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V E R S I O N 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PSALMS of DAVID, 
 
 SUITED AND APPLIED TO THE 
 
 CHRISTIAN STATE AND WORSHIP. 
 
 TO WHICH ARE ADDF.D, 
 
 T R A N S L A T I O N S 
 
 AND 
 
 PARAPHRASES 
 
 or 
 SEVERAL PASSAGES IN SACRED SCRIPTURE 
 
 Speaking to yourselves in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual 
 igs, sieging and making Melody in your Hearts io 
 the Lord, EwES. cb. v. vcr. \'J, 
 
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 P S A L M S. 
 
 V S A L M I. Common Metre. 
 
 and end of Ike righteous and the 
 ivickcd. 
 
 1 ID LEST is the man who shuns the pi 
 jlJ Where sinners love to meet; 
 
 f "\Vho fears to tread their wicked way-*, 
 And hates the scoffers seat. 
 
 2 Th ct law of God he loves 
 
 And makes his chief delightj 
 Devon* ly reads therein by day, 
 And meditates by night. 
 
 3 H'\ Hlceafree, from living streams, 
 
 De • Kindly Juicfej 
 
 His boughs areevCT fresh and green, 
 Ajid fairest fruits produce'. 
 
 4 Not so the impious gmd uny 
 
 What vain Resigns they tpr ; m! 
 Their hopeS are bI6\yu ayvay like dust, 
 Or chaff b^fojre tlie storm. 
 
 5 Shmers in Judgment shall not stand 
 
 Among the sons of j^raee J 
 * Their gurtt shall strike th 
 
 Before their judge's face. 
 
 6 For 
 
2 PSALM II. 
 
 <j For God approves the just man's ways, 
 To happiness they tend, 
 But the broad paths that sinners tread 
 In sure destruction end. 
 
 P S A L M II, Common Metre. 
 
 The kingdom of Christ, and an application to 
 th& nobles of the earth to embrace it. 
 
 1 TTTIIYdo the heathen nations rage 
 
 V V And foolish things surmise ? 
 Rings set themselves against their God? 
 Rulers his Christ despise. 
 
 2 His gentle government their yoke, 
 
 I lis laws they count their chain; 
 Freedom they claim without controul, 
 No bands can them restrain. 
 
 3 But God who sits enthroned on high, 
 
 And sees how they combine; 
 Does their conspiring strength defy, 
 And mocks their vain design. 
 
 4 My king we have ordain'd, saith he, 
 
 And will maintain him still, 
 Enthroned in glorious dignity, 
 OnSion's sacred hill. 
 
 5 Attend, O earth,* whilst I declare 
 
 The uneontrourd decree ; 
 Thou art my son, this day, my heir, 
 I have begotten thee. 
 
 6 Ask me, my son, and then enjoy 
 
 The utmost heathen lands: 
 Thy rod of iron shall destroy 
 The rebel that withstands. 
 
 7 Be 
 
PSALM It 3 
 
 7 B< wis*', ye riders of the < artli, 
 
 lo. \< n tins hoi \ Lord ;. 
 Adore this. king of hea\'nlv birth, 
 And tn mble at li i s word. 
 
 8 With tumble love address hi$thirone, 
 
 For if he frown ye die ; 
 But those are safe, and those a!on< , 
 Who on his grace rely. 
 
 PSALM II. Short Metre. 
 
 1 TT7IIY did the Gentiles rage, 
 
 V \ And Jew s with one accord, 
 Bend all their counsels to destroy 
 Th f anoinfedof the Lord? 
 
 2 Ilulcrsand Kings agr< 
 
 To form a vain design: 
 Against the Lord their j^ouVs unite, 
 Against his Christ combine. 
 
 3 The Lord drridles their rage. 
 
 And w ill support his throne ; 
 lie rais'd him from the dead, and claims 
 Him as his. only soiu 
 
 \ Now, in c\:ilt( d stafd 
 
 1 Ie ask< the heathen kfoids ; 
 And earth's p mot*. -t eflds receive 
 The Saviour 7 ^ mdd c< mmandr 
 
 Be K e<', ye rn.!r<^\ n-. • 
 
 And w<a -!n|> at Ms thre 
 With tmehlin;: j >\\ yfe [" 
 
 To God's < Son. 
 
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4 PSALM IIL 
 
 6 If once his wrath arise 
 Ye perish on the place; 
 But happKns the soul that Hies 
 For refuse, to Ins grace. 
 
 PSAL M III. Common Metre. 
 
 Doubts and fears supprcst. 
 
 1 A /f Y God, how many are my fears, 
 XV JL How fast my foes increase ! 
 
 Conspiring my eternal death, 
 They break my present peace. 
 
 2 The lying- tempter would persuade 
 There's no relief in heav'n, 
 
 And all my swelling sins appear 
 Too great to be forgiv'n. 
 
 3 But thou, my glory and my strength, 
 
 Shalt on the tempter, tread; 
 Shalt silence all my threatening guilt, 
 And raise my drooping head. 
 
 4 Icry'd, and from his holy hill 
 
 He bow'd a list'ning.ear : 
 My Father and my God I call'd, 
 And he subdu'd my fear. 
 
 5 What tho' the hosts of death and hell 
 
 All arm'd against me stand ; . 
 Terrors no more shall shake my soul, 
 My refuge is at Jiand. 
 
 6 Salvation to the Lord belongs, 
 
 His arm alone can save, 
 Blessings attend his people here, 
 And reach bevond the grave. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
P S A L M IV. 5 
 
 PSA L M III. Long Metre. 
 A Morning Psalm. 
 
 1 /^\ Lord, how niun'rous are our foes 
 V^/ In this weak state of;f]esh and blood! 
 
 Our peaee they daily discompoM j 
 But our defence und hope is God. 
 
 2 Tir'dAvith the burthens of the dity 
 To thee we rais\l our evening cry: 
 Thine ears are open when we pray, 
 And thine Almighty help is nigh. 
 
 3 Supported by thine heav'nly aid, 
 We laid us down and slept seeure, 
 God onee our friend, we need not fear 
 Tho' we should sleep and rise no more. 
 
 4 Our God sustainM as all the night • 
 Salvation doth to him belong: 
 
 Our head he rais'd to see the light, 
 And make his praise our morning song, 
 
 P S A L M IV, Common Metre. 
 
 Hope in God. 
 
 I T ET sacred awe possess your souls, 
 jl^j From wicked ways depart; 
 Calmly, alone, your actions weigh. 
 And commune with your heart. 
 % The place of legal sacrifice 
 Let righteousness supply j 
 And let your hope, securely lix'il, 
 On God alone rely, 
 3 While groveling minds impatient sa 
 Give us some earthly good 3 
 
 Thy 
 
G PS A L M IV. 
 
 Tip oil us dtajftaj , 
 
 Fiji us wit ii heavenly food. 
 
 4 Then sliall our \\r artis overflow witfi i^vs 
 
 Substantial arid divine ; 
 Superior far to theirs wiiox^ gft 
 Abound with corn and wine. 
 
 5 Down Will we Up in peace, and sleep 
 
 Sliail clos£ our waiVd ryes; 
 No fears disturb us, For we know 
 In God our safety lies. 
 
 P S A L M IV. Long Metre. 
 
 .God our portion, and Christ our ho; 
 
 1 /"A GOD of love and righteousness! 
 V^/lIear and attend when we conlplain;' 
 Thou feast eularg'dus in distress; 
 
 Bow down a' gracious ear again. 
 
 2 Ye sons of men, in vain ye try 
 To turn his glory into sha;: 
 
 I low long will scoiTers love to lie, 
 And dare reproach the Saviour's name ? 
 
 S Know, that the Lord divides his saint ? 
 From all f hc tribes of men beside 
 He hears the cry of penitents; 
 Far such the sreat' Redeemer <\y'd. 
 
 4 When our obedient hands have done 
 A thoil < l • .* 1 works of righteousness. 
 AVe pttt our trust In God aifcriie, 
 And glory in his pard'nin'j: grace. ' 
 
 Lot the iintHihking mativ say, 
 Who will bestow soriiee aft 111 v' 
 
 To 
 
PSALM V. 7 
 
 To US thy gracious love display, 
 Our souls desire this heav'nly food, 
 
 Then shall our active powers rejoice 
 At grace and favour so divine, 
 Nor will we change our happy choice 
 Fot all their com and all their wine. 
 P S A L M V. Common Metre. 
 For the Lor&s-dm) morning* 
 
 LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear 
 Our voice ascending high, 
 To thee we w ill direct our prayY, 
 To thee lift up our cry. 
 
 2 Up to the heav'ns where Christ is gone 
 
 To plead for all his saints, 
 Presenting at his father's throne 
 Our songs and our complaints. 
 
 3 Lord, tlvy pure nature never can 
 
 In wickedness delight; 
 Fools that presumptuously ofTend 
 Arc banishM from thy sight. 
 
 4 Rut to thy house we will resort, 
 
 To taste thy mercies there; 
 AVe will frequent thine holy court, 
 And worship in thy fear. 
 
 5 O may thy spirit guide our feet 
 
 In ways of ri^hteousm 
 Make ev'ry path of duty straight, 
 And plain before i>uv ja<v. 
 
 6 The men thai love and {ear thy name, 
 
 Shall see their hopes fulfill \ij 
 
 The 
 
P's alm vr. 
 
 The mighty God will compass thorn 
 With favour as a shield. 
 
 7 Therefore We will the righteous \vav> 
 Of Providence proclaim ; 
 We'll hear his word, andsinghisprai.se, 
 And celebrate his name. 
 
 P S A L M V. Long Metre. 
 
 1 ORD, weigh our thoughts, a orentieear 
 X J To these our meditations fer\d : 
 
 O God, our supplications he 
 WheiVto thy throne our "cries ascend. 
 
 2 Onr pray'r, when shines the mprninglight 
 Shall to thy name directed be: 
 Fervent and holy in thy Sight; 
 
 For evil cannot dwell with thee. 
 
 3 Oiir hearts, thy many mercies move, 
 Up to thy temple to resort ; 
 FilTd-with thy fear and holy love, 
 To worship in thy sacred court. 
 
 4 With songs of praise, we will express 
 Thy favour which on us descends : 
 Those that him trust f he Lord doth pl< 
 And with his saving shield def^ii 
 
 P S A LM VI. Common Metre. ] 
 
 Complain ts in sickness, or diseases iienl 
 
 I T\ anger, L'ord^ rebuke me iy 
 
 A Withdraw the threat hi h& s&Qfiri: - 
 Xor h t thy hand be lifted up 
 Against a feebtfe worm. 
 
 2 My 
 
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P S A L M M. 
 
 2 My soul is sunk with heavy 
 My lit -.sh with pain 6ji^r< 
 Mv coueh is w ihiiess to My t< i 
 
 My !.■;:!•- forbid my rest 
 
 rrow and pain wear out my day-, 
 
 I waste the night with cne.^ 
 Counting the minute- as they pa-s, 
 Till the slow morn arise. 
 
 4 Thy wonted goodness^ Lord, repeal 
 
 And ease my trouhied soul; 
 O, lor thy wondrous ni'rey's sake, 
 Vouchsafe to make me \\ hole 
 
 1 Departed wicked, in my (riec^ 
 
 Ye shall no more rejoice; 
 For (iO(l, I hnd, accepts my tear-. 
 And listens to my voice. 
 
 6 The virtue of his sovVci^n word 
 Restores my faiiitrn»* breath : 
 For silent graves ])i;aise net the Lord 
 Nor is he known in death. 
 
 V S A L M VI. Long Metre* 
 
 7( mptatiom hi affile 1 ions overcome. 
 
 J ORD, we can syjfcr thy rebu' 
 
 JI^^A\ T henlhou witlikindne-sdost chastise^ 
 'Hut thy dread frowns yvp cannot bear; 
 () h'tthem not agalntft us ri>e. 
 
 2 Pity our languishing 
 
 And ease the3prrows thfltwefeel ; 
 Tne woilhdfs thine awftd hand has made 
 
 O let thy gentler tofceheis heal. 
 
 Look 
 
10 PSALM VIL 
 
 3 Look, how the powVs of nature mourn 
 How long, Almighty Lord, how long! 
 When shall thine hour of grace return ? 
 When shall we make thy grace our song? 
 
 4 Depart, temptations, from our mind, 
 And all despairing thoughts depart j 
 Our God, who hears each humble moan 
 Will ease our flesh and chear our heart. 
 
 P S A L M VII. Common Metre. 
 
 God's care of his people, and piuiishment of 
 their enemies. 
 
 1 QINC E we, Almighty Lord, have plac'd 
 O Our trust alone in thee; 
 
 Thy powV from persecutor's rage, 
 Will surely set us free. 
 
 2 Arise,, Omnipotent, arise, 
 
 In our defence engage, 
 Exalt thine arm above our foes 
 And their insulting rage. 
 
 3 Let sinners and their feeble wrath, 
 
 Be humbled to the dust; 
 The God of hosts will still appear 
 To vindicate the just. 
 
 4 lie knows the heart, he tries the reins; 
 
 That judgment he'll dispense, 
 Which be hath righteously ordainVl 
 For injur'd innocence. 
 
 5 Therefore shall we the blameless acts 
 
 Of Providence proclaim, 
 We'll sing the praise of God most high, 
 And glorious make his name. 
 
 PSALM 
 
PSALM VlII. u 
 
 PS A L M VIII Common Metre. 
 
 Tltc Glory of Cod manifested in manscrei - 
 (ion and redemption. 
 
 1 /^\ LOiiI), our Lord, howwondYou* 
 V^ Is thine exacted name! [great 
 
 The glories ef thy heav*nly state 
 Let men and babes proclaim. 
 
 S Whenheav'ii; thy beauteous work on high, 
 Employs our wondVing sight; 
 The moon that well adorns the sky* 
 
 AVith stars of feebler light: 
 
 3 What's man, we say, or all his race, 
 
 Who dwell so Fat below, 
 Xhat thou should'st visit him with grace. 
 Or love his nature sot 
 
 4 That ihine eternal son should bear 
 
 Tp take our mortal form, 
 Made lower than his angels are, 
 To saw a dying worm ! 
 
 5 Lei him be croWnM with majesty, 
 
 Who how'd his head to death ; 
 And be his honoiffs sounded high, 
 
 By all things thai have breath. 
 
 jus, our Lofd, how wondrous great 
 Is thine exalted name ! 
 The glories of thy heavenly state, 
 
 Lei the whole earth proclaim. 
 
 B P S A L M 
 
if PSALM IX. 
 
 PS A L M VIII. fc Lotog Metre. 
 Youth braising (rod. 
 
 1 A LMIGHTY Ruler of the *k\e4\ 
 jl\. Thro* ihe wide earth thy nam." is 
 And thy eternal glories rise, [spr< 
 CKer all the works thy hands have made. 
 
 2 To thee the voices of the young, 
 A monument of honour raise; 
 
 And babe?, with uninstrueted tongue, 
 'Declare the wonders of thy praise. 
 {J Thy pow'r assists'their tender age, 
 To bring proud rebels to the ground ; 
 To still the bold blasphemer's rage, 
 And all their policies confound. 
 
 4 Children into |hy churches throng, 
 To hoar their great Redeemers grace; 
 The son of David is their song,, 
 And young Hosannahs fill the ptatcc. 
 
 & Almighty Ruler of the skies! 
 
 Thro' the wide earth thy name is spread. 
 
 And thy eternal glories rise, 
 
 O'r all the works thy hands have made. 
 
 P S A L M IX. Common Metre. 
 
 GocFs icisdom and equity. 
 
 I JTOO celebrate thy praise, OLo-l 
 JL We will our hearts prepare ; 
 > all the list'niag world thy works, 
 Thy wondrous works declare ! 
 
 Q The 
 
PSALM 15 
 
 # , Th thought of them shall i ul 
 
 bring ; 
 Whilst to thy name, () ti. 
 Triumphant praise We sing. 
 
 3 The L*wrd , hie hath 
 His righteous throne 'd, 
 Impartial j 
 
 T punish or row aid. 
 
 4 God i I sure defetici 
 
 Against ojfpji 
 As troubles rise, hi^ needftil aids 
 la our behalf engage. 
 
 5 The men who know his name will trust 
 
 In his abundant grace: 
 Whose mercy n^\>v forsook the just 
 Who humbly sought his faee. 
 
 G filing praises, therefore, to the Lord,. 
 From Sioii his abode i 
 Proclaim his d£eds 5 till all the world 
 Confess no other God. 
 
 PS A L M X. Common Metre. 
 Deliver akce from the oppressed. 
 
 1 r 1 ^1 IY p <■ why withdraw'st thou. 
 
 A And why conceal thy face, [Lord, 
 When greal caJahvittes appear, 
 And times of de< p distress : 
 
 : 1 hall the w 'eked -tiil deride 
 
 Thyjlistice and thy 
 Si.;'il i . [i till ir heads in pride, 
 
 tif. ? 
 
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H PSALM XI. 
 
 3 They put thy judgments from their sigGr* 
 And then insult the poor ; 
 They boast in their exalted height, 
 
 That they shall fall no more. 
 
 A But thou, O Lord, thine arm exalt > 
 Attend our humble cryj 
 The orphan and the helpless poor 
 On thee for aid rely. 
 
 5 Why should the sons of malice rage, 
 
 And say, with foolish pride, 
 The God of heay'n will ne'er engage 
 To fight on virtue's side ? 
 
 6 But thou wilt humble suppliants hear* 
 
 Who to thy throne repair; 
 Thou who (last form our hearts to pray,. 
 And then aceept'st the pray'r. 
 
 7 Let tyrants proud no more oppress* 
 
 No more despise the just : 
 Let mighty sinners all confess. 
 Themselves but feeble dust. 
 
 P S A L M XT. Common Metre. 
 
 God's care of the righteous and punishment 
 of the wicked. 
 
 1 QINCE 1 have plac'd my trust in God, 
 O A refuge always nigh, 
 Why should I, like a tim'rons bird, 
 To distant mountains fly r 
 
 Q Behold, the wicked bend their bow, 
 And ready fix Hieirdart, 
 Lurking in ambush to destroy 
 
 The man of upright heart. 
 
 3 When 
 
I s \ i stf - M. 13 
 
 ice tlie firm assurance fails 
 Which public faith imparts, 
 
 Tis tie 
 
 From such ts. 
 
 •i T : a temple here, 
 
 And righteous throne ab<r 
 When* s rveys thesons^of men, 
 
 And how their counsels move. 
 
 5 If (rod the righteous, whom he lovesj 
 For tryal doth correct, 
 Whal raust the sonsof violence^ 
 Whom he abhors expect ? 
 G Snares, fire and brimstone on their heads 
 Shall in one tempest show'r, 
 This dreadful mixture, his just wrath 
 Into their cup will pour. 
 7 Hi ever will mens righteous deeds 
 With signal favour gra 
 And to the upright soul disclose 
 The brightness of his t" 
 
 PSA L M XL Long Metro 
 
 1 QIXCE I have placM my trust in God, 
 O A refuge that is always nij 
 Why should I, like the tremb 
 To distant woods or mountains fly? 
 Behold*, thewicked beud their bow, 
 .And tit their arrows on the 
 And ;iim from lurking place - ta 
 fi ruin on tlT upright to brii 
 Hs well the Lord doth sit ouii: 
 
 Whence he suri ■ Vvorld belt . 
 
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16 PSALM XTL 
 
 From him no counsels are conceaTd, 
 His eye-lids search the spirit thro'. 
 
 4 If he afflicts his saints so far, 
 
 To prove their love and try their grace ; 
 What may the boldtrensgressorsjeari 
 His very soul abhors their trays. 
 
 5 He on the wicked snares shall rain, 
 Torments and vengeful tempests pour, 
 Brimstone and raging iireeonnnix'd, 
 Sad portion f shall th T unjust devour. 
 
 6 The righteous Lord loves righteous souls 
 Whose thoughts and actions are sincere. 
 And with a gracious eye beholds 
 Those that his lovely imag 
 
 P S A L M XII. Common Metre 
 
 Sins of the tongue complained of> and the 
 good mifltfk safely and hope nohoitlisanding 
 the ivickedness and malice of his enemies. 
 
 1 T TELP, Lord, for men of virtue fail, 
 
 JL- JL Religion loses ground > 
 The sons of violence prevail, 
 , And treacheries abound, 
 
 2 Their oaths and promises they break, 
 
 Yet act the flatterer's part j 
 With fair deceitful lips they speak, 
 And with a double heart. 
 
 $ But lips with base deceit so fraught, 
 Can never prosper long, 
 Thy vengeance surely will confound 
 The proud blaspheming tongue. 
 
 4 God 
 
PS A L M XIII. 
 
 4 God eveithear& his-sufFring poo 
 
 And tlu ir oppression kn<>\\ s, 
 And will arise to plead their cause 
 'Gainst them that are their fo< I 
 
 6 His tfords from aH deeeit isfree, 
 I lis truth had long been try'd, 
 Silver is nol more pure and bright, 
 Though seven times purifV M 
 
 5 The faithful jpromise !;•■ hath ma< 
 
 Through ages shafl endure. 
 
 And all who In him dp coniidej 
 
 Shall find his promise sure. 
 
 P S A L M XIII. Common Metre 
 A prayer jo r mercy and luip. 
 
 1 flOW long wilt thou conceal thy face? 
 X JL My God, how long delay ? 
 When shall 1 feel those heav'nly rays 
 
 That ehasr my fears away ? 
 
 2 How Ib'ng shall my poor laboring soul 
 
 Wrestle and toil in vain ? 
 Thj word can all my foes controul, 
 And ease my raging pain. 
 
 3 QJj6t4 my God, consider well. 
 
 And answer to me make ; 
 Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep 
 Of death me overtake. 
 
 4 Restore me, lest they pfoudfj f 
 
 'Tw as their o* n strength o'ercamej 
 Permit them hot that vt \ n 
 To triumph in my shame! 
 
 5 And 
 
18 FSALM XIII. 
 
 4 And s^nce I still thy confidence 
 
 Have pls^c'd upon thy word 
 1 trust my heart shi&ll yet rejoice 
 In thy salvationi Lord. 
 
 Then sballmy&ong, with praise hispird. 
 
 To thee, my God, a&Oendj 
 
 Who to thy servant, in distress; 
 
 Such bounty did'st extend. 
 
 PSALM XIII. Long Metre. 
 
 Hope in distress. 
 
 1 T TOW Jong, O Lord, shalkl 6ompffcin 
 1 1 Like one who seeks bis God in vain 
 Can'st thou thy face Tor ever hide ? 
 And I shall gray and be deny 'd? 
 
 2 Shall 1 for ever be forgot ? 
 
 As one whom thou regrardest not? : 
 Still si I all my soul tiune absence mourn 
 And still despair of i\\y return ? 
 
 5 How long shall my poor troubled breast 
 Be with tnese anxious thoughts opprest ? 
 And Satan, my malicious foe, 
 Rejoifce to see me sunk so low ? 
 
 4 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief, 
 Before my death conclude my grief, 
 If thon withhold thy heav'nly light, . 
 I steep in everlasting night. 
 
 C Now will the pow'rs of darkness boa 
 If but one praying soul be lost ? . 
 But I have trusted In thy grace, 
 
 And shall again behold thy face. 
 
 G Wfcat'ei 
 
PSALM XIV. 1<j 
 
 6 Whatever nay fears or foes suggest) 
 Thou ait my hope, my Joy, m rest , 
 My heart shall feel thy joy and raise 
 A chearful voice in songs of praise. 
 
 P S A L M XIV. Common Metre. 
 
 All men arc sinners. 
 
 1 x^OOLS intheir hearts believe and say^ 
 Jj Thar all religion's vain, 
 
 There is no God that reigns onhiffh. 
 
 Or minds th' affairs of men 
 
 2 Upon mens sons the Lord from Ileav'n 
 
 Did cast his eye abroad, 
 To see if any understand, 
 And did seek after God,. 
 
 3 They altogether hateful ate, 
 
 Their practice ail the same ; 
 There's none that fears Ins Maker's hand. 
 There's none that loves his name. 
 
 4 So sens re these .ire -\vn, 
 
 That they God's saints devour, 
 And never worship at bis throne, 
 Nor far Ills awful powV. 
 
 5 Such seeds of sin, that bitter root, 
 
 In ev'ry heart is found, 
 Nor cm they bear dn irier fruit, 
 Till grace refine the ground, 
 
 :) O that the jo\ ful day v. ere ci 
 To banish our disgrace ! 
 When Go;! shall bring bis Children home, 
 Our sp r cease. 
 
 P S A L M. 
 
P s a h M xv. 
 
 PSA LM XV. CKramtfto Mfetre- 
 
 The character of the m&n whom God lor 
 
 1 " OPJ), who's tlie happy man that may, 
 JL-J To thy blest colli :r ? 
 
 Nor stranger like to visit them, 
 But to inhabit there, 
 
 £ 'Tis lie, Whose ev'ry thought and deed 
 Bv rules 6f virtue mo\< l 
 Whbse geii'rous tongue disdains to speak: 
 Tlie thing his heart disproves. 
 
 3 Who never did a slander forge, 
 
 His neighbour's fame to wound, 
 Nor hearken to a false report 
 By malice whisper'd round. 
 
 4 Who vice, in all its pomp and pow'r, , 
 
 Can treat with just neglect ; 
 And piety, though eloath'd in rags, 
 Religiously respect. 
 
 5 Who to his plfghted vows and trust 
 
 Math ever firmly stood; 
 And though lie promise to his loss, 
 Me makes his promise good. 
 
 G Who hates exaction, and rejects 
 Bribes to betray the j list, 
 Such, still on grace relying, may 
 In God securely trust. 
 
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PSAL M XV. $j 
 
 T SAL M XV. Common M 
 
 Dulles to God and m 
 
 V V Gr< I, and di thv 
 
 '! tre man ihal minds h ligidii n ace ? 
 
 And irumbly walks with God below. 
 
 2 Whose hands arc pure, whose heart is 
 
 an, 
 JVhofeeliipfi fcktheth u au$ 
 
 No -landers dwell upon his tongue* 
 
 He hates to do his neighbour wrong. 
 
 3 Scarcfe will he trust an ill report, 
 Nojrvent il to hi?, neighbour's hurt 
 Sinners qf stele lieean despise. 
 But saints are honoured in his eyes, 
 
 j 4 Firm tohiswbrd he evfer stood, 
 
 And always makes his promise good , 
 Nor dare to change the thing he swears, 
 What ever pain or loss he bears. 
 
 5 1 le never deals in bribing gold, 
 
 And mourns that justice should be soil ; 
 While others gripe and grind the pom*, 
 S\ ect charity attends his door. 
 
 o Yet, when his holiest works are done, 
 I [is soul depends on grace alone : 
 This is the man thy facia shall s 
 And dwi 11 for ever, Lord, with thee. 
 
 PSAL M 
 
?* PS AT M XV 1. 
 
 PSA L M XVI. Common Metre. 
 
 Unmerited couvsr! and sup; >orf from God, and 
 the jouful hope of a resurrection to eternal 
 
 life ' 
 
 1 T)RESKI{"YE mo, Lord, I tlvoe entreat 
 X And shield me from all harm, 
 •Because my trust I .still repose 
 On thv Almighty arm. 
 
 & My soul all help but thine deth slight. 
 All Gods hut thee disown ; 
 Yvt can no deeds of mine requite 
 The goodness thou hast .shown. 
 
 S Thou art iny portion, all my good 
 From thy rich mercy Hows, 
 And thy kind providence secures 
 The blessings it bestows, 
 
 4 Let heathens to tiieir idols haste, 
 
 And worship wood or stone; 
 Tn\\ my delightful lot is cast 
 Where the true God is known. 
 
 5 His hand provides my constant food* 
 
 He tills my daily cup* 
 Much am I pleas'd with present good,- 
 But more rejoice in hope. 
 
 6 God only is my boast and joy, 
 
 I lis counsels are my light ; 
 lie gives mo sweet advice by day, 
 And gentle bints by night. 
 
 7 My soul would all her thoughts approve 
 
 To his all-seeing eyej 
 
 Nor 
 
PS A L M XVI. 
 
 ft* 
 
 Nor death nor hell my hope shall mo 
 While such a friend is nigh. 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 $ Why should n^y; soul affrighted be I 
 When God's at my right hand, 
 To hoar my droopijig courage up. 
 And all my foes withstand, 
 
 Q Therefore my heart shall grief defy, 
 My glory shall rejoice; 
 My fresh shah rest, in hope to rise, 
 Wak'd by his powerful voice. 
 
 10 Thou, Lord, when I resign njybreathj 
 
 My soid from hell shall free ; 
 r let thy holy one in death 
 The least corruption see. 
 
 1 1 Thou shah the paths of life display . 
 
 That to thy presence lead; 
 Where pleasure's dwell without allay, 
 Andjoj & that never fade, 
 
 PS A L M XVI. Ton- Metre. 
 
 Christian courage and hope in de* 
 
 ] TTT1IK\(jo(1 is high, my faith is strong, 
 V V 1 lis arm id my Almighty prop ; 
 B glad, myheurt, rejoice mj tongue; 
 My dying flesh shall rest in hope. 
 
 I Though in the dust 1 lay my head, 
 Yet, gracious Godi thou ivilt not lea 
 My soid for ever with the dead, 
 Nor lose mv children in th • vtt&te, 
 
 C I Mm 
 
P S A L M XYIL 
 
 3 Mv flesh shall thy first call obey, 
 Shake oil' the dust and ri.se 611 high ; 
 Then shall thou lead the wondrous wiy 
 
 Up to thy throne above the, sky. 
 
 4 There streams of endless pleasure flow; 
 And full diacoyYies of thy grace, 
 
 "Which we but tasted here below, 
 Spread gloriousjoys through all the place 
 
 P S A L M XYIT. Common Mc trc. 
 A prayer for conduct and support. 
 
 1 y I ^O the just plea which here I hold 
 
 JL Attend, O righteous Lord, 
 And to my prayV, which is unfeign'd, 
 A gracious ear afford. 
 
 2 Per thou hast search VI my heart by day, 
 
 And visited by night, 
 And, on the strictest trial, found, 
 Its secret motions right. 
 
 43 Through life, I by the sacred word 
 WWch from thy lips doth flow, 
 Have slmnn'd the vile and dang'rous road 
 Where bold transgressors go. 
 
 4 Hold up my goings, Lord, me gu 
 
 Still in thy paths divine ; 
 So that my footsteps may not slide 
 Out of these ways of thine 
 
 5 Since heretofore I ne'er in va'm 
 
 To thee my pray'r address ; 
 i) now, my God, incline thine ear, 
 And favour my request, 
 
 I 
 
PSALM XVIL 
 
 C) J 
 
 Who *e poi l ioi 
 Who iiliVl with ■ di >ire 
 
 No ^\ h 
 
 7 But such at I uirn to dust : 
 
 All their fond :^>j.vs arc vain : 
 In this short tifie Lb ir pleasure U 
 
 And all beyond is pain. 
 
 8 All earthly stores* Lord> I resign, 
 
 To see thy blissful face \ [stand 
 
 When, vvak'd from death, I plfeas'd shall 
 Compleat in righteousness. 
 
 P S A L M XVII. Long Metre. 
 
 ton of the saints, ana "the resurrection. 
 
 1 ORD, I am thine, but thou wilt prove 
 
 .Li My faith, my patience, and my love i 
 
 When men of spite against me join, 
 They are the sword, the hand is thine. 
 
 8 Their hope and portion lie below ; 
 'Tisall the happiness they know; 
 'Tis all they seek; they take their shares, 
 And leave the rest among their heirs. 
 
 3. What sinners value I resign ; 
 
 Lord, 'tis enough thai thou art mine, 
 
 1 shall behold thy blissful face, 
 
 And stand compleat in righteousness. 
 
 4 This life's a, dream, an empty show; 
 IV.it the bright world to which I go, 
 I lath joys substantial and sine. 
 
 ill 1 wake and fmd mo there ? 
 5 O glori 
 
g6 PSALM XVni. 
 
 .5 O glorious hour? O blest abode! 
 J shall be near and like my God I 
 And flesh and sin no more controul 
 The sacred pleasures bf the soul. 
 
 6 My flesh shall slumber in the ground 
 Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ; 
 Then burst the chains with sweet surprise. 
 And in my saviour's image rise. 
 
 •PSAL M XVIII. Common Metre. 
 
 Safely in God y and victory over enemies. 
 
 1 TT7Elove thee, Lord, and we adore, 
 V V Now is fhj r name reveal'd ; 
 Thou art our strength, our heav'nly tow'r 
 Our bulwark and our shield. 
 
 % We fly to our eternal rock, 
 And find a sure defence : 
 His holy name our lips invoke, 
 And draw salvation thence. 
 
 3 Thou snit'st thyself, Almighty God, 
 Wisely to all mankind ; 
 They who in mercy take delight, 
 With thee shall mercy find. 
 
 A For thou art everkind to such, 
 And them that justice love; 
 Pure to the pure, but wilt contend 
 With those that froward prove. 
 
 5 We never from an evil heart 
 
 Thy ways, O Lord, declin'd ; 
 Nov from our God did e'er depart, 
 
 Led by a wick'd mind, 
 
 6 1 
 
PS A L M XVIII. 27 
 
 For all thy law - w.tc in our iighf ; 
 
 They still were in our view ; 
 
 With thee weal--) were apright, 
 
 And did our mii subdue. 
 
 ? Therefore we, in our sail distress. 
 To (rod addressed our moan ; 
 Who graciously inclm'd his ear; 
 And heard us from his throne, 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 & WheivGbcT our leader shines inarm*. 
 What mortal heart can bear 
 
 The thunder of his loud alarms r 
 The lightning of his spear 8 
 
 9 He rides upon the winged wind, 
 And angels in array. 
 In legions wait to know, his mind, 
 And swift as flames obey. 
 
 10 He speaks, and at his Tierce robin. 
 
 Whole armies are dismay 'd ; 
 
 His voice, his frown, his angry Id 
 Strikes all their courage dead. 
 
 11 Lord, by thine aid, our troop* prevail 
 
 And break unit'd pow'rs ; 
 Or burn then* boasted fleets, or scale 
 
 The proudest o$ Me ir t<>M Vs. 
 
 tSt In vain to idol-saints they cty, 
 And perish in their blood ; 
 Where is a rock so great, ;o hi-h 
 So pow'ifal as our God p 
 
 R3 13 They 
 
PSALM XVIII. 
 
 13 The rock of Israel over lii< 
 His name be ever West ! 
 
 Tis his own arm the vict'ry give-, 
 And gives his people rest. 
 
 PSALM XVIII. Long Metre. 
 
 1 IVT^) change of times shall ever shook 5 
 xS My firm affection, Lord, to thee 
 For thou hast always been my rock, 
 
 A fortress and defence. to me. 
 
 2 Thou my deliverer art, my God, 
 My trust is in thy mighty powV ; 
 Thou art my shield from foes abroad, 
 At home my safeguard and high tow'r, 
 
 3 To thee I did address my pray V, 
 To whom all praise we justly owe; 
 So.wasT, by thy vyatcliiul care, 
 Preserved from the treach'rqus foe, 
 
 4 For thy design shall still succeed, j 
 Thy Avon! shall bear the utmost test; 
 
 A shield thou art to all that need, 
 And on thy sure protection rest. 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 5 When God arose my part to take, 
 
 The conscious earth was struck with fear ^ 
 The hills did at his presence shako, 
 Nor could his dreadful fury bear. 
 
 % He left the beauteous realms of light, 
 Whilst lLav'nbow'ddown its awful head: 
 Beneath his ivct substantial uight, 
 >Var like a sable carpet, spread. 
 
 7 The 
 
PS ALM XIX. 
 
 7 The chariol of th£ King 6f Kin 
 Which active troops of angels di e 
 On a strong tempest's rapid vvi 
 With most amazing swiftn< 
 
 8 Through Heav'ii's wide arch athundVirag 
 (J ( Mr> angry voice did loudly roar; [peal, 
 While earth's sad face with heaps of hail, 
 And Hakes of fire was covered o'er. 
 
 Thus God did on our side en 
 
 From! Leav'n^hitfthrone^oor cause upheld, 
 And MiatchM us iron) the furious ra._ 
 Of threatening waves that proud 1} swell tl. 
 
 10 AY ho then deserves to he adorM 
 
 But God, on whom our hop< s depend" 
 Or who, except the mighty L< 
 Can with resistless pow'r defend? 
 
 11 \l\ song for ever shall record 
 That terrible, tliat joyful hour 5 
 And give the glory to the Lord 
 Due to his mercy and his pow.r. 
 
 PS A L M XIX. Common Metre. 
 
 T/u Gody and the zxcetiency of his 
 
 word. 
 
 1 r 9 MI I\ Hea\ 'n> declare thy irlory, Lord, 
 
 X Which thai alone can till ; 
 The firmam .: and Mars exhrJ 
 Their great Cri kill 
 
 '2 The da tv, 
 
 Fr jsh rledg^ brings : 
 
 And B i night 
 
 Divine instruction springs. 
 
 3 Thek 
 
SO PSALM XIX. 
 
 3 Their powerful language to no realm 
 
 Or region is coiifmM ; 
 'Tis nature's voice, and* understood 
 
 .Mike by all mankind. 
 
 4 Their doctrine doth its sacred sense 
 
 Through earth's extent display 5 
 Whose bright contents the circling swii 
 Does round the world convey. 
 
 i> No bridegroom on his nuptial day, 
 Hath such a cheadul face; 
 No giant doth like him rejoice 
 To run his glorious race. 
 
 6 From bast to west, from west to 1 
 His restless bourse he gen >; 
 
 And through his progress chearful ligh£ 
 And vital warmth bestows,. 
 
 P A R T It 
 
 ? God's perfect law converts the soul', 
 Reelairtis from false desir< 
 With sacred- wisdom his sure word 
 The ignorant inspires.. 
 
 8* The statutes of the Lord are right, 
 And do rejoice the heart ; 
 Pure his commands and heav'nly light 
 To willing minds impart, 
 
 9 His perfect worship here is tix'd, 
 On sure foundations laid; 
 His equal laws are in the scales 
 Of truth and justice weigh '(J, 
 
 10 Of 
 
TSALM XIX 9* 
 
 10 Of more esteem than golden mine*. 
 
 Or gold re fin r d ivith skill : 
 More sweel than honey, or the drop} 
 Thai frotii the comb distil. 
 
 11 Oar trusty counsellors they arc; 
 
 And friendly warnings i •'< ; 
 Divine rewards attend on those 
 Who by his precepts live. 
 
 12 But where's the man observes how oft 
 
 He doth from virtue fall ? 
 O cleanse me from my secret faults, 
 Thou God who knovv\st them all. 
 
 13 And never let presumtuous sin 
 
 Dominion have o'er mo, 
 That, by th\ grace preserve^ I may 
 
 Each bold transgression flee. 
 
 14 The words which from our mouth proceed, 
 
 The thoughts sent from our heart, 
 Accept, O Lord, for thou our strength 
 And our Redeemer art. 
 
 P S A L M XIX. Long Metre. 
 
 1 r I MIL spacious firmament on high, 
 
 JL With rill the blue ethereal sky. 
 
 And spangled Heav'ns, a shining frame, 
 
 Their great original proclaim. 
 
 2 TIT unwearied sun, from day to day, 
 Does his Creator's potv'V display - 3 
 And publishes to ev'ry land 
 
 The 'work of an Almighty hand. 
 
 3 Soon as the eVning shades prevail 
 The moon takes up the wonitrous Date ; 
 
 Aud 
 
P S A L M XIX. 
 
 And nightly to the iist'ning earth 
 
 RepiaN the story of her birth: 
 
 4 Whilst all the stars that round her burn* 
 And all the planets in their tarn, 
 Confirm the tidings as they roll, 
 
 And spread the truth from pole to pole. 
 
 5 What though, in solemn silenee all 
 Move round this dark terrestrial ball > 
 What though no real voice nor sound 
 Amidst the radient orbs be found : 
 
 6 In reason's ear they all rejoice, 
 And utter forth a glorious voice;. 
 For ever singing as they shine, 
 The hand that made us is divine.. 
 
 PSALM XIX. Third Metre. 
 
 Nature and Scriptiwe compared. 
 
 1 nnHE Heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord,. 
 
 X In ev'ry star thy wisdom shines : 
 But when our eyes behold thy word, 
 We read thy name in fairer lines. 
 
 2 The rolling sun, the changing Kght, 
 And nights and days thy pow'r confess 3 
 But the blest volume thou hast writ 
 Reveals thy justice and thy grace 
 
 3 Sun, moon and stars convey thy praise , 
 Round the whole earth and never stand; 
 So when thy truth began its race, 
 
 It touch' d and glaneM on ev'ry land, 
 i Xor shall the spreading gospel rest, 
 Till through the world thy grace has run,. 
 Till Christ hath all the nations blest 
 That see the light,, or feel the sun. 
 
 5 Greuj 
 
P S A L \r XX. 
 
 5 Great sun of ' righteousness, arise, 
 Bless the darlc world w ith heavenly lighl j 
 Thy gospel makes the sinvpJe wise. 
 
 Thy law s £re pure, thy judgments right. 
 
 6 The noblest woutlers here we view, 
 In souls reneWM, and .sins forgiv'h; 
 Lord, cleanse our heart*, crtir souls 'renews 
 
 And make thy word our guide to 1 Iea\ \i. 
 
 P S A L M XX. Common M&rer. 
 
 ( \)njidencc in the divine, favour answered and 
 rtwdrded. 
 | /^\ LORD, to our request attend, 
 \JF And hear as in distress; 
 The name of J^eob's God defend 
 And gtant our arms success. 
 
 2 To aid us from on high repair. 
 Ancl strength from Sion give, 
 Remember all our offerings there, 
 Our sacrifice recent 
 
 J Our hopes are fi\VI that now the Lord 
 II'ls people will defend ; 
 From lleav'n resistless aid afford, 
 And \o their prav'r attend. 
 
 i >irie trust in steeds for war designed, 
 
 On ehariots some rely; 
 Against them all we call to mind 
 The powV erf God most high, 
 
 5 But from their' steeds and chariots thrown 
 Behold them, through the plain, 
 Disorder^ broke and trampled down, 
 Whilst firm our troops remain, 
 
 6 Stffl 
 
S4 P S A L M XX. 
 
 G Si ill save us. Lord, and still proceed 
 Our rightful cause to Mess; 
 Hear, King of Heav'n, in time of need, 
 The pray rs ftiat we address, 
 
 PS AL M XX. Long Metre. 
 
 1 TVJOAV may tke God of pow'r and grace 
 
 X\ Attend his people's humble cry I 
 Jehovah hears when Israel prays, 
 And brings deliverance from on high, 
 
 2 The name of Jacob's God defends 
 Better than shields or brazen walls; 
 He from his sanctuary sends 
 SucQcflir and strength when Sioti calls, 
 
 3 Well he .remembers all our sighs, 
 }Ii^ love exceeds ourbest deserts $ 
 His love accepts the sacrifice 
 
 Of fumble greens and broken hearts. 
 
 A In his salvation is our hope, 
 And in the name of Israel's, "God, 
 
 Our troops shall lift their haiinqrs up, 
 
 Our navies spread their flags abroad, 
 
 6 Some trust in horses trahi'd for w^fi 
 
 And some of ehadots make their boast. 
 
 Our surest (Expectations are 
 
 From thee, the Lord of heav'nly hosts, 
 
 C Now save its, Lord from Slavish fear, 
 Now let our hope be firm and strong: 
 Till thy salvation shall appear, 
 And joy and triumph raise the song. 
 
 V S A L M 
 
PSALM XXI. 33 
 
 P S A L M XXI. Common Metre. 
 Our king the care of Heaven. 
 
 I fTMlK, king, O Lord, with songs of 
 JL Shall in thy strength rejoice, [pmi.se, 
 And, blest with thy salvation, raise, 
 To Ileav'n, his chearful voice, 
 fi Thy sure defence, thro' nations round. 
 Has .spread his glorious name, 
 And his successful actions crown'd 
 With majesty and fame. 
 
 3 Then let the king, on God alone, 
 
 For timely aid rely ; 
 His mercy shall support the throne, 
 An 1 all our wants supply. 
 
 4 But, righteous Lord, his stubborn foes, 
 
 Shall feel thy dreadful hand > 
 Thy vengeful arm shall find out those 
 Who hate his mild command. 
 
 5 Whilst they, their swift retreat prepa ■ 
 
 To shun thy dreadful might, 
 
 Thine arrows, piercing thro' the air, 
 Shall wound them in thek flight. 
 
 6 Thus, Lord, in thee the king shall p 
 
 Thus thou wilt raise his i-uno: 
 1 Ii- kingdoms thus, with honours hi 
 Will praise thy glorious name. 
 
 PSA L M XXI. Long Metre. 
 
 Chris/ i mu 
 
 VyiDrejoic*d in God his strength 
 Rais'd to the throne by special grace, 
 D !?■.. 
 
 D 
 
56 PSAI. M XXII. 
 
 But, Christ, the Son, amx ^s 1 ^ 
 
 Fulfils the triumph and 
 
 2 How great is the Mefilah's joy 
 In the sahation of th\ 
 
 Lord, thou hast rais'd his kingdom high, 
 Tli£ world submits to his command. 
 
 3 With grateful hearts, we view the Son, 
 For whom the Heav'ns their gales unibU ; 
 To whom we see due honour's done) 
 AscrownYl with glory,, not <\ith gold 
 
 4 Honours around his temples shine, 
 
 To which the surest claim 1, 
 
 «. 
 
 Honour and majesty divine 
 Are his, with everlasting r!a\-s. 
 
 PSALM XXII. Common Metre. 
 
 Christ's sufferings and death. 
 
 1 1\/T^ God, my God, whyleay'st thou 
 JlVX When I with apgxiish faint r 
 O why so for from me remov'd, 
 And from my loud complaint? 
 
 -2 Why has ray God my soal forsook, 
 Nor will a smile afford? 
 Thus David once in anguish spoke, 
 And thus our dying Lord ! 
 
 3 Fm treated, said he, like a worm, 
 
 Like none of human birth : 
 Not only by the great re.vil'd, 
 But made the rabble's mirth. 
 
 4 With laughter, all the gazing crowd, 
 
 My agonies survey ; 
 
 7!, 
 
PSA L M XX U 
 
 Th '■■ i k ad, 
 
 deriding, say.j 
 
 5 " In God h> ting oft 
 
 w That he was Heav'ns delight; 
 11 Let God ( • to own him now., 
 
 " And have his favourite. " 
 
 6 My heart with pressing grief dissolves, 
 
 In groans I waste my breath: 
 Th / hand has brought me down. 
 
 Low as the gates of death, 
 
 7 From earth and hell my sorrows meet ; 
 
 To multiply the smart, 
 They nail iny hands, they pierce my feet, 
 And try to vex my heart. 
 
 8 As spoil my garments they divide, 
 
 Lots for my vesture cast : 
 Therefore approach, O Lord, my strength. 
 And to my succour haste. 
 
 9 Tims did oar sutY'rin g Saviour pray, 
 
 With mighty cries and 
 God heard him in that dreadful day, 
 And chae'd away his fears. 
 
 10 A num'rous offspring must ari 
 
 From his expiring groans ; 
 They Shall be reckoned, in [lis eyes, 
 For daughters and for soi 
 
 1.1 The meek and humble 
 1 lis table i ichly spread ; 
 
 And all th the Lord shall I 
 
 Withjovs immortal fed 
 
 12 
 
38 PSALM XXIII. 
 
 l l 3 The isles shall know the righteousness 
 Of our incarnate God ; 
 And nations yet unborn, profess 
 Salvation in his blood. 
 
 PSALM XXII. Long Metre. 
 Christ's sufferings and victory in death. 
 
 1 IVfOW let our mournful songs record 
 JlS The dying sorrows of our Lord; 
 "When lie complain'd in tears of blood, 
 As one forsaken of his God. 
 
 2 The Jews beheld him thus forlorn, 
 
 And shake their heads and laugh in scorn j 
 He rescu'd others from the grave ; 
 Now let him try himself to save. 
 
 3 This is the man did once pretend, 
 God was his father and his friend : 
 If God, the blessed, lov'd him so, 
 Why doth he fail to help him now ? 
 
 4 They wound his head, his hands, his feet, 
 Til) streams of blood each other meet: 
 By lot his garments they divide, 
 
 And mock the pangs in which he dy'il. 
 
 5 But God, his father, heard his cry; 
 RaisVl from the dead he reigns on high : 
 The nations learn his righteousness, 
 
 And. humble sinners taste his gra 
 
 P S A L M XXIII. Common Marc. 
 
 God our Shepherd. 
 
 lepherd is the migh 
 hovah is his name : 
 
 1 TV jf Y shepherd is the mighty Lord, 
 1V1 J eh 
 
 He 
 
PSALM XXIIL 
 
 lie feeds me with his sacred word, 
 As by a living stream, 
 
 2 He leads ine to the fruitful place, 
 
 Wh( re beav'nly pasture 1 growi 
 There arc the sprfogs of richest gi 
 There full salvation flows. 
 
 3 When wand'ring from his paths I stray, 
 
 My soul to peace he brinj 
 He glides my dark and doubtful way, 
 And shades me v^ith hisifrhrgs. 
 
 4 Ev'n in the srloomv vale of death. 
 
 His presence is my stay: 
 A word of his supporting breath 
 
 Drives all my fears away. 
 
 5 In presence of my envious foes 
 
 spread : 
 My cup with blessings overflows,. 
 
 ailfs my head. 
 
 6 The kind provision of tny God 
 
 Shall crown my ftitur< 
 
 His house shall he my hi ie 3 
 
 And all my w 
 
 PSA L M " XXIIL Long M< 
 1 'TTMIE I til prep; 
 
 JL And :. 
 His mpply, 
 
 A i. o with a 
 
 M a nd, 
 
 An I - rr^id-.i: 
 
 When in th( lit, 
 
 Or oj at ; 
 
 ' D 3 To 
 
\0 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 To fertile vales and dewy mead-. 
 My weary waudYing stew, he 
 Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow. 
 
 Amidst the verdant landskip flow. 
 
 3 Though in the paths of death I tread, 
 With gloomy horrors overspread ; 
 My steadfast heart shall fear no ill: 
 For thou, O Lord, art with me still; 
 Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, 
 And guide me through the dreadful shade. 
 
 4 Though in a bare and rugged way, 
 Through devious lonely wilds J stn y : 
 Thy presence shall my pains beguile, 
 
 The barren wilderness shall smile, 
 With sudden greens and hei ba^e crown'd- 
 And streams shall murmur all around. 
 
 P S A L M XXIV. Common Metre. 
 
 Saints Weill tcilh God. 
 
 1 .HPHE earth for ever is the Lord's, 
 
 X The Lord her fiilness'is; 
 The world, and they that dwell therein, 
 By sov'reigm right are his. 
 
 2 But for himself the Lord of all 
 
 A chosen seat design'*}; 
 O who shall to that sacred hill 
 DcsirVl admittance find ? 
 
 3 The man whose hands and heart are pure, 
 
 Whose thoughts from pride are freej 
 Who honest poverty prefers 
 To gainful perjury* 
 
PSALM XXIV-. 41 
 
 4 This, this, is he, on whom the L 
 
 Shall show'r hi 
 Whom God his Saviour shall^Qufchsai 
 
 With righteousr crow n. 
 
 >«•;, is the race of saie.ts by wh 
 
 Thy sacred courts | ; 
 
 Such is the lot of thos< 
 
 The face of Jacob's God. 
 
 6 Now let our soul's immortal : 
 
 To meet the M>rd prepare i 
 Lift up their everlasting doors, 
 The king of glory's near. 
 
 7 TbeKingof pory, who can tell 
 
 The wonders of his might i 
 1 Ie rules the nations, but to dwell 
 With salute is his delight. 
 
 5 Erect your heads, ye gates unfold, 
 
 In state to entertain 
 The King of glory; see lie comes 
 With all his shining train ! 
 
 Whp is the King of glory, who " 
 
 The Lord of hosts renownM; 
 Of glory he alone is fcirfg, 
 Who is with glory ifowh* 
 
 PSA LM XXIV. U>pg Mej 
 
 1 r | M1IS spacious earth is all the Lord's. 
 
 JL And men, and worm-, and Ik arts* fc 
 I Ie rais'd I : . [birds . 
 
 And gave it l\>v their d g place. 
 
 9 But there's a bri orld on high) 
 
 Tfyy palace, Lord, abo, kv ; 
 
42 PSALM XXV. 
 
 Who shall kscetwtrtlat blesl aboft&j 
 
 And due II stt near his maker, God ? 
 
 3 1 le tl Kit abhors and fears to sin, [clean 
 Whose heart is pure, whose hands are 
 Him shall the Lord, the Saviour bless, 
 And clothe his soul with riirhteousne 
 
 o 
 
 4 These are the men, the pious race, 
 That seek the God of Jacob's (at 
 These shall enjoy the blissful sight, 
 And dwell in everlasting light. 
 
 5 Rejoice, ye shining worlds on high, 
 Behold the King of glory nigh ! 
 Who can this King of glory be ? 
 The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he 
 
 G Ye heav'nly gates, your leaves display 
 To make the Lord, the Saviour wav : 
 He'll give his saints a blest abode. 
 Near their Redeemer and their God. 
 
 P S A L M XXV. Common Metre. 
 
 For divine instruction. 
 
 1 TT7 E lift our souls to thee, O Lord, 
 
 V V Our God,, we trust in thee : 
 Let none, who in thy name confide,. 
 Ashamed ever be. 
 
 2 Instruct us in thy s'ac,red paths, : 
 
 Lead us in truth's bright way ; 
 Grant us thy heav'nly light, th&t we 
 May never go astray. 
 
 3 Remember all thy mercies, Lord, 
 
 An c d guide us in thy truth : 
 
 For; 
 
PSALM XXV. 4S 
 
 Forgive the gins of riper years 
 
 And tollies of our youth. 
 
 A God, ulio is ever good and kind, 
 AVill humble souls instruct ; 
 Their wandYing steps back to his paths, 
 
 With safety will conduct. 
 
 The Whole paths of the Lord our Gud 
 
 Are truth and mercy sure ; 
 To such as keep his covenant 
 And testimonies pure. 
 
 6 The secret of the Lord is with 
 Such as do fear his name ; 
 And he, the treasures of his love, 
 Will manifest to them. 
 
 PSALM XXV. Short Metre. 
 
 1 T/\7^ lift our souls to God, 
 
 V V With ever-longing eytQj 
 From the first dawning light appears, 
 Till ev'ning shades the skies. 
 
 2 The dealings of his hand 
 
 Are truth and merry still, 
 With such as keep his covenant* 
 And his commands fulfill. 
 
 3 O iwrn th-ee to our souls, 
 
 Bring: thy salvation near ; 
 
 On us the bea\ 'nly joys bestow, 
 Of those thy name that K-ar. 
 
 \ When shall the sot'reijfn grace 
 
 Of our forgiving gOu, 
 Restore us from those dang Vans w;u >, 
 Our \v;md7iiu»- fee| have trod, 
 
 5 With 
 
H J> S A L M XXVI. 
 
 5 With each returning dl 
 
 Some sorrows now begin 
 O free us lrom distiv.v>ing pain,. 
 By pard'ning all our .sins. 
 
 Fro^enc our souls from death, 
 
 - Nor ])ut our hope to shame ; 
 For we have plac'd our only trust 
 In our Redeemer's name. 
 
 P S A L M XXVI. Common Metre. 
 
 The appeal of the righteous. 
 
 1 /^UR inmost thoughts, we offeiyLord, 
 V>/ To thine impartial eye ; 
 
 O try our hearts lest any sin 
 Should there concealed lye.. 
 
 9 The contemplation of thy love 
 Gives us the best delight $ 
 This both engages, and excites 
 Our care to walk aright. 
 
 3 In innocence Fd wash my hands, 
 
 And bring a heart so pure, 
 That when thy altar I approach, 
 My welcome might be sure. 
 
 4 Then with the chearful voice of praise 
 
 Thy goodness I'd proclaim : 
 Thy mighty works I would rehearse, 
 And magnify thy name. 
 
 5 The habitation of thy house, 
 
 Lord, I have loved well ; 
 That place affords me chief delight ; 
 Where doth thine honor dwell. 
 
 Finn. 
 
PS A L M xxv j r 
 
 G Firm and unmtv'd bj tljee I stand. 
 And hope I shall appear 
 In the assemblies of I 
 
 To bless and praise the<> Hi 
 
 PS A UM XXVII. Comiwa Nfetre, 
 
 The church our ddiglit and safely* 
 
 1 r I M IF Lord of glory is our light. 
 
 JL And our salvation too: 
 God is our strength; nor will we feft* 
 What all our Fogs can do. 
 
 Q One privilege our heart desires; 
 O ^rant us an abode; 
 Among the churches or" thy painty 
 Tlie temples of our God. 
 
 8 Tfiere shall \\<- ofTqt our requests; 
 And see thy beauty still; 
 There hear thy messages of grace, 
 
 And learn \ fed will, 
 
 i Whem troubles rise, an ! storms appear, 
 
 There rttay his children hid< ; 
 
 God bas a strong | , whefe 
 
 Our souls may safeulnde. 
 
 V& We thqrefore k ill bring 
 
 The sa 
 And songs . e will ; 
 
 Into the Lord 
 
 C In tnerctf ttut 
 
 Whene'i r w e • n to thee : 
 Lh all, w h' i in thj wo 
 Tii) sure salral 
 
 P A I? T 
 
46 PSALM XXVIII, 
 
 PART II. 
 
 7 Soon as we hear our father say, 
 
 u Ye children, seek my grace:" 
 Our hearts reply, without delay, 
 " We'll seek our father's face." 
 
 8 Let not thy face be hid from us, 
 
 Nor frown our souls away: 
 God of our lives, to thee we ily, 
 In each distressing day. 
 
 9 Tho* all our friends and kindred dear 
 
 Leave us to want or die ; 
 Our Cod would make our life his care, 
 And all our wants supply. 
 
 10 Our fainting flesh had dy'd with grief, 
 
 Had not our souls believ'd, 
 To see thy grace provide relief; 
 ; Nor was our hope deceiv'd. 
 
 11 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints, 
 
 And keep your courage up-; 
 He'll raise your spirit when it faints, 
 And far exceed your hope. 
 
 P S A L M XXVIII. Common Metre. 
 For times of public danger* 
 
 1 /~\ LOUD, our rock, to thee we cry, 
 \-J A gracious answer send ; 
 
 Or like to those we shall remain, 
 Who to the grave descend. 
 
 2 Grant our desires, when, with loud cries, 
 
 Thy favour we entreat, 
 
 When 
 
PSALM xxrx. 
 
 When wc spread forth imploring bands 
 
 Towards thy mercy-scat. 
 
 3 May we t m -ap" the sinners' doom, 
 
 V\ ho make a trade of ill ; 
 And, while their toi peak innocence, 
 
 Their hearts with maliee lill. 
 
 4 Since they Jehovah's wonders slight, 
 
 Nor do his grace adore; 
 lie, their destruction, may permit, 
 And build them up no more. 
 
 5 Bat we, with due acknowledgments, 
 
 Ills praises will resound, 
 From whom the cries of our distress, 
 A gracious answer found. 
 
 C PivstTve and bless thy people, Lord, 
 Thine heritage defend : 
 Thro' life protect them, and in death, 
 Be thou their happy end. 
 
 P S A L M XXIX. Common Metre. 
 
 God's voice in the tempest. 
 
 1 'VT'E prin ho in might excel, 
 
 X Your ire, 
 
 God's glorious ; j loudly toll, 
 
 I lis wondrous pow'r declare. • 
 
 2 To his great name freslj altars raise, 
 Devout respeel afford ; 
 
 And in his b nple prai 
 
 Thi EWid mighty Lord. 
 
 His awful voice, with thunder runs 
 Thro 1 regions ol ky: 
 
 E The 
 
4* PSALM XXIX. 
 
 The ocean trembles at a sound, 
 So full of maje 
 
 4 How full of powY tliis voice appear?, 
 
 And with what terror crown'd ! 
 Which from their roots tall cedars tears, 
 And strews their branches rTmnd. 
 
 5 They, and the hills on which they grow, 
 
 Are hurry 'd far away ; 
 They leap like hinds that bounding go; 
 Or unicorns that play; 
 
 6 God rules the angry Hoods on high : 
 
 His boundless sway can't cease; 
 His saints, with strength, he will supply, 
 And bless his own with peace. 
 
 PS A L M XXIX. Long Metre. 
 
 1 /^ IVE to the Lord, ye sons of fame, 
 VjT Give to the Lord renown and pow'r j 
 Ascribe due honours to his name, 
 
 And his eternal might adore. 
 
 2 The Lord proclaims his pow'r aloud, 
 Over the ocean and the land ; 
 
 His voice divides the wat'ry cloud, 
 And liribtam^s blaze at his command. 
 
 3 He speaks, and tempest, hail and wind, * 
 Lay the Wide forest bare around ; 
 
 The fearfnl hart and frighted bind 
 Leap at the terror of tlie sound, 
 
 K To Lebanon he turns his voir \ 
 And lo! the stately cedars brcajc; 
 The mountains tremble at the noise; 
 } he valleys roar, the desarts quake. 
 
 5 Ifi 
 
PSALM XXX. 49 
 
 j j 1; \ the Lord 
 
 The < i 
 
 Amid* >rm I word 
 
 S; ..-■■ p ac< and comfort to our heai 
 
 P S A L M XXX Common Meti 
 
 m removed. 
 
 1 T7T, saints of his 3 unto God's house, 
 
 X With songs of praise repair 3 
 With me Commemorate his truth, 
 
 And providential care. 
 
 2 His wrath has but a moment's reign, 
 
 His favour no decay; 
 Ouciright of grief is recompens'd 
 With joy's returning day. 
 
 3 In prosperous times and days of health, 
 
 Misfortunes I defy ? d; 
 But, when thy favour was withdrawn, 
 My health and comforts dy'd. 
 
 4 Then, this address to God, I made; 
 
 w When to the urave I go, 
 " Shall there the dust thy praises sing? 
 " Shah it thy counsels show? 
 
 6 " Lord, gr xious, lirar me, and display 
 cc The marks of pitying 1< 
 " O help me in my greaf distress, 
 rt My pain and grief remove." 
 
 6 Tis d on ' my sighs to jby are tiirn'dj 
 To God due thanks V\\ git 
 My heart -hall dictate t.> my tongue 
 His pj 
 
 P S A L M 
 
.50 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 P S A L M XXX. Long Metre 
 
 1 TT7E will efctol thee, Lord, on higtb, 
 
 V V At \vfto£e Cofnrndnd di I) : 
 
 Who Bill a God (an M>cak,and save 
 From the dark borders of the grave? 
 
 2 Sing to the Lord, ye saint? of his, 
 And tell how great his goodiv 
 
 J^et all your powers rejoice and bless, 
 While you record his holiness. 
 
 3 His anger but a moment stays, 
 His love is life and length of days : 
 Tho' grief and tears the night employ, 
 The Morning-Star restores our joy. 
 
 4 Our tongue, the glory of our frame; 
 Shall celebrate the Lord's great name; 
 His praise shall sound thro' earth & heav'n, 
 For sickness heal'd and sins ibrgiv'n. 
 
 P S A L M XXXI. Common Metre. 
 Jf ope anfijmf in the divine goodness. 
 
 1 "O OYvMovi) thinoear.mycr.vse chouse, 
 JO Ai . Lore>$ >■ 
 
 •« axy wok anfl \ 
 F(,r safety in my need. 
 
 2 In thee, my God, I still confide, 
 
 1 thee my fortress nv.ke; 
 Therefore do thou me lead and guide, 
 Ev'n for thine own name's sab 
 
 3 Into thy hand, O God of inub. 
 
 My spirit I commit; 
 
 Th 
 
PSALM XXXII. 51 
 
 Thau Ii leemedmy soul from death, 
 
 A in! sal M me from the ]>it. 
 
 i Aii those I have abliorrM that trust 
 la lying vanit i< 
 And still my sou!, in ev'ry state, 
 On God alone relics. 
 
 C On thee, O Lord, my hopes were stayM, 
 Ev'n when 1 f< It thy rod ; 
 
 And, eon-' f thy truth, I said, 
 
 Thou art m my God. 
 
 G I 7 : fe of tongues, thy children thou 
 
 In rilion hide: — 
 
 Defend them from reproach and wrongs, 
 And the sons of pride. 
 
 I \ 3 all ye his saints, 
 And 
 He'll laihtSj 
 
 Aii the proud. 
 
 8 Be not cast down, for he to you 
 
 His 
 
 Wh r\ ice true: 
 
 And rj\. 
 
 PS A L M XXXII. Common Metre, 
 
 1 T} & 
 JL3 And c 
 
 , he 
 Wh i \\ ! 
 
 E 3 • 
 
 ' 
 
PSALM xxxir. 
 
 And from the guilty bonds 
 Feels his glad soul enlarged ! 
 
 3 When I my sense of ill supprest, 
 
 No quiel could I find ; 
 Thy wrath lay burning in my breast, 
 Andrack'd mytortur'd mind. 
 
 4 Then I confessed my troubled thoughts, 
 
 My secret sins reveal'd^ 
 Acknowledging I had transgressed, 
 And God my pardon seal'd. 
 
 5 This shall invite thy saints to pray: * 
 
 When, like a : . flood, 
 
 Temptations rise, our strength and stay 
 Is a forgiving God. 
 
 6 O God, thou art my hiding place, 
 
 From straits thou e free $ 
 
 And with sweet songs of saving gracfc 
 Thou dost encompass me. 
 
 PSALM XXXII. Long Metre. 
 
 1 T TE 1 s bless'cl whose sins have pardon 
 A JL gaiuM, 
 
 No moie in judgment to appear; 
 AYhose guilt remission has obiainM, 
 And whos§ repentance is sincere. 
 
 2 Blest man indeed! to whom the Lord 
 Imputes not his iniquities^ 
 
 He pleads no merit of reward, 
 And not on works, but grace relies. 
 
 3 No sooner were my wounds disclos'd, 
 The guilt which tortured me within ; 
 
 But 
 
P S A L M 
 
 But thy forgiveness interpos'di 
 And m •• waling balm pour'd in. 
 
 4 True per !, 
 
 Who seektheG w hile thou u :nd, 
 
 They from . mmi deluge fn 
 
 With thy salvation shall be erown'd. 
 
 P S A I. N[ XXXIII. Cqmtiion Met«; 
 
 (Ve;/ to fc confided in, and praised. 
 
 1 13 LJOICE, ye righteous in the Lord, 
 1\ And praise him with d 
 ForthatikfiilhesKs becotrtes ail tht>s< 
 AY ho arc in heart aprig 
 
 •2 How faithful is the word of God? 
 I lis \fovfcs with truth abound; 
 lie justice loves, and all the earth 
 Is with his goodness crownYi. 
 
 3 Bv his Almighty word at first 
 
 The heav'nly arch was rcar'd; 
 And all the beauteous hosts of light 
 At his command appear'd. 
 
 4 Ho bid the liquid waters flow 
 
 To their appointed deep ; 
 The swell". their limits know. 
 
 And their own station keep. 
 
 A Let all the tribes of human race 
 The Lord their maker fear; 
 Let ail that dwi !! en earth's wide face 
 This awful God revere. 
 
 C Vain is the Strength of horse or man, 
 To hope for .safety theh< 
 
 But 
 
54 PSALM XXXIII.- 
 
 But holy soul;-, from God obtain 
 A stnon ;:re defence. 
 
 7 God od theit \v\\^ 
 
 Wheivplagu* sot famine spread, 
 His watchful eye secures the just 
 Among ton thousand dead, 
 
 8 lie scon -yy nation^ rage, 
 
 And br< :<k> their vain designs; 
 Iliseov Lndsthro' c\Vy age, 
 
 And in full glory shines. 
 
 P S A L M XXXIII. As the 1 10th Psalm. 
 
 77/ e vanity of the creature, and ail-si/fficiauy 
 Of God. 
 
 1 f\ HAPPY nation, where the Lord 
 V-x Reveals the treasure of his word, 
 
 And builds his church, hi* earthly throne! 
 His eye the heathen world survc 
 Ileform'dtlieirheartsjie know st heir ways, 
 But God their maker is unknown. 
 
 2 Let kings rely upon their host, 
 
 And of his strength the champion boast ^ 
 
 In vain they boast, in vain rely; 
 In vain we trust the brutal force, 
 Or speed or courage of an horse, 
 To guard his rider or to fly. 
 
 3 The eye of thy compassion, Lord, 
 Doth more secure defence afford [stand : 
 
 "When deaths or dangers threatening 
 Thy watchful eye presc i \ e s the just, 
 Who ftistkethy name their fear and trti 
 
 When wars or famine waste the land. 
 
 4 En 
 
PSALM XXXIV. o5 
 
 4 In sickness or the b\ Id, 
 
 I hou, our ] ' ., thou, pur shield) 
 
 .um thy throne: 
 We wait t shine ; 
 
 Lc t in help divine, 
 
 i- ail our hope is God alone. 
 
 P S A L M XXXIV. Commofl Metre. 
 
 God to he praised for (he safely he affords, kith 
 the recommendation of holiness and peace. 
 
 1 r T^I Trough at] the changing scenes of life* 
 
 JL In trouble and in joy; 
 The praises of my God shall still 
 My heart and tongue employ. 
 
 2 O! magnify the Lord with rnc, 
 
 With me exalt his name; 
 When in distress to him I callM, 
 He to my rescue came. 
 
 3 The hosts of God encamp around 
 
 The dwellings of the josh 
 « he fcffbfds to all 
 Who in liis ::r rev tru 
 
 4 O! \\.n] . but trial of his love, 
 
 Exp< ric nee \\ ill di 
 
 \ they, 
 Wh in his mtidei 
 
 lia\< nothii , \ 
 
 Make you his St ill. 
 
 Your wants shall (*} hi$ raiv. 
 
oG PSALM XXXIV 
 
 G The lions young may hun^-iy be, 
 But Cm • >od piv>\ ide 
 
 F6r such cs put their trust In him, 
 Anc eir wants sup}) 1 ; 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 7 O children, hither do ye come, 
 
 And unto me give ear; 
 I shall you teach to understand 
 Hew ye the Lord shall fear. 
 
 8 Let him who length of life desires, 
 
 And prosperous days would see; 
 Fromsland'ringlanguagekeephis tongue*. 
 His lips from falsehood free ; 
 
 9 The crooked paths of vice decline, 
 
 And virtue's ways pursue; 
 Establish peace where 'tis begun, 
 And where 'tis lost renew. 
 
 m 
 
 10 The Lord from Heav'n beholds the just 
 
 With a propitious eye ; 
 
 And, w hen distress'd, his gracious ear 
 Is open to their cry : 
 
 11 But turns his wrathful look on those 
 
 Whom mercy can't reclaim ; 
 To cut them off, and from the earth • 
 Blot out their hated name. 
 
 12 Di'liv'rancc to the saints he gives 
 
 When his reli prate; 
 
 He's nigh to heal the broken heart, 
 And contrite spirit save. 
 
 13 What 
 
PSAL M XXXV. 
 
 
 13 Wha s here they t; 
 
 Do 
 
 II; 1 . win) salvation brings at last, 
 Sustains tlu m with his love. 
 
 li ForGfod preserve lilsrof those 
 
 Who on his truth dep&nti ; 
 To them and their posterity 
 His blessings shall defend. 
 
 PS A L M XXXV. Common Me] 
 
 Cod sought to for help, and- praised for 
 affording it. 
 
 1 A GAINST all those that with us strive, 
 /x O Lonh hU; 
 
 With such as war unjustly fvage; 
 
 Do thou our battles fig 
 
 2 Thy buckler take, and bind thy shield 
 
 I p< >n thy warlike arm; 
 Stand np, our God, in our defence, 
 And keep us safe from harm. 
 
 3 Bring forth thy spear, and stop their course 
 
 That haste our blood to spill; 
 Say to our sou!, thou art pur health, 
 And wilt support us still. 
 
 4 Theij our id shall thy great name 
 
 For the deliverance bl< 
 And, by thy aiding hand secui M, 
 A -s. 
 
 5 We shall beforethe list'ning i*wld 
 
 Our pie 
 
 And 
 
58 PSALM XXXVI. 
 
 And when* the great assemblymen, 
 Thy name with praises bh 
 
 C Thus shall we of thy judgment speak, 
 Inspired with delight, 
 
 Our cheerful hymns, in praise of thee, 
 Shall others too invite. 
 
 PSALM XXXVI. Common Metre. 
 Goers favour to his children. 
 
 1 TT Tilde men grow bold in wicked ways, 
 
 V V And yet a God they own; 
 My heart within me often says, 
 They fondly think there's none. 
 
 2 Their thoughts and ways at once declare, 
 
 Whate'er their lips profess; 
 God hath no wrath for them to fear, 
 Nor will they seek his <*race. 
 
 3 "Whatstrangesclf-flatt'ry blinds their eyes} 
 
 .Rut there's a hastening hour 
 Wheni they shall s£e, with sore surprise, 
 The terrors of his pow'r. 
 
 4 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the Heav'n, 
 
 Thy truth doth reach the clouds ; 
 Thy justice is like mountains great, 
 Thy judgments deep as floods 
 
 5 Lord, thou preservest man and beast; 
 
 How precious is thy grace! 
 Therefore in shadow of thy wings 
 Mens sons their trust shall place. 
 
 6 They with the goodness of thy house 
 
 Shall be well satisfy 'd; 
 
 From 
 
PSALM XXXVII. 5<J 
 
 From rivers of thy pleasures thou 
 \Y II drink to the a provid 
 
 7 B< fountain pure 
 
 Remains alone with thee ; 
 
 And in that pur ist li jta of thine 
 We clearly light shall 
 
 8 Though earthly corpforts ail should fail, 
 
 And dea h close up our ej 
 Thy presence makes eternal < ! 
 
 Where clouds can never rise. 
 
 9 Thy loving kindness unto them 
 
 Continue that thee know ; 
 And still on men, upright in heart, 
 Thy righteousness bestow. 
 
 P S A L M XXXVII Common Metre 
 
 The waif and end of good and bad men. 
 
 1 ' ET none be troubled to behold 
 JLi The wicked's prosperous state ; 
 Nor by his good success grow bold 
 
 His crimes to imitate. 
 
 2 Soon is the grass cut down and dies, 
 
 And beauteous flow'rs decay ; 
 More swift the sinner's glory flies 
 
 And sooner fades than they. 
 
 3 Leave thy concern to God, in firm 
 
 Dependence on him live ; 
 He'll either grant what thou would', ;t hav-v 
 
 Or what is belle r gi\ e, 
 
 I The varioi - of pious meu 
 
 Arc 1 order'd by his will , 
 
 F Though 
 
CO PSAL M XXXVII. 
 
 Thoughthey should fall, they rise again, 
 His hands support them still. 
 
 5 The Lord delights to see their waj 
 
 Their virtue he approv 
 lie ne'er withdraws from them his grace, 
 Nor leaves the man he loves. 
 
 C The hcav'nly heritage is theirs, 
 Their portion and their home; 
 lie feeds them now and makes them heirs 
 Of blessings yet to come. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 Charity to the poor, and the lasting estate of 
 the beneficent and righteous. 
 
 7 Why do the wealthy wicked boast, 
 
 And grow profanely bold ? 
 The meanest portion of the just 
 Excels the sinners gold. 
 
 8 The wicked borrows where he can, 
 
 But ne'er designs to pay ; 
 The good man's merciful and lends, 
 Nor turns the poor away. 
 
 9 His alms withlib'ral heart he gives 
 
 Among the sons of need; 
 His mem'ry through long ages lives, 
 And blessed is his seed. 
 
 10 The haughty sinner have I seen 
 
 Not fearing man nor God, 
 
 Like to a laurel, i'air and green, 
 
 Spreading his arms abroad. 
 
 1 1 But, lo, he vanish'd from the ground, 
 ' Destnoy'd Is unseen; 
 
 Nor 
 
PSALM XXXVIL 61 
 
 Nor mot, nor branch nor Leaf was found 
 V had bi ■■ 
 
 Blit mark th 
 
 lis I; 
 
 Tru are runs through all his ways, 
 
 An I y ad. 
 
 P S A L M XXXVIL Long Metre. 
 
 1 YTTHY should the wick plex, 
 
 V V Orthecdiisprosp'rousgivatn. 
 IL like the withered 1; 11 pa^s, 
 
 Aud be cut down like summer s grass. 
 
 2 Trust m the Lord, be doing good, 
 So shaltthou be assured of food; 
 D light thyself in the most high, 
 He'll all thy just desires supply. 
 
 3 Thy works and ways to God commend, 
 He'll bring them to ih \l-for end; 
 Th sousness sh 11 shine like day, 
 And judgment like the morning ray. 
 
 4 The wicked I in 
 
 : like a laurel fresh a i ; 
 
 lit, 
 Nor could ;■ light. 
 
 5 The upright man I did attend. 
 
 Truth was his wa \ an adj 
 
 Wh •; rum i 
 
 T . (I will 0] 
 
 G To g dj 
 
 r r,: - the i - 
 
 Fi 1 men he 
 
 Because in linn Uk \ 
 
 PSALM 
 
62 PSALM XXXV in. 
 
 PSALM XXXVIII. Common Metre. 
 
 A Prayer for pardon and r< \ 
 
 *HYchast f ningwrath,0 Lord, restrain 
 
 1 rr^in 
 
 A i 
 
 "hough we deserve it all ; 
 
 Nor let at once on us the storm 
 Of th}' displeasure fall. 
 
 *2 Our sins, that to a deluge swell, 
 Our sinking heads o'erflow, 
 And for our feeble strength to bear, 
 Too vast a burden grow. 
 
 S Amidst thy wrath remember love, 
 Restore thy servants, Lord ; 
 Nor let a father's chastening prove 
 Like an avenger's sword. 
 
 4 Our thoughts are like a troubled sea, 
 
 Our heads still bending down ; 
 And vve go mourning all the day 
 Beneath our father's frown. 
 
 5 All our desires to thee are known, 
 
 'Thine eye counts ev'ry tear ; 
 And ev'ry sigh, and ev'ry groan 
 Is notie'd by thine ear. 
 
 6 Lord, we'll confess our guilt to thee, 
 
 And grieve for all our sin ; 
 We'll mourn how weak our graces be, 
 And beg support divine. 
 
 7 Do thou forgive our follies past, 
 
 And be for ever nigh ; 
 O Lord of our salvation, haste, 
 Before thy servants die. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
PS a L M XXXIX. 99 
 
 f S A L M XXXIX. Common Mi 
 P A R T 1. 
 
 Government of the tongue. 
 
 1 "\ vTY fixed resolution is 
 XVjL Strictly to watch my tongue; 
 Lest I let slip a sinful word, 
 Or do my neighbour wrong. 
 
 Fin e'er AM to stay 
 
 With such as are profatie; 
 
 Then will I set a double guard, 
 Nor let my talk be vain. 
 
 3 I'll scarceallow my lips to speak 
 The Noughts I feel ; 
 
 L hould occasion take 
 
 To mock my holy zeal. 
 
 \ i if some proper hour appear, 
 
 f'll not be over-a v\l • 
 But let the scoliln rs hear 
 
 That wc can speak for God. 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 The vanity of mortal life. 
 
 Cj Teach mo the measure of my day 
 Thou maker of* my frame; 
 I \\ o ;' I urvey iif ice, 
 
 And learn how fi ail I am. 
 
 6 A span is all that we can boa 
 
 A cypher sums our i ii 
 
 IvL :d dust 
 
 In all his Qow'r a«d prime. 
 
 I J J :- 
 
6* PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 7 See the vain race of m >rtals move, 
 
 Like shadows o'er the plain ; 
 
 They roam and strive, desire and love, 
 
 But all their noise is vain: 
 *> 
 
 S Some walk in honour 1 ly show, 
 
 Some dig for golde 
 
 They toil for heirs, th< know not who, 
 
 And soon are seen no more. 
 
 9 What should I wish or wait for then, 
 
 From creatures, earth and dust; 
 They make our expectations vain. 
 And disappoint our trust. 
 
 PART III. 
 
 God addressed in sickness without complaint 
 or murmuring. 
 
 10 God of my life, look gently down, 
 
 Behold the pains I feel ; 
 But I am dumb before thy throne, 
 Nor dare dispute thy will. 
 
 11 Diseases are thy servants, Lord, 
 
 They come at thy command ; 
 
 I'll not, attempt a murm'ring word 
 
 Against thy chast'ning hand. 
 
 12 Yet I to thee may humbly cry, 
 
 " Remove thy sharp rebukes;!' 
 
 My strength cons; \ my spirit dies 
 Through thy repeated strokes. 
 
 13 Crush'd as a moth, beneath thy hand 
 
 We moulder to the dust. 
 
 Our 
 
PS A L M XL. 
 
 Oiirfeeble pow'rscannot withstand, 
 And all our beauty's ! 
 
 1 i Tin i»u: a sojourner befowj 
 A- al m; fa h 
 May I 
 
 When I th nons hear ! 
 
 15 But if my life he spar'd a while, 
 Before Chy last remove ; 
 Thy p. ( mployj 
 
 And III declare thy iove. 
 
 P S A L M XL. Ccmmon Metre. 
 P A R T I. 
 
 The benefit of reciting upon God, and con- 
 Jiding in him. 
 
 1 TT7E waited patient for the Lord, 
 
 V V He bow'd to hear oar crv; 
 He saw us trusting on his word, 
 And brought salvation nigh. 
 
 2 He rais'd us from a dreadful pit, 
 
 Where mourning long w v lay ; 
 From tailing bonds released our i'eet, 
 And from the miry clay. 
 
 3 Linn on a rock he made ;i^ stand, 
 
 And taught our chearful to 
 To f)i i wonders of his hand, 
 
 In new triumphant 
 
 4 We'll spread hi broad \ 
 
 shall h 
 A urGod 
 
 Their only hope an i ;• 
 
 5 Who 
 
66 PSALM XL. 
 
 5 Who can um 
 
 which thou for us has wrought ? 
 Th )i" thy love surmount 
 
 All numbers, speech and thought 
 
 6 When we afilicted are and l< 
 
 And light and peace depart \ 
 The Lord beholds our heavy woe, 
 And bears us on his heart. 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 The coming and sacrifice of Christ. 
 
 7 Thou didst not rich oblations, Lord, 
 
 Nor sacriiu ire j 
 
 •r to atone For sins of men, 
 
 Did'st blood of beasts require. 
 
 8 Behold the blest Redeemer comes ! 
 
 Th' eternal son appears, 
 And at th' appointed time assumes 
 The body God prepares. 
 
 9 He says, " thy law is in my sight, 
 
 " 1 keep it near my heart ; 
 " My ears are open'd with delight, 
 " To what thy lips impart. " 
 
 10 Much he display VI the glorious grace, 
 
 1 he truths before conceal'd ; 
 
 And the salvation to be wrou Jit, 
 
 To listening throngs reveal d. 
 
 11 His father's honour touch'd his heart, 
 
 He pitied sinner's cries ; 
 And to fulfil a Saviour's part, 
 Was made a sacrifice, 
 
 12 No 
 
P S A L M XL. tft 
 
 12 No blood of I asts on altars si 
 
 Gould vv^sh the const i< m e clean ; 
 Bui <! paid, 
 
 V on< s for all our sin. 
 
 PSA LM XL. Long Metre. 
 
 Christ's ate. ith and sacrifice. 
 
 1 r T~MIE wonders, Lord, thy love has 
 
 JL wrought, 
 Exceed our praise, surmount our thought; 
 Should I attempt the long detail, 
 My speech would faint, my numbers fail. 
 
 2 No blood of beasts, on altars spilt, 
 Can cleanse the souls of men from guilt; 
 But thou hast spread before our eyes, 
 An all-sufficient sacrifice. 
 
 5 Saith Christ, " I'll magnify thy law, 
 u And rebels to obedience draw, 
 " When on my cross I'm lifted high, 
 " Or to my throne above the sky. 
 
 4 " Tis written in thy great decree, 
 " Tis in thy book foretold of me; 
 " I therefore come to bear the load, 
 " Of sins, and do thy will, my God. 
 
 5 " The spirit shall descend and sh 
 
 " What thou hast done, and what I So; 
 " The wond'ring world shall learn thy 
 
 " Thy w isdom and thv ri 
 
 V S A L M 
 
PSA L.M XLI. 
 P S A L M XLI. Common Metre. 
 ( irity. 
 
 1 'TpIIRICE happy he, whose tender care 
 
 JL The nejedy poor supplies; 
 Th« Lord \ \ 1 1 1 to his 1 air, 
 
 When st dangers r; 
 
 2 Happv the man, whose bowels move, 
 
 With pity to the poor; 
 Wh- by sympathizing love, 
 
 What those who want endure. 
 
 3 His heart contrives for their relief, 
 
 More than his hands can do ; 
 He, in the time of gen'ral grief, 
 Shall find God's pity too. 
 
 4 If he, r.i languishing estate, 
 
 Oppress'd with sickness lye ; 
 God will afford a sure retreat, 
 Or inward strength supply. 
 
 5 His charity God will repay, 
 
 In need will be his friend ; 
 Will guide him thro* his doubtful way, 
 And give a blissful end. 
 
 6 Let him, who rules by righteous laws, 
 
 From age to age be bless'd ; 
 And all the people's glad applause 
 With loud Aniens 'd. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
PSALM XLII. ' 6£ 
 
 P S A L M XLII. Common Metre. 
 
 Earn h God, in his 
 
 Ordinal 
 
 1 A S pants the hart ains 
 iJL When \v at. (1 in the cha % 
 
 So longs my soul, O God, tor thee, 
 A i til ; grace. 
 
 2 For thee, my God, the living God, 
 
 My thirsty soul doth pine: 
 O when shall I behold thy lace, 
 Thou majesty divine ! 
 
 3 Thi s my sad distress increase, 
 
 M • for food ; 
 
 While thus insulting foes upbraid, 
 A.;.; ay, low thy God ?" 
 
 A I grieve whene'er my musing thoughts 
 Those ha]); present 
 
 When, for ihy praise, with numbers I 
 Thy temple did frequent. 
 
 5 But why art thou wn, my soul? 
 
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 Hi Ighs 
 
 To El 
 
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 Trui 
 
 of him, w ho is thy Lord, 
 Ti tal -!»i in<;\ 
 
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70 PSALM XLIIL 
 
 PSALM XLII. Long Metre. 
 
 1 "\/T^ r spirit sinks within me, Lord, 
 JAjL But I will call thy name to mind, 
 And times of pastdistr >vd, 
 When I have found my God was kind. 
 
 2 Deep calls to deep, abyss invites 
 Abyss to swell my dreadful woe : 
 
 While noise, with noise, tumultuous fights, 
 And rising billows o'er me flow. 
 
 3 Yet will the Lord command his love, 
 When I address bis throne by day ; 
 Nor in the night his grace remove, 
 When to him in the night I pray. 
 
 4 I'll chide my heart in its distress, 
 Why should my soul indulge her grief? 
 Hope in the Lord, his praise express 
 Who is our health and sure relief. 
 
 PSALM XLIIL Common Metre: 
 
 Relief in God; wfien oppressed by enemies. 
 
 I TUST judge of Hcav'n, against my foe s 
 3 Do thou assert my right ; 
 O set me free, my God, from those 
 Who iii deceit delight. 
 
 ? Since thou art still my only stay, 
 Why am I in distress? 
 Why g ) I mourning all the day, 
 Or why do foes opprt 
 
 3 Let me with light and truth be blest, 
 May these be guides tome; 
 
 Till 
 
PSALM XLIV 
 
 
 Till on thy holy hill T rest, 
 
 Ami God my portion be, 
 
 i Then will I there fresh altars rais 
 To God my only joy ; 
 And ehearful songs of heavenly praj&i , 
 
 Shall all my hours employ. 
 
 6 Why then east down my soul, and-. 
 So much oppressed with care ? 
 With firmness, on thy God rely, 
 Thy ruins to repair. 
 
 P S A L M XLIV. Common Metre. 
 The church's complaint in persecution* 
 
 1 " OIID, we have heard thy works of old, 
 -Li Thy works of pvsv'r and grace ; 
 
 When to aur ears our father's told, 
 The wonders of their di\\<. 
 
 2 How thou did'st buiLl thy churqheshere, 
 
 And make the gospel known ; 
 Among them did thine arm appear. 
 Thy light and glory shone. 
 
 S In God they boasted all the da}', 
 And, in a ehearful throng, 
 Did thousands meet to praise and pray, 
 And grace was all their Song. 
 
 A But now our souls are seiz'd with shame, 
 Confusion fills our f re. 
 To hear the enemy Blasphemy, 
 Andfools reproach thy grace. 
 
 5 We arc rxpos'd a!l ^ay to die* 
 As mart \ rs for thy cause, 
 
 G Ai 
 
n PSALM XtV. 
 
 As sheep for slaughter hound we liOj 
 
 By sharp and cruel laws. 
 
 6 Awake* arise. Almighty Lord, 
 
 Why sleeps thy wonted gAfcCe*? 
 Why should wo sfeem like feen abhorrM, 
 Or banish *d from thy iacc. 
 
 7 Vfjlt thou for ever cast us ofT, 
 
 Nor hear our earnest cries ? 
 Wilt thou for ever hide thy love, 
 From our afflicted eyes ? 
 
 8 Redeem us from perpetual shame, 
 
 Our Saviour and our God ! 
 We plead the honors of thy name, 
 The merits of thy blood. 
 
 PS A L M Xl;Y r '. Common Metre. 
 
 The personal glory of Christ, and power of 
 his gospel. 
 
 1 1VTOW ^ e our hearts inspired to sing 
 .1^1 The glories of our Lord ; 
 
 The victories of our heav'nly king, 
 And conquests of his word. 
 
 2 How 'matchless, how divinely fair, 
 
 His human form appears ! 
 His precepts mild and winning are, 
 Yet pierce the sinner's ears. 
 
 3 Victorious prince, gird on thy sword, 
 
 lUiie with majestic sway 
 Make stubborn hearts attend thy word, 
 And thy commands bbey. 
 
 4 Thy throne for ever is, O God 
 
 And ever shall endure; 
 
 Thy 
 
PS A L \r XLV. 
 Tiiv s^sptVQj !'• ruling rod, 
 
 A MV[>l;r Ifl fluiTs pure. 
 r> Justice and truth attend thee still, 
 But mercy is thy choice; 
 
 Therefore thy soul thy GocJ doth fill, 
 With most peculiar joys. 
 
 C As rich perfumes, thy sacrifice 
 To Gfod sweetsavour brings; 
 
 As aromatics grateful rise, 
 
 In palaces of kings. 
 7 With inward beauties, glorious dress ! 
 
 Thy daughter church is seen: 
 Nor are the shining virtues less, 
 
 Which grace her outward mein. 
 
 S What honors, thro' redeeming grace, 
 To gentiles arc conveyM, 
 When they, instead of Abraham's race, 
 To thee are princes made ! 
 
 9 Like fairest bride, in rich attire, 
 
 To Christ His church is brought, 
 A princely train, who dare aspire 
 To threes his suiVVings bought. 
 
 10 In sweet knei stall his name, 
 
 Thro' future ages roll ; 
 Nations unborn shall spread his fame, 
 And praise till ev'iry soul. 
 
 P S A L M XLV. Long Metre. 
 
 1 1\T^W Lt our hearts be taught to sing 
 1^4 Fhe glories of our Saviour king, 
 JesUS the Lord; llOW heav'nly fair 
 
 His form! how bright his beauties dv<- ! 
 
 2 OVr 
 
PSALM XLV. 
 
 2 O'er all the sons of human ra< < 
 He shines with a superior grai 
 Love from his lips divinely flow-. 
 And blessings all his state compose. 
 
 3 Dress thee in arms, most mighty Lord, 
 
 Gird on the terror of thy sword: 
 In majesty and glory ride, 
 
 With truth and meekness at thy side. 
 
 4 Thy throne, O God, for ever stands, 
 Graee is the sceptre in thy hands : 
 Thy laws and works are just and right, 
 Mercy and love are thy delight. 
 
 5 The king of saints, how fair his face, 
 Adorn'd with majesty and grace! 
 He comes with blessings from above, 
 And wins the nations to his love. 
 
 6 At his right-hand our eyes behold 
 Ttie gentile church in dress of gold; 
 The world admires her heav'nly dress; 
 Her robes of joy and righteousness. 
 
 7 He forms her beauties like his own, 
 He calls and seats her near his throne; 
 Fair stranger, let thine heart forget 
 The idolsof thy-native state. 
 
 S So shall the king the more rejoice. 
 In thee tile iavVite of his choice} 
 Let him be lovYl, and yet adorYl, 
 For he's thy Maker and thy Lord, 
 
 9 O happy hour, when thou shalt rise, 
 To his fair palace in the skies, 
 
 And 
 
PSALM XL\ 75 
 
 A\u\ all th [annmVous trail*] 
 
 Ea h like; a prince in ^lory r< i 
 
 10 Lei enclless li mor? crown his head ; 
 Lei evVyagc his praises spread^ 
 While we with < hearfiil songs approve, 
 The condescensions of his love. 
 
 PS A I, M XLV. Short Nfctfre. 
 
 tied to Christ according to Ifcbr. i; 8. 9. 
 
 J A /TV Saviour and my king ! 
 1YJL Thy beauties are divine; 
 Thy lips with blessings overflow, 
 And ev'ry grace is thine. 
 
 : Now make thy glory known, 
 Gird on thy dreadful sword, 
 And ride in majesty t:> spread, 
 The conquests of thy word. 
 
 3 Strike thro' thy stubborn foes, 
 Or melt their hearts t' obey, 
 While justice, m< i kness, grace and truths 
 
 Attend thy glorious way. 
 A Thy laws, God, are right: 
 Thy throne shall e\ er stand ; 
 And thy victorious gospel prw 
 A sceptre in thy hand. 
 
 Thy father and thy God 
 Hath without measure shed, 
 
 I lis spirit like a joyful oil 
 T' anoint thy saered h< 
 
 C Behold at thy right h; 
 The gentile church 
 
 G 3 i 
 
PSA L M XLVI. 
 
 Like a fair bride in rich attire, 
 And like a glorious queen. 
 
 7 Fair bride, adore his love, 
 
 Forget thy Father's hou e, 
 Forsake thy gods, thine idol 
 And pay the Lord thy vows ! 
 
 8 let thy Cod and King 
 
 Thy sweetest thoughts eriiplo} > 
 Thy children shall his hon< 
 In palaces of joy. 
 
 P S A L M XLVI. Common M( tr< . 
 
 The church's safely and .triumph, among 
 national desolations. 
 
 1 /^UR refuge, hope and strength is God, 
 V-/ When dang'rous times are near; 
 His shelt'ring wings our sure abode, 
 
 We v\ ill not yield to fear. 
 
 2 Tho' seas should rage and earthquakes 
 
 throw 
 Huge mountains from their scat : 
 Tho' hills be made like vallies low, 
 And angry billows beat. 
 
 3 A gentler stream with gladness fills 
 
 The city of or.i God; 
 The royal seat, the hcav'nly hills, 
 Jehovah's blest abode. 
 
 | The ruler in that upper court 
 Doth lure our safety prove; 
 He grants us his divine support, 
 And fills us vrith his love. 
 
 5 Let 
 
PSALM XLVI. 71 
 
 5 Let Sron in ber king rookie; 
 1 [e gives the awful word, 
 Nations arc w asted at the voice, 
 And terrors of his sword. 
 
 (i He then commands, thro 1 farthest .shores, 
 
 The noise of war to cease;: 
 When from on high his thunder roar-, 
 He awes the world to peace. 
 
 ? He breaks the bow, he cuts the spear, 
 Chariots he burns with (lame: 
 Keep silence, all the earth and hear 
 Hie wonders of his name. 
 
 8 Mortals be still; and understand, 
 
 That he is God alone: 
 Thro' various tribes, in ev'ry land, 
 He'll make his glories known. 
 
 9 The Lord, whom heav'nl v hosts obey, 
 
 With us doth still abide; 
 Our strong defence, our surest stay, 
 In whom we will confide. 
 
 PS A t M XLVI. Long Metre. 
 
 1 /^1 OD is the rehire of his saints, 
 
 vJT When storms of sharp distressinvade; 
 
 Ere we can oiler our complaints, 
 
 Behold him present with his aid. 
 
 2 Let mountains from their seat be hurlM 
 Down to the deep, and buried there: 
 Convulsions shake the solid world, 
 Our faith shall never yield to tear. 
 
 3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar, 
 In sacred peace our souls abide, 
 
 While 
 
?s PSALM XLVr. 
 
 While ev'rj nation, er'ry shore 
 Trembles and' dreads the swelling tide, 
 
 4 There is & stream whqse ^entjefjow 
 Supplies thecityof our God; 
 
 Life, love and joy still gliding thro', 
 And watering the divine abode. 
 
 5 That sacrejl stream, thine holy word, 
 That ev'iy vain alarm controuls 
 Sweet peace thy promises afford, 
 
 And give new strength to fainting souls. 
 
 Sion enjoys her monarch's love, 
 Secure against a threatening hour ; 
 Nor can her firm foundations m< > 
 Built on his truth, and arm'd with pow'r. 
 
 P S A I/M XLVI. Oxford Tune. 
 
 1 /^1 OD is our refuge in distress, 
 VJT A present help when dangers pi 
 
 In him undaunted we'll confide: 
 Tho' earth were from her centre tost, 
 And mountains in the ocean lost, 
 
 Torn piece meal by the rapid tide. 
 
 2 A gentler stream, with gladness, still 
 The city of our Lord shall fill, 
 
 The royal seat of* God most high : 
 God dwells in Sion, whose fairtow'rs, 
 Shall mock th' assaults of earthly powVs, 
 
 While his Almighty aid is nigh. 
 
 3 Come see the wonders he hath wrought, 
 On earth what desolation brought ! ■ 
 
 How he has cahn'd the, jarring world ! 
 
 He 
 
PSALM XLVIL 79 
 
 He breaks the warlike spear and bcw. 
 With them their tlmndYmg chariots too, 
 Into devouring flames arc hurlM. 
 
 •i The God of hosts conducts our arms, 
 
 Our tow'r of refuge in alarms, 
 As to our fathers in distress; 
 Submit to his Almighty sway, 
 
 Let him the universe obey, 
 
 -And distant worlds his pow'r confess. 
 
 P S A L M XLVIL Common Metre. 
 
 Success in war* and Chris/, ascending. 
 
 1 f~\ FOR a shout of sacred joy, 
 V^/ To God the sov'reign king! 
 Let every land their tongues employ, 
 
 And hymns of triumph sing. 
 
 2 His attributes divine proclaim 
 
 Him greatly to be fear'd, 
 
 The King of Nations is his name, 
 O'er all the earth rever'd. 
 
 3 Conducted by his powerful hand, 
 
 Our conquests we extend; 
 Opposing nations can't withstand, 
 When he his aid doth lend. 
 
 4 Sing chearfui praises to our God; 
 
 Sing praises to our king : 
 He's Lord of all the earth, his praise, 
 With understanding, sing. 
 
 5 Jesus <>ur lord ascends on high, 
 
 His hea\ 'nly guards around, 
 Atti nd him rising thro' the sky. 
 
 M'iih trumpets foyfiil sound. 
 
 6 While 
 
ee psalm xi^ in. 
 
 6 While ang< Is shout and praise their King, 
 Let ninrlaN learn their .strains: 
 Let all the earth his praises sing, 
 O'er all the world he reigns. 
 
 PSAL M XLVIII. Common Metre, 
 The beauty of gospel wqrslrip and order. 
 
 1 f~^i REAT is the Lord, our only God, 
 vJ And let his praise be great; 
 
 lie makes his churches his abode, 
 His most delightful seat. 
 
 2 The sacred temples of his grace, 
 
 How beautiful the stand ! 
 The honors of our native place, 
 And bulwarks of our land. 
 
 3 Still in his church the Lord is known j 
 
 A refuge in distress ; 
 How bright hath his salvation shone, 
 His mercy shines no less. 
 
 4 When kings against his house have join'd, 
 
 And saw the Lord was there, 
 In wild confusion of the mind, 
 They tied with hasty fear. 
 
 5 Oft have our wondYmg fathers told; 
 
 Our eyes have often se#n ; 
 I low well thou hast seeurM the fold, 
 Where thine own flockhaVe been. 
 
 G In evVy time of new distress. 
 We'll to thy house repair, 
 
 We'll think upon thy wondrous grace, 
 And seek delivYance there. 
 
 P A It T 
 
PSA ti M XLIX. 81 
 
 V A R T II. 
 
 7 Far as thy glorious Ti#me is known. 
 
 The world declarer thy pra 
 
 The saints, () Lord, bfefote thy iliro&e, 
 ThBir songs of hortor raiv. 
 
 8 With joy let JtidaVs fortress stand, 
 
 On Sign's cho&eti hill ; 
 
 We'll -how the wonders of thy hand, 
 And counsels ol' thy will. 
 
 [) Let strangers to thy grace, walk round 
 
 The city where wo d\\ oil ; 
 
 Compass and view the sacred ground, 
 And mark the structure well. 
 
 10 The solemn order of thy house, 
 
 The worship of thy court, 
 The chearfid >on:;-s, the willing vows, 
 And make a fair report. 
 
 11 How decent, how divinely wise, 
 
 How glorious to behold ! 
 Beyond the pomp that phafiiis the eyes. 
 
 And rites adortfd with gold. 
 
 12 The God we humbly worship now, 
 
 Will gtlide us till we die; 
 Will be our God while here below, 
 Arid ours above ti 1 
 
 PSA L M XLIX. Comnn.n M. trc. 
 
 The vanity of . 
 
 1 T/C7HY doth the myn of ri ow 
 
 V V To in 
 
*2 PSALM L, 
 
 To see his wealth and honors flow, 
 With every rising tide ? 
 
 2 Not all his treasures can procure 
 I lis life a short reprieve, 
 
 Redeem from death one single hour,, 
 Or make his brother live. 
 
 8 Man sees the brutish and the wise, 
 The tim'rous, and the brave, 
 Quit their possessions, close the eyes, 
 And hasten to the grave. 
 
 4 Yet 'tis his inward thought, and pride, 
 
 His house shall ever stand; 
 And, that his name may long abide, 
 He gives it to his land. 
 
 5 Vain are his thoughts, his hopes are lost, 
 
 How soon his memVy dies ! 
 His name is written in the dust, 
 There all his glory lies. 
 
 C Man that to honor is advancM, 
 But not with wisdom blest, 
 Tho' in a pleasing dream intrancYl, 
 Shall perish like the beast; 
 
 P S A L M L. Common Metre. 
 
 The la(t judgment. 
 
 1 r I ^HE Lord, the judge, before his throne, 
 
 A Bids the whole earth draw nigh; 
 The nations near the rising sun, 
 And near the western sky. 
 
 2 No more shall bold blasphemers s[\y f 
 
 " Judgment shall ne'er begin;" 
 
 Na 
 
P S A L M L. 83 
 
 NJ8 more abuse his long delay, 
 T<; impudence and sin. 
 
 3 Thron'd on a cloud our Cod shall come, 
 
 Bright flames prepare his way; 
 Thunder and darkness, lire and storm. 
 Lead on the dreadful day. 
 
 4 Ileav'n from above his call shall hear, 
 
 Attending angels come; 
 And earth and hell shall know and fear, 
 His justice and their doom. 
 
 5 But gather all my saints, he cries. 
 
 That made they- peace with God, 
 By the Redeemer's sacrjfic 
 Who sealM it with his blood. 
 
 G Their faith and works brought forth to light. 
 Shall make the world confess* 
 My sentence of reward is right, 
 And IJeav'n adore my grace. 
 
 P A R T tl, 
 
 7 Thus saith the Lord, the spacious fields., 
 « And flocks* and herds, are min«*- 
 
 QCer all thecattle of thehills, 
 I claim a right divino. 
 
 8 I ask no sheep for sacrifice, 
 
 Nor bullocks burnt with fuv: 
 Faith and obedience, prav'r and prai 
 Is all that J reouire. 
 
 9 Address my throne, when trouble's near, 
 
 My hand shall sef thee fr 
 Then shall thy thankful lips declare, 
 
 The honor due to me. 
 
 II 10 the 
 
P S A L M L. 
 
 10 The man that offers humble pnttf 
 
 He glorifies me best: 
 And those that tread ray hoh 
 Shall my salvation ta^ 1 
 
 P S A L M L. Long Metre. 
 
 Hypocrisy judged. 
 
 1 HPHE Lord, the judge, his churches 
 
 JL warns, 
 
 Let hypocrites attend, and fear, 
 Who place their hope in rites, and forms, 
 And make not faith, nor love their t\ 
 
 2 They watch to do their neighbour wrong, 
 Yet dare to seek their "Maker's face; 
 They take his cov'nant on their tongue, 
 But break his laws, abuse his grace. 
 
 3 To Heav'n they lift their hands unclean, 
 Defil'd with falsehood and with blood: 
 By night, they practise every sin, 
 
 By day, their months draw near to God. 
 
 4 And while his judgments long delay, 
 They grow secure and sin the more: * 
 They think lie sleeps, as well as they, 
 And put far off the dreadful hour. 
 
 5 O dreadful hour, when God draws n 
 And sets their crimes before their cy 
 
 J J is wrath their guilty souls shall fear. 
 And no delivVer dare to rise. 
 
 PSALM 
 
PSA LM LI. 
 
 PS A L \F LI. Corfttnbu fcf< 
 Sh ' ' ve. 
 
 1 r T~H) us i\\\ , Loi*4, extend, 
 
 JL As thou werl r\ er kind ; 
 
 us, 6ppre?s'd w ith loads of guilt, 
 A graci<iup pardon find. 
 
 i Against I jht< cms Lord, alone, 
 
 And only in tl< 
 Havetv s'd j ajidtho* condemn 'd, 
 
 Mi thy judgments right. 
 
 3 We from tlic stock of Adam came, 
 
 \y and unclean ; 
 An tothers u ere conceived, 
 
 In guiltiness and sin. 
 
 4 Born in a world of guilt, we drew 
 
 Contagion with our breath; 
 And, as our days advanced, we grew 
 A juster prey for death. 
 
 5 Cleanse us, O Lord, and cheer our souls 
 
 With thy forgiving love; 
 O ! make our broken spirits whole, 
 And bid our fears remove. 
 
 6 Let not thy spirit quite depart, 
 
 Nor drive us from thy face; 
 Create these hearts, O Lord, anew, 
 And till them with thy grace. 
 
 7 The sacred joy thy favour gr 
 
 Let us again obtain: 
 And this thy spirit's firm support, 
 Our fainting souls sustain. 
 
 & Could 
 
86 P S A L M IX 
 
 8 Could Sacrifices cleanse our pru rl i ^ 
 The choicest soon should diej 
 
 But on such QfTrings thou disdain'st 
 Xo cart a graciou? eye. 
 
 A broken spirit over is v 
 
 By God most highly priz'd; 
 By him a broken, contrite heart 
 Shall never be despis'd. 
 
 10 Grant us the presence of thy grace, 
 -Then our rejoicing tongues, 
 Shall speak aloud thy righteousness, 
 And praise thee in our songs. 
 
 P S A L M LI. Long Metre. 
 
 Repentance and faith* in the merits of Christ. 
 
 1 /^\ Thou that hear'st when sinners cry, 
 V_>/ Tho' all my crimes before thee lie, 
 Behold them not with angry look, 
 
 But blot their mem'ry from thy book. 
 
 2 Create my nature pure within, 
 And form my soul averse to sin; 
 Let thy good spirit ne'er depart* 
 Nor hide thy presence from my heart. 
 
 3 Though I have griev'd thy spirit, Lord, 
 His help and comfort still afford: 
 
 And Jet a wretch come near thy throne. 
 To plead the merits of thy son. 
 
 4 A broken heart, my God, m\ king, 
 Is all the sacrifice I bring; 
 
 The God of grace will ne'er despise 
 A broke:! heart for sacrifice. 
 
 5 My 
 
P S A L M Lit 87 
 
 .Sly soul lies humbled in the dust, 
 
 1 owns thy dreadful sentence just, 
 L>ok down, O Lord, with pitying eye, 
 And save the soul condemned to die. 
 
 6 Then shall thy love inspire my tongue, 
 Salvation shall be all my song; 
 And all my pow'rs shall join to bless 
 The Lord, my strength, and righteousness, 
 
 PSALM LII Common Metre. 
 
 The punishment of slander and oppression, and 
 the happiness of them that fear God. 
 
 1 TN T vain, O man of lawless might, 
 JL Thou mak'st thy bost of ill; 
 Since God, the God in whom we trust, 
 
 Grants us his favour still. 
 
 2 Thy wicked tongue doth slanderous tales, 
 
 Maliciously devise; 
 And, sharper than a razor set, 
 It wounds with treach'rous lies. 
 
 3 Thy thoughts are more on ill than good, 
 
 On lies than truth employ 'd; 
 Thy tongue delights in words, by which 
 The guiltless are destroy 1 d. , 
 
 4 For ever God shall thee destroy, 
 
 Thee and thy house efface; 
 That rooted out, thou niay'st enjoy 
 No more on earth a place. 
 
 5 But like the olives ever green, 
 Which shade God's temple round, 
 
 H 3 They 
 
88 PS A L M LIII. 
 
 They who in him alone confide, 
 Shall with his grace be crow n\l. 
 
 6 So shall our souls with praise, O God, 
 Extol ihv wondrous love; 
 And on thy name with patience wait, 
 For this thy .saints approve 
 
 PSA L M LIII. Common Metre. 
 
 The degenerate state of man. 
 
 1 T700LS madly venture to suppose 
 X That God is but a name: 
 This cross mistake their practice shows, 
 Since virtue they disclaim. 
 
 £ The Lord look'd down from I Ieav'ns ftigh 
 The sons of men to view; [tow'r, 
 
 To see if any own'd his pow'r, 
 Or truth, or justice knew. 
 
 3 But all, he saw, astray were gone, 
 
 . Degen'rate grown, and base; 
 None tor religion card, not one 
 Of all the sinful race. 
 
 4 O worst of wr'tches! that the v should 
 
 Like bread the poor devour; 
 And neither own God by their pray'rs, 
 Nor dread his mighty pow'r. 
 
 5 They shall be seiz'd with sad surprise; 
 
 For his avenging arm, 
 Scatters the bones of them that rise, 
 To do his children harm. 
 
 6 Arise, make haste, O Lord, to set 
 
 Thv captrve people free; 
 
 * When 
 
PS AT. M LV. 89 
 
 When thy salvation shall appear, 
 Great will : heir triumphs be. 
 
 PS A P M LIV. Common Mrt 
 
 Thanks to G deliver wicaj torn etiej \ 
 
 1 ' OR!), save u§ for thy glorjous name, 
 
 1 j And, in thy strength appear. 
 To judge our can " ; ac< ept our pray'r, 
 
 And to our words give ear. 
 
 2 The stranger s, whom we never wrone'd. 
 
 To ruin lis designed; 
 
 And cruel men, who fear no God, 
 A gains) us have combinM. 
 
 I But (i)d protecteth us, and ours; 
 s > tii" siir^i -vuanl; 
 The God of tfitth ifi}\ give such men 
 Th iir falsehoods just reward. 
 
 i Whip ^eptfr gratetul ofT'riii^s bririg, 
 And sacrifice with joy; 
 And in his praiseoWu time to come 
 Delightfully employ. 
 
 P S A L M Lif. Common Metre. 
 
 Divine silppbft under fears and deep dishm. 
 
 I /^l IVR ear, Ihou judire of all the earth, 
 VjT \.>d li'tee. tfneri I pra; ; 
 Not* from thv humble suppliant turn, 
 Thy gracious facie a vav. 
 
 ■2 My heart rs in rtie troubled scire, 
 Death's terrors On me fight; 
 Am brrprs w h'ehp me q'ct, 
 
 I tremble with alln-lit. 
 
 3 How 
 
90 PSALM LVI. 
 
 3 How often have I wish'd that I 
 
 The .dove's swift wings could get, 
 That I might take a speedy flight, 
 And seek a safe retreat, 
 
 4 Far hence I'd wander, and, at length, 
 
 Some lonely desart find ; 
 There stay till the fierce storm be spent, 
 And leave my fears behind. 
 
 5 But I will still to God apply, 
 
 The Lord will me protect ; 
 At ev'n, at morn, at noon Til cry, 
 He'll not mypray'r reject. 
 
 6 God will preserve my soul from fear, 
 
 Or shield me when afraid ; 
 Ten thousand angels must appear, 
 If he command their aid. 
 
 7 I cast my burdens on the Lord, 
 
 And he sustains them all ; 
 My courage rests upon his word, 
 " That saints shall never fall." 
 
 PSALM LVI. Common Metre. 
 
 God's care of hu servants. 
 
 1 /^l OD counts the sorrows of his saints, 
 VJT Their groans affect his ears ; 
 Thou hast a book for our complaints, 
 
 A bottle for our tears. 
 
 2 In thee, most holy, just and true, 
 
 We have repos'd our trust ; 
 Nor shall we fear what man can do, 
 The offspring of the dust. 
 
 3 Thy 
 
P&ALM LVIT. frt 
 
 3 Thysolcnun vows are ot us, I/>rd r 
 
 Thou sh;tlt receiVe our praise ; 
 
 M r ( 'llsin-- bow faithful is thy word, 
 How righteous all thy ways. 
 
 4 Thou ha-i secttr'cl otrr souls from dV ath, 
 
 () sel thy pris r ners fre£ ; 
 That-heaifti and band, and life, and breath 
 May. ho | oipIoyVi lor thoo. 
 
 P S A L M LVII. Common Metre. 
 
 Praise for protection and safety. 
 
 1 T ORD, since vvc trim in tliee alone, 
 jL-j Mercy to us extend ; 
 
 We flee J or shelter to thy wings, 
 Till all our troubles end. 
 
 2 To thee, whose powY is overall, 
 
 In our distress we'll cry ; 
 Since thou hast sav'd us heretofore, 
 
 We'll on thee still relw 
 
 %/ 
 
 3 Our hearts, (> (hn], are now prepar\1 r 
 
 With them our tongues wr'll faisd; 
 And in harmonious concert join, 
 Early to sing thy praise. 
 
 i The gr< ?ii novation thou hast wrought 
 We'jU to the woi;ld proclaim ; 
 
 J la 1 scattered nations shall assist 
 Our songs, to spread thy fame. 
 
 5 Thy moroy reaches to the llem'n*. 
 
 Thy truth unto the skies ; 
 Then let thy glories, Lcfrd, above 
 Doth earth and Heav'n rise. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
PSA L M LVII1. 
 
 PS A LM LVII. Long Melrr. 
 
 1 /^\^ T ft Godj iii v hora arc all the swings 
 V>/ Of boundkss love and grace un- 
 known; 
 
 Hide us beneath thy spreading wing 
 Till the dark clou/. idown. 
 
 2 Up to the HeavAtfis we s6nd our cry; 
 
 The Lord will our desires perform 5 
 
 He sends his angels from the sky, 
 
 And saves us from the thfeat'ning storm 
 
 3 Our hearts are fix'd, our songs shall raise 
 Immortal to thy n 
 
 Awake our tongues to ground his praise* 
 Our tongue.^ the glory oi our frame. 
 
 4 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns, 
 And reaches us to the utmost sky ; 
 His truth to endless years remains, 
 When lower worlds dissolve and die. 
 
 5 Be thou exalted, O! our God, 
 
 Above the Heav'ns, where angels dwell ; 
 Thy pow'r on earth be known abroad, 
 And land to land thy wonders tell. 
 
 P S A L M LVIII. Long Metre. 
 
 A wanting tojnen in pozcer. 
 
 1 JUDGES, who rule the world by laws, 
 *J Will yet despise a righteous cause ? 
 Dare ye condemn the injur'd poor, 
 And let rich sinners 'scape secure ? 
 
 2 Would 
 
PSAL M LIX. & 
 
 £ Would you inva.'!<- the Hgflis of O&ai 
 Or send yo,ur bold decrees abroad r 
 Or bind the conscience in yoj 
 \V!a n higfn in Heav'n hi> just 
 
 3 As empty chaff, when whirlwinds rise, 
 Before the sweeping tdrapest ilk- ; 
 So when God thunders from tlie skv, 
 is grandeur melts, tli eir titled die. 
 
 i Thug shall the doings of the Lord, 
 Safety, and joy, to saints afford ; 
 And all shall sav, there is, on high, 
 A God, that hears his peopled cry. 
 
 P S A L M LIX. Common Metro. 
 
 Praise for deliverance from enemies. 
 
 1 T^VELIYEIl us O Lord our God, 
 jL-J From all our spiteful foes \ 
 In our behalf, oppose thy powV 
 To them that us oppose. 
 
 )n thee we wait, 'tis on thy strength 
 
 For safety m depond : 
 Thou, Lord of ImMs, art our defence. 
 Who only canVt defend, 
 
 3 W shall thy £<>6clnesfc ercat, 
 
 uis pqw-r conf 
 For thou hast been our foi mre, 
 
 Our refuge in < : 
 
 4 1 o th< r \\ ith never-* 
 O God, 
 
 Thou art our ( ! rock froin ' 
 
 Our health n^. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
94 PS A L M LXi. 
 
 P S A L M LX. Common Metre. 
 On a day of humiliation in time of icar. 
 OKI), hast thou cast tlu? .nation oil? 
 
 L ( 
 
 "Wilt thou indulge immortal wrath? 
 Shall mercy ne'er return ? 
 
 2 Our country shakes beneath thy stroke. 
 
 And dreads thy threat'ning hand ; 
 O ! heal the people thou hast broke, 
 Confirm -the totl'ring land. 
 
 3 Lift up a banner in fhe field, 
 
 For those that fear thy name ; 
 Save thy beloved, with thy shield, 
 And put our foes to shame. 
 
 4 Go with our armies to the fight, 
 
 Help -us, Almighty God, 
 In vain eonfed'rate pow'rs unite 
 'Against thy lifted rod. 
 
 5 Our troops shall gain a wide renown, 
 
 By thine assisting hand ; 
 'Tis God that treads the mighty dowii, 
 And makes the feeble stand. 
 
 P S A L M LXI. Common M< ire. 
 
 Safety in Cod. 
 
 1 T OR D, hear our cry, regard our pray V f 
 A — 4 Which we, opprest with grief, 
 From earth's remotest parts address 
 
 To thee, for wi>h'd relief. 
 
 2 O lodge us safe beyond the reach 
 
 Of persecuting pow'r, 
 
 Thou. 
 
PS A L M LXU 
 
 Thou, who so oft from spiteful foes, 
 Hasl been our sheltering tow r. 
 
 } Sosliall we in thy presence hide, 
 Winch coiistaht safety brtn 
 AH future storms we will doi\ , 
 Secure beneath tin* wings. 
 
 4 The vows we made, it pleased tfa 
 
 Most graciously to hear : 
 To us the heritage is giv'n 
 Of those thy name that tear. 
 
 J Bless, Lord, our king, and make his teigik 
 Accepted in thy sight; 
 
 O may thy truthand mercy both. 
 In his defence, unite. 
 
 G So shall we cheerful praises sing; 
 Thy name for ever ble^- : 
 To pay those vows, shall be our care, 
 AVe made in our distress. 
 
 P S A L M LXII. Common Metre. 
 Faith in tiit divine power. 
 
 MY -on! for help on God relics. 
 From him niy safety Hows; 
 Myroqk,my health, that strength supplies, 
 My refuge from my foes. 
 
 2 His saving '.-.ace he doihdispens 
 
 His blessings daily -end ; 
 
 lie is rny fortress, and defene 
 
 On him. my hopes depend. 
 
 3 In him, y ;>■ ople, alvVaj - trust, 
 
 Fo him pour out vour hearts, 
 
 I I 
 
PS A L M LXh 
 
 For God, the merciful and ju>?, 
 
 I lis thinly aid imparl 
 
 i Trust not in base opprQ&sivie waVs* 
 
 Of rapine utow not \ am ; 
 Nor let your hearts, if wealth ifjc 
 
 He .set on sordid gain 
 
 5 For God hath oft his wffl express**!. 
 
 And we this truth have known, 
 " To be of boundless pow'r possessed, 
 " Belongs to God alone. " 
 
 P S A L M LXII. Long Metre. 
 
 Xo trust in creatures. 
 
 1 A/TY spirit looks to God alone; 
 JLVX My rook and refuge is his throne : 
 In all my Tears, .in all my straits, 
 
 My soul on his salvation waits. 
 
 2 Trust him, ye saints, in all your \\a; 
 Pom out your hearts before hb 
 When helper-, fail, and foes iiivad 
 6od is our all sufficient aid. 
 
 3 False an tlip tn< n of high d< graft 
 T!.t tjaser sort are vanity ; 
 
 Laid in the balstpoe, both appear, 
 I Jit as a puff of empty air. 
 
 A Make not increasing gold yourtrus 
 Nor set your heart, on glitt'rihg di 
 Whj will ye grasp the fleeting n 
 And not believe what ' Sod hath spok 
 
I>S A L M LXtlf :«; 
 
 / Once hath his awful word declar'd. 
 Once, and again; - ha\ e hi 
 
 All pow'r is his eternal due ; 
 lie must b< fear'd, and trusted too. 
 
 .1 pow'r reigns not alone - 
 Grace is a partner of the throne : 
 Tliy grace, and justice, mighty fk>rd, 
 
 Shall well divide our last rewaTd. 
 
 PSA LM I A III. Common NL 
 
 r God> whose love is better than life . 
 
 1* TpARLYj my God, without 
 
 XL* 1 haste to seek thy lace; 
 
 My thii /it faint- ;;\. a} , 
 
 For Or ing 
 
 2 Thou great and good, thou just and \ 
 
 My father art, and God ! 
 
 And I am thine by sacked tk 
 
 Thy servant bought .with blood. 
 
 3 Withheart, a s, and lifted hands, 
 
 To thee for help I look ; 
 A$ traveller, iii thirsty land, 
 
 Lou the coo'i ok. 
 
 i Within thy courts I love V app< 
 With zeal to seek thy lace, 
 For 1 e :tt!iy glory there, 
 
 I oft th;, 
 
 > Since better is thy tove than life, 
 My lips thee praise shall giv(J; 
 I, in thy name, will lift my hands, 
 And bless thee while I live 
 
 6 Not 
 
"s PSALM LXII1. 
 
 Not all the daintic s of a feast 
 Can satisfy so well, 
 
 when thy richer grace I taste, 
 And in thy presence dwell. 
 
 7 While others sleep, my wakeful thought 
 
 Presents thee to my mind; 
 I think, how wise thy counsels ; , 
 And all thy dealings kind. 
 
 8 In shadow of thy wing* I'll joy, 
 
 For thou mine help hast been: 
 Thy goodness shall my faith employ, 
 Which in distress I've seen. 
 
 PSALM LXIII. Short Metre, 
 
 Seeking God. 
 
 1 \/t Y God, permit my tongue 
 JLVA This joy, to call thee mine; 
 And let my early cries prevail, 
 
 To taste thy love divine. 
 
 2 My thirsty, fainting soul 
 
 Thy mercy does implore; 
 
 Not travellers, in desart lands, 
 
 Can thirst for water more. 
 
 fi Within thy house, O Lord, 
 J long to find a place, 
 Thy pow'r, and glory to behold, 
 And feel thy quick'ning grace. 
 
 < A Tor life, without thy love, 
 No relish can afford; 
 No joy can be compared with this; 
 1 p serve and please the Lord 
 
 5 Since 
 
PSA LM LX1V. 
 
 thou hast been my help, 
 * To tlnv my spirit Qies ; 
 And on thy watchful provider: 
 My chearfu] nope rcli< 
 
 8 The shadow of thy wings 
 My soid, in safety keeps; 
 
 I follow \vh( re my father leads, 
 \nd he supports my s1 
 
 PSA LM LXIir. Oxford Tune. 
 
 3 /^V GOD, my graJ? ious Cod, to tb 
 v>/ Mv mining prayers shall effer'd 
 For thee my thirsty soul doth pant ; 
 
 My fainting flesh implores thy grace 
 Within this dry and barren pla 
 Where I n I s want. 
 
 a 
 
 2 Since, to my soul, thy wondrous love, 
 Than life itself, does clearer prove, 
 
 Thy favor, longed for, restore: 
 Then, while this life I shad en 
 My active po<v r rs I will empld 
 
 Tin lovittg-klndhesS to adore. 
 
 PSA L M LXIV. Common Jvfel 
 
 An address !o Cod for presenclia ' 
 enemies. 
 1 f~\ THOU, who knowest all our \vo< |, 
 V-V To our 
 
 Preserve our li n t i i r* ;v >ea, 
 
 And frfee our ft 
 
 I hide it? with thy I 
 
 A. if ; 
 
 I 3 Pro! 
 
PSA LM LX 
 
 Protect us from each secret snare, 
 Intended wrongs defeat. 
 
 3 Lurking in private they devise 
 To wound the perfect heart, 
 And fearless, there, with hold surprise, 
 They throw each poison'd dart. 
 
 I But righteous men, whom God secures, 
 In him shall idadlv trust : 
 His holy providence insures 
 A vict'ry for the just, 
 
 PSAL M LXV. Common Metre. 
 
 God to be praised for his various blessings. 
 
 1 T ORD, when our raptur'd thought sur- 
 1 J Thy various blessings o'er ; [veys 
 Thy works all join to teach thy praise, 
 And bid our souls adore. 
 
 9 Our sins might thy just anger raise, 
 As they have born such sway ; 
 But thou, who art of boundless grace, 
 Wilt purge our sins away. 
 
 3 Blest is the man, who, near thee plac'd, 
 
 Within thy dwelling lives ; 
 Whilst we at huriibfer distance taste 
 The joys thy temple gives. 
 
 4 By wondrous v.c\^ y O God most just, 
 
 Have we thine answer found: 
 In thee r^rnotrst nations trust, 
 
 And those whom waves surround. 
 
 'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand, 
 G *w'r f 
 
 The 
 
PSALM l.XV. 101 
 
 The sea errows calm at thy command, 
 And tempests cease to roan 
 
 (jj Thy morning lights and ev'tiing shade 
 Successive ccJmfbrts brings 
 Thy plenteous fruits make harvest j^lad^ 
 Thy tlow'rs adorn the spring, 
 
 ? Thy clouds, like rivers rats'don high, 
 Pour (mt at thy command 
 Their wafct'ry blessings froitl the sky. 
 
 To cheer the thirsty land. 
 
 ■ 
 
 8 The fi< Ids array'd in richest green, 
 
 With various herbage crown *d, 
 And rip'ned corn, a glorious scene, 
 Sltiile joyful plenty round. 
 
 9 The fleecy wool our flocks adorn, 
 
 Tl iv blooming ftow'fs appear; 
 Thy goodness shines on us each morn, 
 And crowns the fruitful year. 
 
 10 Yet nobler favours claim our praise, 
 
 Of gospel light posscss'd; 
 
 O may we with its genial rays 
 
 Be still compleatly blcss'd. 
 
 PS A t M LXV. Long Metre. 
 
 i r I ^1 Ili praise ofSion waits for thee, 
 
 JL Our God; and praise becomes thy 
 There shall thy saints thy glory sefe, [ house, 
 
 And there pe; fornftheir solemn vows. 
 
 .1 O thou, whose mercy bends the skies 
 To luar, when humble sinners pray, 
 AT !. ' leesbaU lifl their eyes. 
 
 And island- of the Kuilr 
 
 3 Our 
 
PS A L M LXYI. 
 
 3 Our sins* ausl cofcfi - , prevail 5 
 
 Hut grace can wash away their stain 5 
 Redeeming 1 never fail 
 
 To purify our souls again. 
 
 i ]>lc-i is the man whom thou shall < hu- 
 And give him kind access to thee j 
 Whose weary soul will not refuse 
 To taste thy love divinely free. 
 
 P S A L M LXV. Oxford Tune. 
 
 1 HTMIE sweet returns of day and night. 
 
 -A. Caus'dby thy pew'r must give del jght ■• 
 
 Thou visitest the eairth with show'rs. 
 God's streams, with blessings fill'd adorn 
 The verdant hills and ik Ids of corn, 
 
 On ev'ry tribe his goodness pours. 
 
 2 The little hills, with fruits are glad, 
 The vallies are with pastures clad 
 
 The folds, andlavvns withflocks abound . 
 For pleasure, food and rain} ent made, 
 All in their native pride array 'd, 
 
 Make H'eav'n with cheerful praise re- 
 sound. 
 
 PSALM LXVI. Common Metre. 
 
 God lo be praised^ jar- his governing; pftuer* 
 and goodness, and as ili^hecnrr ofpraij&, 
 
 I. QING, all ye nations, to the Lord, 
 O To him your voices rais' ; 
 Th? honour of his name record, 
 And glorious make his praise. 
 
 2 Say, to the powV that rules on high, 
 How terrible art t! 
 
 Sim 
 
PS A L M' LXVI. 
 
 Sinners before thy presence il\ , 
 Or at thy fo >titool bcir. 
 
 5 Thro 1 «tll the earth, the nations round 
 
 Shall thee their God confi 
 
 And with glad hymns, in solemn sound, 
 Their holy dread express. 
 
 i Come, and the works whieh God hath 
 With admiration view; [wrought 
 
 His works, whieh are with pleasure -ought , 
 Mis awful glory shew. 
 
 •5 He rules by his resistless might, 
 His eyes the world survey ; 
 Presumptuous rebels .slum his sight, 
 And dread his sovereign tn aj 
 
 6 O bless our God, and never cea 
 
 To speak, or sing his praise, 
 Who guards our life, maintains our peace. 
 And guides our doubtful ways. 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 7 Thouehast'nest, Lord, when sinners stray, 
 
 To make their graces shine: 
 By the deep flood, or fiery way, 
 Their dross thou dost refiae* 
 
 8 We'll enter then thy sacred how 
 
 And thankful ofTrings lav 
 Befbrethy footstool; and the vows 
 We made, in trouble, paj 
 
 9 Come, ye thai fear our God, and hear, 
 
 What (vr my soul is done; 
 Your lips, and ehearful heart prepare. 
 To make his merey known. 
 
 in Wh 
 
PS A L*vl I X\ !i 
 
 10 Whep I to him, with griei oppn 
 My fervent cry did rou 
 lie h». ard the voice of ny -i. 
 
 And tura'd my sighs to praise. 
 
 \ I Hien blessed ever be our Qod, 
 W In us when v i ]>r. 
 
 Whoulixes merry with his rod, 
 Nor tiiriis his face awaj . 
 
 F S A L M LXya Common Metre: 
 
 The int the church, matter of j 
 
 1 ¥N mercy, Lord, t] ^ec 
 JL T<> 
 
 f thy J 
 Oil ail thy saints to shine. 
 
 2 Then shall thy bright, and perfect way, 
 
 Thro' all the world be known , 
 Lands distant shall their tribute pay, 
 And thy salvation own. 
 
 3 Let all the dtfTriug nations join 
 
 To eelebrate thy fame ; 
 Let the whole world, with joy, combine 
 To praise thy glorious name. 
 
 I O Let them shout with joy, and sin 
 And praise, with pious mirth ; 
 For thou, tire righteous Judge and King, 
 Dost govern all the earth. 
 
 5 Then shaH the Lord, upon our land, 
 II, 1 i rit blessings show'r ; 
 
 Aid all the world in awe shall stand, 
 ) his resistless powV. 
 
 PSALM 
 
s 
 
 i'S A i. v! LWIll 
 A L M LWII. SftoH Metre 
 
 2 1 1 1 EAY mere) to us, I *ord, 
 Bless us with gifts dh ii 
 
 
 () let I 
 
 On us t h\ servants shi 
 
 J May thy good ways be kuov 
 Thy fear on earth abound ; 
 Vnd thy salfatibn, over all 
 The heatheii world*, resound 
 
 > The nations now may sing 
 
 Theiryoys, since God doth reign ; 
 lie rules w - if 1 1 wisdom; this great judg< 
 AVill righteousness maintain. 
 
 4 Lei all, in hytnns of prai 3 
 
 Their grateful thoughts express*; 
 Let all the people round the world 
 Thy glorious name confess. 
 
 5 Then shall th 1 enriched earth, i 
 
 With ptenty, overflow ; 
 
 ! God, with all his i jifts, 
 
 I Is- ng will bestow. 
 
 6 I Ii ? bl showVd on us 
 
 Our ha[>p\ da;-, s shall crovi -i ; 
 His pow'r, and g< i i i * • W( 
 
 Wijth hm 
 
 V L M LXVIII. Common M 
 
 L 
 
 ET God, 
 
 : all his foes ; 
 
 Le 
 
loo PSALM LXVIH. 
 
 Let shameful flight their hosts surprise, 
 Who dare his poir'r oppos 
 
 I Bui for the servants of his will 
 I [is gentle beams enjoy ; 
 Their upright hearts let gladness till, 
 And praise their tongues employ. 
 
 3 To him your voiee in anthems raise, 
 
 Jehovah's name who bears; 
 In him rejoice, extol his praise 
 Who rides on rolling spheres. 
 
 4 Him, from his empire of the skies, 
 
 His kind compassion draws, 
 The orphan's claim to patronize, 
 And judge the widow's cause. 
 
 5 'Tis God who, from a foreign soil, 
 
 Restores poor exiles home ; 
 Makes captives free ; and fruitless toil, 
 Their proud oppressor's doom. 
 
 6 Proclaim him king, pronounce him blest; 
 
 Thro' nations faint thro' fear, 
 He's our defence, our joy, our rest, 
 His help is ever near. 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 7 When thou, O God, thine Israel's host 
 
 Brought forth from Egypt's land ; 
 Their various tribes could justly boa^t , 
 The guidance of thy hand. 
 
 S WJiere savages had rang'd before. 
 
 At ease their tribes reside ! 
 And in thfc desart, for thy poor, 
 
 Thv bountv did provide. 
 
 9 Ii. 
 
PS A L Nf LXVIII. 103 
 
 I In Canaan, when thy mighty pew'r 
 Gave kings the overthrow , 
 On [siral thou durst blessijigs showV, 
 That they thy love might know. 
 
 10 Why do ye leap, ye mountains high? 
 This is the hill where God 
 Delights to dwell ; his presence nigh, 
 Makes glorious our abode. 
 
 1 I God's chariots many thousands are, 
 Thousands of Angels strong: 
 Amidst their hosts he doth appear, 
 Attentive \o their song. 
 
 thou, who art thy churches head, 
 Thou hast ascended high ; 
 And, in triumph, victorious led 
 Captive captivity. 
 
 13 Rich gifts thou hast received for man, 
 , A rehel to thy will ; 
 
 And to fulfil redemption's plan, 
 Thou wilt be with us still. 
 I i Blest be the Lord, who to our souls 
 Doth sure salvation bring ; 
 Our rebel wills his pow'r controuls, 
 Who is our Lord and King. 
 
 15 Ascribe ye pow'r to God most high, 
 
 Of Isra'l betakes care: 
 Makes bare his arm, beneath the sky, 
 To guard us from each snare. 
 
 16 What awful glories, in his court, 
 
 What majesty is found ! 
 To ns he gives divine support ; 
 His name with praise be ciown'd. 
 
 K PSALM 
 
10o PSALM LXVIIL 
 
 PSA LM LXVIII. tiongMeti 
 
 applied (o Christ's ascension, according to 
 
 Eph. iw 7. N. 
 
 1 T. OR^whenthoudidstascehdbnhigh, 
 JLi Ten thousand angels iili'd the sky; 
 Those heav'nly guards around thee wait., 
 Like chariots that attend the state. 
 
 2 Not Sinai's mountain did appear 
 
 So glorious when the Lord was there; 
 While he pronoune'd his dreadful law, 
 And struck the chosen tribes with awe. 
 
 3 How bright the triumph none can tell, 
 When the rebellious powYs of hell, 
 That thousand souls had captive made. 
 Were all in -chains like captives led. 
 
 4 Rais'd by his father to the throne, 
 He sent the promis'd spirit down, 
 With gifts and grace for rebel-men, 
 That God might dwell on earth again. 
 
 5 The. Lord will more hi* sacrifice 
 Than fajrest ox or bullock pri 
 His offering, to humble hearty 
 rjelight and heav'nly joy imparts. 
 
 God hears the needy when he cries, 
 Nor does the captives pray >s despisq 
 Let Heav'n, earth, s;eu, wiih one ac< ord, 
 Worship* and praise th 1 \lraigbtyLord 
 
PS V. L M LXIX. 109 
 
 p a a t ii. 
 
 Praise for common, and special mercies. 
 
 7 We Wess tlie Lord, thejust* the good, 
 
 ho fills our hearts with joy, and food ; 
 Who pours his bftfcsitfgs from the sties, 
 And crowns our years with rich supplies, 
 
 8 lie sends the sun his circuit round, 
 
 To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground ; 
 He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain, 
 Refresh the thirsty earth again. 
 
 9 'Tis to his care we owe our breath, 
 And all our near escapes from death; 
 Safety and health to God belong; 
 
 He heals the weak, and guards the strong. 
 
 10 He makes the saint and sinner prove 
 The common blessings of his love ; 
 But the wide difTrencc that remains, 
 Is endless joy or endless pains. 
 
 1 1 The Lord that bruis'cl the serpent's head. 
 On all the serpent's seed shall tread, 
 The stubborn sinner's hope confound, 
 And smite him with a lasting wound. 
 
 12 But his right hand his saints shall raise 
 From the deep earth, or deeper seas ; 
 And bring them to ins court above, 
 There they shall sing his endless love. 
 
 P SAL M LXIX. Common Metre. 
 
 €hri '-rings' an {obedience to the death. 
 
 I TVT*^ let our lips with holy fear, 
 IN And mournful pleasure sing, 
 
 The 
 
110 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 The sufTrings of our sov'reign Lord ; 
 The sorrows of our king. 
 
 t He sinks in floods of deep distn 
 How high the waters rise ! 
 While to his heav'nly Father's ear 
 He sends these earnest cjies : 
 
 3 " Save me, O God, the swelling floods 
 
 u Break in upon my soul ; 
 u I sink, and sorrows o'er my head, 
 " Like mighty waters roll. 
 
 4 " With rage they persecute the man 
 
 " That groans beneath thy wound y 
 " While for a sacrifice he pours 
 " His life upon the ground. 
 
 3 " They tread his honor in the dust, 
 " And laugh. when he complains ; 
 " Their sharp insulting slanders add 
 " Fresh anguish to his pains. 
 
 6 " With vinegar they mock his thirst, 
 
 " They gave him gall for food ; 
 " And sporting with his dying groans, 
 " They triumph in his blood " 
 
 7 T%^ s > ^ n the great Messiah's name, 
 
 The royal prophet mourns: 
 Thus he awakes our hearts to grief, 
 And gives us joy by turns. 
 
 5 Father, we sing thy wondrous grace, 
 
 We bless our Saviour's name ; 
 
 Salvation for the poor he brought, 
 
 And bore the sinner's shame. 
 
 9 Hi< 
 
PSALM LXIX. Ill 
 
 9 His deep distress has rais'd us high, 
 
 His duty and his zeal, 
 Fulfiird the law which mortals broke, 
 And finish'd all thy will. 
 
 10 This shall his humble followers see, 
 
 And set their hearts at rest ; 
 They, by his death, draw near to thee 
 And live for ever blest. 
 
 1 1 Let Heaven, and all that dwell on high 
 
 To God their voices raise; 
 While lands, and seas assist the sky, 
 And join t' advance thy praise 
 
 12 Sion is thine, most holy God, 
 
 Thy son shaH bless her gates; 
 And glory, purchased by his blood, 
 For thine own Israel waits. 
 
 P S A L M LXIX. Long Metre. 
 
 Christ's sufferings the sinner s salvation. 
 
 1 JH\EEP in our hearts let us record 
 JL/ The deeper sorrows of our Lord ; 
 Behold the rising billows roll, 
 
 To overwhelm his righteous soul. 
 
 2 In long complaints he spends his breath, 
 While hosts 6f hell and powYs of death, 
 
 And all the sons of malice join, 
 To execute their black design. 
 
 3 T- our sakes eternal God 1 
 
 I sustained that heavy ! 
 Of base reproach and sor • disgrace*, 
 And shame o'erspread hi I Face. 
 
 K 3 4 
 
112 PSALM LXX. 
 
 4 The Jews, his brethren, and his kin, 
 Abus'd the Man that check 71 their sin - y 
 While hefulfiird thy holy laws, 
 They hate him, but without a cause. 
 
 5 Zeal for the temple of his God 
 Consum'd his life, expos'd his blood ; 
 Reproaches at thy glory thrown 
 
 Hfc felt, andmourn'd them as his own. 
 
 C O for his sake our guilt forgive, 
 And let the trembling sinner live, 
 The Lord will hear us in his name, 
 Nor shall our hope be turn'd to sham 
 
 P S A L M LXX. Common Metre, 
 For speedy deliverance from enemies. 
 
 THY timely succour, Lord, afford,, 
 Assist us in our need ; 
 Give us the comforts of thy word, 
 For our deliverance speed. 
 
 2 Let such as make our griefs their sport 
 Convinced be of wrong, 
 Whilst trusting in thine arm's support,. 
 We make thy strength our song. 
 
 ;) Despised tho' we are and poor, 
 Make us thy special care j 
 And, as thou oft hast done before, 
 To our relief repair. 
 
 4 Let all who humbly seek thy face 
 In thy salvation joy ; 
 I ,et those who prize thy. matchless grace 
 Their highest praise employ. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
PSALM LXXI. 113 
 
 P S A L M LXXI. Common Metre. 
 
 Praise for the continued core qffheprovidincc 
 
 of Cod. 
 
 1 TN thee we put. our stedfast trust, 
 JL Defend us, Lord, from shame ; 
 Incline thine ear, and save our souls. 
 
 For righteous is thy name. 
 
 2 Thy constant care did safely guard 
 
 Our tender infant days • 
 Thou took'st its from our mothers \\ omb , 
 We'll therefore sing thy prai i 
 
 3 Still has our life new wonders seen, 
 
 Repeated every year ; 
 Behold our days that yet remain. 
 We'll trust them to thy care. 
 
 4 While God vouchsafes us his support, 
 
 We'll in his strength go on ; 
 All other righteousness disclaim y 
 And mention his alone. 
 
 5 When hoary age comes creeping on, 
 
 And nature's pow'rs decline; 
 O do not then thy servants leave 1 ; 
 But own us still for thine. 
 
 P S A L M LXXI. Short Metre. 
 
 I A yTY everlasting hope, 
 1VJL I live upon thy truth ; 
 Thine hands have held my childhood up, 
 And Strengthen^ all my youth. 
 
 Thy 
 
114 PSALM LXXII. 
 
 2 Thy pow'r my flesh has fram'd, 
 
 With all these limbs of mine, 
 And from my mothers painful hour 
 I've been entirely thine. 
 
 3 My life hath won en 
 
 Repeated ev'ry year; 
 Behold, my days that yet remain, 
 I trust them to thy care. 
 
 4 Cast me not off, O Lord, 
 
 When hoary hairs arise. 
 And round me let thy glory shine, 
 
 Whene'er thv servant dies. 
 
 •/ 
 
 5 Then my life's account, 
 
 When men review my days, 
 They'll read thy love in ev'ry page, 
 In ev'ry line thy praise. 
 
 PSALM LXXII. Common Metre 
 The happiness of Christ's reign illustrated. 
 
 1 ' ORD, let thy just decrees the king, 
 JL 4 In all his ways direct ; 
 And let his son, throughout his reign, 
 Thy righteous laws respect. 
 
 e 2 So shall he still thy people judge 
 With pure, and upright mind; 
 Whilst all the helpless poor shall him, 
 Their just protector find. 
 
 J Then hills and mountains shall bringforth. 
 The happy fruits of peace ; 
 Which all the lands shall own to be, 
 
 The work of righteousness. 
 
 4 Whilst 
 
PS A L M i^XXII. \\r> 
 
 4 Whihfthethfepoor, and needy race, 
 
 Shall rule with gentle sway ; 
 And from their humble Decks shall tal 
 Oppressive yokes away. 
 
 5 In ev'ry heart thy awful fear, 
 
 Shall thru be rooted fast ; 
 As long as sun, and moon endure, 
 Or time itself shall lafci 
 
 (i He shall descend like rain thai cfrears 
 The meadows second birth; 
 O like warm showers, whose gentle drops 
 Refresh the thirsty earth. 
 
 7 In his blest days the just, and good 
 Shall be with favour crown'd ; 
 The happy land shall every where, 
 With endless peace abound. 
 
 3 His uncontroul'd dominion shall, 
 From sea to sea, extend ; 
 Begin at proud Euphrates' stream, 
 At nature's limits end. 
 
 PSA LM LXXII. Long M 
 
 The blessings of Christ's kingdom. 
 
 1 /^* REAT God, whose universal s\i 
 VjT The known and unknown 
 Now give the kingdom to thy son ; [ol 
 Extend his pow'r, exalt his throne. 
 
 I As rain on meadows newly mown, 
 So shall he send his influence down: 
 
 His 
 
116 PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 Hi oh fainting souls distill 
 
 Like heav'nly dew on thirsty bills. 
 
 3 The heathen lands that lie beneath 
 The .shades of overspreading death, 
 Revive at his first dawning light, 
 And desarts blossom at the sight. 
 
 4 The saints shall flourish in his days, 
 Drest in the robes of joy and prai 
 Peace, like a river, from his throne,. 
 Shall flow to nations yet unknown. 
 
 5 Blessings abound where'er he reigns, 
 The prisoner leaps to lose his chains, 
 The weary find eternal rest, 
 
 And all the sons of want are blest. 
 
 6 Let ev'ry creature rise and bring 
 Peculiar honours to our king: 
 Angels descend with songs again, 
 And earth repeat the long Amen. 
 
 P S A L M LXXIII. Common Metre. 
 The prosperity of sinners is their destruction. 
 
 1 T ORD, what a thoughtless wretch was I, 
 
 1 j To murmur and repine? 
 To see the wicked, plac'd on high. 
 In robes of honour shine. 
 
 2 I oft debated with myself 
 
 Thy ways of Providence; 
 But found the search too hard, and doubts 
 Long kept me in suspense: 
 
 3 Till 
 
PSALM LXXIII. 117 
 
 3 TilJ coming to thy house, I there 
 
 Did my mistakes amend: 
 I view'd their way before^ hut now 
 
 I understood their i\u], 
 
 4 I sawthe slipp'ry precipice, 
 
 On which their feet were placVi;. 
 And with what terrors seix'd, when down 
 To sudden ruin east. 
 
 5 See as a dream w hen one awak< 
 
 So all their glory dies; 
 When God his seat, tojudge them, takes, 
 He shall their pomp despise. 
 
 PART II 
 
 CroU ! he £ocd man s pari ion and happiness. 
 
 t5 O Lord, thou art our strong support. 
 
 Our help for ever near; 
 Thine arm of mercy held us up, 
 When sinking in despair. 
 
 7 Thou with thy counsel while we live, 
 Wilt us conduct and guide; 
 A rid to thy glory afterwards 
 Receive tfs to abide. 
 
 b Whom have we in the Heavens high. 
 
 But thee, () Lord, alone, 
 And in the earth, whom we desire, 
 Besides thee, there 1 is none, 
 
 :) What though the springs pflife were broke, 
 And flesh and lent should faint, 
 ( Hod I- I ; ck, 
 
 And porl ion of the sain*. 
 
 10 Behold 
 
IIS PSALM LXX1V. 
 
 10 Behold, the sinners that rernovt 
 
 Far from fchy presence die; 
 
 N6l all the Idols which they Id 
 Can savs them when they cry. 
 
 1 1 But to draw near to thee, our God, 
 
 Shall be our sweet employ; 
 Our tongues shall sound thy works aloud, 
 And tell the world our joy. 
 
 P S A L M LXXIV. Common Metft 
 
 Tlit favour of Ged supfilicQtfd. 
 
 I r^ AST us not wholly oil; Q Lord, 
 V^ But thy just wrath restrain: 
 Regard the children of thy love, 
 And smile on us again. 
 
 c 2 What strange deliv'rance hast thou sticfaft 
 In ages long before! 
 And now no other God we own 
 No other God adore. 
 
 3 Is not the world of nature thine. 
 
 The darkness and the dav ? 
 Didst thou not bid the morning shine, 
 And mark the sun his way? 
 
 4 I lath not thy pow'r form'd ev'ry coast; 
 
 And set the earth its bounds; 
 With summer's heat and winter's frost. 
 In their perpetual rounds? 
 
 £ And shall the sons of earth and dust, 
 Thy sacred pow'r blaspheme? ; 
 Thyhand which form'd them first, will sure 
 Avenge thine injur'd name. 
 
 G Think 
 
PSALM LXXV. ug 
 
 6 Think on the covenant thou ha>t made, 
 Who art pur God and King • 
 
 And of thy mercy and thy truth, 
 We evermore shall sing. 
 
 P S A L M LXXV-. Common Mitre. 
 
 God praised, and (he proud rebuked. 
 
 1 r I A thee, O God, we render praise, 
 
 JL To thee with thanks repairs ; 
 For that thy name to us is nigh, 
 Thy wondrous works declare. 
 
 2 The land, and all that dwell therein, 
 
 May be dissolvM for fear ; 
 But we, by Providence stistfU&'d, 
 
 Shall never doubt his care. 
 
 9 () ! may the fool from folly il\\ 
 The proud their pride restrain ; 
 Let them not lift their heads on high, 
 Nor utter speeches vain. 
 
 \ For that promotion, which to gain 
 Th<*>r vain ambition strive* : 
 Frottl neither east nor vve^t, nt>r vc\ 
 From southern climes arrives. 
 
 j 5fo ! (lod tjie great disposer Is, 
 And so\ Veigil judge a!<>i, 
 Who casts the pr<uid td earth, and lifts 
 The humble to his throne. 
 
 L PSA i 
 
V20 FS A L M LXXVf. 
 
 P S A L M LXXVI. Common M - 
 
 God's majesty in his clnnrh, and justice on 
 
 his nic;, 
 
 1 TX Judah, God of old was known, 
 X His name in Israel great ; 
 
 In Salem stood his holy throne, 
 And Sion was his scat. 
 
 2 Among the praises of his saints, 
 
 His dwelling there he ehose ; 
 There he received their just complaints, 
 Against their haughty foes. 
 
 3 From thence went forth his dreadful word, 
 
 And broke the threatening spear; 
 The bow, the arrows, and the sword, 
 And crush'd the dreadful war. 
 
 4 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else, 
 
 But mighty hills of prey ? 
 The hill, on which Jehovah dwells, 
 More glorious is than they; 
 
 £ What pow'r can stand before thy sight, 
 When once thy wrath appears; [light, 
 When lleav'n shines round with dreadful 
 The earth is still, and fears. 
 
 <3 When God, iir his own sovereign ways, 
 Conies down to save th' opprest, 
 The wrath of man shall work his praise, 
 And he'll restrain the rest. 
 
 7 Vow to the Lord, and tribute bring: 
 Ye princes, fear his frown. ' 
 
 Hii 
 
I>S A L M LXXVII. [JHI 
 
 His tcrrour sluikcs the prtHldest king, 
 i nd cuts tin- picked doM u. 
 
 P S A L M LXXVII. Common M.etiv. 
 
 overcome by flic cqnsideratio* 
 t / 7V ^former goodness. 
 
 1 nPO (;<,<! I fc?y\fc Whb'tb my 1k.1i), 
 JL ) )id g ra<S<JUsiy repair ; 
 
 In ;ru!il)i- ; s dismal day J went 
 him with humble prftj V. 
 
 1 1 thought upon his favours past , 
 But that inrreas'd my pain ; 
 I found my Spirit more oppress'd, 
 The more I did complain. 
 
 3 Thro' evVy watch of tedious night 
 
 Thou kecp'st my eyes awake ; 
 My grief is swell'd to that excess, 
 
 I sigh, but cannot speak. 
 
 4 {las God for ever cast us off; 
 
 Withdrawn his favour quite ? 
 Are both his mercy and his truth 
 Retir'd to endless night? 
 
 5 Can bis long-practis'd love forget 
 
 It's wonted aids to bring ? 
 Has he in wrath shul up and seaTd 
 His mercy'a healing sprin 
 
 6 Pll yet remember the m >s1 high, 
 
 And years of his right hand; [hints, 
 These mournful fears, >vhich weakness 
 I quickly will disband. 
 
m PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 7 III call to mind his works of old, 
 
 The wonders pf his might ; 
 On diem my heart shall meditate, 
 My tongue shall them recite. 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 8 Safe lodged from human searcli on high, 
 
 O God, thy counsels are ; 
 Who is so great a God as ours ? 
 Who can with him compare ? 
 
 9 Long since, a God of wonders, thee 
 
 Thy rescued people found ; 
 Long since, hast thou thy chosen seed, 
 With strong deliv'rance crown'd. 
 
 10 The waters saw thee, Lord, the flood, 
 
 Of waters saw and feai^d ; 
 The depths profound astonish'd stood, 
 When God in pow r 'r appear'd. 
 
 1 1 Clouds pour'd down streams, while rend- 
 
 Did with their noise conspire ; [ing skies, 
 Thy arrows all abroad were sent. 
 Wing'd with avenging lire. 
 
 1 2 Hcav'n with thy thunder's voice was torn ; 
 Whilst all the lower world, 
 With light ni h shook, and 
 
 From her I I'd. [seem'd 
 
 Jj Thro' *eas thou mak\st thy wondrous 
 Thy paths in waters lie ; [way,j 
 
 Dr^p waters, wh<. " -man sight 
 
 Thy footsteps can descry. 
 
 14 A pillar 
 
PSA t M lxxvhi. 
 
 14 A pillar tnark'd thy people's v 
 Coin hajde and light ; 
 
 By da • cloud, 
 
 A leading fife bv 
 
 P S A L M LXXVHI Common Metre, 
 
 T/ie providences of Odd ungratefully received^ 
 and yet his goodness continued, 
 
 1 ' ET children hear tile rriighty deeds 
 JL-rf Whifch C*6A performed of okij 
 lite bids us make hte g!6ri< S kno\vn > 
 And all has works unfold, 
 
 Flius they all learn .in God alone y 
 
 Their hope securely stands ; 
 That they may ne'er forge* what's pj 
 Bat practise his commands, 
 
 3 O what a stiff, rebellious house, 
 
 Was Jae >b's ant ient race ! 
 False to their own most solemn TOWS 
 And to their Maker's giace, 
 
 4 They broke tiaecov'nant of his love, 
 
 And did his laws despise ; 
 Forgot the works he wroieht, to prove 
 His pow'r before their ej j 
 
 5 They saw him cleave the mighty sea, . 
 
 And march u in safety through : 
 With wat'ry walls to guard their waj 
 Till they had 'scap'd the foe. 
 
 6 He from the rock their thirst supplyM ; 
 
 The gushing waters tell, 
 L 3 
 
124 PSALM LXXIX. 
 
 And ran in rivers by their side, 
 A constant miracle. 
 
 7 Yet they provok'd the Lord most high, 
 
 Ami dar'd distrust his hand; 
 " Can be with bread our hosts supply, 
 " Amidst this desart land r" 
 
 8 The Lord with indignation heard, 
 
 And caus'd his wrath to ilame ; 
 His terrors ever stand prepaid 
 To vindicate his name. 
 
 9 When some were slain, the rest returned, 
 
 And sought the Lord with tears ; 
 Under the rod they fear'd and mourn'd ; 
 But soon forgot their fears. 
 
 10 Oft he chastis'd and still forgave, 
 
 Till by his gracious hand, 
 The nation, he resolv'dto save, 
 Possess'd the promised land. 
 
 PSALM LXXIX. Common Metre. 
 
 A prayer for deliverance, and thankfulness on 
 the receipt of it. 
 
 1 TVFHOLD, O God, how heathen Ik 
 J3 Ilav'i thy possession seiz'd ! 
 Thy sacred house they have defil'd, 
 Thy holy city raz'd. 
 g How long wilt thou be angry, Lord, 
 Must we for ever mourn ? 
 Shall thy devouring jealous wrath, 
 Like lire for ever burn ? 
 
 5 For 
 
PS A LM LXXX. 
 
 3 For tliv \),, [ory belp us, L 
 
 Who hasl qui S;n iour been ; 
 Deliver us we humbly pray, 
 Vnd take away our sin. 
 
 I Q !*■: • ie pvit ■ iid, 
 
 Before thy throne oo high ; 
 Preserve those, by thy saving pow'r, 
 That doomed are to die. 
 
 5 So we, thy people, and thy flocks 
 Shall ever praise thy name ; 
 And with g rtsour grateful thai 
 
 From fcge to age proclaim. 
 
 P S A L M LXXX. CommonMetre. 
 
 The church's misery complained of, and her 
 prosperity ptftyt tfi r« 
 
 1 OHEPHERD of fgrael, whodost guide 
 O Joseph thy flock, giyeear; 
 
 Who 'midst the cherubs dost reside, 
 Shine forth, and bright appear. 
 
 2 Turn us again, and let thy face 
 
 For our salvation shine ; 
 How long, Lord, will it be ere thou 
 Thy gracious ear inelsne. 
 
 S From Egypt thou hast brought a vine, 
 Tra i planted by thine hand ; 
 Expel] d the heathen, that its roots, 
 Might spread and (ill the land, 
 
 4 The U wore cowr d with its .shade, 
 
 Itv headlike cedars, rose j 
 
126 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 Tfiesc boughs it tt> the Sea cmvcy'd, 
 And to Euphrates those. 
 
 5 Why is her fence broke down ? her grapes, 
 
 By each rude stranger pn 
 The boar t06ts up her plants, hi 
 
 Devour'd by ev'ry beast. 
 
 6 Return, O God of hosts, we pray, 
 
 Thy wonted grace renew • 
 From Heav'n, thy throne, this vine sui 1 
 Her state with pity view. 
 
 ? Regard the vineyard, in your land r 
 Planted by thjr great might ; 
 Also the b'rancii by thy right hand ; . , 
 Make strong for thy delight. 
 
 8 O Lord thy gracious aids impart 
 
 To him that's rais'd by thee: 
 Thou strength'nest him by tliy i iirhthand;: 
 More strength'ned let him be, 
 
 9 So wkh distinguish VI favours blest, 
 
 We shall revolt no more : 
 Revive our souls with peace and rest,. 
 And we'll thy name adore. 
 
 10 Turn as, Lord Gad of hosts, we pray,- 
 
 And we'll thy praises sing. 
 
 The glories of thy face display, 
 
 Which will saLvation bring, 
 
 P S A L M 
 
PS A LM LXXX. 127 
 
 P S A L M LXXX. Loner Mdrc . 
 
 ■© 
 
 GREAT shepherd of thine Isra<!, 
 Who didst between the cherubs dwell. 
 And lead thy tribes,, thy chosen sheep, 
 
 Safe thro' the depart and the dec}). 
 
 L 2 The church is in the desart now, 
 
 Shine from on high, and bring us thro'j 
 Ttirn us to thee, thv love restore, 
 We shall he sav'd, and sigh no more. 
 
 3 Great God, whom heav'nly hosts obey, 
 How long shall we lament and pray, 
 And wait in vain thy kind return ? 
 How long shall thv fierce amrer burn ? 
 
 4 Hast tliou not planted, with thy hands, 
 A lovely vine in heathen lands ? 
 
 Did not thy pew'r defend it round, 
 And heav'nly dews enriel the ground ? 
 
 5 How did the spreading branches shoot, 
 And Id- s the oatious wi^h the fruit ? 
 But now, dear Lord, lo< k d<r see 
 Thy mourning vine, that lovely wee. 
 
 6 Why is its beauty tin 3 defoe'd ? 
 Wh} hast thou iaid. her fen 
 Return, Aim;- 
 
 No mourii. 
 
 PSA L M 
 
128 PSALM LXXXT. 
 
 P S A L M I.XXXI. Common Mel 
 
 <hmcnls\ 
 J r |/0 (n ver-failiag^trenglh, 
 
 I jointly raise the vbiceoi praise 
 
 2 Witl • ' ppr church of old 
 
 To lirai for aid did call; 
 With pity he their suft' "rings saw,. 
 And set them free from all. 
 
 3 While he his solemn will declares, 
 
 His chosen people hear ; 
 And while the God of Israel speaks* 
 Lend your attentive ear. 
 
 4 From vile idolatry I 
 
 Preserve his worship clean; 
 For he's our God, wli i free 
 
 From slav'ry and from gj 
 
 5 Stretch your enlarged desires abroad, 
 
 And hearken to his voice ; 
 Soon he will ease you of your wrongs, 
 Arfd bid your hearts rejoice. 
 
 6 While he destroys their cru< 
 
 He'll richly feed his flock ; 
 And they shall taste the stream that flows-- 
 Froin their eternal rock. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
PSA L M LXXX.Fl. 
 
 rSAL M LXXXII. Common Mt-;-. 
 
 (J od the. supreme ruler, or / res 
 
 admonislicd. 
 
 1 A MOXG ill' assemblies of the 
 
 Ji'\. The ruler of the sky. 
 
 By soy^QJiru right, assumes husj • 
 
 And doth their counsels try. 
 
 2 The Gnd Qjf lloav'n, as judge, « 
 
 Their dec 4 ]) concerted law >, 
 Unravels all their wicked ways 
 And plead the orphan* s eatw\ 
 
 3 Let ih; nfore men in powY protect 
 
 The helpless in distress. 
 Let them the inuoc^nl preserve. 
 From such as would oppress. 
 
 4 How can they dare pervert the truth; 
 
 Or be to justice Mind ? 
 .! tistiee and truth (the world's support) 
 Shall HcawTs protection find. 
 
 5 Arise, and thy just judgments, Lord, 
 
 Throughout the earth disphav ; 
 
 Then all the nations of the w" u! !, 
 Shall ovvii thy righteous swav.. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIII. Coiiimoi^fdre. 
 
 A complaint against persecutors* 
 1 \ NT) will the God of wondrous grace 
 -Tx Perpetual silence? keei>,? 
 ! thine • ..■ mies incFpase, 
 Ar counsels d< ep, 
 
 8 See 
 
180 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 2 Sec for the ju£t what cruel snares 
 
 These sens of mischief spread : 
 
 Against thy saints their malice dares 
 Lift up its threatening head. 
 
 3 Come let Us cut them off, they cry, 
 
 Their nation quite deface ; 
 Blot from the earth the memory 
 Of this obnoxious race. 
 
 4 Awake, put on thy strength, O Lord, 
 
 Convince them of their wrong; 
 We t\y for refuge to thy word ; 
 O make thy strength our song ! 
 
 5 So shall the wond'ring world confess, 
 
 That thou, who claim'st alone 
 Jehovah's name, dost still possess 
 In Heav'nthy lofty throne. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIV. Common Metre. 
 
 The pleasure and advantages of public icorsh/p. 
 
 1 /^\ CtOD of Hosts, the mighty Lord, 
 V_y How lovely is the place, 
 
 Whore thou enthronM in glory, shew \st 
 The brightne^ of thy face ! 
 
 2 My heart and flesh cry out for thee, 
 
 My Saviour and my God ! 
 When shall I tread thy courts and soe 
 The place of thine abode ? 
 
 3 Securely there the feather'd throng, 
 
 Their early voices raise; 
 My spirit faints to join their song, 
 And emulate their praise. 
 
 4 O Lord 
 
PSALM LXXXIV. 131 
 
 4 O Lord of Hosts, our God mid King, 
 
 1 low highly blest arc they 3 
 Who id tin temple always awell, 
 
 And there thy praise display! 
 
 5 Thrice happy they* whose choice has ihrc 
 
 Their sure protection made ! 
 Who lon.g to tread the sacred ways, 
 Which to thy dwellings lead. 
 
 6 Who passing thro' life's dreary vale 
 
 Do no refreshment want; 
 And who embrace each friendly gale 
 That thou for He&v'ii <lost grant. 
 
 7 Thus they proceed from strength to 
 
 strength, 
 And still approach more near, 
 Until in Slon they at length 
 Before their God appear. 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 8 To thee, O God, we would draw near; 
 
 Our humble suit attend: 
 & , God our shield, and lend thine ear, 
 And promis'd mercy s <j nd. 
 
 °. To sit one da v beneath thine eye. 
 And hear thy gracious voice, 
 Exceeds a whole eternity, 
 KnvployM en earthly j 
 
 Lord, at thy threshold we vrould wait,, 
 Whilst Christ bs pjPt aeh'd within, 
 
 Rather than sit on throir tt^, 
 
 Or dwell in tents of sin. 
 
 M 11 For 
 
132 PSA L M LXXXIV. 
 
 1 1 Fbr God the Lord's a suq and shield, 
 
 He'll grace and glory gi\ 
 And ho good thing will he withhold, 
 From them that justly live, 
 
 12 O Lord, whom hcav'nl y hosts obey, 
 
 That man is truly blest; 
 Who makes thine arm his constant stay, 
 Thy promises, his rest. 
 
 P S A L M LXXXIV. Long Metre. 
 
 1 T TOW pleasant, how divinely fair, 
 JLjL O Lord of Hosts, thy dwellings are ! 
 With long desire my spirits faints, 
 
 To join th' assemblies of thy saints. 
 
 2 Blest are the souls that find a place, 
 Within the temple of thy grace; 
 
 /There they behold thy gentler rays, 
 And seek thy face,. and learn thy ways. 
 
 3 Blest are the men whose hearts are set 
 To find the way to Zion's gate ; 
 
 God is their strength ; and, thro' the road, 
 They lean upon their helper God. 
 
 A Chearful they walk, withgrowingstrength, 
 Till they arrive in Heav'nat length; 
 Till they before fhy face appear, 
 And join in nobler worship there. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 Grace and Glory. 
 
 5 Great God, attend while Zion sings, 
 The joy that from thy presence spring 
 
 To 
 
PS AIM LXXXIV. 1.;: 
 
 To spend one day with thee on < wrth, 
 Is a thousand of mirth- 
 
 (i \i 
 
 Within th , O God of ' - 
 
 nis of ease, nop 
 Should teinpt our \\ el to !■ 
 
 7 God i 
 
 God is uafds oj . 
 
 From all assaults of hell, and silk 
 From foes without, and foes within 
 
 2 All needful grace will God bestow, 
 And crown that grace with glory too; 
 He gives us all things, and withholds 
 No real good from upright souls. 
 
 9 O God our King, whose sovereign sway, . 
 The glorious hosts of I Ioav'n obey, 
 And devils at thy presence flee: 
 Blest is the man that trusts in thee. 
 
 PSA L M LXXXIV. As the 148 Psalm. 
 
 1 T ORD of the worlds above* 
 1 j How pleasant and how fair, 
 The dw< llirigs of thy \6\ 
 Thy earthly temples are! 
 T Q thine abode, 
 My heart aspires, 
 VTith warm d< § 
 To see my God. 
 
 I To spend one sacred da 
 Wh< ■.-.- God and saints abide. 
 1< d\\ iner j >y, 
 
 Wj 
 
13* PSALM LXXXV, 
 
 Where God resorts* 
 
 I love it more 
 To keep the door. 
 Than shine in courts. 
 
 3 God is our sun and shield, 
 Orrrlight, and our defence, 
 AVith gifts his hands are lilTd; 
 We draw our blessings thence: 
 
 He shall bestow, 
 On Jacob's race; 
 Peculiar grace; 
 And glory too. 
 
 4 The Lord his people loves; 
 His hand no good withholds, 
 From those his heart approves, 
 From pure and pious soul 
 
 Thrice happy he, 
 O God of Hosts, 
 Whose spirit trusts, 
 Alone in thee ! 
 
 P S A L M LXXXV. Common Metre. 
 
 Deliverance begun and compleatecL 
 
 \ T ORD, thou hast calFd thy grace to 
 JL^ Thou hast rovers 'd our doom: [mind. 
 
 Thus God forgave when Israel sinn'd, 
 And brought his captives home. 
 
 *2 Thou hast begun to set us free, 
 And made thy wrath abate: 
 Now ]<*t our hearts be turn 'd to thee, 
 Ami all our joys compleat. 
 
 3 Revive 
 
A CM LXXXVI. 135 
 
 3 Revive our languid Lord, 
 
 And let thy 
 
 2s i ; k< thy u-xu. thy word, 
 
 So . ..ail Brae oatt w 
 
 4 We wait to I; ti Gcd will - 
 
 He'll give hfe people p 
 Bui le! theirf v\m tig rfl i ^.y, 
 
 I-i wiiys of : 
 
 5 Sal 
 
 The souls that fear the Lord, 
 And l idins from on Iiif;L 
 
 Sweet hopes of Heav'n afford. 
 
 G For nierey now, w ah truth, is join'd; 
 isness, with peace. 
 Like kind is abseat long, 
 
 Wil c'orace. 
 
 § V L M LXXXVI. Common M« 
 
 v,;;o- ^ praise. . 
 
 1 r | ^O our a thoq mort high, 
 
 X Tir .'arinci'uK : 
 
 Weareaistn id destitute 
 
 Of all relief but thine. 
 
 2 To us, who daily thee invoke^ 
 
 Thy merry, Lord ; extenc|: 
 Refresh o tropes 
 
 On thee aldn$ dep 
 
 ] Amon dp there's nme like the 
 
 O I divine j 
 
 M 3 To 
 
136 PSALM LXXXVIL 
 
 To thee as much inferior they, 
 
 As are their works to thine. 
 
 4 The nations thou hast made shall bring 
 
 Their otlVmgs to thy throne. 
 
 For thou alone dost wondrous tilings, 
 And thou art God alone. 
 
 5 Lord, we would walk with holy fear, 
 
 Teaeh us thy heav'nly way-, 
 AikI all our scatter'd thoughts unite, 
 In our Creator's praise. 
 
 C Great is thy mercy, and our tongues,, 
 Shall all thy wonders tell; 
 How by thy grace our sinking souls, „ 
 ftose from the depths of hell. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVU. Common Metre. 
 
 Jcics and Gentiles united in the christian 
 church. 
 
 1 /^tJR churches crown the holy mount, 
 V^J "Where God vouchsafes to dwell j 
 Our Sion\s gates, in his account > 
 
 All Jacobus tents excel. 
 
 2 Most glorious things are said of thee, 
 
 O city of the Lord \ 
 Kahab and Babylon shall be 
 Thy converts on record. 
 
 3 With pleasing wonder, men .shall read. 
 
 Who in thy church were born; 
 From it the ditT'rent saints proceed, 
 That diil'rent dimes adorn. 
 
 4 In 
 
PSALM LXXXVIII. f37 
 
 4 In it the Gentile, wiih the J< 
 Are IL) e presumptive heii 
 Wheremen begin their lives anew. 
 Eternal springs are theirs. 
 
 PS A L M LXXXVII. Long Mfctre. 
 
 1 /^1 OD in his earthly teftiples lavs 
 vJT Foundations fov his heav*n1 y praise ; 
 
 He likes the tents of Jacob well; 
 But in Qlir&ion loves to dwell. 
 
 2 What glories were depcrib'd of old! 
 What wonders are of J$um. told! 
 Thou city of our God below, 
 
 Thy fame shall lyre and Egypt know, 
 
 3 When God makes up his fast account, 
 
 Of natives in his holy mount, 
 
 'Twill be an honour to appear* 
 
 As one new born, or nourished there. 
 
 4 Wheney'ry nation, Greek and .Jew* 
 Shall there begin their ii\e. anew; 
 Angelsspul men shall join to sin 
 The hill where living waters springs 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIII. Common Metre 
 A tQDiindi d spfril wfid can bee 
 
 1 /~\ GOD, my Saviour, I b '<l 
 v_>/ Before tHe'e nighi and day; 
 
 Let not thy mercy be denied, 
 When unto thee I pray. 
 
 2 In paths of deepest woe I tr<:a 1; 
 
 My bquI in dark at 
 
138 PSA LM LXXX1X. 
 
 Vi md, whil< 
 
 I bj ftd billov 
 
 3 Thy 
 
 tllop'nii 
 
 j 
 
 -i To thec\ dear Lor? f < ;' 1 
 My earnest pi a 
 
 O l< vcd 1>P, 
 
 With timely * lay'd. 
 
 PSAL M LXXXIX. Common Metfe 
 
 The failkfutriesz arid niajt of Cod:, 
 
 of the t w/ib rea grspcl; and 
 
 the Huchangeabicncts of the divine covthenu 
 I "\ y¥Y never-ceasing song shall show 
 ivi The mercies of the Lord, 
 And make succeeding ages know, 
 lie 9 lii's word. 
 
 31 The saer pfoooYince, 
 
 !! firm as Heav'n endure; 
 And ' ' oi&ise once, 
 
 Tit' eternal grace is sure, 
 
 3 How long the race of Pavkl held, 
 
 The promised Jewish ihro: 
 'Bu< a nobler covenant seal'd, 
 
 To D r son. 
 
 4 His seed for t \ er -'/all possess, 
 
 A th om above he skies; 
 Fl meanest subject of his grace, 
 Shall to that glory rise. 
 
 5 Lord 
 
PS A L M LXXXIX. 1/30 
 
 5 Lord God of Hosts, thy wondrous w:\ys 
 
 Arc sung by saints abo^ e ; 
 And saints on earth their honors raise, 
 To thy unchanging love. 
 
 6 Thy words the raging winds control, 
 
 And rules the boisterous deep; 
 
 Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll, 
 And rolling billows sleep. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 7 With rev'rence Jet us now appear, 
 
 And how before the Lord; 
 His high commands with silence hear. 
 And tremble at his word. 
 
 8 How terrible his glories be! 
 
 How bright his armies shine! 
 Where is the power that vies with thee? 
 Or truth comparYl with thine? 
 
 Justice and judgment on his throne, 
 Maintain their dwelling place; 
 And truth, and mercy, join in one, 
 Still go before his face. 
 
 10 Blessed are they that hear, and know, 
 
 The gospel's joyful soupd ; 
 
 Peace shall attend them as they gOj 
 
 And li ; ir paths surround. 
 
 1 1 Ip the Redeemer's name shall they, 
 
 Exceedingly rejoice ; 
 And in his righteousness each day, 
 Exult with cheai fid vo 
 
 12 The Lord, their glory ai\d di (Vnce% 
 
 Strength an ition gii i 
 
 Their 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 Xh ! , their Kiru r OS, 
 
 Th 
 
 PAR T III. 
 
 IS God to hkholy prophet sdicl, 
 (And made bis mefcC3 : 
 
 Ti 
 
 On his Al .on. 
 
 14 High shall he reign, on David's throne, 
 
 His people's better King; 
 His arm shall beat his rivals down, 
 And angels triumph sing. 
 
 15 His cov'nant stands for ever fast, 
 
 His promises are strong; 
 Firm as the Heav'ns his throne shall last, 
 His seed endure as long. 
 
 16 Yet, saith the Lord, if David's race, 
 
 The children of my son, 
 Should break my laws, abuse my grace,. 
 And bring mine anger down : 
 
 17 Their sins I'll visit with the rod, 
 
 And make their folly smart; 
 But Til not c^ase to be their God, 
 Nor from m y trutb depart. 
 
 18 My cov'nant I will ne'er revoke, 
 
 But keep my grace in mind, 
 And what eternal love hath spoke, 
 Eternal truth shall bind. 
 
 19 Once have I sworn (I n< rd no more) 
 
 And pledg'd mv holin 
 
 To 
 
PS A L M LXXXIX. 141 
 
 To se&l tli( 
 To David, anti his 
 
 2 The sun shall si ite't 
 
 And sprekd fih 
 Long as he traV6ls round the skies 
 To gfve the nations day. 
 
 21 Sure as the moon that'rules the night, 
 1 lis kingdom shall endure' j 
 Till the hx'd laws of shade, and light, 
 Shall (be OQserv'd no more. 
 
 P S A L M LXXXIX. Long Metre. 
 
 The covenant made with Christ. 
 
 1 17*0 R evet shall my song record, 
 
 X The truth and mercy of the Lord, 
 Mercy and truth forever stand, 
 Like 4 Heav'n established by his hand. 
 
 ( 2 Thus to his son, the father said, 
 
 " With thee my covenant firm is made; 
 " In thee shall dying sinners live, 
 rt Glory and grace are thine to give. 
 
 3 " He thou my prophet, thou my pri 
 ' ; Thy children shall be ever blest; 
 
 u Thou art my choset* King: thy throne 
 
 M Shall stand eternal like my own. 
 
 4 " There's none of all my sons a! 
 ' u So much my image or my lot e ; 
 " Celestial pow'rs thy subj< 
 
 " What then can earth to thee cojoparpP' 
 
 5 Now 1 i the chare 
 
 Jesus her Saviour and her King, 
 
 An 
 
US PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 Angels his heavily wonders show 
 And saints declare his works below, 
 
 6 With rev'rehce all his saints appear, 
 Approach his throne with awful fear, 
 The Lord of Hosts with strength abound*, 
 And faithfulness hi's throne surrounds. 
 
 ? His mighfy arm in ppw'r excels, 
 
 And valour in his right-hand dwells; 
 1 1 is throne isfixM on judgment sure., 
 His mercy ever shall endure. 
 
 S Thrice happy they, his Voice who Lear, 
 And by his law theircourses steer: 
 Kxalted in his righteousness, 
 
 They shall address him with success. 
 
 PA KT II. 
 
 A funeral Psalm. 
 
 \) Remember, Lord, our mortal state, 
 How trail our life! how short the date 1 ! 
 
 Where is the man that draws his breath, 
 Safe from disease, secure from death? 
 
 10 Lord, while we see whole nations die* 
 Our" flesh and ^vn^c repine and cry: 
 
 <c Must death for i rtfign? 
 
 * Or hast thou made mankind in vain? 
 
 11 Where is thy promise to the jusl ? 
 Arc not thy servants ttirn'd to Sti 
 But faith forbids these mournful se;hs, 
 And see the sleeping dual 
 
 12 That glorious hour, that dreadful day 
 Wipes the reproach ol away, 
 
 And 
 
PSALM XC. 143 
 
 And clears the honour^of thy word ; 
 
 Awake, our souls, and bless the Lord. 
 
 P S A L M XC. Common Metre. 
 
 The cUmity of God, and frailty of man. 
 
 1 f\ GOD, our help in ages past, 
 V*r Our hope for years to come, 
 Our shelter from the stormy blast ; 
 And our eternal home. 
 
 '2 Ere earth was form'd, or hills were seen, 
 Or Heav'a was stretched abroad ; 
 From everlasting thou hast been, 
 And art for ever God. 
 
 3 Thou turnest man, O Lord, to dust, 
 
 Of which he first was made; [must 
 And when thou say'st, " Return/,' thou 
 That instant be obey VI. 
 
 i A thousand ages, in thy sight, 
 Are like an cv'ning gone; 
 Short as the watch that ends the night. 
 Before the rising sun. 
 
 5 Our days alas ! our mortal days, 
 Are short, and wretched too ; 
 Evil and few, the Patriarch says, 
 And well the Patriarch knew. 
 C 'Tis but at best a narrow bound, 
 That God allots to men ; 
 And pains, and sins run thro 1 theiuund, 
 Of threescore y< ars and ten. 
 
 7 Our life is ever on the wing, 
 And death is ever nigh ; 
 N 
 
144 P S A L M XC. 
 
 The moment when our lives begin, 
 We all begin to die. 
 
 8 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 
 
 Bears all its sons away ; 
 They fly forgotten * as a dream 
 Dies at the owning day. 
 
 9 Like flowVy fields the nations stand, 
 
 Pleas'd with the morning lijcbt* 
 The ilow'rs beneath the mower's hand, 
 Lie withering ere 'tis night. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 10 Lord, if thine eye surveys our faults, 
 
 And justice grows severe, 
 Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts, 
 And burns beyond our fear. 
 
 11 Return, O God of love, return 3 
 
 Let sin, and sorrow cease, 
 Xo longer let thy children mourn, 
 But may their joys increase. 
 
 12 Our souls would learn the heav'nly art, 
 
 Of numb'ring out our days ; 
 O may we still apply our heart, 
 To wisdom's sacred ways! 
 
 13 Thy wonders to thy servants show, 
 
 Make thine own work compleat: 
 Then shall our souls thy glory know, 
 And own thy love was great. 
 
 14 Under the shadow of thy throne, 
 
 Thy children dwell secure ; 
 Sufficient is thine arm r lr >ne, 
 Our safety to ensure. 
 
 15 O God 
 
PSALM XC. 145 
 
 15 O Clod, our help in ages past, 
 Our hope for to come ; 
 
 Be thou our gukrd, while troubles last, 
 And our eternal hfcto 
 
 1G There shall we shine before thy throne, 
 In all thy beauty, F/nd ! 
 And the. poor service we have done, 
 Meet a divine reward. 
 PSA LM XC. Long Metre. 
 Man's mortality 
 
 1 'TpHIS, Lord, and ev'ry age has seen ; 
 
 A Thouhast their help, and refuge been, 
 Before the Heavens had their birth, 
 Ere ever thou hadst form'd this earth : 
 
 2 Thou hadst a being long before; 
 
 And shalt abide when time's no more ; 
 But thy decrees 'gainst man is just, 
 AVhen him thou sendest back to dust. 
 
 3 A thousand years are in thy sight, 
 But as the watches of the night : 
 Death's like an overflowing stream : 
 Man V life but as the passing dr< am. 
 
 4 Like flow'rs at morn we flourish fair, 
 Ere night apprbach h , r'd 
 
 r i o death a> s \ ifi as breath, or tb 
 Our passing yeisirs aire 
 
 5 O that the sense of opr last end. 
 The troubles which tiii^ i, 
 
 May more thee, 
 
 And wake our love of piety ! 
 
 R S A L M 
 
146 PSALM XCI. 
 
 PSAL M XCI. Common Metre. 
 
 Safety amidst diseases, and dangers 
 
 1 T717IIC* makes th' Almighty his resort, 
 
 V V Safe in his shade abides ; 
 God is my refuge, and my fort, 
 In him my soul confides. 
 
 2 He'll save thee from the fowler's snare, 
 
 And from the pestilence ; 
 He'll o'er thee spread his wings, with care, 
 His truth is thy defence. 
 
 S The secret terrors of the night, 
 Shall never thee dismay; 
 Nor shall the shafts thy soul affright, 
 Which fly in open day. 
 
 4 Thou shalt not those infectious plagues, 
 
 That walk in darkness, dread; 
 Nor ills, that in hot seasons rage, 
 And wide their ruin spread. 
 
 5 Thousands shall fall at thy right hand ; 
 
 Whilst from all dangers free, 
 A safe spectator thou shalt stand, 
 And sinner's ruin see. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 6 Because thy w r ell plac'd trust is fix'd, 
 
 Upon the Lord most high ; 
 No ill shall thee befal, no plague 
 Thy dwelling shall annoy. 
 
 7 For 
 
PS AT. M XII. U7 
 
 7 For he shall charj >s^ 
 
 To bear thee in their arms ; 
 And watch the way wherein thou go'st, 
 And keep thee safe from, harms. 
 
 8 Those holy guardians thee shall guide, 
 
 And with such care attend, 
 No sudden fail shall thee surprise; 
 \) ill shall thee offend. 
 
 " Because h - loVeori mo, 
 
 u I'll rescue him from shame," 
 Saith Cod ; " and lift his iica I on high, 
 cl For he hath name. 
 
 10 " My £ le that call ; 
 
 " hi trouble, Fll h : ,cl, 
 
 " My pow'r shall help *hen> when they 
 
 " And raise them, when tiiey die. 
 
 11 " With length of happy days, I will 
 
 " Mv servant sati 
 " And he shall m\ ion see, 
 
 u And its sweet fruits enjoy. 
 
 PS A LM XCI. tongWTetre. 
 
 1 T T E, that hath madtelii \ God-, 
 JLJL Shall find a most secure abod 
 Sii ill y -\\k all d 
 
 And ther ht shall rest his lead. 
 
 o 
 
 'J Then will I say, cc my God, thy pow'r 
 k< w my for) Ir : 
 
 4i [, that am fbrm'd 
 i; Make thine Aim arm in\ 
 
148 PSALM XCH. 
 
 3 If burning beams of^noon conspire, 
 To dart a pestilential fire ; 
 
 God is my life, his wings are spread, 
 To shield me, with a healthful shade. 
 
 4 If vapours, with malignant breath, 
 Rise thick, and scatter midnight death, 
 Israel is safe; the poison'd air 
 Grows pure, if Israel's God be there, 
 
 5 What tlio* a thousand at thy side, 
 Ten thousand at thy right hand die ; 
 Thy God his chosen people saves, 
 Amongst the dead, amidst the graves. 
 
 6 But if the fire, or plague, or sword, 
 Receive commission from the Lord, 
 To strike his saint, among the rest ; 
 Their very pains, a,nd death, are blest, 
 
 7 The sword, or pestilence, or fire, 
 Shall hut fulfill their best desire ; 
 From sins, and sorrows, set them free, 
 And bring thy children, Lord, to thee. 
 
 PSAL M XCIi Common Metre. 
 
 God praised for his goodness and ] mighty zcorks x 
 both morning and evening. 
 
 I T TOW good and pleasant must it be, 
 JlX To thank the Lord most high ! 
 And with sweet hymns of chearful praise, 
 His name to magnify! 
 
 With eV'ry morning's early dawn, 
 His gaodpeSs to relate, 
 
 And 
 
PSALM XCIL 149 
 
 And of his constant truth, each night, 
 The glad effect's repeat. 
 
 3 Great are thy works, and thy designs 
 
 Contain the deepest sense ; 
 
 Tho' wicked men, and fools mistake 
 Thy ways of providence. 
 
 4 'Tis little thought, when wicked me 
 
 Like grass look fresh and gay, 
 How soon their short-liv'd splendor must, 
 For ever pass away. 
 
 5 But righteous men, like fruitful palms, 
 
 Or stately cedars grow; 
 They, planted in thy courts, are fed, 
 With springs that ever flow. 
 
 6 There they are fair, and ever thrive, 
 
 And still more fruit shall bring; 
 Age, that makes other things decay, 
 Makes them more flourishing. 
 
 7 Thus God appears to all the world, 
 
 To be both good and just ; 
 No falseness can be charg'd on him, 
 Who is our rock, and trust. 
 
 PSA L M XCIL Long Metre. 
 
 A Psalm for the Lord's day. 
 
 1 Q^VLET is the work, my God, my king, 
 
 To praise thy name give thanks and 
 
 1 oshew tby lore by morning light, [sing* 
 
 And talk of all thy truth at night! 
 
 2 Sweet i^ theday ^( sacred rest ' 
 
 No mortal hall seize mj breasl ; 
 
 X 
 
1519 PSA LM XCIII. 
 
 if! that ; thy gates shall find, 
 
 A God unfaithful or unkind. 
 
 3 M v heart shall tVhitnpli in the Lotfl, 
 
 And bless his works and bl^ss liife word; 
 Thy works 6f gratere, how bright they shine 
 How (!• [s ! how divine. 
 
 4 I then shall share a glorijdas part, 
 
 When Yd my heart. 
 
 And fresh supplies of joy are shed, 
 Like holy oil, to cheer my hi 
 
 5 Thus shall I see, and hear, arid know 
 All I dcsirVl or wish VI below; 
 
 And evVy pow'r fmd sweet employ, 
 In that eternal' world of joy. 
 
 PSALM XCIII. Common Metre. 
 
 The power and majesty of God. 
 
 1 r I M1E Lord doth reign, and clo^thVl is 
 
 JL With majesty most bright; [he 
 
 His works do shew he is arrav'd 
 
 v 
 
 And girt about wich mi^ht. 
 
 2 The world is firmly Vablished, 
 
 That it cannot ddfwt; 
 .Thy throne is fixVl of -old, and thou 
 From everlasting art. 
 
 3 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice, 
 
 Afid toss the waves on high; 
 But God above can still their noise, 
 And make ihe seas comply. 
 
 4 Thy testimonies, ev'ry one, 
 
 In 'faithfulness excel ; 
 
 And 
 
PS A LM XCIV. lii 
 
 And holiness for ever* Lord, 
 Thine house becoraeth well. 
 
 P S A L M XCIII. Long Metre. 
 
 1 TEHOVAH rfelgns; he dwells in light, 
 
 •J Girded with majesty, and might : 
 The world evented, by hi* hands, 
 Still on its first foundation stands. 
 
 2 Bit ere this spacious world was made, 
 Or had its first foundation laid, 
 
 Thy throne eternal ages stood, 
 Thyself the everlasting God. 
 
 3 Like floods, the angry nations rise, 
 And aim their rage against the skies; 
 Vain floods that aim their rage so high ! 
 At thy rebuke the billows die. 
 
 4 For ever shall thy throne endure, 
 Thy promise stand* for ever sure : 
 And everlasting holiness. 
 Becomes the dwellings of thy grace. 
 
 P S A L M XC1V. Common Metre. 
 
 The tyranny of the wicked* and providence of 
 Cod in favour of the righteous and good. 
 
 1 T TOW long shall eVil men exult, 
 li Andboasi -heir villanies? 
 Speak scornfully ( f God himself, 
 
 And provid nee despi 
 
 2 Who, whilst the ruin of the poor 
 
 And innocent they plot 5 
 Say* that the Lord does not diseem, 
 Or else regards it i 
 
 3 When 
 
162 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 3 When will these brutish sinners loam ? 
 
 These setisi 
 Shall he not hear, Ift£V*$iad2 thl ea 
 Ac 
 
 4 Can't he, \vI»m scn^e on 
 
 Their secret thoughts desert^? 
 Men'shearts the Lflra doth strictly search, 
 And knows their vanity. 
 
 5 Blest is the man, whom thou, O Lord, 
 
 In kindness doth chastise, 
 And out of. thy most holy law, 
 Instruct, and make him wise. 
 
 6 For he shall rest, and safety, find, 
 
 In seasons- of distress ; 
 Whilst God will surely, punish thos£ 
 Who wickedly transgress. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 7 Tho* good men, for a while, chastis'cf, 
 
 May under troubles groan ; 
 God will not utterly forsake, 
 Nor cast away his own. 
 
 8 Neglected judgment shall return, 
 
 Again to act its part ; . 
 And thy just ways shall be approved, 
 By men of upright heait. 
 
 9 What pow'r shall rise r who'll for me stand ? 
 
 And from the wicked .save ? 
 Without th' Almighty'* helping hand, 
 iSly lot had been the grave. 
 
 10 When I de&pair'd to stand at all, 
 
 Th v mercy me upheld ; 
 
 Thy 
 
PS A LM XCV. 163 
 
 Thy comforts eas'ij nay trouble] thoughts, 
 vvi lling passions uij ii'd, 
 11 Ther ffore my trust is firmly pktcM 
 In Qpd, the Lord tliosl lii'^li; 
 
 II is my rock, to which I may, 
 
 For refuge, always fly. 
 P S A L M XCV. Common Metre 
 An exlwrlafioti to praise God 
 
 1 /^OMK let usi irith united joys, 
 V_y It) (rod our VQJCCS rais< j 
 
 With thankful hear! i before him conic, 
 And loudly sing iiis prai- 
 
 2 For G ft .God, and great King! 
 
 A hove all gods he is ; 
 I) pths of tin* earth are in his hands, 
 The strength df hills is his. 
 
 3 To him the spacious sea belongs : 
 
 For he the same did make; 
 The dry land also from his hand, 
 Its form at first did take. 
 
 4 O come, and let us worship him, 
 
 Let us bow down \y\ ha! ; 
 And on our knees, before tiie Lord, 
 Our maker, let 
 .0 Now is the time h bis ( ar, 
 
 And waits for you si ; 
 
 Co.'itr, l$sl he roujs rath and 
 
 Ye sha|l not s< 
 G S | Jehovah's nam", 
 
 • !l rejoice j 
 al vat ion is your theme, 
 Ex; . I be your voice. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
15 i PSALM XCV. 
 
 P S A L M XCV. Long Metro. 
 
 1 /^\ COME, loud anthems let us sing, 
 V^/ Loud thanks to our Almighty King: 
 For we our voices high should raise, 
 When onr salvation's rock we praise, 
 
 2 Into his presence let us haste, 
 To thank him for his favours past, 
 To him address in joyful songs, 
 The praise that to his name belongs. 
 
 3 For God the Lord, enthroned in state, 
 Is with unrivaird glory great ; 
 
 A king superior far to all, 
 
 Whom gods the heathen falsely call. 
 
 4 The depths of earth are in his hand, 
 Her secret wealth at his command ; 
 The strength of hills that reach the skies* 
 Subjected to his empire lies. 
 
 5 The rolling ocean's vast abyss, 
 By the same sovereign right is his ? 
 'Tis mov'd by his Almighty hand, 
 That form VI and fix'd the solid land. 
 
 6 O let us to his court repair, 
 And bow with adoration there, 
 Down on our knees, devoutly all, 
 Before the Lord our Maker fall. 
 
 PSALM XCVI. Common Metre. 
 
 God praised for his goodness and equity in 
 
 judging, 
 1 OINGye with joy new songs to God; 
 O All earth his praiss display; 
 Bless his great name, and spread abroad 
 His goodness, day bv dzw. 
 
 2 For 
 
PSALM XCVI. lou 
 
 2 For great's the Lord, and greatly h 
 
 Is to be magnify'd ; 
 
 Yea, worthy to be feaf'd is be 
 
 Above all gods beside. 
 
 3 For all the gods are idols dumb, 
 
 Whfch blinded nations fear : 
 But our God is the Lord, by whom, 
 The Heav'ns created were 
 
 4 Great honour is before his face, 
 
 And majesty divine ; 
 Strength is within his holy place, 
 And there doth beauty shine. 
 
 5 With awe approach this sovereign's throne, 
 
 And rev'rently adore; 
 Let all the earth his mime confess, 
 And dread his glorious pow'r. 
 
 6 Let lleav'u be glad before the Lord, 
 
 And let the earth rejoice ; 
 Let m as, and all that are therein, 
 Cry out, and make a noise. 
 
 7 Let fields rejoice, and ev'ry thing 
 
 That springeth of the earth, 
 Then woods, and ev'ry tree shall sing, 
 With gladness and with mirth. 
 
 8 Behold, becomes! lie comas to bless 
 
 The nations, as their God; 
 To.shew the world his righteousness; 
 
 And send hvi truth abroad. 
 PSA L M XCVI. Secoftd Met 
 for fesuf Christ. 
 I OING to the Lord, ye distant lane* „ 
 O Ye tribes of ev'ry toogpe; 
 
 O T,j 
 
156 PSA LM XCVII. 
 
 His new discover'*] grace demands, 
 A new and nobler song. 
 
 2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, 
 
 God's own beloved son ; 
 His pow'r the sinking world sustains, 
 And grace surrounds his thron^. 
 
 3 Let Heaven proclaim the blissful day ; 
 
 Joy through the earth be ^ecn-, 
 Let cities shine in bright array, 
 And fields in cheerful green. 
 
 4 Let an unusual joy surprise, 
 
 The islands of the sea; 
 Ye mountains sink, ye vallies rise; 
 Prepare the Lord his way. 
 
 5 Behold, he comes! he comes to bless 
 
 The nations as their God ; 
 To shew the world his righteousness, 
 And send his truth abroad. 
 
 6 But when his voice shall raise the dead, 
 
 And bid the world draw near; 
 How will the guilty nations dread, 
 To see their judge appear. 
 
 PSALM XCVII. Common Metre. 
 
 The majesty of God's kingdom. 
 
 1 r I ^ HE Lord doth reign assov'reign King, 
 JL Let all the earth rejoice ; 
 The multitude of isles shall sing, 
 With joy unite their voice. 
 
 5 Tho' darkness, clouds, and gloomy-night, 
 Surround his awful court; 
 
 Yet 
 
psalm xcvir. m 
 
 Yet perfect? jodgmcntj truth and right, 
 His Stable throne support. 
 
 3 In presence of all nature's Lord, 
 
 The melted hills flow d >wn ; 
 His righteousness the Heav'ns declare, 
 
 And men his glory own. 
 
 4 Glad Sion heard thy judgments, Lord, 
 
 With admiration lill'd ; 
 To Judah r s daughters thy great acts, 
 Did joy, and triumph yield. 
 
 5 Thou, O our God, art high above 
 
 All things on earth that are ; 
 Above all other Gods thou art, 
 
 Exalted very far. 
 (3 Rejoice, ye righteous in the Lord; 
 
 His perfect holiness, 
 Deep in your faithful breasts record, 
 
 And, with glad tongues, con/ 
 P S A L M XCVU. Long Metre. 
 
 1 " ET earth rejoice, since God doth 
 -L/ reign; 
 
 For tho' thick darkness doth surround 
 And cloud his w;ivs of providence, 
 Yet perfect goodness is their ground. 
 
 2 All ye who love, and serve the Lord, 
 Strictly preserve your innocence ; 
 Then, tho 1 the wicked seek your fall, 
 Godwill provide for your defence, 
 
 3 Th' immortal se< ds of life and bliss, 
 
 For truly pious men, are sewn; 
 A joyful harvest will, at length. 
 Their labours and their si crown. 
 
 % 4 7 
 
J. ',8 PSALM XCVIIL 
 
 A Then let your eheerfuj temper sliew 
 The God you serve is good and kind ; 
 Praise him for all his mercies past, 
 And wait with joy for those behind. 
 
 V S A L M XCVIIL Common Metre, 
 
 An exhortation to praise God. 
 
 ] /^\ SING a new song to the Lord: 
 V-/ For wonders he hath done : 
 His right hand, and his holy arm, 
 Him victory hath won. 
 
 •2 The iigfrt of his salvation, round 
 To heathen lands, extends; 
 His mercy Jacob's race hath found, 
 And the earth's utmost ends. 
 
 3 Let all the world this welcome news 
 
 Applaud with loudest noise; 
 And music join to hymns of praise, 
 To testify their joys. 
 
 4 For joy let the loud ocean roar, 
 
 Join concert all ye lands ; 
 Let echoing hills the noise repeat, 
 And rivers clap their hands ; 
 
 5 To welcome down the world's great Lord ; 
 
 For his approach is nigh ; 
 He comes to judge and rule the earth, 
 With truth, and equity. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
PSALM XCIX. 
 
 P S A L M XCIX. Common Metre. 
 
 The kingdom of God in Si on. 
 
 1 JEHOVAH reigns, and him alone 
 
 *J Let all the nations' fear ; 
 Let sinners tremble at his throne, 
 And saints be humble there. 
 
 2 God, who in Sion hath his seat, 
 
 From all doth homage claim ; 
 Ye people praise the Lord, for great. 
 And holy is his name. 
 
 3 Tho' great in pow'jr this ruighty King 
 
 Loves judgment, truth, andrigiit; 
 
 He rules with just, and equal swav, 
 Goodness is his delight. 
 
 4 The Lord our God exalt ye still. 
 
 Bow down before his throne \ 
 And worship at his sacred hill, 
 For he's the holy one. 
 
 PSALM XCIX. As Psalm 148 
 
 The divine perfections. 
 
 1 r I M IE Lord Jehovah i 
 
 JL His throne if built on high ; 
 The garments he -assumes, 
 Are light and majesty : 
 
 1 lis glories skine 
 
 With beams so bright, 
 
 N i mortal j 
 
 Can bear the sight. 
 
 2 The thunders of his hand, 
 - Keep the wide world in a v. 
 
 O 3 His 
 
160 PSALM C. 
 
 His wrath and justice stand 
 To guard his holy law ; 
 
 And where his love 
 
 Resolves to bless, 
 
 His truth confirms, 
 
 And seals the grace. 
 3 Thro' all his ancient works, 
 Surprising wisdom shines, 
 Confounds the pqw'rs of hell, 
 And breaks their curs'd designs: 
 
 Strong is his arm 
 
 And shall fulfil, 
 
 His great decrees,, 
 
 His sov'reign will. 
 A And can this mighty king, 
 Of glory condescend ? 
 And will he write his name, 
 My father and my friend ? 
 
 I love his name, 
 
 I love his word ; 
 
 Join all my powYs, 
 
 And praise the Lord. 
 
 PSALM C. Common Metre. 
 
 Praise to God oar Maker. 
 
 1 /^\ ALL ye lands, unto the Lord 
 V^J Send forth a joyful noise j 
 Approach with gladness, him before 
 
 Come with melodious voice. 
 
 2 The Lord is God — 'tis he alone 
 
 Doth life, and being give: 
 We are his work, and not our own, 
 That on Lis pastures live. 
 
 Lnt^r 
 
PSALM CI. 161 
 
 3 Enter his gates with songs of praise, 
 
 Thence to his courts repair ; 
 
 And lei it be your sweet employ, 
 To pay your homage there. 
 
 4 Beeau.se the Lord our God is good, 
 
 His mercy's ever sure; 
 His truth hath always firmly stood, 
 And always shall endure. 
 
 PSALM C. Long Metre. 
 
 1 T3EFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 
 JL3 Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; 
 Know that the Lord is God alone ; 
 He can create, and he destroy. 
 
 L 2 His sovereign pow'r without our aid* 
 Made US of clay, and form'd us men ; 
 And when like wand'ring sheep west ray \l, 
 
 He brought us to his Ibid again. 
 
 3 We'll croud thy gates with thankful songs, 
 High as the heav'ns our voices raise; 
 And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, 
 Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 
 
 4 Wide, as the world is thy command ; 
 Vast, as eternity, thy love; 
 
 Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, 
 When rolling years shall cease to move. 
 
 P S A L M CI. Common Metre. 
 Suitable to magistrates, or* heads of families. 
 1 /^\F Mercy's never-failing spring, 
 
 V>/ And judgment bo my song; 
 Of truth, and mercy we will sing: 
 
 For they to God belong. 
 
 Unto 
 
162 PSALM CII. 
 
 2 Unto my dwelling, Lord) repair, 
 
 And make thy servant wi 
 I'll suffer nothing sinful then , 
 That may offend mine eyes. 
 
 3 I will behave myself each day, 
 
 With prudence in thy fear j 
 In wisdom's inoffensive Way, 
 And with a heart sincere. 
 
 4 He that would do his neighbour Wrong, 
 
 And truth and justice leave. 
 The froward heart, and sland'ring tongue, 
 Shall no protection have. 
 
 5 I'll seek the faithful and the just, 
 
 And will their help employ; 
 These are the servants I will trust, 
 The friends I will enjoy. 
 
 6 My house shall harbour no deceit, 
 
 My influ'nce shall extend, 
 To punish vice, and bring the good, 
 To their desired end. 
 
 t 7 The bold offenders, all around, 
 Shall from my presence flee; 
 So Shall my dwelling still be found, 
 Advvelling fit for thee. 
 
 P S A L M CII. Common Metre. 
 
 A Psalm used in deep affliction. 
 
 1 fj EAR me, O God, nor hide thy face, 
 A JL But answer lest I die : 
 Hast thou not built a throne of grace, 
 To hear when sinners crv. 
 
 2 My 
 
PSALM Clf. 
 
 2 My days are wast< d like the tint 
 Dissolving in the ear ; 
 With strength consumed and spirits broke, 
 I sink in deepi despair. 
 J As in some lonely desart, I, 
 
 Like bird of midnight, moon, 
 Sequest'retl far from ev'ryjoy, 
 I cherish grief alone. 
 
 4 Dark, dismal^ thoughts, and boding fears, 
 
 Dwell in my troubled breast. 
 While sharp reproaches wound my ears 
 Nor give my spirit rest. 
 
 5 Sense can afford no real joy, 
 
 To such as feel thy frown ; 
 Lord, 'twas thy hand advane'd me high, 
 Thy hand hath cast me down. 
 
 6 But thou for ever art the same, 
 
 O my eternal God ; 
 Ages to come shall know thy name, 
 And spread thy works abroad. 
 
 PART II. 
 Prayer heard, and Sion restored* 
 
 7 Let Sion, and her sons rejoice, 
 
 Behold the promis'd hour! 
 Her God hath heard her mourning voice, 
 And comes to shew his pow'r. 
 
 8 Her dust, and ruins that remain, 
 
 Are precious in his eyes; 
 Those ruins shall he built again, 
 And all that dust shall rise, 
 The Lord will raise Jerusalem', 
 And stand in glory the 
 
 na1 
 
PSA L M CII. 
 
 Nations shall bow before his name, 
 
 And kings attend with fear. 
 
 10 He sits a sovereign on his throne, 
 
 With pity iu his eyes; 
 He hears the dying prisoners groan, 
 And sees their sighs arise, 
 
 1 1 He frees the souls condemn'd to death. 
 
 Nor slights their earnest pray'r; 
 Ages unborn, with praising breath, 
 Shall all his actb declare. 
 
 13 Assemblies fill'd with grateful joy, 
 
 His wonders shall confess; [p'°y 
 
 And neighbVing states their tongues cm- 
 Our God and theirs to bless. 
 
 PSALM CII. Long Metre. 
 Verses 23 and 24, applied to Christ accord- 
 ing to Heb. i. 
 
 1 TN midst of death and weakness, Lord, 
 JLThis thought our grief doth still assuage, 
 Our Father, and our Saviour lives, 
 
 God is the same thro' ev'ry age. 
 
 2 'Twas he this earth's foundation laid ; 
 Heav'n is the building of his hand : 
 This earth grows old, these Heav'ns shall 
 And all be chang'd at his command, [fade, 
 
 3 The starry curtains of the sky, 
 Like garments, shall be laid aside j 
 
 But still his throne stands firm j and high 
 His glory ever shall abide. 
 
 4 Before 
 
PS A L M C III. 165 
 
 4 Before his face his church shall live, 
 And on his throne hi^ children relgp ; 
 This fe Urtg world shall they survive, 
 And all his saints he raisM again. 
 
 PSA L M CI 1 1. Common Metre. 
 
 Praise for spiritual ami temporal mercies. 
 
 1 AyTY soul, inspirM with sacred love, 
 IV JL (rod's name fotf ever bless; 
 Of all his favours mindful prove, 
 And fervent thanks expfe* 
 
 G Bless, O my soul, the living God, 
 And all within me join; 
 In shewing (with his praise) abroad 
 His its most divine. 
 
 3 'Tis he that all thy sins forgives, 
 
 Thy sickness doth rem- 
 From danger lie thy life retrieves-. 
 And crowns thee with his love. 
 
 4 His pow'r repairs decayed yearK, 
 
 And eagle-like renews 
 Life's vigour; hanisheth our lea,-. 
 And all our ph ubdues. 
 
 5 lie fills the humble poor with food, 
 
 lie gives- the weary res! ; 
 The Lord hath judgments for the proud, 
 
 And justice forth' opprest. 
 
 6 He made of eld his righteous vyays 
 
 To all his servants known ; 
 
 His works to his i praise, 
 
 Were to his Is;. , V n. 
 
 P A R T 
 
m psalm cur. 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 7 The Lord abounds with tender love, 
 And unexampled grace ; 
 His wrajh provokVl doth slowly move, 
 His mercy flows apace. 
 
 £> He will not always harshly chide; 
 Nor keep his anger still; 
 With us he dealt not, as we sinn'd ; 
 Nor did requite our ill. 
 
 9 High as the Heaven its arch extends, 
 
 Above this spot of clay ; 
 So much his boundless love transcends, 
 The small respects we pay. 
 
 10 As far as east is from the west, 
 
 So far doth he remove 
 Our sins ; and, with a father's breast, 
 Doth such as fear him love. 
 
 1 1 For God, who all our frame surveys, 
 
 Knows well we are but clay: 
 How gay so'er we seem, our days. 
 Like grass, or flow'rs decay. 
 
 12 But his compassions ever kind, 
 
 To endless years endure : 
 And children's children always find, 
 His word of promise sure. 
 
 PAR T III. 
 
 13 To them who humbly fear the Lord, 
 
 His mercy never ends ; 
 And, to their children's children still, 
 His righteousness extends. 
 
 1 i The 
 
PSALM CHI. 1G7 
 
 14 The Lord, the universal King, 
 
 In Ilriu 'n, hath iix'd his t ; 
 To liim, ye aftgels^ praises 
 
 In whom his strength is <ho.\n. 
 
 15 Ye heav'nly hosts, who still obey, 
 
 The orders of his will; 
 Angels, and thrones yoiir tribute pay, 
 WhSJt he commands fulfil. 
 
 16 Let all his works without control, 
 
 Thro' his vast empire. §hew 
 Their Maker's praise, and thou, my soul, 
 Join in the concert too. 
 
 P S A L M CIII. Short Metre. 
 
 Than /(fulness to Cod for his abounding 
 compassion. 
 
 1 r\ BLESS the Lord, my soul, 
 V^/ Let all within me join, 
 
 And aid my tongue, to bless ///V name, 
 Whose favours are divine. 
 
 2 My soul, bless thou the Lord, 
 
 Nor let his mercies lie 
 Forgotten, in unthankful ness,, 
 Or, in oblivion, die. 
 
 3 'Tis he forgives thy sins, 
 
 'Tis he relieves thy pain, 
 He heals thy mind, redeems thy life, 
 And sends thee health again. 
 
 4 His pow'r renews thy ag 
 
 His mercy crbwns thy years : 
 With various good thy want supplies, 
 And banisheth thy fears, 
 
 P ' 5 My 
 
168 PSALM CIII. 
 
 5 My soul repeat Aw praise, 
 
 Whose mercies are made known ; 
 Who sent the world his truth, and gi\ace, 
 By his beloved son. 
 
 6 High as the Heav'ns are rais'd 
 Above the ground we tread ; 
 So far the riches of his grace, 
 Our highest thoughts exceed. 
 
 P S A L M CIII. Long Metre. 
 God's gentle chastisement of his people. 
 
 1 r | ^HELord, howwondrous are his ways ! 
 
 X How firm his truth! how rich his 
 grace ! 
 He takes his mercy for his throne, 
 And thence he makes his glories known. 
 
 2 Not half so far hath nature plac'd, 
 The orient morn from blushing west ; 
 A«r his forgiving grace removes, 
 
 The daily guilt of those he loves. 
 
 3 How slowly doth his wrath arise ! 
 On swifter wings salvation flies ! 
 And if he lets his an^er bnrn, 
 How soon his frowns to pity turn ! 
 
 4 His strokes are lighter than our sins, 
 Amidst his wrath our love he wins; 
 And while his rod corrects his saints, 
 His ear indulges their complaints. 
 
 5 So fathers their own sons chastise, 
 With gentle hands, and melting, eyes: 
 The children weep beneath the smart, 
 And mo> c the pity of their heart. 
 
 The 
 
PS A L M CIV. m 
 
 t The mighty God, the wise and just, 
 Knows that our frame is feeble dust; 
 And will no heavy load impose, 
 Beyond the strength that he bestows. 
 
 7 He knows how soon our nature dies, 
 Blasted by ev'ry wind that flies ; 
 Like grass we spring, and die cvs sooi 
 Or morning flow rs that fade ere noon. 
 
 8 But his eternal love is sure, 
 
 To sueh as keep bis cov'nant pure : 
 Praise him, ye angels, great in might, 
 O praise him, all ye sons of light ! 
 
 PSALM CIV. Common Metre. 
 
 The glory of God y in citation and providence. 
 
 1 "13 LESS God, my soul ! thou, Lord, alone 
 J3 Hast empire without bounds : 
 AVith honor thou art cloath'd, thy throne 
 
 Dread majesty surrounds. 
 
 2 Cekstial rays do form thy robe, 
 
 Thy vesture's splendid light : [globe, 
 Ileav'ns curtains stretch'd beyond thi 
 Our songs of praise invite. 
 
 3 God builds, on liquid air, and forms, 
 
 His chambers, in the .skies : 
 The clouds his chariots are, and stormy 
 The steeds on which he flies. 
 
 4 As bright as llame, as swift as wind. 
 
 Angels, with songs of love, 
 Attend, to have then* tasks assign u, 
 And then with ardour move, 
 
 $ Eai 
 
170 PSALM CIV. 
 
 5 Earth on its centre firm he set, 
 
 Its face with waters spread ; 
 The proudest mountain dar'd not, yet, 
 Lift up its lofty head. 
 
 6 But when God's awful voice was heard, 
 
 Insulting waves were Quelt'd: 
 Proud ocean's fixed bounds appear'd, 
 Within due limits held. 
 
 7 Yet thence its finer parts are draw n, 
 
 To sprinkle lofty hills : 
 And starting springs, from ev'ry lawn,. 
 Supply the vale with rills. 
 
 PART IL 
 
 8 There, shady trees from scorching beams 
 
 Shelter the feather'd throng : 
 They drink, and at the crystal streams, 
 Return their grateful song. 
 
 9 Nature her genial aid imparts, 
 
 Earth yields her fruitful store; 
 The clustered grape that cheers our heart*, 
 , And herbs of various pow'r. 
 
 10 The trees of God without the care, 
 
 Or art of man are fed; 
 The mountain cedar looks more fair, 
 Than those in gardens bred. 
 
 1 1 Safe in its wide extended arms, 
 
 The feather'd tribes may rest: 
 The hospitable pine from harms,, 
 Protects each winged guest. , 
 
 12 Wild goats the craggy rock ascend, 
 
 Its heights their fortress make; 
 
 While 
 
P S A L M CIV. 
 
 Whi!e feebler creatures swift descend. 
 
 And cells for refuge take. 
 
 13 The moon's inconstant aspect shows. 
 The seasons of the year; 
 The sun his daily circuit knows, 
 To rise, and disappear. 
 
 li Darkness he makes the earth to shroud* 
 Wild beasts securely stray; 
 Young lions roar their wants aloud, 
 And seek from God their prey. 
 
 Id When summon'd by the rising morn. 
 To dens they croud with flight : 
 Men to their early tasks return,. 
 Nor seek repose till night. 
 
 PART III: 
 
 16 Great God! whose word gave all things 
 We praise thy wondrous skill, [birth. 
 Whose various gifts enrich the earth, 
 And the wide ocean fill. 
 
 I 7 The vast unfathom'd deep we view, 
 Where mighty monsters playV 
 Where ships their wondrous course pursue, 
 And cut their foaming way. 
 
 IS The different tribes of sea and land,, 
 In sense of want agree; 
 They wait on thy dispensing hand, 
 And are supply'd by thee. 
 
 19 Thou, for a moment hid'st thy fa 
 All nature needs must mourn ; 
 Wtyen thou resum'st this breath, our n 
 Must to their dust return. 
 
 P3 v * 
 
m PSALM CIV. 
 
 20 A«am thou send'st thy spirit forth, 
 
 This vital heav'nly seed 
 Nature restore:, and parent earth 
 Smiles on her new sprung breed. 
 
 21 Thus, thro' successive ages, stands 
 
 Thy providential care ;" 
 Pleas'd with the works of thineown hands, 
 Time's wastes thou dost repair. 
 
 22 One look of thine, one wrathful look, 
 
 The earth with terror fills; 
 One touch of thine, with clouds of smoak, 
 In darkness shrouds the hills. 
 
 23 To praise God, while he breath prolongs > 
 
 That breath J will employ ; 
 
 I'll speak his praises in my songs, 
 
 And think of him with joy. 
 
 24 While sinners from earth's face are huiTd, 
 
 My soul, praise thou his name: 
 Till, in my song, the listening world 
 Join, and his praise proclaim. 
 
 PSALM CIV. Long Metre. 
 
 I A /TY soul, thy great Creator praise, 
 1VX "When cloatlVd in his celestial rays* 
 He in full majesty appears, 
 Anfl like a robe his glory wears. 
 
 2 The skies are for his curtains spread : 
 Th' unfathom'd deep lie makes his bed:. 
 The clouds are his triumphant car, 
 The winds hisj winged coursers are. 
 
 ;. / onl his own breath inspire- 
 
 Jiis ministers', aire (laming tuvs : 
 
 the 
 
PS A L \I CIV. i;j 
 
 The earth's ion i ^ l.-i i his hand. 
 
 Arc pois'd, and sha ; : . id. 
 
 4 When earth htds cov£rVI wiih the flood, 
 Which high above the iiv>>: ill ai u - Stood; 
 lie thunder'd, and the waters tied 
 
 In haste to their appointed bed. 
 
 5 lie bids the crystal fountains flow, 
 
 ■ 
 
 And cheer the valleys as they go : 
 Each beast, and fyi'rd, its thirst allavs. 
 And tunes to God its song of praise. 
 
 P A R T II. 
 
 6 God from his cloudy cistern pours, 
 On parched plains refreshing showYs ^ 
 His dew descending on the hills, 
 The earth with various plenty fills. 
 
 7 I Ie sets the sun his circling race, 
 
 And gives the moon her ehanging face ; 
 How strange his works ! how great his skill 
 TKe universe his riches fill ! 
 
 8 Creation takes her solemn stand, 
 Waiting the blessings of his hand: 
 IL/ give to all their daily food, 
 
 And tills their longing soul with good 
 
 9 God's fame all ages .shall declare, 
 And bless his providential care ; 
 
 1 lis work> of v* tndrqus skill and might 
 Are honour 1 ^ witii his own d< 
 1') Let us not dare !■ ,\i pro\ > 
 
 F i touch iii<- mouiiiain 3 -niok 
 
 If 1) i leav'n clow n, 
 
 . i), 
 
 11 Of 
 
I r A PSALM CV. 
 
 1 1 Of him our thoughts shall still be sweet, 
 In him our joys, and wishes, meet: 
 His praises shall my breath employ, 
 Till it expires in endless joy. 
 
 P S A L M CV. Long Metre. 
 
 God be praised, for he remembers his 
 covenant. 
 
 1 jf*t I VE thanks to God, invoke his name, 
 vJT And tell the world his grace : 
 Sound thro' the earth his deeds of fame. 
 
 That all may seek his face. 
 
 2 Seek ye the Lord, his saving pow'r, 
 
 Devoutly, still implore j 
 His goodness shines thro' every hour j 
 Let us this Lord adore. 
 
 3 The mighty works which he had wrought. 
 
 Our admiration move 5 
 But more our raptur'd souls are caught, 
 With wonders of his love. 
 
 4 His cov'nant which he kept in mind; 
 
 For num'rous ages past, 
 To numerous ages yet behind, 
 In equal force shall last. 
 
 5 He sware to Abra'am, and his seed, 
 
 And made the blessing sure ; 
 Gentiles the antient promise read, 
 And find his truth endure. 
 
 6 Thy seed shall make all nations blest, 
 
 Said the Almighty voice, 
 \nd Canaan's land shall be their re 
 The type of heav'nlyjoys, 
 
 7 Tlic: 
 
PS A L M CVI. I?5 
 
 7 The Lord himself chose out their way-, 
 
 And marked their j our neys right ; 
 Gave them a leading cloud by day, 
 Afiery guide, by night. 
 
 8 He smote the rock, whose flinty breast 
 
 PourM forth a gushing tide ; 
 The flowing stream where'er they rest, 
 The desart's drought supply'd. 
 
 9 O wondrous stream ! O mark divine 
 
 Of ever flowing grace ! 
 So Christ our Rock, our living Vine, 
 Supplies us in distress ! 
 
 10 May we his statutes still observe, 
 
 His sacred laws obey ; 
 Nor from his precepts ever swerve, 
 But grateful homage pay. 
 
 P S A L M CVI. Common Metre. 
 
 Praise to God for his unchangeable love. 
 
 1 T7T7ITH grateful Hearts Jehovah praise, 
 
 V V Whose mercy knows no bound : 
 His acts to their just bright to raise 
 AVliat language can be found ? 
 
 2 Them will our God for ever bless, 
 
 "Who hi* commands obey; 
 "Who, from the paths 6i righteousness 
 By no transgression stray. 
 
 3 Itnnonilirnis Lord, with that I6r4 
 
 Which thou to thine dost beat : 
 Thy great salvation let tih prove , 
 
 And to our souls draw near. 
 
 4 That, 
 
1*6 P S A L M CVI. 
 
 4 That with thy chosen people, ue 
 
 May ehearfully rejoice, 
 Thine heritage may ever be > 
 And join with them our voice, 
 
 5 We, like our fathers, have rebell'd, 
 
 Who all thy works forgot ; 
 Thy many wonders they beheld, 
 But them regarded not. 
 
 t> Yet, when they mourn'd their many faults* 
 And lollies they had wrought ; 
 God own'd them still to be his sons, 
 And of his cov'nant thought. 
 
 7 Their names were written in his book j 
 
 He sav'd them from their foes ; 
 Oil he chastis'd, but ne'er forsook 
 The people that he chose. 
 
 8 Let Israel bless his holy name, 
 
 And all his acts record ; 
 Let christians spread abroad their fame $ 
 A men , praise ye the Lord. 
 
 P S A L M CVI. Long Metre. 
 
 1 f\ RENDER thanks to God above, 
 V-X The fountain of eternal love ! 
 His mercy firm for ages stands; 
 Give him the praise his love demands. 
 
 2 Who can his mighty deeds express,. 
 Not onlv vast, but numberless r 
 What mortal eloquence can raise, 
 His tribute of immortal praise? 
 
 3 Happy ! thrice happy, sure are they,. 
 Wha from his judgements never stray ; 
 
 Blest 
 
PSALM CVII. 177 
 
 Ble^ are the souls that fear him still. 
 And pay pbedieace to his will. 
 
 4 To us extend that favor, Lord, 
 Thou to thy chosen dost afiord ; 
 Their full salvation may we see, 
 And share in their prosperity. 
 
 5 Let Israel's God be ever bless M ; 
 His name eternally confess'd : 
 Let all his saints with full accord, 
 Sing loud Aniens' — praise ye the Lord. 
 
 P S A L M CVII. Common Metre. 
 
 God to be praised for his wise dispensations. 
 
 1 HTX) God your grateful voices raise, 
 
 X. AVho doth our guardian prove : 
 O may our never-ceasing praise, 
 Attend his lasting love. 
 
 2 Let those give thanks, whom he from bands 
 
 Of proud oppression fh< 
 And brings them safe from distant lands, 
 Or guards them o'er the seas. 
 
 3 His Israel through the desarts went, 
 
 Xor could a city h\u\, 
 Till quite, with thirst, and hunger, spent, 
 Their fainting souls were pin'd. 
 
 4 Thea soon to God's indulgent ear, 
 
 They did their cry address ; 
 He graciously vouchsafed to hear, 
 
 And freed them from dlSttf 
 
 O that the sons of mm would praise, 
 The goodness of th \ L ^rd ! 
 
 Let 
 
ITS PSALM CVII. 
 
 Let those who see his wondrous ways 
 J lis wondrous love record. 
 
 PART II. For Mariners. 
 
 6 Thy works of glory, mighty Lord, 
 
 Thy wonders in the deep, 
 The sons of courage may record, 
 Who climb the briny steep. 
 
 7 At thy command the winds arise, 
 
 And swell the tow'ring waves ; 
 The floating vessels mount the skies 3 
 Or plunge in gaping graves. 
 
 3 The mariners, like drunkards, reel, 
 
 And find their courage vain ; 
 
 Again they climb the wat'ry hill, 
 
 And plunge in deeps again. 
 
 9 Frighted to hear the tempest roar, 
 
 They pant with flutt'ring breath, 
 And hopeless of the distant shore, 
 Expect immediate death. 
 
 10 Then to the Lord they raise their cries $ 
 
 He hears the loud request, 
 He orders silence thro' the skies, 
 And lays the deep to rest. 
 
 11 They then rejoice to lose their fears, 
 
 And see the storm allay 'd : 
 Now r to their eyes the port appears -, 
 There let their vows be paid. 
 
 12 O that the sons of men would praise 
 
 The goodness of the Lord ! 
 Let those who see his wondrous ways, 
 His wondrous works record, 
 
 PSALM 
 
PSALM CVII. 170 
 
 P S A L M CVII; Long Metre. 
 ration for sir:, and release by prayt 
 tVE thanks to God, ho reigns above, 
 
 G 
 
 Kind arehis thoughts, hism 
 His mercy ages past have known ; 
 
 And ftges long to conic shall own. 
 
 2 While pow'r is giv'n, exalt his name, 
 His wondrous grace is still the same : 
 He fills the hungry soul with food, 
 And feeds the poor with ev'ry good. 
 
 3 But if men's hearts rebel, and rise 
 Against the sovereign of the skies, 
 
 He brings their counsels to the ground. 
 And no deliverer can be found. 
 
 i Vain man, on foolish pleasures bent, 
 Prepares for his own punishment : 
 What pains, what loathsome maladies, 
 From luxury, and vice, arise i 
 
 5 Yet if the humbled sinner mourns, 
 His dreadful hand again he turns; 
 He scatters all his load of grief. 
 And brings his iab'ririg soul relief. 
 
 (5 O may the sons of men record 
 
 The wondrous goodness of the Lord ! 
 How great his yroricsl how kind his ways: 
 .Let e\Vy tongue pronounce his praise. 
 
 PA R T II. 
 
 7 When God, provok'd with dating crim< s, 
 Sc the madness of the tin; 
 
 Q He 
 
180 PSALM CVIII. 
 
 lie turns their fields to barren sand, 
 And drives the rivers from the land. 
 
 S His word can raise the springs again, 
 And make the witherYl mountains green, 
 Send show'ry blessings from the skies ; 
 Make harvests to the desart rise. 
 
 9 AVhere nothing dwelt but beasts of prey, 
 Or men, as fierce, and wild, as they ; 
 He bids th' opprest, and poor repair, 
 
 And builds them towns, and cities there 
 
 • 
 
 JO Thus are they blest : but, if they sin, 
 He pours the heathen nations in, 
 A savage crew invades their lands, 
 Their princes die by barb'rous hands. 
 
 II Yet, if tiie humbled nation mourns, 
 Again his dreadful hand he turns ; 
 And good men, with a grateful sense, 
 Admire the works of Providence. 
 
 J 2 How few, with pious care, record 
 These wondrous doings of the Lord j 
 But wise observers, still, .shall find 
 The Lord is holy, just and kind. 
 
 P S A L M CVIII. Common Metre. 
 
 A song of praise. 
 
 I f~\ GOJ3, my heart is fully bent, 
 V_>^ To magnify thy nanfe; 
 Isiy tongue, with ehearl'ui songs of praise, 
 Shall Celebrate thy fame. 
 
 ■J2 Awake, each pow'r that warms the heart, 
 And each mcio-lious lav. 
 
 ^Vhil<t 
 
PSALM C1X. IS1 
 
 Whilst wc our grateful joys impart, 
 Thro 1 each returning daj 
 
 2 Before the dawnin appear, 
 
 Our sacred songs we'll rat 
 Do thou, most gracious lend thine i 
 While we record thy praise. 
 
 4 To all the lisfning world, we'll tell 
 
 The wonders of thy love, 
 The nations that around us dwell, 
 Our fervour shall approve. 
 
 5 Because thy boundless mercies rise, 
 
 Above the starry frame. 
 Thy truth transcends the spangled skies, 
 Let earth thy praise proclaim. 
 
 6 When human aid proves vain, thine arm 
 
 Shall save us from each stiarej 
 Thine hand shall guard us from all harm, 
 And thou wilt hear our prayV. 
 
 PSALM XCII. Common Metre. 
 
 Love to tnemics, from the example of Christ, 
 
 1 /~^s OD of my mercy and my praise ! , 
 VX Thy glory is my >->ng; 
 
 Tho* sinners speak against tiiy gra 
 With a blaspheming tong 
 
 2 When, in the form of mortal man, 
 
 Thy son on ( ai i found. 
 
 With cruel slanders, fcilse and vain, 
 
 The) compass'd him around, 
 
 3 Thtir 
 
J 82 PSALM CX. 
 
 3 Their mi>Y;es his compassion move. 
 
 Their peace he still pursu'd; 
 They rencP red hatred for his love, 
 And evil lor his good. 
 
 4 Their malice ragVJ without a cause; 
 
 Yet, with his dying breath, 
 He pray'd for murd'rers, on his cross, 
 And bless'd his foes \u dto 
 
 ;> Lord, shall thy bright example shine, 
 la vain, before my eyes r 
 Give me a soul that's great, like thine, 
 To love mine enemies. 
 
 6 The Lord shall on my side engage, 
 And, in my Saviour's name, 
 I shall defeat their pride, and rage, 
 Who slander, and condemn. 
 
 PSAL M CX. Common Metre. 
 
 Christ's excil'alion, and the success of his gospel. 
 
 1 HP 1 ! I US to his Son the Father spake, 
 
 JL " Ascend my throne, and sit 
 " At my right hand, till I shall make 
 " Thy foes bend at thy feet. 
 
 2 " From Sion sh.all the rod proceed ; 
 
 " This sceptre in thy hand, 
 " Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, 
 
 H And bow to thv command. 
 
 « 
 
 3 " O blessed pow'r! O glorious day ! 
 
 " What conquests shall ensue ! 
 " When converts, who thy calls obey, 
 " Exceed the pearls of dew ! 
 
 4 " I have 
 
PSALM CX. 18J 
 
 4 u I have promotine'd a firm decree, 
 " From which Fll ne'er depart i 
 
 " Eternal shall thy priesthood be, 
 " Eternal Ring thou art. 
 
 6> u I will exalt thy glorious head, 
 
 " And thy high throne maintain ; 
 " Thy powfr shall strike thine en'mios 
 w Who dare oppose thy reign !" [dead, 
 
 "j But ere he sees this glorious day, 
 Our Saviour drinks of blood 5 
 This brook ran muddy in his way, 
 Tho' now he reigns with God. 
 
 P S A L M CX. Long Metre. 
 
 The success, and extent of Christ's priesthood. 
 
 i r I HI US spoke tit eternal to his son, 
 JL (All Heav'n upon the accents hung) 
 u At my right hand thy place assume, 
 cc Until I give thy foes their doom. 
 
 2 " From Sion shall the rod extend, 
 
 " Which ev'ry rebel heart shall betid, 
 
 " Converts, thy mighty pow'r shall sheuy 
 
 w As num'rous as the. morning's dew. > 
 
 3 cc My sacred word I here engage, 
 
 ci Thou shalt be priest thro' ev'ry ages 
 
 " No rebel proud dare thee oppose, 
 
 " Thy mighty arm shall crush thy foes. 
 
 " But in the high way brook thou'lt first, 
 
 * Thine head to Heav'n, tthenwillrau 
 He said, — the wondering 
 
 Q 3 PSALM 
 
184 PSALM CXI. 
 
 P S A L M CXI. Common Metre. 
 
 God praised Jt r Am ^m// works, and gracious 
 dealings xvith mankind. 
 
 1 /^ RFAT is the Lord, his works of 
 vJ Demand our noblest soij gsj [might 
 Let his assembled saints unite, 
 
 The praises of their tongues. 
 
 2 How great the works his hand has wrought ! 
 
 How glorious in our sight ! 
 And men, inev'ryage, have sought, 
 His wonders, with delight. 
 
 3 How most exact is nature's frame ! 
 
 How wise th' eternal mind ! 
 His counsels never change the scheme, 
 Which his first thoughts design'd. 
 
 4 Great is the mercy of the Lord, 
 
 He gives his children food ; 
 For ever mindful of his word, 
 He makes his promise good. 
 
 5 His So**, the great Redeemer, came, 
 
 To seal his covenant sure : 
 Holy, and rer rend is his name, 
 His ways are just, and pure. 
 
 6 From fear divine true wisdom flows: 
 
 And he who God obeys, 
 Sound knowledge, and good judgment 
 The Lord for ever praise. [shows : 
 
 P S A L M 
 
PSALM CXH. is; 
 
 P S A L M CXII. Common Mci.x. 
 The liberal mans blessed n- 
 
 1 TQLEST is |be man who fieatsthc Lord, 
 
 X3 And walkclh in hifl \wj; - ; 
 AVho still p£ver< S his holy word, 
 And his command obe\ r s. 
 
 2 A gen'rous pity warms his heart, 
 
 And largely it extends ; 
 In all his wealth the poor have part ; 
 lie gives, or else he lends. 
 
 3 Nor is that lost which he bestows, 
 
 To feed the needy poor ; 
 His hand a future harvest sows, 
 Still to increase his store. 
 
 4 To his just soul springs light divine, 
 
 In dark affliction's night; 
 Gracious he is, to goodness prone ; 
 In all his ways upright. 
 
 5 His steady soul that's fixM on God, 
 
 No fears can discompose ; 
 He sees with a reluctant eye, 
 The ruin of his ibes. 
 
 6 His works of charity and love, 
 
 For ever shall remain ; 
 
 Honor on earth, and joys above, 
 lie surely shall obtain. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
I8l> PSALM CXIII 
 
 i>> A LM CXII. Lon- Metre. 
 
 1 r I^HATinanis blest, who stann> in awe 
 
 -V OFGtxl, and loves his sacred law: 
 His seed on earth shall be renownM, 
 And with successive honours crowu'd. 
 
 2 The soul, that's fill'dwith virtue's light, 
 Shines brightest, in affliction's night, 
 To pity the distressed inclined, 
 
 As well as just to all mankind. 
 
 3 His iibVal favours he extends, 
 
 To some he gives, to others lends $ 
 Yet what his charity impairs, 
 He saves, by prudence in affairs. 
 
 4 Beset with threat'ning dangers round, 
 Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground,* 
 The sweet rememb Vance of the just, 
 Shall flourish, when he sleeps in dust. 
 
 5 His hands, while they his alms bestowed. 
 His glory's future harvest sow'd: [nown, 
 Whence he shall reap wealth, fame, re- 
 A temp'ral, and eternal crown. 
 
 PSALM CXIII. Proper Tune. 
 
 God's greatness .and condescension. 
 
 1 'V^E saints and servants of the Lord, 
 JL The honors of his name record y 
 His sacred name for ever bless : 
 Where'er the circling sun displays 
 His rising beams, or setting rays, 
 Due praise to his great name addre 
 
 9 God 
 
PSALM CXIII. W7 
 
 2 God, thro- the world, ektehfls his sWayj 
 The regions of eternal day 
 
 i>ut shadows of his glory are: 
 With li i in whose majesty excels. 
 Whe made the Heav'n, in which hedwells, 
 
 Let no created pow'r cottlpare. 
 
 3 Tho' 'tis beneath his state to . 
 
 Jn highest Hcav'ns, what angels do; 
 Yet he to earth Vouchsafes bis care, 
 
 lie takes the needy from his cell, 
 Advancing him in courts to dwell, 
 Companion to the greatest there. 
 
 P S A L I\I CXIII. Common Metre. 
 
 God's grandeur, and condescending goodttess. 
 
 1 ^V7~L saints, and servants of the Lord, 
 
 X Extol him with your praise ; 
 His never-ceasing love record, 
 To Ileav'n his glory raise. 
 
 2 Nor time, nor place, his powY restrains, 
 
 His empire knows no bound; 
 Above the glorious sun he reigns, 
 And radiant orbs around. 
 
 3 Then to this mighty Lord, that dwells 
 
 On highs who ran comp;o 
 Himself whohumbleth things to see, 
 In llcav'n, and earth, that ore. 
 
 4 He from the dlisl doth raise the poo;*, 
 
 notion brin 
 Frbfn the low c< 11 h hiears th ircry. 
 And gives them tank with kings. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
188 P S A L M CXIV. 
 
 PSALM CXIV. Common Metre. 
 
 The majesty of God acknowledged by the 
 
 inanimate creation. 
 
 1 T^l/^IEN Israel out of Egypt went, 
 
 V V And did his dwelling change ; 
 When Jacob's house went out, from those 
 That were of language strange. 
 
 2 Jehovah for his residence, 
 
 Then chose out Judatis tent 
 His mansion royal, and, from thence, 
 His sacred orders sent. 
 
 The distant sea with terror saw* 
 
 And from his presence fled ; 
 Old Jordan's streams, surpriz'd with awe, 
 Retreated to their head. 
 
 4 O sea, what m-ade your tide withdraw, 
 
 And naked leave your bed ? 
 Why, Jordan, against nature's law, 
 Recoil'd thou to thy head ? 
 
 5 Earth, tremble on! well frtay'st thou feai? 
 
 Thy Maker's face to see ; 
 When Jacob's awful God draws near, 
 'Tis time we moved be. 
 
 P S A L M CXIV. Long Metre. 
 
 1 \\ 7 Hen Israel freed from Pharoah's 
 
 VV hand,. 
 
 Left the proud tyrant and his land; 
 The tribes, with cheerful homage, own 
 Their King, and Judah was his throne. 
 
 2 Across- 
 
PSALM CXV. 139 
 
 Q Across the deep their journey lay ; 
 The deep divides to make then) way: 
 Jordan beheld their march and fled, 
 
 With backward current to his head. 
 
 3 The mountains shook like frighted sheep, 
 
 Like lambs the little hillocks leap; 
 Not Sinai on her base could stand, 
 Conscious of sovereign pow'r at hand. 
 
 4 "What pow'r could make the deep divide? 
 Make Jordan backward roll his tide? 
 Why did ye leap, ye little hills? 
 
 And whence the fright that Sinai feels ? 
 
 5 Let ev'ry mountain, ev'ry flood 
 Retire, and know th' approaching God, 
 The King of Israel-, see him here ! 
 Tremble thou earth ; adore, and fear. 
 
 C He thunders, and all nature mourns; 
 The rock to standing pools he turns 5 
 Flints spring with fountains at his word, 
 .And tires and seas confess their Lord. 
 
 PS A L M CXV. Common Metre 
 Ooil alone In be eonfided in and praised. 
 ORD, not to us, but to thy name, 
 
 u 
 
 /We give the praise we owe; 
 To thy free goodness, and thy truth, 
 Whence all our blessings ilow. 
 
 2 Why sli mid the heathen say, where is 
 Tho God whom we adore : 
 
 In 
 
190 PSALM CXVI. 
 
 In Ileav'n he reigns, and doth on earth 
 What he ordain'd before. 
 
 3 But the vain idols whom thai feaj, 
 
 Are shapes of stone and wood; 
 At best a mass of glittVirig ore, 
 A molten saint, or god. 
 
 4 Vajn men! with hands to make a god, 
 
 To save when mortals pray ! 
 .Sure all who serve Mich idols must 
 Be blind, and deaf as thev.. 
 
 G All ye who seek the Lord, in him 
 Repose your confidence : 
 In your distress he'll be your help, 
 In dangers your defenee. 
 
 7 The grave thy wonders cannot show, 
 Nor celebrate thy praise ; 
 We'll vow adore thy sacred name, 
 And bless thee all our days. 
 
 PS A L M CXVL Common Metre. 
 
 Thanksgiving for deliverance. 
 
 1 TT7TI AT shall we render to our God, 
 , V V For all his kindness shey^n ? 
 Our feet shall visit his abode, 
 
 Our songs address his throne. 
 
 2 Among his saints that fill his house, 
 
 Our.olFrings shall be paid; 
 There shall our zeal perform the vows 
 Our souls in anguish made. ■ 
 
 3 riow 
 
PSALM CXVL 191 
 
 3 How much is mercy thy delight, 
 
 Tliou ever blessed God I 
 Mow dear thy servants in thy sight ! 
 HOW precious is their blood ! 
 
 4 How happy all that fear thee are* 
 
 Thy grace to us how great ! 
 Our lives, which thou hast made thy care, 
 To thee we dedicate. 
 
 5 Now are we thine, for ever thine, 
 
 Nor shall. our purpose move; 
 Thy hand has loos'd our bonds of pain, 
 And bound us with thy love. 
 
 6 Here in thy courts we leave our vow, 
 
 And thy rich grace record , 
 Witness, ye saints, who hear us now, 
 If we forsake the Lord. 
 
 P S A L M CXVL Long Metre. 
 
 1 XT THAT shall we render to the Lord, 
 
 V V For all the kindness he has shewn ? 
 Humbly, to him, we'll offer praise, 
 And thankfully his favours Own, 
 
 2 The solemn payment of our vows 
 We made to God, shall be our care ; 
 Who sav'd us from approaching death, 
 And shew'd our lives to him were dear. 
 
 3 By all engagements, Lord, we're thine, 
 Thy servauts whom thou hast set free 5 
 The very bonds which thou hast loos'd, 
 Shall bind us faster still to thee. 
 
 R 4 Thankful 
 
102 PSALM CXVil. 
 
 4 Thankful acknowledgments we make* 
 And God for all his favours bless; 
 We'll on his goodness wait, and pray 
 To him alone,, in all distress. 
 
 PSALM CXVIL Common Metre. 
 
 God praised for his mercy and truth. 
 
 1 T If 7 ITH cheerful notes, let all the earth, 
 
 V V To Heav'n their voices raise, 
 Let all, inspired with godly mirth, 
 Sing solemn hymns of praise. 
 
 2 God'slender mercy knows no bound, 
 
 His truth shall ne'er decay ; 
 Then lot the willing nations round, 
 Their grateful tribute pay. 
 
 P S A L M CXVII. Long Metre. 
 
 
 s 
 
 I Tj\; >M all that dwell below the skies, 
 JL Let the Creator's praise arise: 
 L?t the Redeemer's name be sung, 
 Thro' cv'ry 1 aid, by cv'ry- tongue. 
 
 % Eternal are thy mercies, Lord,; 
 Eternal truth .attends thy word: 
 Th r ' praise shall sound. from shore to shore* 
 TUl &ms shall rise and set no mo 
 
 PSAL M 
 
PS A LM CXVIII. 195 
 
 I> S A L M CXVIII. Short Metre. 
 
 1 'TPIIY name, Almighty Lord, 
 
 X Shall sound thro' distant lands : 
 Great is thy grace, and sure thy word : 
 Thy truth for ever stands. 
 
 2 Far be thine honour spread, 
 
 And long thy praise endure $ 
 Till morning light, and evening shade, 
 Shall be exchanged no more. 
 
 PSALM Cy VIII. ConAnon Metre. 
 
 Deliverance from danger, and s ah a Hon by 
 
 Christ. 
 
 1 f~\ PRAISE the Lord : for he is good ; 
 
 W His mercies ne'er decay : 
 
 That his kind favors evens last, 
 
 Let saints and angels say, 
 
 2 Bear also thou a part, my soul, 
 
 God's goodness to express ;« 
 Who heard my pray'r, and set me frecf, 
 In times of sore distress. 
 
 3 Far better 'tis to trust in God, 
 
 And have the Lord our friend j 
 Than, on the greatest human pow'i, 
 For safety to depend. 
 
 4 We all our happinesi ascribe, 
 
 To God, who made 113 strongs 
 And his salvation, still, shall be 
 The subject of our<song. 
 
 5 \ 
 
194 PSA LM CXVHJ. 
 
 5 The joyful voice of triumph fills 
 
 The dwellings of the just j 
 His |)ou 'r doth mighty things for them,. 
 Who in his goodness trust. 
 
 6 While we have life, we'll praise his works, 
 
 Ev'n to our latest breath : 
 Who, tho' he has chastis'd us sore, 
 Mas sav'd us still from death. 
 
 7 Lord, we will praise thy holy name j 
 
 For when to thee we pray VI, 
 Thou heard'st our voice, and art become 
 Our rock of saving aid. 
 
 PART IL 
 
 8 The stone which, by the builders, was 
 
 Rejected, with disgrace, 
 Is now become the corner-stone,. 
 And set in chiefest place. 
 
 9 This is the work of our great God, 
 
 And wondrous in our eyes ; 
 This is the day the Lord hath made; 
 To fill our hearts with joys. 
 
 10 Blest Saviour ! who from God, to us, 
 
 On this kind errand came, 
 We welcome thee ; and, join with those, 
 Who spread thy glorious fame. 
 
 11 Most gracious God, our joyful tongues, 
 
 Shall ever sing thy praise; 
 Thou art our God, and we, on high, 
 Thy glorious name will raise. 
 
 12 For 
 
PSA L M CXVIIL 
 
 1*2 F»r thou, in th*jrgreri1 u\<>vcy, Lord, 
 Hast giv'n us light, audgracfc: 
 Into thy courts we% therefore, bring 
 The sacrifice < f pra 
 
 13 L'-'t all the ' thanks to God, 
 
 Who still doe us prove ; 
 
 And let the tribute of out prdi 
 
 Be endless us his love. 
 
 P S A L M CXVIII. Second Metre. 
 
 A psalm for the Lord's a 
 
 1 npiIIS is the (h\y the Lord hath nfi 
 
 JL He calls the hours his own ; 
 Let Ileav'n rejoice, let earth be glad,. 
 And praise surround the throne. 
 
 2 To-day he rose, and left the dead;* 
 
 And satan's empire feifj* 
 To-day the saints his triumph spread/ 
 And all his wonders tell. 
 
 3 Blesi be the Lord, who comes to m 
 
 Within s of grace; 
 
 Who comes, in God his Father's :r.r. . 
 To save our sinful race. 
 
 4 Ilosannah, i; &e highest strain 
 
 The church on 
 Tin- jgloi ious Ilrav'os, in > 
 Sha1 
 
 R I 
 
196 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 P S A L M CXIX. Common Metre. 
 P A R T I. 
 
 The excellency of the divine law, and the 
 
 blessings and comfort which flow from the 
 observance of it. 
 
 1 IT TOW blest are they who, always, keep 
 X JL The pure, and perfect ways 
 
 Who never from the sacred paths, 
 Of God's commandments, stray? 
 
 3 How blest are they, who to observe 
 His statutes are indin'd ; 
 And who do seek the living God 
 With their whole heart and mind.! 
 
 3 Such men their utmost caution use. 
 
 To shun each wicked deed ; 
 
 But, in the path which he directs, 
 
 With constant care proceed. 
 
 4 Oh? then, that thy most holy will 
 
 Might o'er my ways preside ; 
 And I, the course of all my life, 
 By thy direction guide. 
 
 a I'll praise thee, with an upright heart, 
 When I have learn'd thy word ; 
 Nor from thy statutes e'er depart } 
 Forsake me not, O Lord. 
 
 P A ft T 
 
PSALM CXIX. 107 
 
 P A R T JI. 
 
 6 How shall the young preserve their m 
 
 From all pollution tree ? 
 By making, still, their course of life, 
 With thy pure will agree. 
 
 7 With my whole heart to thee I Seek, 
 
 For thine assistance pray : 
 O sutler not my careless steps, 
 From thv commands to stray. 
 
 8 When in the heart thy words receiv'd, 
 
 I* spreads such light abroad •> 
 The meanest souh? instruction find, 
 And raise their thoughts to God. 
 
 9 Tis, like the sun, a heav'nly light, 
 
 That guides us all the day ; 
 And, thro 1 the dangers of the night, 
 A lamp to lead our way. 
 
 10 Thy book is everlasting truth; 
 
 How pure is ev'ry page ! 
 Thy holy law shall guide our youth, 
 Aiid then rapport our ag£, 
 
 PART nr. 
 
 11 Deal bountifully in thy grace 
 
 With us thy servants, Lord; 
 That we may live, our race to rurt, 
 And keep thy holy word. 
 
 Yl Open our eyes, that we may see 
 The wonders of thy law. 
 Who, in our pilgrimage, from thence, 
 Would light, and comfort draw. 
 
 13 By 
 
psAvftJtr cxix. 
 
 13 By rules of justice; and of truth 
 
 Our \$ to frame. 
 
 And to thy statute* will adhert 
 
 Lord, put us not to shame. 
 
 14 Upon thy precepts we will muse, 
 
 Thy ways will we. respect ; 
 Thy judgments, with delight, peruse 
 And not thy word forget, 
 
 15 So, in the way of thy commands, 
 
 Shall wc with pleasure run; 
 And, with a heart enlarged with jojv 
 In thy bless'd paths go oik 
 
 PART IV. 
 
 16 Instruct me, Lord, to apprehend 
 
 Thy precept's perfect way ; 
 And 1 shall keep it to the end, 
 Even to my dying day. 
 
 17 O give me a discerning mind, 
 
 And knowledge of thy will j 
 Then, what thy sacred laws enjoin,* 
 I'll heartily fulfil. 
 
 18 Thy sacred way let me ne'er miss,. 
 
 But keep thy laws entire; 
 
 No other pleasure do J wish, 
 
 Nor greater thing desire. 
 
 19 From vanity turn off mine eyes > 
 
 Let no unjust design, 
 Nor covetous desires arise 
 Within this ^oul of mine, 
 
 20 Be! 
 
PSALM CXIX. 199 
 
 20 Behold thy waking Knrantj Lord, 
 
 Devoted to thy fear; 
 
 Remember, and eontirm thy Word, 
 For all my hopes are there. 
 
 PART V. 
 
 21 Lord, let fhy tender mercies come, 
 
 To cheer my drooping heart j 
 To-mc, according 1 to thy Word, 
 Thy saving aid impart. 
 
 22 O never let the word of truth, 
 
 Quite from me be remov'd , 
 
 Since my just ground of stedfast hope 
 Thy judgments still have prov'd. 
 
 23 So I, to keep thy righteous laws, 
 
 Will all my study bend ; 
 And will, with zeal, my future life, 
 In their observance spend. 
 
 24 Erelong I trust to walk at large, 
 
 From all incumbrance free ; 
 Since I resolve to make my ways 
 With thy commands agree. 
 
 25 My lips, with courage, shall declare 
 
 Thy statutes and thy name: 
 I'll speak thy word, tho' king's should hear, 
 Nor yield to sinful shame. 
 
 P A K T VL 
 
 26 Remember, Lord, thy gracious word, 
 
 On which my hope relies; 
 Which, in my straits, much t ids, 
 
 New life, and strength supplies; 
 
 a: Thy 
 
200- PSA L M CX\X. 
 
 27 Ti iv judgments tten, of ancient date ; 
 I quickly call to mind; 
 Till, with such thoughtsconfirm'd, my soul 
 Doth speedy comfort find. 
 
 £8 Thy precepts often I survey; 
 I keep thy law in sight, 
 Thro' all the business of the day, 
 To form my actions right. 
 
 29 My heart in midnight silence crie* 
 
 M How sweet thy comforts be!" 
 My thoughts in holy wonder rise, 
 And bring their thanks to thee. 
 
 30 That peace of mind, which doth my soul, 
 
 In deep distress sustain ; 
 By strict obedience to thy will, 
 I happily obtain. 
 
 PART Vil. 
 
 31 My chosen portion, thou, O Lord, 
 
 And sure possession art; 
 
 Thy words I stedfastly resolve 
 
 To treasure in my heart. 
 
 32 With all the strength of warm desire, 
 
 I vv ill thy grace implore, 
 Disclose, according to thy word, 
 Thy mercy's boundless store. 
 
 S3 My former wand'rings I review'd, 
 And, then without delay, 
 Resolv'd to change my course, and walk,. 
 In thy moat righteous way. 
 
 34 To such as fear thy holy name, 
 Mjseif Til closely join ; 
 
 Let 
 
PSALM CXIX *»] 
 
 To all who their phddi&nt wills 
 To thy commands resign. 
 
 55 O Lord, thy tnetcies, rich andfree. 
 The earth with bl ! ;sitM*s fill : 
 "Grant me thy grace, That I may know, 
 And do thy sacred will. 
 
 PART VilL 
 
 36 Mos( gracious have thy dealings been, 
 
 With m?, thy servant, Lord, 
 To inn great goodhtess thou hast shown. 
 According to thy word. 
 
 37 It had) been very good forme 
 
 That I ! flict* i v;;;>, 
 
 That I might t! instructed be. 
 And learn thy ws. 
 
 38 Ere I afflict :d was T 4ray\l; 
 
 But now Ikjjep thy word: 
 Both good thou art, and good thou do'st; 
 Teach me thy st , Lord. 
 
 39 That right thy judgments are, I, know. 
 
 By sure experience . ; t \ 
 And that, intrtrtH, *nd faithfulm 
 Thou hast chastised me. 
 
 40 In thy pure statutes, let pay heart 
 
 Continue ever sound, 
 That guilt and shame, the (rinftgr's lot, 
 May never mc confound. 
 
 V ART 
 
208 P S A L M CXIX. 
 
 PART IX. 
 
 41 Teach ?ncthc sacred -kill, O God # 
 
 Right judgment to attain; 
 Who, in belief of thy connnauds, 
 Most stedfastly remain. 
 
 42 I love the path of hcav'nly truth, 
 
 And glory is my clioice; 
 
 Not all the riches of the earth 
 
 Could make me so rejoice. 
 
 43 Lord, thou art good, and good thou do'^t* 
 
 All favours flow from thee, 
 Make then thy statutes understood, 
 And practised still by me. 
 
 44 To me thy saving grace afford, 
 
 That I aright may live; 
 Whose soul can relish no delight, 
 But what thy precepts give. 
 
 45 O Lord, incline this heart of mine 
 
 These precepts to fulfil; 
 And till this mortal life shall end, 
 Make me to do thy will. 
 
 PART X. 
 
 46 My heart was fashion'd by thy hand, 
 
 My service is thy due; 
 O make thy servant, Lord, to know 
 The duties he should do. 
 
 47 Since Vm a stranger here below, 
 
 Let not thy path be hid; 
 Rat mark the road my feet should go. 
 Ami be my constant guide. 
 
 48 If 
 
PSALM CXIX. 20* 
 
 48 If God to me his statutes shew, 
 
 And heav'nly truth impart) 
 His work, for ever I'll pursue, 
 His law shall rule my heart. 
 
 49 This gave me ease the time I bore 
 
 Variety of Brief; 
 
 It made me learn thy word the more. 
 And fly to thy relief. 
 
 50 O ! ever may thy mercies kind, 
 
 Come to thy servants, Lord, 
 For comfort in distressful times, 
 According to thy word. 
 
 PART XL 
 
 51 Consider all my sorrows, Lord, 
 
 And thy deliverance send ; 
 My soul for thy salvation faints, 
 When will my troubles end] 
 
 52 My God, look down on my distress, 
 
 Let mercy plead my cause ; 
 Tho' I have sinnYl against thy grace, 
 
 I don't forget thy laws. 
 .53 This is the comfort I enjoy 
 
 When new distress begins ; 
 I read thy word, I run thy way, 
 
 And hate my former sins. 
 ,54 Be thou a surety, Lord; for me, 
 
 Nor let the proud oppress ; 
 Biit make thy waiting servant see 
 
 The shillings of thy face. 
 
 .); Oh! graciously look down on us, 
 And shew thyself the same ; 
 
 S As 
 
204 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 As thou art ever wont to do, 
 To them that love thy name. 
 
 PART XII. 
 
 56 For ever like the Heav'ns, O Lord, 
 
 Thy word is settled fast ; 
 As firmly as the earth, thy truth 
 Doth to all ages last. 
 
 57 These all, in their appointed course, 
 
 Continue to this day; 
 And all, like ready servants, stand 
 Thine orders to obey. 
 
 58 Had not thy truth been my support, 
 
 Thy law been my delight ; 
 I, under pressure of my woes, 
 Had sunk and perisVd quite. 
 
 59 Thy good commands Til ne . r forget, 
 
 Which have reviv'd me still; 
 O save me, who am thine, and seek 
 To know and do thy will. 
 
 60 Perfections here have narrow bounds,, 
 
 Whose end we oft out-live; 
 But thy wise laws have large extent, 
 And lasting pleasures give. 
 
 P A R T XIII. 
 
 61 My feet, with care, IL will refrain 
 
 From ev'ry evil way; 
 That I may to thy sacred word 
 Entire obedience pay. 
 
 62 I will not from thy judgment stray, 
 
 Bv vain deshvs misted ; 
 
 For, 
 
PSA LM CXIX. 
 
 For, Lord, thouh^s! Instructed me, 
 Thy righteous paths to tre^d. 
 
 63 In these, thy Bacred words of truth, 
 
 1 low sweet a taste I find ! 
 
 Sweeter than honey, to my mouth, 
 Thy word is to my mind. 
 
 64 Thy servant, taught by thy just laws, 
 
 With heaVnly skill is blest ? 
 Therefore, the treach'roas ways of sin, 
 I utterly detest. 
 
 f)/> O that thy statutes, constantly, 
 Might dwell upon my mind! 
 Thence I derive a guick'ning powY, 
 And hourly pleasure find. 
 
 P A R T XIV. 
 
 rd is to my feet a lamp. 
 And to my path a light: 
 IV* sworn, and duly will perform, 
 To keep thy judgment* right. 
 
 s ire the homage 
 WherebF I have made choice ; 
 For they, when other comforts fail, 
 My tainting soul rejoice. 
 
 65 I will incline my heart to keep 
 
 Th6 laws thou did'st decfc 
 And will obey them to the end, 
 Ev'n till 1 eome to th 
 
 69 The love I bear thy statutes. Lord, 
 
 No language can display ; 
 They, with fresh wonders, entertain 
 My ravishYl thoughts, all day, 
 
 7<> Let 
 
206 PSALM CKIX. 
 
 70 Let still my sacrifice of praise, 
 
 With thee acceptance find, 
 And in thy righteous judgments, Lord. 
 Instruct my willing mind. 
 
 PART XV. 
 
 71 Thou art, O Lord, the hiding place, 
 
 And shield of my defence; 
 I therefore, in thv word of grace. 
 Do put my confidence. 
 
 72 Depart from me all ye profane, 
 
 Who other paths have trod ; 
 For, firmly I'm resolv'd, to keep 
 The precepts of my God. 
 
 7^ According to thy gracious word, 
 From danger set me free; 
 Nor make me. of those hopes ashamed. 
 Which 1 repose in thee. 
 
 74 -Uphold me, for I then shall be 
 
 In perfect safety kept ; 
 And, to thy laws, continually, 
 I will have due respect. 
 
 75 My soul's possess'd with sacred awe, 
 
 Lest I should thee offend, 
 When on profane transgressors, thou, 
 Thy judgments, Lord, do'st send. 
 
 PART XVI. 
 
 76 Thy nature, Lord, and thy commands, 
 
 Exactly do agree 5 
 Holy, and just, and true, thou art, 
 And such thvprecrnt- be. 
 
 77 Thy 
 
PSA LM CXIX 207 
 
 77 Thy laws I count, in all respects, 
 
 Most righteous and divic 
 They teach nrje to discern the right, 
 And all false ways decline. 
 
 78 On mc, devoted to thy fear, 
 
 The sacn d skill bestow ; 
 That of thy testimonies I 
 The full extent may know. 
 
 79 The cause that is thine own, O Lord, 
 
 To vindicate appear, 
 AVhen wicked men make void thy law, 
 And sin without all fear. 
 
 SO This stirs my zeal, and makes me more 
 All thy commands to prize ; 
 And, when comparVl with them, the 
 And all its wealth despi [world 
 
 PART XVII. 
 
 81 The wonders which thy laws contain, 
 
 No words can represent; 
 Therefore, to learn, and practise them. 
 My zcalou* heart is bent. 
 
 82 The very entrance of thy word 
 
 Celestial light displays ; 
 And, knowledge of true happiness, 
 To simple minds conveys. 
 
 83 Directed by thyheav'rily word 
 
 Lei all itsteps be ; 
 
 Nor wi( y kind. 
 
 Dominion tne. 
 
 S 3 84 O -ram 
 
203 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 84 O grant the influence of thy grace, 
 
 To speed me in thy way, 
 Lest I should linger in my race, 
 Or turn my feet astray. 
 
 85 And make thy gracious countenance 
 
 On me, thy servant, shine, 
 Thy statutes both to know, and keep, 
 My heart, with zeal incline. 
 
 PART XVIII. 
 
 86 Thou art the righteous Judge, in whom 
 
 Wrong'd innocence may trust : 
 And, like thyself, thy judgments, Lord, 
 In all respects are just. 
 
 87 My heart is pain VI whene'er I see 
 
 111 men thy law despise ; 
 Thy word, which from depeit is free, 
 I'll always love, and prize. 
 
 88 Hovve'er despis'd I were, I'd not 
 
 From thy commands withdraw ; 
 Eternal is thy righteousness, 
 And truth itself thy law. 
 
 89 The' trouble, anguish, doubts, and fear 
 
 To compass me unite ; 
 Beset wiili danger still Til make 
 Thy precepts my delight. 
 
 90 Thy laws are ever true, and just; 
 
 This u isd6m to me gi 
 By thfem to order all my ways, 
 And happy I shall live. - 
 
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PSALM CXIX. 209 
 
 P A R T XIX. 
 
 91 AVitli my whote heart to God I ball'd* 
 
 Lord, hear my t arn< st cry ; 
 And I, thy statutes to fterform, 
 
 Will all my care apply. 
 
 92 Ere morning dawn'd, myxry I sent, 
 
 Thou art my hope, O Lord; 
 
 And midnight watch 1 did prevent, 
 Contemplating thy word. 
 
 93 Lord, hear my supplicating voice, 
 
 And wonted favour shew ; 
 
 O quicken me, and so approve 
 
 Thy judgments ever true. 
 
 94 Tho' foes draw near, my comfort is, 
 
 That thou a more near ; 
 
 Thou whose commands are righteous all, 
 Whose promise is sincere. 
 
 95 Concerning all thy righteous laws 
 
 My soul has known of old, 
 That they are true; and shall their truth 
 To endless ages hold. 
 
 PART XX. 
 
 oQ Frpm hardened dinners God retnoyes 
 Salvation far away ; 
 
 'Tis just he sh )uld withdraw from those 
 That from his statutes stray. 
 
 97 Since great thy tender mercies are 
 To all who thee adore ; 
 According to thy judgments, L- rd, 
 Mv fainting soul .restore. 
 
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CIO PSAML CXIX. 
 
 98 Tho' nwnVous ills may compass mc, 
 
 Thy law s I'll not decline ; * 
 
 With grief I see how sinners dar< 
 Against thv word combine. 
 
 99 While these men slight, consider, Lord, 
 
 How I thv precepts' love j 
 
 therefore quicken me, with beams, 
 Of mercy, from above ! 
 
 100 As, from the birth of time, thy word 
 
 Has held thro' ages past, 
 So shall thy righteous judgments, firm, 
 To endless ages past, 
 
 PART XXI. 
 
 101 When I behold the promis'd good, _ 
 
 Thy faithful wont contains ; 
 He joys not more, who richest spoils, 
 After a conquest, gains. 
 
 102 Deceit, and falsehood, I detest, 
 
 But thy pure statutes love ; 
 
 1 often bless thy name, O Lord, 
 
 Whose judgments righteous prove. 
 
 103 Secure, substantial, peace have they, 
 
 Who trulj r keep thy law ; 
 No smiling mischief them can tempt, 
 Nor frowning-dangers awe. 
 
 104 Thy testimonies, and thy laws, 
 
 I'll keep with special care ; 
 For all my works, and ways, each one, 
 Before thee open are. 
 
 105 Thy mercies sovereign are, my king; 
 
 And thou a faithful God 5 
 
 O grant 
 
PS A L M CXX. 21) 
 
 O grant me yet a warmer z<a 
 
 To run the h< av'nly road. 
 
 PART XXII. 
 
 106 Lord, let my cry come near thy throne, 
 
 Let me, in wisdom, grow; 
 My earnest supplication own, 
 And promis'd goodness show. 
 
 107 And then my lips shall he prepar'd, 
 
 To utter thankful praise; 
 When thou thy counsels hast reveal'd, 
 And taught mc thy just ways. 
 
 108 My tongue the praises of thy word, 
 
 Shall, gratefully, resound ; 
 Because thy promises are all, 
 
 With truth, and justice, crown'd. 
 
 109 Thy testimonies I have kept, 
 
 And constantly obey'd ; 
 Because the love I bore to them c 
 The service easy made. 
 
 1 10 O let my soul in safety live, 
 
 And it shall give thee praise ; 
 Thy judgments to me grant, my God, 
 And bless me all my days. 
 
 PSALM CXX. Common Mel 
 
 Desire ;/ pctict) and of being kept from the 
 strife 1 
 
 1 THHOU God Of h- ucver- 1 
 
 JL Pity my Buff'] tfe ; 
 
 When wilt thou >s 1 my soul at resft, 
 From lips tha 
 
 9 Hard 
 
212 PSALM CXXI. 
 
 2 Hard lot of mine ! my days are cast, 
 
 Among the sons of strife, 
 Whose never-ceasing slanders waste, 
 My golden hours of life. 
 
 3 Peace is the blessing that I seek, 
 
 How lovely are its charms ; 
 I am for peace; but when I speak, 
 They all declare for arms. 
 
 4 New passions still their souls engage, 
 
 And keep their malice strong; 
 What shall be done !o curb thy rage, 
 O thou devouring tongue; 
 
 5 Should burning arrows smite thee thro. 
 
 Strict justice would approve j 
 But Ihad rather spare my ioe^ 
 And melt his heart with love. 
 
 PS A L M CXXf . Common Metre. 
 Divine protection* 
 
 1 npO Meav'n I lift my longing eyes, 
 
 X Whence come$ expected aid : 
 My hope on God's great name relies, 
 Who Heav'n, and earth, hath made. 
 
 2 Their feet can never slide to fall, 
 
 Whom he designs to keep : 
 His ear attends the softest call ; 
 Nor can our guardian sleep. 
 
 3 Sheltered beneath his gracious wings, 
 
 We may securely rest ; 
 Nor heat by day, nor baneful stings, 
 By night, shall us molest. 
 
 4 lie 
 
PSALM CXXI. 213 
 
 4 He will sustain our weakest pow'rfj 
 
 Wjth his Alnrighl y ai m : 
 And .'.a'ch o'tr m >st migiiarded hours, 
 
 Against surprising barm. 
 
 5 In war, in pe&ce, at h'>me, abroad, 
 
 His povv'r shall us defend : 
 He'll guide us thro 1 life's daug'rous road, 
 Safe to our journey's end. 
 
 P S A L M CXXI. As Psalm 148- 
 
 1 T TPWARD we lift our eyes : 
 
 \-J From God is all our aid; 
 The God who built the skies, 
 And earth, and nature, made; 
 
 God is the tow'r 
 
 T<e> wliieh we fly, 
 
 His grace is nigh, 
 
 In ev'ry hour. 
 
 2 Our feet shall m ;e, 
 To:' all in fatal snares ; 
 Oursoy'rei /d, and i^uide 
 Defends us from such fears : 
 
 His wakeful eyes 
 That never slete{*J 
 Shall good men keep, 
 Whferi daggers rise. 
 
 3 No burning heats by day, 
 Nor blasts 6f evening air, 
 Catl t&ke our health away. 
 If God be with us then, : 
 
 1 ! . m 
 
214 PSALM CXXII. 
 
 From baneful blight, 
 
 Thou, Lord, our shade ! 
 Wflt guard our head, 
 By noon or night. 
 
 4 Hast thou not giv'n thy son 
 To save our souls from death ? 
 What wonders hast thou done, 
 To guard this mortal breath! 
 
 We'll go and come, 
 Nor fear to die, 
 Till from on high 
 Thou call'st us home. 
 
 P S A L M CXXIL Common Metre. 
 
 The pleasure of at fending public worship. 
 
 1 T TOw did our souls exult to hear 
 JlJL Our friends devoutly say, 
 " Before the Lord let's all appear, 
 " And holy keep his day !" 
 
 5 We'll to his sacred gates repair: 
 
 His church, adorn VI with grace, 
 Stands like a royal palace where 
 God shews his radiant face. 
 
 3 Peace be within this sacred place, 
 
 And joy a constant guest ! 
 With holy gifts, and heav'nly grace, 
 Be its attendants blest \ 
 
 4 Our souls shall pray for Sion's peace, 
 
 While life, or breath remain; 
 For ever may her palaces 
 Abundant peace maintain. 
 
 3 Wc 
 
PSALM CXXH. 215 
 
 5 We, for our friends, and kindred's sake 
 Will say." this place be blest : 
 cc Here may the Lord his dwelling make, 
 " And weary souls find rest." 
 
 PSALM CXXII. Second Metre. 
 
 The blessings of a gospel church. 
 
 1 /^V HOW over-joy'd was I, 
 
 v/ When the solemn hour drew nigh.; 
 Summon'd to the house of pray'r, 
 Flew my soul to worship there. 
 
 2 Come, my chearful brethren said, 
 Let us go with holy speed ; 
 
 Let us haste with one accord, 
 To the temple of our Lord ! 
 
 o Running at his command, 
 
 There our ready feet shall stand ; 
 Still within the sacred gate 
 Will we for his mercy wait. 
 
 4 God hath built his church below. 
 And, his art divine to show, 
 Each, with each, the parts agree, 
 Fram'd in perfect symmetry. 
 
 5 There the chosen tribes grow up, 
 Testify their gospel hope > 
 
 Praise, and bless, th* incarnate word, 
 Shout the name of Christ, their Lord. 
 
 6 Pray, my friends, and never cease, 
 Wrestle on for Sion's peace j 
 Make her still your pious care, 
 On your heart for ever bear. 
 
 T 7 Hail 
 
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 7 Hail the venerable name, 
 Lovely, dear Jerusalem ! 
 Thee who bless, shall blessed be, 
 Prosper for their love to thee. 
 
 8 Dwell within thy rampart's peace, 
 Plenty deck thy palaces , 
 
 Jesus send thee from above, 
 All the treasures of his love ! 
 
 9 For my friends, and brethren's sake, 
 Thee, my dearest charge I make ; 
 Longing here thy peace to see, 
 Glad to live, and die for thee- 
 
 PSALM CXXIII. Common Metre. 
 
 Submission. 
 
 1 /^\ THOU, whose grace, and justice 
 Ik-/ Enthron'd above the skies, [reign, 
 To thee our hearts would tell their pain, 
 
 To. thee we lift our eyes. 
 
 2 No servant, by his Lord chastis'd, 
 
 With more submission stands; 
 Nor maids, with grea-ter duty, wait 
 Their mistresses commands. 
 
 3 Than we who justly feel the rod, 
 
 For evils we have done ; 
 Look for release, to thee our God, 
 Thro' thy beloved son. 
 
 4 Have mercy, Lord, on us, whose hope, 
 
 In thy compassion, lies, 
 And, tbo' insulting foes may scorn, 
 Yet do not thou despise. 
 
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P S A L M CXXV. 217 
 
 PSALM CXXIV. Common Metre. 
 
 The church's deliverance. 
 
 1 T TAD not the Lord, may Israel say, 
 JLjL Been pltas'd to interpose; 
 
 Had he not then cspous'd our cause, 
 When men against us rose ; 
 
 2 To their insidious arts, our lives, 
 
 Had been an easy prey y 
 1 heir rage, like an impetuous stream, 
 Had swept us quite away. 
 
 3 Blest be the Lord, wjio kindly chose 
 
 His mercy to enhance ; 
 And, when tnc greatest dangers rose, 
 Sent us deliverance. 
 
 4 Like poor entangled birds we lay, 
 
 Caught in the fowler's snare ; 
 But wondrous wisdom marr'd their way, 
 And we escaped are. 
 
 Since all our help lies in his name, 
 
 Who Heav'n, and earth, hath made* 
 Our tongues shall spread abroad his fame, 
 And still implore his aid. 
 
 PSALM CXXV. Common Metre. 
 
 The trial, and safe! }j of lite sa if: 
 
 1 T TNSHAKEN 1 , a, the sicred Hill, 
 KJ And firm, as mountains be, 
 
 Or firmer rocks, the soul shall stand 
 Who trusts, O Lord, in thee. 
 
 2 See 
 
218 PSALM CXXV. 
 
 2 See how the Kills on ev'ry side, 
 
 The holy mount inclose ! 
 So stands the Lord around his saints, 
 To guard them from their foes. 
 
 3 The wicked may afflict the just. 
 
 But ne'er too long oppress ; 
 Nor force him, by unrighteous means, 
 To look for self- redress. 
 
 4 Be good, O gracious God, to those 
 
 VVho, by thy strength, effect 
 What thou requir'st ; and let thy pow'r 
 Their innocence protect. 
 
 5 Who turn aside to crooked paths, 
 
 The Lord will them destroy : 
 But he, the hopes of all his saints, 
 Will crown with lasting joy. 
 
 PSALM CXXV. Short Metre. 
 
 Afflictions moderated. 
 
 1 T7MRM and unmov'd are they, 
 Jl That rest their souls on God ; 
 Firm as the mount where David dwelt, 
 
 Or where the ark abode. 
 
 2 As mountain stood to guard 
 
 The city's sacred ground, 
 So God, and his Almighty love, 
 Embrace his saints around. 
 
 3 What tho' the father's rod 
 
 Drop a chastising stroke ? 
 Yet, lest it wound their souls too deep. 
 Its rigour shall be broke. 
 
 4 Deal 
 
PSALM CXXVI. 219 
 
 4 Deal gently, Lord; with those, 
 Whose faith, and pious fear, 
 Whose hope, and love, and ev'ry grace, 
 Proclaim their hearts sincere. 
 
 Nor let affliction's rage, 
 
 Too long, oppress the .saint; 
 But do thou still, by powerful faith, 
 Support them, lest they faint. 
 
 P S A L M CXXVf. Common Metre, 
 The joy of a remark ihlc conversion. 
 
 1 TTTTHEN God reveaPd his gracious name, 
 
 V V And chang'd my mournful state, 
 My rapture seem'd a pleasing dream, 
 The grace appear'd so great ! 
 
 3 The World beheld the glorious change, 
 And did thy hand confess, 
 My tongue broke out in unknown strains, 
 And sung surprizing grace ! 
 
 3 The Lord dan clear the darkest skies, 
 
 Can give us day for -fright, ; 
 
 Make drops of, sacred sorrow rise, 
 To rivers of delight. ■••;. 
 
 4 Let those that sow in Sadness wait,- ' • 
 
 Till the fair, harvest come ; \ . J 
 
 They, shall confess their sheaves, ar&.gneat, 
 And shout tlK blessings home.'- ••• < 
 
 5 Tho' seed lie buried -'lofig irrdu^t, l 
 
 'Twill not d^eive tihir. hope £ #* • y 
 The previous- grain cm ;::'tw\b: lost, 
 For God insures the crop; 
 
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 220 PSALM CXXVII. 
 
 PSALM CXXVII. Common Metre 
 
 The blessing of God, hoiv necessary, on the 
 comforts of life. 
 
 F God to build the house denies, 
 The workmen build in vain ; 
 Cities, without his watchful eyes, 
 An useless watch maintain. 
 
 2 In vain we rise before the day, 
 
 And late to rest repair, 
 To all our toil give no allay. 
 And eat the bread of care. 
 
 3 All our attempts are vain indeed, 
 
 Unless by God they're blest ; 
 But when he show'rs his fruitful rain, 
 We then have food and rest. 
 
 4 Nor children, relatives, nor friends, 
 
 Shall real blessings prove $ 
 Nor all the earthly joys he sends, 
 If sent without his love. 
 
 PSALM CXXVII. Long Metre. 
 
 1 TF God succeed not, all the cost, 
 
 X And pains to build the house, are lost} 
 
 If God the city will not keep, 
 
 Its chosen guards may watch, or sleep. 
 
 2 What tho' we rise before the sun, 
 And toiling, work till day is dene ; 
 Careful, and sparing, eat our bread, 
 To shun that poverty we dread ? 
 
 3 'Tis all in vain, till God hath blest ; 
 'Tis he makes jrich, his word gives rest, 
 
 Children, 
 
PSALM CXXIX. 221 
 
 Children, and friends, are blessings too, 
 If God, our sovereign make them so. 
 
 4 Happy the man to whom he sends, 
 Obedient children, faithful friends ! 
 How sweet our daily comforts prove, 
 When they are season'd with his love ! 
 
 PSALM CXXVIII. Common Metre. 
 Domestic blessings. 
 
 1 r\ HAPPY man whose soul is filPd 
 V>/ With zeal, and rev'rend awe ! 
 
 His lips to God their honours yield, 
 His life adorns his law. 
 
 2 God's secret providence shall stand, 
 
 And ever guard his head ; 
 And, on the labours of his hand, 
 Its kindest influence shed. 
 
 3 The Lord shall his best wishes crown, 
 
 With each domestic joy ; 
 His nuptial blessings shall abound ; 
 His peace none shall destroy. 
 
 4 This is the man, whose happy eyes, 
 
 Shall see his house increase ; 
 Shall see the sinking church arise j 
 Then leave the world in peace. 
 
 PSALM CXXIX. Common Metre. 
 
 Persecutors defeated. 
 
 1 TP from my youth, may Israel say, 
 w Have I been nurs'd in tears, 
 My griefs were constant, as the day 
 And tcxlious as the years, '■ 
 
 2 Up 
 
P S A L M CXXX. 
 
 2 Up from my youth, I bore the rage 
 
 Of all the sons of strife ; 
 
 Oft they assail'd my riper age, 
 
 But not destroy'd my htc. 
 
 3 Their cruel furrows on my flesh, 
 
 They marked deep, and long ; 
 But God hath shevv'd his pow'r afresh, 
 And rescu'd me from wrong. 
 
 i Thus shall the men that hate the saints, 
 Be* blasted from the sky; 
 Their glory fades, their courage faints, 
 And all their prospects die. 
 
 5 So, corn that on the house top stands, 
 No promise gives of sheaves •> 
 No traveller, with lifted hands, 
 A blessing on it craves. 
 
 PSALM CXXX, Common Metre. 
 
 Pardoning Mercy. 
 
 1 /^UT of the deeps of sore distress, 
 V>/ The borders of despair, 
 
 1 sent my cries to seek thy grace, 
 My groans to move thine ear. 
 
 2 Should'st thou, O Lord, severely judge, 
 
 Who could the trial bear? 
 But thou -forgiv'st^ lest we despond, 
 And quite renounce thy fear. 
 
 S But there are pardons with our God, 
 For crimes of high degree ; 
 The Saviour shed his precious blood, 
 To make our pardon free, 
 
 4 We 
 
PSALM CXXX. H9 
 
 A We- long for the refreshing beams 
 Of thine ehliv'iiing ray ; 
 More than the morning watch, the streams, 
 Of the first dawning day. 
 
 5 Let Israel trust in God alone, 
 No bounds his mercy knows : 
 The joyful day of grace hath shone, 
 I 1 rom whence salvation flows. 
 
 € There's full redemption at his throne. 
 For sinners long enslav'd ; 
 And penitents, who view his son, 
 With Israel shall be sav'd. 
 
 P S A L M CXXX. Long Metre. 
 
 1 T7*ROM deep distress^ and troubled 
 JT thoughts, 
 
 To thee, O God, we raise our cries ? 
 If thou severely mark our faults, 
 No flesh can stand before thine eyes. 
 
 2 But thou hast rais'd thy throne of grace* 
 Free to dispense thy pardons there * 
 That sinners may approach thy face, 
 And hope, and love, as well as fear. 
 
 3 Our trust is fix'd upon thy word, 
 Nor shall we trust thy word in vain : 
 Let penitents address tiie Lord, 
 And rind relief from all their pain. 
 
 4 Great is his love, and large his grace, 
 Thro 1 the redemption of his son : 
 He turns our feet from sinful ways, 
 And pardons what our hands have done. 
 
 PSALM 
 
PSALM CXXXlf. 
 
 PSAL M CXXXI. Common Metre. 
 
 Humility and hope in God. 
 
 1 TS there ambition in my heart ? 
 
 X Search, gracious God, and see ; 
 Or do I act a haughty part ? 
 Lord, I appeal to thee. 
 
 2 I charge my thoughts " be humble still* 
 
 " And all my carnage mild jj{ 
 Content, my father, with thy will, 
 And quiet, as a child. 
 
 3' The patient soul — the lowly mind, 
 Shall have a large reward ; 
 Let saints, in sorrow, lie resigned, 
 And trust a faithful Lord. 
 
 PSALM £XXXII. Common Metre 
 Cod's care for kp church. 
 
 1 f\F old; th v Almighty chose the hill 
 V-/ Of Sion for his rest ; 
 
 And Sion is his dwelling still, 
 His church by him is blest. 
 
 2 We, no long journeys now need go, 
 
 Nor wander far abroad ; 
 Where'er his saints assembled are, 
 There is an house for God. 
 
 3 Lord, enter with thy glorious train, 
 
 Thy- spirit, and thy word ; 
 All that the ark did once contain, 
 Could no such grace afford. 
 
 4 Here, mighty God, accept our vows, 
 
 Here let thy praise be spread; 
 
 Bless 
 
PSALM CXXXIII. 
 
 Bless the provisions of thy house, 
 And fill thy poor with bread. 
 
 5 Let all thy ministers, O Lord, 
 
 Be cloath'd with righteousness ; 
 That saints may triumph in thy love, 
 And evermore thee bless. 
 
 6 Here let the son of David reign ; 
 
 And as his kingdom grows, 
 Fresh honours shall adorn his crown, 
 And shame confound his foes. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIII. Common Metre. 
 Unity, and love. 
 
 1 T TOW vast must their advantage be ! 
 JL A HovV great their pleasure prove ! 
 Who live like brethren, and consent, 
 In offices of love ! 
 
 ( 2 When streams hereof, from Christ the spring, 
 Descend on ev'ry soul ; 
 And heav'nly peace, with balmy wiog, 
 Shades, and bedews the whole. 
 
 3 'Tislike the oil, divinely sweet, 
 
 On Aaron's rev'rend head ; 
 The trickling drops perfum'd his feet, 
 And o'er his garments spread. 
 
 4 'Tis pleasant, as the pearly dews, 
 
 That fall on Sioifs hill .; 
 Where God his mildest glory shews, 
 
 And makes his "race distil. 
 
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225 PSALM CXXXIV. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIII. Short Metre, 
 Family amify y and ruvrship. 
 
 1 T3 LEST are the sons of peace, 
 JLJ Whose hearts, and hopes are one, 
 Whose kind designs, to serve and please, 
 
 Thro' all their actions run. 
 
 2 Blest is the pious house,. 
 
 Where zeal, and friendship meet ; 
 Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, 
 Make their communion sweet. 
 
 i Thus, when on Aaron's head 
 
 They pour'd the rich perfume ; 
 The oil thro' all his raiment spread, 
 And odours fill'd the room. 
 
 4 Thus, on the heav'nly hills, 
 The saints are blest above ; 
 Where joy, like morning dew, distils, 
 - And all the air is love. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIV. Common Metre. 
 Devotion recommended, 
 
 1 "VT^E that attend th' immortal King, 
 
 X Within his holy place ; 
 Bow to the glories of his pow'r, 
 And bless his wondrous grace. 
 
 2 Lift up your hands by morning light, 
 
 And send your souls on high ^ 
 Raise your admiring thoughts, by night, 
 Above the starry sky. 
 
 3 May 
 
P S A LM CXXXV. 
 
 3 MavSion's God his people cheer. 
 With rays of quick'ning grace ; 
 The God that spreads the Ilcav'ns abroad, 
 And rules the swelling, seas. 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. Common Metre. 
 
 An exhortation io praise God. 
 
 1 "V7*F. servants of th' Almighty King, 
 
 X That Heav'n, and Earth did frame ; 
 Who, in his house, and work, preside, 
 Extol his glorious name, 
 
 2 O let the goodness of the Lord, 
 
 Your best affections raise j 
 Your inward pleasure will increase, 
 Together with your praise. 
 
 3 That God is great, we often have, 
 
 By glad experience found, 
 And seen how he, With wondrous [J6w r, 
 Above all gods is crown'd, 
 
 A His pow'r created all at first, 
 His pleasure rules them still, 
 His uncontrolled mind, the Heav'n, 
 The earth, and seas, fulfil. 
 
 5 lie raiseth vapours from the ground, 
 Which, poised in liquid air, 
 Fall down at last, in showers, thro 1 which 
 His dreadful lightnings glare. 
 
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828 PSALM CXXXVf. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 6 Supported by thy works, O Lord, 
 
 Thy fame can never die; 
 But thy memorial shall endure, 
 To all eternity. 
 
 7 Tho' God's offending people may 
 
 Under oppression mourn ; 
 On their repentance, ail his wrath 
 Shall into kindness turn. 
 
 $ Those idols whose false worship spreack 
 O'er all the heathen lands, 
 Are made of silver, and of gold 
 The work of human hands. 
 
 9 And tho 1 the maker forms an eye, 
 
 A mouth, or other part ; 
 He cannot give them sight, or breath, 
 Motion, or life, by art. 
 
 10 As senseless, as themselves, are they, 
 - That all their skill apply 
 
 To make them; or, indang'rous times, 
 On them for aid rely. 
 
 11 For ever, may thy songs of praise, 
 
 Sound forth, O gracious Lord ; 
 Thy saints, within the church, thy name, 
 Shall bless, w ith one accord. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVI. Common Metre. 
 
 1 /^l Ive thanks to God, the sovereign Lord, 
 vJ His- mercies still endure ; 
 And be the King of Kings ador'd, 
 His truth is ever sure, 
 
 2 What 
 
P S A L M CXXXVL 229 
 
 2 What wonders hath his wisdom done ! 
 
 How mighty is his hand ! 
 Heav'n, earth, and sea, he fram'd alone ; 
 How wide is his command ! 
 
 3 The sun supplies the day with light ; 
 
 How bright his counsels shine ! 
 The moon, and stars, adorn the night $ 
 His works are all divine. 
 
 4 He saw the nations dead in sin ; 
 
 He felt his pity move ; 
 How sad a state the world was in ! 
 How boundles was his love ! 
 
 5 He sent to save us from our woe ; 
 
 His goodness never fails ; 
 From death and hell, and ev'ry foe $ 
 And still his grace prevails, 
 
 6 Give thanks to God, the heav'nly King ; 
 
 His mercies (i\\\ endure ± 
 Let the whole earth his praises sing ; 
 His truth is ever sure. 
 
 P S A L M CXXXVI. As the 148 Psalm 
 
 God praised for particular viercies. 
 
 1 /^UVE thanks to God, most high, 
 VJ The universal Lord, 
 The sovereign King of Kings j 
 And be his grace ador'd : 
 His powV, and grace, 
 Are still the same, 
 And let his name 
 Have endless praise . 
 
 2 I low 
 
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 '2 How mighty is his hand ! 
 W hat wonders hath he done ! 
 He fnrm'd the earth, and seas, 
 And spread the Heav'ns alone. 
 Thy mercy, Lord, 
 Shall still endure -, 
 And ever sure 
 Abides thy word. 
 
 3 His wisdom fram'd the sun, 
 To crown the day with light ; 
 The moon, and twinkling stars. 
 To cheer the darksome night. 
 
 His pow'r and grace 
 Are still the same - x 
 And let his name 
 Have endless praise* 
 
 4 He doth the food supply 
 On which all creatures live ; 
 
 - To God, who reigns on high, 
 Eternal praises give. 
 
 His mercies sure, 
 Just themes of praise, 
 To endless days 
 LJnchang'd endure. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 5 Give thanks to God most high, 
 The universal Lord, 
 
 The sovereign King of Kings ; 
 And be his grace ador'd. 
 
PSALM CXXXVL 231 
 
 His pow'r, and grace 
 Arc still the same, 
 And Jet his name 
 I lave endless praise. 
 
 He saw the nations lie 
 AH perishing in sin ; 
 And pity'd the sad state 
 The ruin'd world was in. 
 
 Thy mercy, Lord, 
 
 Shall still endure ; 
 
 And ever sure 
 
 Abides thy word, 
 
 He sent his only son 
 To save us from our woe ; 
 From Satan, sin, and death., 
 And ev'ry hurtful foe. 
 
 His pow'r and grace 
 
 Are still the same : 
 
 And let his name 
 
 Have endless praibe 
 
 Give thanks to God alone, 
 To God the heav'nly king ; 
 And let the spacious earth. 
 His works, and glory sing. 
 
 Thy mercy, Lord, 
 
 Shall still endure ; 
 
 And ever sure 
 
 Abides thv word. 
 
 US PSALM 
 
'232 PS AL/M CXXXVII. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVIL Common Metre. 
 The constancy of the Jews la captivity. 
 
 1 T/\7'^^^ we our weary limbs did rest, 
 
 V V By proud Euphrates stream - y 
 We wept, with doleful thoughts opprest, 
 And Sion was our theme. 
 
 2 Our harps, that, when, with joy, we sung, 
 
 Were wont their parts to bear ; 
 With silent strings neglected hung, 
 On willows which were near. 
 
 3 Mean while our foes, who all ocnspir'd 
 
 To triumph in our wrongs ; 
 Music and mirth, of us rcquir'J, 
 And one of Sions songs. 
 
 \ How shall we tune our voice to sing, 
 Or harp touch with our hands ! 
 Shall hymns of joy to God our King, 
 Be sung in foreign lands ! 
 
 5 Of Salem, our once happy seat, 
 
 When I forgetful prove, 
 Then let my trembling hand forget 
 The strings with art to move. 
 
 6 If I to mention thee forbear, 
 
 May silence seize my tongue, 
 Or if I sing one cheerful air, 
 Till freedom is my song. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVII. Long Metre. 
 
 HEN on Euphrates banks we sat 
 Deploring Sion's doleful state ; 
 
 Our 
 
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PSA LM CX XXV 111. t33 
 
 Our harps, to which wl i 
 
 Mute, as ourselves, on will g. 
 
 c 2 Our spoiler thus our sadness jeers, 
 Change into mi-th your its ; 
 
 And give us with your hand, £ues, 
 
 One of your pleasant Hebrew songs. 
 
 3 Oh ! how can we our airs compo 
 And sing of God amongst his foes ! 
 When 1 forgot his sacred .hill, 
 May my right hand forget her skill. 
 
 4 When 1 shall thy remembrance leave, 
 My tongue unto its roof shall cleave ; 
 All other joys I shall contemn, 
 Calling to mind Jerusalem. 
 
 P S A L M CXXXVIH. Common Metre. 
 
 God praised for his tritlli. 
 
 1 r | A magnify the Lord, our souls, 
 
 JL Your best affections raise - y 
 In joyful hymns, while angels hear, 
 Weil sing thy matchless praise. 
 
 2 Within thy church, thy constant truth, 
 
 And goodness, we'll proclaim ; 
 Then raise our wonder, and display 
 The glories of thy name. 
 
 J Thou, graciously inclin'dst thine ear, 
 When we to thee did cry : 
 And, when our souls were pres.s'd with fear, 
 Did'st inward s-trength supply. 
 
 4 The Lord, tho* he's enthron'd on bfghj 
 Does thence the poor inspect -, 
 
 The 
 
234 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 The proud, far off^ his searching eye 
 Beholds wirh just neglect. 
 
 5 Thy former kindnesses prevent 
 
 Our fears, when in distress ; 
 Thy hand will save us from our iV 
 Thy pow'r their wrath repress. 
 
 6 The Lord, whose mercies ever last, 
 
 Shall fix our happy state ; 
 And, mindful of his favours past, 
 Shall his own work complete. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIX. Common Metre. 
 
 God every where present. 
 
 1 TN all my vast concerns with thee. 
 JL In vain my soul would try 
 To shun thy presence, Lord, or ilee 
 The notice of thine eye. 
 
 c 2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys 
 My rising, and my rest ; 
 My public walks, and private ways, 
 And secrets of my breast. 
 
 3 My thoughts lie open to thy view, 
 
 Tho' yet unform'd within ; 
 And ere my lips pronounce the word, 
 Thou know'st-the sense I mean. 
 
 4 O wondrous knowledge, deep and high S 
 
 Where can a creature hide ? 
 Within thy circling arms I lie, 
 Enclos'd on ev'ry side. 
 
 5 Should I suppress my vital breath, 
 
 To 'scape the wrath divine ; 
 
 Thy 
 
PSALM CXXXIX. M5 
 
 Thy voice would break the bars of death, 
 And make the grave resign. 
 
 (j If, winged with beams of morning light, 
 I reach some distant sea ; 
 Thy hand must aid the rapid flight, 
 Thy presence compass mc. 
 
 7 If o'er ixxy sins I think to draw 
 
 The curtains of the night $ 
 Those flaming eyes, which guard thy law. 
 Would turn the shades to light. 
 
 8 The beams of noon, the midnight-hour, 
 
 Are both alike to thee-; 
 O ! may I ne'er provoke that powV 
 From which I cannot iiee. 
 
 P A R T IL 
 
 The j or mat 'ion of man. 
 
 9 When I with pleasing wonder stand, 
 
 And all my frame survey ; 
 Lord, 'tis ilnj work ; I own thy hand 
 Thus built my humble clay. 
 
 10 Thy hand, my heart, and reins, possest, 
 
 Where unborn nature grew ; 
 Thy wisdom all my Features trae'd, 
 ■And all these members drew, 
 
 11 Thine eye, with nicest care survcy'd 
 
 The growth of ev'ry part ; 
 Till the whole scheme thy thoughts had laid, 
 Was copy'd by thy art. 
 
 12 Lord, when I count thy mercies o'er, 
 
 They strike me with surprize ; 
 
 Not 
 
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 Not all the sand that spread the shore, 
 To equal numbers rise. 
 
 IS My flesh, with fear, and wonder, stands 
 The produce of thy skill -, 
 And hourly blessings from thy hands, 
 Thy thoughts of love reveal. 
 
 1-4 These ^n my heart by night I keep :• 
 How kind, how dear to me ! 
 O may the hour that ends my sleep 
 ^>till find my thoughts with thee ! 
 
 PSA LM CXXXIX. Long Metre. 
 
 1 Ord, thou hast searched, and seen us thro 
 1 j Thine eye commands, with piercing 
 
 Our rising, and our resting hours, [view,^ 
 Oar hearts, and flesh,. with all their pow'rs. 
 
 2 Our thoughts, before they are our own, 
 Are unto God distinctly known ; 
 
 He knows the words we mean to speak, 
 Ere from our opening lips they break. 
 
 3 Within thy circling pow'r we stand, x 
 On ev'ry side we find thy hand : 
 Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, 
 We are surrounded still with God. 
 
 4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great ! 
 What large extent, what lofty height ! 
 Our souls, with all the pow'rsthey boast,, 
 Are in the boundless prospect lost. 
 
 5 Could we so false, so faithless prove, 
 To quit thy service, and thy love ; 
 Where, Lord, could we thy presence shun? 
 Or whither, from thy influence, run ? 
 
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 6 The veil of night is no disguise, 
 
 Nor screen from thy all-searching eyes ; 
 Thro' midnight shades thouseest thy way, 
 As in the blazing noon of day. 
 
 7 If, mounted on a morning ray, 
 I fly beyond the western sea -, 
 Thy swifter hand must first arrive, 
 And there arrest thy fugitive. 
 
 S O may these thoughts possess our breast, 
 Where'er we rove, where'er we rest : 
 Nor let our weaker passions dare 
 Consent to sin, for God is there. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 The formation of man. 
 
 'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came, 
 A work of such a curious frame ; 
 In me thy fearful wonders shine, 
 And each proclaims thy skill divine. 
 
 10 Thine eye did all my limbs survey, 
 Which yet in dark confusion lay ; 
 Thou saw'st the daily growth they took, 
 Form'd by the model o( thy book. 
 
 1 1 By thee my growing parts were nam'd 
 And what thy sov'reign counsels fram'd, 
 The breathing lungs, the beating heart, 
 Was copy'd with unerring art. 
 
 12 At last, to shew mv Maker's name, 
 God stamp'd his image on my frame ; 
 And, in some unknown moment, join'd 
 The finished members to the mind. 
 
 13 Lord, 
 
2*8 PSALM CXL. 
 
 IS Lord, since in my advanced age 
 I've acted on life's busy stage -> 
 Thy thoughts of love to me surmount 
 The pow'r of numbers to recount. 
 
 1 i I could survey the ocean o'er, 
 
 And count each sand that makes the shore, 
 Before my swiftest thoughts could trace 
 The num'rous wonders of thy grace. 
 
 15 These on my heart are still imprest ; 
 With these I gave my eyes to rest ; 
 And at my waking hour 1 find 
 God, and his love, possess my mind. 
 
 16 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, 
 If mischief reigns in any part ; 
 
 Correct me Where 1 go astray, 
 And guide me in thy perfect way. 
 
 PSALM CXL. Common Metre. 
 
 * Prayer for deliverance from enemies. 
 
 1 TJRESERVE thy servant, Lord, from 
 JL Who base and cruel are, [those 
 
 Whose hearts are still on mischief set, 
 Their hands prepar'd for war. 
 
 5 Save me from hands of wicked men, 
 And from my dang'rous foe , 
 Who, with deliberate malice seeks 
 My steps to overthrow. 
 
 3 I said to thee, thou art my God, 
 The God 1 love, and fear > 
 To thee alone I cry for aid, 
 My supplication hear. 
 
 4 That 
 
PSALM CXLI. 23<J 
 
 4 That God will succour by his might 
 
 Th' afflicted, in his woe, 
 And to the poor procure their right, 
 I by experience know. 
 
 5 Tho' slander's breath may raise a storm, 
 
 It quickly will decay ; 
 Their rage does but the torrent swell 
 That bears themselves away. 
 
 6 Surely the righteous thanks shall give, 
 
 And of thy mercies tell ; 
 The upright who obedient live, 
 Shall in thy presence dwell. 
 
 PSALM CXLI. Common Metre. 
 
 Far acceptance in prayer ; watchfulness^ and 
 
 the bene jii lh) counsel. 
 
 I r THO thee, O Lord, our cries ascend, 
 -L O haste to our relief; 
 In mercy, to our calls attend, 
 And dissipate our grief. 
 ) let our earnest pray'r to thee, 
 As grateful incense, rise ; 
 Our lifted hands accepted be, 
 As th' evening sacrifice. 
 
 3 Let net our words unguarded flow, 
 But may we watch our tongue, 
 That no intemperate speech may shew 
 Impatient sense of wrong. 
 
 A When u; right men our faults reprove, 
 Still may we think them kind ; 
 As highest instances of love, 
 Or balm to heal our mind. 
 
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4240 PSA L M CXLU. 
 
 5 To thee, O Lord, we will direct 
 Our supplicating eyes ; 
 That soul from ev'ry ill protect, 
 Which to thy iiicrcy flies. 
 
 PSALM CXLI. Long Marc. 
 
 1 A TY God, accept my early vows, 
 
 -IV JL Like morning incense in thine house, 
 And let my evening worship rise 
 Sweet as the evening sacrifice. 
 
 2 Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, 
 . From cv-'ry rash, and heedless word} 
 
 Nor let my feet incline to tread 
 The. guilty path where sinners lead. 
 8 O may the righreou*, when I stray, 
 Smite, and reprove my wand'ring way ! 
 Their gentle words, like ointment shed, 
 SL~ 1 never bruise, but cheer my head. 
 
 4 When I behold them prest with grief, 
 I'll cry toHeav'n for their relief ; 
 - And by my warm petitions prove, 
 How much I prize their faithful love. 
 
 PSALM CXLII. Common Metre 
 
 God the hope of the helpless. 
 
 1 r TPO God I made'my sorrows known, 
 JL From God I sought relief; 
 In long complaints before his throne, 
 1 pour'd out all my grief. 
 3 My soul was overwhelm'd with woes, 
 'My heart began to break; 
 My God who all my burdens knows, 
 He know5 the way I take. 
 
 3 On 
 
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 J On tv'ry side I cast mine eye, 
 A fid found my helpers gone ; 
 While friends and strangers, past me by 
 Neglected, or unknown. 
 
 4 Then did I raise a louder cry, 
 
 And caird thy mercy near ; 
 " Thou art my portion when I die, 
 " Be thou my refuge here." 
 
 5 Lord, I am brought exceeding low, 
 
 Now let thine ear attend ; 
 And make my subtle en'mies know f , 
 I've an ALmighty friend. . 
 
 6 From my sad prison set me free, 
 
 Then .shall J praise thy name; 
 And all, who my deliv'rance see, , 
 Thy kindness will proclaim. 
 
 PSALM CXLIII. Common Metre. 
 
 Complaint under heavy afflictions. 
 
 1 ORD, hear my pray'r, in my distress, 
 JL-j Thy wonted audience lend; 
 
 In thy accustom'd righteousness, 
 A' gracious answer send. 
 
 2 Call not thy servant to thy bar, 
 
 In strictness to be try'd ; 
 For none alive, wert thou severe, 
 Could e'er be justifiyVl. 
 
 3 Look down, in pity, Lord, and see, 
 
 \Ly,v to the dust I'm brought ; 
 With heavy woes they burthen me, 
 Who for my life have sought. 
 
 4 My 
 
242 PSALM CXLIII. 
 
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 4 My thoughts in awful silence trace, 
 
 The mercy thou hast shown ; 
 
 The former wonders of thy grace, 
 
 And love to all made known. 
 
 5 Then to thy throne I stretch my hands, 
 
 Lord, gracious, just, and true ! 
 For thee I thirst, as parched lands 
 Thirst for the Hcav'nly dew. 
 
 li Cause me to hear thy kindest Jove 
 Ere dawning of the day ; 
 I lift my soul to thee above, 
 For thou art all my stay. 
 
 7 Receive me, Lord, in my distress, 
 Teach me to do thy will ; 
 Conduct me thro' this wilderness, 
 Safe to thy heav'nly hill. 
 
 PSALM CXLIII. Long Metre. 
 
 1 /~\ Righteous judge, O gracious God! 
 V>/ Hear when we spread our hands abroad, 
 
 And cry for succour from thy throne ; 
 O make thy truth and mercy known. 
 
 2 Let judgment not against us pass ; 
 Behold thy servants plead thy grace: 
 Should justice call us to thy bar, 
 No man alive is guiltless there. 
 
 3 Our thoughts in silent musing trace, 
 The ancient wonders of thy grace: 
 Thence we drive some. rays of hope, 
 To b^ar our sinking spirits up. 
 
 4 For thee each night, wt sigh, wj mourn, 
 When will thy smiling fac>; return ? 
 
 O might 
 
PSALM CXI IV. *43 
 
 e heaf thy morning voice, 
 
 How would our \vear\\i | ow'is rejOCC ? 
 
 5 Break off our fetters. Lord, and shew, 
 
 hich is the path our feet should go ; 
 Lei thy good spirit from above;, 
 
 Conduct us to the world of love. 
 
 6 Then shall our souls no more complain ; 
 The tempter then shall rage in vain : 
 
 . !i, and sin, our ioes before, 
 Shall never vex our spirits more, 
 
 P S A L M CXLIV.. Common Metre. 
 
 Viclorij over enemies. 
 1 T70R ev.v blessed be the Lord, 
 X Our help, and saving migVj 
 Who shews our hands to wield the sword, 
 Our fingets how to fifiht. 
 
 J Ili^ goodness is our fort, and tow'r, 
 Deliverance, and shield ; 
 in him we trust, whose matchless pow\, 
 Makes all our enemies yield. 
 
 J Lord, what is man, poor feeble man! 
 Bora of the earth at first - y 
 His life a shadow, light, and vain, 
 Still hasting to the dust. 
 
 4 O what is feeble dying man, 
 Or any cf his race, 
 That thou shbuld'st make it thy cone:... 
 To visit him with grace ! 
 
 J That God who dart* his lightning down, 
 Wht shakes the worlds above, 
 
PSALM CXLV. 
 
 And nations tremble at his frown, 
 Mow wondrous is his love ! 
 
 6 Happy the place whose warlike sons 
 
 • Like pillars firm are set ; 
 Whose daughters lair, in youthful bloom, 
 Give beauty to the state ! 
 
 7 Happy, whobe magazines of grain, 
 
 Abundant stores do hold ; 
 Whose flocks and cattle on the plain 
 Bring forth a thousand fold. 
 
 8 Happy the nation thusendow'd, 
 
 But happier far are those, 
 On whom the all-sufficient God 
 His wondrous grace bestows. 
 PSAL M CXLV; Common Metre. 
 The greatness, goodness, and mercy of God. 
 IT ONG as we live, we'll bless thy name, 
 £. j Our king, and God of love ! 
 Our work, and joy shall be the same 
 " in the bright world above. 
 2 Great is the Lord, his pow'r unknown, 
 And let his praise be great : 
 We'll sing the honours ot his throne, 
 His works of grace repeat. 
 
 _3 His grace shall dwell upon our tongue, 
 And, while our lips rejoice, 
 The men that hear our sacred song, 
 Shall join their cheerful voice. 
 A Fathers to sons shall teach thy name, 
 , And children learn thy ways, 
 Ages to come thy truth proclaim, 
 And nations sound thy praise, 
 
 5 Thy 
 
PSALM CXLV. n5 
 
 5 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date 
 Shall thro' the world be known ; 
 Thine arm of pow'f thy heay'nly state, 
 With { ub!ic s^kndor, shown* 
 
 (j The world is managM by thy hands, 
 Thy saints are rui\i by love ; 
 And thine eternal king' rids, 
 
 Though rocks, and bills remove. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 ? Sweet is the mem'ry of ttw grace, 
 O God, our heav'nly King ! 
 Let age to age thy righteousness, 
 In sounds of glory, sing. 
 
 8 God reigns on high, but not confines 
 
 His goodness to the sLies ; 
 Thro' the whole earth his bounty shines, 
 And ev'ry want supplies. 
 
 9 With longing eyes, his creatures wait 
 
 On him, tor daily food ; 
 His lib'ral hand provides their meat, 
 And they are fill'd with good. 
 
 10 How kind are thy compassions, Lord ! 
 
 How slow thine anser moves ! 
 Soon doth he send his pard'ning word, 
 To cheer the souls he loves. 
 
 11 Hisstedfast throne, from changes free, 
 
 Shall stand for ever fast ; 
 His boundless sway no end shall see, 
 But fame iuelf outhbl. 
 
 PART 
 
P S A L M CXLV. 
 P A R T III. 
 
 Mercy to sufferers. 
 
 12 Let ev\y tongue thy gooclrv.^s speak, 
 
 u sovereign Lord of aii ; 
 Tliy ttlDg hands uphold the \v 
 
 And raise the pdor that tail. 
 
 13 Wnen sorrows bow the spirit dbvVn, 
 
 Or virtue lies distrest, 
 Beneath some proud oppressor's frown, 
 God gives til' aiiictcd rest. 
 
 14 The Lord supports our feeble da; 
 
 A iid guides our giddy youth; 
 Holy, andjust, are ail his ways -, 
 And ail his words are truth. 
 
 15 He knows the pain li is servants feel* 
 
 He hears his children cry, 
 And, their best wishes to iulfil, 
 His grace is ever nigh. 
 
 16 His mercy never shall remove, 
 
 From men ot heart sincere ; 
 He saves the souls, whose humble love- 
 Is joined with holy fear. 
 
 ]? Our lips shall dwell upon his praise, 
 And spread his fame abroad, 
 Let all mankind their voices raise, ' 
 To glorify our God. 
 
 PSALM CXLV. Lone Metre. 
 
 ■o 
 
 GOD, our King, thy various praise 
 Shall fill the remnant of Cur days j 
 
 Thy 
 
PSALM CXJLVL 247 
 
 Thy grace doth here employ our s 
 Death shall the glorious theme pro! 
 
 2 The win^sof ev'ry hour shall hear 
 Some thankful tribute to thine tars 
 And ev'ry setting sun shall 
 
 New acts of homage paid to thee- 
 
 3 Thy truth and justice werll proclaim, 
 
 Thy bounty flows an endless stream; 
 Thy mercy swift ! thine anger slow ! 
 But dreadful, to the stubborn foe. 
 
 4 Thy works with sovereign glory shine, 
 And speak thy majesty divine; 
 
 Let earth, with all her stores, proclaim 
 The sacred honours of thy name. 
 
 5 Let distant times, and nations raise 
 The long succession of thy praise : 
 Let future ages make our sons; 
 
 The joy, and labour of their longue. 
 
 6 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds ? 
 Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds : 
 Vast, and unsearchable, thy ways ! 
 Vast, and immortal, be thy praise ! 
 
 P S A L M CXLVI. Common Metre, 
 Praise to &vdjdr fats gobdtiess and truth. 
 
 1 T^Raise ye the Lord, and thou, my sou!, 
 X Thy best affections raise ! 
 
 While life shall fast, his love shall be 
 Ti; t of my i 
 
 2 Vain r.re our hopes from mighty k ', .. j. 
 
 Whose at their deatfb. 
 
243 P S A L M CXLVI. 
 
 Smk to the grave, and all their thoughts 
 Do vanish with their breath. 
 
 3 But happy is that man, and blest, 
 
 Whom Jacob's God doth aid -, 
 Whose hope is fixed upon I hat ppw't 
 Which earth, and Heav'n hath made. 
 
 4 His truth for ever stands secure ; 
 
 He gives the conscience peace ; 
 He saves th' opprest, and feeds the poor, 
 And prisoners doth release. 
 
 5 The stranger he preserves from harm i 
 
 The orphan kindly treats ; 
 Defends the widow, and the wiles 
 Of wicked men defeats. 
 
 6 This God, who ever loves his saints, 
 
 In Sion, ever reigns ; 
 Let all ourpow'rs his praise rehearse, 
 In everlasting strains. 
 
 PSAL M CXLVL As the 1 13th Psalm. 
 
 1 T'LL praise my Maker, with my breath; 
 Jl And, when my voice is lost in death, 
 
 Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs ; 
 My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 
 While life, and thought, and being last* 
 
 Or immortality endures. 
 
 2 Happy the man whose hopes rely 
 On Israel's God : H^ made the sky, 
 
 And earth and seas, with all their train ; 
 His truth for ever stands secure, 
 He saves th' opprest, he feeds the poor, 
 
 And none shail find his promise vain. 
 
 The 
 
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 5 The Lord hath eyes to give the blind : 
 The Lord supports the sinking mind : 
 
 Thy God, O Sion, ever reigns ; 
 Let ev'ry tongue, let ev'ry age, 
 In this exalted work engage ; 
 
 Praise him in everlasting strains. 
 
 PSAL M CXLVII. Common Metre. 
 Praise to (rod, for grace and bounty. 
 
 1 f\ Praise the Lord, with hvmns of joy, 
 V^y And celebrate his fame ; 
 
 Your voices, and your hearts, employ, 
 To praise his holy name. 
 
 2 He kindly heals the broken hearts > 
 
 Gives to the weary rest : 
 Reviving joys his grace imparts, 
 And makes the humble blest, 
 
 3 Great Is the Lord, and great his pow'r, 
 
 His wisdom none can know ; 
 The meek he raises, but, in wia r h, 
 He lavs the wicked tow. 
 
 4 With songs, and praise?, sounding loud, 
 
 Address the Lord on high , 
 Over the Heav'ns he spreads his cloud, 
 And waters veil the sky. 
 
 5 He sends his show'rs of blessings down 
 
 To cheer the plains below ; 
 He makes the grass the mountains crown, 
 And corn in vallics grow. 
 
 G ]r\U steady counsels change the face 
 Of the declining year ; 
 
 He 
 
250 PSALM CXLVII. 
 
 He bids the sun cut short his race, 
 And wint'ry days appear. 
 
 7 He sends his word and melts the snow, 
 The fields no longer mourn ; 
 He calls the warmer gales to blow, 
 And bids the spring return. 
 
 S Thro' all our land his grace is known, 
 To us he gives his word ; 
 11 here hath he greater kindness shown ? 
 O praise this heav'nly Lord ! 
 
 PSALM CXLVII. Long Metre. 
 
 1 T3RAISE ye the Lord : 'tis good to raise 
 JL Our hearts, and voices, in his praise : 
 His nature, and his works invite 
 To makd" this duty our delight. 
 
 '2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem, 
 And gathers nations to his name : 
 His mercy melts the stubborn sou!, 
 And makes the broken spirit whole. 
 
 3 He form'd the stars, those heav'nly flames ; 
 He counts their numbers, calls their names; 
 Great is our Lord, and great his might, 
 And all his glories infinite ! 
 
 4 Sing to the Lord, exalt him high, 
 Who spreads hisxlouds around the sky; 
 Who makes the grass the bills adorn, 
 And clothes the smiling fields with corn. 
 
 3 The changing seasons he ordains, 
 The early, and the latter rains : 
 The hoary frost he spreads below, 
 Or bids the southern breezes blow. 
 
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PSALM CXLVIH. 151 
 
 6 To all our land his laws arc shown, 
 His gospel thro' our nation's known : 
 He hath not thus rcveal'd his word 
 To ev'ry land : praise yc the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXLVIII. Common Metre 
 
 Universal praise. 
 
 1 T ET all the world their voices join 
 1 j To praise th' eternal God; 
 
 Ye heav'nly hosts the song begin, 
 And sound his name abroad. 
 
 2 High on a throne our God doth dwell. 
 
 An awful throne of bliss ! 
 Fly round the world, O Sun, and tell, 
 How dark thy beams, to his. 
 
 3 Awake, ye tempests, and his fame, 
 
 In sounds of praise, declare ; 
 Let the sweet whisper of his name 
 Fill ev'ry breeze of air. 
 
 4 Let clouds, and winds, &nd waves, agree. 
 
 To join with blazing fire; 
 Let the firm earth, and rolling sea, 
 In one blest song conspire. 
 
 5 Ye flow'ry plains, proclaim his skill ; 
 
 V allies, before his eye, 
 And let his praise, from ev'ry hill, 
 Rise tuneful to the sky. 
 
 6 By all his various works around, 
 
 His honors be exprest ; 
 But those, who most his grace haw 
 Shall sing his praises L. 
 
 Y PART 
 
PSALM CXLVill. 
 PART II. 
 
 7 Mortals, can you refrain your toague, 
 
 When nature round you sings ? 
 
 for a slibut from old, and young, 
 From swains, and lofty kings ! 
 
 8 Wide, as his vast dominion lies, 
 
 His glorious name made known ; 
 Loud, as his thunder, shout his praise, 
 And sound it to his throne. 
 
 9 Jehovah ! — 'tis a glorious word ! 
 
 Still may it please our tongue ! 
 But those who best have known the Lord, 
 Should raise the noblest song. 
 
 10 United zeal from all be shown, , 
 
 His wondrous fame to raise; 
 God is the Lord, his name alone 
 Deserves our endless praiso. 
 
 11 Speak of the wonders of that love, 
 
 Which angels high record ; 
 Let earth below, and Heav'n above, 
 Sing praises to the Lord. 
 
 P S A L M CXLVIII. Proper Tune. 
 
 Praise to God from all creatur 
 
 I "V^E boundless realms of joy, 
 X Exalt your Maker's fame : 
 
 1 lis praise your songs employ, 
 Above the Starry frame. 
 
 Yc 
 
PS A L M CXLVIIL 2*3 
 
 Ye holy throng 
 Of -angels bright, 
 In worlds of light, 
 Begin the song. 
 
 2 Thou sun, with dazzling ray*, 
 And moon, that rules the night, 
 Shine to your Maker's praise, 
 With stars of twinkling light, 
 
 His praise declare, 
 Ye floods on high, 
 And clouds that fly 
 In liquid air. 
 
 3 Ye shining orbs above, 
 In glorious order stand, 
 Or, in swift courses move 
 By his supreme command : 
 
 He spake the word. 
 And all their frame 
 From nothing came, 
 To praise the Lord. 
 
 4 Let earth her tribute pay, 
 And monsters of the deep ; 
 The fish that cleave the sea, 
 Or in its bosom sleep ; 
 
 Fire, hail and snow, 
 And misty air, 
 And winds that, where 
 He bids them blow. 
 
 5 Let all of royal birth, 
 
 With those of humbler frame, 
 
 And judges of the earth, 
 
 His matchless praise proclaim : , 
 
 In 
 
251 P S A L M CXLIX. 
 
 Jn this design, 
 Let youths with maids, 
 And hoary heads 
 With children join. 
 
 () Let all the nations far 
 The God that rules above ; 
 Me brings his people near, 
 And makes them taste his love. 
 
 Wide as he reigns, 
 
 Hia name be sung, 
 
 By ev'ry tongue, 
 
 In endless strains. 
 
 P SALM CXLIX. Common Metre, 
 
 1 A LL ye that love the Lord, rejoice,. 
 jljl And let your songs be new j 
 Amidst the church, with cheerful voice* 
 
 His later wonders shew. 
 
 2 The Lord takes pleasure in the just, 
 
 r . Whom sinners treat with scorn ; 
 The meek, that lie despis'd in dust, 
 Salvation shall adorn. 
 
 3 Saints shall be joyful in their King, 
 
 Ev'n on a dying bed ; 
 And, like the souls in glory, sing, 
 For God shall; raise the dead. 
 
 4 When Christ his judgment-seat ascends,, 
 
 And bids the world appear ; 
 Thrones are prepared for his friends, 
 Who humbly lov'd him here. 
 
 5 Then 
 
PSALM CL. fcW 
 
 5 Then praise shall fiil their 1 
 
 New triumphs shall afford ; 
 
 Such honours are before his face 
 
 For such as love the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CL. Common Metre. 
 
 A song of praise. 
 
 1 TN God's own house pronounce his praise, 
 JL His grace he there reveals ; 
 
 To Heav'n your joy, and wonder, raise. 
 For there his glory dwells. 
 
 2 Let all your sacred passions move, 
 
 While you rehearse his deeds ; 
 But the great work of saving love 
 Your highest praise exceeds. 
 
 3 All that have motion, life or breath, 
 
 Proclaim your Maker blest -, 
 Yet when my voice expires in death, 
 My soul shall praise him best. 
 
 P S A L M CL. Long Metre. 
 
 ] ^v Praise the Lord, in that blest place, 
 V^/ From whence his goodness largely 
 
 flows, 
 Praise him in heav'n, where he his face, 
 UnveiPd in perfect glory shows. 
 
 '2 Praise him for all the mighty acts 
 
 Which he in our behalf has done } 
 His kindness this return exacts, 
 
 With which our praise should equal run. 
 Y 3 S Let 
 
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 3 Let all that vital breath enjoy, 
 
 The breath he does to them afford, 
 In just returns of praise employ, 
 Let ev'ry creature praise the Lord : 
 
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 PARAPHRASES 
 
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 SACRED SCRIPTURE. 
 
 II Y M N I. Luke ii. 8—15. 
 The Nath'lly of Christ* 
 
 1 VTTHILK humble shepherd? watch'd 
 
 * V their flock?, 
 
 In Bethlem's fields, by night, 
 An angel, sent from Heav'n, appeared, 
 And fiird the fields with light. 
 
 2 " Fear not; 1 * said he, [for sudden dread 
 
 Had seiz'd their troubled mind) 
 11 Glad tidings of great joy 1 bring 
 " To you, and all mankind. 
 
 3 " To you, in David's town, this day* 
 
 " Is born of David's line, 
 cc The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord : 
 cc And this shall be the sign ; 
 
 4 cc The heav'nly babe you there shall find 
 
 <6 To human view displayed, 
 C€ All meanly wrapt in swadling bands, 
 " And in a manger laid,." 
 
 5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith 
 
 Appcar'd a shining throng 
 Of angels, prating God, and thus 
 AddressVl their joyful song : 
 
260 HYMN II. 
 
 G " All glory be to God on high, 
 " And to the earth be peace ; 
 <f Good-will is shewn, by Heav'n, to men, 
 c - And never more shall cease." 
 
 HYMN II. Particular Measure. 
 Confidence in God, a ground of praise. 
 
 1 HTHE God of Abrah'm praise, 
 
 A Who reigns enthron'd above $ 
 Ancient of everlasting days, 
 
 And God nf LiOVS, 
 Jehovah ! Great I AM ! 
 By Earth, and Heav'n confest ! 
 1 bow, and bless the sacred name—' 
 
 tor ever bless'd. 
 
 2 The God of Abrah'm praise ; 
 
 At whose supreme command, 
 From earth I rise — and seek the joys 
 
 At his right hand. 
 I all oh earth iorsake ; 
 Its wisdom, fame, and pow'r ; 
 And him my only portion make, 
 
 My shield and tow'r.. 
 
 3 The God of Abrah'm praise ; 
 
 Whose all-sufficient grace 
 Shall guide me ah my happy days, o 
 
 In all my ways. 
 He calls a worm his friend ; 
 He calls himself my God ; 
 And, he shall save me to the end, 
 Thro' Jesu's blood. 
 
 HYMN 
 
HYMN IV. SGI 
 
 H Y M N III. Luke ii. 20— 38. 
 The song of Simeon. 
 
 1 "VTO W let thy servant die in peace, 
 -*-^ From this vain world dismist : 
 I've seen thy great salvation, Lord, 
 And hasten to my rest. 
 
 Q Thy long-expected grace disclos'd, 
 Before the people's vievV, 
 Hath prov'd thy love was constant still, 
 And promises were true. 
 
 3 This is the sun, whose cheering ray, 
 Through Gentile darkness spreads 
 Pours glory round thy chosen race, 
 And blessings on their heads. 
 
 HYMN IV. Luke iv. 18, 19. 
 
 The glorious designs of Christ's Coming, in I he 
 
 flesh. 
 
 1 TTARK ! the glad sound, the Saviour 
 ^ ■*• comes ! 
 
 The Saviour promis'd long ! 
 Let ev'ry heart a throne prepare, 
 And ev'ry voice a song ! 
 
 I On him the Spirit, largely shed, 
 Exerts its sacred tire : 
 Wisdom, and might, and zeal, and love, 
 His holy breast inspire. 
 
 3 He comes the prisoners to relieve, 
 In Satan's bondage held ; 
 
 The 
 
8®& HYMN V. 
 
 The gates of brass before him burst; 
 The Iron fetters yield. 
 
 4 He comes from thickest clouds of vice, 
 
 To clear the darken'd mind ; 
 And, from on high, a saving light, 
 To pour upon the blind. 
 
 5 He comes the broken hearts to bind, 
 
 The bleeding souls to cure ; 
 And, with the treasures of his grace, 
 T! enrich the humble poor. 
 
 6 His silver trumpets publish loud 
 
 The Jub'lee of the Lord : 
 Our debts are all forgiv'n us now, 
 Our heritage restor'd. 
 
 7 Our glad Hosannahs, Prince of Peace ! 
 
 Thy welcome shall proclaim ; 
 And heavVs exalted arches ring, 
 With thy beloved name ! 
 
 H Y M N V. Isa. xlii. 1 — 13. 
 
 The Saviour promised, and characterised — 
 with an exhortation to praise. 
 
 1 T3EHOLD my servant ! see him rise, 
 *** Exalted in my might ! 
 
 Him have I chosen, and, in him, 
 I place supreme delight. 
 
 2 In rich effusion, on his sou!, 
 
 My spirit's pow'rs shall flow : 
 He'll to the Gentiles, and the isles, 
 My truths, and judgments, show. 
 
 :> Peaceful 
 
II Y M N V\ 
 
 J calm, shall be 
 
 occcd : 
 The bti shall not quench, 
 
 s he'll raise ; 
 despise : 
 ent he shall bring forth to truth, 
 And make the fallen rise. 
 
 5 His heart shall not despond, nor fa.il> 
 
 Nor ought shall him dismay • 
 Tilljudgmerft in the earth be s 
 And islands own his sway. 
 
 6 He who spread forth the arch of heav'n, 
 
 And hung its orbs on high ! 
 Who form'd the earth, and bade his pow'r 
 Its tribes with bre; ply. 
 
 7 Thus speaks the Lord : cc Th;e havelrais'd : 
 
 " My Prophet thee install 
 u In right Fvccaird thee, and, in strength. 
 " I'll succour whom I call.. 
 
 8 cc I, with the land, establish will 
 
 " A covenant in thee, 
 iC To light the Gentiles, and the blind, 
 cc And set the pris'ners free. 
 
 9 w I am the Lord ; and, by the name 
 
 c< Of great Jehovah known : 
 c< Idols shall not my glory share, 
 w Nor mount into my throne." 
 
 10 Lo ! former scenes, predicted once, 
 
 Conspicuous rise to view : 
 And future events, thus foretold, 
 Shall be accomplished too. 
 
 Z U Sin<r 
 
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264 HYMN VI. 
 
 11 Sing to the Lord a new-made song: 
 
 Let earth his praise resound ; 
 Ye, who upon the ocean dwell, 
 And fill the isles around. 
 
 12 Ye, who inhabit desart wilds, 
 
 Or peopl'd cities throng ; 
 With humble Kedars scatter'd tribes, 
 The joyful notes prolong, 
 
 10 Let all combin'd with one accord, 
 Jehovah's glories raise ; 
 Till, in earth's utmost bounds remote, 
 The islands sound his praise ! 
 
 II Y M N VI. Isa. liii. 
 
 Incredulity reproved — and the Iriumphs of 
 Christ's cross display d. 
 
 1 I" TOW few. receive, with lively faith, 
 
 JLJL The truths which we impart ! 
 - How few have felt the pow'r divine 
 Reveal'd within their heart ! 
 
 f! The Saviour comes! — no outward pomp 
 Bespeaks the Saviour nigh : 
 'No earthly beauty shines in .him, 
 To draw the carnal eye. 
 
 P As, in dry soiF, a tender plant, 
 -Weak and neglected, grows ; 
 So, .in this cold, and barren world, 
 That sacred root arose. 
 
 £ Rejected, and despis'd of men.; 
 Jkhold a ma a of woe ! 
 
 •Grief 
 
HYMN VI. 26 J 
 
 Grief was his close companion still, 
 Through all his lite below. 
 
 $ Yet these were <hirs> these griefs he felt ; 
 Ours were the woes he bore : 
 Pangs, not his own, his spotless soul, 
 With bitter anguish lord. 
 
 6 We held him as accurst' by heav'n, 
 
 An outcast from his God : 
 Whilst, for our sins, he groan'd, he bled, 
 Beneath hid father's rod. 
 
 7 That sacred blood had wash'd our souls 
 
 From sin's polluted stain ; 
 His stripes have heal'd us, and his death 
 Reviv'd our souls again. 
 
 8 The blind, apostate, race of men, 
 
 Like sheep, had gone astray : 
 And, the transgressions of us all, 
 The Lord on him did lay. 
 
 9 Wrong'd and oppress'd, how meekly he. 
 
 In patient silence, stood ! 
 Mute, as the peaceful, harmless lamb,- 
 When brought to shed its blood ! 
 
 10 Who can his generation tell ? 
 
 From prison see him led, 
 With impious shew of law condemn'd, 
 And numberYi with the dead. 
 
 11 Laid low, in dust, with sinners vile. 
 
 The rich a grave supply'd : 
 Pure was his life, unstain'd by sin ^ 
 And ; as he lived, he dy'd. 
 
 12 Yet* 
 
266: HYMN VII. 
 
 1 2 Yei: God again his head shall raise, 
 7 ho 1 thus he brought him low : 
 
 This sacred oaring, once complete, 
 Shall finish all his woe. 
 
 13 For, saith the Lord, my pleasure, thci. 
 
 Sh;. :t in his hand : 
 
 His shall a nun/rous issue he, 
 And still his honours stand. 
 
 14 His soul, rejoicing, shall behold 
 
 The purchase of his pain 1 
 And thousand guilty souls, redeemed, 
 Shall bless Messiah's reign. 
 
 15 He, with the great, shall share the spoil. 
 
 And baffle all his foes ; 
 Tho', rank'd with sinners.here,. he fell, 
 A conqueror he rose. 
 
 16 He dy'd to bear the guilt of men ; 
 
 That sin might be forgiv'n : 
 He lives, to bless them, and defend, 
 And plead their cause in heav'n. 
 
 HYMN VII. Phil, ih 6— 12. 
 
 Christ's humility proposed as the pattern of our 
 imitation. 
 
 1 T^OU, who the name of Jesus bear, 
 
 X His holy footsteps trace : 
 On his bright pattern form your mind, 
 And be what Jesus was. 
 
 2 Who, tho' the form of God he bore, 
 
 His nature tho' the same ; 
 Nor deem'd it robb'ry in himself, 
 To equal God supreme - 3 
 
 3 That 
 
H'Y M tf VirrV 2(T7 N 
 
 3 That greatness, he, for us, abas'd, 
 
 For us, that glory veil'd ; 
 In human likeness, God did dwell, 
 His majesty concealed. 
 
 4 Nor only man the God appears, 
 
 But stoops a servant low; 
 Submits to death, nay to the cross, 
 In all its shame, and woe. 
 
 3 Hence God, with high rewards hath crown'rl 
 This generous love to men ; 
 Supreme hath set him o'er his works, 
 And highly rais'd his name! 
 
 6 That at his name, with sacred awe, 
 
 Each humbled knee should bow, - 
 Of hosts immortal in the skies, 
 And nations spread below. 
 
 7 That pow'rs of Hell, before his {c^t 9 
 
 Might fall, and own his sway ; 
 And to his Father's praise, each tongue 
 His boundless rule display, 
 
 HYMN VIII. Heb. iv. 14. 15. 16, 
 
 Christ our advocate, and access to the thro 
 %mce 9 through him. 
 
 1 TESUS the Son of God, who once, 
 ** For us his lift rcbign'd, 
 
 Hath entered heav'n; our greac High-priest,' 
 
 And never-dvino; friend. 
 
 2 Thro' life, thro' death, let us, to him, 
 
 With constancy, adhere ; 
 
 Z 3 Faurfi • 
 
*6S HYMN VIII. 
 
 Faith shall supply new strength, and hope 
 Shal] banish ev'ry fear. 
 
 5 For not to human weakness harsh, 
 Is our High priest above : 
 With tenderness, his heart o'erflows, 
 His bowels melt with love. 
 
 4 Touch'd with a sympathy within, 
 
 He knows our feeble frame ; 
 He knows what sore temptations are, 
 For he has felt the same. 
 
 5 But spotless, innocent and pure, 
 
 gr^at Redeemer stood ; 
 While Satan's fiery dart he bore, 
 And did resist to blood. 
 
 6 He, in the days of feeble flesh, 
 
 Poui'd out his cries, and tears; 
 And, tho' exalted, feels afresh 
 What every member bears. 
 
 7 Then let us to the throne of grace, 
 
 With holy boldness, come ; 
 There to pour forth our hearts, and there, 
 Make all our sorrows known ! 
 
 8 That we may find propitious aids, 
 
 Of mercy, and of grace, 
 To guard us in the evil hour, 
 And help us in distress. 
 
 HYMN 
 
HYMN IX 
 
 II Y M N IX. Rly. v. 6— 1 4; 
 
 The praises qf Chfist celebrated by tlw -church 
 
 of, (hcjirst-horn in heqvi H. 
 
 1 T3EHOLD the glories or the Lamb, . 
 -*~* Amidst .his Father's throne! 
 Prepare new honours for his name, 
 
 And songs, before unknown. 
 
 2 Let elders worship at his feet ; 
 
 The church adore around : 
 With vials, lull of odours sweet, 
 And harps of sweeter sound. 
 
 3 Those are the prayers of the saints j 
 
 And these the hymns they raise : 
 Jesus is kind to our complaints \ 
 He loves to hear our praise. 
 
 4 Eternal Father ! who shall look 
 
 Into thy sacred will ! 
 Who, but the Son, shall take that book, 
 And open every seal ? 
 
 5 Now, to the Lamb that once was slain, 
 
 Be endless blessings paid : 
 Salvation, glory, joy, remain, 
 For ever, on thy head ! 
 
 C From every kindred, every tongue, 
 Thou brought my chosen race : 
 And distant lands, and isles have felt 
 The riches of thy grace. 
 
 7 Thou hast redeem'd us with thy blood; 
 1 last set the prisoners free ; 
 Hast made us kings, and priests, to God; 
 And we shall reign with thee. 
 
 8 Hark! 
 
o H"Y M N- X. 
 
 8 Hark ! how th' adoring hosts, above. 
 
 With songs, surround the throne ! 
 Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, 
 But all their hearts are one. 
 
 9 Worthy the La nib that dy'd, they cry, 
 
 To be exalted thus ! 
 Worthy the Lamb ! let us reply, 
 For he was slain for us. 
 
 10 Jesus is worthy to receive 
 
 Honour, and pow'r divine : 
 And blessings, more than we can give,-'- 
 O Lord, be ever thine. 
 
 1 1 Let ill that dwell above the sky, 
 
 Let air, and earth, and seas, 
 Conspire to lift thy glories high, 
 And speak thine endless praise ! 
 
 12 The whole creation join in one, 
 
 To bless the sacred name 
 Of- him that sits upon the throne* 
 And to adore the Lamb ! 
 
 H Y M N X. 
 
 The LORD'S PRAYER. Mat. vi. 9—14*. 
 
 1 TfATHER of all ! we bow to thee, 
 -*- Who dwell'st in heav'n ador'd ; 
 But present still through all thy works* 
 The universal Lord. 
 
 £ All hallow'd be thy sacred name, 
 O'r ail the nations known I 
 Advance the kingdom of thy grace : 
 And let thy glory come. 
 
 3 A grateful 
 
H Y M N XL 271 
 
 9 A grateful homage may we yield. 
 With hearts resign'd to thee : 
 And, as in heav"n tliy will is done. 
 On earth, so let it be. 
 
 4 From day to day, wc humbly own 
 
 The hand that feeds us still : 
 Give us ocr bread ; and may we rest: 
 Contented in thy will. 
 
 5 Our sins, and trespa r ses, we own j 
 
 O may they be iorgiv'n ! 
 That mercy we to others show, 
 We pray the like from heav'n. 
 
 6 Our life let still thy grace direct ; 
 
 From evil guard our way ; 
 And, in temptation's fatal path, 
 Permit us not to stray. 
 
 7 For thine the pow'r, the kingdom thine j, 
 
 All glory's due to thee : 
 Thine from eternity they vere -, 
 And, thine shall ever be ! 
 
 H Y M N XI. 1 Cor. xiii. 
 
 Charity described. 
 
 1 r T , HO' all men's eloquence adornV. 
 * My sweet persuading tongue; 
 Tho' I could speak in higher strains 
 Than angel ever sung - y 
 
 S Tho' prophecy my soul inspired. 
 And made all myst'ries plain : 
 Yet, were I void of christian love • 
 These gifts were all in vain. 
 
 3 Nays, 
 
272 HYMN XT. 
 
 3 Nay, tho' my faith, with boundless pow 
 
 Ev'n mountains could remove : 
 I still am nothing, It" I'm void 
 Of charity, and love.- 
 
 4 Tho' with my goods the poor 1 fed y 
 
 My body to the flame, 
 In quest of martyrdom, I gave ; 
 Ev'n this were all in vain. 
 
 5 Love suffers long; love envies not y. 
 
 But love is ever kind : 
 She never boasteth of herself, 
 Nor proudly lifts the mind. 
 
 6 Love no unseemly carriage shows; 
 
 She bears no selfish view ; 
 But lays her own advantage by, 
 Her neighbour's to pursue; 
 
 7 Love harbours no suspicious thought ; • 
 
 Is patient to the bad : 
 Griev'd when she hears of sins and crimes, 
 And in die truth is glad. 
 
 8 Love beareth much, much she believes';. 
 
 She hopes still for the best : 
 Love, still, with meekness, doth endure, 
 Tho' much with hardship prest. 
 
 9 Love still shall hold an endless reign 
 
 On earth, and heav'n above, 
 When tongues shall cease, and prophets fail) 
 And ev'ry gift, but love. 
 
 10 Here all our gifts imperfect are ; 
 ■ Rut better days draw nigh, 
 
 ' When 
 
II Y M N XIL 
 
 Wher. full perfection's reign shall come, 
 And all their shadows fly. 
 
 1 1 Like children here vvc speak, and think. 
 
 Whom childish toys amuse : 
 'Our souls, when they to manhood come, 
 Will slight -their present views. 
 
 12 Here, dark and dim, as through a veil, 
 
 Is God and truth beheld : 
 Then shall we see, as face to face, 
 And God shall be-unveil'd. 
 
 )3 Faitli, hope and love, now dwell on earth, 
 And earth by them is blest ; 
 But faith, and hope, must yield to love, 
 Of cv'ry grace, the best, 
 
 ball to full fruition r; 
 And taith be sight, ab .w ; 
 
 Fheseare the means, bi % .eend; 
 
 For. saints for ever I 
 
 HYMN XII. Has. Kii. 1 — 13. 
 
 An exhortation to a, infailh, path 
 
 and ess* 
 
 ] T3EHOLD, what witnesses unseen, 
 *^* Encompass us around ! 
 Men, once like us, with sufiVing try'd 
 But now, with glory crown'd. 
 
 $ Like them ihspir'd with patient heart, 
 Your chrisiuin face begin : 
 Be each incumbrance laid aside, 
 And cvVy Uv'rite sin 
 
 9 A pattern, 
 
HYMN XII. 
 
 .3 A pattern, nobler far than theirs, 
 Demands oar first regard ; 
 Jesus, who leads us in our faith ; 
 
 And crowns it with reward. 
 
 4 To him, your glorious chief, look up, 
 
 When: future joy could move 
 To bear the cross, despise the shame, 
 And now he reigns above. 
 
 5 If he the scorn of sinners vile, 
 
 With patience, could sustain. 
 Becomes it us, with hearts oppTest, 
 To murmur, or complain? 
 
 f Q Have you, like him, to blood, to death, 
 With all temptations strove? 
 And is the word divine forgot, 
 Which speaks a father's love ? 
 
 7 My son, saith he, with patient mind, 
 Endure the chast'ning rod ; 
 Believe, when by affliction try'd, 
 That thou art lov'd of God. 
 f> His children thus, most dear to him, 
 Their heav'nly father irair^> 5 
 Through all the hard experience led 
 Of sorrows and of pains. 
 
 Tis thus we know he owns us his, 
 
 When we correction share; 
 
 Nor wander, as a bastard race, 
 
 Without our father's care, 
 
 10 A father's voice, with reverence, we 
 
 On earth have often heard ; 
 
 The father of our spirits, then, 
 
 JIovv much should we regard. 
 
 11 We 
 
II Y M N XIII. 17$ 
 
 11 Our fathers here, with erring hand, 
 
 May sometimes deal the rod : 
 But hcav'n's wise chastisements are sent, 
 To raise our souls to God. 
 
 12 Tho' harsh, and grievous, now they sce:n> 
 
 And spread a field of woe - y 
 Yet, planted there, the peaceful fruits 
 Of righteousness shall grow. 
 
 13 Then let our hearts no more despond, 
 
 Our uands be weak no more : 
 Still trust our heav'nly father's love, 
 And still his ways adore. 
 
 HYMN XIIL Job. i. *L 
 
 Resignation to God } s providence, 
 
 1 "VTAKED, as from the earth we came, 
 -^ And enter'd life at first, 
 
 We to the earth return again, 
 And mingle with our dust". 
 
 2 The dear delights we here enjoy, 
 
 And fondly call our own, 
 Are but short favours lent us now 
 To be repaid anon. 
 
 3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts hisrhj 
 
 Or sinks them i:i the grave ; 
 He gives, an 1 takes, (blest be his name !) 
 He lakes but what he gave, 
 
 4 Peace, all our angry passions, then 5 
 
 Let each rebellious sigh 
 Be silent, at his sovereign will, 
 And ev'ry murmur die. 
 
 A a $ If 
 
27G HYMN XiV. 
 
 5 If smiling mercy crown our lives* 
 Its praises shall be spread ; 
 And we'll adore the justice too, 
 That strikes our comforts dead. 
 
 H Y MN XIV. John xiv. 1—7. 
 
 Christ* sjarcwel address to his disciples. 
 
 1 ET not your hearts, with anxious 
 *^ Be troubled, or dismay'd ; [thoughts, 
 But trust the providence divine, 
 
 And trust my gracious aid. 
 
 2 I to my father's house return : 
 
 There num'rous mansions stand : 
 And glory, manifold, abounds, 
 Through all the happy land. 
 
 .3 If no such happy land there were* 
 The truth I'd have dcclar'd ; 
 And not. with vain delusive hopes, 
 Your easy minds insnar'd. 
 
 4 Now, in your name, I go before, 
 To take possession there; 
 And, in the Land of promis'd rest, 
 Your mansion to prepare. 
 
 £ But thence I shall return again, 
 And take you home with me : 
 Then shall we meet, to part no more, 
 
 And still together be ! 
 
 Thus, whither 1 am bound you know, 
 And 1 have shewn (he road ; 
 For I'm the true, and living way, 
 Tlut leads the soul to God. 
 
 HYMN 
 
HYMN XV. 277 
 
 ri Y M N XV. John xiv. 0,5 — 09 
 
 The Spirit promised*— 
 
 address tontiniu ! 
 
 1 "VTOU now must hear my voice no more : 
 
 ^ My father calls me home : 
 But soon from hcav'n the Holy Ghost, 
 Your comforter shall come. 
 
 2 Him God the Father, in my name, 
 
 Will send, your guide to be, 
 Reviving ev'ry sacred truth 
 That ye have heard from mc- 
 
 3 Peace to your souls, I, parting, give ^ 
 
 My peace to you bequeath : 
 I brought the precious gift from heav'n, 
 And seal itrwith my death. 
 
 4 I give not like this world, whose hopes,. 
 
 With vain pretence, impose : 
 Seek ye my peace, and trust my words, 
 And ye shall find repose. 
 
 5 I know you're griev'd, because I said, 
 
 That you and I must part : 
 But when you hear I'm to return, 
 How should it cheer your heart, 
 
 G If, with a pure, and grateful love, 
 To me your bosoms glow, 
 You'll share my joy, since I have said 
 L to my- father go. 
 
 H Y M K 
 
278 HYMN XVI. 
 
 H Y M N XVI. Isa. xl. 27-31. 
 
 The omnipotence of God I lie saints support and 
 comfort. 
 
 1 TT7HY pour'st thorn forth thine anxious 
 
 V * Despairing of relief ; ('plaint, 
 
 As if the Lcrd o'erlook'd thy cause, 
 And did not heed thy grief ? 
 
 '2 Hast thou forgot th' Almighty name 
 That form'd the earth and sea ? 
 And can an all-creating arm 
 Grow weary, or decay ? 
 
 3 Supreme in wisdom, as in powV, 
 That rock of ages stands : 
 Tho' him thou can'st not see, nor trace- 
 The working of his hands. 
 
 A He gives the conquest to the weak, 
 Supports the fainting heart ? 
 And courage, in the evil hour, 
 His - strengthening aids impart. 
 
 5 Mere mortal povv'r shall fade, and die, 
 And youthful vigour cease : 
 But they that wait upon the Lord 
 Shall feel their strength increase. 
 
 G They, with unwearied feet shall tread 
 The path of lifrdivine : 
 They still, with growing ardour, move; 
 With growing brightness, shine. 
 
 7 On eagle's wings they mount, they soar ; 
 Their wings are faith and love : 
 Till, past the cloudy regions here, 
 They rise to heav'n above. 
 
 H Y M N 
 
Vi / tip W xvn. 
 
 H ? Y M N XVII. Ha* xllx. 13 — 17. 
 
 pocTs I ve to Us church wckapgeabfa 
 
 Y ^^Ebtear'i I forth your prai.singsong- 
 
 -^ Earth, bclpw ' 
 
 Let hi! nountafns join the hymn: 
 
 And joy through nature flow ! 
 
 2 Behold how gracious is our God ! 
 
 With what reviving strains 
 He cheers the sorrows of our heart, 
 And banishes our pains ! 
 
 3 Cease ye, when days of darkness fail, 
 
 With troubled hearts to mourn : 
 As if the Lord could leave a saint 
 Forsaken or forlorn. 
 
 4 Can a fond mother e'er forget 
 
 The infant of her won; 
 And, 'moQgst a thousand tender thought^ 
 Her suckling have no room ? 
 
 5 Yet, saith the Lord, should nature change, 
 
 And mothers monsters prove ; 
 Sion still dwells upon the heart 
 Of everlasting love. 
 
 G Deep on the palms o( both my hands 
 1 have engrav'd her name : 
 My hands shall raise her ruin'd walls* 
 And build her broken frame. 
 
 A * 3 HYM N 
 
2S0 H Y M N XVIII. 
 
 II Y M N XVIII. Job. ix. 2-^10. 
 
 Man's comparative imignjficance, and God's 
 a nn /pot oil majesty, displayed. 
 
 1 X-JOW should the sons of Adam's race 
 A A Be pure before their God ! 
 
 If he contend, in righteousness, 
 We fall beneath his rod. 
 
 2 If he should scan my words, and thoughts* 
 
 With strict, enquiring eyes ; 
 Could I, for one of thousand faults, 
 The least excuse devise. 
 
 3 Strong is his arm, Ins heart is wise ; 
 
 What vain prefumers dare 
 Against their Maker's hand to rise, 
 Or 'tempt th' unequal war? 
 
 4 He makes the mountains feel his wrath, 
 
 And their old seats forsake ? 
 The trembling earth deserts her place, 
 And all her pillars shake. 
 
 6 He bids the sun forbear to rise, 
 1 W obedient sun forbears : 
 His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies, 
 And seals up all the stars. 
 
 6 lie walks upon the raging sea, 
 Jr lies on the stormy wind : 
 There's none can trace his wondrbusway , 
 Or his dark footsteps find. 
 
 H Y M N 
 
 
HYMN VIII. £81 
 
 II Y-M N XIX. Titus ill. :>—{). 
 
 Salvation by tht proper incenti\ 
 
 i 
 
 1 T ORD, we confess our num'rous faults j 
 -* ta-i I low great our guilt has been ! 
 Foolish, and vain, were all our thoughts, 
 
 And all our lives were sin. 
 
 2 But, O my soul ! for ever praise, 
 
 F or ever love his name ; 
 Who turns thy feet from dang'rous ways, 
 Of folly, sin, and shame. 
 
 3 'Tisnot by works of righteousness, 
 
 Which we ourselves have done ; 
 But we are sav'd by sovereign grace, 
 Abounding through his son. 
 
 4 'Tis from the mercy of our God, 
 
 That all our hopes begin : 
 His mercy sav'd our souls from death, 
 And wash'd them from their sin. 
 
 5 His spirit, through the Saviour shed, 
 
 Its sacred fire imparts : 
 Refines our dross ; and love divine 
 Does kindle in our hearts. 
 
 6 Thence rais'd from death, we live anew - y 
 
 And, justify'd by grace, 
 WfB shall appear in glory too, 
 And see our Father's face. 
 
 7 Let all who hold this faith, and hope, 
 
 In hoi) md -, 
 
 Thus, real faith is only prov'd, 
 By active virtue crovvnM. 
 
 H Y M N 
 
H Y M N' X 
 
 H Y M M XX. John iii. 14 — If; 
 
 1 ftrkt b>! fni'h, the wajj to be de* 
 liveredfrom the disease of sin. 
 
 I AS, when the E-Iebrew prophet rais'd 
 ■^"^ The brazen serpent h:, 
 The wounded look'd, and straight were 
 The people ceas'd to die. (cur'd** 
 
 5 Look upward in the dying hour, 
 And live, the prophet cries : 
 So Christ performs a nobler cure, 
 When faith lifts up her eyes. 
 
 3 High on the cross the Saviour hung ; 
 1 High in the heav'ns he reigns : 
 Here sinners, by th* old serpent stung*. 
 Look and forget their pains. 
 
 4. Such was the pity of our God ; 
 Mankind he lov'd so well, 
 He sent his son to bear our sins, 
 And save our souls from hell. 
 
 5 Not to condemn the sons of men** 
 The Son of God appear 'd -> 
 But, that salvation's joyful sound, 
 Might, from his mouth be heard. 
 
 C Let sinners hearken to his voice, 
 Believe on him, and live ; 
 He'll guide them in thepatnsof bliss,. 
 And peace,, and pardon give. 
 
 7 But vengeance just forever lies 
 On all the rebel race, 
 Who God's eternal Son despise, 
 And scorn his offer'd grace* 
 
 i i I ME N 
 
H Y MN XXII. 
 
 H Y M N XXI. Rom. iii. 19 — 11. 
 
 ification by works im\ 
 
 1 "\ 7~AIN are the hopes the sons or men 
 * On their own works have built > 
 Their hearts by nature all unclean, 
 And all their actions, guilt. 
 
 C Let Jew, and Gentile, stop their mouths, 
 Without a murm'ring word, 
 And the whole race of Adam stand 
 Guilty before the Lcrd. 
 
 3 No hope can on the law be built 
 
 Of justifying grace : 
 The law T , that shows the sinner's guilt, 
 Condemn him to his face. 
 
 4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace ! 
 
 When in thy name we trust ; 
 Our faith receives a righteousness ; 
 That makes the sinner just. 
 
 H Y M N XXII. Rom. vi. 1, 2, 6, 
 
 Short Measure. 
 To die to sin, the Christian s duty. 
 
 1 O HALL we go on to sin, 
 
 ^ Because thy grace abounds ? 
 Or crucify the Lord again, 
 And open all his wounds ? 
 
 2 Forbid it, mighty God ! 
 
 Nor let it e'er be said, 
 That we whose sins are crucify VI; 
 Should raise them from the dead. 
 
 We 
 
H Y M N XXIII. 
 
 3 We will ! s no mor. 
 
 Since Christ has made us free, 
 lias naiTd our tyrants to his cross, 
 And bought our liberty. 
 
 HYMN XXIII. Rom. ii. 4, 
 
 God's long-suffering palknce, no encouragement 
 io sin. 
 
 1 T TNgrateful sinner, whence this scorn 
 ^ Of God's long sufPring grace ? 
 And whence this madness* that insults 
 Th' Almighty to his face ? 
 
 3 Is it because his patience waits, 
 And pitying bowels move, 
 You multiply transgressions more. 
 And spurn his richest love ? 
 
 3 Dost thou not know, self-blinded man? 
 
 His goodness is design'd 
 To move repentance in thy soul 
 And melt thy harden'd mind ? 
 
 4 Is all the treasured wrath so small, 
 
 You treasure up still more ? 
 Tho' not eternal rolling years 
 Can e'er exhaust the store.. 
 
 5 Swift doth the day of vengeance corn?,. 
 
 That must your sentence seal, 
 And righteous judgments, now unknown, 
 In awful pomp reveal. 
 
 6 Alarm'd and melted at the thought, 
 
 Our conquer'd hearts would bow ; 
 And to escape th' avenger then, 
 Embrace the Saviour now. 
 
 II Y M SK 
 
H Y M N XXIV. 
 II Y M N XXIV. Job viii. 11, 52. 
 The instability of the mjoymcnts c' 
 
 1 CAY, grows the rush without t '.. 
 ^ The fljag with out the strpam ? 
 
 Green, and uncut, 'it quickly fades? 
 The wicked's fate's the same. 
 
 2 Slight is his hope, cut off, and broke* 
 
 Or. if entire it rise, 
 Yet, 'as the spider's web, when try'd, 
 It yield eth, breaks, and flies. 
 
 3 Fixt on his house he leans \ his house 
 
 And all his drops decay ; 
 He holds it fast, but faster still 
 The tdftYing frame gives way. 
 
 4 Though, in his garden, to the sua 
 
 His boughs with verdure smile ; 
 Though, deeply fix*d, his spreading roots 
 Unshaken, stand a while : 
 
 i Yet, when from heav'n his sentence flies f 
 lie's hurried ha'SA his place : 
 It then denies him for its lord, 
 Nor &Vk as it knew his fatce, 
 
 6 Lo, this the joy of wicked men, 
 Who heaven's just laws despise; 
 They quickly fait, and, in their room, 
 As quickly others ri 
 
 3 But God, hia pow r'tirill, for the just, 
 With tender care employ : 
 I le'll fill their mouths with songs of praise, 
 And £11 their hearts with j 
 
 H Y M N 
 
S$6 HYMN XXV. 
 
 HYMN XXV. Luke xv. 13— 2.7. 
 The Prodigal's return. 
 
 1 T)Ehold the wretch, whose lust and wine 
 -*~* Had wasted his estate ! 
 
 lie begs a share among the swine, 
 To taste the husks they cat. 
 
 2 Whilst I with hunger die, he cries, 
 
 And starve in foreign land : 
 The meanest in my father's house, 
 Is fed with bounteous hand. 
 
 i I'll go and with a mournful tongue, 
 Fall down before his face : 
 " Father, I've sinn'd 'gainst heav'n and thee, 
 " Nor can deserve thy grace. 
 
 A He said, and hasten'd to his home, 
 To seek, his father's love : 
 The father saw him from afar, 
 And all his bowels move. 
 
 & lie ran, and fcU upon his neck, 
 Embrac'd, and kiss'd his son j 
 The grieving prodigal bewail'd 
 The follies he had done. 
 
 6 " Brine forth the fairest robe for him," 
 
 The joyful father said ; 
 cc To him, each mark of grace be shewn, 
 cc And ev'ry honor paid. 
 
 7 " A day of feasting I ordain ; 
 
 4 Let mirth and joy abound : 
 " My son was dead, and lives again -, 
 c< Was lost, and now is found." 
 
 H Y M N 
 
HYMN XXVI. W 
 
 II Y M X XXVI Mat. xi 2$, totheknd. 
 
 Christ's invitation to all who feci the burthen oj 
 sin, to come to him for pardon and rest. 
 
 1 W^ITII solemn thanksgiving, our Lord 
 
 * * His father thus addrcss'd : 
 For ever, may the sov'reign Lord 
 Of heav'n, and earth, be blest ! 
 
 2 Who from the wise and prudent hast 
 
 Thy heav'nly truths conceal'd; 
 Which yet to weak, and simple babes, 
 Thou plainly hast reveal'd. 
 
 3 Ev'n so thou, Father ! hast ordain'd 
 
 Thy wise decree to stand ; 
 Nor men, nor angels, may presume 
 The reason to demand. 
 
 4 All pow'r my Father me hath giv'n ; 
 
 For me he knows and loves : 
 Him none can know, but they to whom 
 The Son a Saviour proves. 
 
 5 Come then, all weary laboring souls, 
 
 With guilt and fears oppreaf ; 
 By faith, your burthens on me cast, 
 And I will give you rest. 
 
 G Your willing necks bend to my yoke, 
 And own my rightful sway : 
 My pattern learn to imitate, 
 And all my laws obey. 
 
 7 Learn frcm your meek, and humble Lord, 
 A meek, and humble mind ; 
 
 B b And 
 
288 H Y M N XXVII. 
 
 And thus your weary troubled hearts, 
 Shall rest, and quiet find. 
 
 S Gentle, and easy is my yoke; 
 My yoke the sinner frees : 
 And the light burthen I impose, 
 A heavier load doth ease. 
 
 # H Y M N XXVIL Isa. I*. 
 
 A call to repent mice, and a participation of thp 
 blessing of redemption. 
 
 1 TTO ! ye that thirst, approach the Spring 
 -Tl Of everflowing bliss ; 
 
 Free to the poor, life's waters flow, 
 And bought without a price. 
 
 2 Why bargain ye for earthly goods, 
 
 Where fruitless is the cost ? 
 In vanity ye waste your days, 
 And all your labour's lost : 
 
 1 To me incline your willing ear, 
 So shall your souls be blest ; 
 And, fed with truth, and real good. 
 Attain their native rest. 
 
 > I leaf ye, and live for evermore ! 
 
 My mercy shall renew 
 The hope that giadden'd David's heart, 
 In covenant with you. 
 
 j Him, for my witness have I raised, 
 Your leader, and your chief: 
 The nations lie shall call, and they 
 Be blessV in his belief. 
 
 - ti Behold 
 
II Y M N XXVII. 
 
 6 Behold, great prophet ! lands 
 
 And lands that knew not thee, 
 Shall hasten to thy call ± and God 
 In thee exalted be. 
 
 7 Seek ye the Lord, whilst yet his cat 
 
 Is open to your call ; 
 Whilst offer'd mercy yet is near, 
 Before his footstool fall. 
 
 8 Now let the sons of vice repent ^ 
 
 From sin the sinner cease : 
 To God returning, they shall meet 
 Their God's returning grace. 
 
 9 He pardons with o'erflowing love : 
 
 For, hear the voice divine ; 
 u My nature, as 'tis not like yours, - 
 44 So nor my ways as thine. 
 
 10 M But, far as heav'n's resplendent orb: 
 
 u Beyond earth's spot extend ; 
 ic So far by nature, thoughts; and ways, 
 u Your wavs, and thoughts transcend, 
 
 11 " For as the rains from heav'n distil, 
 
 u Nor thither tend again; 
 M But swell the earth with fruitful juice, 
 " And ail us tribes sustain : 
 
 12 M So, not a word that flows from me, 
 
 " Shall ineffectual fall ; 
 ;< But universal nature prove, 
 ^ Obsequious to my call." 
 
 13 With joy, and peace, shall then be led 
 
 The glad converted lands 5 
 
HYMN XXVIII. 
 
 The mountains then shall seem to sing, 
 The trees to clap their hands. 
 
 14 For briers then, and thorny wilds, 
 Shall firs, and myrtles spring : 
 Thus shall it ever last ; and all 
 To God shall praises sing. 
 
 HYMN XXVIII. Isa. ii. 2-6. 
 
 The coming of Christ's kingdom, and the bless- 
 
 ings of ltis reign, foretold. 
 
 3 TN latter days the mount of God, 
 •*- His sacred house, shall rise 
 Above the mountains, and the hills, 
 And strike the wond'ring eyes. 
 
 2 To this the joyful nations round, 
 
 All tribes, and tongues, shall flow - y 
 Up to the house of God, they'll say, 
 To Jacob's God, we'll go. 
 
 3 To us he'll point the ways of truth, 
 
 The sacred path we'll tread : 
 From Salem, and from Zion hill, 
 His law shall then proceed. 
 
 4 Among the nations, and the isles, 
 
 As judge supreme, he'll sit : 
 And, vested with unbounded pow'r, 
 Will punish, or acquit. 
 
 5 No strife shall rage, nor angry feuds 
 
 Disturb those peaceful years ; 
 To plow-shares then the'll beat their 
 To pruning hooks their spears, [swords, 
 
 ti Thea 
 
H Y M N XXIX. 
 
 6 .'Then nations sha'n't 'gainst nation rise,- 
 And slaughtered hosts deplore . 
 They'll lay\he useless trumpet by, 
 And ttudy war no more. 
 7. O come ye, then, of /</<vv'V house, 
 Our hearts now let us join ; 
 And, walking in the light of God, 
 With holy beauties shine. 
 H Y M N XXIX, Isa. xxvi. 1— U 
 Confidence in Cod encouraged. 
 
 1 TJOW honourable is the place, 
 -*■■* Where we, adoring, stand ! 
 %\<m % the glory of the earth, 
 And beauty of the land ! 
 
 £ Bulwarks of mighty grace defend 
 The city where we dwell : 
 The walls, of strong salvation mads,- 
 Defy th' assaults of hell. 
 
 3 Lift up the everlasting gates ! 
 
 The doors wide open fling ; - 
 Enter, ye nations that obey 
 The statutes of our king. 
 
 4 Here shall you taste umiiingled joy , 
 
 And live in perfect peace ; 
 You that have known Jehovah's najml 
 And trusted in his grace. 
 
 5 Trust in the Lord, for ever trust, 
 
 And banish all your liars ; 
 Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells. 
 Eternal as his years. 
 
 K b 3 6 Whaf 
 
II Y M N XXX. 
 
 G What tho' the rebels dwell on high, 
 His arm shall bring them low : 
 Low as the caverns oT the grave, 
 Their lofty heads shall bow. 
 
 II Y M N XXX. 1 John iii. 1 — i. 
 
 The love of (rod, and the privileges of the 
 adopted. 
 
 1 13 kHOLD th' amazing height of love 
 -*^ The father hath bestow'd 
 
 On us, the sinful sons of men, 
 To call us sons of God ! 
 
 2 Conceal'd as yet this honour lies, 
 
 By this dark world unknown ; 
 So the world knew not, when he came 
 God's everlasting Son. 
 
 3 High is the character we bear; 
 
 But higher we shall rise : 
 Tho' what we'll be, in future worlds, 
 'Is hid from mortal eyes. 
 
 4 But thiswe kr.ow, when he, whom now 
 
 Heav'n veils from human eyes, 
 Shall, in his Father's glory, come, 
 And call the dead to rise : 
 
 5 At that blest day, we shall transform'd 
 
 Into his likeness be -, 
 Because our raptur'd souls shall then 
 Unveil'd their Saviour see. 
 
 ft A hope so great, and so divine, 
 May triais well -endure ; 
 Refine the soul from sense, and sin, 
 As Christ himself is pure. 
 
 II Y M N 
 
HYMN XXII. 
 H Y M N XXXI. Hah. iii. 17, 18. 
 
 The triumph of faith amiiist the greatest 
 
 discouragement. 
 
 1 TT7TIAT tho' no flowers the fig-tree 
 
 ** clothe, 
 
 Tho' vines their fruit deny : 
 The labours of the olive fail/ 
 And lields no meat supply ! 
 
 2 Tho' from the fold with sad surprise, 
 
 My flocks cut off I see ; 
 Tho' famine pines in empty stalls, 
 Where cattle us'd to be : 
 
 3 Yet in the Lord will I be glad. 
 
 And glory in his love : 
 In him I'll joy, who will the God 
 Of my salvation prove. 
 
 4 God is the treasure of my soul ; 
 
 A source of sacred joy, 
 Which no afflictions can control, 
 Nor death itself destroy. 
 
 II Y M N XXXIL 2 Tim. i. \%. 
 
 The cross of Christ the Christian's glory. 
 
 1 T'M not asham'd to own my Lord, 
 -*■ Or to defend his cau?e; 
 Maintain the glory of his cross, 
 
 And honour all his lav 
 
 2 Jesus, my God ! 1 know his name, 
 
 His name is all my trust ; 
 
 Nor 
 
H Y M N XXXIII. 
 
 Nor will he put my soul to shame, . 
 Nor let my hope be lost. 
 
 3 Firm as his throne his promise stands -, 
 
 And he can well secure 
 What I've committed to his hands, 
 Till the decisive hour. 
 
 4 Then he will own my worthless name,, 
 
 Before his father's face ; 
 
 And, in the new Jerusalem, . 
 
 Appoint my soul a place. 
 
 HYMN XXXIII. 2 Tim. iv. 6, 7, 8, & 18. 
 
 Paul's happy prospect in the vino of his 
 dissolution. 
 
 1 A/TY race is run -, my warfare's o'er - y 
 •^^ The solemn hour is nigh, 
 When, offcr'd up to God, my soul 
 
 Shall wing its flight on high. 
 
 2 With heav'nly weapons I have fought 1 
 
 The battles of the Lord ; 
 Finished my course, and kept the faith, 
 And wait the sure reward. 
 
 3 God has laid up in heav'n for me, 
 
 A crown which cannot fade ; 
 The righteous judge, at that great day, 
 Shall place it on my head. 
 
 4 Nor hath the king of grace decreed 
 
 This prize ior me alone ; 
 But all that love, and long to see, 
 Th' appearance of the Son. 
 
 6 Jesus 
 
II YMN XXXIV. ^95 
 
 5 Jesus, the Lord, shall guard my steps, 
 
 FrDm ev'ry ill design ; 
 And to bis heav'nly kingdom safe 
 Preserve this soul of mine. 
 
 6 God is my everlasting aid, 
 
 And hell shall rage in vain ; 
 
 To him be highest glory paid, 
 
 And endless praise. Amen. 
 
 H Y M N XXXIV. Hes. xiii. 20, Si. 
 
 The poicer of Cod to save, exemplified in the 
 resurrection of Christ. 
 
 1 T^ATHER of peace, and God of love ! 
 **■ We own thy power to save, 
 
 By which our mighty shepherd rose 
 Victorious o'er the grave. 
 
 2 Hi in » from the dead, thou brought'st again, 
 
 When, by his sacred blood, 
 Confirmed and seal'd, for evermore, 
 Th' eternal covenant stood. 
 
 3 O may thy spirit seal our souls, 
 
 And mould them to thy will ; 
 That our weak hearts no more may stray, 
 But keep thy precepts still. 
 
 4 Work in us all thy holy will, 
 
 To man by Jesus shown : 
 Till we, through him, improving still. 
 At last approach thy throne. 
 
 H Y M N 
 
 / 
 
HYMN XXXV. 
 
 HYMN XXXV. Rom. xn\.3l, to (hcenu. 
 The believer's triumph. 
 
 1 "TVTOW let our souls ascend above 
 -*^ The fears of guilt and woe : 
 God is for us our friend declared - r 
 
 Who then can be our foe ? 
 
 2 He who his son, most dear and lov'd, 
 
 For us gave up to die ; 
 Will he withhold a lesser gift, 
 Or ought that's good deny ? 
 
 3 Behold, all blessings seal'd in this. 
 
 The highest pledge of love > 
 All grace and peace, in earth below, 
 And endless life above ? 
 
 4 Who now shall dare to charge with guilty. 
 
 Whom God hath justify 'd ? 
 Or who is he that shall condemn, 
 Since Christ the Saviour dy'd ? 
 
 5 He died, — but he is risen again, 
 
 Triumphant from the grave - y 
 And pleads for us at God's right-hand;. 
 Omnipotent to save. 
 
 6 Then, who can e'er divide us more 
 
 From Christ, and love divine ? 
 Or, what dissolve the sacred band, 
 That joins our souls to him ! 
 
 7 Let troubles rise, and dangers roar,. 
 
 And days of darkness fall ; 
 Through him all terrors we'll defy,, 
 And more than conquer all. 
 
 ' 8 Nor 
 
H Y M N XXXVI. 
 
 8 Xor death, nor life, nor hcav'n, nor hell, 
 
 Nor ume'b destroying sway, 
 Can e'er deface us from his heart, 
 Or make his love decay* 
 
 9 Each future period this will bless, 
 
 As it has blest the past : 
 He lov'd us from the first of time, 
 And loves us to the last. 
 
 HYMN XXXVI. Prot. viii. 1. 22—32, 
 Short Metre. 
 
 Christ the wisdom of God. 
 
 1 O HALL wisdom cry aloud, 
 
 ^ And not her speech be hea r d ? 
 The voice of God's eternal word, 
 Deserves it no regard? 
 
 2 tc I was his chief delight, 
 
 " His everlasting Son, 
 " Before the first of all his works, 
 14 Creation, was begun. 
 
 3 <c Before the flying clouds. 
 
 11 Before the solid land, 
 ic Before the fields, before the floods, 
 " 1 dwelt at his right-hand. 
 
 4 u When He adorn'd the skies, 
 
 " And bui't them, I was there; 
 " To order when the sun should rise, 
 " And marshal ev'ry star. 
 
 > <c When he pour\l out the sea, 
 " And spread the (lowing deep, 
 
 <c I gave 
 
298 HYMN XXXVIL 
 
 " I gave the flood a firm decree, 
 " In its own bounds to keep. 
 
 C c< Upon the empty air, 
 
 " The earth was balanc'd well ; 
 " With joy I saw the mansion, where 
 " The sons of men should dwell. 
 
 7 " My busy thoughts at first 
 
 U On their salvation ran ; 
 " Ere sin was bqrn, or Adam's dust 
 " Was fashion'd into man. 
 
 8 <c Then come, receive my grace, 
 
 " Ye children, and be wise ; 
 " Happy the man that keeps my ways ; 
 " The man that shuns them, dies." 
 
 HYMN XXXVII. Gen. i. 
 
 Creadon. 
 
 1 ""VfOW, let the spacious world arise, 
 -^ Said the Creator Lord : 
 
 At once th* obedient earth and skies, 
 Rose at his sovereign word. 
 
 2 Dark was the deep, the waters lay 
 
 Conius'd, and drown'd the land : 
 ' He caird the light ; the new-born day 
 Attends on his command. 
 
 3 He bids the clouds ascend on high -, 
 
 The clouds ascend, and bear 
 A wat'ry treasure to the sky, 
 And float on softer air. 
 
 ' 4 The 
 
HYMN XXXVII. 
 
 4 The liquid clement below 
 
 Was gathered by his hand : 
 The rolling seas together flow, 
 And leave the solid land. 
 
 5 With herbs and plants (a flow'ry birth) 
 
 The naked globe hecrownYl, 
 Ere there was rain to bless the earth, 
 Or sun to warm the ground. 
 
 6 Then he adorn'd the upper skies ; 
 
 Behold, the sun appears ; 
 The moon, and stars, in order, rise, 
 To mark our months, and years. 
 
 7 Out of the deep, tV Almighty K 
 
 Did vital beings frame ; 
 And painted fowls of ev'ry wing, 
 And fish of ev'ry name. 
 
 8 He gave the lion, and the worm, 
 
 At once, their wondrous birth ; 
 And gazing beasts of various form, 
 Rose from the teeming earth. 
 
 9 Then, chief o'er all his w 
 
 At last was Adam ma : e : 
 His Maker's ira 
 
 And glory crownM his hea 
 
 10 Thus, glorious i. 
 
 The young creation stood : 
 He saw the bui! iglj ; 
 
 His word pro;; 
 
 C c II Y M N 
 
HYMN XXXVIII. 
 
 HYMN XXXVIII. Rev. xxi. 1—9. 
 
 happiness of (iod\< people, in Hie hea\ 
 Jerusqlerji* 
 
 1 O, what a glorious sight appears 
 ■ -Li To our believing eyes ! 
 
 The earth, and seas, are pass'd away, 
 And the old rolling skies. 
 
 2 From heav'n the new J&rtts'lerti comes. 
 
 All worthy of its JLcrdj 
 ScCj all things now at last renew'd, 
 And paradii ;'d, 
 
 3 Attending angels shout for joy, 
 
 And the bright armies sing, 
 
 Mortals ! behold the sacred scat 
 
 Of your descending king, ' 
 
 4 The God of glory, down to men, 
 
 Removes his bless'd abode : 
 He dwells with men; his people they, 
 And he, his people's God. 
 
 5 His gracious hands shall wipe the tears 
 
 From every weeping eye ; [fears, 
 
 And pains, and groans, and griefs, and 
 And death itself, shall die. 
 
 .hold, I change all human things ! 
 Thus speaks th' eternal one; 
 The world shall vanish from its place, 
 And time shall cease to run. 
 
 7 J am the fust., and I the last, 
 
 Throiv;h endless years the same; * 
 
 1 AM, 
 
II Y M X XXXVIII. 
 
 I AM, is my memorial still ; 
 
 errial name. 
 
 g Such favours as a God can give, 
 My topA gfaoe bestows ; 
 
 I I >1 ye that thirst, come taste (he sfft 
 Where life and pleasure flo 
 
 9 The saint that triumphs o'er his sins, 
 
 I'll own him for a son ; 
 The whole creation shall reward, 
 The conquests he has won. 
 
 10 Gut bloody hands, and hearts unclean, 
 
 And all the lying race; 
 The faithless and the scoffing crew, 
 That spurn at ofter'd grace : 
 
 11 They shall b I from my sight, 
 
 Bound fast in iron chains ; 
 And headlong plung'd into the lake 
 ifere fire and darkness reigns. 
 
 12 O may I stand before the Lamb, 
 
 When earth, and seas are fled ! 
 And hear the judge pronounce my najlie£ 
 With blessings en my head! 
 
 T3- How long, daar Saviour, O how long 
 Shall this bright hour delay ! 
 Fly swifter round, ye wheels of tin; 
 And bring the promised 
 
 H Y M N 
 
HYMN XL. 
 
 H Y M N XXXIX. Job iii. 17—20 
 
 Dea f trouble to the believers. 
 
 I TJK ceful, is the grave ! 
 
 , *£! rdj how bl< 
 
 The wicked there from trembling ceacc, 
 Aim the weary rest. 
 
 3 There the (reed pris'ner groans no more, 
 Beneath life's galling load : 
 Mute is th' oppressor's cruel voice, 
 And broke the tyrant's rod. 
 
 '9 There slaves, and masters, equal lie, 
 And share the same repose : 
 The small, and great, are there; and friends 
 
 Now mingle with their foes* 
 
 II Y M N XL. I Pet. i. 3—5. 
 Christ's resurrection a pledge of ours. 
 
 1 X>LESS'D be the everlasting God, 
 -*^ The Father of our Lord 
 
 Be his abounding mercy prais'd -, 
 His majesty ador'd. 
 
 2 When from the dead herais'd his Son, 
 
 And call'd him to the sky, 
 He gave our soul? a lively hope 
 That they .should never die. 
 
 3 What tho' our inbred sins require, 
 
 Cur flesh to see the dust ; 
 Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose, 
 So all his followers must. 
 
 4 There's 
 
H Y M N XLI. 
 
 4 There's an inheritance divine, 
 Rcserv'd against that day ; 
 uncbrruptedj undefil'd, 
 And cannot waste away. 
 
 Saints, by the pow'r of God, arc kept' 
 
 Till the salvation come : 
 We walk by faith, as strangers here, 
 
 Till Christ shall call us ho:. 
 
 II Y M N XLI, 1 Cor. xv. 52, to 
 
 The believer s exultation in th vehth, 
 
 and the resurrection. 
 
 1 TXTHEN the last trumpet's awful voice 
 
 * * This rending earth shall shake ; 
 The op'ning graves shall yield their ch 
 And dust to life awake. 
 
 2 These bodies, then, so corrupt now, 
 
 Shall incorrupted ri 
 Mortal they fell, but rise to i'u\ 
 Immortal in the skies, 
 
 3 Behold, what neav'til ets sting 
 
 Is now, at his t, fulriiTd ; 
 That death should yield its ancient reign, • 
 And o A uit the vanquitiAi field. 
 
 4 Let faith exalt herjoyfu 
 
 And thus begin to 
 O grave ! where i J\v ? 
 
 And where, O dei I g? 
 
 Thy sting 
 T-was this t M thy d 
 
 C 
 
304 HYMN XLII. 
 
 The law gave that its strength, and force, 
 To pierce the sinner's heart. 
 
 6 But God, whose name be ever blest ! 
 
 Disarms that foe we dread ; 
 And makes us conqu'rors when we die, 
 Through Christ our living head. 
 
 7 Then fixt, and constant, be your hearts, 
 
 And in his grace abound : 
 Through him, your labour's not in vain, 
 With such an issue crown'd. 
 
 H Y M N XLII. 2 Cor. v. 1 — 1 J, 
 
 The Christians hope. 
 
 1 COON shall this earthly frame, dissolv'd 
 ^ In death, and ruins, lie: 
 But better mansions wait our souls, 
 Prepar'd above the sky. 
 
 % An house eternal, built by God, 
 Shall clothe a purer mind ; 
 When once these prison walls shall fall, 
 In which 'tis now eonfin'd. 
 
 3 Hence, burthen'd with this load of clay, 
 
 Our weary'd spirit groan ; 
 Till death's kind hand shall set,them free, 
 
 And God shall brine them home. 
 
 »_' 
 
 4 Not that we wish the soul unclothed, 
 
 Might from this body fiy, 
 But animate a purer frame 
 With life that cannot die. 
 
 5 Such 
 
H Y M N XLIII. 
 
 J Such are the hopes that wait the just : 
 These hopes their God hath giv'n : 
 His spirit is the earnest now, 
 
 i seals their souU for heav'n. 
 
 i We walk by faith of joys to come ; 
 Faith lives upon his word : 
 But, while' this body is our home, 
 We mourn an absent Lord. 
 
 7 What faith rejoices to believe, 
 
 We long, and pant to see : 
 We would be absent from the flesh y 
 And present, Lord ! with thee, 
 
 8 But still, or here, or going hence, 
 
 To this our labours tend, 
 That, in his service spent, our life 
 May in his favour end. 
 
 9 For, lo! before the Son as judge, 
 
 Th' assembled world shall stand, 
 To take the punishment, or prize,. 
 From his impartial hand. 
 
 10 Impartial retributions then 
 
 Our different lives await : 
 Our present actions, good or bad, 
 Shall fix our future state. 
 
 H Y M N XLIII. Rev. vii. 13-17. 
 
 A sense of God's immediate presence the h 
 
 s of the blest in heaven; and Cfltisfs 
 blood and righteousness , the cause. 
 
 1 r 1 ^HESfc glorious minds, how bright 
 -*• they shine, 
 
 Whence all their white array ? 
 
 iiow 
 
30S H Y M N XL1V. 
 
 How came they to the happy seats 
 Of everlasting day ? 
 
 2 Lo ! these' are they, to endlese joy, 
 
 From suff rings great who cam : 
 And wash'd their raiment white in blood, 
 The blood of Chrfet the lamb. 
 
 3 Now they approach a holy God, 
 
 And bow before his throne ; 
 With hearts enlargM to serve him still, 
 And make his glory known. 
 
 4 His presence fills each heart with joy. 
 
 Tunes ev'ry mouth to sing: 
 By day, by night, the blest abodes 
 With glad Hosannas ring. 
 
 6 Hunger and thirst, are felt no more, 
 Nor sun a with scorching ray : 
 God is their sun,, whose cheering beams 
 Diffuse eternal day. 
 
 6 The Lamb shall lead his heav'nly flock, 
 Where living fountains rise, 
 And love divine shall wipe away^ 
 The sorrows of their eyes. 
 
 H Y M N XLIV. Gen. xxviii. 20, 21, 22, 
 
 Jacob's Vow. 
 
 1 f-yGOD'of Bethel, by whose hand 
 V>J Thine Israel still is fed ! 
 Who, through this weary pilgrimage, 
 Hast all our fathers led, 
 
 2 To 
 
HYMN XLV. 307 
 
 3 To thee our humble vows we raise ; 
 To thee address our pray'r : 
 And, in thy kind, and faithful breast, 
 Deposit ail our care. 
 
 3 Ii thou, through each perplexing path* 
 
 l fit be our constant guide ; 
 Jf thou wilt daily bread supply 
 And raiment wilt provu 
 
 4 If thou wilt spread thy wings around, 
 
 Till these our wandYmgs c: 
 And, at our father's lov'd abode, 
 Our souls arrive in peace. 
 
 5 To thee, as to our covenant God, 
 
 VVe'il our whole selves resign ; 
 And count that not our tenth alone, 
 But all we have, is thine. 
 
 H Y M N XLV. Rev. i. 5 — 9. 
 
 The redeemed in heaven celebrate (he praises 
 of Christ. 
 
 1 HPO him that lov'd the souls of men, 
 
 A And wash'd us in his blood ; 
 
 To royal honours rais'd our head, 
 
 And made us priests to God : 
 
 2 i0 him, let ev'ry tongue be praise, 
 
 And ev'ry heart be love ! 
 All grateful honors paid on earth, 
 And nobler songs above ! 
 
 3 Behold ! on flying clouds he comes, 
 
 His saints shall bless the day ; 
 
H Y M N XLVII. 
 
 Whilst they that pierc'd htm, sadly mourn, 
 In anguish and dismay. 
 
 i I am the first, and I the la t, 
 Tin :fs all in me : 
 
 Th' Almighty God, who was, and is, 
 And evermore shall be ! 
 
 II Y M N XLVl. Long Metre; 
 
 T/\e Christian ma 
 
 1 A WAKE our souls, away our Tea; 
 -^** Let e/ry trembling thought be gone ! 
 Awake, and run the heav'nly race, 
 And put a cheerful courage on ! 
 
 i Strait is the gate, narrow id, 
 
 And mortals stop, aud tire, and faint ; 
 But they forget the mighty God, 
 
 That calls, and strengthens ev'ry saint. 
 
 3 From God, the overflowing spring. 
 
 Our souls shall drink a fresh supply y 
 While such as trust their native strength, 
 Shall melt away, or droop ap<] k die. 
 
 4 Swift as an eagle cuts the air, 
 
 We'll mount aloft to thine abode ; 
 
 On wings of love, our souls shall fly, 
 
 Nor tire amidst" the heav'nly road. 
 
 HYMN XLVII. As ?SALM CXLVIIL 
 The iiyintatfon to praiw. 
 
 i X5LOW ye the trumpet, blow 
 *** The giadly-solemn sound - 3 . 
 
 Let 
 
II Y M N XL\ 
 
 Let ail the nations know, 
 To earth's K bound. 
 
 The Year of jubi ne, 
 
 Return, ye ransom'd sinners, horn 
 
 2 Extol the Lamb of Gcd, 
 The great-atoning Lamb ! 
 Redemption in his blood 
 
 Throughout the world proclaim. 
 The year of Jubilee, 8cc. 
 
 $ Ye who- have sola for nought 
 Your heritage above ; 
 Shall have it back, unbought, 
 The gift of Jesu's love. 
 The year of jubilee, &c. 
 
 4 Y r e slaves of sin, and hell, 
 
 Your liberty receive ; 
 And sate in Jesus dwell, 
 And blest in Jesus live. 
 The year of jubilee, &c. 
 
 5 The Gospel trumpet hear; 
 
 The news of heav'nly grace : 
 happy souls draw near, 
 lold your Saviour's \- 
 The year of jubilee, &c. 
 
 H Y M N XLVHI. 7Y 
 God g 'orifk 
 
 1 p LOPvY be to God on high, 
 
 ^^ God whose glory fills the sk 
 Peace on earth to man forgiv' 
 Man the well-belov'd of hcav'n. 
 
310 II Y M N XLIX. 
 
 2 Sov'reign "father, hcav'nly king, 
 Thee we now presume to sing ; 
 Glad thine attributes confess, 
 Glorious all, and numberless. 
 
 3 Hail, by all thy works ador'd ! 
 Hail, the everlasting Lord ! 
 
 Thee, with thankful hearts we prove, 
 Lord of pow'r, and God of love. 
 
 HYMN XLIX. ?'s. 
 
 Redeeming love. 
 
 1 VTOW begin the heav'nly theme, 
 -^ Sing aloud in Jesu's name ; 
 Ye who Jesu's kindness prove, 
 Triumph in redeeming love. 
 
 l 2 Ye, who see the father's grace 
 Beaming in the Saviour's face ; 
 
 to Canaan on ye move, 
 Trapse and bless redeeming love. 
 
 3 Mourning souls, dry up your tears, 
 Banish all your guilty fears ; 
 
 See your guilt and curse remove, 
 Cancell'd by redeeming love ! 
 
 4 Ye, alas ! who long have been 
 Willing slaves to death and sin ; 
 Now from bliss no longer rove, 
 Stop. — and taste redeeming love * 
 
 5 Welcome all, by sin oppress'd, 
 Welcome to his sacred rest ; 
 Nothing brought him from above, 
 Nothing but redeeming love ! 
 
 f> He 
 
II Y M N L. 3M 
 
 6 He subdu'd th' infernal powers, 
 I lis tremendous foes and ours, 
 From their cursed empire drove, 
 Mighty in redeeming love. 
 
 7 Hither then your music bring, 
 Strike aloud each Joyful string; 
 Mortals join the hosts above, 
 Join to praise redeeming love. 
 
 HYMN L. Common Metre. 
 
 God's goodness and care. 
 
 1 TT7HEN all thy mercies, O my God ! 
 * * My rising soul surveys ; 
 Transported with the view, I'm lost, 
 In wonder, love and pra 
 
 J O how shall words, with equal warmth, 
 The gratitude declare 
 That glows within my ravish'd heart ! 
 But thou canst read it there. 
 
 .J Thy providence my life sustain'd, 
 
 And all my wants redrest, 
 
 When in the silent womb I lay, 
 
 And hung upon the breast. 
 
 4 To all my weak complaints and criesj 
 
 Thy mercy lent an ear, 
 Ere yet my feeble thoughts had 
 To form themselves in pray 7. 
 
 5 Unnumbered comforts to my soul, 
 
 Thy tender care bestow'd ; 
 Before my infant heart cunceiv'd 
 From whom those comforts flowM. 
 D d 
 
312 H Y M N L. 
 
 6 When in the slipp'ry paths of youth, 
 
 With heedless steps I ran. 
 Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe, 
 And led me up to man : 
 
 7 Through hidden dangers, toils and deaths, 
 
 It gently clear'd my way ; 
 And through the pleasing snares of vice, 
 More to be fear'd than they. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 8 When worn with sickness, oft hast thou 
 
 With health renew'd my face ; 
 And, when in sins and sorrows sunk, 
 Revived my soul with grace. 
 
 9 Thy bounteous hand, with worldly bliss, 
 
 Has made my cup run o'er : 
 And, in a kind and faithful friend, 
 Has doubled all my store. 
 
 10 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts, 
 - My daily thanks employ ; 
 
 Nor is the least a cheerful heart, 
 That tastes those gifts with joy. 
 
 11 Through evVy period of my life 
 
 Thy goodness I'll pursue : 
 And after death* in distant worlds, 
 The glorious theme renew. 
 
 12 When nature fails, and day and night 
 
 Divide thy Works ho more ; 
 ;Iy ever -grateful heart, O Lord, 
 ^hy mercy shall adore. 
 
 13 Through 
 
HYMN LI. 313 
 
 13 Through all eternity to thee 
 A joyful song I'll raise ! 
 For, O ! eternity's too short 
 To utter all thy praise. 
 
 HYMN LI. Common Metre. 
 Reverential hope of pardon. 
 
 1 TT7HEN rising from the bed of death, 
 
 * * O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear, 
 I see my Maker face to face, 
 O how shall I appear ! 
 
 2 If yet while pardon may be found, 
 
 And mercy may be sought, 
 My heart with inward horror shrinks, 
 And trembles at the thought. 
 
 3 When thou, O Lord, shall stand disclos'd, 
 
 In majesty severe, 
 And sit in judgment on my soul j 
 
 how shall I appear ! 
 
 4 But thou hast told the troubled mind, 
 
 Who docs her sins lament ; 
 The timely tribute of her tears, 
 Shall endless -woe prevent. 
 
 5 Then see the sorrows of my heart, 
 
 Ere yet it be too late ; 
 And hear my Saviour's dying groans 
 To give those sorrows weight. 
 
 6 For never shall my soul despair, 
 
 1 ler pardon to procure ; 
 
 Who knows thine only Son has dy'd 
 To make our pardon sure. 
 
 HYMN 
 
314 H Y M N LIU. 
 
 II Y M N I, II. Long Metre. 
 A good consckn 
 
 1 TT^Hilst some in folly's pleasures roll. 
 
 * * And seek the joys which hurt the 
 Be ours that silent calm repast, [sculj 
 
 A peaceful conscience to the last ! 
 
 2 With this companion in the shade, 
 Our souls no more shall be dismay M ; 
 We will defy the midnight gloom, 
 And the pale monarch of the tomb. 
 
 3 Tho' heav'n afflict, we'll not complain ; 
 The noblest comforts still remain; 
 Comforts that shall o'er death prevail, 
 And journey with us thro' the vale. 
 
 4 Amidst the various scenes of i 
 
 Each stroke some kind design fulfils ^ 
 And shall we murmur at our God, 
 When- soy treign love directs the rod ? 
 
 5 His hand will smooth our rugged way, 
 And lead us to the realms of day : 
 To milder skies and brighter plains, 
 Where everlasting pleasure reigns. 
 
 HYMN LIII. 7's. 
 
 Pr-aise to the Bedeemer. 
 
 1 r^ Rateful notes and numbers bring, 
 ^^ W hile Jehovah's praise we sing: 
 Holy, holy, holy, Lord, 
 
 Be thy glorious name ador'd ! 
 
 2 Men on earth and saints above, . 
 Sing the great Redeemer's love. 
 
 Lord 
 
HYMN LIV: 313 
 
 Lord, thy mercies never fail, 
 Hail, celestial goodness, hail! 
 
 3 Tho' unworthy, Lord, thine ear, 
 Our humble hallelujahs hear j 
 Purer praise we hope to bring, 
 When with saints we stand and sing. 
 
 4 Lead us to that blissful state, 
 Where thoureign'st supremely great ! 
 Look with pity from thy throne, 
 And send thy holy spirit down ! 
 
 5 While on earth ordain'd to stay, 
 Guide our footsteps in thy way : 
 Till we come to reign with thee, 
 And all thy glorious greatness see ! 
 
 6 Tkenwith angels we'll again, 
 Wake a louder, louder strain ; 
 There, in joyful songs of praise 
 We'll our grateful voices raise. 
 
 ? There no tongue shall silent be, 
 There all shall join sweet harmony ; 
 There, thro' heav'n's all-spacious round, 
 Thy praise, O God ! will ever sound. 
 
 Lord, thy mercies, &c« 
 
 HYMN LIV. Long Metre. 
 
 Resurrection and ascension of Chris! 
 
 1 /^UR Lord is risen from the dead. 
 ^-^ Our Jesus is gone up on high ; 
 The pow'rs of hell are captive led, 
 DraggM to the portals of the sky. 
 
 Dd3 2 There 
 
31J6 II Y M N LV. 
 
 i J There his triumphant chariot waits, 
 Angels chaunt the solemn lay : 
 Lift up your heads ye heav'nly gates, 
 Ye everlasting doors give way ! 
 
 3 Loose all your bars of massy light, 
 And wide unfold th' etherial scene ; 
 He claims these mansions as his right, 
 Receive the king of glory in ! 
 
 i Who is the King of glory, who ? 
 
 The Lord that all his foes o'ercamc ; 
 The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew, 
 And Jesus is the Conqu'ror's name ! 
 
 • v > Lo ! his triumphal chariot waits, 
 
 And angels chaunt the solemn lay ; 
 Lift up your heads, ye heav'nly gates, 
 Ye everlasting doors give way ! 
 
 6 Who is the King of glory, who? 
 
 'I he Lord of glorious pow 'r possest ; 
 The king of saints and ahgcls too, 
 God over all for ever blest ! 
 
 II Y M N LV. Common Metre. 
 
 Cftrist came to redeem us. 
 
 1 "J^LUNG'D in a gulph of dark despa -\ 
 x We wretched sinners lay; 
 Without one cheering beam of hope, 
 Or spark of glimm'ring day. 
 
 . With pitying eyes the Prince of grace, 
 Beheld our helpless grief: 
 He saw, and J^O amazing love !) 
 I L came to our relief. 
 
 "3 Down 
 
H Y M N LVI. 
 
 3 Do.vn from the shining seats abov , 
 With joyful haste he fled 5 
 Enter'd the grave in mortal fl^sh, 
 And dwelt among the dead. 
 
 i O ! for tins love, let rocks and hills 
 Their lasting silence break ; 
 And all harmonious human tongues 
 The Saviour's praises speak ! 
 
 5 Angels assist our mighty joys, 
 Strike all your harps of gold j 
 But when you raise your highest notes, 
 His praise cannot be told. 
 
 II Y M N LVI. Short Measure. 
 
 Praise to Cod our Bcdccmtr. 
 
 1 TPO God, the only wise, 
 
 ■*• Our Saviour, and our King, 
 
 Let all the Saiius below the skies, 
 
 Their humble praises bring. 
 
 J 'Lis His almighty love, 
 His counsel and his care, 
 Preserves us safe from sin and death, 
 And ev'ry hurtful snare. 
 
 3 He will present his saints, 
 
 Unblcmish'd and complete. 
 Before the glory of his face 
 With joys divinely great. 
 
 .': Then all the chosen seed 
 
 around the throne ■> 
 Shall bless the conduct of Hjs grace j 
 
 bis wonders known. 
 
 To 
 
318 HYMN LVII. 
 
 5 To our redeeming God, 
 
 Wisdom and pow'r belong ; 
 Immortal crowns of majesty 
 And everlasting song. 
 
 HYMN LVII. Short Metre. 
 
 Invitation to praise. 
 
 1 POME ye that love the Lord, 
 ^ And let your joys be known : 
 Join in a song with sweet accord, 
 While we surround the throne. 
 
 6 Let these refuse to sing, 
 
 Who never knew our God ; 
 But servants of the heav'nly King, 
 Will speak their joys abroad. 
 
 3 The God that rules on high, 
 
 And all the earth surveys, 
 That rides upon the stormy sky, 
 And calms the roaring seas. 
 
 4 This awful God is ours, 
 
 Our father and our love"; 
 And will send down his heav'nly pow'rs 
 To carry us above. 
 
 i) Then we shall see his face, 
 And never, never sin -> 
 There, from the rivers of his grace, 
 Drink endless pleasures in : 
 
 5 Yes, and before we rise 
 
 To that immortal state, 
 The thoughts of such amazing bliss, 
 Will constant joys create. 
 
 5 Then 
 
HYMN LVIII. 
 
 7 Then let our Songs abound, 
 And cv'iy tear be dry -, 
 We're marching thro' ErnamtpVs ground 
 To the fair worlds on high. 
 
 H Y M N LVIII. Particular Measure. 
 
 1 r I ^HE God who reigns on high, 
 -*- The great arch-angels sing, 
 And" Holy, holy, holy," cry, 
 
 Almighty King ! 
 " Who was, and is, the same, 
 
 tc And evermore shall be, 
 " Jehovah— Fa f her— Great 1 AM ! 
 4C We worship Thee." 
 
 '2 He keeps his own secure, 
 
 He guards them by his side, 
 Arrays in garments white and pure, 
 
 His spotless bride ; 
 With streams of sacred blis c , 
 With groves of living joys, 
 With all the fruits of Paradise, 
 He still supplies: 
 
 3 He by himself hath sworn, 
 I on his oath depend, 
 I shall, on eagle's wings up born, 
 
 To heav'n ascend : 
 I shall behold his face, 
 
 I shall his pow'r adore, 
 And sing the wonders of his gra 
 For evermore. 
 
 H Y M N 
 
 / 
 
320 HYMN LIX. 
 
 HYMN LIX. As Psalm CXLVIII. 
 
 On the resurrection. 
 
 1 T^EJOICE, the Lord is King ! 
 -*** Your Lord and King adore -, 
 Mortals, give thanks and sing, 
 
 And triumph evermore ; 
 Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, 
 Rejoice, again I say rejoice! 
 
 2 Jesus, the Saviour reigns, 
 
 The God of truth and love ; 
 When he had purg'd our stains, 
 
 He took his seat above : 
 Lift up your heart, &c. 
 
 3 His kingdom cannot fail; 
 
 He rules o'er earth and heav'n ; 
 The keys of death and hell 
 
 Are to our Jesus giv'n : 
 Lift up your heart, &c. 
 
 4 He sits at God's right-hand, 
 
 Till all his foes submit, 
 And bow at his command, 
 
 And fall beneath his feet : 
 Lift up your hearts, &c. 
 
 5 He all his foes shall kill, 
 
 Shall all our foes destroy, 
 And ev'ry bosom fill, 
 
 With pure seraphic joy : 
 Lift up your heart, &c. 
 
 6 Rejoice 
 
HYMN LX. 921 
 
 6 Rejoice in glorious hope, 
 
 Jesus, the judge, shall come, 
 And take his servants up 
 
 To their eternal home : 
 We soon shall hear th' arch-angel's voice, 
 The trump of God shall sound rejoice ! 
 
 HYMN LX. 8, 7, 4. 
 
 1 " ' O ! he comes with clouds descending, 
 -*^ Once for favour'd sinners slain ! 
 Thousand, thousand saints attending, 
 
 Swell the triumph of his train ! 
 
 Hallelujah ! 
 Hallelujah ! Amen 
 
 2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold him, 
 
 Rob'd in dreadful majesty; 
 Those who set at nought and sold him, 
 Pierc'd and nail'd him to the tree. 
 
 Deeply wailing 
 Shall the true Messiah see ! 
 
 > Ev'ry island, sea and mountain, 
 1 Ieav'n and earth shall flee away ; 
 All who hate him must confounded 
 I [ear the trump proclaim the day, 
 Come to judgment ! 
 Come to judgment ! come away# 
 
 now redemption, long expected, 
 
 See, in solemn pomp appear ; 
 All his saints, by man rejected, 
 Now shall meet him in the air ! 
 
 Hallelujah ! 
 S.c the day of God appear ! 
 
 II Y M N 
 
HYMN LXir. 
 HYMN LXI. s, 7. 
 
 1 POME thoufoiinc of cv'ry blessing, 
 y^ Tune my heart to sing thy grace ; 
 
 earns of mercy never-ceasing, 
 Call for songs of loudest praise. 
 
 2 Jesus sought me when a stranger, 
 
 Wand'ring from the fold ot God ; 
 He to rescue me from danger. 
 Interposal his precious blood. 
 
 3 O ! to grace hv,vv great a debtor, 
 
 Daily I'm constraint to be ; 
 Let that grace now, like a fetter, 
 Bind my wand'ring heart to thee. 
 
 -i Prone to wander, Lord, 1 feci it, 
 Prone to leave the God I love 3 
 Here's my heart, O ! take and seal it, 
 Seal it from thy courts above. 
 
 HYMN LXII. Common Metre. 
 
 1 T^ATHER, how wide thy glories shine ? 
 -^ I low high thy wonders rise ! 
 Known thro* the earth by thousand signs, 
 
 By thousands thro' the skies. 
 
 2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy pow'r, 
 
 Their motions speak thy skill, 
 And on the wings of ev'ry hour, 
 We read thy patience still. 
 
 3 But 
 
HYMN LXIII. V; 
 
 But when we view thy great design, ' 
 
 To save rebellious worms, 
 Where vengeance and compassion join, 
 
 In their divincst forms. 
 
 4 I Iere -the whole Deity is known ; 
 Nor dares a creature guess 
 Which cf the glories brightest shone, 
 The justice, or the grace. 
 
 Now the full glories of the Lamb, 
 
 Adorn the heav'nly plains : 
 Bright seraphs learn Emanuel's name, 
 And try theirchoicest strains. 
 
 13 O ! may I bear some humble part, 
 In that immortal song ; 
 Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, 
 And love command my tongue. 
 
 H Y M N LXIII. Loner Metre. 
 
 1 T>ELIEVERS hear the gospel -word, 
 ^' Haste m the supper of our Lord ; 
 Be wise to know your gracious day , 
 Ail things are ready, come away ! 
 
 2 Ready the Father is to own, 
 Arid kiss his late returnino- son : 
 Ready the loving Saviour stands, 
 
 And spreads for you his bleeding hands. 
 
 irit of his love, 
 ny heart to melt and move ; 
 T apply., and wit/iess with the blood, 
 And wash, and seal you sons of C 
 
 E e 4 Co 
 
 
324 HYMN LXV. 
 
 4 Come then, believers, to your Lord, 
 To happiness in Christ rcstor'd ; 
 The blessings of his love embrace, 
 The plenitude of gospel grace. 
 
 H Y M N LXIV. Long Metre. 
 
 1 T)ITY an helpless sinner, Lord ! 
 
 -*■ Who would believe thy gracious word ; 
 But own my heart, with shame and grief, 
 A sink of sin and unbelief, 
 
 2 Lord in thy house, -I read there's room, 
 And venturing bard, behold ! I come : 
 But can there, tell mc, can there be, 
 Amongst thy children, room for ??ie ? 
 
 3 I eat the bread, and drink the wine; 
 But, O ! my soul wants more than sign : 
 I faint unless I feed on thee, 
 
 And drink thy blood, as shed for me. 
 
 4 For sinners, Lord, thou cam'st to bleed; 
 And I'm a sinner vile, indeed ! 
 
 Lord, I believe thy grace is free: 
 O ! magnify it now in me. 
 
 HYMN LXV. Common Metre. 
 
 Tlianksgrcing and adoration to the sacred 
 Trinity. 
 
 1 r* LORY to God the Father's name, 
 ^^ Who, from our sinful race. 
 Chose out his fav'rites to proclaim, 
 The honours of his grace. 
 
 2 Glory 
 
H Y M N LXVL 
 
 rv to God the Son be paid, 
 Who dwell in humble clay ; 
 And, to redeem us from the dead, 
 Gave his own life away. 
 
 3 Glory to God the Spirit gir< , 
 
 From whose Almighty pow'r, 
 Our souls their htav'niy birth deri*. 
 And bless the happy hour, 
 
 4 Glory to God that reigns above, 
 
 TlV eternal Three and One ; 
 
 Who by the wonders of his love, 
 
 Has made his nature known. 
 
 HYMN LXVI. Long Metre 
 
 1 A/TY God, and is thy table spread 
 -^^ . And does thy cup with love o'c 
 
 ? 
 thy cup with love o'erfiow ?- 
 Thither be all thy children led ; 
 And let them all its sweetness know. 
 
 2 Hail sacred feast, which Jesus makes ! 
 Rich banquet of his flesh and blood ! 
 Thrice happy he who here partakes 
 That sacred stream, that heav'nly food ! 
 
 3 Why arc its dainties all in vain, 
 Before unwilling hearts display 'd ? 
 Was not for you the victim slain ? 
 Are you forbid the children's bread ? 
 
 4 O let thy table honor'd be, 
 
 And furnished well with joyful guests - 7 
 And may each soul salvation see, 
 That hcte its sacred pledges tastes, 
 
 * Let 
 
32fi H Y M N LXYII. 
 
 S Let crouds approach with hearts prcpai "d , 
 With hearts infiam'd let all attend \ 
 Nor when we leave our father's board, 
 The pleasure, or the profit end. 
 
 C Revive thy dying churches, Lord, 
 And bid our drooping graces live - y 
 And more that energy afford, 
 A Saviour's blood alone can give. 
 
 HYMN LXVII. Common Metre. 
 
 The New Testament is the blood of Christ z 
 or, the new Covenant sealed. 
 
 1 HPHE promise of my Father's love, 
 
 -*• " Shall stand for ever good," 
 He said, and gave his soul to death, 
 And seal'd the grace with blood, 
 
 2 To this dear cov'nant of thy word 
 
 I set my worthless name; 
 I seal th* engagement to my Lord, 
 And make my humble claim. 
 
 3 Thy light, and strength, and pard'ning 
 
 And glory shall be mine j [grace, 
 
 My life, and soul, my heart and flesh, 
 And all my pow'rs are thine. 
 
 4 I call that legacy my own 
 
 Which Jesus did bequeath ; 
 'Tvvas purchas'd wifh a dying groan, 
 And ratify 'd in death. 
 
 5 Sweet is the mem'ry of his name, 
 
 Who bless'd us in his will, 
 And to his testament of love 
 Made his own life the seal, 
 
 HYMN 
 
H Y M N LXVIII. 327 
 
 II Y JM N LXVIII. Common Metre. 
 
 { Virist's i or 3 our pardon bought 
 
 ( I a dour price. 
 
 1 T JOW condescending, and how kind, 
 -*- -* Was God's eternal son ! 
 
 Our mis'ry reached his heav'nly mind,,. 
 And pity brought him down. 
 
 2 When justice, by our sins provok'd. 
 
 Drew forth its dreadful sword, 
 He gave his soul up to the stroke, 
 Without a murm'ring word. 
 
 S This was compassion like a God, 
 That when the Saviour knew 
 The price of pardon was his blood, 
 His pity ne'er withdrew. 
 
 4 Now tho* he reigns exalted high, 
 
 His- love is still as great ; 
 Well he remembers Calvary, 
 Nor lets his saints forget. 
 
 5 Here we receive repeated seals 
 
 Of Jesus dying love : 
 Hard is the wretch that never f< 
 One. soft affection move. 
 
 G Here let our hearts begin to melt, 
 While we his death record ; 
 And, with our joy for pardon'd guil; 
 Mourn, that we piere'd the Lord. 
 
 E c 3 H Y M N 
 
328 HYMN LXIX. 
 
 HYMN LXIX. Common Metre. 
 Christ the bread of life. John vi. SI. 35. 3<J. 
 
 1 " ET us adore th' eternal word ; 
 -*-^ 'Tis he our souls hath fed ; 
 Thou art our living stream, O Lord, 
 
 And thou th 1 immortal bread. 
 
 2 The manna came from lower skies, 
 
 But Jesus from above, 
 Where the fresh springs of pleasure rise ; 
 And rivers flow with love. 
 
 3 The Jews, the fathers dy'd at last, 
 
 Who eat that heav'nly bread -, 
 But these provisions which we taste, 
 Can raise us from the dead. 
 
 4 Bless'd be the Lord, who gives his flesh 
 
 To nourish dying men ; 
 And often spreads his table fresh, 
 Lest we should faint again. 
 
 5 Our souls shall draw their heav'nly breath, 
 
 Whilst Jesus finds supplies ; 
 Nor shall our graces sink to death, 
 For Jesus never dies. 
 
 6 Daily our mortal flesh decays, 
 
 But Christ our life shall come ; 
 His unresisting pow'r shall raise 
 Our bodies from the tomb. 
 
 HYMN 
 
II Y M N LXX. 
 H Y M N LXX. Loner Measure. 
 
 'a 
 
 The memorial of our absent Lord. John xvi. 
 1G. Luke xxii. 19. John xiv. 3. 
 
 1 TESUS is gone above the skies 
 
 ** Where our weak senses reach him not ; 
 And carnal objects court our eyes, 
 
 To thrust our Saviour from our thought. 
 
 2 He knows what wand'ring hearts we have, 
 
 Apt to forget his lovely face; 
 And to refresh our minds he gave 
 These kind memorials of his grace. 
 
 3 The Lord of life this table spread 
 
 With his Ovvn flesh and dying blood ; 
 We on the rich provision feed, 
 
 And taste the wine, and bless the God. 
 
 4 Let sinful sweets be all forgot, 
 
 And earth grow less in our esteem ; 
 Christ and his love fill ev'ry thought, 
 And faith and hope be fix'd on him. 
 
 5 While he is absent from our sight, 
 
 'Tis to prepare our souls a place ; 
 That we may dwell in heav'nly light, 
 And live for ever near his face. 
 
 C Our eyes lock upward to the hills 
 
 Whence our returning Lord shall come •> 
 We wait thy chariot's awful wheels, 
 To fetch our longing spirits home. 
 
 H Y M N 
 
H Y M N LXXI. 
 HYMN LXXI. Coi sure, 
 
 Pardon bmught to our >\ n 
 
 I 
 
 ORD, how divine thy comforts are ! 
 •*-* How heav'nly is the place, 
 Where Jesus spreads the sacred feast 
 Of his redeeming: «race ! 
 
 to to' 
 
 *2 There the rich bounties of our God, 
 And sweetest glories shine ! 
 There Jesus says, that <c I am his, 
 iC And my beloved's mine." 
 
 3 "' Here," [says the kind redeeming Lord, 
 
 And shews his wounded side) 
 4< See here the spring of ali your joys, 
 " That opened when I dy'd." 
 
 4 He smiles, and cheers my mournful heart. 
 
 And tells of all his pain : 
 u Ail this/' says he, " I bore for thee," 
 And then he smiles again. 
 
 5 What shall we pay our heav'nly King. 
 
 For grace so vast as this ? 
 He -brings our pardon to our eyes, . 
 And seals it with a kiss. 
 
 6 To him that wash'd*us in his blood 
 
 Be ever asting praise ; 
 Salvation, honor, glory, pow'r, 
 Eternal as his days. 
 
 HYMN 
 
H Y M N LXXIf. 33 i 
 
 II Y M N LXXII. Common Measure 
 
 Divine love making a feast > and catting in the 
 
 guests, Luke, xiv. 17, 22, S 
 
 1 T TOW sweet and awful is the place* 
 ^^ With Christ within the doors, 
 While everlasting love displays 
 
 The choicest of her stores ! 
 
 2 Here ev'ry bowel of our God, 
 
 With soft compassion rolls; 
 Here peace and pardon bought with- blood, 
 Is food for dying souls. 
 
 3 While all our hearts, and all our songs, 
 
 Join to admire the feast, 
 Each of us cry with thankful tongues, 
 <c Lord, why was I a guest ? 
 
 4 " Why was I made to hear thy voice, 
 
 u And enter while there's room ; 
 11 When thousands make a wretched choice* 
 u And rather starve than come V* 
 
 5 'Twas the same love that spread the feast, 
 
 That sweetly fore'd us in \ 
 Else had we still refus'd to taste, 
 And perishM in our sin. 
 
 6 Pity trhe nations, O our God, 
 
 Constrain the earth to come ; 
 Send thy victorious word abroad, 
 And bring the strangers home. 
 
 7 We long to see thy churches full, 
 
 That all the c ibseh race 
 May with one voice, and heart, and soul, . 
 Sing thy redeeming grace. 
 
 HYMN 
 
332 HYMN LXXIV. 
 
 H Y M N LXXIII. Common Measure. 
 
 Crave and glory b<j the death of Christ. 
 
 1 CI rTlNG. around our Father's board, 
 ^ We raise our tuneful breath 5 
 
 Our faith beholds our dying Lord, 
 And dooms our sins to death. 
 
 2 We see the blood of Jesus shed, 
 
 Whence all our pardons rise - y 
 The sinner views tlr atonement made,, 
 'And loves the sacrifice. 
 
 3 Thy cruel thorns, thy shameful cross, 
 
 Procure us heavily crowns : 
 Our highest gain springs. from thy loss ^ 
 Our healing from thy wounds, 
 
 4 Oh ! 'tis impossible that we, 
 
 . Who dwell in feeble clay, 
 Should equal suff 'rings bear for thee, 
 Or equal thanks repay. 
 
 HYMN LXXIV. Common Measure, 
 
 Pardon and strength from Christ. 
 
 1 Y^ATHER,, we wait to feel thy grace, 
 •*- To see thy glories shine ; 
 The Lord will his own table bless, 
 And make the feast divine. 
 
 2. We touch, we taste the heav'nly bread, 
 We drink the sacred cup; 
 With outward forms our sense is fed, > 
 Our souls rejoice in hope, 
 
 -3, We shall appear before the throne. 
 Of our forgiving God, 
 
 Dress \L 
 
IT Y M IN LAA\ . ->^^ 
 
 DrcssV! in the | of his Son, 
 
 And sprinkled wiih his blood. 
 
 4 We shall he strong to run the race, 
 
 And climb the upper sky ; 
 Christ will provide our souls with grace, 
 He bought a large supply. 
 
 5 Let us indulge a cheerful frame, 
 
 For joy becomes a feast -> 
 We love the mem'ry of his name, 
 More than wine we taste. 
 
 H Y M N LXXV. Long Measure. 
 
 Christ's invitation hi thirsty souk. 
 
 1 HPHE Lord of life exalted stands, 
 -** Aloud he cries, and spreads his han 
 He calls ten thousand sinners round, 
 And sends a voice from ev'ry wound. 
 
 J u Attend, ye thirsty souls, draw vx: 
 
 " And satiate all your wishes here ! 
 
 ci Behold the living fountain flows, 
 
 c( In streams as various as your woes ! 
 
 3 " An ample pardon here I give, 
 
 " And bid the sentenced rebel live ; 
 €i Shew him my Father's smiling face, 
 * c And lodge him in his dear embrace. 
 
 4 c< I purge from sin's detested stain, 
 
 iC And make the crimson white again; 
 
 Cf Lead to celestial joys, refined, 
 
 u And lasting, as the deathless mind. 
 
 i: Must I anew my pity prove ? 
 
 € J Witness the words of melting love, 
 
 « The 
 
II Y M N LXXV. 
 
 c t The gushing tear, the laboring breath, 
 11 And all these scars of bleeding death/' 
 
 6 Bless 'd Saviour, I can doubt no more ; 
 I hear, and wonder, and adore : 
 Parting, I seek that fountain-head. 
 Whence waters so divine proceed. 
 
 7 Clear spring of life ! flow on, and roll* 
 With growing swell from pole to pole.; 
 Till flowYs and fruits of paradise, 
 
 Round all thy winding current rise ! 
 
 •8 Sri!l near thy stream may I be found, 
 Long as I tread this earthly ground ! 
 Cheer with thy wave death's gloomy shade* 
 1 hen thro' the fields of Canaan spread ! 
 
 The fdimchig CHORUS is occasibimtli) used 
 zvijh several eforegohrg Hymns. 
 
 GLORY, honour, praise, and powV, 
 Be unto the Lamb tor ever i 
 Jesus Christ is our Redeemer-: 
 JlaUdujah — praise the Lord . 
 
 FINIS,