in awe Of God, and loves his sacred law : His seed on earth shall bs renown'd j PSALM CXII. His house the seat of wealth shall be An inexhausted treasury, And with successive honours crown'd. 2 His liberal favours he extends ; To some he gives, to others lends ; A generous pity fills his mind : Yet what his charity impairs, He saves by prudence in affairs, And thus he's just to all mankind. 3 His hands, while they his alms bestow'd, His glory's future harvest sow'd : The sweet rememberance of the just. Like a green root, revives and bears A train of bless ngs for his heirs, When dying nature sleeps in dust. 4 Beset with threatening dangers round, Unmoved shall he maintain his ground j His conscience holds his courage up : The soul thai's fill'd with virtue's light, Shines brightest in affliction's night ; And sees in darkness beams of hope. PAUSE. 5 ( 111 tidings never can surprise His heart, which fix'd on God, relies, Though waves and tempests roar around Safe on a rock he sits, and sees The shipwreck of his enemies, And all their hope and glory drown'd. 6 The wicked shall his triumph see, And gnash their teeth in agony, To find their expectations cross'd ; They and their envy, pride and spite, Sink down to everlasting night, And all their names in darkness lost.) PSALM CXII. L. M. ( ^ ) The Blessings of the Pious and Charitable . 1 PipHRICE happy man, who fears the Lord, <*• Loves his commands, and trusts his word ; Honour and peace his days attend, And blessings to his seed descend. 3,14 PSALM CXII. 2 Compassion dwells upon his mind, To works of mercy still inclined : He lends the poor some present aid, Or gives them, not to be repaid. 3 When times grow dark, and tidings spread, Which fili his neighbours round with dread, His heart is arm'd against the fear ; For God, with all his power, is there; 4 His soul, well fix'd upon the Lord, Draws heavenly courage from his word ; Amidst the darkness light shall pise, To cheer his heart, and bless his eyes. 5 He hath dispersed his alms abroad, His works are still before his God ; His name on earth shall long remain. While envious sinners fret in vain. PSALM CXII. C. M. ( * ) Liberality rewarded. 1 THTAPPY is he, who fears the Lord, ■"-•**- And follows his commands ; Who lends the poor without reward, Or gives with liberal hands. 2 As pity dwells within his breast To all the sons of need ; So God shall answer his request With blessings on his seed. 3 No evil tidings shall surprise His well establish'd mind : His soul to God, his refuge, flies, And leaves his fears behind. 4 In times of general distress, Some beams of light shall shine, To shew the world his righteousness, And give him peace divine. $ His works of piety and love Remain before the Lord ; Honour on earth, and joys above, Shall be his sure reward. PSALM CXIIT. .21 PSALM CXIIL L. P. M. ( The Majesty and Condescension of God. 1 "^L, who delight to serve the Lord, ■"- The honours of his name record, His sacred name forever bless : Where'er the circling sun displays His rising beams or setting rays, Let lands and seas his power confess. 2 Nor time, nor nature's narrow rounds Can give his vast dominion bounds ; The heaveRs are far below his height : Let no created greatness dare With our eternal God compare, Arm'd with his uncreated might ; 3 He bows his glorious head to view What the bright hosts of angels do, And bends his care to mortal things : His sovereign hand exalts the poor, He takes the needy from the door, And makes them company for kings. 4 When childless families despair, He sends the blessing of an heir, To rescue their expiring name : The mother, with a thankful voice, Proclaims his praises and her joys : Let every age advance his fame. PSALM CXIIL L. M. ( ^ ) God Sovereign end Gracious. t "V"E servants of th' Almighty King, ■"• In every age his praises sing : Where'er the sun shall rise or set, The nations shall his praise repeat. 2 Above the earth, beyond the sky, Stands his high throne of majesty ; Nor time, nor place, his power restrain-, Nor bound his universal reign. 3 Which of the sons of Adam dare, Or angels, with their God compare ? His glories, how divinely bright, Who dwells in uncreated light t 316 rSALM CXIV 4 Behold his love ; he stoops to view \\ bat saints above and angels do ; And condescends yet more, to know The mean affairs of men below. 5 From dust and cottages obscure, His grace exalts the humble poor ; Gives them the honour oi" his sons, And fits them for their heavenly thrones. 6 ( A word of his creating voice Can make the barren house rejoice : Though Sarah's n.nety years were past, The promised seed is born at last. 7 With joy the mother views her son, And tells the wonders God has done : Faith may grow strong when sense despairs ; If nature fails, the promi se bears.) PSALM CXIV. L. M. ( ^ ) Miracles atteyuling Israel's Journey, 1 WHENT Israelj freea from Pharaoh's hand, v ' Left the proud tyrant and his land, The tribes with cheerful homage own Their King, and Juclah was his throne. 2 Across the deep their journey lay ; The deep divides to make them way : Jordan beheld their march, and fled With backward current to his head- 3 The mountains shook, like frighted sheep, Like lambs the little hillocks leap ; Not Sinai on her base could stand, Conscious of sovereign power at hand. 4 What power could make the deep divide ? Make Jordan backward roll his tide ? Why did ye leap, ye little hills ? And whence the fright that Sinai feels ? 5 Let every mountain, every flood, Retire, and know th' approaching God, The King of Israel : see him here ! Tremble, thou earth 1 adore and fear ! PSALM CXV. 217 3 He thunders, and all nature mourns ; The rock to standing pools lie turns ? Flints spring with fountains at his word, And fires and seas confess the Lord. lN°, PSALM CXV. L. M. ( ^ ) The true God our Refuge ; or, Idolatry refiroved. OT to ourselves, who are but dust, Not to ourselves is glory due, Eternal God, thou only just, Thou only gracious, wise and true. Shine forth in all thy dreadful name ; Why should a heathen's haughty tongue Insult us ? and, to raise our shame, Say, « Where's the God you've served so long ?'* The God we serve- maintains his throne Above the clouds, beyond the skies ; Through all the earth his will is done, He knows our groans, he hears our cries. But the vain idols they adore Are senseless shapes of stone and wood ; At best, a mass of glittering ore, A silver saint, or golden god. ( With eyes and ears they carve their head Deaf are their ears, their eyes are blind : In vain are costly offerings made, And vows are scatter'/ in the wind. Their feet were never made to move, Nor hands to save when mortals pray ; Mortals, who pay them fear or love, Seem to be blind and deaf as they.) 0 Israel, make the Lord thy hope, Thy help, thy refuge, and thy rest : The Lord shall build thy ruins up, And bless the people and the priest. The dead no more can speak thy praise, 1 hey dwell in silence in the grave ; But we shall live to sing thy grace, And tell the world thy power to save. T 218 PSALM CXV. PSALM CXV. P. M. 10s. [ % ] Pofiish Idolatry reproved. NOT to our names, thou only Just and True, Not to our worthless names is glory due ; Thy power and grace, thy truth and justice claim Immortal honours to thy sovereign name. Shine through the earth from heaven thy blest abode, Nor let the heathen say, « And where's your God ?" 2 Heaven is thy higher court ; there stands thy throne, And through the lower worlds thy will is done. Our God framed all this earth, these heavens he spread* But fools adore the gods their hands have made : The kneeling crowd, with looks devout, behold Their silver saviours, and their saints of gold. 3 ( Vain are those artful shapes of eyes and ears ; The molten image neither sees nor hears : Their hands are helpless, nor their feet can move ; They have no speech, nor thought, nor power, nor love* Yet sottish mortals make their long complaints To their deaf idols, and their moveless saints. a The rich have statues well adorn'd with gold ; ~ The poor, content with gods of coarser mould, With tools of iron carve the senseless slock, Lopp'd from a tree, or broken from a rock ; People and priests drive on the solemn trace, And trust the gods, that saws and hammers made.) 5 Be heaven and earth amazed \ 'Tis hard to say, Which is more stupid, or their gods, or they. O Israel, trust the Lord I he hears and sees, He knows thy sorrows, and restores thy peace « His worship does a thousand comforts yield, He is thy help, and he thy heavenly shield. 6 In God we trust J our impious foes in vain Attempt our ruin, and oppose his reign ; HadThey prevailM, darkness had closed our days. And death and silence had forbid his praise : But we are saved, and live : let songs arise, And Zion bless the God, who built the skies* PSALM CXVI. 2\9 PSALM CXVI. 1st Part. CM. [ fr } Recovery from Sickness. I ]j LOVE the Lord : he heard my cries, ■* And pitied every groan ; Long as I live, when troubles rise, I'll hasten to his throne. 5 I love the Lord ; he bow'd his ear, And chased my griefs away. O, let my heart no more despair, While I have breath to pray. 3 My flesh declined, my spirits fell, And I drew near the dead ; While inward pangs, and fears of hell} Perplex'd my wakeful head. 4 « My God," I cried, "thy servant save, " Thou ever good and just ; " Thy power can rescue from the grave, « Thy power is all my trust." 5 The Lord beheld me sore distress'd ; He bid my pains remove : Return, my soul, to God, thy rest, For thou hast known his love. 6 My God hath saved my soul from death. And dried my falling tears : Now to his praise 111 spend my breath, And my remaining years. PSALM CXVI. 2d Part. C. M. ( fc ) Ver. 12, &c. Vows made in Trouble, paid in the Church • or , Public Thanks for Private Deliverance. 1 TOKTHAT shall I render to my God t» For all his kindness shown ? My feet shall visit thine abode, My songs address thy throne. 2 Among the saints who fill thy house My offerings shall be paid ; There shall my zeal perform the vows My soul in anguish made. 3 How much is mercy thy delighfj Thou ever blessed. God I ^20 PSALM CXVII. How dear thy servants in thy sight ! How precious is their blood ! 4 How happy all thy servants are ! How great thy grace to me ! My life, which thou hast made thy care, Lord, I devote to thee. 5 Now I am thine, forever thine, Nor shall my purpose move ; Thy hand hath loosed my bands of pain, And bound me with thy love. 6. Here in thy courts I leave my vow, And thy rich grace record ; Witness, ye saints, who hear me now, If I forsake the Lord. PSALM CXVII. C. M. ( ^ ) Praise to God from all A'aticns. ALL ye nations, praise the Lord, 5 Each with a different tongue : In every language learn his word, And let his name be sung, •2 His mercy reigns through every land ;, Proclaim his grace abroad : Forever firm his truth shalj stand :, Praise ve the faithful God. PSALM CXVII. L. M. ( % ) FROM all, who dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more. PSALM CXVII. S. M. ( % ) npHY name, Almighty Lord, -"- Shall sound through distant lands ; PSALM CXVIII. 221 Great is thy grace, and sure thy word, Thy truth forever stands. Far be thine honour spread, And long thy praise endure, Till morning light and evening shade Shall be exchanged no more. PSALM CXVIII. 1st Part. C. M. ( % I Ver. 5— 1-5, Deliverance from Tumult, 1 HHHE Lord appears my helper now, JL Nor is my faith afraid Of what the sons of earth can do, Since heaven affords me aid. 2 'Tis safer, Lord, to hope in Thee, And have my God my friend, Than trust in men of high degree, And on their truth depend. 3 Like bees my foes beset me round ; A large and angry swarm ! But I shall all their rage confound By thine Almighty Arm. 4 'Tis through the Lord my heart is strong^. In him my lips rejoice ; While his salvation is- my song, How cheerful is my voice ! 5 Like angry bees they gird me round j When God appears, they fly : So burning thorns, with crackling sound., Make a fierce blaze, and die. 6 Joy to the saints and peace belongs j The Lord protects their days : Let Israel tune immortal songs To his almighty grace. PSALM CXVIII. 2d Part. C. M. £ « J Ver. 17 — 21. Public Praise for Deliverance from Death, I "IT ORD, thou hast heard thy servant cry, «*^ And rescued from the grave ; T 2 222 PSALM CXVIII. Now shall be live ; ( and none can die, If God resolve to save.) 2 Thy praise, more constant than before, Shall fill his daily breath ; Thy hand, which hath chastised him sore,, Defends him still from death. 3 Open the gates of Zion now, For we shall worship there ; The house, where all the righteous g;o> Thy mercy to declare. * Among ths assemblies of thy saints Our thankful voice we raise : There we have told thee our complaints, And there we speak thy praise. PSALM CXVIII. 3d Part. CM. ( % ) Ver. 22, 23. Chris^ the Foundation of his Church 1 "OEHOLD the sure foundation stone, -lO> Which God in Zion lays, To build our heavenly hopes upon, And his eternal praise. 2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear, And saints adore the name ; They trust their whole salvation here, Nor shall they suffer shame* 3* The foolish builders, scribe and priest Reject it with disdain ; Yet on this rock the church shall rest, And envy rage in vain. 4 What though the gates of hell withstood, Yet must this budding rise : 5Tis thine own work, Almighty God, And wonderous in our eyes. PSALM CXVIII. 4th Part. CM. ( * ) Ver. 24 — 26. Hosanna ; the Lord's Day ; or, Chris?'* Resurrection and our Salvation, I 'TTH'S is the day the Lord hath made} A He calls the hours J*s own j PSALM CXVIII. 228- Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, And praise surround the throne. 2 To-day he rose and left the dead, And Satan's empire fell ; To-day the saints his triumphs spread, And all his wonders telL 3 Hosanna to th* anointed King, To David's holy Son ! Help us, O Lord ! descend and bring Salvation from thy throne. 4 Bless'd be the Lord, who comes to men With messages of grace ; Who comes in God, his Father's name, To save our sinful race. 5 Hosanna in the highest strains The church on earth can raise I The highest heavens in which he reigns} Shall give him nobler praise* PSALM CXVIIL S. M. ( & ) Ver. 22 — 27. A Hosanna for the Lord's Day ; or> a new Song of Salvation by Christ, SEE what a living stone The builders did refuse ; Yet God hath built his church thereoiJ, In spite of envious Jews. The Scribe and angry Priest Reject thine only Son ; Yet on this rock shall Zion rest,. As the chief corner-stone. The work, O Lord, is thine, And wonderous in our eyes ; This day declares it all divine, This day did Jesus rise. This is the glorious day, Which our Redeemer made ; Let us^rejoice, and sing, and pra^, Let all the church be glad. Hosanna to the King Of David's royal blood j -.. • 2U PSALM CXVIII, CXIX, Bless him, ye saints ; he comes to bring Salvation from your God. $ We bless thy holy word, Which all this grace displays ; And offer on thine altar, Lord, Our sacrifice of praise. PSALM CXVIII. L. M. ( * ) Vor. 22 — 27. A Hosanna for the Lord's Day ; or, a new Song of Satvution by Christ. O I what a glorious corner-stone The Jewish builders did refuse ! But God hath built his church thereon. In spite of envy, and the Jews ! % Great God t the work is all divine, The joy and wonder of our eyes ; This is the day, which proves it thine, The day, which saw our Saviour rise. 3 Sinners rejoice, and saints be glad : Hosanna ! let his name be bless'd ; A thousand honours on his head, Wiih peace, and light, and glory rest \ 4 In God's own name he comes to bring Salvation to our dying race ; Let the whole church address their King With hearts of joy, and songs of praise. PSALM CXIX. I have collected and disposed the most useful verses of this Psalm under eighteen different heads> and formed a Divine Song upon each of them. But the verses are much transposed to attain some degree of connexion. In some places, among the words law, commands, judg- ments, testimonies, / have used gospel, word, grace* truth, promises, &c. as more agreeable to the jVtw Tes- tament^ and the common language of Christians ; and it equally answers the design of the Psalmist, which was to recommend the Holy Scriptures. PSALM CXIX. I|25 PSALM CXIX. 1st Part. C. M. ( « ) The Blessedness of Saints, and Misery of Sinners. Ver. 1, 2, 3. LESS'D are the undefiled in heart, Whose ways are right and clean, Who never from thy law depart, But fly from every sin. 3 BlessM are the men, who keep thy word, And practise thy commands ; With their whole heart they seek the Lore}, And serve thee with their hands. Ver. 165. 3 Great is their peace who love thy law ; How firm their souls abide ! Nor can a bold temptation draw Their steady feet aside. Ver. 6. 4 Then shall my heart have inward joy, And keep my face from shame, When all thy statutes I obey, And honour all thy name. Ver. 21, 118. 3 But haughty sinners God will hate, The proud shall die accursed ; The sons of falsehood and deceit Are trodden to the dust. Ver. 119, 155. 6 Vile as the dross the wicked are ; And those, who leave thy ways, Shall see salvation from afar, But never taste thy grace. PSALM CXIX. 2d Part. C. M. ( * ) Secret Devotion and Spiritual Mindedness ; or, constant Converse with God. Ver. 147, 55. 1 PipO Thee, before the dawning light, •"■ My gracious God, I pray j I meditate thy name by night, And keep thy law by day. Ver. 81. % My spirit faints to see thy grace ; Thy promise bears me up j 228 PSALM CXIX And while salvation long delays, Thy word supports my hope. Ver. 164. Seven times a day I lift my hands, And pay my thanks to Thee ; Thy righteous providence demands Repeated praise from me. Ver. 62. When midnight darkness veils the skies, I call thy works to mind ; My thoughts in warm devotion rise, And sweet acceptance find. PSALM CXIX. 3d Part. C. M. [ X ] Professions of Sincerity, Repentance and Obedience'. Ver. 57, 60. 2 npHOU art my portion, O my God ! -"■ Soon as 1 know thy way, My heart makes haste t* obey thy word) And suffers no delay. Ver. 30, 14. 2 I choose the path of heavenly truth, And glory in my choice \. Not all the riches of the earth Could make me so rejoice. 3 The testimonies of thy grace I set before mine eyes : Thence I derive my daily strength. And there rny comfort lies. Ver. 59. 4 If once I wander from thy path, I think upon my ways ; Then turn my feet to thy commands, And trust thy pardoning grace. Ver. 94, 114. 5 Now I am thine, forever thine, O save thy servant, Lord ! Thou art my shield, my hiding place ? My hope is in thy word. Ver. 112. 6 Thou hast inclined this heart of mine Thy statutes to fulfil : And thus, till mortal life shall end, Would I perform thy will.. PSALM CXIX. 22? PSALM CXIX. 4th Part. CM. ( b ) Instruction from Scrifi ture% Ver. 9. 1 TRTOW shaT1 the y°ul,S secure their hearts^ •U-JL And guard their lives from sin I Thy word the choicest rules imparts, To keep the conscience clean. Ver. 130. 2 When once it enters to the mind, Ii spreads such light abroad, The meanest souls instruction find, And raise their thoughts to God. Ver. 105. 3 'Tis like the sun, a heavenly light, Which guides us all the day ; And through the dangers of the night, A lamp to lead our way. Ver. 99, 100. 4 The men, who keep thy law with care, And meditate thy word, Grow wiser than their teachers are, And better know the Lord. Ver. 104, 113. 5 Thy precepts make me truly wise ; I hate the sinner's road : I hate my own vain thoughts which rise, But love thy law, my God. Ver. 89, 90, 91. 6 ( The starry heavens thy rule obey, The earth maintains her place : And these, thy servants, night and day, Thy skill and power express. 7 But still thy law «nd gospel, Lord, Have lessons more divine ; No'^ earth stands firmer than thy word, Nor stars so nobly shine.) Ver. 160, 140,9, 116. 8 Thy word is everlasting truth, How pure is every page ! That holy book shall guide our youth, And well support our age, 328 PSALM CXIX. PSALM CXIX. 5th Part. C. M. ( * ) Delight in Scripture ; orr the Word of God dwelling in us. Ver. 97 1 (T\ HOW I love thy holy law ! ^> 'Tis daily my delight : * And thence my meditations draw Divine advice by night. Ver. 148. 2 My waking eyes prevent the day, To meditate thy word : My soul with longing melts away To hear thy gospel, Lord. Ver. 3, 13, 54. 3 How doth thy word my heart engage 1 How well employ my tongue ! And in my tiresome pilgrimage, Yields me a heavenly song. Ver. 19, 103. 4 Am I a stranger ? or at home I 'Tis my perpetual feast ; Not honey, dropping from the comb, So much allures the taste. Ver. 72, 127. 5 No treasures so enrich the mind Nor shall thy word be sold For loads of silver well refined, Nor heaps of choicest gold. Ver. 28, 49, 175. 6 When nature sinks, and spirits droop* Thy promises of grace Are pillars to support my hope, And there I write thy praise. PSALM CXIX. 6th part. CM. ( # ) l Holiness and Comfort from the Word. Ver. 128 i TT ORD, I esteem thy judgments right, -»~A And all thy statutes just ; Thence I maintain a constant fight With every flattering lust. Ver. 97, 9. 1 Thy precepts often I survey : I keep thy law in sight. PSALM CXlX. 229 Through all the business of the day, To form my actions right. Ver. 62. 3 My heart in midnight silence cries, " How sweet thy comforts be !" My thoughts in holy wonder rise, And bring their thanks to thee. Ver. 162. 4 And when my spirit drinks her fill, At some good word of thine, Not mighty men, who share the spoil, Have joys compared with mine. PSALM CXIX. 7th Part. CM. ( * ) Imperfections of Nature, and Perfections of Scripture, Ver. 96, Paraphrased. LET all the heathen writers join To form one perfect book ; Great God, if once compared with thine, How mean their writings look \ 2 Not the most perfect rules they gave Could shew one sin forgiven, Nor lead a step beyond the grave ; But thine conduct to heaven. 3 I've seen an end of what we call Perfection here below ; How short the powers of nature fall, And can no farther go i 4 Yet men would fain be just with God, By works their hands have wrought ; But thy commands, exceeding broad, Extend to every thought. 5 In vain we boast perfection here, While sin defiles our frame ; And sinks our virtues down so far, They scarce deserve the name. 6 Our iaith and love, and every grace5 Fall far below thy word ; But perfect truth and righteousness Dwell only with the Lord. U ) PSALM CXIX. PSALM CXIX. 8th Part. CM. [ * ] Vhe Word of God is the Saint's Portion ; or, the Excellen- cy and Variety of Scripture. Ver. Ill, Paraphrased. 1 ]J" ORD, I have made thy word my choice, *-* My lasting heritage ; There shall my noblest powers rejoice, My warmest thoughts engage. 2 I'll read the histories of thy love, And keep thy laws in sight, While through thy promises* I rove With ever fresh delight. 3 'Tis a broad land of wealth unknown, Where springs of life arise ; Seeds of immortal bliss are sown, And hidden glory lies. i The best relief which mourners have f It makes our sorrows bless'd ; Our fairest hope beyond the grave, And our eternal rest. r>c\TVT r^ClX 9th Part. C. M. ( * ) Ver. 64, 68, i». 1 PinHY mercies fill the earth, O Lord, 1 How good thy works appear . Open mine eyes to read thy word, And see thy wonders there. Ver. 73, 125. 2 My heart was fashion'd by thy hand, My service is thy due : O make thy servant understand The duties be must do. Ver. 19. 3 Since I'm a stranger here below, Let not thy path be hid ; But mark the road my feet should go, And be my constant guide. • Ver. 26. 4 When I confessed my wandering ways, Thou heardst my soul complain ; Grant me the teachings of thy grace, Or I shall stray again. Ver. 33, 34. 5 If God to me his statutes shew, And heavenly truth impart, PSALM CXiX. 231 His work forever 1*11 pursue, His law shall rule my heart. Ver. 50, 71. 6 This was my comfort when I bore Variety of grief ; It made me learn thy word the mor^ And fly to that relief. Ver. 51. 7 ( In vain the proud deride me now ; I'll ne'er forget thy law ; Nor let that blessed gospel go, Whence all my hopes I draw. Ver. 27, 171. 8 When I have learn'd my Father's wiU. I'll teach the world his ways ; My thankful lips, inspired witn zeal, Shall loud pronounce his praise.) PSALM CXIX. 10th Part. C. M. ( b ) Ver. 38, 49. Pleading the Promises. BEHOLD thy waiting servant, Lord, •*"* Devoted to thy fear ; Remember and confirm thy word, For all my hopes are there. Ver. 41, 58, 10f. Hast thou not writ salvation down, And promised quickening grace ? Doth not my heart address thy throne ? And yet thy love delays. Ver. 123, 42, Mine eyes for thy salvation fail f O, bear thy servant up ! Nor let the scoffing lips prevail, Which dare reproach my hope. Ver. 49, 74. Didst thou not raise my faith, O Lord } Then let thy truth appear : Saints shall rejoice in my reward, And trust, as well as fear. PSALM CXIX. 11th Part. CM. < fc > Ver.,5, 33. Breathing after Holiness. THAT the Lord would guide my ways 9 To keep his statutes still I j32 PSALM CXIX. O, that my God would grant me grace To know and do his will ! Ver. 29. 2 O, send thy Spirit down to write Thy law upon my heart ! Nor let my tongue indulge deceit, Nor act the liar's part- Ver. 37, 36. 3 From vanity turn off mine eyes : Let no corrupt design, Nor covetous desires arise Within this soul of mine. Ver. 133. 4 Order my footsteps by thy word, And make my heart sincere ; Let sin have no dominion, Lord, But keep mv conscience clear. Ver. 176. 5 My soul hath gone too far astray ', My feet too often slip ; Yet since Tve not forgot thy way, Restore thy wandering sheep. Ver. 35. -6 Make me to walk in thy commands ; 'Tis a delightful road ; Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, Offend against my God. PSALM CXIX. 12th Part. C. M. ( b ) Breathing after Comfort and Deliverance. Ver. 153. MY God, consider my distress, Let mercy plead my cause ; Though I have sinn'd against thy grace, I can't forget thy laws. Ver. 39, 116. Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach, Which I so justly fear ; Uphold my life, uphold my hopes, Nor let my shame appear. Ver. 122, 135. Be thou a surety, Lord, for me ; Nor let the proud oppress ; But make thy waiting servant see The shmings of thy face. PSALM CX1X. Ver. 82. Mine eyes with expectation fail ; My heart within me cries, " When will the Lord his truth fulfil, " And make my comforts rise ?" Ver. 132. Look down upon my sorrows, Lord, And shew thy grace the same, As thou art ever wont t' afford To those who love thy name. PSALM CXIX. ISth Part. C. M. ( Holy Fearf and Tenderness of Conscience. Ver. 10. WITH my whole heart Pve sought thy face, O, let me never stray From thy commands, O God of Grace, Nor tread the sinner's way I Ver. 11. Thy word Pve hid within my heart, To keep my conscience clean, And be an everlasting guard From every ris.ng sin. Ver. 63, 55, 158. I'm a companion of the saints, Who fear and love the Lord : My sorrows rise, my nature faints, When men transtrress thy word. Ver. 161, 163. While sinners do thy gospel wrong", My spirit stands in awe ; My soul abhors a lying tongue, But loves thy righteous law- Ver. 161, 120. My heart with sacred reverence hears The threatenings of thy word ; My flesh with holy trembling fears The judgments of the Lord. Ver. 166, 174. My God, I long, I hope, I wait For thy salvation stiil ; While thy whole law is my delight, And I obey thy will. U 2 234 PSALM CXIX. PSALM CXIX. 14th Part. C. M. [ fc Benefit of Jfflic Lions > and Sufifiort under (hem, Ver. 153, 81, 82. CONSIDER all my sorrows, Lord, And thy deliverance send ; My soul for thy salvation faints ; When will my troubles end ? Ver. 71. Yet I have found His good for mc To bear my Father's rod ; Afflictions make me learn thy law, And live upon my God. Ver. 50. This is the comfort I enjoy When new distress begins, I read thy word, 1 run thy way, And hate my former sins. Ver. 92, Had not thy word been my delight, When earthly joys were fled, My soul, opprtss'd with sorrow's weight, Had sunk among the dead. Ver. 75. I know thy judgments, Lor-!, are right, Though they may seem severe ; The sharpest sufferings I endure Flow from thv faithful care. Ver. 67. i Before I knew thy chastening red, My feet were apt to s*ray ; But now I learn to keep thy word, Nor wander from thy way. PSALM CXIX. 15th Part. C. M. [ •* } Holy Resolutions. Ver. 93. OTHAT thy statutes, evefy hour, ' Might rest upon my mind! Thence I derive a quickening power, And daily peace I find. Ver. 15, 16. To meditate thy precepts. Lord, Shall be my sweet employ ; My soul shall ne'er forget thy word, Thy word is all my joy. PSALM CXIX. Ver. 32. How would I run in thy commands, If thou my heart discharge From sin and satan's hateful chains, And set my feet at large ! Vtr. 13, 46. My lips with courage shall declare Thy statutes and thy name ; I'll speak thy worcK though kings should hear, Nor yield to sinful shame. Ver. 61, 69, 70, Let bands of persecutors rise To rob me of my right.; Let pride and malice forge their lies, Thy law is my delight. Ver. 115. Depart from me, ye wicked race, Whose hands and hearts are ill ; I love my God, I love his ways, And must obey his will. PSALM CXIX. 16th Part. C. M. ( b ) Prayer for ou?ckemng Grace. Ver. 25, 37. "Y soul lies cleaving to the dust ; Lord, give me life divine ! From vain desires and every lust, Turn off these eyes of mine. I need the influence of thy grace To speed me in thy way, Ltst I should loiter in my race, Or turn my feet astray. Ver. 107. When sore afflictions press me down, I need thy quickening powers ; Thy word, which I have rested on, Shall help my heaviest hours. Ver. 156, 40. Are not thy merces sovereign still ? And thou a faithful God ? Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal To run the heavenly road ? Ver. 159, 40. Does not my heart thy precepts love, And long to see thy face? PSALM CXIX. And yet how slow my spirits move, Without enlivening grace I Ver: 93. i shall I love thy gospel more, le'er forget ihy word, W -•' 1 have felt us quickening power, To cU'u>v me n ar the Lord. PSALM CXiX 17th Part. L. M. ( b ) Courage and Perseverance under Persecution; or, Grace shining in Difficulties and Trials. Ver. 143, 28. 1 W^EN pain and anguish seize me, Lord, W All my support is from Uiy word : My soul dissolves for heaviness, Uphold me with thy strengthening grace. Ver. 51, 69, 110. 2 The proud have framed their scoffs and lies, They watch my feet with envious eyes, And tempt my -oul to snares and sin ; Yet thv commands I ne'er decline. Ver. 161, 78. 3 They hate me, Lord, without a cause, They hate to see me love thy laws ; But I will trust anci fear thy na.Tie, Till pnde and malice die with sname. PSALM CXIX. Last Part. L. M. ( b ) Sanctified Afflictions ; or, Delight in the Word of Gap. Ver. 67, 59. 1 TTJJATHER, I bless thy gentle hand ; ™ How kind was thy chastising rod, Which forced my conscience to a stand, And brought my wandering soul to God * 2 Foolish and vain, I went astray, Ere I had felt thy scourges, Lord ; I left my guide, and lost my way, But now I love and keep thy word. Ver. 71. 3 'Tis good for me to wear the yoke, For pride is apt to rise and swell ; JTis good to bear my Father's stroke, Th*t I might iearn his statutes well. Ver. 72. 4 The law, which issnes from thy mouth. Shall raise my cheerful passions more PSALM CXX, CXXI. 237 Than all the treasures of the South, Or Western hills of golden ore. Ver. 73. Thy hands have made my mortal frame. Thy Spirit form'd my soul within ; Teach me to know thy wonderous name, And guard me safe from death and sin. Ver. 74. Then all, who love and fear the Lord, At my salvation shall rejoice ; For I have hoped in thy word, And made thy grace my only choice. PSALM CXX. CM. [ b 1 Comfilaint of Quarrelsome Neighbours ; or, a Devout Wish for Peace. 1 PjpHOU God of Love, thou ever bless'd, ■^ Pity my suffering state : When wilt thou set my soul at rest From lips, which love deceit ? 2 Hard lot of mine ! my days are cast Among the sons of strife, Whose never-ceasing brawlings waste. My golden hours of life. 3 O, might I fly to change my place, How would I choose to dwell In some wide, lonesome wilderness, And leave these gates of hell i 4 Peace is the blessing, which I seek ; How lovely are its charms ! I am for peace ; but when I speak, They all declare for arms. 5 New passions still their souls engage, And keep their malice strong ; What shall be done to curb thy rage, O, thou devouring tongue ! 6 Should burning arrows smite thee through, Strict justice would approve ; But I had rather spare my foe, And melt his heart with love. PSALM CXXI. L. M. ( * ) Divine Protection. I ¥TP t0 thee hills I lift mine eyes, *-' Th* eternal hills beyond the skies ; PSALM CXXL Thence all her help my soul derives I There my Almighty Refuge lives. 2 He lives ; the everlasting God, Who built the world, who spread the flood The heavens with all their hosts he made And the dark regions of the dead, p He guides our feet, he guards our way ; His morning-smiles bless all the day ; He spreads the evening veil, and keeps The silent hours while Israel sleeps. 4 Israel, a name divinely bless'd, May rise secure, securely rest ; Thy holy guardian's wakeful eyes Admit no slumber nor surprise. 6 Nc sun shall smite thy head by day, ' Nor the pale moon with sickly ray Shall blast thy couch $ no baleful star Dart his malignant fire so far. 6 Should earth and hell with malice burn; Still thou shalt go, and still return Safe in the Lord ; his heavenly care Defends thy life from every snare. 7 On thee foul spirits have no power ;. And in thy last departing hour, Angels, who trace the airy road, Shall bear thee homeward to thy God. PSALM CXXI. C. M. ( * ) Preservation by Day and jYight: i YW\d heaven I lift my waiting eyes, ***■ There all my hopes are laid : The Lord, who built the earth and skies. Is my perpetual aid. 2 Their feet shall never slide to falP, Whom he designs to keep : His ear attends the softest call ; His eyes can never sleep. 3 He will sustain our weakest powers With his almighty arm, And watch our most unguarded hours Against surprising harm. 4 Israel, rejoice, and rest secure, Thy keeper is the Lord ; PSALM CXXI, CXXII His wakeful eyes employ his power For thine eternal guard. Nor scorching sun, nor sickly moon Shall have his leave, to smite ; He shields thy head from burning noon, From blasting damps at night. He guards tny soul, he keeps thy breath* Where thickest dangers come ; Go and return, secure from death, Till God commands thee home. PSALM CXXI. H. M. ( # } God our Preserver. T jPWARD I lift mine eyes, *~J From God is all my aid j The God, who built the skies, And earth and nature made : God is the tower, To which I fly ; His grace is nigh In every hour. My feet shall never slide, Nor fall in fatal snares, Since God, my guard and guide, Defends me from my fears. Those wakeful eyes, Which never sleep, Shall Israel keep, When dangers rise. No burning heats by day, Nor blasts of evening air Shall take my health away, If God be with me there : Thou art my sun, And thou my shade, To guard my head By night or noon. Hast thou not given thy word, To save my soul from death ? And I can trust my Lord To keep my mortal breath : I'll go and come, Nor {ear to cie. Till from on high Thou call me home. PSALM CXXII. C. M. ( $ ) Going to Church. ,} TjTOW did my heart rejoice to hear iO- My friends devoutly say, "'In Zion let us all appear, « And keep the solemn day !" -40 PSALM CXXII. 2 I love her gates, I love the road ; The church, adorn'd with grace, Stands, like a palace, built for God, To show his milder face. 3 Up to her courts, with joys unknown, The holy tribes repair, The Son of David holds his throne, And sits in judgment there. 4 He hears our praises and complaints ; And while his awful voice Divides the sinners from the saints, We tremble and rejoice. 5 Peace be within this sacred place, And joy, a constant guest : With holy gifts, and heavenly grace? Be her attendants bless'd. 6 My soul shall pray for Zion still, While life or breath remains : There my best friends, my kindred dwell, There God, my Saviour, reigns. PSALM CXXII. S. P. M. ( * ) Going to Church. MOW pleased and blest was I, To hear the people cry, " Come, let us seek our God to-day i" Yes, with a cheerful zeal, We haste to Zion's hill, And there our vows and honours pay. Zion, thrice happy place \ Adorn* d with wonderous grace, And walls of strength embrace thee round ; In thee our tribes appear, To pray, and praise, and hear The sacred gospel's joyful sound. There David's greater Son Has fix'd his royal throne ; lie sits for grace and judgment there ; He bids the saint be glad, And makes the sinner sad, And humble souls rejoice with fear. May peace attend thy gate, And joy within thee wait, To bless the soul of every guest ; psalm cxxnr, exxiv. 241 The man, who seeks thy peace, And wishes thine increase, A thousand blessings on him rest ! My tongue repeats her vows, 81 Peace to this sacred house !" For here my friends and kindred dwell ; And since my glorious God Makes thee his biess'd abode, My soul shall ever love thee well. Repeat the 4 th Stanza, if necessary. PSALM CXXIII. C. M. ( % ) Pleading with Submission. THOU, whose grace and justice reign Enthroned above the skies, To thee our hearts would tell their pain, To thee we lift our eyes. 2 As servants watch their master's hand, And fear the angry stroke ! Or maids before their mistress stand, And wait a peaceful look I so for our sins we justly feel Thy discipline, O God ; Yet wait the gracious moment still, Till thou remove thy rod. 4 Those, who in wealth and pleasure live, Our daily groans deride. And thy delays of mercy give Fresh courage to their pride. 5 Our foes insult us, but our hope In thy compassion lies ; This thought shall bear our spirits up, That God will not despise. PSALM CXXIV. L. M. ( ^ ) A Song for Public Deliverance. I ]U[AD not the Lord, may Israel say, ■u-"- Had not the Lord maintained our side, When men, to make our lives a prey, Rose like a swelling of the tide ; W 242 PSALM CXXV. 2 The swelling- tide had stopt our breath, So fiercely did the waters roll, We had been swallow'd deep in death ; Proud waters had o'erwhelm'd our souL 3 We leap for joy, we shout and sing, Who just escaped the fatal stroke ; So flies the bird with cheerful wing, When once the fowler's snare is broke. •1 Forever blessed be the Lord, Who broke the fowler's cursed snare, Who saved us from the murdering sword, And made our lives and souls his care 1 .5 Our help is in Jehovah's name, Who form'd the earth and built the skies ; He, who upholds that wonderous frame, Guards his own church with watchful eyes-. PSALM CXXV. C. M. The Saint's 7 'rial and Safety. USfSHAKEN as the sacred hill, And firm as mountains be, Firm as a rock the soul shall rest. That leans, O Lord, on Thee. 2 Not walls, nor hills could guard so well Old Salem's happy ground, As those eternal arms of love, Which every saint surround. 3 While tyrants are a smarting scourge, To drive them near to God, Divine compassion does allay The fury of the rod. 4 Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere. And lead them safely on To the bright gates of paradise, Where Christ, their Lord, is gone. ,5 But if we trace those crooked ways, Which the old serpent drew, The wrath that drove him first to heJl Shall smite his followers too.. PSALM CXXV, CXXVI 243 PSALM CXXV. S. M. ( X ) The Saint's Trial and Safety ; or, moderated dfflictiom, 1 7TTMRM and unmoved are they, &~ Who rest their souls on God ; Firm, as the mount, where David dwelt}. Or where the ark abode. 2 As mountains stood to guard The city's sacred ground, So God, and his almighty love, Embrace his saints around. 3 What though a Father's rod Drop a chastising stroke, Yet lest it wound their souls too deep. Its fury shall be broke. 4, Deal gently, Lord, with those, Whose faith and pious fear, Whose hope and love, and every grace Proclaim their hearts sincere. 5 Nor shall the tyrant's rage Too long oppress the saint ; The God of Israel will support His children, lest they faint. S But if our slavish fear Will choose the road to hell, We must expect our portion there, Where bolder sinners dwell. PSALM CXXVI. L. M. ( &' ) Surprising Deliverance. 'HEN God restored our captive state, Joy was our song, and grace our theme ; The grace, beyond our hopes, so great, hat joy appeared a painted dream. Tht scoffer owns thy hand, and pays Unwilling honours to thy name ; While we with pleasure shout thy praise, With cheerful notes thy love proclaim. When we review'd our dismal fears, 'Twas hard to think they'd vanish'd so \. With God we left our flowing tears He makes our joys, like rivers, flow.' ,U PSALM CXXVI, CXXVII. 4 The man, who in bis furrow'd field His scattered seed with sadness leaves. Will shout to see the harvest yield A welcome load of jovial sheaves. PSALM CXXVI. C. M. ( * ) The Joy of a remarkable Conversion ; or Melancholy removed. 1 TO"HEN God revealM his gracious name, v v And changed my mournful state, My rapture seem'd a pleasing dream, The grace appeared so great. 2 The world beheld the glorious change, And did thy hand confess ; My tongue broke out in unknown strains, And sung surprising grace. 8 " Great is the work," my neighbours cried j And ovvn'd thy power divine ; "Great is the work," my heart replied, " And be the glory thine." 4 The Lord can clear the darkest skies, Can give us day for night ; Make drops of sacred sorrow rise To rivers of delight. $ Let those who sow in sadness wait Till the fair harvest come, They shall confess their sheaves are great, And shout the blessings home. 6 Though seed lie buried long in dust, It sha'nt deceive their hope ! The precious grain can ne'er be lost, J-'or grace insures the crop. psalM cxxvil~T. m. ( b ) The Blessing of God on the Business and Comforts of Life. \ ]j F God succeed not, all the cost ■^ And pains to build the house aie lost ; If God the city will not keep, Tiie Watchful guards as wrell may sleep. 3 What if you rise before the sun, And Work and toil when day is done, Careful and sparing eat your bread, To shun that poverty you dread ; PSALM CXXVII, CXXVIII. 24; 3 'Tis all in vain, till God hath bless'd ; He can make rich ; yet give us rest ; Children and friends are blessings too, If God, our Sovereign, make them sa. 4 Happy the man, to whom he sends Obedient children, faithful friends ! How sweet our daily comforts prove, When they are season'd with his love i PSALM CXXVII. C. M. £ b 1 God, Ml in AH. Y ¥F God to build the house deny, «* The builders work in vain ; And towns, without his wakeful eye, An useless watch maintain. 2 Before the morning beams arise, Your painful work renew, And, till the stars ascend the skies, Your tiresome toil pursue. -3 Short be your sleep, and coarse your fare< In vain, till God has bless'd ; But if his smiles attend your care, You shall have food and rest. 4 Nor children, relatives, nor friends* Shall real blessings prove, Nor all the earthly joys he sends, If sent without his love. PSALM CXXVIII. C. M. [ * 1 Family Blessings. HAPPY man, whose soul is Hl'd With zeal and reverend awe I His lips to God their honours yield, His life adorns the law. 2 A careful Providence shall stand, And ever guard thy head, Shall on the labours of thy hand Its kindly blessings shed. 3 Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine ; Thy children round thy board, Each, like a plant of honour, shine, And learn to fear the Lord. W 2 -'46 PSALM CXXIX. Tlic Lord shall thy best hopes fulfil For months and years to come ; The Lord, who dwells on Zion's hill, Shall send thee blessings home. This is the man whose happy eyes Shall see his house increase, Shall see the sinking church arise, Then leave the world in peace. PSALM CXXIX. C. M. ( b ) Persecutors Punished. 1 TTTP from my youth, may Israel say, ~ Have I been nursed in tears ; My griefs were constant as the day, And tedious as the years. 2 Up from my youth I bore the rage Of all the sons of strife ; Oft they assatl'd my riper age, But not destroy'd my life. 3 Their cruel plough had torn my flesh, With furrows long and deep ; Hourly they vex'd my wounds afresh, Nor let my sorrows sleep. 4 The Lord grew angry on his throne, And, with impartial eye, Measured the mischiefs they had done, Then let his arrows fly. 3 How was their insolence surprised To hear his thunders roll! And all the foes of Zion seized With horror to the soul ! 6 Thus shall the men, who hate the sainis, Be blasted from the sky ; Their glory fades, their courage faints, And all their projects die. ■7 (What though they flourish tall and fair, They have no root beneath ; Their growth shall perish in despair, And lie despised in death.) 8 (So corn, which on the house-top stands, No hope of harvest gives ; The reaper ne'er shall fill his hands:. Nor binder fold the sheaves. PSALM CXXX. 3*7 9 It springs and withers on the place : No traveller bestows A word of blessing on the grass, Nor minds it as he goes.) PSALM CXXX. C. M. [ b 1 Pardoning Grace. |UT of the deeps of long distress, The borders of despair, ' I sent my cries to seek thy grace, My groans, to move thine ear. 2 Great God I should thy severer eye And thine impartial hand Mark and revenge iniquity, No mortal flesh could stand. 3 But there are pardons with my God For crimes of high degree ; Thy Son hath bought them with his blooelf To draw us near to thee. 4 (I wait for thy salvation, Lord, With strong desires I wait ; My soul, invited by thy word, Stands watching at thy gate.) 5 (Just as the guards, who keep the nighty Long for the morning skies, Watch the first beams of breaking light,. And meet them with their eyes : 0 So waits my soul to see thy grace, And, more intent than they, Meets the first openings of thy face,, And finds a brighter day.) 7 (Then in the Lord let Israel trust, Let Israel seek his face ; The Lord is good as well as just, And plenteous in his grace. 8 There's full redemption at his throne For sinners long enslaved ; The great Redeemer is his Son, And Israel shall be saved.) PSALM CXXX. L. M. [ * ] Pardoning Grace. ROM deep distress and troubled thoughts, , To thee, my God> I raised my cries 1 48 PSALM CXXXI, CXXXII. If thou severely mark our faults, No lies i can stand before thine eyes. J But thou hast built thy throne of grace, Free to dispense thy pardons there, That sinners may approach thy face, And hope and love, as well as fear. 3 As the benighted pilgrims wait, And long and wish for breaking day, So waits my soul before thy gate ; Wnen will my God his face display? 4 My trust is fix'd upon thy word ; Nor shall I trust thy word in vain : Let mourning souls address the Lord, And find relief from all their pain. 5 Great is his love, and large his grace, Through the redemption of his Son : He turns ou.' feet from sinful ways, And pardons what our hands have done. PSALM CXXXI. CM. ( fc I Humility and Submission. 1 Y^ there ambition in my heart ? JL Search, gracious God, and see ; Or do I act a haughty part ? Lord, I appeal to thee. 2 I charge my thoughts, be humble still, And all my carriage mild, Content, my Father, with thy will, And quiet as a child. -3 The patient soul, the lowly mind Shall have a large reward : Let saints in sorrow lie resign'd, And trust a faithful Lord. rssr»m m ix»ni >jm fTtwcaJPEa— own — — — PSALM CXXXII. U.M77 ( * ) yer. 5, 13 — 13. Jit the Settlement of a Church; or, (to Ordination of a Minister. i VKT MERE shall we go to seek and find '* A habitation for our God, A dwelling for th' Eternal Mind, Among the sons of flesh and blood ? i The God of Jacob chose the hill Of Zion for his ancient rest , PSALM CXXXII. 249 And Zion is his dwelling still, His church is with his presence 6lessM. 3 <4 Here will I fix my gracious throne, And reign forever," saith the Lord I " Here shall my -power and love be knoWn, " And blessings shall attend my word. (4 " Here will I meet the hungry poor, " And fill their souls with living bread.: " Sinners, who wait b.fore my door, " With sweet provision shall be fed, 5 u Girded with truth, and cldth'd with grace? " My priests, my ministers shall shine ; " Not Aaron, in his costly dress, " Made an appearance so divine. 6 "The saints, unable to contain "Their inward joys, shall shout and sing ; "The Son of David here shall reign, "And Zion triumph in her King. 7 ("Jesus shall see a numerous seed "Born here, t' uphold his glorious name ; "His crown shall flourish on his head, "While all his foes are cloth'd with shame.") TSALM CXXXIL CM. ( * ) Ver. 4, 5, 7, 8, 15 — 17. A Church established. i IVfO sleep nor slumber to his eyes ■*^ Good David would afford, Till he had found below the skies A dwelling for the Lord. 2 The Lord in Zion placed his name, His ark was settled there : To Zion the whole nation came To worship thrice a year. 3 But we have no such lengths to go, Nor wander far abroad ; Where'er thy saints assemble now. There is a house for God. PAUSE. 4 Arise, O King of Grace, arise, And enter to thy rest ! Lo ! thy church waits, with longing eyes.. Thus to be cwn'd and bless'd. 250 PSALM CXXXIII. 5 Enter, with all thy glorious' train, Thy Spirit and thy Word ; All which the ark did once contain Could no such grace afford. 6 Here, mighty God ! accept our vows Here let thy praise be spread ; Bless the provisions of thy house, And fill thy poor with bread. 7 Here let the Son of David reign ; Let God's Anointed shine ; Justice and. truth his court maintain^ With love and power divine. 8 Here let him hold a lasting throne, And, as his kingdom grows, Fresh honours shad adorn his crown, And shame confound his foes. PSALM CXXXIII.~~C. M~ ( % > Brotherly Love, 1 71* O, what an entertaining sight ■**-^ Are brethren who agree ; Brethren, whose cheerful hearts unite In bands of piety ! 2 When streams of love, from Christ the spring, Descend to every soul, And heavenly peace, with balmy wing, Shades and bedews the whole : 5 'Tis like the oil, divinely sweet, On Aaron's reverend head, The trickling drops perfumed his feet. And o'er his garments spread. 4 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews, - Which tall on Zion's hilt, Where God his mildest glory shews*, And makes his grace distil. PSALM CXXXIII. S. M. ( # > Communion of Saints ; or, Love and Worship, in a Family, 1 TR^ESS'D are the sons 0f peace, Whose hearts and hopes are one,. Whose kind designs to serve and please, Through all their actions run. PSALM CXXXI1I, CXXXIV. 251 : Bless'd is the pious house, Where zi-al and friendship meet ; Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, Make their communion sweet. Thus, when on Aaron's head They pour'd the rich ptrfume, The oil through all his raiment spread, And pleasure fill'd the room. Thus on the heavenly hills The saints arc bless'd abore, Where joy, like morning dew, distils, And all the air is love. PSALM CXXXill. S. P. M. ( % ) The Blessings of Friendship. MOW pleasant 'tis to see Kindred and friends agree ; Each in their proper station move, And each fulfil their part, With syrnpathis ng heart, In all the cares of life and love ! 'Tis like the ointment shed On Aaron's sacred head, Divinely rich, d.vinely sweet : The oil through all the room Diffused a choice perfume, Ran through his robes, and bless'd his feet, Like fruitful showers of rain, Which water all the plain, Descending from the neighbouring hills; Such streams of pleasure roll Through every iriendiy soul, Where love, like heavenly dew> distils. PSALM CXXXIV. CM. ( ^ ) Daily and nightly Devotion. 1 "^E, who obey th' immortal King, •"■ Attend his holy phce ; Bow to the glories of his power, And bless hie wondercus grace. 2 Lift up your hands by morning light, And send your souls oa high: 2 52 PSALM CXXXV. Raise your admiring thoughts by night Above the starry sky. The Cod of Zion cheers our hearts With rays of quickening grace; The God, who spreads the heavens abroad, And rules the swelling seas. PSALM CXXXV. 1st Part. L. M. ( * Ver. 1 — 1, 14, 19—21. The Church is GoDya House and Care. I "ORAISE ye the Lord ; exalt his Dame] ^ While in his holy courts ye wait, Ye saints, who to his house belong, Or stand attending at his gate. 2 Praise ye the Lord ; the Lord is good *_ To praise his name is sweet employ ! Israel he chose of old, and still His church is his peculiar joy. 3 The Lord himself will judge his saints : He treats his servants as his friends : And when he hears their sore complaints. Repents the sorrows, which he sends. 4 Through eve^y, age the Lord declares His name, and breaks th' oppressor's rod ; He gives bis suffering servants rest, And will be known th' Almighty God. 5 Bless ye the Lord, who taste his love, People and priests, exalt his name : Among his saints he ever dwells : His church is his Jerusalem. PSALM CXXXV. 2n Part. L. M. f * ] Ver. 5 — 12. The Works of Creation, Providence, Rt nation of Israel, and Destruction of Emmies. \ 4T\ REAT is the Lord, exalted high "^ Above ail powers, and every throne : Whate'er he please, in earth or sea, Or heaven or hell, his hand hath done. 2 At his command the vapours rise, The lightnings flash, the thunders roar ; He pours the rain, he brings the wind And tempests from his airy store. PSALM CXXXV. ; 'Twas he those dreadful tokens sent, O Egypt) through thy stubborn land ; "When all thy first-born, beasts and men, Fell dead by his avenging hand. i What mighty nations, mighty kings He slew, and their whole country gave To Israel, whom his hand redeem'd, No more to be proud Pharaoh's slave ! 5 His power the same, the same his grace, Who saves us from the hosts of hell ; And heaven he gives us to possess, Whence those apostate angels fell. PSALM CXXXV. C. M. [ * J Praise due to God, n*t to Idols. i k WAKE, ye saints, to praise your King, -£». Your sweetest passions raise, Your pious pleasure, while you sing, Increasing with the praise. 2 Great is the Lord ; and works unknown Are his divine employ : But still his saints are near his throne, His treasure and his joy. 3 Heaven, earth and sea confess his hand ; He bids the vapours rise : Lightning and storm, at his command, Sweep through the sounding skies. 4 All power, which gods or kings have claim'd, Is found with him alone; But heathen gods should ne'er be named, Where our Jehovah's known. 5 Which of the stocks or stones they trugt Can give them showers of rain ? In vain they worship glittering dust, And pray to gold in vain. 6 (Their gods have tongues, which cannot talk, Such as their makers gave : Their feet were ne'er design'd to walk, Nor hands have power to save. 7 Blind are their eyes, their ears are deaf, Nor hear when mortals pray : Mortals, who wait for their relief, Are blind and deaf as thev.) X PSALM CXXXVI. S ic saints, adore the living God, Serve him with faith and fear ; He makes the churches his abode, And claims your honours there. PSALM CXXXVI. CM. ( ^ ) God's Wonders of Creation, Providence, Redemption of Israel, and Salvation of his People. 1 4Ti IVE thanks to God, the sovereign Lord, ^JT His mercies stil! endure ; And be the King of kings adored: His truth is ever .sure. 2 What wonders hath his wisdom done ! How mighty is his hand ! Heaven, earth and sea he framed alone : How wide is his command ! 3 The sun supplies the day with light : How bright his. counsels shine ! The moon and stars adorn the night : His works are aH divine. 4 (He struck the sons of Egypt dead : How dreadful is his rodl And thence with joy his people led : How gracious is our God ! 5 He cleft the swelling sea in two ; His arm is great in might: And gave the tribes a passage through ; His power and grace unite. 6 But Pharaoh's army there he drown'd: How glorious are his ways I And brought his saints through desert ground; Eternal be his praise. 7 Great monarchs fell beneath his hand : Victorious is his sword ; White Israel took the promised land; And faithful is his word.) 8 lie saw the nations dead in sin ; He felt his pity move : How sad the state the world was in ! How boundless was his love ! 9 He sent to save us from our wo ; His goodness never fails ; From death, and hell, and every foe % And still his grace prevails. PSALM CXXXVI 10 Give thanks to God, the heavenly King ; His mercies still endure ; Let the whole earth his praises sing ; His truth is ever sure. PSALM CXXXVI. H. M. [ & J GIVE thanks to God most high, The universal Lord ; The sovereign King of kings; And be his grace adored His power and grace Are still the same ; And let his name Have endless praise. How mighty is his hand ! What wonders hath he dene ! He form'd the earth and seas, And spread the heavens alone. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides thy word. His wisdom framed the sun, To crown the day with light ; The moon and twinkling stars, To cheer the darksome night. His power and grace Are still the same ; And let his name Have endless praise. (He smote the first-born sons, The flower of Egypt, dead : And thence his chosen tribes With joy and glory led. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides thy word, His power and lifted rod Cleft the Red Sea in two, And for his people made A wonderous passage through. His power and grace Are still the same ; And let his name Have endless praise. But cruel Pharaoh there With all his host he drown'd ; And brought his Israel safe Through a long desert ground. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides thy word. PAUSE. The kings of Canaan fell Beneath his dreadful hand ; 256 PSALM CXXXVT. While his own servants took Possession of their land. His power and grace Are still the same ; And let his name Have endless prarse. 3 He saw the nations lie All perishing in sin, And pitied the sad state The ruin*d world was in. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides thy word! 9 He sent his only Son To save us from our wo, From Satan, sin, and death, And every hurtful foe. His power and grace Are Still the same ; And let his name Have endless praise. 10 Give thanks aloud to God, To God, the heavenly King ; And let the spacious earth His works and glories sing. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides thy word. PSALM CXXXVI. Abridged. L. M. C « ) GIVE to our God immortal praise ; Mercy and truth are all his ways j Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown ; His mercies ever shall endure, When lords and kings are known no mote. He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high : Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night : His mercies ever shall endure, When suns and moons shall shine no more. The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand, And brought them to the promised land : Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. PSALM CXXXVIII. 257 6 He saw the Gentiles dead in sin, And felt Ins pity work within : His mercies ever shall endure, When death and sin snail reign no more. 7 He sent ha Son with power to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave : Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. 8 Through this vain world he guides our fee^t, And leads us to his heavenly seat : His mercies ever shall endure, When this vain world shall be no more. PSALM CXXXVIII. L. M. ( b ) Restoring and Preserving Grace. 1 ("OT1TH all my powers of heart and tongue v ▼ I'll praise my Maker in my song : Angels shall hear the notes I raise, Approve the song, and join the praise. 2 Angels, who make thy church their care, Shall witness my devotion there. While holy zeal directs my eyes To thy fair temple in the skies.) 3 I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord j I'll sing the wonders of thy word ; Not all thy works and names belov. r So much thy power and glory show. 4 To God I cried when troubles rose ; He heard me, and subdued my foes $ He did my rising fears control, And strength diffused through all my soul. 5 The God of heaven maintains his state, Frowns on the proud, and scorns the great ; But from his throne descends to see The sons of humble poverty. 6 Amidst a thousand snares I stand, Upheld and guarded by thy hand ; Thy words my fainting soul revive, And keep my dying faith alive. 7 Grace will complete what grace begins, To save from sorrows or from sins ; The work, which wisdom undertakes. Eternal mercy ne'er forsake^ X 2 PSALM CXXXIX. PSALM CXXXIX. 1st Part. L. M. ( J, ) The All -seeing God. I "T ORD, thou hast search'd and seen me through;- J" Thine eye commands with piercing view My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known : He knows the words I mean to speak, - Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand ; On every side I find thy hand : Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great : What large extent ! what lofty height I My soul, with all the powers I boast, Is in the boundless prospect lost. 5 " O, may these thoughts possess my breast.. « Where'er I rove, where'er 1 rest ; " Nor let my weaker passions dare « Consent to sin, for God is there." PAUSE I. 6 Could I so false, so faithless prove, To quit thy service and thy love, Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun, Or from thy dreadful glory run ? 7 If up to heaven I take my flight, 'Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light ; Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns, And Satan groans beneath his chains. 8 If, mounted on a morning ray> I fly beyond the western sea, Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 9 Or, should I try to shun thy sight, P>eneath the spreading veil of nigh;, One glance of thine, one piercing ray, "Would kindle darkness into day. 10 " O, may these thoughts possess my breast, " Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ; Form'd by the model of thy book. 3 By thee my growing parts were named, And what thy sovereign counsels framed^ The breathing lungs, the beating heart, Were copied with unerring art. 4 At last, to shew my Maker's name, God stamp'd his image on my frame, And in some unknown moment join'd The finish'd members to the mind. 5 There the young seeds of thought began. And all the passions of the man ; Great God, our infant nature pays Immortal tribute to thy praise. PAUSE. 6 Lord, since in my advancing age I've acted on life's busy stage, Thy thoughts of love to me surmount The power of numbers to recount. 7 I could survey the ocean o'er, And count each sand, which makes the shoos 260 PSALM CXXXIX. Before my swiftest thoughts could trace The numerous wonders of thy grace. jS These on my heart are still impress,d With these I g;ve mine eyes to rest ; And at my waking hour I find God and his love possess my mind. PSALM CXXXIX. 3d part. L. M. ( b I Sincerity p.rofe&aed, and Grace tried; or, the Heart- searching' God. 1 1WY God' What inward Snef I feel, 1VJL When impious men transgress thy will I I mourn to- hear their lips profane Take thy tremendous name in vain. 2 Does not my soul detest and hate The sons of malice and deceit ? Those, who oppose thy laws and thee, I count them enemies to me. 3 Lord, search my soul, try every thought j Though mine own heart accuse rue not Of walking in a false disguise, I beg the trial of thine eyes. ■4 Doth secret mischief lurk within ? Do I indulge some unknown sin I O, turn my feet vhene'er I stray, And lead me in thy perfect way I PSALM CXXXIX. 1st part. CM. (*) God 29 every where. 1 IN all my vast concerns with thee, ■* In vain my soul would try To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee The notice of thine eye. 3 Thine all-surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest ; My public walks, my private ways* And secrets of my breast. 3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord, ^ Before they're form'd within ; And ere my lips pronounce the word, He knows the sense I mean. 4, O, wonderous knowledge, deep andhigh I >Yittre can a creautre hide I PSALM CXXXJX. 261 Within thy circling arms I lie, Beset on every side. 5 So let thy grace surround me still, And, like a bulwark, prove, To guard my soul from every ill,, Secured by sovereign love. PAUSE. 0 Lord, where shall guilty souls retrce, Forgotten and unknown ? In hell they meet thy dreadful fire, In heaven, thy glorious throne. 7 Should I suppress my vital breath, To 'scape the wrath divine, Thy voice would break the bars of deatfcj And make the grave resign. 8 If, wing'd with beams of morning light, I fly beyond the west, Thy hand, which must support my flight) Would soon betray my rest. 9 If o'er my sins I think to draw The curtains of the night, Those flaming eyes, which guard thy law. Would turn the shades to light. 10 The beams of noon, the midnight hour, Are both alike to thee ; O, may I ne'er provoke that power, From which 1 cannot flee. PSALM CXXXIX. 2d part. C. M. [ ^ The Wisdom of God in the Formation of Man. WHEN I, with pleasing wonder, stand, And all my frame survey, Lord, 'tis thy work : I own thy hand Thus built my humble clay. Thy hand my heart and reins possess'd, Where unborn nature grew ; Thy wisdom all my features traced, And all my members drew. Thine eye with nicest care survey'd The growth of every part, Till the whole scheme thy thoughts had laid Was copied by thine art. Heaven, earth, and sea, and, fire, and wind Shew me thy wonderous skill ; *62 PSALM CXXXIX, CXLI. But I review myself and find Diviner wonders still. 5 Thy awful glories round me shine, My flesh proclaims thy praise ; Lord, to thy works of nature join Thy miracles of grace. PSALM CXXXIX. 3d paet. G. M [ fc> ) Ver. 14, 17, 18. The Mercies of God innumerable, , AN EVENING PSALM. W ORD, when I count thy mercies o'er, 1 hey strike me with surprise ; Not all the sands* which spread the shore, lo equal numbers rise. ^ My flesh with fear and wonder stands, The product of thy skill ; And hourly blessings from thy hands Thy thoughts of love reveal. £ These on my heart by night I keep j flow kind, how dear to me ! O, may the hour, which ends my sleep, Still find my thoughts with thee. PSALM CXLI. L. M. ( «■) Ver. 2— 5. Watchfulness and Brotherly Re/iroof. m ffl-v r A M0RN1NG 0R EVENING PSALM. jVl \ od' ac/:ePl my early vows, Like morning incense in thy house ; And let my nightly worship rise, Sweet as the evening sacrifice. 2 Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, Irom every rash and heedless word ; Nor let my feet incline to tread The guilty path where sinners lead. 3 O may the righteous, when I stray, Smite and reprove my wandering way I Their gentle words, like ointment, shed, Shall never bruise, but cheer my head. 4 When I behold them prcss'd with grief, I 11 cry to Heaven for their relief : And by my warm petitions prove How much I priz-j their faithful love PSALM CXLII, CXLIII. 263 PSALM CXLII. C. M. [ b J God is the Hope of the Hel/iless. 1 FTpO God I made my sorrows known, -"- From God I sought relief ; In long complaints before his throne I pour'd out all my grief. 2 My soul was overwhelm'd with woes, My heart began to break ; My God, who all my burdens knows, He knows the way I take. 3 On every side I cast mine eye, And found my helpers gone ; While friends and strangers pass'd me b} ■-, Neglected or unknown. 4 Then did I raise a louder cry, And call'd thy mercy near, "Thou art my portion wiien I die, "Be thou my refuge here." 5 Lord, I am brought exceeding low ; Now let thine ea** attend ; And make my foes, who vex me, know I've an Almighty Friend. -6 From my sad prison set me free, Then shall I praise thy name ; And holy men shall join with me 1 hy kindness to proclaim ! ■'• PSALM CXLIII. L. M. ( fe ) Comfilaint of heavy dffiiciions in Mind and Body. i TMTY righteous Judge, my gracious God, •J-™ Hear when I spread my hands abroad, And cry for succour from thy throne : O, make thy truth and mercy known 1 2 Let judgment not against me pass ; Behold, thy servant pleads thy grace \ Should justice call us to thy bar, No man alive is guiltless there. 3 Look down in pity, Lord, and see The mighty woes, which hurden me ; Down to the dust my life is brought, Like one long buried and forgot. 264 PSALM CXLIV. \ I dwell in darkness and unseen, My heart is desolate within ; My thoughts in musing silence trace. The ancient wonders of thy ^race. 3 Thence I derive a glimpse of hope To bear my sinking spirits up ; I stretch my hai;ds to God i^ain, And thirst, jike parched lands, for rain. 6 For thee I thirst. I pray, I mourn ; When will tny smii ng face return ? Shall all my joys on earth remove ? And God forever hide his love ? 7 My God, tfry long delay to save Will sink thy prisoner to the grave : Mv heart grows faint, and dim mine eye Make haste to help before I die. 3 The night is witness to my tears, Distressing pains, distressing fears ; O, might 1 hear thy morning voice, How would my wearied powers rejoice t 9 In thee I trust, to thee 1 sigh, And lift my heavy soul on high ; For thee sit waiting all the day, And wear the tiresome hours away. i'O Bt£ak off my fetters, Lord, and show Which is the path my feet should go; If snares and foes be^t the road, I flee to hide me near my God. 1 1 Teach me to do thy holy will, And lead me to thy heavenly hill ; Let the good Spirit of thy love Conduct me to thy courts above. 12 Then shall my soul no more complain, The tempter then shall rage in vain ; And flesh, which was my foe before, Shall neve rvex my spirit more. PSALM CXLIV. 1st Part. C. M. ( * ) Ver. 1,2. Assistance and Victory in the Spiritual Warfare. 1 pOREVER blessed be the Lord, •IP My Saviour ..v.d my shield ; He sends his Spirit with his Word,, . To arm me for the field. PSALM CXLIV. 2 When sin and hell their force unite, He makes my soul his care, Instructs me to the heavenly fight, And guards me through the war. 3 A friend and helper so divine Doth my weak courage raise ; He makes the glorious victory mine, And his shall be the praise. PSALM CXLIV. 2d Part. C. M, [ b ] Ver. 3 — 6, The Vanity of Man, and Condescension of Goo. \ V OKD, what is man, poor feeble man, ■" Born of the earth at first ! His life, a shadow, light and vain, Still hastening to the dust ! 2 O, what is feeble, dying man, Or any of his race, That God should make it his concern To visit him with grace ! 3 That God, who darts his lightnings down. Who shakes Ihe worlds above, And mountains tremble at his frown, How wonderous is his love ! PSALM CXLIV. L, M. ( ^ ) Ver. 12 — 15. Grace above Riches ; or, the hopjiy Nation* 1 TO APPY the city, where their sons, *"■■ Like pillars round a palace, set, And daughters, bright as polish'd stones, Give strength and beauty to the state. 2 Happy the country, where the sheep, Cattle and corn, have large increase ; Where men securely work or sleep, Nor sons of plunder break their peace. 3 Happy the nation thus endow'd ; But more divinely bles*are those, On whom the all-sufficient God Himself, with all his grace bestows* Y 2^*3 PSALM CXLV. PSALM CXLV. L. M, J * J The Greatness of God. 1 1^/TY God, my King, thy various praise lviL Shall fill the remnant of my days ; Thy grace employ my hunible tongue, Till death and glory raise the song, 2 The wings of every hour shall Wear Some thankful tribute to thine ear j And every setting sun shall see New works of duty done for thee. 3 Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim ; Thy bounty flows, an endless stream ; Thy mercy swift ; thine anger slow, But dreadful to the stubborn foe. 4 Thy works with sovereign glory shine, And speak thy majesty divine : Let ."every realm with joy" proclaim The sound and honour of thy name. 5 Let distant time and nations raise The long succession of thy praise ; And unborn ages make my song The joy and labour of their tongue. 6 But who can speak thy wonderous deeds I Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds ! Vast and unsearchable thy ways ! Vast and immortal be thy praise ! PSALM CXLV. 1st Part. C. M. ( Ver. 1 — 7, 11 — 13. The Greatness of God, LONG as I live, I'll bless thy name, My King, my God of love ; My work and joy shall be the same In the bright Avorld above. Great is the Lord, his power unknown., And let his praise be great ; I'll sing the honours of thy throne, Thy works of grace repeat. Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue.' And, while my lips rejoice, The men, who hear my sacred song, Shall join their cheerful vbhfej PSALM CXLV. 267 4 Fathers to sons shall teach thy name, And children learn thy ways ; Ages to come thy truth proclaim, And nations sound thy praise. 5 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date Shall through the world be known : Thine arm of power, thy heavenly state, With public splendour shown. 5 The world is managed by thy hands ; Thy saints are ruled by love ; And thine eternal kingdom stands, Though rocks and hills remove. PSALM CXLV. 2d Part. C. M. Ver. 7, &c. The Goodness of God, SVEET is the memory of thy grace, My God, my heavenly King ! Let age to age thy righteousness In songs of glory sing. God reigns on high, but ne'er confines His goodness to the skies ; Through the whole earth his bounty shine And every want supplies. With longing eyes thy creatures wait On thee for daily food : Thy liberal hand provides their meat, And fills their mouths with good. How kind are thy compassions, Lord ! How slow thine anger moves ! Beit soon he sends his pardoning word To cheer the souls he loves. Creatures, with all their endless race, Thy power and praise proclaim ; But saints, who taste thy richer grace/ Delight to bless thy name. PSALM CXLV. 3d Part. C. M. ( # ) Ver. 14, 17, &c. Mercy to Sufferers ; or, God hearing Prayer. \ If ET every tongue thy goodness speak ? •*" Thou sovereign Lord cf all ; 268 PSALM CXLVI. Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak, And raise the poor, who fall 2 When sorrow bows the spirit down, Or Virtue hes distress'd Beneath some proud oppressor's frown, Thou givest the mourners rest. 3 The Lord supports our tottermg days, And guides our giddy youth : Holy and just are all his ways, And all his words are truth. 4 Ke knows the pain his servants feel, He hears his children cry, And, their best wishes to fulfil,. His grace is ever nigh. 5 His. mercy never shall remove From men of heart sincere : He saves the souls, whose humble love Is join'd with holy fear. 6 (His stubborn foes his sword shall slay, And pierce their hearts with pain ; But none, who serve the Lord shall say, "They sought his aid in vain.") 7 (My lips shall dwell upon his praise, And spread his fame abroad : Let all the sons of Adam raise The honours of their God.) TSALM CXLVI. L. M. ( Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth. 1 TpRAISE ye the Lord ; my heart shall join -1L iD work so pleasant, so divine ; Now while the flesh is mine abode, And when my soul ascends to God. 2 Praise shall employ my noblest powers, While immortality emigres : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life and thought and being last. 3 Why should I make a man my trust ? Princes must die and turn to dust ; Their breath departs, their pomp and power, And thoughts all vanish in an hour. PSALM CXLVI. 269 4 Happy the man, whose hopes rely On Israel's God : he made tlie sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train ; And none shall find his promise vain. 5 His truth forever stands secure : He saves th* oppress'd, he feeds the poor ; He sends the labouring conscience peace, And grams the prisoner sweet release. 6 The Lord hath eyes to give the blind ; The Lord supports the sinking mind ; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless. 7 He loves his saints, he knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell : Thy God, O Z:on, ever reigns ; Praise him in everlasting strains ! PSALM CXLVI. L. P. M. Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth. 1 "[I'LL praise my Maker with my breath j ■* And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days ol praise shall n^'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. 2 Why should I make a man my trust I Princes must die and turn to dust : Vain is the help of flesh aud blood ; Their breath departs, their pomp and power, And thoughts all vanish in an hour ; Nor can they make their promise good. 3 Happy the man, whose hopes rely On Israel's God : he made the sky, And earth, and seas, with ail their train : His truth forever stands secure : He saves th' oppress'd, he feeds the poor ; And none shall find his promise vain. 4 The Lord hath eyes to give the blind ; The Lord supports the sinking mind ; He sends the labouring conscience peace ; He helps the stranger m distress, The widow and the fatherless, And grants the prisoner sweet release. Y 2 c*: 27* PSALM CXLVH. 5 He loves his saints, he knows them wel!, But turns the wicked down to hell : Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns, Let every tongue, let every age, In this exalted work engage : Praise him in everlasting strains. 6 I'll praise him while he lends me breath, And when my vo;c- is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : Mv days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. PSALM CXLV1I. 1st Part. L. M. (^ The Divine Nature, Providence and Grace. 1 lp)Rx\ISE ye the Lord : 'tis good to raise * Our hearts and voices in his praise : His nature and his works invite To make this duty our delight. 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem, And gathers nations to his name ; His mercy melts the stubborn soul, And makes the bioktn spirit whole. 3 He form'd the stars, those heavenly flames ; He counts their numbers, calls their names j His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, A deep, where all our thoughts are drown'd 4 Great is our Lord, and great his might ; And all his glories infinite : He crowns the meek, rewards the just, \nd treads the wicked to the dust. PAUSE. 5 Smg to the Lord, exalt him high, Who spreads his clouds around the sky ; . There he prepares the fruitful rair, Nor lets the drops descend in vain. 6 He makes the ^rass the hills adorn, And clothes the smiling fields with coror The beasts with food his hands supply, And the young ravens when they cry. 7 What is the creature's skill or force ? The sprightly man, the warlike horse> The nimble wit, the uctive limb? All are too mean delights for him-. fSALM CXLVH. 271 3 But saints are lovely in his sight * Pie views his children with delight : He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And looks and loves his image there. PSALM CXLVII. 2d Part. L. M. ( # ) Summer and Winter* A Song for America, |UR Land shall. praise the mighty God> And make his honours known abroad ; " For sweet the joy, our songs to raise, " And glorious vs the work of praise." 2 Our children are secure and bless'd ; Our shores have peace, our cities rest 5 He feeds our sons with finest wheat* And adds his blessing to their meat. 3 The changing seasons he ordains. The early and the latter rains ; His flakes of snow, like wool, he sends* And thus the springing corn defends. 4 With hoary frost he strews the ground ; His hail descends with clattering sound £ Where is the man so vainly bold, Who dares defy his dreadful cold ? 5 He bids the southern breezes blow ; The ice dissolves, the waters flow : But he hath nobler works and ways To call his people to his praise. 0 To all our land his laws are shown ; His gospel through the nation known : He hath not thus reveal'd his word To every land : — Praise ye the Lord I PSALM CXLVII. C. M. ( % Ver. 7 — 9, 13—18. The Seasons of the Year, \ T\T\7TTH songs and honours sounding loud, * * Address the Lord on high ; Over the heavens he spreads his cloud, And waters veil the sky. 2 He sends his showers of blessings down To cheer the plains below ; He makes the grass the mountains crown And corn in v allies grow. 272 PSALM CXLVIII. 3 He gives tlie grazing ox his meat ; He hears trie raven's cry ; But man, who tastes his finest wheat, Should raise his honours n:gh. 4 His steady counsels change the face Of the declining year ; He bids the sun cut short his race, And wintery days appear. 5 His hoary fros:, his fleecy snow Descend and clot:ie tat: ground j The liquid streams forbear to fln>w, In icy fetters b;;u:id. 6 When from his dreadful stores on high He pours the rattling hail, The wretch, who dares this God defy, Shall find Ins courage fail. 7 He sends his word, and melts the snow; The fields no longer mourn ; He calls the wanner gales to blow, And bids the spring return. 8 The changing wind, the flying cloud Obey his mighty \vo:d : With songs and honours sounding loud. Praise ye the sovereign Lord. PSALM CXLVIII. H. M. ( * Praise to God from all Creatures. YE tribes of Adam, join With heaven, and earth, and seas, And offer notes divine To your Creator's praise. Ye holy throng Of angels bright, In worlds of light, ■ Begin the song. Thou sun, with dazzling rays, And moon, which rules tire night, Shine to your Maker's praise, With stars of twinkling light. His power declare, Ye fl >ods on high, And clouds, which fly In empty air. The shining worlds above In glorious order stand, Or in swift courses move By his supreme command. PSALM CXLVIII. He spake the word, And all their frame From nothing came To praise the Lord. i He moved their mighty wheels In unknown ages past : And each nis word fulfils While time and nature last. In different ways His works proclaim His wonderous name, And speak his pi disc, PAUSE. 5 Let all the earth-born race, And monsters of the deep, The fish, which cleave the seas, Or in their bosom sleep ; From sea and shore Their tribute pay, And still display Their Maker's power, 5 Ye vapours, hail, and snow, Praise ye th' Almighty Lord, And stormy winds, which blow, To execute h»s word. When lightnings shine, Or thunders roar, Let earth adore His hand divine. 7 Ye mountains near the skies, With iofty cedars there, And trees of humbler size, Which fruit in plenty bear ; Beasts, wild and tame, Buds, flies, and worms; In various forms, Exalt his name. 8 Ye kings, and judges, fear The Lord, the sovereign King ; And while you rule us here, Flis heavenly honours sing. Nor let the dream Of power and state Make you forget His power supreme. 9 Virgins, and youths, engage To sound his praise divine, While infancy and age Their feebler voices join. Wide as he reigns His name be sung By every tongue In endless strains. 10 Let all the nations fear The God, who rules above ; He brings his people near, And makes them taste his love» While earth and sky Attempt his praise, His saints shall raise His honours high. 274 PSALM CXLVIII. PSALM CXLVIII. L. M. [ * ] Paraphrased. Universal Praise to God. \ T OUU hallelujahs to the Lord -a-* From distant worlds where creatures dwell ; Let heaven begin the solemn word, And sound it dreadful down to hell. Note. Add the following lines to each stanza, if necessary. Each of his works his name disfilay*, But they can ne'er fuljil his firaise. '3 The Lord ! how absolute he reigns I Let every angel bend the knee ; Sing of his love in heavenly strains, And speak how fierce his terrours be< 3 High on a throne his glories dwell, An awful throne of shining bliss ! Fly through the world, O sun, and tell How dark thy beams compared to his. 4 Awake, ye tempests, and his fame In sounds of dreadful praise dtclare ; And the sweet whisper of his name Fill every gentler breeze of air. 5 Let clouds, and winds, and waves agree To join their praise with blazing fire r Let the firm earth and rolling sea In this eternal song conspire. 6 Ye flowery plains, proclaim his skill ; Vallies, lie low before his eye ; And let his praise from every hill Rise tuneful to the neighbouring sky, 7 Ye stubborn oaks, and stately pines, Bend your high branches, and adore ; Praise him, ye beasts, in different strains :< The lamb must bleat, the lion roar. 8 Birds,, ye must make his praise your theme ; Nature demands a song from you : While the dumb fish, which cut the stream Leap up and mean his praise9 too. 9 Mortals, can you refrain your tongue, When nature all around you sings ? O, for a shout from old and young, From humble swains, and lofty kings *. PSALM CXLVIII. 275 10 Wide as his vast dominion lies, Make the Creator's name be known ; Loud as his thunder shout his praise., And sound it lofty as his throne. il Jehovah ! 'tis a glorious word ! O, may it dwell on every tongue ! But saints, who best have known the Lord, Are bound to raise the noblest song. 12 Speak of the wonders of that love, Which Gabriel plays on every chord : From all below, and all above, Loud hallelujahs to the Lord. t«ji«^*Mgaj»saK ->e.n i i im* ■■■■■■!■ vm PSALM CXLVIII. S. M. [*j Universal Praise. X *JT ET every creature join ^ ^ To praise th' eternal God ; Ye heavenly hosts, the song begin, And sound his name abroad. 2 Thou .an, with golden beams, And moon, with paler rays, Ye starry lights, ye twinkling flames, Shine to your Maker's praise. 3 He built those worlds above, And fix'd their wonderous frame ; By his command they stand or move, And ever speak his name. 4 Ye vapours, when ye rise, ^ Or fall in showers, or snow, Ye thunders, murmuring round the skies; His power and glory show. 5 Wind, hail, and flashing fire, Agree to praise the Lord, When ye in dreadful storms conspire To execute his word. 6 By all his works above His honours be express'd ; But saints, who taste his saving love,- Should sing his praises best. PAUSE I. 7 Let earth and ocean know They owe their Maker praise ; Praise him, ye watery worlds belov:: And monsters of the sea*. Cfce Christian Do*ol08U« - & -v.:- & — L. M. TO God, the Father, God the Son, And God, the Spirit, Three in Oite, Be honour, praise, and glory given, By all on earth, and all in heaven. " C. JV1. LET God, the Father, and the Son, And Spirit, be adored, Where there are Works to make him knowr. Or saints, who love the Lord C. M- Where the tune includes tivo stanziac, THE God of mercy be adored, Who calls our souls from death. Who saves by his redeeming word, And new-creating breath. To praise the Father, and the Son, And Spirit, all divine, The one in Three, and Three in One, Let saints and angels join. S. M. YE angels round the throne, And saints, who dwell below. Worship the Father, praise the Son, And bless the Spirit too. L. P. M. NOW to the great and sacred Three, The Father, Son, and Sipirt, be Eternal praise and glory given, Through all the worlds where God is known* By all the angels near the throne, And ail the saints in earth and heaven. II. M. TO God, the Father's throne Perpetual honours raise ; Glory to God, the Son, To God, the Spirit, praise : With all our powers, Eternal Kiin^ Yhy name we sing£ While faith adores. JiA'f) OP THE PALMS'...*.. ..YQh. J, 'b> HYMNS JjYD 1 SPIRITUAL SONGS.I IN THREE BOOKS. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Composed on Divine Subjects. S III. Piepared for the Lord's Supper. ML By I. WATTS, D. D. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy, &c> fqr thou wast shin ajvl hast redeemed as, &e. Rev, v. 9, Soliti essent ( i. e. Christian!) Qonvejiite* carmcnque Chtijto quasi Deo dicere. Plinius in Efiist. TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED A FOURTH BOOK OF SELECTED- HYMNS, ADAPTED TO VARIOUS m SUBJECTS and OCCASIONS. jjg H. Mann's first corrected edition. f£ ..<.+.<.<.<•.<.<•<.<.<..<.<..<..< .<•■<••<■■< ■<■<■*■<■<■■<■<■<■<■■<■■<■■<■■<■■< ■<••<••< < •<••+•«•<•.<-<••« DED HAM—Massacli usctts : PRINTED by II. MANN, and Sold Whole- § sale and Retail at his Book-Store — Sold u- also by the principal Book-sellers in j£ this, and the neighbouring states, jg 1811. £ $ ooooooooooo©oooooooooooooaooer§ HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. BOOK L COLLECTED FROM THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, HYMN I. C. M. ( A new Song to the Lamb that was slain. Rev. v, 6, 8, 9—12. 1 TOEHOLD the glories of the Lamb -D Amidst his Father's throne : Prepare new honours for his name? And songs before unknown. 2 Let elders worship at his feet, The church adore around ; With vials full of odours sweet, And harps of sweeter sound. 3 Those are the prayers of the saints? And these the hymns they raise \ Jesus is kind to our complaints, He loves to hear our praise. 4- (Eternal Father, who shall look Into thy secret will ? Who but the Son shall take that bqok, And open every seal ? 5 He shall fulfil thy great decrees/. The Son deserves it well ; Lo, in his hand the sovereign keys Of heaven, and death, and hell !) 6 Now to the Lamb, that once was Slain? Be endless blessings paid ; Salvation, glory, joy, remain Forever on tfby head. Book. £ A 2 HYMN II, III, BooR , * Thou hast redeem'd our souls with blood, Hast set the prisoners free, Hast made us kings and priests to God, And we shall reign with thee. $ The worlds of nature and of grace Are put beneath thy power ; Then shorten these delaying days, And bring the promised hour. HYMN II. L. M. [ ^ ] The Deity and Humaniry of Christ. John i. 1, 3, 14, Col. i. 16, and Eph. in. 9, 10, 1 "[EpRE the blue heavens were stretch'd abroad, ■**-4 From everlasting was the Word : With God he was ; the Word was God, And must divinely be adored. 2 By his own power all things were made ; By him supported, all things stand ; He is the whole creation's head, And angels fly at his command. 3- Ere sin was born, or Satan fell, He led the host of morning stars ; (Thy generation who can tell, Or count the number of thy years ?) 4 But lo, he leaves those heavenly forms ; The Word descends and dwells in clay, That he may hold converse with worms, Dress'd in such feeble flesh as they. 5 Mortals with jo^ beheld his face, Th' eternal Father's only Son ; How full of truth I how full of grace ! When through his flesh the Godhead shone \ 6 Archangels leave their high abode? To learn new mysteries here, and tell The love of our descending God, The glories of Emmanuel. HYMN III, S. M. [ % ] The Xativity of Christ. Luke i. 30, Sec— H. 10, Jtf. 1 "OEHOLD, the o:race annears^ JL0 The promise is fulfill'd ; Book I. HYMN V. Mary, the wonderous virgin, bears, And Jesus is the child. 2 [The Lord, the highest God, Calls him his only Son ; He bids him rule the lands abroad, And gives him David's throne. 3 O'er Jacob shall he reign, With a peculiar sway ; The nations shall his grace obtain, His kingdom ne'er decay. , 4 To bring the glorious news, A heavenly form appears ; He tells the shepherds of their joys') And banishes their fears. o " Go, hurnbie swains," said he, " To David's city fly ; u 1 he promised infant, born to-day, ei Doth in a manger lie. 6 " With looks and hearts serene, "Go visit Christ, your King ;" And straight a flaming troop was seen $ The shepherds heard them sing. 7 u Glory to God on high, " And heavenly peace on earth ; "Good will to men. to angels joy, " At the Redeemer's birth," 8 fin worship so divine, Let saints employ their tongues'V With the celestial hosts we join, And loud repeat their songs : 9 " Glory to God on high, " And heavenly peace on earth $ " Good will to men, to angels joy, "At our Redeemer's birth."] Hymn 4. Referred to the 2d Psqlrn, HYMN V. C. M. ( & ) Submission to Jfflittvve Providences* Job I. 21. 1 VTAKKD as from the earth we camt> ■^ And crept to life at firs*. HYMN VI. Book I, We to the earth return again, And mingle with our dust. B The dear delights we here enjoy, And fondly call our own, Are but snort favours borrow'd now, To be repaid anon. 3 'Tis God, who lifts our comforts high. Or sinks them in the grave ; He gives, and (blessed be his name !) He take s but what he gave. 4 Peace, all our angry passions, then ; Let each rebellious sigh Be s lent at his sovereign will, And every murmur die 5 If smiling mercy crown our 1 ves; Its praises shall be spread ; And we'll adore the justice too Which strikes our comforts dead. HYMN VI. C. M. [ l^riumjth over Death. Job xix. 25, 26, 27. \ f*% REAT God, I own thy sentence just, ^J \nd nature must decay ; I yield my body to the dust, To dwell with fellow-clay. ii Yet faith may triumph o'er the grave? And trample on the tombs ; IMy Jesus, my Redeemer lives, My God, my Saviour comes. The mighty Conqueror shall appe^v Hi^h on a royal seat, And death, the last of all his foeS, Lie vanquished at his feet. 4 Though greedy worms devour my skifl, And gnaw my wasting flesh, When God shall build my bones agaife? He'll clothe them all afresh. 5 Then shall I see thy lovely face With strong immortal eyes, And feast upon thy unknown gra'fb With pleasure and surprise* Book I. HYMN VII, VIII. HYMN VII. CM. ( * ) The Invitation of the Gos/iel ; ory Spiritual Food and Clothing. Isa. lv. i, 2, kc. 1 V ET every mortal ear attend, •*-i And every heart rejoice ; The trumpet of the gospel sounds With an inviting voice. & " Ho ! all ye hungry, starving souI$, " Who feed upon the wind, * And vainly strive with earthly toys " To fill an empty mind : -3 " Eternal Wisdom has prepared " A soul-reviving feast, " And bids your longing appetites- u The rich provision taste. 4 u Ho ! ye who pant for living streams, " And pine away, and die ; £Here you may quench your raging tlflrst u With springs that never dry. $ « Rivers of love and mercy herea a In a rich ocean join ; V Salvation in abundance flows, u Like floods of milk and wine? 6 (" Ye perishing and naked poor, " Who work with mighty pain, « To weave a garment of your own, " Which will not hide your sin ; 7 " Come naked, and adorn your souI& " In robes prepared by God, ft Wrought by the labours of his Son* M And dy'd in his own blood.'*) 8 Dear God ! the treasures of thy love Are everlasting mines, Deep as our helpless miseries are. And boundless as our sins ! 9 The happy gates of gospel grace Stand open night and day ; Lord, we are come to seek supplies, And drive our wants away. HYMN VIII. CM. [ %] The Safety and Protection of the Church, Isa. XXVI 1— & 1 1HF°W honourable is the ptece, ** Where we adoring stand j HYMN IX. Book I, Zion, the glory of the eartli, And beauty of the land ! 2 Bulwarks of mighty grace defend The city where we dwell ; The walls, of strong salvation made, Defy th' asssults of hell. 3 Lift up the everlasting gates, The doors wide open fling ; Enter, ye nations, that obey The statutes of our King. 4 Here shall you taste unmingled joysj And live in perfect peace ; You, who have known Jehovah's name'. And ventured on his grace. 5- Trust in the Lord, forever trust, And banish all your fears : Strength in the Lord, Jtiiovuh, dwells;, Eternal as his years. 6 What though the rebels dwell on high* His arm shall bring them low ; Low as the caverns of the grave Their lofty heads shall bow. 7 On Babylon our feet shall tread In that rejoicing hour ; The ruins of her walls shall spread A pavement for the poor. HYMN IX. C. x\L [*or B] The Promises of the Covenant of Grace. Isa. lv. 1, 2 Zech. xui. 1. Mic. vn. 19. Eaek. xxxvi. 25, 8*