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PREFACE. 
 
 That our Psalmody is the most inefficient 
 and unsatisfactory part of our Church-ser- 
 vice, is generally acknowledged, and has 
 often been openly declared, even by per- 
 sons of high authority in the Church. It 
 is implied moreover in the various Collec- 
 tions and Selections, the Psalmbooks and 
 Hymnbooks, which are compiled every year ; 
 and which have become so numerous, that 
 almost every other church and chapel has 
 one of its own, and all uniformity in this 
 branch of our public worship is at an end. 
 A still sadder proof is the listlessness, which 
 is so much complained of, exhibited by most 
 congregations, except where there is a fa- 
 vorite Hymnbook, during this part of the 
 service. Yet this is the very part of the ser- 
 vice in which, one might naturally expect, 
 the congregation would most delight in join- 
 ing. Few can have visited dissenting meet- 
 ings, without having a wish awakened in 
 them, that in our churches also the praises of 
 God might rise from the lips and the hearts 
 
V11I PREFACE. 
 
 of all the people : and doubtless this has 
 often operated as an attraction, whereby 
 many have been drawn away to the conven- 
 ticle. Hence divers appeals have been ad- 
 drest to the persons who bear rule in our 
 Church, calling upon them to remedy this 
 grievous defect by the publication of an au- 
 thorized Hymnbook. Indeed few measures 
 they could adopt, would conduce more to the 
 spiritual edification of our people, than a 
 Hymnbook which might be to us, both in 
 church and amid our families, what the Mo- 
 ravian Hymnbook and Wesley's are to the 
 members of their communion. 
 
 The desirableness of such a Hymnbook is 
 founded on the fact, which will hardly be de- 
 nied, that there are many states of Christian 
 feeling, which find no adequate expression in 
 the Psalms; as there are many manifestations 
 of the Godhead which did not receive their 
 completion, until the Spirit descended upon 
 the Apostles. But for all those states of de- 
 votional feeling which do find expression in 
 the Psalms, no other expression can be com- 
 parable to that in holy sublimity and fervour. 
 It would be a deplorable result, if, as is too 
 much the case in many Collections, the 
 Psalms were to be supplanted by Hymns of 
 modern composition. Yet there can be little 
 doubt, that one main cause of the inanimate- 
 ness of our Psalmody is the character of the 
 authorized Version most commonly in use. 
 Composed in one of the feeblest ages of our 
 
PREFACE. IX 
 
 poetry, in an age too altogether alien from 
 primitive simplicity and devotional fervour, 
 the New Version, as it is called, has been 
 singularly successful in stripping the Psalms 
 of their life and power. The diction is 
 mostly of the tamest kind, trickt out with 
 tarnisht ornaments. The poetical as well as 
 the religious spirit of the original has almost 
 entirely evaporated. At times the meaning 
 is grossly perverted. This judgement is not 
 that of a single individual. It was pro- 
 nounced by Bishop Beveridge, when the 
 New Version was first publisht. It was pro- 
 nounced by Bishop Horsley, at the end of 
 the last century. The verdict of every qua- 
 lified judge has concurred with theirs. Many 
 have avowed a decided preference for the 
 Old Version. Many have spoken of a good 
 poetical Version of the Psalms as an impossi- 
 bility. 
 
 Such was pretty much my own opinion, 
 when I first engaged in the work, the fruits 
 of which are here laid before the Church. 
 My design at that time was merely to select 
 those passages from the two authorized Ver- 
 sions, which appeared best adapted for Chris- 
 tian worship, with such alterations as might 
 seem requisite, to get rid of the most objec- 
 tionable expressions, and to give each sepa- 
 rate portion something of unity. It was con- 
 fined to doing for the use of my own parish, 
 what has already been done for other pa- 
 rishes a hundred times over. In executing 
 
X PREFACE. 
 
 this task, I was led to examine the Ver- 
 sion used by the Church of Scotland. 
 Few who ever heard the late Edward Irving 
 read passages of that Version, can have for- 
 gotten the sublime effect which they pro- 
 duced. A noble version in truth it is, in 
 many respects. It has the plainness, the 
 simplicity, with much of the majesty of the 
 original, and might be deemed almost per- 
 fect, as a version designed for public worship, 
 unless it had been composed with a strange 
 disregard of grammar, idiom, rhythm, and 
 metre. A hope however was excited in me, 
 that it might be possible to retain a large 
 portion of the merits of the Scotch Version, 
 and yet to remove its defects. By the ad- 
 vice of my friends 1 have been induced to 
 publish a few copies of the present Selection, 
 that it may be submitted to the judgement of 
 the Church. So, through God's blessing, 
 may it perhaps be allowed to contribute to- 
 ward an object, which every true son of our 
 Church must have at heart, the supplying 
 our people with fit words to sing the praises 
 of God. 
 
 My view being directed solely to public 
 worship, I have merely selected such parts 
 of the Psalms as appeared to me best suited 
 for that purpose; and have endeavoured 
 to make each part a whole, to give each 
 something like unity and entireness, yet with- 
 out greatly exceeding the usual length of the 
 portions sung in our churches. One evil 
 
PREFACE. XI 
 
 under the present practice is, that, no definite 
 portions of the Psalms being markt out in our 
 Prayerbooks, — or at least no regard being 
 paid to the divisions there introduced, — 
 three or four or five verses of a Psalm are 
 chosen, often with little connexion, still 
 oftener without a beginning or ending. Even 
 where the minister exercises a discreet judge- 
 ment in the choice, the reasons which in- 
 fluenced him are not apparent to the congre- 
 gation ; which is a great obstacle to their 
 fully understanding and feeling what they 
 are singing. To this end it is no slight help, 
 that each portion should stand as a whole be- 
 fore the eye, after the manner of the portions 
 of Scripture selected for the Epistles and 
 Gospels. Hence this principle is generally 
 followed in modern selections, even in that 
 publisht by the Society for promoting Chris- 
 tian Knowledge. 
 
 In one instance, the Second Version of the 
 136th Psalm, taken with slight alterations 
 from Milton's, the portion does somewhat 
 exceed the ordinary limits. But I could not 
 bring myself to omit more of that grand poem, 
 which would be greatly injured, if it were 
 broken up, and the beginning severed from 
 the conclusion. When it is sung however, 
 two or three of the verses in the middle may 
 easily be left out. In like manner, if it be 
 thought that singing six verses lengthens the 
 service too much, one or two may mostly 
 be omitted, without much injury. My aim 
 
Xll PREFACE. 
 
 was to omit hardly anything, except what 
 seemed ill-suited for congregational worship. 
 In the 80th Psalm, the passage in the middle, 
 about the Vine, seemed to form a beautiful 
 whole by itself: while the first part of the 
 Psalm is more closely connected with the 
 conclusion. In the 70th, one of the verses 
 has been transposed : it seemed to me more 
 appropriate for a congregation to rise from a 
 personal prayer for deliverance, to a prayer 
 for the triumph and glory of the Church, 
 than to fall back again after the latter to its 
 own individual distress ; although in a private 
 prayer, like that of the Psalmist, there may 
 be a peculiar force and propriety in the re- 
 currence to personal wants. 
 
 The portions of the Psalms, which are 
 usually sung, being so short, it seemed espe- 
 cially requisite to condense the original, 
 rather than to expand it after the manner of 
 the authorized Versions. Their practice arose 
 necessarily from the rule, which they follow 
 much too uniformly, of turning each verse of 
 the original into a stanza. Hence the 
 thoughts, which, from the parallelistic sys- 
 tem of Hebrew poetry, were already exprest 
 with ample fulness in the original, are very 
 often overladen with an accumulation of 
 words, which in the Old Version are an idle 
 surplusage, in the New tawdry bombast. 
 To take an instance almost at random, the 
 third verse of the 95th Psalm, — For the 
 
PREFACE. Xlll 
 
 Lord is a great God, and a great King above 
 all gods, — is diluted in the Old Version into 
 
 For why ? the Lord he is no doubt 
 
 A great and mighty God, 
 A King above all gods throughout, 
 
 In all the world abroad. 
 
 In the New Version it is thus puft out : 
 
 For God, the Lord, enthroned in state ■, 
 
 Is with unrivaled glory great ; 
 
 A King superior far to all 
 
 Whom gods the heathens falsely call. 
 
 Is it to be wondered at that verses of this 
 kind should awaken no devotion in those who 
 have to sing them? 
 
 As to the style or diction, the same prin- 
 ciple is enjoined at once by reverence for the 
 sanctity, and by a right feeling for the subli- 
 mity of the original. Sacred poetry ought to 
 have the simplicity of Palestrina's music, of 
 Fra Angelico's and Perugino's painting. I 
 have done my best to preserve that sim- 
 plicity, unencumbered by modern poetical 
 ornaments, which are as much out of place 
 in a version of the Psalms, as a bunch of rib- 
 bons would be dangling from a star. I have 
 been desirous too of retaining the very words 
 of our prose translations, chiefly of that in 
 the authorized Bible, not only because the 
 language of that age has a purity and fresh- 
 ness, which fit it for sacred poetry, while that 
 
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XIV PREFACE. 
 
 in the translation of the Psalms more especi- 
 ally is plain and clear to the simplest under- 
 standing; but also from a wish that the 
 lower orders, — for whom such a work is 
 mainly designed, and to whom it would be of 
 the highest value, — may find nothing in it to 
 jar with what they read in their Bible and 
 Prayerbook, but may even be led to love 
 the very words the more, from having them 
 imprest on their memory by metre, and by 
 the practice of singing them in church. 
 Perhaps too a simple version of the Psalms 
 might supply the children both of the rich 
 and poor with wholesomer and more nourish- 
 ing food than a large part of the Hymns they 
 are accustomed to learn. 
 
 As these verses however are especially de- 
 signed for singing, I have studied, wherever 
 it could be done without sacrificing more im- 
 portant objects, so to select and arrange the 
 words, as to get syllables on which the voice 
 can dwell, wherever the tune requires it. 
 For instance, raise has often been substituted 
 for lift, place for put or set, where otherwise I 
 would rather have retained the word of our 
 prose Translation. Hence the same word is 
 frequently repeated, where a nice critic 
 would have varied his language. To this 
 point few of our song-writers, except Mr 
 Moore, pay sufficient attention : and this 
 is one of the reasons why his songs are so 
 popular : they are so easy to sing. 
 
 A matter of far greater delicacy and diffi- 
 
PREFACE. XV 
 
 culty was to determine how far it is expedi- 
 ent to bring out the spiritual meaning of the 
 Psalms more prominently than it is brought 
 out in the original. This is a question on 
 which there will be much diversity of opinion. 
 Were it not for the specific end for which 
 the Version is designed, it would doubtless 
 be desirable, as in all translations, to give a 
 faithful representation of the original, reflect- 
 ing the exact shades of feeling, with the ut- 
 most attainable accuracy. But the immedi- 
 ate purpose of the Version being to express 
 the devotional feelings of a Christian congre- 
 gation, the problem becomes more compli- 
 cated. Thus much is clear, that the expres- 
 sion of those feelings should be plain, direct, 
 and free from ambiguity. Hence I have 
 thought myself bound to make it everywhere 
 apparent that the enemies from whom we 
 pray to be preserved are our spiritual ene- 
 mies, that the deliverance we desire is from 
 our sins. On the other hand it did not 
 appear to me advisable to transform the 
 Psalms into Christian Hymns, rejoicing in 
 the fulfilment of that which the Psalmists 
 prophetically anticipate ; as Watts and others 
 have done. Such a change turns the version 
 into a paraphrase, destroys the character of 
 the Psalms* by reversing their point of view, 
 and produces a disjointed incongruous med- 
 ley : for no one can fancy that David, had he 
 lived after the coming of Christ, would have 
 been contented with speaking of Christ, as 
 
XVI PREFACE. 
 
 he has done when seeing Him from afar in 
 the vision of the Almighty. For this reason 
 I have avoided using the name of Christ, the 
 use of that name being a mark of the dis- 
 tinction between the Christian and the ante- 
 christian age of the world, and implying a 
 distinct perception of the Incarnation, and of 
 all that the incarnate Word did for man, 
 while He dwelt upon earth. 
 
 I have entered into this explanation of the 
 principles which have guided me in this 
 work, because my reason for publishing it, as 
 I have already said, is to submit it to the 
 judgement of the Church. Many of my breth- 
 ren in the ministry, I well know, would be 
 glad to have a tolerably satisfactory Version 
 of the Psalms for the use of their own con- 
 gregations. Such a work, like everything li- 
 turgical, should be a joint, a catholic work. 
 If any of them think that this object is at all 
 forwarded by this volume, if any think that 
 the Versions here collected may form the 
 foundation of a national Psalmbook, I shall 
 feel sincerely thankful to such as will take 
 sufficient interest in the matter, to send 
 me any suggestions for its improvement, 
 whether with regard to the general principles 
 of its execution, or to the details : and such 
 suggestions shall receive an attentive and 
 respectful consideration. Should any number 
 of opinions express themselves favorably, a 
 corrected edition might hereafter be laid be- 
 fore the episcopal bench, in the hope of ob- 
 
PREFACE. XV11 
 
 taining their allowance for its use in church, 
 or in order that such further steps may be 
 taken as are requisite to gain the sanction of 
 authority. For the present I have merely 
 ventured to solicit the permission of my own 
 diocesan to dedicate this little volume to 
 him ; and I avail myself of this opportunity 
 to thank him for the gracious kindness with 
 which that permission was granted. 
 
 Already indeed this Collection is in some 
 sort a catholic work. I have thought myself 
 fully justified in making the freest use of 
 former Versions, in taking whatever appeared 
 good in them, and in altering what I 
 took, according to the best of my judge- 
 ment. They who write for the Church 
 bring their offerings according to their abi- 
 lity, and must feel happy if any part of 
 those offerings be made use of for the build- 
 ing of the tabernacle. From the New Ver- 
 sion I have not been able to gain much 
 help ; more from the Old Version. But it is 
 to the Version used by the Church of Scot- 
 land that this Collection is chiefly indebted. 
 There is scarcely a Psalm in which it has 
 not offered me some useful hints: many have 
 been incorporated from it, with slight modifi- 
 cations. Throughout I have consulted the 
 excellent Version of George Sandys, who has 
 suggested several words and turns of expres- 
 sion ; and the Second Versions of the 67th 
 and 98th Psalms are his. I would gladly 
 have taken more ; but, great as is the merit 
 
XVlll PREFACE. 
 
 of his work, it departs rather too much 
 from the original for the end I had in view. 
 The Second Version of the 136th Psalm, it 
 has been already stated, is from Milton. For 
 the understanding of difficult passages, I have 
 derived great assistance from Ewald's excel- 
 lent translation. 
 
 This volume was nearly half printed, when 
 I learnt that a new poetical Version of the 
 Psalms by the author of the Christian Year 
 was on the eve of being publish t. Ten or 
 twelve years ago a report reacht me that he 
 was about to engage in such a task; and I 
 was glad, as every lover of his beautiful 
 hymns must be, that a work of such import- 
 ance to the Church had been undertaken 
 by one in many respects so well qualified 
 for it. Years however past away, and I 
 heard no more of the undertaking. Else I 
 should not have exposed myself to the charge 
 of presumption, by doing what might seem to 
 imply a thought of entering into rivalry with 
 a writer so justly endeared to the reverential 
 affections of all the good. As it is, let me 
 be allowed to disclaim such an imputation. 
 Had I known earlier that Mr Keble's work 
 was in the press, mine would at all events 
 have been kept back, until his had appeared. 
 To judge from the character of the Christian 
 Year, his purpose may perhaps have been 
 different from mine. It may be that his 
 Version will rather be adapted to the medita- 
 tive devotion of refined minds, than to the 
 
PREFACE. XIX 
 
 solemn simplicity of public worship. Should 
 his aim have been to render the Psalms into 
 English verse in such a manner as to come 
 home to the hearts of all the people, he will 
 doubtless have executed his task with far 
 more skill than I have done. In that case no 
 one will feel more grateful to him than I 
 shall ; no one will rejoice more cordially in 
 his success. Nor shall I ever regret the 
 time spent on this work, although to others . 
 it may be useless : for whatever of labour or 
 thought or love may be bestowed on the 
 Psalms, is sure to be its own exceeding great 
 reward. 
 
 Herstmonceux Rectory, 
 Saint John Baptist's Day, 1839. 
 
PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM I. 
 
 How blessed is the man, who ne'er 
 Will with th' ungodly walk ; 
 
 Nor tread the sinner's path, nor stand 
 Where scorners proudly talk ! 
 
 But in God's pure and holy law 
 
 He taketh full delight, 
 And loves to feed and train his soul 
 
 Therewith by day and night. 
 
 He shall be like a tree, that near 
 A river spreads its shade, 
 
 And in its season bears its fruit : 
 His leaf shall never fade. 
 
 And whatsoe'er he takes in hand 
 Shall meet with glad success ; 
 
 For God beholds the just man's ways, 
 And will his doings bless. 
 
PSALM II. 
 
 Why do the nations madly plot? 
 
 Why thus together run 
 In fruitless rage against the Lord 
 
 And His anointed Son ? 
 
 The Lord who dwells on high hath said, 
 
 I on my holy hill 
 JVM raise my chosen King, to teach 
 My law, and do my will. 
 
 JJliate'er Thau ashest 1 will grant : 
 The heathen shall be Thine ; 
 
 And Jloj dominion shall extend 
 To earth's remotest line. 
 
 Be wise, ye kings; learn wisdom, ye 
 Who to the earth give law : 
 
 Bow down and serve the Lord with fear ; 
 Rejoice with holy awe. 
 
 O kiss the Son, lest from the way 
 
 Ye perish in your lust. 
 If once His wrath burn . . . blest are they 
 
 In Him who place their trust. 
 
PSALM III. 
 
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 I cried ; and from His hoi y mi 
 
 Jehovah answer made. 
 
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 For God., I knew, was nig 
 
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 A •;:■■.; r. d .: r.di^e.y cry. 
 
 He deliver. 
 
 Qis blessing o'er His people re 
 
PSALM IV. 
 
 O hear me, when to Thee I call, 
 Thou God of righteousness ! 
 
 Hear, and have mercy, Thou who freest 
 My soul from all distress! 
 
 Ye sons of men, God chooses out 
 
 The godly for his own. 
 Whene'er to Him I make my cry, 
 
 He hears me from His throne. 
 
 Go seek your chamber ; search your hearts ; 
 
 Talk with them; and be still : 
 Let righteousness your offering be : 
 
 Fear, and refrain from ill. 
 
 O who will shtw us any good ? 
 
 The faithless many say. 
 But let me see Thy face, O Lord ; 
 
 It will be always day. 
 
 When Thou dost shine on me, I find 
 
 More joy within my breast, 
 Than they whose corn and wine and oil 
 
 Have plenteously increast. 
 
 In peace will I lay down my head, 
 
 And rest in quiet sleep : 
 For Thou in safety from my foes 
 
 Alone my soul canst keep. 
 
PSALM V. 
 
 Give ear, O Lord, to my complaint: 
 
 Behold my inward sighs. 
 To Thee each morn in patient faith 
 
 My longing prayer shall rise. 
 
 For Thou, O Lord, art not a god 
 
 That can in wrong delight : 
 No evil thing can dwell with Thee : 
 
 Fools stand not in Thy sight. 
 
 But I into Thy house will come, 
 Brought thither by Thy grace; 
 
 And there will worship in Thy fear, 
 Before Thy holy face. 
 
 O lead me in Thy righteousness ! 
 
 Uphold me by Thy might ! 
 While snares belay me round, make straight 
 
 Thy way before my sight. 
 
 Let all who trust in Thee be glad, 
 And shouting raise their voice, 
 
 Because Thou savest them : let all 
 Who love Thy name rejoice. 
 
 For on the righteous Thou, O Lord, 
 
 Thy blessing wilt outpour ; 
 And with Thy favour, like a shield, 
 
 Preserve him evermore. 
 
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PSALM VI. 
 
 Rebuke me not in wrath, O Lord; 
 Nor pour Thine anger on my head. 
 
 spare me ; for I am so weak : 
 
 Heal me; my bones all ache with dread. 
 
 My heart with anguish waxeth faint : 
 How long wilt Thou my soul forsake ? 
 Return, O Lord, and set me free ; 
 Preserve me for Thy mercy's sake. 
 
 When dead in sin, who thinks on Thee ? 
 Or who can praise Thee in that grave ? 
 
 1 am aweary with my groans : 
 
 All night with tears Thy aid I crave. 
 
 Away, ye w 7 icked doers all ! 
 For God hath heard my mournful cry: 
 My supplication He hath heard : 
 My prayer He '11 answer graciously. 
 
PSALM VII. 
 
 O save me, Lord, from all my foes! 
 
 In Thee I place my trust ; 
 From those who to devour my soul. 
 
 Like hungry lions, lust. 
 
 The congregation of Thy saints 
 Shall gather at Thy word. 
 
 Return on high, shew forth Thy might, 
 Before their eyes, O Lord. 
 
 Cast down the unholy powers of sin ; 
 
 And be the just man's guide : 
 By Thee, whose name is Righteousness, 
 
 The heart and reins are tried. 
 
 In God, who saves the true of heart, 
 
 Is my defense and stay : 
 A patient Judge is He, though men 
 
 Provoke Him day by day. 
 
 According to His righteousness 
 
 His name I'll magnify, 
 And joyful praises daily sing 
 
 To Him who is Most High. 
 
PSALM VIII. 
 
 How excellent through all the earth, 
 
 Jehovah, is Thy name ! 
 Thy glory Thou hast throned on high, 
 
 Above the starry frame. 
 
 E'en by the mouths of speechless babes 
 Thy foes Thou dost reprove : 
 
 For in those babes Thy power is seen, 
 In them we trace thy love. 
 
 When I behold the mighty heavens, 
 The work of Thy right hand, 
 
 The sun, the moon, and all the stars, 
 Which rose at Thy command ; 
 
 Lord, what is man, that Thou for him 
 
 So bountifully carest ? 
 Or what the son of man, that Thou 
 
 To him such kindness bearest ? 
 
 Next to the angels him Thou madest, 
 With glory crowned and worth, 
 
 To have dominion o'er Thy works, 
 O'er all that breathes on earth. 
 
 Yea, what is man, that God Himself 
 
 In mercy to him came ? 
 O Lord our God, how full of grace 
 
 Is Thy all-holy name ! 
 
PSALM IX. 
 
 With my whole heart I'll praise Thee, Lord, 
 Thy wondrous works proclaim ; 
 
 To Thee I'll sing, in Thee rejoice, 
 And magnify Thy name. 
 
 God shall endure for aye : His throne 
 For judgement He doth raise, 
 
 To judge the world in righteousness: 
 All men His truth shall praise. 
 
 He is a Guardian to th' opprest, 
 
 When compast round with woes ; 
 
 And they who know His name, in Him 
 Shall all their hope repose. 
 
 For Thou hast ne'er forsaken those 
 
 Who truly seek Thy face. 
 O praise the Lord of Sion ! tell 
 
 The nations of His grace ! 
 
 The humble cry He ne'er forgets : 
 
 Have mercy, Lord, on me ! 
 Remember all my troubles, Thou, 
 
 From death who setst me free. 
 
 Then in Thine own Jerusalem 
 
 I will shew forth Thy praise ; 
 
 In Thy salvation I'll rejoice, 
 
 And serve Thee all my days. 
 
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 PSALM X. 
 
 O wherefore is it, Lord, that Thou 
 
 So far away art gone ? 
 O wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, 
 
 When woes come rushing on ? 
 
 Arise, O Lord our God ! arise ! 
 
 Stretch forth Thine arm on high ; 
 Nor cast the sorrows of the poor 
 
 Out from Thy memory. 
 
 The Lord throughout all time is King : 
 The humble He will hear : 
 
 Their hearts by trials He prepares, 
 And to their plaint gives ear. 
 
 He'll judge the fatherless and poor, 
 And help them to their right: 
 
 Nor shall they longer be trod down 
 By men of worldly might. 
 
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 PSALM XL 
 
 In God I place my trust and hope. 
 
 Why fear ye so, and cry ? — 
 Fly to the mountains, as a bird 
 
 Doth from the fo icier fly. 
 
 This is God's temple; here He dwells: 
 His throne 's in heaven above : 
 
 His eyes behold the sons of men ; 
 Their hearts His eyelids prove. 
 
 The righteous, in His laws who walk, 
 Find favour in His sight : 
 
 But sin His soul abhors, and all 
 In sin who take delight. 
 
 For as the Lord all-righteous is, 
 He loveth righteousness ; 
 
 And with the glory of His face 
 The upright He will bless. 
 
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 PSALM XIII. 
 
 How long wilt Thou forget me, Lord ? 
 
 Must I for ever mourn ? 
 Wilt Thou still hide Thy face from me, 
 
 And nevermore return ? 
 
 O Lord my God, behold me now ; 
 
 Behold, and answer make : 
 My eyes enlighten, lest the sleep 
 
 Of death my soul o'ertake. 
 
 In Thy great mercy, Lord, my hope 
 And trust I wholly place : 
 
 My heart within me shall rejoice 
 In Thy redeeming grace. 
 
 Yea, to the Lord my God I '11 sing, 
 And praise Him joyfully; 
 
 Because His overflowing love 
 Shall be poured out on me. 
 
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 PSALM XV. 
 
 Within Thy tabernacle, Lord, 
 Who shall abide with Thee ? 
 
 Upon Thy high and holy hill 
 Who shall a dweller be ? 
 
 The man who walketh pure in faith, 
 And worketh righteousness ; 
 
 Who what he beareth in his heart, 
 Doth in his words express ; 
 
 Who will not slander with his tongue, 
 Nor do his neighbour hurt ; 
 
 Who ne'er against his neighbour's fame 
 Takes up an ill report ; 
 
 Who shuns the reprobate, and cleaves 
 To those that fear the Lord ; 
 
 He who, although it bring him loss, 
 Ne'er swerveth from his word. 
 
 Whoso doth these things faithfully, 
 
 And still abides thereby, 
 The Lord will shield him from all harm : 
 
 His soul shall never die. 
 
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 PSALM XVI. 
 
 The living God my portion is, 
 
 And my inheritance. 
 His mercy shall preserve my lot 
 
 Secure from all mischance. 
 
 In goodly ground my lot is fallen : 
 
 My heritage is fair. 
 My soul shall alvvay bless the Lord 
 
 For His so loving care. 
 
 I keep Him faithfully in eye : 
 
 Him as my Guide I've loved : 
 
 At my right hand He ever stands : 
 How can I then be moved ? 
 
 Therefore my heart and soul rejoice ; 
 
 My joy aloud I breathe ; 
 My flesh shall rest in peaceful hope, 
 
 E'en in the land of death. 
 
 For why ? Thou wilt not leave my soul 
 To moulder in the grave ; 
 
 Thou from corruption and decay 
 Thy Holy One wilt save. 
 
 Thou'lt lead me in the path of life : 
 Joys stand in plenteous store 
 
 Before Thy face : at Thy right hand 
 Are pleasures evermore. 
 
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 PSALM XVII. 
 
 Hold my goings straight, O Lord ! 
 Guide me in Thy paths divine : 
 Suffer not my feet to fail 
 In that holy law of Thine. 
 
 I have called on Thee, O God ! 
 For, I know, my cry Thou 'It hear. 
 Hearken to my earnest words : 
 To my prayer incline Thine ear. 
 
 Shew Thy lovingkindness forth, 
 Thou who by Thy mighty hand 
 Savest all that trust in Thee, 
 Though their foes around them stand. 
 
 Like the apple of the eye, 
 Keep me ; shade me with Thy wing : 
 Shield me from my cruel foes, 
 Who my death are compassing. 
 
 Yes, Thou 'It save me, Lord: Thy face 
 Clothed in glory I shall see : 
 In Thy likeness when I wake, 
 Full of joy my soul shall be. 
 
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 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 My soul shall love Thee, Lord, my Strength 
 
 My Fortress is the Lord ; 
 My living Rock : against my foes 
 
 He keepeth watchful guard. 
 
 God is my Tower, — in Him I trust, — 
 
 The Bulwark of my life: 
 He raiseth up my horn on high ; 
 
 My Strength in day of strife. 
 
 To Thee, O Lord, whose name is Praise, 
 With humble voice I '11 cry : 
 
 So shall my soul be calm and safe 
 From every enemy. 
 
 The pangs of death encompast me ; 
 
 Sin smote me with its fears ; 
 The pains of hell about me thronged ; 
 
 Death round me threw its snares. 
 
 In my distress I called on God ; 
 
 To God I made my moan : 
 And He gave ear to my complaint, 
 
 And heard me from His throne. 
 
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 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 The Lord descended from above : 
 He bowed the heavens on high ; 
 
 And underneath His feet He cast 
 The darkness of the sky. 
 
 On Cherubim and Seraphim 
 
 Full royally He rode ; 
 And on the wings of mighty winds 
 
 Came flying all abroad. 
 
 At His bright coming every cloud 
 Did from His face retire ; 
 
 When He sent forth His mighty voice,— 
 Hailstones, and coals of fire. 
 
 He drew me from the place of dread, 
 
 Where many waters roll : 
 He saved me from the fearful power 
 
 Of them who hate my soul. 
 
 He brought me to a place of rest, 
 Wherein I might be free : 
 
 He brought me forth ; for so He willed 
 To shew His love in me. 
 
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18 
 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 Thou to the gracious gracious art, 
 
 To upright men upright, 
 Pure to the pure ; but from the proud 
 
 Thou drawest back Thy light. 
 
 The humble Thou wilt always save, 
 
 When they in trouble lie; 
 But bringest down the soaring looks 
 
 Of those whose thoughts are high. 
 
 My lamp the Lord will kindle so, 
 Its flame shall brightly shine : 
 
 My darkness into light He '11 turn, 
 Yea, into light divine. 
 
 The way of God is straight and pure ; 
 
 His word by fire is tried : 
 A Shield of might is He to all 
 
 Who in His grace confide. 
 
 For who is God except the Lord ? 
 
 Who is a rock or stay ? 
 'Tis He that girds my soul with strength ; 
 
 He perfect makes my way. 
 
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 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 FOURTH PART. 
 
 God liveth. Blessed be my Rock ! 
 
 To God, my Saviour, praise ! 
 Who watcheth o'er me with His care, 
 
 And guardeth all my days. 
 
 Thou savest me from all my foes : 
 Yea, Thou hast lifted me 
 
 Above their rage ; and from the man 
 Of wrath hast set me free. 
 
 Wherefore to Thee will I give thanks 
 Amid the heathen throng; 
 
 And to Thy high and holy name 
 Pour forth a joyful song. 
 
 Thou bringst salvation to Thy King ; 
 
 And Thou hast grace in store 
 For Thine Anointed, and his seed, 
 
 O Lord, for evermore. 
 
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 PSALM XIX. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 The heavens declare Thy works ; the sky, 
 
 Lord, with Thy glory glows : 
 Day tells Thy praise to day ; and night 
 
 To night Thy wisdom shews. 
 
 No speech is found, no tongue, whereto 
 Their voice hath not gone forth : 
 
 Their sound is heard through air and sea, 
 And through the peopled earth. 
 
 There for the sun a home He made, 
 Who bridegroom-like doth pace 
 
 Forth from his chamber, crowned with light, 
 In joy to run his race. 
 
 From heavens far end he goeth forth, 
 
 Round to the end again : 
 And nothing lives that by his heat 
 
 Uncherisht can remain. 
 
21 
 PSALM XIX. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 God's law is perfect, and restores 
 The soul in sin that lies : 
 
 His testimony is most sure, 
 
 And makes the simple wise. 
 
 The statutes of the Lord are just, 
 And give the heart delight : 
 
 The Lord's commandment is all-pure, 
 And fills the eyes with light. 
 
 The fear of God is free from guile, 
 
 And shall for ever last : 
 The judgements of the Lord are true, 
 
 And righteously stand fast. 
 
 Not all the gold from Ophir's mines 
 Against their worth can weigh : 
 
 No honey from the honeycomb 
 Is half so sweet as they. 
 
 By them too is Thy servant taught 
 How he his ways must guard: 
 
 And in the doing of Thy law 
 There is a great reward. 
 
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 PSALM XIX. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 His errours who can understand? 
 
 Cleanse me, O Lord, within 
 From secret faults ; Thy servant keep 
 
 From all presumptuous sin. 
 
 Let no such evil things e'er gain 
 
 Dominion over me : 
 Then pure from all defiling stain, 
 
 And upright shall I be. 
 
 The words that from my mouth come forth, 
 The thoughts that fill my heart, 
 
 Vouchsafe to make them Thine, O Lord, 
 Thou who my Saviour art. 
 
23 
 
 PSALM XX. 
 
 Jehovah, hear us in our need ! 
 
 Thy name our bulwark be ! 
 From Sion send ns help and strength, 
 
 From Thine own sanctuary. 
 
 Accept our humble sacrifice, 
 
 And grant our heart's desire: 
 
 Fulfill our thoughts; but first those thoughts 
 Thyself, O Lord, inspire. 
 
 Our banners in Thy holy name 
 
 We will display abroad : 
 In Thy salvation we will joy ; 
 
 Hear Thou our prayers, O God. 
 
 The Lord will His Anointed save : 
 He hears from heaven on high; 
 
 And stretching forth His mighty arm, 
 Gives him the victory. 
 
 In chariots some would place their hope, 
 
 And some in horses trust: 
 But we upon our God rely, 
 
 The Holy and the Just. 
 
 We rise and lift our heads on high ; 
 
 While they bow down and fall. 
 O save and help us, Lord our King, 
 
 When we upon Thee call ! 
 
24 
 
 PSALM XXI. 
 
 The King in Thy salvation, Lord, 
 
 Shall mightily rejoice : 
 For Thou upon him hast bestowed 
 
 His heart's desire and choice. 
 
 Yea, Thou surpassest his desires, 
 With gifts of bounteous grace: 
 
 Thy hand on his anointed head 
 A crown of gold doth place. 
 
 When Thou didst save him by Thy power, 
 His fame Thou madest great : 
 
 Glory and majesty through Thee 
 Around his goings wait. 
 
 For Thou wilt grant him stores of joy, 
 
 That never shall decay ; 
 And with the brightness of Thy face 
 
 Wilt cheer him day by day. 
 
 Because the King his trust and hope 
 
 Upon the Lord hath cast : 
 So through the grace of the Most High 
 
 His throne shall still stand fast. 
 
 Be Thou exalted in Thy might ! 
 
 Be Thou exalted high ! 
 And we, O Lord, with joyful hearts, 
 
 Thy power will glorify. 
 
25 
 
 PSALM XXII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 My God, my God, O why hast Thou 
 Forsaken me thus utterly ? 
 And art so far from yielding aid ? 
 And turnest from my moaning cry ? 
 
 To Thee all day I raise my voice ; 
 But Thou regardest not my plaint : 
 And through the wakeful night I groan, 
 Till heart and soul and flesh grow faint. 
 
 But Thou abidest holy still, 
 
 O Thou, the Hope of Israel ! 
 
 Our fathers hoped in Thee ; they hoped ; 
 
 And all their foes before them fell. 
 
 When to Thy throne they sent their cry, 
 To them a glad deliverance came. 
 Because in Thee they placed their trust, 
 Thou wouldst not let them sink in shame. 
 
26 
 
 PSALM XXII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Thou drewst me from my mother's womb : 
 When on my mother's breasts I lay, 
 Thou wast my Hope : Thou art my God, 
 Since first I saw the light of day. 
 
 O be not now far from me, Lord ! 
 For woes are near ; and none will aid : 
 Deliver from the sword my soul, 
 My spirit from death's whelming shade. 
 
 Then will I in my brethren's ears 
 The triumphs of Thy grace record : 
 The congregation shall exalt 
 Thy name, O Thou the living Lord! 
 
 For Thou despisest not the poor, 
 Nor from them turnst away Thy face : 
 Thou lookest on their low estate, 
 And nearest when they cry for grace. 
 
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 PSALM XXII. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 When all Thy congregation meet 
 To worship Thee, Thy praise I'll sing : 
 When they who fear Thee gather round, 
 My vows I'll pay, my offerings bring. 
 
 The meek shall eat, and shall be filled. 
 They who seek God with holy dread, 
 With joy shall glorify His name: 
 Their souls shall by His grace be fed. 
 
 The w T hole wide earth shall call to mind 
 His goodness, and adore the Lord; 
 And all the nations of mankind 
 Shall bow before His mighty Word. 
 
 Because the kingdom is the Lord's; 
 All power and might belong to Him; 
 And He above all nations reigns, 
 Who rules the starry Seraphim. 
 
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 PSALM XXIII. 
 
 The living God my Shepherd is: 
 
 Nought can I ever need. 
 To pastures green He leads me forth, 
 
 By quiet streams to feed. 
 
 He quickens and renews my soul, 
 
 And guides me in the ways 
 Of righteousness and holy truth, 
 
 That I His name shall praise. 
 
 Yea, though I walk through death's dark vale, 
 
 Yet will I fear no ill : 
 Thy rod and staff shall comfort me; 
 
 For Thou art with me still. 
 
 My table Thou hast richly spread, 
 
 In presence of my foes : 
 My head with oil Thou dost anoint ; 
 
 Through Thee my cup o'erflows. 
 
 Thy grace and mercy all my life 
 
 Will surely follow me ; 
 And in Thy house for evermore 
 
 My dwellingplace shall be. 
 
29 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 The earth belongeth to the Lord, 
 With all that fills its plains : 
 
 The compass of the world is His, 
 And all that world contains. 
 
 For He its deep foundations cast, 
 And laid them on the sea : 
 
 He built it o'er the rolling waves, 
 So fast, it cannot flee. 
 
 What man is he, that shall ascend 
 
 Into the hill of God ? 
 And who within His holy place 
 
 Shall find a sure abode ? 
 
 E'en he whose hands and heart are pure, 
 W T hose soul no stains defile, 
 
 Who ne'er strayed after vanity, 
 Nor ever swore to guile. 
 
 He from Jehovah shall receive 
 
 A blessing on his soul, 
 And righteousness from th' holy God, 
 
 Who only maketh whole. 
 
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30 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Ye gates and everlasting doors, 
 Lift up your heads on high ; 
 
 That so the King of Glory may 
 Come in triumphantly. 
 
 Who is the King of Glory ? who ? 
 
 The mighty Lord is He ; 
 Jehovah, in the battle strong, 
 
 And crowned with victory. 
 
 Ye gates and everlasting doors, 
 Lift up your heads on high ; 
 
 That so the King of Glory may 
 Come in triumphantly. 
 
 But who is He, that is the King 
 Of Glory ? who is He ? 
 
 The Lord of Hosts. He can alone 
 The King of Glory be. 
 
31 
 PSALM XXV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 To Thee I raise my heart : 
 My God, I trust in Thee : 
 Let not my foes confound my soul, 
 Nor triumph over me. 
 
 Shew me Thy ways, O Lord ; 
 Teach me Thy paths to know ; 
 And lead me in Thy truth ; for Thou 
 Salvation dost bestow. 
 
 On Thee all day I wait : 
 Thy grace do Thou uphold : 
 Blot not Thy lovingkindness out, 
 Which ever was of old. 
 
 The Lord to sinners shews 
 His ways ; so kind is He : 
 The meek in righteousness He '11 guide ; 
 And they His paths shall see. 
 
 Eternal Truth and Love, 
 These are God's holy ways, 
 Tow'rd him who keeps His covenant, 
 And who His Law obeys. 
 
32 
 PSALM XXV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Who is the man that serves 
 The Lord with holy awe ? 
 The Lord will teach him how to walk, 
 And how to keep His law. 
 
 His soul shall dwell at ease ; 
 His children God will bless : 
 They long shall flourish, and the land 
 From age to age possess. 
 
 To those who fear Him, God 
 His secret truth will shew: 
 The knowledge of His covenant 
 He will on them bestow. 
 
 My eyes upon the Lord 
 Unwaveringly are set : 
 For He alone can e'er bring forth 
 My feet from Satan's net. 
 
 O keep my soul from harm ! 
 My God, deliver me ; 
 And let me not be brought to shame ; 
 Because I trust in Thee. 
 
 Let uprightness and truth 
 On all my ways attend : 
 Deliver Israel, O God! 
 
 Let all their sorrows end. 
 
33 
 
 PSALM XXVI. 
 
 Search me, and prove my heart ; 
 Try Thou my soul, O God ! 
 Thy love is aye before my eyes ; 
 Thy holy paths I 've trod. 
 
 My hands in innocence 
 I'll wash and purify : 
 So to Thine altar will I come, 
 And raise my song on high. 
 
 Of all Thy wondrous works 
 With thankful voice I '11 tell. 
 I love the holy place, O Lord, 
 
 Where Thou vouchsafest to dwell. 
 
 Cast not my soul with those 
 Who sin and thirst for blood : 
 Deliver me ; I '11 strive to do 
 
 What in Thine eyes is good. 
 
 My foot is firmly placed : 
 
 It standeth in Thy word: 
 
 In the assembly of Thy saints 
 
 I '11 praise Thy name, O Lord. 
 
34 
 
 PSALM XXVII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Jehovah is my Light and Health : 
 How can I be dismayed ? 
 
 God is my Life ; God is my Strength : 
 I will not be afraid. 
 
 Against me though a host encamp., 
 My heart no fear shall know : 
 
 Though wars encompass me around, 
 Right onward I will go. 
 
 O might I in God's house aye dwell ! 
 
 This is my sole desire ; 
 That I His beauty may behold, 
 
 His holy will enquire. 
 
 For He will hide me in His tent, 
 When troubles round me flock ; 
 
 Yea, hide me in His secret place, 
 And plant me on a rock. 
 
 And now He will upraise my head 
 
 Above my foes around : 
 To Him my offerings I shall bring, 
 
 With joy's triumphal sound. 
 
35 
 
 PSALM XXVII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Lord, hear me, when to Thee I cry : 
 
 Send me Thy saving grace. 
 Thou badst me seek Thy face : Yea, Lord ! 
 
 My soul shall seek Thy face. 
 
 O hide not Thou Thy face from me ! 
 
 Nor cast me off in wrath : 
 My helper Thou hast always been ; 
 
 Give me not o'er to death. 
 
 My parents may forsake their child ; 
 
 But God upholds me still. 
 O teach and guide me in Thy way ; 
 
 Help me to do Thy will. 
 
 My fainting soul had wholly sunk, 
 
 But this supported me, — 
 The hope that in the land of life 
 
 Thy goodness I shall see. 
 
 Wait on the Lord; and be thou strong; 
 
 And He will strength afford 
 To cheer thy heart : yea, wait, I say, 
 
 And trust thou in the Lord. 
 
36 
 
 PSALM XXVIII. 
 
 To Thee I call, O Lord, my Strength ! 
 
 Despise not Thou my cry ; 
 Lest I become like one of those 
 
 In death's cold shade who lie. 
 
 With sinners cast me not away, 
 
 Who deal in guileful arts, 
 Who to their neighbours speak fair words, 
 
 But hate them in their hearts. 
 
 Yes, God has heard my humble prayer : 
 
 All-blessed be His name I 
 He is my Strength, my Shield, my Hope: 
 
 He rescues me from shame. 
 
 Therefore my heart o'erflows with joy; 
 
 I'll praise Him in my song : 
 By Him His chosen are preserved, 
 
 And through His might are strong. 
 
 Watch o'er Thy people, gracious Lord : 
 
 Bless Thine inheritance : 
 Feed them with truth ; and make them still 
 
 From strength to strength advance. 
 
37 
 
 PSALM XXIX. 
 
 Ascribe, ye mighty of the earth, 
 All power and honour to the Lord : 
 With holy reverence worship Him ; 
 And bow before His glorious Word. 
 
 The Lord is He that rules the waves: 
 The God of might and majesty 
 Sends forth the thunder : } T ea, the Lord 
 Alone reigns over land and sea. 
 
 The Lord's voice is an awful voice : 
 It rends the cedar-trees in twain : 
 It makes the lofty mountains leap, 
 Like calves that bound upon the plain. 
 
 The Lord's voice shoots out forked fire : 
 Rent by its sound, the desert heaves : 
 It makes the hinds bring forth their young, 
 And bares the forest of its leaves. 
 
 Above the waterfloods God sits : 
 He reigns ; His reign shall never cease. 
 Jehovah gives His people strength : 
 Jehovah gives His people peace. 
 
38 
 
 PSALM XXX. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Lord ! I will magnify Thy name ; 
 For Thou hast raised my horn on high. 
 Thou wouldst not make my foes rejoice, 
 But heardest when I breathed my cry. 
 
 My soul from hell Thou broughtest forth ; 
 Thou didst redeem me from the grave. 
 Sing praises to the Lord, His saints, 
 To Him whose arm is strong to save. 
 
 His wrath but for a moment burns : 
 Life's fulness in His favour lies : 
 Through one short night may sorrow last; 
 But joy with morning's dawn will rise. 
 
39 
 
 PSALM XXX. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 In my prosperity I said, 
 My house is safe, and ne'er shall move. 
 For Thou hadst made my mountain stand 
 So strong by Thy upholding love. 
 
 But Thou didst turn Thy face away ; 
 And troubles round about me flowed. 
 Whereon to Thee, O Lord, I cried, 
 And low before Thine altar bowed. 
 
 What profit hast Thou in my blood, 
 When in the silent grave I lie ? 
 Shall mouldering bones exalt Thy name ? 
 Shall dust declare Thy truth on high ? 
 
 Then Thou didst help me, O my God; 
 My sorrows melted at Thy word : 
 My sackcloth Thou didst take away ; 
 My heart and soul with gladness gird. 
 
 W T herefore to Thee, O Lord my God, 
 Loud praises I will alway sing: 
 My tongue shall ne'er in silence sleep, 
 But daily glad thank-offerings bring. 
 
40 
 
 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O let me not be brought to shame, 
 My God ! I trust in Thee : 
 
 According to Thy righteousness, 
 Haste and deliver me. 
 
 Thou art my Rock of might : Thy power 
 
 For my stronghold I take : 
 Guide me and lead me in Thy ways, 
 
 E'en for Thine own name's sake. 
 
 Draw me out safely from the net 
 
 My crafty foes have laid, 
 To snare my soul : Thou art my Strength ; 
 
 Thou art my only Aid. 
 
 Into Thy hands I do commend 
 
 My spirit, God of truth : 
 For Thou., Jehovah, hast redeemed 
 
 And saved me from my youth. 
 
 Thou wouldst not let Thy servant fall 
 
 By the destroyer's hand : 
 Through Thy redeeming mighty grace, 
 
 At large and free I stand. 
 
41 
 
 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 My hope, O Lord, hath been in Thee : 
 
 Thou art my God, I said : 
 My days are wholly in Thy hand : 
 
 Preserve me by Thine aid. 
 
 What plenteous love hast Thou in store 
 For those who worship Thee ! 
 
 What wonders hast Thou wrought for them, 
 That all mankind may see ! 
 
 Thou by Thy presence hidest them 
 From proud assaults and wrongs : 
 
 Thou shieldest them, as in a tent, 
 From strife of railing tongues. 
 
 Blessed be God ! His goodness girds 
 
 My soul, as with a wall. 
 I'm cast out from His sight, I said ; 
 
 And yet He heard my call. 
 
 O love the Lord, all ye His saints ! 
 
 The faithful He'll defend: 
 Be full of courage; to your hearts 
 
 His comfort He will send. 
 
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42 
 
 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 FIRST TART. 
 
 Blest, truly blest is he, 
 Whose guilt free pardon gains, 
 To whom the Lord imputes no sin, 
 Whose soul no falsehood stains ! 
 
 While I concealed my sin 
 In silence and constraint, 
 My bones were wasting fast away, 
 With daily moan and plaint. 
 
 For on me day and night 
 Thy hand lay heavily : 
 My flesh, like fields in summer's drouth, 
 Was waxing parcht and dry. 
 
 Then I confest my sin, 
 Nor tried to shun its blame ; 
 And Thou, O Lord, forgavest me, 
 And veiledst o'er my shame. 
 
 Thee shall the godly seek, 
 While Thou mayst still be found : 
 And so they shall not sink, though floods 
 Swell whelmingly around. 
 
43 
 
 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Thou art my Refuge, Lord ! 
 From woe Thou'lt set me free : 
 With songs of glad deliverance Thou 
 Around wilt compass me. 
 
 Yea, Thou wilt teach my soul, 
 How I shall walk aright; 
 And Thou wilt guide me with Thine eye 
 Along the path of light. 
 
 Be not like horse and mule, 
 That cannot understand ; 
 Whose mouth the rein and curb must hold, 
 Or else they fly the hand. 
 
 Sorrows on sorrows piled 
 The wicked shall confound: 
 But him who trusteth in the Lord, 
 Shall mercy compass round. 
 
 Be glad, ye just, in God: 
 In His great name rejoice : 
 All ye whose hearts are pure and true, 
 For joy upraise your voice. 
 
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 PSALM XXXIII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Ye just, in God rejoice: 
 For meet it is and right, 
 That all his saints with praiseful voice 
 Should bless the Lord of might. 
 
 For why ? His word is straight : 
 His works in truth are wrought : 
 He loveth righteousness : the earth 
 Is with His goodness fraught. 
 
 By His almighty word 
 The highest heavens were made ; 
 And at the breathing of his mouth 
 The stars their hosts displayed. 
 
 The waters of the seas 
 He gathers in a heap ; 
 And in His storehouse lays them by, 
 In the unfathomed deep. 
 
 Let all that dwell on earth, 
 With awe adore the Lord : 
 For He but spake ; and lo, 'twas done : 
 It sprang forth at His word. 
 
 The counsels of the Lord 
 For evermore shall last : 
 His holy thoughts and purposes 
 From age to age stand fast. 
 
45 
 PSALM XXXIII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 How blest are they who know 
 Jehovah for their God ! 
 How blest the people He doth choose 
 To dwell in His abode ! 
 
 The Lord from heaven looks down, 
 The sons of men to view : 
 From His own dwelling-place on high 
 
 He scans them through and through. 
 
 'Tis He who framed their hearts : 
 He all their deeds observes. 
 No hosts can save a king ; no strength 
 The man of war preserves. 
 
 But those who fear the Lord, 
 He watches from their birth, 
 To guard their souls from death, to feed 
 Their wants in time of dearth. 
 
 Our souls upon Him wait: 
 
 He is our Help and Shield. 
 
 Because in Him we place our hope, 
 
 With joy we shall be filled. 
 
46 
 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 My lips shall alway thank the Lord ; 
 His praise be ever on my tongue : 
 In God my soul shall make her boast : 
 The meek with joy shall hear my song. 
 
 join with me in praising God ! 
 His name together let us bless. 
 
 1 sought the Lord: He heard my call, 
 And brought me forth from my distress. 
 
 Look up to God : ye shall be filled 
 With light: no shame shall stain your face. 
 To Him the poor send forth their cry, 
 And are delivered by His grace. 
 
 If men will serve the Lord with fear, 
 His angels compass them around. 
 O taste and see how good He is ! 
 His mercies more and more abound. 
 
 O fear the Lord, all ye His saints ! 
 
 For those who fear Him nought shall daunt. 
 
 The lions may with hunger starve ; 
 
 But never shall the righteous want. 
 
47 
 PSALM XXXIV, 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Ye, children, come, give ear to me : 
 Til teach your hearts the Lord to fear. 
 What man is he that longs to live, 
 And would rejoice from year to year ? 
 
 From sinful words refrain thy tongue, 
 Thy lips from every guileful art: 
 Eschew all evil deeds ; do good ; 
 And follow peace with single heart. 
 
 God's eyes are always o'er the just; 
 His ears are open to their cry : 
 The humble soul He loves to save; 
 And to the contrite heart is nigh. 
 
 The troubles of the just are great; 
 But God preserves him through them all : 
 He guards their bones with watchful care, 
 That none shall break, although they fall. 
 
 The souls of those who keep His law, 
 He out of every danger takes : 
 And those who place their trust in Him, 
 His grace and mercy ne'er forsakes. 
 
48 
 
 PSALM XXXV, 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O Lord, against my foes 
 Uphold me by Thy might ; 
 And go Thou forth to war with those 
 Against my soul who fight. 
 
 Come with Thy shield and spear; 
 My haters bring to shame : 
 Speak in Thy mercy to my soul, 
 / thy salvation am. 
 
 My soul in God shall joy, 
 And His salvation see ; 
 And all my members shall cry out, 
 Lord, who is like to Thee ? 
 
 Thou dost redeem the poor 
 From him who is too strong : 
 The poor and needy Thou dost save 
 From those who work them wrong. 
 
49 
 PSALM XXXV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 How long, Lord, wilt Thou wait? 
 O save me by Thy power, 
 From those who, fierce as lions, seek 
 Thy servant to devour ! 
 
 So will I give Thee thanks, 
 When Thy assemblies meet : 
 When all Thy folk before Thee come, 
 Thy praises I'll repeat. 
 
 Arise, maintain my cause, 
 O Thou, my God, my Lord ! 
 According to Thy righteousness, 
 Thy saving aid afford. 
 
 Let those who follow truth, 
 Rejoice, and never cease 
 To say, The Lord be praised, who loves 
 To give his servants peace ! 
 
 Then shall my thankful song 
 Declare Thy righteous ways ; 
 And all day long my heart and soul 
 Shall overflow with praise. 
 
50 
 
 PSALM XXXVI. 
 
 Thy mercy, Lord, spreads through the skies ; 
 
 Thy truth the heavens doth keep ; 
 Thy justice like the mountains stands, 
 
 Thy judgements like the deep. 
 
 Thou, Lord, preservest man and beast : 
 
 How precious is Thy grace ! 
 Therefore beneath Thy sheltering wings 
 
 Mankind their trust shall place. 
 
 Then with the fatness of Thy house 
 
 Shall they be satisfied : 
 And from the river of Thy joys 
 
 Rich draughts Thou wilt provide. 
 
 The secret fountain of all life 
 
 Abideth aye with Thee : 
 And in Thy pure and holy light 
 
 We light shall clearly see. 
 
 Thy lovingkindness, Lord, prolong 
 To those Thy word who know ; 
 
 And still on all whose hearts are true 
 Thy righteousness bestow. 
 
51 
 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Fret not Thy soul because of those 
 
 Who proudly go astray : 
 They shall be mown down like the grass, 
 
 And wither fast away. 
 
 Trust Thou in God ; be doing good : 
 Thou in the land shalt live : 
 
 Delight in God : He'll give thee food : 
 Thy heart's desire shall thrive. 
 
 Commend thy purpose to the Lord: 
 Through Him it shall be done : 
 
 Thy faithfulness like light shall shine,, 
 Thy justice like the sun. 
 
 Rest in the Lord; with patience wait; 
 
 From wrath and pining cease. 
 The humble shall possess the earth, 
 
 And joy in endless peace. 
 
52 
 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 A small thing that the righteous has, 
 Is better than great wealth 
 
 In godless hands : for God Himself 
 Upholds the just in health. 
 
 He marks their paths : they shall not fail, 
 When evil times draw nigh : 
 
 And when the days of famine come, 
 Their souls He '11 satisfy. 
 
 They whom God blesses shall possess 
 The earth by heavenly right. 
 
 The good man's steps He does ordain, 
 And in his way delight. 
 
 The righteous, even though he fall, 
 
 Shall ne'er be cast away : 
 For God Himself with His own hand 
 
 Will be his mighty stay, 
 
 1 have been young, and now am old ; 
 
 Yet I did never see 
 The just forsaken, or his seed 
 
 Brought down to beggary. 
 
 Depart from evil, and do good ; 
 
 For God loves righteousness: 
 His saints He never will desert, 
 
 Nor ever cease to bless. 
 
PSALM XXXVI 1. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 Wisdom is in the just man's mouth ; 
 
 Judgement is on his tongue ; 
 The law of God is in his heart : 
 
 His steps shall ne'er go wrong. 
 
 God will not leave him to his foes, 
 
 Nor, when he's judged, condemn: 
 
 He '11 gird his brows with righteousness, 
 As with a diadem. 
 
 I've seen the wicked high in power, 
 His branches spreading round : 
 
 Ere long he past away : I sought ; 
 But nowhere was he found. 
 
 Keep innocency, and take heed 
 
 To do whate'er is right : 
 And this will bring thee peace, when life 
 
 Is fleeting from thy sight. 
 
 For the salvation of the just 
 
 Doth from the Lord proceed : 
 
 He always helps and strengthens those 
 Who trust Him in their need. 
 
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54 
 
 PSALM XXXVIII. 
 
 Rebuke me not in wrath, O Lord; 
 Nor in Thine anger chasten me : 
 Thine arrows in my heart stick fast; 
 Thy right hand presses heavily. 
 
 No soundness is there in my flesh ; 
 Thy wrath so preys upon my mind : 
 My aching bones no rest can gain, 
 Because against Thee I have sinned. 
 
 Thou knowest all my soul's desire, 
 
 My groaning is not hid from Thee : 
 
 My heart is faint ; my strength hath failed ; 
 
 My eyesight is quite gone from me. 
 
 But still in Thee, O Lord, I trust, 
 That Thou wilt hear my sad lament : 
 I will confess my wickedness, 
 And o'er my sin with tears repent. 
 
 Forsake me not, O Lord my God ! 
 Far from Thy servant do not stand : 
 O haste Thou, who alone canst save, 
 And bring salvation in Thy hand. 
 
oo 
 
 PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 Lord, let me know my end : 
 The measure of my days 
 Teach me to scan, that 1 may see 
 How frail are all my ways. 
 
 Thou madest my days a span : 
 Nought are they in Thine eye : 
 The sons of men in their best state 
 Are merely vanity. 
 
 Men in a vain show walk : 
 They vex their hearts in vain: 
 They heap up gold ; and none can tell, 
 Who shall their treasure gain. 
 
 And now what is my hope ? 
 My hope, Lord, rests in Thee. 
 O make me not a scorn to fools ! 
 From evil set me free. 
 
 When Thou dost chasten sin 
 With warnings and with threats, 
 Our beauty wastes away, as when 
 A moth a garment frets. 
 
 O spare me still a while ! 
 Let me my strength regain : 
 Ere I from hence am borne away 
 In death's allsweeping train. 
 
56 
 
 PSALM XL. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Day after day I sought the Lord,, 
 
 And waited patiently; 
 Until He bent down from His throne, 
 
 And hearkened to my cry. 
 
 He drew me from the fearful pit, 
 
 And from the miry clay : 
 He placed my feet upon a rock, 
 
 And led me in His way. 
 
 He taught my soul a new-made song, 
 
 A song of holy praise. 
 All they who see these things, with fear 
 
 Their hopes to God shall raise. 
 
 Most blessed is the man whose hope 
 
 Upon the Lord relies ; 
 Who follows not the proud, nor those 
 
 That turn aside to lies. 
 
 O Lord, what wonders hast Thou wrought, 
 
 All number far above ! 
 Thy thoughts to-us-ward overflow 
 
 With mercy, grace, and love. 
 
57 
 PSALM XL. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Shew forth Thy mercy, gracious Lord : 
 
 take it not away ! 
 
 Thy lovingkindness and Thy truth, — 
 Let them be still my stay. 
 
 For countless sorrows hem me round ; 
 
 And my iniquities 
 So hold me fast, and drag me down, 
 
 1 cannot raise my eyes. 
 
 My hairs in number they surpass : 
 Hence is my heart dismayed. 
 
 Vouchsafe, O Lord, to rescue me ! 
 O hasten to my aid ! 
 
 Let those who seek Thee faithfully, 
 
 In peace and joy abide. 
 Let those who love Thy grace, still say, 
 
 The Lord be magnified ! 
 
 Poor am I, and in need ; yet God 
 Care of my soul doth take. 
 
 Thou art my Help ; my Saviour Thou; 
 Lord, no long tarrying make. 
 
58 
 
 PSALM XLI. 
 
 Blest is the man who taketh thought 
 To help the poor in need : 
 
 When evil days of trouble come, 
 He shall be surely freed. 
 
 The Lord will keep him safe; his life 
 Shall prosper in the land : 
 
 He shall be always armed with strength, 
 Against his foes to stand. 
 
 The Lord will comfort him when laid 
 
 In sickness on his bed ; 
 Will turn his sickness into health, 
 
 And raise his drooping head. 
 
 O Lord, be merciful to me ; 
 
 Heal Thou my sinful soul ; 
 And keep me by Thy saving grace, 
 
 When Thou hast made me whole. 
 
 Set me before Thy holy face : 
 
 Ne'er let me fall again. 
 O praise the Lord ! praise Israel's God ! 
 
 World without end, Amen ! 
 
59 
 
 PSALM XLII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 As for the waterbrooks the hart, 
 So pants my soul for Thee. 
 
 It thirsts for God, the living God : 
 Thy face when shall I see ? 
 
 My tears have been my only meat, 
 
 Which day and night have flowed, 
 
 While proud blasphemers in their scorn 
 Cried, Where is now thy God ? 
 
 My soul within me melts away, 
 
 When I recall to mind, 
 How heretofore the gathering crowds 
 
 Of worshipers I joined ; 
 
 And how we came up to Thy house 
 In glad and bright array, 
 
 With voice of blessing, joy, and praise, 
 To keep Thy holy day. 
 
 O why art thou cast down, my soul ? 
 
 Why art thou thus dismayed ? 
 Trust thou in God : I yet shall praise 
 
 His name, who sends me aid. 
 
60 
 
 PSALM XLII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 One rushing flood its brother calls, 
 
 And both in consort roar, 
 Swolnby Thy waterspouts: Thy waves 
 
 And billows o'er me pour. 
 
 Yet God the fulness of His love 
 
 Will shew forth in the day : 
 To Him by night I'll sing ; to Him, 
 
 By whom I live, I'll pray. 
 
 I'll say to God, my Rock, O why 
 
 Dost Thou forsake me so ? 
 Why do my foes thus tread me down, 
 
 And I all mourning go ? 
 
 With poisonous words they wound my soul, 
 Which pierce me like a sword, 
 
 While daily they with scornful taunts 
 Cry, Wliere is now thy Lord? 
 
 But why art thou cast down, my soul ? 
 
 Why art thou so dismayed ? 
 Trust God: I yet shall praise His name: 
 
 He is my God, my Aid. 
 
61 
 
 PSALM XLIII. 
 
 Give judgement on my side, O Lord ! 
 
 Do Thou uphold my cause, 
 Against th' ungodly and profane, 
 
 Who spurn and break Thy laws. 
 
 Thou art the God of all my strength ; 
 
 Why drivest Thou me away? 
 Why shall the oppression of my foes 
 
 Thus overcloud my day ? 
 
 Send forth Thy light, send forth Thy truth, 
 That they may guide my feet, 
 
 And lead me to Th}' holy hill, 
 E'en to Thy mercy-seat. 
 
 Then will I to God's altar go, 
 
 To God, my chiefest joy ; 
 In praising Thee, O God, my God, 
 
 My harp and voice employ. 
 
 O why art thou cast down, my soul ? 
 
 Why art thou so dismayed ? 
 Trust God : I yet shall give Him thanks : 
 
 My God shall be my Aid. 
 
62 
 
 PSALM XLIV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 God, we with our ears have heard, 
 
 Oft by our fathers told, 
 What deeds Thou wroughtest in their days, 
 And in the times of old. 
 
 Not by their sword got they the land ; 
 
 Their own arm could not save : 
 Thy arm, the light that came from Thee, 
 
 Their strength and victory gave. 
 
 Thou art our King, O God, our Lord : 
 Shew forth Thy saving might. 
 
 Through Thee we shall cast down all those 
 Against our souls who fight. 
 
 1 will not trust in sword or bow : 
 
 Thou savest us from shame ; 
 Thou drivest back our foes : all day 
 We'll glory in Thy name. 
 
63 
 
 PSALM XLIV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 If we forsake our God, if we 
 
 To strange gods yield our hearts, 
 
 Will He not search it out, whose eye 
 Through every secret darts? 
 
 O Lord, be Thou our God ! arise! 
 
 Why tarriest Thou, O Lord ? 
 Cast not Thy servants quite away, 
 
 Who live but through Thy word, 
 
 O wherefore hidest Thou Thy face ? 
 
 Nor mindest how we grieve ? 
 Our souls are bowed down to the earth ; 
 
 And to the dust we cleave. 
 
 Arise, Lord, for Thy mercy's sake ; 
 
 Upraise our hearts to Thee ; 
 And from the chains and snares of sin 
 
 Redeem and set us free. 
 
64 
 
 PSALM XLV. 
 
 fairest of the sons of men ! 
 
 Grace from Thy lips doth flow. 
 His choicest blessings therefore God 
 
 On Thee will aye bestow. 
 
 Gird on Thy sword upon Thy thigh, 
 And go forth in Thy might, 
 
 Arrayed in royal majesty, 
 
 With robes of glowing light. 
 
 Ride on, ride on victoriously : 
 For truth and sacred right 
 
 Do battle ; Thy unconquered hand 
 Shall teach Thee deeds of might. 
 
 Thy bow is strong, Thine arrows sharp ; 
 
 Thine enemies they smite. 
 Thy throne, O God, endures for aye ; 
 
 Thy sceptre stands for right. 
 
 Thou lovest right, and hatest wrong. 
 
 Hence God on Thee will pour 
 The oil of gladness, and anoint 
 
 Thee King for evermore. 
 
 All generations of mankind 
 
 Thy praises shall record : 
 
 All nations shall give thanks to Thee, 
 Their glorious mighty Lord. 
 
65 
 
 PSALM XL VI. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 God is our Bulwark and our Strength, 
 In woe an ever-present Aid. 
 Although the earth be rent in twain, 
 Our hearts shall never be dismayed. 
 
 Although the mountains headlong fall, 
 Their foaming crests the waters rear, 
 And with their swelling torrents shake 
 The mighty hills, we will not fear. 
 
 A river is there whose fair streams 
 Make glad the city of our God, 
 The holy city where the Lord 
 For aye hath taken his abode. 
 
 God dwelleth in the midst of her : 
 No earthly power can make her move : 
 The Lord will help, yea, haste to help 
 The city He vouchsafes to love. 
 
 
66 
 
 PSALM XLVI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 The nations in fierce tumult came ; 
 The kingdoms of the earth were stirred : 
 But God from heaven sent forth His voice ; 
 Away they melted at his word. 
 
 The Lord of hosts is on our side ; 
 The God of Jacob is our Tower. 
 O come, behold His wondrous deeds, 
 The fearful workings of His power. 
 
 He husheth wars through all the earth : 
 The bow He crasheth in His ire ; 
 He knappeth the huge spear in twain, 
 And burns the chariots in the fire. 
 
 Be still, and know that I am God: 
 O'er all the earth I raise my power. 
 The Lord of hosts is on our side ; 
 The God of Jacob is our Tower. 
 
67 
 
 PSALM XLVIL 
 
 O clap your hands, ye people all, 
 And shout with voice of mirth : 
 
 For mighty is the Lord our God, 
 Sole King of all the earth. 
 
 A goodly heritage is ours, 
 
 Earth's fairest far above, 
 The heritage of Israel, 
 
 Whom He vouchsafed to love. 
 
 With merry shouts is God gone up, 
 
 With joyful triumphing. 
 O sing ye praises to our God ! 
 
 Sing praises to our King. 
 
 For God is King of all the earth : 
 With knowledge sing ye praise: 
 
 God o'er the nations reigns ; His throne 
 Of justice He doth raise. 
 
 The princes of the nations serve 
 
 The God of Abraham : 
 The power and glory of the earth 
 
 Bow to the great I AM. 
 
DO 
 
 PSALM XLVIII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Great is the Lord, a God whose praise 
 The earth and heavens should fill : 
 
 Great in His city is His name, 
 Upon His holy hill. 
 
 Mount Sion is a goodly mount, 
 
 The joy of all the earth. 
 The city of the mighty King 
 
 From her north side looks forth. 
 
 Within her palaces the Lord 
 A Bulwark sure is known. 
 
 Great kings against her banded came ; 
 But they aghast are gone. 
 
 As we have heard it told of yore, 
 We with our eyes behold: — 
 
 The city where He chose to dwell, 
 The Lord will aye uphold. 
 
69 
 
 PSALM XLVIII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 When to Thy temple, Lord, we come, 
 
 We think upon Thy grace, 
 On all the wonders Thou hast wrought 
 
 In this Thy holy place. 
 
 According to Thy name, O God, 
 
 Thy praise spreads through the earth : 
 
 And all the works of Thy right hand 
 Thy righteousness shew forth. 
 
 Because Thy judgements are made known, 
 
 Let Sion's mount rejoice ; 
 And let all Judah's daughters raise 
 
 To Thee a praiseful voice. 
 
 Round Sion walk ; about her go : 
 The towers that gird her tell ; 
 
 Observe her noble palaces ; 
 
 And mark her bulwarks well. 
 
 From age to age declare this truth : 
 
 Jehovah will abide 
 Our God for ever, yea, will be 
 
 E'en unto death our Guide. 
 
70 
 
 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 Hear this, ye people ; and give ear 
 All in the world that dwell ; 
 
 Both high and low, both rich and poor. 
 My mouth shall wisdom tell. 
 
 When evil days are swelling round, 
 Why should I fear or doubt? 
 
 Why should I faint, although my sins 
 Encompass me about? 
 
 His brother no man can redeem, 
 None can from death deliver, 
 
 (So dear and precious is a soul), 
 That he may live for ever. 
 
 Like sheep they fall into the grave ; 
 
 And on them death shall feed : 
 Their beauty shall consume away, 
 
 And wither like a weed. 
 
 But God His people will preserve 
 From death and endless pain ; 
 
 Because it is His gracious will 
 To bring them home again. 
 
71 
 PSALM L. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 The Lord Almighty speaks : 
 Our God, Jehovah, calls 
 The earth, from where the sun springs forth, 
 To where at eve he falls. 
 
 The Lord made earth and heaven ; 
 But Sion is the place 
 Where He reveals the excellence 
 And beauty of His grace. 
 
 Our God will surely come. 
 He to the heavens will cry, 
 And to the earth, that He may judge 
 His people righteously. 
 
 Bring forth My saints ', he says, 
 My flock to Me so dear, 
 Wlio stand in bond and league with Me 
 My law to love and fear. 
 
 Then shall the heavens aloud 
 His righteousness record : 
 For He by whom mankind are judged, 
 Is God, the living Lord. 
 
72 
 PSALM L. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Hear, Israel ! says the Lord ; 
 For I will testify 
 Against Thee, and declare My will ; 
 God, yea, thy God am I. 
 
 Not for thy sacrifice 
 Do I thy service blame : 
 No bullock from thy crowded stalls, 
 No he-goat do I claim. 
 
 All beasts on earth are Mine ; 
 All birds to Me are known : 
 Yea, the whole boundless world, and all 
 Its fulness is My own. 
 
 Shall I drink blood of goats ? 
 Or flesh of bullocks eat ? 
 Bring thou thanksgiving to the Lord ; 
 To Him thy vows repeat. 
 
 And humbly call on Me, 
 When days of woe draw nigh : 
 I will deliver thee ; and thou 
 My name shalt glorify. 
 
 He glorifies My name, 
 Whose spirit pours forth praise : 
 My saving grace to him I'll shew, 
 Who rightly rules his ways. 
 
73 
 PSALM LI. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 According to Thy mercy, Lord, 
 
 Be merciful to me : 
 As Thou art full of love, blot out 
 
 All my iniquity. 
 
 O wash me throughly from my stains ! 
 
 And purge my guilty soul. 
 My crime is always in my eye ; 
 
 My sins before me roll. 
 
 Against Thee only have I wrought 
 
 This evil in Thy sight : 
 And when Thou speakest, all shall know 
 
 That Thy decree is right. 
 
 In guiltiness and shame was I 
 First shapen in the womb : 
 
 In sin, O Lord, was I conceived, 
 Our fallen nature's doom. 
 
 Yet Thou desirest holiness 
 
 And truth in every part : 
 Thy wisdom therefore Thou revealst, 
 
 To purify the heart. 
 
 Do Thou with hyssop purge my soul ; 
 
 Then clean and bright 'twill grow : 
 Yea, wash me; and I shall straightway 
 
 Be whiter than the snow. 
 
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74 
 PSALM LI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Of gladness and of joyfulness, 
 
 Lord, let me hear the voice ; 
 
 That so the aching bones, which Thou 
 Hast broken, may rejoice. 
 
 All my iniquities blot out: 
 
 Turn from my sin Thy face : 
 
 O cleanse my heart, good Lord ! renew 
 My spirit by Thy grace. 
 
 Take not Thy Spirit from me, Lord ; 
 
 Nor cast my soul away : 
 With Thy salvation comfort me ; 
 
 Thy Spirit be my stay. 
 
 Then will I speak of all Thy grace, 
 That they who sin shall see : 
 
 And they who walk in evil ways, 
 Shall haste and turn to Thee. 
 
75 
 PSALM LI. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 From my transgressions purge my soul, 
 
 O Thou salvation's God ! 
 Then of Thy righteousness my tongue 
 
 Shall sing the praise abroad. 
 
 Unlock my closed lips, O Lord I 
 O God, untie my tongue ! 
 
 So will I joy to tell Thy praise, 
 And break forth into song. 
 
 No sacrifice didst Thou desire : 
 Else I would give it Thee : 
 
 Nor with the blood of bulls and rams 
 Canst Thou delighted be. 
 
 A broken spirit is to God 
 
 A pleasing sacrifice : 
 A broken and a contrite heart, 
 
 Lord, Thou wilt ne'er despise. 
 
 Do good in Thy good pleasure, Lord, 
 
 To Sion,, Thine own hill : 
 The walls of Thy Jerusalem 
 
 Uprear in Thy good will. 
 
 Then righteousness and truth shall be 
 
 Our holy sacrifice : 
 Heart-offerings full of thankful love 
 
 Shall from Thine altar rise. 
 
76 
 
 PSALM LIL 
 
 Why boastest thou, man of might, 
 
 In mischief and in ill ? 
 The goodness of the Lord our God 
 
 Endureth mightier still. 
 
 The just shall see thee fall, and cry, 
 This man would never trust 
 
 In God, but in his wealth, and arm> 
 And in his own hearts lust. 
 
 But in God's house I safely dwell, 
 Like olives always green. 
 
 My hope and trust from day to day 
 Has in God's mercy been. 
 
 Thee therefore will I praise, O Lord ; 
 
 For Thou didst plant me here : 
 Upon Thy name with love I '11 wait ; 
 
 For to Thy saints 'tis dear. 
 
77 
 
 PSALM LIII. 
 
 There is no God ! within his heart 
 The fool hath madly said. 
 
 When nought was seen to strike affright, 
 They sorely were dismayed. 
 
 They who round Sion laid their siege, 
 
 Have fled in fearful rout : 
 She drove them from before her face : 
 
 For God had cast them out. 
 
 O grant Thy people help, good Lord ! 
 
 And graciously fulfill 
 Thy promise made to Israel, 
 
 From Sion's holy hill. 
 
 When God shall lead His people back, 
 And set the captives free, 
 
 Then sorrowing Jacob shall rejoice, 
 And Israel shout with glee. 
 
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78 
 
 PSALM LIV. 
 
 O save me for Thy name's sake, Lord ! 
 
 Defend me by Thy might : 
 For strangers, who regard not Thee, 
 
 Against me come to fight. 
 
 The Lord Jehovah grants me aid : 
 
 Therefore may I be bold : 
 He taketh part with all the friends 
 
 Who would my cause uphold. 
 
 An offering of a willing heart 
 
 I '11 to Thine altar bring, 
 And praise Thy glorious name, because 
 
 Such comforts from it spring. 
 
 Thou, gracious Lord, hast brought me forth 
 
 In safety from my woes : 
 And I have seen my heart's desire 
 
 Accomplisht on my foes. 
 
79 
 
 PSALM LV. 
 
 Lord, hear my prayer, nor hide Thy face 
 
 From my beseeching plaint. 
 My heart is sorely pained with fear : 
 
 Death's terrours make me faint. 
 
 O that I had a dove's swift wings ! 
 
 Then would I fly away, 
 And roam to some far wilderness, 
 
 Where I at rest might stay. 
 
 But no : I '11 call on God : He '11 save : 
 
 I'll raise my voice on high, 
 At evening, morning, and at noon ; 
 
 And He will hear my cry. 
 
 He has redeemed and freed my soul, 
 
 That I at peace may live, 
 From wars that fiercely round me raged ; 
 
 For hosts to save me strive. 
 
 Cast thou thy burthen on the Lord : 
 
 Thy soul He will provide 
 With living strength : through Him the just 
 
 Unmoved shall aye abide. 
 
80 
 
 PSALM LVI. 
 
 When I'm in fear, I '11 turn to God; 
 
 I '11 glory in His word. 
 I will not dread what man can do : 
 
 My trust is in the Lord. 
 
 Thou knowest where my feet have strayed, 
 And on my tears dost look : 
 
 O keep them in Thy vial, Lord ! 
 Are they not in Thy book ? 
 
 Whene'er to Thee I raise my cry, 
 
 My foes, I know, shall flee. 
 Thy word I '11 praise, O Lord, my God ! 
 
 For Thou dost fight for me. 
 
 In God I trust : I will not fear 
 
 What man can do to me. 
 Thy vows are on me, O my God ; 
 
 I '11 render praise to Thee. 
 
 Thou who from death didst save my soul, 
 
 Still hold my feet upright; 
 That I may walk before Thy face, 
 
 With those who live in light. 
 
81 
 
 PSALM LVII. 
 
 Be merciful to me, God ! 
 On Thee my trust I wholly cast. 
 Beneath Thy wings I '11 shelter seek, 
 Until this storm of woe is past. 
 
 To God, who all my prayers fulfills, 
 
 My supplication shall ascend : 
 
 And He, to save me from reproach, 
 
 His grace and truth from heaven will send. 
 
 My soul among fierce lions lies ; 
 My foes have laid a snare for me. 
 O Lord, shew forth Thy power on high, 
 Thy glory over land and sea. 
 
 My heart is fixed, O my God ! 
 Thy holy name I '11 sing and praise. 
 Awake, my glory ! wake, my harp ! 
 My voice to Thee at dawn I'll raise. 
 
 Among the nations I will tell 
 The praises of the Lord my God ; 
 How high as heaven His justice stands, 
 As heaven His mercy spreadeth broad. 
 
 Set up Thyself, O King of kings, 
 On high above the throne of light ; 
 And o'er the peopled earth shew forth 
 Thy glorious majesty and might. 
 
82 
 
 PSALM LIX. 
 
 Deliver me, O God, 
 From all my enemies : 
 Preserve me from the snares of those 
 Against my soul who rise. 
 
 From Thee my strength must flow : 
 On Thee I wait and call. 
 Thou art my Bulwark, Lord : Thy grace 
 My wishes will forestall. 
 
 The Lord will let me see 
 My heart's desire fulfilled 
 Upon my foes. O scatter them ! 
 
 O'erthrow them, God, our Shield ! 
 
 Then of Thy power I '11 sing ; 
 At morn Thy mercy praise : 
 For Thou hast been my strong Defense, 
 My Tower in troublous days. 
 
83 
 
 PSALM LX. 
 
 O cast us not away, Lord ! turn 
 
 In pity to our woes I 
 The earth at Thy displeasure quakes : 
 
 Do Thou its breaches close. 
 
 For those who fear Thy holy name, 
 
 A banner Thou hast made ; 
 That they may triumph through Thy truth, 
 
 When 'tis abroad displayed. 
 
 So shall the children of Thy love 
 
 Stand firm, and never fall. 
 Stretch forth Thy saving hand, O Lord ! 
 
 O hear me when I call ! 
 
 When Thou departedst from our host, 
 
 We were discomfited. 
 Hast Thou quite cast us off? by Thee 
 
 Shall we no more be led ? 
 
 Be Thou our Help in trouble, Lord : 
 Man's help is weak and vain. 
 
 Through God we shall do valiant deeds, 
 Through Him the victory gain. 
 
84 
 
 PSALM LXI. 
 
 O hearken to my longing cry ! 
 
 Lord, to my prayer attend ! 
 From th' utmost corner of the earth 
 
 My cry to Thee I send. 
 
 Whene'er my heart is overwhelmed 
 
 With fear and misery, 
 Guide Thou my footsteps to the Rock, 
 
 That higher is than I. 
 
 In my distress I alway find 
 
 A safeguard in Thy power : 
 
 Thy help against assailing foes 
 Has often been my Tower. 
 
 Within Thy tabernacle I 
 
 For aye would fain abide ; 
 
 Beneath the shelter of Thy wings 
 My fainting spirit hide. 
 
 For when I made my vows to Thee, 
 Thou, O my God, didst hear, 
 
 And gavest me the heritage 
 
 Of those Thy name who fear. 
 
85 
 
 PSALM LXII. 
 
 On God, from whom salvation comes, 
 My soul doth wait and call. 
 
 He is my Rock, my Saviour He : 
 I shall not greatly fall. 
 
 Wait only on the Lord, my soul : 
 I shall not be o'erthrown. 
 
 In Him my hope and glory lie, 
 My strength in Him alone. 
 
 In Him let all your trust be placed, 
 Ye people, night and day : 
 
 Pour out your hearts before His throne : 
 He is our mighty Stay. 
 
 Trust not in wrong or robbery ; 
 
 Let vain delights be gone: 
 Though riches flow in plenteously, 
 
 Set not your hearts thereon. 
 
 Jehovah once sent forth his voice ; 
 
 And twice I 've heard the word ; 
 That power belongeth all to God, 
 
 All glory to the Lord. 
 
 Yea, mercy likewise, Lord, to Thee 
 
 Belongs, to Thee alone : 
 For Thou according to his work 
 
 Rewardest every one. 
 
86 
 
 PSALM LXIII. 
 
 God, my God ! Thee will I seek : 
 
 My soul for Thee doth thirst : 
 My heart is parcht, as in a land 
 Wherein no waters burst. 
 
 So greatly long I to behold 
 
 The glory of Thy face ; 
 As I have seen it oft of yore 
 
 Within Thy holy place. 
 
 Thy love is dearer far than life : 
 
 My lips shall sing Thy praise : 
 
 1 '11 raise my hands up in Thy name, 
 
 And bless Thee all my days. 
 
 When on my peaceful bed I lie, 
 I call Thy love to mind ; 
 
 And through the watches of the night 
 Thee near me still I find. 
 
 Beneath Thy sheltering wings I '11 joy ; 
 
 For Thou my Help hast been : 
 To Thee I '11 cleave ; for Thou alone 
 
 Canst save my soul from sin. 
 
87 
 
 PSALM LXV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 In Sion, Lord, shalt Thou be praised ; 
 
 To Thee shall vows be paid. 
 O Thou who hearst the voice of prayer ! 
 
 All flesh shall seek Thine aid. 
 
 A flood of dark unholy sins 
 
 Have overflowed my soul : 
 
 But Thou canst turn their waters back : 
 Away Thou It bid them roll. 
 
 Blest is the man whom Thou dost choose 
 Within Thy courts to dwell : 
 
 His soul with pleasures shall be filled, 
 That all earth's joys excell. 
 
 O God, from whom salvation comes ! 
 
 Thou to our earnest prayer 
 By wondrous deeds of righteousness 
 
 Thine answer wilt declare. 
 
 Therefore the ends of all the earth, 
 And they who o'er the sea 
 
 Roam far away, their hope and trust 
 Shall place, O Lord, in Thee. 
 
88 
 PSALM LXV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Jbhovah, He is girt with power : 
 
 He rooteth fast the hills. 
 The sea's loud noise, the roaring waves, 
 
 The people's rage He stills, 
 
 They in the furthest lands who dwell, 
 
 Dread Thy almighty voice. 
 The morn and eve, when they come forth, 
 
 Thou makest them rejoice. 
 
 Thou nourishest the earth with rain : 
 
 Thy river overflows, 
 And fills the ground with fruitfulness : 
 
 Thou speakst ; the harvest grows. 
 
 Thou with Thy blessings crownst the year : 
 Thy clouds their fatness shed : 
 
 They shed it on the wilderness : 
 Joy o'er the hills is spread. 
 
 With flocks the pastures are bestrewn ; 
 
 With corn the vallies clad: 
 They laugh aloud and sing to Thee: 
 
 For Thou hast made them glad. 
 
89 
 
 PSALM LXVI. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 In songs of joyance, all ye lands, 
 To God your voices raise ; 
 
 Declare the honour of His name ; 
 And tell His glorious praise. 
 
 Say ye to God, In all Thy works 
 How wonderful art Thou ! 
 
 Subdued by Thy all-conquering arm, 
 Thy foes to Thee shall bow. 
 
 All men on earth shall worship Thee ; 
 
 Thy praise in songs proclaim: 
 Yea, all shall sing triumphantly 
 
 To Thy all-holy name. 
 
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90 
 PSALM LXVI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Come, all ye people, and behold 
 
 The works that God hath wrought ! 
 
 How all his dealings tow'rd mankind 
 With awful power are fraught. 
 
 Into dry land he turned the sea : 
 
 Thus we a pathway had, 
 And marcht on foot athwart the waves : 
 
 In Him then we were glad. 
 
 He rules for ever by His power : 
 
 His eyes the nations spy. 
 Let not the proud rebellious folk 
 
 Upraise their heads on high. 
 
 But come, ye faithful, bless the Lord ; 
 
 Speak loudly in His praise ; 
 Whose mercy keeps our souls in life, 
 
 Our feet from sliding stays. 
 
 For Thou hast proved and tried us, Lord, 
 
 As melters silver try: 
 Thou broughtest us into a snare : 
 
 In bonds Thou badst us lie : 
 
 Thou madest men ride o'er our heads : 
 Through water we have past ; 
 
 Through fire ; yet to a place of weal 
 Thou ledst us forth at last. 
 
91 
 
 PSALM LXVI. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 Lord, to Thy house, I '11 offerings bring ; 
 
 To Thee my vows I '11 pay ; 
 The vows I uttered with my mouth, 
 
 When danger round me lay. 
 
 Come ye who fear the Lord, I '11 tell 
 His dealings tow'rd my soul. 
 
 I lifted up my voice to Him, 
 And did His name extoll. 
 
 If in my heart to sin I cleave, 
 My cry God will not hear. 
 
 But God has heard me: to my prayer 
 He has inclined His ear. 
 
 O let the Lord, our gracious God, 
 
 For ever blessed be ! 
 Who would not cast my prayer away, 
 
 Nor turn His grace from me. 
 
PSALM LXV1I. 
 
 Have mercy on us, Lord, 
 And bless us with Thy grace : 
 Shine on our hearts, that we may see 
 The brightness of Thy face. 
 
 So all the earth shall know 
 The way to godly wealth ; 
 And all the people far and wide 
 Behold Thy saving health. 
 
 Let all the world, O God, 
 Sing praises to Thy name : 
 And let the nations all unite 
 To magnify Thy fame. 
 
 From east to west let all 
 Rejoice with holy mirth : 
 For Thou with righteousness wilt rule 
 The nations of the earth. 
 
 The earth her fruit shall yield ; 
 The Lord His blessing send ; 
 And men shall stand in awe of God 
 To earth's remotest end. 
 
 
93 
 
 PSALM LXVII. 
 
 SECOND VERSION. 
 
 Lord, shower on us Thy grace : 
 Bless us with gifts divine : 
 Let Thy light-beaming face 
 Upon Thy servants shine : 
 That all below The arched sky 
 
 May Thee and Thy Salvation know. 
 
 Let all Thy praise rehearse, 
 
 With one united voice; 
 
 Sing in high-swelling verse, 
 
 Eternally rejoice : 
 Thy power obey, Whose justice shall 
 Dispose of all, All sceptres sway. 
 
 Let all extol Thy worth, 
 Then shall the smiling earth 
 Her pleasant fruits bring forth, 
 Nor ever mourn in dearth ; 
 
 We who implore, Thy blessings find ; 
 
 And all mankind With fear adore. 
 
94 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O God, arise ! Let all Thy foes 
 Be from Thy presence cast. 
 
 Drive them like smoke before the wind : 
 As wax melts, let them waste. 
 
 Thus let the wicked pass away 
 
 Before Thy holy face : 
 But let the righteous hearts be glad, 
 
 Rejoicing in Thy grace. 
 
 Sing praises to the name of Him, 
 Who on the heavens doth ride. 
 
 His name is J AH : above all names 
 That name be glorified. 
 
 A Father to the fatherless 
 
 Is He, the widow's Friend ; 
 
 And from His throne of holiness 
 Their cause He will defend. 
 
 The lonely He in households joins ; 
 
 And from captivity 
 The prisoners frees: rebellious souls 
 
 He leaves in want to lie. 
 
95 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 O God, when Thou didst walk abroad, 
 Before Thy people's face ; 
 
 When through the pathless wilderness 
 Thou ledst Thy chosen race; 
 
 The earth then at Thy presence shook ; 
 
 The heavens grew dark and fell ; 
 Yea, Sinai shook before the Lord, 
 
 The God of Israel. 
 
 Thou on Thy favoured heritage 
 Refreshing rains dost pour, 
 
 And, when the land is dry and bare, 
 Its fruitfulness restore. 
 
 Thy chosen people there shall dwell : 
 Thou hast prepared the place ; 
 
 And hast provided for the poor 
 In thy all-bounteous grace. 
 
96 
 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 God gave the word : the preachers came, 
 
 A mighty company. 
 Kings with their armies are o'erthrown : 
 
 Before His word they fly. 
 
 Though ye among the pots have lain, 
 
 Your wings ye shall unfold, 
 Like doves, whose wings with silver shine, 
 
 Whose feathers glow with gold. 
 
 When God before us drove our foes, 
 As snow we then grew white. 
 
 His hill is like to Basan's hill, 
 High towering out of sight. 
 
 Why leap ye so, ye mountains high ? 
 
 This, this is Sion's hill ; 
 Where God is pleased His house to build, 
 
 And with His glory fill. 
 
 Ten thousand chariots round Him throng ; 
 
 Ten thousand angels pour ; 
 And Sion sees Him with them come, 
 
 As Sinai saw of yore. 
 
97 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 FOURTH PART. 
 
 Thou in Thy glory, mighty Lord, 
 Hast mounted up on high : 
 
 Thou leadest those whom Thou hast freed 
 From their captivity. 
 
 Rich gifts for men hast Thou received, 
 
 Although they did rebel, 
 Yea, even for Thy foes, that God 
 
 Among them aye may dwell. 
 
 For ever blessed be our God ! 
 
 Salvation's holy Lord ; 
 Who all the bounties of His grace 
 
 Hath on us daily poured. 
 
 In heaven is He salvation's Lord 
 
 On high, in earth beneath ; 
 And through His power and grace alone 
 
 Do we escape from death. 
 
 God said, My people I will bring 
 
 From Basan to their home ; 
 Yea, I will bring them back, though waves 
 
 Around them toss and foam. 
 
 Within Thy temple, gracious Lord, 
 
 Thy people see Thy ways. 
 O let them with one heart and voice 
 
 Thy lovingkindness praise! 
 
98 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 FIFTH PART. 
 
 Our God ordaineth strength ; make strong 
 In us what Thou hast wrought. 
 
 To Thee who dwellst on Sion's hill, 
 By kings shall gifts be brought. 
 
 To Thee shall Egypt's princes come, 
 With their assembled bands ; 
 
 And Ethiopia to our God 
 
 Shall humbly stretch her hands. 
 
 O all ye kingdoms of the earth, 
 
 Sing praises to our King ! 
 He is the Lord that ruleth all : 
 
 To Him loud praises sing : 
 
 To Him who on the heavens doth ride, 
 And from His throne pours light. 
 
 Lo, He doth send His voice abroad, 
 And that a voice of might. 
 
 All strength be to the Lord ascribed ; 
 
 All power and majesty 
 To Israel's holy God, who dwells 
 
 Above the clouds on high. 
 
 How awful in Thy house art Thou, 
 
 Thou God of Abraham ! 
 Who giv'st Thy people strength and peace. 
 
 O praise the great I AM. 
 
99 
 
 PSALM LXIX. ■ 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Save me, O God ! The raging waves 
 
 Are rushing on my soul : 
 The mire beneath my feet gives way ; 
 
 The waters o'er me roll, 
 
 I am aweary with my tears ; 
 
 My throat is hoarse and dry : 
 My eyes are failing, while I gaze 
 
 For help to God on high. 
 
 Thou knowst my folly, Lord : my sins 
 
 Are naked in Thy sight. 
 Let none who wait on Thee be shamed : 
 
 Uphold them by Thy might. 
 
 To Thee in an accepted time 
 My humble prayer I make : 
 
 O hear me for Thy saving truth, 
 Hear for Thy mercy's sake ! 
 
 Deliver me from out the mire ; 
 
 My feet from sinking keep : 
 Free me from those who hate my soul, 
 
 And from the watery deep. 
 
100 
 
 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Hear me, O Lord ! such strength and joy 
 Thy lovingkindness brings : 
 
 Hear me ! Thy mercies o'er the earth 
 Fly with unnumbered wings. 
 
 Ne'er from Thy servant hide Thy face : 
 
 Sore prest am I by woes. 
 Draw near,, O Lord, and rescue me ; 
 
 Preserve me from my foes. 
 
 Thou knowst my shame and my disgrace : 
 Reproach hath struck my mind. 
 
 I sought for some to pity me ; 
 But no one could I find. 
 
 No comforter was to be seen : 
 
 They gave me gall to eat ; 
 They gave me vinegar to drink, 
 
 Although my thirst was great. 
 
 But now that I am overwhelmed 
 
 With grief and misery, 
 Through Thy salvation, O my God, 
 
 Let me be raised on high. 
 
101 
 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 The name of Him who saves my soul, 
 
 With joyful thanks I '11 sing : 
 An offering far more dear to Him 
 
 Than horned bulls I '11 bring. 
 
 The humble shall behold God's grace : 
 
 Pure joy to them 'twill give. 
 All ye who truly seek the Lord, 
 
 Your souls for aye shall live. 
 
 For God will hear the poor, nor from 
 
 His prisoners take His love. 
 Praise Him, ye heavens, thou earth, and sea, 
 
 And all that therein move. 
 
 God Judah's cities will rebuild ; 
 
 His Sion He will save ; 
 That so His people there may dwell, 
 
 And sure possession have. 
 
 Here shall His faithful servants seed 
 Be trained up from their birth : 
 
 And they who love His holy name, 
 Shall here find heaven on earth. 
 
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102 
 
 PSALM LXX. 
 
 Thou who alone canst save, 
 Haste, Lord, to succour me. 
 Let those who seek to slay my soul, 
 Confounded backward flee. 
 
 Poor am I, girt with woes : 
 Come, Lord ! O do not stay ! 
 Thou art my Help, my Saviour Thou: 
 O Lord, make no delay ! 
 
 Let those who trust in Thee, 
 And seek Thy healing grace, 
 Be alway filled with holy joy 
 By gazing on Thy face. 
 
 Who Thy salvation love, 
 Let them with one accord 
 Cry, Glory, Honour, Blessing, Praise, 
 To our victorious Lord ! 
 
103 
 PSALM LXXI. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Lord, in Thee I place my trust ; 
 No other help or hope I have. 
 Redeem me in Thy righteousness; 
 Incline Thine ear to me, and save. 
 
 Be Thou my Tower of holy strength, 
 Whereto I alway may resort : 
 Send forth Thy word to be my aid : 
 Thou art my Rock, my living Fort. 
 
 Thou from my birth hast held my soul 
 In life : yea, Thy Almighty hand 
 Did take me from my mother's womb : 
 Through Thee alone, O Lord, I stand. 
 
 My God, O cast me not away, 
 When age my days shall overtake ! 
 And when my strength and heart decay, 
 Thy servant do not Thou forsake. 
 
 In patient hope I will abide, 
 And bless Thee daily more and more ; 
 Thy saving mercy and Thy truth 
 In songs of joyful praise adore. 
 
 Thus in the strength of God, the Lord, 
 
 1 '11 in His ways walk firmly on : 
 And alway while I live declare 
 His saving righteousness alone. 
 
lot 
 
 PSALM LXXI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 E'en from my early youth, O Lord, 
 By Thee have I been daily taught : 
 Through all my life have I declared 
 The wondrous works that Thou hast wrought. 
 
 And now, O God, forsake me not, 
 When faint and grey with years I grow ; 
 Until Thine everlasting power 
 To all that are to come I shew. 
 
 Thy righteousness is over all : 
 It spreadeth through the earth and sea. 
 Who ever wrought such mighty deeds, 
 As Thou ? Who, Lord, is like to Thee ? 
 
 Through heavy troubles, through great woes 
 By Thee have I been often led : 
 And still, O Lord, Thou'lt quicken me, 
 And raise my spirit from the dead. 
 
 To honour Thou wilt raise me up, 
 And comfort me on every side. 
 Then by my harp and thankful psalms 
 Thy mercy shall be magnified. 
 
 My lips shall joy to sing to Thee, 
 Thou Holy one of Israel : 
 My soul, redeemed by Thee, all day 
 Shall of Thy lovingkindness tell. 
 
105 
 
 PSALM LXXII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O teach the King Thy statutes, Lord ! 
 
 Thyjustice to him send; 
 That he may judge the folk with right, 
 
 And be the poor man's friend. 
 
 Then shall the mountains bring forth peace, 
 
 The hills with joy be clad: 
 The poor and simple He will guard, 
 
 And make the orphans glad. 
 
 On the ungodly fear shall fall, 
 
 While sun and moon roll round. 
 
 Like rain on new-mown fields He '11 come, 
 Like showers on thirsty ground. 
 
 The just shall flourish in His days, 
 Beneath His righteous reign : 
 
 And peace shall bless the earth as long 
 As moons shall wax and wane. 
 
106 
 PSALM LXXII, 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 The King shall reign : from sea to sea 
 His empire shall extend ; 
 
 And from the river shall stretch out 
 To earth's remotest end. 
 
 The kings of Tarshish and the isles 
 To Him shall offerings bring: 
 
 Arabia shall her treasures bear, 
 Along with Sheba's king. 
 
 Yea, all the rulers of the earth 
 Before Him shall bow dow r n ; 
 
 And all the nations of mankind 
 Do service to His crown. 
 
 For He the needy will preserve, 
 When'er to Him they cry : 
 
 And they who find no help in man, 
 Shall find sure help on high. 
 
 His mercy will redeem their souls 
 From craft and lawless might ; 
 
 The blood of all who cry to Him 
 Is precious in His sight. 
 
107 
 PSALM LXXir. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 The King shall live, and shall receive 
 Rich gifts of Sheba's gold. 
 
 Prayer shall be made to Him ; His name 
 Shall daily be extolled. 
 
 Of corn a handful shall be sown 
 
 Upon the mountain-top : 
 Thence high as trees on Lebanon 
 
 Shall wave a golden crop. 
 
 His name for ever shall endure, 
 Long as the sun gives light : 
 
 Through Him all nations shall be blest, 
 And shall proclaim His might. 
 
 All-blessed be the Lord our God, 
 
 The God of Israel ! 
 He only doeth works in power 
 
 And glory which ex cell. 
 
 And blessed be His holy name 
 
 Through all eternity t 
 His glory all the world shall fill. 
 
 Amen ! so shall it be. 
 
108 
 PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 The Lord is good to Israel, 
 
 To all whose hearts are pure. 
 
 But as for me, my steps had strayed, 
 My feet were in a lure. 
 
 For I was envious, and grew wroth 
 
 The foolish folk to see, 
 When I beheld how godless men 
 
 Enjoy prosperity. 
 
 Hereon I pondered long in vain : 
 
 For me 'twas far too hard : 
 But when into God's house I came, 
 
 There saw I their reward. 
 
 I saw how, like a dream, when one 
 Doth from his sleep awake, 
 
 So in the fulness of their pride 
 
 Dost Thou their image break. 
 
 Yet still, O Lord, am I with Thee, 
 Upheld by Thy right hand : 
 
 Thou 'It guide me, and wilt take me home 
 To Thine own heavenly land. 
 
109 
 
 PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Whom, O my God, can I desire, 
 Save Thee, in heaven above ? 
 
 Nor is there aught throughout the earth, 
 That I, like Thee, can love. 
 
 My flesh and heart grow faint and fail ; 
 
 But God, He faileth never : 
 He is the Bulwark of my heart, 
 
 My Portion He for ever. 
 
 Lo, they who wander far from Thee, 
 
 Shall perish one and all : 
 They who will follow their own lusts, 
 
 By their own lusts shall fall. 
 
 But I am truly blest ; for I 
 
 Hold alway fast to God : 
 In Him alone I place my trust : 
 
 His works my soul shall laud. 
 
110 
 
 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O God, remember Thine own flock, 
 Whom Thou of old hast bought ; 
 
 Those whose redemption from their bonds 
 Thy tender mercy wrought. 
 
 Remember Zion's hill, where Thou 
 
 Didst dwell in ages past : 
 Forth from Thy bosom pluck Thy hand ; 
 
 And save us now at last. 
 
 Let not th' ungodly multitude 
 
 Destroy Thy turtle-dove : 
 Nor from Thy favour cast the poor, 
 
 Whom Thou wast wont to love. 
 
 Arise, O Lord! plead Thine own cause; 
 
 Preserve th' opprest from shame ; 
 And let the poor and needy still 
 
 Sing praises to Thy name. 
 
Ill 
 
 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 O God, Thou surely art our King, 
 
 E'en from the times of old. 
 Throughout the earth Thou still hast wrought 
 
 Salvation manifold. 
 
 The sea asunder rent its waves, 
 
 When Thou didst raise Thine arm : 
 
 Its waters smote the dragon's heads, 
 To save Thy race from harm. 
 
 The day, O Lord of Hosts, is Thine ; 
 
 Thine also is the night : 
 Thy power and wisdom framed the sun ; 
 
 Thou filledst him with light. 
 
 By Thee the earth was spread abroad ; 
 
 By Thee its bounds were made : 
 The summer and the winter roll, 
 
 As Thou their course hast laid. 
 
112 
 
 PSALM LXXV. 
 
 To Thee, O God, do we give thanks; 
 
 To Thee our vows we pay : 
 Because Thy gracious deeds declare 
 
 That Thou art still our Stay. 
 
 God, when th r appointed time is come, 
 Will shew His justice forth. 
 
 All things would fall : but He upholds 
 The pillars of the earth. 
 
 Deal not so foolishly, ye proud ; 
 
 Lift not your horns on high ; 
 Lift not your horns against the Lord; 
 
 Speak not stiffneckedly. 
 
 Promotion comes not from the East, 
 Nor from the West, or North: 
 
 The Lord is Judge : He raises one, 
 And casts another forth. 
 
 His right hand holds a cup ; the wine 
 
 Is red ; He pours it out : 
 Th' ungodly drink its bitter dregs, 
 
 And fly in fearful rout. 
 
 But I will sing of Jacob's God : 
 His name l r ll alway praise; 
 
 Who, though His servants fall, vouchsafes 
 Their hearts and souls to raise. 
 
113 
 
 PSALM LXXVI. 
 
 In Israel is God well known ; 
 
 In Judah He is great ; 
 In Salem's temple He abides ; 
 
 In Zion is His seat. 
 
 There by His mighty arm He brake 
 
 The arrows of the bow, 
 And overthrew the spear, the shield, 
 
 The battle of the foe. 
 
 Thou, Lord, art greatly to be feared, 
 When Thou dost bare Thy hand. 
 
 When Thou arisest in Thy wrath, 
 Before Thee who can stand ? 
 
 Thy judgements were declared from heaven; 
 
 The earth in fear was still ; 
 When God arose to judge the world> 
 
 To save the meek from ill. 
 
 Vow to the Lord, and pay your vows, 
 
 All ye who near Him dwell : 
 Bring gifts and offerings to His throne : 
 
 In might doth He excell. 
 
 The wrath of men shall praise His name ; 
 
 Their wrath He will o'erawe : 
 The princes of the earth shall fear, 
 
 And bow before His law. 
 
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114 
 
 PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 To God I raised my voice ; 
 To God I made my cry ; 
 Weighed down by grief I sought the Lord : 
 He heard me from on high. 
 
 I turned my thoughts to God ; 
 Yet still my woe remained : 
 My heart was faint and overwhelmed, 
 So long as I complained. 
 
 Will God quite cast us off? 
 And shall His mercy fail ? 
 Hath He forgotten all His grace ? 
 And is His truth so frail ? 
 
 Then said I, No : this is 
 My own infirmity : 
 I '11 call to mind His works of old, 
 The years of the Most High. 
 
 Within Thy sanctuary 
 Thou shew st Thy ways abroad. 
 What god is he who can compare 
 With our allholy God ? 
 
113 
 
 PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 O God, what might Thou shewst ! 
 What wonders Thou hast wrought ! 
 Redemption to Thy chosen race 
 
 Thine own right hand hath brought. 
 
 The waters saw Thee, Lord ; 
 The waters saw and fled; 
 The clouds their rushing torrents poured; 
 The skies their arrows shed. 
 
 Thy thunders through the heavens 
 
 With awful roaring brake ; 
 Thy lightnings lightened all the world ; 
 
 The earth with fear did quake. 
 
 Thy way is in the sea ; 
 Through deeps Thou walkst alone ; 
 Thy path beneath the waters lies : 
 Thy footsteps are unknown. 
 
 Thy people Thou dost lead, 
 As Thine own flock of sheep, 
 By Him whom Thou didst choose of old 
 Their souls to guide and keep. 
 
116 
 
 PSALM LXXIX. 
 
 O Lord, remember not our sins ! 
 
 Thy tender mercies shew : 
 Send us Thine aid, and tarry not : 
 
 Most grievous is our woe. 
 
 For Thine own glory help us, Lord, 
 Who hast our Saviour been : 
 
 Deliver us for Thy name's sake ; 
 And purge away our sin. 
 
 Where is their God, their Saviour, now ? 
 
 The unbelievers cry. 
 Lord, hear the prisoner's sighs, and save 
 
 Those who are doomed to die. 
 
 So we, Thy people, Thine own sheep, 
 Will alway bless Thy name, 
 
 And with adoring hearts Thy praise 
 From age to age proclaim. 
 
117 
 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Hear, O Thou Shepherd,, like a flock 
 
 Who leadest Israel ! 
 Shine forth, O Thou who throned between 
 
 The Cherubim dost dwell ! 
 
 Still let Thy mercy, Lord, uphold 
 The Man of Thy right hand, 
 
 The Son of man, whom for Thyself 
 Thou madest strongly stand. 
 
 So we henceforth will ne'er go back. 
 
 Nor ever from Thee fall. 
 O quicken Thou our souls ; and we 
 
 Upon Thy name will call. 
 
 Turn us again, Lord God of Hosts ! 
 
 And make Thy glory shine 
 Upon our souls : we shall be safe,. 
 
 And ever wholly Thine. 
 
118 
 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 A Vine from Egypt Thou hast brought, 
 
 Lord, by Thy mighty hand ; 
 And Thou didst cast the heathen out, 
 
 To plant her in their land. 
 
 Thou madest room where she might stand, 
 And badst her take deep root : 
 
 And so she grew, and rilled the land, 
 And bare much goodly fruit. 
 
 The hills were covered with her shade ; 
 
 Her boughs like cedars grew : 
 From East to West, from sea to sea, 
 
 Her branches wide she threw. 
 
 Look down from heaven, we pray Thee, Lord ; 
 
 And visit this Thy Vine ; 
 Which Thou didst plant and make so strong, 
 
 That she should aye be Thine. 
 
119 
 
 PSALM LXXXI. 
 
 Sing joyfully to God, our Strength ; 
 To Jacob's Lord, Jehovah, sing. 
 Take up a psalm ; the psaltery, 
 The harp and timbrel hither bring. 
 
 When in our woe we called on God, 
 He sent an answer speedily, 
 Our burthen from our shoulders took, 
 And from our bondage set us free. 
 
 Israel, Jehovah said, 
 
 If thou wilt to My word give ear, 
 
 No idol shall be found in Thee, 
 
 No strange false god shall make thee fear. 
 
 1 brought thee out of Egypt safe, 
 And suffered not thy feet to rove. 
 Enlarge thy heart, O Israel ! 
 And I will fill it with My love. 
 
 If thou wilt hearken to My words, 
 And walk where'er I lead My flock, 
 I '11 feed thee with the flour of wheat, 
 And give thee honey from the rock. 
 
120 
 
 PSALM LXXXII. 
 
 Among the princes of the earth 
 
 The Lord hath raised His throne, 
 
 The cause of justice to maintain, 
 
 To make His judgements known. 
 
 Uphold the fatherless and poor ; 
 
 To the opprest do right ; 
 The helpless needy ones defend 
 
 From men of lawless might. 
 
 They vainly boasted they were gods, 
 The sons of the Most High: 
 
 But in the fulness of their pride, 
 Like common men, they die. 
 
 Arise, O Lord ! o'er all the earth 
 Thy holy reign advance ; 
 
 And take all nations to Thyself, 
 As Thy inheritance. 
 
121 
 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O Lord of Hosts, Thou God of might, 
 
 How lovely is the place, 
 Where Thou vouchsafest to dwell, and shew 
 
 The beauty of Thy grace ! 
 
 My soul is faint with strong desire 
 
 To see Thy blest abode : 
 My longing heart and flesh cry out 
 
 For Thee, the living God. 
 
 The sparrow has found out a house, 
 
 The swallow built a nest, 
 Beside Thine altar, O my God ! 
 
 And there they safely rest. 
 
 The dwellers in Thy house are blest: 
 They alway sing Thy praise. 
 
 One day within Thy house is more 
 Than else a thousand days. 
 
 A doorkeeper I 'd rather be, 
 
 Within the house of God, 
 Than in the lordly tents of sin 
 
 Possess a sure abode. 
 
 For God a Shield is, and a Sun: 
 
 He '11 grace and glory give : 
 No blessing will His love withhold 
 
 From those who rightly live. 
 
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122 
 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 How blest are they, O Lord of Hosts, 
 Whose strength and stay Thou art ! 
 
 Who in Thy laws desire to walk, 
 And bear them in their heart. 
 
 As through the barren vale they pass, 
 They dig up fountains still : 
 
 The vale is like a living spring ; 
 
 And Thou their wells dost fill. 
 
 Thus on they go from strength to strength, 
 And still to Thee draw near ; 
 
 Until in Zion they at length 
 Before Thy face appear. 
 
 O Thou Almighty Lord of Hosts ! 
 
 Most truly blest is he, 
 Whose hope and trust is alway placed 
 
 Undoubtingly in Thee. 
 
123 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 What countless mercies hast Thou poured, 
 O Lord, on this Thy favoured land ! 
 Thy people are brought home, and freed 
 From bondage, by Thy mighty hand. 
 
 Their trespasses didst Thou forgive, 
 And wipe out their iniquity : 
 From all Thine anger Thou didst turn, 
 And set their souls at one with Thee. 
 
 O God of our salvation, turn 
 Our hearts, and bid Thine anger cease. 
 Wilt Thou for ever keep Thy wrath ? 
 And shall we nevermore find peace ? 
 
 O make Thy people joy in Thee ! 
 Our fainting hearts and souls revive : 
 Shew forth Thy mercy, mighty Lord : 
 Salvation to Thy servants give. 
 
124 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 I 'll hear what God the Lord will speak : 
 He to His people will speak peace, 
 And to His saints : but let them now 
 From all their lusts and follies cease. 
 
 To those who fear Him God is nigh, 
 And bears salvation in His hand. 
 He sends His glory down from heaven, 
 To dwell within our chosen land. 
 
 Together Truth and Mercy meet; 
 Yea, Righteousness and Peace embrace. 
 Truth springeth from the earth : from heaven 
 Doth Righteousness unveil her face. 
 
 Whate'er is good, the Lord will give : 
 Our land shall plenteously increase. 
 Before Him Righteousness shall walk, 
 And guide us in the paths of Peace. 
 
125 
 
 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 
 FIRST PART, 
 
 Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, and hear ; 
 
 For I am sore distrest. 
 Preserve me; for I trust in Thee : 
 
 let my soul find rest ! 
 
 To Thee I daily make my cry : 
 
 Be merciful to me ; 
 And cheer Thy servant's fainting soul : 
 
 1 raise my soul to Thee. 
 
 For Thou art full of goodness, Lord, 
 
 And ready to forgive : 
 All those who call upon Thy name, 
 
 Thou hastenest to relieve. 
 
 Give ear to my beseeching voice ; 
 
 And to my prayer attend. 
 In time of woe to Thee I '11 call ; 
 
 For Thou'lt an answer send. 
 
126 
 
 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Who standeth, Lord, among the gods, 
 That may with Thee compare ? 
 
 What other works are found, that can 
 With Thine in glory share? 
 
 AH generations of mankind, 
 
 Whom Thou alone hast made, 
 
 Shall come before Thy face : by all 
 Shall vows to Thee be paid. 
 
 For Thou above all greatness art ; 
 
 And works by Thee are done, 
 In power and wisdom which excell : 
 
 Yea, Thou art God alone. 
 
 Teach me Thy laws ; and I my life 
 Thereby will duly frame. 
 
 O knit my heart to Thee, that I 
 May alway fear Thy name. 
 
127 
 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 With all my heart, O Lord my God, 
 
 To Thee will I give praise : 
 Yea, I will glorify Thy name, 
 
 And bless Thee all my days. 
 
 How great and wondrous is the love, 
 That Thou to me hast shewn ! 
 
 From hell's dark woe Thou broughtst my soul, 
 And calledst me Thine own. 
 
 For Thou art full of pity, Lord, 
 
 A God most rich in grace : 
 Thy boundless mercy and Thy truth 
 
 The whole wide world embrace. 
 
 O turn to me now, Lord, my God ! 
 
 To me Thy mercy shew : 
 On me, Thy servant, in my need 
 
 Thy saving strength bestow. 
 
 Shew me some token of Thy grace, 
 
 That I may plainly see, 
 My sin is pardoned, and that Thou 
 
 Dost help and comfort me. 
 
128 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIL 
 
 On His high and holy mountain 
 God His strong foundation lays : 
 Far beyond all Jacob's dwellings, 
 He delights in Zion's ways. 
 
 Glorious things of Thee are spoken, 
 
 Zion, city of our God. 
 
 Egypt, Babel, Ethiopia, 
 
 Spread Thine honoured name abroad. 
 
 O'er the earth, among all nations, 
 Men shall say, He there was born. 
 Through Jehovah's blessing fairer 
 Art thou than the gates of morn. 
 
 When the Lord His people counteth, 
 There, He '11 say, was bom the King. 
 There His servants sing His praises ; 
 There His living waters spring. 
 
129 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIII. 
 
 Lord God, my Saviour, day and night 
 I make my cry to Thee : 
 
 O let my prayer before Thee rise ! 
 Incline Thine ear to me. 
 
 My soul is bowed with grievous woes ; 
 
 My life draws nigh the grave : 
 Like those who fall into the pit, 
 
 No health or strength I have. 
 
 Cast me not out, O God, with those 
 Who in their trespass die, 
 
 Who from Thy mercy are cut off, 
 By Thee forgotten lie. 
 
 Thus will I daily cry to Thee, 
 
 And humbly seek Thy grace. 
 
 O do not quite forsake me, Lord ! 
 Nor from me hide Thy face. 
 
130 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 The mercies of the Lord my God 
 Shall alway be my song : 
 
 The praises of His truth throughout 
 All ages I '11 prolong. 
 
 Thy mercy Thou hast grounded fast, 
 
 For ever to endure : 
 Thy faithfulness above the heavens 
 
 Is spread and stablisht sure. 
 
 With David Thou a covenant madest, 
 Which Thou wilt aye maintain, 
 
 That on an everlasting throne 
 His Holy Seed shall reign. 
 
 The heavens Thy praises shall declare 
 To all the peopled earth : 
 
 The great assembly of Thy saints 
 Shall shew Thy wonders forth. 
 
 For who in heaven, who of the sons 
 Of might, is like the Lord ? 
 
 With holy fear by all His saints 
 Is He to be adored. 
 
131 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Almighty Lord of Hosts, what god 
 Like Thee in might is found ? 
 
 Or who is like the holy truth 
 
 That compasses Thee round ? 
 
 Amid the raging of the sea, 
 
 Thou o'er its waves dost reign : 
 
 Although its waters foam and swell, 
 Thou stillest them again. 
 
 The power of Egypt Thou didst break. 
 
 Like one whom death o'erthrows, 
 He fell : by Thy almighty hand 
 
 Thou scatterest Thy foes. 
 
 The glory of the heavens is Thine ; 
 
 The earth too is Thine own : 
 The world, and all that breathes therein, 
 
 Was framed by Thee alone. 
 
 The rising and the setting sun 
 Thou madest by Thy voice. 
 
 Hermon and Tabor's sacred mount 
 Shall in Thy name rejoice. 
 
 On Holiness and Justice Thou 
 
 Thy righteous throne dost place : 
 
 Mercy and Truth are aye with Thee, 
 And go before Thy face. 
 
132 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 O blessed are the people, Lord, 
 
 Who keep Thy holy day ! 
 The glory of Thy countenance 
 
 Shall shine upon their way. 
 
 To them Thy name shall be a source 
 
 Of joy that ne'er shall die : 
 And through Thy righteousness shall they 
 
 Upraise their souls on high. 
 
 Because the pillars of their strength 
 
 Thy glory does adorn. 
 Whene'er Thy favour shines on us, 
 
 Shall we exalt our horn. 
 
 For God is our Defense : from Him 
 Our hope and safety spring : 
 
 The Holy One of Israel 
 
 Is our Almighty King. 
 
133 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 FOURTH PART. 
 
 God to His Holy One hath said, 
 
 My power I've laid upon 
 A Man of might : from Israel 
 
 My soul hath chosen One. 
 
 My hand shall stablish Him with might ; 
 
 My arm shall make Him strong: 
 No foe against Him shall prevail ; 
 
 No son of mischief wrong. 
 
 My name shall raise His horn : My truth 
 And grace with Him shall be : 
 
 His kingdom shall be o'er the earth ; 
 His hand upon the sea. 
 
 Thou art My Father, He shall say, 
 My God, my saving Light. 
 
 My Firstborn He shall be, above 
 All kings on earth in might. 
 
 With Him My mercy shall abide ; 
 
 My covenant shall stand fast : 
 E'en like the days of heaven, His seed 
 
 And throne shall ever last. 
 
 Once by My Holiness I've sworn : 
 His seed for aye shall reign ; 
 
 And like the sun and moon, His throne 
 Throughout all time remain. 
 
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134 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 FIFTH PART. 
 
 How long, Lord,, wilt Thou hide Thy face ? 
 
 Shall Thy wrath burn like fire ? 
 Remember, how our time is short, 
 
 How men like smoke expire. 
 
 Who of the sons of men can boast, 
 He ne'er shall look on death ? 
 
 Who from the grave's all-conquering arm 
 Can win his failing breath ? 
 
 Remember, Lord, the loving grace, 
 Which Thou of old hast sworn. 
 
 Far from us take the foul reproach 
 Thy people long have borne. 
 
 To Thee, Almighty Lord of Hosts, 
 
 Shall we sing praises then. 
 Blessed be God for evermore ! 
 
 Amen ! Amen ! Amen ! 
 
135 
 
 PSALM XC. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Lord, Thou our dwelling-place and home 
 From age to age hast alway been. 
 Before the mountains were brought forth, 
 Before the earth and world was seen ; 
 
 Before the sun his course began, 
 Before the heavens were spread abroad, 
 From everlasting, through all time, 
 To everlasting Thou art God. 
 
 A thousand years before Thy sight 
 Are like a day : like sleep they pass : 
 They sweep before Thee like a flood, 
 And perish straightway like the grass. 
 
 When Thou art angry, all our days 
 Are vanisht, like a tale when told. 
 Yet who Thine anger doth regard ? 
 Thy wrath, which never waxeth old ? 
 
 O teach us, Lord, to count our days, 
 And still our end in mind to bear ! 
 So may we learn to seek Thy truth, 
 And walk in wisdom and in fear. 
 
136 
 
 PSALM XC. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Return, O Lord ! Why tarriest Thou ? 
 To us, Thy servants, shew Thy grace. 
 O with Thy mercy feed our souls ! 
 That we may joy before Thy face. 
 
 Lord, grant Thy comfort all our days 
 To us who long opprest have been. 
 Thy ways be to Thy people known, 
 Thy glory by our children seen. 
 
 May God's all-glorious majesty 
 
 With us for evermore abide ! 
 
 O prosper Thou our handiwork ! 
 
 Be Thou our Saviour, Thou our Guide. 
 
137 
 PSALM XCI. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Whoso within God's holy place 
 
 Dost stedfastly abide, 
 Him shall the shadow of the Lord 
 
 From every evil hide. 
 
 Thou art my Hope, and my Stronghold, 
 
 I to the Lord will say : 
 Thou art my God : on Thee alone 
 
 My trust I '11 alway stay. 
 
 O trust in God ! thy soul He '11 save, 
 Both from the fowler's snare, 
 
 And from the noisome pestilence 
 That rideth through the air. 
 
 Beneath His wings He'll shelter thee, 
 Where thou shalt safely lie : 
 
 His faithfulness shall be thy shield 
 Against thine enemy. 
 
 No terrour of the night or day 
 
 Shall ever work thee harm ; 
 No plague that through the darkness walks., 
 
 Or bares at noon its arm. 
 
 Though thousands shall beside thee fall, 
 Death nigh thee shall not come : 
 
 Thine eyes alone shall look upon 
 The sinner's fearful doom. 
 
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138 
 PSALM XCI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Let the Almighty Lord of Hosts 
 
 Thy habitation be : 
 In Him alone put thou thy trust; 
 
 To Him for refuge flee. 
 
 No plague shall near thy dwelling come, 
 
 No evils on thee fall : 
 For He will give His angels charge 
 
 To save thee from them all. 
 
 Their hands shall bear thee up, lest thou 
 Shouldst dash against a stone : 
 
 On lions thou shalt tread, on all 
 
 Thy foes beneath thee thrown. 
 
 Because thy love is cast on God, 
 Therefore thou shalt be free. 
 
 He '11 raise thy horn on high, because 
 His name is known by thee. 
 
 Whene'er thou callst to Him for aid, 
 
 An answer He will send: 
 In trouble He '11 beside thee stand ; 
 
 Thy soul He will defend. 
 
 His saints with honour and long life 
 
 God nobly satisfies, 
 And maketh His salvation shine 
 
 Before their joyful eyes. 
 
139 
 PSALM XCII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 How blessed is Thy service, Lord ! 
 
 To Thee our thanks to bring, 
 And praises to Thy holy name, 
 
 Thou Most High, to sing ; 
 
 To shew Thy lovingkindness forth 
 Each morning with the light ; 
 
 And to declare Thy faithfulness 
 At the approach of night. 
 
 For Thou hast made my spirit glad, 
 
 By all Thy deeds of might : 
 When I behold what Thou hast done, 
 
 1 triumph with delight. 
 
 How great and glorious are Thy works ! 
 
 Thy thoughts, O Lord, how deep ! 
 Throughout all ages Thou on high 
 
 Thy kingly throne shalt keep. 
 
140 
 
 PSALM XCII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Thy servant's horn, Lord, Thou dost raise, 
 
 Like that of th' unicorn: 
 With fresh oil Thou anointest him, 
 
 Till he doth shine like morn. 
 
 The just shall flourish like the palm, 
 Shall cast their branches high, 
 
 Like cedars on mount Lebanon, 
 
 And spread them through the sky. 
 
 They who within God's holy courts 
 
 Are planted by His grace, 
 Shall grow up straight, and thrive amain 
 
 In His most blessed place. 
 
 In their old age, when others fail, 
 
 More fruit from them shall spring: 
 
 They shall be fat, and full of sap, 
 And ever flourishing ; 
 
 To shew that God is just and true, 
 And still His saints will bless. 
 
 He is our mighty Rock : in Him 
 Is no unrighteousness. 
 
141 
 
 PSALM XCIII. 
 
 The Lord doth reign : arrayed is He 
 
 In majesty and light. 
 His works all shew that He is clothed 
 
 And girt about with might. 
 
 So firmly He hath laid the world, 
 
 It never can depart. 
 Thy throne is fixt of old; and Thou 
 
 From everlasting art. 
 
 The floods, O Lord, have lifted up, 
 Have lifted up their voice : 
 
 The floods have lifted up their waves, 
 And made a fearful noise. 
 
 The sea, it rageth awfully: 
 
 The billows mighty are : 
 But He who dwelleth in the heavens, 
 
 The Lord, is mightier far. 
 
 The testimonies of Thy word 
 
 Shall be for ever sure : 
 And they who in Thy house would dwell, 
 
 As Thou art, must be pure. 
 
142 
 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O Thou, of all the earth 
 The Judge and Soverain Lord, 
 Upraise Thyself, and cast down sin 
 By Thy Almighty Word! 
 
 God will not see our deeds: 
 They will escape His eyes. 
 Thus many in their folly say. 
 O when will ye be wise ? 
 
 He who the ear did plant, 
 The Lord, shall He not hear? 
 And shall not He who made the eye, 
 See all things plain and clear ? 
 
 He who corrects the world, 
 Shall he not smite His foe ? 
 He who to man doth knowledge teach, 
 Shall He not likewise know ? 
 
 The Lord, who all things knows, 
 He knows the thoughts of man : 
 And all shall end in vanity, 
 Whate'er in sin began. 
 
143 
 
 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Blest is the man Thou chastenest, Lord, 
 And makest Thy law to know ; 
 
 That Thou mayst grant him rest and peace, 
 When come the days of woe. 
 
 The Lord will never cast off those, 
 
 He to Himself hath taken : 
 They who are made the heirs of grace, 
 
 Shall never be forsaken. 
 
 To judgement He will soon return, 
 
 His righteousness display : 
 Then all who are of upright heart, 
 
 Shall walk along His way. 
 
 Unless the Lord had been my Help, 
 
 My soul in night had lain: 
 But when I said, My feet will slip, 
 
 My steps didst Thou sustain. 
 
 Among the crowd of grievous thoughts, 
 
 Whereby I am opprest, 
 Thy mercies,, Lord, refresh my soul, 
 
 Thy comfort brings me rest. 
 
144 
 
 PSALM XCV. 
 
 O come, and to the Lord our God 
 
 Let us upraise our voice : 
 Come ye to our salvation's Rock, 
 
 And in His name rejoice. 
 
 Before His presence gladly come, 
 
 To pour forth thanks and praise : 
 
 With one accord in psalms to Him 
 A joyful consort raise. 
 
 Jehovah is a mighty God : 
 
 A mighty King is He, 
 Above all gods : all things are His,, 
 
 The heavens, the earth, the sea. 
 
 He made the mountains rear their heads : 
 The deeps lie in his hand : 
 
 He spread the rolling waves abroad : 
 His hands did mould the land. 
 
 O come, ye people, worship Him ! 
 
 Before His altar fall : 
 Kneel humbly down before the Lord, 
 
 Who made and saves us all. 
 
 For why? He is the Lord our God: 
 
 His care for us provides : 
 We are His people, whom He feeds, 
 
 The sheep His mercy guides. 
 
145 
 
 PSALM XCVL 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O sin t g a new and joyful song 
 
 To God ! sing, all the earth ; 
 
 Sing to the Lord, and bless His name : 
 Shew His salvation forth. 
 
 To all the nations of mankind 
 
 Declare His wondrous ways : 
 
 His glory tell : for He is great, 
 A God beyond all praise. 
 
 Above all gods must He be feared, 
 
 Above all gods adored. 
 The heathen gods are wood and stone : 
 
 Our God, He is the Lord. 
 
 He made the heavens : before His face 
 
 Beauty and glory shine : 
 Within His holy place is power, 
 
 And majesty divine. 
 
 Give glory to the Lord our God, 
 
 Each language, and each tribe : 
 
 To Him, the King of all the world, 
 All might and praise ascribe. 
 
146 
 PSALM XCVI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 O give the glory to the Lord, 
 That to His name is due ! 
 
 Come, bring an offering to His courts ; 
 And there your vows renew. 
 
 In all His holy beauty there 
 
 Jehovah's name adore. 
 Let all the earth bow down in awe, 
 
 And grace from Him implore. 
 
 Among the heathens say, God reigns. 
 
 His word hath staid the earth 
 So fast, it ne'er shall move. He comes 
 
 To deal His judgements forth. 
 
 Be glad, ye heavens, before the Lord ; 
 
 And thou too, earth, rejoice : 
 Ye seas, and all that dwell therein, 
 
 Shout with a joyous voice. 
 
 Rejoice, ye fields : rejoice, each plant 
 That springeth from the ground : 
 
 Then all the groves and forest-trees 
 Shall ring with gladsome sound ; 
 
 Before the Lord. For lo, He comes ! 
 
 To judgement He doth come, 
 To judge the world in righteousness, 
 
 To render faithful doom. 
 
147 
 PSALM XCVI. 
 
 SECOND VERSION. 
 
 O give the Lord the glory, 
 That to His name is due I 
 
 Bring offerings to His temple ; 
 And there your vows renew. 
 
 In all His holy beauty 
 
 Jehovah's name adore. 
 Let all the earth be awestruck, 
 
 And grace from Him implore. 
 
 Ye nations, hear ! God reigneth. 
 
 His word so stayed the earth, 
 It ne'er shall move. He cometh 
 
 To deal His judgements forth. 
 
 Be glad, ye heavens, before Him ; 
 
 And thou too, earth, rejoice : 
 Ye seas, and all your fulness, 
 
 Shout with a joyous voice. 
 
 Rejoice, ye fields : each plant too, 
 
 That springeth from the ground : 
 
 Then all the groves and forests 
 
 Shall ring with gladsome sound ; 
 
 Before the Lord, — who cometh 
 
 To judgement. He doth come 
 
 To judge the world with justice, 
 To render faithful doom. 
 
148 
 
 PSALM XCVII. 
 
 God is King. Rejoice, thou earth : 
 Shout, ye islands, with delight. 
 Clouds and darkness gird His throne : 
 Firm it stands on truth and right. 
 
 Flames before Him roll, and burn 
 All that dare His will oppose : 
 Through the heavens His lightnings flash ; 
 Earth is seized with inward throes. 
 
 Lofty mountains melt like wax 
 At the presence of the Lord. 
 Heaven His righteousness declares : 
 O'er the earth His glory 's poured. 
 
 Wo to those who idols serve ! 
 All ye gods before Him bow. 
 Zion hears, and joys, because 
 Thou to judgement comest, Thou. 
 
 Ye who love the Lord, hate sin. 
 He His servants souls doth keep : 
 From the snares of wickedness 
 He will save His chosen sheep. 
 
 For the righteous, light is sown ; 
 Joy for those whose hearts are true. 
 To the Lord, ye just, your thanks 
 For His holiness renew. 
 
14& 
 
 PSALM XCVIII. 
 
 Sing songs of triumph to the Lord, 
 Who wondrous deeds hath done. 
 
 His own right hand, His holy arm, 
 The victory hath won. 
 
 The Lord His saving grace and truth 
 
 Hath openly made known : 
 He in the sight of all the world 
 
 His righteousness hath shewn. 
 
 God of His love to Israel 
 
 Hath ever mindful been : 
 The ends of all the peopled earth 
 
 Have His salvation seen. 
 
 Let every nation to the Lord 
 
 Upraise a merry noise : 
 Let all the earth send forth a sound, 
 
 A sound of many joys. 
 
 Ye seas, and all your fulness, roar ; 
 
 Shout, all who dwell on earth ; 
 Ye floods, together clap your hands ; 
 
 Ye mountains, ring with mirth ; 
 
 Before the Lord. For lo ! He comes : 
 
 To judgement cometh He. 
 He '11 judge the world with righteousness, 
 
 His folk with equity. 
 
150 
 
 PSALM XCVIIL 
 
 SECOND VERSION. 
 
 SiNG to the King of kings, 
 
 In new unwonted lays. 
 
 He doeth mighty things : 
 
 His conquest crown with praise. 
 His arm alone, His sacred hand 
 
 The impious band Hath overthrown. 
 
 He justice brings to light : 
 
 His saving truth He sends 
 
 Before the nations sight, 
 
 To earth's remotest ends. 
 His heavenly grace Is full displayed, 
 And promise made To Jacob's race. 
 
 Let all who dwell on earth 
 Their hearts and souls upraise, 
 With universal mirth, 
 And loudly sing His praise. 
 Roar out, ye seas ! Ye spangled skies, 
 All ye comprise, Rejoice with these 
 
 Floods clap your thronging waves; 
 Ye hills exalt your mirth : 
 He who His people saves, 
 Now comes to judge the earth. 
 The world He shall With justice try, 
 His equity Dispense to all. 
 
151 
 
 PSALM XCIX. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 The Lord doth reign, eternal King : 
 
 Let all the nations quake. 
 He sits between the Cherubim : 
 
 Let earth be moved and shake. 
 
 In Sion God His throne of might 
 Above the world doth raise. 
 
 His name so great, ye people all, 
 His name so holy, praise. 
 
 Praise ye the King, who judgement loves, 
 And maketh justice stand ; 
 
 Whose word enforceth righteousness 
 And truth throughout the land. 
 
 O magnify the Lord our God ! 
 
 Jehovah worship ye : 
 Before His footstool pay your vows : 
 
 A Holy God is He. 
 
152 
 
 PSALM XCIX. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Moses and Aaron were God's priests : 
 Samuel declared His word : 
 
 They called upon His holy name : 
 Their prayers Jehovah heard. 
 
 He heard and answered them from out 
 
 The pillar of the cloud : 
 For they His ordinances kept ; 
 
 Before His law they bowed. 
 
 Thou answerdst them, O Lord our God ! 
 
 Yea, God their sins forgave : 
 He chastened all their evil thoughts, 
 
 But chastened them tu save. 
 
 Give glory to the Lord our God : 
 
 Before His holy hill 
 Your worship offer: for the Lord 
 
 Our God is holy still. 
 
153 
 
 PSALM C. 
 
 All people who on earth do dwell, 
 Sing to the Lord with gladsome voice: 
 Serve God w r ith joy : His praises tell : 
 Come ye before Him, and rejoice. 
 
 Know that the Lord is God indeed : 
 Without our aid He made us all : 
 We are His flock, whom He doth feed, 
 And to His heavenly pasture call. 
 
 O enter then His gates with praise ! 
 Within His courts your thanks proclaim : 
 To Him loud hallelujahs raise ; 
 And magnify His holy name. 
 
 For why ? The Lord our God is good : 
 His mercy lasts for ever sure : 
 His truth hath alway firmly stood, 
 And shall from age to age endure. 
 
154 
 
 PSALM CI. 
 
 Of mercy and of righteousness 
 To Thee, O Lord, I'll sing. 
 
 Teach me the knowledge of Thy truth, 
 That I thereto may cling. 
 
 To me Thy servant, O my God, 
 
 When wilt Thou deign to come? 
 
 Before Thee I will strive to walk 
 Within my house and home. 
 
 No evil thing will I allow 
 
 To stand before my eyes : 
 
 I '11 shun the ways and works of those 
 Who turn aside to lies. 
 
 The froward heart shall from me shrink ; 
 
 The proud I will not know : 
 Who deal in slander and deceit,, 
 
 Shall from my presence go. 
 
 I '11 seek the faithful in the land, 
 That they may dwell with me : 
 
 And he who walks in godly ways, 
 My bosom friend shall be. 
 
155 
 PSALM CIL 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Lord, in my trouble hear my prayer, 
 And let my call before Thee rise : 
 Hide not Thy face : make no delay : 
 
 send an answer to my cries. 
 
 My bones are burnt up like a brand : 
 Like smoke my days away have fled : 
 My heart is withered like the grass : 
 
 1 e'en forget to eat my bread. 
 
 My bones are cleaving to my skin ; 
 So wasted am I by my groans; 
 E'en like an owl or pelican, 
 That in the dreary desert moans. 
 
 All lonely, as a sparrow sits 
 Upon the housetop, still I mourn: 
 The evildoers mock at me : 
 To all my foes I 'm grown a scorn. 
 
 I Ve eaten ashes for my bread: 
 My drink is mingled with my tears : 
 For Thou, O Lord, hast cast me down; 
 Thine anger fills my soul with fears. 
 
156 
 
 PSALM CIL 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 My days are like a shadow, Lord, 
 That glideth fast away. 
 
 But Thou for ever shalt endure, 
 Thy glory ne'er decay. 
 
 Thou wilt arise, and plainly shew 
 Thy love to Zion yet : 
 
 The time to favour her is come, 
 The time that Thou hast set. 
 
 For in her ruins, and her stones, 
 Thy servants pleasure take : 
 
 They look upon her very dust 
 With fondness for her sake. 
 
 Then shall the furthest nations fear 
 The Lord's most holy name : 
 
 The rulers of the earth shall hear 
 With awe of all His fame. 
 
157 
 PSALM CII. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 When the iYlmighty Lord again 
 His Zion's walls shall rear, 
 
 In all His glorious majesty 
 To man He will appear. 
 
 To the entreaties of the poor 
 
 He surely will attend : 
 And when the outcasts seek His grace, 
 
 His comfort He will send. 
 
 Then for the ages still to come 
 His deeds we will record : 
 
 And generations now unborn 
 Shall magnify the Lord ; 
 
 Who from His throne on high bent down 
 To hear the prisoner's cry ; 
 
 Who cast His eyes from heaven to free 
 The mourners doomed to die. 
 
 In Zion therefore men shall praise 
 The Lord's most holy name, 
 
 And in His own Jerusalem 
 
 His glorious deeds proclaim. 
 
 Then all the nations of the earth 
 Shall throng with one accord; 
 
 And all the kingdoms shall bow down, 
 To worship God the Lord. 
 
158 
 
 PSALM CII. 
 
 FOURTH PART. 
 
 My strength is broken and grows faint, 
 
 Along life's weary ways. 
 O do not cut me off, my God, 
 
 In midtime of my days ! 
 
 Thine years throughout all ages last : 
 Thy hand of old hath laid 
 
 The strong foundations of the earth : 
 Thy word the heavens hath made. 
 
 Thou wilt endure for evermore : 
 
 But they will all decay : 
 Yea, as a garment they '11 wax old : 
 
 They '11 fade and pass away. 
 
 Thou 'It change them as a vesture, Lord; 
 
 And changed they all shall be. 
 But Thou art still the same : Thy years 
 
 Are through eternity. 
 
 The children of Thy chosen race 
 Shall prosper far and wide . 
 
 Their holy seed before Thy sight 
 Shall stedfastly abide. 
 
159 
 PSALM CIII. 
 
 FIRST PART, 
 
 O praise the Lord, my soul, 
 And all that in me is ! 
 Remember all that He hath done 
 To bless and make Thee His. 
 
 He pardons all thy sins, 
 And healeth all thy wounds : 
 He rescues thee from death ; tow'rd thee 
 His loving grace abounds. 
 
 Whate'er thou canst desire, 
 He granteth thee for food ; 
 Whereby thy failing strength and youth, 
 Like th' eagle's, is renewed. 
 
 For those who suffer wrong, 
 His justice He displays: 
 His works to Moses He made known, 
 To Israel shewed His ways. 
 
 The Lord is full of love : 
 His soul though sinners grieve, 
 He waiteth and refrains his wrath, 
 And longeth to forgive. 
 
160 
 PSALM CHI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 God will not alway chicle, 
 
 Nor keep His anger still : 
 
 He dealt not tow'rd us as we sinned, 
 
 Nor would requite our ill. 
 
 For as the heavens are high, 
 Encompassing the earth, 
 So o'er all those who fear the Lord, 
 His mercy spreadeth forth. 
 
 And as from East to West 
 The way is far and wide, 
 So far He casts the sins of those 
 Whom He hath purified. 
 
 E'en as a father tow'rd 
 His child doth pity bear, 
 Such pity bears the Lord to those 
 Who worship Him in fear. 
 
 For He, our Maker, knows 
 Whereof our frames are made ; 
 He knows that from the dust we sprang, 
 And into dust shall fade. 
 
161 
 
 PSALM CIII. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 Man's days are like a flower : 
 The wind across it blows ; 
 And lo, 'tis vanisht ; where it bloomed 
 Its place no longer knows. 
 
 But they who fear the Lord, 
 Shall feel His endless grace. 
 Their children's children through all time 
 His mercy will embrace ; 
 
 Yea, all who keep their vows 
 To Him with holy aw T e, 
 And write His statutes in their hearts. 
 To mind and do His law. 
 
 God's throne is placed on high : 
 In heaven it firmly stands : 
 All things that breathe the breath of life 
 His royal power commands. 
 
 Ye angels, who excell 
 In might, bless ye the Lord ; 
 Ye who fulfill what He ordains, 
 And hearken to His word. 
 
 Bless ye the Lord, His works, 
 Wherewith the world is stored I 
 O bless the Lord, all ye His hosts ! 
 My soul, bless thou the Lord ! 
 
162 
 PSALM CIV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O praise the Lord, my soul ! O Lord, 
 Thou, Thou art God alone. 
 
 With glory, power, and majesty, 
 Thou compassest Thy throne. 
 
 With light, as with a garment, Thou 
 
 Dost gird Thyself about : 
 And like a curtain o'er the world 
 
 The heavens Thou spreadest out. 
 
 From out the watery firmament 
 God's chamber-beams arise: 
 
 The rolling clouds His chariots are; 
 On wings of winds he flies. 
 
 The earth's foundations, vast and deep, 
 That ne'er should move, He laid ; 
 
 And o'er its naked limbs the sea 
 He as a garment spread. 
 
 The waters o'er the mountains stood : 
 
 At thy rebuke they fled, 
 And down into the vallies rolled, 
 
 Where Thou hadst shaped their bed. 
 
 To every creature they give drink ; 
 
 And where they flow along, 
 The birds among the branches dwell, 
 
 And raise to Thee their song. 
 
163 
 
 PSALM CIV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 The Lord makes grass for cattle grow, 
 
 And herbs for healing good, 
 And wine to cheer man's heart, and corn 
 
 To yield him strengthening food. 
 
 The moon for seasons He ordains ; 
 
 The sun his pathway knows : 
 And man at morn comes forth to work, 
 
 At evening homeward goes. 
 
 How various are Thy works, O Lord ! 
 
 How wisely all are made ! 
 Thy wonders fill the whole wide earth, 
 
 And through the seas are spread. 
 
 Thy creatures wait on Thee, till Thou 
 
 Their timely food wilt give : 
 Thy hand Thou openest, and they all 
 
 Upon Thy bounty thrive. 
 
 Thou hidest Thy face; they faint with fear; 
 
 Thou takest away their breath ; 
 And straightway into dust they fall, 
 
 Beneath the blast of death. 
 
 Thou sendst Thy spirit forth : up springs 
 
 A new-created race ! 
 With life and beauty Thou renewst 
 
 The earth's decaying face. 
 
164 
 
 PSALM CIV. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 The glory of the Lord shall shine 
 
 With never-waning light: 
 He in the beauty of His works 
 
 Will evermore delight. 
 
 He looketh down upon the earth ; 
 
 And lo, its pillars shake : 
 He lays his hand upon the hills ; 
 
 Flames from them straightway break. 
 
 To God, as long as I have life, 
 
 Fresh praises I '11 repeat : 
 My meditation on His love 
 
 And mercy shall be sweet. 
 
 In Him I will be glad. Let sin 
 Be cast out from the earth. 
 
 My soul, bless thou the Lord thy God, 
 And pour His praises forth. 
 
165 
 PSALM CIV. 
 
 SECOND VERSION. 
 
 My soul, bless the Lord ! all-glorious in might, 
 With honour He's clothed, and girded with light. 
 He spreadeth the heavens a curtain on high ; 
 And midst of the waters His chamber-beams lie. 
 
 He maketh the storms His heralds to go : 
 The lightnings to serve Him run to and fro : 
 On wings of the winds He walketh abroad : 
 The swift-rolling clouds are the chariot of God. 
 
 That earth should not move, its groundwork He laid ; 
 And o'er it the deep, a garment He spread. 
 O'erflooding the mountains the waters are poured : 
 But when Thou rebukest, they flee at Thy word. 
 
 Thou makest the streams through vallies to flow : 
 Thou causest the grass for cattle to grow ; 
 And wine for mankind, that may gladden the heart; 
 And corn that may strength to the hungry impart. 
 
 Thou sendest the moon for seasons to run ; 
 
 And markest the path and course of the sun. 
 
 O Lord, with what wisdom Thy works are all wrought! 
 
 The earth and the sea with Thy riches are fraught. 
 
 God's joy in His works shall always endure: 
 His glory and praise for ever is sure. 
 To Thee while I breathe will I lift up my voice ; 
 And so shall I please Thee, and in Thee rejoice. 
 
160 
 
 PSALM CV. 
 
 Come, pour your thanks forth to the Lord ; 
 
 And call upon His name : 
 Among the nations sing to Him: 
 
 His wondrous deeds proclaim. 
 
 Let all your glory be in Him, 
 
 And in His holy word : 
 Let every heart be full of joy, 
 
 That truly seeks the Lord. 
 
 O seek the Lord ! seek ye His strength : 
 
 Yea, daily seek His face : 
 Remember all His wondrous works, 
 
 The marvels of His grace. 
 
 Engrave the judgements of His mouth 
 
 Upon your hearts, ye seed 
 Of Abraham, the man of God, 
 
 Ye Israelites indeed. 
 
 He is the Lord our God : His word 
 
 Gives law to all the earth : 
 His promise He hath kept, and brought 
 
 His joyful people forth. 
 
 The heathen lands He gave to them ; 
 
 On them His blessings poured; 
 That they might keep His holy laws. 
 
 Ye people, praise the Lord ! 
 
167 
 
 PSALM CVI. 
 
 O praise the Lord ! for He is good : 
 
 His mercy lasts for aye. 
 Who can declare His mighty deeds, 
 
 Or all His praise display ? 
 
 Blessed are they who keep His law, 
 
 And alway walk -aright, 
 O deal with me, Lord, as with those 
 
 In whom Thou takest delight. 
 
 Yea, visit me, O Lord my God, 
 With Thy all-saving health ! 
 
 That I may see Thy people's bliss, 
 And glory in their wealth. 
 
 We too have, like our fathers, sinned : 
 
 Much evil we have done. 
 Yet Thou redeemedst them ; Thy power 
 
 And grace Thou madest known. 
 
 Lord, save us too,, and bring us forth 
 From out the heathen throng; 
 
 That we may praise Thy holy name 
 In our triumphant song. 
 
 All blessings to the Lord our God, 
 
 For ever and for ever ! 
 Let all the people say, Amen ! 
 
 O praise the Lord for ever ! 
 
168 
 PSALM CVII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O praise the Lord ! for He is good : 
 
 His mercy lives for ever : 
 Let them give thanks, whom from their foes 
 
 His goodness does deliver. 
 
 Let them give thanks, whom He hath brought 
 
 From every land on earth. 
 From East and West, from North and South, 
 
 He calls His chosen forth. 
 
 We wandered through the wilderness, 
 
 And found no place of rest : 
 With hunger and with thirst our souls 
 
 Were grievously opprest. 
 
 Then to the Lord we raised our cry 
 
 In this our sore distress ; 
 And by His grace were we redeemed 
 
 From all our wretchedness. 
 
 He led us forth into His way, 
 
 And there became our Guide, 
 
 That to a city we might go, 
 
 Where we might aye abide. 
 
 O that mankind would glorify 
 
 The Lord in word and thought, 
 
 For all the wonders that for them 
 
 His power and love hath wrought ! 
 
169 
 PSALM CVII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 No man can long for grace, but God 
 
 Will hearken to his cries : 
 The soul that hungers for His love, 
 
 He fully satisfies. 
 
 In deepest darkness long we lay, 
 
 Beneath the shade of death, 
 With heavy chains of iron bound, 
 
 And by the fear of wrath ; 
 
 Because against the word of God 
 
 We impiously had fought ; 
 Because our stubborn hearts His laws 
 
 Profanely set at nought. 
 
 With woe He then brought down our hearts : 
 
 W T e fell, no help could gain ; 
 Till in our grief we cried to God, 
 
 W T ho saved us from our pain. 
 
 He out of darkness brought us forth, 
 And from death's dismal night: 
 
 He burst our iron bands at once 
 Asunder by His light. 
 
 O that mankind would glorify 
 
 The Lord in word and thought, 
 
 For all the wondrous works of love 
 That He for man hath wrought ! 
 
170 
 
 PSALM CVII. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 The Lord cast down our prison-gates 
 
 By His Almighty hand: 
 He smote the iron bars in twain : 
 
 Nought can His love withstand. 
 
 They who will madly break His laws, 
 
 Must sore afflictions bear : 
 Their souls abhor all kind of meat : 
 
 To death's gates they draw near. 
 
 Then in their grief they cry to God, 
 Who saves them from their woes : 
 
 He sends His word, and heals their wounds, 
 And frees them from their foes. 
 
 O that mankind would glorify 
 
 The Lord in word and thought, 
 
 For all the wonders of His love 
 
 That He for man hath wrought ! 
 
 Let praises and thanksgiving be 
 
 Their joyful sacrifice : 
 And while they speak of all His works, 
 
 Let songs of triumph rise. 
 
171 
 PSALM CVII. 
 
 FOURTH PART. 
 
 They who in ships go through the sea, 
 And o'er great waters sweep, 
 
 These men behold God's mighty works, 
 His wonders in the deep. 
 
 He speaks the word ; the winds burst forth, 
 
 And toss the waves amain : 
 And now they mount up straight to heaven, 
 
 And now rush down again. 
 
 Their souls are faint with fear and awe, 
 
 And almost melt away : 
 They reel and stagger, as though drunk, 
 
 Grow senseless through dismay. 
 
 Then do they raise their cry to God, 
 
 Who rescues them from ill : 
 He turns the storm into a calm ; 
 
 And all the waves are still. 
 
 Glad now are they, because they rest, 
 
 And float on quietly : 
 Thus they are to the haven brought, 
 
 Where they desired to be. 
 
 O that mankind would glorify 
 
 The Lord in word and thought, 
 
 For all the wondrous works of love 
 That He for man hath wrought ! 
 
172 
 PSALM CV1I. 
 
 FIFTH PART. 
 
 The rivers and the water-springs 
 
 God turns into dry ground : 
 The fruitful land He layeth bare, 
 
 When sins therein abound. 
 
 The wilderness and barren ground 
 
 He turns to water-springs ; 
 And thither to a fair abode 
 
 His hungry people brings. 
 
 They sow the fields, and vineyards plant, 
 
 That plenteous fruit supply : 
 His blessings on them He outpours : 
 
 They greatly multiply. 
 
 When proud they grow, He brings them low, 
 
 By sorrow and distress : 
 He casts the princes out to roam 
 
 Along the wilderness. 
 
 But out of woe He leads the poor, 
 
 And guides them like His sheep. 
 
 The just shall see this, and rejoice ; 
 The wicked, silence keep. 
 
 Whoso is wise, and in his mind 
 
 God's dealings will record, 
 He clearly shall behold the love 
 
 And mercy of the Lord. 
 
173 
 
 JPSALM CV1II. 
 
 My heart is fixt, O Lord : my tongue 
 Of Thee its song shall make. 
 
 Awake, my lute ! wake thou, my harp ! 
 I too will early wake. 
 
 Through all the nations of the earth 
 
 Thy name I '11 magnify. 
 Thy mercy reacheth to the heavens, 
 
 Thy truth beyond the sky. 
 
 Shew forth Thy throne above the heavens, 
 
 Thy glory o'er the earth ; 
 That Thy beloved may be freed, 
 
 And joy with holy mirth. 
 
 Who '11 lead our arms against the walls 
 That in their strength make boast? 
 
 O God of battles, wilt not Thou 
 Go with Thy chosen host? 
 
 In all our troubles help us, Lord : 
 
 In man there is no stay. 
 Through Thee we shall do valiant deeds ; 
 
 Thou'lt drive our foes away. 
 
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174 
 
 PSALM CIX. 
 
 O for Thy name's sake, gracious Lord, 
 Deal graciously with me ! 
 
 As Thou in mercy dost delight, 
 My soul from evil free. 
 
 For I am poor ; my need is great ; 
 
 My wounded heart doth moan : 
 E'en like a shadow when the day 
 
 Departeth, I am gone. 
 
 According to Thy mercy, Lord, 
 Thy saving help bestow; 
 
 That men may see how Thou dost aid 
 Thy servants in their woe. 
 
 Then I will glorify Thy grace 
 
 With all my heart and tongue : 
 
 Among th' assembled multitude 
 Thy deeds shall be my song. 
 
 For Thou wilt stand at our right hand, 
 
 When we in danger lie, 
 To save us from the cruel foes, 
 
 Who doom our souls to die. 
 
175 
 
 PSALM CX. 
 
 The Lord unto my Lord thus spake : 
 
 Sit Thou at my right hand ; 
 Until I make Thy foes a stool 
 
 Whereon Thy feet shall stand. 
 
 The Lord from Zion will stretch forth 
 
 The sceptre of Thy might. 
 Howe'er Thy foes withstand Thine arm, 
 
 Rule Thou before their sight. 
 
 Thy people, in Thy day of power, 
 Shall serve Thee with delight: 
 
 Like dew from morning's womb, shall they 
 Throng forth in beauty bright. 
 
 The God of truth Himself hath ,sworn, 
 
 And He repenteth never : 
 Of tit order of Melchizedek 
 
 Tliou art a Priest for ever. 
 
 The Lord on Thy right hand will smite 
 Kings in His day of wrath : 
 
 Among the heathen He will judge, 
 And strew the land with death. 
 
 When faint, Thou of the brook wilt drink, 
 
 That runneth by the way : 
 So Thou wilt raise Thy head on high 
 
 In Thy triumphant day. 
 
176 
 
 PSALM CXI. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord ! praise Him, my heart ! 
 
 His praise shall be my song, 
 Amid th' assembly of the just, 
 
 Where'er His people throng. 
 
 His works are great, sought out by all 
 
 Therein who take delight : 
 Glorious and wonderful are they ; 
 
 They stand on truth and right. 
 
 His righteousness will ne'er wax old : 
 
 Through all eternity, 
 The wonders He hath wrought shall live 
 
 In thankful memory. 
 
 The souls that fear Him He doth feed: 
 
 So gracious is the Lord, 
 And full of mercy : He will aye 
 
 Be mindful of His word. 
 
177 
 
 PSALM CXI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 God to His people shewed His power, 
 When, bursting all their bands, 
 
 He gave them for a heritage 
 
 The heathen's fruitful lands. 
 
 His works are righteousness and truth ; 
 
 All His commands are sure : 
 In holy justice they are wrought, 
 
 And shall for aye endure. 
 
 His people He from death redeemed : 
 He gave to them His law, 
 
 And everlasting covenant: 
 
 His name is girt with awe. 
 
 The fear of God is wisdom's birth : 
 A prudent mind have they, 
 
 Who straight along His precepts walk : 
 His praise endures for aye. 
 
178 
 
 PSALM CXII. 
 
 Blest is the man who fears the Lord, 
 And greatly joys to do His word. 
 His seed shall flourish on the earth : 
 For they are blessed in their birth. 
 
 His house with riches shall abound : 
 His truth with honour shall be crowned ; 
 Upon the righteous light shall rise, 
 While all around in darkness lies. 
 
 Mercy is always in his sight : 
 In works of love he takes delight : 
 His bounty for the poor provides : 
 And prudence all his doings guides. 
 
 He ne r er shall fail : his memory 
 Shall flourish everlastingly. 
 No fear shall daunt him on his road : 
 His heart is fixt, and trusts in God. 
 
 His foes before Him shall be cast : 
 His righteousness shall alway last : 
 A crown of glory's his reward: 
 Rejoice, ye just, and praise the Lord. 
 
179 
 
 PSALM CXIII. 
 
 Ye saints and servants of the Lord, 
 
 Exalt His holy name. 
 For ever blessed be our God ! 
 
 His truth and grace proclaim. 
 
 He, from the rising of the sun, 
 To where it falls, is praised. 
 
 His glory high above the earth, 
 Above the heavens is raised. 
 
 Who with Jehovah can compare? 
 
 Whose dwelling is so high ; 
 And yet on things in heaven and earth 
 
 He stoops to cast His eye. 
 
 The poor He raises from the dust, 
 Where they their sorrows hide, 
 
 To place them high among the great, 
 E'en by His princes side. 
 
 The barren woman He doth make 
 
 The mother of a house, 
 With sons and daughters blesses her : 
 
 With joy she pays her vows. 
 
180 
 
 PSALM CX1V. 
 
 When out of Egypt Israel 
 
 Came by the Lord's command, 
 
 And Jacob's children moved their tents 
 From Pharaoh's heathen land ; 
 
 In Judah God His holiness,, 
 
 In Israel shewed His sway. 
 The sea beheld it, and rolled back ; 
 
 And Jordan shrank away. 
 
 Like rams the mountains danced ; like lambs 
 
 The hills leapt to and fro. 
 O sea, why fledst thou ? Jordan, back 
 
 Why did thy waters flow ? 
 
 What fear, ye mountains, o'er you came, 
 That ye should leap like rams ? 
 
 And was it fear or joy, ye hills, 
 
 That made you bound like lambs? 
 
 Bow down and tremble, earth, before 
 
 The presence of the Lord : 
 Before Jehovah tremble thou, 
 
 When He sends forth His word. 
 
 He from the hard and stony rock 
 Will gushing fountains bring : 
 
 He turns the dry and barren ground 
 Into a living spring. 
 
181 
 PSALM CXV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O not for us, Lord, not for us, 
 
 But for Thine own name's sake, 
 
 To shew Thy mercy and Thy truth, 
 Do Thou the glory take ! 
 
 Let not the unbelievers say, 
 
 Wliere is their God now gone ? 
 
 Our God is in the heavens: whatever 
 He purpost He hath done. 
 
 Their idols silver are and gold, 
 
 That men carve out and make. 
 
 Eyes they have, but they cannot see ; 
 And mouths, but never spake. 
 
 Ears too have they, but hear no sound ; 
 
 Noses, yet smell they not : 
 Their hands and feet have never moved : 
 
 No breath flows through their throat. 
 
 Like them their makers are, and all 
 On them their trust who build. 
 
 But thou, O Israel, trust in God ! 
 He is thy Help and Shield. 
 
 O house of Aaron, trust in God ! 
 
 Your Help and Shield is He. 
 All ye who fear Him, trust in God : 
 
 Your Help and Shield He '11 be. 
 
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182 
 
 PSALM CXV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 The Lord His servants ne'er forsakes : 
 He'll bless them more and more. 
 
 On Israel and Aaron's house 
 His blessings He will pour. 
 
 All ye who love and fear the Lord, 
 He '11 bless you, high and low : 
 
 On you and on your seed His grace 
 More richly He '11 bestow. 
 
 Ye shall be blessed by the Lord, 
 
 Who made the earth and heaven. 
 
 The heaven, the highest heavens, are God's ; 
 Earth He to man hath given. 
 
 They who in death and silence sleep, 
 God's praises ne'er proclaim: 
 
 But we henceforth for evermore 
 Will magnify His name. 
 
183 
 PSALM CXVI. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 My soul rejoices ; for the Lord 
 
 Vouchsafes my prayer to hear. 
 
 Long as I live, I '11 call on Him, 
 Who to my cry gives ear. 
 
 The sorrows and the snares of death 
 
 Had compast me around : 
 The pains of hell gat hold on me : 
 
 Dismay and woe I found. 
 
 Then on the name of God I called, 
 From out my wretchedness : 
 
 Lord, I beseech Thee, save my soul, 
 In this my sore distress ! 
 
 The Lord is merciful and just; 
 
 Yea, gracious is the Lord : 
 He saves the simple : in my woe 
 
 Did God His help afford. 
 
 Return now to thy rest, my soul ; 
 
 For God hath rescued thee. 
 My soul from death, my eyes from tears, 
 
 Jehovah, Thou dost free. 
 
 My feet from falling Thou hast saved 
 By Thy preserving grace : 
 
 Here in the land of life shall I 
 Still walk before Thy face. 
 
184 
 PSALM CXVL 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Lord, what return to Thee shall I 
 For all Thy mercies make ? 
 
 Upon Thy holy name I '11 call, 
 The cup of blessing take. 
 
 Before His people I will pay 
 
 My vows to the Most High. 
 
 Right precious is it in God's sight, 
 When they who love Him die. 
 
 look upon Thy servant, Lord! 
 
 Look graciously on me, 
 Thy servant, me, Thy handmaid's son, 
 Whom Thou from bonds didst free. 
 
 Of thanks and praise to Thee I '11 bring 
 
 A holy sacrifice : 
 Before Thy congregation's sight 
 
 My vows to Thee shall rise. 
 
 Yea, in the courts of God's own house 
 I '11 praise His blessed name: 
 
 1 '11 praise Him in the midst of thee, 
 
 Holy Jerusalem. 
 
185 
 
 PSALM CXVII. 
 
 O all ye nations of the earth, 
 Sing praises to the Lord ! 
 
 Ye people, tribes, and languages, 
 Praise Him with one accord! 
 
 For great to-us-ward still have been 
 
 His lovingkindnesses : 
 His truth endures for evermore. 
 
 His name come all and bless. 
 
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186 
 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O praise the Lord! for He is good: 
 His mercy lasts for ever. 
 
 Let all His people now confess, 
 His mercy faileth never. 
 
 Now let the house of Aaron say, 
 His mercy lasts for ever. 
 
 Let all who fear the Lord declare, 
 His mercy faileth never. 
 
 In my distress I called on God ; 
 
 And He did answer me. 
 He brought me forth, and set my soul 
 
 At large, from danger free. 
 
 The Lord of Hosts is on my side : 
 
 I will not be afraid. 
 Whatever man can do to me, 
 
 I shall not be dismayed. 
 
 The Lord Jehovah taketh part 
 With those who succour me. 
 
 On all who hate me, my desire 
 Fulfilled I soon shall see, 
 
187 
 
 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 'Tis better far to trust in God, 
 Than rest on man's defense ; 
 
 Better to trust in God, than make 
 Princes our confidence. 
 
 The powers of evil, yoked in league, 
 
 Have compast me around : 
 But in the Lord's almighty name 
 
 Their armies I'll confound. 
 
 They hemmed me in on every side; 
 
 They hemmed me in, I say : 
 But in the Lord's almighty name 
 
 I'll drive them all away. 
 
 They compast me about, like bees : 
 But they are quencht, like flame 
 
 Among the thorns : their swarms I'll rout 
 In God's almighty name. 
 
 My foes thrust sore, that I might fall: 
 
 But God hath holpen me : 
 He my Salvation is become ; 
 
 My Strength and Song is He. 
 
188 
 
 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 Among the dwellings of the just, 
 
 Is heard the melody 
 Of joy and health : the Lord's right hand 
 
 Aye doeth valiantly. 
 
 The right hand of our mighty Lord 
 
 Exalted is on high : 
 The right hand of the Lord of Hosts 
 
 Aye doeth valiantly. 
 
 I shall not die, but live, and all 
 God's gracious deeds adore. 
 
 My soul He chastened ; but to death 
 He would not give me o'er. 
 
 Now therefore open throw to me 
 The gates of righteousness: 
 
 With praiseful heart I '11 enter in ; 
 And there the Lord I '11 bless. 
 
 This is the gate of God : hereby 
 
 The just shall enter in. 
 I '11 praise Thee ; for Thou heardst my cry 
 
 My Saviour Thou hast been. 
 
189 
 PSALM CXV1II. 
 
 FOURTH PART. 
 
 The Stone the builders cast away, 
 
 Is now the Cornerstone. 
 This deed, so wondrous in our eyes, 
 
 The Lord Himself hath done. 
 
 This is the day the Lord hath made : 
 We '11 raise up heart and voice. 
 
 O save us now, we pray Thee, Lord ! 
 And make our souls rejoice. 
 
 Blessed be He who comes to us 
 
 In God's allholy name ! 
 From out the house of God, on you 
 
 Our blessings we proclaim. 
 
 God is the Lord, who on our souls 
 Hath made His light arise. 
 
 With cords now to the altar's horns 
 Bind ye the sacrifice. 
 
 Thou art my God : Thee will I praise ; 
 
 Thee will I glorify. 
 Give thanks to God : His mercy lasts 
 
 Through all eternity. 
 
190 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Blessed are they, whose lives are pure 
 
 And upright in God's way ; 
 Who in the Lord's allholy law 
 
 Walk onward day by day. 
 
 Blessed are they, whose souls to keep 
 
 His statutes are inclined ; 
 Who alway seek the living God 
 
 With earnest heart and mind. 
 
 Their path is in His ways : they flee 
 
 From all iniquity. 
 Thou hast commanded us to keep 
 
 Thy law with heedful eye. 
 
 O that my ways were made so straight, 
 
 That I might keep Thy law ! 
 Then shall I ne'er be shamed, when I 
 
 Hold Thy commands in awe. 
 
 With heart unfeigned I '11 praise Thee, Lord, 
 When I Thy judgements know. 
 
 Thy precepts I '11 obey : O God, 
 Far from me do not go ! 
 
191 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 How shall a young man learn, O Lord, 
 
 To purify His way ? 
 By taking heed to keep Thy law, 
 
 And make Thy word his stay. 
 
 I long have sought Thee earnestly, 
 Yea, with a yearning heart. 
 
 O from the path of Thy commands 
 Ne'er let my feet depart ! 
 
 I've laid Thy word up in my heart, 
 That I may flee from sin. 
 
 Teach me Thy statutes, blessed Lord ; 
 So shall I walk therein. 
 
 The judgements of Thy mouth have I 
 Declared to be my choice: 
 
 Far more than riches, Thy commands 
 Have made my soul rejoice. 
 
 Upon Thy precepts all my thoughts, 
 
 All my desires are set : 
 Thy statutes shall be my delight: 
 
 Thy word 1 '11 ne'er forget. 
 
192 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 To me Thy servant, O my God, 
 Thy bounteous grace afford : 
 
 So through Thy favour I shall live, 
 And keep Thy holy word. 
 
 Unseal my eyes, that of Thy law 
 
 The wonders I may see. 
 I am a stranger on the earth : 
 
 Hide not Thy law from me. 
 
 My soul is faint with strong desire ; 
 
 My spirit will not rest; 
 Thy judgements I so long to know, 
 
 And what will please Thee best. 
 
 Thou hast rebuked the stubborn hearts, 
 That from Thy precepts swerve. 
 
 O take reproach and shame from me ! 
 For 1 Thy laws observe. 
 
 Against me princes spake : but on 
 
 Thy law I set my heart : 
 Thy testimonies are my joy ; 
 
 My Counsellor Thou art. 
 
193 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 FOURTH PART. 
 
 My soul lies cleaving to the dust : 
 Give me Thy life, O Lord ! 
 
 I've spread my ways before Thy sight : 
 Teach me to know Thy word. 
 
 Enable me to understand 
 
 The secrets of Thy law : 
 Then of Thy wondrous works I '11 talk, 
 
 That men shall hear with awe. 
 
 My soul is melting fast away ; 
 
 So heavily I grieve : 
 According to Thy holy word, 
 
 My fainting heart relieve. 
 
 Remove all lying ways from me : 
 
 Thy law before me lay : 
 I've made the paths of truth my choice: 
 
 Thy judgements are my stay. 
 
 Lord, to Thy promises I cling : 
 
 O put me not to shame ! 
 Enlarge my heart to know Thy will : 
 
 To run therein I '11 aim. 
 
194 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 FIFTH PART. 
 
 Teach me, O Lord, Thy righteous ways! 
 
 That I may keep Thy law. 
 O grant me wisdom, to abide 
 
 Therein with holy awe ! 
 
 In Thy commandments make me walk : 
 
 In them is my delight. 
 From earthly cravings raise my heart: 
 
 Thy word upon it write. 
 
 Withdraw my eyes from vanity : 
 
 Uphold me in Thy way : 
 Let me be rooted in Thy word, 
 
 To fear Thee and obey. 
 
 Take from me the reproach I dread : 
 For Thou art full of grace. 
 
 Lo, for Thy precepts I have longed : 
 O let me run Thy race ! 
 
195 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 SIXTH PART. 
 
 O let Thy mercies visit me, 
 E'en Thy salvation, Lord ! 
 
 The scorners I will put to shame : 
 My trust is in Thy word. 
 
 The word of truth out of my mouth 
 Take Thou not utterly : 
 
 Upon Thy righteous promises 
 Do all my hopes rely. 
 
 Then shall I keep Thy holy law, 
 And serve Thee all my days : 
 
 And I shall walk at liberty ; 
 Because I seek Thy ways. 
 
 I'll of Thy testimonies speak 
 
 To kings, by shame unmoved : 
 
 In Thy commandments I'll delight, 
 That I so long have loved. 
 
 As Thy commandments I have loved, 
 To them my hands I'll raise : 
 
 And this shall be my chief delight, 
 To think of all Thy ways. 
 
196 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 SEVENTH PART. 
 
 Remember, Lord, Thy gracious word, 
 Which made me hope in Thee. 
 
 This is my comfort in my woe : 
 
 Thy word hath quickened me. 
 
 The proud deride me ; from Thy law 
 Yet I have ne'er declined. 
 
 I call to mind Thy righteous deeds 
 Of old, and comfort find. 
 
 Horrour took hold on me, because 
 Thy laws th' ungodly break. 
 
 In this my house of pilgrimage 
 Thy laws my songs I make. 
 
 I've thought upon Thy name by night : 
 I've kept Thy law, O Lord. 
 
 Because Thy precepts I've observed, 
 Hath this been my reward. 
 
197 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 EIGHTH PART. 
 
 Thou art my Portion, Lord : I've said, 
 
 That I will keep Thy word. 
 With my whole heart I've sought Thy grace: 
 
 That grace to me afford. 
 
 I thought of all my goings on, 
 
 And turned into Thy way : 
 I loitered not, but came with haste 
 
 Thy statutes to obey. 
 
 The proud have robbed me ; yet Thy law 
 
 Is still my chief delight. 
 To praise Thee I'll at midnight rise ; 
 
 Because Thou judgest right. 
 
 To all wl^o fear Thee, and fulfill 
 
 Thy law, I am a friend. 
 The earth is of Thy mercy full : 
 
 To me Thy wisdom send. 
 
198 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 NINTH PART. 
 
 According to Thy promise, Lord, 
 To me hast Thou shewn forth Thy grace. 
 With understanding quicken me : 
 For I Thy word with faith embrace. 
 
 Before my sorrows o'er me came, 
 I strayed : but now I keep Thy word. 
 Lord, Thou art good, and doest good : 
 Teach me Thy statutes, gracious Lord. 
 
 The proud against me forged a lie ; 
 But I'll walk straight before Thy sight. 
 Their hearts are swoln and fat as brawn 
 But in Thy precepts I delight. 
 
 My sorrows wrought much good fqr me : 
 By them I learnt Thy laws to hold. 
 Thy words to me more precious are, 
 Than mines of silver or of gold. 
 
199 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 TENTH PART. 
 
 Thy hands, Lord, made and fashioned me : 
 Teach me Thy precepts to embrace. 
 With joy Thy servants will behold, 
 How in Thy word my hopes I place. 
 
 I know, Thy judgements all are right; 
 In faithfulness Thou smitest me. 
 According to Thy promise, let 
 Thy loving grace my comfort be. 
 
 Give me Thy grace, that I may live ; 
 For my delight is in Thy laws. 
 Cast down the proud with shame ; for they 
 Are bent to harm me without cause. 
 
 Let those who fear Thee turn to me., 
 And those who know Thy righteous ways. 
 That I may ne'er be shamed, my soul 
 To health by Thy commandments raise. 
 
200 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 ELEVENTH PART. 
 
 My soul for Thy salvation faints ; 
 But in Thy word, Lord, still I trust. 
 My eyes are dim with seeking Thee : 
 When wilt Thou raise me from the dust? 
 
 I'm like a bottle in the smoke : 
 
 Yet ne'er do I forget Thy word. 
 
 How many are my days ? against 
 
 My foes when wilt Thou draw Thy sword? 
 
 The proud have dug deep pits for me : 
 They scorn and trample on Thy laws. 
 Thy word is faithful : help me, Lord ! 
 They seek to slay me without cause. 
 
 They almost drove me from the earth : 
 Yet from Thy paths I would not swerve. 
 O with Thy mercy quicken me ! 
 That I Thy statutes may observe. 
 
201 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 TWELFTH PART. 
 
 Thy word, O Lord, in heaven is throned : 
 Thy faithfulness for aye shall last : 
 The earth's foundations Thou didst lay 
 Of old ; and still it standeth fast. 
 
 As Thou ordainedst them, they now 
 Abide ; for they Thy servants are. 
 Unless Thy word had been my joy, 
 My soul had sunk through grief and care. 
 
 Thy precepts I will ne'er forsake ; 
 For Thou with them hast quickened me. 
 I'm wholly Thine : O save me, Lord! 
 I've sought to serve Thee faithfully. 
 
 Th' ungodly to destroy me wait : 
 But in Thy ways I still have trod. 
 All earthly glory soon doth end : 
 Thy law alone is passing broad. 
 
202 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 THIRTEENTH PART. 
 
 I love Thy precepts, Lord, 
 
 And ponder them all day. 
 
 They make me wiser than my foes ; 
 
 For they are aye my stay. 
 
 In understanding hence 
 My teachers I excell : 
 Yea, I surpass the men of old ; 
 Because on them I dwell. 
 
 My feet from ill I've stayed, 
 That I might keep Thy word : 
 I've ne'er departed from Thy paths ; 
 For Thou hast taught me, Lord. 
 
 Than honey to my mouth, 
 Far sweeter is Thy word : 
 In wisdom through Thy laws I've grown, 
 And all false ways abhorred. 
 
203 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 FOURTEENTH PART. 
 
 Thy word a lamp is to my feet, 
 
 And to my path a light : 
 I've sworn, Lord, and will keep my vow, 
 
 To walk before Thy sight, 
 
 I'm bent with woes : O quicken me, 
 
 According to Thy word ! 
 Accept the offerings of my mouth: 
 
 Teach me Thy judgements, Lord. 
 
 My soul is always in my hand : 
 
 Yet Thee I'll ne'er forget. 
 From Thee I swerved not, though for me 
 
 A snare the wicked set. 
 
 Thy words shall be my heritage : 
 They make my heart rejoice : 
 
 To keep them, and abide in them 
 For ever, is my choice. 
 
204 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 FIFTEENTH PART. 
 
 I love thy law,, and hate 
 All thoughts of vanity. 
 Thou art my Castle, Lord, my Shield : 
 On Thee I still rely. 
 
 Ye sinners, flee from me : 
 My God I will obey. 
 Uphold me, Lord, that I may live, 
 Nor falter by the way. 
 
 Hold me : I shall be safe : 
 Thy word have I believed. 
 They who forsake Thee are trod down, 
 By their own wiles deceived. 
 
 Thou castest sin away, 
 Like dross : I love Thy word : 
 My flesh doth quake for fear of Thee : 
 I dread Thy judgements. Lord. 
 
205 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 SIXTEENTH PART. 
 
 Judgement and justice I have wrought : 
 Leave me not to th' oppressor's might : 
 Be surety for Thy servant, Lord : 
 Against my foes go forth to fight. 
 
 My eyes are failing, for Thy truth 
 And Thy salvation while I gaze : 
 As Thou art gracious, deal with me, 
 And shew me all Thy righteous ways. 
 
 I am Thy servant: give me light, 
 That I Thy laws may understand. 
 'Tis time, O Lord, for Thee to work : 
 For men make void Thy just command. 
 
 Therefore do I Thy precepts love, 
 Above fine gold Thy statutes prize: 
 All Thou ordainest right I deem, 
 And hate the wayward paths of lies. 
 
206 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 SEVENTEENTH PART. 
 
 Thy judgements, Lord, are wonderful : 
 Therefore my soul to keep them tries. 
 Thy word, whene'er it goeth forth, 
 Gives light, and makes the simple wise. 
 
 My mouth I opened pantingly : 
 For Thee such longing o'er me came. 
 Look Thou on me, as Thou art wont 
 On those who love Thy holy name. 
 
 O guide my footsteps in Thy paths ! 
 Then evil o'er me shall not reign. 
 From man's oppression rescue me : 
 Thy righteous judgements I'll maintain. 
 
 On me, Lord, make Thy glory shine : 
 Enlighten me Thy word to know. 
 Because men will not keep Thy laws, 
 My eyes with water overflow. 
 
207 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 EIGHTEENTH PART. 
 
 Righteous art Thou, O Lord ! 
 Thy judgements all are just. 
 Thy promises are true and sure 
 For those in them who trust. 
 
 Thy word is very pure : 
 Therefore 1 love it, Lord: 
 My zeal consumes my heart, because 
 My foes forsake Thy word. 
 
 Low am I, and despised : 
 Yet Thee I ne'er forget. 
 Thy righteousness endures for aye : 
 Thy law on truth is set. 
 
 Though trouble weighs me down, 
 Thy law is my delight : 
 With Thy eternal righteousness 
 Teach me to live aright. 
 
208 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 NINETEENTH PART. 
 
 With my whole heart I cried: Lord, hear 
 
 Thy word I will obey. 
 I cried to Thee : O save me, Lord ! 
 
 I'll walk along Thy way. 
 
 Before the dawn I rise, and cry : 
 
 In Thee I hope, O Lord ! 
 Before the midnight watch I wake, 
 
 To ponder o'er Thy word. 
 
 According to Thy mercy hear 
 
 My voice, and quicken me. 
 My cruel foes are drawing nigh : 
 
 They wander far from Thee. 
 
 But Thou, O God, art near me still : 
 All Thy commands are sure : 
 
 Thy judgements Thou hast grounded fast, 
 For ever to endure. 
 
209 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 TWENTIETH PART. 
 
 Look on my woe, and save me, Lord : 
 
 I ne'er forget Thy laws. 
 As Thou hast promist, quicken me : 
 
 Come forth and plead my cause. 
 
 Salvation stands from sinners far: 
 They walk not in Thy ways. 
 
 Thy tender mercies boundless are : 
 Do Thou my soul upraise. 
 
 A host of foes would drag me down : 
 Thy laws yet I'll preserve : 
 
 I grieve, when I transgressors see, 
 
 How from Thy paths they swerve. 
 
 I love Thy law : as Thou art kind, 
 My fainting heart renew. 
 
 Thy righteous judgements stand for aye 
 Thy word is alway true. 
 
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210 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 TWENTY-FIRST PART. 
 
 The mighty strove to slay me, Lord, 
 Although no cause they saw : 
 
 But still my heart stands fast in Thee, 
 And holds Thy word in awe. 
 
 Like one who findeth store of spoil, 
 
 I in Thy law rejoice : 
 The ways of falsehood I abhor : 
 
 Thy word is aye my choice. 
 
 Seven times a day I sing Thy praise, 
 Because Thou judgest right. 
 
 Great peace have they who love Thy law 
 No cloud shall quench their light. 
 
 For Thy salvation I have hoped : 
 Thy precepts I have wrought : 
 
 I love them with my heart and soul, 
 And aye to keep them sought. 
 
211 
 PSALM CX1X. 
 
 TWENTY-SECOND PART. 
 
 O let my cry before Thee mount, 
 And give me understanding, Lord ! 
 Let my entreaty reach Thine ear : 
 Save me, according to Thy word. 
 
 When Thou hast taught me in Thy law, 
 My lips shall joy to sing Thy praise : 
 What Thou ordainest, I will speak ; 
 For just and true are all Thy ways. 
 
 O let Thy hand uphold my steps ! 
 For Thy commandments are my choice. 
 For Thy salvation I have longed ; 
 And in Thy precepts I rejoice. 
 
 Let my soul live : I'll praise Thy name : 
 And let Thy judgements be my aid : 
 O seek me ! for I love Thy law, 
 Like a lost sheep although I've strayed. 
 
212 
 
 PSALM CXX. 
 
 In my distress I called on God ; 
 
 And He gave ear to me. 
 From lying lips and guileful tongues 
 
 My soul, O Lord, set free ! 
 
 What shall be given to thee, or what 
 Be done to thee, false tongue ? 
 
 Hot burning coals of juniper ; 
 Sharp arrows of the strong. 
 
 Alas for me, that I so long 
 In Mesech must abide ! 
 
 Alas that here, in Kedar's tents, 
 My sorrows I must hide! 
 
 My soul hath long a dweller been 
 With those who peace abhor. 
 
 I am for peace : but, when I speak, 
 They cry aloud for war. 
 
213 
 
 PSALM CXXI. 
 
 I raise my eyes up to the hills : 
 
 Whence will my help come forth ? 
 
 My help comes from the Lord of hosts, 
 Who made the heavens and earth. 
 
 He will not let thy feet be moved : 
 His watchful eyes ne'er close : 
 
 The Lord who keepeth Israel, 
 No sleep or slumber knows. 
 
 The Lord, thy Guardian, as thy shade 
 At thy right hand will stay. 
 
 No moon shall work thee harm by night; 
 No sun shall smite by day. 
 
 The Lord will keep thee from all ill : 
 Thy soul He will preserve; 
 
 And guide thy goings out and in, 
 That thou shalt never swerve. 
 
214 
 
 PSALM CXXII. 
 
 Glad was I when they said to ine, 
 We to God's house will go ; 
 
 In thee, Jerusalem, our feet 
 
 Shall stand on Zions brow. 
 
 Jerusalem a city is 
 
 Compactly built together : 
 And to it all the tribes go up ; 
 
 The tribes of God go thither. 
 
 To testify for Israel, 
 
 Their thanks to God they bring. 
 For there the seats of judgement stand ; 
 
 There David's Son is King. 
 
 O pray ye for Jerusalem, 
 
 That she may dwell in peace ! 
 
 All they who love Jerusalem, 
 
 Their wealth shall aye increase. 
 
 Within thy beauteous walls may peace 
 A constant guest remain ! 
 
 And in thy noble palaces 
 
 May plenty alway reign ! 
 
 Now for my friends and brethren's sake, 
 Peace be with thee, I say. 
 
 Because in thee God placed His house, 
 For thee I'll ever pray. 
 
215 
 
 PSALM CXXIIL 
 
 O Thou who dvvellest in the heavens ! 
 
 I raise my eyes to Thee ; 
 E'en as a servant's eyes are raised, 
 
 His master's hand to see. 
 
 As maidens on their mistress wait, 
 So do our eyes attend 
 
 Upon the Lord our God, until 
 His grace to us He send. 
 
 Have mercy on us, God of might ! 
 
 Have mercy, gracious Lord ! 
 For on our heads contempt and scorn 
 
 By all Thy foes are poured. 
 
216 
 
 PSALM CXXIV. 
 
 Unless the Lord had fought for us, 
 
 His people now may say, 
 Had God not fought for us, when hosts 
 
 Arose our souls to slay ; 
 
 Their wrath had swallowed us alive ; 
 
 So fiercely they did rave ; 
 The floods had whelmed us, and our souls 
 
 Had sunk beneath the wave. 
 
 Yea, the proud waters, swelling high, 
 Would over us have rolled. 
 
 But God would not allow their teeth 
 To prey upon His fold. 
 
 Our souls are rescued, like a bird 
 
 Out of the fowler's snare : 
 The snare asunder has been burst; 
 
 And now at large we are. 
 
 Our sure and all-prevailing help 
 
 Is in Jehovah's name ; 
 The name of Him whose mighty Word 
 
 The heavens and earth did frame. 
 
217 
 
 PSALM CXXV. 
 
 All they who place their trust in God, 
 Shall stand like Zion's hill, 
 
 Which from its seat shall ne'er be moved, 
 But fast abideth still. 
 
 Behold the mountains, how they gird 
 
 Jerusalem around: 
 Thus God aye round His people stands, 
 
 And by their side is found. 
 
 The power of evil o'er the lot 
 
 Of just men shall not lie: 
 The righteous shall not be constrained 
 
 To work iniquity. 
 
 On those who walk with faithful hearts, 
 Thy blessings, Lord, outpour : 
 
 Upon Thy people Israel 
 
 Let peace be evermore. 
 
218 
 
 PSALM CXXVI. 
 
 When God brought Zion's captives home, 
 Like men that dream were we : 
 
 Our mouths with laughter overflowed, 
 Our lips with melody. 
 
 The heathens said, Their God for them 
 Great things hath surely wrought. 
 
 Yea, great things He hath wrought for us: 
 Our souls with joy are fraught. 
 
 Like streams that summer's heat hath dried, 
 Thy bondmen, Lord, restore. 
 
 All they who sow in tears, shall reap 
 In joy, a plenteous store. 
 
 The man, who, bearing precious seed, 
 
 Goes forth in time of grief, 
 Shall doubtless come rejoicing home, 
 
 With many a goodly sheaf. 
 
219 
 
 PSALM CXXVII. 
 
 Unless the Lord shall rear the house, 
 The builders waste their pain : 
 
 Unless the Lord the city guard, 
 The watchman wakes in vain. 
 
 'Tis all in vain to rise betimes, 
 Or late from rest to keep, 
 
 To eat in care : for those He loves 
 God blesses while they sleep. 
 
 Lo, children are a heritage 
 
 That cometh from the Lord : 
 
 The sons of youth like arrows are 
 In a strong hand upstored. 
 
 Happy is he whose quiver 's filled 
 With arrows of such might : 
 
 He shall not quail, when in the gate 
 Foes dare him to the fight. 
 
220 
 
 PSALM CXXVIII. 
 
 Blest art thou who fearest God, 
 Walking straight along His ways. 
 Of thy labour thou shalt eat : 
 Thou shalt prosper all thy days. 
 
 Like a vine upon thy house, 
 Shall thy wife with fruit be crowned : 
 Children fair, like olive-plants, 
 Shall thy table stand around. 
 
 Thus, if thou dost fear the Lord, 
 Blessed thou shalt surely be. 
 God from Zion's hill will pour 
 All His bounteous gifts on thee. 
 
 Thou shalt see Jerusalem 
 Still in bliss and joy increase : 
 Children's children Thou shalt see, 
 Judah flourishing in peace. 
 
221 
 
 PSALM CXXX. 
 
 In deepest woe to Thee I cry : 
 O Lord, my groaning hear ! 
 
 And to the voice of my complaint 
 Incline a gracious ear. 
 
 Lord, who shall stand, if Thou art strait 
 
 To mark iniquity ? 
 But grace with Thee and mercy dwell : 
 
 Feared therefore Thou shalt be. 
 
 I wait for God ; my soul doth wait ; 
 
 My hope is in His word : 
 As they who for the morning watch, 
 
 My soul waits for the Lord. 
 
 Yea, more than they who longing watch 
 To see the morning light. 
 
 O Israel., trust thou in God, 
 
 Whose mercy shineth bright ! 
 
 Redemption and Salvation stand 
 
 Before His holy face : 
 His people He from all their sins 
 
 Will rescue by His grace. 
 
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222 
 
 PSALM CXXXI. 
 
 I am not proud of heart, O Lord ! 
 
 No scorn is in my eye : 
 Nor do I raise and strain my thoughts 
 
 Tow'rd things for me too high. 
 
 But I have lulled my soul to rest, 
 E'en like a weaned child, 
 
 A weaned child, that to its loss 
 Is calmly reconciled. 
 
 O Israel, let all your hope 
 
 On God alone rely : 
 Trust in the Lord from this time forth, 
 
 To all eternity. 
 
223 
 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Remember David, gracious Lord, 
 And all the griefs he bare; 
 
 How to the Lord he vowed a vow, 
 To Jacob's God he sware : 
 
 / will not go into my house. 
 
 Nor lie upon my bed ; 
 No sleep shall fall upon my eyes. 
 
 No slumber bow my head ; 
 
 Till for Jehovah I have found 
 
 A temple and abode, 
 A habitation bright and fair 
 
 For Israel's mighty God. 
 
 At Ephrata, in Bethlehem, 
 
 We heard the cheering voice : 
 
 When in the fields, amid the wood, 
 It made our hearts rejoice. 
 
 O come, and to God's temple speed ; 
 
 Before His face appear; 
 Come to His footstool ; there bow down, 
 
 And worship Him in fear. 
 
224 
 
 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Arise, Lord ! to Thy temple come, 
 Thine ancient resting-place: 
 
 Among Thy people there abide, 
 With Thy almighty grace. 
 
 Let those who by Thine altars wait, 
 Be clothed with righteousness : 
 
 Let all Thy saints with shouts of joy 
 Thy tender mercy bless. 
 
 O for Thy servant David's sake, 
 Be gracious, Lord, we pray : 
 
 To Thine Anointed King give ear, 
 Nor from Him turn away. 
 
 The Lord to David sware, — and He 
 His truth will aye maintain ; 
 
 The Branch that from thy body springs, 
 Upon thy throne shall reign. 
 
 My covenant if thy children keep. 
 
 If they My precepts own, 
 Their children too from age to age 
 
 Shall sit upon thy throne. 
 
225 
 
 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 The Lord hath chosen Zion 
 To be His dwelling-place. 
 
 This is My rest for ever : 
 
 Here ivill I shew My grace, 
 
 I'll bless her with abundance ; 
 
 I'll feed her poor with bread; 
 Her priests shall all be righteous ; 
 
 Joy on her saints I '11 shed. 
 
 There from the horn of David 
 
 Fresh buds shall ever spring ; 
 
 There forth shall shine the glory 
 Of My Anointed King, 
 
 All they who dare oppose Him, 
 
 With shame shall be cast down . 
 
 Upon His head shall flourish 
 An everlasting crown. 
 
226 
 
 PSALM CXXXIII. 
 
 Behold, how good a thing it is, 
 
 How fair a sight to see, 
 When brethren all together dwell 
 
 In love and unity ! 
 
 Tis like the precious ointment poured 
 On Aaron's sacred head, 
 
 Which on his beard ran down, and o'er 
 His holy garments spread. 
 
 Yea, like the gladdening dew that falls 
 From heaven on Hermon's hills, 
 
 That over Zion's mountains flows, 
 And all the vallies fills. 
 
 For there Jehovah has ordained, 
 
 Fresh blessings aye shall spring : 
 
 There He bestows eternal life 
 
 Through His Anointed King. 
 
227 
 
 PSALM CXXXIV. 
 
 Come ye, and bless the Lord, 
 Ye who His servants are ; 
 Ye who within His temple wait, 
 And serve Him nightly there. 
 
 Upraise your hands on high, 
 Within His holy place ; 
 And give the Lord the praises due 
 To His redeeming grace. 
 
 On us from Zion now 
 May God His blessings pour : 
 May He who made the heavens and earth, 
 Bless us for evermore. 
 
228 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord ! O praise His name ! 
 
 His servants, praise your God ; 
 Ye who within His temple stand, 
 
 And there make your abode. 
 
 O praise the Lord ! for He is good : 
 
 To Him loud praises sing : 
 For sweet and joyful is the task, 
 
 To praise our heavenly King. 
 
 From all the nations of the earth, 
 The Lord chose Jacob's race, 
 
 And Israel, on whom to pour 
 The treasures of His grace. 
 
 And this full surely do I know : 
 
 The Lord is very great ; 
 And far above all gods, on high 
 
 In heaven He holds His seat. 
 
229 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Whate'er the Lord our God hath pleased, 
 
 In heaven that aye did He, 
 And through the earth, and in the deeps 
 
 That lie beneath the sea. 
 
 E'en from the ends of all the earth, 
 
 He makes His clouds arise, 
 Forth from His treasures draws the winds, 
 
 Sends lightnings through the skies. 
 
 His wonders He in Egypt shewed, 
 While we therein did dwell ; 
 
 Yea, mighty kings He smote, and gave 
 Their lands to Israel. 
 
 Thy name, O God, endures for aye : 
 
 No end Thy glory knows. 
 The Lord to judge His people comes, 
 
 And pities all their woes. 
 
230 
 
 PSALM CXXXVI. 
 
 O bless the Lord : for He is good ; 
 
 His mercy liveth ever : 
 Yea, to the God of gods give thanks ; 
 
 His bounty faileth never : 
 
 Who by His wisdom made the heavens ; 
 
 His mercy liveth ever : 
 And o'er the sea spread out the earth ; 
 
 His bounty faileth never : 
 
 Who made the sun to rule the day ; 
 
 His mercy liveth ever: 
 The moon and stars to rule the night ; 
 
 His bounty faileth never : 
 
 Who all the hosts of Egypt smote ; 
 
 His mercy liveth ever : 
 And Israel from bondage freed ; 
 
 His bounty faileth never : 
 
 Who lookt on us when we were low ; 
 
 His mercy liveth ever : 
 And wrought salvation from our foes ; 
 
 His bounty faileth never. 
 
 Who to all flesh their food bestows ; 
 
 His mercy liveth ever. 
 O to the God of heaven give thanks ! 
 
 His bounty faileth never. 
 
231 
 PSALM CXXXVL 
 
 SECOND VERSION. 
 
 Come and with a gladsome mind 
 Praise the Lord ; for He is kind. 
 Come and sound His praise abroad ; 
 For of gods He is the God : 
 Praise Him all with one accord ; 
 For of lords He is the Lord; 
 And His mercies aye endure, 
 Ever faithful, ever sure. 
 
 With His wonders He doth make 
 Heaven and earth amazed to shake : 
 He the skies so full of state 
 By His wisdom did create : 
 He the swelling floods o'erawed, 
 Spread the solid earth abroad : 
 For His mercies aye endure, 
 Ever faithful, ever sure. 
 
 He by His all-ruling might 
 
 Filled the new-made world with light; 
 
 Bad the golden-tressed sun 
 
 Day by day his course to run, 
 
 And the moon to shine by night, 
 
 Mid her starry sisters bright : 
 
 For His mercies aye endure, 
 
 Ever faithful, ever sure. 
 
232 
 
 He the hosts of Egypt smote, 
 Israel out of bondage brought ; 
 Led them through the foaming main, 
 Cleft the ruddy waves in twain, 
 That they stood like walls of glass, 
 While the Hebrew bands did pass : 
 For His mercies aye endure, 
 Ever faithful, ever sure. 
 
 In the dreary wilderness 
 He His chosen folk did bless : 
 With a tender pitying eye 
 He beheld our misery : 
 Our oppressor's cruel yoke, 
 Stretching forth His arm, He broke : 
 For His mercies aye endure, 
 Ever faithful, ever sure. 
 
 Every creature He doth feed, 
 Bounteously supplies their need. 
 Let us therefore shout and sing 
 Hallelujahs to our King, 
 Who His dwelling holds on high, 
 Out of reach of mortal eye : 
 For His mercies aye endure, 
 Ever faithful, ever sure. 
 
233 
 
 PSALM CXXXVII. 
 
 By Babel's streams we sat, and wept, 
 O Zion, when we thought on thee : 
 Meanwhile our silent harps were hung 
 Hard by upon a willow- tree. 
 
 For they who dragged us from our homes, 
 While we were mourning o'er our wrongs, 
 Demanded mirth from us, and cried, 
 Co??ie, sing us one of Zion s songs. 
 
 Jehovah's songs how shall we sing, 
 Here pining in a forein land ? 
 If I forget Jerusalem, 
 Forget thy cunning thou, my hand. 
 
 Yea, to my mouth cleave thou, my tongue, 
 
 If I Jerusalem despise; 
 
 If any joy that earth can yield 
 
 Above Jerusalem I prize. 
 
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234 
 
 PSALM CXXXVIII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 With my whole heart I '11 bless Thee, Lord ; 
 
 To Thee I '11 praises sing, 
 Before all gods, and to Thy house 
 
 My glad thank-offerings bring. 
 
 The wonders of Thy loving grace 
 
 And truth I will record. 
 Beyond Thine ancient glory Thou 
 
 Hast magnified Thy word. 
 
 Thou madest answer, when to Thee 
 
 I raised my mournful cry ; 
 And by Thy strength my fainting soul 
 
 Renewedst inwardly. 
 
 All kings on earth shall praise Thee, Lord, 
 When they Thy words shall hear : 
 
 Of all Thy doings they shall sing : 
 Thy glory shineth clear. 
 
235 
 
 PSALM CXXXVIII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Though God be high, He looketh down 
 
 On them who lowly are : 
 But all who raise their heads in pride, 
 
 He knoweth from afar. 
 
 Though in the midst of woes I walk, 
 
 Thou wilt revive me still, 
 Against my foes stretch forth Thy hand, 
 
 And shield my soul from ill. 
 
 Thou 'It perfect all Thy work in me : 
 
 Thy mercy lasts for aye. 
 I am the creature of Thy hands : 
 
 cast me not away ! 
 
236 
 
 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Lord, Thou hast searcht and found me out: 
 
 Thou seest my lying down, 
 And rising up : my secret thoughts 
 
 To Thee before are known. 
 
 About my path and bed Thou art ; 
 
 My ways dost Thou surround: 
 No word can rise upon my tongue, 
 
 But Thou wilt hear the sound. 
 
 Behind, before, Thou hemst me in : 
 On me Thou layst Thy hand : 
 
 Such knowledge is too wonderful 
 For me to understand. 
 
237 
 
 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 From Thee, Lord, whither shall I go ? 
 Or whither from Thy presence fly ? 
 I mount to heaven, and Thou art there ; 
 There too, if down in hell I lie. 
 
 If on the morning's wings I speed 
 To islands in the furthest sea, 
 E'en there Thy hand will be my guide,, 
 E'en there Thy hand upholdeth me. 
 
 If to myself I say, the dark 
 Will surely hide me from Thy sight, 
 The darkness straightway turns to day, 
 The night around me groweth light. 
 
 The darkness hideth nought from Thee: 
 Before Thee night like day doth shine : 
 The darkness and the light are both 
 Alike to Thy all-seeing eyne. 
 
238 
 
 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 Thou fashionedst my reins, O Lord ! 
 
 My heart was framed by Thee. 
 When in my mother's womb I lay, 
 
 Thy power o'ershadowed me. 
 
 I '11 praise Thee : I am fearfully 
 
 And wonderfully made : 
 The marvels that Thou workest stand 
 
 Before my soul displayed. 
 
 My bones, Lord, were not hid from Thee, 
 
 When I in secret lay ; 
 When I was fashioned in the earth, 
 
 Far from the light of day. 
 
 When without form my substance was, 
 Thine eyes thereon did look : 
 
 My members, when they were not yet, 
 Were written in Thy book. 
 
239 
 
 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 FOURTH PART. 
 
 How dear, Lord, are Thy thoughts to me ! 
 
 How richly forth they spring, 
 More than the sand ! When I awake, 
 
 I lie beneath Thy wing. 
 
 Teach me to hate all those, O Lord, 
 
 Who are Thine enemies: 
 Let me be grieved with whatsoe'er 
 
 Against Thy word shall rise. 
 
 Yea, make my soul abhor all sin, 
 
 And count it for my foe. 
 Search me, O God, and prove my heart ; 
 
 Try me ; my spirit know. 
 
 Behold, if there be any way 
 
 Of wickedness in me: 
 And in Thine everlasting way 
 
 My Guide vouchsafe to be. 
 
240 
 
 PSALM CXL. 
 
 From cruel and ungodly foes, 
 
 Lord, deliver me ! 
 
 From those whose wayward hearts are bent 
 To work iniquity. 
 
 Amid my troubles, to the Lord 
 
 1 said, Thou art my God: 
 O hear my prayer, and rescue me 
 
 From the oppressor's rod ! 
 
 Then Thou, O Lord, Thj' saving strength 
 
 Upon my soul didst shed : 
 Thou in the day of battle wast 
 
 A Helmet to my head. 
 
 The mourner's cause will God uphold, 
 And guard the poor man's right. 
 
 The righteous shall give thanks to Thee, 
 And dwell before Thy sight. 
 
241 
 
 PSALM CXLI. 
 
 To Thee, O Lord, I raise my voice : 
 
 O haste to succour me ! 
 To my entreaty bow Thine ear, 
 
 When I cry out to Thee. 
 
 Before Thee let my humble prayer, 
 Like incense., heavenward rise : 
 
 Let my uplifted hands be like 
 The evening sacrifice. 
 
 Set Thou a guard before my mouth : 
 Keep of my lips the door. 
 
 Let not my heart incline to aught 
 Thy servant should abhor ; 
 
 Nor practise evil deeds with men 
 
 Who work iniquity : 
 Ne'er let me of their dainties eat,, 
 
 But from their banquets fly. 
 
 But let the righteous chasten me: 
 This will shew forth his love. 
 
 Like precious oil upon my head, 
 'Twill fall, if he reprove. 
 
 Such smiting shall not break my head : 
 I will not fear such blows : 
 
 My prayer shall rise to Thee against 
 The doings of Thy foes. 
 
242 
 
 PSALM CXLII. 
 
 I cried aloud to God, to Him 
 
 My supplication made ; 
 To Him I poured out my complaint, 
 
 My woes before Him laid. 
 
 My heart was faint and overwhelmed ; 
 
 But Thou beheldst my way. 
 Across the path wherein I walkt, 
 
 My foes a snare did lay. 
 
 I lookt around; but there was none 
 Who would acknowledge me : 
 
 None cared to save my soul ; to none 
 For shelter could I flee. 
 
 Then to the Lord I cried : Thou art 
 
 My Refuge, Thou alone : 
 Thou only in the land of life 
 
 Thy servant still wilt own. 
 
 Behold me, Lord, how low I 'm brought ! 
 
 O hearken to my cry ; 
 And save me from my cruel foes, 
 
 Who stronger are than I. 
 
 Forth from my prison bring my soul, 
 That I may praise Thy name. 
 
 The righteous, when they see Thy grace, 
 Thy glory shall proclaim. 
 
243 
 PSALM CXLIII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 To my entreaty, Lord, give ear ! 
 
 O to my prayer attend ! 
 And in Thy truth and righteousness 
 
 A gracious answer send. 
 
 Before Thy judgement-seat ne'er call 
 
 Thy servant to be tried : 
 For in Thy sight no man on earth 
 
 Shall e'er be justified. 
 
 My foes have sought to slay my soul : 
 Upon my life they tread : 
 
 In darkness they have made me dwell, 
 Like those who 've long been dead. 
 
 My spirit hence is overwhelmed ; 
 
 My heart is desolate. 
 Thy works of old I call to mind : 
 
 On them I meditate. 
 
 I muse on all that Thou hast done : 
 To Thee 1 raise my hand : 
 
 My soul, Lord, thirsteth after Thee, 
 E'en like a parched land. 
 
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 PSALM CXLIII. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 O hear me, Lord ! hear speedily ! 
 
 My strength hath from me flown : 
 Help me, lest I become like those 
 
 Who to the grave are gone. 
 
 Each morning let me hear Thy love : 
 
 To Thee for help I flee. 
 Shew me the way that I must walk : 
 
 I raise my soul to Thee. 
 
 Teach me to do Thy holy will ; 
 
 For Thou, Lord, art my God : 
 Shew me the land where Righteousness 
 
 Aye holds her sure abode. 
 
 Renew, O Lord, and quicken me, 
 
 Thy glory to display : 
 My soul from all its troubles free ; 
 
 And drive my foes away. 
 
245 
 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 For ever blessed be the Lord ! 
 
 My Strength and saving Might ! 
 Who gives me boldness for the war, 
 
 And arms me for the fight : 
 
 My Hope, my Bulwark, my high Tower, 
 My Champion, and my Shield ! 
 
 In Him I place my trust : through Him 
 My foes to me shall yield. 
 
 Lord, what is man, that Thou of him 
 Dost so much knowledge take ? 
 
 Or what the son of man, that Thou 
 Of him account dost make ? 
 
 Man is like vanity, a breath 
 
 That has no lasting stay: 
 His days e'en like a shadow are, 
 
 That glideth fast away. 
 
 To Thee, O Lord, new songs I '11 sing 
 
 Upon the psaltery : 
 Upon a ten-stringed instrument 
 
 Will I sing praise to Thee. 
 
 All strength and victory to kings 
 Thou, Lord, alone canst send : 
 
 Thy servant David from his foes 
 Thy might and grace defend. 
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246 
 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Lord, free us from the power of those 
 Whose mouth speaks vanity ; 
 
 From those whose hands and heart are bent 
 To work deceitfully : 
 
 That so our sons, like stately plants 
 In bloom of youth, may grow ; 
 
 Our daughters, like fair pillars round 
 The temple placed in row ; 
 
 That with all kind of foodful grain 
 
 Our garners may be filled; 
 That in our streets our teeming sheep 
 
 May tens of thousands yield ; 
 
 That strong to work our herds may be ; 
 
 That none our land invade, 
 None into bondage lead our sons, 
 
 None cry in vain for aid. 
 
 Happy in truth the people are, 
 
 Whose lot is like to this I 
 Yea, happy shall that people be, 
 
 Whose God Jehovah is. 
 
247 
 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Thee will I bless, my God and King, 
 And ever magnify Thy fame : 
 Each day will I give thanks to Thee ; 
 Each day I '11 praise Thy holy name. 
 
 The Lord is great beyond all praise ; 
 His power the reach of thought exceeds : 
 His marvels age to age shall tell, 
 And shall declare His mighty deeds. 
 
 For me, Thy praise, Thy wondrous works, 
 Thy glory, I will aye shew forth : 
 Thy goodness and Thy righteousness 
 Shall be the song of all the earth. 
 
 The Lord is bounteous, slow to wrath, 
 Full of compassion and of grace : 
 To all His creatures He is good : 
 His mercies all His works embrace. 
 
 Thy works, Lord, all shall praise Thy name : 
 Thy saints thy lovingkindness laud : 
 Thy kingdom's glory they declare : 
 Thus all shall know that Thou art God. 
 
248 
 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 Thy kingdom, Lord, for ever lasts : 
 Throughout all ages Thou shalt reign : 
 The steps that falter Thou upholdst ; 
 The fallen Thou dost raise again. 
 
 The eyes of all Thy creatures wait 
 On Thee : Thou givest each its food : 
 Whene'er Thou spreadest out Thy hand, 
 All by Thy bounty are renewed. 
 
 The Lord in all His ways is just : 
 Holy in all His works is He; 
 And nigh to those who call on Him, 
 Who call upon Him faithfully. 
 
 He will accomplish the desire 
 Of those who worship Him in fear. 
 Their Saviour in their need He '11 be: 
 Whene'er they cry to Him, He '11 hear. 
 
 To tell the mercies of the Lord 
 
 My mouth shall, while I breathe, endeavour 
 
 O let all flesh with one accord 
 
 Praise Him for ever and for ever. 
 
249 
 
 PSALM CXLVI. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord ! praise God, my soul ! 
 
 Him, while I breathe, I '11 praise : 
 While I have being, to my God 
 
 My joyful song I '11 raise. 
 
 Trust not in kings ; trust not in man, 
 
 In whom there is no stay ; 
 Who, when he dies, returns to dust, 
 
 And all his thoughts decay. 
 
 Happy is he, whose help is God ; 
 
 Whose hope is in the Lord ; 
 In Him who made heaven, earth, and sea, 
 
 And alway keeps His word ; 
 
 In Him who helpeth them to right 
 
 That suffer wrongfully ; 
 Who to the hungry giveth food, 
 
 And sets the prisoner free. 
 
250 
 
 PSALM CXLVI. 
 
 SECOND PART. 
 
 The Lord doth to the blind give sight ; 
 
 The fallen He doth raise: 
 He ever loveth those who walk 
 
 With fear in righteous ways. 
 
 The stranger's Shield, the widow's Stay, 
 The orphan's Help is God : 
 
 But those who follow evil paths, 
 He smiteth with His rod. 
 
 The Lord thy God for evermore, 
 
 O Zion, shall be King: 
 Throughout all ages He shall reign : 
 
 To Him loud praises sing. 
 
251 
 
 PSALM CXLVII. 
 
 FIRST PART. 
 
 O praise the Lord: for meet it is 
 To praise our heavenly King. 
 
 Yea, praises are a pleasant task, 
 A comely offering. 
 
 The Lord doth build Jerusalem, 
 And there will ever reign : 
 
 The outcast race of Israel 
 He leadeth home again. 
 
 The faint and broken hearts He heals, 
 Renews the sinking frames : 
 
 He tells the number of the stars, 
 
 And calls them by their names. 
 
 Great is our God ; and great His power : 
 His wisdom none can sound. 
 
 The Lord doth raise the meek, and casts 
 Th' unrighteous to the ground. 
 
252 
 
 PSALM CXLVII. 
 
 SECOND PART, 
 
 Sing to the Lord; your thanks pour forth; 
 
 His glory spread abroad : 
 Sing joyful praises on the harp 
 
 To our all-gracious God ; 
 
 Who drives the clouds across the heavens ; 
 
 Who for the earth below 
 Prepareth rain ; who maketh grass 
 
 Upon the mountains grow. 
 
 He gives the beasts their food; He feeds 
 Young ravens when they cry : 
 
 His pleasure in no horse's strength, 
 In no man's speed doth lie. 
 
 In whom then will He pleasure take ? 
 
 In those who fear the Lord ; 
 In those, who, walking righteously, 
 
 Trust in His holy word. 
 
253 
 PSALM CXLVII. 
 
 THIRD PART. 
 
 O Praise the Lord, Jerusalem ! 
 
 Thy God, O Zion, praise ! 
 He maketh strong thy gates ; th}' sons 
 
 He blesseth all their days. 
 
 He in thy borders planteth peace, 
 With fine wheat filleth thee : 
 
 He sendeth forth His word : o'er th' earth 
 It runneth speedily. 
 
 Hoarfrost like ashes scatters He, 
 And snow like wool doth give ; 
 
 His ice, like morsels, round He casts : 
 Beneath it who can live ? 
 
 Anon He sendeth forth His word, 
 
 And melts it all again. 
 He makes His winds to blow ; and now 
 
 The waters flow amain. 
 
 The word of His eternal truth 
 
 To Jacob He hath shewn : 
 His statutes and His judgements He 
 
 To Israel made known. 
 
 To us alone, to none besides, 
 Did God such grace afford. 
 
 His law the nations ne'er have known : 
 O Israel, praise the Lord ! 
 
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254 
 
 PSALM CXLVIII. 
 
 Ye heavens, your God confess ; 
 
 On high His glory raise ; 
 
 Him all ye angels bless ; 
 
 Him all His armies praise. 
 Him glorify, Sun, moon, and stars, 
 
 Ye rolling spheres, And highest sky. 
 
 From Him your beings are ; 
 
 To Him your praise be poured : 
 
 You all created were, 
 
 When He sent forth His word : 
 And in that place, Where His command 
 Hath bid you stand, Ye run your race. 
 
 Praise God on earth below, 
 
 Ye dragons, and all deeps ; 
 
 Fire, hail, wind, clouds, and snow, 
 
 Whom He to serve Him keeps. 
 Praise ye His name, Hills great and small, 
 Trees low and tall, Beasts wild and tame, 
 
 All things that creep or fly, 
 
 Ye kings, ye men of might, 
 
 All people, low or high, 
 
 His praise be your delight. 
 Both old and young, Exalt his name : 
 By all His fame Should aye be sung. 
 
 Let God's great name be praised 
 
 Above the earth and sky : 
 
 For He His saints hath raised, 
 
 And set their horn on high ; 
 All ye that be Of Jacob's race, 
 
 Near to His grace, The Lord praise ye. 
 
255 
 
 PSALM CXLIX. 
 
 O praise ye the Lord ! make ready your voice, 
 
 His praise in the great assembly to sing: 
 
 In God our Creator let Jacob rejoice : 
 
 Ye children of Zion, be glad in your King. 
 
 His name let them all extoll in the dance, 
 With timbrel and harp His praises express ; 
 Who alway delighteth His saints to advance, 
 And with His salvation the humble to bless. 
 
 With glory adorned, His people shall sing, 
 To God, who their beds with safety doth shield : 
 Their mouth filled with praise of Jehovah their King; 
 The sword of the Spirit their right hand shall wield. 
 
 Thus shall they enforce, when sin they destroy, 
 The dreadful decree, which God doth proclaim, 
 Such honour and triumph His saints shall enjoy. 
 O therefore for ever exalt ye His name ! 
 
256 
 
 PSALM CL. 
 
 Praise, ye nations, praise Jehovah ! 
 Praise Him in His holy place ! 
 Praise Him on His throne of glory, 
 Where His angels see His face. 
 
 Praise Him for His mighty wonders ! 
 Praise Him for His majesty ! 
 As in glory He excelleth, 
 So His praises magnify. 
 
 Praise Him with the pealing trumpet ! 
 Praise Him with the psaltery ! 
 Let the timbrel, let the organ, 
 Pour His praises through the sky. 
 
 Praise Him on the sounding cymbals ! 
 Praise Him on the stringed chord ! 
 Praise Him every breathing creature ! 
 Praise, all people, praise the Lord ! 
 
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