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 By JAMES MERRICK, M. A, 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 THE following attempt on thePfalms, 
 though a mixture of Translation and 
 Paraphrafe, will, I hope, be found to 
 contain little more of the latter kind than 
 what may be ufeful either in opening the 
 fenfe, or in pointing out the connexion, 
 of the Original. The defeds of it, great 
 as they muft be, would probably have 
 been much greater, had it not been fa- 
 voured with a revifal by a gentleman, 
 whofe various and well-known abilities, 
 together with his fingular acquaintance 
 with the Hebrew Poetry, rendered him 
 peculiarly qualified for the office. The 
 Reverend Dodtor Lowth, Prebendary of 
 Durham, having read a part of the work, 
 was pleafed to exprefs a defire of feeing 
 A 2 the 
 
iv PREFACE. 
 
 the whole : The Author of it was too 
 ftnfible of the advantage which was likely 
 to refult from his infpe&ion of it, to de- 
 cline fuch an offer ; and takes this oppor- 
 tunity of publicly acknowledging the 
 very great fervice which he has received 
 from this gentleman's afliftance ; who, 
 after having in a moft friendly and can- 
 did manner propofed his objections where 
 he judged them neceflary, was pleafed to 
 encourage and advife the publication of 
 the work. My thanks are alfo particularly 
 due to my very worthy and learned neigh- 
 bour John Loved ay, Efq; to whofe 
 perufal the feveral parts of the work were 
 fubmitted, almoil: as foon as compofed, 
 and whofe accurate criticifms have ren- 
 dered it lefs unworthy of the public light ; 
 to which, without confulting fuch judi- 
 cious friends as himfelf and the gentle- 
 man above-mentioned, it had been pre- 
 emption to expofe it: As the latter of 
 thefe gentlemen (whofe fon Mr. John 
 
 LOVEDAY, 
 
PREFACE. v 
 
 Loved ay, of Magdalen College, Oxford, 
 a young gentleman of diftinguifhed abili- 
 ties and learning, has feconded him in every 
 office of friendship and humanity towards 
 me) has moft readily affifted me in con- 
 fidering; the fenfe of the Original when- 
 ever I have applied to him, fo the former 
 has favoured me with a great number of 
 observations on the Hebrew Text ; which 
 I may hereafter (if God give me health) 
 commit to the prefs, together with many 
 others communicated to me by perfons of 
 very great learning and eminence, and 
 with fuch remarks as have occurred to 
 myfelf in comparing my Verfion or Para- 
 phrafe with the Original* Though the 
 annotations which I have received from 
 Dr. Lowth were written in a very expe- 
 ditious manner, without confulting many 
 commentators, yet the fingular attention 
 which that learned gentleman appears (in 
 his admirable lectures on the Hebrew 
 Poetry) to have paid to the Pfalms > as well 
 A3 as 
 
vi TREFACE, 
 
 as to the other poetical parts of Holy 
 Scripture, had fo prepared him for the 
 work which he has thus obligingly taken 
 upon him, that they will, I am perfuaded, 
 be found worthy of their author. As 
 thofe annotations which have been put 
 into my hands are (many of them at leaft) 
 fuch as will not be underftood by any per- 
 fons who have not applied themfelves to 
 the ftudy of the learned languages, I have 
 rather chofen to referve them for a feparate 
 volume than to fubjoin them to the Ver- 
 fion or Paraphrafe which is here prefented 
 to the reader. The inconveniences arifing 
 from, my fituation, remote from any of 
 the moft public libraries, have been in a 
 great meafure remedied by my accefs to 
 the large and well-chofen libraries of a 
 gentleman before mentioned, and of my 
 late pious, learned, and ingenious friend, 
 the Reverend Dodtor Bolton Dean of 
 Carlifle, as alfo by the favour of the moft 
 Reverend the Lord Archbifhop of Can- 
 terbury ; 
 
PREFACE. vii 
 
 terbury ; who has (in addition to the 
 many other inftances, which I have ex- 
 perienced, of his Grace's goodnefs and 
 condefcenfion) been pleafed to honour me, 
 on this occafion, with the voluntary of- 
 fer, and the ufe, of fome of the mofl 
 confiderable expofitions of the Pfalms ; 
 fuch as thofe of Geierus, Michaelis, and 
 Houbigant; together with Celfius's Hie- 
 robotanicon, Hillerus's Hierophyticon, and 
 feveral new Verfions of the Pfalter in dif- 
 ferent languages. As the communication 
 of thefe valuable helps demands my hum- 
 bleft gratitude, fo it like wife encourages 
 me to hope (though my own incapacity 
 and a long courfe of ill health will fcarce 
 allow me to think of attempting a regular 
 Comment on the Pfalms) that it may be 
 in my power, in fome inftances, to confirm 
 by fufficient authorities fuch interpretations 
 of feveral difficult texts as I have followed, 
 and, in others, to difcover the errors which 
 I have committed. 
 
 It 
 
viii PREFACE. 
 
 It may be proper to advertife the reader, 
 that The Verfion or Paraphrafe of the 
 Pfalms now put into his hands has not 
 been calculated for the ufes of public Wor- 
 ship. The tranflator knew not how, with- 
 out negle&ing the Poetry, to write in fuch 
 language as the common fort of people 
 would be likely to underftand: For the 
 fame reafon he could not confine himfelf 
 in general to ftanzas, nor, confequently, 
 adopt the meafures to which the tunes 
 ufed in our Churches correfpond. How- 
 ever, as his meafures are all of the Lyric 
 kind, his work may, he hopes, anfwer the 
 purpofes of private devotion. Two of the 
 Pfalms, the hundred and eleventh and 
 the hundred and twelfth, have indeed 
 been purpofely tranflated or paraphrafed 
 in the meafure which anfwers to the tune 
 of the hundredth Pfalm, as it is fung in 
 the Church, on account of its known ex- 
 cellence, 
 
 The 
 
PREFACE. ix 
 
 The judicious reader will not, it is 
 hoped, be offended, if he finds the fame 
 phrafes, and even the fame lines, fome- 
 times occur in different Pfalms, when he 
 confiders what liberty of repetition the 
 Hebrew Poetry admits in one and the fame 
 Poem, and, confequently, how often the 
 fame expreffions are likely to be found in 
 a collection of many Hebrew Poems com- 
 pofed on fimilar fubjedts. The candid 
 Critic may the better judge what degree 
 of indulgence the tranflator of fuch a 
 work may ftand in need of, if he knows 
 to how great difficulties no lefs able a 
 writer than Corneille was reduced on 
 a like occafion : whofe words, in the Pre- 
 face to his poetical Verfion and Paraphrafe 
 
 of Thomas a Kempis, are as follows. 
 
 Sur tout les redites y font fi frequent 'es, que 
 quand nofire Langue feroit dix fois plus 
 ahondante qu elle rf eji, je V aurois epuifee 
 fort aifement) et f avoue que je 11 ay* pit 
 tr ouver lefecret de diverffer mes expreffions y 
 
 toutes 
 
x PREFACE; 
 
 toutes lesfois que f ay eu la mefme chofe a 
 exprimer. 
 
 Whatever imperfe&ions may be difco- 
 vered in the following performance, when 
 examined with a critical view, I fhall 
 by no means think my labour either ufe- 
 lefs or unrecompenced, if any pious per- 
 fons fhall find their devotion afiifted and 
 improved by it, or their love more ftrongly 
 excited towards the great Author of our 
 Salvation, fo evidently pointed out in the 
 courfe of thefe divine Compofitions. 
 
 *june 5, 1765. 
 

 A 
 
 VERSION or PARAPHRASE 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM I. 
 
 OHow bleft the Man, whofe ear 
 Impious counfel fhuns to hear, 
 Who nor loves to tread the way 
 Where the Sons of Folly ftray, 
 Nor their frantic mirth to (bare, 5 
 
 Seated in Derifion's chair, 
 But, poflefs'd with facred awe, 
 Meditates, great God, thy Law, 
 This by day his fix'd employ, 
 This by night his conftant joy. 10 
 
 Like the Tree that, taught to grow 
 Where the ftreams irriguous flow, 
 Oft as the revolving Sun 
 Through the deftin'd Months has run, 
 
 Regular, 
 
2 P S A L M I. 
 
 Regular, its feafon knows, i^ 
 
 Bending low its loaded boughs, 
 
 He his verdant branch fhall fpread, 
 
 Nor his fick'ning leaves fhall fhed; 
 
 He, whate'er his thoughts devife, 
 
 Joyful to the work applies, 20 
 
 Sure to find the wifh'd fuccefs 
 
 Crown his hope, his labour blefs. 
 
 See, ah ! fee a different fate 
 
 God's obdurate foes await; 
 
 See them, to his wrath confign'd, 25 
 
 Fly like chaff before the wind. 
 
 When thy Judge, O Earth, fhall come, 
 
 And to Each affign their doom, 
 
 Say, fhall then the impious Band 
 
 With the Juft aflembled ftand ? 30 
 
 Thefe th' Almighty, Thefe alone, 
 
 Objefts of his Love fhall own, 
 
 While his vengeance who defy 
 
 Whelm'd in endlefs ruin lie, 
 
 PSALM II. 
 
 WHY thus enrag'd, ye Tribes profane ? 
 Why ftrive the Nations thus in vain? 
 Earth's fcepter'd Lords rebellious rife 
 Againft the Ruler of the Skies, 
 And Him on whofe diftinguifh'd head 5 
 
 His hand the facred oil has fhed. 
 <c Quick let us each renounce their Sway, 
 U And caft their hated bands away." 
 
 God 
 
PSALM II, 3 
 
 God from on high their threats fhall hear, 
 
 Laugh, as the tumult meets his ear, 10 
 
 And, arm'd with vengeance, thus aloud 
 
 Superior quell the frantic Croud: 
 
 4C Yet, Mortals, yet your Monarch fee, 
 
 *' And bow to Him the humble knee ; 
 
 Ci His throne on Sion's hill my hand 15 
 
 " Has built, and whit I build fhall ftand/' 
 
 Thy Will, great Father, I obey; 
 
 Pleas'd I accept the offer'd Sway, 
 
 And through the Earth's extended frame 
 
 The Counfels of thy Love proclaim- 20 
 
 M Thou art my Son, on this bleft Day 
 
 c< Begotten; (thus I hear thee fay;) 
 
 " Prefer thy wifh, and to thy hand 
 
 " Lo ! I confign each heathen Land, 
 
 w And bid thee rule the Nations round, 25 
 
 " Far as to Earth's remoteft bound. 
 
 " Though join'd in firmeft league, thy foes 
 
 cc With vain attempt thy pow'r oppofe: 
 
 cc Thy arm the iron rod extends; 
 
 44 Behold them, as the ftroke defcends, 30 
 
 <c Crufh'd like the potter's brittle {tore, 
 
 u And fcatter'd, to unite no more." 
 
 Ye Kings, from Error's fletp arife, 
 
 Ye Judges of the Earth, be wife. 
 
 While Ye in duteous zeal confpire, 33 
 
 And ferve with joy th' eternal Sire, 
 
 O, left Ye perifti from the way 
 
 That leads to realms of endlefs day, 
 
 B With 
 
4 PSA L M B. 
 
 With awful love, with holy fear, 
 
 His Son, the World's great Hope, revere : 
 
 If yet but kindling in his hand 
 
 The vengeful bolt uplifted ftand, 
 
 Thrice happy, who on Him depend, 
 
 And thankful own th' almighty Friend. 
 
 PS A L .M III. 
 
 BEHOLD, my God, what num'rous foes 
 With dire intent my fteps indole, 
 While, flufh'd with hope, the impious Band 
 "In haughty triumph round me ftand: 
 <c Lo! there, they cry, our obvious prey, 5 
 
 <c The wretch, whom God has caft away." 
 But fee Omnipotence my fhield ! 
 My head aloft by Thee upheld, 
 Thy fav'ring beams around me fhine; 
 Thou, Lord, from Sion's hallow'dfhrine 10 
 
 With kind regard (halt hear my cry, 
 And inftant grant the wifh'd reply. 
 Opprefs'd with toil, I fought repofe, 
 I laid me down, I flept, I rofe; 
 For Thou, my God, wert waking ftill, 15 
 
 To guard my fiumbring head from ill. 
 Though Myriads, leagu'd, againft me rife, 
 My heart fecure their rage defies. 
 Thy aid, bleft Lord, indulgent yield : 
 Oft, as I trod the doubtful field, 20 
 
 Each hoftile cheek has felt thy ftroke; 
 Thy rod their teeth vindictive broke; 
 
 O yield 
 
P S A L M III. S 
 
 O yield (nor (hall I a(k in vain,) 
 
 That oft experience aid again. 
 
 'Tis thine, great God, 'tis thine to fave 25 
 
 Thy Servants from th' expecting grave, 
 
 *Tis thine to blefs them from above, 
 
 And crown them with eternal Love. 
 
 PSALM IV. 
 
 DEFENDER of my rightful caufc, 
 While anguifh from my bofom draws 
 The deep-felt figh, the ceafele:; pray'r, 
 O make thy fervant ftill thy care. 
 That aid, which oft my griefs has heaPd, 5 
 
 That aid again, intreated, yield. 
 How long, ye fons of pride, how long 
 Shall falfhood arm your impious tongue, 
 And erring rage your breaft inflame, 
 My pow'r to thwart, my a£ls defame ? 10 
 
 To God my heart fhall vent its woe, 
 
 Who, prompt his bieffings to beftow 
 
 On each whofe breaft has learn d his fear, 
 
 Bows to my plaint the willing ear. 
 
 Him wouldft thou pleafe? With rev'rent awe 15 
 
 Obferve the dictates of his Law : 
 
 In fecret on thy couch reclin'd 
 
 Search to its depth thy reftlefs mind, 
 
 Till huih'd to peace the tumult lie, 
 
 And wrath and ftrife within thee die. 20 
 
 With pureft gifts approach his ftirine, 
 
 And fafe to Him thy care refign. 
 
 B 2 I hear 
 
6 PSALM IV. 
 
 I hear a hopelefs train demand, 
 
 " Where's now the wifh'd DelivWs hand r" 
 
 Do Thou, my God, do Thcu reply, 25 
 
 And let thy prefence from on high 
 
 In full efFufion o'er our head 
 
 Its all-enliv'ning influence fhed. 
 
 What joy my confcious heart o'erflows ! 
 
 Not fueh th' exulting lab'rer knows, 30 
 
 When to his long expecling eyes 
 
 The vintage and the harvefts rife, 
 
 And, fhadowing wide the cultur'd foil, 
 
 With full requital crown his toil. 
 
 My weary eyes in fleep I clofe, 35 
 
 -My limbs, fecure, to reft compofe ; 
 
 For Thou, great God, lhalt fcreen my head, 
 
 And plant a guard around my bed. 
 
 PSALM V. 
 
 THE words that from my lips proceed, 
 My thoughts (for Thou thofe thoughts canflr 
 read,) 
 My God, my King, attentive weigh, 
 And hear, O hear me, when I pray. 
 With earlicft zeal, with wakeful care, 5 
 
 To Thee my foul (hall pour its pray'r, 
 And, e'er the dawn has flrealcd the iky, 
 To Thee direct its longing eye: 
 To Thee, whom nought obfeur'd by ftain 
 Can pleafe; whofe doors to feet profane 10 
 
 Inexorable 
 
PSALM V. £ 
 
 Inexorable ftand; whofe Law 
 Offenders from thy fight fhall awe. 
 Let each whofe tono-ae to lies is turn'd* 
 Who leflbns of deceit has learn'd, 
 Or thirfts a brother's blood to fhed, 15 
 
 Thy hate and heavieft vengeance dread. 
 Bat I, whofe hope thy Love fupports, 
 (How great that Love !) will tread thy Courts, 
 My knees in lowlieft rev'rence bend, 
 And tow'rd thy fhrine my hands extend, 20 
 
 Do Thou, juft God, my path prepare, 
 And guard me from each hoftile fnare; 
 ' O lend me thy conducting ray, 
 And level to my fteps thy way. 
 Behold me by a troop inclos'd, 25 
 
 Of faMhood and of guilt compos'd: 
 Their throat a fepulchre difplays, 
 Deep, wide, infatiate; in their praife 
 Lurks flatt'ry, and with fpecious art 
 Belies the purpofe of their heart. 30 
 
 O let the mifchiefs they intend 
 Retorted on themfelves defcend, 
 And let thy wrath correct their fin r 
 Whofe hearts thy mercy fails to win. 
 May All whofe truft on Thee is plac'd 3c 
 
 Peace and delight perpetual tafte, 
 Sav'd by thy care, in longs of joy 
 Their ever grateful voice employ. 
 And fhare the gifts on thofe beitow'd, 
 Who love the name of Jacob\ God. 4.0 
 
 B'i To 
 
8> PSALM V. 
 
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 To each, who bears a guiltlefs heart, 
 Thy grace its Weffing fhall impart; 
 Strong as the brazen fhield, thy aid 
 Around him cafts its cov'ring fhade. 
 
 PSALM VI. 
 
 O Spare me, Lord, nor o'er my head 
 The fulnefs of thy vengeance ftied. 
 With pitying eye my weaknefs view, 
 Heal my vex'd Soul, my ftrength renew, 
 And O, if yet my fins demand 5 
 
 The wife corrections of thy hand, 
 Yet give my pains their bounds to know, 
 And fix a period to my woe. 
 Return, great God, return, and fave 
 Thy fervant from the greedy grave. 10 
 
 Shall Death's long-filent tongue, O fay, 
 The records of thy pow'r difpTay, 
 Or pale Corruption's flartled ear 
 Thy praife within its prifon hear? 
 By languor, grief, and care, opprefs'd, 15 
 
 With groans perpetual heaves my breaft, 
 And tears, in large profusion fhed', 
 Inceflant lave my ileeplefs bed. 
 My life, though yet in mid career, 
 Beholds the winter of its year 20: 
 
 (While clouds of grief around me roll, 
 And hoftile ftorms invade my foul,) 
 Relentlefs from my cheek each trace 
 Of youth and blooming health erafe, 
 
 And 
 
PSALM VI. 9 
 
 And fpreai before my wafting fight 25 
 
 The {hades of all-obfcuring night. 
 
 Hence, ye profane: My Saviour hears; 
 While yet I fpeak, he wipes my tears, 
 Accepts my pray'r, and bids each foe 
 With fhame their vain attempts forgo, 30 
 
 And, ftruck with horror from on high. 
 In wild diforder backward fly. 
 
 PSALM VII. 
 
 OSave me, Lord, and to my foes 
 Do Thou (in Thee I truft) oppofe 
 Thy pow'r, and let the arm divine, 
 Stretch'd in my caufe, befpeak me thine: 
 Left, while I mourn thy abfent aid, 5 
 
 The Lion fierce my foul invade, 
 Pleas'd, with my blood his thirft allay, 
 And rend the unrefifting prey. 
 My God, if truth their cenfure guide, 
 If guilt be in my fails defcried, 10 
 
 If e'er from my diiTembLing heart 
 My Friend has found the hoftile part, 
 If, urg'd by wrongs, I taught my Foe 
 The terrors of my hand to know, 
 That Foe's worft vengeance let me meet, 15 
 Till trampled underneath his feet 
 Low in the duft my life be laid, 
 And Earth's dark womb my glory fhade. 
 Rife, mightieft Lord, triumphant rife 
 O'ex each whofe hand thy pow'r defies; 20 
 
 Nor 
 
to PSALM VII. 
 
 Nor let thy foes thy wrath decline, 
 But hear (for judgement, Lord, is thine,) 
 Thy fervant's pray'r: In awful ftate, 
 While circling crouds the doom await, 
 Afcend thy throne, great God, again, 25 
 
 And vindicate thy ways to Men. 
 O Thou, on whom our fates depend, 
 My caufe, my guiltlefs caufe, defend ; 
 Sin's baneful growth do Thou controul, 
 And guard from ill the upright foul ; 30 
 
 For Thou, juft Lord, with fearching eye 
 The heart and inmoft reins canft try. 
 To God, my Soul, for help repair, 
 Who makes the faithful heart his care, 
 Th' impartial Judge, whofe eyes each day 35 
 Caft o'er the Earth their ftridt furvey, 
 Indignant, and, where'er they turn, 
 New fcenes of daring guilt difcern. 
 If Man his Law refufe to know, 
 He whets his fword, he bends his bow, 40 
 
 His hands, in fierceft wrath applied, 
 The inftruments of death provide, 
 And tip with fire the winged dart 
 Ordain'd to pierce th' Oppreffor's heart. 
 With mifchief teem their brcafts, but woe 45 
 And fruftrate hope attend the throe: 
 They dig, and with exaSeft care 
 A pit, but for themfelves, prepare; 
 They toil, and each, condemn'd to gain 
 The luckiefs harveft of his pain, 50 
 
 Ills 
 
PS AL M VII. 11 
 
 Ills for a brother's head defign'd 
 
 Retorted on his own ihall find. 
 
 Thy juftice, Lord, fhail on my breaft 
 
 In fure remembrance (land imprefs'd, 
 
 With grateful joy my heart infpire, 55 
 
 And wake to ceafelefs praife my lyre. 
 
 PSALM VIII. 
 
 IMmortal King! Through Earth's wide frame 
 How great thy honour, praife, and name ! 
 Whofe reign o'er diftant worlds extends, 
 Whofe glory heav'n's vaft height tranfcends. 
 From infants Thou canft ftrength upraife, <J 
 
 And form their lifping tongues to praife: 
 By thefe the vengeance-breathing Foe 
 Thy mightier terrors taught to know 
 In mute aftoniihment lhall ftand, 
 And bow beneath thy conqu'ring hand. 10 
 
 When, rapt in thought, with wakeful eye 
 I view the wonders of the fky, 
 Whofe frame thy fingers o'er our head 
 In rich magnificence have fpread, 
 The filent Moon, with waxing horn 15 
 
 Along th' ethereal region borne, 
 The Stars with vivid luftre crown'd, 
 That nightly walk their deftin'd round, 
 Lord ! What is Man, that in thy care 
 His humble lot (hould find a (hare, 20 
 
 Or what the Son of Man, that Thou 
 Thus to his wants thy ear fhouldft bow I 
 
 His 
 
12 PSALM VIIL 
 
 His rank awhile, by thy decree, 
 
 Th' Angelic Tribes beneath th^m fee, 
 
 Till round him thy imparted rays 25 
 
 With unextinguifh'd glory blaze. 
 
 Subjected to his feet by Thee 
 
 To Him all Nature bows the knee; 
 
 The beafts in Him their Lord behold, 
 
 The grazing herd, the bleating fold, 30 
 
 The favage race, a coundefs train, 
 
 That range at large th' extended plain, 
 
 The fowls, of various wing, that fly 
 
 O'er the vaft defert of the fky, 
 
 And- all the watry tribes, that glide 3$ 
 
 Through paths to human fight denied. 
 
 Immortal King! Through Earth's wide frame 
 How great thy honour, praife, and name ! 
 
 PSALM IX. 
 
 WARM'D to its inmoft depth, my breaft 
 Thanks not by words to be exprefs ? d 
 Conceives, nor (hall my grateful tongue 
 E'er leave thy wondrous afts unfung. 
 Thee, Lord, 1 boaft my blifs fupreme, 5 
 
 Thy praife my fong's exhauftlefs theme: 
 O higher than the higheft, hail ! 
 Thou, Thou haft bid my caufe prevail, 
 And from the terror of thine eye 
 My foes with {tumbling ftep fhall fly, 10 
 
 Or, ft ruck by thy refiftlefs hand, 
 In heaps promifcuous ftrew the Land. 
 
 For 
 
PSALM IX. 13 
 
 For Juftice, Lord, fupports thy throne, 
 And Her decrees and Thine are one. 
 Thy ftern rebuke the Heathen feel; 15 
 
 Their name Oblivion's (hades conceal ; 
 And o'er their guilt-polluted plain 
 Deftruction, Death, and Horror reign; 
 While, where the rural wafte extends, 
 ,No more the village fmoke afcends, 20 
 
 No more their cities brave the fky, 
 But (ras'd by Thee,) forgotten lie, 
 Scarce ev'n in fhapelefs ruins view'd, 
 That mark where once the Wonder flood. 
 Bat Thou, when Time {hall reach its end, 25 
 LTnchang'd the fcepter fhalt extend, 
 Then fill, as now, thy awful feat, 
 While at thy w.or.d afiembled meet 
 Earth's various Tribes, and hear thee thence 
 The true, th' impartial Doom difpenfe. 30 
 
 Come Ye, who in the dang'rous hour 
 Wifh for your guard the ftrong-built tow'r; 
 Each terror to the winds refign'd, 
 In God a furer refuge find. 
 
 The Souls, that erft opprefs'd with woe 35 
 
 Have learn'd thy name, great God, to know, 
 Their hope on Thee fhall ft ill fuftain, 
 Whom none has fought, and fought in vain. 
 In Sion God has fix'd his reft; 
 O be his praife aloud confeft; 40 
 
 His Acts through ev'ry clime refound, 
 Far as to Earth's extrcmeft bound. 
 
 He 
 
54 PSALM IX. 
 
 He from the proud Oppreflbr's hands 
 
 The poor man's guiltlefs blood demands, 
 
 And (nor with unregarding ear,} 45 
 
 His juft complaint from heav'n fhall hear. 
 
 Thy fervant's woes attentive view, 
 
 While impious men my fteps purfue, 
 
 O Thou, whofe care prolongs my breath, 
 
 And lifts me from the gates of death : 50 
 
 So fhall thy praife employ my tongue, 
 
 And Sion's portals hear my fong, 
 
 While with experienc'd heart 1 fhow 
 
 What joys from thy Salvation flow. 
 
 Low in the pit for others made 55 
 
 Th' artificers of death are laid, 
 And, ftruck with dire amazement, find 
 Their nets around themfelves intwin'd. 
 His juftice thus our God difplays, 
 And mifchief with itfelf repays. 60 
 
 Behold the grave its jaws extend, 
 While to its depths the crouds defcend, 
 Who dare in lawlefs counfels join, 
 Forgetful of the will divine. 
 For think not, O ye Good diftreft, 65 
 
 That in the all-remembring breaft 
 Your woes and wrongs unnotic'd rife, 
 That Virtue's hope for ever dies. 
 
 Up, Lord, nor let the impious foul 
 Build fin on fin without controul ; 70 
 
 Thy balance, mightieft Judge, affumc, 
 
 Pafs on the heathen race their doom, 
 
 And 
 
PSALM IX. 15 
 
 And let thy terrors, fcatter'd wide, 
 
 Correct them, till each fon of pride, 
 
 By Thee convinc'd, his weaknefs fcan, 75 
 
 And humbled own himfelf but Man. 
 
 PSALM X. 
 
 SAY, Lord, why thus thy aiding pow'r 
 Deferts us in the needful hour, 
 Why clouds impervious, round thee roll'd, 
 Thy prefence from our fight withhold. 
 Shall impious men efcape thy view, $ 
 
 While thus the guiltlefs they purfue ? 
 O let them, by themfelves chaftis'd, 
 The ills fuftain for Him devis'd, 
 Nor longer boaft their mad defires, 
 And acts which headlong rage infpires, 10 
 
 Or joyous grafp their lawlefs gain, 
 And Thee, the foul's beft wealth, difdain. 
 Proud Wretch ! who fhuns o'er Nature's face 
 The footfteps of thy care to trace, 
 And Thee, th' all -potent Monarch, Thee 15 
 Denies, who gav'ft himfelf to be. 
 Behold, while, hi^h above all height, 
 Thy Judgements, Lord, his diftant fight 
 Elude, this Minifter of woe 
 Blaft with his breath each obvious foe. 20 
 
 M See, proof to each aflault I ftand : 
 u What pow'r (hall e'er my fear demand ? 
 " What ill, to life's remoteft day, 
 " Obftruft the tenourof my way r" 
 
 C Thu$) 
 
*6 P S A L M X. 
 
 Thus, fwoln with infolence and pride, 2^ 
 
 His felf-deiuding heart has cried : 
 
 His venom'd lips, with curfes fraught 
 
 Words ill according to his thought 
 
 Have utter'd, and beneath his tongue 
 
 Lurk fraud, and violence, and wrong, »q 
 
 Befide the folitary way, 
 
 Intent the helplefs poor to flay, 
 
 He waits, and with malignant eve 
 
 Infidious marks each pafler by. 
 
 As, couch'd within his bufhy lair, 35 
 
 ^The lion fierce with hideous glare 
 
 Around him calls his wide furvey, 
 
 And meditates the future prey, 
 
 So longs the man of blood to feize 
 
 The Souls that own thy juft Decrees: 4c 
 
 If, planted with fuccefsful care, 
 
 His nets their captive feet infnare, 
 
 Ah ! what his fury fhall withftand, 
 
 Or fave them from the murth'rous Band, 
 
 That, leagu'd in fin, aflift his toil, 45 
 
 And fhare with him the guilty fpoil ? 
 
 " Shall Heav'n's high Lord, he cries, defcend 
 
 " The human actions to attend? 
 
 M The paths by Me at will purfu'd 
 
 * c His mem'ry and his thought elude." 50 
 
 Rife, mightieft Lord, and lift thy hand, 
 
 Nor let the poor thy help demand 
 
 With fruitlefs pray'r: for why, (ah, why?) 
 
 Should impious tongues reproachful cry, 
 
 « 'Tis 
 
P S A L M X. 17 
 
 * 'Tis not within th' Almighty's plan 55 
 
 u To fcrutinize the acts of Man?" 
 
 What eyes, like thine, eternal Sire, 
 Through fin's obfeurell: aepths inquire? 
 What Judge, like Thee, on Virtue's foes 
 The needful vengeance can impofe ? 60 
 
 The meek obfervef of thy Laws 
 To Thee commits his injur'd caufe; 
 In Thee, each anxious fear refign'd, 
 The fatherlefs a Father find. 
 O, break the arm of impious might; 65 
 
 So thall their threats no more excite 
 Our dread, nor thy offended eye 
 The triumphs of their guilt defcry. 
 
 Thine is the throne: Beneath thy reign, 
 Immortal King! the tribes profane 70 
 
 Behold their dreams of conqueft o'er, 
 And vanifh to be feen no more. 
 Thou, Lord, thy People's wifti canft read, 
 E'er from their lips the pray'r proceed ; 
 'Tis thine their drooping hearts to rear, 75 
 
 Bow to their wants th' attentive ear, 
 The weeping Orphan's cheek to dry, 
 The guiltlefs SufFrer's caufe to try, 
 To rein each earthborn Tyrant's will, 
 And bid the Sons of pride be ftill. 8a 
 
 C 2 PSALM 
 
PSALM XL 
 
 /^\N God my ftedfaft hopes rely : 
 
 ^-^ Why urge ye then my foul to fly, 
 
 And fwift on trembling wings conveyM 
 
 To feek the mountain's covering fhade ? 
 
 See, prompt to ill, th' infidious foe 5 
 
 Now couch'd in fecret bend the bow, 
 
 New to the firing adjuft the dart, 
 
 That thirds to wound the guiltlefs heart. 
 
 While Juftice mourns her Bafe o'erthrown, 
 
 Say who the injur'd caufe ftiall own? 10 
 
 Thou, Lord, that caufe wilt ftill fuftain; 
 
 Thou, thron'd amid thy heav'nly fane, 
 
 Shalt caft, regardful, from on high 
 
 On fuff 'ring innocence thine eye, 
 
 Each human heart intent to prove, j$ 
 
 And bid the fouls that feek thy Love, 
 
 Bleft obje&s of thy conftant care, 
 
 Thefulnefs of thy bounty fhare; 
 
 While lawlefs hands and hearts impure 
 
 Thy wrath and ftedfaft hate endure. 20 
 
 Behold the lightnings wing their way, 
 
 Behold the fires vindidtive ftray, 
 
 While from thy hand the baleful draught, 
 
 With ftorm and mingled fulphur fraught, 
 
 In wild amaze the impious Train 25 
 
 Lev/ to its utmoft dregs {hall drain. 
 
 For (juft himfelf,) where'er it (bines 
 
 To Juftice God his Love inclines, 
 
 Delighted 
 
PSALM XL 19 
 
 Delighted in the upright mind 
 His own reflected beams to find. 30 
 
 o 
 
 PSALM XII. 
 
 Help me, Lord: For none I fee, 
 
 Whofe a£ts conform to thy Decree; 
 Nor truth nor faith my fearch can trace 
 Amid the fons of human race: 
 New arts of fraud each heart has known, 5 
 
 And fpeaks a language not its own. 
 But God with vengeance arnvd fhall rife, 
 The tongue of Flatt'ry to chaftife, 
 And Juftice to the lip of Pride 
 Its ftroke with aim unerring guide* 10 
 
 What force, exclaims the impious Band, 
 Shall eloquence like ours withftand? 
 And fay, to whom the tafk belongs 
 To fix the bridle on our tongues. 
 xc Enough (th' eternal Sire has cried, ) 15 
 
 u Enough my fufPring Saints have figh'd, 
 " To Me difclos'd their ceafelefs fear, 
 cl And pour'd their forrows in mine ear: 
 u My hand fhall fee their wrongs redreft, 
 " And footh to peace their troubled breaft." 20 
 
 Pure are thy words, almighty Lord, 
 As Silver, that, by art explor'd, 
 Has feen the fev'nth tormenting fire 
 Around th' inclofing vafe afpire. 
 Thy Love thy Servants, Lord, fhall fhare, 2.5 
 And, fafe in thy protecting care, 
 
 C 3 Behold, 
 
so PSALM Xlli 
 
 Behold, unmov'd, an impious Age 
 
 Aim at their life its fruitlefs rage, 
 
 While wrong and fraud the Earth o'erfpread, 
 
 And Vice triumphant lifts the head. 30 
 
 PSALM XIII. 
 
 HOW long {hall I, my God, in vain, 
 Preft by a weight of griefs, complain? 
 Say, fhall I fink in deep defpair, 
 For ever banifh'd from thy care? 
 Condemn'd thy abfent beams to mourn 5 
 
 Still to divided counfels turn 
 My lab'ring thought, and hear the foe 
 Exulting triumph in my woe? v 
 
 Thy Suppliant's voice attentive weigh, 
 And bid, O bid, thy heav'nly ray 10 
 
 With healing influence o'er me rife, 
 E'er death's dark (lumber clofe my eyes. 
 What tranfport would my fall impart 
 To each incens'd oppofer's heart ! 
 " Behold, the hoftile tongue would cry, 15 
 
 * 4 Beneath my feet behold him lie, 
 " The wretch that, hailing to his end, 
 <<k With pow'r fuperior durft contend/* 
 But, while their ceafdefs threats I heap, 
 Thy mercy* Lord, difpels my fear; 20 
 
 My hopes, on thy Salvation reft, 
 And fill with confciousjoy my breaft. 
 Well pleas'd that mercy to proclaim, 
 To Thee 3 inftinft with holy flame, 
 
 Ta 
 
PSALM XIII. 21 
 
 To Thee my tongue from day to day 25 
 
 Shall meditate the grateful lay, 
 
 PSALM XIV. 
 I E HOLD the Fool, whofe heart denies 
 
 B 1 
 
 The God who form'd the Earth and Skies: 
 While, fearlefs, fin's worft paths he treads, 
 Mark how the dire example fpreads 
 Through human race. Not one we find 5 
 
 To Virtue's Heav'n-taught rules inclin'd, 
 Who 'midft infectious times has flood 
 Unftain'd, and obftinately good. 
 Th' eternal Monarch from on high 
 Caft on the fons of Earth his eye, 10 
 
 If haply fome he yet might fee 
 From error's baleful influence free, 
 Whofe lives an impious Age might fhame, 
 Who fought his love, and own'd his name* 
 He look'd : but ah ! not one could find 15 
 
 To Virtue's Heav'n-taught rules inclin'd : 
 Each, led from Wifdom's path aflray, 
 Purfues the tenour of his way. 
 O fay, what frenzy thus could blind 
 Their fouls, that with remorfelefs mind 20 
 
 As bread my People they devour, 
 Nor fuppliant own their Maker's pow'r. 
 Yet fee their thoughts tumultuous roll, 
 See various terrors fhake their foul: 
 For God amidft the Righteous dwells, 25 
 
 And each invading foe repells. 
 
 Anci 
 
» PSALM XIV. 
 
 And what are Ye, who thus deride 
 
 The fouls that in their God confide, 
 
 With wife fimplicity of mind 
 
 To his all-juft Decrees refign'd? 30 
 
 Who, mightieft Lord, to Ifrael's eyes 
 Shall bid the wifh'd Salvation rife, 
 From Sion's hill its healing ray 
 Extend, and round us pour the day ? 
 When Thou (Thy Pow'r the work demands,) 35 
 Shalt back recall our captive Bands, 
 The bleft event to Judah's fhore 
 Her Songs of triumph (hall reftore, 
 And ceafelefs fhouts, through heav'n's wide frame 
 Loud-echoing, Jacob's joy proclaim. 40 
 
 PSALM XV. 
 
 WHO (hall tow'rd thy chofen feat 
 Turn in glad approach his feet? 
 Who, great God, a welcome Gueft, 
 On thy hallow'd Mountain reft? 
 He whofe heart thy Love has warm'd, 5 
 
 He whofe Will, to thine conform'd, 
 Bids his Life unfullied run; 
 He whofe word and thought are one, 
 He who ne'er with cruel aim 
 Seeks to wound an honeft fame, W 
 
 Nor with gloomy joy poflefs'd 
 Can a Brother's peace moleft, 
 Or to Slander's tongue fevere 
 Stoops with eafy faith his ear : 
 
 Wb 
 
PSALM XV. 23 
 
 Who from fervile terror free 15 
 
 Spurns at thofe who fpurn at Thee, 
 
 And to each who Thee obeys 
 
 Love and lowlieft rev'rence pays. 
 
 What he fwears,, with ftedfaft will 
 
 To his lofs he fnall fulfill, 20 
 
 Nor by avaritious loan 
 
 Make the poor man's bread his own ; 
 
 Nor can bribes his fentence guide 
 
 'Gainft the guiltlefs to decide. 
 
 He who thus, with heart unftain'd, 25 
 
 Treads the path by Thee ordain'd, 
 He, great God, fhall own thy care, 
 And thy conftant blefling (hare. 
 
 PSALM XVI. 
 
 FATHER of All! my foul defend; 
 On Thee my ftedfaft hopes depend. 
 f* Thou, mightieft Lord, and none befide, 
 " Thou art my God," my heart has cried; 
 In vain, with grateful zeal, I burn 5 
 
 Thy boundlefs goodnefs to return; 
 In vain would gifts by Me beftow'd 
 Augment the treafures of my God. 
 Yet fhall my love on All defcend, 
 Whole Souls to thy Decrees attend, 10 
 
 My heart's defire to each incline, 
 Whofe faintlike Virtue marks him Thine. 
 Woe to the wretch eftrang'd from Thee, 
 Who bows to Gods milcall'd the knee; 
 
 Be 
 
24 PSALM XVI. 
 
 Be witnefs to my guilt, if e'er 15 
 
 Their draughts, of offer'd blood I fhare, 
 
 If, while thy breath my life fuflains, 
 
 Their name my hallow'd lip profanes. 
 
 Thee, Lord, my patrimony, Thee 
 
 The portion of my cup I fee : 20 
 
 Each bleffing by thy care fecur'd, 
 
 Life's choiceft gifts around me pour'd 
 
 I view; nor finds my fearching eye 
 
 A Lot, whofe worth with mine fhall vie. 
 
 Thee let me blefs, the faithful Guide, 25 
 
 Whofe counfels o'er my life prefide, 
 
 And wifdom to my wakeful breaft 
 
 At midnight's filent hour fuggeft. 
 
 In all my acts, in each intent, 
 
 Thee to my foul my thoughts prefent, 30 
 
 Whofe fure defence my gate has barr'd, 
 
 And planted on my right a guard. 
 
 For this my heart, for this my tongue, 
 
 Shall meditate the joyful fong; 
 
 And though (Thy Will has thus ordain'd,) 35 
 
 My flelh to death's dark (hades defcend, 
 
 Yet Hope ev'n there, its conftant Gueft, 
 
 Shall fmooth the pillow of my reft. 
 
 Thou from the grave my foul fhalt claim, 
 
 Nor leave thy Servant, in whofe frame 40 
 
 Thy hallowing Spirit dwells infhrin'd, 
 
 To pale Corruption's pov/r refign'd, 
 
 But to my eyes, in full furvey, 
 
 The op'ning paths of Life difplay; 
 
 Thofc 
 
PSALM XVI. 25 
 
 Thofe paths that to thy prefence bear ; 45 
 
 For plenitude of Blifs is there, 
 
 And pleafures, Lord, unmix'd with woe, 
 
 At thy right hand for ever flow. 
 
 PSALM XVII, 
 
 TO Thee, the Judge inthron'd on high, 
 Shall injur'd Innocence apply: 
 O let my pray'r by Thee be heard, 
 From undifTembling lips prefer'd; 
 O let my Doom from Thee proceed, 5 
 
 And gracious mark the upright deed. 
 When night's dark (hades were round me pour'd, 
 Thy thoughts my fpirit have explor'd; 
 Say, to thy all-difcerning eyes 
 If aught of guilt within me rife, 10 
 
 If offer'd violence and wrong 
 Have urg'd to Sin my thoughtlefs tongue. 
 Taught by thy Word my ftedfaft mind 
 Has each nefarious path declin'd ; 
 O ftill my Guardian, ftill my Guide, 15 
 
 Forbid my wav'ring feet to Aide. 
 To Thee (for Thou the pray'r canft hear,) 
 To Thee my fuppliant voice I rear j 
 O treat me not with cold difdain, 
 Nor. let my vows return in vain. 20 
 
 O Thou, whofe hand th' oppreflbr quells, 
 And each invading pow'r repells 
 From Him whofe hopes on Thee repofe, 
 To Me thy wondrous grace difclofe. 
 
 What 
 
26 PSALM XVIL 
 
 What care the pupil of the eye 25 
 
 Demands, that care to Me apply, 
 
 " And keep, O keep me, King of Kings, 
 
 " Beneath thy own almighty wings." 
 
 Rich in my fpoils, with murth'rous hate 
 
 A pamper'd Croud around me wait, 30 
 
 Whofe heart, with impious fury ftung, 
 
 To mad prefumption prompts their tongue* 
 
 With watchful look they mark my way, 
 
 As lurks, expe&ant of the prey, 
 
 The Lion, or his tawny Brood 35 
 
 To rapine born, and nurs'd in blood. 
 
 Rife, Lord, and let me, by thy aid 
 
 Preferv'd, their threatning jaws evade; 
 
 With fword unfheath'd, and lifted hand, 
 
 Preventive crufh the lawlefs Band, 40 
 
 Whofe Days, with Life's full bleffings fraught, 
 
 To Earth's low fcene confine their thought j 
 
 Whofe eyes a num'rous race behold, 
 
 To heir their heaps of treafur'd gold. 
 
 Far other blifs my foul fhall own, 45 
 
 A blifs to guilty minds unknown. 
 
 O ! when, awaken'd by thy care, 
 
 Thy face I view, thy image bear, 
 
 How fhall my breaft with tranfport glow, 
 
 What full delight my heart o'erfiow ! 5° 
 
 PSALM 
 
{ 2 7 ) 
 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 BLEST Objea of my fours defire, 
 To Thee my grateful thoughts afpirc j 
 
 On Thee my ftedfaft hope I build; 
 
 My God, my Reft, my Rock, my Shield, 
 
 The Strength of my Salvation Thee, 5 
 
 And Tow'r of fure defence, I fee. 
 
 What foe fhall e'er my terror raife, 
 
 While thus I pay my debt of praife, 
 
 And, as the doubtful field I tread, 
 
 To God my fuppliant hands outfpread? 10 
 
 Woes heap'd on woes my heart deplor'd, 
 
 While Sin's proud torrents round me roar' J ; 
 
 The Sepulchre's extended hands 
 
 Had wrapt me in its ftrongeft bands, 
 
 And Death, infulting, o'er my head 15 
 
 Th' inextricable toils had fpread. 
 
 My Words, as griev'd to God I pray, 
 
 Wing to his heav'nly fane their way, 
 
 Through adverfe clouds their pafTage clear, 
 
 Nor unaccepted reach his ear: 10 
 
 With ftrong convulfions groan'd the ground, 
 
 The hills, with waving forefts crown'd, 
 
 Loos'd from their bafe, their fummits nod, 
 
 And own the pretence of their God : 
 
 Colle&ed clouds of wreathing fmoke 25 
 
 Forth from his angry noftrils broke, 
 
 And orbs of fire, with dreadful glare, 
 
 Rufh'd onward through the glowing air. 
 
 D Incumbent 
 
2t8 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 Incumbent on the bending iky 
 
 The Lord defcended from on high, 30 
 
 And bade the darknefs of ihe pole 
 
 Beneath his feet tremendous roll. 
 
 The Cherub to his car he join'd. 
 
 And on the wings of mightieft wind, 
 
 As down to Earth his journey lay, 35 
 
 Refiftlefs urg'd his rapid way. 
 
 Thick-woven clouds, around him clos'd, 
 
 His fecret refidence compos'd, 
 
 And waters high-fufpended fpread 
 
 Their dark pavilion o'er his head. 40 
 
 In vain reluctant to the Blaze 
 
 That previous pour'd its flreaming rays, 
 
 As on he moves, the clouds retire, 
 
 Diflblv'd in hail and rufhing fire : 
 
 His voice th' almighty Monarch rear'd, 45 
 
 Through heav'n's high vault in thunders heard. 
 
 And down in fiercer conflict came 
 
 The hailftones dire and mingled flame. 
 
 With aim direct: his fhafts were fped, 
 
 In vain his foes before them fled; 50 
 
 Now here, now there, his lightnings ftray, 
 
 And fure deftruction marks their way: 
 
 Earth's bafis open to the eye, 
 
 And Ocean's fprings, were feen to lie, 
 
 As, chiding loud, his fury paft, 55 
 
 And o'er them breath'd the dreadful blaft. 
 
 God in my refcue from the fkies 
 
 His arm extends, and bids me rife 
 
 Emergent 
 
PSALM XVIII. 29 
 
 Emergent from the flood profound, 
 
 Whofe waves my ftruggling foul furround. 6s 
 
 His hand my ftrongeft foes repell'd, 
 
 Their force by force fuperior quell'd, 
 
 And I, unequal to the fight, 
 
 Ev'n I have triumph'd in his might. 
 
 Opprefs'd with languor, grief, and pain, 65 
 
 E'er yet my nerves their ftrength regain, 
 
 His fierce aflault th' Invader gave; 
 
 But Thou wert prefent, Lord, to fave: 
 
 My fpacious path by Thee outfpread, 
 
 With courfe fecure behold me tread, 70 
 
 Bleft in the favour of my God, 
 
 And fpeak the grace on all beftow'd, 
 
 Who guiltlefs hands to Him can raife, 
 
 And offer unpolluted praife. 
 
 His precepts, fix'd before my view, 75 
 
 My thoughts with ftedfaft aim purfue* 
 Nor error's cloud nor arts of fin 
 
 My foul from his obedience win. 
 
 Thou feeft, eternal Judge, my bread 
 
 Each taint of inward guilt deteft: 80 
 
 My will fubdu'd to thy Commands, 
 
 And wafh'd in innocence my hands, 
 
 Thine eyes delighted have furvey'd, 
 
 Thy pow'r with fulled blifs repaid. 
 
 Thy ways to ours conform : in Thee 85 
 
 The Holy fhall the Holy fee, 
 
 The Pure the Pure; the Perfect Mind 
 
 In Thee Perfeaion's felf (hall find; 
 
 D Z Their 
 
33 PSALM XVHI. 
 
 Their arts the men of froward turn 
 
 By deeper art eluded mourn: go 
 
 While Thefe their pow'rs with effort vain 
 
 Unite, the meek and pious Train 
 
 Thou, ever watchful, ever nigh, 
 
 Defended; and the haughty eye, 
 
 Chaftis'd by thy affliaing ftroke, 93 
 
 Bends to the earth its humbled look. 
 
 While night's thick fhades around me ftand, 
 
 My lamp, illumin'd by thy hand, 
 
 Fours through the gloom its fteady ray, 
 
 And turns my darknefs into day. . ICO 
 
 My arm, if Thou thine aid fupply, 
 
 Shall bid whole hofts before me fly, 
 
 My feet, if Thou my finev/s ftring, 
 
 High o'er the wall exulting fpring. 
 
 Nor ftains of fin thy path defile, 105 
 
 Author of GoodJ nor fraud nor guile 
 
 To Thee belong: On Thy bleft Word 
 
 (By Truth's fevereft flames explor'd,) 
 
 On Thy bleft Word who build their truft, 
 
 Shall find their confidence was juft. 1 10. 
 
 What God but Thee fhall Ifrael know, 
 
 Or Who, O Who can lave but Thou ? 
 
 *Tis God that arms me for the fight, 
 
 'Tis God that girds my foul with might; 
 
 From Him my feet their path have known, 115 
 
 And, wing'd with vigour not their own, 
 
 Support me, while in air fublime, 
 
 Swift as the hind, the rock I climb, 
 
PSALM XVIIL 31 
 
 And, fafe from each invader's hand, 
 
 Fix on its craggy height my ftand. 120 
 
 By Him inform'd, with fureft art 
 
 My hands direct the pointed dart, 
 
 And forceful break the fteely bow, 
 
 New wrefted from the ftruggling i'oe. , 
 
 Thou, mightieft Lord, haft o 5 er my head 125 
 
 The lhield of thy Salvation fpread ; 
 
 By Thy right hand I walk'd upheld, 
 
 Great in thy mercy trod the field 
 
 With ftep enlarged, and, Thou my Guide, 
 
 Nor fear'd to fall, nor knew to Aide. 130 
 
 With fierce purfuit my foes I prefs'd, 
 
 Beheld my fpear their flight arreft, 
 
 Nor bade my fwcrd its fury flay, 
 
 Till proftrate on the earth they lay. 
 
 They bow'd, they fell, diftain'd with gore; 135 
 
 They bow'd, they fell, and rofe no more. 
 
 Bleft Lord ! 'Twas Thy refiftlefs pow'r 
 
 That arm'd me for the dreadful hour, 
 
 My foes beneath my feet o'erthrown, 
 
 To certain conqueft led me on, 140 
 
 Their backs expos'd to many a wound, 
 
 And ftretch'd them breathlefs on the ground. 
 
 Aloud, opprefs'd with horror, cried 
 
 The rebel Throng; but None replied : 
 
 To God they call; but God their pray'r 145 
 
 Abhorrent fcatters to the air. 
 
 Behold their troops before me chased, 
 
 As duft before the driving blaft, 
 
 D 3 And 
 
32 PSALM XVIir. 
 
 And trampled, as the yielding clay 
 
 Extended o'er the beaten way. ijo 
 
 When factious Crouds againft me rofe, 
 
 How prompt thy hand to interpofe ! 
 
 O'er realms, that but have heard my name, 
 
 Through Thee the juft command I claim; 
 
 The Tribes, that from their God eftrang'd 155 
 
 Through climes to Me unknown had rang'd., 
 
 With flatt'ring lip their homage pay,. 
 
 And trembling own a foreign fway. 
 
 Each dreads my vengeance to fuftain, 
 
 Nor walls nor forts their fears reftrain. 160 
 
 Bleft be the living God, whofe aid, 
 When impious foes my peace invade, 
 Their rage inftrucls me to decline, 
 And makes his wifh/d Salvation mine; 
 Deals, in my right, th' avenging ftroke, 165 
 And bends the Nations to my yoke, 
 Each force, that durft my reign conteft, 
 By His refiftlefs ftrength fupprefs'd. 
 For this, thy pow'r my fong fhall claim, 
 And diftant regions hear thy fame.. 17a 
 
 Behold thy David > to the throne 
 By Thee uprais'd: His temples own 
 Thy facred unction } fair fuccefs 
 His counfels and his arms fhall blefs, 
 Thy Love on him and on his Line 173, 
 
 With unextinguijfh'd luftre Anne* 
 
 PSAL M 
 
{ 33 ) 
 
 I 
 
 PSALM XIX. 
 
 GOD the Heav'ns aloud proclaim 
 Through their wide-extended frame, 
 And the Firmament each hour 
 Speaks the wonders of his pow'r : 
 Day to the fucceeding day 5 
 
 Joys the notice to convey, 
 And the Nights, in ceafelefs rcuryl, 
 Each to each repeat the found, 
 Prompt, without or fpeech or tongue, 
 In his praife to form the fong. iOr. 
 
 Pleas'd to hear their voice extend 
 Far as to her utmoft end, 
 Earth the Heav'n-taught knowledge boafts 
 Through her many-languag'd coafts, 
 While the Sun above her head 15 
 
 Sees his tabernacle fpread, 
 And from out his chamber bright 
 Like a Bridegroom fprings to fight; 
 See him with gigantic pace 
 
 Joyous run his deftin'd race, 20 
 
 Now to fartheft regions borne 
 Onward fpeed, and now return, 
 And to All, with welcome ray, 
 Life and genial warmth convey. 
 Warmth and life each thankful heart 25 
 
 Feels thy Law, great God, impart; 
 Clear from ev'ry fpot it fhines, 
 And the guilt-ftain'd Thought refines} 
 
 Truth's 
 
34 PSALM XIX. 
 
 Truth's firm bafe its frame upholds, 
 
 While it Myfteries unfolds, 30 
 
 Which the childlike mind explores, 
 
 And to heav'nly fcience foars. 
 
 Preft with forrows, doubts, and fears, 
 
 What like this the fpirit chears ? 
 
 What fo perfect, what fo pure? 35 
 
 What to Reafon's eye obfcure 
 
 Can fuch wondrous light afford 
 
 As the di&ates of thy Word ? 
 
 Where thy Fear its fruit matures, 
 
 (Fruit, that endlefs years endures,) 40 
 
 There the mind, to Vice a foe, 
 
 Pants thy bleft Decrees to know, 
 
 And (its will to thine fubdu'd,) 
 
 Owns them wife, and juft, and good; 
 
 Nor can Gold fuch worth acquire 45 
 
 From the fev'nth exploring fire, 
 
 Nor the labour of the bees 
 
 E'er in fweetnefs vie with Thefe: 
 
 Taught by Them, thy Servant's breaft 
 
 Joys the Bleflings to atteft 50 
 
 Heap'd on thofe whofe hearts fincere 
 
 Learn thy Precepts to revere. 
 
 Bell Inflru&or, from thy ways 
 
 Who can tell how oft he ftrays? 
 
 Purge me from the guilt that lies 55 
 
 Wrapt within my heart's difguife; 
 
 Let me thence, by Thee renew'd, 
 
 Each prefumptuous fin exclude: 
 
 So 
 
PSALM XIX. 35 
 
 So my lot fhall ne'er be join'd 
 
 With the Men whofe impious mind, 60 
 
 Fearlefs of thy juft command, 
 
 Braves the vengeance of thy hand. 
 
 Let my tongue, from error free, 
 
 Speak the words approv'd by Thee ; 
 
 To thy all-obferving eyes 65 
 
 Let my thoughts accepted rife : 
 
 While I thus thy name adore, 
 
 And thy healing grace implore, 
 
 Bleft Redeemer, bow thine ear, 
 
 God my Strength, propitious hear. 70 
 
 PSALM XX. 
 
 MAY He whom Heav'n and Earth obey 
 Regard thee in the dreadful day. 
 May Jacotis Lord above thy head 
 His own victorious banner fpread. 
 May He from out his hallow'd fhrine 5 
 
 Reach to thy aid the hand divine, 
 And ftrength into thy foul inftill 
 From beauteous Sioris favour'd hill. 
 There may thy incenfe to the fkies 
 In fweet memorial ever rife; I* 
 
 Thy vi&ims there in fmoke afpire, 
 Touch'd by his own celeftial fire. 
 May He thy ev'ry wifh approve, 
 May He indulgent from above 
 In all thy dangers intervene, 15 
 
 While We, his great Salvatign ken> 
 
 Affift 
 
5 6 PSALM XX. 
 
 Affift thy joy, thy triumphs fhare, 
 
 And blefs the God who hears thy pray'r. 
 
 I fee, I fee th' Almighty fhed 
 
 His bleflings on th' anointed head, 2D 
 
 Attentive from his holy Heav'n 
 
 Protect the crown Himfelf has giv'n, 
 
 And, cloth'd with terror, to thy foes 
 
 His all-fubduing ftrength oppofe. 
 
 Thefe urge to Fight the rattling Car, 25 
 
 And Thofe the fiery Steed prepare, 
 Unenvied Both by Us, who fee 
 Our fure defence, great God, in Thee. 
 Driv'n by fuperior force they fly, 
 Or, fain, in heaps promifcuous lie, 30 
 
 While We our heads exulting raife, 
 And fing our great Deliv'rer's praife. 
 O, when we praife, and when we pray, 
 Do Thou, whom Heav'n and Earth obey, 
 Accept the praife, confirm the pray'r, 35 
 
 And make our fafety ftill thy care. 
 
 PSALM XXI. 
 
 T>Y Thy unwearied ftrength upheld 
 
 •U To Thee the King his thanks fhall yield, 
 
 And, taught by bleft experience, know 
 
 What joys from Thy falvation flow. 
 
 Thy cares his heart's defire complete; 5 
 
 His pray'r from Thy eternal feat, 
 
 As low to Thee his knees he bends, 
 
 In full acceptance back defcends* 
 
 Thau* 
 
PSALM XXI. 37 
 
 Thou, Lord, preventive of his want, 
 
 The bleffings of thy Love wilt grant, 10 
 
 And bid the golden circlet fpread 
 
 Its pureft fplcndors round his head. 
 
 He afk'd thee Life, and finds it giv'n, 
 
 Life, lafting as the days of Heav'n. 
 
 The conquefts, which thy hands beftow, 15 
 
 With grace and glory bind his brow; 
 
 He, crown'd with blifs perpetual, He 
 
 Thy face in full difplay fhall fee, 
 
 And (for on Thee his hopes rely,) 
 
 Unmov'd each adverfe fhock defy. 23 
 
 Thy hand fhall find each latent foe, 
 
 And vengeful ftrike th' unerring blow. 
 
 Fierce as the kindled furnace glows, 
 
 Whofe fides the crackling thorns inclofe, 
 
 Thy wrath its flames fhall round them pour, 25 
 
 And quick their boafted ftrength devour. 
 
 Their fruit, a lucklefs progeny, 
 
 Uprooted from the ground fhall die, 
 
 And Earth their tribe no more behold 
 
 Amidft her families inroll'd, 30 
 
 Who, impious, durft refiftance give 
 
 To Thee, whom None refift and live. 
 
 In vain each hoftile art they try; 
 
 Behold, as trembling back they fly, 
 
 Thy fhafts, adjufted to the firing, 35 
 
 Impatient wait upon the wing. 
 
 Maker of All, through Earth and Skies 
 
 O let thy pow'r confpicuous rife, 
 
 And 
 
38 PSALM XXI. 
 
 And furnifli to our grateful lays 
 
 A theme of everlafting praife. 43 
 
 PSALM XXII. 
 
 MY God, my God, O tell me, why 
 Unheeded ftill afcends my cry, 
 Why thus from my afflicted heart 
 Thy prefence and thy health depart. 
 Eternal Lord, throughout the day 5 
 
 With fruitlefs plaint to Thee I pray - 9 
 Nor fleeps the anguifh of my foul, 
 When night's dark fhades involve the pole. 
 Yet unimpeach'd thy Faith appears, 
 Thy Sanctity my heart reveres, 10 
 
 O Thou, to whom in homage join 
 The Sons of Jacob's chofen line. 
 Thee, Lord, our Sires their ftrength confeft, 
 And found thee, as their ftedfaft bread 
 To Thee its full affiance gave, 15 
 
 Nor flow to hear, nor weak to fave : 
 Secure thy wifti'd for aid t' obtain, 
 In Thee they hop'd, nor hop'd in vain. 
 But what am I ? A Man in form, 
 Yet brother to the trampled worm ; 20 
 
 An outcaft from the human kind, 
 To fierce derifion's rage confign'd : 
 They (hake the head, they fhout, they gaze; - 
 Each eye, each lip, contempt betrays : 
 c< On God, they cry, thy hope was ftaidj 25 
 " Be God, if His thou art, thyaid." 
 
 Thine, 
 
PSALM XXIL 39 
 
 Thine, mightieft Father, thine I am; 
 
 By Thee from out the womb I came, 
 
 From Thee my ev'ry comfort fprung, 
 
 While yet upon the breaft I hung. 33 
 
 Hail, from my birth and to my end 
 
 My God, my Guardian, and my Friend* 
 
 O view me not with diftant eye, 
 
 While various griefs await me nigh: 
 
 Thy aid withheld, what friendly pow'r 35 
 
 Shall fhield me in the dang'rous hour? 
 
 See Bulls unnumber'd round me ftand, 
 
 Bulls, nurs'd in Bafans fertile land ; 
 
 With wide-extended mouth they roar, 
 
 Nor rage the famifh'd Lions more, 40 
 
 When nightly through the ftarlefs gloom 
 
 Along the howling Wild they roam. 
 
 My frame, disjoin'd, in fwift decay 
 
 Waftes like the running ftream away j 
 
 My heart in groans its grief proclaims, 4$ 
 
 And melts, as wax before the flames. 
 
 Faft to my jaws my tongue is chain'd, 
 
 My flefti, its vital moifture drain'd, 
 
 Dry as the clay-form'd vafe appears, 
 
 And, while thy chaftifement it bears, 50 
 
 Waits till thy hand refume my breath, 
 
 And lodge me in the duft of death. 
 
 Thou feeft my foul by Dogs purfu'd, 
 
 Dogs fierce of kind, and train'd to blood ; 
 
 Thou feeft a throng, who Thee defpife, 55 
 
 In dreadful iiege againft me rife, 
 
 E And, 
 
4* PSALM XXIL 
 
 And, while faft-iffuing ftreams the gore 3 
 
 My hands and feet reientlefs bore. 
 
 My ilarting bones to ev'ry eye 
 
 Expos'd, O Ye that, palling by, 60 
 
 In wonder (not in pity) join, 
 
 Q fay, was ever grief like mine? 
 
 My raiment each with each divides, 
 
 My vefture, as the lot decides, 
 
 Becomes fome new pofleflbr's fpoil, 65 
 
 The prize that crowns his impious toil. 
 
 My God, my Strength, recede not far, 
 
 But hafte, and make my foul thy care. 
 
 My foul, purfu'd by hoftile hate, 
 
 Afflicted, helplefs, defolate; 7c 
 
 O turn th' impending fwords away, 
 
 Nor yield it to the Dog a prey. 
 
 The foaming Lion's wrath affuage, 
 
 Nor let the Oryx, in his rage, 
 
 With headlong force againft me borne, 75 
 
 Aim at my life the pointed horn. 
 
 So will I joy thy honour'd name 
 
 Amidft my brethren to proclaim, 
 
 And gath'ring Crouds fhall hear my tongue 
 
 Thus to my God awake the fong. 80 
 
 CQ Exalt, ye Saints, the Pow'r divine, 
 
 " Exalt him, All of Jacob's line, 
 
 ct And let each tribe with duteous fear 
 
 4< His boundlefs Majefty revere. 
 
 <c 'Tis not in Him, with cold difdain 85 
 
 £< To hear the helplefs Poor complain; 
 
 " He 
 
PSALM XXII. 41 
 
 u He (nor with unrelenting eye) 
 " Each falling tear, each heaving figh, 
 « Regards, attentive to perceive 
 <c Their wants, and faithful to relieve." 90 
 
 Such Strains thy Mercy fhall infpire, 
 While in the full-aflembled Choir 
 To Thee the votive Song I raife, 
 And thankful pay my debt of praife. 
 To You, ye humble, meek, and good, 95 
 
 Who alk from Ifrael's Lord your food, 
 His hand indulgent from on high 
 Shall yield at full the wifh'd fupply : 
 Who feek like You their God, like You 
 To Him their praifes mail renew, 100 
 
 Whofe Love immortal life imparts, 
 And fwells with joy their confcious hearts. 
 Maker of All ! through ev'ry Land 
 Thy Deeds in full record fhall ftand, 
 And fartheft Realms converted join 105 
 
 In homage to the Name divine; 
 Ev'n Kings in Thee their Mightier greet, 
 And lay their fcepters at thy feet. 
 Earth's countlefs tribes the feftal board 
 (Thy grace by facrifice implor'd,) 1 10 
 
 Shall fpread; and All, whofe mortal frame 
 Th' infatiate Grave prepares to claim, 
 Thy Pow'r, immortal Judge, (hall own, 
 And proftrate kneel before thy Throne. 
 See, while by Thee redeem'd I live, 115 
 
 A Race from Me their birth derive, 
 
 E 2 (A 
 
42 PSALM XXIL 
 
 (A Race by juft pofleffion thine,) 
 
 Whofe heart thy Spirit fhall incline 
 
 The precepts of thy Will t' obey, 
 
 Whofe tongue thy glory fhall difplay, iw 
 
 And bid thy righteous A£ts engage 
 
 The wonder of the future Age. 
 
 L 
 
 »6 % 
 
 PSALM XXIII. 
 
 O, my Shepherd's hand divine ! 
 
 Want fhall never more be mine* 
 In a paflure fair and large 
 He fhall feed his happy Charge, 
 And my couch with tend'reft care 5 
 
 'IVTidft the fpringing grafs prepare. 
 When I faint with fummex's heat, 
 Jle (hall lead my weary feet 
 To the ftreams that flill and flow 
 Through the verdant meadow flow. ife 
 
 He my foul anew fhall frame, 
 And, his mercy to proclaim, 
 When through devious paths I ftray, 
 Teach my fteps the better way. 
 Though the dreary vale I tread j 5 
 
 By the fhades of death o'erfpread, 
 There I walk from terror free. 
 While my ev'ry wifh I fee 
 By thy rod and ftafY fupplied, 
 This my guard, and that my guide. 20 
 
 While my foes are gazing on, 
 Thou thy fav'ring care haft fhownj 
 
 Thou 
 
PSALM XXIII. 43 
 
 Thou my plenteous board haft fpread, 
 
 Thou with oil refrefh'd my head ; 
 
 Fill'd by Thee my cup overflows ; 25 
 
 For thy Love no limit knows : 
 
 Conftant, to my lateft end 
 
 This my footfteps (hall attend, 
 
 And (hall bid thy ballow'd Dome 
 
 Yield me an eternal home. 30 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 EARTH, big with Empires, to thy Reign 
 Submits, great God, its wide domain j 
 Whatever this Orb's vaft bounds confine, 
 By juft pofleffion, Lord, is thine: 
 That Orb amid the watry wafte 5 
 
 Thy hands, beft Architect, have plac'd, 
 And bid th' unfathomable Deep 
 Beneath its firm foundations fleep. 
 Lord, who fhall to thy Hill afcend? 
 Who fuppliant at thine altars bend? 10 
 
 Whole hands and heart from guilt are free, 
 Who ne'er to idols bow'd the knee, 
 Nor, ftudious of deceit, would try 
 By oaths to confecrate a lye. 
 On fuch th' Almighty from above 15 
 
 Shall heap the bleffings of his Love, 
 And, purg'd from fin's tranfmiffive ftain„ 
 Admit them to his facred Fane, 
 Such only form the chofen Choir, 
 Whole feet, with licens'd ftep, afpkc so 
 
 E 3 To 
 
44 P S A L M XXIV. 
 
 To vifit Sim's bleft Abode ; 
 
 Who feek the face of Jacobs God. 
 
 Lift, lift your heads, each hallowM Gate, 
 
 Aloft, with fudden fpring, your weight, 
 
 Ye everlafting Portals, rear; 25 
 
 Behold the King of glory near. 
 
 And who this King of glory? fay* 
 
 That Lord, who bears th' eternal fway, 
 
 Who, cloth'd with ftrength, to war defcends, 
 
 And conqueft on his fword attends. 30 
 
 Lift, lift your heads, each hallow'd Gate, 
 
 Aloft, with fudden fpring, your weight, 
 
 Ye everlafting Portals, rear; 
 
 Eehold the King of glory near. 
 
 And who this King of gloFy ? fay. 35 
 
 The God, whom Heav'n's high Hofts obey: 
 
 In Him that King of glory view, 
 
 And yield to Him the homage due* 
 
 PSALM XXV. 
 
 TO Thee, great God, my foul fliall nfe^ 
 On Thee my ftedfaft mind relies; 
 O fave me, Lord, from fhame and woe, 
 And blaft the triumphs of my foe* 
 Nor fhame nor woe the heart attends, 5 
 
 Whofe trull on Jacob's God depends : 
 But grief, confufton, doubt, and fear 
 In dire viciflitude fhall tear 
 The guilty fouls, whofe love of ill 
 To rafh tranfgreffion prompts their wiH. ro ' 
 
 Thy 
 
PSALM XXV. 45 
 
 Thy paths, bleft Source of light, difplay, 
 And teach my doubting fteps thy way- 
 God of my health, from morn to eve 
 In Thee my hopes have learn'd to live : 
 O lead me in thy truth, and ftore 15 
 
 My heart with thy celeftial lore. 
 Thy Mercy, Lord, recall to mind, 
 Whofe beams from earlieft age have {hin'd, 
 And let oblivion's thickeft veil 
 Th' offences of my youth conceal, %o 
 
 That I with Them my lot may bear, 
 Whofe fouls thy kind remembrance (hare. 
 Good, Lord, and juft art Thou 5 thy Love 
 Returning Sinners joy to prove, 
 And led by thy aufpicious ray 25 
 
 Correal the error of their way. 
 In Thee fhall each of humble mind 
 The Friend and fure Inftru&or find, 
 And, while the di&ates of thy Law 
 His thoughts to full obedience awe, 30 
 
 With joy thy equal paths fhall tread, 
 By Mercy and by Truth outfpread. 
 Thy wonted pity, Lord, impart, 
 While in the anguifh of my heart 
 The burthen of my guilt I own, 35 
 
 And humbled bow before thy Throne. 
 
 Ye Souls that to his fear incline, 
 Secure to God your fteps refign, 
 And learn from his directing hand 
 What path may beft your choice demand. 40 
 
 How 
 
46 PSALM XXV. 
 
 How bleft, thy precepts, Lord, who knows ! 
 
 As o'er Life's pilgrimage he goes, 
 
 See Peace and Safety nightly fpread 
 
 Their tent around his favour'd head: 
 
 See, rang'd in fair defcent, hk line 45 
 
 The lot which thy Decrees afllgn 
 
 Divide, and, long as time (hall laft, 
 
 The bleffings of thy Bounty tafte. 
 
 Who bow to Thee th' attentive ear, 
 
 The fecrets of thy will fhal! hear; 50 
 
 Thy Compact, Lord, to fuch reveaPd, 
 
 Shall light and heav'nly tranfport yield. 
 
 Wrapt in the hoftile fnare I lie, 
 Yet lift to Thee th' expe&ing eye, 
 Till thou my full relief decree, 55 
 
 And bid my captive foul go free. 
 O turn thee, Lord, in pity turn, 
 Behold me helplefs and forlorn; 
 See various griefs my heart opprefs; 
 My wants fupply, my wrongs redrefsj 60 
 
 O let me thy attention win, 
 And feal the pardon of my fin. 
 While fa&ious Crouds around me wait, 
 Inflam'd with rage, and impious hate, 
 Stretch to my aid the arm of pow'r, 65 
 
 And guard me in the dang'rous hour, 
 Nor let my foul, on Thee reclin'd, 
 Its forrows utter to the wind. 
 Let Truth and fpotlefs Innocence 
 
 Their fuccours to my heart difpenfe \ 7° 
 
 Indulgent 
 
PSALM XXV, 
 
 Indulgent to my pray'r, with Mine 
 My Country's wifh'd deliv'rance join; 
 God of my hope, thy Love difclofe, 
 And heal, O heal, thy People's woes. 
 
 PSALM XXVL 
 i. 
 
 TO E Thou my Judge : thy fearching eyes 
 *^ My guiltlefs life have known: 
 On Thee my ftedfaft foul relies, 
 Nor fear of lapfe fhall own. 
 
 2. 
 
 O fearch me ftill ; my heart, my reins, 
 
 With ftridleft view furvey: 
 Thy Love, great God, my hope fuftains, 
 
 Thy Truth directs my way. 
 
 3- 
 
 The houfe of guile, and feat of lies, 
 
 With ftudious care I fhun: 
 From Crouds that impious deeds devifc 
 
 My fteps abhorrent run. 
 
 4- 
 In innocence I waft my hands, 
 
 Thy altar compafs round, 
 
 And grateful lead the facred Bands, 
 
 Whofe hymns thy a£ts refound. 
 
 5- 
 How oft, mftinft with warmth divine, 
 
 Thy threfhold have I trod ! 
 How lov'd the Courts whofe walls infhriae 
 
 The Glory of my Gcd ! 
 
 47 
 
4« PSALM XXVI. 
 
 6. 
 O let me not the vengeance (hare, 
 
 That waits the guilty Tribe, 
 Whofe murth'rous hands each mifchief dare, 
 
 And grafp the offer'd bribe : 
 
 7- 
 
 But pour, O pour, while thus I tread 
 
 The path by Thee prepar'd, 
 Thy beams of mercy on my head, - 
 
 And round me plant a guard, 
 8. 
 Thou, Lord, my fteps haft fix'd aright, 
 
 And pleas'd (halt hear my tongue 
 With JfraePs thankful Sons unite 
 
 To form the feftal Song. 
 
 PSALM XXVII. 
 
 THOU, Lord, my fafety, Thou my light, 
 What danger ftiall my foul affright? 
 Strength of my life ! What arm fhall dare 
 To hurt whom Thou haft own'd thy care ? 
 When erft, impatient to devour, 5 
 
 Againft me rofe each hoftile pow'r, 
 Their fierce attempts fuccefslefs found, 
 They {tumbled, fell, and bit the ground. 
 Though adverfe hofts the ftandard rear, 
 Thy fervant (hall without a fear 10 
 
 The gathering War around him fee, 
 And fix, fecure, his truft on Thee. 
 One wifh, with holy tranfport warm, 
 My heart has form'd, and yet fhall fo$m; 
 
PSALM XXVII. 49 
 
 One gift I afk; that to my end 15 
 
 Fair Sion's Dome I may attend, 
 
 There joyful find a fure abode, 
 
 And view the beauty of my God. 
 
 For He within his hallow'd fhrine 
 
 My fecret refuge {hall affign, 20 
 
 And, while the ftorms around me beat, 
 
 Fix on the rock my ftedfaft feet. 
 
 Behold his arm, beneath me fpread, 
 
 High o'er my foes exalt my head. 
 
 For this, with grateful joy beftow'd, 25 
 
 My ofF'ring fhall his altar load, 
 
 My tongue its note exulting raife, 
 
 And diftate to the harp his praife. 
 
 O hear me, Lord; on Thee I call, 
 
 And proftrate at thy footftool fall : 30 
 
 Propitious in my caufe appear, 
 
 And bow to my requeft thine ear. 
 
 " Seek Ye my face with duteous care, 
 
 M And frequent to my Throne repair," 
 
 Thus to my heart I hear thee fpeak ; 35 
 
 Thy face, my heart replies, I feek: 
 
 Nor Thou to my defiring eye 
 
 Thy prefence, heav'nly Lord, deny: 
 
 O let me, on thy aid reclin'd, 
 
 Thee ftill my great Salvation find, 40 
 
 Nor leave me, helplefs and forlorn, 
 
 The abfence of thy grace to mourn. 
 
 When, doom'd the Orphan's lot to bear, 
 
 No Father's kind concern I (hare, 
 
 Nor 
 
5 o PSALM XXVII, 
 
 Nor o'er me wakes a Mother's eye, 45 
 
 My wants attentive to fupply, 
 
 Adopted by thy care, in Thee 
 
 The Parent and the Friend I fee. 
 
 Inflrucl me, Lord, thy path to know, 
 
 And, while with fecret art the foe 50 
 
 My doubting fteps would turn afide, 
 
 Be Thou my Guardian and my Guide. 
 
 O fave me from the hand of wrong; 
 
 My foul by each malignant tongue 
 
 With caufelefs infult loaded view, 55 
 
 And charg'd with guilt it never knew. 
 
 O how had grief confum'd my frame, 
 
 But that I hop'd, while yet my name 
 
 Amidft the living (lands inroll'd, 
 
 Thy boundlefs Mercy to behold. 60 
 
 With patient hope, with mind fedate, 
 On IfraeUs God expectant wait; 
 Be ftrong, be ftedfaft: So thy heart 
 Shall feel his grace its aid impart : 
 Though prefs'd with forrow's heavieft.load, 65 
 O fix thy truft on IfraeFs God. 
 
 PSALM XXVIII. 
 
 GOD my Strength, to Thee I pray; 
 Turn not Thou thine ear away; 
 Left, while to thy Suppliant's cry 
 Thou thy anfwer (halt deny, 
 Sudden I my place afliime 5 
 
 'Midft the tenants of the tomb. 
 
 Gracious 
 
rSAL M XXVIII, 51 
 
 Gracious to my vows attend, 
 While the humble knee I bend, 
 And, infpir'd with holy fear, 
 Tow'rd thy fhrine my hands uprear* to 
 
 Give me not thy wrath to know f 
 Nor to feel the vengeful blow 
 By thy juft decrees aflign'd 
 To the Men of impious mind, 
 Who, their hearts intent on wrong, 15 
 
 Smooth with lies their venom'd tongue. 
 What fliall guilt like theirs demand 
 From the Juftice of thy hand ? 
 Let whate'er their thoughts devife, 
 (Thus aloud that Juftice cries,) 20 
 
 What their ruthlefs arm has dar'd, 
 Meet from Thee its full reward : 
 While thy wrath with fteady pace 
 Step by ftep their feet fliall trace, 
 And, though now their ftubborn ear 
 Shun thy wondrous a£ts to hear, 
 Teach them to confefs thy pow'r, 
 Shattered like fome Heav'n-ftruck Tow'r, 
 That before th' aftonifh'd fight, 
 Stooping from its airy height, 30 
 
 'Midft the thunder's awful roar, 
 Falls, to be rebuilt no more. 
 
 Let me (for with pitying ear 
 God my pray'r has deign'd to hear,) 
 Let me thanks perpetual yield ; 
 He my Strength, and He my Shield, 
 
 F O 
 
 ~.> 
 
$z PSALM XXVIII. 
 
 On his long-experienc'd aid 
 
 See my hope for ever ftay'd, 
 
 While rny heart, with joy poffefs'd, 
 
 Dances in my throbbing breaft, ^q 
 
 And my tongue in grateful lavs 
 
 Confecrates to Him its praife. 
 
 Thou whofe arm is o'er us fpread. 
 Prompt to guard th' anointed head, 
 And from each invader's hand 
 "Vindicate thy chofen Land, 
 Save thy People from diftrefs, 
 And thy Patrimony blefs ! 
 Give them, Lord, thy Love to fharc, 
 Feed them with a Shepherd's care, 
 And their pow'r to latefr days 
 O'er their foes triumphant raife. 
 
 PSALM XKIX. 
 
 SING, ye Sons of Might, O fing 
 Praife to Heav'n's eternal King $ 
 Pow'r and ftrength to Him affign, 
 And before his hallow'd fhrine 
 Yield the homage that his Name 5 
 
 From a Creature's lips may claim. 
 <c Hark! his voice in thunder breaks $ 
 Hufh'd to filence, while he fpeaks, 
 Ocean's waves from pole to pole 
 Hear the awful accents roll: io 
 
 See, as louder yet they rife, 
 Echoing through the vaulted Skies, 
 
 Loftieft 
 
PSALM XXIX. 53 
 
 Loftieft Cedars lie o'erthrown, 
 
 <c Cedars of fteep Lebanon. 
 
 See, uprooted from its feat, 15 
 
 Lebanon itfelf retreat; 
 
 Trembling at the threat divine, 
 
 Sirion haftes its flight to join: 
 
 See them like the heifer borne, 
 
 Like the beaft whofe pointed horn 20 
 
 Strikes with dread the fylvan train, 
 
 Bound impetuous on the plain. 
 
 Now the burfting clouds give way, 
 
 And the vivid lightnings play, 
 
 And the wilds by Man untrod 25 
 
 Hear, difmay'd, th' approaching God, 
 
 Carles, o'er thy lonely wafte 
 
 Oft the dreaded founds have paft: 
 
 Oft his ftroke the Wood invades; 
 
 Widow'd of their leafy (hades 30 
 
 Mightieft oaks its fury know; 
 
 While the pregnant Hind her throe 
 
 Inftant feels, and on the earth 
 
 Trembling drops th' unfinifh'd birth, 
 
 Proftrate on the facred floor 35 
 
 IfraeVs Sons his name adore, 
 
 While his acts to ev'ry tongue 
 
 Yield its argument of fong. 
 
 He the fwelling furge commands; 
 
 Fix'd his Throne for ever ftands; 40 
 
 He " his People fhall increafe, 
 
 " Arm with ftrength, and blefs with peace. 
 
 F z PS' A L M 
 
( 54 ) 
 PSALM XXX, 
 
 HPO Thee, great Ruler of the ikies, 
 
 •*> Whofe arm its conftant aid fupplies, 
 While vanquifh'd foes confefs my fway, 
 My heart its grateful vows fhall pay. 
 As, prefs'd with woe, to Thee I cried, 5 
 
 Thy hand its healing pow'r applied, 
 And, while increafing languors gave 
 The fignal to th' expe&ing grave 
 This mortal fahrick to receive, 
 Revers'd the doom, and bade me live. 10 
 
 Ye faithful Sons of IfraeVs name, 
 Your Maker's fandHty proclaim, 
 And, while his mercies on your bread 
 In fweet memorial (land imprefs'd, 
 To Him in joyful accents raife 15 
 
 The fong of gratitude and praife. 
 Behold his Wrath's avenging blaft, 
 How flow to rife, how foon o'erpaft, 
 How prompt his Favour to difpenfe 
 Its life-imparting influence. 20 
 
 Grief for a night, obftrufive Gueft, 
 Beneath our roof perchance may reft, 
 But Joy, with the returning day, 
 Shall wipe each tranfient tear away. 
 
 As pleas'd I caft my eyes around d 25 
 
 And view'd my life with blelfings crown'd, 
 (While, fafe in thy protecting hand, 
 High on the rock I took my ftand,) 
 
 In 
 

 PSALM XXX. 55 
 
 In confidence of foul I faid, 
 
 " What ills fhall e'er my peace invade ?" 30 
 
 But, inftant, Thou thy face hadft turn'd, 
 
 And proftrate on the earth I mourn'd : 
 
 I mourn'd, and, O my Guard, my Guide, 
 
 (With humbler fpirit thus I cried,) 
 
 Shall aught of profit, if the ground 35 
 
 My blood abforb, to Thee redound ? 
 
 Or, vocal in thy praife, the Duft 
 
 Proclaim thy Counfels wife and juft, 
 
 And wake thy wondrous Adls to tell 
 
 Amid Corruption's dreary cell ? 40 
 
 Thy aid, my God, in pity lend, 
 
 And gracious to my plaints attend. 
 
 Again the face of joy I wear; 
 Thy hand, indulgent to my pray'r, 
 The fackcloth from my loyns unbound, 45 
 
 With mirth's fair cincture wraps me round. 
 For this, my heart with zeal fhall burn, 
 My tongue the bands of filence fpurn, 
 And pleas'd, through life, in grateful verfe 
 Thy Love, eternal Lord, rehearfe. 50 
 
 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 LORD (for on Thee fupported ftand 
 My hopes,) O let thy aiding hand 
 The juftice of my caufe proclaim, 
 And fave me from impending ftiame* 
 Thy ear, thou Majefty divine, \- 
 
 Propitious to my pray'r incline ; 
 
 F 3 Haftc 
 
5 b PSALM XXXI; 
 
 Hafte to my help, and let thy pow'r 
 
 My rock prefent and brazen tow'r : 
 
 That rock, that tow'r, my God, in Thee, 
 
 Snatch'd from furrounding ills, I fee; 10 
 
 To life's !aft period (fo thy Name 
 
 Shall praife and thanks perpetual claim,) 
 
 O let me, by thy counfel led, 
 
 Thy path with ftep unerring tread, 
 
 And, fav'd by thy preventive care, 15 
 
 Shake from my feet the broken fnare. 
 
 God of my ftaength, the Wife, the Juft, 
 
 To Thee my fpirit I intruft;. 
 
 From Thee, when terrors clos'd me round, 
 
 My foul its full redemption found, 20 
 
 My thoughts the felf-deceiving train* 
 
 Enflav'd to fuperftitions vain, 
 
 Abhor, and 'midft increafing woes 
 
 Their confidence on Thee repofe. 
 
 Thy Mercy (hall my thanks employ, 2$ 
 
 My conftant theme, my higheft joy; 
 
 For Thou, my foul by griefs purfu'd, 
 
 My ftate with pitying eye haft view'd, 
 
 Confefs'd me thine, and bid me fhare 
 
 The gifts of thy paternal care. 2P 
 
 Thy hand, while rang'd in clofe array 
 
 Infulting hefts around me lay, 
 
 Gave to the wind their vain defign>, 
 
 And made the paths of freedom mine* 
 
 Once more, my fight with inward grief 35 
 
 Confura'd, vouchftfe mc thy relief, 
 
 Doom'd, 
 
PSALM XXXL 57 
 
 Doom'd, while my foul its ceafelefs pains 
 
 Deep through its inmoft frame fuftains, 
 
 Life's noon for eve exchang'd to bear, 
 
 And Age invited on by Care. 40 
 
 The guilt that in my thought revolves 
 
 My ftrength impairs, my joints diflblves; 
 
 The fcorn of Foes, and, keener yet, 
 
 The fcorn of Friends, my foul befet; 
 
 My lov'd Afibciates, that before 45 
 
 With frequent feet my threfhold wore, 
 
 If now at diftance in their way 
 
 Their eye my wafted form furvey, 
 
 With horror ftruck the fight forgo, 
 
 And fnun th' infedtion of my woe. 50 
 
 Wkh lonely ftep the earth I tread, 
 
 Forgotten as the filent Dead, 
 
 Or as the vafe of meaneft clay, 
 
 In ufelefs fragments caft away. 
 
 My fame opprobrious tongues invade, 55 
 
 While terrors wrap me in their fhade, 
 
 And crouds with meditated rage 
 
 Againfl: my life their pow'rs engage. 
 
 Yet fee me, Lord, in Thee confide; 
 
 Thou art my God, my heart has cried; 60 
 
 From Thee my time its limit knows; 
 
 O fave me from devouring* foes, 
 
 And with refiftlefs arm difpell 
 
 The clouds of wrath that o'er me dwell. 
 
 O let thy prefence on me beam, 65 
 
 Thy clemency my life redeem, 
 
 Nor 
 
S8 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 Nor let me, Lord, the fhame foftain 
 
 Thy aid to afk, and afk in vain. 
 
 Theirs be the fhame, thy pow'r who brave, 
 
 Nor ceafe their infults, till the grave, 70 
 
 Abforbing quick the guilty throng, 
 
 In endlefs filence feal their tongue: 
 
 Such filence on their lips impofe, 
 
 Whofe words their pride-fwoln heart difclofe, 
 
 At Wifdom's Sons their malice aim, 75 
 
 And blaft with lies the guiltlefs name. 
 
 O, how fhall All who feek thy Love 
 
 The fulnefs of thy bounty prove ! 
 
 How joy, while Thou thy treafur'd flore 
 
 Indulgent in their lap (halt pour, So 
 
 And teach th' admiring World to fee 
 
 How bleft the fouls that truft in Thee ! 
 
 Thy care their fure defence {hall yield; 
 
 Within thy prefence, Lord, conceal'd, 
 
 Thy Saints, while breath their life prolongs, 85 
 
 At diftance from the ftrife of tongues, 
 
 Shall fee thy tabernacle fpread 
 
 Its awful fplendors o'er their head. 
 
 Bleft be the name of Jacob's God, 
 Whofe Love, in happieft hour beftow'd, 9^ 
 
 Has giv'n within my lot to fall 
 The itrong-built City's guarding wall, 
 That fix'd each adverfe {hock fuftains, 
 And mocks the proud befieger's pains. 
 Awhile, with uncollected mind, 95 
 
 As banifh'd from thy fight, I pin'dj 
 
P S A L M XXXI; 57 
 
 But Thou thy Servant's pray'r haft heard, 
 
 In anguifh of my heart prefer'd. 
 
 Ye Souls devoted to his fear, 
 
 With thankful love your God revere, IQO 
 
 Who wakes your chofen Train to guard, 
 
 And deals to Pride its juft reward. 
 
 Be ftrong, be ftedfaft: So your mind 
 
 From Him its full fupport lhall find, 
 
 Ye Saints that in his care confide, 105 
 
 Nor own nor a(k a help betide. 
 
 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 HOW bleft the Man, whofe confcious grief 
 From Thee, great God, has found relief y 
 Whofe guilt thy boundlefs Love has veiled, 
 His fears compos'd, his weaknefs heal'd j 
 To whom th' offences of his hand 5 
 
 No longer now imputed ftand, 
 Who learns thy precepts to revere, 
 Whofe heart is pure, whofe tongue fmcere. 
 While deep within my lab'ring bread 
 My mind its dire difeafe fupprefs'd, 10 
 
 IncefTant groans, that fhun'd controul, 
 Betray'd the anguifh of my foul. 
 See Age-anticipating Care 
 My joints diflblve, my ftrength impair: 
 When Night extends its dufky cone, 15 
 
 Beneath thy terrors, Lord, I groan; 
 The fhades anon retreating fee; 
 And Day to All reftofd, but Me. 
 
 Behold 
 
60 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 Behold my frame with drought confum'd, 
 
 That late with youthful vigour bloom'd; 23 
 
 Such drought the blafted fields betray, 
 
 Beneath the dog-ftar's burning ray. 
 
 My humbled Soul its crimes fliall own:— 
 
 Behold me bow before thy Throne, 
 
 To Thee my inmoft guilt difclofe, 25 
 
 And in thy bofom pour my woes. 
 
 But Jo! while yet my hands I rear, 
 
 The voice of Mercy to my ear 
 
 Defcends, and whiip'ring peace within 
 
 Confirms the pardon of my fin. 30 
 
 For this {hall All who Thee adore, 
 
 E'er yet the day of grace be o'er, 
 
 To Thee with ftedfaft hope repair, 
 
 To Thee prefer th' unwearied pray'r: 
 
 So, when affliction's tempefts rife, 35 
 
 And heave the billows to the fcies, 
 
 They, fafe in Thee, the ftorm (hall brave, 
 
 And diftant view the madding w 7 ave. 
 
 When various griefs my foul fur round, 
 
 In Thee my fure retreat is found ; 40 
 
 Thy wifh'd Salvation meets my eyes, 
 
 And fongs of triumph round me rife. 
 
 Come, from thy God inftruflion learn ; 
 While, prompt from error's path to turn 
 Thy feet, thy ev'ry ftep I fcan, 45 
 
 Let Reafon's ufe befpeak thee Man ; 
 Nor imitate the Steed and Mule, 
 Whofe brutal mouthy averfe to rule, 
 
 To 
 
PSALM XXXII. 61 
 
 To guard thee from their rage, muft feel 
 
 The forceful rein, and curbing fteeL 50 
 
 What pangs the impious Tribe await, 
 
 While hope and joy his heart dilate, 
 
 Who trufts in Thee, O King of Kings, 
 
 And Mercy round him fpreads her wings ! 
 
 Ye Saints, exulting lift your voice, 55 
 
 Ye pure of mind, in Him rejoice, 
 
 Whofe prefence on the foul imprefs'd 
 
 With heav'niy tranfport fills the breaft. 
 
 PSALM XXXIII. 
 
 YE Saints (to You the tafk belongs, 
 And Praife fits comely on your tongues;) 
 Wake to Jehovah's name the lute. 
 Nor let the ten-ftring'd lyre be mute : 
 O fing, in accents loud and ftrong, 5 
 
 O ling fome new-invented fong; 
 And let the finger's artful ftroke 
 The pfalt'ry's various pow'r provoke, 
 And teach the praife of IfraeFs Lord 
 To vibrate on the founding chord. 10 
 
 His words eternal Truth has feal'dj 
 His promifes in act fulfill'd 
 Shall Equity and Judgement prove 
 The changelefs objects of his love, 
 And bid the Earth's wide confines know 15 
 
 The gifts that from his bounty flow. 
 His Word yon azure vault outfpread, 
 E'er Time the Seafons onward led -, 
 
 Form'd 
 

 U PSALM XXXIII. 
 
 Form'd by his Breath the ftarry hoft 
 
 Their unextinguifh'd luftre boaft; 20 
 
 While in their caverrr d ftorehoufe fieep 
 
 The treafures of the watry deep. 
 
 Thy Maker's name, O Earth, revere; 
 
 And let thy Sons with holy fear 
 
 To Him in low proftration bend, 25 
 
 And duteous his decrees attend. 
 
 He fpake: And Heav'n, and Seas, and Land, 
 
 Appear'd. He bade : And lo, they ftand. 
 
 Their counfels vain the Heathen Tribes 
 
 Unite ; but God th' event prefcrihes, 30 
 
 And blafts at will each hope that fprings 
 
 Within the breaft of haughtieft Kings, 
 
 Thy counfel, from controul fecure, 
 
 Thy counfel only {hall endure; 
 
 Thy thoughts to Time's remoteft bound 35 
 
 With fure effedi, great God, be crown'd. 
 
 How bleft the People that have known 
 
 Thee, Lord, their God, and Thee alone; 
 
 The Flock thy heritage declar'd, 
 
 And objefts of thy fix'd regard ! 40 
 
 Wide o'er the Sons of Earth his eye 
 The Pow'r eternal from on high 
 Extends, (that Pow'r, whofe hand, with art 
 Myfterious, forms the human heart,) 
 Through life's wild maze their fteps purfues, 45 
 Each aft, each thought, attentive views. 
 Think not, ye Kings, (His aid refign'd,) 
 In well-arm'd Hofts your help to find : 
 
 In 
 
PS AL M XXXIIL 6j 
 
 In vain with confcious pride the fteed 
 Vaunts in the fight his ftrength and fpeed; 50 
 In vain the Warrior bold and young 
 His arm with active vigour ftrung: 
 Nor This fliall promife from the fword 
 Himfelf to fave, nor That his Lord, 
 Hail, fure Prote&or of the Juft! 55 
 
 From Him who builds on Thee his truft 
 Thy arm averts with ftudious care 
 Each death that viewlefs wings the air; 
 Thy hand with food his life fuftains, 
 When drought infefts the blafted plains* 60 
 
 Our Souls by Thee, their Help and Shield, 
 With patient hope have flood upheld; 
 Thy facred Name our truft, each mind 
 From Thee fhall joy perpetual find: * 
 That joy to our defiring heart 6j| 
 
 O let thy Mercy now impart; 
 And give thy Servants, Lord, to fee 
 How juft the hope that refts on Thee. 
 
 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 THEE will I thank, and day by day 
 Form to thy praife the joyful lay ; 
 From morn to eve the fong extend, 
 Thee boaft my Father, Thee my Friend ; 
 While pleas'd each heart of humble frame 5 
 
 Shall wake, great God, to hear thy fame. 
 O come, your voice triumphant raife, 
 And fmg with Me your Maker's praife. 
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64 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 To Him my Soul difclos'd its care; 
 
 He heard, and prefent to my pray'r 10 
 
 (His faithful buckler o'er me held,) 
 
 Each terror from my breaft difpell'd. 
 
 The fouls, that his decree regard, 
 
 Like Me his chearing light have fhar'd, 
 
 And fearlefs of repulfe or fhame 15 
 
 The promife of his mercy claim. 
 
 Behold a heart with woes opprefs'd; 
 
 Behold, its vows to God addrefs'd, 
 
 His hand its healing pow'r difplay, 
 
 And chafe each cloud of grief away, 2C 
 
 His Angel, nigh the juft man's tent 
 
 Encamp'd, each danger to prevent, 
 
 His fure protection round him throws, 
 
 Though harnefs'd Hoits his peace oppofe. 
 
 O tafte with Me, O tafte and prove 25 
 
 The bleffings of his boundlefs Love. 
 
 Hail, Saviour of the human race! 
 
 Hail, Fountain of exhauftlefs grace! 
 
 Thrice happy, who on Thee recline, 
 
 Nor own nor afk a help but thine. 30 
 
 His fear preferve, ye juft and pure, 
 And live from dread of want fecure. 
 The ftrengthful Lion's tawny brood 
 With thirft and penury of food 
 Are ftung; but who in God confide 35 
 
 Shall find their ev'ry wifh fupplied. 
 Ye Children, come; my precepts hear, 
 And learn the dictates of his fear: 
 
 O come; 
 
 
PSALM XXXIV. 65 
 
 O come ; if long extent of days, 
 
 With bleffings crown'd, thy hope canraife, 40 
 
 Averfe from each injurious art, 
 
 Let falfehood from thy lips depart; 
 
 Be Good thy choice; from Evil ceafe; 
 
 And plight the ready hand to peace. 
 
 Him ferve, whofe fav'ring eyes furvey 45 
 
 The hearts that his commands obey; 
 
 Him ferve, whofe ever open ear 
 
 With juft regard their pray'r fhall hear, 
 
 While terrors planted on his brow 
 
 Inftrudl the ftubborn foul to bow, 
 
 And vengeance, kindled to a flame, 
 
 Blots from the earth the impious name. 
 
 With fuppliant voice, in each diftrefs, 
 
 His fole fupport, his fole redrefs, 
 
 From God the Man of faithful mind 55 
 
 Shall feek, and what he feeks fhall find. 
 
 He, ever watchful, ever near, 
 
 The meek and contrite foul fhall chear; 
 
 And though the Juft, by his decree, 
 
 Awhile a Man of griefs we fee, 60 
 
 His Love fhall foon its aid beftow, 
 
 And deep oblivion of his woe : 
 
 To violence expos'd, his frame 
 
 Thy fix'd attention, Lord, fhall claim; 
 
 Nor Hell's worft rage one bone fhall dare 65 
 
 To break, when Thou haft bid to fpare. 
 
 But ill on All who ill intend 
 
 In full proportion fhall defccnd: 
 
 G a Who 
 
66 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 Who tow'rd the Juft in hatred join, 
 
 Shall feel, great God, the weight of thine. jq 
 
 *Tis thine thy Saints from woes to free; 
 
 Nor Time throughout its courfe (hall fee 
 
 The foul, whofe hope on Thee is (laid, 
 
 Neglected mourn thy abfent aid. 
 
 PSALM XXXV. 
 
 ORD, make my quarrel thine; my foes 
 ■*-' Let thy refiftlefs pow'r oppofej 
 Arife thy fpeediefl: help to yield, 
 And reach the corflet, reach the fhield, 
 Grafp in thy hand the glitt'ring lance, 5 
 
 And obvious in the breach advance; 
 Say to my troubled Soul ; " In Me 
 €C Thy ftrength and fure falvation fee." 
 Let ftiame their glowing cheeks o'erfpread, 
 Whofe ceafelefs threats excite my dread, 19 
 
 And let them, flruck with wild affright, 
 Inglorious backward urge their flight, 
 Difpers'd, as chaff before the wind, 
 Thy Angel preiTmg clofe behind, 
 Along the dark and flipp'ry way, 
 Whofe paths their ftagg'ring fteps betray, 
 And from the arm ethereal find 
 The vengeance to their guilt aflign'd. 
 Thou fceft them. Lord, with caufelefs hate, 
 Befide my path infidious wait, 20 
 
 With caufelefs hate the pit prepare, 
 
 a before my fteps their fnarc. 
 
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PSALM XXXV. 67 
 
 O let deftruclion's fudden ftroke, 
 
 While thus thy juftice they provoke, 
 
 Defcend, vindictive, on their head; 25 
 
 Faft in the net for Me outfpread 
 
 Involv'd, let each repentant groan, 
 
 And reap the mifchiefs he has fown. 
 
 But Thou, my Soul, with awful joy 
 
 On God thy ftedfaft thought employ, 30 
 
 And, his Salvation taught to prove, 
 
 Record the wonders of his Love. 
 
 Each bone whofe ftrength fupports my frame 
 
 With grateful tranfport fhall exclaim, 
 
 Lord ! Whom like Thee fhall Mortals find, 35 
 
 For ever juft, for ever kind, 
 
 Like Thee prepar'd th' affii&ed poor 
 
 From lawlefs infiilt to fecure, 
 
 And back their yielded life demand 
 
 From ftern Opprefiion's iron hand? 40 
 
 Thus poor and thus opprefs'd with wrong 
 
 Awhile was I : a hoftile Throng 
 
 Againft me urg'd, to falfehood prone, 
 
 The guilt my breaft had never known, 
 
 And left me helplefs and forlorn 4^ 
 
 The friendfhip ill repay'd to mourn, 
 
 That, when Affliction's weight they bare, 
 
 Had taught my heart their woes to ihare: 
 
 While firknefs wrapt them in its chain, 
 
 And fix'd them on the bed of pain, 53 
 
 I knew their fuff'rings to bewail, 
 
 And funk with grief, with facing | }! -, 
 
 G 3 To 
 
63 P, SAL M XXXV. 
 
 To God, in forrow's garb array'd, 
 
 With humbleft interceffion pray'd, 
 
 And find the pray'r their pride has fpurn'd 55 
 
 With bleiTmgs on my head return'd : 
 
 Nor Friend for Friend fincerer woes, 
 
 Nor Brother for a Brother, knows; 
 
 Nor feels the Son his melting breaffc 
 
 With deeper fenfe of grief imprefs'd, 60 
 
 That grafps a dying Mother's hand, 
 
 And waits to take her laft command, 
 
 Or o'er her lofs in fecret pines, 
 
 And wraps the fackcloth round his loyns* 
 
 Not fuch the pity fhown to Me; 65 
 
 Ev'n abjecls my abjection fee 
 
 With fcornful gaze, as round me ftand, 
 
 In adverfe league, a lawlefs Band, 
 
 Thefe taught withwell-dhTembled art 
 
 To veil the purpofe of their heart, 70 
 
 While Thofe in open hate engage, 
 
 And ceafelefs vent their murth'rous rage, 
 
 Now furious grind their teeth, and now 
 
 Infu!tin£ aim the deathful blow. 
 
 How long wilt Thou, my God, how long 75 
 
 With patient eye behold my wrong? 
 
 How long mall I in vain attend 
 
 Till Thou, my Guardian and my Friend, 
 
 The Lion's dreaded rage controul. 
 
 And refeue my deferred foul, 80 
 
 That, 'mid lh' aiTembled Tribes, my tongue 
 
 May raife to Thee the thankful long? 
 
PSALM XXXV. 69 
 
 O let not my uninjur'd foes, 
 
 With fpeaking eye, amidft my woes, 
 
 As round they ftand in clofe array, 85 
 
 The triumphs of their heart betray: 
 
 Behold them, Lord, their arts addrefs, 
 
 The friends of peace and truth t' opprefs, 
 
 But chief my name with infults load : 
 
 u Thou wretch abandon'd of thy God, 90 
 
 " In vain, they clamour, what our eyes 
 
 4C Atteft, thy confcious tongue denies." 
 
 My God, (for Thou their rage haft feen,) 
 
 With timelieft fuccour intervene,. 
 
 Nor filent long, Almighty Sire, 95 
 
 Remain, nor diftant far retire. 
 
 Awake, thy aiding ftrength excite* 
 
 Awake, and vindicate my right. 
 
 Let Juftice teach them, by thy ftroke, 
 
 Their frantic triumphs to revoke ; ICO 
 
 Nor let their heart, its wifh complete, 
 
 With fecret joy tranfported beat, 
 
 Or boafting hail th' expe£ted hour, 
 
 That gives me to the Murth'rer's pow'r. 
 
 Let All who make my grief their fcorn 105 
 
 Their blafted hopes aftonifh'd mourn; 
 
 Let ftern rebuke and foul difgrace 
 
 With (hame perpetual clothe their face, 
 
 As, nigh me rang'd, with thankful voice 
 
 The friends of innocence rejoice, 1 10 
 
 And " Bleft, they cry, be Jacob's Lord, 
 
 *' The God by Heav'n and Earth ador'd, 
 
 * Who 
 
70 PSALM XXXV. 
 
 " Who joys his Servant's caufe to plead, 
 
 " And crowns with peace his favour'd head." 
 
 While, loudeft in the choir, my tongue 115 
 
 To notes of praife fhall tune its fong, 
 
 And pleas'd through each revolving day 
 
 Thy Juftice, mightieft Lord, difplay. 
 
 PSALM XXXVL 
 
 BEHOLD the wretch, in error loft, 
 Whofe ftubborn heart with impious boaft 
 His Law reje&s, his Fear denies, 
 Who form'd the earth, and feas, and fkies, 
 Nor felf-abhorrent looks within, 5 
 
 To view the meafure of his fin. 
 His tongue to falfehood train'd, his mind 
 No more to afts of good inclin'd, 
 Concerted mifchiefs croud his breaft, 
 And rob his midnight hours of reft. 10 
 
 Nor Wifdom to her paths his will 
 Can turn, or wean his foul from ill. 
 
 Thy Mercy, Lord, to Heav'n extends, 
 Thy Truth the lofty clouds tranfcends; 
 Fix'd as the Mountain's folid bafe 15 
 
 Thy Juftice ftands; who feeks to trace 
 The counfels of the Will divine 
 By Reafon's aid, with fcanty line 
 (Prepoft'rous,) would the Deep explore, 
 And meafure with his fpan its fhore. 20 
 
 Nor reft thy cares alone confin'd 
 To Us, the Sons of human kindj 
 
 Thy 
 
PSALM XXXVI. ft 
 
 Thy hand th' unconfcious Brute fuftains. 
 
 And fpreads his pafture on the plains: 
 
 But We, with pious truft, who know 25 
 
 What gifts we to thy Mercy owe, 
 
 (O, what that Mercy can excell?) 
 
 Beneath thy fofVring wings fhall dwell. 
 
 To each who feeks thy name behold 
 
 Thy Houfe its richeft ftores unfold, 3© 
 
 And blifs unintermix'd with woe 
 
 In fulleft ftreams their breaft o'erflovf. 
 
 From out thy Seat, immortal King, 
 
 Forth iflues Life's perennial fpring ; 
 
 Thy light with unextinguifh'd rays 35 
 
 Shall o'er our heads aufpicious blaze. 
 
 Still may the Souls who Thee have known. 
 The Bleflings of thy Mercy own, 
 And each who bears a fpotlefs mind 
 His refuge in thy Juftice find. 40 
 
 Me let thy care, Almighty Friend, 
 From Pride's injurious foot defend; 
 Each impious hand that feeks my hurt 
 Let thy fuperior ftrength avert. 
 Lo, there they fall, their triumphs o'er, 45 
 
 And proftrate lie, to rife no more. 
 
 PSALM XXXVII, 
 
 LET not the Sinner's wealth or might 
 The envy of thy foul excite : 
 Anon thine eye (hall fee him fade 
 Quick ae the flow'r or vernal blade, 
 
 That 
 
72 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 That now rejoicing lifts the head, 5 
 
 Now with'ring on the earth is fpread. 
 
 But Thou thy will to Heav'n's high Lord 
 
 (His Faith thy truft, thy rule his Word,) 
 
 Submit, and nourifh'd by his hand 
 
 Inherit from his gift the Land. *0 
 
 In Him delight, on Him depend; 
 
 Him chufe thy Guide, thy Way, thy End; 
 
 So (hall his Love thy wiflies grant, 
 
 His Care anticipate thy want, 
 
 And bid thy a£ts in light ferene 15 
 
 Fair as the rifing morn be feen, 
 
 Thy Juftice as the noon of day 
 
 Diffufive pour its cloudlefs ray. 
 
 With patient hope await his will, 
 
 Nor let the fight of profp'rous ill 20 
 
 Impell thee with difquiet vain 
 
 His wife difpofals to arraign, 
 
 Left wrath and doubt thy confcience blind, 
 
 And urge to adts of guilt thy mind. 
 
 See, from their dwelling torn, th' unjuft 25 
 
 To thofe who fix on God their truft 
 
 (So wills the Majefty divine,) 
 
 Their forfeit heritage refign. 
 
 Wait but awhile; then look around: 
 
 No more the impious race are found ; 30 
 
 Nor the proud roof nor wide domain 
 
 The mem'ry of their Lord retain. 
 
 But fee the meek and pious Band 
 
 /Advanc'd by God's almighty hand 
 
 
 The 
 
PSALM XXXVII. 7a3 
 
 The pow'r among them to divide, 35 
 
 To fierce Ambition's fword denied,) 
 
 Earth's bounds poffefs, and, Peace their care, 
 
 The fulnefs of its bleffings {hare. 
 
 His wiles the Fool of Sin provides 
 
 To flay whom Wifdom's precept guides, 40 
 
 Now furious grinds his teeth, and now 
 
 Intuiting aims the deathful blow: 
 
 But God his frantic rage derides, 
 
 And fees the Day, as on it glides, 
 
 Whofe beams, with wrath uncommon red, 45 
 
 Shall ftream in vengeance o'er his head. 
 
 On You, ye Poor, with dire intent, 
 
 The fword is drawn, the bow is bent; 
 
 But vain each wifh, each effort vain, 
 
 To root from earth your chofen train : 50 
 
 The fword, with better aim imprcfs'd, 
 
 Defcends into its Owner's bread; 
 
 Reluctant to the Archer's will 
 
 Burfts the tough bow, and mocks his {kill. 
 
 Exchange not Ye your fcanty (lore 55 
 
 For heaps of guilt-polluted ore: 
 
 That God, ye Saints, whofe Love ye feek, 
 
 The arm of lawlefs pow'r fhall break, 
 
 And bid the Juft protected ftand 
 
 Beneath the fhadow of his hand: - 60 
 
 By Him your years determin'd flow; 
 
 The Lot, which his Decrees beftow, 
 
 From Sire to Son, till time {hall end, 
 
 In fure fucceffion (hall defcend ; 
 
 When 
 
74 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 When War's dire flames around you burn, 65 
 
 From You the darts their points fhall turn; 
 
 Each blaft that taints the red'ning fky 
 
 From Your exempted fields fhall fly. 
 
 Who know not Thee, great God, to dread, 
 
 As Victims for the flaughter fed, 70 
 
 Confum'd by Heav'n's avenging fire 
 
 Shall perifh and in fmoke afpire. 
 
 While faithlefs Thefe th' intruded loan 
 
 With bafe ingratitude difown, 
 
 His plenteous alms the Juft can give, 75 
 
 And pleas'd a Brother's wants relieve. 
 
 Earth's goods thy Bleffing to the Pure 
 
 Shall grant, and what it grants infure; 
 
 While guilty fouls the Curfe divine 
 
 To full excifion fhall confign. 80 
 
 The Juft, bleft objeft of thy Love, 
 
 Thou, Lord, wilt lead, his path approve, 
 
 Thy faithful hands his fteps fuftain, 
 
 Nor falls he, but to rife again. 
 
 Once was I young, and now am old, . 85 
 
 Yet ne'er the Righteous could behold 
 
 By God deferted, nor his feed 
 
 Requefting at my gate their bread : 
 
 His heart with gen'rous pity glows; 
 
 Inrich'd by what his hand bellows 90 
 
 He lives, and for his diftant heirs 
 
 Profperity and peace prepares. 
 
 From 111 recede; to Good incline 
 Thy thought ; and endlefs life be thine. 
 
 Delighted 
 
PSALM XXXVII, - 5 
 
 Delighted whom his Laws delight 95 
 
 Th' Almighty views; nor Day nor Night 
 The foul that bows to his Decree 
 Abandon'd from his Love fhall fee. 
 Behold, ye Juft, th' eternal Doom 
 The Sinner's fhort-liv'd race confume, ioo 
 
 While happier Ye to Yours affign'd 
 A heritage perpetual find. 
 
 How bleft whom Thou, great God, haft taught! 
 His lips, with facred fcience fraught, 
 The leflbns of thy truth impart; I-05 
 
 And, grav'd within his inmoft heart, 
 Thy Law, the ever faithful Guide, 
 Forbids his ftedfaft feet to Hide. 
 Each art the murth'rous tribe eflay, 
 And mark the guiltlefs for their prey; HO 
 
 But God his refcue has decreed ; 
 Himfelf will rife his caufe to plead, 
 Refute th' Accufer's perjur'd tongue, 
 And fave him from the hand of wrong* 
 Wait on thy God ; obferve his ways : 115 
 
 His pow'r aloft thy head fhall raife; 
 Exerted in thy right his hand 
 Shall vindicate to Thee the Land, 
 And bid, before thy fight, his foe 
 The terrors of his vengeance know. J20 
 
 The profp'ring Sinner once I view'd; 
 Strong as the healthful Tree he flood., 
 That, fhadowing wide its native foil, 
 Nor knows, nor afks, the planter's toil : 
 
 H I went, 
 
76 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 I w^nt, I came, and look'd again ; 125 
 
 I look'd, but fought his place in vain. 
 
 Behold thejuft, and mark his end: 
 
 See Peace his eve of life attend, 
 
 While on the Sinner's lateft hour 
 
 Theftorms of heavieft vengeance low'r. 130 
 
 To God the Juft his fafety owes, 
 
 Hirn owns his Strength amidft his woes, 
 
 AfTur'd that He ihall each defend 
 
 Whofe conftant hopes on Kim depend, 
 
 And, while his foes their peace invade, 135 
 
 Reach, in their caufe, his promis'd aid. 
 
 PSALM XXXVIII. 
 
 O Spare me, Lord, nor o'er my head 
 The fulnefs of thy vengeance fhcd. 
 Picrc'd by thy fhafts, great God, I ftand, 
 And feel the preffure of thy hand. 
 Thou feeft, from health eftrang'd, my frame 5 
 The terrors of thy wrath proclaim, 
 While confcious guilt alarms my breaft, 
 And robs my tortur'd joints of reft. 
 Whelm'd with a weight of fins I mourn, 
 A weight too heavy to be borne; 10 
 
 My wounds, whofe fmart thofe fins repays, 
 The wide-infefted air betrays. 
 See ! bow'd, from morn to eve, with woe, 
 And wrapt in fackcloth drear, I go; 
 My reins with hidden torments wrung, 15 
 
 Each limb difeas'd, each nerve unftrung, 
 
 Aloud 
 
PSALM XXXVIIL 77 
 
 Aloud my fuff'rings I bemoan, 
 
 And fainting pour the frequent groan. 
 
 But Thou, e'er yet my groans proceed* 
 
 My griefs and inmoft wifh canft read. 10 
 
 Behold my heart with anguifh torn, 
 
 My ftrength with long affliftion worn, 
 
 And flretch'd before my wafted fight 
 
 The (hadows of approaching night. 
 
 Each Neighbour's eye with filent gaze 25 
 
 My alter'd lineaments furveys; 
 
 My JViends, and next Allies by birth, 
 
 (Once kind Companions of my mirth, 
 
 When wing'd with health the moments flew,) 
 
 My griefs with diftant horror view. 30 
 
 With fnares my foes befet my way, 
 
 Intent on death throughout the day 
 
 With fierceft rage my name revile, 
 
 Anddifcipline their thoughts to guile: 
 
 Invented crimes, and taunts fevere, 
 
 With fteadieft patience, Lord, I hear, 
 
 Unmov'd, as One who deaf and mute 
 
 Nor cenfure feels nor can refute: 
 
 For Thou, beft Advocate, art nigh ; 
 
 On Thee, great God, my hopes rely ; 40 
 
 O vindicate my fame from wrong, 
 
 And filence the reproachful tongue. 
 
 Thou know'ft the tenour of my pray'r ; 
 
 O let me not their infults bear: 
 
 Mark, when my fteps have chane'd to flide, 45 
 
 The fhouts that rife on ev'ry fide t 
 
 H z And, 
 
 JO 
 
7 8 PSALM XXXVIII. 
 
 And, echoing through the wounded air > 
 
 The triumphs of their heart declare. 
 
 Thou feeft how prone to lapfe my feet, 
 
 What woes my eyes inceffant meet; 5a 
 
 Nor fhuns my foul its guilt to own, 
 
 But forrowing bows before thy throne. 
 
 How ftrong, how num'rous, are the foes 
 
 That unprovok'd my peace oppofe, 
 
 Their veins with health's full current warm, 55 
 
 And ftrung with a&ive might their arm ! 
 
 HI for my Good return'd I find, 
 
 Nor know from aught (but that, inclined 
 
 To Good, their deeds I fhun,) to date 
 
 The ground of their prepoft'rous hate. 60 
 
 O let me, rais'd by Thee, no more 
 
 The abfence of thine aid deplore ; 
 
 God of my life, recede not far, 
 
 But hafte, and make that life thy care. 
 
 PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 MY fteps Difcretion's rules {hall guide*. 
 Nor error from my lips fhall Aide, 
 (Thus to myfelf refolv'd I faid;) 
 Nor word, in Wifdom's fcale unweigbM: 
 While lawlefs crouds attend me nigh, 5 
 
 And mark me with infidious eye, 
 Behold me with the fteady rein 
 Each effort of my tongue reftrain. 
 
 Awhile my foul its purpofe keeps; 
 A ftubborn filence feals my lips ; 10 
 
 But 
 
PSALM XXXIX. 79 
 
 But O! from themes of good withheld, 
 
 How oft my full-fwoln heart rebell'd ! 
 
 My thoughts in various tumult roll ; 
 
 At length, impatient of controul, 
 
 Forth from my ftruggling bofom brake 15 
 
 The kindled flame; and thus I fpake: 
 
 O let me, heay'ttty Lord, extend 
 
 Mv view to life's app re aching end, 
 
 And. leiTon'd by thy Wifdom, learn 
 
 How i'oon my fabrick lhall return 20 
 
 To earth, and in the filent tomb 
 
 Its feat of lafting reft aflume. 
 
 What are my days ? (a fpan .their line;) 
 
 And what my age compar'd with thine? 
 
 Our life advancing to its clofe, 25 
 
 While fcarce its earlieft dawn it knows, 
 
 Swift through an empty {hade we run, 
 
 And Vanity and Man are one: 
 
 With anxious pain this Son of care 
 
 Toils to inrich an unknown heir, 30 
 
 And, eying oft his heapy ftore, 
 
 With vain difquiet thirfts for more. 
 
 Where, Lord, fhall I my refuge fee? 
 On whom repofe my hope but Thee? 
 
 purge my guilt, nor let my foe 35 
 Exulting mock my heightcn'd woe. 
 Convinc'd that thy paternal hand 
 
 Inflifts but what my fins demand, 
 
 1 fpeechlefs fate; nor plantive word, 
 
 Nor murmur, from my lips was heard. 40 
 
 H 3 But 
 
80 PSALM XXXIX, 
 
 But O, In thy appointed hour 
 
 Withdraw thy rod ; left Nature's pow% 
 
 While grkfs on griefs my heart aflail, 
 
 Unequal to the conflict, fail. 
 
 O, how thy chaftifements- impair 45 
 
 The human form, however fair ! 
 
 How frail the ftrongeft frame we fee, 
 
 If Thou the Sinner's fate decree ! 
 
 As when the fretting moths confume 
 
 The labour of the curious loom, 50 
 
 The texture fails, the dyes decay, 
 
 And all its Iuftre fades away. 
 
 Such, Man, thy ftate: then, humbled, own 
 
 That Vanity and Thou are one. 
 
 To Thee, great God, my knees I bend ; 55 
 
 To Thee my ceafelefs pray'rs afcend \ 
 
 let my forrows reach thine ears, 
 
 And mark my fighs, my groans, my tears. 
 God of my Fathers ! Here, as They, 
 
 1 walk the Pilgrim of a day; 60 
 A tranfient Gucft, thy works admire, 
 
 And inftant to my home retire. 
 
 fpare me, Lord, awhile, O fpare, 
 And Nature's ruin'd ftrength repair, 
 
 E'er, life's fliort circuit wander'd o'er, 65 
 
 1 perifh, and am kQn no more* 
 
 PSALM 
 
( Si ) 
 
 PSALM XL, 
 i. 
 
 WITH patient hope my God I fought ; 
 He to his Suppliant's want his though* 
 In happieft hour applied: 
 He from the dark and miry pit 
 High on the rock has rais'd my feetj 
 Nor fear my fteps to flide* 
 
 2. 
 
 His praife infpires my grateful tongue> 
 And dictates to my lips a fong 
 
 In ftrains unheard before. 
 Admiring crouds his work {hall fee, 
 Their ftrength on Him repofe with Me^ 
 
 With Me his name adore r 
 
 3- 
 Bleft, who in Thee, great God, confide,, 
 Nor madly truft the arm of pride, 
 
 And helps that but betray. 
 Thy Mercies, Lord, all praife furmount. 
 Nor numbers can their fum recount, 
 
 Nor words their worth difplay. 
 
 4- 
 
 Nor Sacrifice thy Love can win, 
 Nor Offerings from the ftain of fin 
 
 Obnoxious Man fhall clear: 
 Thy hand my mortal frame prepares, 
 (Thy hand, whofe fignature it bears,) 
 
 And opes my willing ear. 
 
 5. And, 
 
82 PSALM XL 
 
 5- 
 
 And, fince the Blood of Vi&ims flain. 
 
 And hallow'd Gifts, attempt in vain 
 
 T' avert th' Offender's doom, 
 Myfelf th' atonement will provide; 
 Lo! (touch'd with pity thus I cried,} 
 
 I come, my God, I come. 
 6. 
 Thy Book, by facred Bards unroll'd, 
 My full obedience has foretold 
 
 To Thy myfterious Will. 
 His juft aflent thy Servant gives, 
 Thy words my Breaft with joy receives, 
 
 My Hands with zeal fulfill. 
 
 7- 
 
 The faithful Witnefs to thy fame, 
 Aloud thy Juftice I proclaim 
 
 To Abraham's chofen Race : 
 My lips, Thou know'ft, have ne'er declin'd 
 To preach the Theme by Thee injoin'd, 
 
 The Wonders of thy Grace. 
 8. 
 With ftrong defire my bofom glows 
 Thy Truth and Mercy to difclofe, 
 
 In Man's relief difplay'd: 
 O let that Truth difpell my woe, 
 That Mercy, Lord, around me throw 
 
 Its all-protecting {hade. 
 
 9. While 
 
P S A L M XL. &3 
 
 9- 
 
 While griefs on griefs my cup have mix'd, 
 On earth my downward looks are fix'd f 
 
 The Sins, whofe weight I bear, 
 (Thofe Sins, that number'd by the eye 
 The hairs that fhade my head outvie,} 
 
 My heart with anguifh tear. 
 10. 
 Hafte to thy Servant's refcue, hafte; 
 My Soul, by hoftile numbers chas'd, 
 
 To Thee directs its pray'r. 
 In wild confufion backward borne 
 Their wifh defeated let them mourn* 
 
 And loft in empty air. 
 
 XI. 
 
 Be fhame their juft reward aflign'd, 
 While round me with relentlefs mind 
 
 Derifion's fhout they raife : 
 Thy Blifs let All who feek thee fhare, 
 And, taught thy Love, that Love declare 
 
 In fongs of ceafelefs praife. 
 12. 
 While Thefe in thy Salvation joy, 
 Increafing griefs my thought employ. 
 
 And fpeedieft aid demand : 
 My Helper and Redeemer, hear i 
 0> inftant in my caufe appear, 
 
 And reach thy faving hand. 
 
 PSALM' 
 
( «4 ) 
 
 PSALM XLL 
 
 BLEST, who with gen'rous pity glows, 
 Who learns to feel another's woes, 
 Bows to the poor man's want his ear, 
 And wipes the helplefs Orphan's tear : 
 In ev'ry want, in ev'ry woe, 5 
 
 Himfelf thy pity, Lord, (hall know; 
 Thy Love his life fhalJ guard, thjr hand 
 Give to his lot the chofen land, 
 Nor leave him in the dreadful day 
 To unrelenting foes a prey. 1$ 
 
 When languid with difeafe and pain, 
 Thou, Lord, his fpirit wilt fuftairi, 
 Prop with thine arm his finking »iead, 
 And turn with tend'reft care his bed. 
 
 O let me, Lord, thy mercy (hare, 15 
 
 (Thus to my God J form'd the prayV,) 
 Health to my fainting foul difpenfe, 
 That humbled owns its dire offence. 
 " When {hall he perifh ?" Thus my foes 
 With ruthlefs tongue their wilh difclofe; 20 
 
 u Why lingers Death's appointed hour 
 " Oblivion on his name to pour?" 
 Befide my couch, diffolv'd in tears, 
 The hoftile vifitant appears, 
 Diflembling o'er my anguifli mourns, 2-5 
 
 While with collected malice burns 
 His heart, and parted from my gate 
 Aloud proclaims his fettjed hate. 
 
 Now 
 
PSALM XLL 85 
 
 Now pleas'd they form fome dark defign, 
 Now whifp'ring thus in curfes join : 30 
 
 <c Still may the guilt unpurg'd remain, 
 " That binds him on the bed of pain; 
 M Nor Jet him from that bed arife, 
 u But clofe in endlefs fleep his eyes." 
 And Thou, the Friend, to whom my heart 35 
 Its inmoft counfels wont t' impart, 
 For whom the focial board I fpread, 
 And broke with lib'ral hand my bread, 
 With lifted heel, fevere return, 
 The partner of thy breaft couldft fpurn. 40 
 
 Maker of All ! be Thou my guard : 
 Give me, my ftrength by Thee repair'd, 
 Give me to teach the faithlefs band 
 To own the juftice of thy hand. 
 So, while my pray'rs indulg'd approve 45 
 
 My Soul the object of thy Love, 
 My foes, with inward anguifh torn, 
 Shall each his blafted triumphs mourn; 
 And I (for Thou thy aid {halt yield,) 
 In innocence of heart upheld 50 
 
 Thy Courts fhall ever tread, and there 
 The fulnefs of thy prefence (hare. 
 
 O thankful blefs th' Almighty Lord, 
 The God by Jacob's Sons ador'd. 
 His fame, e'er Time its courfe began, 55 
 
 O'er Heav'n's wide region echoing ran ; 
 To Him through endlefs a<*es raife 
 One fong of oft-repeated praife. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 86 ) 
 
 PSALM XLIL 
 
 AS pants the Hart For cooling fprings, 
 So longs my Soul, O King of Kings, 
 Thy face in near approach to fee, 
 So thirfts, great Source of Life, for Thee, 
 When fhall I reach thy bkft abode? 5 
 
 When meet the prefence of my God ? 
 Tears, Lord, Thou know'ft, have been my bread, 
 By day, by night, profufely fhed, 
 While thus they urge me to defpair : 
 *' Where's now thy God, thou Outcaft, where?" 10 
 While griefs like thefe befet my foul, 
 My bufied thoughts tumultuous rolls 
 And oft in luxury of woe 
 Back to thofe happier, hours I go, 
 When up fair Sion's fiigh afcent l$ 
 
 The Tribes in long proceffion went, 
 And, while thy praife in grateful fongs 
 Refounded from a thoufand tongues, 
 I, rank'd amid the feftive Train, 
 Exulting trod thy hallow'd Fane. -?20 
 
 Why thus, my Soul, with care opprefs'd? 
 And whence the woes that fill my breaft ? 
 In all thy cares, in all thy woes, 
 On God thy ftedfaft hope repofe ; 
 To Him my thanks fhall ftill be paid, 25 
 
 My fure Defence, my conftant Aid. 
 
 Thy mercies, Lord, before my eyes 
 Shall yet in fweet remembrance rife, 
 
 Though 
 
PSALM XLII. 87 
 
 Though now with mournful ftep and flow 
 
 O'er Jordan 's lonely banks I go, 30 
 
 And, exil'd from thy much lov'd Dome, 
 
 On diftant Hermon penfive roam. 
 
 Deeps to confed'rate Deeps aloud 
 
 Have call'd, and from the burfting cloud 
 
 Their licens'd rage the ftorms have fhed, 35 
 
 And heap'd the billows o'er my head. 
 
 Yet 'midft the ftorm, and 'midft the wave, 
 
 Thy Love the beams of comfort gave; 
 
 Thy Name to rapture prompts my tongue, 
 
 My Joy by day, by night my Song; 4# 
 
 To Thee my foul afcends in pray'r, 
 
 And in thy bofom pours its care. 
 
 God of my ftrength, attend my cry, 
 
 Say why, my great Preferver, why, 
 
 Excluded from thy fight I go, 45 
 
 And bend beneath a weight of woe; 
 
 Why (harper than the biting fteel 
 
 Th' infulting Foe's reproach I feel, 
 
 While thus they urge me to defpair: 
 
 i4 Where's now thy God, thou Outcaft, where ?" 50 
 
 Why thus, my Soul, with care opprefs'd? 
 And whence the woes that fill my breaft? 
 In all thy cares, in all thy woes, 
 On God thy ftedfaft hope repofe; 
 To Him my thanks (hall ftill be paid, 55 
 
 My fure Defence, my conftant Aid. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 88 > 
 PSALM XLIIL 
 
 /~\ Weigh me, Lord, in equal fcale, 
 ^S And let my injur'd caufe prevail: 
 
 fave me from an impious Throng, 
 The Sons of Violence and Wrong* 
 
 God of my ftren^th, to Thee I cryj 5 
 
 Say why, by Thee reje&ed, why, 
 
 1 bend beneath a weight of woe, 
 And bear the infults of the Foe. 
 O let thy Li^ht attend my way, 
 
 Thy Truth afford its fteady ray, JO 
 
 To Sions Hill dire& my feet, 
 
 And bring me to thy hallow'd Seat : 
 
 Admitted to thy Altars there, 
 
 My hands to Thee the gift (hall bear, 
 
 Whofe Mercies, to my heart reveal'd, 15 
 
 A theme of endlefs tranfport yield. 
 
 Thy praife, O God, my God, the lyre 
 
 Shall wake, thy Love its fong infpire. 
 
 Why thus, my Soul, with care opprefs'd ? 
 And whence the woes that fill my breaft? 20 
 
 In all thy cares, in all thy woes, 
 On God thy fkdfaft hope repofe ; 
 To Him my thanks ftiall ftill be paid, 
 My fure Defence, my conftant Aid. 
 
 """ 1 
 
PSALM XLIV. 
 
 TAUGHT by our Sires, great God, our ear 
 Thy wondrous A£ts has wak'd to hear, 
 The Mercies to their Tribes reveal'd* 
 When Ages long o'erpaft beheld 
 By Thee diflodg'd an impious race 5. 
 
 Yield to their choien Seed a place, 
 And IfraeVs Sons, thy foes o'erthrown, 
 Succeed to labours not their own. 
 Thers, planted by the hand divine, 
 With large increafe their profp'ring Line TO 
 
 Are blefs'd, and nourifh'd by thy care 
 The fulnefs of thy bounty fhare. 
 For not the arm of human might, 
 Norfword of fteel, upheld their right; 
 Thy pow'r exerted in their aid, 15 
 
 Thy prefence o'er their heads difplay'd, 
 Proclaim'd them favour'd from on high, 
 And b de ea.h force before them fly. 
 Thee, Lord, my King, and Thee alone. 
 Attentive to thy Laws I own; 20 
 
 Indulgent ftili, Aimighty Friend, 
 Thy Arm in IfraeVs caufe extend. 
 Through 'I hee our Hofts unmov'd (hall fraud, 
 Strike with the horn each adverfe band, 
 Thy name invok'd, their fury meet, 25 
 
 And tread them breathlefs at their feet. 
 Not from my fword or from my bow 
 My foul fuch confidence {hall know; 
 
 I 2s Thou* 
 
90 PSALM XLIV. 
 
 Thou, Lord, each adverfe pow'r {halt quell, 
 Thy ftrength their gath'ring troops difpell : 30 
 That ftrength our boaft, thy hallow'd name 
 Our hymns of loudeft praife (hall claim, 
 While Time fhall roll its rapid tide, 
 And Day and Night thy works divide. 
 
 But now, thy wonted aid withheld, 35 
 
 Repuls'd, afnam'd, we quit the field j 
 No more we fee, to battle led, 
 Th' Almighty Conqu'ror at our head, 
 But quick retreat in wild difmay, 
 Abandon'd to our foes a prey. 40 
 
 As Bcafts for food decreed we die, 
 Or, fpar'd, as worthlefs in thine eye 
 See ! fold for nought our Lords we change, 
 And loft through diftant climates range. 
 Each neighboring Realm with fcornful gaze 45 
 Thy People's ruin'd ftate furveysj 
 Our name, amid the Nations round, 
 A proverb in each mouth is found; 
 Affembled Crouds infulting ftand, 
 And fierce Derifion claps the hand. 50 
 
 How feels my heart the dire difgrace ! 
 How glows with ceafelefs fhame my face, 
 While thus, diverted of thy fear, 
 W ith keen reproach they wound my ear, 
 And with revengeful hand fulfill 55 
 
 The dictates of their lawlefs will! 
 
 Yet, torn with grief, with dread opprefo'd, 
 Thy eyes can witnefs that our breaft 
 
 Its 
 
PSALM XLIV. 91 
 
 Its truft from Thee has ne'er remov'd, 
 
 Nor faithlefs to thy Compact proved. 60 
 
 No Lord but Thee thy Servants greet, 
 
 Nor wander from thy paths our feet, 
 
 Though 'midft the dragon's haunts we tread, 
 
 And death's dark (hades are round us fpread. 
 
 If e'er, averfe to thy command, 65 
 
 To Stranger-Gods we lift the hand, 
 
 Say, fhall our crime thy fearch elude, 
 
 Whofe eyes our inmoft thoughts have view'd? 
 
 Thy Caufe we ftill avow; thy Caufe 
 
 The hoftile fword againft us draws, 70 
 
 And numbers to the death our train, 
 
 As Sheep, whofe blood the hallow'd fane, 
 
 Before the altar's kindled flames, 
 
 By regular allotment claims, 
 
 Arife, eternal God, arife; 75 
 
 Why fits this flurnber on thine eyes? 
 
 Awake, nor from thy care expell 
 
 Thy once regarded IfraeL 
 
 Why veils th' impervious cloud thy face? 
 
 Say why to our afflicted race So 
 
 Thy ear its pity ftill denies, 
 
 Nor hears thy captive People's cries, 
 
 As funk with forrow's weight we bend, 
 
 And proftrate in the duft defcend. 
 
 Arife, thy faving pow'r difclofe, 85 
 
 And heal with pitying hand our woes> 
 
 I 3 PSALM 
 
( 9* ) 
 PSALM XLV. 
 
 T| flY heart its nobleft Theme has found: 
 
 .It A O Thou, with regal fplendor crown'd, 
 
 To Thee the grateful (trains belong; 
 
 Thy Worth fhall bid my willing tongue, 
 
 Quick as the pen of readieft art, 5 
 
 The dictates of my foul impart. 
 
 Hail, fairer than the Sons of Men! 
 
 Grace on thy lips and Beauty reign, 
 
 That fpcak thee honour'd from above, 
 
 And bleft with God's eternal Love. 10 
 
 Hail, Thou whom Nations own their Lord ! 
 
 Gird on thy thigh the glitt'ring fwordj 
 
 By Mercy, Truth, and Juftice led, 
 
 Ride glorious on, thy conquefts fpread : 
 
 Thy ftubborn foes, a guilty race, 15 
 
 Thy hand with faithful fearch (hall trace, 
 
 Mark, as their crimes for vengeance call, 
 
 And teach thy terrors where to fall : 
 
 While, edg'd with wrath, thy ev'ry dart 
 
 Shall pierce fome proud Oppofer's heart, 20 
 
 AfTert the caufe of Judatts King, 
 
 And dip in impious blood its wing. 
 
 Through ages lafts, great God, thy Throne, 
 
 Thy Scepter Juftice calls her own, 
 
 And (for thy heart his Law purfues, 25 
 
 And guilt with fix'd abhorrence views,) 
 
 Thy God, the God who rules the fkies, 
 
 Has o'er thine Equals bid thee rife, 
 
 And, 
 
PSALM XLV. 93 
 
 And, pleasM, the oil of gladnefs fhed 
 
 In large profufion on thy head. 30 
 
 Myrrh, Aloes, Caflia, to the fenfe 
 
 Their all-reviving fweets difpenfe, 
 
 While, recent from the iv'ry cell, 
 
 Their mingled odours round thee dwell. 
 
 Their Daughters mightieft Kings behold 35 
 
 Amid thy Virgin Train inroll'd; 
 
 And, feated on thy right, the Queen 
 
 In faireft robes array'd is feen, 
 
 That ftiffwith gold, in Opbir's mine 
 
 Matur'd, with fadeless luftre fhine. 40 
 
 Hear, Daughter, and attentive weigh 
 
 The precepts of the Heav'n-taught Lay, 
 
 Within thy thought retain no more 
 
 Thy Father's houfe and native fhore : 
 
 So fhall the King delighted fee 45 
 
 Thy fpotlefs Form ; and O, be He, 
 
 That Lord whom Heav'n's high Hofts revere, 
 
 Thy only Lcve, thy only Fear. 
 
 Imperial Tyre, that, thron'd on high, 
 O'er fubjecSt feas extends her eye, 50 
 
 Her Gifts, O Prince, fhall bring to Thee, 
 And fuppliant Nobles ftoop the knee. 
 The Virgin (Offspring of a King,) 
 Whom now thy happy Choice we fing, 
 (Herfelf with each perfection bleft) 55 
 
 E'er Thee fhe greets, the various veft 
 AfTumes ; where 'mid th' inwoven gold 
 A thoufand colours we behold, 
 
 That, 
 
94 f S A L M XLV; 
 
 That, kindled by the beams of day, 
 
 The needle's utmoft art difplay, £ 
 
 By eminence of beauty known 
 
 Amidft her fair Aflbciates, on 
 
 She moves, and joys with them to tread 
 
 The paths that to thy prefence lead. 
 
 No more the Patriarchs of thy line 65 
 
 In Time's long records chief fhall fhine ; 
 
 Thy greater Sons, to Empire born, 
 
 Its future annals fhall adorn, 
 
 Thy Pow'r to Them deriv'd difplay, 
 
 And ftretch through Earth their boundlefs fway. 70 
 
 That Earth, while thus to Thee I raife 
 
 A lading Monument of praife, 
 
 With thankful voice fhall join theftrain, 
 
 And own the Bleffings of thy Reign * 
 
 PSALM XLVL 
 
 ON Thee, great Ruler of the Skies, 
 On Thee our ftedfaft hope relies : 
 When hoftile pow'rs againft us join, 
 What Aid fo prefent, Lord, as thine? 
 By Thee fecur'd, no fears we own, 5, 
 
 Though Earth, convulsed, beneath us groan, 
 Though tempefts o'er her furface fweep, 
 And whirl her hills into the Deep: 
 Though, arm'd with rage, before our eyes 
 That Deep in all its horrors rife, 10 
 
 While, as the tumult fpreads around, 
 The mountains tremble at the found. 
 
 BehoUl 
 
PSALM XLVI. 95 
 
 Behold fair Sions bleft retreat, 
 
 Where God has fix'd his awful Seat : 
 
 No Tempefts there licentious ftray, 15 
 
 But foft along their level way 
 
 The facred Streams their courfe maintain, 
 
 And crown with health her happy plain, 
 
 God, ever watchful, ever nigh, 
 
 Bids ftorms around her harmiefs fly ; 20 
 
 His early care each foe withstands, 
 
 And backward turns the yielding Bands. 
 
 See, rous'd by Difcord's fierce alarms, 
 
 The headlong Nations rufh to arms ; 
 
 But God aloud aflerts his fway, 25 
 
 And Earth's whole fobrick meks away. 
 
 On Heav'n's high Lord our truft we build j 
 The God of Jacob is our Shield. 
 
 O come, behold a fcene of dread, 
 Behold a World with daughter fpread ; 3$ 
 
 And know, 'tis God who bids each Land 
 Thus feel the terrors of his hand, 
 'Tis His, again the Earth to chear, 
 To break the bow, to fnap the fpear, 
 To wrap in flames the glitt'ring car, 35 
 
 And hufh the tumult of the war. 
 Bow then, ye Sons of Pride, and own 
 That I am God, and I alone : 
 Exalted o'er each Heathen Land, 
 Exalted o'er the Earth, I ftand ; 40 
 
 I bind all Nature to my Will, 
 And bid the factious World be ftill. 
 
 On 
 
96 PSALM XLVL 
 
 On HeavVs high Lord our truft we build; 
 Tne God of Jacob is our Shield, 
 
 PSALM XLVIL 
 
 ARISE, ye People, clap the hand; 
 Exulting flrike the chord: 
 Let ev'ry Ifle, and ev'ry Land, 
 Confefs th* Almighty Lord. 
 2. 
 How awful his myfterious Name ! 
 How high advane'd his Seat ! 
 Who bids the Nations own our claiiru 
 And calls them at our feet, 
 
 3- 
 
 He to our lot a Land affign'd, 
 
 His favour'd JacoFs boaft, 
 
 And bleft with gifts of various kind 
 
 Her health-incircled coaft. 
 
 4- 
 Hear, while the fhouts wide-echoing round 
 
 Th' afcending God proclaim, 
 The anfw'ring trump through Heav'n refound, 
 
 And (hake its vaulted frame. 
 
 5- 
 
 Sing to our God; in loudeft ftraior 
 
 Perpetual praifes fing: 
 O'er Earth's wide bounds extends his reign ; 
 
 O praife our God and King* 
 
 6. Prepare* 
 
P S A II M XLVII. qy 
 
 6. 
 
 Prepare, prepare, with tuneful art, 
 
 in one afiembled throng, 
 Your (hares of harmony to part, 
 
 And raife the Heav'n-taught Song, 
 
 7- 
 
 His fway the Sons of human kind 
 
 With humbleft homage own; 
 And Sanctity with Pow'r combin'd 
 
 Supports his lafting throne, 
 8. 
 Kings from afar conven'd behold, 
 
 Whofe breafts with zeal have glow'd, 
 Among the tribes to ftand inroll'd, 
 
 That bow to Abraham's God. 
 
 9- 
 For He, whofe hands amid the ikies 
 
 Th' eternal fcepter wield, 
 
 To Earth's whole race his care applies* 
 
 And o'er them fpreads the fhield. 
 
 PSALM XLVIII, 
 
 GREAT is our God: With warmeft zeal 
 O let his name be bleft, 
 Within the predn&s of his Hill, 
 And City of his reft. 
 
 2. Fair 
 
98 PSALM XLVIIL 
 
 2. 
 Fair is that Hill ; how wondrous fair ! 
 
 Imperial Sions Seat : 
 There centers, Earth, thy Joy, and there 
 
 Its meafure owns complete. 
 
 3- 
 
 Her Walls, while there his lov'd recefs 
 
 The Northern Heav'n furveys, 
 With fafety God vouchfafes to blefs, 
 And pieas'd her fcepter fways. 
 
 4- 
 Earth's haughty Monarchs thither catnej 
 
 They came, they faw, they fled. 
 Amazement Ihook their inmoft frame, 
 
 And undiflembled dread. 
 
 5- 
 
 Such fears they (hare as Matrons find 
 
 That feel th' increafing throe, 
 Struck by that God, whofe fhatt'ring wind 
 
 Thy Ships, O Tharfts^ know. 
 
 6. 
 Lord ! what our ears long fince have known, 
 
 Our eyes delighted trace, 
 Thy Love in long fucceffion fhown 
 
 To Salem $ chofen race. 
 
 7- 
 
 Thrice bleft Abode ! whofe ev'ry tow'r 
 
 By Thee fupported ftands, 
 That God whofe wiJe-extended pow'r 
 Th* ethereal Hoft commands. 
 
 8. When, 
 
PSALM XLVIIL 99 
 
 8. 
 
 When, proftrate at thy hallow'd Shrine, 
 
 Thy mercies each furveys, 
 Tranfported with the view, we join 
 
 In wonder, love, and praife. 
 
 9- 
 
 Thy Name, through Earth's wide confines fpread, 
 
 Eternal honours crown ; 
 Each fentence by thy hand decreed 
 
 Fair Juflice ftamps her own. 
 
 10. 
 
 Let S/Ws,Heav'n-devoted Mount 
 
 With fhouts of triumph ring, 
 And Judah's Daughters pleas'd recount 
 
 The Judgements of her Xing. 
 ii. 
 Go, walk her facred ftreets along. 
 
 And let her tow'rs be told; 
 With curious eye her bulwarks ftrong 
 And beauteous domes behold, 
 
 12. 
 
 So fhall the fair defcription laft, 
 
 Preferv'd in full record, 
 And tell what glories once have grac'd 
 
 The Seat of Jacob's Lord. 
 
 To Him our thankful hearts (hall bow, 
 
 Nor own a God befide ; 
 To life's laft period Him avow 
 
 The ever faithful Guide. 
 
 K PSALM 
 
ioo PSALM XUX, 
 
 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 YE Nations, hear : Ye Sons of Earth, 
 Of higheft or obfcureft birth, 
 Ye who from wealth's full board are fed, 
 And Ye who eat with toil your bread, 
 My words with juft attention weigh, 5 
 
 And liften to the hallow'd Lay. 
 My lips fliall Wifdom's leflbns yield, 
 My heart, with nobleft fcience fill'd, 
 Shall prompt me with obedient ear 
 The Heav'n-defcending truths to hear, 10 
 
 While, touch'd with holy fire, my tongue 
 Forms to the harp the myftic fong. 
 
 Why fhould my foul with anxious dread 
 Behold the foes around me fpread, 
 Who build on wealth their truft, and ftore 15 
 In boafted heaps the glittering ore ? 
 Ceafe, Mortals, ceafe your pride ; nor dream 
 That riches fhall from death redeem, 
 Or from the all-difpofing hand 
 A Brother's forfeit life demand ; 20 
 
 But, taught the Soul's juft price to know, 
 At once the frantic thought forgo : 
 In vain would Friendfhip's zeal efiay 
 The full equivalent to pay, 
 
 In vain the flitting breath to fave, 25 
 
 And plead exemption from the grave, 
 Though envied Ophir's wealthieft mine 
 Its treafures to the purchafe join. 
 
 Thou 
 
PSALM XLIX. ioi 
 
 Thou feefl the Man in Wifdom's fchool 
 
 Long tutor'd, like the untaught fool, 30 
 
 To death fubmit, and leave his heir 
 
 His heaps of gather'd wealth to fhare. 
 
 Though Art extends them all its aid, 
 
 Mortality's ftrong grafp t' evade, 
 
 And bids them build the Dome fublime, 35 
 
 Proof to the rage of eating Time, 
 
 While Lands fubjected to their claim 
 
 Take from their haughty Lord a name, 
 
 Yet Man, with erring pride elate, 
 
 And high in pow'r, in honour great, 40 
 
 Shares with the Brute an equal doom, 
 
 And fleeps forgotten in the tomb. 
 
 Their hope thus fond thus faithlefs found 
 
 Their Sons affume ; in endlefs round 
 
 Another and another race 45 
 
 Their Fathers' wayward fteps (hall trace. 
 
 Together now behold them laid, 
 
 As Sheep, when Night extends her {had:*, 
 
 While Death within the vaulted rock, 
 
 Stern Shepherd, guards the flumb'ring flock. 50 
 
 Corruption there its work fhall ply, 
 
 And, wrapt in darknefs as they lie, 
 
 Each feature fair, each boafted grace, 
 
 With unrelenting hand efface: 
 
 Ye Jufr, exulting lift your eyes ; 55 
 
 Behold the promised Morn arife, 
 
 That bids you, o'er each haughty {oc 
 
 Exalted, endlefs triumphs know. 
 
 K 2 My 
 
102 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 My Soul, amidft your happy train, 
 
 The wifh'd redemption fhall obtain, 60 
 
 By God adopted, Death {hall brave, 
 
 And mock the difappointed Grave, 
 
 Let not the Sight thy heart difmay, 
 
 If Man's proud Offspring thou furvey 
 
 With growing wealth incircled round, 65 
 
 Or mark his houfe with honours crowa'd ; 
 
 Nor think his treafures, at his end, 
 
 Shall with him to the grave defcend, 
 
 Or the vain pomp, that ftrikes thy view, 
 
 Through Death's dark fhade its Lord purfue. 70 
 
 His life with each enjoyment fraught, 
 
 How blefs'd his pamper'd Soul its lot ! 
 
 And Thee, while pleafure crowns thy days, 
 
 Admiring Crouds perchance may praife ; 
 
 Yet Thou, like Him, the way fhalt tread, 75 
 
 Which, one by one, thy Sires have led, 
 
 And 'midft th' impenetrable gloom 
 
 Shalt find with Them thy lafting home. 
 
 For Man, with erring pride elate, 
 
 And high in pow'r, in honour great, So 
 
 Shares with the Brute an equal doom, 
 
 And fleeps forgotten in the tomb. 
 
 PSALM L. 
 
 THE Lord, th' Almighty Monarch, fpake, 
 And bade the Earth the fummons take, 
 Far as his eyes the realms furvey 
 Of rifing and declining day. 
 
 Reveafd 
 
P S A L M L. 103 
 
 Reveal'd from Stan's facred bound, 5 
 
 The Seat with matchlefs beauty crown'd, 
 Our God his courfe fhall downward bend, 
 Nor filent to his Work defcend. 
 Devouring flames fhall march before, 
 And mightieft tempefts round htm roar. JO 
 
 Heav'n from above fhall hear his call, 
 And Thou, the iraft terreftrial Ball ; 
 While Man's whole race their Judge fhall meet, 
 In countlefs throngs before his Seat 
 Aflembled. " From the diftant poles 15 
 
 " My SaintS collect; the faithful Souls, 
 <c With whom my ompa<9 .ood, 
 
 " Seal'd with the fpotlcfe Victim's blood." 
 Th' applauding Heav'ns the changelefs Doom, 
 While God the balance fhall afifurne, 20 
 
 In full memorial fhall record, 
 And own the Juftice of their Lord. 
 With humbleft awe, my People, hear; 
 For God, thy God, his voice fhall rear : 
 Myfelf, O IfraeU will atteft 25 
 
 The guilt that ltains thy erring breafh 
 Not ritual Sacrifice withheld 
 My theme of juft complaint fhall yield : 
 Still let thy Stall the Steer detain, 
 Still let thy Goat untouch'd remain 30 
 
 Amidft his herd-mates : from thy hands 
 Nor Goat nor Steer thy Lord demands : 
 Mine are the Beafts that range the wood> 
 Mine all tire tame or favage Brood 
 
 K 3 Whcfc 
 
1C4 P S A L M L. 
 
 Whofe train the Earth's wide pafture fills, 35 
 And wanders o'er her thoufand hills. 
 Each fowl, that from its airy flight 
 Defcends upon the mountain's height, 
 Each brute that o'er the champaign ftrays, 
 My all-obferving eye furveys. 40 
 
 Admit, I hunger ; fliall thy God 
 Defcend from Thee to afk his food, 
 Lord of the World and all its Store 
 Thy aid, thou Child of Earth, implore ? 
 Shall Bulls to eafe my want be flain, 45 
 
 Or blood of Goats my thirft reftraia ? 
 Go, fuppliant at my altar bow, 
 And pay thy thanks, and pay thy vow : 
 (Be this thy OfF'ring :) In thy woes 
 On Me with ftedfaft hope repofe ; 50 
 
 So fhall my ear receive thy pray'r, 
 And, grateful, Thou my mercy (hare. 
 Thou Wretch by discipline unaw'd, 
 (Thus to the Impious fpeaks my God,) 
 Thy fecret crimes to Me are known \ 55 
 
 I fee my Laws behind thee thrown : 
 And Thou, doft Thou with lips profane 
 The precepts of my will explain, 
 And, rank'd thyfelf amid my foes, 
 My terms of offer'd grace propofe ? 60 
 
 Say, has the Thief to Thee applied, 
 And Thou thy wanted aid denied I 
 Or fail'd th' Adult'rer e'er to fee 
 A partner of his guilt in Thee.* 
 
 Thy 
 
PSALM Li 105 
 
 Thy tongue to fraud has loos'd the reins, 65 
 
 And lye with lye connected feigns. 
 
 Haft thou not fat, with cruel aim 
 
 Refle&ing on a Brother's fame, 
 
 And with invented fcandal ftain'd 
 
 Whqm erft one womb with Thee contain'd ? 70 
 
 While filent thus thy crimes I fee, 
 
 Thy folly pi&ures me like Thee : 
 
 But foon my op'ning lips {hall yield 
 
 The juft rebuke fo long withheld, 
 
 And bid, before thy confcious eyes, 75 
 
 Thy guilt in all its horror rife. 
 
 Ye Souls forgetful of my fear, 
 
 With full regard my dictates hear; 
 
 Left, at my word, your life the Grave 
 
 Demand, and none be nigh to fave. 80 
 
 Who yields the Sacrifice of praife, 
 
 His beft-accepted homage pays : 
 
 Who forms his fteps aright, {hall know 
 
 What Joys from my Salvation flow. 
 
 L 
 
 PSALM LI. 
 
 ORD, let thy clemency divine 
 
 Confpicuous in my pardon {hine $ 
 O let the fulnefs of thy grace 
 Each error of my life efface, 
 Its influence to my foul convey, 5 
 
 And wafti my ev'ry ftain away. 
 My confcious heart its guilt {hall own ; 
 My Deed to Thee, and Thee alone, 
 
 Obnoxious, 
 
io6 PSALM LL 
 
 Obnoxious, nor the day nor night 
 
 Conceals from my abhorring fight. XO 
 
 Juft is thy fentence, holieft Lord, 
 
 And Truth eternal feals thy word. 
 
 Thou from the birth my foul couldft view, 
 
 As fhap'd in fin my breath I drew, 
 
 And feeft me guilt's tranfmiffive ftain 15 
 
 Through life's revolving courfe retain. 
 
 But deep within my inmoft frame 
 
 (Nor dares my foul conteft thy claim,) 
 
 Thy juft decrees, Almighty Sire, 
 
 Integrity and Truth require ; 20 
 
 Thy hand, corredtive of my will, 
 
 Shall wifdom in my breaft inftill j 
 
 With hallow'd hyflbp fprinkled o'er, 
 
 My foul its fpots fhall mourn no more, 
 
 But, cleans'd by Thee, the whitenefs know, 25 
 
 That clothes the new-defcended fnow. 
 
 How fhall my ear thy pard'ning voice 
 
 Tranfported welcome ! How rejoice 
 
 My bones, with vital moifture fill'd, 
 
 That, crufh'd by Thee, by Thee are heal'd ? 30 
 
 O turn, great Ruler of the Skies, 
 
 Turn from my Sin thy fearching eyes, 
 
 Nor let th' offences of my hand 
 
 Within thy book recorded ftand. 
 
 Give me a will to thine fubdu'd, 35 
 
 A confcience pure, a foul renew'd, 
 
 Nor let me, wrapt in endlefs gloom, 
 
 An outcaft frgm thy prcfence i;oam, 
 
 Of 
 
PSALM LI. 107 
 
 Or abfent mourn th' ethereal Gueft, 
 
 Whofe vifits chear th' afflicted breaft. 40 
 
 O let thy Spirit to my heart 
 
 Once more his quick'ning aid impart, 
 
 My mind from ev'ry fear releafe, 
 
 And footh my troubled thoughts to peace. 
 
 So (hall the fouls, whom Error's fway 45 
 
 Has urg'd from Thee, bleft Lord, to {tray, 
 
 From Me thy heav'nly precepts learn, 
 
 And humbled to their God return. 
 
 O would thy healing grace beftow'd 
 
 Abfolve me from my debt of biood, 50 
 
 How fhould my tongue thy Juftice fing, 
 
 Invinble, Immortal King, 
 
 And, long as breath extends my days, 
 
 The God of my Salvation praife ! 
 
 Not Victims, Lord, in folemn rite 55 
 
 Prefented, thy defire excite ; 
 
 Elfe fhould my hand with - care 
 
 Th' exacted holocauft pr 
 
 A Spirit griev'd is facrifice 
 
 Delightful to th' all-feeing eyes ; 60 
 
 The heart, that, taught itH gtitt to know, 
 
 Repentant heaves with inward woe, 
 
 Shall find its pray' its groans, its fighs, 
 
 To Thee in full feeefeptalnce rife. 
 
 Thy grace o Sion^ Lord, extend, 65 
 
 And bid fair Salem % walls afcend : 
 So fhall the Sons of Jacob's line 
 With pureft offrings luad thy Shrine, 
 
 And. 
 
ic8 PSALM LI. 
 
 And, while in many a lengthen'd wreath 
 Their incenfe (hall its odours breathe, 70 
 
 Before thy altar doom'd to bleed 
 The llaughter'd fteer the flames (hall feed. 
 
 PSALM LII. 
 
 WHY, Tyrant, boafts thy heart the pow'r 
 To work a Brother's woe ; 
 While God his mercy bids each hour 
 In ftreams unmeafur'd flow ? 
 2. 
 With joy thy tongue, to falfehood prone, 
 
 Its venom deals around ; 
 Nor razor fharpen'd on the ftone 
 
 Infli&s fo deep a wound. 
 \, 
 
 3- 
 
 Thy lips far readier 111 than Good 
 
 And Lies than Truth have fought; 
 
 Nor e'er has word that aim'd at blood 
 Unwelcom'd met thy thought. 
 
 *• 
 
 But God, whofe wrath thy crimes inflame, 
 
 Shall pluck thee from thy home, 
 Root from the land of life thy name, 
 And feal thy changelefs doom* 
 
 5- 
 The Juft, with thankful awe poflefs'd, 
 Shall view thy blafted pride, 
 
 And, 
 
PSALM LIL 109 
 
 And, from their fierceft foe releas'd, 
 
 Thy impious boafts deride. 
 6. 
 " Lo there the Wretch in trefpafs bold, 
 
 " Who God's fupport difdain'd, 
 Ci And on his heaps of treafur'd gold 
 
 " His frantic hope fuftain'd." 
 
 7- 
 Frefh as the verdant olive, I 
 
 Within thy Courts (hall ftand, 
 And, fix'd, indulgent Lord, rely 
 
 On thy protecting hand. 
 8. 
 Thy A£ts my praife fhall ever claim, 
 
 Thy Name, amidft my woes, 
 (How grateful to thy Saints that Name !) 
 
 My ev'ry fear compofe. 
 
 PSALM LIU. 
 
 BEHOLD the Fool, whofe heart denies 
 The God who form'd the Earth and Skies: 
 While, fearlefs, fin's worft paths he treads, 
 Mark how the dire example fpreads 
 Through human race. Not one we find 5 
 
 To Virtue's Heav'n-taught rules inclin'd, 
 Who 'midft infectious times has ftood 
 Unftain'd, and obftinately good. 
 Th' eternal Monarch from on high 
 Caft on the Sons of Earth his eye, 10 
 
 If 
 
no PSALM LIIL 
 
 If haply fome he yet might fee 
 
 From error's baleful influence free, 
 
 Whofe lives an impious Age might fhame, 
 
 Who fought his Love, and own'd his Name, 
 
 He look'd : But Ah ! not one could find i c 
 
 To Virtue's Heav'n-taught rules inclined : 
 
 Each, led from Wifdom's path aftray, 
 
 Purfues the tenour of his way. 
 
 O fay, what frenzy thus could blind 
 
 Their Souls, that with remorfelefs nifnd 20 
 
 As bread my People they devour, 
 
 Nor fuppliant own their Maker's pow'r. 
 
 Yet fee their thoughts tumultuous roll, 
 
 See caufelefs terrors fhake their foul : 
 
 Wide o'er the field the bones are fpread 25 
 
 Of Chiefs who by thy fword have bled, 
 
 And fpeak the doom that All muft fhare, 
 
 Whom God abandons from his care. 
 
 Who, mightieft Lord, to IfraeVs eyes 
 Shall bid the wifh'd Salvation rife, 30 
 
 From Sion's hill its healing ray 
 Extend, and round us pour the day ? 
 When Thou (Thy pow'r the Work demands,) 
 Shalt back recall our captive bands, 
 The bleft event to Judah's fhore 35 
 
 Her fongs of triumph (hall reftore, 
 And ceafelefs fhouts, through heavVs wide frame 
 Loud-echoing, Jacob's joy proclaim. 
 
 . i 
 
 PSALM 
 
( "I ) 
 
 PSALM LIV. 
 i. 
 
 THY Name my ftedfaft heart avows 5 
 Do Thou my injur'd caufe efpoufe. 
 And be thy Strength my aid : 
 My plaints, eternal Monarch, hear, 
 And let them by thy pitying ear 
 
 With full regard be weigh'd. 
 
 2. 
 
 For Nations from thy fear eftrang'd, 
 With Tyrants fierce, againft me rang'd, 
 
 My guiltlefs foul purfue : 
 But 'midft my helpers Heav'ns high Lord 
 Shall ftand, and faithful to his word 
 
 Each adverfe pow'V fubdue. 
 
 3- 
 
 O let my heart, their rage repell'd, 
 
 Itfelf a willing offering yield ; 
 
 To Thee its praife fhall flow, 
 While to my thought thy Mercies rife, 
 That gave me with exulting eyes 
 
 To fee my proftrate foe. 
 
 PSALM LV. 
 
 OHear my voice, All-potent Sire, 
 Nor diftant from the pray'r retire, 
 Whofe accents to thine ear impart 
 The anguifh of my heaving heart. 
 L 
 
> 3 
 
 
 1X2 P S A L M LV. 
 
 A Croud, whofe thoughts fromTheehave ftray 
 With falfehood arm'd, my peace invade j 
 Opprcffion's fhouts around me roar, 
 Death's blackeft horrors whelm me o'er, 
 And griefs and fears, that fhun controul, 
 Shake to its inmoft depth my foul. 
 O who fhall give me (thus my breaft 
 Its vain inquietude exprefs'd,) 
 The Dove's light wing, that through the air 
 A wretched fugitive may bear, 
 And grant me fafe from harms to dwell 15 
 
 Within the rock's fequefter'd cell ? 
 How would I mount the wafting wind, 
 How leave the wrathful ftorms behind, 
 And in the Defert's lone retreat 
 Contented fix my lafting Seat ! 20 
 
 Thy vengeance, Lord, inflift ; their tongue 
 Divide ; for Tumult, Strife, and Wrong, 
 Where'er I turn, before my eyes 
 In giant forms amid them rife ; 
 Within their wall's unhallow'd bound 25 
 
 By day, by night, they take their round ; 
 Nor ceafe their guilty ftreets to hear 
 The voice of falfehood, grief, and fear. 
 Not threaten'd Rage, or Hate profeft, 
 My fame infult, my peace moleft ; 30 
 
 My foul, when Foes had aim'd the wound, 
 Some fafe recefs perchance had found, 
 Or, difciplin'd by previous care, 
 Had learn'd th' expedted ill to bear j 
 
 13ut 
 
PSALM LV. 113 
 
 But Thou, 'twas Thou, the Friend difguis'd, 35 
 The Man, whom chief of Friends I priz'd. 
 To whom, its Counfellor and Guide, 
 My foul in ev'ry doubt applied : 
 In bands of fweeteft union join'd, 
 Each wifh, each fecret of the mind, 40 
 
 We (har'd, and 'midft th' aflembled Train 
 Familiar trod the hallow'd Fane. 
 Let death (eternal Juftice cries,) 
 Let death their impious race furprize ; 
 Let Earth its opening jaws extend, 45 
 
 While living to the grave defcend 
 The lawlefs Throng ; whofe Land profane 
 Hell*s worft-invented mifchiefs ftain. 
 But God my vows folicit ; He 
 From each diftrefs my foul (hall free ; 50 
 
 He, as with fervent lips I pray, 
 At dawn, at noon, at clofe of day, 
 Shall ftoop to my complaint his ear, 
 And inftant in my caufe appear. 
 He, when the battle round me bled, 55 
 
 From hoftile myriads fcreen'd my head, 
 Gave to my pray'r the wifh'd for peace, 
 And bade the dreadful tumult ceafe. 
 That Pow'r, who fate inthron'd above, 
 E'er Heav'n's vaft Orbs were feen to move, 60 
 Whofe Counfels, fix'd through ages paft, 
 Shall time's remoteft date outlaft, 
 That Pow'r my conteft (hall decide, 
 And humble to the duft their pride, 
 L 2 
 
ii4 PSAL M LV. 
 
 See, unprovok'd, the reftlefs foe 6$ 
 
 Aim at thy Saints the deathful blow, 
 Thy fear, great God, behind him thrown, 
 And compacts oft confirm'd difown. 
 While War's fierce flames within him burn, 
 As milk new foaming from the churn 70 
 
 Smooth are his lips ; as oil his words ; 
 Yet wound they deep as keeneft fwords. 
 O caft thee fearlefs on thy God ; 
 He, prompt to fave, the grateful load 
 Within his foft'ring arms ftiall bear, 75 
 
 And feed thee with a parent's care. 
 
 Author of good \ beneath thy hand 
 Secure from lapfe the Juft fhall ftand, 
 While (fuch thy Mandate !) on his foes 
 Definition's pit its mouth fhall clofe. 80 
 
 Who thirft for blood, who falfehoods raife, 
 To death (hall yield, e'er half their days 
 Be number'd, while, exulting, I 
 On Thee with ftedfaft hope rely. 
 
 PSALM LVL 
 
 O Reach me, Lord, thy aiding pow'r, 
 While hoftile troops my ftrength devour j 
 My ftrength devour, and day by day 
 With fierceft threats my heart difmay : 
 Yet Truft in Thee my fpirit chears, 5 
 
 And checks my fighs, and wipes my tears. 
 Thy promife, Lord, to notes of praife 
 
 In each diftrefs my fong (hall raife : 
 
 Gc4 
 
PSALM LVX. 115 
 
 God in my caufe his arm will rear ; 
 
 And Man, (hall Man excite my fear ? 10 
 
 My words they torture ; and, their thought 
 
 Each hour with deepeft malice fraught, 
 
 In impious council nightly meet, 
 
 And watch, with murth'rous aim, my feet. 
 
 On wrong, and fuperftition vain, 15 
 
 Their hope the frantic tribe fuftain ; 
 
 But teach them, Lord, thy wrath to know, 
 
 And quell the infults of my foe. 
 
 My grief to thine obferving eye, 
 
 As chas'd from realm to realm I fly, 20 
 
 In full difplay, great God, appears j 
 
 O treafure in thy vafe my tears : 
 
 But fee ! aj ready by thy hand 
 
 Recorded in thy book they ftand. 
 
 Whene'er to Thee, my God, I cry, 25 
 
 Secure of aid the fight I try, 
 
 While hofts beneath my falchion bleed, 
 
 And back with headlong flight recede. 
 
 Thy word my breaft with joy fhall fwell, 
 
 Thy promife, Lord, my woes difpell : 39 
 
 God in my caufe his arm will rear, 
 
 And Man, fhall Man excite my fear ? 
 
 Their thanks, their vows, (thy juft demand,) 
 
 My lips fliall yield : Thy favYing hand 
 
 My feet from error, from the grave 35 
 
 My fainting foul, has deign'd to fave, 
 
 And bids me ftill, to Thee allied, 
 
 Within the land of life refide. 
 
 L3 PSALM 
 
( n6 ) 
 
 PSALM LVII. 
 
 TH Y Mercy, Lord., amidft my woes, 
 Thy Mercy to my eyes difclofe ; 
 Let me, my hope on Thee reclin'd, 
 Beneath thy wings a refuge find, 
 Till thy prevailing beams difpell 5 
 
 The clouds of grief that o'er me dwell. 
 
 To Him, the God who reigns on high, 
 To Him with fuppliant voice I cry, 
 AfTur'd that He, indulgent ftill, 
 My plaint (hall hear, my pray Y fulfill, r* 
 
 His timelieft aid from heav'n extend, 
 My fame from obloquy defend, 
 And bid his Truth and Mercy fhed 
 Their kindeft influence on my head* 
 
 The Lions round me roar aloud ; 15 
 
 And, fir'd with caufelefs rage, a Croud 
 Advance, (thy foes, eternal Lord,) 
 Whofe teeth are fpears, whofe tongue a fword. 
 Inthron'd thyfelf above the Ikies, 
 O bid thy fulleft glory rife, 2 0- 
 
 And to the earth with cloudlefs ray 
 The wonders of thy powY difplay* 
 Oft, as amid the fnares I tread, 
 Each hour by hoftile fraud outfpread, 
 What fears, what woes, my bo'fom prove ! 2$ 
 Yet, fav'd by thy preventing Love, 
 Th* artificers of death I fee 
 Tain in the pit prepared for me. 
 
 My 
 
 
PSALM EVIL n 7 
 
 My heart is fix'd, Almighty Sire, 
 My heart is fix'd : To Thee afpire 30 
 
 My thoughts, and dictate to my lays 
 An argument of endlefs praife. 
 Awake (thou glory of my frame) 
 Awake, my tongue, to loud acclaim; 
 Awake my lute, and new-ftrung lyre; 35 
 
 Inftindt, myfelf, with holy fire 
 I wake; and lo, the dawning fun 
 Already hears the ftrain begun. 
 From Me aflembling crouds fliall burn 
 The triumphs of thy Love to learn, 40 
 
 And, rapt with zeal, the Nations round 
 Catch from my lips the facred found. 
 Lo ! to the clouds thy Truth extends, 
 Thy Mercy Heav'n's vaft height tranfeends: 
 Inthron'd thyfelf above the Ikies, 45 
 
 O bid thy fulleft glory rife, 
 And to the earth with cloudlefs ray 
 The wonders of thy pow'r difplay. 
 
 PSALM LVIII. 
 
 YE whofe lips the caufe decide, 
 Say, does Truth your fentence guide? 
 Are your thoughts by Juftice fway'd, 
 And in Reafon's balance weigh'd ? 
 Let your confcious tongues atteft 5 
 
 What ye harbour in your breaft. 
 Hearts ye bear, that deep within 
 Cherifh each fuggefted fin, 
 
 And 
 
ix8 PSALM LVIIL 
 
 And the di&ates of your will 
 
 With remorfelefs hands fulfill, 10 
 
 From the womb, in error's way 
 
 See the infant finner ftray : 
 
 Nurtur'd in deceit and wrong 
 
 See him with advent'rous tongue 
 
 (Prompt his earlieft fkill to try,) 1 5 
 
 Lifp the meditated lye. 
 
 See their veins with venom fwell ; 
 
 Arm'd with fuch, the Adder fell 
 
 Stops her ear, in many a fold 
 
 'Mid the (helt'ring brake uproll'd, 20 
 
 While each note the Charmer tries, 
 
 And his utmoft art defies. 
 
 Smite, great God, the Lions* cheek, 
 And their fangs indignant break. 
 While they arm them for the war, 2$ 
 
 And their quiver'd ftores prepare, 
 Let th' Oppreffors feel thy pow'r, 
 Let thy fword their ftrength devour; 
 Let them wafte in fwift decay, 
 As the Torrents pafs away, 30 
 
 As the earth-bred Snails confume, 
 As th' Abortions of the womb 
 (Life's fhort circuit fcarce begun,) 
 Perifh e'er they fee the fun. 
 
 E'er the Caldron learn to glow 35 
 
 From the kindling thorns below, 
 Let thy hotter wrath be fhed 
 Quick on each rebellious head: 
 
 Let 
 
PSALM LVIII. 119 
 
 Let the Storms, that through the Iky, 
 
 Minifters of vengeance, fly, 40 
 
 Inftant, Lord, at thy beheft, 
 
 Sweep from earth the living Peft: 
 
 While the Souls that truft in Thee 
 
 Pleas'd their caufe aveng'd fhall fee, 
 
 And, the dreadful conflict o'er, 45 
 
 Waft their fteps in hoftile gore. 
 
 " Doubtlefs, each convinc'd fhall cry, 
 
 u Doubtlefs, there's a Judge on high; 
 
 4< And who His commands regard, 
 
 " Reap at length their full reward." 50 
 
 PSALM LIX. 
 
 TH' impLending ftorm, my God, ailuagej 
 High o'er the foes, that round me rage, 
 Exalt me, (foes, whofe ftubborn mind, 
 To wrong and violence refign'd, 
 Thy facred Laws has long withftood,) 5 
 
 And fave me from the Man of blood. 
 AfTembling crouds the deadly fnare, 
 Without my crime, great God, prepare; 
 Without my crime, in fin allied, 
 To difPrent paths their courfe divide: 10 
 
 O, obvious to/my prayV, arife, 
 Nor let their guilt efcape thine eyes. 
 Leader of Holts, and Ifrael's God ! 
 Stretch o'er the Heathen tribes thy rod, 
 Nor let them, unchaftis'd,each hour 15 
 
 With mad prefumption brave thy pow'r. 
 
 Whca 
 
120 PSALM LIX, 
 
 When eve's dark/hades o'er heav'n are hung, 
 
 See ! as the Dog with fury flung, 
 
 While hideous yells their wrath betray, 
 
 From ftreet to ftreet. they urge their way. 20 
 
 Swords in their lips, without a fear 
 
 Their threats they vent: for who fhall hear? 
 
 By Thee, by Thee, thofe threats are heard ; 
 
 Superior Thou each frantic word, 
 
 Eternal Monarch, (halt deride, 25 
 
 And check with juft reproach their pride. 
 
 Rock of my ftrength ! To Thee on high 
 
 My Soul fhall lift the ftedfaft eye, 
 
 Whofe aid, e'er yet invok'd, each foe 
 
 Beneath my conqu'ring feet fhall throw. 30 
 
 Let not thy wrath, O God our fhield, 
 
 Their name to full excifion yield, 
 
 Left, vanifh'd from th' obferving eye, 
 
 Th* example of the vengeance die j 
 
 But, arm'd with pow'r, through foreign lands 35 
 
 Diftribute wide their vanquifh'd Bands. 
 
 Such vengeance from thine arm, great Sire, 
 
 Their tongue's repeated crimes require, 
 
 Their thoughts, inflam'd with impious pride, 
 
 Their oaths to guile's worft ends applied, 40 
 
 And urge thee with impartial doom 
 
 Each bold tranfgreffor to confume : 
 
 Strike, Lord, O ftrike the needful blow, 
 
 And teach an erring World to know, 
 
 That Jacob's Sons thy pow'r obey, 45 
 
 And Earth's wide confines own thy fway. 
 
 When 
 
PSALM LIX. i2i 
 
 When eve's dark (hades o'er heav'n are hung, 
 
 Still, as the Dog with fury ftung, 
 
 Still let them, clam'ring for their prey, 
 
 From ftreet to ftreet purfue their way, 50 
 
 Infatiate; while their deftin'd fpoil 
 
 Elufive mocks their fruitlefs toil. 
 
 I, Lord, fecure in Thee, thy might 
 
 Will praife, and with the rifing light 
 
 Thy Love, that in the dreadful day 55 
 
 Redeem'd me, on my harp difplay, 
 
 Thee own my Refuge, (heav'nly King!) 
 
 And Mercy's unexhaufted Spring. 
 
 PSALM LX. 
 
 REPULS'D, difpers'd, chaftis'd by Thee, 
 O grant us, Lord, thy face to fee, 
 And let the People, once thy care, 
 Again thy fav'ring prefence (hare. 
 How trembles this divided Land 5 
 
 Beneath the terrors of thy hand ! 
 O Thou, the God whom we adore, 
 Its breaches heal, its peace reftore. 
 Thy juft Decrees to Ifrael's eyes 
 Have bid a fcene of forrow rife, 10 
 
 And to his pallid lips the wine 
 Of dire Aftonifliment confign. 
 Yet fee, thy hands a ftandard rear ; 
 Beneath it Each, who owns thy fear, 
 Engag'd in Truth's neglected caufe, 15 
 
 His fword, fecure of conqueft, draws. 
 
 Such, 
 
122 PSALM LX. 
 
 Such, objects of thy tend'reft Love, 
 
 Defend propitious from above ; 
 
 Let Me with Them thy Mercy fhare, 
 
 And hear, O hear, my ceafelefs pray'n 20 
 
 God with an Oath his purpofe fealsj 
 
 My hand with joy his word fulfills ; 
 
 Behold me Sicbem's plain divide; 
 
 My line, to SuccoWs vale applied, 
 
 Its bound defcribes ; Thee mine I fee, 25 
 
 O Gileady and, Manajjes^ Thee. 
 
 Thou, Epbralm^ art my ftrong defence, 
 
 Thou, Judab, (halt my Law difpenfe; 
 
 A different lot fhall Moab find, 
 
 A Vafe to vileft ufe aflign'dj 30 
 
 A doom like his let Edom meet, 
 
 And wipe the duft from off my feet. 
 
 Philiftia^ pleas'd thy tribute bring, 
 
 And own in Me thy future King. 
 
 Who, as our troops in clofe array 35 
 
 To Edam's forts direct their way, 
 
 Arm'd with refiftlefs ftrength fhall bid 
 
 Her gates unfold, her bolts recede ? 
 
 Behold us, Lord, opprefs'd with woe, 
 
 As exil'd from thy care we go : 40 
 
 Shall Ifrael's hofts, thy aid withheld, 
 
 Still unfuccefsful take the field ? 
 
 Our hope, on Man repos'd in vain, 
 
 O let thy Strength, great God, fuftain : 
 
 Thus arm'd, each adverfe pow'r we dare, 45 
 
 And dauntlefs meet the rufhing war, 
 
 While 
 
PSALM LX. x2 3 
 
 ^Vhile from thy fword our foes retire, 
 Or trampled in the duft expire. 
 
 PSALM LXI. 
 
 OPPRESS'D with grief, in exile loft, 
 To Thee from JudaVs utmoft coaft 
 My voice, eternal God, I fend : 
 O hear my plaint; my pray'r attend. 
 High on the rock my footfteps rear; 5 
 
 There let me ftand unmov'd, and hear 
 The ftorms, that now around me beat, 
 At diftance roll beneath my feet. 
 Thee, Lord, I feek, whene'er my foes 
 With dire intent my path inclofe, 10 
 
 And own thee in the dang'rous hour 
 My ftedfaft Hope, my ftrongeft Tow'r, 
 Remote from fear, within thy ftirine 
 Thou, Lord, my dwelling (halt aflign; 
 Thy wings {hall wrap me in their (hade; 15 
 
 Thou, Thou haft heard me when I pray'd, 
 And yielded to my wifh the joys 
 Of Thofe whofe care thy Will employs. 
 Long Life fhall IfraeFs King behold, 
 And ages count on ages roll'd : 23 
 
 Safe in thy prefence let him ftand, 
 And fhare the bleffings of thy hand j 
 His dwelling let thy Truth defend, 
 Thy Mercy on his fteps attend. 
 So (hall thy Love awake my fong, 25 
 
 Thy Name the willing note prolong, 
 
 M While, 
 
**4 PSA L M LXU 
 
 While, warm'd with zeal, my vows I pay, 
 And blefs thee to my lateft day. 
 
 PSALM LXII. 
 
 MY Soul in God its reft has found ; 
 When various griefs befet me round, 
 His Love fhall fure deliv'rance yield; 
 By Him through life I walk upheld, 
 And fafe from lapfe my courfe maintain, 5 
 
 Or, falling, inftant rife again. 
 How long, Artificers of ill, 
 Shall fchemes of death employ your fkill ? 
 Behold the mifchiefs ye intend 
 Retorted on your heads defcend: 10 
 
 Your femblance fee yon loofen'd Wall, 
 Yon Bulwark, nodding to its fall. 
 Vain are the wiles for Him prepared, 
 Whom Heav'n's high Lord vouchfafes to guard, 
 And, crown'd with honours from above, 15 
 
 Proclaims the object of his Love. 
 See, vers'd in fraud, the impious Throng 
 With bleffings charge their guileful tongue, 
 While deep within the heart's difguife 
 The fecret curfe invelop'd lies. 20 
 
 But Thou, my Soul, on God reciin'd, 
 In Him thy wifh'd for reft (halt find ; 
 His Love (hall fure deliv'rance yield; 
 By Him through life I walk upheld, 
 Superior brave the hoftile Train, 25 
 
 And fafe from lapfe my courfe maintain. 
 
 Thee, 
 
PSALM LXIL 1*5 
 
 Thee, Lord, my Glory, Thee alone 
 
 My Rock, my Health, my Strength, I own : 
 
 Ye Tribes, in God your help behold, 
 
 To Him, with me, your hearts unfold ; 30 
 
 Each want confefs, each grief reveal; 
 
 For who, O who like Him can heal? 
 
 O Vanity, thy name is Man : 
 
 Intent the human mind to fcan, 
 
 Come, try, if aught of weight there feem; 35 
 
 Sufpend the balance, fix the beam : 
 
 In vain. — With equal eafe were weigh'd 
 
 The flitting air, or empty fhade. 
 
 Truft not in Wrong and Fraud ; no more 
 
 On Hope's light wing prefumptuous foar$ 40 
 
 Let gather'd wealth before thee lie 
 
 Beheld with unretorted eye, 
 
 Nor let the glittering heap impart 
 
 One wifh to thy deluded heart. 
 
 Once from his throne th J Almighty fpake, 45 
 
 And forth again the accents brake: 
 
 " I claim the univerfal fway, 
 
 " I mark if Man my will obey, 
 
 " And, where my Fear the mind impells, 
 
 " (For Pow'r in Me with Mercy dwells,) 50 
 
 u Each aft obferve with kind regard, 
 
 <c And pleas'd confer the juft reward." 
 
 M2 PSALM 
 
( «6 > 
 
 PSALM LXIII. 
 
 ^jPHO U art my God ; to Thee my eyca 
 
 -** I lift, e'er yet the dawn arife: 
 With facred thirft, O Lord, I burn, 
 My Heart, my Flefh, thy abfence mourn, 
 As o'er th' unhofpitable way 5 
 
 Amidfr. a barren wade I ftray, 
 Yet here, by heav'nly Wifdom led, 
 Expectant wait, till o'er my head 
 Thy beams in mild effulgence play, 
 And turn my darknefs into day ; is 
 
 Thofe beams which oft my eyes beheld 
 From Sale?ti$ hallow'd Shrine reveal'd. 
 
 Thy Love my lips fh all ever tell, 
 (Can Life itfelf that Love exceil?) 
 Nor ceafe, while breath prolongs my days, r 5 
 In thankful notes the hymn to raife. 
 To Thee thy Servant, Lord, as now, 
 His hands {hall rear, his knees fhall bow. 
 For nought like this my foul can chear; 
 Nor marrow from the fatted fteer 2 
 
 Could e'er to the luxurious fenfe 
 Such full delight, my God, difpenfe, 
 As what my fatiate foul injoys, 
 Whene'er thy praife my tongue employs. 
 Thou Moon, be witnefs if my oed 25 
 
 Forgetful of my God I fpread ; 
 And Thou, revolving Sun, if e'er 
 I wake unconfcious of his care. 
 
 Safe 
 
PSALM LX1II. 127 
 
 Safe in the fliadow of thy wings, 
 
 In Thee I joy, O King of Kings ; 30 
 
 When dangers threaten to devour, 
 
 Superior to each adverfe pow'r 
 
 Thy Arm extends the help divine, 
 
 And long Experience calls it mine. 
 
 Behold my foes in dread retire, 35 
 
 Or proftrate at my feet expire: 
 
 While to my conqu'ring hvord they yield, 
 
 The Beafts that nightly range the field 
 
 Amid the flaughter'd heaps fhall ftray, 
 
 And rav'nous feize their licensed prey* 40 
 
 By Thee exalted to the throne 
 
 Shall Judab's King thy mercies own; 
 
 And bleft be Each, my God, whofe tongue 
 
 With Him fhall raife the grateful fong, 
 
 Who fuppliant at thy fhrine fhall kneel, 45 
 
 While fhame the Lyar's lips fhall feal. 
 
 PSALM LXIV. 
 
 THY Suppliant's voice propitious hear; 
 My life, Bleft Lord, from hoftile fear 
 Secure, while Men of impious mind, 
 Their pow'rs in fecret league combin'd, 
 With fadtious rage my foul purfue, 5 
 
 And hide, O hide me from their view. 
 Behold the flaughter-breathino: Throng 
 Whet as a fword their baleful tongue, 
 And words, as arrows keen, prepare, 
 That edg'd with death fhall walk the air, 10 
 
 M 3 Conceal* d 
 
123 PSALM LXIV. 
 
 Conceal'd from light each fear difclaim* 
 
 And level at the Juft their aim, 
 
 Nor reft, til] in the blamelefs heart 
 
 Their hand has lodg'd the fudden dart. 
 
 Their dire defigns, in guilt allied, 15 
 
 They form ; fecure, their fnares provide ; 
 
 " And who our aim fhall thwart ? What eye 
 
 " (They afk,) the hidden death defcry?" 
 
 With future mifchiefs teem their breads, 
 
 (As each to each new wiles fuggefts,) 20 
 
 And feek in art's obfcureft veil 
 
 Their guilty purpofe to conceal. 
 
 Ah ! Wretches, whither will ye fly ? 
 
 Behold the arrow from on high 
 
 Defcend, that bears upon its wing 25 
 
 The wrath of Heav'n's offended King: 
 
 The fatal fhaft its errand knows, 
 
 And red with hotteft vengeance glows. 
 
 Their tongue, that feeks another's hurt, 
 Itfelf their footfteps fhall fubvert, 30 
 
 And paffers by with inward dread 
 Behold them on the earth outfpread. 
 Each heart (hall own, with rev'rent thought* 
 That Thou the work, great God, haft wrought, 
 And, pleas'd, thy chaftifemeats ftiall trace, 35, 
 Inflicted on their guilty race,. 
 While, refeu'd from their rage, the Juft 
 Exulting fix on Thee their truft. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 129 ) 
 PSALM LXV. 
 
 THEE S ion's praife, O Lord, attends, 
 To Thee the frequent vow afcends 
 From each v/horn Salem's walls beheld 
 Among her faithful fons inroll'd : 
 To Thee, whofe ready ear the pray'r 5 
 
 Prevents, fhall Man's whole race repair : 
 Amidft them at thy footftool I, 
 Prefs'd with a weight of guilt, apply, 
 Aflur'd from Thy free grace to win 
 The wifh'd atonement of my fin. 10 
 
 Bleft, who by fweet experience knows, 
 What Joys thy Prefence, Lord, beftews, 
 The Man, who, privileged by Thee, 
 Thy face in near approach (hall fee, 
 Behold thy beams effulgent play, 15 
 
 And in thy Dwelling fix his flay. 
 Let IfraeVs Tribes, their foes o'erthrown, 
 The terrors of thy Juitice own, 
 O Thou, the Hope of human race, 
 Of all whom Earth's wide arms embrace, 20 
 Of all who toft by tempefts fweep 
 The furface of the pathlefs Deep. 
 In Thee they truft, who girt with pow'r 
 Haft bid the Mountains heav'nward tow'r, 
 And, fix'd on ftrongeft bafe, defy 25 
 
 The warring blafts that round them fly : 
 In Thee — Who know'ft at will to rein 
 The infults of the foaming Main, 
 
 Check 
 
i jo PSALM LXV* 
 
 Check the brute waves that roar aloud, 
 
 And (till the madnefs of the Croud. 3a 
 
 Remoteft Realms with dire difmay 
 
 Thy wonders, mightieft Lord, furvey ; 
 
 And, as they walk th' ethereal Round, 
 
 The Morn and Eve thy praife refound. 
 
 Thy vifits teach the grateful foil 35 
 
 To recompenfe the tiller's toil : 
 
 By unexhaufted fprings fupplied 
 
 Thy River pours its copious tide, 
 
 And bids the ftrength-infufing grain 
 
 Earth's countlefs Family fuftain. 4a 
 
 The Clouds, in frequent fhow'rs diftill'd, 
 
 Drop fatnefs on the pregnant field, 
 
 Break the tough glebe, the furrows chear, 
 
 And crown with good the gliding year. 
 
 The paftures of th' extended Wafte 45 
 
 Thy gifts in rich profufion tafte ;. 
 
 The hills around exulting ftand, 
 
 And own the bounty of thy hand. 
 
 Nurs'd by thy care the fleecy train 
 
 Inverts with white the rural plain, 50 
 
 While, as beneath the fav'ring fkies 
 
 In crouded ranks the harvefts rife, 
 
 The laughing Vale a flumes a tongue, 
 
 And burfts triumphant into fong. 
 
 PSALM 
 
C 131 ) 
 PSALM LXVI, 
 
 YE Sons of Men, in God rejoice; 
 Lift in one choir your thankful voice, ■ 
 And fpread through Earth's extended frame 
 The honour of your Maker's name. 
 How awful are thy Works, how great 1 Jjj 
 
 (Thus let the fong his praife repeat,) 
 Thy late obdurate foes behold, 
 By thy fuperior ftrength controul'd, 
 With flattering lip their homage pay, 
 And Earth's whole empire own thy fway. 10 
 Each tribe of human race to Thee 
 Shall fuppliant bend the humble knee, 
 Each tongue, in hymns of praife fnall join* 
 And joyful blefs the name divine. 
 O come, and view with rev'rent thought - 15 
 The Acts by Heav'n's high Monarch wrought, 
 Hi^ wonders fhown fince Time began, 
 And friendlike intercourfe with Man. 
 His word the Deep's vaft channel dried, 
 And backward roll'd th' obedient Tide : 20 
 
 Now fate athwart its fandy bed 
 By Him our refcu'd troops are led, 
 Now loft in grateful tranfport (rand, 
 And (houts of triumph fhake the ftrand. 
 Time's lateft period long o'erpaft, 25 
 
 His pow'r fhall felf-fupported laft ; 
 Each realm to his obferving eyes, 
 From pole to pole, fubje£ted lies* 
 
 And 
 
132 PSALM LXVL 
 
 And fees its rebel Sons in vain 
 
 With ftrength combined oppofe his reign. 30 
 
 Ye Nations All of various tongue, 
 
 To Jacob's God exalt the fong ; 
 
 Sing, fmg aloud, that Nature's ear 
 
 His praife through all her bounds may hear, 
 
 Whofe wakeful care within our breaft 35 
 
 (Though countlefs foes our peace infeft,) 
 
 Still gives the vital pulfe to beat, 
 
 And guards from dread of lapfe our feet. 
 
 Oft has thy hand, All-potent Lord, 
 
 By various proof our faith explor'd, 40 
 
 And bid the flame each heart refine, 
 
 As filver recent from the mine : 
 
 Now round us waves the net, and now 
 
 Beneath opprjefiion's weight we bow, 
 
 "While o'er our heads the Sons of pride 45 
 
 With hoftile fcorn exulting ride. 
 
 Through fires, through torrents, led by Thee, 
 
 At length th' expected Land we fee, 
 
 Where ftreams irriguous cleave the foil, 
 
 And crown with wealth the tiller's toil. 50 
 
 Lo, to thy Dome, my God and King, 
 
 The facred holocauft I bring, 
 
 That late, opprefs'd by forrow's cloud, 
 
 To Thee with fervent lip I vow'd: 
 
 Before thy Altar's kindled fire 55 
 
 The promis'd victims fhall expire, 
 
 Here bleed the full-fed Goat, and here 
 
 The fleecy Ram, and ftubborn Steer. 
 
 O come,, 
 
PSAL M LXVI. Z33 
 
 O come, Ye Souls that fear your God, 
 And learn his grace on Me beftow'd, 60 
 
 As, fupplicating loud, my tongue 
 Wak'd to his praife the hallow'd fong. 
 Had confcious guilt my bofom ftain'd, 
 How had his ear my pray'r difdain'd, 
 That upward now through trafts of day 65 
 
 In fure acceptance wings its way ! 
 Bleft be my God, who, thron'd on high, 
 Rejefls not from his care my cry, 
 Nor, while afflictions round me rife, 
 His mercy to my foul denies. 70 
 
 PSALM LXVII-. 
 
 MAY God his fav'ring ear incline, 
 And bid his face on Ifrad fhine, 
 That All thy counfels, Lord, may know, 
 Where Earth extends, or Oceans flow, 
 And, thankful, to their wondring eyes 5 
 
 Behold thy wifh'd Salvation rife. 
 To Thee, of Life th' eternal Spring, 
 Invifible, All-potent King, 
 One chorus let the Nations raife, 
 One fhout of univerfal praife. 10 
 
 Exult each Tribe, exult each Land; 
 Heav'n's mighty Lord with equal hand 
 The balance holds, and Earth's domain 
 Shall own to lateft age his reign. 
 To Thee, of Life th* eternal Spring, 15 
 
 luvifible, All-potent King, 
 
 One 
 
134 PSALM LXVII. 
 
 One chorus let the Nations raife, 
 
 One fhout of univerfal praife. 
 
 So, warm'd by genial funs, the field 
 
 With full increafe its fruits fhall yield, 2® 
 
 And God, thy God, O Ifrael, fhed 
 
 His choiceft bleflings on thy head. 
 
 God fhall on Us his bleflings fhow'r, 
 And Man's whole Race revere his pow'r. 
 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 LET God arife, and let his foes, 
 His arm unable to oppofe, 
 Back from the field, with wild affright 
 O'erwhelm'd, precipitate their flight. 
 Behold, great God, the impious Hoft 5 
 
 Like fmoke in quick difperfion loft : 
 Behold them, at thy look, expire, 
 Diflblv'd, as wax before the fire; 
 While all who own thy juft command 
 Exulting in thy prefence ftand, 10 
 
 And bid the fhout of triumph rife 
 Loud echoing to the diftant fkies. 
 O, while his Acts your lips infpire, 
 And animate the vocal lyre, 
 
 A path for IfraeVs God prepare, j 5 , 
 
 Who, feated on his regal Car, 
 Triumphant o'er the Defert wide 
 In folemn ftate is feen to ride: 
 His Name Jehovah; Theme of praife 
 Exhauftlefs ! in his prefence raife 20 
 
 The 
 
PSALM LXVIIL i 3S 
 
 The grateful ftrain, and joyous fing 
 
 The Mercies of your heav'nly King. 
 
 Their Parent Him the Orphans hail; 
 
 He bids the Widow's caufe prevail, 
 
 And, fhrin'd above th' empyreal fky, 25 
 
 Extends to All his equal eye, 
 
 A manfion to the Outcaft gives, 
 
 The Captive from his chain relieves, 
 
 But bids the Sinner wear away 
 
 In barren wilds his fhorten'd day* 30 
 
 When o'er the long-extended Wade 
 
 Thy glory, Firfl: of Beings ! paft, 
 
 And, beaming o'er thy People's head, 
 
 Their Bands to certain conqueft led, 
 
 Earth, groaning, to its centre reel'd, 35 
 
 The Heav'ns, in clouds diflblv'd, beheld 
 
 The footfteps of th' approaching God, 
 
 And Sinai own'd, with lowly nod, 
 
 Thy vifits, everlafting Lord ! 
 
 The Pow'r by Jacob's Sons ador'd. 40 
 
 Wltile yet the burning fands they tread, 
 
 Thy kindlieft rains, around them fhed, 
 
 Befpeak them fav'rites of thy care, 
 
 And Nature's wearied pow'rs 'repair. 
 
 Thus joy the Tribes whom Thou haft lov'd, 45 
 
 Thus boaft their lot by Thee improv'd, 
 
 Whofe aid the humble and the poor 
 
 Shall ne'er with fruitlefs vows implore. 
 
 Heav'^^ mighty Monarch gave the word ; 
 His mandate Sions Daughters heard, 50 
 
 N And 
 
136 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 And thus in one aflembled throng 
 With fvveet accordance form the Song: 
 " Kings with their hofts have fled; and We, 
 cc Who fate from toils of battle free, 
 " (Content the houfhold's care to guide,) 55 
 <c The Victor's richeft fpoils divide. " 
 Again (their form obfcur'd awhile 
 By tafks of fervitude and toil,) 
 Again the Sons of Abraham's line 
 Array'd in fpotlefs luftre fhine, 60 
 
 As Doves, while obvious to the Sun 
 From plume to plume the fplendors run, 
 Their wings in filver dipt unfold, 
 And necks that glow with living gold. 
 See Peace (for God thy wars has fought ^) 65 
 See Peace, thy full deliv'rance wrought, 
 While back thy foes, O Ifrael^ turn, 
 Prefent amid thy gloom a Morn, 
 Unfullied as the glitt'ring fnow, 
 Diffus'd o'er Salmons ample brow. 70 
 
 No more, O Bafan^ vaunt thy height, 
 That ftrikes with awe the diftant fight, 
 No more, ye fwelling Mountains, rife 
 In haughty triumph to the ikies : 
 On humbler Sion's favour'd head 75 
 
 His tent th' eternal King has fpread, 
 Her facred Hill his choice confer!, 
 And lading manfion of his reft. 
 Ten thoufand Cars, and yet again 
 Ten thoufand Cars, in lengthen'd train 80 
 
 Along 
 
PSALM LXVIII. 137 
 
 Along her hallow'd way proceed, 
 
 While God the Pomp vouchfafes to lead, 
 
 And Ifrael views within her Ihrine 
 
 (Bleft feat of Majefty divine,) 
 
 The fcene that erft his Tribes beheld 85 
 
 On Sinai's myftic top reveal'd. 
 
 Admiring Crouds with upcaft eye 
 Have ktn thee, Lord, afcend on high : 
 Behind thee move a captive Train, 
 Fall fetter'd with the fervile chain, 90 
 
 While gifts through Thee on All below 
 From Heav'n's high throne tranfmitted flow. 
 A Race, who fhun'd thy Laws to own, 
 The Bleffings of thy hand have known, 
 And, objects of thy tend'reft care, 95 
 
 With Us the heav'nly prefence (hare. 
 
 To God, our ever conftant Aid, 
 Be thanks and ceafelefs honour paid : 
 On Him thy wifh'd falvation refts ; 
 Him, Ifrael, praife ; whofe high behefts 100 
 
 Death's dreaded march through Earth's domain 
 To paths by Him prefcrib'd reftrain. 
 To Each whofe heart rejects his fway, 
 His terrors (hall their guilt repay; 
 Intent on plans of future ill 105 
 
 His ftroke the hairy fcalp (hall feel, 
 
 kAnd fhare the vengeance, thus aloud 
 Denounc'd on the rebellious Croud. 
 " Once more from Safari's fertile plain, 
 " Once more from the divided Main no 
 
 N 2 " Thee, 
 
i 3 8 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 66 Thee, Jacob, my refiftlefs hand 
 
 ic Shall lead, and guard thy chofen Band. 
 
 4C When foes thy fword prefumptuous brave, 
 
 <c Thy feet the fanguine ftream (hall lave, 
 
 44 Thy dogs devour the flaughter'd throng, 115. 
 
 " And tinge with impious gore their tongue." 
 
 My God, my King, with joyful view 
 Thy fteps our wond'ring eyes purfue, 
 While, ranged in order's ftri&eft line, 
 Before, (as onward to thy fhrine 12© 
 
 The Ark thy fhrouded prefence bears,) 
 The Singers walk, parting their fhares 
 Of facred harmony - y Behind, 
 The Minftrels tread, in concert join'd, 
 While, in the midft, the Virgin train 125 
 
 Awake the timbrel's loudeft ftrain. 
 " Your praifes (thus begins the lay,) 
 " To Heav'n's eternal Sovereign pay, 
 M Ye Tribes that boaft your hallow'd Race 
 " From Ifrael's fruitful fource to trace." 1 30 
 Leaft of that Race, Thou, Benjamin, 
 With mightier Judah there art ken, 
 While Naphthali's glad Chiefs confpire 
 With Zebulon to form the choir. 
 
 Strong in thy God, O Ifrael, rife; 135 
 
 /nd Thou, great Ruler of the Skies, 
 Thy Work perpetuate ; let thy Love, 
 Fair Salem s fhrine incircling, move 
 Aflembled Kings her Courts to greet, 
 And caft their gifts before thy feet. M-° 
 
 1 lie 
 
PSALM LXVIIL 139 
 
 The Beaft, that from his reedy bed 
 
 On Nile's proud bank uplifts the head, 
 
 Rebuke, indignant ; nor the Throng 
 
 Forget, from whofe mifguided tongue 
 
 The Heifer and the grazing Steer 145 
 
 The offer'd Vow unconfcious hear, 
 
 While to the filvcr's tinkling found 
 
 Their feet in folemn dance rebound. 
 
 Their thirft of war, great God, reftrain, 
 
 And backward drive their fcatter'd train: 150 
 
 So, fummon'd from her fartheft end, 
 
 Shall Egypt's Lords to Salem bend 
 
 Their footfteps, and Arabic? $ Land 
 
 Extend to Thee the fuppliant hand. 
 
 Ye various Realms that Earth divide, 155 
 
 O fing to Ifrael's God and Guide, 
 Who o'er the fkies, in awful Hate, 
 From earlieft age, exalted fate ; 
 Whofe voice, in frequent thunders giv'n, 
 Tremendous {hakes the vault of Heav'n. 160 
 
 To Him the pow'r afcribe, whofe rays 
 To Jacob's view confpicuous blaze, 
 Who downward from th' ethereal height 
 O'er fubjeft Worlds extends his fight. 
 What terrors from thy prefence flow ! 165 
 
 O Thou, of IfratPs foes the Foe, 
 Whofe flrength his arm for toil prepares, 
 And crowns with fure fuccefs his wars. 
 To Thee, till Time fnall reach its end, 
 Let fongs of highcft praife afcend. 170 
 
 N 3 PSALM 
 
( HO ) 
 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 Reach me, Lord, thy hand, and fave 
 My foul from the voracious wave. 
 
 In depths of mire behold me bound; 
 
 In vain my finking feet the ground 
 
 Explore ; while high above my head 5 
 
 The whelming floods their billows fpread. 
 
 Faint are my limbs, my palate dry, 
 
 While ceafelefs to my God I cry; 
 
 With wafting orbs my eyes attend 
 
 To fee his promised grace defcend. 10 
 
 Behold my Foes around me fpread, 
 
 The hairs that fhade my haplefs head 
 
 Outnumbering ; Foes, that, arm'd with pow'r, 
 
 My foul have laboured to devour, 
 
 Though pure of each offence I ftand, 15 
 
 Plight to their terms my willing hand, 
 
 Nor fhun (Extortion's eafy pre-',) 
 
 The wrong-imputed debt to pay. 
 
 To Thee, my God, to Thee alone 
 
 The errors of my heart are known : 2e 
 
 O let not, heav'nly Lord, thine aid 
 
 Thus long to my requeft delay'd 
 
 .Their hope to hoftile fcorn confign, 
 
 Whole hearts on IfracFs God recline. 
 
 Thy Caufe, by Me avow'd, my fame 25 
 
 To infuk gives, my check to (hame: 
 
 Domeftick Wrath and kindred Hate* 
 
 In thy defence, my foul await 5 
 
 - The 
 
PSALM LXIX. r 4 f 
 
 The Brothers of my blood in Me 
 
 An Alien and an Outcaft fee. 30 
 
 With zeal devour'd my bofom burns, 
 
 While frequent to my thought returns 
 
 Thy Dwelling by an impious Train 
 
 Difhonour'd, and each taunt profane, 
 
 That loud-tongu'd Rage for Thee intends, 35 
 
 On Me with fulleft weight defcends. 
 
 Diffolv'd in tears, v/ith fading worn, 
 
 What obloquy my foul has borne ! 
 
 My loyns with forrow's garb o'erfpread 
 
 With jefts their cruel fancy fed : 40 
 
 I pafs the crouded gate, purfu'd 
 
 By laughter and reproaches rude,. 
 
 The proverb of the Drunkard's tongue, 
 
 And theme familiar of his fon£. 
 
 O let me in th' accepted hour 45 
 
 In pray'r to Thee my fpirit pour -, 
 
 Thine ear in full accordance bend, 
 
 And pleas'd thy promis'd help extend. 
 
 Snatch from the miry depths my feet ; 
 
 Back let my furious foes retreat ; 5a 
 
 And O ! the fwellino- ftorm aflua^e, 
 
 E'er yet the flood's remorfelefs rage 
 
 In dreadful whirlpools wrap me round > 
 
 And plunge me in the dark profound* 
 
 Hear, Lord, and to my foul difplay 55 
 
 Thy Mercy's all-enliv'ning ray ; 
 
 Look down, eternal God, look down, 
 
 Behold me, but without a frown. 
 
 No* 
 
*i 4 2 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 Nor to thy Servant's longing eye 
 
 Thy face, amidft my woes, deny. 60 
 
 Hafte to my aid, O hafte thee near, 
 
 Do Thou my foul from hoftile fear 
 
 Releafe ; thine ears each infult keen 
 
 Have heard ; thine eyes my fhame have feen, 
 
 And ftedfaft mark'd the adverfe Band, 65 
 
 That leagu'd in guilt around me ftand. 
 
 My foul, by evil tongues aflail'd, 
 
 Unequal to the conflict fail'd : 
 
 In fad inquietude of thought 
 
 Some partner of my grief I fought, 70 
 
 And wiih'd,- in vain, the friend to find, 
 
 Whofe voice might footh my troubled mind. 
 
 Thefe, 'mid the Croud that wait me nigh, 
 
 Gall to my lothing lips apply ; 
 
 While Thefe my thirft's affiiftive rage 75 
 
 With juice of fharpeft tafte afluage. 
 
 Say, what requital from thy hand 
 
 Shall guilt like theirs, great God, demand ? 
 
 While pleas'd the focial board they (hare, 
 
 Let Death around it plant a fnare, 80 
 
 And what fnould blifs and health beftow 
 
 With aim inverted work their woe. 
 
 Let blindnefs check their fell defigns, 
 
 Bow with affliction's weight their loyns, 
 
 And let thy Wrath, with loofen'd rem, 85 
 
 Defcending crulh the rebel Train. 
 
 Let Horror and Deftruftion drear 
 
 Amid their tents the ftandard rear, 
 
 Nor 
 
PSALM LXIX. 143 
 
 Nor human habitant be found 
 
 Within their dome's capacious round : 90 
 
 Since, unprovok'd, with murth'rous view, 
 
 Whom Thou haft fmitten they purfue, 
 
 And feek, inftindt with cruel joy, 
 
 The Man of forrows to deftroy. 
 
 Let Each (for nought their hearts could bend ;) 95 
 
 From depth to depth in fin defcend, 
 
 Ne'er, touch'd by healing Mercy, fee 
 
 The path that leads to Blifs and Thee, 
 
 Nor let them, 'mid thy chofen Band, 
 
 In life's fair page recorded ftand. 100 
 
 And O ! while prefs'd with ills I lie, 
 
 Caft on my ftate a pitying eye, 
 
 And let thy Mercy to my grief 
 
 In full fufficience yield relief. 
 
 So fhall thy name my tranfport raife, 105 
 
 And dictate to my lips thy praife. 
 
 To Thee my voice the fong fhall rear ; 
 
 Nor (hall the hoof 'd and horned Steer, 
 
 New draughted from the fat'ning field, 
 
 A Sacrifice fo grateful yield. Ho 
 
 Ye humble Souls, that feek his aid, 
 
 His Love, in my releafe difplay'd, 
 
 His Love your dying hearts (hall chear, 
 
 Who ftoops the helplefs poor to hear, 
 
 That, injurd in his Caufe, complain, 1 15 
 
 And captive drag the fervile chain. 
 
 O praife him, Heav'n, and Seas, and Earth, 
 
 And All whom Nature wakes to birth ; 
 
 Him 
 
i 4 4 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 Him praife, who Sion deigns to fhield, 
 
 Whofe hand fhall Judatis Cities build, 120 
 
 And bid her Sons the Land divide, 
 
 Where unmolefted fhall refide, 
 
 Through rolling Time's extended Year, 
 
 A Race devoted to his fear. 
 
 PSALM LXX. 
 
 1. 
 
 HASTE to my aid, my Saviour, hafte; 
 My Soul, by hoftile numbers chas'd, 
 To Thee directs its prayV : 
 In wild confufion backward borne 
 Their wifh defeated let them mourn, 
 And loft in empty air. 
 
 2. 
 
 Be fhame their juft reward affign'd, 
 While round me with relentlefs mind 
 
 Derifion's (hout they raife : 
 Thy Blifs let All who feek thee fhare, 
 And, taught thy Love, that Love declare 
 
 In fongs of ceafelefs praife. 
 
 3- 
 
 While Thefe in thy Salvation joy, 
 Increafing griefs my thought employ, 
 
 And fpeedieft aid demand. 
 My Helper and Redeemer, hear; 
 O, inftant in my caufe appear, 
 
 And reach thy faving hand. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( HS ) 
 PSALM LXXL 
 
 ON Thee my Soul, with fteady frame, 
 (O blaft not Thou my hope with fhame) 
 On Thee my Soul its truft has ftaid, 
 And afks thy Juftice to its aid : 
 Thy Servant, God of Gods fupreme, 5 
 
 O hear, and haften to redeem. 
 Be Thou my Rock, and fafe Refort; — 
 My Rock thou art, my ftrongeft Fort: 
 Thy lips my refcue have decreed, 
 And bid each threatened ill recede : lb 
 
 Hafte then, thy promis'd help heftow, 
 And fave me from th' invading foe, 
 Whofe heart, with impious rage inflam'd, 
 Thy heav'nly precept has difclaim'd. 
 On Thee my hopes fupported frand ; J5 
 
 My Life from earlieft youth thy hand 
 (That Life which firft from Thee began,) 
 Preferv'd, and led me up to Man. 
 When lodg'd within the womb I lay, 
 Thy Care produe'd me to the day, 20 
 
 And, while that Care my years prolongs, 
 Thy Name fhall animate my fongs. 
 Though Crouds, with filent gaze, in Me 
 A fpe&acle of wonder fee, 
 
 Amidft my grief, amidft my pain, 25 
 
 Thy Love (hall ftill my faith fuftain. 
 Thy arm in my relief employ, 
 That foon, my hope abforb'd in joy, 
 
 From 
 
146 PSALM LXXI. 
 
 From op'ning dawn to clofing eve 
 Thy praifes on my tongue may live. 30 
 
 O let me not, Almighty Friend, 
 While with a weight of Age I bend, 
 And wearied Nature's fuccours fail, 
 The abfence of thine aid bewail. 
 u Behold (fuch words the ranc'rous heart 35 
 Suggefts, while, pleas'd, with fecret art 
 My foes the deathful fnare provide,) 
 u A Wretch whom God has call afide : 
 M Purfue, and mark him for the grave; 
 <c Purfue; for None is nigh to fave." 40 
 
 My God, my God, depart not far, 
 But hafte, and make my life thy care. 
 *Let Shame, let Death their deeds repay, 
 Who wifh my guiltlefs foul their prey, 
 And black Difgrace their name o'erfpread, 45 
 
 Who aim their mifchiefs at my head. 
 My heart fhall ftill on Thee depend ; 
 My thankful voice to Thee afcend, 
 And, through the day, my God and King, 
 Thy Juftice, thy Salvation, fing, 50 
 
 Yet ne'er, O ne'er, in equal ftrain 
 The meafure of thy Love explain. 
 Strong in thy Might I take my way, 
 Thy Righteoufnefs my only ftay, 
 Whofe Leflbns on my youthful breaft 55 
 
 Fair Wifdom's facred lines imprefs'd, 
 And taught me, each advancing hour, 
 To fpeak the wonders of thy Pow'r. 
 
 1 Recede 
 
PSALM LXXL 147 
 
 Recede not now, while grey with years 
 
 His hands to Thee thy Servant rears, 60 
 
 Nor e'er thy wonted help withhold, 
 
 Till, pleased, my tongue thy Ails has told : 
 
 Such Acts as fhall the ear invite 
 
 Of All who now th' ethereal light 
 
 Injoy, and oft rehears'd engage 65 
 
 The wonder of each future age. 
 
 Thy Pow'r, thy Juftice, let my lay 
 
 To Nations yet unborn difplay. 
 
 How glorious are thy Works, how great! 
 
 Say, What in Earth, or Heav'n's high feat, 70 
 
 What (hall the fearching eye to Thee 
 
 Or equal, Lord, or fecond, fee? 
 
 How haft thou bid my foul to know 
 
 A long viciflitude of woe, 
 
 Yet, back return'd, with quick'ning ray 75 
 
 Haft chas'd each cloud of grief away ! 
 
 Thy hand, when Earth hadclos'd me round, 
 
 Has fnatch'd me from the dark profound, 
 
 My head with endlefs honours blefs'd, 
 
 And footh'd my anxious thoughts to reft. So 
 
 O Thou, whom, wrapt in holy fear, 
 
 The Sons of IfraeFs Line revere; 
 
 Thy Truth my pfalt'ry fhall infpire, 
 
 And tune to loudeft notes my lyre, 
 
 My willing lips with praife o'erflow, 85 
 
 My refcu'd Soul with tranfport glow. 
 
 From morn to night, indulgent Lord, 
 
 My tongue thy Juftice (hall record $ 
 
 O That 
 
HS psalm lxxl 
 
 That gave the period to my woes, 
 
 And whelm'd in fhame my vaunting foes* 
 
 PSALM LXXIL 
 
 TNSTRUCT, great God, the kingly heart, 
 
 -*- Nor ceafe thy guidance to impart, 
 
 Till, pleas'd, the Heir of Judah's throne 
 
 Thy precept's full extent has known. 
 
 So fhall his hand difpenfe*thy Laws, ; 
 
 Prompt to defend the poor man's caufe, 
 
 Peace from the fort-clad Mountain's brow 
 
 Defcending blefs the plains below, 
 
 And Juftice from each rocky cell 
 
 Shall Violence and Fraud expell. ic 
 
 In Him the Souls to fcorn confign'd 
 
 The Advocate and Friend fhall find; 
 
 His arm their injur'd race (hall right, 
 
 And crufh the proud Oppreffor's might. 
 
 Thy fear fucceeding Times (hall own, ? 5 
 
 Long as the Sun and waxing Moon, 
 
 With varied light, in fwift career, 
 
 Alternate guide the circling year. 
 
 Behold his influence downward pour. 
 
 Delightful as the copious fhow'r, 20 
 
 Whofe drops refrefh the new-lhorn plain. 
 
 Arid fwell with life the foodful grain. 
 
 His Care the Juft aloft (hall raife, 
 
 Nor fair Profperity his days 
 
 Defift to crown, till round the pole 25 
 
 The meafur'd Months fhall ceafe to roll. 
 
 From 
 
PSALM LXXII. 140 
 
 From Sea to Sea his wide Command 
 
 Shall reach, and from Euphrates' ftrand 
 
 Through Realms of various tongue extend 
 
 Far as to Earth's remoteft end. 30 
 
 To Him the Defert's Tribes (hall kneel; 
 
 His Foes, that on their conqu'ring fteel 
 
 Repos'd e'erwhile their frantic truft. 
 
 Shall proftrate fall, and lick the dull:. 
 
 From Tharfts and each diftant Ifle 35 
 
 See vaflal Kings with willing toil 
 
 Their prefents bring: Before him meet 
 
 The Chiefs, at whofe imperial feet 
 
 Arabia s far-divided fhores 
 
 Prolific fpread their rieheft ftores. 40 
 
 Each Prince to Him (hail homage pay, 
 
 Each Nation own his equal Sway. 
 
 He, when the helplefs Poor (hall cry, 
 
 Shall hear propitious from on high, 
 
 Health to their fainting fouls convey, 45 
 
 And challenge from the Grave its prey. 
 
 Nor Fraud, nor Rapine's iron hand 
 
 Shall dare to touch the pious Band; 
 
 For facred is their blood, and high 
 
 Its price in his paternal eye. 50 
 
 Long (hall he live, and Shcbas gold 
 
 In tributary heaps behold 
 
 Difplay'd, while Crouds flxall fuppliant bow, 
 
 His health the fubjedt of their vow, 
 
 And through the length of days his fame 55 
 
 Aloud with thankful voice proclaim. 
 
 O 2 Lift 
 
i 5 o PSALM LXXIL 
 
 Lift to the Mountain's height your eyesi 
 And fee the yellow harvefls rife, 
 Wide-waving, as the verdure fpread 
 On Lebanon's exalted head. fee 
 
 Behold his Cities o'er the plain 
 Pour from their gates a num'rous Train, 
 And healthful as the vernal Birth, 
 That fhades with green the joyous Earth. 
 From age to age the Orb of day 65 
 
 His brighter glories fhall furvey, 
 While Man's whole Race his Love confefs, 
 And, bleft in Him, his Name (hall blefs. 
 
 Exalt, exalt your heav'nly Lord, 
 The God by Jacob's Sons ador'd, 70 
 
 Whofe wondrous Acts to Him alone 
 Affert the everlafting Throne. 
 To Him in loftieft praifes join, 
 And bkfs the Majefty divine; 
 That Majefty whofe cloudlefs rays 75 
 
 O'er Earth's capacious round (hall blaze, 
 To Him again in praifes join; 
 O, blefs the Majefty divine. 
 
 -PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 YE S : mightieft Lord ! My foul has known 
 Thy Love to IfraeVs Offspring fhown. 
 And owns the Blifs by Thee ordain'd 
 To Each who bears a heart unftain'd. 
 Yet griev'd awhile thy paths, my God, 5 
 
 With hefitating ftep I trod, 
 
 M4 
 
P S A L M LXXIIL 351 
 
 And, but for Thee, the faithful Guide, 
 My erring feet had fwerv'd afide, 
 As fix'd in happieft ftate I fee 
 The foes to Virtue, Truth, and Thee. 10 
 
 Health fixings their nerves ; and Death, (their hour 
 Approaching,) with remitted pow'r 
 And flow advance his eafy doom 
 Infli&ing, bows them to the tomb. 
 Forbid the gen'ral lot to fhare 15 
 
 Of pain, affli&ion, want, and care, 
 The lawlefs Tribe with cruel fkill 
 Augment the woes that others feeL 
 Pride on their neck its chain has bound, 
 And Violence inverts them round. 20 
 
 Their fwelling eyes and pamper'd frame 
 Their boundlefs appetite proclaim: 
 Their wifhes by fuccefs outrun, 
 Their headlong wills controulment fhun> 
 And words with fury wing'd impart 25 
 
 The genuine dictates of their heart. 
 Lo, train'd to infolence and wrong, 
 Againft the Heav'ns their impious tongue 
 Defiance and reproach has hurl'd, 
 And unrefifted walks the world. 30 
 
 Untaught to fcan thy wife Decree, 
 With wonder, Lard, thy People fee 
 Life's choiceft gifts their want fupply, 
 Whofe breads thy ev'ry threat defy: 
 Who afk, " Shall He our a£ls furvey, 35 
 
 M Whofe hands th' ethereal fcepter fway? 
 
 O 3 " Who 
 
152 PSALM LXXIIL 
 
 u Who fits inthron'd above the ftars, 
 
 cc To Earth's low fcene extend his cares?" 
 
 While daring Mortals thus each hour 
 Thee, Lord, infult, and brave thy pow'r, 40 
 
 Yet, funk in eafe, and bleft with health, 
 Amafs in heaps their growing wealth, 
 In vain, (thy Servant cried,) in vain, 
 I purge my breaft from ev'ry ftain, 
 My acts conform to thy commands, 4.5 
 
 And wafh in innocence my hands. 
 Each day oppreft with fierccft pains, 
 Thy fcourge my chaften'd Soul fuftains; 
 Each Morn, that rifing ftreaks the fky, 
 Awakes me but to mifery. 5© 
 
 My heart, while thus by grief aflfaird, 
 In filence long its thought h;;s veil'd, 
 Left Doubts like mine thy Saints betray 
 From thy Decrees, great God, to ftray. 
 Thy Conduct weigh'd, awhile my mind 55 
 
 Its hidden Caufe eflay'd to find ; 
 That Caufe, as deeper it .inquires, 
 Still farther from its fearch 1 cares. 
 Thy Fane at length I feek; and there, 
 (My anxious foul effus'd in pray'r,) 6& 
 
 Inftructed by thy Spirit, read 
 The period to their guilt decreed. 
 I fee thee on the flipp'ry. feat 
 Of high Ambition plant their feet, 
 Then mark them as they downward bend, 65 
 And headlong to the earth defcend* 
 
 How 
 
PSALM LXXIIL 15$ 
 
 How fwift, how fudden is their fate! 
 
 What horrors, Lord, their death await ! 
 
 Wrapt in Oblivion^ fhade they lie, 
 
 Their knage vanifh'd from the eye, 70 
 
 As the light fabrick of a Dream, 
 
 Difiblv'd by day's intruding beam. 
 
 Such woes, in error's fetters chain' J, 
 Such heart-felt anguifh, I fuftain'd, 
 Infenfate, as the Brutes that rove 75 
 
 TV extended Wild, or fhady Grove: 
 Yet ftill thy Care confefs'd me thine; 
 My hand within the hand divine 
 Was lock'd ; and, by thy Counfel led, 
 Life's maze I yet, fecure, {hall tread, 80 
 
 And wait till thy appointed hour 
 The promis'd Glory round me pour. 
 O fay, in Heav'n's capacious round 
 What Friend like Thee my Soul has found; 
 Or who, great God, on Earth refides, 85 
 
 Whofe love with thine my bread divides* 
 My heart, my flefh, have fail'd; but Thee 
 My lafting heritage I fee ; 
 Thy ftrength my fainting fpirit chears, 
 And checks my grief, and calms my fears. 90 
 
 Who, taught to fpurn his equal fway, 
 From IfraeFs God adult'rous ftray, 
 His Juftice, with reverfelefs doom, 
 In Life's full vigour (hall confume; 
 While, warm with holy tranfport, I 95 
 
 To Him with fure fuccefs apply. 
 
 Him 
 
i 5 4 PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 Him truft, and, guarded by his Care, 
 To Man's whole race his a£is declare, 
 
 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 OThou, whofe hand has Ifrael led, 
 His fold enlarg'd, his pafture fpread, 
 Why haft thou doom'd us thus to bear 
 A long exclufion from thy care ? 
 Why thus beneath thy anger groan 5 
 
 The Flock whom Thou haft feal'd thine own? 
 Call to thy thought the facred Band 
 Once own'd the purchafe of thy hand : 
 The Heritage by Thee redeem'd ; 
 FairSzWs Mount, where copious ftream'd 10 
 Th' eternal light, and fpoke her Shrine 
 The Seat of Majefty divine : 
 Lift to that Seat thy fteps again; 
 See Defolation fpread her reign 
 Around it, and its wide extent 1 5 
 
 Each mark of hoftile rage prefent. 
 With clamours fierce a lawlefs Train 
 The filence of thy Courts profane, 
 And bid their ftandard to the fkies 
 Aloft in haughty triumph rife. XO 
 
 As when the Woodman's ftroke invades 
 The lofty Grove's thick-woven {hades, 
 So throu h thy Temple's awful bounds 
 Now here now there the axe refounds $ 
 And down in lhapelefs ruins fail 25 
 
 The fculptures fair that grac'd its wall, 
 
 Kiel 
 
PSALM LXXIV. 155 
 
 Rich with the foreft's nobleft fpoil, 
 
 And wrought by Heav'n-dire<5ted toil. 
 
 Along the violated Dome 
 
 Th' intruding flames licentious roam, 30 
 
 While fpacious Courts, and Tow'rs fublime, 
 
 Whofe roofs through long-revolving time 
 
 With holy wonder ftruck each eye, 
 
 Now heap'd in dire confufion lie. 
 
 14 Come, (thus thf infulting foe has cried,) 35 
 
 44 Come, deal the vengeance far and widej 
 
 44 And let the flames with equal doom 
 
 44 Each Houfe of IfraeFs God confume." 
 
 They fpeak : and, inftant, all around 
 
 The blazing ruins ftrew the ground. 40 
 
 No more thy wonders to our eyes, 
 
 Bleft fignals of thy prefence, rife-; 
 
 No more the Prophet's lips thy will 
 
 In myftic Oracles reveal, 
 
 Or to thy People's view difclofe 45 
 
 The deftin'd period of their woes. 
 
 But fay, O fay, great God, how long 
 
 Thus unchaftis'd the hoftile tongue 
 
 Shall mock thy pow'r, thy fear difclaim, 
 
 And load with loud reproach thy Name. 50 
 
 While Crimes like thefe redrefs demand, 
 
 Why in thy bofom fleeps thy hand? 
 
 O pluck it forth, and let the foe 
 
 Repentant feel th' inflicted blow. 
 
 Thee from of old my King I fee, 55 
 
 Nor knows my heart a Friend but Thee : 
 
 Thine 
 
i 5 6 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 Thine Arm alone, in Jacob's right, 
 
 Has turn'd each adverfe pow'r to flight. 
 
 At thy command, the watry Deeps 
 
 Afunder flood, in liquid heaps 60 
 
 Sufpended; 'midft their waves, his head 
 
 Low to thy ftroke fubmitted, bled 
 
 The proud Leviathan; his Train 
 
 Around their mighty King are (lain, 
 
 While Rapine waits upon the ftrand, 65 
 
 And calls from far her hungry Band, 
 
 That fcatterM range the Defert wide, 
 
 The promisM banquet to divide. 
 
 Thy ftroke the rock's dark entrails clave \ 
 
 Forth from its depth the foaming wave 70 
 
 Sprang inftant, and with lengthtn'd train 
 
 Irriguous lav'd the thirfty plain. 
 
 Thy Mandate Jordan's channel dried, 
 
 And backward roll'd its wondring tide. 
 
 By Thee prepared, the Night and Day 75 
 
 Alternate walk th' ethereal way ; 
 
 Thy Art the Light's thin texture fpun, 
 
 And with it cloth'd the jocund Sun; 
 
 Thy hand the Earth's vaft fabrick rounds, 
 
 Its balance fixes, marks its bounds, 80 
 
 With fummer's fhow'rs its glebe unbinds, 
 
 Or warps it with the Wintry winds. 
 
 Parent of Nature ! Gcd fupreme! 
 
 While Folly's Sons thy adls blatpheme, 
 
 O vindicate thy Name from wrong, _ 85 
 
 And filence the reproachful tongue. 
 
 Let 
 
P S A L M LXXIV. 157 
 
 Let not the fangs of cruel pow'r 
 
 Thy trembling Turtle's life devour, 
 
 Nor dark Oblivion's fhade our pain 
 
 For ever from thy thought detain. 90 
 
 O give the Flock that bears thy Name, 
 
 Thy fed'ral mercy yet to claim: 
 
 Behold within each cavern'd cell 
 
 Fraud, Violence, and Rapine dwell: 
 
 Behold ; and let th' afflicted Poor, 95 
 
 From terror and from fname fecure, 
 
 With grateful heart, and joyous tongue, 
 
 Wake to thy praife the hallow'd fong. 
 
 Rife, mightieft Lord; thy caufe defend: 
 
 Wide o'er a guilty Race extend I CO 
 
 Thy rod, and let the needful blow 
 
 Reprefs the licenfe of the Foe, 
 
 Whofe mad prefumption ev'ry hour 
 
 With heighten'd rage infults thy pow'r. 
 
 PSALM LXXV. 
 
 THY Name, immortal God, thy Name 
 Our love and higheft praife fhall claim, 
 Whofe Acts atteft thee ever near, 
 And plant within each heart thy fear. 
 To Me, to Me the hour is known, 5 
 
 When, feated on th' eternal Throne, 
 My Juftice fhall aflert its Laws, 
 And arbitrate each dubious caufe. 
 Though Earth's wide Reign before mine eye 
 Diffolv'd in wide confufion lie, 10 
 
 Secure 
 
i 5 8 PSALM LXXVo 
 
 Secure from lapfe its pillars ftand, 
 
 And reft on my fupporting hand. 
 
 Lift not the horn, ye Sons of pride, 
 
 (Aloud with fierce rebuke I cried,) 
 
 Lift not the horn ; nor thus in vain, 15 
 
 With ftubborn neck, and lip profane, 
 
 My Rule oppofe, or madly deem 
 
 That boundlefs Wealth and Pow'r fupreme, 
 
 Their courfe toEaft or Weft inclined, 
 
 Float cafual on the wafting wind, 20 
 
 Or ifiue from the Climes, that blaze 
 
 Beneath the Sun's meridian rays: 
 
 That God, who erft the Heav'ns outfpread. 
 
 The regal crown from head to head 
 
 Transfers: Wealth, Honour, Pow'r, his Doom 25 
 
 At will fhall grant, at will refume. 
 
 His hand the full-charg'd cup prefents, 
 
 While red with wrath its wine ferments, 
 
 Whofe mixture Earth's rebellious Train 
 
 Low to its utmoft dregs fhall drain. 30 
 
 But I, with facred tranfport fill'd, 
 
 To Jacob's God my praife will yield ; 
 
 Through Life's continu'd round, my tongue 
 
 Shall wake to Him the joyous fong. 
 
 Behold me, conqu'ring in his right, 35 
 
 Now crufh the horn of impious Might, 
 
 Now bid the Juft, that proftrate lies, 
 
 With lifted head triumphant rife. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 159 ) 
 PSALM LXXVL 
 
 THY Confines, Judah^ God have known. 
 His greatnefs IfraeVs Offspring own, 
 His glories Salem's temple fill, 
 And reft on Sion's facred hill. 
 There broke his hand the fword and fhield, 5 
 And caft them ufelefs on the field ; 
 There fnap'd the arrows wing'd with fire, 
 And bade the raging War expire. 
 O cloth'd with Majefty divine, 
 O fay, what ftrength fhall equal thine; re 
 
 Not fuch the Mountains boaft, whofe feat 
 To Rapine's Sons a fafe retreat 
 Prefent, and, neighb'ring to the fky, 
 With awful wonder ftrike the eye. 
 
 Who wont with fpoils the earth to heap, I 5 
 Now fpoiPd themfelves have flept their fleep: 
 Amaz'd the Chiefs were feen to ftand ; 
 Nor knew the once refiftlefs hand 
 Its tafk, but, fummon'd to their aid, 
 Shrunk trembling back, and difobey'd* 20 
 
 At thy rebuke, O Jacob's God, 
 The Steed, whofe hoofs in hoftile blood 
 Were dipt, the Car that o'er the plain 
 Rufh'd headlong on, nor heard the rein, 
 With horror ftruck confefs thee nigh, 25 
 
 And wrapt in iron (lumber lie. 
 Thou, Thou alone our fear {halt claim: 
 O who, when, kindled to a flame, 
 
 P Thy 
 
160 PSALM LXXVI. 
 
 Thy Vengeance fhall its debt demand, 
 
 Shall dare within thy fight to ftand? o 
 
 Earth heard, when God the judgement gave, 
 And rofe his injur'd Saints to fave, 
 In filent dread beheld his look, 
 And inftant to her centre (hook. 
 While impious Crouds oppofe thy Reign, ja 
 
 Thou, Lord, their fury (halt reftrain, 
 Thy ftroke correct their ftubborn will, 
 And teach them at thy fhrine to kneel. 
 Low to our God, ye Nations, bow, 
 Yield to his Name the faithful vow, 40 
 
 Him ferve with fear, and duteous bring 
 Your prefents to the heav'nly King; 
 That King, whofe fword, in wrath applied, 
 Lops in mid growth the Tyrant's pride, 
 And threatful bids each earthly throne 45 
 
 His mightier fway fubmiffive own. 
 
 PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 TO God my fuppliant voice I rear, 
 With holy violence his ear 
 Solicit, and expectant kneel, 
 Till He my inward anguifh heal. 
 With ftretch'd out hand, and reftlefs thought, 5 
 Befet with woes, his aid I fought : 
 When night's dark fhades the earth invert, 
 And v/eary Nature finks to reft, 
 Still, deaf to comfort, 1 complain, 
 And give my itruggling griefs the rein. 10 
 
 Now 
 
PSALM LXXVII. 161 
 
 Now fix'd on God, to Him in pray'r 
 
 My fainting fpirit pour'd its care, 
 
 And words, in artlefs form compos'd, 
 
 The tumult of my foul difclcs'd: 
 
 Now, dumb with forrow while I weep, 15 
 
 My eyes their ceafelefs vigils keep: 
 
 Anon my mind its fearch began ; 
 
 And back to diltant years I ran, 
 
 That, big with wonders, to my tongue 
 
 Had yielded themes of joyous fong, 20 
 
 And deep inquiry to my breaft 
 
 At midnight's thoughtful hour fuggeft. 
 
 Will God a heart opprefs'd as mine 
 
 For ever to its griefs rellgn? 
 
 Has Mercy from his bofom fied ? 25 
 
 His Word with vain aflurance fed 
 
 My hope ? Forgets he to be kind ? 
 
 And fhall his Love, in wrath confin'd, 
 
 No more its wonted aid beftow, 
 
 Or fix a meafure to my woe? 30 
 
 Now Reafon's pow'rs collected rife, 
 And thus each anxious doubt chaftife. 
 Though preft with various ills I ftand, 
 And mourn the changes of his hand, 
 His Works, atchiev'd in ages paft, 35 
 
 Shall fix'd in my remembrance laft, 
 His Wonders on my thought (hall dwell, 
 My tongue his Acts unwearied tell. 
 For Sanctity thy counfel guides, 
 And o'er thy paths, Bleft Sire, prefides. 40 
 
 P 2 Where 
 
1 62 PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 Where finds, O where, the fearching eye 
 A God, with IfraeFs God to vie? 
 Maker of All ! At thy command 
 Reversed the Laws of Nature ftandj 
 Stupendous fcenes thy A6fo afford, 45 
 
 And bid the Nations know their Lord. 
 Let Jacob and let Jofepb fay, 
 How ftrong thy Arm to chafe away 
 Each woe that waits thy People near, 
 Each danger that excites their fear. 50 
 
 The Deeps beheld thee, heav'nly King ! 
 The Deeps beheld thee ; and each Spring, 
 That rofe from out their fandy bed, 
 Tumultuous own'd its fudden dread. 
 Inceffant from the burfting cloud 55 
 
 Down ftream'd the bidden rain; aloud 
 Peal'd the big thunder; through the fky 
 Thy flaming (hafts were ken to fly, 
 And, as thy voice around the pole 
 In awful threats was heard to roll, 60 
 
 Earth trembling groan'd, while o'er her head 
 Its livid fheet the lightning fpread. 
 Wide yawn'd the Flood fromfhore tofhore, 
 And op'd a path unknown before, 
 While IjraeVs Guardian and his God 65 
 
 With tracklefs ftep its channel trod. 
 As fheep to diftant paftures led, 
 Secure thy People march'd, convey'd 
 By Mofes and by Aaron 's hand 
 To promis'd Canaan $ happy Land. 70 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 163 ) 
 
 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 T7T Nat ons, to m give ear, 
 
 I The dictates of mv lips revere, 
 While Heav'n-taught FaraMes they yield, 
 ArH ["ruths in myftic fong conceal'd : 
 Truths, Which, from earlieft ages heard, 5 
 
 To Us in facred truft transfer'd, 
 From Sire to Son fucceffive flow, 
 That lateft times his praife may know, 
 Whofe pow'r prefides o'er Judah's Land, 
 And own the wonders of his hand. 10 
 
 He, bounteous Parent of Mankind, 
 His Law to Jacob's Race confign'd, 
 Th' appointed Theme of ev'ry tongue ; 
 That Children from their Children fprung 
 The Bleffings of his Love might learn, 15 
 
 And grateful yield the juft return, 
 Truft in his Aid, his Works record, 
 And mark the Precepts of his Word : 
 Unlike the Fathers of their line, 
 Who, Rebels to the Will divine, 20 
 
 Turn'd from that Word their ftubborn ear, 
 Nor fought his Love, nor own'd his Fear. 
 Such Epbraims fons; a heartlefs train, 
 That, arm'd for war, but arm'd in vain, 
 With bows unbended from the fight 
 In wild diforder urg'd their flight. 
 His facred League, and juft Decrees, 
 Th' Almighty Lord forgotten fees, 
 
 P 3 His 
 
 25 
 
i6 4 . PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 His wonders by their Sires beheld 
 
 On Nile's wide banks, and Zoan's field. 3a 
 
 What hand but His from fide to fide 
 
 Could bid the foaming Deep divide, 
 
 In liquid heaps fufpended ftand, 
 
 And fafe tranfmit the chofen Band? 
 
 That hand the cloud around them threw, 35 
 
 Day's kindled fervors to fubdue, 
 
 And, lit by Him, w r ith friendly ray 
 
 The fire nocturnal led their way. 
 
 He faw, when faint with thirft they flood ; 
 
 And, faft as from the boundlefs Flood, 40 
 
 Cali'd from the op'ning Rock, the wave 
 
 Its ftreams in full effufion gave, 
 
 And onward pour'd v/ith headlong hafte 
 
 Luxuriant lav'd the burning Wafte: 
 
 Strange to relate! Yet, ftranger ftill, 45 
 
 That Wafte beholds them, to his Will 
 
 Oppos'd, in heighten'd fin confpire, 
 
 And dare to wrath theheav'nly Sire* 
 
 While Each, infatiate, from his hands 
 
 Meat for their fancied want demands. 50 
 
 iC Will God, to give his People bread, 
 
 w A table in the Defert fpread ? 
 
 " Our eyes have own'd the flinty Rock 
 
 <c Obfequious to his mighty ftroke, 
 
 " And feen the ftreams, with lengthen'd train, 55 
 
 44 Run copious o'er the thirfty plain; 
 
 «< But can his ftores, exhauftlefs ftill, 
 
 « With flefh our hungring myriads fill?" 
 
 He 
 
PSALM LXXVIIfc 165 
 
 He hears, and now in kindling flames 
 His vengeance dire at Ifrael aims, 60 
 
 And (for their fpeech a heart betray'd 
 Diftruftful of his promis'd aid,) 
 Opes to their wifh the doors of heav'n, 
 While back the parting clouds are driv'n, 
 And, downward pour'd, th 5 ethereal grain 65 
 In wide profufion fills the plain : 
 Their wants the full fupply have known, 
 And Angels' food and theirs are one. 
 The Winds, that o'er the Defert fly, 
 New paths, by Him dire&ed, try, 70 
 
 And onward, through th' aerial way, 
 In flocks the vagrant fowls convey, 
 Till o'er their tents the cloud impends, 
 And down the living fhow'r defcends, 
 Thick as the duft, or as the fand 75 
 
 That lies upon the fea-beat ftrand. 
 Fed to the full, th' infenfate throng 
 At will the joyous feaft prolong, 
 While o'er their heads the vengeful fword 
 Hangs viewlefs, and but waits the word 80 
 
 To fnatch their Princes to the tomb, 
 And IfraeVs choiceft ilrength confume. 
 Yet fuff'rings ftill to fufPrings join'd 
 Fail to corredl their faithlefs mind, 
 Though fhorten'd in duration flow 85 
 
 Their years, and meafur'd out by woe. 
 Scourg'd by his wrath, his pow'r they own, 
 And humbled bow before his throne; 
 
 With 
 
i66 PSALM LXXVIXI. 
 
 With feeming gratitude poflefs'd, 
 
 His arm each tongue their fhield confefs'd 5 90 
 
 And " who fo firong to fave, they cry, 
 
 " As Thou, great Ruler of the Sky ?" 
 
 Diflembling praife their lips prepare, 
 
 And folemn mockery of pray'r, 
 
 While, deep within, a mind they nurfe 95 
 
 To Truth and to his Laws averfe. 
 
 Yet He their trefpafs could forgive, 
 
 And bid th' obdurate Sinners live; 
 
 Oft arts of mild perfuafion tried, 
 
 And laid th' uplifted bolt afide; ICO 
 
 Ev'n wrath with mercy mix'd applies, 
 
 Nor lets his whole difpleafure rife. 
 
 Indulgent He their frame furvey'd, 
 
 Of flefli and frailty knew them made, 
 
 A Wind, that life's fhort pafTage o'er 105 
 
 Flits tranfient, and returns no more. 
 
 The confcious Wildernefs (hall tell 
 
 How oft the thanklefs Race rebel ; 
 
 How oft, by mercies unfubdu'd, 
 
 Their Maker, wife, and juft, and good, no 
 
 (While, frantic, to their will they bind 
 
 The Counfels of th' eternal mind,) 
 
 They grieve, and challenge to the teft 
 
 His Pow'r, fo late their Aid confeft, 
 
 When Chains proud oiftpring felt his Hand 115 
 
 Diffufing vengeance through their Land, 
 
 And Scenes, each hour, to Nature new, 
 
 In dreadful feries met their view. 
 
 Their 
 
PSALM LXXVIIL 167 
 
 Their Nik corrupted now they mourn, 
 
 And, though with fierceft thirft they burn, 120 
 
 Start back, afFrighted, from the flood ; 
 
 For Ah ! its channel foams with blood. 
 
 Athirft for human gore, the Fly 
 
 In countlefs legions fills the fky, 
 
 And fwarming Frogs, where'er they tread, 125 
 
 With dire intrufion round them fpread. 
 
 The Beetle, cluft'ring on their trees, 
 
 Now haftes the ripen'd fruit to feize, 
 
 While Locufts fell the tiller's toil 
 
 Confume, and riot in the fpoil. 1 30 
 
 The froft-burnt fig-trees fade and die, 
 
 Their vines by hailftones ruin'd lie; 
 
 The fturdy tenants of the ftall 
 
 Beneath the rattling tempefts fall, 
 
 The flocks, by fire ethereal (lain, 135 
 
 In heaps promifcuous ftrew the plain* 
 
 Wrath, horror, trouble, at his word, 
 
 Quick on the guilty Race were pour'd, 
 
 And Angel-Forms with dreadful hafte 
 
 From door to door vindictive paft. 140 
 
 With courfe direft his Vengeance flew, 
 
 Its path, by Him inftrudted, knew, 
 
 And Peftilence with noxious breath 
 
 Sow'd through the air the feeds of death. 
 
 Now to the grave, with anguifh torn, 145 
 
 Each Mother yields her eldeit-born, 
 
 And Egypt) through her wafted fhores, 
 
 The firft-fruits of her ftrength deplores. 
 
 Now, 
 
168 P S A L M LXXVIII. 
 
 Now, lfraely mines the Day to Thee, 
 
 That bids thy captive Sons go free. 150 
 
 Safe as beneath the fhepherd's care 
 
 The flocks from wafte to wafte repair, 
 
 Each hoftile fear by Him difpell'd, 
 
 Their deftin'd courfe his People held, ' 
 
 While deep beneath the whelmiiig wave 155 
 
 Their proud Purfuers found a grave. 
 
 Behold them, borne to feats of reft, 
 
 Seats by his hallow'd prefence bleft, 
 
 With joyful ftep the Mount afcend, 
 
 By his victorious arm obtain'd. 160 
 
 The Tribes whom Canaan's tents confine 
 
 (A lawlefs Race !) to Jacob's Line, 
 
 Themfelves by Heav'n's high Doom expell'd, 
 
 Their forfeited poffeflions yield. 
 
 Yet, like their Sires, perverfe they prove, 165 
 
 Reject the offers of his Love, 
 
 And, rebels to his juft command, 
 
 Elude the guidance of his hand, 
 
 As ftarts aflant the Bow of fteel, 
 
 And faithlefs mocks the Archer's (kill. 1 70 
 
 On interdicted Hills uprais'd, 
 
 With impious flame their altars blaz'd, 
 
 While figures by the Artift made 
 
 Thy honours, mightieft Lord, invade. 
 
 See, urg'd to wrath, th' eternal Sire 175 
 
 From Silo's hallow'd Tent retire, 
 And quit the feat fo lov'd before, 
 Refolv'd with Man to dwell no more, 
 
 His 
 
PSALM LXXVIII. 169 
 
 His Ark, inviolated fhrine 
 
 Of Strength and Majefty divine, 180 
 
 Now wanders captive o'er the plains, 
 
 Where Guilt in all its horror reigns. 
 
 Prevailing foes, conven'd from far, 
 
 On Ifrael pour the tide of war, 
 
 While God his Houfhold from on high 185 
 
 Beholds with alienated eye. 
 
 No Virgins to the nuptial band 
 
 AfTenting give the plighted hand, 
 
 While, fnatch'd by the devouring fire, 
 
 Their Sons in early youth expire. 190 
 
 The fword deftrue~lion round them fpread, 
 
 Nor fpar'd the Prieft's anointed head ; 
 
 Nor lives the Widow to bemoan 
 
 Her Hufband's fate, but meets her own. 
 
 His People's cry th' Eternal hears; 195 
 
 As wak'd from fleep, his ftrength he rears, 
 
 Shouts like a Giant chear'd with wine, 
 
 And wrathful lifts the Arm divine : 
 
 Th' averted Foe that Arm confeft, 
 
 With fhame and dire difeafe opprefs'd. 200 
 
 But where, O Ifrael, (hall thy God 
 
 Returning chufe his bleft Abode ? 
 
 Nor Ephr aim's Dwelling to his eyes, 
 
 Nor Thine, ManaJJeh, grateful rife : 
 
 On Judab's Tribe he plac'd his care ; 205 
 
 Thy Temple, SioHj founded there, 
 
 From age to age his Love demands, 
 
 Fix'd as the ground whereon it ftands. 
 
 That 
 
i 7 o PSALM LXXVIIL 
 
 That Tribe a David's birth has known, 
 
 Rais'd from a fheep-fold to a Throne, 210 
 
 As o'er the wafte the teeming ewes 
 
 His eye with wakeful care purfues, 
 
 A Voice arrefts the youthful Swain, 
 
 And calls him from the humble plain, 
 
 O'er Jacob's realms to ftretch the rod, 215 
 
 And feed the Heritage of God. 
 
 He hears, and, while each kingly art 
 
 Thy fuccours to his breaft impart, 
 
 (All-potent Lord !) with faithful mind 
 
 Abfolves the charge by Thee aflign'd. , 220 
 
 PSALM LXXIX. 
 
 OlfraeVs Father and his God ! 
 The Heathen Pow'rs thy lov'd abode 
 Rapacious feize ; the Heathen Pow'rs 
 Thy fhrine profane ; and Salem's Tow'rs, 
 That ftruck with facred awe the eye, 5 
 
 Now whelm'd in wide confufion lie. 
 Each Beaft, each Bird that wings the air, 
 Thy flaughter'd Saints infatiate tear, 
 Whofe blood beneath the Vigor's fword 
 Like water on the earth was pour'd : 10 
 
 While pierc'd they lay with many a wound, 
 And fcatter'd Salem's walls around, 
 None wept their fall, or pitying gave 
 The cheap indulgence of a grave. 
 See on our heads each neighbour Foe 15 
 
 Reproach and fierce derifion throw s 
 
 See 3 
 
PSALM LXXIX. i 7 i 
 
 See, Lord, and fay how long thine ire 
 
 Shall blaze with unextinguifh'd fire, 
 
 How long thy Flock are doom'd to prove 
 
 The fad fufpenfion of thy Love. 20 
 
 On Nations who thy Laws difown, 
 
 Nor yet, with humbled heart, have known 
 
 Thy Pow'r to fear, thy Name invoke, 
 
 On Thefe, great God, inflift thy ftroke; 
 
 On Thefe, — who Jacob's ftrength devour, 25 
 
 And ruin on his Dwelling pour. 
 
 O let not our tranfgreflions pad 
 
 Within thy breaft remember'd laft, 
 
 But hafte, while helplefs thus we grieve. 
 
 Thy long-loft People to relieve. 30 
 
 Bleft Saviour ! Let thy pow'r divine 
 
 Confpicuous in our refcue fhine, 
 
 And IfraeVs trefpafs purg'd away 
 
 Thy boundlefs clemency difplay. 
 
 Say, why fhould the reproaching Foe 35 
 
 His triumphs build on Judab's woe, 
 
 And afk, while thus thy fcourge we bear, 
 
 " Where's now your God, ye Outcafts, where?** 
 
 Behold, behold thy Servants (lain; 
 
 Nor let their loud-tongued blood in vain 40 
 
 The vengeance of thine arm demand, 
 
 But give us o'er each hoftile Land 
 
 To fee thy Wrath terrific rife, 
 
 And Folly's impious Brood chaftife. 
 
 O hear the wretched Captive's groan ; 45 
 
 The Souls whom Death has mark'd his own 
 
 Q^ Propitious 
 
172 PSALM LXXIX. 
 
 Propitious fave; the ceafelefs wrongs, 
 
 By hands profane, and daring tongues, 
 
 Repeated, in thy balance weigh, 
 
 And fev'nfold to thy foes repay. cq 
 
 So fliall the Flock acknowledged thine 
 
 To Thee in grateful praifes join, 
 
 And, long as Ifrael boafts a name, 
 
 From fire to fon tranfmit thy fame. 
 
 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 SHEPHERD of Ifrael, bow thine ear; 
 O Thou our pray'r indulgent hear, 
 Who Jofeph's pafture haft prepar'd, 
 His Guide by day, by night his Guard. , 
 Betwixt the Cherubs feated high, 5 
 
 Glad with thy beams our longing eye: 
 With All who from Manajfes claim 
 Their birth, and All of Epbraim's name, 
 Each hoftile pow'r by Thee o'erthrown, 
 Let Benjamin thy prefence own ; 1 
 
 Thine aid, great God, intreated give, 
 And teach our fainting hope to live. 
 
 O turn us, Lord, thy face difplay, 
 And grief and fear fliall fly away. 
 
 How long fliall IfraeVs Offspring fee 15 
 
 Thy wrath (while thus with bended knee 
 Their fupplicaung hands they ipread,) 
 Smoke unextinguifh'd o'er their head ? 
 Her food the breud of tears, her draught 
 With furrow's largeft mixture fraught, 20 
 
 Sad 
 
PSALM LXXX. 173 
 
 Sad Slon fees contending foes 
 Her fons, their deftin'd prey, inclofe, 
 And hears, with inward anguifh torn, 
 The fhouts of Obloquy and Scorn. 
 
 O turn us, Lord, thy face difplay, 25 
 
 And grief and fear fhall fly away. 
 
 Tranfplanted by thy foft'ring hand, 
 Behold a Vine from Egypt's Land 
 (Each Pow'r in adverfe league combin'd 
 To juft excifion firft confign'd,) 30 
 
 To Canaan 's fhores convey'd: its bed 
 By Thee prepar'd, its root outfpread 
 Far as the utmoft coaft extends; 
 While o'er the Hills its fhade afcends, 
 And round the Cedar's loftieft boughs 35 
 
 Its cov'ring veil luxuriant throws. 
 Long cherifh'd by thy care it ftood; 
 Here, verging tow'rd th' AJJyrian Flood, 
 In circuit wide the earth it crown'd, 
 And, There, the Ocean mark'd its bound. 40 
 But now, in fad reverfe, (Ah! why?) 
 By Thee o'erthrown its fences lie, 
 Its fruits expos'd befide the way, 
 To each rapacious hand a prey. 
 The favage Boar with reftlefs toil 
 Uproots it from the loofen'd foil, 
 And ev'ry Moniter of the v/ood 
 Crops from its branch the obvious food. 
 Leader of Hofts, and Ifrael's Lord ! 
 Return : Thy fuccours oft implor'd co 
 
 0.2 Extend: 
 
 45 
 
174 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 Extend: from Heav'n's high feat incline 
 
 Thy eyes, and vifit this thy Vine. 
 
 Behold the offspring of thy hand, 
 
 The Plant, which Thou hadft bid to ftand, 
 
 And ftrengthen'd by thy pow'rdefy 55 
 
 Each ftorm that rends the wintry fky: 
 
 The gath'ring flames its trunk furround, 
 
 Its ruin'd honours ftrew the ground. 
 
 Beneath the terrors of thine eye 
 
 We tremble, Lord, we faint, we die. 60 
 
 O let the Man whom, arm'd with might, 
 
 Thy hand ordains our caufe to right, 
 
 By Thee, great God, fupported ftand; 
 
 Andfave, O fave, a finking Land, 
 
 So ne'er fhall Sin our fteps betray 65 
 
 Again in devious paths to ftray, 
 
 But while, by Thee redeem'd, we brave 
 
 The threats of the devouring grave, 
 
 Each knee in pray'r to Thee fhall bend, 
 
 Thy praife from ev'ry tongue afcend. 70 
 
 O turn us, Lord, thy face difplay, 
 And grief and fear fhall fly away. 
 
 PSALM LXXXI. 
 
 TO God our Strength exalt the fong, 
 To Jacob's Lord the note prolong : 
 Come, take the Hymn, the timbrel ring, 
 Praife on the harp your heav'nly King; 
 Strike into life the trembling wire, 5 
 
 With loudeft blafts the trump infpirej 
 
 Q^2 For 
 
/p 
 
 PSALM LXXXI. 
 
 For fee the Moon with recent horn 
 
 Lead joyous on the feftal Morn, 
 
 Wnofe hallow'd mirth to IfraeFs Tribes 
 
 Ti Mmdate, mightieft Lord, prefcribes. 10 
 
 Its juit obfervance Jofeph learn'd, 
 
 When, pleased, with parting ftep he fpurn'd 
 
 The ruthlefs foil, along whofe fhore 
 
 A tongue of found unheard before 
 
 His ear had wounded. — I, his God, 15 
 
 I from his flioulders took the load; 
 
 I from the clay his toiling hands 
 
 Releas'd, and burft his ftubborn bands, 
 
 O Thou, the voice of whofe diftrefs 
 
 From out the thunder's dark recefs, 20 
 
 Propitious to thy pray'r, I heard; 
 
 In whofe defence my arm I rear'd; 
 
 Whofe faith my light inflictions tried 
 
 Near Meribah\ contentious tide, 
 
 O Ifrael! — with attentive ear 25 
 
 Thy Maker's juft injunction hear. 
 
 Let none thy homage claim but Me, 
 
 Nor bow to foreign Gods the knee; 
 
 "Jehovah only be thy Dread; 
 
 Thy footfteps He from Egypt led, ' 30 
 
 And gracious bids thee wide extend 
 
 Thy lap, while down his gifts defcend, 
 
 And dreaming copious from on high 
 
 Yield to thy will the full fupply. 
 
 Thus fpake my V r oice, but fpake in vain; 35 
 
 Th' obdurate Race with fierce difdain, 
 
 Q.3 Refolv'd 
 
176 PSALM LXXXL 
 
 Refolv'd their error to purfue, 
 
 Back from my yoke their neck withdrew. 
 
 No more their frenzy I reftrain, 
 
 But give their wild defires the rein, 40 
 
 And leave them, guidelefs, to fulfill 
 
 The dictates of a headlong Will. 
 
 O had my People in their breaft, 
 
 By heav'nly Discipline imprefs'd, 
 
 The leflbns of my Love retain'd, 45 
 
 And trod the path by Me ordain'd ! 
 
 When forth to War thy troops were led, 
 
 Myfelf, O I/raely at their head 
 
 Had met the Battle on its way, 
 
 And, while to time's remoteft day 50 
 
 Each foe reludant own'd thy pow'r, 
 
 To eafe thy want, its pureft flour 
 
 Th' augmented harveft had beftow'd, 
 
 And honey from the rock had flow'd. 
 
 PSALM LXXXII. 
 
 WHILE, cloth'd with pow'r divine, their bar 
 Earth's Lords have fix'd, a mightier far 
 Amidft the Confiftory ftands, 
 And juftice from their lips demands. 
 How long (hall your unequal fcale 5 
 
 Thus bid the impious caufe prevail? 
 Let Law the Orphan's claim fecure ; 
 Lend to the helplefs and the poor 
 Your willing ear; aflert their right, 
 And fave them from oppreffive might, 10 
 
 In 
 
PSALM LXXXII. 177 
 
 In vain I call : Their ftubborn mind 
 To error's full excefs refign'd, 
 Through mazy glooms, to Wifdom's ray 
 Impervious, onward ftill they ftray, 
 While Earth the dire confufion feels, 15 
 
 And, groaning, to her centre reels. 
 Gods Ye were nam'd ; Earth's tribes in You 
 The Sons of Heav'n's high Monarch view} 
 But Death your frailty fhall betray, 
 And mix with vulgar mould your clay. 20 
 
 Rife, mightieft King, to judgement rife, 
 Th' opprefs'd redeem, the proud chaftife, 
 Till Man's whole offspring Thee alone 
 Their Lord and juft Poffeflbr own. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIII. 
 
 MY Godj no longer filent ftand; 
 No longer let thy pow'rful hand 
 Withhold its oft requefted aid, 
 While thus thy foes our peace invade, 
 In mingled tumult round us rife, 5 
 
 And brave with lifted head the fkies. 
 Behold them, Lord, their arts employ, 
 The Heav'n-rais'd People to deftroy, 
 The Souls, whom with thy favour crown'd 
 Thy fecrct prefence wraps around. 10 
 
 <c Come, (thus, by lawlefs fury led, 
 M Aloud they cry,) deftrudiion fpread 
 44 Along their defolated fhore, 
 " Till I/rad's name be heard no more." 
 
 Their 
 
1 78 PSALM LXXXIII. 
 
 Their leagues, their plans, with frantic aiin, 15 
 
 Againft Omnipotence they frame; 
 
 And, fii'd to ra : e, with fierce alarms 
 
 The headlong Nations rufh to arms. 
 
 The tents of Edom o'er the plain 
 
 Here vomit forth their impious train, 20 
 
 While with the Sons of IJmaeVs line 
 
 The harnefs'd Agarteans join. 
 
 Here Qebal^ Moab^ Ammon ftand, 
 
 And Amalecs unconquer'd Band. 
 
 See, fearlefs, with imperial Tyre 25 
 
 Phili/Jias habitants confpire; 
 
 See AJfur draw the hoftile blade, 
 
 And lend to Lot's vile Race his aid. 
 
 But give them, Lord, thine Arm to feel, 
 
 That Arm that made fierce Mididn reel, 30 
 
 And to th' expecting Mother's pride 
 
 Her Siferas return denied; 
 
 That Jabins warlike troops fubdu'd 
 
 Near antient Kifons purpled flood, 
 
 While Endor Ifrael's foes beheld 35 
 
 Inrich with flaughter'd heaps her field. 
 
 As Oreb and as Z^o'erthrown, 
 
 Beneath thy terrors let them groan; 
 
 What woes thy fin-chaftifing fword 
 
 On Zebah and Zalmunna pour'd, 40 
 
 Such let their Princes, Lord, endure, 
 
 Who vaunting to their arms infure 
 
 The Land by holy Patriarchs trod, 
 
 The Heritage of Jacob's God. 
 
 As 
 
P S A L M LXXXIII. 179 
 
 As chaff, as ftubble, let them fly, 45 
 
 That driv'n by winds obfcure the fky. 
 
 Swift as the fiery deluge ftrays, 
 
 And wraps the foreft in its blaze, 
 
 Or, furious, onward as it pours, 
 
 The mountain's fhaggy wafte devours, 50 
 
 Purfue them, mightleft Lord, purfue, 
 
 And let thy vengeance, to their view / 
 
 Prefented, whelm their fouls in dread, 
 
 And burft in tempefts o'er their head. 
 
 With wild confufion clothe their cheek, 55 
 
 And teach them, Lord, thy Name to feek, 
 
 While ruin, death, and fliame, they fee 
 
 To each ordain'd that errs from Thee. 
 
 " Jehovah, {hall the Rebels cry, 
 
 tc Jehovah only reigns on high, 60 
 
 " And o'er the Earth from day to day 
 
 44 AfTerts his everlafting Sway." 
 
 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 HOW fweet thy Dwellings, Lord, how fair T 
 What Peace, what Blifs, inhabit there! 
 With ardent-hope, with ilrong defire, 
 My heart, my flefti, to Thee afpire ; 
 I burn to tread thy Courts, and Thee, 5 
 
 My God, the living God, to fee. 
 
 Eternal King, within thy Dome 
 The Sparrow finds her peaceful home; 
 With her the Dove, a licens'd Gueft, 
 Affiduous tends her infant neft, 10 
 
 And 
 
i8o PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 And to thy Altar's fure defence 
 
 Commits th' unfeather'd innocence. 
 
 Bleft, who, like theie, from day to day 
 
 Within thy Houfe permitted flay, 
 
 Whofe joyous tongue thy Mercies raife 15* 
 
 To Hymns of gratitude and praife. 
 
 Bleft, who, their ftrength on Thee reclin'd, 
 
 Thy Seat explore with conftant mind, 
 
 And, Salem's diitant tow'rs in view, 
 
 With active zeal their way purfue: 20 
 
 Secure the thirfty Vale they tread, 
 
 While, eatTd from out their fandy bed, 
 
 (As down in grateful fhow'rs diftilPd 
 
 The Heav'ns their kindlieft moifture yield,) 
 
 The copious fprings their fteps beguile, 25 
 
 And bid <he chearlefs Defert fmile. 
 
 From ftage to ftage advancing ftill, 
 
 Behold uiem reach fair Sion's hill, 
 
 And, proltrate at her hallow'd fhrine, 
 
 Adoie the Majefty divine. 30 
 
 O Thou, v nom Heav'n's high Hofts revere, 
 
 God of our Fathers, bow thine ear: 
 
 Look down, our only Hope ! look down ; 
 
 Behold us, but without a frown, 
 
 And let thy \ ;ams, in mercy fhed, 35 
 
 Stream copious on ih' anointed head. 
 
 One day if in thy Courts I dwell, 
 
 That day a thoufand {hall excell : 
 
 Amidft che menial tribe to wait, 
 
 And guard th' approaches of thy gate, 4° 
 
 I at 
 
PSALM LXXXIV. 181 
 
 Far happier tr.fk my foul fhould find, 
 
 Than, mix'd with wlen of impious mind, 
 
 To fee the proud pavilion fpread 
 
 Its dazzling fplendors o'er my head. 
 
 Thou, Lord, art IfraePs Sun and Shield; 45 
 
 Thy Love (hall grace and glory yield, 
 
 Nor e'er permit the pious train 
 
 Thy gifts to a(k, and afk in vain. 
 
 Bleft, who in confidence of pray'r 
 
 To Thee, great God, refign their care. 50 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 OUR eyes, great God, have feen thy grace 
 Its beams eftufe on Jacob's race, 
 Loofe from their chains the captive Band, 
 And call them to their native land. 
 Thy Mercy, Lord, their woes has heal'd, 5 
 
 Their trefpafs hid, their pardon feal'd, 
 Check'd in mid courfe thy dreadful ire, 
 And bid its kindled flames expire. 
 O grant us ftill thy Love to (hare; 
 God of our health! accept the pray'r, 10 
 
 That feeks thy clemency to win, 
 And cleanfe, O cleanfe us from our fin. 
 Say fhall thy Wrath perpetual burn? 
 And wilt thou ne'er, appeas'd, return 
 Thy quick'ning influence to impart, 15 
 
 And wake to mirth each grateful heart, 
 While IfraeVs refcu'd Tribes in Thee 
 Their Biifs and full Salvation fee ? 
 
 No 
 
182 PSA L M LXXXV. 
 
 No longer, heav'nly Sire, delay 
 
 Thy wonted Mercy to difplay, 20 
 
 But let thy All-difpofing Will 
 
 Thy People's ftedfaft hope fulfill. 
 
 Rev'rent I wait, nor filence break, 
 
 Till Heav'n's high Lord his purpofe fpeak. 
 
 What (hall he fpeak, but Peace, to Thee, 25 
 
 O Ifrael? What, but Joy, decree 
 
 To Each whofe heart his precept learns, 
 
 Nor back to folly's path returns ? 
 
 Behold, ye Souls that own his fear, 
 
 Behold your wifh'd Redemption near; 30 
 
 See Glory, burfting from the Skies, 
 
 O'er JudaVs Land effulgent rife, 
 
 And fix amidii her coafts its feat ; 
 
 There Verity and Mercy meet, 
 
 With mutual ftep advancing; There 35 
 
 Shall Peace and Juftice, heav'nly Pair, 
 
 To lafting compact onward move, 
 
 Seal'd by the kifs of facred Love. 
 
 Truth from thy furrows, Earth, ftiall fpring, 
 
 And Righteoufnefs, her healing wing 40 
 
 Expanded, downward caft her eye, 
 
 While Heav'n's great Monarch from on high 
 
 Shall crown th' expecting Lab'rer's toil, 
 
 And blefs with full increafe our foil : 
 
 She, as on earth thy feet fhall tread, 45 
 
 Shall march direct, with lifted head 
 
 Preceding, and with duteous care 
 
 Thy path, eternal King, prepare. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 183 ) 
 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 
 LORD! to my wants thy ear incline y 
 Behold me, as with grief I pine; 
 My hope confirm, and guard from ill 
 A foul fubje&ed to thy Will. 
 From rifing to declining day 5 
 
 To Thee with fervent lip I pray: 
 Propitious, to thy fervant's heart 
 Thychearing influence impart: 
 To Thee, to Thee I vent my care \ 
 I know thee, Lord, nor flow to fpare, 10 
 
 Nor weak to vindicate from harm 
 The Souls with pure devotion warm. 
 My days with forrow clouded o'er, 
 Thy wonted fuccours I implore : 
 Regard me, gracious; nor forbear 15 
 
 The voice of my requeft to hear. 
 For who, among the Seats divine, 
 Shall boaft or Pow'r or Works like Thine? 
 Behold, their Maker taught to own, 
 Earth's future Sons before thy throne 20 
 
 In Sion fuppliant kneel, and raife 
 To IfraeVs God their joyful Lays. 
 Eternal Excellence ! Thy hand 
 At will fhall Nature's pow'rs command; 
 Thy wonders, through her confines wide, 25 
 
 She fpeaks, nor owns a God befide. 
 O give me, Lord, thy paths to tread, 
 And, while thy Truth my fteps fhall lead, 
 
 R (The 
 
1 84 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 
 (The faithful Guide by Thee affign'd,) 
 
 Train to thy fear my willing mind. 30 
 
 My heart, by facred zeal impell'd, 
 
 To Thee the grateful fong (hall yield; 
 
 Long as I breathe the vital air, 
 
 Thy Love my loudeft praifefhall mare, 
 
 Whofe aid my foul with health has crown'd, 35 
 
 And fnatch'd me from the pit profound. 
 
 Thou feeft, my God, the Sons of Pride, 
 
 In leagues of violence allied, 
 
 (Thy fear behind them thrown) my way 
 
 Surround, and mark me for their prey: 40 
 
 But well my great Preferver knows 
 
 To weigh and to relieve my woes; 
 
 Long is thy patience, flow thine ire; 
 
 Eternal Mercy, mightieft Sire, 
 
 Thy word (on that rny truft I build;) 45 
 
 And unrepenting Truth have feaFd. 
 
 My griefs with tend'reft pity view, 
 
 With ftrength thy Servant's heart renew, 
 
 And inftant from th' expecling grave 
 
 The Offspring of thy Handmaid fave. 50 
 
 O grant me, Lord, fome fav'ring fign, 
 
 Some pledge that may befpeak me Thine, 
 
 That, ftung with mame, my foes may fee 
 
 What Aid, what Blifs, I boaft in Thee. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( i8 5 ) 
 PSALM LXXXVII. 
 
 FIX'D on the holy Mountains ftand 
 Thy deep foundations: Jacob's, Land, 
 Throughout its wide-extended coafts, 
 No City, beauteous Sion^ boafts, 
 Whofe hallow'd gates have fhar'd, like thine, 5 
 The favour of the hand divine. 
 Thee God the Manfion of his reft, 
 And Seat of Empire has confefs'd, 
 While thus aloud to lateft days 
 His heav'nly Edi£l fpeaks thy praife. jo 
 
 Amidft the Souls hat own my fway, 
 And learn my precepts to obey, 
 Thy Sons, O Nile^ fhall find a place, 
 And Babylon's accepted Race; 
 Nor thine, O Tyre, nor, Midian^ thine, 15 
 
 Nor whom Philiftias bounds confine, 
 
 Excluded from my thought fhall ftand, 
 
 But mix with Sion's facred Band. 
 
 Each tenant of the peopled Earth 
 
 Shall claim from Her his happy birth: 20 
 
 Aliens no more, within her Seat 
 
 Behold th' united Myriads meet, 
 
 And joyous tread her bleft Abode, 
 
 The Ifrael and the Heirs of God : 
 
 That God, whofe pow'r upholds her State, 25 
 
 And feals to endlefs time her date. 
 
 When on the page, whofe wide extent 
 
 Shall Adam's num'rous Line prefent, 
 
 R 2 Each 
 
186 PSALM LXXXVIL 
 
 Each Kindred, Family, and Tribe, 
 
 Th' eternal Cenfor fhall infcribe, 30 
 
 His hand th' adopted Names fhall there 
 
 Thy Natives, Solyma^ declare, 
 
 And bid them with thy Sons refide, 
 
 In concord's ftriclefr. bands allied. 
 
 Hark, how the trump, and tuneful tongue, 35 
 The facred Jubilee prolong, 
 To notes of loudeft triumph rife, 
 And echo to the diftant ikies: 
 While I (thy Maker, God, and King,) 
 I, Salem^ bid the living Spring 40 
 
 Amid thee yield its copious ftore, 
 And crown with health thy happy fhore. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIIL 
 
 GOD of my health ! To Thee by day. 
 To Thee by night, aloud I pray: 
 
 bend thine ear, and let my cries 
 Accepted to thy throne arife. 
 
 Satiate of griefs, with downward feet 5 
 
 1 feek the hollow grave's retreat, 
 
 And, ftrengthlefs, mingle with the train, 
 
 That fill its melancholy reign. 
 
 A Gueft familiar of the Dead, 
 
 Lo, in the duft I make my bed, 10 
 
 As One, on whom thy ftroke its aim 
 
 Directs, and blots from earth his name. 
 
 As, loft to ev'ry human eye, 
 
 Deep in the loweft pit I lie, 
 
 Thy 
 
PSiL M LXXXVIIL 187 
 
 Thy wrath incumbent whelms me o'er, 15 
 
 And all thy billets round me roar. 
 
 No friendly feet approach me nigh, 
 
 But backward, each, abhorrent fly; 
 
 While, in my prifon fa ft immur'd, 
 
 My eye with forrow's mift obfeur'd, 20 
 
 With ceafelefs moan my fuppliant hand 
 
 To Thee, great Monarch, I expand. 
 
 Shall, whom the ban-is of death infold, 
 
 The wonders of thy pow'r behold, 
 
 And, ftarting from the tomb, thy Name 25 
 
 In hymns of joyful praife proclaim? 
 
 Shall echo on thy Mercies dwell 
 
 Amid the dark fepulchral cell? 
 
 Or through Deftruclion's vaults profound 
 
 Thy Truth, eternal God, refound ? 30 
 
 Shall regions that exclude the day 
 
 Thy miracles to view difplay, 
 
 And pale Oblivion's confines drear 
 
 The records of thy Juftice hear? 
 
 To Thee I call ; to Thee in pray'r 35 
 
 At earlieft dawn difclofe my care: 
 
 Lord ! why haft Thou my foul repell'd? 
 
 Why thus thy quick'ning beams withheld ? 
 
 E'er yet to manly years I grew, 
 
 My fainting heart thy terrors knew, 40 
 
 And through fucceeding life fuftains 
 
 A long vi'.iflitude of pains. 
 
 While thus beneath thy wrath I groan; 
 
 While countlefs woes come rolling on, 
 
 R 3 And 
 
188 PSALM LXXXVIII. 
 
 And o'er me, as a fwelling Sea, 45 
 
 Hang imminent; remov'd by Thee, 
 
 Each Friend, that wont my board to {hare, 
 
 Each kind Confoler of my care, 
 
 As round I look, my fight evade, 
 
 And feek concealment's thickeft fhade. 50 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 MY grateful tongue, immortal King, 
 Thy Mercy fhall for ever fmg, 
 My verfe to time's remoteft day 
 Thy Truth in facred notes difplay. 
 That Mercy (thus thy Voice mine ear 5 
 
 Befpeaks,) on firmed bafe I rear; 
 That Tr.uth in Heav'n my lips command 
 From age to age confirmed to ft and. 
 My Love to Je/fe's Son reveal'd 
 Th' irrevocable Oath has feal'd. 10 
 
 Bleft Object of my choice ! Thy Line, 
 Protected by the hand divine, 
 In long defcent thy Throne fhall heir, 
 Nor rolling years their pow'r impair. 
 
 Thy Acts, great God, Heav'n's lofty Seat 15 
 With awful wonder fhall repeat ; 
 And, while within thy hallow'd fhrine 
 Thy Saints in humbleft homage join, 
 Thy Truth to thankful mirth fhall raife 
 Each heart, each tongue incite to praife. 20 
 
 O fay, what ftrength fhall vie with Thine? 
 What Name, among the Seats divine, 
 
 Of 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 189 
 
 Of equal excellence poflefs'd, 
 
 Thy fov'reignty, great God, conteft? 
 
 Ye Tribes, that form his chofen Choir, 25 
 
 Let IfraeFs God your fear infpire, 
 
 Ye Natives of each neighb'ring fhore, 
 
 With proftrate hearts his pow'r adore. 
 
 Thee, Lord, Heav'n's Hofts their Leader own; 
 
 Thee Might unbounded, Thee alone, 30 
 
 With endlefs majefty has crown'd, 
 
 And faith unfullied vefts thee round. 
 
 *Tis thine the Ocean's rage to guide, 
 
 And calm at will its fwellins; tide: 
 
 From Thee the deep-inflicted wound, 35 
 
 Her guilt's jjuft portion, Egypt found ; 
 
 When, rang'd in fight, thg lawlefs Band 
 
 Thy pow'r, prefumptuous, durft withftand, 
 
 Each foe thine Arm beheld with dread, 
 
 And back in wild confufion fled. 40 
 
 The Heav'n above, and Earth below, 
 
 Thee, Lord, their great Poffeflbr knows 
 
 By Thee this Orb to being rofe, 
 
 And All that Nature's bounds inclofe. 
 
 From Thee amid th' aerial fpace 45 
 
 The North and South afiume their place; 
 
 While Tabor 's brow, with ev'ning red, 
 
 And Eaftern Hermons unfhorn head, 
 
 Wide through their echoing groves thy name 
 
 In fongs of grateful joy proclaim. 50 
 
 Strong is thy Arm; thy ftedfaft Will 
 
 Thy Hands with fure effeft fulfills 
 
 While 
 
igo PSALM LXXXIX, 
 
 While Juftice, 'mid th' ethereal plain, 
 
 And Equity thy Throne fuftain, 
 
 And white-rob'd Truth and Mercy fair 55 
 
 Thy fteps precede, thy path prepare. 
 
 O, Bleft the Tribes, whole wIHing ear 
 
 Awakes the feftal fnout to hear; 
 
 Who thankful fee, where'er they tread, 
 
 Thy fav'ring beams around them fpread. 6a 
 
 How fhall they joy from day to day 
 
 Thy boundlefs Mercy to difplay, 
 
 Thy Righteoufnefs, indulgent Lord, 
 
 With holy confidence record, 
 
 Thy Strength their Aire ft refuge deem, 65 
 
 Thy Grace their dignity fupreme ! 
 
 Behold, ye Saints, behold a Shield 
 In IfraeVs aid by God upheld; 
 Behold exalted to the Throne 
 A King, whom He has feaPd his own. -0 
 
 Thy Vifions, Lord, from Heav'n reveaPd, 
 The raptur'd Prophet has beheld ; 
 And thus thy Voice in awful {trains 
 The purpole of thy Love explains* 
 To One felecled from thy Line 75 
 
 Thy fafety, Jacob, I confign, 
 And, cloth'd with flrength, before thy eyes 
 High o'er his Equals bid him rife. 
 See David, prompt my Will t' obey: 
 On Him th' important charge I lay, 80 
 
 And copious on his favour'd head 
 The conlecrating unction fhed* 
 
 My 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 191 
 
 My hand fhall hold him faftj my care 
 
 From each affault, from ev'ry fnare, 
 
 Shall guard him*, with refiftlefs ftroke, 85 
 
 When hoftile Crouds his wrath provoke, 
 
 My Arm fhall crufh the impious train, 
 
 And load with flaughter'd heaps the plain. 
 
 On Mercy and on Truth divine 
 
 Behold him (nor in vain,) recline 90 
 
 His truft, and, by my ftrength upborne, 
 
 Aloft, exulting, lift the horn; 
 
 While (fuch my Will;) o'er fubj eft Lands 
 
 In wide extent are ftretch'd his hands ; 
 
 Beneath his left the Ocean rolls, 95 
 
 His right th' AJfyrian Flood controuls. 
 
 Thou art my Father, (thus my Name 
 His lips, inftinfl: with grateful flame, 
 Aloud fhall hail ;) My God in Thee, 
 And Rock of fure defence, I fee. 100 
 
 Him, pleas'd, my Firftborn I avow, 
 Bid mightieft Kings before him bow. 
 And Bleffings to his reach expand, 
 Infur'd by Compact's facred band. 
 Transfer'd by Me from Sire to Son, 105 
 
 To Heav'n's extremeft date his Throne 
 Shall laft: If from my Laws his Line, 
 .Ingrateful, fhall ,their fteps decline, 
 Fond (while their hearts rejedt my fway,} 
 In interdicted paths to ftray, HO 
 
 My rod their trefpafs fhall purfue, 
 My fcourge their ftubborn will fubdue. 
 
 Yet 
 
192 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 Yet never, never, (hall my Love 
 From Him its {ready beams remove; 
 Ne'er fhall my Truth forget to guard 
 The promife by my lips dedar'd. 
 To David, once, (nor need I more,) 
 Once by my Sanctity I fvvore, 
 That, cherifli'd by my care, his Race 
 Thy Throne, O Judah, long (hall grace; 
 Long as the Sun, with welcome ray, 
 Shall warmth and life to Earth convey, 
 Or Thou, O Moon, in circuit wide 
 The witnefs of my Compact glide. 
 Yet Ah ! repuls'd, contemn'd, by Thee, 
 Th ? Anointed of thy hand we fee 
 No more thy plighted mercy fhare, 
 But, doorn'd thy wrath, juft God, to bear, 
 With countlefs woes contend : His Crown 
 Low in the duft by Thee is thrown; 
 No more his Forts afcend on high, 
 But, fal'n, in heaoy ruins lie; 
 No more his Walls the War exclude; 
 But pafTers by with infult rude 
 His rights invade, and Nations round 
 His ear with keen reproaches wound. 
 Their hand by Thine uprai^'d, each foe 
 Aims at his head the deathful blow; 
 With fierceft joy their bofom burns, 
 While back with edge rebated turns 
 His fword, and, thy fupport withheld, 
 His vanquifVd legions quit the field. 
 
 US 
 
 120 
 
 12 5 
 
 130 
 
 135 
 
 140 
 
 His 
 
*93 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 His pow'r extinct, his luftre gone, 
 
 On earth, fubverted, lies his Throne: 
 
 Age on his Youth has ftoln ; and fhame 145 
 
 With thickeft cloud obfeures his fame. 
 How long (hall I, with angui/h torn, 
 
 Thy face, my God, averted mourn r 
 
 How long behold, in dire amaze, 
 
 Thy wrath with flames inceflant blaze ? 150 
 
 O weigh within thy thought my State ! 
 
 How frail my life ! how fhort its date ! 
 
 Nor leave me, Lord, to deem (my mind 
 
 To dark inquietude refign'd,) 
 
 Thy plaftic Art employ'd in vain, 155 
 
 Or Man created but to pain, 
 
 While thus through varied fcenes of woe 
 
 With hafVning ftep to death we go. 
 
 For Who (hall boaft, of human frame, 
 
 Exemption from his doom to claim, 160 
 
 Or, arm'd with native might, withftand 
 The Sepulchre's rapacious hand? 
 
 Say, where is now the Love, O where, 
 Which erft thy lips to David fware ? 
 That Love, by Truth eternal feal'd, 165 
 
 Again to view, great Father, yield: 
 O think what wrongs thy Servants bear, 
 Wrongs pour'd on Me in largeft lhare, 
 As deep within my filent breaft 
 Each offer 'd infult I digeft, 170 
 
 While impious Crouds his fteps revile, 
 Whom Thou haft touch'd with (acred oil. 
 
 O wife 
 
i 9 4 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 O wife in all thy Works ! thy Name 
 Let Man's whole Race aloud proclaim, 
 And, grateful, through the length of days, 175 
 In ceafelefs fongs repeat thy praife. 
 
 PSALM XC. 
 
 THEE, Lord, their refuge, Thee alone, 
 From earlieft age thy People own : 
 E'er yet the Mountains rofe to birth, 
 E'er yet their form the Heav'ns and Earth 
 Affunrd, Thou cloth'd in light divine 5 
 
 Haft (hone; and (halt for ever fhine. 
 Thou to the fons of human kind 
 In fhort extenfion haft affign'd 
 Their term, and bid them, at its end, 
 Low to their native duft defcend. J 
 
 To Thee as Yefterday appears 
 The profpecl: of a thoufand Years ; 
 And Ages, roll'd fucceflive on, 
 Quick as the circling Watch are gone, 
 That, 'midft the hours of foft repofe, 15 
 
 With filent lapfe unheeded flows. 
 As plants that drink the nightly fhow'r, 
 Refrefh'd by fleep's irriguous pow'r 
 (Thy gift,) at Morn the mortal Race 
 With joyous bloom, and vernal grace, 20 
 
 Exulting flourifti : Ev'ning nigh, 
 Cropt like the plant, they fade and die. 
 Thy hand with unremitted force 
 In mid progreffion {lops our courfe, 
 
 While 
 
PSALM XC. 195 
 
 While ftorms of vengeance round us roll, 25 
 
 And whelm in dread our confcious foul. 
 
 Thy eyes our inmoft guilt can read ; 
 
 Thy prefence, Lord, on each mifdeed, 
 
 That ftudious fhuns the fight of day, 
 
 Refiftlefs darts its fearching ray. 30 
 
 See, faft as words diflblv'd in air, 
 
 While crimes on crimes thy Juftice dare, 
 
 Our days in rapid flight confume, 
 
 And bear us onward to the tomb. 
 
 Its date to fev'nty years confin'd, 35 
 
 If aught of life remain behind, 
 If Nature yet.a ten years' day 
 Indulge us, e'er her debt we pay, 
 Our ftrength but weaknefs then we know, 
 And added Age but lengthen'd Woe. 40 
 
 Strip'd of our pride, we clofe our fpan, 
 And vanifh from the eye of Man. 
 
 O, who thy terrors juftly weighs? 
 Who to thy pow'r fubmiffive pays 
 Proportioned homage? Teach us Thou 45 
 
 To count life's moments as they flow, 
 And, while its end our thoughts furvey, 
 By Wifdom's line to guide our way. 
 
 Return, All-potent Lord, return: 
 How long (hall we thy abfence mourn? 50 
 
 Return, and let thy wonted Love 
 With fpeedieft aid our griefs remove: 
 Thy Mercy, to our Souls reveal'd, 
 Satiety of blifs {hall yield, 
 
 S And, 
 
196 PSALM XC. 
 
 And, while thy breath our life prolongs, 55 
 
 With grateful mirth infpire our tongues: 
 
 That Mercy, mightieft Lord, difplay ; 
 
 And bid at length fome happier day 
 
 Compenfate with its joys the years 
 
 Confign'd to forrow, groans, and tears, 6c 
 
 Author of Good, thy Work mature; 
 
 Let IfraeVs Tribes, in Thee fecure. 
 
 From age to age the Bleffings trace 
 
 Intail'd on their diflinguifh'd Race. 
 
 O may the Majefty divine 
 
 On Us its mildeft beams incline, 
 
 ; And while, new Scenes of hope to view 
 
 Difclos'd, our labour we purfue, 
 
 Thy fav'ring hand with full fuccefs 
 
 That hope confirm, that labour blefs. - :• 
 
 PSALM XCI. 
 
 WHO makes Omnipotence his Aid, 
 Who refts beneath Jehovah's made, 
 And joyful cries, " My God, in Thee 
 4C My Fortrefs and my Hope I fee, 
 c< And, ftedfaft, on the Arm divine 
 " My truft in each diftrefs recline," 
 How bleft that Man ! — Thy Maker's care 
 Shall match thee from the hunter's fnare: 
 When fick'ning Nature's pow'rs fhall fail, 
 No fatal ftroke fhall Thee affail : 10 
 
 His wings around thee {hall be fpread, 
 His pinions guard thy favour'd head. 
 
 His 
 
 5 
 
P S A L M XCL 
 
 His Truth thy lhield, nor terror pale 
 
 By night fhall o'er thy foul prevail, 
 
 Nor (haft, that aims its flight by day, 15 
 
 Thy guiltlefs bofom fhall uifmay ; 
 
 Nor Plague, that with gigantic ftride 
 
 In darknefs walks its circuit wide, 
 
 Nor fultry blaft, whofe dreaded breath 
 
 Taints the meridian air with death. 20 
 
 Though thoufands by I fide are {lain, 
 
 And myriads round thee pret tht ^!ain, 
 No dart m ill thy deflruclion d 2, 
 
 Or wound whom God has bid to fpare. 
 
 Each foe before thine eyes o'erthrown, 25 
 
 Still (halt thou pafs in triumph on, 
 
 And, fince thy heart, to God refign'd, 
 
 In him its refuge boafts to find, 
 
 Behold him on each impious head 
 
 The fulnefs of his vengeance fhed. 30 
 
 No dangers (hall thy path await, 
 
 Or touch thine interdicted gate. 
 
 While, round thee piae'd, th' Angelic Train 
 
 Thy fteps with tend'reft care fuftain, 
 
 Safe (halt thou walk through ways unknown, 35 
 
 Nor ftrike thy foot againft the (lone. 
 
 Go, fearlefs on the Dragon tread, 
 
 And prefs the proftrate Lion's head : 
 
 Behold the Tyrant of the wood 
 
 (In vain with youthful ftrength indu'd,) 40 
 
 Behold the Serpent (in his veins 
 Though half the poifon of the plains 
 
 S 2 B< 
 
198 PSALM XCI. 
 
 Be lodg'd,) before thee vanquifh'd lie, 
 And clofe in death their languid eye. 
 
 Thy duteous Zeal, thy filial Love, 45 
 
 I mark, and all thy Adts approve: 
 For this, thy head aloft I rear, 
 Bow to thy pray'r the willing ear, 
 Thy fears avert, thy griefs attend, 
 (Thy God, thy Guardian, and thy Friend,) 50 
 Thy years prolong; and to thy heart 
 My health-difpenfing grace impart. 
 
 PSALM XCII. 
 
 HOW bleft the tafk, with fervent heart 
 To iummon from the tuneful Art 
 Its fuccours, and thy Name record, 
 O Thou, whom Nature ow r ns her Lord i 
 Thy boundlefs Mercies, heav'nly King, 5 
 
 At morning's earlieft hour to fing, 
 And, rapt inpraife, thy Truth to tell, 
 When night's dark fhades around us dwell : 
 While with the ten-ftring'd inftrument 
 The pfaltry's meafur'd (trains confent, 10 
 
 And o'er the harp each liquid note 
 With folemn found is taught to float. 
 How have thy Ads my wakeful bread 
 "v\ uh rapt'rous gratitude imprefs'd ! 
 How joys my tongue, with holy flame 15 
 
 Ihfpii'd, thy Wonders to proclaim! 
 Great are the Works thy hajid has wrought, 
 And deep beyond all fearch thy Thou-iu. 
 
 Thy 
 
PSALM XC1I. 199 
 
 Thy A£b the minds of brutifh mould 
 With unregarding eye behold, 20 
 
 And, ftrangers to thy wife defign, 
 In erring cenfure madly join; 
 Nor know, that, when the impious Band 
 In guilty pomp confpicuous ftand, 
 Frefti as the flow'r, or verdant blade, 25 
 
 In fummer's fulleft pride array'd, 
 Mature for death their heads they rear, 
 And fwift deftru&ion waits them near. 
 But Thou, above the ftarry plain, 
 In endlefs Majefty (halt reign: 30 
 
 Thy foes, eternal God, thy foes 
 In death's long fleep their eyes (hall clofe, 
 And all, whofe hearts hy pow'r defy, 
 In wide difperfion bacKward fly : 
 While I, by heav'nly Might upborne, 35 
 
 Strong as the Oryx lift the horn j 
 And o'er my head in copious fhow'rs 
 Thy Oil its richeft fragrance pours. 
 When fadlious Crouds againft me rife, 
 With fcenes of triumph Thou my eyes 40 
 
 Shalt fatiate, and their full defeat 
 My ears with happieft tidings greet. 
 Fair as amidft their native bed 
 The ftately Palms their branches fpread, 
 Or Cedars, tov/'ring to the fkies, 45 
 
 On Lebanon's broad fummit rife, 
 Within thy Courts the Juft (hall ftand; 
 And, nouriflVd bv thy foft'ring hand, 
 
 S 3 Each 
 
goo PSALM XCII. 
 
 Each adverfe blaft by Thee repell'd, 
 
 To latcft age their fruits {hall yield 50 
 
 In large increafe, through life's whole round 
 
 With health and youthful verdure crowned. 
 
 Thy Goodnefs {hall their lips record, 
 
 (God of my ftrength !) thy ev'ry Word 
 
 In Truth's unvarying balance weigh'd, 55 
 
 Thy ev'ry Act by Juftice fway'd* 
 
 PSALM XCIIL 
 1. 
 
 THE Lord th' eternal fcepter rears, 
 And Nature's pow'r obfervant hears 
 Whate'er his Will injoins . 
 His head with pureft fplendors crown'd^ 
 With rnajefty he vefls him round, 
 
 And girds with ftrength his loyns*. 
 
 2-. 
 
 Encircled by th' ethereal fpace, 
 And fix'd by Him on firmeft bafe, 
 
 The Earth's vaft Orb appears: 
 From earlieft age^ great God, thy Throne 
 Aloft in Heav'n prepar'd has (hone; 
 
 Nor Qumb^rs Time thy years.. 
 
 3- 
 
 A fcene of horror ftrikes my eyes; 
 
 The Floods, my God, the Floods ariffc^ 
 
 And lift their voice on h'gh: 
 What pow'r fhall curb the headlonr?; tide ? 
 What bid the fweliing waves iubfide* 
 
 And clear the ftormy fey I 
 
PSALM XCIII. 201 
 
 4- 
 Thee, o'er all height exalted, Thee 
 
 The Deeps revere; at thy Decree 
 
 The Waves their rage refign: 
 Fix'd are the Laws by Thee ordain'd; 
 And Truth and San&ity unftain'd 
 
 Adorn thy awful fhrine. 
 
 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 THOU God with vengeance arm'd, appear; 
 Thou God with vengeance arm'd, whofe fear 
 The Earth (for Thee her Judge (he knows,) 
 Submiffive owns, thy pow'r difclofe, 
 And inftant from thy feat arife, 5 
 
 Each proud tranfgreflbr to chaftife. 
 How long (hall impious Crouds, how long, 
 With hauo-htieft infult arm their tongue? 
 How long in bitt'reft gall each word 
 Infufe, and boaft their conqu'ring fword ? 10 
 
 Thy Flock, great God, their fury own ; 
 Beneath their ftroke thy People^groan: 
 Their hands, remorfelefs, to the tomb 
 The Widow and the Stranger doom; 
 Nor innocence nor tend'reft age 1$ 
 
 Can fhield the Orphan from their rage. 
 " Ne'er (hall our deeds in Heav'n be known, 
 " Or reach (they cry,) the diftant Throne 
 " Of IfraeVs Lord." —Ye fools and blind! 
 Return, and feek a better mind, 20 
 
 Say 
 
202 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 Say when (hall Wifdom's light ferene 
 
 Your fouls from error's childhood wean? 
 
 Who knew to plant the ear, fhall He 
 
 Not hear ? Who form'd the eye, not fee ? 
 
 Shall aught of guilt his fearch evade, 25 
 
 Who bids the Nations he has made, 
 
 Inform'd by his paternal care, 
 
 The gifts of various Science fhare, 
 
 Who Reafon in the bofom pours, 
 
 Its growth improves, its fruit matures, 33 
 
 Each counfel of the human brain 
 
 Weighs in his fcale, and ftamps it vain ? 
 
 O, Bleft the Man, for ever bleft, 
 Whofe faithful heart, by thee imprefs'd. 
 Eternal Teacher, from thy Laws jr 
 
 The leffons of his conduct draws ; 
 Who fhelter'd from the evil day 
 Its diftant dangers fliall furvey, 
 And wait, till Thou the pit prepare 
 For Each whofe crimes thy vengeance dare. 40 
 
 Ne'er from the Children of his Love 
 Shall Heav'n's high Lord his care remove, 
 Or to the foes of IfraeVs Line 
 His purchas'd Heritage refign: 
 For Judgement fhall its feat aflume, 45 
 
 Triumphant; while its equal doom 
 Each heart to Virtue's caufe a friend 
 With confcious tranfport fhall attend. 
 
 Say, who with Me will plight the hand, 
 With Me the fons of guilt withftand ? 5c 
 
 Had 
 
PSALM XCIV. 203 
 
 Had God his aiding pow'r withheld, 
 
 How had my foul in filence dwell'd ! 
 
 But when my foot with fault'ring tread 
 
 Suggefted to my thought a dread, 
 
 Thy Love, its fpeedieft care applied, 55 
 
 Forbade my dubious fteps to Aide. 
 
 While deepeft woe my bofom tries, 
 
 And thoughts with thoughts conflicting rife, 
 
 Thy comforts, Lord, my foul fuftain, 
 
 And calm my fears, and footh my pain. 60 
 
 Shall proud Oppreflion's lawlefs Chair 
 
 In thy Alliance find a lhare, 
 
 Whofe Mandates to the impious Tribe 
 
 Their talks of cruelty prefcribe ? 
 
 See willing Myriads, at its word 65 
 
 Aflembled, grafp the hdftile fvvord, 
 
 In guiltlefs blood their thirft allay, 
 
 And mark the Righteous for their prey. 
 
 But God, my refuge and mylhield, 
 
 Firm on himfelf my trull: fhall build; 73 
 
 That Lord, whom Ifrael's Sons adore, 
 
 Their fin fhall in their lap reftore, 
 
 Their fteps with certain vengeance trace, 
 
 And root from earth th' offending Race. 
 
 PSALM XCV. 
 
 /^\ Come, and to th' eternal King 
 ^^ New fongs of triumph let us fing; 
 With holy tranfport Him alone 
 The ftrength of our Salvation own] 
 
 Admitted 
 
2C 4 PS AL M XCV. 
 
 Admitted to his prefence pay ij 
 
 The tribute of the grateful lay, 
 
 And, while his Acts our mirth infpire, 
 
 Wake to his praife the vocal lyre. 
 
 Extended wide beyond all bound, 
 
 Beyond all height, his pow'r is found, io 
 
 Nor Lords, with Him, nor Gods befide 
 
 The honours of his Throne divide. 
 
 Earth's ftores, throughout its inmoft frame, 
 
 He, great Proprietor, fhall claim; 
 
 Your Range, ye cloud-tranfcending Hills, 15 
 
 His pow'r commands, his prefence fills. 
 
 Inrich'd by his prolific hand 
 
 In Him the All-produ&ive Land, 
 
 In Him the Sea, that rounds its (hore, 
 
 Their Maker and their Lord adore. 20 
 
 O come, and let your knees with mine 
 
 To Him in lowlieft homage join ; 
 
 In Him your God, your Father, fee, 
 
 The People of his pafture Ye, 
 
 The Flock that guided by his care 25 
 
 The bleflings of his bounty {hare. 
 
 O Judah y if in this thy day 
 
 My Will thou purpofe to obey, 
 
 Steel not thy breaft to truths divine, 
 
 As erft the Fathers of thy line ; 30 
 
 Whofe Bands th' inclofing Defert faw, 
 
 Rebellious to the Heav'n-taught Law, 
 
 With mad prefumption from my hand 
 
 The fignals of my pow'r demand 5 
 
 Jndulg'd, 
 
PSALM XCV. 205 
 
 Indulg'd, the wifh'd for fight obtain; 35 
 
 And, feen, demand them yet again. 
 
 Through forty years the circling fun 
 
 Beheld their date of mercy run, 
 
 As, griev'd, I ftrove, but ftrove in vain, 
 
 Their growing frenzy to reftrain : 40 
 
 Behold a Race, at length I cried, 
 
 Whofe heart from Me has fwerv'd afide, 
 
 (By Error's pow'r fubdu'd,) nor known 
 
 That Wifdom's paths and Mine are one. 
 
 My Oath, for by Myfelf I fwear, 45 
 
 Mv kindled anger (hall declare^ 
 
 And bar them from my Reft, decreed 
 
 To faithful Abraham's chofen Seed. 
 
 PSALM XCVL 
 
 SING to the Lord fome new-taught Song; 
 Earth, to his praife the note prolong: 
 Blefs, blefs his Name; from day to day 
 Let His Salvation prompt the lay, 
 Till Realms remote his Acls have known, 5 
 
 And Man's whole Race his Wonders own. 
 Great is the Lord, and great his Praife: 
 What God like Him our fear can raife ? 
 Not fuch as Heathen Lands afford. 
 Created firft, and then ador'd: 10 
 
 Creation Him its Lord avov/'d, 
 When erft the arch of Heav'n he bow'd; 
 And Light and Majefty divine 
 With fadelefs fplendor grace his (hrine. 
 
 Let 
 
2o6 PSALM XCVI. 
 
 Let ev'ry People, ev'ry Tribe, I j 
 
 Pow'r, glory, ftrerigth, to Him afcribe: 
 
 Yield to his Name the honours due; 
 
 Oft to his Courts your way purfue 
 
 With folemn ftep, and joyful bring 
 
 The off'ring to your heav'nly King. 20 
 
 Before the Beauty of his fhrine, 
 
 Ye Saints, in low proftration join: 
 
 Ye Natives of each diftant fhore, 
 
 His Pow'r revere; his Name adore, 
 
 O tell to All whom Earth fuftains, 25 
 
 O tell them, that 'Jehovah reigns, 
 That, fix'd by His Almighty hand, 
 Its pond'rous Orb unmov'd fhall ftand, 
 And All who iflue from its womb 
 Receive from Him th' unerring doom, 30 
 
 Exult, ye Heav'ns; exult, O Earth; 
 And, partner in the facred mirth, 
 Let Ocean in its fulnefs rife, 
 And thunder to the diftant fkies. 
 Rich in his gifts, ye Fields, rejoice; 35 
 
 While in his praife the Woods their voice 
 Exalt, and hail with lowly nod 
 The prefence of th' approaching God. 
 He comes, in awful pomp array J d, 
 He comes, to judge the World he made. 40 
 
 Truth {hall with Him the caufe decide, 
 And Equity his fentence guide. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 207 ) 
 
 PSALM XCVIL 
 
 TO God belongs th' eternal Sway; 
 Let Earth with joy his Will obey: 
 Exult, ye Ifles that crown the Main, 
 Bleft in his mild aufpicious Reign. k 
 The ftation'd Clouds around him meet, 5 
 
 And Darknefs rolls beneath his feet; 
 While Equity and Truth combine 
 To rear aloft his awful (hrine. 
 Before him walks the wafting Fire; 
 Wrapt in the blaft his foes expire; IC 
 
 While Earth, convuls'd, in dire difmay, 
 Beholds the forky lightnings play, 
 And down, like wax before the flame, 
 Down flows the Mountain's folid frame, 
 That late, ambitious, met the fky; 1^ 
 
 For God, the World's great Lord, is nigh. 
 His righteous A&s the Heav'ns difplay, 
 His fame from pole to pole convey, 
 And bid the Majefty divine 
 To ev'ry eye confpicuous fhine. 20 
 
 Shame to the Wretch that wood and ftones 
 The Obje&s of his homage owns, 
 And frantic to the Creature pays 
 The Maker's intervened praife. 
 Ye Gods, his fov'reign Might avow, 25 
 
 And rev'rent at his footftool bow. 
 
 Well-pleas'd thy Counfels, Lord, to hear, 
 Imperial Salem bows the ear; 
 
 T And 
 
208 P S A L M XCV11. 
 
 And JudaVs happy Daughters fing 
 
 The Mercies of th' eternal King, gp 
 
 Thou, Lord, in Majefty ferene 
 
 Exalted o'er the Earth art feen : 
 
 What Pow'r, great God, fnall boaft a Name 
 
 Like Thine? Like Thee our homage claim? 
 
 Ye Souls with Love divine imprefs'd \ 35 
 
 Juft to its precepts, Sin deteft: 
 Each fear deliver'd to the wind, 
 In God your certain refuge find, 
 Whofe pow'r prote&s the pious Band, 
 Though Myriads, leagu'd, againft them (land, 4© 
 To You, ye Good, to You alone 
 The feeds of heav'nly light are fown, 
 That w T ake within the human breaft 
 Joys ne'er by human tongue exprefs'd. 
 O crown'd with Mercies from above, 45 
 
 To God your grateful zeal approve : 
 His Sanctity revere; his Name 
 In hymns of loudeft praife proclaim. 
 
 PSALM XCVIIL 
 
 SING to the God whom we adore; 
 O fing, in lays unheard before, 
 The Mercies fhown us from above, 
 The Wonders of redeeming Love : 
 His Hand, exerted in our aid, 5 
 
 His Hand thofe Wonders has difplay'd; 
 His holy Arm Salvation fends, 
 
 And Conqueft on its ftroke attends. 
 
 His 
 
P S A L M XCVIII. 209 
 
 His Juftice through the World has fhin'd \ 
 
 His Truth, with endlefs Mercy join'd, 10 
 
 Now feals the promife of his Grace 
 
 To faithful Abrahams chofen Racej 
 
 And Earth, to juft obedience aw'd, 
 
 Has own'd her Saviour and her God. 
 
 Ye diftant Realms, your voice employ 15 
 
 In fliouts of gratitude and joy : 
 
 Let hymns of rapture fwell each throat ; 
 
 Call from the harp th' according nc;e; 
 
 On the lhrill trump your mirth prolong, 
 
 And found the cornet to the fono-. 20 
 
 To Him who claims th' eternal fway, 
 
 To Him the vocal Hbute pay: 
 
 Him let the hoarfe- ^founding Tide, 
 
 With All that in its depths reiide, 
 
 Praife, thank, and blefs, in loudeft ftrains ; 25 
 
 Him Earth, and All whom Earth fuftains. 
 
 Ye Floods, triumphant clap the hand ; 
 
 Ye cloud-topt Hills, exulting ftand; 
 
 See, thron'd aloft in av/ful ftate, 
 
 While Man's whole Race his fentence wait, 30 
 
 The Judge fupreme his fcale aflume \ 
 
 And Equity directs the Doom. 
 
 PSALM XCIX. 
 1. 
 
 JE HO VAH reigns: Ye Nations own, 
 With proftrate hearts, his fway : 
 Betwixt the Cherubs ftands his Throne ; 
 Earth ! tremble and obey. 
 
 T 2 2 His 
 
2jo PSALM XCTX> 
 
 2. 
 
 His Rule, in Sion long confeft, 
 
 O'er All extends ; his Name 
 Shall hallow with its fear each breaft, 
 
 Each tongue with zeal inflame. 
 
 3- 
 
 Thy Pow'r with Equity allied 
 
 Through time's long courfe has flood r 
 Thy Judgements Jacob, Lord, has tried. 
 And knows them juft and good. 
 
 4- 
 Let Each, with humble joy elate, 
 
 Before thy footftool bow ; 
 
 Thee, ceafelefs, praife : For who fo great. 
 
 So holy, Lord, as Thou? 
 
 5- 
 
 By God with facred honours crown'd* 
 
 See Mofes, Aaron, fee, 
 And Samuel, ever faithful found, 
 
 To Him incline the knee, 
 6. 
 To Him the favour'd Three aloud 
 
 The frequent Vow prefer'd, 
 And inftant from the pillard cloud 
 
 His awful Anfwer heard. 
 
 7- 
 With wakeful zeal their bofoms burn'd ; 
 
 Obfervant of his Will, 
 With joy the heav'nly precept learn'd, 
 
 And haflen'd to fulfill. 
 
 8 Ta 
 
PSALM XCIX. 2ii 
 
 8. 
 To Thee, great God, their ev'ry pray'r 
 
 In full acceptance rofe : 
 Thy hand their weaknefs knew to fpare, 
 
 And, pitying, heaFd their woes, 
 
 9- 
 Yet could thy Wrath, when Sin had dar'd 
 
 Their erring breaft to ftain, 
 
 Deal to their guilt its juft reward, 
 
 And vindicate thy Reign. 
 
 10. 
 
 Let Each, with humble joy elate, 
 
 On-S/Ws Mountain bow; 
 Thee, ceafelefs, praife : For who fo great, 
 
 So holy, Lord, as Thou ? 
 
 PSALM C, 
 
 YE Tribes of Earth, in God rejoice, 
 His prefence hail with thankful voice ; 
 To Him your willing homage pay, 
 And wake the tributary lay, 
 Submifiive to his Will, in Him 5 
 
 Behold the God of Gods fupreme : 
 With confcious wonder oft furvey'd, 
 He, not Ourfelves, our frame has made : 
 The fiibjects of his pow'r we ftand, 
 The (heep that own his guiding hand, 10 
 
 cc O, enter then his gates with praife, 
 To Him your loudeft accents raife, 
 With grateful hearts his Love proclaim, 
 And blefs, O biefs, his awful Name. 
 
 T 3 Fojt 
 
2i2 PSALM C, 
 
 For Truth in Him and Mercy live: *5 
 
 That Truth {hall time itfelf furvive ; 
 That Mercy through the length of days 
 Unclouded pour its healing rays, 
 
 PSALM CL 
 
 MERCY, Judgement, now my tongue 
 Makes the fuhjecT: of its Song : 
 Lord ! to whom then fhall I fin^, 
 But to Thee, th' eternal King ? 
 Wifdom fhall my footfteps guide* 5 
 
 Nor permit my feet to Aide, 
 Or from Thy All-perfe£i Way^ 
 Loft in paths of Sin, to ftray. 
 When, O when, celeftial Gueft, 
 Shall my roof with Thee be bleft ? IO 
 
 Lo f my heart with ftudious care 
 For thy prefence I prepare, 
 And my Dwelling's full extent 
 Spotlefs to thy view prefent. 
 Ne'er fhall my prefumptuous hand' £5 
 
 Dare to break thy juft Command ; 
 Ne'er within me fhalt thou find 
 Aught that fpeaks a faithlcfs mind. 
 Serv'd by none wha ferve not Thee, 
 Let me not the Impious ke- r 20 
 
 Let the wretch of froward heart 
 From my gate repuls'd depart; 
 And the Man of lofty eye, 
 Scornful mien, and ftomach high, 
 
 And 
 
P S A L M a. 5trj 
 
 And the Tongue to flander bred, 25 
 
 Learn my heavieft wrath to dread. 
 
 Come, ye Good and Juft, O come, 
 
 Sure with Me to find a home : 
 
 Pleas'd I fee the pious Band 
 
 Round my throne attendant ftand, 30 
 
 And in facred homage join 
 
 To their own great Lord and mine. 
 
 Hence ye Children of deceit, 
 
 From my threfhold turn your feet : 
 
 Let the foul that dares a lye 35 
 
 Inftant from my prefence fly. 
 
 Soon, O Judahy fhall my hand 
 
 Root th' offenders from thy Land ; 
 
 Wrathful feize the rebel train ; 
 
 And from fin's infe&ious ftain 40 
 
 By my guilt-avenging rod 
 
 Purge the City of my God. 
 
 PSALM CIL 
 
 TTEAR, Lord, my pray'r, and let my cries 
 * * Accepted to thy throne arife : 
 O turn not Thou thy face away, 
 Nor longer my relief delay ; 
 But mark my forrows from on high, 5 
 
 And pitying to my call reply. 
 Faft as the mounting fmoke decays, 1 
 On time's light pinion flit my days : 
 My bones the hearth's fierce heat fufhin ; 
 My heart the herbage of the plain 10 
 
 Re- 
 
214 PSALM CIL 
 
 Refembles, o'er whofe leaves have paft 
 The fervors of the fouthern blaft. 
 For ah ! forgetful of my food, 
 Inceffant o'er my griefs I brood, 
 While ftruggling groans their weight proclaim, 15 
 And wafte with toil my languid frame. 
 Not the wide Defert's confines drear 
 Laments of louder accent hear, 
 When, 'midft its fens, with difmal note 
 The Pelican diftends her throat, 2$ 
 
 Or to the winds in lengthen'd ftrains 
 The felf-fequeftring Owl complains \ 
 Nor vents its fifter-bird a moan 
 So deep, when on the roof alone 
 She fits ; whofe woes, like mine, affright 25 
 
 The filence of the tedious night. 
 From Morn, till Eve extend its veil, 
 Reproaches keen my ears afiail \ 
 And, leagu'd by mutual oaths, my foes 
 With fierce intent my fteps inclofe. 30 
 
 See afhes, fcatter'd o'er my head, 
 Mix, undiftinguiih'd, with my bread; 
 See mingled tears my cup fupply ; 
 Since firft thy wrathful Arm on high 
 Caught me amaz'd, and fwiftly round 3$ 
 
 Reverting hurl'd me on the ground. 
 As fades the/hadow of the fun, 
 With quick decline my moments run, 
 Juft verging to their clofe : my face, 
 Its vernal bloom and youthful grace 40 
 
 Ex- 
 
PSALM CII. 2i 5 
 
 Extinguifh'd, withers on the eye, 
 As plants beneath a hoftile fky. 
 But Thou, Bleft Guard of IfraeVs fold, 
 Shalt ages fee on ages roll'd, 
 And, thron'd above, to endlefs days 45 
 
 Extend thy honour, name, and praife. 
 O rife, (th* appointed hour is come;) 
 Rife, mightieft Lord, thy Charge afFume; 
 And let fad Sions feat no more 
 The abfence of thine aid deplore. 50 
 
 How lovely to thy Servants' eyes, 
 How lovely ev 3 n in ruin lies 
 Her hallow'd Wall ! a penfive Throng, 
 They walk her fencelefs courts along, 
 And, as her fcatter'd waftes appear, 55 
 
 Drop on her duft the pitying tear. 
 How fhall thy Name, great Sire, its dread 
 Through Earth's awaken'd regions fpread ! 
 How fhall her Kings with deep uifmay 
 Thy boundlefs Majefty furvey, 60 
 
 When Salem's ftrudlures from their fall 
 Thy hand, propitious, (hall recall, 
 While down th' eternal Glory pours, 
 Incircles with its blaze her tow'rs. 
 And fpeaks thy favour (oft implor'd,) 65 
 
 To IfraeVs exil'd Tribes reftor'd ! 
 Thy A£ts the faithful pen fhall trace, 
 And Myriads of the human Race, 
 Yet ftrangers to the birth, thy fame 
 In Songs of loudeft note proclaim, 70 
 
 For 
 
216 PSALM CIL 
 
 For He, beneath whofe facred feat 
 
 The ftarry Orbs their courfe repeat, 
 
 Th' eternal Ruler of the fky, 
 
 Has caft on Earth his equal eye. 
 
 Intent the injur'd caufe to own, 75 
 
 To hear the helplefs Captive's groan, 
 
 The Souls to death confign'd to fave, 
 
 And fnatch them from the greedy grave. 
 
 For this, through Slon's ample bound 
 
 Jehovah's Name (hall oft refound, 80 
 
 Thy fhouts, diftinguifh'd Salem, raife, 
 
 And wake thy tongue to hymns of praife : 
 
 See to thy Courts the Nations flow, 
 
 His juft dominion taught to know, 
 
 And, Each with Thee in compact join'd, 85 
 
 Their hearts to his obedience bind. 
 'Twas He, whofe unrefifted force 
 In mid progreflion ftop'd my courfe ; 
 My healthful vigour reft away; 
 And haften'd to its eve my day. 90 
 
 Spare, mightieft Lord ! nor thus, I cried, 
 My brittle chain of years divide, 
 O Thou, of Life th' exhauftlefs Spring, 
 Invifible, Immortal King ! 
 
 Thy hand the Earth's foundation laid, 95 
 
 Thy hand the Heav'n aloft difplay'd, 
 E'er yet along the vaft profound 
 The reftlefs Months began their round : 
 That Earth, that Heav'n's ftupendous frame, 
 Corruption with permitted claim jeo 
 
 Shall 
 
PSALM CII. 217 
 
 Shall feize: But Thou, from Age fecure, 
 
 Shalt felf-exiftent ftill endure. 
 
 Thefe, as the labours of the loom, 
 
 Shall Time with gradual force confume; 
 
 Till Thou, whofe hand their texture fpun, 105 
 
 When Time its ftated courfe has run, 
 
 Again that powerful hand apply, 
 
 And fold them up, and lay them by; 
 
 While brighter Scenes, difclos'd to view, 
 
 Creation's varied face renew. HO 
 
 But varyings Thou haft none : Thy rays 
 
 With undiminifh'd luftre blaze; 
 
 Thy years (hall circumfcription fpurn, 
 
 And back upon themfelves return, 
 
 In endlefs courfe revolving. Thee 115 
 
 Thy Saints their ftrong Support fhall fee, 
 
 And, rang'd in long fucceffion, (hare 
 
 The gifts of thy paternal Care. 
 
 PSALM cm. 
 
 AWAKE to praife, my Soul, and fing 
 The Mercies of th' eternal King; 
 O deep throughout thine inmoft frame 
 Blefs, blefs the great Jehovah's Name ; 
 Nor ceafe with ftudious thought to trace 5 
 
 The A£ts of that ftupendous Grace, 
 That blots from HeavVs record thy fin, 
 That, while thy paflions war within, 
 Affuafive calms their furious ftrife, 
 And refcues from the pit thy life j 10 
 
 Bids 
 
2ti8 PSALM CIII. 
 
 Bids countlefs bleffings round thee rife; 
 Thy ev'ry wifti with Good fupplies ; 
 Thy years renews in their decline; 
 And makes the Eagle's vigour thine, 
 That, ftript of age, exulting fprings, it 
 
 And heav'nward fpreads his recent wings. 
 *Tis God's, the friendlefs and the poor 
 From proud Oppreffion to fecure. 
 His Ways to Mofes ftood reveal'dj 
 Thou, Ifraely haft his Works beheld, 20 
 
 His breaft with mercy fraught haft known, 
 To anger flow, to pity prone. 
 He ne'er with erring mortals knew 
 A ceafelefs conteft to purfue, 
 But, when their crimes his vengeance raife, 25 
 His wrath in mid effufion ftays. 
 If e'er our trefpafs he chaftife, 
 Not to its weight proportion'd rife 
 Thejuftcorre&ions of his hand, 
 But bounded by that Mercy ftand, 30 
 
 That high as to the ftarry pole 
 Extends, and, far as from its goal 
 The Sun in daily circuit roves, 
 The humbled finner's guilt removes. 
 What fondnefs for his infant Care 35 
 
 A Father's bofom learns to {hare, 
 Such from th' eternal Monarch claim 
 The Souls that rev'rent own his Name. 
 For well his eye our texture knows ; 
 Sees that the duft's light grains compofe 40 
 
 Our 
 
PSALM CIII. 219 
 
 Our frame ; and marks the days of Man 
 Contracted to the narrow fpan, 
 That meafures to the herb its date, 
 Or bids the flow'r, in vig'rous ftate 
 Exalted, now the field adorn, 45 
 
 Now, by the paffing tempeft fhorn, 
 At once its vernal pride refign, 
 And with'ring on the earth recline: 
 In fwift decay behold it wade; 
 'Nor knows the foil, whofe bed it grac'd, 50 
 
 To witnefs to th' inquirer's view, 
 Where late the fhort-liv'd wonder grew. 
 But Thy Compaffions, Lord, the Juft 
 From age to age with ftedfaft truft 
 Shall own; Thy Righteoufnefs their Race, 55 
 In long defcent, fhall joy to trace, 
 While pleas'd thy Compaft they fulfill, 
 And frame to thy Decrees their will. 
 His Seat above th' empyreal plain 
 Our God has fix'dj his equal Reign 60 
 
 Creation's utmoft bounds confefs : 
 His Name, ye Tribes Angelic, blefs; 
 Who, cloth'd with might, his word obey, 
 And wing, as He directs, your way. 
 Him praife, ye bright ethereal Band, 65 
 
 That rang'd beneath his banner ftand, 
 And Ye who round his Throne of State 
 With duteous zeal miniftrant wait. 
 Ye Works of God, where'er his fway 
 Extends, your Maker's fame difplay; 70 
 
 U Nor 
 
220 PSALM CIII. 
 
 Nor Thou, my Soul, forget to fing 
 The Mercies of th' eternal King. 
 
 PSALM CIV. 
 
 A WAKE, my Soul, to hymns of praife; 
 «* *• To God the fong of triumph raife. 
 O cloth'd with majefty divine, 
 What pomp, what glory, Lord, are thine! 
 Light forms thy robe, and round thy head 5 
 
 The Heav'ns their ample curtain fpread. 
 Thou know'ft amid the fluid fpace 
 The ftrong-compacted beams to place, 
 That proof to wafting Ages lie, 
 And prop the chambers of the fky. 10 
 
 Behold, aloft, the King of Kings, 
 Borne on the Wind's expanded wings, 
 (His Chariot by the Clouds fupplied,) 
 Through Heav'n's wide realms triumphant ride. 
 Around him rang'd in awful ftate 15 
 
 Th' afiembled Storms miniftrant wait; 
 And Flames, attentive to fulfill 
 The dictates of his mighty Will. 
 On firmeft bafe uprear'd, the Earth 
 To Him afcribes her wondrous birth. 20 
 
 He fpake; and o'er each Mountain's head 
 The Deep its watry mantle fpread : 
 He fpake; and from the whelming flood 
 Again their tops emergent flood; 
 And fait adown their bending fide 25 
 
 With refluent ftream the Currents glide : 
 
 Aw'd 
 
PSALM CIV. 221 
 
 Aw'd by his ftern rebuke they fly, 
 
 While peals of thunder rend the iky, 
 
 In mingled tumult upward borne 
 
 Now to the mountain's height return, 30 
 
 Now lodg'd v/ithin their peaceful bed 
 
 Along the winding vale are led, 
 
 And, taught their deflin'd bounds to know, 
 
 No more th' affrighted Earth o'erflow, 
 
 But obvious to her ufe (their courfe £5 
 
 By Nature's ever copious fource 
 
 Supplied,) refrefh the hilly plain, 
 
 And life in all its forms fuftain. 
 
 Here {looping o'er the river's brink 
 
 The herds and flocks promifcuous drink; 40 
 
 There, 'mid the barren Defert nurs'd, 
 
 The Wild-Afs cools his burning third: 
 
 While fan: befide the murm'ring fpring 
 
 The feather'd minftrels fit and fing, 
 
 And fhelter'd in the branches fliun 45 
 
 The fervors of the mid-day fun. 
 
 His fhow'rs with verdure crown the hills; 
 
 The earth with various fruits he fills: 
 
 Preventive of their wants, his aid 
 
 Yields to the Brute the fpringing blade; 50 
 
 For Man, chief object of his care, 
 
 His hands the foodful herb prepare, 
 
 The glad'ning wine, refrefhing oil, 
 
 And bread that firings his nerves for toil. 
 
 By Him with genial moifture fed 55 
 
 TUe Trees their fbades luxuriant fpread; 
 
 U 2 The 
 
222 PSALM CIV. 
 
 The Cedars, nurtured by his hand, 
 
 On Lebanon 's high fummit (land, 
 
 And weave their focial boughs, defign'd 
 
 A refuge for th' aerial kind : 60 
 
 While on the Fir-tree's fpiry top 
 
 The vagrant Stork is feen to flop, 
 
 Where, cradled in their waving neft, 
 
 Her infant brood in fafety reft. 
 
 See from the hills the Goats depend, 65 
 
 Or bounding from the cliff defcend : 
 
 The leffer tribes, in furry pride 
 
 Array'd, the rock's dark caverns hide. 
 
 Her way by Him prefcrib'd, the Moon 
 Our feafons marks, and knows her own j 70 
 
 And taught by Him the Orb of day 
 Slopes in the Weft his parting ray. 
 Now Night from Ocean's bed afcends, 
 And o'er the earth her wings extends; 
 While favour'd by the friendly gloom 75 
 
 The fylvan race licentious roam : 
 The Lions chief with hideous roar 
 From God their needful food implore., 
 And eager for the wonted prey 
 Along the echoing Defert ftray; 80 
 
 Till now, as Morn approaches nigh, 
 Back to their cavern'd haunts they fly, 
 Where, fatiate with the bloody feaft, 
 The lordly favage finks to reft. 
 His care fufficient to the day, 85 
 
 Man to his labour takes his way, 
 
PSALM CIV: 223 
 
 His tafk at earliefl dawn begun, 
 
 And ended with the fetting fun. 
 
 Eternal Ruler of the Skies, 
 
 How various are thy Works, how wife ! 90 
 
 Nor Earth alone beholds her fhores 
 
 Inrich'd from thy exhauftlefs ftores; 
 
 Alike, throughout their liquid reign, 
 
 TV extended Seas thy gifts contain: 
 
 Beneath, unnumber'd reptiles fwarm, 05 
 
 Of difFrent fize, of different form; 
 
 Above, the fhips enormous glide, 
 
 Incumbent on the burthen'd tide; 
 
 And oft, the rolling waves between, 
 
 The huge Leviathan is feen, j~o 
 
 There privileg'd by Thee to ftray, 
 
 And wanton o'er the watry way. 
 
 Thy care, great God, fuftains them All; 
 
 As, urg'd by hunger's furious call, 
 
 Expectant of the known fupply, ic$ 
 
 To Thee they lift the afking eye, 
 
 And reap from thy extended hand 
 
 Whate'er their various wants demand. 
 
 If Thou thy face but turn away, 
 
 Their troubled looks their grief betray; 1 io 
 
 If Thou the vital air deny, 
 
 Behold them ficken, faint, and die; 
 
 Duft to its kindred duft returns, 
 
 And Earth her ruin'd offspring mourns: 
 
 But foon thy breath her lofs fupplies; i 15 
 
 She fees a new-born race arife, 
 
 u 3 
 
224 PSALM CIV. 
 
 And, o'er her regions fcatter'd wide, 
 
 The bleffings of thy hand divide. 
 
 Thy Glory, fearlefs of decline, 
 
 Thy Glory, Lord, {hall ever fhine, 120 
 
 Thy Works in changelefs order lie, 
 
 And glad their great Creator's eye. 
 
 Earth at thy look fhall trembling ftand, 
 
 " Confcious of fov'reign pow'r at hand, 
 
 And, touch'd by Thee, Almighty Sire, 125 
 
 The cloud-topt Hills in fmoke afpire. 
 
 To God in ceafelefs ftrains my tongue 
 
 Shall meditate the grateful fong, 
 
 And, long as breath informs my frame, 
 
 The wonders of his Love proclaim, 130 
 
 Afiur'd that his paternal ear 
 
 With full regard my voice will hear ; 
 
 His Acts its unexhaufted theme, 
 
 His Favour my Delight fupreme. 
 
 Behold his wrath on Sinners fhed; 135 
 
 Behold them numbered with the dead: 
 
 But Thou, my Soul, the hymn of praife 
 
 In loudeft notes triumphant raife; 
 
 And let confenting Nations join 
 
 To biefs with Me the Name divine. 140 
 
 PSALM CV. 
 
 COME, celebrate your God and King; 
 Awake the fong, awake the firing ; 
 His pow'r invoke; his praife proclaim; 
 And, faithful Heralds to his fame, 
 
 Aloud 
 
PSALM CV. 225 
 
 Aloud declare, through ev'ry Land, 5 
 
 The Wonders of his mighty hand. 
 
 O let his Name your thought employ; 
 
 His Name, fit theme of higheft joy: 
 
 Such joy may each for ever fhare, 
 
 Whofe fteps to Salem's Fane repair: 10 
 
 O frequent feek that bleft Abode, 
 
 O feek the face of Jacob's God. 
 
 The Afts of Heav'n's Almighty Lord 
 
 Let IfraeVs thankful Sons record; 
 
 Ye Seed of Abraham^ his Friend, j$ 
 
 With joy to his Commands attend. 
 
 To You his prefence ftands confeft; 
 
 His judgements Earth's wide Realms atteft: 
 
 His Promiie kind, and wife Decree, 
 
 Though Man forget, yet will not He; 20 
 
 The Oath confirm'd through periods paft, 
 
 And doom'd to lateft times to laft; 
 
 To TeraVs Son, to Ifaac, fworn, 
 
 And feal'd to Nations yet unborn. 
 
 The Compacl to his Fathers made 25 
 
 See thus to Jacob's hands convey'd : 
 
 c< Arife, thou favour'd of thy God, 
 
 " And claim the Gift by Him beftow'd : 
 
 <c Behold thy Sons their wide command 
 
 •• Extend o'er Canaan s fertile Land." 30 
 
 But when ? or how ? Their number view ; 
 
 (It afks no toil ;) a helplefs Few, 
 
 Yet Strangers in its coaft> their feat 
 
 Of future reft with weary feet 
 
 Ordain'd 
 
226 PSA L M CV. 
 
 Ordain'd to traverfe, long they roam, 35 
 
 And feek through diftant climes a home. 
 
 Yet, privileged by Him from wrong, 
 
 Secure the Exiles march along: 
 
 Kings hear his dread reproof, nor dare 
 
 To hurt whom God has bid to fpare. 40 
 
 " Touch, touch not Thefe; for on their heads 
 
 cc My hand the facred undiion fheds: 
 
 " Your eyes in Them my Prophets fee; 
 
 " And what they fpealc, they fpeak from Me." 
 
 He calls; and on the cultur'd ground 45 
 
 Life's needful flafF no more is found, 
 While Drought, incumbent o'er the plain, 
 Checks in mid growth the rip'ning grain. 
 Yet Mercy AM his Wrath outran ; 
 Thy fhores, O Nile, receive the Man, 5.0 
 
 Ordain'd trie chofen Race to fave, 
 Thy future Lord, though now thy Slave* 
 What though, his feet in fetters bound, 
 His foul th' afflicting irons wound, 
 Yet, Jofeph, patient bear thy lot : 55; 
 
 Thy lips, with heav'nly fcience fraught, 
 Shall foon the myftic Dream explain, 
 That ends thy woes, and breaks thy chain. 
 The Monarch bids; the prifon door 
 Detains the injur'd Saint no more: 60 
 
 New honours now his wrongs repair;, 
 The regal Palace to his care 
 Its wealth configns; and Egypt's land 
 Bows to her Captive's \yife command. 
 
 Ev' 
 
 Qi 
 
 
PSALM CV. 227 
 
 Ev'n Princes own'd with rev'rent awe 65 
 
 The di&ates of his will their Law, 
 
 And Senates on his youthful tongue 
 
 In filent wonder lift'ning hung. 
 
 But who is He, that, bow'd with years, 
 
 Now firft on Mlzraiirh Coaft appears? 73 
 
 'Tis Jacob: joy'd, that now his eyes 
 
 Have ken his Jofeph e'er he dies, 
 
 Th' illuftrious Pilgrim's wearied feet 
 
 In Egypt fix their laft retreat. 
 
 With large increafe his Line is bleft, 75 
 
 And Zoan in th' adopted Gueft 
 
 With hoftile eye beholds up-grown 
 
 A ftrength fuperior to her own. 
 
 See hence the woes on Egypt pour'd ! 
 
 (But Thou, O Monarch, fhouldft thy word 80 
 
 Abfolve, nor thus with impious rod 
 
 Opprefs the Servants of thy God.) 
 
 See Mofes^ pleading, ftretch the hand$ 
 
 See Aaron lift the facred wand, 
 
 And lead th' invited vengeance on 85 
 
 In fcenes to Nature's Laws unknown. 
 
 But O, what terrors, Cham^ are thine, 
 
 While quick on thy devoted Line, 
 
 Far as thy utmoft coafts extend, 
 
 Thou feeft the various pert defcend ! 90 
 
 If Fear their ftubborn hearts may melt, 
 
 Let Darknefs, Darknefs to be felt, 
 
 Inclofe them. — Thus th' Almighty fpake: 
 
 As forth the awful accents brake, 
 
 Darknefs 
 
228 PSALM CV. 
 
 Darknefs the high beheft obey'd, 95 
 
 And round them wrapt its thickeft (hade. 
 
 The Heav'n-ftruck Nile's extended flood 
 
 Nov/ rolls a current black with blood; 
 
 While breathlefs on their oozy bed 
 
 In heaps the finny tribes are fpread. ico 
 
 The loathfom Frog, a num'rous Birth, 
 
 Springs inftant from the teeming earth, 
 
 Nor wails that guard a Monarch's reft 
 
 Know to exclude the hideous gueft. 
 
 He bids; and through the darken'd air 105 
 
 In troops th' aflembling Flies repair, 
 
 And fwarms of Reptiles, fcatter'd wide, 
 
 Rebuke the faithlefs Tyrant's pride. 
 
 In league againft them now confpire 
 
 The rufhing Hail, and bick'ring Fire: J jo 
 
 And, inftant, by the tempeft torn, 
 
 Their ruin'd fhades the forefts mourn: 
 
 No more array'd in native green 
 
 The fig-tree and the vine are feen, 
 
 No more with flow'ring honours crown'd, 115 
 
 But ufelefs load th' incumber'd ground. 
 
 He bids ; and join'd in clofe array 
 
 Th' embattled Locufts take their way: 
 
 Before them plains with verdure grac'd 
 
 Appear; behind, a barren wafte : 120 
 
 While the dun Beetle through the fky 
 
 With eager fpeed is feen to fly, 
 
 And, partner in the offer'd fpoil, 
 
 Confumes th' aftonifh'd planter's toil. 
 
 Now 
 
PSALM CV. 229 
 
 Now to the grave, with anguifh torn, 125 
 
 Each Mother yields her eldeft>born; 
 
 And Egypt's land, along its fhores, 
 
 The firft-fruits of its ftrength deplores. 
 
 Rife, Ifrael^ rife; for in their ear 
 
 Thy Sons the voice of Freedom hear: 130 
 
 The wealth of their relenting foes 
 
 Earth's fov'reign Lord on Them beftows^ 
 
 And bids them leave the hoftile foil 
 
 Each ftrong for travel, flrong for toil. 
 
 As now their deftin'd path they tread, 135 
 
 Egypt* y et P a ' e w i tri recent dread, 
 
 Exulting fees the facred Band 
 
 With parting footfteps prefs her ftrand. 
 
 Expanded wide above their heads 
 
 The fhadowing Cloud its curtain fpreads; 140 
 
 Before them walks th' embodied Fire, 
 
 And bids the fhades of Night retire. 
 
 Quails on their appetite beftow'd, 
 
 And Bread ethereal, gave them food; 
 
 While, at his word, from out the rock 14.5 
 
 Th' impriion'd ftreams luxuriant broke, 
 
 And onward pour'd, with lengthen'd train, 
 
 Ran murm'ring o'er the thirfty plain. 
 
 Such Mercies, All-indulgent Lord, 
 
 Thy changelefs promifcs afford, 150 
 
 Such Bleffings thy remembrance kind 
 
 Of Abrahams ever faithful mind. 
 
 Redeem'd from ftern Oppreflion's feat, 
 
 With grateful joy their bofoms beat; 
 
 J°7' 
 
230 PSALM CV. 
 
 Joy, yet enlarg'd, when Canaan's Land 155 
 
 Refigns her fcepter to their hand, 
 
 And bids them reap from off her foil 
 
 The harveft of another's toil. 
 
 Behold the Love to Ifrael fhown, 
 That We, great God, thy pow'r might own, 160 
 And each with ftedfaft heart fulfill 
 The dictates of thy mighty Will. 
 
 Awake the fong, awake the ftring, 
 And thankful praife th' immortal King* 
 
 PSALM CVI. Hallelujah. 
 
 LE T fongs of joy to God afcend, 
 Whofe Love nor limit knows nor end. 
 But O, what tongue in equal lay 
 His a£ts can fpeak, his praife difplay ? 
 Thrice happy, who with ftedfaft will 5 
 
 The dictates of his Law fulfill ! 
 With Thefe, thy chofen Flock, aflign'd 
 May I my lot for ever find : 
 O grant me, Lord, with Thefe to prove 
 The pow'r of thy redeeming Love, 10 
 
 And, while thy Mercy on our heads 
 The fulnefs of its bleffing (beds, 
 With Them th' accepted hymn to fing 
 ToThee, my Saviour and mv King. 
 
 Too faithful followers of our Sires, 15 
 
 Our Life with theirs, great God, confpires 
 Thy wrath on Judab's Realm to call, 
 And teach thy terrors where to fall. 
 
 O fay, 
 
 
PSALM CVI. 231 
 
 O fay, thou Erythraan Main, 
 
 (Thy Waves beheld the rebel Train ;) 20 
 
 How foon Oblivion could efface 
 
 Each a£t of God's ftupendous Grace, 
 
 The wonders by his mighty hand 
 
 Perforrn'd in Chams affrighted Land. 
 
 Yet, ftill, that Man his Pow'r might own, 25 
 
 Confpicuous in their aid it (hone: 
 
 Aw'd by his voice the briny Flood 
 In gathering heaps fufpended flood, 
 
 While, fafe as o'er the fandy wafte, 
 
 Th' admiring troops betwixt them paft: 30 
 
 Freed from the ruthlefs Tyrant's hand 
 
 Soon as they reach the adverfe ftrand, 
 
 Its ftrength refum'd, th' impetuous wave 
 
 Their foes within the watry grave 
 
 Abforbs ; nor one exempted Man 35 
 
 Back with the dreadful tidings ran. 
 
 Convinc'd they now (What could they lefsr} 
 
 His words the words of truth confefs, 
 
 Yield to his Name th' extorted praife, 
 
 And fongs of grateful triumph raife; 40 
 
 But foon rebellious as before 
 
 (His Works remember'd now no more,) 
 
 To times by Them prefcrib'd confine 
 The counfels of the Will divine. 
 
 By lawlefs appetite impell'd, 45 
 
 As o'er the Wild their courfe they held, 
 Fierce rife their Bands, in evil hour, 
 And challenge to the proof his Pow'r : 
 
 X That 
 
232 PS A L M CVI. 
 
 That Pow'r the wifh'd for 111 fhall grant, 
 
 And fatiate their imagin'd want : ?$ 
 
 That Pow'r alone their outrage fell 
 
 From Thee, O Mofes, could repel], 
 
 And uncontefted rev'rence claim 
 
 To confecrated Aaron's name. 
 
 Wide, difcontinuous, yawn'd the ground, 5c 
 
 And Dathan in the dark profound, 
 
 With proud Abir arris frantic Train, 
 
 Receiving inftant, clos'd again; 
 
 While fires impetuous, roll'd along, 
 
 Wrapt in the blaze th' apoftate Throng. ■ 60 
 
 But, Horeh! What is wrought on Thee? 
 
 Blufh, confeious Earth, O blufli to fee 
 
 A figure from the grazing herd 
 
 To God, the living God, prefer'd : 
 
 That God, their Glory late confeft; 65 
 
 But Ah! within their thanklefs breaft 
 
 No longer now recorded ftand 
 
 The wonders of his faving hand, 
 
 In vain on Egypt fhown, in vain 
 
 Repeated on the bord'ringMain. 70 
 
 See, as in awful threatnings heard 
 
 Eternal Juftice gives the word, 
 
 The fummon'd Storms the heav'nly Throne 
 
 Surround, impatient to be gone : 
 
 But Mofes in the breach appears, 75 
 
 And, as his fuppliant voice he rears, 
 
 Averts, yet waiting on the wing, 
 
 The vengeance of th' almighty King. 
 
 As 
 
-JO 
 
 PSALM CVI. 
 
 As now in near approach they ftand 
 
 To promis'd Canaan s fertile Land, 80 
 
 That promife, feal'd by Truth divine, 
 
 They doubt, and at the gift repine: 
 
 From tent to tent the murmur runs, 
 
 While each the heav'nly counfel fhuns, 
 
 That bids them fafe in Him confide, 85 
 
 Their God, their Guardian, and their Guide. 
 
 Their guilt mature for vengeance found, 
 
 Th' uplifted fword, in a£r. to wound, 
 
 Hangs imminent; and myriads flain 
 
 In heaps promifcuous load the plain. 90 
 
 Theconqu'ring Foe through unknown ways 
 
 The fcatter'd Fugitives conveys ; 
 
 Their names Bel-phegcrs fanes behold 
 
 Amidft his Votaries enroll'd, 
 
 While pleas'd the impious board they fpread, 95 
 
 And eat the offerings of the Dead. 
 
 New crimes new chaftifements provoke; 
 
 And forth the Peft wide-wafting broke, 
 
 Unfeen the furious onfet gave, 
 
 And fwept them to the crouded grave ; ico 
 
 Till, Pbineas, thy prevenient care 
 
 Purg'd from its taint the deathful air. 
 
 The pious deed to lateft days 
 
 Shall confecrate the Hero's praife. 
 
 Nor Meribah\ yet thirfty ground JC5 
 
 Unconfcious of their guilt is found; 
 
 Till, fummon'd from the rock, the wave 
 
 Her plain in full effufion lave. 
 
 X 2 Nor 
 
234 PSALM CVL 
 
 Nor *He, great Leader of their Bands, 
 From touch of blame exempted ftands: no 
 
 While murmurs, heard on ev'ry fide, 
 And loud reproach, his patience tried, 
 Refentment quick his bofom ftung, 
 And words unweigh'd efcap'd his tongue* 
 The Nations round, with error blind, 1 15 
 
 To juft excilion long defign'd, 
 Rebellious to their God they fpare, 
 Nor fhun th' accurfed rite to fliare, 
 That bids them bow to fculptur'd ftone, 
 And frenzy's deepeft influence own. 123 
 
 To Damons rear'd their altars ftand, 
 And fcenes of blood pollute the Land; 
 While with untrembling hands the Sires 
 Their Son, their Daughter, to the fires 
 A vi&im yield : to lifelefs Gods 125 
 
 (Such, Canaan, fhame thy dire abodes;) 
 Streams on the knife the filial gore, 
 And, guiltlefs, ftains th' unhallow'd floor. 
 What, Ifrael, now fhall wafh thee clean, 
 While Leflbns of inventive Sin 130 
 
 Have prompted thy adult'rous heart 
 Thus from thy Maker to depart ? 
 Fierce o'er thy head his anger burns; 
 From his own Heritage he turns, 
 Abhorrent: Now let Jacob's foes 135 
 
 At will th* abandon'd race inclofe. 
 Behold them by oppreflion torn, 
 And fix'd the mark of hoftile fcorn. 
 * Mofiu 
 
 Oft; 
 
PSALM CVI. 235 
 
 Oft were they fav'd, and oft again 
 
 Rebellious fpurn'd his equal Reign, 140 
 
 Again their ruin'd ftate deplor'd, 
 
 And bow'd beneath a foreign Lord. 
 
 Yet He with pity from on high, 
 
 True to his Compact, heard their cry, 
 
 Beheld them drag the fervile chain, 145 
 
 And, ftudious to relieve their pain, 
 
 Companion's tend'reft fenfe imprefs'd 
 
 On the ftern Victor's iron breaft. 
 
 O ftill our Father, ftill our Friend, 
 To IfraeVs woes, great God, attend : 150 
 
 From diftant climes, and hoftile lands, 
 Collect once more our fcatter'd Bands ; 
 That Sion with delighted ear 
 The hallow'd ftrains again may hear^ 
 Thy Name the fubject of each fong, 155 
 
 Thy Praife the boaft of ev'ry tongue. 
 
 O thankful hail th' Almighty Lord, • 
 The God by Jacob's Sons ador'd : 
 His fame, e'er Time its courfe began, 
 O'er Heav'n's wide region echoing ran ; 160 
 
 To Him through endlefs ages raife 
 One fong of oft-repeated praife; 
 And let confenting Nations join 
 To blefs with Us the Pow'r divine. Halldujab. 
 
 X3 PSALM 
 
( 2J6 ) 
 
 PSALM CVIL 
 
 i. 
 
 ' I s O God above from All below 
 -** Let hymns of praife afcend ; 
 Whofe Bleffings unexhaufted flow, 
 Whofe Mercy knows no end. 
 2. 
 But chief by Thofe his name be bleft* 
 
 To whom his aid he gave; 
 Beheld them by the Foe opprefs'd, 
 And reach'd his arm to fave. 
 
 3- 
 
 To Eaft, to Weft, to South, to North, 
 Condemn'd awhile to roam, 
 
 His hand in pity brought them forth, 
 And calPd the Wand'rers home. 
 
 4- 
 Behold them o'er the Defert ftray, 
 
 A helplefs, hopelefs, Train: 
 Some City, where their fteps to flay, 
 
 They feek, but feek in vain. 
 
 5- 
 
 Ah ! what (hall chear their fainting mind. 
 Or what their woes ail'uage, 
 
 To thirft's afflidtive pain confign'd, 
 And famine's fierceft rage ? 
 
 6. Didrcfs'd, 
 
PSALM CVII. 237 
 
 6. 
 Diftrefs'd, to God they make their pray'r: 
 
 He guides, direct, their feet; 
 And, fafe in his protecting care, 
 
 They reach their deftin'd feat, 
 
 7- 
 O then that All would blefs his Name, 
 
 Whofe Mercy thus they prove, 
 And pleas'd from age to age proclaim 
 
 The wonders of his Love/. 
 8. 
 That Love, whofe gifts with thankful breaft 
 
 The Sons of want divide, 
 And find their ev'ry grief redrefs'd, 
 
 Their ev'ry wifh fupplied. 
 
 9- 
 Thefe erft he bade th' Avenger's hand 
 
 In Death's dark (hades detain $ 
 And added to the iron band 
 Affliction's heavier chain. 
 10. 
 Such is the Doom to thofe affign'd, 
 Who, frantic, durft withftand 
 The Counfels of th' Almighty Mind, 
 And fpurn his juft Command. 
 11. 
 O'erwhelm'd with deepeft woe they lie, 
 
 And finking to the grave : 
 No pitying ear attends their cry ; 
 No hand is nigh to fave. 
 
 12. Diftrefs'd, 
 
238 PSALM -CVII. 
 
 12. 
 
 Diftrefs'd, to God they make their pray'r y 
 
 He, infrant, near them {lands, 
 Difpells the gloom of black Defpair, 
 
 And breaks their ftubborn bands, 
 
 13- 
 
 O then that All would blefs his Name, 
 
 Whofe Mercy thus they prove, 
 And pleas'd from age to age proclaim 
 
 The wonders of his Love : 
 14. 
 That Love, that oft its fuccour gives, 
 
 The Captive's woes to heal, 
 The gates of brafs in funder cleaves, 
 
 And burfts the bars of fteeU 
 
 I 5- 
 
 Beneath his terrors bid to groan, 
 
 Behold the impious Band 
 The fruits of Folly reap, and own 
 
 The Juftice of his hand, 
 16. 
 Eftrang'd from food, their languid foul 
 
 The needful meal forgoes ; 
 Life feels its current faintly roll,. 
 
 And haftens to its clofe. 
 
 Diftrefs'd, to God they make their pray'r^ 
 
 And Nature, joyous, fees 
 His Word her ruin'd ftrength repair, 
 
 Her fierce!! tortures eafe. 
 
 18. 
 
PSALM CVIL 239 
 
 18. 
 O then that All would blefs his Name, 
 
 Whofe Mercy thus they prove, 
 And pleas'd from age to age proclaim 
 The wonders of his Love; 
 19. 
 That Realms of various tongue would fmg 
 
 His Adts in frequent lays, 
 And yield to Heav'n's eternal King 
 The facrifice of praife. 
 20. 
 Who o'er the Waves from fhore to {hore 
 
 The gifts of Commerce bear, 
 The wonders of the Deep explore, 
 And own that God is there. 
 21. 
 By Thefe his Works are feen; his Ways 
 
 By Thefe are underftood : 
 He fpeaks the word ; the Storm obeys, 
 And rifing lifts the Flood, 
 22. 
 Now high as Heav'n the Bark afcends, 
 
 Now feeks the depth below: 
 Each heart beneath the terror bends, 
 And melts with inward woe. 
 23. 
 As gorg'd with wine, in wild amaze 
 
 They reel from fide to fide : 
 
 Nor Hope furvives, their fouls to raife, 
 
 Nor Reafon wakes to guide. 
 
 24. Dtflrefs'd, 
 
240 PSALM CVIL 
 
 24. 
 Diftrefs'd, to God they make their pray'r; 
 
 Obedient to his Will, 
 The Storms that rag'd their rage forbear, 
 The Seas that roar'd are ftill. 
 25. 
 Each grief, each fear, at once refign'd, 
 
 They fee their labour o'er; 
 Then led by Him their haven find, 
 And touch the wifh'd for fhcre. 
 26. 
 O then that All would blefs his Name, 
 
 Whofe Mercy thus they prove, 
 And pleas'd from age to age proclaim 
 The wonders of his Love; 
 27. 
 That Salem in her facred fhrine 
 
 His praife with thankful tongue 
 Would utter ; while her Elders join 
 To fwell the feftal fong. 
 28. 
 He bids; and lo a burning Wafte, 
 
 Where rolFd the floods before; 
 And, touch'd by the defcending blaft, 
 The fprings are feen no more. 
 29. 
 Sad witnefs of fome dire offence, 
 
 Behold the fertile foil 
 No more its wonted gifts difpenfe, 
 But mock the tiller's toil. 
 
 30. He 
 
PSALM CVII. 241 
 
 He bids ; and o'er the Defert wide 
 
 The liquid Lake is fpread: 
 New fprings the thirfty earth divide, 
 
 And murm'ring lift the head. 
 
 There Myriads, late with hunger wan, 
 
 By Him afTembled, meet; 
 There pleas'd the future City plan, 
 
 And fix their fure Retreat. 
 
 3 2 - 
 
 And now they fow the foodful grain, 
 
 The tender vine they rear; 
 Now waves the harvefl: o'er the plain, 
 And plenty crowns the year. 
 
 33- 
 
 Bleft in his care, the Sires with joy 
 
 A num'rous race behold; 
 Nor dares Difeafe their herds annoy, 
 Or wafte the peopled fold. 
 
 34- 
 Anon, if, funk with heavier! woe, 
 
 They feel oppreffion's pow'r; 
 If civil rage, or conqu'ring foe, 
 
 Their boafted ftrength devour; 
 
 35- 
 
 Though, humbled from their ftate, awhile 
 
 Their Princes feel his rod, 
 And wander o'er a barren foil, 
 By human ftep untrod, 
 
 36. His 
 
242 PSALM CVII. 
 
 36. 
 
 His hand affords the wifh'd releafe; 
 
 Collects their fcatter'd train ; 
 And bids them like the flocks increafe, 
 
 That fill the verdant plain. 
 
 37- 
 
 Such Truths his Servants fhall atteft, 
 
 And, joyful, wake the fong; 
 While fhame the impious fhall inveft, 
 And chain their fpeechlefs tongue. 
 
 38. 
 
 His Works attentive while it fee$ y 
 
 The Heav'n-inftru&ed Mind 
 Shall own how equal his Decrees, 
 
 His Providence how kind, 
 
 PSALM CVIIL 
 
 MY heart is fix'd, eternal Sire ; 
 My heart is fix'd* To Thee afpire 
 My thoughts; to Thee my joyous tongue 
 Preluding forms the grateful fong : 
 That tongue, whofehigheft praife fhall be 5 
 
 The pow'r it boafts of praifing Thee. 
 Awake, my lute, and new-ftrung lyre; 
 Inftindt, myfelf, with holy fire 
 I wake; and lo, the dawning Sun 
 Already hears the ftrain begun, 10 
 
 From Me aflembling Crouds fhall burn 
 The triumphs of thy Love to learn, 
 
 And, 
 
PSALM CVIII. 243 
 
 And, rapt with zeal, the Nations round 
 Catch from my lips the facred found. 
 Lo! to the clouds thy Truth extends; 15 
 
 Thy Mercy heav'n's vaft height tranfcends : 
 Inthron'd thyfelf above the fkies, 
 O, bid thy fulleft Glory rife, 
 And to the earth with cloudlefs ray 
 The wonders of thy pow'r difplay. 20 
 
 The Juft, bleft Objeas of thy Love, 
 Defend propitious from above: 
 Let Me with Them thy Mercy fhare, 
 And hear, O hear, my ceafelefs pray'r. 
 God with an Oath his purpofe feals ; 25 
 
 My hand with joy his word fulfills : 
 Behold me Sichetns plain divide; 
 My line, to Succoth's vale applied, 
 Its bound defcribes; Thee mine I fee, 
 O Gilead) and Manajfes^ Thee. 30 
 
 Thou, Ephraim^ art my ftrong defence, 
 Thou, Judah) fhalt my Law difpenfe : 
 A difPrent lot fhall Moab find, 
 A Vafe to vileft ufe aflign'd; 
 A doom like his let Edom meet, 35 
 
 And wipe the duft from off my feet* 
 Phili/lia, pleas'd thy tribute bring, 
 t And own in Me thy future King. 
 ^ Who, as our troops in clofe array 
 [ To Edom's forts direct their way, 40 
 
 i Arm'd with refiftlefs ftrength fhall bid 
 \ Her gates unfold, her bolts recede? 
 
 Y Behold 
 
244 PSALM CVIII. 
 
 Behold us, Lord, opprefs'd with woe, 
 
 As exiPd from thy care we go: 
 
 Shall IfraeVs hofts, thy aid withheld, 45 
 
 Still unfuccefsful take the field? 
 
 Our hope, on Man repos'd in vain, 
 
 O let thy ftrength, great God, fuftain: 
 
 Thus arm'd, each adverfe pow'r we dare, 
 
 And dauntlefs meet the rufhing war, 50 
 
 While from thy fword our foes retire, 
 
 Or trampled in the duft expire. 
 
 PSALM CIX. 
 
 GOD of my praife, thy filence break; 
 Thy timelieft aid my woes befpeak, 
 While tongues to falfehood train'd prepare 
 To wrap me in the deathful fnare : 
 Now words of deepeft art they try 5 5 
 
 Now hoftile threats around me fly; 
 And Crouds, inflam'd with caufelefs rage, 
 Wars, fierceft wars, againft me wage. 
 While ftedfaft Hate my Love repays, 
 To Thee my Soul inceflant prays : 10 
 
 But O, what anguifh rends my mind! 
 What keen regret ! condemn'd to find 
 (As gifts on gifts my hands beftow,) 
 In each expected friend a foe. 
 
 On Him whofe heart, with malice fraught, 15 
 Againft my peace has bent its thought, 
 Thus let :hy Juftice, T qrd, by Me 
 Aloud proclaim its fix'd Decree. 
 
 ' Arrai^n'd 
 
 
PSALM CIX. 245 
 
 Arraign'd at ftern Oppreffion's bar, 
 
 Some dread accufer let him (hare, 20 
 
 That, planted on his right, may ftand, 
 
 And vengeance from his Judge demand: 
 
 Nor let his deprecation win 
 
 The wifh'd for pardon to his fin, 
 
 But witnefs of his guilt become, 25 
 
 And feal, beyond reverfe, his doom. 
 
 Let death's accelerated day 
 
 To worthier hands his Charge convey, 
 
 His roof a v/eeping Widow fee, 
 
 Her Orphans hanging at her knee; 30 
 
 Let Thefe, by thy inflictions won 
 
 Th' example of his deeds to fhun, 
 
 (While, as from morn to eve they roam, 
 
 Some ruin'd Cell their cafual home, 
 
 Each night, affords,) by hunger led, 35 
 
 Seek at the rich man's gate their bread. 
 
 His wealth let fell Extortion fpoil ; 
 
 The gather'd harveft of his toil 
 
 Let Rapine's greedy hand furprize, 
 
 While Each his woes unpitying eyes; 40 
 
 And let his Race, no fuccour near, 
 
 Corredted, leflbn in thy fear 
 
 This Age; and, one fucceflion o'er, 
 
 Be feen by human eye no more. 
 
 Let what of fin his Sires have done, 45 
 
 What guilt his Mother's heart has known, 
 
 On records uneffac'd by time 
 
 In Heav'n be noted, and their Crime 
 
 Y 2 (Its 
 
246 PSALM CIX. 
 
 (Its rneafure by himfelf fulfill'd,) 
 
 Their name to juft extin&ion yield. 50 
 
 Such vengeance on the mifcreant reft, 
 
 Who, when with heavieft woes opprefs'd 
 
 The helplefs innocent he view'd, 
 
 With murth'rous hate his foul purfu'd. 
 
 InCurfes (for in them his heart 55 
 
 Delighted,) let him bear his part, 
 
 Dread Spe&acle ! a foe profeft 
 
 To Bleffing, and himfelf unbleft. 
 
 His tongue with Hell-enkindled fire 
 
 Inflam'd, in Execration dire 60 
 
 He veils him o'er, and at thy word 
 
 Its influence within him pour'd 
 
 Like water {hall his bowels rend, 
 
 Like oil into his bones defcend: 
 
 Faft as his vefture to his fide 65 
 
 Still let it cleave, by Thee applied, 
 
 And, o'er his loyns for ever bound, 
 
 In painful cin&ure wrap him round. 
 Such recompence my Foe {hall claim; 
 
 Such All who blaft with lies my fame. 70 
 
 But let thy Grace on Me beftow'd 
 
 Thy Name exalt, immortal God; 
 
 Thy Love (how fweet that Love !) reveal, 
 
 And ftretch the hand my heart to heal, 
 
 That fainting pours th' inceffant groan, 75 
 
 And forrow's deepeft wounds has known. 
 
 To Life's laft verge, impell'd by woe, 
 
 Faft as the flitting {hade I go* 
 
 ChacM 
 
PSALM CIX. 247 
 
 ChacM as the Locuft fee me roam; 
 
 My kn?es, by hunger's force o'ercome, 80 
 
 Sink fault'ring; in my wafted frame 
 
 While, half extinft, the vital flame 
 
 Its due fupplies in vain demands, 
 
 Reproaching foes, their numerous bands 
 
 In fcornful gaze around me fpread, 85 
 
 With haughtieft triumph fhake the head. 
 
 Thy wonted Clemency beftow; 
 
 And give them, mightieft Lord, to know 
 
 Thy Care extended to my aid, 
 
 Thy Pow'r in their repulfe difplay'd. 90 
 
 Though curs'd by Them, yet blefs me Thcu > 
 
 O teach their ftubborn hearts to bow; 
 
 And let their rage by Thee fupprefs'd 
 
 With grateful tranfport fill my breaft. 
 
 On each who calls himfelf my foe oj 
 
 Let fhame its thickeft mantle throw, 
 
 While I, amid th* alTembled Throng, 
 
 Raife to my God the ceafelefs fong, 
 
 Who, conftant at his fide, the Poor 
 
 From lawlefs judgement fliall iecure. joo 
 
 PSALM CX. 
 
 THUS to my Lord th' Almighty faid; 
 T ;i awful Majefty array ''d 
 Come, feat thee at my own right hand,. 
 Till, a . by word, the hoftile Band, 
 As I , .th proftrate necks they lie,, 5 
 
 A fuotftool to thy fteps fupply. 
 
 Y 3 Thy 
 
248 PSALM CX. 
 
 Thy God from Sion's lofty tow'r 
 Shall bid thee ftretch the rod of pow'r: 
 Victorious o'er the rebel train, 
 Arife, and vindicate thy reign. jo 
 
 Behold the long-expected day, 
 When willing Crouds their homage pay, 
 And, while from out the myftic fhrine 
 Thy beams in mild effufion fhine, 
 To Thee their facred offerings bring, 15 
 
 And hail their Saviour and their King. 
 Thy future Offspring view, a Birth 
 More num'rous than the Dews, on er.rth 
 (Beneath the twilight's dubious gloom) 
 Diffus'd from Morn's prolific womb. 20 
 
 Th' irrevocable Oath is fworn: 
 M My Beft-belov'd, my Eldeft-born, 
 " Charg'd with th' eternal Priefthood fee, 
 c< And rank'd, Mclchizedec, with Thee." 
 Thine arm th' anointed Prince {hall fhield, 25 
 Thou, Lord, befide him tread the field, 
 While Kings {hall feel th' inflicted wound, 
 And hardiefl Warriors prefs the ground. 
 His Name the fubjecT: World (hall awe, 
 His fword to diftant Lands give law ; 30 
 
 By him their fcepter'd Chiefs are flain, 
 And heaps of carnage load the plain. 
 While with advancing ftep his feet 
 The Conflict yet prepare to meet, 
 The Streams, that glide along the way, 35 
 
 New vigour to his heart convey, 
 
 And 
 
PSALM CX. 249 
 
 And bid him, 'mid the fcene of dread, 
 Secure of conqueft, lift the head. 
 
 PSALM CXI. Hallelujah. 
 
 1. 
 
 MY Soul, with facred zeal infpir'd, 
 Shall wake to God the thankful ftrain, 
 In fecret with his Saints retir'd, 
 And 'midft fair&Ws croutfed fane. 
 
 2. 
 
 Great are his Works: With ftudious aim 
 Each faithful heart thofe Works has trac'd$ 
 His Aft fhall higheft honour claim, 
 His Equity for ever laft. 
 
 3- 
 
 His Wonders to the grateful fenfe 
 In fweet memorial ftand confeft : 
 For boundlefs grace his hands difpenfe 5 
 And tend'reft pity warms his breaft. 
 
 4- 
 His Love the Souls to Him allied 
 With food of heav'nly growth has fill'd. 
 Nor fuffers from his thought to Aide 
 The Promife to his People feal'd. 
 
 5- 
 Thy Pow'r that People, Lord, have known, 
 Bleft Heirs of Canaan s fertile Land : 
 Thy Precept Truth and Juftice own, 
 And bid thy Deeds reverfelefs ftand. 
 
 6. Salvation 
 
t S o PSALM CXI, 
 
 6. 
 
 Salvation from our God defcends; 
 His Faith fliall Ifrael's blifs infure: 
 Majeftic Awe his Name attends, 
 And San&ity from blemifh pure. 
 
 7- 
 
 His Fear th' obedient heart refines, 
 And Wifdom's path to view difplays: 
 In brighteft beams array'd it fhines, 
 And prompts each tongue to endlefs praife, 
 
 PSALM CXII. Hallelujah. 
 
 i. 
 
 TTOW bleft the Man, his God who fears ! 
 * -*• Thy Precept, on his thoughts imprefs'd, 
 Eternal King, his Spirit chears; 
 And peace perpetual fills hisbreaft. 
 
 2. 
 
 His Sons the reins of pow'r fhall hold> 
 Tranfmiffive BlefTings on their Line 
 Be pour'd, his treafures fwell with gold, 
 His Righteoufnefs for ever fnine. 
 
 3- 
 
 How to thy Saints, juft, kind, and good, 
 Has light amidft the gloom upfprung ! 
 Their hands have ampleft gifts beftow'd., 
 And fair Difcretion guides their tongue. 
 
 4. Secure 
 
PSALM CXII. 25* 
 
 4- 
 Secure from fall the Juft (hall {land, 
 Nor e'er from thy remembrance Aide: 
 No rumour'd ills his fear demand, 
 Whofe hopes in Thee, great God, refide. 
 
 5- 
 
 Without a dread (Thy ftrength his trufl,} 
 He meets the battle on its way, 
 Nor turns, till proftrate in the duft 
 His eyes the vaunting Foe furvey. 
 
 6. 
 Inrich'd by what he gives, his hands 
 Deal to the fons of want his bread : 
 His Innocence unfullied (lands; 
 And lading honours crown his head. 
 
 7- 
 His blifs Tranfgreflbrs (hall behold, 
 
 And grind their teeth, and inly groan, 
 
 Their impious toil by Thee controul'd. 
 
 Their ev'ry wifh by Thee o'erthrown. 
 
 PSALM CXIII. Hallelujah. 
 
 YE faithful Servants of your God, 
 On Him be all your praife beftow'd; 
 Through time's extended courfe, his Name 
 Shall praife, and thanks, and homage, claim: 
 Its circuit from the Eaft begun, 5 
 
 To fartheft Weft his fame (hall run, 
 His glory Earth's wide realms o'erflow, 
 Nor higheftHeav'ns its limit know. 
 
 O whom 
 
252 PSALM CXIII. 
 
 O whom to Him fhall Mortals dare 
 
 To equal? Whom to Him compare? I© 
 
 Who fits aloft, o'er Gods a God, 
 
 Eternity his dread Abode, 
 
 Yecftoops to view, and,view'd, records 
 
 The fcenes that Earth's low feat affords; 
 
 Lifts from the duft the helplefs Poor, 15 
 
 And gives the abject and obfcure, 
 
 The dunghill for a throne exchang'd, 
 
 To fit with mightieft Monarchs rang'd. 
 
 'Tis His the barren houfe to blefs; 
 
 His gift let Each the Babes confefs, 20 
 
 That, long to her requeft denied, 
 
 The joyful Mother's care divide* HalUlujak* 
 
 PSALM CXIV. 
 1. 
 
 WHEN Jacob's Sons through paths unknown 
 Prom Egypt too.: ftiSii way, 
 In Judab's Tribe his prefence {hone, 
 And Ifrael own'd his fway. 
 2. 
 Old Ocean faw them, as they came; 
 
 He faw, and backward fled : 
 Recoiling Jordan turn'd his fiream, 
 And fought his fountain-head. 
 
 3- 
 
 The Mountains feel the fuddenfhock; 
 
 As rams, from off the ground 
 They fpring: As younglings of the flock* 
 The Hills affrighted bound* 
 
PSALM CXIV. 253 
 
 4- 
 Thou Ocean, fay, why, as they came, 
 
 Thy billows backward fled : 
 And what, O Jordan^ urg'd thy ftream 
 
 To feek its fountain-head I 
 
 5- 
 Ye Mountains, whence the fudden fhock ? 
 
 Why leap ye from the ground 
 As rams ? As younglings of the flock, 
 
 Say why, O Hills, ye bound* 
 6. 
 Earth, inftant, to thy loweft bafe 
 
 Convuls'd, avow thy fear, 
 While Heav'n's high Lord reveals his face, 
 
 While Jacob's God is near: 
 
 7- 
 Diflblv'd beneath whofe potent ftroke 
 
 The flint a torrent gave; 
 Who fpake; and from the yielding rock 
 
 Gufh'd forth the bidden wave. 
 
 PSALM CXV. 
 
 OLet not Us, Thou God of Hofts, 
 O let not Us with frantic boafts 
 The glory claim : To Thee alone 
 Thy Truth and Grace, to Ifrael known, 
 Shall ceafelefs honour yield, and raife 5 
 
 Each heart to Love, each tongue to Praife. 
 Why (hould the n .athen tribes demand, 
 " Where's now the God of IfracVs Land ?" 
 
 In 
 
254 PSALM CXV. 
 
 In Heav'n our God has fix'd his throne, 
 
 That Lord whofe Will and Act are one. 10 
 
 Not fuch the Gods whom Ye adore, 
 
 That, once a mafs of fhapeleft ore, 
 
 Now crown'd with furtive honours ftand, 
 
 The creatures of the Artift's hand; 
 
 Of fenfe -belying parts poffefs'd, 15 
 
 In ufelefs imag'ry exprefs'd; 
 
 Of mouth, but not for fpeech defign'd ; 
 
 Of ears and eyes, yet deaf and blind : 
 
 Whofe noftrils, as along the fane 
 
 It breathes, the incenfe greets in vain; 20 
 
 Whofe-hands th' imprinted kifs ne'er feel, 
 
 While fuppliant crouds before them kneel ; 
 
 Whofe feet have never ftep eflay'd; 
 
 Whofe throat has never found convey'd : 
 
 Unvifited by Wifdom's ray 25 
 
 Their breaft : nor lefs infenfate They, 
 
 Who made their mimic forms, or, made, 
 
 With fruitlefs pray'r invoke their aid. 
 
 Ye happier Sons of IfraePs Line, 
 
 Conducted by the Light divine, 30 
 
 On God your firm reliance build; 
 
 Him own your refuge, Him your fliield. 
 
 Ye who from vefted Aaron trace 
 
 The honours of your chofen Race, 
 
 On God your firm reliance build ; 35 
 
 Him own your refuge, Him your fhield. 
 
 Ye Souls with pure devotion warm, 
 
 Whofe Lives to his Decrees conform* 
 
 On 
 

 PSALM CXV. 255 
 
 On God your firm reliance build ; 
 
 Him own your refuge, Him your fhield. 40 
 
 Behold his beams around us fhine: 
 
 He, Jacobs He (hall blefs thy Line, 
 
 You, who from vefted Aaron trace 
 
 The honours of your chofen Race, 
 
 And You, with pure devotion warm, 45 
 
 Whofe Lives to his Decrees conform, 
 
 From Him whofe hand the fcepter guides, 
 
 To Him who in the cot refides. 
 
 To You, to Yours, till time fhall end, 
 
 His Love its bleflings (hall extend, 50 
 
 Heirs of the changelefs promife giv'n 
 
 By Him who form'd the Earth and Heav'n : 
 
 That Heav'n, within whofe awful bound 
 
 Himfelf, with brighteft glory crown'd, 
 
 His Seat has rear'd; while Adam's Sons 55 
 
 The Earth (his Gift,) its tenants owns. 
 
 Not Thofe whom death has fnatch'd away 
 The debt of hallow'd praife (hall pay, 
 Or wake his wonders to difclofe, 
 But filent in the duft repofe : 60 
 
 'Tis Ours, who ftill thofe wonders view, 
 The grateful labour to purfue; 
 Nor ever (hall our lips decline 
 To crown with hymns the Name divine. Hallelujah* 
 
 PSALM 
 
( *56 ) 
 
 PSALM CXVL 
 
 TJOW glows with grateful Love my breaft ! 
 
 «*- * For God the voice of my requeft 
 
 Accepts, and, while my hands I rear, 
 
 Bows to my plaint the willing ear. 
 
 For this, to Life's extremeft hour r 
 
 My lips to Him the pray'r fhall pour. 
 
 While Death its fnares around me threw, 
 
 The grave its horrors to my view 
 
 Preferring, prefs'd with heavieft grief, 
 
 From Thee, great God, I fought relief. 10 
 
 " O fave me, heav'nly Sire, I cried, 
 
 u And turn th' impending ftroke afide." 
 
 Juft, good, and kind, is IfraeVs Lord, 
 
 His breaft with tend'reft pity ftor'd, 
 
 And prompt his Arm, when Ills invade, 15 
 
 The guilelefs and the meek to aid. 
 
 His Mercies, 'midft thy deepefl woe, 
 
 By bleft experience taught to know, 
 
 Turn, turn thee to thy reft, my Soul; 
 
 For He who fits above the pole 20 
 
 (Tremendous Name,) has o'er thy head 
 
 The fulnefs of his bounty ftied. 
 
 Thou, mightieft Father, Thou wert nigh, 
 
 To fave my foul from death, mine eye 
 
 From tears, to guard from lapfe my feet, 25 
 
 And bid me in this earthly Seat 
 
 (Life's wide dominion,) ftill refide, 
 
 To Thee in filial fear allied. 
 
 To 
 
PSALM CXVI. 257 
 
 To God my heart refign'd its care ; 
 To Him my tongue addrefs'd its pray'r. 30 
 
 While, (truck with terrors as I ftood, 
 A fea 01 tbrrows round me fiow'd, 
 u No more, my Soul, no more, I cried, 
 <c In Man's fallacious aid confide. " 
 
 O, what requital at my hand 35 
 
 Shall Mercies, Lord, like Thine demand? 
 By Thee from each diftrefs enlarg'd, 
 The Cup with benediction charg'd 
 I take, and, touch'd with holy flame, 
 Invoke my great Deliv'rer's name. 4.0 
 
 Ev n now, before th' afl'embled Train, 
 Ev'n now, within thy facred Fane, 
 Behold me at thine altar bow, 
 And, pleas'd, abfolve my ofter'd vow. 
 Who Thy Decrees, great God, obey, 45 
 
 Secure on Thee their hope fh^'l ftayj 
 Great is thy care on fuch beftow'd, 
 Nor worthlefs in thine eye their blood. 
 In Me thy Servant, Lord, in Me 
 The Offspring of thy Handmaid fee, 50 
 
 Who, late in heavieft fetters bound, 
 From Thee my full releafe have found. 
 For this, my Soul from day to tidy 
 The facrifice of pratfe ihall pay, 
 And, touch'd by Thee with holy flame, 55 
 
 Invoke my great Deliv'rer's Name. 
 £v n now, before th' afic.nbled Train, 
 EV'a now, within thy facred Fane, 
 
 Z 2 (That 
 
2 5 8 PSALM CXVI. 
 
 (That Fane, whofe walls, on firmed bafe 
 
 Uprear'd, fair Salem's confines grace,) 60 
 
 Behold me at thine altar bow, 
 
 And, pleas'd, abfolve my offer'dvow. Hallelujah, 
 
 PSALM CXVIL 
 
 1. 
 
 LET thy various Realms, O Earth, 
 Praifes yield to Heav'n's high Lord; 
 Praife him All of human birth, 
 And his wondrous A&s record. 
 
 2. 
 
 See his Mercy o'er our Land 
 Spread its ever-healing wing, 
 And his Truth through ages ftand; 
 Praife, O praife, th' eternal King; 
 
 PSALM CXVIIL 
 
 LIFT your voice, and thankful fing 
 Praifes to your heav'nly King ; 
 For his Mercies far extend, 
 And his Bounty knows no end. 
 Ifratly thy Creator blefs, 5 
 
 And with joyous tongue confefs, 
 That his Mercies far extend, 
 And his Bounty knows no end. 
 Aaron, let thy chofcn Line 
 
 Grateful in th J avowal join, 10 
 
 That his Mefcies far extend, 
 And his Bounty knows no end. 
 
 Ye 
 
PSALM CXVIIL 259 
 
 Ye who make his Will your care, 
 
 With aflenting voice declare, 
 
 That his Vlercies far extend, 15 
 
 And his B mnty knows no end. 
 
 To my plaint propitious, He 
 
 Bade my captive Soul go free. 
 
 He (hall in my Caufe appear; 
 
 Let not Man excite my fear. 20 
 
 He amid my Helpers ftands ; 
 
 Struck by Him, th' oppofing Bands 
 
 Inftant from before mine eye 
 
 Back in wild retreat (hall fly. 
 
 O, how fafe the Man, whofe mind 25 
 
 Refts on Jacob's God reclin'd ! 
 
 Safer far than They who trufl 
 
 On the help of breathing duft, 
 
 Or, when threat'ning Ills invade, 
 
 Boaft a Monarch's pow'r their aid. 30 
 
 Gather'd from each diftant Coaft 
 
 Round me prefs'd th' embattled Hofl; 
 
 But my Arm, by God upheld, 
 
 Strew'd with flaughter'd heaps the field. 
 
 Round me, thirfting for my blood, 3.5 
 
 Round me adverfe myjriads flood; 
 
 But my Arm, by God upheld, 
 
 Strew'd with flaughter'd heaps the field. 
 
 Round me, fee ! as Bees they dwell, 
 
 Bees, that, ifluing from their cell, 40 
 
 Mix in (warms, and on the wing 
 
 Arm'd with fury onward fpring: 
 
 Z 3 Fierce 
 
26o P S A L M CXVIIL 
 
 Fierce awhile the Battle burn'd; 
 
 But, their legions backward turn'd, 
 
 Like the thorn-enkindled fire 4,5 
 
 See its flames at once expire, 
 
 While my Arm, by God upheld, 
 
 Strews with flaughter'd heaps the field. 
 
 Soon thy frroke, relentlcfs Foe, 
 
 Soon thy ftroke had laid me low y 50 
 
 Had not God's fupporting hand 
 
 Bid my fault'ring feet to ftand : 
 
 He my Strength, and He my Song y 
 
 Lo ! my days I yet prolong, 
 
 And, each hoftile force o'erthrown-, 55 
 
 Him my great Salvation own. 
 
 Shouts of health and hymns of praife 
 
 Wifdom's faithful followers raife, 
 
 While amid their peaceful Seat 
 
 Thus the ear their accents greet: 60 
 
 " O how ftrofig the hand divine ! 
 
 o 
 
 <c O what wonders, Lord, are thine \" 
 
 See that hand, from Heav'n reveal'd, 
 
 Wonders yet on wonders yield. 
 
 Vaunt thy terrors, Death, no more: 65 
 
 He whom IfraePs Sons adore, 
 
 He, each danger chac'd away T 
 
 Bids me (till, from day to day, 
 
 Speak his Ads, who, juft and kind, 
 
 Trials to my lot aflign'd, 70 
 
 Yet arniJlt the doubtful ftrife 
 
 Rcfcucd from the fword my life* 
 
 Ope 
 
PSALM CXVIII. 261 
 
 Ope the gates of Righteoufnefs; 
 Let my feet, with full accefs, 
 Walk its facred Courts along; 75 
 
 Let me there with thankful tongue 
 Blefs my great Deliverer's Name, 
 And his boundlefs Love proclaim. 
 
 Here the hallow'd Gate behold j 
 See its valves at once unfold, 80 
 
 Pleas'd t' admit the chofen Train, 
 Pure from Sin's infectious ftain. 
 
 Thee, the God inthron'd above, 
 Thee my lips {hall ling, whofe Love 
 To my voice attention gave, 85 
 
 Prompt to hear, and ftrong to fave. 
 
 See the Stone, that, caft afide 
 By the Builders' erring pride, 
 In the Dome aflumes its place, 
 Own'd the Angle's nobleft grace* 90 
 
 Thou the Work, great God, haft wrought; 
 In its fcenes our wond'ring Thought 
 Joys thy clemency to trace, 
 Seal'd to Jacob's favour'd Race. 
 Lit by thy aufpicious ray 95 
 
 Downward ftreams the wifh'd for Day, 
 Big with Acts that fhall fuggeft 
 Endlefs mirth to IfraeVs breaft. 
 Save, O fave, eternal Lord, 
 
 And thy profp'ring aid afford. ICO 
 
 Bleft the Man, who, fent by God, 
 Viiits Salem $ lov'd abode ; 
 
 Come, 
 
262 PSALM CXVIIL 
 
 Come, ye Saints, and in his Train 
 
 Tread with licens'd ftep her Fane, 
 
 While from out her facred Tow'r 105 
 
 Bleflings on your head we pour. 
 
 Safe in Ifrael's Lord confide; 
 
 He is God, and None befide: 
 
 See his fav'ring beams arife 
 
 To his People's longing eyes. HO 
 
 Fair, and innocent of fpot, 
 
 Let the victim Lamb be brought, 
 
 And befide his Altar ftand, 
 
 Fetter'd in the writhen band. 
 
 Thee my God, in lengthened lays, M5 
 
 Thee my raptur'd lips (hall praife; 
 
 Thee my God (its ev'ry chord 
 
 By the fkilful touch explor'd,) 
 
 Shall my harp aloud proclaim, 
 
 Zealous to exalt thy fame. 120 
 
 Lift your voice, and thankful fing 
 Praiies to your heav'nly King -> 
 For his Mercies far extend, 
 And his Bounty knows no end. 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 A L E P H. 
 
 HOW bleft, who Thee, great God, obey, 
 And ftedfaft walk th* all-perfect way ! 
 How bleft, whofe hearts with will intirc 
 Thy prefence feek. Almighty Sire; 
 
 Whofe 
 
PSALM CXIX. 263 
 
 Whofe feet thy guidance own; whofe mind 5 
 
 Has each nefarious aft declin'd. 
 
 Thy voice has charg'd us to fulfill 
 
 The didtates of thy heav'nly Will: 
 
 Such, Lord, thy Charge; and O may I 
 
 Attentive to the talk apply. 10 
 
 My flaps conform'd to thy Decrees, 
 
 Nor ftiame nor dread my Soul (hall feize; 
 
 Thy precepts on my mind imprefs'd 
 
 Shall fwell with joy my faithful bread, 
 
 Thy Juftice prompt my tongue to raife 15 
 
 The fong of gratitude and praife. 
 
 Thy Law my love {hall claim: Do Thou 
 
 Thy ear to my petition bow ; 
 
 Nor leave me, helplefs and forlorn, 
 
 The abfence of thy grace to mourn. 20 
 
 Beth. 
 How, early wife, {hall Youth, O fay, 
 
 In innocence direct its way? 
 
 Thy Word its fteps, to Thee refign'd, 
 
 The ever faithful Guide (hall find. 
 
 Hail, beft Inftra&or! Thee my Thought 25 
 
 With full defire, great God, has fought : 
 
 O let me not, by Error s fway 
 
 ImpeU'd, from thy diredtion ftray. 
 
 Thy Precept, in my breaft conceal'd, 
 
 From Sin's aflfault my heart fhall fhield. 30 
 
 Bleft is thy Name, eternal Lord ! 
 
 O write within mv mind thy Word; 
 
 That 
 
264 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 That Word, whofe rules from day to day 
 
 My lips with grateful zeal difplay : 
 
 Thefe, my beft wealth* my treafur'd ftore, 35 
 
 I keep, and view them o'er and o'er: 
 
 Thy Dictates ftill, my conflant Joy, 
 
 My foul's attention fhall employ; 
 
 Nor aught fhall from my fight withdraw 
 
 Thy path, or from my thought thy Law. 40 
 G 1 M E L. 
 Thy Mercy let thy Servant fee, 
 
 Grant me to live conform'd to Thee, 
 
 And let my Soul, each mift away, 
 
 The wonders of thy Law furvey. 
 
 Behold me, abfent from my home, 45 
 
 Through Life's wild maze a Pilgrim roam. 
 
 Nor Thou to my defiring eye 
 
 Thy Word ? & directing beams deny. 
 
 With ardent zeal, with ftrong defire, 
 
 My thoughts to thy Decrees afpire. 50 
 
 O Thou, whofe threat the proud fubdues, 
 
 Whofe wrath the finner's fleps purfues, 
 
 My foul, of each tranfgreilion pure, 
 
 From fcorn and fierce reproach fecure. 
 
 While Princes with malignant aim 55 
 
 Affembled wound my honeft fame, 
 
 My Life, thy Will its nVd purfuit, 
 
 Shall each opprobrious tongue refute. 
 
 Thy Laws my ev'ry thought controul, 
 
 While, fill'd with facred joy, my Soul 60. 
 
 Its 
 
PSALM CXIX. 265 
 
 Its ever faithful Friends in Thefe 
 And Inmates of its counfel fees. 
 
 D A L E T H. 
 
 Low in the duft my Soul is laid; 
 O reach me, Lord, thy promis'd aid. 
 Thou, as my heart its guilt avow'd, 65 
 
 Thy pitying ear, great God, haft bow'd; 
 O let me, kflbn'd in thy way, 
 The wonders of thy Grace furvey: 
 While on my Soul, that melts with woe, 
 That Grace its fuccours fhall beftow, 70 
 
 (Such hope thy Word has bid me form;) 
 Let me, with holy tranfport warm, 
 And privileged thy Law to learn, 
 From falfehood's path abhorrent turn. 
 Truth, Lord, my fteady thoughts purfue, 75 
 
 Thy Judgements fix'd before my view 
 In full difplay : Exempt from {hame 
 O give me Thou by Thefe to frame 
 My courfe; and mark with what delight, 
 (As onward Thefe my fteps invite,) 80 
 
 Its bands by Thee diflblv'd, my Soul 
 Anticipates the diftant goal. 
 H E. 
 Teach me, O teach me, Lord, thy Way; 
 So to my life's remoteft day, 
 By thy unerring Precepts led, 85 
 
 My willing feet its paths fhall tread. 
 Informed by Thee, with facred awe 
 My heart fhall meditate thy Law, 
 
 And 
 
266 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 And with celeftial Wifdom fill'd 
 
 To Thee its full obedience yield. oc 
 
 Give me to know thy Words aright, 
 
 (Thy Words, my foul's fupreme delight,} 
 
 That, purg'd from thirft of gold, my mind 
 
 In Them its better wealth may find. 
 
 O turn from Vanity mine eye, g$ 
 
 To Me thy quick'ning ftrength fupply, 
 
 And with thy promis'd mercy chear 
 
 A heart devoted to thy fear. 
 
 My dreaded fhame, great God, remove: 
 
 Thy Judgements, Lord , my thoughts approve ; I oo 
 
 Thy wife Commands my breaft inflame; 
 
 O hafte, and to my inmoft frame 
 
 Permit thy Juftice to difpenfe 
 
 Its all-reviving influence, 
 
 V A U. 
 
 O let me, Lord, thy Mercy know; 105 
 
 Thy promis'd health, great God, beftow; 
 So from my Soul, on Thee reclin'd, 
 Shall each reproach an anfwer find. 
 My truft thy Judgements, mightieft Lord, 
 Support; O let not then thy Word 110 
 
 (Thy Word, by Truth eternal feaPd,) 
 Be ever from my lips withheld : 
 That Word to Life's extremeft ftage 
 My juft remembrance (hall engage, 
 My Soul to thy Decrees incline, 115 
 
 And make the paths of freedom mine. 
 
 The 
 
PSALM CXIX. i6 7 
 
 The Heav'n-taught Truths that warm my bread 
 
 My tongue to Monarchs (hall fugged, 
 
 And, rapt with zeal, each check difclaim 
 
 Of fervile dread, and infant fhame. 120 
 
 Thy Law, Jehovah, dill {hall fhare 
 
 My ardent Love, my condant Care, 
 
 And, while from Thee with lifted hands 
 
 Pleas'd I receive its juft commands, 
 
 My Life, fubmitted to its rein, 1 25 
 
 Shall fpeak them not receiv'd in vain* 
 
 Z A I N. 
 
 Thy promifes, Almighty Sire, 
 Accomplifh: Thefe my hope infpire; 
 Thefe, when opprefs'd with ills I lie, 
 With vital ftrength my foul fupply; 130 
 
 Nor loud reproach and hoftile fcorn 
 My heart from thy obedience turn. 
 Amid my woes, through ages pad 
 In long memorial backward trac'd 
 Thy Judgements have my truft upheld, 135 
 
 And forrow's heavieft cloud difpell'd. 
 How trembles, Lord, my heart to fee 
 The fouls that err from thy Decree ! 
 Long as within this feat of clay, 
 My houfe of Pilgrimage, I day, 140 
 
 Thy Statutes are my Song; thy Name 
 Wakes in my bread the holy flame, 
 That heav'n-ward lifts my. thoughtful foul. 
 When night's dark (hade*s inved the pole. 
 
 A a What 
 
268 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 What hopes, great God, are mine, what joy, 145 
 While thy Commands my care employ ! 
 C H E T H. 
 My heart's beft portion, Lord, art Thouj 
 To Thee my Thoughts obedience vow: 
 To Thee with ardent zeal I pray; 
 Thy promis'd mercy, Lord, difplay, 150 
 
 While back my yet unfinifh'd race 
 With fcrutiny fevere I trace, 
 Thy Law with full acceptance greet, 
 And turn to Thee my willing feet. 
 With ftudious hafte I ran, I flew, 155 
 
 Intent thy Dictates to purfue, 
 Nor Thefe forget, though troops of foes 
 Amid their fnare my fteps inclofe. 
 Thy juft Decrees within my breaft 
 Revolv'd, I quit my bed of reft, 160 
 
 And pleas'd, at midnight's awful hour, 
 In thanks to Thee my fpirit pour. 
 I mark where'er the fouls I find 
 To Thy Commands, great God, inclin'd; 
 I mark them, and with fuch refide 165 
 
 In friendfhip's ftridteft bands allied. 
 That Mercy, Lord, whofe beams extend 
 Far as to Earth's remoteft end, 
 That Mercy to my foul impart, 
 And grave thy precepts on my heart. 1 70 
 
 T E T H. 
 
 My grateful heart thy Love has known, 
 O Thou, whofe words and deeds are one: 
 
 O frill 
 
PSALM CXIX, 269 
 
 O (till that Love impart, and ftore 
 
 My Soul with thy celeftial Lore, 
 
 Whofe thought its full aflent refigns 175 
 
 To what thy facred Will injoins. 
 
 In devious paths awhile I trod, 
 
 E'er yet corrected by thy rod, 
 
 But difciplin'd, great Sire, by Thee 
 
 Obfequious bow to thy Decree. 180 
 
 Thy Mercies, Lord, exhauftlefs flow; 
 
 O give my Soul thy Will to know : 
 
 While Crouds, whofe hearts thy fear difclaim, 
 
 With ftudied falfehood blafl my fame, 
 
 Thee, Lord, I feek ; by thy Command 185 
 
 My Acts, my Thoughts, directed ftand: 
 
 Amidit their rage, with joyful view 
 
 My heart thy Precepts can purfue, 
 
 While folly theirs from truth withholds, 
 
 And round them wraps its thickeft folds. 190 
 
 Bleft be thy hand, feverely kind, 
 
 Whofe ftroke recalPd my erring Mind, 
 
 And urg'd me, as to Thee I turn, 
 
 Thy hallow'd Inftitutes to learn, 
 
 And, taught their worth, to prize them more 195 
 
 Than heaps of Opbir's richeft ore. 
 
 J O D. 
 
 Thy plaftic art, throughout my frame, 
 Each limb, each nerve, great God, proclaim; 
 O give me Thou with mind fincere 
 To learn th' Inftructions of thy Fear: 200 
 
 A a 2 So 
 
270 PSA L M CXIX- 
 
 So fnall the Souls, that Fear who know, 
 
 With focial joy, my God, o'erflow, 
 
 And pleas'd my conftant heart approve, 
 
 That waits, with Them, thy plighted Love. 
 
 Thy Judgements praife eternal claim, 205 
 
 Wife, juft, and good; with friendlieft aim 
 
 Thy faithful hand each woe I feel 
 
 Inflicts, and wounds me but to heal. 
 
 O let thy promised mercy fhed 
 
 Its quick'ning effluence on my head, 210 
 
 And comfort to my Soul inftill, 
 
 That loves the dictates of thy Will. 
 
 Let fhame th' AggrefTors proud repay, 
 
 Who feek my footfteps to betray: 
 
 Thine aid I afk, eternal Lord, 215 
 
 And treafure in my heart thy Word. 
 
 With Me in facred friendfhip join 
 
 The fouls that to thy fear incline, 
 
 And from the well-fpring of thy Law 
 
 Exhauftlefs ftreams of knowledge draw. 220 
 
 O let my heart, to Thee fubdu'd, 
 
 Guilt, and its offspring Shame, exclude, 
 
 C A P H. 
 
 Behold, while wearied with delay 
 My foul, my fight, confume away, 
 Thy Servant o'er th' ethereal plain 225 
 
 Send the long look, but fend in vain. 
 O when to my expecYmg eyes, 
 When, fhall thy wilh'd Salvation rife, 
 
 Through 
 
PSALM CXIX. 271 
 
 Through ftruggiing clouds its promis'd ray 
 Tranfmit, and o'er me pour the day? 230 
 
 Faft as the wine-exhaufted hide 
 Amid the circling fmoke is dried, 
 I waftej yet never from my heart 
 Shall thy Commands, great God, depart. 
 How long mall I my days, O fay, 235 
 
 In fad fucceflion roll'd furvey, 
 How long to haughtieft infult yield, 
 Thy vengeance from my foes withheld ? 
 Behold them with infidious care 
 Their pits before my feet prepare, 240 
 
 And, taught thy Precepts to defpife, 
 (Thy Precepts, Lord, how juft, how wife !) 
 With caufelefs rage my foul invade: 
 Behold; and reach me, Lord, thine aid. 
 How nigh had Conqueft crown'd their aim, 245 
 And rooted from the earth my name ! 
 While ftill thy paths, eternal God, 
 With undiverted ftep I trod. 
 O let thy Mercy to my heart 
 Its life-fuftaining pow'r impart; 250 
 
 So fhall my Soul with facred awe, 
 And juft obfervance, hear thy Law. 
 Lamed. 
 Fix'd in the Heav'ns, eternal Lord, 
 On firmed bafis refts thy Word; 
 Thy Truth, unconfcious of decay, 255 
 
 Sees wailing ages roll away; 
 
 A a 3 Pois'd 
 
272 PSALM CXIX~ 
 
 Pois'd on its centre by thy hand 
 
 Earth long has flood, and yet (hall ftand : 
 
 For Earth, and Heav'n, and Seas, each hour 
 
 Subfervient own thy fov'reign Pow'r : 260 
 
 Their courfe in Order's ftrideft line 
 
 Thy firm Decrees, great God, confine. 
 
 How had I perifh'd, 'midft my woes, 
 
 But that within my bofom rofe 
 
 The joys which thy Injunctions yield, 265 
 
 And each invading grief difpell'd! 
 
 O never, never, (hall my heart, 
 
 Forgetful, from thy Law depart, 
 
 Which, inftant, kindliefl fuccour gave. 
 
 And wrought my refcue from the grave: 27a 
 
 Behold me, Lord, behold me thine > 
 
 Thy ear to my requeft incline, 
 
 And fave a Soul whofe wakeful Thought 
 
 With fervent zeal thy Truths has fought, 
 
 And ftill mail feek them, though their fnare 275 
 
 The Impious for my life prepare. 
 
 Mine eyes Perfection's limit fee 
 
 Through Nature's Works; but thy Decree 
 
 No period, mightieft Monarch, knows, 
 
 Nor bounds of fpace its breadth inclofe. 280 
 
 M E M. 
 
 With what defire, great God, I burn 
 Thy facred Oracles to learn! 
 Each day, each hour, with ftedfaft mind 
 Thy Truths I meditate, and find 
 
 The 
 
PSALM CXIX. 273 
 
 The knowledge to my foes denied 285 
 
 To Me in fulleft weight fupplied. 
 My Teachers, while from out thy Law 
 The leffons of my life I draw, 
 My guidance a(k; the Aged Me 
 Their Elder in difcretion fee, 290 
 
 As, onward led, with fteady pace 
 The Heav'n-appointed paths I trace. 
 How have I kept my feet from ill, 
 Intent thy Mandate to fulfill, 
 My ear to difcipline refign'd, 295 
 
 Nor ever from its rules declin'd ! 
 In full fatiety of joy 
 Abforpt, thy Words my thought employ, 
 And fweeter on my palate dwell 
 Than honey dropping from its cell. 300 
 
 My Soul, by thy Inftruclion wife, 
 from Error's path abhorrent flieso 
 Nun. 
 Thy Law, from Sinai's mount reveaPd, 
 A lantern to my feet fhall yield, 
 A light, whofe beams fhall o'er me dwell, 305 
 And night's incircling (hades difpell. 
 Thy Precepts (thus my tongue has fworn, 
 Nor aught my purpofe, Lord, (hall turn;) 
 Thy Precepts, juft, and wife, and true, 
 My fteps, unwearied, fhall purfue. 310 
 
 Beneath a weight of woes I bend; 
 Thy promis'd aid, my God, extend. 
 
 My 
 
274 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 My lips their willing offerings pay: 
 
 Accept them gracious; and difplay 
 
 Thy Judgements to my longing eyes: 315 
 
 While ceafelefs dangers round me rife, 
 
 My foul juft ready to refign, 
 
 ToThefe my thoughts I ftill incline, 
 
 Nor impious force, or hoftile fnare, 
 
 Shall alienate from Thefe my care, 320 
 
 Thefe, while their worth my Soul inflames^ 
 
 Its lafting heritage it claims, 
 
 And pleas'd the dictates of thy Will 
 
 To Life's laft period fhall fulfill. 
 
 S A M E C H. 
 
 Far hence each Superftition vain, 325 
 
 Wild offspring of the human brain; 
 The Truths that fill thy hallow'd page 
 My happier choice, great God, engage. 
 Safe on thy Word my truft I build, 
 O Thou, my Refuge, and my Shield. 330 
 
 Ye impious, from my fight away; 
 My Soul {hall God's behefts obey. 
 O ever faithful to thy Word, 
 Do Thou thy vital ftrength afford; 
 Thy help impart, eternal Sire, 335 
 
 Ncr let my hope in fhame expire. 
 Suftain'd by thy almighty aid, 
 What danger fhall my Soul invade? 
 In vain (hall Sin its arts apply 
 To turn fiom thy Decrees mine eye. 340 
 
 Subverted 
 
PSALM CXIX, 275 
 
 Subverted by their own deceit, 
 And fpurn'd beneath thy conqu'ring feet, 
 Thy wrath the rebel tribes deplore; 
 Spurn'd, — as the drofs, that from the ore 
 (Amid the glowing furnace caft,) 34.5 
 
 Is fever'd by the fiery blaft. 
 For this, with ardent Love thy Law 
 I feek ; for this, while rev'rent Awe 
 And holy Horror fhake my frame, 
 Thy Juftice, mightieft Lord, proclaim. 350 
 
 A 1 N. 
 While Juftice o'er my life prefides, 
 Each act, each word, each purpofe guides, 
 Friend of the guiltlefs! nigh me ftand, 
 And fave me from th' Oppreflbr's hand. 
 O flill thy wonted grace difclofej 355 
 
 Still in my quarrel interpofe 
 Thine arm, nor let my haughty foe 
 Exulting triumph in my woe. 
 My wafting eyes with earneft view 
 Thy promised health, my God, purfue : 360 
 
 Thy mercies to thy Servant fhow, 
 And give, O give me, Lord, to know 
 Each Heav'n-taught Rule: Behold me thine, 
 And let thy influence on me fhine, 
 Till, each illufion purg'd away, 365 
 
 My Soul thy myftic Truths furvey. 
 Thy wife Injunctions caft afide, 
 The fons of Infolence and Pride 
 
 With 
 
2? 6 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 With oft- repeated crimes demand 
 
 TV unwilling vengeance from thy hand, 370 
 
 Thy Dictates on my thought imprefs'd 
 
 With fweet delight fhall fill my breaft; 
 
 Not Gold like Thefe my love fhall claim, 
 
 Gold fev'n times tortur'd in the flame. 
 
 Thefe, Lord, 1 keep, and, fix'd, decree 375 
 
 To fhun each path that leads from Thee. 
 
 P E. 
 
 O how the Wonders of thy Law 
 My heart to jufl obedience awe! 
 What ftreams of pureft knowledge yield 
 Thy Words in full difplay reveal'd ! 380 
 
 By Thefe the Souls untaught before 
 To heights of heav'nly Science foar : 
 With facred third my bofom burn'd ; 
 To Thefe my op'ning mouth I turn'd, 
 And from thy Precept wife and true 385 
 
 Its life-imparting fpirit drew. 
 What grace thy Saints are bleft to know, 
 That grace on Me, great God, beftow. 
 Thy Dictates to my foul convey, 
 And level to my fteps thy way. 39° 
 
 Redeem from Error's growth my mind, 
 Nor leave one baleful root behind. 
 O fave me from Oppreffion's hand ; 
 So (hall my foul thy wife command 
 Obferve: Indulgent on me fhine, 395 
 
 And make the paths of knowledge mine. 
 
 My 
 
PSALM CXIX. 277 
 
 My tears, great God, my zeal difclofe, 
 And down the copious torrent flows, 
 As oft, with inward anguifli torn, 
 Thy violated Laws I mourn. 400 
 
 T s A d d 1. 
 Hail, Arbiter fupreme ! thy Will 
 Truth, Equity, and Juftice feal : 
 Truth, Juftice, Equity, thy Voice 
 Prefcribes to favour'd IfraeFs choice: 
 Thefe while my foe prefumptuous fpurns, 405 
 With zeal confum'd my bofom burns. 
 O how thy Precepts, in the fire 
 Long prov'd, thy fervant's Love infpire ! 
 To indigence and fcorn refign'd, 
 Thefe flill I feek with ftudious mind. 410 
 
 Eternal Redtitude is thine; 
 Truth to thy Laws adjufts its line; 
 Thy Laws, my Soul's beft comfort found, 
 When pains and forrows wrapt me round. 
 Thy juft Decrees (hall Time furvive; 415 
 
 Them teach me, and my Soul fhall live. 
 K o P H. 
 O Maker, Guide, and Judge of All ! 
 With earneft voice to Thee I call : 
 To Thee I call: propitious hear; 
 So (hall the Precepts of thy fear 420 
 
 My Soul inform, and, Thou my aid, 
 My ev'ry AcT: by Thefe be fway'd. 
 E'er yet the dawn has flreak'd the fky, 
 God of my Life, to Thee I cry; 
 
 My 
 
a 7 8 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 My hope (nor (hall that hope be vain,) 425 
 
 Thy facred promifes fuftain: 
 
 On thy Decrees, great God, intent, 
 
 My Thoughts the early watch prevent: 
 
 O let thy Mercy, while I pray, 
 
 My night illumine, guide my day, 430 
 
 Thy Word within my irtmoft frame 
 
 Awake the everliving flame. 
 
 Behold a Croud, from Thee eftrang'd, 
 
 In dire alliance near me rang'd : 
 
 But Thou, my God, art nearer ftill : 435 
 
 My Soul the dictates of thy Will 
 
 Fix'd on eternal bafe has view'd, 
 
 And owns them wife, and juft, and good. 
 
 R E S H. 
 
 Behold my griefs; my Soul preferve; 
 For ne'er from thy direction fwerve 440 
 
 My thoughts : Do Thou my caufe defend ; 
 O let thy Word its aid extend, 
 And, inftant, to my breaft difpenfe 
 It's All-reviving influence. 
 
 In vain thy grace the Souls would heal, 445 
 
 Whofe crimes their juft rejection feal ; 
 Who, bold each impious deed to try, 
 Thy Lav/s oppofe, thy Pow'r defy. 
 O let thy Mercy, Lord, (how great 
 That Mercy ! ) on thy Servant wait, 450 
 
 Its beams in full effufion give, 
 And teach my fainting heart to live. 
 
 While 
 
PSALM CXIX. 279 
 
 While hoftife Crouds around me (land, 
 
 My fteps I guide by thy Command 
 
 Unvarying, and indignant fee 455 
 
 The Souls whofeWill has err'd from Thee. 
 
 Behold what love, what full delight, 
 
 Thy Precepts in my breaft excite, 
 
 And let thy Favour o'er my head 
 
 Its vital pow'r inceflfant fhed. 460 
 
 With truth thy Word, great God, was crown'd, 
 
 E'er time began its reftlefs round: 
 
 Thy Laws through length of days extend, 
 
 Firft, midft, and laft, and without end. 
 
 S C H I N. 
 
 While princely PowV, without a caufe, 465 
 The threat'ning fword againft me draws, 
 My mind, to thy Commands applied. 
 Them fears, nor owns a fear befide. 
 My heart with fecret tranfport fwells, 
 While ftudious on thy Word it dwells; 4~3 
 
 Nor wealthieft fpoils fuch joy beftow, 
 New wrefted from the proftrate foe. 
 To Lies averfe, thy Laws I love; 
 
 Thy juft Decrees my Thoughts approve ; 
 
 And fev'n times, each revolving day, 475 
 
 To Thee my grateful vows I pay. 
 
 Great is the peace prepar'd for All, 
 
 Whofe willing feet obey thy Call ; 
 
 Great" is the peace for fuch prepar'd, 
 
 Nor aught their footfteps ftiall retard. 
 
 B b Thy 
 
i8o PSALM e&XfX, 
 
 Thy health, my God, I wait, thy Will 
 With unremitted zeal fulfill, 
 And wrapt in love and filial fear 
 The Heav'n-defcended Truths revere. 
 Thy Truths my foul reveres: Each day, 
 Thy wife Inftru&ions I obey, 
 Afl'ur'd that to thy fearching eyes 
 My life's whole path confpicuous lies, 
 T A u. 
 O let my cries thy heav'nly feat 
 Approach; my pray'r indulgent meet, 490 
 
 And give (for on thy Word relies 
 My hope;) O give me to be wife, 
 Behold, (for Mercy lives in Thee;) 
 Behold me fuppliant bend the knee, 
 And let thy promis'd aid difpell ^05 
 
 The clouds of grief that o'er me dwell. 
 Thy facred Precepts taught to know, 
 How (hall my lips, great God, o'erflow 
 With praife, and, touch'd with holy flame, 
 The juftice of thy Laws proclaim ! 50c 
 
 While pleas'd I bow to thy Command, 
 Reach, in my refcue, reach thy hand : 
 O Thou, whofe Di&ates warm my heart, 
 Thy long-expe£ted health impart ; 
 And let my Soul, to life reftor'd, 505 
 
 Thy Love in lading hymns record, 
 While o'er my head its beams fhall fhine, 
 And make thy great Salvation mine. 
 
 Thine 
 
PSALM CXIX. 281 
 
 Thine eyes in Me the Sheep behold, 
 
 Whofe feet have wander'd from the fold ; 510 
 
 That, guidelefs, helplefs, ftrives in vain 
 
 To find its fafe retreat again; 
 
 Now liftens, if perchance its ear 
 
 The Shepherd's well-known voice may hear, 
 
 Now, as the tempefts round it blow, 515 
 
 In plaintive accent vents its woe. 
 
 Great Ruler of this earthly Ball, 
 
 Do Thou my erring fteps recall : 
 
 O feek thou Him who Thee has fought, 
 
 Nor turns from thy Decrees his thought. 520 
 
 PSALM CXX. 
 1. 
 
 TO God I cried, with anguifh flung, 
 Nor form'd a fruitlefs pray'r. 
 O fave me from the lying tongue* 
 And lips that would infnare. 
 2. 
 
 Thou Child of Guilt, to falfehood bred, 
 
 Say, what (hall be thine end ? 
 See keeneft arrows o'er thy head, 
 
 And quenchlefs coals, impend. 
 
 3- 
 
 Ah ! Woe is Me, to Mefecb's feat 
 
 And Kedar's tents confin'd ; 
 Perpetual infult doom'd to meet 
 
 From Men of reftlefs mind, 
 
 Bb 2 4. V/hen 
 
282 PSALM CXX* 
 
 4- 
 When offers mild of Peace I make, 
 
 And friendlieft terms prepare, 
 My words their flumb'ring rage awake, 
 
 And arm them for the Wan 
 
 PSALM CXXL 
 
 i. 
 
 LO ! from the Hills my help defcends) 
 To Them I lift mine eyes. 
 My ftrength on Him alone depends, 
 Who form'd the Earth and Skies. 
 2. 
 He, ever watchful, ever nigh, 
 Forbids thy feet to Aide ; 
 Nor fieep nor flumber feals the eye 
 Of Ifrael's Guard and Guide. 
 
 3- 
 
 He at thy hand, array'd in might, 
 
 His fhield fhall o'er thee fpread : 
 
 Nor Sun by day, nor Moon by nighty 
 Shall hurt thy favoured head. 
 
 4- 
 Safe (halt thou go, and fafe return, 
 
 While He thy life defends, 
 Whofe eyes thy ev'ry ftep difcern, 
 
 Whole Mercy never ends. 
 
 PS A L M 
 
( *§3 ) 
 
 PSALM CXXII. 
 
 i. 
 
 THE feftal Morn, my God, is come, 
 That calls me to thy honour'd Dome, 
 Thy prefence to adore: 
 My feet the fummons (hall attend, 
 With willing ftep thy Courts afcend, 
 And tread the hallow'd floor. 
 
 2. 
 
 Ev'n now to our tranfported eyes 
 Fair Sion's tow'rs in profpeti rife; 
 
 Within her gates we ftand, 
 And, loft in wonder and delight, 
 Behold her happy Sons unite 
 
 In friendfhip's firmeft band» 
 
 3- 
 
 Hither from Judah's utmoft end 
 
 The Heav'n-prote&ed Tribes afcend; 
 
 Their offerings hither bring; 
 Here, eager to atteft their joy, 
 In hymns of praife their tongues employ* 
 
 And hail th' immortal King. 
 
 4- 
 By His Command impelTd, to Her 
 Contending Crouds their caufe refer; 
 While Princes from her Throne 
 With equal doom th* unerring Law 
 Difpenfe, who boaft their birth to draw 
 From Jeffi's favour'd Son. 
 
 B b 3 5 . Be 
 
2&J. PSALM CXXIL 
 
 5- 
 Be Peace by Each implor'd on Thee, 
 O Salem, while with bended knee 
 
 To Jacob's God we pray: 
 How bleft, who calls himfelf thy Friend X 
 Succefs his labour (hall attend, 
 
 And fafety guard his way. 
 6. 
 O may'ft thou, free from hoftile fea?„ 
 Nor the loud voice of tumult hear, 
 
 Nor war's wild waftes deplore :. 
 May Plenty nigh thee take her ftand,, 
 And in thy Courts with lavifh hand. 
 
 Diftribute all her. ftore. 
 
 7- 
 
 Seat of my Friends and Brethren, hail!' 
 
 How can my tongue, O Salem, fail 
 
 To blefs thy lov'd Abode? 
 How ceafe the zeal that in me glows 
 Thy good to feek, whofe walls inclofe; 
 
 The Manfion of my God? 
 
 P S A L M CXXIIL 
 
 TO Thee, above the ftarry fpheres 
 Inthron'd, his look thy fuppliant rears t 
 As tov/'rds their Lord the menial Band, 
 As Maidens tow'rds their Miftrefs' hand 
 Obfervant cafe th' expecting eye, 5 
 
 So lift we ours, great God, on high, 
 
 Till 
 
PSALM CXXIIL 285 
 
 Till Thou thy mercy (halt difplay, 
 
 And chafe thefe clouds of grief away. 
 
 Enough thy People, Lord, have borne 
 
 Of infult keen, and hoftile fcom : 10 
 
 O hear, in pity hear, the fighs 
 
 From our full hearts inceflant rife, 
 
 While, round us rang'd, the Sons of pride 
 
 Our name revile, our woes deride* 
 
 PSALM CXXIV; 
 
 HAD God abandon'd from his care 
 Our caufe, when adverfe hofts to war 
 Uprofe; had God, may Ifrael fay, 
 Our caufe abandon'd, in the day 
 When o'er the plain their troops were poar'd, 5 
 Alive by hoftile rage devour'd 
 Down we had funk; and o'er our head 
 The fwelling floods their waves had fpread: 
 Down we had funk; but bleft be God, 
 Whofe arm the timely help beftow'd, 10 
 
 And, each invader chas'd away, 
 Snatch'd from their jaws th' expedled prey* 
 See ! as the Bird with fudden fpring 
 Exulting mounts upon the wing, 
 Juft refcu'd from the fowler's art, 15 
 
 So triumph We, with thankful heart, 
 And, fav'd by his preventing care, 
 Shake from our feet the broken fnare. 
 When woes, when dangers round us rife, 
 On Him alone our ftrength relies, 20 
 
 Whofe 
 
286 PSALM CXXIV. 
 
 Whofe hand thy center fix'd, O Earth, 
 And gave th' enduring Heav'ns their birth. 
 
 PSALM CXXV. 
 
 WHO truft in God's prote&ing hand, 
 Secure as Sim's Mount (hall (land, 
 That, proof to Ages, meets the fkies, 
 And, fix'd, each adverfe fhock defies* 
 Behold fair Salem's hallow'd ground, 5 
 
 By fhadowing hills encompafs'd round; 
 Thy prefence thus, great God, we trace 
 Incircling Jacob's chofen Race: 
 Nor diftant times {hall fee thy Love 
 Its bleffings from thy Saints remove. 20 
 
 Ne'er on the lot by Thefe poflefs'd 
 Shall impious Pow'r its fcepter reft, 
 Left Sin, eftablifti'd into Law, 
 Their hearts from thy obedience draw. 
 O ftill our Guardian, ftill our Friend, 25 
 
 Thy mercies to the Juft extend; 
 While All, whofe heart from Wifdom's way 
 Through paths perverfe has lov'd to ftray, 
 In fuff'rings, as in guilt, allied, 
 Shall fee the Peace to them denied .0 
 
 The fulnefs of its influence fhed 
 On happier IfraeVs favour'd head. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 28; ) 
 
 PSALM CXXVI. 
 
 IS this a Dream? amaz'd we cried, 
 When, ted by their celeftial Guide, 
 Fair Sions captive Tribes again 
 Beheld her late deferted plain. 
 Then forth to laughter burft each tongue, 5 
 
 And fongs of loudeft triumph fung. 
 The Nations round, with fecret awe, 
 The mighty work admiring law: 
 And, " Great (they cried,) the Gift beftow'd 
 " On Thefe, the favour'd of their God !" 10 
 cc O, great the Gift!" Our hearts rejoin, 
 And joyful blefs the hand divine. 
 
 Let thofe, whofe exile ftill we mourn, 
 Beneath thy conduct, Lord, return, 
 Faft as the copious torrents glide, 1 3 
 
 When, to its vacant bed their tide 
 Reftoring, o'er the waftes they run, 
 That burn beneath the fouthern Sun. 
 Let fcenes of Hope our thought employ: 
 Who fow in tears, (hall reap in joy. 20 
 
 The weeping Hind, whofe dubious hand 
 Now ftrews with grain the furrow'd land, 
 Shall homeward foon exulting bear 
 The Bleffings of the loaded year. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 288 ) 
 
 PSALM CXXVIL 
 i. 
 
 A Race by God unblefl; who rear, 
 A fruitlefs toil fuftain; 
 If God to fhield the Town forbear, 
 The Watchman wakes in vain. 
 2. 
 Why rife Ye early, late take reft, 
 
 And e,at the bread of care? 
 The balm of fleep, his gift confeft, 
 His Children only {hare. 
 
 3- 
 
 Know too thy Sons, that round thee fland > 
 
 A gift by Him prepar'd; 
 Nor arrows in the Giant's hand 
 Can yield fo fure a guard. 
 
 4« 
 
 Bleft, who his quiver ftores with Thefe: 
 
 When hoftile troops are near, 
 His gate the ftorm approaching fees, 
 Yet fees without a fear. 
 
 PSALM CXXVIII. 
 
 HOW bleft the Souls, their God who fear, 
 His Pow'r confefs, his law revere ! 
 O happy Thou! ordain'd to fliare 
 Thy Maker's ever conftant care. 
 Thou privileg'd from want fhalt ftand, 5 
 
 And eat the labour of thy hand. 
 
 The 
 
PSALM CXXVin. 289 
 
 The Obje£l of thy wedded Love 
 
 Prolific as the Vine (hall prove, 
 
 Whofe foliage o'er thy walls difplay'd 
 
 Spreads wide its amicable (hade: 10 
 
 While, as the Olive-branches fair, 
 
 Around thy board thy infant Care 
 
 Shall croud, and bid thy heart o'erflow 
 
 With joys that only Parents know. 
 
 Such Bleffings, Lord, thy hands provide 15 
 For Each who makes thy fear his guide. 
 
 Hail, favour'd Man ! From Sions Tow'r 
 Thy God on Thee his gifts fhall fhovv'r: 
 Thou, thankful, to thylateft day 
 Shalt Salem 's profp'ring ftate furvey; 20 
 
 With lengthen'd joy, thine aged eyes 
 Shall fee thy Children's Children rife, 
 And Peace her healing wings expand 
 O'er Judab's Heav'n-diftinguifti'd Land. 
 
 PSALM CXXIX. 
 
 OFT from my youth, may Ifrael fay, 
 Oft from my youth, in clofe array 
 Againft me rang'd, the hoftile train 
 My ruin fought, but fought in vain. 
 My back with ftripes the ploughers tore; 5 
 
 The lengthen'd furrows ftream'd with gore; 
 But Thou, juft God, haft burft their bands, 
 And fav'd me from their ruthlefs hands. 
 
 Back let them fly in wild retreat, 
 Whofe rage fair Sion's hallow'd feat 10 
 
 Purfues : 
 
2go PSALM CXXIX. 
 
 Purfues: Let fhame their guilt repay; 
 
 And let them like the grafs decay, 
 
 That, on the houfe-top feen to rife, 
 
 Stops in mid growth, and fades, and dies; 
 
 Nor fills the Mower's hand, nor gives 15 
 
 One grafp to him who binds the fheaves; 
 
 Nor prompts th' obferving pafienger 
 
 To greet them with the friendly pray'r: 
 
 " May Heav'n's high Lord your labours bid's, 
 
 " And crown them with the wifh'd fuccefs." 20 
 
 PSALM CXXX. 
 1. 
 
 TO Thee from out the Deeps I pray, 
 With heavieft woes opprefs'd: 
 Lord, let thine ears attentive weigh 
 The voice of my requeft. 
 2. 
 If from the Sons of human birth 
 Thy wrath its debt demand, 
 O who, throughout the peopled earth, 
 Beneath that wrath fhall ftand ? 
 
 3- 
 But Sin's worft wounds thy Mercy heals : 
 
 As down its pow'rs defcend, 
 The grateful Soul their influence feels, 
 
 And trembles to offend, 
 
 4. Thee, 
 
PSALM CXXX. 291 
 
 4- 
 Thee, Lord, I feek, the Wife, thejuftj 
 
 My foul, by Thee upheld, 
 Expe&ant waits (thy Word its truft,) 
 
 Till Thou thy beams fhalt yield. 
 
 5* 
 
 Not thus intent their longing fight 
 
 The wearied Watchmen rear, 
 Not thus intent the growing light 
 
 Obferve, when morn is near. 
 6. 
 O truft in God ; for Love in Him, 
 
 And Grace abundant, reign: 
 He, Jacobs fhall thy Sons redeem, 
 
 And purge their ev'ry ftain. 
 
 PSALM CXXXI. 
 
 THY eyes in Me nor lofty mind 
 Nor haughty look, my God, (hall find j 
 Nor Earth's vain pomp attrafts my view, 
 Nor Honour's prize my thoughts purfue, 
 Or, touch'd by fell Ambition's fire, 5 
 
 To unpermitted heights afpire. 
 Behold me of affe&ions mild, 
 Behold me humble as the Child, 
 That meek and filent finks to reft, 
 Wean'd from the tender Parent's breaft. 10 
 
 O, fonder than that Parent, fee 
 Thy Maker, Ifrael, cherifh Thee : 
 
 C c To 
 
*92 PSALM CXXXI. 
 
 To lateft times on him depend, 
 
 Thy Guide, thy Guardian, and thy Friend, 
 
 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 GREAT Ruler of this earthly Ball, 
 Thy David to thy thought recall ; 
 O think what pangs his faofom tore, 
 When to his God the Oath he fwore, 
 And thus, with various preffures bow'd, c 
 
 To Jacob's Lord a Manfion vow'd. 
 Be Witnefs, if my floor I tread, 
 Be Witnefs, if my couch I fpread, 
 If ileep thefe weary orbs {hall feal, 
 Or (lumber o'er mine eyelids fteal, 
 Till to my fearch fair Juda/fs Land 
 Some place prefent, whereon may ftand. 
 Through future age, thy fix'd Abode, 
 The Seat of Jacob's mighty God, 
 To Thee, O Ephrata^ we came, 15 
 
 Inquifitive, and, led by fame, 
 The hallow'd Tabernacle found 
 Within the foreft's ample bound. 
 Behold us, Lord, with willing feet 
 The manfion of thy prefence greet, 20 
 
 (Each heart inflam'd with grateful zeal,) 
 And proftrate at thy footftool kneel. 
 Rife, IfraeVs Father, God, and Friend; 
 Pleas'd to thy place of reft afcend, 
 Thou and thine Ark, tremendous fhrine 25 
 
 Of Majefty and Pow'r divine. 
 
 While 
 
PSALM CXXXII. 293 
 
 While Righteoufnefs thy Priefts arrays, 
 
 O let thy Saints their thankful lays 
 
 Prolong ; and in thy David's name 
 
 Let Judab's King thy favour claim. 30 
 
 Thus to the Prince of JeJJe born 
 
 God the reverfelefs Oath has fworn : 
 
 Thy throne, protected by my care, 
 
 The offspring of thy loyns fhall heir ; 
 
 Through diftant times their hdiow'd Line, 35 
 
 Long as to Me their hearts incline, 
 
 My Compact keep, my Laws obey, 
 
 Shall, uncontrourd, extend their fway. 
 
 Thy Walls, O Sion, to thy Lord 
 
 His deftin'd refidence afford ; 40 
 
 Here v/ill I reft, nor e'er my Love 
 
 From thy diftinguiih'd feat remove. 
 
 Thy plenteous board my hand {hall fpread, 
 
 Diftribute to thy Poor their bread, 
 
 Thy Priefts with lading health inveft, 45 
 
 And wake to mirth each faithful breafh 
 
 Amid thy Race, O David^ here 
 
 Salvation fhall her ftandard rear, 
 
 While copious on th' anointed head 
 
 The heav'nly Lamp its beams {hall fhed : 30 
 
 Thy foes, with fhame invelop'd o'er, 
 
 Their blafted counfels fhall deplore, 
 
 And fee the Crown that binds thy brow 
 
 With unexxinguifti'd fplendors glow. 
 
 C c % PSALM 
 
( 294 ) 
 
 PSALM CXXXIIL 
 i. 
 
 HO W bleft the fight, the joy how fweet. 
 When Brothers join'd with Brothers meet 
 In bands of mutual Lcve ! 
 Lefs fweet the liquid fragrance, fhed 
 On Aaron's confecrated head, 
 Ran trickling from above, 
 
 2. 
 
 And reach'd his beard, and reach'd his veil; 
 Lefs fweet the Dews on Hermon's breaft 
 
 Or Sion's Hill defcend: 
 That Hill has God with Bleffings crown'd, 
 There promis'd Grace that knows no bound, 
 
 And Life that knows no end, 
 
 PSALM CXXXIV. 
 
 YE Servants of th' eternal King, 
 Your grateful hymns triumphant fing : 
 To You I call, the chofen Band, 
 Who take amid his Courts your ftand, 
 While, gliding round the dufky pole, 5 
 
 The ftarry Orbs in filence roll. 
 Within his Temple's vaulted frame 
 With lifted hands his praife proclaim. 
 And He, may He, whofe pow'r has made 
 The Earth, and Heav'n's wide arch difplay'd, ic 
 From facred Sion bid thee prove 
 The Bleffings of his boundlefs Love. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 295 ) 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. Hallelujah. 
 
 YE Servants of your God, his fame 
 In fongs of higheft praife proclaim : 
 Ye who, on his behefts intent, 
 The Courts of IfraeVs bord frequent, 
 And pleas'd within his hallow'd gate 5 
 
 In regular fucceffion wait : 
 Him praife, the everlafting King, 
 And Mercy's unexhaufted fpring : 
 Hafte, to his Name your voices rear; 
 What Name like his the heart can chear? 10 
 Whofe Love from out the numerous Birth, 
 That crowns the wide-extended earth, 
 Seleiis the Race of Ifaacs Sons, 
 And Jacob his pofTefHon owns. 
 Thy Greatnefs, Lord, my thoughts atteft, 1$ 
 With awful gratitude imprefs'd, 
 Nor know, among the Seats divine, 
 A Pow'r that fhall contend with Thine; 
 O Thou, whofe All-difpofing Sway 
 The Heav'ns, the Earth, and Seas obey; 20 
 
 Whofe Might through all extent extends, 
 Sinks through all depth, all height tranfcends, 
 From Earth's low margin to the fkies 
 Now bids the pregnant Vapours rife, 
 The Lightning's pallid fheet expands, 25 
 
 And glads with fliow'rs the furrow'd lands; 
 Now from thy Storehoufe, built on high, 
 Permits th' imprifon'd Winds to fly* 
 
 C c 3 And. 
 
296 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 And, guided by thy Will, to fweep 
 
 The furface of the foaming Deep. 30 
 
 By thy refiftlefs ftroke affail'd, 
 
 Her Eldeft-born proud Egypt wail'd : 
 
 Nor rag'd thy fword on Man alone 5 
 
 Her flocks, her herds, its fury own, 
 
 While Nature's varied pow'rs confpire, 35 
 
 At thy Decree, Almighty Sire, 
 
 With fcenes of dread to ftrike her eyes, 
 
 The haughty Tyrant to chaftife, 
 
 And Each who lent th' affifting hand 
 
 To execute his ftern command. 40 
 
 From Egypt's defolated fbore 
 
 Its courfe thy vengeance onward bore, 
 
 To diftant realms by Juftice led; 
 
 And mightieft Kings beneath it bled : 
 
 Their Monarch Hefbons Coafts deplor'd, 45: 
 
 And Bafan wept her Giant Lord, 
 
 While fell Deftrudtion ftalks around 
 
 Far as to Canaan's utmoft bound, 
 
 And vindicates her forfeit lands 
 
 To conquering IfraeVs chofen Bands. 50 
 
 Thy Name fhall ever live; thyPraife, 
 
 Immortal God, through longeft days 
 
 Extend: From Thee we wait our doom: 
 
 Thou, Lord, the balance wilt aflume, 
 
 And, prompt thy People's woes to heal, 55. 
 
 The fentence of thy wrath repeal. 
 
 Behold on each polluted fhore 
 
 The heathen uibes their Gods adore,. 
 
 Op 
 
PSALM CXXXV. 297 
 
 Of filver form'd, or fufile gold, 
 
 That late within the guiding mould 60 
 
 To fhapes prefcrib'd obedient ran, 
 
 The Creatures of thy Creature Man^ 
 
 Of fenfe-belying parts poflefs'd, 
 
 In ufelefs imag'ry exprefs'd, 
 
 Of Mouth, but not for fpeech defign'd, 65 
 
 Of Ears and Eyes, yet deaf and blind: 
 
 Whofe lips, by Nature's finger feal'd, 
 
 Ne'er knew the vital breath to yield ; 
 
 Unvifited by Wifdom's ray 
 
 Their breaft : Nor lefs infenfate They, 70 
 
 Who made their mimic forms, or, made, 
 
 With fruitlefs pray'r invoke their aid. 
 
 Jehovah's praife with grateful tongue 
 
 Proclaim, ye Tribes- from Ifrael fprung; 
 
 Him blefs, ye Sons of Aaron's race ; 75 
 
 Ye who your birth from Levi trace, 
 
 And All whofe heart his Laws delight, 
 
 In thanks to Him your fongs unite. 
 
 Let Sion with enraptur'd ear 
 
 His fame throughout her precincts hear, 80 
 
 Who 'midft her walls, eternal Gueft, 
 
 Has fix'd the Manfion of his reft. Hallelujah. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVI. 
 1. 
 
 LIFT your voice, and thankful fing 
 Praifes to your heav'nly King; 
 For his Bleflings far extend, 
 And his Mercy knows no end. 
 
*a8 PSALM CXXXVL 
 
 2. 
 Be the Lord ycur only theme, 
 Who of Gods is God fupreme; 
 For his Bleflings far extend, 
 And his Mercy knows no encL 
 
 3- 
 
 He to whom All Lords befide 
 Bow the knee, and vail their pride ^ 
 For his Bleflings &c. 
 
 4- 
 Who aflerts his juft Command 
 By the Wonders of his hand; 
 For his &c. 
 
 5- 
 He, whofe Wifdom, thron'd on high,. 
 Built the Manfions of the fky ; 
 For his &c. 
 
 6. 
 He, who bade the watry Deep 
 Under Earth's foundation ileep* 
 For his &c. 
 
 7- 
 And the Orbs that gild the pole 
 
 Through the boundkfs ./Ether roll ; 
 
 For his &c. 
 
 8. 
 Thee, O Sun, whofe pow'rful ray 
 Rules the Empire of the Day; 
 
 For his &c. 
 
 €). Yovjj 
 
PSALM CXXXVI. 299 
 
 9- 
 You, O Moon and Stars, whofe light 
 
 Breaks the horrors of the Night. 
 For his &c. 
 
 10. 
 When his vengeful wrath he fhed 5 
 Egypt mourn'd her Firftborn dead $ 
 For his &c. 
 
 ii. 
 Thence by Him from bondage freed 
 March'd all IfraeW chofen feed, 
 For his &c. 
 
 12. 
 While his mighty hand he rear'd, 
 And his outftretch'd arm appear'd. 
 For his &c. 
 
 13- 
 
 Aw'd by Him, from fide to fide 
 Lo, th* obedient Deeps divide \ 
 For his &c. 
 
 14. 
 
 At his word the billows flay, 
 Part, and give his People way; 
 For his &c. 
 
 At his word again they clofe 
 O'er the head of Jacob's foes. 
 For his &c. 
 
 Safe 
 
3ao PSALM CXXXVL 
 
 16. 
 
 Safe in his Almighty aid 
 Ifrael o'er the Defert ftray'd; 
 For his &c. 
 
 *7- 
 Kings, unable to withftand, 
 Felt the vengeance of his hand : 
 For his &c. 
 
 18. 
 Chiefs for hardieft deeds renowned 
 Proftrate fell, and bit the ground: 
 For his &c* 
 
 19, 
 Sihon fierce, who forth to fight 
 Led the harnefs'd Amorite 3 
 For his &c. 
 
 20. 
 Mightieft Og y beneath whofe fway 
 Bafans fertile region lay. 
 For his &c. 
 
 21. 
 Thefe he flew, and from their hands 
 Took the forfeit of their Lands; 
 For his &c. 
 
 22. 
 Lands, which erft by promife due, 
 Sons of Jacob, fell to You, 
 For his &c. 
 
 2j. 0a 
 
PSALM CXXXVI. sex 
 
 On our forrows from on high 
 He with pity caft an eye; 
 
 For his &c. 
 
 24. 
 In our battles o'er each head 
 He the fhield of fafety fpread„ 
 
 For his &c. 
 
 25. 
 He with food fuftains, O Earth, 
 All who claim from Thee their birth. 
 
 For his &c. 
 
 26. 
 Lift your voice, and thankful fing 
 Praife to Heav'n's eternal King ; 
 
 For his Bleffings far extend, 
 
 And his Mercy knows no end. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVII. 
 
 WHERE Babylon's proud water flows, 
 We fate and wept, while in us rofe 
 The dear remembrance of thy name, 
 O fair, O loft, Jerufalem! 
 
 Our filent harps the willows bore, 5 
 
 Whofe boughs along th' extended fhore 
 Their fhades outfpread : when thus the Foe 
 Infulting aggravates our woe: 
 * c Come, tune to mirth your fullen tongue; 
 " Rife, Hebrew Haves, and give the fong; 10 
 
 " Such 
 
302 PSALM CXXXVII. 
 
 <c Such ftrains as wont your fane to fill, 
 
 " On captive Sion's boafted Hill." 
 
 How fhall we yield to the demand ? 
 
 How, exiles in a heathen Land, 
 
 Prefume the Heav'n-taught fong to raife, jc 
 
 And defecrate the hallow'd lays? 
 
 If Sion from my breaft depart, 
 
 Forget my hand its tuneful art: 
 
 Fan: to my palate cleave my tongue, 
 
 If, when I form my fprightlieft fong, 20 
 
 Aught to my mirth fupply a theme, 
 
 But Thou, O lov'd Jerufalem. 
 
 Think, Lord, O think, when Sion lay 
 
 Abandon'd to the dreadful day, 
 
 How, as thy heavieft wrath fhe tried, 25 
 
 " Down, down, exulting Edam cried, 
 
 " Down let the hated City fall, 
 
 " And level to the duft her wall." 
 
 Daughter of Babylon^ that woe, 
 
 Deprefs'd, confum'd, thyfelf {halt know, 30 
 
 Which We, dire Murth'refs, found from Thee: 
 
 And Bleft, who fhall by God's Decree 
 
 Warn from thy fate each diftant Land 
 
 To dread the Juflice of his hand ; 
 
 Commiffion'd lead fhe flaughter on, 35 
 
 And dafli thine Infants on the flone. 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 3*3 ) 
 
 PSALM CXXXVIII. 
 
 THEE, Lord, my harp's avvaken'd firings 
 Shall praife, and to the ear of Kings, 
 Whofe pow'rs thy facred imprefs bear, 
 The ardor of my zeal declare. 
 In low proftration, tow'rd thy fhrine, 5 
 
 His knees thy Servant fhall incline, 
 And thankful teach the rapt'rous lay 
 Thy Faith and Mercy to difplay, 
 Whofe Sanctity all height tranfcends; 
 Whofe word eternal Truth attends; 10 
 
 Whofe Pow'r, while Thee my pray'r addrefs'd, 
 Has filPd with Heav'n-born ftrength my breaft. 
 Earth's Lords, by thy inftructions led, 
 
 With Ifrael's fons thy path {hall tread, 
 
 And, joyous, as they march along, 15 
 
 Thy Glory chaunt in grateful fong, 
 
 Thee Nature's only Lord atteft, 
 
 Of boundlefs excellence poflefs'd, 
 
 Inthron'd above the loftieft fky, 
 
 Yet wont the Humble to defcry, 20 
 
 And, from thy diftant feat, deride 
 
 The frantic boafts of human pride. 
 
 When hoftile troops excite my fear, 
 
 Thy quick'ning Grace my heart fhall chear, 
 
 Thy hand compofe their furious ftrife, 25 
 
 And refcue from the fword my life. 
 
 What blifs thy promife bids me (hare, 
 
 Hafte, Lord, to yield ; nor from thy care 
 
 Dd (O 
 
30 4 PSALM CXXXVilL 
 
 (O ever faithful, wife and good,) 
 
 The creature of thy hands exclude. qc 
 
 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 THOU, Lord, haft fearch'd me out ; thine 
 Mark when I fit, and when I rift; 
 By Thee my future thoughts are read ; 
 Thou round my path, and round my bed. 
 Attendeft vigilant; each word, ^ 
 
 E'er yet I fpeak, by Thee is heard. 
 Life's maze, before my view outfpread, 
 "Within thy prefence wrapt I tread, 
 And touch'd with confeious horror ftand 
 Beneath the fhadow of thy hand. jc 
 
 How deep thy Knowledge, Lord, how wicte ? 
 Long to the fruitlefs tafk applied, 
 That mighty Sea my thoughts explore, 
 Nor reach its depth, nor find its ftiore. 
 Where {hall I Ihun thy wakefuPeye, j c 
 
 Or whither from thy Spirit fly ? 
 Aloft to Heav'n my courfe I bear; 
 In vain; for Thou, my God, art there : 
 if prone to Hell my feet defcend, 
 Thou ftill my footfteps (halt attend: 2c 
 
 If now, on fwifteft wings upborne, 
 I feek the regions of the Morn, 
 Or hafte me to the weftern Steep, 
 Where Eve fits brooding o'er the Deep, 
 Thy hand the fugitive fhall flay, 25 
 
 And dictate to my fteps their way. 
 
 Perch ancfc 
 
PSALM CXXXIX. 305 
 
 Perchance within its thickeft veil 
 
 The Darknefs (hall my head conceal; 
 
 But, inftant, Thou haft chas'd away 
 
 The gloom, and round me pour'd the day. 30 
 
 Darknefs, great God, to Thee there's none; 
 
 Darknefs and Light to Thee are one; 
 
 Nor brighter fhines to Thee difplay'd 
 
 The Noon than Night's obfcureft (hade. 
 
 My reins, my fabrick's ev'ry part, 35 
 
 The wonders of thy plaftic art 
 
 Proclaim, and prompt my willing tongue 
 
 To meditate the grateful long : 
 
 With deepeft awe my Thought their frame 
 
 Surveys: — " I tremble that I am." 40 
 
 While yet a ftranger to the day 
 
 Within the burthen'd womb I lay, 
 
 My bones, familiar to thy view, 
 
 By juft degrees to firmnefs grew: 
 
 Day tofucceeding day confign'd 45 
 
 Th' unfinilh'd Birth; thy mighty Mind 
 
 Each limb, each nerve, e'er yet they were, 
 
 Contemplated diftinft and clear; 
 
 Thofe nerves thy curious finger fpun, 
 
 Thofe limbs it fafhion'd one by one; 50 
 
 And, as thy pen in fair defign 
 
 Trac'd on thy book each fhadowy line, 
 
 Thy Handmaid Nature read them there, 
 
 And made the growing work her care, 
 
 Conform'd it to th' unerring plan, 55 
 
 And gradual wrought me into Man* 
 
 D d 2 With 
 
306 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 With what delight, great God, I trace 
 The A&s of thy ftupendous Grace ! 
 To count them, were to count the fand 
 That lies upon the fea-beat ftrand. 60 
 
 When from my temples fleep retires, 
 To Thee my thankful heart afpires, 
 And with thy facred prefence bleft 
 Joys to receive the awful Gueft. 
 Shall impious Men thy will withftand, 65 
 
 Nor feel the vengeance of thy hand ? 
 Hence, Murth'rers, hence, nor near me flay; 
 Ye Sons of Violence, away. 
 When lawlefs Crouds with infult vain 
 Thy Works revile, thy Name profane, 70 
 
 Can I unmov'd thofe infults fee, 
 Nor hate the Wretch that hateth Thee ? 
 Indignant, in thy Caufe I join, 
 And all thy foes, my God, are mine. 
 Searcher ot hearts, my thoughts review ; 75 
 
 With kind feverity purfue 
 Through each difguife thy Servant's mind, 
 Nor leave one ftain of guilt behind. 
 Guide through th' eternal path my feet, 
 And bring me to thy blifsful Seat. 8$ 
 
 PSALM CXL. 
 
 MY impious foes, great God, repel! ; 
 Their rage by pow'r fuperior quell ; 
 Who toil, on fierce contention bent, 
 New arts of mifchicf to invent \ 
 
 Whet, 
 
PSALM CXL. 307 
 
 Whet, as the Afp, their tongues, and dip 5 
 
 In Death's worft gall their venom'd lip. 
 O fave me from the hand of Wrong, 
 And backward turn the frantic Throng, 
 That, pleas'd, in dire alliance meet, 
 And tempt to fatal lapfe my feet. 10 
 
 The murth'rous trap, th'intwining fnare, 
 The Sons of Violence prepare, 
 And guileful, onward as I tread, 
 Befide my path their net outfpread. 
 Thou art my God - y thine ear apply : 15 
 
 (Thus proftrate at thy throne I cry : ) 
 Strength of my health, indulgent Lord, 
 Thy Arm unfeen each adverfe fword, 
 As o'er the field the battle burn'd, 
 Preventive from my head has turn'd- 20 
 
 O let not the remorfelefs Band 
 (Each counfel by thy profp'ring hand 
 Accomplifh'd, and each wifli fupplied,) 
 Their conquefts, with augmented pride, 
 Exulting boafti but on their heads 25 
 
 (While round the hoftile circle fpreads, 
 Intent my guiltlefs Soul to flay,) 
 The mifchief of their" lips repay. 
 Let rufning flames their fin chaftife; 
 Prone tow'rd the pit (no more to rife,) 30 
 
 Let each with fault'ringfootfteps bend, 
 And headlong to its depths defcend. 
 The tongue to Wifdom unfubdu'd 
 From blifi its Owner Ihall exclude: 
 Dd 3 
 
3c8 PSALM CXL. 
 
 The feet to violence inclin'd jj< 
 
 Deftru&ion, following faft behind, 
 
 Shall hunt, and with unwearied pace 
 
 Through fin's dark maze their path fhall trace. 
 
 My heart has known thee, Lord, prepar'd 
 
 The helplefs and the poor to guard, 40 
 
 To fave them from Oppreffion's jaws, 
 
 And vindicate their rnjur'd caufe. 
 
 The Souls fubje£ted to thy fear 
 
 To Thee the thankful voice fhall rear, 
 
 And, ftudious of thy juft Command, 43 
 
 Within thy fight accepted ftand„ 
 
 PSALM CXLL 
 
 TO Thee I call 5 O hafte thee near; 
 My voice, great God, indulgent her.r; 
 With grateful odour to the fides 
 As incenfe let my pray'r arife, 
 And let my hands, uplifted high, 5 
 
 With full acceptance meet thine eye, 
 As Viclims on thy altar laid, 
 When eve extends its deepening fhade. 
 O let my mouth to guilt be barr'd, 
 And o r er its portal plant a guard. ro 
 
 Turn, turn from fin's purfuit my will, 
 Nor let th' artificers of ill 
 In Me the wi(h'd aflbciate greet, 
 Or fee me to their path my feet 
 Incline, and, caught in Error's fhare, i$ 
 
 Their feaftjw board luxurious (hare; 
 
 Let 
 
3°9 
 
 PSALM CXLI. 
 
 Let Virtue's Friends, feverely kind, 
 
 With welcome chaftifement my mind 
 
 Correct ; but give not Thefe to fried 
 
 The balm of flatt'ry o'er my head, 20 
 
 Left fudden from thy wrath I feel 
 
 The ftroke, that none (hall know to heal. 
 
 The pray'r, that from my lips proceeds, 
 
 My juft abhorrence of their deeds 
 
 Shall fpeak; nor Thou that pray'r defpife, 25 
 
 But, while before their ftartled eyes 
 
 From rocky heights their Chiefs are thrown, 
 
 Incline their ftubborn hearts to own 
 
 How fweet my words, and, taught thy fear, 
 
 The leflbns of thy truth to hear. 30 
 
 Behold the grave's wide mouth difplay'd, 
 
 Our bones in heaps before it laid, 
 
 As when beneath the Woodman's ftroke 
 
 From the tall Afli or fpreading Oak 
 
 The branches fall, and fcatter'd round 35 
 
 In wild diforder ftrew the ground. 
 
 Father of All ! to Thee min? eyes 
 
 I lift : on Thee my hope relies : 
 
 Do Thou, as 'mid the toils I tread 
 
 By Men of impious heart outfpread, 40 
 
 My danger (nor regardlefs,) fee, 
 
 And let me, while by thy decree 
 
 Wrapt in the fnare themfelves I view, 
 
 With ftep fecure my path purfue. 
 
 PSALM 
 
f 3*0 ) 
 
 PSALM CXLIL 
 
 np O God I cry ; to Him my pray'r 
 
 * Addrefs ; to Him my heart its care 
 Shall pour, and to his ear difclofc 
 In fad recital all its woes. 
 
 Thine eyes, great God, with fteady view 5 
 
 Through forrow's gloom my fteps purfue,. 
 And fee my foes athwart my way 
 The cover d fnare infiduous lay. 
 I turn'd me, anxious, on the right, 
 I turn'd, and round me caft my fight io 
 
 With fruitlefs fearch : no friend was ni°-h v 
 Th' expe&ed fuccour to fupply, 
 With lenient tongue my griefs to chear, 
 Or pitying drop the focial tear. 
 Forlorn of help, Thee, mightieft Lord, 15 
 
 My Soul with humble truft implor'd : 
 In Thee, All-bounteous God, P cried, 
 In Thee alone my hopes refide ; 
 While life along my veins fhall ftream, 
 Its portion Thee and blifs fupreme 20 
 
 My heart (hall own : O gracious hear, 
 While worn with griefs my voice I rear, 
 And let my foe's fuperior might 
 Thy pity to my aid excite. 
 
 Do Thou my prifon doors unbar ; 2*5 
 
 So (hall my tongue thy Love declare 
 In hymns of praife, ;yrme ; joy'd in Me 
 Th' event of pious Hope to fee* 
 
PSALM CXLII. 31 i 
 
 The Souls that own thy juft Command 
 
 With thankful wonder round me ftand. 30 
 
 PSALM CXLIII. 
 
 THINE ear, my God, propitious lend 5 
 O ever juft and true, extend 
 Thy pity, while to Thee I pray, 
 Nor fcrutinize with ftricT: furvey 
 Thy fervant's A£fo ; for who, O who, 5 
 
 Shall pure of guilt approach thy view r 
 Thou feeft the Foe with furious ftrife 
 My foul purfue ; to earth my life 
 He treads, and in the horrid gloom, 
 (As thofe who 'mid the filent tomb XO 
 
 Through ages fleep,) from human eye 
 Secluded far, has bid me lie. 
 I feel my vital ftrength depart, 
 And wild amazement fills my heart. 
 But, backward borne to periods paft, 15 
 
 Thy Mercies, Lord, my thoughts have trac'd j 
 And in my breaft recorded ftand 
 
 The wonders of thy mighty hand. 
 
 Aloft my fuppliant palms I fpread ; 
 
 Nor more the glebe, its moifture fled, 20 
 
 Longs the defcending fhow'r to fee, 
 
 Than thirds my wearied foul for Thee. 
 
 O hafte to hear me, hafte to fave ; 
 
 Nor let me (left the yawning grave 
 
 Enwrap me in its dreary reign,) 25 
 
 Thy chearing presence feek in vain. 
 
 O 
 
3 i2 PSALM CXLIIL 
 
 O let the hour that wakes the day 
 
 Thy Mercy to my ear convey. 
 
 While (for on Thee my hope depends ;) 
 
 In fervent thought my mind afcends, 3c* 
 
 Expectant, tovv'rd thy heav'nly Seat, 
 
 Train to the paths of Truth my feet. 
 
 To Thee, my refuge, Lord, I fly ; 
 
 Do Thou the deaths that wait me nigh 
 
 Repell. My will to thine (for Thou, 35 
 
 Thou, art my God ;) corrective bow, 
 
 And give me, by thy Spirit led, 
 
 Aufpicious Guide, the Land to tread 
 
 Where Righteoufnefs has fix'd her Throne; 
 
 Thy Mercy, long to Ifrael known, 4Q 
 
 True to thy Name, to M'e impart* 
 
 And quicken with thy grace my heart. 
 
 O let thy Juftice interpofe, 
 
 My forrows to relieve, my foes 
 
 To crulh, and from their rage remove 45 
 
 A Soul devoted to thy Love. 
 
 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 BLE ST be the Lord my ftrength, whofe aids, 
 When lawlefs force my peace invades, 
 My fingers for their talk prepare, 
 And difcipline my hands to War : 
 My hope, my (hield, my ftrongeft tow'r, 5 
 
 The Friend that in the dang'rous hour 
 My life protects, my truft fuftains, 
 Gives to my fteady grafp the reins 
 
 Of 
 
PSALM CXLIV. 313 
 
 Of Pow'r, and bids each hoftile Land 
 
 Subjected own my jufl: command. 10 
 
 Lord, what is Man, that in thy care 
 
 His humble lot mould find a (hare ? 
 
 Or what the Son of Man, that Thou 
 
 Thus to his wants thine ear fhouldft bow ? 
 
 (Himfelf, when in the balance weigh'd, 15 
 
 A Nothing, and his Life a made.) 
 
 Defcend, from Heav'n's vaft height defcend : 
 
 Its wide-fpread arch beneath thee bend : 
 
 Touch the proud hills, eternal Sire ; 
 
 And fee them quick in fmoke afpire ! 20 
 
 Let fierceft lightnings through the air 
 
 Now rufhino; now reverting tear 
 
 Thy ftubborn foes ; and, edg'd with flame, 
 
 Swift at their heads thy arrows aim. 
 
 Stretch to my aid thine arm, and fave 25 
 
 My life from the devouring wave : 
 
 Back let the vengeful foe retire, 
 
 Whofe lips, whofe hands, in fraud confpire. 
 
 So fhall my finger's artful ftroke 
 
 The harp and tenftring'd lute provoke 30 
 
 New drains t' attempt, and with my tongue 
 
 In fweet divifion form the fong. 
 
 Guardian of Kings ! whofe fav'ring might 
 
 Thy David through the thickeft fight 
 
 With watchful care vouchfaPd to guide, 35 
 
 And turn'd each threading fword afide, 
 
 Back let the vengeful foe retire, 
 
 Whole lips, whofe hands, in fraud confpire. 
 
 So, 
 
3 i4 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 So, nurs'd beneath indulgent fkies, 
 
 Our Sons with full increafe fhall rife, 40 
 
 Like youngling plants in order rang'd, 
 
 Of healthful ftem, and leaf unchang'd, 
 
 Our Daughters as the column fair, 
 
 That, fafhion'd by the ArtifVs care, 
 
 Claims in the regal Dome a place, 45 
 
 The polifh'd angle's nobleft grace. 
 
 While the rich harveiVs gather'd ftore 
 
 Loads with its heap th' extended floor, 
 
 Our Oxen ftrong for toil behold ! 
 
 The teeming Mothers of the fold 50 
 
 See, fcatter'd o'er the rural fcene, 
 
 Their thoufands and their myriads yean. 
 
 No more our Streets the cries of fear 
 
 Or fhouts of violence fhall hear : 
 
 Thou, Lord, the tumults (halt afluage 55 
 
 Of hoftile force, and civil rage. 
 
 O happy We, while thus our Race 
 
 The fignals of thy Love fhall grace ! 
 
 O bleft the People, that in Thee 
 
 Their God and faithful Guardian fee ! 60 
 
 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 THEE will I blefs, my God and King, 
 Nor ceafe thy wondrous Acts to fing. 
 From earlieft morn to lateft eve 
 Thy praifes on my tongue fhall live ; 
 To Thee my harp fhall wake each firing, 5 
 
 Nor ceafe thy wondrous Ads to fing. 
 
PSALM CXLV. 315 
 
 Great is our God : In vain our praife 
 His Excellence in equal lays 
 Would celebrate; in vain the Mind 
 Its height, its depth, effays to find. 10 
 
 Age to fucceeding age thy Might 
 Shall fpeak, thy Works, bleft Lord, recite. 
 My tongue thy glory (hall proclaim, 
 The faithful witnefs of thy fame, 
 Bid Contemplation's inmoft thought 15 
 
 Survey the wonders thou haft wrought, 
 And with afienting myriads join 
 To blefs the Majefty divine. 
 Thy dreaded Pow'r (hall each rehearfe, 
 Thy Greatnefs (hall my thankful verfe £c> 
 
 Infpire, thy Righteoufnefs and Love 
 Our hearts inflame, our fongs improve. 
 Thee good and kind (hall Mortals own, 
 To anger flow, to pity prone. 
 Thy Mercies on the fons of Earth, 25 
 
 On All whom Thou haft call'd to birth, 
 Far as Creation's bounds extend, 
 Thy Mercies, heav'nly Lord, defcend. 
 One chorus of perpetual praife 
 To Thee thy various works fhall raife, 30 
 
 Thy Saints to Thee in hymns impart 
 The tranfports of a grateful heart, 
 The fplendors of thy Kingdom tell, 
 Delighted on thy Wonders dwell, 
 And bid the World's wide realms admire 35 
 
 The glories of th' Almighty Sire, 
 
 E e Whofe 
 
316 P S A L M CXLV. 
 
 Whofe Throne fhall Nature's wreck furvive, 
 
 Whofe Pow'r through endlefs Ages Jive* 
 
 His Promife Truth eternal guides, 
 
 And Mercy o'er his Ad prefides. 40 
 
 The feet whole fteps to lapfe incline 
 
 With faithful care the Arm divine 
 
 Shall prop ; the Spirit bow'd with woe 
 
 His All-fupporting aid fhall know. 
 
 From Thee, great God, while ev'ry eye 45 
 
 Expectant waits the wifh'd fupply, 
 
 Their bread proportion'd to the day 
 
 Thy op'ning hands to each convey. 
 
 Thy Ways eternal Juftice guides, 
 
 And Mercy o'er thine A£t prefides : 50 
 
 Who afk thine aid with heart fincere, 
 
 Thee ever gracious, ever near, 
 
 Shall own ; their pray'r, in each diftrefs, 
 
 To Thee thy Servants, Lord, addrefs, 
 
 And find thee (verging on the grave,) 55 
 
 Nor flow to hear, nor weak to fave. 
 
 Ye Souls among his Saints inroll'd, 
 In God your fure defence behold, 
 While fierce Deftru&ion at his word 
 Shall bathe in impious blood its fword. 60 
 
 Long as I breathe, my grateful tongue 
 To Him (hall meditate the fong ; 
 From Man's whole Race his hallow'd Name 
 Shall thanks and endlefs honour claim, 
 
 PSALM 
 
( 3*7 ) 
 
 PSALM CXLVI. Hallelujah. 
 
 PRAISE, praife thy God, my Soul; his Name 
 To Life's laft date my thanks (hall claim, 
 And, long as I exift, my lyre 
 Shall wake to fing th* eternal Sire. 
 O feek not, with prefumption vain, 5 
 
 Your hope on Princes to fuftain, 
 Nor truft, when thieat'ning ills invade, 
 The ftrengthlefs prop of human aid. 
 His breath refign'd, on earth's low bed 
 Behold the Mortal reft his head 3 10 
 
 Nor farther fhall his thoughts extend, 
 But with him to the grave defcend. 
 Bleft, who their help in Thee alone, 
 The God to Jacob's Offspring known, 
 Have found, and to the hand divine 15 
 
 In each diftrefs their care refign: 
 That hand, that form'd the Heav'ns and Earth, 
 And call'd the watry Deep to birth, 
 With All that in the ample round 
 Of Nature's utmoft Reign is found. 20 
 
 'Tis God's, whofe Truth, through ages paft 
 Confirm'd, fhall time's extent outlaft, 
 'Tis His, the injur'd caufe to right, 
 And crufh the arm of lawlefs Might; 
 With bread the hungry to fuftain, 25 
 
 And loofe the wretched Captive's chain, 
 The blind reftore, the weak uprear, 
 And to the fouls that own his fear 
 
 Ee 2 His 
 
318 PSALM CXLVL 
 
 His Mercies, each revolving day, 
 
 In endlefs feries to difplay : 3© 
 
 Through diftant regions doom'd to roam, 
 
 In Him the ftranger finds a home ; 
 
 *Tis His, the Orphan's breaft to chear, 
 
 And wipe the heart-fwoln Widow's tear. 
 
 From His Decrees who dare to ftray, 35 
 
 Shall reap the error of their way- 
 
 O Siorij in thy God confide, 
 
 And know how fix'd his Reign, how wide: 
 
 O'er fubjeft Worlds his juft Command 
 
 To endlefs age confirmed ihallftand. Hallelujah. 4.0 
 
 PSALM CXLVII. 
 
 OBlefs Jehovah: Sweet the joy, 
 When talks like thefe the voice employ; 
 To Him our bigheft thanks belong, 
 And Praife fits comely on our tongue, 
 5 Tis He, who builds fair Sa/em's walls, 5 
 
 And Ify-aeVs exil'd fons recalls 5 
 Yields to the contrite heart relief, 
 And binds its wounds, and fooths its grief $ 
 Afiigns the ftarry flock their names, 
 (As, fcatter'd wide, their vivid flames 10 
 
 Adorn the bright ethereal plain,) 
 And numbers with his eye their train. 
 Great is our God : beyond all bound 
 His Pow'r, beyond all fearch is found 
 His Knowledge; in his Arm the Meek 15 
 
 With fure fuccefs their Aid fhall leek;- 
 
 That 
 
PSALM CXLVII. 319 
 
 That Arm, whofe unrcfifted ftroke 
 
 On Each who dares his Wrath provoke 
 
 With fwift defcent its aim fhall guide, 
 
 And level to the duft their pride. 20 
 
 Let ev'ry tongue, let ev'ry chord, 
 
 Exalt the name of Jacob's Lord, 
 
 Whofe hand with clouds the Heav'n obfcures ; 
 
 On Earth the genial moifture pours ; 
 
 Bids the green herb its mantle fpread, 25 
 
 Luxuriant, o'er the Mountain's head : 
 
 With lib'ral care th' unconfcious Beaft 
 
 Suftains, and ftills the Raven's neft, 
 
 When urg'd by want her clam'rous Brood 
 
 Requeft from Him their wonted food. 30 
 
 If o'er the field the battle bleed, 
 Regardlefs of the ftrengthful Steed, 
 Regardlefs of the Chiefs, whofe feet 
 Unmov'd the fhock of legions meet, 
 On You, in whom his Fear refides, or 
 
 On You, whofe heart in Him confides, 
 His Grace its fignals fhall beftow, 
 His Arm with conqueft bind your brow, 
 
 O Svlyma, his lov'd Abode, 
 Him praife, unceafing ! Blefs thy God, 4c 
 
 O Sion 9 who thy gates has barr'd ; 
 Whofe various gifts thy Sons have fliar'd; 
 Who crowns with peace thy happy plain ; 
 Calls from thy glebe the pureft grain; 
 Whofe Word, from heav'n in fwift career 45 
 Convey'd, fuggefts to Nature's ear 
 
 £ e 3 The 
 
320 PSALM CXLVIL 
 
 The Laws that regulate her frame, 
 
 And gives her ev'ry act its aim. 
 
 Flak'd by his Art, the woolly fnow 
 
 Falls Client on the ground below ; 50 
 
 By Him the froft, as afhes hoar, 
 
 Lies fprinkled earth's wide furface o'er: 
 
 In harden'd fragments through the air, 
 
 While Man its rigours fhuns to bear, 
 
 His hail defcends * in icy chains 55 
 
 His hand the gliding ftream detains, 
 
 Till, at his word, th' inftru&ed wind 
 
 With friendly breath the wave unbind, 
 
 And bid it, onward borne, again 
 
 With liquid lapfe its courfe maintain. .6.0 
 
 Such is the God, and fuch his Might, 
 Whofe Precepts IfraeVs Love invite,. 
 And to his Tribes in full difplay 
 His Life-dire£iing truths convey* 
 What Realm, through earth's extended Coafts, 65 
 His Care, like thine, O Judah^ boafls, 
 Or, taught, as Thou, his fear to own, 
 The dictates of his Will has known? 
 O come, your thankful voices join, 
 And blefs the Majefty divine, 70 
 
 PSALM CXLVIII. Hallelujah, 
 
 YE Bleft Inhabitants of Heav'n, 
 To God be all your praifes giv'n.; 
 O praife him from the realms that lie 
 Above the reach of mortal eye. 
 
 Him 
 
PSALM CXLVIII. 321 
 
 Him praife, ye Angels of his Train, 5 
 
 Him All whom Heav'n's vaft Hofts contain; 
 
 Praife Him, Thou Sun, that round the pole 
 
 With reftlefs courfe art feen to roll, 
 
 And Thou, O Moon, whofe fharpen'd horns 
 
 A luftre not their own adorns; 10 
 
 Praife Him, ye Stars : His praife repeat, 
 
 Thou Heav'n of Heav'ns, his awful Seat, 
 
 And You, ye Floods, that, heap'd on high, 
 
 Prefs with your weight th' extended (ky. 
 
 Let Thefe to God their voices rear, 15 
 
 Who bade them be; and ftrait they were: 
 
 Who bids them ftand; and ftand they fhall; 
 
 Nor aught the Mandate fhall recall, 
 
 That, fix'd by his Almighty Mind, 
 
 To endlefs age their date aflign'd. 20 
 
 Nor let the Heav'n his praife confine; 
 O All of Earth the chorus join : 
 Ye Whales, ye Deeps, in praife confpire, 
 Snow, Vapour, Hail, and bick'ring Fire, 
 And ev'ry Wind, and ev'ry Storm, 25 
 
 That duteous his behefts perform; 
 Ye lefler Hills, ye Mountains high, 
 Ye Trees, whofe fruits Man's food fupply, 
 Ye Cedars, whofe expanded Shade 
 Nor Storms nor Ages teach to fade, 3.0 
 
 Ye Beafts, that range th' uncultur'd foil, 
 Or patient lend to Man your toil : 
 Praife Him, each Bird that wings the air, 
 Each Reptile, nurtur'd by his care; 
 
 Ye 
 
322 PSALM CXLVIIL 
 
 Ye Kings and Nations of the Earth ; 35 
 
 O praife him All of princely birth, 
 And Ye, whofe Doom, as Juftice guides, 
 The long-contefted caufe decides. 
 Ye Youthful Bands and Virgin Choir, 
 Each lifping Babe, and hoary Sire, 40 
 
 Wake to his Name your grateful fongs; 
 To Him alone all Praife belongs ; 
 His glory Earth's wide bounds o'erflovvs, 
 Nor higheft Heav'n its limit knows. 
 Ye Tribes, exalted by his Arm, 45 
 
 You, chief, the heav'nly Theme {hall warm, 
 Bleft Sons of IfraeVs hallow'd Land, 
 Who neighb'ring to his prefence ftand. 
 O come, your thankful voices raife, 
 And confecrate to Him your praife. 50 
 
 PSALM CXLIX. Hallelujah. 
 
 SING to our God the new-form'd lay; 
 Ye Souls who his commands obey, 
 Aflfembling join your thankful tongues, 
 And hallow with his praife your Songs. 
 O Ifraely let thy Maker's Name 5 
 
 With joyous zeal thy breaft inflame, 
 And Sions fons exulting fing 
 The Mercies of their heav'nly King. 
 Range in the dance the facred Band, 
 And urge the MinftrePs well-taught hand 10 
 (Its touch with varying force applied,) 
 The reins of harmony to guide > 
 
 While 
 
PSALM CXLIX. 323 
 
 While with the loud-refounding lyre 
 
 The timbrels in his praife confpire. 
 
 With what delight, great God, behold 15 
 
 Thine eyes the People of thy fold ! 
 
 Thy Strength the Souls of humble frame 
 
 Their ever prefent Aid proclaim. 
 
 With conqueft crown'd, and rapt in joy, 
 
 Let All whom thy Decrees employ 20 
 
 Thy Name exalt with thankful mind, 
 
 Nor ceafe, when on their beds reclin'd, 
 
 The filent midnight's lift'ning ear 
 
 With fongs of loudeft mirth to chear. 
 
 Thy Mercy let their lips record; 25 
 
 Give to their grafp the two-edg'd fword ; 
 
 And let them, guided by thy hand, 
 
 Thy vengeance through each Heathen Land 
 
 Difli ibute, and the Tribes chaftife 
 
 Whofe impious Arm thy pow'r defies, 30 
 
 Triumphant in the iron chain 
 
 Their Nobles and their Kings detain, 
 
 And while, infpir'd with a£Hve zeal, 
 
 Thy prefcript thus their hands fulfill, 
 
 The glories wear for All prepar'd, 35 
 
 Whofe hearts thy juft beheits regard. Hallelujahs 
 
 PSALM CL. Hallelujah. 
 
 PRAISE, O praife, the Name divine; 
 Praife it at the hallow'd Shrine; 
 Let th^ Firmament on high 
 To its Maker's praife reply; 
 
 Let 
 
324 PSALM CL. 
 
 Let his A&s, and Pow'r fupreme > $ 
 
 To your Songs fuggeft a theme: 
 
 Be the harp no longer mute; 
 
 Sound the trumpet, touch the lute; 
 
 Wake to life each tuneful firing 3 
 
 Bring the pipe, the timbrel bring; 10 
 
 Let the organ in his praife 
 
 Learn its loudeft note to raife, 
 
 And the cymbal's varying found 
 
 From the vaulted roof rebound. 
 
 All who vital breath enjoy, 1 5 
 
 In his praife that breath employ, 
 
 And in one great Chorus join ; 
 
 Praife, O praife, the Name divine. 
 
 GLORIA P A r R I. 
 
 I. TN Thee, O Heav'n, O Earth, in Thee 
 -*- Be Glory to th' Eternal Three ; 
 That Glory, which through ages paft 
 Was; is; and fhall for ever laft. 
 OR THIS. 
 2» To Father, Son, and Spirit bleft, 
 
 Be praife in Heav'n and Earth addrefs , d > 
 As was, and is, and yet {hall be, 
 When Time its lateft hour fhall fee. 
 OR THIS. 
 3. To Father, Son, and Spirit bleft, 
 Be praife in loudeft notes addrefs'd, 
 
 Such 
 
GLORIA PATRL 3*5 
 
 Such as the Stars of Morning fang, 
 When Earth was on its balance hung, 
 Such praife as from th' Angelic Choirs, 
 And Saints whom zeal like theirs infpires, 
 In Heav'n above and Earth below 
 Still flows, and fhall for ever flow. 
 ANOTHER. 
 
 4. All Glory to th' Eternal Three; 
 Thee, Father; Thee, O Son; and Thee, 
 
 The Spirit ever bleft: 
 That Glory, which through ages paft 
 Unchang'd has flood, and yet fhall laft, 
 
 When Time has funk to reft. 
 ANOTHER. 
 
 5. All Glory to th' Eternal Three, 
 
 As was, e'er Time began to roll, 
 As is, nor yet fhall ceafe to be, 
 
 When Time has reach'd its deftin'd goaL 
 ANOTHER. 
 
 6. Be Glory to th' Eternal Three 
 
 Afcrib'd, and higheft Praife, 
 As was, and is, and ftill fhall be 
 Beyond the end of days. 
 
 ANOTHER. 
 
 7. To th' Eternal Three be giv'n 
 Praife on Earth, and Praife in Heav'n; 
 Such as was through ages paft, 
 
 Is, and fhall for ever laft. 
 
 $5* Vk* Tranjlations of the Gloria Patri, here given, ex- 
 hibit a Specimen of five different Sorts of Metre xfed in ths 
 Verfion or Paraphrafe of the Pfalmu 
 

 TABLE of REFERENCES 
 
 T O T H E 
 
 Englijh Bible Tranflation of the Psalms -, 
 
 SHEWING 
 
 To what Parts of the above Version or Paraphrase 
 the feveral Verfes of each Psalm correfpond. 
 
 Bible Tranjl. Parapbraf*. 
 
 PSALM t 
 
 Verfe i, 2. 
 v. 3. - 
 v. 4. - 
 v. 5, 6. 
 
 Line 1 — to. 
 
 - - II — 22. 
 
 - - 23 — 26. 
 
 - - 27—34. 
 
 Pf. II. 
 
 V. I, 2, 3. - - - 
 
 v. 4, 5- - - - 
 
 v. 6. - - - - 
 
 v. 7. - - - - 
 
 v. 8. - - - - 
 
 v. 9. - - - • 
 
 V. 10, II, 12. 
 
 Pf. III. 
 
 V. I, 2. 
 
 v. 3, 4. 
 v. 5> 6 - 
 v. 7* 
 v.8. 
 
 1—8. 
 
 9 — 12. 
 
 13 — 16. 
 
 17 — 22. 
 23 — 26. 
 27 — 32. 
 33—44- 
 
 1—6. 
 
 7 — 12. 
 
 13 — 18. 
 
 19 — 24. 
 
 25 — 28. 
 
 Bible Tranjl. Parapbr. 
 
 Pf. IV. 
 v. 1. - - - Line 1 — 6. 
 
 v. 2. 
 v. 3. 
 v. 4, $• 
 v. 6. 
 v. 7. 
 
 Pf. V. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - 
 v. 4, 5, 6. - 
 v. 7. - - 
 v. 8, 9. - 
 v. 10, 11, 12. 
 
 Pf. VI. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4- 
 v. 5. - - 
 v. 6, 7. 
 v. 8, 9, 10. 
 
 7— 10. 
 11 — 14. 
 
 I5 2*. 
 
 23 — 28. 
 29—34- 
 35-3^ 
 
 1 — 8. 
 
 9 — 16. 
 17 — 20. 
 21 — 30. 
 31 — 44. 
 
 1 — 10. 
 11 — 14. 
 15 — 26. 
 
 27—32. 
 Pf. VII. 
 
A TABLE of REFERENCES. 
 
 Bible TranJI. 
 
 Pf. VIT. 
 
 V. I, 2. - - - 
 
 v. 3> 4, 5- - - - 
 
 v. 6, 7, 8, 9. - - 
 
 V. IC, II. - - - 
 V. 12, 13. - - " 
 
 v. 14., 15, 16. - - 
 
 v. 174 - - - - 
 
 Pf. VIII. 
 v. 1. - - - - 
 
 V. 2. - - - - 
 
 v. 3, 4. - - - 
 v. h 6, 7, 8, 9. - 
 
 Pf. IX. 
 
 V. I; ft. - - - 
 
 v. 3, 4. - - - 
 
 v. 5, 6. - - - 
 
 v. 7,8. - - - 
 
 v. 9, 10. - - - 
 
 v. 11, 12. - - - 
 
 v. 13, 14. - - - 
 
 •• *5i 16,17, iS. - 
 
 V. 19, 20. - - - 
 
 Pf. X. 
 v. 1,2, 3. - - - 
 v. 4, 5. . - - 
 
 v. 6. -.-. 
 
 v. 7, 8, 9, 10. - - 
 v. 11. - - - - 
 
 V. 12, 13. - - - 
 
 v. 14. - - - - 
 
 *■ 15 
 
 v. 16, 17, 18. - - 
 Pf. XI. 
 
 V. I, 2. - - % 
 
 *• fa 4> 5. - - - 
 
 v. 6, 7. - - - 
 
 Pf. XII. 
 
 v. 1, 2. - - - 
 v. 3; 4. . . . 
 
 v - 5 
 
 v. 6 
 
 v. 7, 8. - • - 
 
 Parafhr. i Bible TranJI. 
 
 Paraphri 
 
 1 — 8. 
 
 9—18. 
 19 — 32. 
 33-38. 
 39-44- 
 45 — 52. 
 53 — 5$. 
 
 1 — 4. 
 5 — 10. 
 
 Pf. XIII. 
 
 1,2. 
 
 3,4- 
 5,6. 
 
 9 — 18. 
 19 — 26. 
 
 Pf. XIV. 
 
 23 — 38. 
 
 15- 
 
 25- 
 3 1 " 
 39" 
 47" 
 55" 
 69. 
 
 13- 
 21- 
 *7- 
 47- 
 $*• 
 57" 
 65- 
 69. 
 
 J- 
 
 7" 
 
 15* 
 
 21- 
 
 25- 
 
 -7- 
 
 -14. 
 
 -24. 
 
 -30. 
 
 -38. 
 
 - 4 6. 
 
 -54- 
 -68. 
 
 -76. 
 
 -12. 
 
 -20. 
 .26. 
 .46. 
 -50. 
 -56. 
 -64. 
 -68. 
 -80. 
 
 -a. 
 
 -20. 
 -30. 
 
 -6. 
 
 -14. 
 
 -20. 
 
 -24; 
 
 -30, 
 
 v. r. - - 
 v. 2, 3. - 
 v. 4> 5, 6 « - 
 
 1 — 8. 
 
 9— -18. 
 19—30. 
 31—^0. 
 
 Pf. XV. 
 
 v. 1, 2. 
 
 v. 3. - 
 v. 4, 5. 
 
 9—14. 
 15 — 28. 
 
 Pf. XVI. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1 — 12. 
 
 v. 4. - - - - 13 — 18. 
 
 v. 5, 6. - - - 19 — 24. 
 
 v. 7, 8. - - - 25—32. 
 
 v. 9, 10, 11. - - 33—48. 
 
 Pf. XVII. 
 
 v. 1, 2. - - - 1 — 6. 
 
 v - 3, 4, 5» - - 7—16. 
 
 v 6, 7. - - - 17 — 24. 
 
 v. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 25 — 36. 
 
 v. 13, 14. - - 37 — 44. 
 
 v. 15. - - - 45 — 50. 
 
 Pf. XVIII. 
 I, 2, 3. - - 1- 
 
 4> 5, 6. - - 11- 
 
 7, 8. - - - 21- 
 
 9, 10. - - - 29- 
 
 11,12,13,14, 15. 37- 
 
 , 16,17,18, 19,20. 57- 
 
 ,21,22,23,24. 75- 
 
 ,25,26. - - 85- 
 
 . 27, 28, 29. - 91- 
 
 34>35» 36. f J ° 5 
 
 • 37, 3 8 , 39.40- 131- 
 
 .41,42. - - 143- 
 
 .43,44,4^. - I5 1 " 
 
 •46. 47,4 8 ,49« * 6 i- 
 
 .5c. - - - 171- 
 
 Ff Pf. 
 
 - 10. 
 
 ■20. 
 -28. 
 
 -j* 
 
 -56. 
 -74- 
 -84. 
 -90. 
 -104. 
 
 -130. 
 
 -142. 
 -150. 
 - 160. 
 - 170. 
 -176, 
 XJX, 
 
A TABLE of RE 
 Mi 
 
 'thle TranJJ. 
 
 Pf. XIX, 
 
 , I, 2, 3. - - 
 
 . 4, 5, 6. - - 
 
 .>,■*• - - - 
 
 , 9, 10, 11. 
 
 Pf. XX. 
 
 ■ », 2, 3» 
 • 4, 5> & 
 
 ■ 7. 8, 9. 
 
 Vataphr. 
 
 1 — 10. 
 
 11 — 24. 
 25-3.8. 
 39 — 52. 
 53 — 62. 
 63 — 70. 
 
 1 — 12. 
 
 13 — 21. 
 25 — 36. 
 
 pn xxi. 
 
 r, 2, 3. - - 
 
 4> 5> 6 > 7> 8 - - 
 9,10. 11, 12, 13. 
 
 Pf. XXII, 
 
 i 1, a, 3. - - 
 
 • 4? 5> 6 > 7.> s » 
 , 9, 10, ii 3 12,13. 
 
 , 14, 15. - - 
 16, 17, iS. - 
 
 , IQ, 20, 21", 
 
 22,23,24. .- 
 . 25, 26. 
 ' *?> **• 
 
 ' 2 9> 3°.> 3 1 
 
 1 — 12. 
 
 13 ' — -22. 
 23—4O. 
 
 I — 12. 
 
 13 — 26. 
 
 27 — 42. 
 
 43-* 52. 
 
 - 53 — 66. 
 67 — 76. 
 
 - 77 — 9°- 
 91 — 102. 
 
 - 103 — 108. 
 
 - 109 — 122. 
 
 Pf. XXHL 
 
 .1,2,3,4. - 1 — 20. 
 , c, 6. - - - 21 — 30. 
 
 Pf. XXIV. 
 1,2. - - - 1 — 8. 
 
 ■ 3. 4, 5; 6 * - 9 — 22. 
 
 ,7,8,9,10. - 23 — 38. 
 
 Pf. XXV. 
 
 . 1, 2, 3. - - 1 — 10. 
 
 . 4, 5. 6 >7- - 11—22. 
 
 ,8,9,10,11. - 23—36. 
 
 12, 13, 14. - 37—52. 
 
 15, 16, 17, 18. 53 — 62. 
 
 . 19, 20, 21, 22. 63 — * 74. 
 
 Pf. XXVI. 
 
 I 1. 2, 3. - Stanza 7. 2. 
 
 FERENCES. 
 
 Paraphr, 
 
 'ble Tranjl. 
 
 4, 5> 6 > 7- 
 
 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 
 
 Pf. XXVII, 
 
 I>2, 3. - - 
 
 4, 5> 6 « - - 
 
 7> 8 > 9- - - 
 10, 11, 12. 
 
 13, 14. - - 
 
 3> 4- 
 5,6,7,8. 
 
 4,5- 
 6,7. 
 
 13 — 28. 
 29 — 42. 
 
 43 — 5 6 * 
 57-66. 
 
 Pf.. XX VIII. 
 J. - - I— 16. 
 
 - - - 17—32. 
 
 - - - 33—42. 
 
 - - - 43—52. 
 
 Pf. XXIX. 
 
 1, a. - - - 
 
 3>4> 5» 6 >7> 8 - 
 9,10,11. - - 
 
 Pf. XXX. 
 
 I, 2, 3. - - 
 
 4, 5- - - ■ 
 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 
 ii, 12. - • 
 
 1 — 6. 
 
 7 — 28, 
 29 — 42, 
 
 1 — ic 
 11 — 24. 
 25 — 42. 
 43— 5°* 
 
 Pf. XXXI. 
 
 i> 2, 3, 4, 5. - 1 — 20. 
 
 ,6,7,8. - - 21 — 34. 
 
 9, 10, 11, 12. 35 — 54. 
 
 19,20. - - 77 — 88. 
 21, 22. - - 89 — 98. 
 23, 24. - - 99 — 106. 
 
 Pf. XXXII. 
 , j 3 z. - . - !— .8. 
 
 3.4,5- " - 9-3°. 
 6,7. - - - 31 — 42. 
 8,9,10,11. - 43— 58.. 
 
 Pf. XXXIII. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 
 
 I— IO« 
 
 v. 4, 5> 6 > 7- 
 
 II — 22 
 
 v. 8, 9. - - - 
 
 23—28, 
 
 v. 10, II, 12. 
 
 29—40. 
 
 v. 13; W> 15- - 
 
 41— .46 
 
A TABLE of RE 
 
 Bible Tranf,. Parapbr. B 
 
 v. 16, 17, 18, 19. 47 — 60. 
 v. 20, 21, 22. - 61 — 6S. 
 
 pr. xxxiv. 
 
 v. i, 2, 3. - - 1 — 8. 
 v. 4, 5, 6. - - 9—20. 
 v. 7, 8. - - - 21 — 30. 
 v. 9, 10. - - - 31 — 36. 
 v. 11, 12, 13, M»-1.-_ M 
 
 15,16. 537—52. 
 
 v. 17, 18, 19,20. 53 — 66. 
 v. 21, 22. - - 67 — 74. 
 
 Pf. XXXV. 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1 — 8. 
 
 v. 4, 5, 6. - - 9— iS. 
 v. 7, 8, 9, 10. - 19 — 40. 
 
 V. IT, 12, 13, 14. 41 64. 
 
 v. 15, 16. - - 65—74. 
 v. 17, 18. - - 75 — 82. 
 
 V. 19, 20, 21. - 83 92. 
 
 V. 22, 23, 24, 25. 93 104. 
 
 v. 26, 27, 28. - 105 — 118. 
 
 pr. xxxvi. 
 
 V. I, 2, 3, 4. - I — 12. 
 
 v. 5. 6,7,8,9. - 13 — 36. 
 
 V. 10, II, 12. - 37 46. 
 
 Pf. XXXVII. 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1- 
 
 v. 4, 5, 6. - - 11- 
 v. 7, 8, 9, 10. - 19- 
 v. 11. - - - 33- 
 v. 12,13, *4, 15- 39" 
 v. 16, 17, 18, 19,20. 55- 
 r. 21,22,23,24. 73- 
 v. 25, 26. - - 85- 
 v. 27,28,29,30,31. 93- 
 ▼• 3 2 > 33. 34. - r°9- 
 v. 35. 3 6 - - ~ I21 " 
 v » 37. 3 8 . 39. 40- 127- 
 
 Pf. XXXVIII. 
 
 ▼• i> 2, 3.4, 5- - I* 
 
 ▼.6,7,8,9,10. 13- 
 
 v. 11, 12, 13, 14. 25 — 3S. 
 
 v. 15, 1$, i 7> 18. 39—52. 
 
 FERENCES. 
 
 lie Tratijl. Paraphr* 
 
 19, 20, 21, 22. 53— 64. 
 
 Pf. XXXIX. 
 
 • t, 2, 3- 
 ■ 4, 5, 6. 
 , 7, 8, 9, 10. 
 
 11. - - 
 
 12, 13. 
 
 1— 16k 
 
 17—32. 
 
 33 — 44- 
 45 — 54. 
 5.5 — 66* 
 
 , 1,2. 
 
 ■ 3. 4, 5' 
 
 ■ 6, 7, 3. 
 
 PC. XL. 
 
 Stanza 1. 
 
 - - - 4. 5. & 
 
 9, 10, 11. - - 7, 8. 
 12,13,14,15,16,17.^9.^0^ 
 
 Pf. XLI. 
 
 . 1. 2. 3« - " 
 . 4, 5, 6. - - 
 . 7, 3, 9. 
 , 10, 11, 12, 13. 
 
 Pf. XLII. 
 
 . *, 2. - - - 
 
 • 3, 4« - - - 
 . 5. - - - - 
 
 ,6,7. 
 
 ,8,9,10,11. - 
 
 1— 14. 
 15— 28-. 
 29 — 40. 
 41-58* 
 
 1—6. 
 
 7 — 20. 
 21 — 26. 
 
 27—S&. 
 37 — 56. 
 
 Pf. XLIII. 
 
 •3« 
 
 "54 
 •72 
 
 >*4 
 -9; 
 
 •108 
 • 120 
 -126 
 .136 
 
 • 12. 
 
 ■24. 
 
 V. r, 2. 
 
 v. 3. 4. 5- 
 
 9 — 
 
 Pf. XLIV. 
 1, 2, 3. - - i- 
 
 i v - 4. 5, 6 j 7, 8. - 19- 
 v. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,? 
 
 14, 15, 16. S 35 " 
 
 v. 17, 18,19^20, 21. 57- 
 v. 22, 23,24,25,26. 69- 
 
 8. 
 24. 
 
 ■18. 
 -34. 
 ■56. 
 -68. 
 •86. 
 
 Pf. XLV. 
 
 v. 1, 2. - - - 
 
 v. 3,4, 5. - - - 
 
 v. 6, 7, 8, 9. - - 
 
 v. 10, 11. - - 
 
 V. 12, 13, 14, I5. 
 
 v. 16, 17, • - 
 
 IO. 
 
 22. 
 
 — 40. 
 
 — 48. 
 -64. 
 
 — 74* 
 
A TABLE of REFERENCES 
 
 Parapbr. 
 
 Bible Tranjl, 
 
 Pf. XLVI. 
 v. i, 2, 3. - - 
 v. 4, 5, 6. - - 
 v. 7, 8, 9. - - 
 v. 10, II. - - 
 
 1 — 12. 
 13 — 26. 
 
 27 — 36. 
 37—44. 
 
 Pf. XLVII. 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4. Stanza 1, 2, 3. 
 v. 5, 6, 7, 8. - - 4, 5, 6, 7. 
 v. 9; - - - - 8, 9. 
 
 Pf. XLVIII. 
 V. 1, 2, 3. Stanza 1, 2, 3, 
 
 v. 4> 5> 6 > 7- - 4, 5. 
 
 v. 8, 9, 10. - 6, 7, 8, 9. 
 
 v. ii, 12,13, 14. 10,11,12,13. 
 
 Pf. XLIX. 
 v. I, 2, 3, 4. - - 
 
 v. S> 6 > 7> 8 > 9- " 
 v. 10, ii, 12, 13. 
 v. 14, 15. - - 
 
 v. 16, 17. - - 
 
 v. 18, 19,20. - - 
 
 13—28. 
 29 — 46. 
 47—62. 
 63 — 70. 
 71 — 82. 
 
 Pf. L. 
 
 V. I, 2, 3. - - I*— IO. 
 
 v. 4, 5, 6. - - 11—22. 
 
 v. 7, 8, 9. - - 23 — 32. 
 
 v. 10,11,12,13,14,15. 33 — 52. 
 
 v. 16, 17, 18, 19,20. 53 — 70. 
 
 v. 21, 22, 23. - 71 — 84. 
 
 pf. li. 
 
 v. x, 2, 3>4« " " 1 — 12. 
 
 v. 5,6, 7. - - 13 — 26. 
 
 v. 8, 9, 10, 1 i, 12, 13. 27 — 48. 
 
 v. 14, 15, 16, 17. 49 — 6 4- 
 
 ▼. 18,19. - - - 65 — 72. 
 
 Pf. LII. 
 ▼• *> 2, 3, 4* Stanza J, 2, 3. 
 
 ♦• S> 6, 7* - - - 4> 5> 6 - 
 
 v. 8, 9. ... 7, 8. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. 
 «r. 4> 5» 
 
 Pf. LIII. 
 
 - - - 1— 18. 
 
 - - - 19-— 28. 
 
 Bible Tranjl. 
 v. 6. - - 
 
 Paraphr. 
 29' — 38. 
 
 Pf. LIV. 
 v. 1, 2. - Stanza 1. 
 
 v « 3> 4> 5> 6 > 7. - - 2, 3. 
 
 Pf. LV. 
 ▼. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. - 
 v. 6,7,8. - - - 
 v. 9, 10, 11. - - 
 
 V. 12, 13, 14. 
 
 v. 15,16, 17. 
 
 V. l8, 19, 20, 21. 
 V. 22, 23. - - 
 
 I — IO. 
 II 20. 
 
 21 —28. 
 
 29 —4a. 
 
 43 — 54* 
 
 55 — 72. 
 
 73 — 84, 
 
 Pf. LVI. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4. - - 1 — io, 
 
 v. 5, 6, 7. - - 11 — 18. 
 
 v. 8, 9, 10, ir. - 19 — 32. 
 
 v. 12, 13. - - - 33 — 3 8 * 
 
 Pf. LVII. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1 — 14. 
 
 v. 4, 5. 6 » - - 15 — 28. 
 
 v. 7,8,9, 10,11. - 29 — 48. 
 
 Pf. LVIII. 
 
 v. 1, ±. - - - 1 — 10. 
 
 v. 3>4j5* - - n—22. 
 
 v. 6, 7, 8. - - 23 — 34. 
 
 v. 9, 10, 11. — - 35 — 50. 
 
 Pf. LIX. 
 
 v. 1,2, 3, 4, 5. - 1— 16. 
 
 v. 6, 7, 8,9, 10. 17— 30. 
 
 v. 11, 12, 13. - 31—46. 
 
 v. 14, 15, 16, 17. 47 — 58. 
 
 Pf. LX. 
 
 v.i, 2, 3, 4, 5. - 1—20. 
 
 v. 6, 7, 8. - - 21 — 34. 
 
 v. 9, 10, ii, 12. s 35—48. 
 
 Pf. LXI. 
 v. t, 2, 3, 4, 5. - 
 v. 6, 7, 8. - - • 
 
 19. 
 
 ,18. 
 
 .28. 
 
 Pf. JLXIJ. 
 
A TABLE of REFERENCES. 
 
 Bible Tranjl. Paraphr 
 
 Bible Tranjl. Paraphr, 
 
 Pf. LXII. 
 
 V. 1,2, 3, 4. - 1 — 20. 
 
 v. 5> 6 ,7, 8* - 21 — 32. 
 
 v. 9 33 — 3 s - 
 
 v. io, 11, 12. - 39 — 52. 
 
 pf. Lxnr. 
 
 v. 1,2, 3, 4. - 1— iS. 
 v. $,6,7, 8. - 19 — 34- 
 v. 9, 10, 11. - - 35—46. 
 
 Pf. LXIV. 
 v. 1,2, 3, 4. - 1 — 14. 
 
 v. 5,6, 7. - - 15 — 28. 
 v. 8, 9, 10. - - 29—38. 
 
 
 Pf. LXV. 
 
 
 v. 
 
 I, 2, 3. - - 
 
 1 — 10 
 
 v. 
 
 4, 5> 6 > 7» 
 
 n — 30. 
 
 V. 
 
 3, 9, 10, 11. - 
 
 31—44 
 
 V. 
 
 12, i 3 . - - 
 Pf. LXVI 
 
 45 — 54 
 
 V. 
 
 1, 2, 3, 4. 
 
 1 — 14. 
 
 V. 
 
 5, 6, 7. - - - 
 
 15—30 
 
 V. 
 
 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 
 
 31 — 50. 
 
 \. 
 
 13, 14, 15. 
 
 51-58 
 
 v. 
 
 16, 17,18; 19,20. 
 
 59—70. 
 
 Pf. LXVII. 
 v. 1, 2. - - - 1 — 6. 
 v - 3, 4, 5- ' " 7— 18. 
 v. 6, 7. - - . 19 — 24. 
 
 Pf. LXVIII 
 v. 1, 2, 3. 
 ▼. 4, 5, 6, - - - 
 v « 7, 8, 9, 10. 
 v. 11, 12. - - 
 v. 13, 14, - - 
 
 Y. 15, 16. - - 
 V - 17 
 
 v. iS 
 
 ▼• 19,20,21,22, 23 
 v. 24, 25,26,27. 
 v. 28, 29. - * 
 
 3°>3 1 ' 
 
 J 3 
 
 3i 
 
 49 
 57 
 7i 
 79 
 87 
 97 
 "7 
 
 - 135 
 
 - 141 
 
 •12. 
 
 -30. 
 
 .48. 
 
 •56. 
 
 ■70. 
 
 .78. 
 
 -86. 
 
 .96. 
 
 -116. 
 
 ■134. 
 
 - 140* 
 
 — '54. r 
 
 v - 3 2 > 33>34> 35- 155 — 17<>»- 
 
 Pf. LXIX. 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - - 1 — 10. 
 
 v. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. - 11 — 30. 
 v. 9,10, 11, 12. - 31 — 44. 
 v. 13, 14, 15,16,^ 66 
 
 17, 18, 19. > 45 
 v. 20, 21. - - 67 — 76. 
 
 V. 22, 23, 24, - 77 86. 
 
 v. 25, 26, 27, 28. 87 IOO. 
 
 v. 29, 30, 31. - 101 — no. 
 v -3 2 >33>34>35>3 6 ' m — 124. 
 
 Pf. LXX. 
 v. 1, 2. - - Stanza 1. 
 v. 3> 4> 5. - - - 2, 3. 
 
 Pf. LXXI. 
 v.i, 2, 3, 4. - - 1 — 14. 
 
 v. 5, 6. - _ . 15 — 22. 
 v. 7, 8, 9. - - 23 — 34. 
 v. 10, n. - - 35 — 40. 
 
 59—80. 
 81 — 90. 
 
 V. 15, 19, 20, 21. 
 V. 22, 23, 24. 
 
 Pf. LXXII. 
 
 v. 1,2, 3, 4. - 1 — 14. 
 
 v. 5, 6, 7. - _ 15 — 26. 
 
 v. 8, 9, 10, 11. - 27 — 42. 
 
 v. 12, 13, 14, 15. 43 — 56. 
 
 v. 16, 17. - . 57 — 68. 
 
 v. 18, 19. - - 69 — 78. 
 
 Pf. LXXIII. 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1 — I0# 
 v « 4* 5> 6. - - 11 — 20. 
 v. 7, 8, 9. _ - 21 — 30. 
 v. 10, 11. - - 31 — 38. 
 
 v. 18, 19, 20. - 63—72. 
 
 V. 21, 22, 23, 24, ? 
 
 25,26. *} 73-90. 
 
 v. 27, 28. - - 91 98. 
 
 Cg Pi. LXXJV, 
 
A TABLE of REFERENCES. 
 
 Bible Tranjl. Paraph?* 
 
 v. 67, 68, 69, 70, 7 
 
 ' £ 20i< — 2 
 
 Bible Tranjl. Parapbr. 
 
 PL LXXIV. 
 
 v. 1, 2. - - 
 
 v. 3, 4. - - 
 
 v. 5, 6, 7, 8. - 
 v. 9, 10, 11. 
 
 V. 12, 13, 14. 
 
 v. 15, 16, 17. 
 
 V. l8, 19, 20, 21. 
 
 v. 22, 23, - - 
 
 I — 12. 
 13 — 20. 
 21*— 40. 
 41 — 54- 
 
 55-68. 
 69 — 82. 
 83 — 98. 
 99 — 104. 
 
 Pf. LXXV. 
 v. i, 2, 3.. - - i»— 12. 
 
 ▼• 4, 5> 6 > 7« - - 13 — 26. 
 v. 8,9,10. - - 27—38, 
 
 Pf. LXXVI. 
 
 *. i> 2, 3, 4. - 1 —. 14. 
 
 *• 5> 6 > 7. - - 15 — 3°- 
 v. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 31 — 46. 
 
 Pf. LXXVII. 
 
 v.i, 2, 3. - - I — 14. 
 
 ^ 4. 5>6, 7>8, 9. 15 — 3°« 
 
 ▼. 10, 11, 12. - 31 — 38. 
 
 *. 13, 14, 15. - 39 — 50. 
 
 ■v. 16, 17, 18. - 51 — 62. 
 
 v. 19, 20. - - 63 — 70. 
 
 Pf. LXXVIII. 
 
 v. l> 2, 3, 4. - 1 - 
 v. 5, 6, 7, 8. - 11- 
 v. 9, 10, 11, 12. - 23- 
 
 *• 13* i4>»5> l6 * 3 1 " 
 v. 17, 18, 19,20. 45- 
 •v, 21,22,23,24,25. 59- 
 v. 26, 27, 28, 29, ? 6 
 
 30,31. 3 ■ 
 
 v. 32, 33, 34. 
 
 3 6 > 37* 
 ^ 3 8 > 39- " " 97 
 v. 40,41,42,43. 107- 
 *.44> 45>46, 47>48. 119. 
 v - 49> 5 Q > 5 1 - ~ J 37 
 v.5*>53>54>55>1 I4q 
 
 5 6 > 57. 3 ^ 
 
 v. 58,59,60,61,62. 171- 
 
 T. 63, 64. - - 187 
 
 \i 65, 66, - - - J95 
 
 -10. 
 ■22. 
 .30. 
 
 -44. 
 .58. 
 -68. 
 
 — 82. 
 
 35. 1 33- 
 
 .96. 
 
 -106. 
 -118. 
 -136. 
 -148. 
 
 -170. 
 
 ■1S6. 
 -194. 
 
 — 20Q> 
 
 71,72. 
 
 Pf. LXXIX. 
 v. 1,2, 3. -.- i- 
 
 v. 4, 5> 6 > 7« - - 15- 
 v. 8, 9, 10. - - 27- 
 v. n A 12, 13. - 45. 
 
 -220, 
 
 •14* 
 -26. 
 
 "44- 
 -54* 
 
 Pf. LXXX. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1 
 
 v. 4, 5>^7- - - 15 
 v. 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13. 27 
 v. 14, 15, 16, 17, 7 
 
 is, 19. 
 
 Pf. LXXXI. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - - 
 
 v.4 5 5> 6 >7« - - 
 v. 8_, 9, 10. - - 
 ▼. 11, j 2* - - 
 
 v. I3> W> I5>i6. 
 
 ■14. 
 ■26. 
 -48* 
 
 49 — 7* 
 
 Pf. LXXXII. 
 
 V.I, 2, 3, 4. - - J* 
 
 v. 5> 6 >7>%' - - 11- 
 
 pf. Lxxxm. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. - i- 
 v. 6, 7, 8. - - - 19- 
 v. 9, 10, ii, 12. - 29- 
 v. 13, I4> 15. l6 ; ~ 
 17, 18. 
 
 •» 
 
 • 10. 
 -24. 
 -34. 
 -42. 
 -54- 
 
 -10. 
 
 .24. 
 
 ■18. 
 .28. 
 
 44. 
 
 62-. 
 
 Pf. LXXXIV, 
 
 v. 1, 2. - - - - 1 - 
 v. 3, 4. - - - 7- 
 v. 5,6, 7. - - - 17- 
 v. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 31- 
 
 Pf. LXXXV. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4, - - 1 - 
 v. 5, 6, 7. - - 13- 
 v. 8, 9, 10. - - 23- 
 v. 11, 12, 13. - - 39- 
 
 Pf. LXXXVI. 
 
 •6. 
 
 -16. 
 
 .30. 
 •50, 
 
 - 12. 
 
 -22* 
 
 -38, 
 .48, 
 
A TA5LE of REFERENCES. 
 
 Bible Tranjl. Parapbr. 
 
 v. 6,7, 8. - - - 13—18. 
 v. 9, 10. - - - 19 — 2 *>. 
 
 V. II, 12, 13. - - 27—36. 
 
 v. 14, 15,16, 17. - 37 — 54- 
 
 Pf. LXXXVII. 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1 — 10. 
 v. 4, 5, 6 - ' - "-34. 
 v. 7. - - - - 35 — 4*. 
 
 Pf. LXXXVIII. 
 v.i, 2, 3, 4. - 1—8. 
 
 V. 5, 6,7,8, 9. - 9 — 22. 
 
 V. 10, 11,12. - 23 — 34. 
 
 v. i3,i4> I 5> l6 > I 7^ l8 '35 — 5°- 
 
 Pf. LXXXIX. 
 v.i, 2, 3, 4. - «r 
 v. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9* " 1 S" 
 v. 10, 11. - - 35- 
 v. 12, 13, 14. - 45- 
 v. 15, 16, 17, 18. 57- 
 
 v. 19, 20, 21, 22, 7 
 
 23, 24, 25. 5 ' 
 v. 26, 27, 28, 29, 
 
 30, 31, 32. 
 v. 33,34,35, 3 6 ,37« 113 
 v. 3 8 , 39, 40,4i- 125 
 v. 42, 43, 44, 45. 137 
 v. 46, 47, 48. - 147 
 v. 49, 5°> 5*> 5 2 - 163 
 
 ■14. 
 
 ■34. 
 ■44* 
 .56. 
 -70. 
 
 -96. 
 
 97—112. 
 
 .124. 
 
 •136. 
 • 146. 
 ■162. 
 ■ 176. 
 
 Pf. XC. 
 
 v.i, 2. - - - 
 v. 3, 4. - - - 
 
 v. 5, 6 , 7, 8 , 9- " 
 v. 10. - - - 
 
 V. II, 12. - - 
 
 ▼• I3> x 4,i5> l6 > J 7« 
 
 1- 
 
 7- 
 17- 
 
 S5- 
 43" 
 49- 
 
 Pf. XCI. 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. "■ 
 
 v. 7, 8, 9, 10. - 21- 
 v. 11, 12, 13. - 33- 
 v. 14, 15, 16. - 45- 
 
 ■6. 
 
 -16. 
 
 ■34. 
 -42. 
 
 .48. 
 -70. 
 
 •20. 
 ■32. 
 -44. 
 -52. 
 
 Pf. XCII. 
 
 Bible Tranjl. Paraphr. 
 
 v. 4, 5, 6, 7. - - 13— 2&. 
 v. 8, 9, 10, 11. - 29 — 42* 
 
 V. 12, 13, 14, 15. 43— 56. 
 
 Pf. XCIII. 
 v. 1, 2. - - Stanza 1, i 
 ▼• 3> 4> 5* - - - 3, 4. 
 
 Pf. XCIV. 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4. - - 
 
 v. 5, 6, 7, 8. - - 
 v. 9, 10, 11. - - 
 v. 12,13,14, 15. 
 v. 16, 17, 18, 19. 
 
 V. 20, 21, 22, 23. 
 
 I — 10* 
 II 22, 
 
 2 3 — 32. 
 
 33 — 48. 
 49 — 60. 
 61—74. 
 
 V. I, 2, 3. 
 
 1—12. 
 
 Pf. xcv. 
 
 v. 1,2, 3,4,5. - 1 — 20. 
 
 v. 6, 7, 8, 9. - - 21 — 36. 
 
 v. 10, 11. - - 37—48. 
 
 Pf. XCVI. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1 — 6. 
 
 v. 4, 5, 6. - - 7—14* 
 
 v. 7, 8, 9. - - 15 — 24. 
 
 v. 10, 11,12, 13. - 25—42. 
 
 Pf. XCVII. 
 
 v. 1,2, 3,4, 5. - 1— 16. 
 
 v. 6, 7, 8, 9. - . 17 — 34. 
 
 v. 10, 11, 12. - 35 — 4S. 
 
 Pf. XCVIII. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1— 14. 
 
 v. 4, 5, 6 , 7, 8,9. 15 — 3^ 
 
 Pf. XCIX. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - Stanza 1,2* 
 
 v - 4, 5. - - - - 3, 4. 
 
 v. 6, 7. - - - - 5, 6, 7, 
 
 v. 8, 9. - - - - 8, 9. 
 
 Pf. C. 
 
 v. 1,2, 3. 
 v. 4, 5. 
 
 1— 10, 
 II— 18. 
 
 Pf. CI. 
 v.J, 2, 2, 4> 5* - 1—26, 
 
A TABLE of REFERENCES. 
 
 Bible Trartfl. Parapbr. 
 
 v. 6, 7, 8, 9. - 15 — 30. 
 
 v. 10, 11, 12, 13. 31— -44. 
 
 v. 14, 15, 16. - 45 — 54. 
 
 V. 17, 18, 19, 20,? „ _„ 
 
 21,22. 5 55 — 70. 
 
 v. 23, 24, 25. - 71 — 86. 
 
 v. 26, 27, 28. - 87 96. 
 
 v. 29, 30, 31. - - 97 — 104. 
 v. 32, 33. - - 105— 114. 
 v - 34, 35, 3 6 , 37,3 s * 115 — 128. 
 v . 39, 40,4^ 42. 129—138. 
 v. 43> 44, 45> 46. 139—148. 
 v. 47, 48. - - 149— 164. 
 
 Pf. CVIT. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - Stanza 1, 2, 3. 
 
 v. 4/5> 6 >7>8. - 4,5,6, 7- 
 
 v. 9, 10, 11, 12. 8, 9,10,11. 
 
 v. 13, 14, 15. - 12, 13. 
 
 v. 16, 17, 18. - 14, 15, 16. 
 
 v. 19, 20, 21, 22. 17, 18, 19, 
 
 v.23, 24,25,26,27.^ *j» 
 
 v. 28,29, 3 o,3',3*.{^ g 
 v. 33> 34> 35, 36,S 28,29,30, 
 37, 3 8 - <3*ri*>.» 
 
 v.39,4o,4I,4^43.{ 3 3^ 3 3 5 8 , . 36, 
 
 Pf. CVIII. 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1 — 14. 
 
 v. 4, 5, 6. - - 15 — 24. 
 v. 7, 8, 9. - - 25 — 38. 
 v. 10, 11, 12, 13.. 39 — 5 2 » 
 
 Pf. CIX. 
 v. 1,2, 3,4,5- - 1 — 14. 
 v. 6, 7, 8. - - 15 — 28. 
 v. 9, 10, 11, 12,13. 29 — 44. 
 v. 14, 15, 16. - 45 — 54. 
 v. 17, 18, 19. - 55 — 68. 
 v. 20, 21, 22, - 69 — 76. 
 v.23, 24, 25. " 77 — i6 > 
 2 9,| 87— ioo. 
 
 Bible Tranjl. 
 
 Paraph r. 1 
 
 v.6 )7 ,Z. - - 
 
 27 — 42. 
 
 Pf. CII. 
 
 
 v. 1, 2. - - - 
 
 1 — 6. 
 
 v. 3, 4, 5* - - 
 
 7 — 16. 
 
 v. 6,7, 8. - - 
 
 17 — 30. 
 
 v, 9, 10, II. - - 
 
 31—42. 
 
 V. 12, 13, 14. - 
 
 43 — 56. 
 
 v. 15, 16, 17, 18. 
 
 57 — 70. 
 
 V. 19, 20, 21, 22. 
 
 71-86. 
 
 v. 23, 24, 25, 26, * 
 
 27, 28. S 
 
 87—118. 
 
 Pf. cm. 
 
 
 V.T,2, 3,4, 5. - 
 
 1 — 16. 
 
 v. 6, 7,8,9,ic,n,i2. 
 
 17 — 34. 
 
 v. 13, 14, *5> l6 - 
 
 35—52. 
 
 v. 17, 18. - - 
 
 53-58. 
 
 V. 19, 20, 21, 22. 
 
 59 — 72. 
 
 Pf. CIV. 
 
 
 V. 1,2, 3. - - 
 
 1— 14. 
 
 v. 4, 5. - - - 
 
 15 — 20. 
 
 v. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 
 
 21—42. 
 
 v. 12, 13, 14, 15. 
 
 43—54. 
 
 v. 16, 17, 18. 
 
 55-68. 
 
 v. 19, 20, 21, 22. 
 
 69 — 84. 
 
 v. 23, 24, 25, 26. 
 
 85 — 102. 
 
 v. 27, 28, 29, 30. 
 
 103 — 118. 
 
 v. 31, 32. - - 
 
 119 — 126. 
 
 v « 33> 34, 35- ' 
 
 127 — 14c. 
 
 Pf. CV. 
 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4. 
 
 1 — 12. 
 
 v. 5,6,7,8,9,10,11 
 
 13 — 30. 
 
 V. 12, 13, 14, 15. 
 
 31 — 44. 
 
 v. 16; 17, 18, i9,l 4 -_ 68# 
 
 20, 21, 22. J ^~ 
 
 v. 23, 24, 25. - 
 
 69—82. 
 
 «S 26, 27, 28. 
 
 83-96. 
 
 v - 29, 30, 31. - 
 
 97 — ic8. 
 
 v - 3 2 > 33, 34, 35- 
 
 109— f24. 
 
 v - 3 6 » 37, 3 8 > - 
 
 125 — 138. 
 
 v. 39, 40, 4 1 , 42. 
 
 139—152. 
 
 v - 43> 44, 45- - 
 
 153—164. 
 
 Pf. CVI 
 
 
 ▼•*>*> 3; 4>5» - 
 
 1 — 14* 
 
 3°> 3 1 - 
 
 Pf. CX. 
 
 v, u 2, 
 
 I — lOt 
 
A TABLE of REFERENCES. 
 
 Bible Trattjl. 
 v. 3. - - . 
 v. 4. - - . 
 v. 5 ,6. - . 
 v. 7. - - . 
 
 Paraphr 
 II — 20. 
 21 — 24. 
 *5— 32. 
 33-38. 
 
 Pf. CXf. 
 v. I, 2, 3. - Stanza 1, 2. 
 v - 4, 5- - - - 3, 4. 
 v -6>7>8,9, 10. - 5,6,7. 
 
 Pf. CXII. 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - Stanza I, 2. 
 ^ 4, 5, 6, 7> 8. . 3>4>5 . 
 v -9, 10 6,7. 
 
 pf. cxrrr. 
 
 v.i, 2, 3,4. . - x _g # 
 v. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. - 9 — 22. 
 
 Pf. CXIV. 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4. Stanza 1, 2, ?. 
 v. 5,6, 7 ,8. - . 
 
 Pf. cxv. 
 
 v. 1,2, 3. - . . 
 
 v - 4> 5, 6, 7, 8. - 
 v. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 
 v. 14, 15, 16. _ 
 v. 17, 18. . . 
 
 4. 5, 6, 7. 
 
 1 — 10. 
 n — 28. 
 29 — 48. 
 49 — 56. 
 57—64. 
 
 Pf. CXVI. 
 
 v. 1,2. - - . ,_ 6j 
 
 v-^4,5,6,7. - 7 _ 22 , 
 
 v. 8, 9 . ... 23-28. 
 
 * 10,11. - - 29—34. 
 
 v. 12, i 3 , i 4 , I5 . 35 _ 4 8. 
 
 v. 16, 17, 18, I9 . 49—62. 
 
 Pf. cxvn. 
 
 v - ' Stanza t. 
 
 v ' 2 2. 
 
 Pf. cxvnr. 
 
 v.-i, 2, 3,4. . ,_ l6# 
 
 v - 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. . 17— -jo. 
 v. 10, 11, i 2i . 31—48. 
 v « 13, 14, 15, 16, > 
 
 17.18. '149 — 7a, 
 
 Paraphr. 
 73—86. 
 
 v. 19, 20, 21. 
 
 v. 22, 23, 24. 
 
 v.25,26. - . 99 — 106. 
 
 v. 27, 28, 29. - 107 — 124, 
 
 Pf. CXIX. 
 
 i>2,3- - - 1 — 
 4,5,6,7,8. - 7 _ 
 9, 10, 11. , 2I _ 
 **, 13, 14, 15, 16. 31 — 
 
 J 7, 18, 19, 20. 41 
 
 21,22,23,24. 5I __ 
 ^5, 26, 27,28, 2$. 63 — 
 
 3°, 3i,3 2 . 
 33>34, 35,36. 
 37, 3 8 , 39, 40. 
 
 95 — 
 
 41,42,43,44,45. 105 — 
 
 46,47,48. - H7-. 
 
 v. 49, 50, 51, 52. 127 — 
 
 v - 53, 54, 55,56. 137 — 
 
 v- 57, 58, 59, 60. 147 — 
 
 v. 61,62,63,64. I57 _ 
 
 v. 65, 66, 67,68. tijtk^ 
 
 v. 69, 70, 71, 72 . j8 „_ 
 
 v. 73, 74, 75- - 197 — 
 
 V. 76,77,78,79,8o. 200 — 
 V. 8l,82, 83. - 2 * 
 
 v. 84,85,86,87,88. 235 _ 
 
 V. 89, 90, 91, 92. 253 
 
 v - 93> 94, 95, 96. 267 
 *« 97, 9 s , 99, 100. 281 
 v. 101,102.103,104. 293 
 
 IT. 105,106,107,108. 30- 
 
 ri '09,iic,ii-i, II2 . 3l6 
 '•"3,«4,ii5,n6. 32c. 
 '.H7,JiS,ii9, 120# 337 
 r. 121, 122, 123, ? 
 
 124, 125. £35* 
 '• 126, 127, 128. 367. 
 
 r. I29, 130, I3t. 377 . 
 
 '• 132, 133, ; J 34>?,o 
 
 J 35, 136. 5 38 7- 
 • T 3^i3^ I 39,i4o. 4ci- 
 • I 4i,!42,i43,i 4 4. 409- 
 
 '-film* 
 
 6. 
 20. 
 
 30. 
 ■40. 
 
 e 
 
 74. 
 
 82. 
 
 94. 
 
 104. 
 
 n6. 
 
 126. 
 
 136. 
 
 146. 
 
 156. 
 
 170, 
 1S2. 
 196. 
 208. 
 
 '222. 
 
 234. 
 
 252. 
 
 266. 
 -28o. 
 -292. 
 -302. 
 -3*5. 
 
 "3 2 4. 
 
 -336. 
 '350. 
 
 ■366. 
 
 •376. 
 ■3S6. 
 
 400. 
 
 408. 
 416. 
 
 r — 43*- 
 433 — 43*. 
 
A TABLE of REFERENCES. 
 
 Bible Tranjl. Parapbr. 
 
 v.i53,i54 J iSS> I 5 6 -439— 45*. 
 *. i57»i5 8 * I 59> l6 °- 453 — 464. 
 v. 161,162,163,164. 465— 47 6 ' 
 v. 165,166,167,168. 477— 4^8. 
 v. 169,170,171,17*. 4 8 9 — 5°°. 
 ▼.i73> I 74;i75 J I 7^S° I — 5 20 - 
 
 Pf. cxx. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3> 4' Stanza 1, 2. 
 v. 5> *> 7- - - - 3> 4- 
 
 Pf. CXXI. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4* Stanza I, 2. 
 v. 5. 6 > 7> s * " - 3> 4. 
 
 Pf. CXXII. 
 
 v. 1, a, 3. - Stanza 1, 2. 
 t. 4, 5. " " " ' 3> 4. 
 *.6,7A9- - * 5»^7- 
 
 Pf. CXXIII. 
 v. 1,2. - - - 1-8. 
 v. 3,4. 9-H- 
 
 Pf. CXXIV. 
 
 ^ 1,2, 3,4> 5> 6 - t ~ VL% 
 -v.7,8. - - - 13 — ^. 
 
 Pf. CXXV. 
 v. 1,2. - - * 1 — I0 - 
 
 Pf. CXXVI. 
 
 V.I, 2, 3. - ~ J - 12 - 
 
 -v.4>5> 6 - - - n—*±- 
 
 Pf. CXXV1I. 
 
 ▼. 1, 2. - - Stanza 1, 2. 
 v. 3> 4> 5« - - " 3. 4. 
 
 Pf. CXXVIII. 
 v. 1,2, 3> 4. - 1 — 16. 
 
 v. 5,6. - - - 17— *4» 
 
 Pf. CXXIX. 
 /. 1, 2, 3> 4. - I — 8 * 
 v.5,«>7>*. * 9-*°* 
 
 /?#/« Tr^w//. Parapbr. 
 
 Pf. CXXX. 
 v. I, 2, 3. Stanza 1, 2. 
 v. 4> 5> 6 > 7> *• - 3> 4> 5> 6 » 
 
 Pf.CXXXI. 
 v.i, - - - - i — 6» 
 
 v. 2, 3. - - - 7— 14. 
 
 Pf. CXXXTI. 
 
 v.i, 2, 3,4, 5. - 1 —14. 
 v. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. - 15— 30. 
 v. 11, 12, 13, 14. 3 1 — 4*« 
 v. i5> 16, 17, 18. 43—54. 
 
 Pf. CXXXIII. 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - Stanza 1, 2. 
 
 Pf. CXXXIV. 
 
 v. 1. - - - - 1 — 6. 
 
 v. 2, 3. - - - 7— 1~. 
 
 Pf. CXXXV. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1 — 10. 
 
 v. 4, 5> 6 > 7- " " " — 3°. 
 v. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 31 — 50. 
 v. 13, 14, i S , 16, l 5I _ 72 . 
 
 17, 18. 3 ^ 
 
 v. 19, 20, 21. - - 73 — ° Zt 
 
 Pf. CXXXVI. 
 
 The Number of each Stanza, in 
 the Paraphrafe of this Pfalm, 
 anfwers relpectively to that of 
 each Verfe, 
 
 Pf. CXXXVII. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 1 — 1*. 
 
 v. 4, 5> 6 « " - '3 — "■ 
 v. 7. - - - - 23 — 2^. 
 v. S, 9. - - • 29—36. 
 
 Pf. CXXXVIII. 
 
 v.i, 2, 3. - - X — **! 
 
 v.4,5>6. - " " I 3-"« 
 v. 7, 8. - - - 23 — 30. 
 
 Pf. CXXXIX. 
 
A TABLE of REFERENCES. 
 
 Bible Tranjl. 
 
 Parapbr, 
 
 Bible Tranfl. 
 
 Parapbr, 
 
 pr. cxxxix 
 
 
 Pf. CXLV. 
 
 
 v. i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. - 
 
 1 — 14. 
 
 v. 1, 2. - - - 
 
 1 — 6. 
 
 v. 7, 8, 9, io, ii, 12. 
 
 15—34. 
 
 v. 3> 4, 5> 6, 7, 8, 9. 
 
 7 — 28. 
 
 ▼• ih H. IS. l6 - 
 
 35 — 56. 
 
 v. 10, 11, 12, 13. 
 
 29—40. 
 
 v. 17, iS. - - - 
 
 57—64. 
 
 (See the Septuagint, at Vor. ij.) 
 
 v. 19, 20, 21, 22. 
 
 65—74. 
 
 v. 14, 15, 16, 17. - 
 
 41 — 50. 
 
 y. 23, 24. - - - 
 
 75-80. 
 
 V. l8, 19,20, 21. - 
 
 51 — 64. 
 
 Pf. CXL. 
 
 
 Pf. CXLVI. 
 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. 
 
 1 — 6. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4. - - 
 
 1 — 12. 
 
 v. 4, 5. 6, 7. - - 
 
 7 — 20. 
 
 v. 5, 6, 7 , 8. - - 
 
 13 — 30. 
 
 v. 8, 9, 10, 11. - 
 
 21 — 33. 
 
 v. 9, 10. - - - 
 
 31—40. 
 
 v. 12,13. - - - 
 
 39 — 46. 
 
 Pf. CXLVII 
 
 . 
 
 Pf. CXLI. 
 
 
 y. 1, 2, 3, 4. - - 
 
 1 — 12. 
 
 v. 1, 2. - - - 
 
 1 — 8. 
 
 v « 5. 6 > 7, 8 > 9- - 
 
 13—30. 
 
 v. 3, 4. - - - 
 
 9 — 16. 
 
 v. 10, II. - - - 
 
 31 — 35. 
 
 v. 5, 6. - - - 
 
 17 — 30. 
 
 V. 12, 13,14, 15. - 
 
 39 — 4S. 
 
 v. 7, 8, 9, 10. 
 
 3 1 — 44- 
 
 v. 16, 17, 18. - - 
 
 49 — 6o. 
 
 
 
 V. 19, 2C. - - - 
 
 61 — -0, 
 
 pr. cxlii. 
 
 1 — 8. 
 
 Pf. CXLVIIJ 
 
 [. 
 
 v. 1,2*3- " " " 
 v. 4. 5. 6, 7. - - 
 
 
 
 9 — 30. 
 
 V. T, 2, 3, 4. - - 
 
 v. 5, 6. - - - 
 
 1— 14. 
 
 15 — 20. 
 
 Pf. CXLI II 
 
 
 v. 7, 8, 9. 
 
 21 — 30. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 
 
 1 — 12. 
 
 v. 10, 11, 12, 13. 
 
 31—44. 
 
 v. 4, 5> 6, 7. - - 
 
 13 — 26. 
 
 v. 14. - - - - 
 
 45 — s°- 
 
 v. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 
 
 27—46. 
 
 Pf. CXLIX. 
 
 
 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3. - - 
 
 1 — 14. 
 
 15 2 1. 
 
 Pf. CXLIV. 
 
 
 v. 4, 5. - - - 
 
 v. 1, 2. - - - 
 
 1 — 10. 
 11 — 16. 
 
 v. 6, 7, 8, 9. - - 
 
 25 — 36. 
 
 v. 3, 4. - - - 
 
 
 
 v. 5, 6, 7, 8. - - 
 
 17 — 28. 
 
 Pf. CL. 
 
 
 v. 9, 10, II. - - 
 
 29-38. 
 
 v. 1, 2, 3, 4. - - 
 
 I 12. 
 
 v. 12, 13, 14, 15. - 
 
 39 — 60. 
 
 v. 5, 6. - - - 
 
 13 — 18. 
 
 ERRATA. 
 
 Pfalm VII. Line XI. read Nor let my* 
 
 Pf. XXII. 1. 17. rt&divijb'dfcr. 
 
 W. XXX. 1. 21. read obtruflve, 
 
 Pf. LXIX. I.27. read Dcmeftic. 
 
 P(. LXXVIII. I. 203. read Dive/lings. 
 
 Pf. LXXXIX. 1. 51. read thine Arm* 
 
 Tf. XCIX. Stanza 5. dele the Comma after Aarcn % 
 
 Pf. CVIII. 1. 30. infert a Comma after and, 
 
 Pf, CXLII, I. 8. read inpimu 
 
Publijhed by the fame Author ', 
 i. *TPHE Deftruftion of Troy, tranflated 
 
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