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New Verfion
O F THE
PSALMS
O F
1
DAVID,
Fitted to the
TUNES ufed in CHURCHES.
BY 8 AND
1
N. BRADY, D.D.-&-N. TATE, Esqj
Chaplain in ordinary. § Peet=Laureat
To his MAJESTY.
BOSTON:
Printed for, and Sold by Andrew
Barclay, at rhe Gilt Bible,
M,DCC,LXXIH,
A New Verfion of the
P S A L M S, &c,
P S A L M I.
i TTOW bleft ishe,>who ne'er confents
JL X by ill advice to walk :
Nor itands in finners ways, nor fits
where men profanely talk !
2 But makes the perfect law of God
h'u bus'nefs and delight ;
Devoutly reads therein by day,
and meditates by night.
3 Like fome fair tree, which fe4 by ftr^ams3%
with timely fruit does bend,
He (till fhall flourifh, and fuccefs
all his defigns attend.
4 Ungodly men, and their attempts^
no lafting root fhall find,
Untimely blaifted, and difpers'd,
like chaff before the wind.
5 Their guilt fhall ftrike the wicked dumb
before the Judge's face :
No formal hypocrite fhall then
among the faints have place.
6 For God approves the juft man's ways,
to happinefs they tend :
But finners and the paths they tread,
fhall both in ruin end,
A % PSALM
£ PSALM \u
P S A. L M II.
1 1 T7ITH refliefs and urigovcrn'd rage,
VV .why do the heathen ftorm ?
Why in fuclvrafh. attempts engage,
as they can ne'er perform r
2 t-he gieat in coun'iel and in mighty
'their various forces bring !.
Againft the Lord they all unite,
and his anointed king.
3. " Muft we fubnvj to their commands?"
prefumptuoufly they lay :
" No, let us break their flavifh bands,
** and caft their chains away."
4 But Goq, who fit* enthron'd on high,
and fees how they combine,
Does their confpiring hVength de^y,
and mocks their vain defisn.
5 Thick clouds of wrath divine fhall break
on his rebellious foes :
And thus will he in thunder fpeak,
to all that dare oppofe :
6 " Though madly you difpute my will,.
" the King that I ordain,
" Whofe throne is fix'd on Sion's hill,
" fhall there fecurely reign."
7 Attend, O earth, whilft I declare
God's uncontrourd decree :
*c Thou art my Son ; this day my heir,
u have I begotten thee.
8 t( Afk, and receive thy full demands j
*' thine mall the heathen be ;
** The utmoft limits of the lands,
" ihall be poffefs'd by thee.
9 « Thy
PSALM ii, Hi. 5
9 " Thy threatening fceptre thou (halt {hake,
«* and cruih them ev'fy where j
u As maffy bars of iron break,
" the potter's brittle ware."
10 Learn, then, ye princes, and give ear*,
ye judges of the earth;
ri .Werihip the Lord with holy fear,
rejoice with awful .mirth.
12 Appeafe the Son with due refpe&gL
your timely homage pay \
Left he revenge the bold neglect,
incensM by your delay.
13 If but in part his anger rife,
who can endure the flame ?
Then bleft are they whofe hope relies
on his moil holy name.
PSALM III.
it FOW many, Lord, of late are groTOQi?
the troublers-of my peace !
And as their numbers hourly rife,
fo does their rage en ere afe.
2 Infulting, they my foul upbraid,
and him whom I adore :
The God in whom he trufts, fay they;,
ihall refcue him no more.
3 But thou, O Lord, art my defence )
on thee my hopes rely :
Thou art my glory and fhalt yet,
lift up my head on high.
4 Since when oe'er in like diftrefs,
to God I made my pray'r, .
He heard me from his holy hill ;
why ihouid I n^w defpair ?
A3 ■ 5 Guards*
6 PSALM iii, i*.
5 Guarded by him, I laid me down,
my fsvect repofe to take *,
Fori through him fecurely fleep,.
through him in iafety wake.
6 No force nor fury or my foes,
my courage fhall, confound ;
Were they as many hofts as men,,
that have befet me round.
7 A rife, and Pave me, O my God,
who oft haft own'd my caufe ;
And fcartetfd oftthefe foes to me,
and to thy righteous laws.
3 Salvation to the Lord belongs ?
he only can defend ;
His bldllng he extends to all,
that on his povv'r, depend.
' PSALM IV.
J f~\ Lord, that art my righteous judge..
\_J ro my complaint give ear,
Thou (till redeenvftme from diftrefs :
have mercy, Lord, and hear.
2 How long will ye, O Ions of men,
to biot my. fame deviie ?
How long your vain defigns purfae,,
and /pi cad malicious lies ?.
3 Confider that the righteous man
is God's peculiar choice :
And when to him I make my prayV,
he always hears my voice.
4 Then ftand in awe of his commands,
flee evVy thing that's ill ;
Commune in private with your hearts,
aud bend them to his will*
5 The
PSALM ir, t. f'
5 The place of other facrifice ^
let rightecufnefs fupply ;
And let your hope, fecurely ftx'd,
on God alone rely.
6 While worldly minds impatient growy
more profp'rous times to fee ;
Still let the glories of thy face
fhine brightly, Lord, on me*
7 So mall my heart o'er flow with joy^
more lafting and more true,
Than theirs-, who ft ores of corn and wine
fuGceffively renew.
8 Then down in peace I'll lay my head,,
and take my needful reft :
No other guard, O Lord, I crave,
of thy defence pofTeft.
PSALM V.
iT ORD,hear the voice of my complaint,
JL* accept my fecret pray'r ;
2 i o thee alone, my king, my God,
will I for help repair.
3 Thou in the morn my voice {halt hear>
and with the dawning day,
To thee devoutly I'll look up,
to thee devoutly pray.
4 For thou, the wrongs that I fuftain,.
can'ft never, Lord, approve y
"Who from thy (acred dwelling place
all evil doft remove.
5 Not long mail ftubhorn fools remain-
I unpuniih'd in thy view :
All fueh as aft unrighteous things,
thy vengeao.ee fhall purine*
6 The
$• P S A. L M v> vi.
6 The. Handling tongue, O God of truth*,
by thee fifciH be deftroy'd ;
Who hat'ft alike the man inbloo J,
and in deceit employed.
7 But when thy boundleis grace fliallrae.
to thy lov'd courts reftbre,
On thee, I'll fix.my longing eyes,
and humbly there adore.
& Conduct me by thy righteous laws 5
for watchful is my fee :
Therefore, Q Lord, make plain the way^.
wherein I ought to gp.
9 Their mouti* vents nothing but deceit y,
their heart is fet on wrong;
Their throat is a devouring grave ;
they flatter with their tongue.
10 By their own counfels let them_faH^
opprefs'd with loads of fin :
For they again ft thy righteous laws
have harden'd rebels been.
1 1 But let all thofe who ti m% in thee*
vrith {houts their joy proclaim;
Let them rejoiqe, whom thou preferv'fr*,
and ali that love thy name.
12 T0 righteous men the righteous LordC
hic blefiing will extend ;
And with his favour all his faintSj
as with a ihield, defend.
PS A L M VI.
I rT^HY dreadful anger, Lord, reftrain^
JL and fpare a wretch forlorn :
GonecT: me not in thy fierce wrath,
too heavy to be borne.
2 Ha^&.
PSALM tl. 9
2 Have mercy, Lord, for I grow faint,
■ unable to endure
The anguifh of my aching bones*
which thou alone canft cure.
3 My tortur'd fkfh diftracts my mind,-
and- §A\s my loul w ith grief :
But, Lord, how long wilt thou delay
to grant me thy relief ?
4 Thy wonted goodnefs, Lord, repeat
and eafe my troubled foul:
Lord, for thy wond'rous mercies fake2
vouchfafeto make me whole.
5 For after death no more can I
thy glorious acts proclaim ;
No pris'ner of the filent grave
caa magnify thy name..-
6 Quite tir'd with pain, with groaning fain?^
no hope of eafe I fee ;
The night, that quiets common griefs,
is fpent in tears by me,
j My beauty fades, my fight grows dimr
my eyes with weaknefs clofe ;
Old age o'ertakes me, whilft I think
on my fnfulting foes.
S Depart, ye wicked ; in my wrongs
ye (hall no more rejoice \
For God, I find, accepts my tears,
andliftens to my voice.
9, i o He hears and grants my humble pray V
and they that wifh my fall,
Shall blufh and rage, to fee that God
protects me from them all,
FSAL M
;o PSA L M viu
PSALM VII.
1 f\ Lord, my God, fince I have placed
\J my truft alone In thee,
From all my p' rfecutors rage,
do thou deliver me.
2 To fave me from my threat uing foe,
Lord interpofe thy powV j
Left, like a favage lion he
my helplefs foul devour.
3, 4 If I am guilty, or did e*er
againft his peace combine ;
Nay, if I have not fpar'd his Life*
who fought unjuftly mine ;
5 Let then to perfecuting foes,
my foul become a prey ;
"Let them to earth tread down my li£e> ,
- in duft my honour lay.
6 A rife, and let thine anger, Lord?
in my defence engage ;
Exalt thyfelf above my foes,
and their fnfulting rage :
Awake, awake in my behalf
the judgment to difpenfe,
Which thou haft righteoufly ordair/d
for injur'd innocence,
7 Soto thy throne adoring crouds
fhall ftill for juftice fly :
Oh ! therefore for their fakes, re fume,
thy judgment feat on high.
3 Impartial Judge of all the world,
I truft my caufe to thee ;
According to my juft deferts,
So let my fentence.be.
9 Let
P S A L M vii, viii. ii
9 Let wicked arts and wieked men,
together be o'ei thrown ;
But guard the juft, thou God to whom
the htarts of both are known.
10, ( i Goo" me profe£ts ; not only me,
but all of upright heart j
And dahy lays up wrath for thofe
who fiom his laws depart.
12 I" they perfift, he wliets his ftvord,
his bow ftands ready bent ;
J 3 Ev'u -now wirfi fwift deftru&ian wingM
his pointed -{hafts are fenr.
•"14 The plots are fruitlefs, which my foe
unjufl'y did conceive,
15 The pit he digg'd for me has prov'd
his own untimely grave.
16 On his own head his fpite returns,
whilft I from harm am free :
On him the violence is fall'n, .
which he defign'd for me.
17 Therefore will I the righteous ways
of providence proclaim ;
I'll fing the praile of God moft high,
and celebrate his name.
PS ALM VIII.
l/^\ THOU, to whom all creatures bcm
\^J within this earthiv frame,
.■Thro* all thewotld, how great art thou J
how glorious is thy name !
In heav n thy wor dVous a&s are fung,
nor fully reckon'd there j
*S And yet th >u mafc'ft the infant tongue,
% boundkis praiie declare.
Thro9
32 P S ALM viii, lx.
Thro' thee the weak confound the ftrong
and ciufti their haughty foes ;
And {o thou queU'ft the wicked throng
that thee and thine oppofe.
3 When heav'n, thy beauteous work on high
employs my wot d'ring fight ;
The men, that nightly rules the iky,
with ftars of feebler light.
4 What's man, fay I, that, Lord, thou lov'ft
to keep him in thy mind ?
Or what his offspring, that thou prov'it
to them fo wond'rous kind ?
c, Him next in powY thou didfl create
to thy coe eftial train ;
6 Oi dain'd with dignity and ftate
o'er all thy works to reign.
7 They jointly own his pow'rful fway $
the bearls that .prey or graze ;
8 The bird that wings its airy way ;
the fi(h that cuts the feas.
9 O thou to whom all creatures bow
within this earthly frame,
Thro* all ^he world how great art thou ! ^
how glorious is thy name !
PSALM IX.
1 -r | iO celebrate thy praife, O Lord,
I I will my heart prepare :
To ali the lift'nifig world thy works,
thy wond'rous works declare.
2 The thought of them fhall to my foul
exalted pleafure bring ;
Whilfl to thy name, O thou Moft High,
triumphant praife I fing.
3 Thou
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3 Thou mad'ft my haughty foes to turn
their backs inihameful flight :
Struck with thy prefence, down they fell °3
they perifti'd at thy iighjt.
4 Againft infulting foes advane'd,
thou didft my caufe maintain ;
My righf aiTertmg from thy throne,
where truth and juftke -reign.
5 The infoleUce of heathen pride
thou haft redue'd to fhame ;
Their wicked offspring quite deftroy'a^
and blotted out their name.
6 Miftaken foes, your haughty threats
are to a period come ;
Our city ftands, which you defign'd
to make our common tomb.
y5 8 The Lord for ever lives, who has
his righteous throne prepar'd
Impartial juftiee to difpenfe,
to puniih or reward.
9 God is a- eonftant fare defence
againft oppre'fling rage ;
•As troubles rife, his needful aids
in our behalf engage.
10 All thofe who have his gbodnefs prov,d2
will in his truth confide ;
Whofe mercy ne'er forfook the man
that on his help rely'd.
ii Sing^praifes therefore to the Lord,
from Zion his abode 5
Proclaim his deeds, 'till ail the world,
canfefs no other God,
£ . 'FART
U PSALM ix.
PART II.
12 When he enquiry makes for blood?
he calls the poor to mind :
The injurM, humble man's complaint,
redrefs from him fhall find.
13 Take pity on my troubles, Lord,
which fpiteful foes create,
Thou that haft refcu'd me fo oft
from death's devouring gate.
£4 In Zion then I'll fing thy praife,
to all that love thy name ;
And with loud fhouts of grateful joy
thy faving pow'r proclaim.
15 Deep in the pit they digg'd for me
the heathen pride is laid.
Their guilty feet to their own fnare
infenfibly betray'd.
16 Thus, by thejuft returns he makes
the mighty Lord is known ;
*$V"hile wicked men by their own plots
are fliamefully o'erthrown.
1 7 No fingle iinner fhall efcape
by privacy obfeur'd ;
Nor nation from his juft revenge,
by numbers be fecur'd.
28 His fuff'ring faints, when moft diftrefsM
he ne'er forgets to aid ;
Their expectations fhall be crown'd,
tho' for a time delay'd.
19 Arife, O Lord, afTert thy pow'r,
and let not man overcome ;
,Defcend to judgment and pronounce
the guilty heathens doom., 20 Strike
? S A L M x. t£
20 Strike terror thro* the nations round*
'till by contenting fear,
They to each other, and themfelves>-
buc mortal men appear.
PSAL M X.
THy prefence why w ithdraw'ft thouLor^ -
why hicTft thou now thy face,
When difmai times of deep drftrefs
call for thy wonted grace ?
2 The wicked, fwell'd with lawlefs pride^
have made the poor their prey :
0 let them fall by thofe defigns
which they for others lay.
3 For ftrait they triumph, if fliccefs
their thriving crimes attend ;
And fordid wretches, whom God hates^
perverfly they commend'.
4 To own a pow'r above themfelves,
their haughty pride d^fdains ;
And therefore in their ftubborn mind
no thought of God remains.
5 Opprefuve methods they purfue,
and all their foes they flight ;
Becauie thy judgments unobferv'd
are far above their fight.
6 They fondly think their profp'rous ftat%
mall unmolested be ;
They think their vain defigns ffcall thrive
from difappointment free.
7 Vain and deceitful is their fpeech,
v ith curfes fill'd, and lies ;
By which the«mifchief of their heart
they ftudy to difguife. - 8 Nea£
m ?SAL M Xi
8~ Near public roads they lie conceal'd
and all their art employ,
The innocent and poor at once
to rifle and deftroy.
9 Not lions, couching in their dens,
furprize their heedlefs prey
"With greater cunning, or exprefs
more favage rage than they.
io Sometimes they act the harmlefs man> .
and mo deft looks they wear ;
That fo-deceiv'd the poor may lefs
their fudden onfet fear.
PART II.
H For God, they think, no notice tak«5>
of their unrighteous deeds-;.
He never minds the Cuff. 'ring poor,
nor their oppreflion heeds.
12 But thou, O Lord, at length arife
ftretch forth thy mighty arm ;
,And, by the greatnefs of thy pow'r,
defend the poor from harm.
13 No longer let the wicked vaunt,
and proudly boafting, fay,
M The Lord regards not what we do,
M he never will repay."
14 But fure, thou. feed, and all their deeds
impartially doft try :
The orphan, therefore, and the poor,
on thee for aid rely.
15 Defencelefs let the wicked fall,
of all their ftrength bereft :
Confound, O God, their dark defignsV
'till no remains are left. 16 AfTcrl
P S A L M x, xi. ij
16 Aflert thy juft dominion, Lord,
which fhall for ever ftand ;
Thou, who die heathen did'ft expel
from this thy chofen land.
17 Thou doft the humble fuppliants hear*
that to thy throne repair ;
Thou firft prepar'ft their hearts to pray,
and then accept'ft their pray'r.
18 Thou, in thy righteous judgmentjWeigh/ft
the fatherlefs and poor 5 *
That fo the. tyrants of the earth
may perfecute no more.
PSALM XI.
1 Q INCE I have plac'd my truft in Godj!
J^ a refuge always nigh,
"Why fliould I like a ti'm'rous bird,
to diftant mountains fly ?
2 Behold the wicked bend their bow,
and ready fix their dart :
Lurking in ambufh to deftroy*
the man of upright heart.
3 When once the firm aiTurance fails,
which public faith imparts,
?Tis time for innocence to fly
from fuch deceitful arts.
4 The Lord hath both a temple here,
aid righteous throne above ;
"Where he furveys the fons of men,
and how their counfeis move.
5 If God, the righteous, whom he love$V
for tryal does correct 5
What muft the fons of violence,
whom he abhors, expeft ?
B 3 6 Snares
ft PS ALM xi, *tu
5 Snares, fire and brienftone, on their keads
'{hall in one tempeft fhow'r ;
This dreadful mixture his revenge
into their cup fhall pour.
7 The righteous Lord will righteous deeds
with ilgnal favour grace •,
And to the upright man difclofe
the brightnefs of his face.
PSALM XII.
iOINCE godly men decay, O Lord,
^} do thou my caufe defend ;
For icarce thefe wretched times afford
one juft and faithful friend.
i One neighbour now can fcarce believe,.
wliat th' other doth impart ;
With flitt'ring lips they all deceive,
and with a double heart.
3 But lips that with deceit abound,
can never profper long 5
God's righteous vengeance will confound
the proud blafpheming tongue.
4 In vain thofe foolifh boafters fay,
" our tongues are fure our own ;
€i With doubtful words we'll ftill betrays
" and be controui'd by none."
5 For God, who hears the fuff'ring poor,
and their opprelEon knows,
Will foon arife, and give them red:,
in fpite of all their foes.
4 The word of God mail ftill abide,
and void of falfhood be,
As is the filver, {e\fn times try'd,
from drohy mixture free
7 The
.PSALM xii, xinV 19.;
j The promife of his aiding'grace
{hall reach its purpos'd end ,
His fervants from this faithlefs race
he ever ihall defend.
8 Then fhall the wicked be perplex'd,
to know which way to fly ;
When thofe whom they defpis'd and vex'd^
ihall be advanc'd on high.
V S A L'M XIII.
iT TOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord $
X JL muft I for ever mourn ?
How long wilt thou withdraw from me,
Oh ! never to return ?
X How long ihall anxious thoughts my fouL,
and grief my heart opprefs ?
How long my enemies infiilt^,
andl have no redrefs ?
3 O, hear J and to my longing eyes
reftore thy wonted light ;
And fuddenly, or I ihall ileep
in everlafting night.
4, Reftore me, left they proudly boafV
'twas their own ftrength o'ercame %
Permit not them that vex my foul,
to triumph in my fiiame.
5 Since I have always plac'd my truft
beneath thy mercy's wing,
Thy faving health will come and then
my heart with joy ihall fpring ,
6 Then ihall my fong, with praife infpir'd
to thee, my God, afcend,
Who to thy fervant in diftrefs,
fuch bounty didft extea4»
PSALM,
2© PSALM xiv, xv.
PSALM XIV.
I O URE wicked fools rauft needs fuppofe
|^ That God is nothing but a name :
Corrupt and lewd their practice grows,
No bread is warm'd with holy flame,
a The Lord look'd down from heav'n's high
And all the fons of men did view, (tow'r
To fee if any own'd his power >
If any truth or juftice knew.
3 But all, he faw, were gone afide,
All were degen'rate grown and bafe :
None took religion for their guide,
Not one of all the finful race.
4 But can thefe workers of deceit
Be all fo du<l andfenfelefs grown,
That they like bread my people eat,
And God's almighty pow'r difown ?
5 How will they tremble then for fear,
When his juft wrath fhall them o'ertake ?
For, to the righteous, God is near,
And never will their caufe forfake.
6 III men, in vain with fcorn expofe
The methods which the good purfue ;.
Since God a refuge ris for thole
Whom his juft eyes with favour view.
7 Would he his faving pow'r employ,
To break his people's fervile band j
Then fhouts of univerfal joy
Shall loudly eccho thro' the land.
PSALM XV.
i "] ORD, who's the happy man, that may
I j to thy bleft courts repair ;
Not, ftranger-like, to vifit them,
but to inhabit there ? 2 'Tfe
PS A L M xv, xvi. sSN
2 -.'Tis he, whofe ev'ry thought, and deed
by rules of virtue moves ?>
Whofe gen'rous tongue difdains to fpeak
the thing his heart difproves.
3 Who never did a flander forge,
his neighbour's fame to wound
Nor hearken to a falfe report,
by malice whifper'd round.
4. Who vice in all it's pomp and pow'iry v
can treat with juft neglect*,
And piety, tho' cloathM in rags,
religioufly refpect.
Who to his plighted vows and truft
has ever firmly fteod •.
And though he promife to his lofs3 ^
he makes his promife good.
5~ Whofe foul in ufury difdains
his treafure to employ ;
Whom no, rewards can ever bribe> .
the guiltlefs to deftroy.
The man, who by this fttady ceurfe
has happinefs enfur'd,
When earth's foundation fhakes fhall fk$t*3&
by Providence. fecur'd.
PSALM XVI.
i- TJ&OTECT me from my cruel fces^
j^ and fhield me, Lord, from harm % .
Eecaufe my truft I ftill repofe
on thy almighty arm.
2 My foul all-help but thine does flight, -..
all gods but rhee difown ;
Yet can no deeds of mine requite,
the goodnefs thou haft fhown, 3 Bui
22 P S A L M xvi.
3- But t hofe that itnclly virtuous are^ t
and lave the thing thatV right,
To favour always, and prefer,..
hail he my chief delight.
4 How fhall their few rows be encreas'd,
who other gods adore !
Their bloody orFrings I deteit,
their very names abhor.
5 My lot is fall'n in that bl eft land,,
where God is truly known ;
He fills- my cup with lib'ral hand ;
'tis he fupports my throne.
6 In nature's molt delightful fcene
my happy portion lies ;
The place of my appointed reign '
all other lands outvies.
7 Therefore my foul Aw 11 blefs tke Lord*
whofe precepts give me light,
And private counfel ftill afford,
in forrow's difmal night.
8 I ftrive each action to approve
to his all-feeing eye ;
No danger fhall my hopes remove,
becauie he ftill is nigh,
9 Therefore my heart all grief defies,
my glory does rejoice -,
My fkm lhall reft, in hopes to rife,
wak'd by his pow'rful voice.
10 Thou, Lord, when I relign my breath,.,
my foul from hell malt free ;
Nor let thy H-oly One in death
the leaf!, corruption fee.
1-3 Thoa
P S A L M xv'i, xvii, 23
11 Trsou malt the paths of life difplay ;
that to thy prefence lead ;
Where pleafures dwell without allay,
and joys that never fade.
PS.AL M XVII.
inpo my jure plea, and fad coraplaiitt,
attend, O righteous Lord,
And to my pray'r, as 'tis -unfeigri'd,
a gracious ear afford.
2. As in thy fight I arn approv'd,
io let my fentcnce be;
And with impartial eyes, O Lord,
my upright dealings lee.
3 Per thou haft fearch'd my heart by day
and vifited by night ;
And on the ftrietefe trial -found.
its fecret motions right.
Nor mall thy juftice, Lord, alone
my heart's deflgns acquit;
i^or I have purpos'd, that my tongue
fhall not offence commit.
4 I know what wicked men would do,
their iafety to maintain ;
But me thy juff and mild commands
from bloody paths refhain.
5 That I may ft ill in fpite of wrongs,,
my innocence fecure,
£>, guide me in thy righteous ways,
and make my footfteps fure.
6 Since heretofore I ne'er in vaifi
to thee my pray'r addrefs'd :
O ! now, my God, incline thine ear
£0 this my juft requeft,
7 33*
&l PSALM xvii.
7 The wonders of thy truth and love
in my defence engage,
Thou whofe right-hand preferves thy faints
from their opprefTors rage.
P A R T II.
8,90! keep me in thy tend'reft care »
thy fhelt'ring wings ftretch out,
To guard me fafe from favage foes,
that compafs me about :
10 O'ergrown with luxury, inclos'd
in their own fat they lie j
And with a proud blalpheming mouth
both God and man defy.
1 1 Well may they boaft, for they have not*
my paths encompafs'd round ;
Their eyes at watch, their bodies bow'd
and couching on the ground.
12 In pofture of a lion fet,
when greedy of his .prey ;
Or a young lion when he lurks
within a covert way.
13 Arife3 O Lord, defeat their plots,
their fwelling rage controul :
Trom wicked men, who are thy fword,
deliver thou my foul :
14 From worldly men thy fharpeft fcourgc
whofe portion's here below ;
Who fill'd with earthly {lores afp ire
no other blifs to know.
15 Their race is num'rou* that partake
their fubftance while they live ;
Their heirs furvives, to whpm they may
the vaft remainder give.
16 Mi
^ S A L M "xvii, xvhL £5
*i$ 15ut I in uprightnefs, thy face,
fhall View without controul,
And, waking, -fhall its image find
- reflected in my'foul.
PS AIM XVIfX.
^ 2lWlrO change of times fhall ever fhock
J^j my firm affeclien, Lord* to thee %
^or thou haft always been a rock
a fortrefs and defence to me.
Thou my SehVrer art, my Cod,
my truft is in thy mighty pbw'r 5
ThOu art my fhield from foes abroad,
at hoitie my fefe-.guard and my towV.
3 To thee I will addrefs my pray'r,
(to whom all pratfe we juftly 6we)
So (hall I, by thy watchful care,
be guarded from my treacherous foe.
4, 5 By floods of wicked men diftrefs'd,
with deadly forrows coiiipafs'd round,
'With dire infernal pangs opprefs'd,
in deaths unweildy fetters bound.
6 To Heav'n I made my mournful pray%
to God addrefs my humble moan :
Who graciouily inchVd his ear,
and beard me from his lofty thf One .
PART %
q When Cod ardfe to take my part,
the confcrbus earth did quake for fear f
From their firmpofts the hills did ftart,
nor could his dreadful fury bear.
8 Thick clouds of fmoke difpers'd abroad^,
enfigns of wrath before him came,
^Devouring fire around him glow'd,
''that coals were kindled at its flame.
C ptk
26 P S A L 1& xviii.
9 He left the beauteous realms of light,
vhilft heav'nbow'd down its awful head;
Beneath his feet fubftantial night,
was like a fable carpet fpread.
io The chariot of the King of kings,
which active troops of angels drew,
On a ftrong tempeft's rapid wings,
with moft amazing fwiftnefs flew.
II,li Black, watrymifts and clouds confpir'd
with thickeft fhades his face to veil j
But at his brightnefs foon retired,
and fell in fhow'rs of fire and hail.
13 Thro' heav'ns wide arch a thund'ringpeal
God's angry voice did loudly roar ;
.While earth's fad face, with heaps of hail
and flakes of fire was cover'd o'er.
14 His fharpen'd arrows round he threw,
which made his fcatter'd foes retreat j
Like darts his nimble lightnings flew,
and quickly fmifh'd their defeat.
15 The deep it's fecret stores difclos'd ;
the world's foundation naked lay,
By his avenging wrath expos'd,
which fiercely rag'd that dreadful day.
PART III.
16 The Lord did^on my fide engage,
from heav'n (his throne) my cauie upheld,
And fnatch'd me from the furious rage
of threatening waves that proudly iwell'd.
17 God his reiiftkfs pew'r cmploy'd,
my ftrongeft foes attempts to break ;
Who die w ith tale had foon deftroy'd,
the weak u feneje that I could make.
1 S Thejr
P ' S A h M xval $$
1 8 Their fubtle rage had ne'er prevail'd*
when I diftrefs'd and friendlefs lay,
But ftill when other fuccours fail'd,
God was my firm fupport and ftay.
19 From dangers that enclosed me rounxi^
he brought me forth and fet me free 5
For fome juft caufe his goodnefs found3
that mov'd him to delight in me.
20 Becaufe in me no -guilt remains,
God does his gracious help exrend 5.
My hands are free from bloody ftains,
therefore the Lord is ftill my friend,
21, 22 For I his judgments kept in fight*
in his juft paths have always trod ;
I never did his ftatutes flight,
nor loofely wander'd from my God.
23, 24 But ftill my foul, ffn-cere and'purej
did ev'n from darling fins refrain ;
His favours therefore yet endure,
becaufe my heart and hands are clean*
PART IV.
25, 26 Thou fuit'ft, O Lord, thy righteous
to various paths of human kind, (ways
They who for mercy merit praife,
with thee fhall wond'rous mercy find,
Thou to the juft fhall juftice fhew,
the pure thy purity fhall fee 5
Such as perverfly choofe to go,
fhall meet with due returns from thee.'
27, 28 That he the humble foul will fave,
and crufti the haughty's boafted might,
In me the Lord an inftance gave,
whofe darknefs he has turn'd to light.
29 On
23 PS ALM xvim
29 On his firm fuccour-I-rely'd,
and did o'er num'rous foes prevail 'j.
Nor fear'd whilft he was on my fide,
the beft defended walls to fcale.
30 For GodVdefigns fhallftill fueceed^
his word will bear the utmoft teft j
He's a ftrong fhield to all that need,
and on his fur e protection reft.
3 1 Who then deferves to be ador'd,
but God on whom my~ hopes, depend f
Or who, except the mighty Lord,
can with refiftlefs powV defend ?
B A R T V.
32, 33- 'Tis God chat girds my armour oo^ ,
and all my juft defigns fulfils ;
Through him, my feet can fwiftly run,.
and nimbly climb the fteepeft hills.
3^4 LeiTons of war from him I take,
and manly, weapon* learn to wield fe
Strong bows of fteel with eafe i break,,
fore'd by my ftronger arms to yields
35 The buckler of his faring health
protects me from infulting foes-:
His hand fuftains me ftill, my wealths
and greatnefs from hi& bounty flows^L
36 My goings he enlarg'd abroad,
'till then to narrow paths confin'd,
And when in flipp'ry ways I trod,
the method of my fteps defign'd.
37 Thro* him I numVous hofts defcatj.
and flying fquadrons captive take :
£jtor from my fierce purfuit retreat,
'tMl.I-a final conqueft make.
38 Covcr'd
PSALM" xviH; ||
%8 Cover'd with wounds in vain they tryy
their vanquiih'd heads again to rear \
Spite of their boafted ftrength they lie
beneath my feet and grovel there.
39 God, when frefh armies take the field,
recruits my ftrength, my courage warms i
He makes myftrong oppofers yield,
fubdu'd by my prevailing arms.
40 Thro* him the necks of pro ft rate foes
my conqu'ring feet in triumph prefs*,
Aided by him I root out thoie
Who hate and envy my fuccefs.
41 With loud complaints all friends they
but none was able to defend ; [try'd.
At length to God for help they cry'd \
but God would no aiHftance lend.
42 Like flying duft, which winds purfue^'
their broken troops I fcattered round ;
Their flaughter'd bodies forth I threw,
like loathfome dirt that clogs the ground.'
P ART VL
43 Our factious tribes, at ft rife till now?\
by God's appointment me obey ;
The heathen to my fceptre bow,
and foreign nations own my-rway,
44-Remoteft realms their homage ienda
when my fbccefsful name they heart
Strangers for my commands attend,
charm'd -with refpecV or aw'd by fean -
45 All to mv fummons tamely yield,
or foon in battle are difmay'd :
For ftronp;er holds they quit the iield>
And ftill in ftrongeft holds afraid.
O3 :J 46 Let
»$ PSALM xviii, so,
46 Let the eternal Lord be prais'd I
the rock on whofe defence I reft ;
O'er highefl heav'ns his name be rais'd,
who me with his falvation blefs'd,
47 Tis God that ftiil fupports my right,
his juft revenge my foes purines ;
'Tis he that with refiitlefs might,
fierce nations to my yoke iubdues.
48 My univerfal fafe-guard, he,
from whom my lafting honours flow %
He made me great, and fet me free,
from my remorfelefs, bloody foe.
49 Therefore to celebrate his fame,
my grateful voice to heav'n I'll raife !
And nations, ftrangers to his name,
ihall thus be taught to ling his praife.
50 <( God to his king dcliv'rance fends,
" fhews his anointed fignal grace \
il His mercy evermore extends
" to David, and his promis'd race.
P S A L M XIX.
jr I S HE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lorcl^
[_ , which that alone can fill ;
The tirmament and ftars exprefs
their great Creator's Ik ill.
2 The dawn of each returning day,
frefh beams of knowledge brings ;
And from the dark returns of night
divine inflru&ion fprings.
3 Their pow'rful language to no realm
or region is confin'd ;
'Tis nature's voice, and underftcod
alike by all mankind, 4 Their
PSALM xix. 31
4 Their doctrine does its facred fenfe
thro' earth's extent difplay ;
Whofe bright contents the circling fan
does round the world convey.
5 No bridegroom for his nuptials dreft>
has fuch a chearful face ;
No giant does like him rejoice,
to run his glorious race.
6 From eaft to weft, from weft to eaft|
his reftlefs courfe he goes ;
And thro' his progrefs chearful lightj
and vital warmth beftows.
PART II.
7 God's perfect law converts the foui>
reclaims from falfe deftres ;
With facred wifdom his fure word
the ignorant infpires.
8 The ftatutes of the Lord are juft,
and bring iincere delight ;
His pure commands in fearch of truths
affift the feebleft fight.
9 His perfect worfhip here is nxVis
on lure foundations laid :
His equal laws are in the fcales
of truth andjuftice weigh'd.
10 Of more efteem than golden mines^
or gold renn'd with fkill : 4
More fweet than honey, or the drops
that from the comb diftill.
11 My trufty councellors they are,
and friendly Warnings give ;
Divine rewards attend on thofe5
- who by thy precepts live.,
1 2 But
32 ? "S A L M' xix, zx; '
12 But what frail man obferves, how of
he does from virtue fall ?
O cleanfe me from my fecret faults^
thou God that knowii them all,
23 Let no prefumptctfs fin, O Lord?
dominion have o'er me ;
T&a* by thy grace, prefervM, I may-
the great tranfgreliion flee.
24 So fhall my prayV and praifes bs
with thy. acceptance bleft }
And I fecure, on thy defence,
my flrength and Saviour reft.
P S A L M XX.
2 r HHE Lord to thy requefi attend,.
1 and hear thee in diilrefs :
The name of Jacob's God defend,,
and grant thy arms fuccefs.
2 To aid thee from on high repair,
and tfrength from Sion give ;
3 Remember all thy offerings there>_^
thy facrihce receive. . :
4- To compafs thy own heart's defireK
thy counfels ftili direct:
Make kindly all events confpire
to bring them to effecl:.
5 To thy fahfation, Lord, for aid
we c hear fid ly repair,
With banners in thy name difplay'd, .
• the Lord accept thy pray'r.
6 Cur hopes- are fiVd, that now the Lord
our fovVcign will defend,
£rom heav'n ivfiftlefs aid afFoi'd,
and to his prayer attend. 7 Souk
PS A L M^ xx, xxL 2?
f Some truft in fteeds for war defign'd,
on chariots fo me rely ;
Againft them all we'll call to mind
the pow*r of God naoft high.
8 But, from their fteeds and chariots throwa a
behold them, thro? the plain,
BiforderM, broke and trampled down,
wbilft firm our troops remain.
£ Still fave us, Lord, and ftill proceed
our rightful caufe to.blefs ;,
Hear, King of Tieav'n, in times of need*,.,
the pray'rs that we addrcfs.
PSALM XXI,
3 rTl HEking^O Lord, with fangs of prah%::
1 £hall in thy ftrength rejoice ;
With thy falvation crown'd, fhall raife
to heav'n his chearful voice.
% For thou, whate'er his lips requeft*
not only doft impart,
Bus haft with thy acceptance bleft
the wifties of his bearu *
\ Thy goodnefs and thy tender care
have all his hope* out gone ;
A crown of gold thou mad'ft him wear
and fett'ft it firmly on.
4 He pray'd for life ; and thou, Q -Lord £ s
did'ft his fhort fpan^xtend,
And gracioufly to him afford
a life that ne'er {hall, end.
5 Thy Aire defence, through nations roundj
has fpread his glorious name ;
.And his fuccefsful actions croweM
• with jnajefty and fanae* 6 EterrttV
• 34 P S A L M xxl,
6 Eternal bleilings thou beftow'it,
and mak'ft his joys increafe ;
Whilftthou to him, unclouded fhow'nS)
the brightnefs of thy face.
PART II.
7 Becaufe the king on God alone
for timely aid relies ;
His' mercy {till fupports his throne,
and all his wants fupplies.
8 Btit righteous .Lord, thy ftubborn foes
fhall feel thy heavy hand ;
Thy vengeful arm fhall find out thofe
that hate thy mild command.
f "When thou againft them doft engage,,
thy ,uft, but dreadful doom
Shall, like a glowing oven's rage,
their hopes and them conlume.
io Nor fhall thy furious anger ceafe,.
or with their ruin end ;
But root out all their guilty race,
and to their feed extend.
1 1 For all their thoughts were fet on ill,
their hearts on malice bent ;
But thou with watchful care did'ft {till
the ill effecls prevent.
1 2 In vain by fhameful flight they'll try
to'fcape thy dreadful might ;
While thy fwrift darts fhall farter fly,
and gall them in their flight.
13 Thus, Lord, thy wond'Vous ftreagthdif-
and thus exalt thy fame ; (clofe,
Whilft we glad fongs of praife compofe
to thy ajmighty name.
PSALM
PSALM xxii. 35
PSALM XXII.
* T\ /f ^ Godjmy God,why leav'ft thou me,
.TV A when I whh anguifh faint ;
.O ! why fo far from me remov'd,
and from my loud complaint ?
2 All day, but alt the .day unheard,
to thee do I complain ;
With cries Implore relief all night,
but cry all night in vain.
3 Yet thou art {till the righteous judge
of innocence oppielVd ;
And therefore Israel's praifes are
of right to thee addrefs'd.
4, 5 On thee our anceftors rely'd,
and thy deliv'rance found ;
With pious confidence they pray'd,
and with fuccefs were crown'd.
6 But I am treated like a worm,
like none of human birth :
Not only by the great revil'd,
but made the rabble's mirth.
7 With laughter all the gazing crowd
my agonies furvey ;
They moot the lip, they fhake the head,
and thus, deriding fay :
8 " In God he trufted, boafting oft,
. " that he was heav'n's delight ;
** Let God come down to fave him now*
w and own his favourite."
PART II.
9 Thou mad'ft my teeming mother's womk
a living offspring bear ;
When but a fuckling at the breair,
I was thy early care. io Thott
<& P SALM xxii.
io Thou, guardian-like did'ft ihicid from
xny helplefs infant days ; (wrongs
And fince haft been my God and guide,
through life's bewilder'd ways.
?i I Withdraw not then fo far from me,
when trouble is fo nigh :
© ! fend me help, thy herp, on^which
'I only can rely.
12 High-pamper'd bulls, a frowning herd9
from Bafaa's foreft met,
With ftrength,proportion'd to their rage,
have me around befet.
*3 They gape on me, and1 ev'ry mouth
a yawning grave appears %
"The. -defect lion's favage roar
lefs dreadfulHs than theirs.
PART III.
•14 My blood, like waters fpill'd, my joints
are rack'd, and out of frame ;
My heart diflblves within my breaft,
like wax before the flame.
15 My ftrength like potter's earthis ^arch'd,
my tongue cleaves to my jaws ;
And to the iilent (hades of death
my fainting foul withdraws.
16 H.ikeblood-hoifnd9,tofQrrotind me,the>f
in packM afTemblres meet ;
They pierc'd my inoffenfive hands,
they pierc'd my harmlefs feet.
1 7 My body's rack'd, till all my bone*
diftinttly may be told :
Yet fuch a fpe&acie of woe,
*s paftime they behoii.
18
*
P S A L M xxii, 47
;8 As fpoil, my garments they-divide,
lots for my vefture caft :
19 Therefore approach, O Lord,my ftrength
and to my fuccour hafte.
20 From their marp fwordpmtecl: thou me,
of all but life bereft ;
Nor let my darling in the.pow'r
of cruel dogs be left.
21 To fave me from the lion's jaws*
thy prefent fuccour fend ;
As once, from goring unicorns,
thou did'ft my life defend.
22 Then to my brethren I'll declare
the triumphs of thy name ;
In prefence of afiembled faints,
thy glory thus proclaim :
23 tc Ye worihippers of Jacob's God,
" all you of Ifrael's line,
~€i O praife the Lord, and to your praife
" fincere obedience join.
24 w He ne'er difciaia'd on low diftrefej
u to caft a gracious eye ;
u Nor turn'd from poverty his face,
f* but hears its humble cry."
PART IV.
25 Thus iri thy facred courts will I
my chearful thanks exprefs ;
In prefence of thy faints perform
the vows of my diftrefs.
26 The meek companions of my grief
Ihali find my table fpread ;
And all that feek the Lord> (hall be
with joys immortal fed,
D 2j Than
33 P S A L M xxfi, xxiiL
•2.7 Then fhall the glad converted world
to God their homage pay •,
And fcatter'd nations of the earth
one fov'reign Lord obey.
28 Tis his fupreme prerogative
o'er fubjecl kings to reign :
*Jis juft that he fhould rule the world,
who does the world fuftain.
29 The rich who are with plenty fed
his bounty muft confefs :
The fons or want, by him reliev'd,
their genVous patron blefs.
With humble worfhip to his throne
they all for aid re fort :
That power which firft their beirgs gave,
can only them fupport.
30, 31 Then fhall a. chofcn fpotlefs racef
devoted to his name,
To their admiring heirs hi s truth
and glorious acts proclaim.
PSALM XXIII.
I*" I ^ HE Lord himfelf, the mighty Lord
1 vouchsafes to be my guide ;
The fhepherd, by whofe conftant care
my wants are all fupplyM.
2 In tender grafs he makes me feed,
and gently there repofe ;
Then leads me to cool fhades, and where
refrefhing waters flows.
3 He does my wandVing foul reclaim,
and, to his endlefs praife,
/nftrucl with humble zeal to walk .„
in his meft righteous ways,
4*
PS A L M xxIH, xxfvv ^>~
4 I pafs the gloomy vale of death,
from, fear and danger free ;
For there his aiding rod and ftafF
defend and comfort me.
5 In prefence of my fpiteful foes,
he does my table fpread ;
He crowns my cup with chearful wine,
with oil anoints my head.
6 Since God doth thus his wond'rous lov£
through all my life extend ;.
That life to him I will devote,,
and in his temple fpend.
PSALM XXIV.
lH *HIS fpacious earth is all the Lord's %
the Lord's her fulnefs is,
The world, and they that dwell therein,
by fov'reign right are his.
2 He fram'd and fixM it on the feas ^
and.his almighty hand,
Upon inconftant floods has made
the ftable fabrick fland.
3 But for himfelf this Lord of all
one chofen feat deflgn'd :
O ! who fhall to that iacred hill
defir'd admittance find ?
4 The man whofe hands and heart are pure,
whole thoughts from pride are free j
Who heneft poverty prefers
to gainful perjury.
5 This, this he, on whom the Lord,
fhall fhow'rhis bieffings down ;
Whom God his Saviour fhall vcuchfafe
with righteoufnefs to crown,
D z 6 SucU
4« PSALM xxiv, xxv,
6 Such is the race of faints, by whom*
the facred courts are trod ;
And fuch the profelytes, that feek.
the face of Jacob's God.
7 Erect your heads, eternal gates,
unfold, to entertain
The King of glory ; fee ! he conies
with his cceleftial train*
8 Who is this.King of glory ? Who ??
the Lord for ftrength renown'd ;
In battle mighty ; o'er his foes,
eternal victor crown'd.
9 Erect your heads, ye gates -9 unfold^
in ftate to entertain
The King of glory : fee ! he comes
with all his fhining train. •
io Who is this- King of glory ? Who t
the Lord of hoits renown'd !
Of glory he alone is King,
who is with glory crown'd.
PSALM XXV.
i,rT^ O God, in whom I truft,
i Jl I lift my heart and voice
O let me not be put to fhame
nor let my foes rejoice.
3 .Thofe who on thee rely,
let no difgrace attend :
Be that the fhameful lot of fuch
as wilfully offend.
4, 5 To me thy truth impart,
and lead me in thy way :
Eoithou art he that brings me help ;
fyj thee I wait all day.
f.Thy-
PS ALM xxv., 44
€ Thy mercies, and thy love^
O Lord, recall to mind ;
And gracioufly continue ftill
as thou wert ever; kind.
7 Let all my youthful crimes
be blotted out by thee ;
And for thy wond'rous goodnefs fake
in mercy think on me,
8 His mercy, and his truth,
the righteous Lord difplays,
In bringing wand'ring finners home,„
and teaching them his ways.
9 He thofe in juflice guides,
who his direction feek ;
And in his facred paths mall lead
the humble and the meek.
10 Through al1 the ways of God
both truth and mercy mine,
To iuch as with religious hearts
to his bleft wil incline.
PART II.
si Since mercy is the grace
that moft exalts thy fame ;
Fdrg've my heinous fin, O Lord,.
and fo advance thy name.
12 Whoe'er with humble fear
to God his duty pays,
Shall find the Lord a faithful gttidejjt*
ia all his righteous ways.
23 His quiet foul with peace
fhali be for ever bleft,
And by his num'fo-us race the land,
fttecefUvely poflefsM,
D %, ia Mp*
I* P S.AiL M xxv,
14 For God to alMiis faints
his fecret will imparts,
And does his gracious cov'naat write
in their obedient hearts.
15 To him I lift my eyes,
and wait his timely aid,
Who' breaks the ftrongand treachVous fnare .
which for my feet was laid.
16 O ! turn and all my griefs,
in marcy, Lord, redreis ;
For I am compafs'd round with woe?^
and plung'd in deep diftrefs.
17 The forrows of my heart -
to mighty fu-sns increaie ;
O ! from this dark and difrial flat"
my troubled foul rejeafe !
1 8 Do thou, with lender eyes,
my fad afhidlion fee ;
Acquit me, Lord, and from my guilt.--
intirely fet me free.
le ConiId$r,,Lcrd, my . foesf ,
how vaft their numbers grow !
\Vhat lawlofs force and rage they ufa5
what boundlefshate they ihow !
20 Protect, and fet my foul
from their fierce malice free ;
Nor let me be aihanvd who plage
my ftedfaft truftin. thee.
21 Let all my righteous acls
to full perfection rife ;
Becaufe my firm and conftant hope
oajhee alone, re lies *
22 To
l&ALM xxv, xs*i.\ 43;
2-2 To liraers chofen race
continue ever kind ;.
ifcnd in the midft of all their wants,
let them thy fuccour find.
ES.AL.M XXVI.
i JUDGE me, O Lord:;., for J the paths,
J o^righteoufnefs have trod ;
I' cannot fail, who all my truft
repofe in thee* my God.
5, ,3 Search, prove my heart, whofeinnocen.ee,:
will fni'ne, the more -lis- try'd °,.
For I have kept thy grace in view,,
and made thy truth my guidco .
4 I never for companions tookc
the idle or profane ;7
No hypocrite, with all his arts,..
could e'er my friendfhip gain*.
c I hate the bufy, plotting crew,.
who make diftracled times ■;-■
And fhun their wicked company.'
as I avoid their crimes.
6 niwafli my hands in innocence-
and bring a heart fo pure,
That, when thy altar I approach,
my welcome fball be fure.
7, £ My thanks Til publifh there, and teH'-
how thy.renown excels : •
That feat affords-. me moft delight,
in which thy honour dwells.
9 Pafsnot on me the ikmers -doom, ,
who murder make their trade •,
IP Who others rights, by feeret bribes?
. Qr apen fon:e^ invade* uBut.
44. PSA L ffl xxvi, zz&viu
1 1 But I will walk in paths of trutk, ~
and Innocence purfue :
Protect me therefore, and to me
thy mercies, Lord, renew.
12 In fpite of- all afTaulting fees,
I (till maintain my ground ;
And {hall furvhre amongft thy faints*
thy praifes to refound.
PS A L M XXVI.
lYITHom fhould I fear, fince God to me-
W ; is faving health and light ?
Since ftrongly he my life fupports,
what can my foul affright ? -
3 With fierce intent my fiefh to tear,
when foes befet me round,
They {tumbled, and their lofty crefts
were made to ftrike the ground.
3 ..Through him my heart undaunted dares
with numVous hofts to cope 5
Through him in doubtful freights of war
far good fuecefs I hope.
4 ^Henceforth within his houfe to dwell
I earneitly delire ;
Kis wond'rous beauty there to view, v
and his blefc will enquire.
£ For there may I with comfort relh,.
in times of deep diftrefs jV
And fafe ?.s on a rock abide
in that fecure recefs :
6 Whilft God o'er all my haughty foes .
my ^ofty head fhall raife ;
And I my joyful ofFrings bring,
and fing glad fongs of praife. P AR1T
FS A L M xxvii. %$
PART II,
f Continue, Lord, to hear my voice^ .
whene'er to thee I cry ;
In mercy all my prayers receive,
nor ray requeft deny.
& When us, to feek thy glorious face
thou kindly doll advife •>
u Thy glorious face I'll always feek,'*
My grateful heart replies.
9 Then hide, not thou thy face, 0 LordP>
nor me in wrath reject.:
My God and Saviour^ leave not him
thou didft fo oft protect.
10 Tho* all my friends and nearer): kin^
their helplefs charge forfake ;
Yet thou, whofe love excels them all^
.wilt care and pity take..
11 InftrucT: me in thy paths, O Lord>,
my ways directly guide ;
lieft envious men who watch my fteps>,
fhould fee me tread afide.
3-2 Lord* difappoint my cruel foes ;,
defeat their ill de^re*
Whofe lying lips,, and bloody hands.,
againft my peace confpire.
13 I trufted that my future life
fhould with thy; love be crown'dj
0r elfe my fainting. foul had funk*
with forrow; compafs'd round.
14 God's time with patient faith expect.,,
and he'll infpire thy breaft
With inward ftrength ; do thou thy par t;..
and. leave to him the reft,'
ES.ALMl
4$ PSALM xxviik
P S A L M XXVIII.
i/~\ LORD, my rock, to rhee I crfs.
%<_J in figh* confume my breath,
O ! anfwer ; er I (hall b< come
likethofe that Jeep in death.
2 Regard my fuppUcations, Lord,
the cries that I repeat,
With weeping eyes, and lifted hands*
before thy mercy-feat*
3 Let me efcape the finners doom,
who make a trade of id ;
And ever fpeak . the perfon fair,
whofe blood they me m to ip ill.
4 According to their crimes extent
let juftice have its courfe :
Relentlefs be to them, as they
have fina'd without remoifa.
5 Since they the works of God defpife*
nor will his grace adore,
His wrath mall utterly deilrov,
and build them up no more,
6 But I, with due acknowledgment,,
his praifes will refound,
From whom the cries of my diftrefs
a gracious anfwer found.
7, My heart- its counder.ee repos'd
in God my fhength a*nd ihiield j
In him I trufted and returned
triumphant from the field :
As he has made my joys complete,
'tis juft that I mould raiJe
The chearful tribute of my thanks,
and tkus refound his praife :
8 "His
F S A L M xxviii, xxrx. $$
£ " His aiding powY fupports the tro'ops
w that my juft caufe maintain ;
4i Twas he advanc'd me to the throne,
t€ 'tis he fecures my reign.
--9 Preferve thy chofe-n, and proceed
thine heritage to bleis,
With plenty profper them, in peace ,
in battle, with fuccefs.
PSALM XXIX.
■i\7"E princes that in might excel,
\_ Your grateful facrifice prepare %
-God's gLorious actions loudly tell,
His wondYons pow'r to all declare.
2 To his great name frefh altars raife.
Devoutly due refpeft afford ^
Him in his holy temple praife,
Where he's with folemn ftate ador'do'
3 Tis he that with amazing noife
The watr'y clouds in funder breaks :
The ocean trembles at his voice,
When he from heav'n in thunder fpeaks,
4, 5 How full of pow'r his voice appears 1
With what majeftic terror crown'd !
Which from the roots tall cedars tears,
And ftrews their fcatter'd branches round,
6 They, and the hills on which they grow
Are fometimes hurried far away 5
And leap like hinds that bounding go,
-Or unicorn? in youthful play.
7, 8 When God in thunder loudly fpeaks*
And fcatter'd flames of lightning fends,
The foreft nods, the defart quakes,
And ftubbora Kadefh lowly beads.
oH*
^8 PSALM xxlx, $xx.
$ He makes the hinds to caft their young,
And lays the beafts dark coverts bare \
"While thofe that to his courts belong,
Securely ting his praifes there.
10, ii God rules the angry floods on highs
His boundlefs fway Ihall never ceafe :
His people he'll with ftreugth fupply,
And blefs his own with conftant peace.
PSALM XXX.
1 T 'LL celebrate thy praifes, Lord,
_£_ who did'ft thy pow'r employ,
To raife my drooping head, and check
my foes infnlting joy.
2, 3 In my diftrefs I cry'd to thee,
who kindly did'ft relieve,
And from the grave's expecting jaws
my hopelefs life retrieve.
-4 Thus to his courts, ye faints of his,
with fongs of praife repair ;
With me commemorate :his truth,
and providential care.
5 His wrath has but a moments reign »,
his favor no decay :
Your night of grief is recompensed
with joys returning day.
6 But I, in profp'rous days, prefum'd *
no fudden change I fear'd :
Whilftin my fun-fhine of fuccefs
no low'ring cloud appear'd.
7 But foon I found thy favour, Lord,
my empire's only truft ;
for when thou hid'ft thy face, I favv
iny honour laid in duft.
8Th€ft
PSALM xxx, xxxi;. 49
8 Th:n, as I vainly had prefum'd,
my error I confefs'd j
And thus with fupplicating voice
thy mercy's throne addrefs'd ;
p " What profit is there in my blood,
" congeat'd by death's -cold night ?
u Can filent afhes fpeak thy praife,
*f. thy wond'rous truth recite ?
lo <c Hear me, O Lord, in mercy hear $
<€ thy wonted aid extend :
<l Do thou fend help, on whom alone
" I can for help depend."
ii Tis done J thou haft my mournfulfcene
to fongs and dancing turn'd ?
Inverted me in robes of ftate,
who late in fack- cloth mourn'd.
12 Exalted thus, I'll gladly fing
thy praife in grateful verfe ;
And, as thy favours endlefs are,
thy endlefs praife rehearfe. .
PSALM xxxr.
iT\EFEND me, Lord, from fhamc ■:
JLJ? for ftill I truft in thee :
As juft and righteous is thy name,
from danger fet me free.
2 Bow down thy gracious ear,
and fpeedy fuccour fend :
Do thou my ftedfaft rock appear,
to fhelter and defend.
3 Since thou when foes opprefs^
my rock and fortrefs art
To guide me forth from this diflreis,
shy wonted help impart.
E 4 Releafe
30 PSALM xxxi.
4 Releafe mc from the fnare
which they have clofely laid ;
Since I, O God, my fhength, repair
Co thee alone for aid.
5 To thee, the God of truth,
my life, and all that's mine.
(For thou preferv'ft me from my youth)
I willingly refign.
6 All vain deiigns I hate,
of thofe that truft in lies :
And ftilj my foul in ev'ry flate,
io God for fuccour flies.
PART IT.
7 Thofe mercies thou hall fhown,
I'll chearfully exprefs ;
For thou haft leen my ftraits and known
my foul in deep diftrefs.
8 When Keliah's treath'rous race
did all my ftrength inclofe,
Thou gavVt my feet a larger fpace,
to fhun my watchful foes.
9 Thy mercy, Lord, difplay,
and hear my juft complaint *,
For both my foul and flefh decay,
with grief and hunger faint.
io Sad thoughts my life opprefs ;
my years are fpent in groans ;
My fins have made my itrength decreafe,
and ev'n confum'd my bones.
i 1 My foes my fuff 'rings mock'd ;
my neighbours did upbraid ;
My friends, at fight of me, were fliock^d,
and £cd, ss men difmay'd.
12 Forfook
i
PSALM xxxk 5*
2 2 Forfook by all am I,
as dead, and out of mind ;
And, like a fhatter d veiTel lie,
whofe parts can ne'er be join'd.
13 Yetfland'rous words they fpeak^
and feem my pow'r to dread:
Whiift they together counfel take,
my guiltlefs blood to med.
14 Butftillmy ftedfaft truft,
I on thy help repofe :
That thou, my God, art good and jufi,'
my foul with comfort knows.
FART III.
15 Whate'er events betide,
thy wifdom times them all :
Then, Lord, ihy fervant fafely hide
from thofe that feek his fall.
16 The brightnefs of thy face,
to mer O Lord, difclofe ;
And as thy mercies frill increafe,
preferve me from my foes.
17 Me from difhonour fave,
who ftill have call'd on thee j
Let that, and filence in the grave,
the finner's portion be.
18 Do thou thefr tongues reftrain §
whofe breath in lies is fpent 5
Who falfe reports with prGud difdain,'
againft the righteous vent.
19 How great thy mercies are
to (iach as fear thy name ;
Which thou, for thofe that truft thy care/
doft to the world proclaim i i
E 2 zo Thcu
-5: PSALM xxxi, xxx • :'.
. 20 Thou keep'ft them in thy fight,,
from proud opp'reffors free ;
From tongues that do in ft rife delight,
they are preferv'd by thee.
21 With glory and renown
Gcd's name be ever blefs'd \
Whofe iove in Keilah's well-fenc'd town
was wondVoufly exprefs'd ;
22 I fold, in hafty flight,
<( I'm baniflvd from thine eyes ;
€{ Yet ftill thou keeper, me in thy fight^
" and heard my earneft cries."
23 O! all ye faints, the Lord
with eager love purfue ;
Who to the juft will help afford,
and give the proud their due.
24 Ye that on God rely,
couragioufly proceed ;
For he will yet your hearts fupply
with ftrength, in time of need.
PSALM XXXII.
HE'sbleft, whofe fins have pardon gain'd,
No more in judgment to appear y
2 Whofe guilt remiflion has obtain'd,
And whofe repentance is fincere.
3 While I conceaPd the freting fore,
My bones confum'd with grief;
All day did I with anguifh roar ;
But no complain is affuag'd my grief:
4 Heavy on me thy hand remain'd,
By day and night alike diftrefs'd;
Till quite of vital moifture drain'd,
Like land with fu miner's drought opprefs'd.
5 No
PSALM xxxil, xxxin. 53
a No fooner I my wound difclos'd,
The guilt that tortur'd me within,
But, thy forgivenefs interpos'd,
And mercy's healing balm pour'd in.
6 True penitents mail thus fucceed,
Who feek thee while thou may'ft be found3
And, from the common deluge freed,
Shall fee remorfelefs finners drown'd.
7 Thy favour, Lord, in all diftrefe,
My tow'r of refuge I mufi: own :
Thou {halt my haughty foes fupprefs,
And me with fongs of triumph crown.
8 In my infraction then confide,
You that would truth's fafe path defcry \
Your progrefs I'll fecurely guide,
And keep you in my watchful eye.
9 Submit yourfelves to wLfdom's rule,
Like men that reafon have attained ;
Not like th* ungovern'd horfe and mule,1
Whofe fury muil be curb'd and rein'd.
10 Sorrows, on forrows multiply'd,
The harden'd {inner fh'*l! confound :
But them who in his truth confide,
Bieilings of mercy mail furround.
1 1 His faints, that have perform'd his laws|
Their life in triumph's ihail employ;
Let them (as they alone have caufe)
In grateful raptures ihout for joy.
P S A L M XXXIII. '
1 T *E T all the juft to God with joy
JLj their chearful voices raife ;
For well the righteous it becomes
to fing glad Tongs of praife.
E 3 a, 3 Let
54
PSALM xxxtt
2, 3 Let harps and pfalteries, and lute%
in joyful concert meet ;
And new-made fongs of loud applaufe
the harmony complete.
4, 5 For faithful is the word of God ;.
his works with truth abound :
Ke juftice loves.; and all the earth
is with, his goodnefs crown'd.
6 By his almighty word, at firft,
heav'n's glorious arch was rear'd ;
And all the beauteous hofts of light,,
st his. command appear'd.
7 The fwelling floods together roll'd,,
he makes in heaps to lie ;
And lays, as in a ftore-houfe fafs, .
the wat'ry treafures by.
3, o I^et earth and all that dwell therein^
before him trembling ftand:
For, when he fpake the word, 'twas made y
'twas iix'd.at his command.
10 He-, when the heathen clofelyplot,
their counfels undermines :
Hiswifdom ineffectual makes
the people's rain defigns..
j 1 Whate'er the mighty Lord decrees,
ihail ftand forever fare ;
The fettled purpofe of his heart
to ages fhall endure,
PART it;
12 How happy then are they, to whom
the Lord for God is known !
Whom he, from all the world befldes,
4ias chofea for his own.
13, 14, 15 He
PSALM xxxiii, xxxi?* 5*1
M 3, 14, i> He all the nations of the earthy
from heav'n, his throne, i urvey'd :
He faw their works, and view'd their tho'ts^
by him their hearts were made.
16, 17 No king is fafe by num'rous hofls §
their ftrength the ftrong deceives ;
No manag'd horfe, by force or fpeed,
his warlike rider laves.
S 8, 1 9 * Tis God, who thofe that truft in hira>
behold^with gracious eyes :
He frees their foul from death j their want,
in time of dearth, fupplies.
20, 2 1 Our foul on God with patience wai^
our help and fhield is he i
'Then, Lord, let ftill our hearts rejoice,
becaufe we truft in thee.
22 The riehes-of thy mercy, Lord,
do thou to us extend ;
Since we, for all we want or wifh,
on thee alone depend*
P S A L M XXXIV.
2r"| ^HRO' all the changing fcenes of lii&>
I in trouble and in joy,
The praifes -of my. God'fhall {till
my heart and tongue emp!oy.
£ Of his deliv'rance I will boaft,
'till ali that are diftreft,
From my example comfort take,
and charm their griefs to reft. .
3 Ol magnify the Lord with me3
with me exalt his name :
4 When in diftrefs to him I call'dy.
he to my refcue came.
.5 Theft-
r6 PS A L M xxxiv.
fi
5 Their drooping hearts were fooa refrefYcL
who look' J to him for aid :
DehVd fucccfs in ev'ry face
a chearful air drfpiay'd :
6 {C Bhold (fay they) behold the many
<{ whom Providence; reliev'd ;
«< So dangVoufly with woes befet,
" fo wond'roufly retrieved !"
1 The hofts of God encamp around
the dwellings of the juft ;
Deiiv'rance he affords to all
who on his fuccour truft.
5 O ! make but trial of his love,
experience will decide
How bteft they are, and only they,
who in his truth confide.
q Fear him, ye faints, and you will therr
have nothing elfe to fear :
Make you his lervice your delight y
he'll make your wants his care.
io While hungry lions lack their prejj
• the Lord will food provide
For fuch as put their truft in him,
and fee their needs fupply'd.
P A R T II.
Z i Approach, ye piouny difpos'u^
and my inftrucYion hear ;
I'll teach you the true difcipline
of his religious fear. -
12 Let him. who length of life denres,
and proip'rous days would fee,
13 Fromfland'ring language keep his tongue,
h is. lips from falfhood free.
14* Th?
PSALM xxxiv, xxxv. 57
24 The crocked paths of vice decline,
and virtue's ways-purfue j
Eftablifh peace where 'tis begun ;
and where 'tis loft, renew.
15 The Lord from heav'n beholds the jul%
with favourable eyes ;
And when diftrefs'dj his gracious ear
is open to their cries : -
16 But turns his wrathful look on thofe^
whom mercy can't reclaim,
To cut them 06% and from the earth
blot out his hated name.
17 Deliv'rance to his faints he gives,
when his relief they crave :
18 He's nigh to heal the broken hearty
and contrite fpirk fave.
19 The wicked oft, but ftill in vain>
againft thejuft confpire :
20 For, under their afflictions weighty
he keeps their bones intire. •
21 The wicked, from their wicked arts,
their ruin fhall derive j
Whilft righteous men, whom they detefty
fhall them and theirs furvive.
22 For Qpd preferves the fouls of thofejj
who on his truth depend :
To them and their pofterity,
his bleffings fhall defcend.
PSA L,M XXXV.
2 A Gamft all thofe that ft rive with me*
jljl O Lord, afiert my right ;
"With inch as war unjuftly wage,
do thou my battles light.
2 Thy-
53 PSALM xxxv.
2 Thy buckler take and bind thy fhield
upon thy warlike arm :
Stand up> my God, in my defence °,
and keep me fafe from harm.
3 Bring forth thy fpear, and {top their courfe
that hafte my blood to fpiil :
Say to my foul, M I am thy health,
u and will preferve thee (till."
4 Let them with fhame be cover'd o'er,
who my deftruction fought :
And fuch as did my harm devife,
be to confufion brought.
5 Then fhall they fly difpers'd like chaff*
before ths driving wind ;
God's vengeful minifters of wrath.
fhall follow clofe behind.
6 And, when thro* dark and flippVy ways^
they ftrive his rage to fhun,
His vengeful minifters of wrath
fhall guard them, as they run.
7 Since, unprovok'dby any wrong,
they hid their treach'rous fnare >
And for my harmlels foul a pit,
did without caufe prepare ;
8 SurprizM by mifchiefs unforefeen,,
by their own arts betray'd,
Their feet fhall fall into the net,
which they for me have laid.
9 Whilll my glad foul fhall God's- great
for this deliv'rance blefs ; (name
And, by his faving health fecur'd,
its grateful joy exprefs.
io My
PSALM xxxv. 59
10 My very bones (hall fay, " O Lord,
Ci who can compare with thee?
u Who fett'ft the poor and helplefs man
% Xi from flrong oppreffors free."
PART II.
1 1 FaTe witnefles, with forg'd complaints,*
againft my truth combin'd ;
And to my charge fuch things they laid,
as I had ne'er defign'd.
12 The good which I to them had done,
with evil they repaid ;
And did by malice undefervM
my harmlefs life invade.
13 But as for me, when they were Hck,
I (till in fack-cloth mourn'd ;
I prayM and fafted, and my pray'r
to my own breaft returned,
14 Had they my friends or brethren been,
I could have done no more ;
Nor with more decent figns of grief
a mother's lofs deplore.
15 How different did their carriage prove,
in times of my diftrefs \
When they, in crouds together met,
did favage joy exprefs.
The rabble too, in numVous throng6,
by their example, came ;
And ceas'd not with reviling words,
to wound my fpotiefs fame,
16 Scoffers that noble tables haunt,
• and earn their bread with lies,
Did gnafh their teeth, and ilandVous jefls ,
j:r*alicioufiy dQ^'ify
1? But
6o if 5 A i. M xxxv.
17 But, Lord, how long wilt thou look on?
on my behalf appear ;
And fave my guiltleis foul, which they
like rav'ning beafts would tear.
PART III.
18 So I, before the kft'ning world,
fhall grateful thanks expiefs \ "
And where the great affembly meets,
thy name with praifes blefs,
19 Lord, fuffer not my caufelefs foes,
who me unjuftly hate,
UVith open joy, or fecret figns,
to mock my fad eftate.
20 For they, with hearts averfe to peace,
induftrioufly devife,
Againft the men of quiet minds,
to forge malicious lies.
21 Nor with thefe private arts content,
aloud they vent their fpite,
And fay, " at laft we found him out j
" he did it in our fight."
22 But thou who doft both them and me
with righteous eyes furvey,
Afiert my innocence, O Lord,
and keep not far away.
23 Stir up thyfelf in my behalf,
to judgment Lord, awake ;
Thy righteous fervant's caufe, O God,
to thy decifion take.
24 Lord as my heart has upright wbeen,
let me thy juftice find ;
Nor let my cruel foes obtain
the triumph they defign'd.
25 Q
PSALM xxxv, xxx vL 61
25 O ! let them not amongft themfelves,
in boafting language fay,
" At length our wimes are complete 5
.« at laft he's made our prey."
26 Let fuch as in my harm rejoic'd,
for fhame their faces hide •,
And foul dishonour wait on thofe, ,
that proudly me defy'd :
27 Whilft they with chearful voices fliOUt*
who my juft caufe befriend ;
And blefs the Lord, who loves to make
fuccefs his faints attend.
28 So mall my tongue thy judgments fing;
infpir'd with grateful joy \
And chearful hymns, in praife of thee
ihall all my days employ.
PSALM XXXVI.
1 "\ /jf Y crafty foe, with fiatt'ring art,
xVJL His wicked purpofe would difguife3
But reaion whifpers to my heart,
No fear of God's before his eyes.
2 He fooths himfelf, retir'd from fight 5
Secure he thinks his treach'rous game :
Till his dark plots, expos'd to light,
Their falfe contriver brand with fhame
3 In deeds he is my foe confefs'd,
Whilft with his tongue he fpeaks me fair 9
True wifdom's banifh'd from his bread \
And vice has fole dominion there.
4 His wakeful malice fpends the night
In forging his accurs'd defigns ;
His obftinate, ungen'rous fpite
No execrable means declines.
F j But
«fa PSALM xxxvi, xxxvii.
5 But, Lord, thy mercy, my fare hope,
The higheft orb .of heav'n tranfcends ',
Thy facred truth's unmeafur'd fcope
Beyond the fpreading ikies extends.
6 Th<y juftice like the hills remains ;
Unfathom'd depths thy judgments are 5
Thy providence the world fuftains ;
"The whole creation is thy care.
7 Since of thy goodnefs all partake,
With what aiTu ranee fhould the julr.
Thy fhelt'ring wings their refuge make,
And faints to thy protection truft !
8 Such guefts fhall to thy courts be led,
To banquet on thy love's repaft :
And drink as from a fountain's head,
Of joys that mail for ever laft.
■9 With thee the fprings of life remain ;
Thy prefence is eternal day :
jo O! let thy faints thy favour gain,
"To upright hearts thy truth difplay.
1 1 Whilft pride's in fairing foot would fpurn,
And wicked hands my lite furprife ;
12 Their mifchiefs on themfelves return;
Down, down they're falFn, no more to rife.
PSALM XXXVII.
jf a ^HO' wicked men grow rich or great,
1 Yet let not their fuccefsful ftate
Thy anger, or thy envy, raife ;
'2 For they, cut down, like tend sr grafs,
Or like young flowV-s, away fhall pafs,
Whole blooming beauty foon decays.
3 Depend
P S: A L M xxxviu %
tf Depend on God, and him obey j
So thou within the land fhalt ftay,
Secure From danger and from want:
4 Make his commands thy chief delight^
And he^ thy duty to requite,
Shall all thy earneft wifhes grant.
5 In all thy ways truft thou the Lord*
And he will needful help afford,
To perfect evyry juft defign -9
6 He'll make, like light, ferene and clear^
Thy clouded innocence appear,
And as a mid-day fun to fhine.
j With quiet mind on God depend.
And patiently for him attend,
Nor let thy anger fondly rife,
Though wicked men with wealth abound>
And with fuccefs the plots are crown/d^
Which they malicioufly devife.
8 From anger ceafe, and wrath forfake y
Let no ungovern'd paffion make
Thy wavVing heart efpoufe their crime ;
q For God Ihall finful men deftroy -,
Whilft Only they the land enjoy,
Who truft in him and wait his time.
io How foon ihall wicked men decay I
Their place (hall vanifh quite away>
Nor by the ftricteft fearch be found ;
11 Whilft humble fouls poiTefs the earthy
Eejoicing ftill with godly mirth,
With peace and plenty always crowned,
PART II.
12 While finful crouds, with falfe defign,
Againft the righteous few combine,
Fa And
64 PS AL M xxxvii.
And gnafh their teeth and threatening ftand;.
13 God fhall their empty plots deride,
And laugh at their defeated pride :
He fees their ruin near at hand.
14 They draw the fword, and bend the bow,
The poor and needy to o'erthrow,
And men of upright lives to flay:
1 5 But their ftrong bows fhall foon be broke j
Their fharpen'd weapon's mortal ftroke
Thro* their own hearts fhall force its way,
16 A little, with God's favour bleft,
That's by one righteous man pofTcfs'd,
The wealth of many bad excells :
17 For God fupports the juft man's caufe ;
But, as for thofe that break his laws,
Their unfuccelsful povv'r he quells.
18 His conftant care the upright guides,
And over all their life preiides ;
Their portion fhall for ever laft :
loThey, when diftrefso'erwhelms the earth,
Shall be unmov'd, and ev'n in dearth
The happy fruits of plenty tafte.
20 Not fo the wicked men, and thofe
"Who proudly dare God's will oppofe :
Deftruciion is their haplefs fhare :
Like fat of lambs their hopes and they,
Shall in an inftant melt away,
And vaniih into fmoke and air.
PART III.
2 1 While finners brought to fad decay,
Still borrow on and never pay,
The juft have will and powV to give ;
22 For
PSALM xxxvif, 5|
22 For fuch as God vouchfafes to blefs,
Shall peaceably the earth pofTefs, .
And thofe he curfes fhall not live.
23 The good man's way is God's delight^
He orders all the ft^ps aright,
Of him that moves by his commands
24 Tho' he may bs fometimts diftreft,
Yet Chill he ne'er be quite oppreft,
Fjr God upholds him with his hand.
25 From my firft youth, 'till age prevail'dj.
I never Taw the righteous rail'd
Or want overtake his numYous race \
16 Bccaufe compaflion fi'l'd his heart,
Ani he did chearfu^y impart,
God made his offspring's wealth increafe;
27 With caution (bun each wicked deed,
In virtue's ways with zeal proceed,
And lb prolong your happy days :
28 For God who judgment loves, does fli!3
Preferve his faints fecure from ill,
While foon the wicked race decays,
20, 30,31 The upright fliall. poflefs the lane?
His portion mall for ages fraud ;
His mouth with wifdom is fupply'd,
His tongue by rules of judgment moveSj \
His heart the law of God approves %
Therefore his footfteps never Aide,
PART IV.
32 In wait the watchful flnner lies-,
In vain the righteous to furprize,
In vain, his ruin does decree 1
F 3 33 G&*
«6'5 PSALM xxxvii, xxxviif.
3-3 God will not him defencelefs leave
To his revenge expos'd, but favej .
And when he's fentene'd, fet him free.
*r34 Wait ftill on- God ;- keep his command^
And thou, exalted in the land,
Thy bleft pofleffion ne'er ihall quit-; '
The wicked loon deitroy'd ihall be,
And at his difmal tragedy
Thou ihalt a fafe ipectator fit.-
I35 The wicked I in pow'r have {ben*
And like a bay tree, frefh and green,
That fpreads its pleafant branches round s
^6- But he was gone as hvi-t as thought,
Jind though in evry place I fought,
No figu or track of him I found.
^7-Obferve the nerfeft. man with care5
And mark all fuch as upright are j
Their rougheft, days in peace; .ihall end:
?33 While on the latter end of thofe,
"Who dare God's facred will oppofe,
AiCommon ruin ihall attend.
39 God to thejufl will aid afford:
Their only fafeguard is the Lord i,
Their ftrength, in time of need, is he ;
40 Becaufe on him they ftill depend,
The Lord will timely faccour fend,
And from the wicked fet thern free;-
PSALM XXXVIII.
TH Y chaft'n i ng wrath , O Lord, reilrain,
tho' I deferve it all ;
Nor Jet at once on me the ftorca
$f thy difpleafure fall*
a In
PSALM xxxvlii.. $t
Z~ 5n ev'ry wretched part of me
thy arr ws detp remain ;
Thy heavy hand's afflicting weighs- s
I can no more iuftam.
j My flefh is one continued wound j
thy wrath ib fiercely glows 5
Betwixt my.punifhment and guil&3
my bones have no repofe.
4 My fins which to a deluge fwellj ,
my finking head o'erflow ; ..
And, for my feebl& ftrength to beary,
too van: a burden grow,
5 Stench and corruption fill, my wounds^ ,
my folly's juft return :
6 With trouble I am warp'd and bow'd^
and all day long I mourn.
*j A loath'd difeafe afflicts my loins,- .
infecting ev'ry part ;
8 JW^h ficknefs worn, I groan and roar^ ,
through anguifh. of my heart.
P AR^ IE
9. But, Lord, before thy fearehmg eyes
all mj defires appear ;
And, fure, my groans have been too laud:>\
not to hav^ reach 'd thine ear.
I o. My heart's opprefs'd, my itrength decsy'd. ,
my eyes depriv'd of light •
II Friends, lovers, kinimen gaze aloof
on iuch a difmal fight.
12 Mean while,, the, foes thatfeek my<life^
their fnares to take me fet ;
Vent flanders, and contrive all day
to forge fe-xae new deceit.
13 Bur
*3 PSALM xxxviii, xxxix
:
13 But I, as if both deaf and dumb,
nor heard, nor cnce rephM ;
14 Quite deaf and dumb, like one whofe
with confcious guilt is ty'd. (tongue
15 For, Lord, to thee I do appeal,
my innocence to clear •,
AfTur'd that thou, the righteous God,
my injur'd caufe wilt hear.
16 " Hear mo," faid I, " left my proud.foes
" a fpitefui joy difplay ;
" Infuhing, if they fee my foot
" but once to go a'tray."
1 7 And with continu'd grief opprefs'd,
to fink I now begin,
18 To thee, O Lord, I will confefs,
to thee bewail my fin.
19 But wlillt I languifh, my proud foes-
their ftrength and vigour boaft ;
And they who hate me without caufe,
are grown a dreadful holt.
20 Ev'n they whom loblig'd return
my kindnefs with defpite ;
And are. my tnemies, becaufe
I choevfe the path thar's right.
21 Forfake not me, G Lord my God,
nor far from me depart ;
22 Make hafte to my relief, O thou,
who my falvation art.
PSA L.M XXXIX.
fir) Esolv'd to watch o'er all my ways,
JT^ I kept my tongue in awe *
1 curbVJ my hafty words, when I
the profp'rous wicked fawf
2 Like
PSALM xxxix, %l.
2 Like one that's dumb, I filent ftood,
and did my tongue^re^rain
From good difcourfe : but that reftramt
increas'd my inward pain.
3 My heart did glow, which working tho'ts
did hot and reftiefs make ;
And warm reflections fann'd the fire,
and thus at length I fpake :
4 Lord, let me know my term of days>
how foon my life will end :
The numVous train of ills difclofe,
which this frail flate attend.
5 My life, thou know'ft, is but a fpan %
a cypher fums my years \
And ev'ry man, in befl eiiate,
but vanity appears.
6 Man, like a fhadow, vainly walk%
with fruitlefs cares opprefs'd :
He heaps up wealth, but cannot tell
by whom 'twill be pofTefs'd.
7 Why then fhould I on worthlefs toy%
with anxious care, attend ?
On thee alone my ftedfaft hope
fhall ever, Lord, depend.
8, 9 Forgive my fins ; nor let me fcorn'd
by foolifh finners be ;
For I was dumb, and murmur'd not,
becaufe 'twas done by thee.
io The dreadful burden of thy wrath
in mercy foon remove ;
Left my frail flefh too weak to bear
the heavy load fhould prove.
1 1 Fotf-
7o PS AL M xxxix, xt.
ii For when thou chafTncft man for fin*
thou mak'ft his beauty fade
(So vain a thing, is he !') like cloth
by fretting moths decay 'd.
12 Lord, hear my cry, accept my tears,,
and liften to my pray'iy
Who fojourn like a Granger here,
as all my fathers were.
23 O f fpare me yet a little time »
my wafted ftrength reftore,
Before I vanifh quite from hence,,,
and fhall be feen no more.
PSALM XL.
Waited meekly for the Lord,
Till he vouchfaf 'd a kind reply ;
Who did his gracious ear afford,
And heard from heav'n my humble cry*
2 He took me from the difmal pit,
When founderM deep in miry clay ;
On folid ground he plac'd my feet,
And fuffer'd not my fteps to ftray.
3 The wonders he for me has wrought,
bhall fill my mouth with fongs of praife ;
And ethers, to his worfhip brought,
To hopes of like deliv'rance raife.
4 For bleffings mall that man reward,.
Who on the almighty Lord relics \
Who treats the proud with difregard,
And hates the hypocrites difguiie.
■; Who can the wond'rous works recount,
Which thou, O God, for us haft wrought ?
The treafures of thy love furmount
The pow'r of numbers, fpeech, and thought.
6 i'vs
P S A L M x\. fk
6 I've learnt that thou hail not defiVd
OffYings and facrifice alone ;
Nor blood of guiitlefs beairs requir'd,
For man's tranfgrefiion to atone.
7 I therefore come come to fulfil
The oracle thy books impart :
8 Tis my delight to do thy will;
Thy law is written in my heart.
PART II.
9 In full afTemblies I have told
Thy truth and righteoulnefs at large :
Nor did, thou know'ft, my lips with-hold-
From utt'ring what thou gav'fi: in charge
1 6 Nor kept within my breaft confin'd,
Thy faithfulnefs, and laving grace ;
But preach'd thy love for all defign'd,
That all might that and truth embrace.
1 1 Then let thofe mercies I declared
To others, Lord, extend to me :
Thy loving kindnefs my reward,
Thy truth my fafe protection be,
12 For I with troubles am diitrefs'd,
Too vafi: and numberlefs to bear :
Nor lefs with loads of guilt opprefs'd,
That plunge and fink me to delpair.
As foon, alas ! I may recount
The hairs on this afflicted head ;
My vanquijh'd courage they furmonnt,
And fill my drooping foul with dread.
PART IIL
13 But, Lord, to my relief draw near ;
For never was more prefling need ;
In my delivVance, Lord, appear,
And add to that delivVance fpeed.
14 Confufioi*
72 PSALM xl, xli.
14 Confufion on their heach return,
"Who to defixoy my foul combine •,
Let them, defeated blufh and mourn,
Enfnar'd in their own vile defign.
1 5 Their doom let defolarion be,
With fhame their malice be repaid,
Who mock'd my confidence in thee,
And fport of my affliction made.
16 While thofe, who humbly feek thy face^
To joyful triumphs fhall be rais'd ;
And all, who prize thy faving grace,
With me refound, the Lord be prais'd.
17 Thus, wretched tho' I am, and poor,
Of me the almighty Lord takes care :
Thou, God> who only can'ft reftore,
To my relief with fpeed repair.
P S A L M XLI.
iT T A PP Y the man whofe tender care
AX relieves the poor diftrefs'd !
When he's by troubles compafs'd round,
the Lord ihall give him reft.
2 The Lord his life with blefllngs crown'd,
in fafety fhall prolong ;
And difappoint the will of thofe,
that feek to do him wrong.
3 If he in languishing eftate,
opprefs'd with ficknefs lie ;
The Lord will eafy make his bed,
and inward ftrcngth fupply.
4 Secure of this, to thee, my God,
I thus my prtfy'r addrefs'd ;
c< Lord, for thy mercy, heal my foul,
" tho* I have much uanfgrefs'd.
5 My
V 3 A L M rli. 73
5 My cruel toes, with, flasi&'rous "words
attempt to wound my fame :
" When ihall lie die (fay they) and men
{f forget his very name ? '
6 Suppofe they formal viiits make,
tis ail but empty fhbw :
They gather mifchief in their hearts,
and vent it where they go.
7, S With private whifpers, fuch as theiC;
to hurt me they devife :
" A fore difeafe afflicts him now :
" he's fali'n no more to rife."
9 My own familiar bofom-friend,
on whom I moft rely'd,
Has me, whofe daily gueft he wa%
with open {corn defy'd,
to But thou my fad and wretched fiats*
ia mercy, Lord, regard ;
And raife me up that all their crimes
may meet their juft reward.
1 1 By this I know, thy gracious ear
is open when I call j
Becaufe thou fuffer'fr not my foes
to triumph in my fall.
1% Thy tender care fecures my life
from danger and difgrace ;
And thou vouchfaf 'ft to fet me ftill
before thy glorious face.
13 Let therefore Ifrael's Lord and God
from age to age be bleft ;
And all the people's glad applaufe
. with loud amens exprefs'd.
G fSALM
74 PSALM xlH.
PSALM XLII.
1 A S pants the heart for cooling ftreams
JLjL. when heated in the chafe *,
So longs my foul, O God, for thee,
and thy refreshing gi ace.
2 For thee, my God, the living God,
my thhfty foul doth pine :
O ! when (hall I behold thy face,
thou majefty divine?
3 Tears are my con ft a nt food, while thus
infuking Foes upbraid $
C( Deluded wretch ! w here's now thy God?
€i ..nd where his promis'd aid ?"
4 I iigh whene'er my muling thoughts
thofe happy days prelent,
When I with troops of pious friends
thy temple did frequent :
When I advane'd with fongs of praife,
my folemn vows to pay ;
And led the joyful facred throng,
that kept the fcftal day.
5 Why reftlefs, why cait down my foul?
truft God ; and he'll employ
His aid. for thee, and change thefe fighs
to thankful hymns of j y.
6 My foul's caft down, O God ; but thinks
on thee and Sion. ftill;
From Jordan's bmk, fromHermon's heights,
and Miflar's humbler hill.
j One trouble calls another on 5
and, burfting o'er my head.
Fall fpouting down, till round my fouf
a roaring fea is fpread.
S But
PSALM xlS, xffii. 75
S But when thy prefence, Lord of life*
has once difpeU'd the fiorai,
To thee I'll midnight anthems fing,
and all my vows perform.
9 God of my ftrength, how long ihail 1$
like one forgotten, mourn,
Forlorn, foriaken, and expos'd
to my cppre£brs fcorn }
10 My heart is pierc'd as with a ftvordj
whilft thus my foes upbraid ;
** Vain boafter, where is now thy God i
" and where his promised aid in
ii Why refliefsj why cart down my foul '?*
hope frill ';• and thou malt fing
The praife of him who is thy God,
thy health's eternal fpring,
PSA L M XLIIL
iTUST judge of heaven, againft myfoef
Jf Do thou afTert my injur'd right :
© ! fet me free, my God, from thofe
That in deceit and wrong delight.
2 Since thou art ftill my only fray,
Why leav'ft thou me in deep diftrefs f
Why go I mourning ail the day,
Whilft me infill ting foes opprefs ?■
3 Let me with light and truth be oleic,.
Be thefe my guides, and lead the way.
Till on thy holy hill I reft,
And in thy facred temple pray,
4 Then will I there frefh altars raife
To God who is my only joy ;
And well tun'd harps with fongs of praifb"
Shall all my grateful hours employ.
G 2 5 Why
j6 PSAL M xliii, xliv.
5 Why then cafr down, my foul ? and why.
So much oppreiVd with anxious care ?
On God> thy God, for aid rely ;
Who will thy ruin'd ftate repair.
PSALM XLIV.
tjT^\ LOR;D our fathers oft have told,
\^/ in our attentive ears,
Thy wonders in their days performed,
and elder times, than theirs :
1 How thou, to plant them here, didft drive-
the heathen from this land,
Dlfpeopled by repeated ftrokec .
of thy avenging hand.
3 For not. their courage, nor their ftvord,
to them pofTeffion gave ;
Norflrength, that from unequal force,.
their fainting troops could fave ;
But thy right hand, andpow'rful arm,
'whole fuccour they implor'd ;
Thy prefence with the chofen race,
who thy great name adord.
4 As thee their God our father's cwr/d^
thou art our fov'reign King ;
O ! therefore, as thou didft to, them,..yf
to us deliv'rance. bring.
5 Thro' thy victorious name, our arms,
the proudeft foe fhall quell ;
And crufh them with repeated ftrokes, ,
as oft as they rebel.
$ I'll neither truft my bow nor.fword,
when I in fight engage :
*]t But thee, who haft our foes fubdu'd,
and ^am'd their fpiteful rage.
8 To,
PSALM xliv. 77
8 To thee the triumph we afcribe,
from whom the conqueft came;
Ih God we will rejoice all day,
and ever blefs his name.
P A R T 1L
9 But thou haft caft us off; and now*
mod fhamefully we yield ,•
For thou no more vouchfaf 'ft to lead
our armies to the field,
so Since when, to ev'ry upftart foe
we turn our backs in light;
And with our fpoil their malice feaft,
who bear us- ancient fpite,
j i To Slaughter doom'd, we fall like fhcep
into their butchering hands ;
Or (what's more wretched yet) furvive,
difpers'd thro* heathen lands.
12 Thy people thou haft fold for flaves 5
and let their price fo low,
That not thy treafure by the fale^ .
but their difgrace may grow :
13, T4 ReproaehM by all the nations round/
the heathen's bye-word grown ;
Whofe fcorn of us is both in fpeech, ■'.
and mocking geftures, fhown.
15 Confufion ftrikes me blind ; my face
in confcious fhame I hide ;
26 While we are fcoff'd, and God blafphem'd
by their licentious pride.
P A RT III.
yj Oh us this heap of woes is fall'n j
all this we have endur'd ;
Yet have not, Lord, renounced thy name$
or faith to thee abjur'd :
G-3. 18 Bw
^S ' P- 8 ^ L M ' ism, xlr.
i 8 But in thy righteous paths have kept .
our hearts and ftepswith care ;
io Tho' thou haft broken all our ftrengtli* .
and we aloicft defpair,
20 Could we, forgetting. thy great name,
on other Gods rely,
2i And not the iearcher of all hearts
the trcach'rous crime defcry ?
22 Thou feefl what fufi'rings for, thy fake
we evVy day fuftain.;
.All flaughter'd, or referv'd likte-lheep
appointed to be flam.
2^ Awake, arife ; let feeming ileep
" no longer thee detain ;
Nor let osj Lord, who fue to thee,
forever iue in vain.
24 O ! wherefore hidefr thou thy face
from our afSicled {rate,
25 Whofe- fouls and bodies fink to carta
with gilzh epprefiive weight ?
26 A rife, OLcrd, and timely hafte ;
to our deliv'rance make :
Redeem us, Lord, if not for ours,
yet for thy -mercy's bke.
p.s.A l m XLV.
WHiLEltheKir.g'sloud praiferchcarfefcr
indited by my heart,
My tongue isJike the pen of him
that writes with ready art.
2 How matchkfs is thy form, O .King!
thy mouth with grace o'erflows :
Becaufe -freili blefiings God .oa thee;
eternally bellows.
y Gird
5 Gird on thy fword, mod mighty Prince s
and clad in-rich arra y,
With glorious ornaments of pow'r,
majeftic pomp difplay.
4 Ride onin flats, and ft-ill protect
the meek,, the juit, the true ;
Whilft thy right-hand with fwift revenge
does all thy foes purfue* .
5-How fharp thy weapons are to them
that dare thy pow?r oppofe I
Down, downthey fall, while thro? their hears
the pointed arrow goes.
6 But thy iirm throne, O God, is £x*d
for ever to endure ;
Thy fcepter'd Iway fhall always iail^
by righteous laws fecure.
7 Becaufethy heart, by justice Ied3.\
did upright ways- approve,
And hated ilill the crooked paths
where wand'ring iinners ro^e ;
Therefore did God, thy God, on thee -
the oil of gladnefs ilied ,
And has, above thy fellows rounds .
advanced thy lofty head,, .
$ With caffta, aloes, and rnyrrh5
thy rcyal robes abound :
Which, from the ftatejy ward -robe brought^
;t fpread grateful odcrrs round.
9 Among the honour ible tiaia
did. 'princely virglrs wait;
The Queen was plac'd at thy right-hand-
in. golden. robes of flate,
PAR?
tor P S ALM xlfc
PART II.
ic But thou, O- royal bride, give eary,
and to my words attend :
Borget thy native country now,
an d t v ry £ or me r trie n d*
1 r So (hall thy beauty charm the King,.
nor fhall his love decay.:
For he is now become thy Lord ;
to him due rev'rence pay.
3 2 The Tyrian matrons, rich and'proud, .
ihail humble. prei<j*ns make,
And all the weahhy nations iue,,
thy. favour to partake.
2 3 The King's fair daughter's beauteous foul
all inward graces iill ,
Her raiment is of pureft gold,
adorn'cLwith coftly (kill.
14 She in her nuptial garments drefs'dj
with needles richly wrought.,
Attended by her virgin train,
fhalUo the King be brought.
1 5 "With all the ftate o£ folemn joy
the triumph moves along ;
'Till, with wide gates, the royal court,
receives the. pompous throng.
26 Thou, in thy rdyal Father's room,
muft princely fons expecl ;
Whom thou, to diff'r ent realms may'ft fend
to govern and protcil :
ij Wh ilft this my fong to future times
tranfmits thy glorious name ;
And makes the world with one confent
shy laiftng praife proclaim. PSALM
PSALM xlvi; . U
P 3 A L M XLtt
I /^f G D is our refuge in diftrefs ;
\JT A prefent help, when dangers prefs j
In himrundauntedj will confide :
2, 3 Tho' earth were from her centre tofs'd
And mountains in the ocean loft,
Tprn piece-meal by the rearing tide.
4 A gentler ftream with gladnefs {till
The city of our Lord, (hall-fill,.
The royal feat of God moft high ;
5 God dwells imSion, whofe fair tow'rs
Shall mock th' afTaults of earthly pow'rs3
While his almighty aid is nigh.
6 In tumults when the heathen rag'd,
And kingdoms war againfl us wag'd
He thunder'd, and difpers'd their pow'rs..
7 The Lord of holts. conducts our arms,
Our tow'r of refuge in alarms,
Our father's guardian God; and ours.
»
8 Come fee the wonders he has wrought*
On earth what defolation^ brought ■;.
9 How he has calm'd the jarring world *
He broke the warlike fpear and bow;
With them their thund'ring chariots too
Into .devouring flames were hurl'd.
io Submit. to God's almighty fway ;
For him the heathen fhall obey,
And earth her fov'reign Lord confefs f-
II The God of holts conduces our arms,
Our tow'r of refuge in alarms,
As. to our fathers, in diftrefs>
BS;AXM(
PSALM xlvii, xlfciir.
j/^\ All
2\l An
PSALM XLVII.
ye people, clap your hand?,
id with triumphant voices ffng :..
No force the mighty pow'r wkhftanclG,*
Of God, the universal King..
3, 4 Hsfhaii opposing nations quell,
And with iucccfs our battles fight ;
Shall -fix the place where we mull dwell,
The pride of Jacob his delight.
5, 6 God *is gone up, our Lord and King,,
With fhoutsof joy, and trumpets found :
To him repeated praifes fing,
And let the chearful fong go round.
7, 3 Your utmeft ikill in praife be fhcvwn^
For, him who all the world commands ;
Who fits upon his righteous throne,
And fpreads his iway o'er heathen lands.
9 Our chiefs, and tribes, that far fromhencs-
T* adore the God of Abr'am came ;
Found him their conftant fure defence,
How great and glorious is his name !
PSALM XLVIII.
ir t ^HE Lord, the only God, is great*,
§ and greatly to be prais'd
In Sion, on whofe happy mount
his facred throne is raised.
2 Her tow'rs the joy of all the earth,,
with beautious profpect rife ',
On her north-fide th' almighty KingV
imperial city lit 3.
3 God in her palaces is known :
his prefence is her guard
4 Confed'rate kings withdrew their fiege;
•and of fuccefs deiuair'd. 5 The??
TSAL.M xlviii. $k
5 They view'd her walls, adm'u'd and fieds
with grief and terror ftruck 5
•6 Like women whom the iudden pangs
of travail hacLo'ertook,
■7 No wretched crew of mariners
appear like them forlorn,
When fleets from FaAMi's wealthy coafts
by -eafterh winds are torn.
8 In S ion we have fee n performed
a work that was foretold :
In pledge tha* God for times to come3
his city will uphold.
9 Not in our fortceiTes and walls
did we, O God, confide ;
But on the temple fix'd our hopes,
in which thou didft reiide,
20 According to thy fovVeign name,
thy praife thro' earth extends ;
Thy pow'rful arm as juflice guides,
chaftifes or defends.
r i Let Sion's mount with joy refound,
her daughters all be taught,
In fongs his judgments to extol,
who this cleliv'rance wrought.
12 Compafs her walls with, folemn pomp \ ,
your eyes quite round her caft ;
Count all her tow'rs, and fee if there
you find one ft one difpiac'd.
f.3 Tier forts and palaces furvey ;
obferve their order vsdl ;
That, with aiTurance, to 5 our heirs,
the wonder yoia may tell.
14 This
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14 This God is our*, and will be ours,
whilit we in h-irn confide;
Who, as he has prcferv'd us now,
till death will be our guide.
PSALM XLIX.
1 T ET all the lift'ning world attend,
2 1 j and my inftructions hear :
Let high and low, and rich and poor,
with joint confent give ear:
3 My mouth, with facred wiidom fill'd,
mall good advice impart ;
The found remit of prudent thoughts,
digeited in my heart.
4 To parables of weighty fenfe
I will my ear incline ;
While to my tuneful harp I ling,
dark words of deep defign.
5 Why mould my couiage fail in times
of danger and of doubt ;
When iinners, that would me fupplant,
have compafs'd me about ?
6 Thofe men, that all their hope and truft
in heaps of treafure place :
And boafting, triumph, when they fee
their ill-got wealth increafe ; „
7 Are yet unable from the grave
their deareit fiiend to free ;
Nor can, by force of coftly bribes,
reverie God's firm decree.
8, 9 Their vain endeavors they muft quit,
the price is held too high :
No fums can purchafe fuch a grant,
that man ihall never die.
10 Not
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•*o Not wifdom can the wife exempt,
nor fools their folly, fave 5
But both muft perifh, and in death,
their wealth to others leave.
1 1 For tho' they think their ftately feats
{hall ne'er to ruin fall ;
But their remembrance laft in lands,
which by their names they call ;
22 Yet {hall their fame be foon forgc^
how great foe'er their ftate :
With beafts their memory, and they,
{hall {hare one common fate.
PART II.
■s 3 How great their folly is, who thus
abfurd conclufions make !
And yet their children, unreclaiin'd,
repeat the grefs miftake.
14 They all, like fheep to {laughter ledP
the prey of death are made ;
Their beauty while the juft rejoice,
within the grave {hall fade.
15 But God will yet redeem my foul \
and from the greedy grave
His greater pow'r mall fet me free,
and to himfelf receive.
16 Then fear not thou, when worldly men
in envy'd wealth abound ',
Nor tho' their prolp'rous hou'fe increafe,
with {late and honour crownM.
tj For when they're fummon'd hence by
they leave all this behind ; (death,
Ho fhadow of their former pomp
Within the grave they fine ;
H 18 And
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1 8' And yet they tho't their ft ate was bleft,
caught in the flatt'rer's fnare :
Who praifes thofe that flight all elfe,
and of themfelves take care.
19 In their forefathers fteps they tread ;
and when, like them, they die,
Their wretched anceitors, and they,
in endlefs dark&efs lie.
-20 For man, how great foe'er his flate 5
unlefs he's truly wife,
As like a fenfual beaft he lives,
£o} like a beaft, he dies.
PSALM L.
1,^1 " HE Lord hath fpoke, the mighty God
2 JL Hath lint his fummons ail abroad,
From dawning light, tili day declines:
The lift'ning earth his voice hath heard,
And he from Sion harh appear 'd,
Where beau* y in perfection ihines.
3,4 Our Go-] ihallcome, and ke°p .u r.ore
JVlifconftni'd ii'ence, as before •,
But wading flames before him fend :
Around (kail tempefts fiercely rage,
While he does h^avm and earth engage
Hisjuft tribunal to attend.
5, 6 Aflemble all my faints to me
(Thus runs the great divine decree)
Tkat in my lifting cov 'nant live !
An.4 ff 1 in s bring with conftant care :
( Hie* heaves his j ftice <h ' declare ;
Fur God hunfelJ Qi ... fentence give )
7 Attend^
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r Attend, my people ; Ifrael hear ;
fby ftrong actufer Fil appear ;
Thy God^ thy only God, am I :
'Tis not of offerings I complain,
Vhich, daily in my temple {lain,
My facred altar did fupply.
Will this alone atonement make ?
To bullock from thy flail I'll take,
Nor he-goaf from thy fold accept r
o The foreft beafts, that range alone,
lie cattle too, are all my own.
That on a thonfand hills are kept.
i I know the fowls, that build their nefls
n craggy rocks; and favage beafts,
That loofely haunt the open fields :
2 If feiz'd wiih hunger I could be,
need not feek relief from thee,
Since the world's mine,, and all it yields,
3 Think'ft thou that I have any need
fn ilaughter'd bulls and goats to feed,
To eat their fle/h, and drink their blood?
4 The facrifices I require,
Ire hearts which love and zeal infpire,
And vows with ftricleft care made good*
$ In time of trouble call on me,
ind I will fet thee fafe and free ;
And thou returns of praife fhall make.
6 But to the wicked thus faith God :
low dar'ft thou teach my laws abroad,
Or in thy mouth my cov'nant take ?
7 For ftubborn thou, confirm'd in 11%
Xafi proof againft inftru&ioa been,
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And of my word didft lightly fpcake.
18 When thou a fubtile thief didft fec^
Thou gladly didft with him agree,
And with adult'rers didft partake,
19 Vile (lander is thy chief delight ;
Thy tongue, by envy mov'd, and fpite,
deceitful tales doft hourly fpread.
20 Thou doft with hateful fcandals wound
Thy brother and with lyes confound
The offspring of thy mother's bed.
aiThefe things didft thou, whom ftill I ftro?e
To gain with filence, and with love j
Till thou didft wickedly furmife,
That I was fuch an one as thou :
But I'll reprove and fhame thee now,
And hi thy fins before thine eyes.
22 Mark this, ye wicked fools, left I
Let all my bolts of vengeance fly,
While none fhall dare your caufe to own t
23 Who praifes me, due honour gives;
And to the man who juftly lives,
My ftrong falvation fhall be fhowa.
PSALM LI.
I Tir AVE mercy, Lord, on me,
[ J as thou wert ever kind :
Let me opprefs'd with loads of guilt,
thy wonted mercy find.
2, 3 Wafhoffmy foul offence,
and cleanfe me from my fin :
For I confefs my crime, and fee
how great my guilt has been.
4 Aga'mft:
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4 Againft thee, Lord, alone,
and only in thy fight,
Have I fcranfgrefs'd ; and tho' condemned*
muft own thy judgments right.
5 In guilt each part was form'd
of all this finful frame ;
In guilt I was conceiv'd, and bora*
the heir of fin andfharne.
6 Yet thou, whofe fearching eye
does inward truth require,
In fecret didft with wifdom's laws
my tender foul infpire.
7 With hyfop purge me, Lord £
and fo I clean fhall be :
I fhall with fnow in whitenefs vie,
w^en purifi'd by thee.
8 Make me to hear with j&y
thy kind forgiving voice h
That fo the^bones which thou haft bfofss
may with frefh ftfeftgth rejoice.
9, 10 Blot oi>t my crying fins,
nor me in anger view ;
Create in me a heart that's- clean,
an upright mind renew.
PART IL
it Withdraw not thou thy helg>.
nor caft me from thy fight j
Nor let thy holy fpirit take
its everlaiting flight.
12 The joy thy favour gives^.
let me again obtain ;
And thy free fpirit's firm fupport
my fainting ibui fuftain*.
Hi s3S*
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13 Sol thy righteous ways
to iinners will impart *,
Whilft my advice fhall wicked men*
to thy juft laws convert.
14 My guilt of blood remove,
my Saviour and my God ;
And my glad tongue fhall loudly tell
thy righteous a£is abroad.
15 Do thou unlock my lips,
with farrow closM, and fhame :
So lhall my mouth thy wond'rous praifd'
to all the world proclaim.
16 Could facrifice atone,
whole ilocks and herds fhould die 5
But on fuch offerings thou difdain'ft
to caf: a gracious eye.
1 7 A broken fpirit is
by God moll: highly priz'd ;
By him a brokf n contrite heart
fhall n^ver be defpisYi.
18 Let Sion favour iind,
of" thy good will aflur'd -,
And thy own city flourish long,
by lofty walls iecurM.
19 The juft {hall then attend,
and pleafing tribute pay ;
And facrifice of choiceft k?nd,
upon thy altar lay.
PSALM LIL
1 TN vain O man of lawlefs might,
thou boafVft thyfelf in ill ;
Since God, the God in whom I truft,
vouchsafes his favour ftilh
2 Thy
I
PSALM iiv liii. fi
zThy wicked tongue does SandVous tales* ,
maliciouily deviie j
And, fharper than a raaor fet,
it wounds with treacherous lyes*
3,4 Thy thoughts are more on ill, than good-,
on lyes, than truth employ 'd j
Thy tongue delights in words by which
the guiltlefb are deftroy'd.
5 God fhail for ever blaft thy hopes,
and fnatch thee foon away ;
Nor in thy dwelling-place permit,
nor in the world, to ilay.
6 The juft, with pious fear fhall Tee-
the downfall of thy pride :
And at thy fudden ruin laugh,
and thus thy fall deride :
7 " See there the man that haughty war,
" who proudly God defy'd,
w Who trufted in his wealth, and iliil
<s on wicked arts rely'd."
g But I am like thofe olive plants
that fbade God's temple round -9
And hope with his indulgent grace
to be for ever crown'd.
9 So (hall my foul with praife, O God,
extol thy wond'rous love ;
And on thy name with patience wait 5
for this thy faints approve.
PSALM LIII.
ir I ^ H E wicked fools mufl fare fappofe
J^ that God is but a name :
This grofsmiftake their practice ihows,
figce virtue all difciaim.
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3 The Lord look'd down from heav Vs higit
the fons of men to view, (tow 'rt.
To fee if any own'd his powV,
or truth or juftice knew.
3 But all he faw were backward gone
degen'rate grown and bale j
None for religion, car'd, not one
of all the linful race.
4 But are-thofe workers of deceit
fo dull and fenieleis grown •,
That they like bread my people eat>
and God's juil po;vY difown?
5 Their caufelcfs fears drill ftrangely grow >
and they, defpis d of God,
Shall foon be foii'd : his -hand fhall throw
their (hatter *d bones abroid.
6 Would he his laving pow'r employ,
to break our fervilc band,?
Loud ihours of univcrfal joy
fhouid. eccho thro' the land.
P S & L M LIV.
iT ORD, fave me, for thy glorious nameji
•2 \_j and. in thy itrength appear,
To judge my caufe *, accept my prayY,
and to my words give ear.
3 Mere Grangers whom I never wroHg"aV
to ruin me defign'd ;
And cruel meai, that fear no God,
againft my ioulcombin'd.
4, 5 ButGodtakes part with all my friends f
and he's the fnreft guard :
The God qf truth fliall give my foes
their falihood's juil reward » $ While
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1 € While I my grateful oflfrings brings
and facrifice with joy ;
And in his praife my time to come
delightfully employ.
j From dreadful danger and diftrefo
the Lord hath fet me free :
Thro' him fhall I, of all my foe% t
the juft deftruciion fee,
PSALM LV.
e/T IVE ear, thou Judge of all the cartS^',
Xjjf and liften when I pray \
Nor from thy humble fuppliant tun*
thy glorious face away.
2 Attend to this my fad complaint^
and hear my grievous moans \
Whilft I my mournful cafe declare
with artlefs fighs and groans.
3 Hark how the foe infults aloud I
how fierce opppreffors rage 1 (hatc>.
Whofe fland'rous tongues with wrathful
againft my fame engage.
4, 5 My heart is rack'd with pain, my iaujC
with deadly frights diftrefs'd j
With fear and trembling compafs^fround,,
with horror quite opprefs'd.
6 How often wifh'd I then, that I
the dove's fwift wings could get ;
That I might take my fpeedy flighty
and feek a fafe retreat I
~Yi 8 Then would I wander far from hence 3
and jn wild defarts ftray,
Till all this furious ftorm was fpent5
this tempeft paft away.
•FAR T-
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PART IT.
^ Deftroy, O Lord, their ill deiigns-^
their couniels foon divide ;
For through the city my griev'd eyes
hive ft rife and rapine fpy'd.
20 By day and night on ev'ry wall
they walk 'heir con-ftant round ;
And in the midft of all her flrengthj
are grief and mifchief found.
11, Whoe'er thro* ev'ry part fhall rcair.r
with frefh difordersmeet ;
Deceit and guile their conftant pofts
maintain in ev'ry flreet.
12 For 'twas aot any open foe,
that falfe reflections made ;
For then I could with eafe have borne
the bitter things he faid :
3Twas none who hatred had profefs'd,
that did againft me rife ;
For then I had withdrawn myfelf
from his malicious eyes-
53, 14 But 'twas ev'n thou, my guide, my
whom tendered: love did join : (friend,,
Whofe fweet advice I valu'd molt,
whofe pray'rs were mix'd with mine.
$5 Sure, vengeance equal to their crime-,.
fuch traitors muft furprife ;
And fudden death requite thofe ills
they wickedly deviie.-
16, 17 But Twill call on God, who ftill
fhall in my aid appear :
At morn and noon, and night I'll pray,
and he my voice fhail hear,.
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P A R T in,
aS God has releas'd my foul from thofc,
that did with me contend j
And made a numerous hoft of friends
xny righteous caufe defend.
19 For he, who was my help of old,
{hall eow his fuppjiaot hear ;
And punifh thofe, whole prorpVous ftatc
makes them no God trj fear.
.20 Whom can I truit, if faithlefs mea
profidiouily deviie
To-ruin me3 their peaceful Friend,
and break the ftrongeft ties r
21 Th-o' foft and melting are d.cir words,
their hearts with war abound :
Their fpeeches are more fxnooth than oil,
and yet like fwords they wound.
22 Bo thou, my foul, on God depend,
and he fhall thee fuftain :
He aids thejuft, whom to fapplant
the wicked flrive in vam.
23 My foes, that trade in lies and bloody
fhall all untimely die ;
Whilft I for health, and length of days,
on thee my God, rely.
PSALM LVI.
iTF\0 thoiij O God, in mercy help 1
JL^ for man my lire purfues :
To crufh me with repeated wrongs,
he daily ftrife renews.
2 Continually my fpitefukfoes
to ruin me combine :
Thou feeft, who nct'lt enthroned on high,
what mighty n-ojTibers join.
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3 But tho' fometimes farpriz'd by feat
(on danger's firft alarm)
Yet ftrll for fu'ecour I depend
on thy almighty arm.
4 God's faithful promife I fhall praife,
on which I now rely :
In God I truft, and trufting him.,
the arm of flefb. defy.
5 Theywreft my words and make 'em fpeak, !
a fenfe they never meant :
Their thoughts are all, with reftlefs fpite,
on my deftrucYion btnt.
6 In clofe affemblies they combine,
and wicked projects lay :
They watch my fteps, and lie in w ait
to make my foultheir prey.
7 Shall fuch injuitice itill efcape ?
O righteous God, arife ;
Let thy juft wrath (too long provok'd)
this impious race chaftife.
8 Thou nutnbVeft all my wand'ring fteps
fince nVft compel'd to tlee :
My very tears are treafur'd up,
and regifter'd by thee .
<o %Yhen therefore I invoke thy aid,
my foes fhall be overthrown j
For I am well afiur'd, that God
my righteous caufe will own.
io, 1 1 I'll trijw: God's word, and fo defpife
the fo ice tb:it man can raife ;
12 ! O God, my vows are due :
to thee I'll render praife.
n Tho*i
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JT3 Thou haft retriev'dmy foul. from deaths
and thou wilt ftill fecure
a he''ife thou haft fo oft prefervM,
and make my footfteps lure :
That thus, protected by thy powV,
I may this light enjoy :
And in the fervice of my God,
my lengthen'd days employ.
PSALM LVIL
I*""] ^HY mercy, Lord, to me extend,
J_ On thy protection I depend ;
Aud to thy wing for fhelter hafte,
Till this outrageous ftorm is pall.
2 To thy tribunal, Lord, I fly,
Thou fov'relgn Judge and God maft. high,"
Who wonders haft for me begun,
And wilt not leave thy work undone.
3 From heav'n protect me by thy arm,
And fhame all thofe who feek my harm
To my relief thy mercy fend,
And truth on which my hopes depend.
4 For I with favage men converfe,
Like hungry lions wild and fierce,
With men whofe teeth are fpears, their worde
InvenonVd darts, and two edg'd fwords,
5 Be thou, O God, exalted high |
And, as thy glory fills the fky,
So let it be on earth diiplay'd ;
Till thou art here, as there, obey'd.
6 To take me, they their net prepar'd*
And had almoft my foul enfnar'd j
But fell themfelves, by juft decree^
Into the pit they made for me,
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7 O God, my heart is fiVd, 'tis bent,
Its thankful tribute to prefent ;
And, with my heart my voice I'll raife
To thee, my God, in fongs of praife.
8 Awake, my glory, harp and lute,
No longer let your ft rings be mute ;
And I, my tuneful part 10 take,
Will with the early dawn awake.
9 Thy praifes, Lord, I will refound
To all the HiVning nations round ;
10 Thy mercy higheft heav'n tranfeends,.
Thy truth beyond the clouds extends..
31 Be thou, O God, exalted high;
And, as thy glory fills the fky,
So let it be on earth difplay'd •,
Till thou art here, as there, obey'd,
PSALM LVIIL
i O PEAK, O ye judges of the earth,
|^ if juft your fentence be ;
Or muft not innocence appeal
to heav'n, from your decree ?
2 Your wicked hearts and judgments are
alike by malice fway'd,;
Your griping hands by weighty bribes,
to violence betray \j.
3 To virtue, ftrangers from the womb,
their infant fteps went wrong :
They prattled {lander and in lies
employ'd their lifpjng tongue.
4 No ferpent of parch'd Afiic's breed,
does ranker poifon bear;
The drowfy adder will as foon
unlock his fullen ear.
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Unmov'd by good advice, and deaf
as adders they remain;
horn whom the feilful charmer's voice
can no attention gain.
Defeat, O God, their threat'ning rage*
and timely break their pow'r :
Difarm thefe growing lions jaws,
e'er praclis'd to devour.
j Let now their infolence at height,
like ebbing tides be fpent ;
heir ihiver'd darts deceive their aim,
when they their bow have bent :
3 Like fnails let them diflblve to illme %
ike halty births become,
Unworthy to behold the fua,
and dead within the womb.
9 E'er thorns can make the flefli pots boiID
tempeftuous wrath Ihall come
From God; and fnatch them hence alive
to their eternal doom.
to The righteous ihall rejoice to fee
their crimes fuch vengeance meet |
'And faints in perfecutors blood
ihall dip their harmlefs feet.
II Tranfgrefibrs then with grief ihall fee*
juft men rewards obtain ;
And own a God whofe juftice will
the guilty earth arraign.
PSALM LIX.
DELIVER me, OLord, my God*
from all my fpiteful foes :
In my defence oppofe thy power
to theirs who meoppofe.
% Prefers
ijc* FS A L M lixr
2 Prefervc me from a wicked racejj
who make a trade of ill ;
Protect me from remorfelefs men
who feek my blood to i^ill.
3 They lie in wait, and mighty pow'r s
againft my life combine,
Implacable •, yet, Lord, thou know'ft,
for no offence of mine.
4 In halte they run about, and watch
my guiltlefs life to take:
Look down, O Lord, on my diftrefs,
and to my help awake.
5 Thou Lord of horh, and Ifrael's God,
their heathen rage fupprefs;
Relentlefs vengeance take on thofe,
who ftubbornly tranfgrefs.
6 At evening to befet my houfe,
like growling dogs they meet-,
While others through the city range,
and ranfack'd e<v'ry ftreet.
7 Their throats invenomM flander breath,
their tongues are fharpen'd fwords :
*• Whohears (fay they ) or, hearing, dares
m reprove our lawlefs words ?"
S But for thy throne thou fhalt, O Lord,
their baffled plots deride ;
And foon to fcorn and fhame expofe
their boafted heathen prkle.
9 On thee I wait ; 'tis on thy ftrength
for fuccour I depend :
Tis thou, O God, art my defence,
. who only can defend.
I 2 io Thy
PSALM Ihc. iqi
10 Thy mercy, Lord, which has fo oft
from danger fet me free,
| Shall crown my wifhes, and fubdue
my haughty foes to me.
x i Deftroy them not, O Lord, at once 5
reftrain thy vengeful blow ;
Left we, ingratefully, too ibon.
forget their overthrow.
Difperfe them through the nations round*
by thy avenging power :
Do thou bring down their haughty pride,,
O Lord, our fhield and tow'r.
12 Now in the height of all their hopes,
their arrogance chaftife ;
Whofe tongues have finnyd without reflraint^
and curies join'd with lies,
13 Nor fhalt thou, whilft their race endure^
thine anger, Lord, fupprefs ;
That distant lands, by their juft doona,
may IfraeFs God confefs.
14 At evening let them frill peHift
like growling dogs, to meet j
Still wander aH the city round,
and traverfe ev'ry ftreet.
25 Then, as for malice now they do>
for hunger let them {bray :
And yell their vain complaints aloud>
defeated of their prey :
16 Whilft early I thy mercy fing,
thy wond'rous pow'r confefs :
For thou haft been my Cure defence^
. my refuge ia diftrefs.
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17 To thee, with never-ceafing praife,
O God, my&rength, I'll iing :
Thou art my God, the rock from whence
my health and fafety fpring.
PSA L M LX.
*dT~\ God, who haft our troops difpers'd,
\J< Forfakmg thofe who left thee iirft.;
As we thy juft difpleafure mourn,
To us in mercy, Lord, return.
2 Our ftrength, «Rat firm as earth did ftandK
Is rentby thy avenging hand :
O! heal the breaches rhou haft made :
We (hake, we fall, without thy aid..
3 Our folly's- fid effects we. feel ',
For, drunk with difcord's cup we reel,
4 But now, for them who thee rever'd,
Thou haft thy truth's bright banner rear'di
5 Let thy right-hand thy faints protect :
Lord, hear the pray'rs that we direcl:.
6 The holy God has ipoke ; and I,
O'erjoy'd*. on his firm word rely.
To thee in portions I'll divide
FairSichem's foil, Samaria's pride :•
To Sichem, Succoth next I'll join,
And meafure outlier vale by line,
7 ManafTeh, Gilead, both fubfcribe
To my commands with Ephraim's tribe,
Ephraim by arms fupports my caufe,
And Judahby religious laws.
8 Moab, my flave and drudge fhall be,
Nor Edom from my yoke get free ;
Proud Palatine's imperious flate
Shall humbly on our triumph wait.
0 But
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$ But who fhall quell thefe mighty pow'rs
Aad clear my way to Edoors tow'rs ?
Or through her guarded frontiers tread
The path that does to conqueft lead ?
loEv'n thou, O God, who haft difpers'd
Our troops (for we forfook thee £rrr)
Thofe, whom thou didft in wrath forfake^.
Aton'd, thou wilt vi&orious make.
1 1 Do thou our fainting caufe fuftain. y
For human fuccours are but vain.
1 2 Frefh ftrength and courage God beftows >
Tis he treads down our proudeft foes.
P S A L M LXL
1 "f* ORD, hear my cry, regard my pray'r
jl j which I opprefs'd with grief ;
2 From earth's remoter!: parts addrefs
to thee for kind relief.
O lodge me fafe beyond the reach
of perfecuting powV,
% Thou, who fo oft from fpiteful-foes*
haft been, my iheit'ring towY.
4 So fhall lin thy facred courts
fecure from danger lie ;
Beneath the covert of thy wings,
all future ftorms defy.
j£ In ilgn my vows are heard, onceTmore,
I o'er thy chofen reign :
6 Oiblefs with long and profp'rous life, .
the king thou did'ft ordain.
7 Confirm his throne, and make his reiga
accepted in thy light j
And let thy truth and mercy both
in his defence unite. 8 So
f©4 FS'ALM Ixi, lxi;.
£ So mall I ever iing thy praife,
thy najac for ever blefsj
Devote my profp'rous days to pay
the vows of my diftrefs.
P S A L M LXII.
1 1\ /T Y *°ul *"or heIp on ^oc* rc^es ?
2-lvJL From him alone my fafety flows r
My rock, my health, that ftrength fuppiles>
To bear the fhock of all my foes.
3 How long will ye contrive my .fall*
Which will buthaften on your own L
You'll totter like a bending wall,
Or fence of uncemented ftone.
4 To make my envy'd honours lefs,
They ftiive with lies, their chief delight;
For they, tho' with their mouth tiiey biefs^
In private curie with inward fpite.
5, 6 But thou, my foul, on God rely j
On him alone thy truft repofe :
My rock and health with ftrength fupp^y>
To bear the. fhock. of all. my foea.
7 God doe9 his faving health difpenfe^
And flowing bleflings daily fend :
He is my fortrefs and defence *,
On him my foul (hall ft ill depend.
8 In him, ye people, always truft ;
before his throne pour out your hearts ^
For God ,. the merciful andjuft,
His timely aid to us imparts.
o The vulgar fickle are and frail;
The great diilemHe and betray •,
And laid in truth's impartial fcale,
The lighted things will both outweigh.
io Then
PSALM Ixii, Ixiii. 105
16 Then truft not in oppreffive ways $
By fpoil and rapine grow not vain ;
Nor let your hearts, if wealth encreafe^
Befet too much upoa your gain.
1 1 For God has oft his will exprefs'd3
Arid I this truth have fully known j
To be of boundiefs pow'r pofTefs'd,
belongs, of right, to God alone.
12 Though mercy is his darling graee^ .,,
In which he chiefly takes delight j
Yet will he all the human race
According to their works requite..
PSALM LXIII.
1 /~\ GOD, my gracious God, to thee,
%^f My morning pray'rs mail offer'd be | *
For thee my thurfty foul does pant -j
My fainting flefh implores thy grace.
Within this dry and barren place,
Where I re«frefliing waters want.
2 O ! to my longing eyes once more
That view of glorious pow'r reftore,
Which thy majeftic houfe difplays 5
3 Becaufe to me thy wond'rous love
Than life itfelf does dearer prove, 1 ,
My lips fhall always fpeak thy praife* .
4 My life, while I that life enjoy,
In bleffing God I will employ ;
With lifted hands adore his name j ,
5 My foul's content fhall be a.s great
As theirs, whofe choiceit dainties eat,
While I with joy his praife proclaim .
6, When down I lie, fweet fleep to flnd?
Thou, Lord, art prefent to my mind ;
And when I wake in dead of night,
7 Becaufe
tod P SALM lxiii, Ixiv.
7 Becaufe thou (till doft fuccour bring,.
Beneath the fhadow of thy wing
I reft with fafety and delight.
S My foul, when foes would me devour,
Cleaves faft to thee, whofe matchlefs powV
In her fupport Is daily fhown :
9 But thole the righteous Lord fhall flay,
That my deftru&ion wifh •, and they,
That feek my life fhall loofe their own*
10, 1 1 They by untimely ends fhall die,
Their flefli a prey to foxes- lie ;
But God fhall fill the king with joy;
Who fwears by thee fhall ftiil rejoice;
Whilft the falfe tongue, and lying voice,.
Thou, Lord, fhall filence and d.eftroy*
PSALM LXIV.
I T ORD,hear the voice of my complaint^
&_j to my requeft give ear ;
Preferve my life from cruel foes,
and free my foul from fear.
2 O \ hide me with thy tender care
in fome fecure retreat,
From finners that againft me rife %
and ail their plots defeat.
3 See how, intent to wprfc my harm,
they whet their tongues like fwords %■
And bend their bows to fhoot their dartv
fharp lies and bitter words.
4 Lurking in private, at the jufr, .
they take their fecret aim ;
And fuddenly at him they fhoot,
quite void of fear and ihame-
j To
PSA S, M lxiv, Ixv. $%
5 To carry on their ill de£gns
they mutually agree 5
They'fpeak of laying private fnare-s,
and think that none fhall fee.
6 With ufoioft diligence and care
their wicked pkttsthey lay :
The deep defigns of aR xh'dr hearts
are only to betray,
7 But God, to anger jnft'Iy rhov'd,
his dreadful bow fhall bend,
And on his hying arrow's point
fhall fwift deftrucYion fend. -
8 Thofe flanders which their mouths did vent
upon themfelves fhall fall ;
Their crimes difclos'd fhall make them be
defpis'd and fnunn?d by all.
9 The world {hall ihea God's pow'r confefs?
and nations trembling ftand ;
Convinced, that 'tis the mighty work
of his avenging hand :
10 Whiiit. righteous men, by God fecur'd,
in him fhali gladly truft ;
And all thelinVning earth fhall hear
loud triumphs of the juft.
PSALM LXV,
iTC1 OR. thee, O God, our conusant praife
_£j In Sion waits, thy chofen feat :
Our pro-mis'd altars there we'll raife,
And all our zealous vows complete.
7. O thou, -who to my humble pray'r
Didft always bend thy lift'ning ear,
To thee fhall all mankind repair,
And at thy gracious throne appear.
3 Que
jo8 P S A L M hnr.
3 Our fins (tho* numberlefs) in vain
To ftop thy flowing mercy try ;
Whilft thou o'erlook'ft the guilty {lain,
And wafheft out the crimfon dye.
4 Blefl is the man, who near thee plac,d>
"Within thy facred dwelling lives -,
Whilft we, at humbler diftance tafte
The vaft delight thy temple gives.
5 By wond'rous a£ls, O God mod juft,
Have we thy gracious aniwer found :
4n thee remoteft nations truft,
Andthofe whom (lormy waves furround!
6, 7 God, by his ftrength, fets faft the hills.
And does his matchlefs pow'r engage ;
"With which the feas loud waves he flills,
And angry crouds tumultuous rage.
PART II.
3 Thou, Lord, dofl barbVous lands difm&y,
When they thy dreadful tokens view :
With joy they fee the night and day
Each other track, by turns, purfue.
9 From out thy unexhaufted ftore
Thy rain relieves the thurfty ground ;
Makes lands that barren wheie before,
With corn and ufeful fruits abound.
io On rifing ridges down it pours,
And every furrow'd valley fills :
Thou mak'fl them foft with gentle fhow'rt
In which a blefl: increafe riftills.
1 1 Thy goodnefs does the circling year,
With frefh returns of plenty crown ;
And where thy gl'orious paths appear,
Thy fruitful clouds drop fatnefs down.
12 They
PSALM lxv, IxvL 109
$2 They drop on barren forefts, changM
By them to paftures frefh and green :
The hills about, in order raog'd,
In beauteous robes of joy are feen.
13 Large flocks with fleecy wool adorn
The chearfui downs ; thevallies bring
A plenteous crop of full ear'd corn,
And feem, for joy, to fhout and fing.
PSALM LXVI.
iT E T all the lands with fhouts of joy*
2 \^j to God their voices raife j
Sing pfalms in honour to his name,
and fpreadhis glorious praife.
3 And let them fay, how dreadful, Lord,
in all thy works art thou \
To thy great pow'r thy ftubborn foes
{hall all be forcM to bow.
4 Thro' ail the earth the nations round
fhall thee their God confefs ;
And with glad hymns their awful dread
of thy great name exprefs.
5 O ! come, behold the works of God ;
and then with me you'll own,
That he to all the fons of men
has wond'rous judgments fhown.
6 He made the fea become dry land,
through which our fathers waik'd -\
Whiift to each other of his might
with joy his people talk'd.
7 He by his pow'r for ever rules ;
his eyes the world furvey :
Let no prefuraptuous man rebel
again ft his fov'reign fway,
K PART
no PSALM l**i.
PART II.
8, 9 O! all ye nations, blefs our God,
and loudly fpeak his praife ;
Who keeps our foul alive, and &ill
confirms our fledfaft ways.
io For thou haft try'd us, Lord, as fire
does try the precious ore :
1 1 Thou brot'ft us into ftreights, where w£
i oppreffing burdens bore.
1 2 Infulting foes did us, their flaves,
thro1 fire and water chafe ;
But yet, at laft thou brought'ft us forth
into a wealthy place.
13 Burnt-offVings to thy houfe I'll bring,
and there my vows I'll pay :
14 Which I with folemn zeal did make
in trouble's difmal day.
15 Then fhall the richeft incenfe fmoke
the fatteft rams fhall fall,
The choiceft goats from out the fold,
and bullock from the ftall.
16 O ! come, all ye that fear the Lord j
attend with heedful care,
Whilft I, what God for me has done,
with grateful joy declare.
17, iS As I before, his aid implor'd,
fo now I praife his name -,
Who, if my heart had harbour'd fin,
would all my prayVs difclaim.
19 But God to me, whene'er I cry'd,
his gracious ear did bend 5
And to the voice of my requeft,
with conftam love attead.
zo Then
t S AIM lxvi, lxvii. ni
20 Then blefs'd for ever be my God,
who never when I pray,
With-holds his mercy from my fouls
nor turns his face away.
F S A L M LXVIL •
I rTF* (J blefs thy chofen race,
1. in mercy, Lord, incline ;
And caufe the brightnefs of thy face
on all thy faints to? fhine j
2 That fo thy wond'rous way
may through the world be known ^
While diftant lands their tribute payy
and thy falvatioa own.
% Let difPring nations join
to celebrate thy fame ;
Let all the world, O Lord, co'mbinc
to praife thy glorious name,
4 0 kt them £bout and fing,
difTolv'd in pious mirth 5
For thou the righteous Judge and King*
fhalt govern all the earth,
jjf Let cfifF 'ring nations join*
to celebrate thy fame ;
Let all the world, O Lord, combins
to praife thy glorious- name.
6 Then {hall the teeming ground
a large mereafe difclofe ,
And we with plenty fhall be crown'iy
which God, our God, beftows.
7 Then God upon our land
fhall conftant blefliogs fhowV ;
And all the world in awe fhall ftand
©f his reMlefs pow'r. PSALM
U2 PSALM Ixviii.
PSALM LXVIII.
i T ET God, the God of battle, rife,
I i And fcatter his prefumptuous foes:
Lei ihameful rout their hoft furprife,
Who fpiteiully his pow'r oppofe.
1 As fmoke in ternpefts rage is loft,
Or wax into the furnace caft ;
So let their facrilegious hoft
Before his wrathful preience wafte.
3 But let the fervants of his will
His favours gentle beams enjoy ;
Their upright hearts let gladnefs fill,
And chearful fongs their tongues employ*
4 To him your voice in anthems raife \
Jehovah's awful name he bears :
In him rejoice ; extol his praife,
Who rides upon high-rolling fpheres.
■
5 Him, from his empire of the Ikies,
To this low world companion draws*
The orphan's claim to patronize,
And judge the injur'd widow's caufe.
6 'Tis God, who from a foreign foil
Reftores poor exiles to their home ;
Makes captives free ; and fruitlefs toil,
Their proud oppreflbrs righteous doom,
7 'Twas fo of old, when thou did'ft lead
In perfon, Lord, our armies forth ;
Strange terrors through the defert fpread,
Convulfions fhook the aftonifh'd earth.
8 The breaking clouds did rain diftill,
And heavVs high arches fhook with fear,
How then fliould Sinai's humble hill
Of Ifrael's God the prefence bear !
9 Thy
PSALM Ixviii. 113
0 Thy hand, at famifh'd earth's complaint,.
Reliev'd her from celeftial ftores j
And, when thy heritage was faint,
Aflwag'd the drought withplenteousfhow'rs*
10 Where favages had rang'd before,
At eafe thou mad' ft our tribes refide.
And in the defert for the poor,
Thy gen'rous bounty did provide.
PART IL
1 1 Thou gav'ft the word ; we Tallied fortb^
And in that pow'rful word o'ercame ;
Whilft virgin-troops, with fongs of mirth*
In ftafe our eon'queft did proclaim.
12 Vaft armies, by fuch gen'rals led,
As yet had ne'er receiv'd a foil,
Forfook their camp with fudden dread,
And ta our women left the fpoil.
1 -j Though Egypt's drudges you have been;
Your army's wings fhall fhine as bright
As doves in golden fun-fhine feen,
Or fllverM o'er with paler light.
14 Twas fo, when God's almighty hand
O'er fcatter'd kings the conquerl won m9
Our troops, drawn up on Jordan's ftrandr
High. Salmon's glitt'ri&g fnow outihone.
15- From thence to Jordan's farther ooa{t>
And Bafhan's hill we did advance :.
No more her height fhall Btihan boaft,
But that fhe's God's inheritance.
16 i&ut wherefore (tho' the honour's great^
Should this, 0 mountain, fwell your pride I
For Sion is his cholen feat*
Where he for ever will refide.
K 3. *7 Kit
17 His chariots numberlefs; his powVa
Are heav'nly hofts, that wait his will -r
His prefence now fills Sion's tow'rs,
As once ithonour'd binai's hill.
18 Afcending high in triumph thou
Captivity haft captive led ;
And on thy people didft beftow
The fpoil of armies once their dread*
Ev'n rebels fhall partake thy grace,
And humble profelytes repair
To worfhip at thy dwelling place,
And all the world pay homage therq*
19 For benefits each day beitow'd.
Be daily, his great name ador'd ;
20 Who is our Saviour, and our God^
©f life.and death the fcv'reign Lord.
21 But juftice for his hardened foes
Proportioned vengeance hath decreed,,
To wound the hoary head of thofe,
Who in prefumptuous crimes proceed.
12 The Lord has thus in thunder fpoker
w As I fubdu'cl proud Bafhan's king,
<( Qnce more I'll break my people's yoke,
** And from the deep m'y fervants bring :
23 M Their feet fhall with a crimfon flood^
" Of flaughter'd foes be cover'd o'er ; .
*< Nor earth receive fuch impious blood,
* But leave for dogs th' unhallow'd gore."
PART III,
24 When, marching to thy bleft abode,
The wond'ring multitude furvey'd
The pompous ftate of thee, our God,
In robes of majefty array 'dj
2? Swef
25; fweet finging Levhes led the van :
Loud inftruments brought up the rear;
Between both troops a virgin train
With voice and timbrel charm'd the ear,.
26 Thi3 was the burden of their fcng i
" In full auemblies blefe the Lord ;
" All who to Ifrael's tribes belong,
w The God of Ural's praife record/*
27 Nor little Benjamin alone
From neighb'ring bounds did there attend^
Nor only Judah's nearer throne
Her councilors in ftate did {end ..;,
But Zebulon's remoter ieat3,
And Napthali's- more diftant coafty
(The grand procem*onto complete)"
Sent up their tribes a princely hoi*:.
28 Thus God to fkength and union brought
Our tribes, at ftrife till that bleft hour :.
This work,which. thou, OGod, haft wrought
Confirm with frefli recruits of pow'r,
29 To vifit Salem, Lord, defcend,,
And Sion thy terrellial throne \.
Where kings with prefents fhall attend^
And thee with offer'd crowns" atone.
30 Break dbwa the fpearmans ranks, who*
Like pampered herds of favage might: (threat
Their filver armour'd chiefs defeat^
Who in defbruclive war delight.
3 1 Egypt ffoall then to God Wretch forth
Her hands", and Afric r.omage bring :
32 The fcatter'd kingdoms of the eartb
Their common fovVcign's praifes ling %
23 ^^i
1 16 PSALM btvlw, kix.
33 Who, mounted on the Iofrieft fphere
Of ancient heav'n fuWimely rides ;
From whence his dreadful voice we hear,.
Like that of warring winds and tides.
34 Afcribe ye pow'r to God moft high
Of humble lirael he takes care ;
Whofe ftrength, from out the dufky fky,,
Darts fhining terrors through the air.
3 > How dreadful are the facred courts,
Where* God has fix'd his earthly throne I
Hi? ftrength his feeble faints fupports !
%o God give praife, to hitn alone
P S A L M LXIX.
1 O AVE me, OGod, from waves that tidlf,
^3 And preis to overwhelm my foul*
2 With painful fteps in mire I tread,.
And deluges o'er.flow my head.
3 With reftlefs. cries my fpirits faint \
My voice is hoarfe with long complaint j
My fight decays with tedious pain„
Whilft for my God I wait in vain*
4 My hairs, tho' num'rous, are but few,
Compar'cl with foes that me purrue
With groundlefs hate, grown now of mighty
To execute their lawleis fpite ;
They force me, guilt lefs, to refignr
As vipine, what by right was mine.
5 Thou, Lord, my fooiifhnefs doft feej
Nor are my fins conceal'd from thee.
6 Lord God of hor^, take timely care,.
Left, for my fake thy faints defpair :
7 Since I have fuffer'd for thy name
Reproach, and hide my face in fhame ;
* A
PSALM ixfx. 117
8 A Granger to my country grown,
Nor to my neareft kindred known ».
A foreigner, expos'd to fcorn
By brethren of my mother born.
9 For zeal to thy lov'd houfe and name>
Confumes me like devouring flame ;
Concern'd at their affronts to thee,
More than at {landers caft on me.
10 My very tears and abftinence,
They conftrue in a fpiteful fenfe. (fake
1 1 When cloath'd with fackcloth for their
They me their common proverb make.
12 Their judges make my wrongs their jeft,
Thofe wrongs they ought to have redrc&M*
How fhouid I then expert to be 3
From libels of lewd drunkards free ?
13 But, Lord, to thee I will repair
For help, with humble, timely pray'r t
Relieve me from thy mercy's ftore :
Bifplay thy truth's pi eferving pow'r~
14 From threat'ning dangers me relieve^
And from the mire my feet retrieve ;
From fpiteful foes in fafety keep,
And fnatch me from the raging deep.
1 5 Controul the deluge, e'er it fpread„
And roll it's waves above my head j
Npr deep destruction's yawning pit
To clofe her jaws on me permit*
16 Lord, hear the bramble pray'r I mak%,
For thy tranfeending goodnefs fake ;
Relieve thy fupplicant once more
From thy abounding mercy's £k>re.
17 Ner
n% PSALM fcsix.
j 7 Nor from thy fervant hide thy face t
Make hafte, for defp'rate is my cafe :
18 Thy timely fuccour interpofe,
And fhield me from remorfelefs foes.
ro Thouknow'ft what infamy and' fcoro
I from my enemies have borne ;
Nor can their clofe-dinembled fpite,
Or darkeft plots efcape 'hy fight.
20 Reproach and grief have broke my hearty
I iook'd for fome to take my part,
To pity or relieve my pain \
But Iook'd alas 1 for both ia vain,
21 With hunger pinM for food I call %
Inftead of food, they give me gall :
And when with thirft my fpirits fink*
They give me vinegar to drink.
22 Their table therefore to their healths
Shall prove a fnare, a trap their wealth £
23 Perpetual darknefs feize their eyes ;
And fudden blafts their hopes furprize.
24 On them thou fhalt thy fury pour,
Till thy fierce wrath their race devour ;j
25 And make their houfe a difmal cell,
Where none will e'er vouchfafe to dwell,
26 For new afflictions they procur'd
For him who had thy ftripes endur'd ;
And made the wounds thy fcourge had tornr
To bleed afrefh with fharper icorn*
27 Sin fhall to fin their fteps Betray,
Till they to truth have loft the way.
From life thou fhalt exclude their foul>
Nor with the juit their names inroil.
29 But
PSALM Xxix, Ixxo 1 19
g$ But me, howe'er diilrefsM and poor,
Thy ftrong falvatien fhall reflore :
30 Thy pow'r with longs I'll then proclaim^
And celebrate with thanks thy name.
3 1 Our God fhafl. this more highly prize,
Than herds and flocks in facrifice ;
32 Which humble faints with joy fhall fee^
And hope with like redrefs with me.
33 For God regards the poor's complaint ^
"Sets prisoners free from clofe restraint.
34 Let heav'n, earth, lea, their voices raife^
Anql all the world refound his praife.
35 For God will Sion's walls erect 1
Fair Ju dak's cities he'll protect *,
Till all her fcatter'd fons repair
To undifturb*d polTemon there.,
36 This blefling they fhall, at their death*
To their religious heirs bequeath j
And they to endlefs ages more,
Of mch as his bleft name adore.
PSALM LXX.
1 f~\ L O R D, to my relief draw near ;
\^f For never was more prefllng need 1
For my delivVance, Lord, appear
And add to that deliy'ranee fpeed .
2 Confufion on their heads return ;
Who to deftroy my foul combine :
Let them, defeated, blufli and mount*
Eninar'd in their own vile defign.
3 Their doom let defolation be ;
With ihame their malice be repaid,
Who mock'd my confidence in thee,
And fport of roy aiHiftioa flttde 5
4 While
lab PSA LM Ixx, Ixxi.
4 While thofe who humbly feek thy face,
To joyful triumphs fhall be rais'd ;
And all, who prize thy faving grace,
With me fhall fing, the Lord be prais'd.
5 Thus wretched though I am, and poor,
The mighty Lord of me takes care :
Thou, God, who only can'ft reftore,
To my relief with fpeed repair.
PSALM LXXI.
i TN thee I put my fledfaft truft ;
2 JL defend me, Lord, from (hame :
Incline thine ear, and fave my foul ;
for righteous is thy name.
3 Be thou my ftrong abiding-place,
to which I may refort :
*Tis thy decree that keeps me fafe ;
Thou art my rock and fort.
4, 5 From cruel and ungodly men
protect and fet me free ;
For from my earlieft youth till now,
my hope has been in thee.
6 Thy conftant care did fafely guard
my tender infant days ;
Thou took'ft me from my mother's womb,
to fing thy conftant praife.
7, 8 While fome on me with wonder gaze
thy hand fupports me (till :
Thy honour therefore, and thy praife,
my mouth fhall always fill.
9 Reject not then thy fervant, Lord,
when I with age decay :
Forfake me not, when worn with years,
my vigour fades away.
10 My
PS AL M ixxl. 123
to My foes, againft my fame and me,
with crafty malice ipeak ;
ilgainft my foul they lay their {hares,
and mutual counfel take.
ii " His God, fay they, forfakes him no^8
u on whom he did rely :
6f Purfue and take him, whiift no hope.
" of timely aid is nigh."
12 Bpt thou, my God, withdraw not far^
for fpeedy help I call ;
13 To fhame and ruin bring my foes3
that feek to work my fall.
14 But as for me, my ftedfaft hope
fhall on thy pow'r depend 5
And I in grateful longs of praife,
my time to come will fpend.
PART II.
55 Thy righteous a&s and faving heaitb
my mouth fhall ftill declare ;
Unable yet to count them all,
tho* fum'd with utmoft care,
16 While God vouchsafes me his ftippore,
I'll in his ftvength go on ;
AH other righteoufnefs difclaim,
and mention his alone.
17 Thou, Lord, haft taught me from my
to praife thy glorious name : (youth
And ever fince thy wond'rous works
have been my conftant theme.
18 Then now forfake me not, when I
am. grey and feeble grown : -
Till I to thefe, and future times,
thy ftrength and powV have fhown.
& 19 How
nt PSALM bcxi, Ixxii.
19 How high thy juftice foars, O God 5
how great and wond'rous are
The mighty works which thou haft done !
who may with thee compare !
20 Me, whom thy hand has forely prefs'4,
thy grace fhall yet relieve :
And from the loweft depth of woe
with tender care retrieve.
2 1 Through thee, my time to come {hall be
with pow'r and greatnefs crown'd ;
And me, who difmai years have pafs'd,
thy comforts fhall furround :
22 Therefore with pfaltery and harp,
thy truth, O Lord, I'll praife ;
To thee, the God of Jacob's race,
jny voice in anthems raife.
23 Then joy fhall fill my mouth, and fongs
employ my chearful voice ;
My grateful foul, by thee redeem'd,
fhall in thy ftrength rejoice,
24 My tongue thy juft and righteous acts
fhall all the day proclaim *,
Becaufe thou did5 it confound my foes,
and brought'ft them all to fhame.
PSALM LXXII.
iT ORD, let thy juft decrees the king
JL/ in all his ways direct ;
And let his fon, throughout his reign,
thy righteous laws refpecl.
1 So fH.-iil he ftill thy peeple judge
with pure and upright mind,
Whilft all the helplefs poor fhall him
their juft prottltor find*
3 Then
PSALM IxxiL 12?
g Then Kills and mountains mall bring forth
the happy fruits of peace ;
Which all the land fhaU own to be
the work of righteoufnefs :
4 Whilft he the poor and needy race
fhall rule with gentle fway,
And from their humble neck fhall take
oppreflive yokes' away.
5 In evVy heart, thy awful feaF
{hall then be rooted faftj
As long as fun and moon endure,
or time itfelf fhall laft.
6 He fhall defcend like rain that chears
the meadows fecond birth ;
©r like warm fhow'rs whofe gentle drops
refrefh the thirfty earth.
7 In his bleft days the juft and good
fhall be with favour crown'd $
The happy land fhall ev'ry-wherc
with endlefs peace abound.
8 His uncontroul'd dominion fhall
from fea to fea extend ;
Begin at proud Euphrates' ftreams,
at nature's limits end.
9 To him the favage nations round
mail bow their fervile heads :
His vanquifh'd foes fhall fick the duft,
where he his conqueft fpreads :
10 The kings of Tarmifh, and the ifles,
fhall coftly prefents bring ;
from fpicy Sheba gifts fhall come,
and wealthy Saba's king.
L 2 11 To
124 PS A L IvI Ixxii.
ii To him fliall every king^on earth
lr,s humble homage pay;
And difPring nations gladly join
to own his righteous fway.
12 For he fliall fet the needy free,
when they for fnccour cry ;
Shall fave the helplefs, and the poor#
and all their wants fupply.
PART II.
13 His providence for needy fouls,
fhall due fupplies prepare :
And over their defencelefs lives
fhall watch with tender care.
14 He (hall preferve and keep their foul*
from fraud and rapine free;
And in his fight their guiltleis blood
of mighty price fhall be.
1 c. Therefore fhall God his life and reiga
to many years extend ;
Whilft eaftern princes tribute pay,
and golden prefents fend.
For him fhall conftant pray'rs be made
through all his profpVous days :
His juft dominion fhall afford
a lafling theme of praiie.
16 Of ufeful grain, through ail the land,
great plenty fhall appear ;
A handful fown d$i mountain tops
a mighty crop fhall bear :
Its fruit, like cedars fhook by winds,
a rattling Roife fliall yield :
The city too fhall thrive, and vie,
for plenty, with the field.
17 The
PSALM lxxii, Ixxiii, I2|
l] The mem'ry of his glorious name
through endiefs years mall run ;
His ipotlefs fame lhall mine as bright
and lafting as the fun.
In him the nations of the world
ihall be completely blefs'd.
And his unbounded happinefs
by ev'ry tongue confeiVd.
iS Then blefs'd be God, the mighty Lord;
the God whom Ifrael fears ;
Who only wond'rous in his works,
beyond compare, appears.
19 Let earth be with his glory fill'd ;
for ever blcfs his name 5
Wliilft to his praife the liit'ning world
their glad aifent proclaim.
PSALM LXXIII.
3 A T length by certain proofs, 'tis plain
X~ jL That God will to his faints be kind^
That ail whole hearts are pure and clean,
Shall his protecting favour find.
2, 3 Till this fuftaining truth I knew,
My itagg'ring-feet had almoft faiFd :
I griev'd,- the iinners wealth to view.,
And envy'd when the fools prevail'd.
4; 5 They to the grave in peace defcend,
And, whilft they live, are hale and ftrong %
No piague or trouble them offend,
Which oft to other men beiong.
: 6, 7 With pride5 as with a chain, they're held.
Arid rapine feems their robe of ftate *,
Their eyes ftand out, with fatnefs fwelfd y
They. grow, beyond their wilheb great.
L 3 & o With
i26 PSALM ixxiiL
8, 9 With hearts corrupt, and lofty talk,
Oppreflive methods they defend ;
Their tongue thro' all the earth does walk,
Their blaiphemies to heav'n afcend.
io And yet admiring crouds are found,
Who iervile vifits duely make ;
Becaufe with plenty they abound,
Of which their flatt'ring Haves partake.
ii Their- fond opinion thefe purfue,
Till they with them profanely cry,
€C How fhould the Lord our actions view i
" Can he perceive who dwells fo high ?"
12 Behold the wicked ! thefe are they
Who openly their -fins profefs ;
And yet their wealth's- increas'd each day,
And ail their actions meet fuccefs.
1 3,14" Then have I cleans'd my heart (faid 1)
(i And wath'd my hands from guilt, in vainj
c' If all the day opprefs'd I lie,
*c And evry morning futrer pain."
15 Thus did I once to fpeak intend r
But if luch things I raihly fa£,
Thy children, Lord, I muft offend,
And bafely fhould their caufe betray.
P A R T II.
16, 17 To fathom this, my thoughts I bent
But found the cafe too hard for me ;
'Till to the houfe of God I went :
Then I their end did plainly fee.
18 How high foe'cr advanced, they all
On ilipp'ry places loofely ftand ;
Thence into ruin headlong fall,
Caft dowjfp.by thy avenging hand.
19, 20 How
127 ** S A- L M Ixxm, ixxiv.
1 9, 20 How dreadful and how quick their fate i
Defpis'd by thee, when they're deftroy'd
As waking men with (corn do treat
The fancies that their dreams employ *d.
2i, 22 Thus was my heart with grief opprefe
My reins were rack'd with reftlefs pains ;
So ftupid was I like a beaft,
Who no reflecting thought retains.
23, 24 Yet ftill thy prefence me fuppTy'dj,
And thy right-hand aftiftance gave •,
Thou firft malt with thy counfel guide,
And then to glory me receive.
25 Whom then in heav'n but thee alone
Have I, whofe favour I require ?
Throughout the fpacious earth there's none,,
That I befides thee can defire.
16 My trembling flefh, and aching heart,.
May often fail to fuccour me ;
But God fhall inward fcrength impart 2
And my eternal portion be.
27 For they that far from me remove,
Shall into ludden ruin fall :
If after other gods they rove,
Thy vengeance fhall deftroy them alk
28 But as for me, 'tis good and jufi,
That I fhould ft HI to God repair ;
In him I always put my truit,
And will his wond'rous works declare,-*
PSALM <LXXIV.
ilIT H Y haft thou caft us off, O God 4
\\ wilt thou no more return ?
O ! why againft thychofen flock
does thy fierce anger burn j,
2 Think
Ki8 P ff ' A L M Ixxiv:
2' Think on thy ancient purchafe, Lord,
the land that is thy own,
By thee redeemed j and Sion's mount,
.where once thy gioiy ihone.
3 Oh, come and view our rain'd flate t
how long our troubles laft !
See how the foe with wicked rage
has laid thy temple wafte !
4 Thy foes blafpheme thy-name ; where late-:-
thy zealous iervants pray'd,
The Heathen there,, with haughty pomp,
their- banners have difp'ay'd.
5j 6 Thofe curious carvings, which did o'ncf
advance the artilVs fame,
With ax and hammer they deflroy,
like works of vulgar frame,
7. Thy holy temple^hey have burnt j*
and what efcap'd the flame,
Has been profan'd, and quite defac'd,.
though facred ro thy name.
8 Thy worfhip wholly to dertroyy
maliciouily they aim'd ;
And all the iacred places burn'd,
where* We thy praife proclaimed,
p Yet of thy prefence thou vouchfaFftr
n ^tender hgns to fsnd :
We nave no prophet now, that knows
when this lad itate fkall end.
i PART II.
io'But, Lord, how long wilt thou permit
th' infuhing. foe to boaft ?
Shall all the honour of thy name
for evermore be loft ? i r Why
PSALM Ixxnr. t2ij
* 1 Why hokTit thou back thy ftrong right*
and on thy patienfbreaft, (hand,
When vengeance calls to ftietch it forth*
fo calmly lett'ft it reft ?
S2 Thou heretofore with kingly pow'r
in our defence haft fought ;
For us, throughout the wo-nd'ring worlds
haft grest (alvation -wrought.
13 ' Fwas thou, O God, that didft the fea^
by thy own ftrength divide :
Thou brak'ft the wat'ry monfters heady
the waves o'erwhelm'd their pride*
14 The greater!:, fiercer! of them all
that feem'd the deep to fway,
Was by thy pow'r deftroy'd, and made
to favage beafts a prey.
15 Tfiou clav'ft the folid rock, and mad'ft
the waters largely flow :
Again, thou mad*ft, thro' parting ftreamsj
thy wand'ring people go.
16 Thine is the chearful day, and thine
the black return of night ;
Thou haft prepar'd the glorious fun,
and ev'ry feebler light.
17 By thee the borders of the earth
ki perfect order ft and :
The lummer's warmth, and winter's col&
attend on thy command.
PART III,
18 Remember, Lord, how fcornful foes:
have daily urg'd our fhame ;
And how the foolifli people have,
blafpliem'd thy holy name.
130 PSALM Ixxivj. Ixxv.
19 O, free thy mourning turtle-dove,
by {infill crouds befet ;
Nor the afTembly of thy poor
for evermore forget.
20 Thy ancient cov'nant, Lord, regard,
and make thy promife good 5
For now each corner .of the land
is fill'd with men of blood.
21 O let not the opprefs'd return,
with forrow cloath'd, and fhame j
But let the helplefs and the poor
for ever praife thy name.
22 Arife, O God, in our behalf :
thy caufe and ours maintain :
Remember how infulting fools
each day thy name profane !
23 Make thou the boaftings of thy foes
for ever, Lord, to ceafe ;
Whofe infolence, if unchaftiz'd,
will more and more increafe.
PSALM LXXV.
1 r I 1 0 thee, O God, we render praife,
to thee with thanks repair ;
For, that thy name to us is nigh,
thy wond'rous works declare.
2 In Ifrael when my throne is ftVd,
with me fhall juftice reign.
3 Trie land with difcord (hakes ; but I
tht finking frame fuftain.
4 Deluded wretches I advisyd
their errors to redrefs !
And warn'd bold fmners, that they fliould
their fwelling pride fupprefs*
5 Bear
P S A L M Ixxv, Ixxvi. igs
5 Bear. not yourfelves fo high, as if
no pow'r could your's reftrain :
Submit your ftubborn necks, and. learn
to fpeak with lefs difdain :
6 For that promotion , which to gain.,
your vain ambition ftrives,
From neither eaft, nor weft, nor yet
from fouthern climes arrives.
j For God the great difpofer is,
and fov'reign Judge alone,
Who cafts the proud to earth, aed lifts
the humble to a throne.
8 His hand holds forth a dreadful cup ^
with purple wine 'tis crown'd ;
The deadly mixture, which his wrath.
deals out to nations round.
Of this his faints fometimes may tafte 5
but wicked men fhall fqueeze
Their bitter dregs, and be condemn* d
to drink the vcryiees.
9 His prophet I, to all the world
this meiTage. will relate :
Thejuftice then of Jacob's God
my fong fhall celebrate.
10 The wicked's pride I will reduce*
their cruelty difarm ;
Exalt the juft, and feat him high,
*feove the reach of harm.
PS A L M LXXVI.
IN Judah the Almighty's known
(Almighty, there, by wonders fhown »)
His n^ins in Jacob does er.cel ;
.. % llis
j3* PSALM Ixxvx,
2 His fancluary in Salem ftands :
The majefty that heaveo commands,
InSion condefcends to dwell.
3 He brake the bows aad arrows there,
The fhield, the temper'd iword and fpear 9.
There flain the mighty army lay :
4 Whence Sion's fame thro* earth is fpread,
Of greater g l»ry, greater dread.
Than hills where robbers lodge their prey„
5 Their valiant chiefs, who came for fpoi!,
Themfelvesmet there a fhuneful foil :
Securely down to fleep they lay *,
But wak'd no more ; their ftomeft band
Ne'er lifted one rciifting hand
'Gainft his that did their legions flay.
{> When Jacob's God began to frown,
Both horie and charioteers o'erthrown,
Together flept in endlefs night.
7 When thou, whom earth and heav'n revere
Doftonce with wrathful look appear,
What mortal pow'r can ftand thy fight ?
3 Pro'nounc'd from heav'n, earth heard its
(doom ;
Grew hufh'd with fear when thou did'ft come,
9 The meek with juftice to reftore.
Co The wrath of man fhali yiel d theepraife*
Its hit attempts but fcrve to raife
The triumphs of aimigluy pow'r..
1 1 Vow to the Lord : ye nations, bi ing
Vow'd prefents to th' eternal king :
Tiias to his name due rev'rence pay,
iz Who
F SAL M lxxvl5 lxx?K. 133
12 Who proudeft f>otent/ites can quell,
To emhiy kings roo e terrible,
tCijan, to their trembaug iiibje&s., they.
. * P S A L M JLXXVII.
ir § * O God I ery'd, who to my help
did grarioufly repair ; •
2 In trouble's difmai day I fought
my God with humble pi ay'r.
All td^ht my fcitVing wound did run .5
no med'ane gave relief:
My ibur'no comfort would admit,
my tbul indulg'd her grief.
3 I thought on God, and favours pafs'df
but that increasM my pain :
I found my fpirit more opprefs'd,
the mere I did complain. •
4 Thro' ev'ry watch or* tedious night
thou keep'if my eyes- awake ;
My grief is fwell'd to that excefe,
I figh5 but cannot fpeak.
I I calFd-to mind the days of old,
with fignal mercy crown'd 5
Thofe famous years of ancient times^
for miracles renown'd. •
6 By night I recollect my fongs,
on former triumphs made -,
TKen fearch, confult, and afk my hearty
where's now that wondrous aid?
7 Has God for ever raft us off ?
withdrawn his favour qid e ?
8 Are both his merry and his truth
reur'd tg endlefs night I
M 9 Cm
134 PS AIM lxxvii.
9 Can his long-pra&is'd love forget
its wonted aids to bring, ?
Has he in wrath fhut up andfeal'4
his mercy's healing fpring ?
.10 I faidj.my weaknefs hints thefe fears ;
but I'll my fears diiband 5
I'll yet remember the Moll High,
and years of his right-hand.
1 1 I'll call to mind his works of old,
the wonders of his might ;
12 On them my heart mall meditate,
my tongue fhall them recite.
13 Safe lodg'd from human fearch on high,
O God, thy counfels are !
Who is k) great a God as ours ?
who can with him compare ?
14 Long fince a God of wonders thee
thy refcu'd people found :
1 5 Long fince haft thou thy chofen feed
with ftrong deliv Vance crown.M.
56 When thee O God, the waters faw,
the frighted billows fhrunk :
The troubled depths themfelves, foriear
beneath their channels funk.
17 The clouds pour'd down, while rending
did with their noile confpire (Ikies
X&y arrows all abroad were fent,
wing'd with avenging gre.
18 Heav'n with thy thunder's voke was torn
whilft all the lower world (feem'd
^With lightning blaz'd, earth fhook acd
from her foundations hurl'd.
19 Thro'
P S A L M Ixxvii, Ixxviii. 135
19 Thro' rolling ftreams thou find'ft thy
thy paths in waters lie ; (way
Thy wond'rous paffage, where no fight
thy footfteps can dcicry.
2c Thou led'ftthy people like a flock |
fafe thro' the defart land,
By Mofes, their meek ikilfui guide*
and Aaron's facred hand.
P S A h M LXXVIIL
iT ' r E A.R* O my people, to my lawy
jL devout attention lend 5
Let the inftrucYion of my mouth
deep in your hearts defcend.
2 My tongue, by infpiration taught,;
fhall parables unfold,
Dark oracles, but underrfoodi
and own'd^for truths of old y
3 Which we from facred regifters
of ancient times have known,
And our forefathers pious care
to us Hasr handed down;
4 We will not hide them froih our fons 5'
our offspring- mail be taught
The praifes of the Lord, whofe ftrength
has works of wonders wrought.
5 For Jacob he this law ordain'd^
this league with Ifrael made ;
With charge, to be from age to age,
from race to race convey'd.
6 That generations yet to come,
mould to their unborn heirs
Religioufiy tranfmit the fame,
and they again to theirs.
Mz 7 T®
ty
PSALM ixxvm,
7 To teach them that in God alone
their hope fecurely {lands ;
That they ihoulc* ne'er his works forget,
but keep hisjuft commands.
8 Left, like their fathers, they might prove
a ftiif rebellious race,
Falfe-hearted, tickle to their God,
unftedfaft in his grace.
9 Such were revolting Ephraim's fons,
who tho' to warfare brtd,
And fkilful archers arm'd with bows,
from field ignobly fled.
10, 1 1 Theyfalfify'd their league with God,
his orders difobey'd,
Forgot his works ana miracles
before their eyes difplay'd.
12 Nor wonders, which their fathers faw\,
did they in mind retain >
Prodigious things in Egypt done,
and Zoan's fertile plain.
13 He cut the feas to let them pals,,
relhain'd the preffing flood j
While pii'd on heaps, on either fide,
the fblid water ftood.
14 A w'ondVous pillar led them on,
compos'd of fhacie and light ;
A fhelt'iing cloud it prov'd by day,
a leading tire by night. (dream
1 5 When drought opprefs'd them, where no
the wildernels iupply'd.
He cleft the rock, whole flinty breaft'
diilblv'd into a tide.
16 Streams
P S At M Ixxtiii. 137
16 Streams from the folid rock he brought
which down in rivers fell,
That trailing with their camps each day
renew'd the miracle.
17 Yet there they finn'd againft him more^
provoking the Moft High 5
In the fame defart where he did
their fainting fouls fupply.
28 They firft mcens'd him in their hearts^
that did his pow'r diitruft,
And tong'd for meat, not urg'd by want %
but to indulge their luft.
19 Then utter'd their blafpheming doubts^1
"Can God, fay they, prepare
_**• A table in the wildernefs,
" fet out yith various fare ?"
{
20 f" He fmote the flinty rock (tis true) J
" and gufhing.ftreams enfu'd ;
'•■ But can he corn and flefh provide
<f for fuch a multitude ?"
11 TheXord with indignation heard *
from heav'n avenging flame
On Jacob fell, confuming wrath. 1
on thanklefs Ifr*el came* .
22 Becaufe their unbelieving hearts
in God would not confide,
Nor truft his care, who had from heav'a"--*
their wants fo oft fupply'd 1
23 Tho' he had made his clouds difcharge
provisions down in fhow'rs f
And when earth fail'd, reliev'd their peeds
from his coeleilial {tores.
M 3 24-Tko*
i3£ PSALM lxxviii.
24 Tho* tafteful manna was rain'd dowa
their hunger to relieve;
Tho' from the ftores, of heav'n they did
iu [lain wig corn receive.
25 Thus man with angels facred food,
ungrateful man, was fed ;
Not fparingiy, for ftill they found
a plenteous table fpread.
^6 From heav'n he made an ea{t wind blow,
then did the fouth command,
27 To rain down fidh like duft, and fowls
like Tea'? uiinunriber'd Lnd.
28 Within their ti-enches he let fall
the lufcious eafy prey,
And all around their ipieading camp
the feather *d booty lay.
29 They fed, were fill'd, he gave them leave
their appetites to ftaft ; *
30, 31 Vet frill their wanted luft crav'd on,
nor with their hunger ceas'd :
But'whilir, in their luxurious mouths,
they did thei» dainties chew,
The wrath of God finote down their chiefs,
and lirael's chofen flew.
p a*r r- 11.
£2 Yet dill they ilnn'd, nor would afford'-
his miracles belief;
33 Therefore thro* fi uitlefs travels he
conium'd their lives in grief.
34 When fome were ilaiu, the reft return'd
to God with early ay ;
35 Own'u him the rock cf iheir defence,
their Saviour God 01 oft high.
;6Bu*
PSA L M Ixxv'm. 139
36 But this was feign'd fubmimon all,
their heart their tongue bely'd 5
37 Their heart was ftill peiverie, nor would
firm in his league abide.
38 Yet, full of mercy he forgave-,
nor did with death chaftife !
Bui turned his kindled wrath afide,
or would not let it rile.
39 For he remember'd tfeey were fled*
that could not long remain ;
A murmuring wind that's quickly paft,
and ne'er returns agam.
40 How oft did they provoke him there^
How oft his patience grieve,
In that fame defart where he did
their fainting fouls relieve t
41 They tempted him by turxiiiyg back^
arid wickedly rcpin'd ;
When Iiraels God refus'd to be
by their defires connn'd.
42 Nor cali'd to mind the hand1 and day-
that their redemption brought j
43 His iigns fn Egypt, won ti'rous- works
in Zdan's valley wrought,.
44 Be torn?d the rivers intoblood,
that man and beaft forbore ;
And rather chofe to die of thirft,
than drink the putrid gore.
45 He fent devouring fwarms of flie#>
hoarfe frogs annoy'd their foil,
46 Locufts and caterpillars reapM
tLe harveft of their toil.
47 Their
fcj* PS A LM lxxviii.
47 Their vines with batt'ringhail were broke,
with froft the fig-tree dies ;
48 Lightning and hail made flocks and herds
one general facrifke.
49 He turn'd his anger loofe andfet - ,
no time for it to ceafe ;
And with their plagues bad angels £bnt.
their torments to increafe.
50 He clear'd a pafifage for his wratk
to ravage uncontroul'd ;
The murrain on their fir filings feiz'd
in ev'ry field and fold.
5 1 The deadly peil from beafl to ma%
from field to city came ;
It flew their heirs, their eldeft hopes^
through all, the tent3 .of Ham.
52 But his own tribe, like folded fheep^
he brought from their diftrefs 5
And them conducted like a flock,
throughout the wildernefs.
53 He led them on, and in. their way -
4 no caufe of fear they found j
B'3V march'd fecurely through thofe deeps,
in which their foes Wjere drown'd.
54 Nor ceas'd his care till them -he brought
fafe to his promised land,
And to his holy mount, the prize
of his victorious hand.
$5 To them the out-caft heathen's land
He did by lor divide •,
And in their foes abandoned tents,
made Ifr'cl's tribes refide.
PARI
PSALM hoLinSk m
PART III.
5<3 Yet ilill they tempted, ftill provok'd'
the wrath of God moft high ;
Nor would to practife his corn-man ds
their ftubborrr hearts apply :
5.7 But in their father's fakhiefs fteps-
perverfely chofe to go :
They turn'd afide, like arrows fhot
from fome deceitful bow.
58 For him to fury they provokM
with altars fet on high •,
And with their graven images
inflamed his jealoufy.
50 When God hear^^us, on Ifr'el's tv'ilxp
his wrath and hatrea fell ;
60 He quitted Shiloh, and the tents
where once he chofe to dwell.
61 To vile captivity his ark,
his glory to difdain,
62 His people to the fword he gave,.
nor would his wrath reftrain.
63 Deftructive war their ableft youth
untimely did confound %
No virgin was to th* altar led,
with nuptial garlands crown'd,
^4 In fight the facnfker f^ll#
the prieft a victim bled •,
And widows, who their death Ihould mourn .>
themfelves of grief were dead, .
65 Then as a ^iant rouz'd from fleep,
whom wine had throughly warn *d,
Shouts out aloud ; the Lord awak'd,
a&d his proud foe alariu'd.
66 He
i^z PSALM ixxviii, Ixxix.
66 He fmote their hoft, that from the field
a fcatter'd remnant came,
With, wounds imprinted on their backs
of everlafting fhame.
6y With conquefts crown'd byjofeph's tents
and Ephrahn's tribe forfook ;
68 But Judah chofe, and Sion's mount
for his lov'd dwelling took.
6$ His temple he erected there,
with fpires exalted high:
While deep and fix'd as that of earth
the ftrong foundations lie.
70 His faithful feryant David too,
he for his choice did own,
And from the fheepfolds himadvanc'd
to lit on Judah's throne 0
71 From tending on the teeming ewes,
he brought him forth to feed,
His own inhe- it'ance. the tribes
of Ifrael's ehofen feed.
72 Exalted thus the m anarch prov'd
a faithful fhrpherd {till ;.
He fed them with an upright heart,
aad guided them with fkill.
PS \ L M LXXIX.
iT> EHOLD, O God. how heathen ho&3
x3 have thy polfeffion feiz'd !
In) tacredhouft they have dehTd,
thy holy cify raz'd.
2 The mangled bodies of thy faints,
abroad unburied lay ;
Their flefh expos'd to favage beaftf,
and rav'nous birds of prey.
3 Quite
JS AL M lxxix. X43
§ Quite thro* Jerus'lem was their Wood
like common water fhed ;
And noq£vWere left alive to pay
Jaft duties to the dead,
4 The neighboring lands our fmali remains
with loud reproaches wound •,
And we a laughing Mock are made
to all the naiions round.
5 How long wilt thou hs angry, Lord,
fliuft we for e^er mourn ?
Shall thy devouring jealous rage,
like fire for ever burn ?
6 On foreign lands that know not thee,
thy heavy vengeance Ihow'r ;
Thole finful kingdoms let it crufh,
that have not own'd thy pow'r.
7 For their devouring jaws have preyM
on Jacob's chofcn race ;
And to a barren dcfart turn'd
their fruitful dwelling-place.
g O think not on our former fins,
bui fpeedily prevent
The utter ruin of thy faints,
almoft with forrow fpent !
9 Thon God of our falvation, help,
and free our fouls from blame $
So ftiali our pardon. and defence
exalt thy glorious name.
K>. Let infidels, that fcofiing fay,
(i where is the God theyboaft..*"
In vengeance for thy flaughter'd faints,
perceive thee to their coft.
1 1 Lori
144 r b A L M Ixxix, lxxx.
1 1 Lord, hear the fighing pris'ners moans,
thy faving powV extend ;
Freferve the wretches doom'd to die,
from that untimely end.
12 On them, wh>> us op^refs, let all
our fuff'rings be repaid :
.3Nlake their confufion i'even times more
1 than what on us they laid.
V13 So we thy people and thy flock,
£hall ever praife thy name \
JVnd with glad hearts our grateful thanks
from age to age proclaim.
PSALM LXXX.
i/~\ Tfr'ePs ihepVierd, Jofeph's jmide,
V^^ Our prayYs to thee vouch 'a fc to hear. 5
Thou that doft on ihe cherubs ride,
Again in -folemn ftate appear.
.2 Br hold how Benjamin expects,
With Ephraim and Man \ffih join'd,
In our dtliv'rance, the efft els
"Of thy refiftlefs ftrength to find.
3 Do thou convert us, Lord, do thoQ
The luftre cf thy face difplay ;
And all the ills we fuffer now,
Likefcattei'd clouds (hall pars away.
4 O thou, whom heav'i'ly hofts obey,
How long '(hall thy tierce anger burn ?
How long thy full Ying people pray,
And to their pray'rs have no return ?
5 When hungry, we are fo;c'dto drench
Our fcanty food in floods of woe:
When dry, our raging third we cjuench
With itreams of tears that largely flow.
6 For
g|- P S A L M lx». 145
v6 J?or us the heathen nations round,
As for a common prey, conteft :
rOur foes with fpiteful joy abound,
Asid at our loft condition jeft.
7 Do thou convert us, Lord, do thou
The luftre of thy face difplay,
And all the ills we fuffer now,
Like fcatter'd clouds fhall pafs away,
PART II.
8 Thou brought'ft; a vine from Egypt's land 3
And cafting out the heathen race,
Did'ft plant it with thine own right hand,
And firmly fix'd it in their place.
9 Before it thou prepar'dft the way,
And mad'ft it take a lafting root,
Which, blefs'd with thy indulgent ray,
O'er all the land did widely fhook
■10, 11 The hills were cover'd with its {hade*"
Its goodly boughs did cedars feem :
Its branches to the fea were fpread,
And reach'd to proud Euphrate's ftream.
1 12 Why then haft thou its hedge o'erthrown,
Which thou haft made fo firm and ftrong ?
Whilft all it's grapes, defencelefs grown^
Are pluck'd by thofe that pafs along.
1 3 See how the briftling foreft boar
■ With dreadful fury lays it wafte :
jHark ! how the lavage monfters roar,,
I And to their helplefs prey make hafte,
P A H T III.
14 To thee, O God of hofts, we pray
Thy wonted goodnefs, Lord, renew %
N From
145 PSALM Ixxx, lxxxh
t
From heav'n thy throne this vine furvey,
And her fadftate with pity view.
15 Behold the vineyard, made by thee,
Which thy right hand did guard lo long*
And keep that branch from danger free,
Which for thyfelf thou mad'it fo ftrong.
16 To wafting flames 'tis made a prey,
And all its fpreading boughs cut down ;
At thy rebuke they foon decay,
And perifh at thy dreadful frown.
17 Crown thou the king with good fuccefej
By thy right hand fecur'd from wrong :
The fon of man in mercy blefs,
Whom for thyfelf thou mad'il fo ftrong*
18 So fhall we ftill continue free,
From whatfoe'er deferves thy blame ;
And if once more reviv'd by thee,
Will always prailethy holy name.
19 Do thou convert us, Lord, do thou
The luftre of thy face difplay,
And all the ills we fuffer now,
Like fcatter'd clouds fhall pafs away.
PSALM LXXXI.
irTTIO God, our never failing ftrength,
with loud applaufes fing :
And jointly make a chearful noife
to Jacob's awful King.
2 Compofe a hymn of praife, and touch
your inftruments of joy ;
Let pfalteries and pleafant harps,
your grateful ikill employ.
3 ^et
PSALM Ixxxi. 147
3. Let trumpets at the great new moon
their joyful voices raife,
To celebrate th' appointed time,
the folemn day of praife.
4 For this a ftatute was of old,
which Jacob's God decreed,
To be with pious care obferv'd
by Intel's chofen feed.
5 This, He for a memorial fix'd,
when freed from Egypt's land ;
Strange nations barb'rous fpeech we heard ?
but could not underftand.
6 Your burthen'd ihoulders I relieVd,-
(thus feem'd our God to fay)
Tour fervile hands by me were freed
from lab'ring in the clay.
7 Your anceftors, with wrongs opprefs'd,
to me for aid did call :
With pity I their fuff 'rings faw,
and fet them free from ail.
They fought for me, and from the ckyad
in thunder Ireply'd :
At Meribah's contentious firearm
their faith and duty try'd.
P A R T II;
8 "While I my folemn will declare,
my chofen people hear :
If thou, O Ifr'el, to my words
wilt lend thy lift'ning ear ;
9 Then fhall no God befldes myfelf
within thy coafts be found :
Nor fhalt thou worfhip any Cod
of ail the nations round.
N a to The
148 PSALM Ixxxi, Ixxxii,
10 The Lord thy God am I, who thee
brought forth from Egypt's land :
Tis I, that all thy juft dtiires
fupply with iib'ral hand.
11 But they, my chofen race refusM
toJbearken to my voice ;
Nor wo inc. ebelliotas Ifr'el's fons
« make me their happy choice.
12 So I provok'd, refign'd them up,
to ev'ry luft a prey ;
And in their own perverfe defigns
permitted them to ftray.
13 O that my people wifely would
my juft commandments heed !
And Ifr*el in my righteous ways
with pious care proceed.
14 Then mould my heavy judgments faH
on all that them oppofe ;
And my avenging hand be turn'd
againft their num'rous foes. »
15 Their enemies and mine fhould all
before my footftool bend :
But as for them, their happy ftate
fhould never know an end.
16 All parts with plenty mould abound \
with fineft wheat their field :*
The barren rocks, to pleafe their tafte,
mould richeft honey yield.
P S A L M LXXXII.
1 ^T 1 OD in the great aflembly {lands,
VJT where his impartial eye
In itate furveys-the earthly gods,
and does their judgments try.
2, 3 How
P S A L M lxxxii, lxxxni. 14?
y, 3 How dare ye then unjuftly judge^
or be to finners kind ?
Defend the orphans, and the poor,
let fuch your juftice find.
4 Protect the humble, helplefs, man,,
reduc'd to deep diftrefs,
And let not him become a prey
to fuch as would opprefs.
5 They neither know, nor will they lear%
but blindly rove and ftray :
^[uftice and truth, the world's fupport,
thro' all the land decay.
6 Well then might God in anger fay,
u I've calPd you by my name ;
u I've faid y* are God's, the fons and heirs*,
" of my immortal fame 5
7 " But ne'erthelefs your unjuft deeds
to ftrict account I'll call :
" You all fhall die like common men5
(f like other tyrants fall."
£ Arife, andthyjuft judgments, Lord>
throughout the earth difplay 5
And all the nations of the world
fhall own thy righteous fway .
PSALM LXXXIII.
iTT OLD not thy peace, O Lord ourGodJ"
JLX no longer filent be ;
Nor with confenting cpiet looks
our ruin calmly, fee !
% For lo ! the tumults of thy foes
. o'er all the land are fpread ;
And they, which hate thy faints and thee^
lift ug their threat'ning head.
®3 3 Agaicit:
i|<f» PSALM IxxxiiL
3 Againfr thy zealous people, Lord,
they craftily eombine :
And to deftroy thy chofen faints
have laid their ciofe defign.
4 «' Come let us cut them off, fay they,
" their nation quite deface ;
6i That no remembrance may remain
" of Ifr'el's -hated race."
5 Thus they againft tjy people's peace ,
confult with one confent :
And differing nations jointly leagued
their common malice vent.
6 The Ifhm'elites that dwell in tents,
with warlike Edom join'd ;
And Moab's fons our ruin vow,
with Hagar's race combined.
7 Proud Amnion's offspring, Gebal too
with Amalek confpire :
The Lords of Paleftine, and all
the wealthy fons of Tyre,
o All thefe the ftrong AiYyrian king
their firm ally have got ;
Who, wich a pow'rful army aids
:di' inceihious race of Lot.
PART IL
9 But let flich vengeance come to them,
as once to Midian came ;
To Jabin and proud Sifera,
at Kifhon's fatal it ream,
jo When thy right hand their num'rous
rear Endor did confound, [hofts
And left their carcafles for dung
to feed the hungvy ground*
ii Let
PS A L M Ixxxili, lxxxiv. 151
2 1 Let all their mighty men the fate
of Zeo and Oreb (hare :
As Zeba and Zalmunnah, fo
let all their princes fare.
2 2 Who,, with the fame defign infpir'd^
thus vainly boafting fpake.
" In firm poffeilion for ourfelves
" let ns God's houfes take.
23 To ruin let them hafte,- like wheels
which downward Twiftly move:
Like chaff before the wind, let all
their fcatter'd forces prove.
1 4,1 5 As flames confume dry wood or heata
that on parch'd mountains grows3
So let thy fierce purfu5ng wrath
with terror ftrike thy foes,
16, 1 7 Lord, fhroud their faces with difgraceV
that _they may own thy name :
Or them confound, whofe harden'd hearts
thy gentler means difclaim.
18 So fhall the wond'ring world confefs
that thou who claimTt alone
Jehovah's name, o'er all the earth .
haft rais'd thy lofty throne.
PSALM LxixiV.
I /~\ God of hoits,.the mighty Lord5
\J how lovely is the place,
Where thou, enthron'd in glory, fhew'ir -
the brightnefs of thy face !
2- My longing foul faints with deiire*
to view thy bleft abode :
My panting heart and flefh. cry out
for thee, the living^ God.
3 The
*p PSALM Ixxxiv.
3 The birds, more happy far than I.,.
around thy temple thron'g *,
Securely there they build, and there
fecurely hatch their young.
4 O Lord of holts, my king and Gody
how highly bleft are they,
Who in thy temple always dwell,
and there thy praiie difplay !
5 Thrice happy they whole choice has the&;
their fure protection rriade,
Who long to tread the fa c red ways
that to thy dwelling lead I
6 Who pafs thro' Bacos thhfty vale,
yet no refrefhment want :
Their pools are fill*d with rain, which thou:
at their requeft do'ft grant.
7TI1US they proceed from ftrength toftrength
and ftill approach more near y
*Tiil all on Sion's holy mount
before their God appear.
8 O Lord, the mighty God of hofls*
my juft requefts regard ;
Thou God of Jacob j let my pray-'p
be ftiil with favour heard.
<p Behold, O God, for thou alons.
can'ft -timely aid difpenfe :
€)n thy anointed fervant look,.
be thou his fhong defence.
10 For in thy courts one fingle day
'tis better to attend,
Than Lord, in any place befides
A thoufand days to fpend.
Much
■PSALM Ixxxiv, Ixxiv. >5j
Muck rather in God's houfe will I
the mean eft office take,
Than in the wealthy tents of fin
my pompous dwelling make.
1 1 For God, who is our fun and ftiieldj.
will grace and glory give ;
And no good thing will he withhold
^rom them that juftly live.
1 2 Thou God, whom heav'nly hofts obey |
how highly bleft $ he,
Whofe hope and truft fecurely plac'd,
is ftill repos'd on thee !
PSALM LXXXV.
iT ORD, thou haft granted to thyiand^
L j the favours we implor'd,
And faithful Jacob's captive race
moil: graciouily reftor'd.
2, 3 Thy people's fins thou haft abfolv',d>
and all their guilt defac'd :
Thou halt not let thy wrath flame ona
Nor thy fierce anger laft.
4 Q God our Saviour, all our hearts
• to thy obedience turn ;
That, kindled by our former fins,
thy wrath no more may burn ?
5, 6 For why fhould'ft thou be angry ftill$
and wrath fo long retain ?
Revive us, Lord, and let thy faints
thy wonted comfort gain.
7 Thy gracious favour, Lord, difplay,
which we have long implor'd ;
And for thy wond'rous mercy '3 lake,
thy wonted aid afford,
8 God's
iij4 PSALM Ixxxv, IxxxvL
8 God's anfwer patiently I'll waif,
for he with glad fuccefs,
(If they no more to folly turn)
his mourning faints will blefs.
9 To all that fear his holy name,
his fure falvation's near ;
And is its former happy ftate
our nation lhall appear.
to For mercy now with truth is join'd $
and righteoufnefs with peace,
Like kind companions abfent long,
with friendly arms embrace.
1 1, 1 2 Truth from the earth fhallfpring whilft
lhall ftreams of jufrice pour, [heav'i\
And God from whom all goodnefs flows,
fhall endlefs plenty fhow'r.
13 Before him righteoufnefs fhall march,
and his- iuft paths prepare;
Whilft we his holy fteps puifue
with conftant zeal and care.
PSALM LXXXVI.
1' r 1 ^ O my complaint, O Lord my God,
JL t^iy gracious ear incline :
Hear me diftrefs'd and deftitute
of all relief but thine •,
2 Do thou, O God, preferve my foul,
that does thy name adore :
Thy fervant keep, and him, whofe truft
relies on thee, reftore.
J To me, who daily thee invoke,
thy mercy, Lord, extend :
4 Refrelh thy fei vant's foul, whofe hopes
cn thee alone depend.
5 Thou,
PS A L M lxx:^vi.
*5l
5 Thou, Lord, art good, not only good,,
but prompt to pardon too,
AQf plenteous mercy to all thofe,
who for thy mercy fue.
6 To my repeated humble pray'r,
O Lord, attentive be :
7 .When troubled, I on thee will call,
for thou wilt anfwer me.
8 Among the god's there's none like thee,
O Lord, alone divine !
To thee as much inferior they,
as are their works to thine.
-9 Therefore their great Creator, thee,
the nations fliall adore j
Their long mifguided pray'rs and praife
to thy bleft name reftore*
• io All fhall confefs thee great and great
the wonders thou haft done !
Confefs thee God, thee God iupreme,
confefs thee God alone.
PART II.
17 Teach me thy way, G Lord, and I
from truth ihan ne'er depart $
In rev'rance to thy facred name
devoutly fix my heart.
12 Thee will I praife, O Lord my God,
praife thee with heart fincere :
And to thy everlafring name
eternal trophies rear
13 Thy boundlefs mercy fhewn to me,
tranfcends my pow'r to tell,
$0. Lhou halt oft redeem'd my foul
from loweft depths of hell.
14 €
156 PSALM lxxxvi, Ixxxvii.
14 O God the fons of pride and ftrife
have my destruction fought,
E.egardlefs of thy pow'r that oft
has my deliv'rance wrought :
15 But thou thy conftant goodnefs did'ffc
to my affiftance bring ;
Of patience-, mercy, and of truth,
thou everlafting fpring !
lt> O bounteous Lord, thy grace and flrength,
• to me thy fervant fhow •,
Thy kind protection, Lord, on me,
thine handmaid's fon beftow.
17 Some fignal give, which my pr®ud foe
may fee with fhame and rage.
When thou, O Lord, for my relief
and comfort dofi: engage.
PSALM LXXXVII.
j /^\ OD's temple crowns the holy mount i
\JT the Lord there condescends to dwell;
2 His Sion's gates in his account
Our Ifr'el's faireft tents excell.
3 Fame glorious things of thee fhall fing,
O city of th' almighty King !
4 I'll mention Rahab with due praife,
In Babylon's applaufes join,
The fame of Ethiopia raife,
With that of Tyre and Paleftine ;
And grant that fome, amongft them born.
Their age and country did adorn.
5 But ftill of Sion I'll aver,
That many fuch from her proceed :
Th* almighty fhall eftablifh her.
<j His gen'ral lift fhall fhew, when read,
That
f S A L M Ixxxvii, Ixxxviii. 157
That fuch a perfon there was born,
And fuch did fuch an age adorn.
7 He'll Sion find with numbers fiil'd
Of fuch as merit high renown ;
For hand and voice muficians ikill'd.
And (her tranfcending fame to crown)
Of fuch (he fhail fucceffions bring
Like waters from a living ipring.
PSALM LXXXVIII.
ir § ^O thee, my God and Saviour, I -
j By day and night addrefs my cry j
2 Vouchfafe my mourn rul voice to hear,
To my diftrefs inciine thine ear :
3 For feas of trouble me invade,
My foul draws nigh to death's cold fcade.<
4Like one whofe itrength and hopes are iied,
They number me among the dead.
5 Like thofe, who fhrouded in the grave,
From thee no more remembrance have \
6 Caft off from thy fuftaining care,
Down to the confines of defpair.
7 Thy wrath has hard upon me lain,
Afflicting me with wreftlefs pain :
Me all thy mountain waves have preft.
Too weak, alas ! to bear the leaft.
3 Removed from friends I figh alone,
[n a loath'd dungeon laid, where none
A vifit will vouchfafe to me,
Confin'd, paft hopes of liberty.
2 My eyes from Weeping never ceafe,
[They wafte, but ftill my griefs increafe \
Yet daily, Lord, to thee Fvepray'd,
With out-ilretch'd hands invok'd thy aid.
O 10 Wilt
158 PSALM lxxxviii, lxxxix.
10 Wilt thou by miracle revive
The dead, whom thou forlbokTc ?live ?
From death reftore thy praife to fing,
Whom thou from prifon would'ft not bring?
11 Shall the mute grave thy love confefs ?
A moukTring tomb thy fakhfulnefs ?
12 Thy truth and power renown obtain,
Where darknefs and oblivion reign ?
13 To thee, O Lord, I cry, forlorn ;
My prayY prevents the early morn.
14 Why haft thouj Lord, my foul forfook,
Nor once vouchfaf'd a gracious look ?
15 Prevailing forrows bear me down,
Which from my youth wiih me have grown ;
Thy terrors paft diftract my mind,
And fears of blacker days behind.
16 Thy wrath hath burft upon my head,
Thy terrors fill my foul with dread ;
17 Environ'd as with waves combin'd,
And for a gen'ral deluge join'd.
18 My lovers, friends, familiars, all
Remov'd from fight, and out of call ;
To dark oblivion all retir'd,
Dead, or at leatt to me expir'd.
P S A L M LXXXIX.
inpHY mercies. Lord, fhall be my fong,
My fong on them fhall ever dwell :
To ages yet unborn, my tongue
Thy never-failing truth fhall tell.
2 I have affirm'd and itill maintain,
Thy mercy fhall for ever laft ;
Thy tnuhthat does the heav'ns fuftain,
Like them fhall iland for ever faft.
3 Thou
PSALM lxxxix. 159
3 Thus fpak'ft thou by thy prophet's voice,
" With David I a league have made;
" To him, my fervant, and my choice,
« By folemn oath this grant convey'd j
4 " While earth and feas,and Ikies endure,
*< Thy feed fliall in my fight remain ;
« To them thy throne I will enfure,
" They {hall to endlefs ages reign ."
5 For fuch ftupendous truth and love,
Both heav'n and earth juft praifes owe,
By choirs of angels fung above,
And by affembled faints below.
6 What feraph of celeftial birth
To vie with Ifr'el's God lhall dare ?
Or who among the gods of earth,
With our almighty Lord compare I
7 With rev'rence and religious dread,
His faints fhould to his temple prefs ;
His fear thro' all their hearts fhould fpread,
Who his almighty name confefs.
8 Lord God of armies, who can boaft
Of ftrength or pow'r, like thine renown'd ?
Of fuch a num'rous faithful hoft,
As that which does thy throne furrour»4-
o Thou doft the lawlefs fea controul, 7i>
And change the profpect of the deep \ >
Thou mak'ft the fleeping billows roil,
Thou mak'ft the rolling billows fleep
10 Thou break'ft in pieces Rahab's
And did'ft oppreffing pow'r difarm
Thy fcatter'd foes have dearly try'd
The force of thy refiftlefs arm.
Oz 1
160 PSALM Ixxxlx.
1 1 In thee the fov'reign right remain?
Of earth and heav'n •, thee, Lord alone
The world and all that it contains,
Their Maker and Preferver own.
12 The poles on which the globe does reft$
Were formed by thy creating voice j
Tabor and Hermon, eaft and weft,
In thy fuftaining pow'r rejoice.
73 Thy arm is mighty, ftrong thy hand,
et,«Lard, thou doir with juttice reign *
PofTeis'd of ablolute command,
truth and mercy doft maintain.
->py, thriee happy they, who hear
*ed trumpet's joyful found ;
ay at feltivals appear,
thy moil glorious prefence crown'd*
16 Thy faints fhall always be o'erjoy'd,
"Who on thy facred name rely *,
And in thy righteoufnefs employ'd,
Above their foes be rais'd on high ;
17 For in thy ftrength they fhall advance,
Whofe concmeft from thy favour fpring.
18 The Lord of hoft is our defence,
A nd Ifr'el's God our Ifr'el's King.
Thus fpak'ft thou by thy prophet's voice,
\ mighty champion I will fend.
' om Judah's tribe have I made choice
ne who fhall the reft defend.
iy fervant David I have found,
holy oil anointed him ;
1 fhall the hand fupport that crown'd,
guard that gave the diadem.
22 Cl No
PSALM lxxxixv 161
/ 2 2 " No prince from him mail tribute force,
" No fons of ftrife fhall him annoy ;
23 " His fpiteful foes I will difperie,
-" And them before his face deftroy.
1 24 " My truth and grace mail him iuftain \
His armies in well order d rai^ks,
25 " Shallconquer from the Tyrian main
" To f ygris and Euphrates banks.
26 " Me for his father he fhall take,
p His God and rock of fafety call ;
27 " Him I my firft-born ion will make,
" And earthly kings his fubjtcT:s all.
28 To him my mercy I'll iecure,
ii My cov'nant make for ever fait.
29 tk His feed for ever fhall endure,
£5 His throne, till heav'n diflblves fhall lafb
PART II.
30 " But if his heirs my law forfake ^
" And from my facred precepts ftray ;
31 "If they my righteous fratutes break,
<J Nor ftrictly my commands obey ;
32 " Their fins I'll viflt with a rod,
" And for their folly make them frhart^
,33 " Yet will not ceafe to be their God,
*' Nor from my truth, like them, depart.
34 " My cov'nant I will ne'er re\
6i But in remembrance fart retair
** The thing that once my lips
<( Shall in eternal force remaii
35 Once have I fworn, bur on'
J* Anrl made my holinefs the
" That I my grant will ne'er 1
f€ Nor to my fervant David lie
O 3 36 '
i6z PSALM Ixxxi
IX,
36 e ; Who fe throne and race the conftant fun
"Shall, like his courfe, eftabiiftVd fee :
37 " Of this my oath, thou confcious moon,
ik In heav'n my faithful vvitnefs be."
38 Such was thy gracious promife, Lord,
But thou haft now our tribes forfook,
Thy own anointed haft abhor'd,
And turn'd on him thy wrathful look.
39 Thou feetneft to have render'd void
The cov'aant with thy fervant made,
Thou haft his diguity deftroy'd,
in the duft his honor laid.
40 Or" ftroag holds thou haft him bereft,
And brought his bulwarks to decay •,
4 [ Kis fronrier coafts defencelefs left,
A public fcorn and common prey.
lis ruin does glad triumphs yield
cd. by thee to might ;
4 s L'hou haft his conquering fword unftecl*d,
>ur turn'd to ihameful flight.
His g-ory is to darknefs fled,
-10 throne i%\t : .!: d \ : :Js the ground :
; Kis youth to wretched bondage led,
1th fliame o'erwhelm'J and for row drownM-
long {hall we thy ahfence mourn i5
a for ever, Lord, retire ?
">n fuming anger burn
d we at once expire ?
ct Loid. how fhort a fpj
"or moital life ordain ;
:o pro! >ng the race,
2 .it with td pain.
PSALM lxxxix, xc< 163
48 What man is he that, can contr.oul
Death's flricl unalterable doom ?
Or refcue from the grave his foul,
The grave that muft mankind entomb ?
49 Lord, where's thy love, thy bou-ndlefs-
The oath to which thy truth did feal, [grace
Conllgn'd to David and his race,
The grant which time fhould ne'er repeal ?
50 See how thy fervants treated are
With infamy, reproach and fpite •,
Which in my iilent breaft I bear -,
From nations of licentious might.
t; 1 How they, reproaching thy great ijfemcj
Have made thy iervant's hope their jeit •
52 Yet thyjuff. praifes we'll proclaim.
And ever ring, the Lord be bleft.
Amen, Amen
PSALM XC.
LORD, the Saviour and defence
of us thy chofen race,
From age to age thou itill has been
our hire abiding place.
^Before thou brought'ft the mountains forth
or th' earth or world did'ft frame,
Thou always wert the mighty God,
and ever art the fame :
3 Thou turned man, O Lord, to duft,
of which he firft was made ;
And when thou fpeak'it the word, return^'
'tis inftantly obeyrd.
4 For in thy fight a thoufand years
are like a day that's pair,
Or like a watch in dead of night,
whofe hours unminded waile.
5 Thou
i646' PSALM xc.
5 Thou fweep'ft us off as with a flood,
we vanifh hence like dreams :
At firft we grow like grais that feels
the fun's reviving beams :
6 But howfoever frefh and fair,
its morning beauty mows ;
'Tis all cut down and wither'd quite,
before the evening clofe.
7, 8 We by thine anger are confum'd,
and by thy wrath difmay'd ;
Our public crimes and iecret fins
before thy fight" are laid.
9 Beneath thy anger's fed effects
our drooping days we fpend ;
Our unregarded years break off,
like tales that quickly end.
io Our term of time is feventy years,
an age that few furvive :
But if, with more than common Itrengthjs
to eighty we arrive ;
Yet then our boafted itrength decays^
to ioitow turn'd and pain :
,So foon the flender thread is cut,
and we no more remain.
x PAR T II.
1 1 But who thy anger's dread effects
does, as he ought, revere ?
And yet thy wrath does fall or rife,
as moie or lefs we fear.
12 So teach us, Loid, th' uncertain funa
of our fhort days to mind,
That to true wifdom all our hearts
may ever be inclin'd.
13 o
PSALM xc, xci. 16$
13 O to thy fervants, Lord, return,
and fpeedily relent !
As we of our mifdeeds, do thou
of ourjuft doom repent.
14 To fatistV and chear our fouls,
thy early mercy fend ;
That we may all our days to come,
in joy and comfort fpend.
1 5 Let happy times with large amends
dry up our former tears,
Or equal at the leaft the term
of our afflicted yeais.
16 To all thy fervants, Lord let this
thy wond'rous work be known,
And to our offspring yet unborn,
thy glorious powY be ihown.
17 Let thy bright rays upon us fhin&j
give thou our work fuccefs ;
The glorious work we have in hand
do thou vouchfafe to blefs.
PSALM XCI.
1 T TE that has God his guardian made>
jTl Shall, under the Almighty's fhade^
Secure and undifturb'd abide.
1 Thus to my foul/ of him I'll fay,
He is my fortrefs and my fray,
My God in whom I will confide.
3 His tender love and watchful care
Shall free thee from the fowler's £hare>
And from the noifome peftilence :
4 He over thee his wings (hall fpiead,
And cover thy unguarded head \
His truth fhall be thy ftrong defence.
5 W
56 PSALM xci.
5 No terrors that furprize by night,
Shall thy undaunted courage fright,
Nor deadly lhnfts that fly by day *,
6 Nor plague, of unknown rife, that kills
In darknefs, nor infectious ills
That in the hotteft feafon flay.
7 A thoufand at thy fide (hall die,
At thy nght hand ten thoufand lie,
While thy firm health untouch'd remains,
8 Thou only (halt look on and fee
The wicked's fad cataftrophe,
And count the finncr's mournful gains.
9 Becaufe (with well-plac'd confidence)
Thou mak'ft the Lord thy fure defence,
And on the higheft doft rely ;
io Therefore no ill fhali thee befall,
Nor to thy healthful dwelling fhall
Any infectious plague draw nigh.
1 1 For he throughout thy happy days-
To keep ihee fafe in all thy ways,
Shall give his angels ftrict commands ;
12 And they, leaft thou fhould'ft chance
to meet
With fome rough ftone to wound thy feet,
Shall bear thee fafily in their hands.
13 Dragons and afps that thirlt for blood,
And lions roaring for their food,
Beneath his conqu'ring feet fhall lie.
14 Becaufe he lov'd and honour'd me,
Therefore (fays God) I'll fet him free,
And fix his glorious throne on high.
1 5 He'll call ; I'll anfwer when he calls,
And refcue him when ill befalls j
Increafc
PSALM xci, xcif. 167
Increafe his honour and his wealth : -
16 And when, with undifturb'd content,
His long and happy life is fpent,
His end I'll crown with faving health.
PSALM XCII.
1 "I J"OW good and pleafant mud it be
["X to thank the Lord moft high 5
And with repeated hymns of praife,
his name to magnify.
2 With ev'ry morning's early dawn,
his goodnefs to relate •,
And of- his conftant truth each night
the glad effects repeat.
3 To ten ftring'd inftruments we'll ilng^
with tuneful pialteries join'd.
And to the harp, with folemn founds,
for facred ufe defign'd.
4 Ffcr thro' thy wondVous works, O Lord,
'thou mak'ft my heart rejoice ;
The thoughts of them fhail make me glad,
aad fhout with chearful voice.
$>6 How wond'rous are thy works,OLord !
how deep are thy decrees !
Whofe winding tracts in feciet laid,
no ftupid finner fees.
7 He little thinks, when wicked men,
Lkc graft look frefh and gay ;
How foon their fhort-hVd fple'ndor muft
for ever pafs away.
8, 9 But thou, my God,art ilill moft high;
and all thy lofty foes,
Who thought they might fecurely fin,
fhail be o'erwhelm'd with woes.
10 WhHft
1 68 PSALM xcii, xciii.
10 Whilft thou exalt'ft my fov'rejgn pow'r,
and mak'il it largely fpread ;
And with refrefliing oil anoint'ft
my confecrated head.
ill foon fhall fee my ftubborn foes
to utter ruin brought ;
And hear the difmal end of thofe,
who have againil me fought.
12 But righteous men, like fruitful palms,
{hall make a glorious fhow ;
As cedars that on 'Lebanon
in {lately order grow.
13, 14 Thefe, planted in thehoufe of God,
within his coui tb {hall thrive :
Their vigour and tfteir luftre both
{hall in old age revive :
15 Thus will the Lord his juftice £hew ;
and God, my ftrong defence, '
Shall due reward to all the world
impartially difpenfe.
PSALM XCIII.
With glory clad, with ftrength array'd*
The Lord, that o'er all nature reigns,
The world's foundations ftrongly laid,
And the vail fabric ftill fuftains.
2, How finely fhiblifh'd is thy throne !
Which Ihall no change or period fee ;
For -thou, O Lord, and thou alone
Art God from ail eternity.
3, 4 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voicea
And tofs the troubled waves on high ;
But God above can ftill their noife,
And make the angry fea comply.
sTfay
PS AL M xciii, xctv. :.»9
5 Thy promife, Lord, is ever fare,
And they, that in thy houfe would dwell,
That happy ftation to fecmre,
Muft ftill in holineis excel
PSALM XCI\f.
I, 2/^\ GOD, to whom revenge belongs,
\J thy vengeance now difclofe \
Arife, thou judge of all the earth,
and crufh thy haughty foes.
3, 4 How long, O Lord, fhall finful me*
their folemn triumphs make ;
How long their wicked actions boaft,
and infblently fpeak ?
5, 6 Not only they thy faints oppreis,
but unprovok'd they fpill
The widow's and the Granger's blood,
and helplefs orphans kill.
1 7 " And yet the Lord ihall ne'er perceive^
(prophanely thus they fpeak)
<f N >r any notice of our deeds
" the God of Jacob take."
8 At length, ye ftupid fools, your wants.
endeavour to difcern :
In folly will you ftill proceed,
and wifdom never learn ?
9, i o Can he be deaf who form'd the ear, "'
or blind who fram'd the eye ?
Shall earth's great judge not punifh thofe,
who his known will defy ?
1 1 He fathoms all the thoughts of men,
to him their hearts lie bare ;
His eye furveys them all, and fees
how vain their counfels are.
P PART
170 PSALM xciv.
PART II.
12 Bleft is the man whom thou, O Lord,
in kindnefs doit chaftile,
And by thy facred rules to walk
do'ft lovingly advife.
13 This man mail reft and fafety find
in feafons of diftrefs ;
Whilft God prepares a pit for4thofe,
that flubbornly tranfgrefs.
14 For God will never from his faints
his favour wholly take :
His own pofTeflion and his lot,
he will not quite forfake.
15 The world mail then confefs thee jufr,
in all that thou haft done :
And thofe that choofe thy upright ways,
fhall in thofe paths go on.
\6 Who will appear in my behalf,
(when wicked men invade)
Or who, when finners would opprefs,
my righteous caufe fhall plead ?
17, 18. 19 Long fince had I in iilence flept,
but that the Lord was near,
To ftay me when I ilipt ; when fad,
my troubled heart to chear.
550 Wilt thou, who art a God moft juft,
their finful throne fuftain,
Who make the law a fair pretence
their wicked ends to gain ?
21 Againft the lives of righteous men
they form their clofe dciign ;
And blood of inn: a 1 ts to ipill,
in folemn league combine.
22 But
PSALM xciv, xcv> *7*
22 But my defence is firmly plac'd
in God the Lord moft high :
He is my rock, to which I may
for refuge always fly.
23 The Lord fhali caufe their ill deiigns
on their own heads to fall :
He in their fins fhall cut them off,
our God fhali flay them all.
PSALM XCV.
1 jT^\ Come, loud anthems let us ilng,
\^Jf Loud thanks t© our almighty I£im>
For we our voices high mould raife,
When our falvation's rock we praife.
2 Into his prefence let us hafte,
To thank him for his favours paft 1
To him addrefs in joyful fongs,
The praife that to his name belongs,
3 For God the Lord, enthron'd irj ilate,
Is, with unrival'd glory, great :
A King fuperior far 10 all,
Whom by his title God we call.
4 The depths of earth are in his hand,
'■ Her fecret wealth at his command ;
I The ftrength of hills, that threat the fkie%
Subjected to his empire lies.
I 5 The rolling ocean's vaft abyfs
1 By the fame fov'reign right is his :
'Tis mov'd by his almighty hand,
That form'd and fix'd the folid landS
6 O let us to his courts repair,
And bow with adoration there :
Down on our kaees devoutly all
Before the Lord our maker fall.
P 2 7 For
172 PSALM xcv. xcvi.
7 For he's our God, our fhepherd he>
His flock and pafture fheep are we.
If then you'll (like his flock) draw near>
To-day if you his voice will bear ;
8 Let not your haruen'd hearts renew
Your father's crimes and judgments too j.
Nor here provok? my wrath",, as they
In defart plains of Meribah ..
9 When thro' the wiidernefs they mov'd,
And me with frefh temptations prov'd :
They ftili through unbelief, rebell'd,
W\ile they my wond'rous works beheld.
10, (i They forty years my patience griev'd*
Tho' daily I their wants reliev'd.
Then 'tis a faithlefs race I faid,
Whofe heart from me has always flray'd ;
They ne'er will tread my righteous path :
Therefore to them in fettled wrath,
Since they defpis'd my reft I fw^re
That they fhould never enter there.
PSALM XCVI.
1 O ING to the Lord a new-made fong j,
£3 Let earth in one afTembled throngj
Her common patron's praife refound.
2 'Sing to the Lord, and blefs his name,
From day to day his praife proclaim,
Who us has with ialvation crown'd.
3 To heathen lands his fame rehearfe,
His wonders to the univerfe.
4 He's great and greatly to be prais'd 5.
In majefty and glory raisM
Above all other deities.
5 For pageaatry and idols all.
Ar«
PSALM xcvi, xcvii. 173
Are they whom gods the heathen call 5
He only rules who made the Ikies.
6 With majefty and honour crown'd,
Beauty and ftrength his throne {unround ;
7 Be therefore both to him reftorM
By you, who have falfe Gods ador'd,
Afcribe due honour to his name j
8 Peace-ofF 'rings on his altar lay,
Before his throne your homage pay5
Which he and he alone can claim,
0 To worfhip at his facred court,
Let all the trembling world refort.
10 Proclaim aloud, Jehovah reigns,
Whofe power (he univerfe fuftains,
And banifh'd juftice will reftore*
1 1 Let therefore heav'n new joys confer
And heav'nly mirth let earth expreis -,
Its loud applaufe the ocean roar^
Its mure inhabitants rejoice,
And for this triumph find a voice,
12 For joy let fertile vallies ftng,
The chearful "groves their tribute bring %
The tuneful choir of birds awake,
13 The Lord's approach to ce'ebrate,
Who now fets out with awful ftate,
His circuit through the earth to take.
From heav'n to judge the world he's come^
With juftice to reward and doom.
PSAL M XCVII.
1 TEHOVAH reigns, let all the earth
Jr In his juft government rejoice ,
Let all the hies with facred mirth,
In his applaufe unite-their voice.
P3 '2 Dark-
174 PSALM xcvii.
2 Darknefs and clouds of awful made
His dazzling glory ihroud in ftate ;
Juftice and truth his guards are made,
And fix'd by his pavi*ion wait.
3 Devouring fire before his face
His fofs around with vengeance ftnick;.
4 His lightnings let the world on blaze j
Earth faw it, and with terror fhook.
5 The proudcft hills his prefence ft It,
Their height nor ftrength could help afford,
The proudcft hills like wax aid melt
In prefence of th' almighty Lord.
6 The heav'ns his righteoufnefs to mow,
With (lorms of fire our foes purfu'd ,
And all ti.e trembling woild below, ■
Have his defcending glory view'd.
7 Confounded be their impious hoft,
Who make the gods, ro whom they pray :
All who of pageant idols boaft;
To him, ye gods, your worlhip pay.
% Glad Sion of thy triumph heard,
And Judah's daughters were o'erjoy'd \
Becauie thy righteous judgments, Lord,
Have pagan pride and pow'r deftroy'd,
o For thou, O God, art ieated high,
Above earth's potentates emhron'd :
Thou, Lord, unrival'd in the Iky,
Supreme by all the gods art own'd.
lo You, who to fevvc this Lord afpire,
Abhor what's ill, and truth eftecm :
He'll k<*ep his fervants iouls entire,
And them fro in wicked hands redeem.
ii For
PS A L, M xcvii* xcviiL 175
11 For feeds are fawn of glorious Hghr^
And future harveft for the juft •,
And gladnefs for the heart upright*
To recompence its pious truft.
12 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord \,
Memorials of his holinefs.
Deep in your faithful breafh record.
And with your thankful tongues confefs.
PSALM XCVIII.
lO ING to the Lord a new-made fong,
^3 who wond'rous things has done ;
With his right hand and holy arm,
the conqueft he has won.
2 The Lord has through th' ailonim'd vv ;
difpiay'd his faviog might,
And made his righteous acts appear
In all the heathen's fight.
2 Of Ifr'el's houfe his love and truth
have ever mindful been ;
Wide earth's remoter! parts the powV
of Ifr'el's God have feen.
4 Let therefore earth's inhabitants
their chearful voices raiie,
And all with univerfal joy,
reibund their Maker's praifev
5- With harps and hymns foft melody,
into the concert bring,
6 The trumpet and ihrili cornet's found
before th' almighty King.
7 Let the loud ocean roar her joy,
with all that feas contain ;
The earth and her inhabitants
joia concert with the nuku
8 WiM
176 PSALM xcviii, xcix.
"W ith joy let riv'lets fwell to ft reams,
to fpreading torrents they;
And ecchoing vales, from hill to hill,
redoubled iliouts convey *,
9 To welcome down the world's great Judge,
who does with juftice come,
And with impartial equity,
both to reward and doom.
P* S A L M XCIX.
1 T Ehovah reigns, let therefore all
^| the guilty nations quake *,
On Cherub's wings he fits enthron'd ;
let earth's foundations fhake.
2 On Sion's hill he keeps his court,
his palace makes her tow'rs :
Yet thence his fov'reignty extends
iupreme o'er earthly pow'rs.
3 Let therefore all with praifeaddrefs
his great and dreadful name,
And with his unreiifted might
his holinefs proclaim.
4 For truth and juftice in his reign,
of ftrength and pow'r take place :
His judgments are with righteoufncfs
difpens'd to Jacob's race.
5 Therefore exalt the Lord our God,
before his footftool fall ;
And with hisunrefifted might
his holineis extol.
6 Moles and Aaron thus f>£ old,
amongft his priefts ador'd ;
Amonsft his prophets Samuel thus
his facrod name implor'd :
Diftrefs'd
PSALM xcix, c. 177
Diftrefs'd, upon the Lod they call'd,
who ne'er their iuit der.y'd ;
But, as with rev'rtnre they implor'd,
He gracioufly reply'd.
7 For with their ©amp. to guide their march
the cloudy pillar mov'd :
They kept his laws, and to his will
obedient feivants prov'd.
8 He anfwer'd them, forgiving oft
his people for their fake ;
And thofe, who rafhly them oppos'd,
did fad examples make.
o With worfhip at his facred courts
exalt our God and Lord ;
For he, who only holy is,
alone fhould beador'd.
PSALM C.
i"l"TrT ITH one confent let all the earth
2 VV T° God their chearful voices raife %
Glad homage "pay with awful mirth,
And fing before him fongs of praife.
3 Convinc'd that he is God alone,
From whom both we and all proceed |
iWe, whom he choofes for his own,
The flock which he vouchfafes to feed*
4 O enter then his temple gate,
Thence to his courts devoutly prefs,
And ftill your grateful hymns repeat,
And frill his name with praifes blefs.
5 For he's the Lord fupremeiy good,
His mercy is for ever fure ;
His truth, which all times firmly ftood,
To eadlefs ages fliall endure.
PSALM
ij2 PSALM ci, cii.
P S A L M CI.
1 /^\ F mercy's never- failing fpring,
\^J And ftedfaft judgment I will ling 3
And ilnee they both to thee belong,
To thee, O Lord, addrefs my long.
2 When, Lord, thou fhait with me refide,
Wife difcipline my reign fiiall guide ; -
With blamelefs life myfelf I'll make
A pattern for my court to take.
3 No ill defign will I purfue,
Nor thofe my fav'rites make that do.
4 Who to reproof has no regard,
Him will I totally difcard.
5 The private flanderer fhall be
In public juilice doom'd by me :
From haughty looks I'll turn afide,
And mortify the heart of pride.
6 But honefty, call'd from her cell,
In fpiendor at my court {hall dwell :
Who virtue's practice make their care,
Shall have- the firft pref rments there.
f No politicks fiiall recommend
His country's foe to be my friend :
None e'er lhall to my favor rife
By flatt'ring and malicious lies.
8 All thofe who wicked courfes take,'
An early facrifice I'll make ;
Cut off, deftroy, 'till none remain
God's holy city to profane.
PSALM CII.
1 "fTTKEN I pour out my foul in prayV,
\\ do thou, O Lord, attend ;
To thy eternal throne of grace
kt my fad cry afcend. 2 ©
PSALM cii. 179
2 O hide not thou thy glorious face
in times of deep diftrefs :
Incline thine ear, and when I call,
my forrow foon redreis.
3 Each cloudy portion of my life
like fcatter'd fmoke expires ;
My fhrivel'd bones are like a hearth,
that's parch'd with conftant fires.
4 My heart like grafs that feels the blaft
of feme infectious wind,
Does languilh fo with grief, that fcarce
my needful food I mind.
5 By reafon of my fad eilate
I fpend my breath in groans %
My flefh is worn aways my fkin
fcarce hides myftarting bones.
6 I'm like a pelican become,
that does in defarts mourn :
Or like an owl that fits all day
on barren trees forlorn.
7 In watchings or in refdefs dreams
the night by me is fpent,
As by thole folitary birds,
that lonefome roofs frequent.
8 All day by railing foes I'm made
the fubje£l of their fcorn ;
Who ail poiiefs'd with furious rage,
have my deftruclion fworn.
9 When grov'ling on the ground I fie,
opprefs'd with grief and fears,
My bjgad is fcrew'd with allies o'er,
mjwteink is mix'd with tears.
10 Becau-fe
1S0 PSALM cii.
10 Becaufe on me with double weight
thy heavy wrath doth lie :
For thou to make my fall more great,
didft lift me up on high.
1 1 My days juft haft ning to their end,
are like an ev'ning fhade :
My beauty does, like wither'd grafs,
with waning luftre fade.
1 2 But thy eternal ltate, O Lord,
no length of time (hall wafte :
The mem'ry of thy wond'rous works,
from age to age lh.aH laft.
13 Thou fhalt arife, and Sion view
with an unclouded face ;
For now her time, is come, thy own
appointed day of grace.
14 Her fcatrer'd ruins by thy faints
with pity are fui vey'd :
They grieve to fee her lofty fpires
in duft and rubbifh laid.
15, 16 The name and glory of the Lord
all heathen kings fhall fear ;
When he fhall Sion build again,
and in full ftate appear.
17, 1 8 When he regards the poor's requeft,
nor flights their earneft pray'r *,
Our fons for this recorded grace,
fhall his juft praiic declare.
19 For God from his abode on high,
his gracious pla} d ;
The Lord, from heav'n, bis lofty ^trone,
hath all the earth rowV-d.
20 He
PSALM ciL m
20 He liften'd to the captives moans,
he heard their mournful cry,
And freed by his refiftlefs pow'r,
the wretches doom'd to die.
21 That they in Sion, where he dwells,
might celebrate his fame,
And through the holy city fing
loud praiies to his name.
22 When all the tribes afTembling there,
their foiemn vows addrefs,
And neighboring lands with glad confent
the Lord their God confefs.
23 But e'er my race is run, my ftrength
through his fierce wrath decays j
He has, when all my wifhes bloom'd,
cut fliort my hopeful days.
24 Lord, end not thou my life, faid I,
When half is fcarcely paft :
Thy years from worldly changes free
to endlefs ages laft.
25 The ftrong foundations of the earth
of old by thee were laid -,
Thy hands, the beautious arch of heav'n
with wond'rous fkill have made :
26, 27 Whilft thou for ever fliait endure,
they foon fhall pafs away ;
And like a garment often worn,
fhall tarnifh and decay.
Like that, when thou ordain 'ft their change j
to thy command they bend ;
But thou continu'ft frill the fame,
nor have thy years an end.
Q. 28 Thou
iSz PSALM cii, cin.
28 Thou to the children of thy faints,
fliall lafting quiet give ;
Whofe happy race fecurely nx'd,
fhall in thy prefence live.
psalm cnr.
i*Tk /T Y foul, infpir'd with facred love,
2jrtyJ[ God?s holy name for ever blefs :
Of all his favours mindful prove.
And {till thy grateful thanks exprefs.
3, 4 Tis he that all my fins forgives,
And after ficknefs makes me found 5
From danger he my life retrieves,
By him with grace and mercy crown'd.
5,6 He with good things my mouth fupplles
My vigour, eagle-like, renews :
He, when the guiltlefs fufFrer cries,
His foe with juft revenge purities. *
j God made of old his righteous ways
To Mofes and our fathers known ;
His works to his eternal praife,
Were to the fons of Jacob fhown.
8 The Lord abounds with tender love,
And unexampled eels of grace ;
His waken'd wrath does flowly move,
His willing mercy flows apace.
9, 10 God will not always harfhly chide,
But with his anger quickly part ;
And loves his pnnimments to guide,
More by his love than our defert.
1 1 As high as heav'n its arch extends
Above this little fpot of clay ;
So much his boundk-fs love tranfeends
The (mail refpecb that we can pay.
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r2, 13 As far as 'tis from eaft to weft,
So far has he our fins remov'd,
Who with a father's tender breaft
Has fuch as fear'd him always lov'd.
14, 15 For God,who all our frame furveffc
Considers that we are but clay :
How frefh foe'er we feem, our days
Like grafs or flowers muft fade away :
1 6, 1 7 Whilft they are nipt with fudden blafl
Nor can we find their former place ;
God's faithful mercy ever lafts,
To thofe that fear him, and their rac|»
18 This fhall attend on fuch as ft ill
Proceed in his appointed way ;
And who not only know his will,
But to it juft obedience pay.
19, 20 The Lord, the univerfal King,
In heav'n has fix'd his lofty throne :
To him, ye angels, praifes fing,
In whofe great ftrength his pow'r is fhown,
Ye that his juft commands obey,
And hear and do his facred will ;
2 1 Ye hods of his this tribute pay,
Who ftill what he ordains fulfil.
22 Let ev'ry creature jointly blefs
The mighty Lord ; and thou, my heart,
With grateful joy thy thanks exprefs,
And in this concert bear thy part.
PSALM CIV.
Lefs God, my foul ; thou,Lord , alone
PorTcfTeft empire without bounds,
With honour thou art crown'd, thy throne
Eternal majefty furrounds.
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2 With light thou do'ft thyfelf enrobe,
And glory for a garment take :
Heaven's curtains lb-etch beyond the globe,
Thy canopy of ftate to make.
3 God builds on liquid air and forms
His palace chambers in the fkies *,
The clouds his chariots are, and ftorms
The fwift-wing'd fteeds with which he flies*
4 As bright as flame, as fwift as wind,
His miniiters heav'n's palace fill,
To have their fundry talks affign'd :
AH proud to ferve their Sovereign's wilh
5, 6 Earth on her centre flx'd he fet,
Her face with waters overfpread ; ,s
Nor proudeft mountains dar'd as yet,
To lift above the waves their head.
7 But when thy awful face appear'd,
Th' infulting waves difpers'd ; they fled,
When once thy thunder's voice they heard,
And by their hafte confefs'd their dread.
8 Thence up by fecret tracks they creep.
And gufhing from the mountain's fide,
Thro' vallies travel to the deep,
Appointed to receive their tide.
9 There haft thou hVd the ocean's bounds
The threatning furges to repel ;
That they no more o'erpafs their bounds,
£Jor to a fecond deluge iweli..
PART II.
io Yet thence in fmaller parties drawn,
The fea recovers her loft hills ;
And ftarting fprings from ev'ry lawn,
Surprize the vales with plenteous rills.
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j i The fields tame beafts are thither led,
Weary with labour, faint with drought ;
And afTes on wild mountains bred,
«tlave fenfe to find thefe currents out,
12 There fhady trees from fcorching beams,
Yield fhelter to the feather'd throng \
They drink, and to the bounteous ftreams
Return the tribute of their fong.
13 His rains from heav'n parch'd hills recruit
That foon tfanfmit the liquid ftore ;
Till earth is burthen'd with her fruit,
And nature's lap can hold no more,
14 Grafs, for our cattle to devour,
He makes the growth of ev'ry field;
Herbs for man's ufe, of various pow'r,
That either food or phyfick yield.
15 With clufter'd grapes he crowns the vine,
To chear man's heart oppreft with cares,
Gives oil that makes his face to mine ;
And corn, that wafted ftrength repairs.
P A R T III.
16 The trees of God, without the care
Or art of man, with fap are fed ;
The mountain cedar looks as fair,
As thofe in royal garden's bred..
17 Safe in the lofty cedar's arms
The wand'rers of the air may reft |.
The hofpitable pine from harms
Protects the ftork, her pious guefh
18 Wild goats the craggy rock afcend,
Its tow ring heights their fortrefs make-,
Whofe cells in labyrinths extend,
Where feebler creatures refuge take,
0^3 : 19 The.
186 PSALM civ.
19 The moon's inconftant afpect (hows
Th* appointed feafons of the year ;
Th' inftructed fun his duty knows,
His hours to rife and difappear.
10,2 iDarknefshe makes the earth to fhroud,
When foreft beafts fecurely ftray ;
Young lions roar their wants aloud
To providence that fends them prey.
22 They range all night, on flaughter bent,
'Till fummon'd by the riling morn,
To ikulk in dens, with one confent,
The confcious ravagers return.
23 Forth to the tillage of his foil,
The hufbandman fecurely goes,
Commencing with the fun his toil,
With him returns to his repofe.
24 How various,Lord, thy works are found, I
For which thy wifdom we adore !
The earth is with thy treafure crown'd,
Till nature's hand can grafp no more.
PART IV.
25 But full, the vaft unfathom'd main
Of wonders a new fcene fupplies,
Whofe depths inhabitants contain,
Of ev'ry form and ev'ry iize.
26 Full-freighted Ihips from ev'ry port,
There cut their unmolefted way ;
Leviathan, whom there to fport
Thou mad'ft, his compafs there to play/
27 Thefe various troops of fea and land,
In fenfe of common want agree :
All wait on thy difpeniing hand,
And have their daily alms horn thee.
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28 They gather what thy {lores difperfe,
Without their trouble to provide :
Thou op'ft thy hand, the univerfe,
The craving world is all fupply'd.
29 Thou for a moment hid'ft thy face,
The num'rous ranks of creatures mourn j
Thou tak'ft their breath, all nature's race
Forthwith to mother-earth return.
30 Again thou fend'ft thy fpirit fortha
T' infpire the mafswith vital feed ;
Nature's reftor'd, and parent-earth
Smiles on her new-created breed.
3 1 Thus through fuccefiive ages ftands
Firm fiVd thy providential care y
Pleas'd with the work of thy own hands,
Thoudo'ft thewaftes of time repair.
32 One look of thine, one wrathful look,
Earth's panting bread with terror fills t,
One touch from thee, with clouds of fmoke
In cfarknefs fhrouds the proudtit hills.
33 In praiflng God, while he prolongs
My breath, I will that breath employ ;
34 And join devotion to my fongs
Sincere, as in him is my joy.
35 While finners from earth's face are hurl'd.
My foul, praife thou his holy name,
'Till with my fong, the lift'ning world
join concert, and his praife proclaim.
PSALM CV.
I /'"X Render thanks and blefs the Lord,
\^Jr invoke his facred name ;
Acquaint the nations with his deeds,
his matchlefs deeds proclaim.
2 Sing
2 Sing to his praife, in lofty hymns,
his wondrous works rehearfe ;
Make them the theme of your difcourfe,
and fubject of your verie.
3 Rejoice in his almighty name,
alone to be ador'd -,
And let their hearts o'erflow with joy,
that humbly feek the Lord.
4 Seek ye the Lord, his faving ftrength;-
devoutly ftill implore ;
.And where he's ever prefent, feek
Ills face for evermore.
5 The wonders that his hands have wrought^
keep thankfully in mind ;
The righteous ftatutes of his mouth,
and laws tons affign'd.
6 Know ye his fecvant Abr'am's feed,
and Jacob's chofen race,
7 He's ftill our God, his judgments ftill:
throughout the earth take place.
3 His cov'nant he hath kept in mind
for num'rous ages part,
Which yet for thoufand ages more,
in equal force . fhall laft.
9 Fh it fign'd to Abr'am, next by oath
to llaac made fecure :
io To Jacob and his heirs a law
for ever to endure :
i r That Canaan's land fhould be their lot,
when yet but few they were :
12 But few in number, and thofe few
all fiiendlefs ftiangers there.
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13 In pilgrimage, from realm to realm,
fecurely they removed ;
14 Whilft proudeft monarchs for their fake,
feverely he reprov'd :
15 " Thefe mine anointed are, fetid he,
" let none my fervants wrong,
<{ Nor treat the pooreft prophet ill
(t that does to me belong."
16 A dearth at laft, by his command,
did through the land prevail :
'Till corn, the chief fupport of life,
fuitaining corn did fail.
17 But his indulgent providence
had pious Jofeph fent,
Sold into Egypt, but their death
who fold him to prevent.
18 His feet with heavy chains were crufh'd,
with calumny his fame :
19 'Till God's appointed time and word
to his deliv'rance came.
20 The king his fovVeign order fent,
and refcu'd him with fpeed ;
Whom private malice had confin'd,
the people's ruler freed.
21 His court, revenues, realms, were all
fubj e<5ted to his will \
2 1 His greateft princes to eontroul,
and teach his ftatefmen ikill.
PART II.
23 To Egypt then, invited guefts,
half-famifh'd Ifr'el came ;
And Jacob held, by royal grant,
the fertile foil of Ham,
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190 PSALM cv.
24 Th' Almighty there with fuch increafe.
his people multiply'd,
Till with their proud oppreflbrs they
in ftrength and number vy'd j
25 Their vafl increafe th' Egyptian hearts-),
with jealous anger fir'd,
'Till they nis fervants to deftroy
by treach'rous arts confpir'd.
26 His fervant Moles then he fent,
his chofen Aaron too :
27 Impower'd with figns and miracles
to prove their minion true.
28 He calfd for darknefs. darknefs came>,
nature his fumrnons knew ;
29Eachftreamandlaketransform'dto blood-,
the wand'ring fiflies flew.
30 In putrid fi\o,;ds throughout the land,
the peft of frogs w^s bred :
From noifome fens fent up to croak
at Pharoah's board and bed.
3 1 He gave the fign, and fwarms of flies,
came down in cloudy holts ;
Whilft earth's enliven d dull: below,
bred lice through all their coafts.
32 He fent them batt'ring hail for rain,
and fire for cooling dew.
33 He fmote their vines and foreft plants,.
and garden's pride o'erthrew.
34 He fpake the word, and locufts came.,
and caterpillars join'd ;
They prey'd upon the poor remains
the ftorm had left behind.
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35 From trees to herbage they defcend,
no verdant thing they fpare ;
But like the naked fallow field,
leave all the paftures bare,
3>6 From fields to villages arrd towns,
commiiHon?d vengeance flew.
One fatal ftroke their eldeft hopes
and ftrength of Egypt flew.
37 He brought his iervants forth, enriched
with Egypt's borrow'd wealth j
And, what tranfcends all treafures elfe,
enrkh'd with vigorous health.
3'S Egypt rejoyc'd, In hopes to find
her plagues with them rem ov'd $
Taught dearly now to fe-ar worfe ills,
by thcfe already prov'd.
39 Their fhrouding canopy by day
a journeying cloud was ipread }
A fiery pillar all the night
their defart marches led.
40 They long'd for flefh ; with evening
he furnihYd ev'ry tent : [quails
From heav'n's own granary, each morn,
the bread of angels lent.
41 Hefmote the rock *, whofe flinty breaft
pourM forth a gufhing tide,
Whofe flowing ft ream,where'er they march'd
the de fart's drought fupply'd.
42 For {till he did on Abr'am's faith
and ancient league reflecl::
43 He brought his people forth with joy,
with triumph his elecl:,
44 Quite
192 f S A ju m cv, cvi.
44 Quite rooting out their heathen foes
from Canaan's fertile foil,
To thtm in cheap pofTeflion gave
the fruit of others toil :
45 That they his ftatutes might obferve,
his facred laws obey.
For benefits fo vaft, let us
our fongs of praife repay.
PSALM CVI.
i/~\ Render thanks to God a1x>ve,
\^J The fountain of eternal love ;
Whofe mercy firm through age* paft
Has ftood, and fhall for ever laft.
2 Who can his mighty deeds exprefs,
Not only valt, but numberlefs ?
What mortal eloquence can raife,
His tribute of immortal praife ?
3 Happy are they, and only they,
Who from thy judgments never ftray:
Who know what's right ; not only fo,
But always practice what they know.
4 Extend 10 me that favour, Lord,
Thou to thy chofen doft afford :
When thou return'ft to fet them free,
Let thy falvation vifit me.
5 O may I worthy prove to fee
Thy faints in full profperity ;
That I the joyful choir may join,
And count thy people's triumph mine.
6 But ah ! can we expect fuch grace,
Of parents vile, the viler race ;
Who their mifdeeds have acted o'er,
And with new crimes increas'd the fcore ?
7 Ingrateful
PS AL m cvi. 193
7 Ingrateful ! they no longer thought
On all his works in Egypt wrought ;
The Red Sea they no iooner view'd,
But they their bafe diftrufl renew'd.
8 Yet he, to vindicate his name,
Once more to. their deliv'rance came,
To make his fov'reign pow'r be known,
That he is God, and he alone.
9 To right and left, at his command,
The parting deep difctcs'd her fand *,
Where firm and dry the paffage lay,
As through fome parch' d and defart way.
10 Thus refcu'd from their foes they were,-
Who clofely prefs'd upon their rear,
1 1 Whofe rage purfu'd 'em to thofe waves,
That prov'd the rafh purfuers graves.
12 The wat'ry mountains fudden falj
O'erwhelm'd proud Pharoah, hoft and all.
This proof did faipid Ifr'el move
To own God's truth, and praife his love.
PART II.
13 But foon thefe wonders they forgot,
And for his counfel waited not 5
14 But lulling in the wildernefs,
Did him with frefh temptations prefs.
15 Strong food at their requeft he fent,
But made their fin their punifhment.
16 Yet ftill his faints they did oppofe,
The.prieft and prophet whom he chofe.
17 But earth, the quarrel to decide,
Her vengeful jaws extended wide,
Rafh Dathan to her centre drew,
With proud Abiram's factious crew.
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-,94 PSALM cvi.
1 8 The reft of thofe who did confpire
To kindle wild fedition's fire,
With all their impious train became
A prey to heav'n's devouring flame.
19 Near Horeb's mount a calf they made,
And. to the molten image pray'd ;
20 Adoring what their bands did frame,
They chang'd their glory to their fhame.
21 Their God and Saviour they forgot,
And all his works in Egypt wrought ;
22 His iignsin Ham's altonifh'd coaft,
And where proudPharaoh's troops were loft.
23 Thus urg'd, his vengeful hand he rear'd, i
But Mofes in the breach appear'd ;
The faint did for the rebels pray,
And turn'd heavVs kindled wrath away.
24, 25 Yet they his pleafant land defpis'd,
Nor his repeated promife priz'd ;
Nor did ths Almighty's voice obey ;
But when God laid, go up, would ftay.
26, 27 This feal'd their doom. without redrefs
To perifh in the wildernefs ;
Or elfe to be by heathen hands
O'erthrown and fcatter'd thro' the lands.
P A K T III.
28 Vet unreclaim'd this ftubborn race
Baal Peor's worfhip did embrace •,
Became his impious guefb, and fed
On iacrifices to the dead.
29 Thus they perfifted to provoke
God's vengeance to the final ftroke.
''Pis come : — the deadly pell is come
To execute their gen'ral doom.
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PSALM cvL 195
^o But Phinehas hVd with holy rage,
( rh'Almighty's vengeance to aiTuage)
Did, by two bold offenders fall,
Th' atonement make that ranfom'd alL
31 As him a heav'nly zeal had mov'd,
So heav'n the zealous act approv'd 5
To him confirming, and his race,
The priefthood he fo well did grace.
32 At Meribah God's wrath they mov'd,
Who Mofes for their fakes reprov'd ;
33 Whofe patient foul they did provoke,
Till rafhly the meek prophet fpoke.
34 Nor when poffefs'd of Canaan's land,
Did they perform their Lord's command,
Nor his commiilion'd fword employ
The guilty nations to deftroy.
35 Nor only fpar'd the Pagan crew,
But mingling learnt their vices too ;
36 And worfhip to thofe idols paid,
Which them to fatal fhares betray'd,
37, 38 To devil's they did facrifice
Their children with relentlefs eyes ;
Approach'd their altars thro' a flood
Of their own forts and daughters blood.
No cheaper victims would appeafe
Canaan's remorfelefs deities ;
No blood her idols reconcile,
Bat that which did the land defile,
PART IV.
39 Nor did thefe favage cruelties
The harden'd reprobates fuffice \ ■
For after their hearts lufis they went,
.And daily did new crimes invent,
40 Bur
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4o But fins of fuch infernal hue
God s wrath againft his people drew ;
liU he, then- once indulgent Lord,
«is own inheritance abhor'd.
4t Hethemdefencelefsdidexpofe
To nen-mfultmg heathen fotsP;
fcw;h?onihe!tiu«^«it,
42 Nor tl ,k°. -eihem Sreateft *a*
Th4r tt? * lnd!§nation ceas'd ;
UKuhft of tyrants he incie;isy
r.ii thef who God,s m..d f '
Were made thevaflals of mankind '
43 Yet, when diftrefs'd they did repent
ri>s anger did as oft reientf 1U r£PerU»
R"'^d' l^r did his wrath provoke
Renew d th«r fi„s, and he tJr £*
44 Nor yet implacable he prov'd.
a^T] tthek ^r£tched cries u^ov«d ;
45 But did to m,nd his promife bring,
And mercy's inexhaufted fpring. S*
4« Compaffion too he did impart,
Evn to their foes obdurate heart.
And pity for their fuff.ri br£d'
In thofe who them to bondage led.
47 Still fave us, Lord, and ffr'el's band-
Jo fn^ bnng fi'°m h£athen ]^s;
6>o to th;. name our thanks we'll raife.
And ever triumph in thy praife. '
48 Let Ifr'el's God be ever biefs'd
His name eternally confefs'd :
£et all his faints with full accord
Smgloud Amens. Praife ye the Lord
PSALM
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PSALM CVil.
1 r 1 1 O God your grateful voices raife,
_£_ Who doth your daily patron prove;
And iet your never-ceafing praife
Attend on his eternal love.
2, 3 Let thole give thanks, whom he from
Of proud oppreffing foes releas'd ; ( bands,
And brought them back from diftant lands,
From north and fouth, and weft and eaft.
4, 5 Through lonely defart ways they went
Nor cou'd a peopTd city find :
' fill quite with thirft and hunger fpent9
Their fainting foul within them pinM.
6 Then loon to God's indulgent ear
Did they their mournful cry addreis $
Who gracioufly vouchfaf 'd to hear,
And freed them from their deep diftrefs.
7 From crooked paths he led them forth,,
And in the certain way did guide.
To wealthy towns of great refort,
Where all their wants were well fupply'd.
8 O then thac; all the earth, with me,
Would God for this his goodnefs praife I
And for the mighty works which he
Throughout the wond'ring world di J plays..
9 For he from heav'n the fad efta'te
Of longing fouls with pity views ;
To hungry fouls that pant for meat^
His goodnefs daily food renews.
PAR T II.
io Some lie,with darknefs ccmpafs'd roundj
In death's uncomfortable made ;
And with unweildy fetters bound,
Ly preiling cares more heavy made.
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PSALM cvh\
ii, 12 Becaufe God's counfel they defy'd
And lightly priz'd his holy word,
With thefe aftlclions they were try'd :
They fell and none could help afford.
-i 3 Then fcon to God's indulgent ear
Did they their mournful cry addrefs ;
Who gracioufly vouchfaf 'd to hear,
And freed them from their deep diftre/s,,
14 From difmal dungeons, dark as night,.
And fiia.lt s as black as death's abode,
He brought them forth tochearful light,
And welcome liberty beftow'd.
15 O then that all the earth, with me,
Would God for ibis his goodnefs praife I
And i'ov the mighty works which he
Throughout the wond'ring world difplays|.
16 For he with his almighty hand,
The gates of brafs in pieces broke :
Nor could the ma fly bars withftand
Or temoer'd fteel refift his ftroke.
P A R T III.
17 Remorfelefs wretches, void of fenfe,
With bold tranfgrefliosis God defy j
And for their multiply'^ offence,
OppieXs'd with fore dileafes lie :
foul, a prey to pain and fear,
1 s to taftc the choiceft meats j
And they by feint degrees draw near
To death's inhofpitable gates.
1.9 Then ftrait to God's indulgent ear,
Do they their mournful cry addiefs \
Who gracioufly vouchsafes to hear,
And frets them from thcii deeu difii
F S A L M cvih ioc>
20 He all their fad diftempers heals.
His ward both health and fafety gives 3
And when all human fuccour fails,
From near deftruction them retrieves. ;
21 O then that all the earth, with me,
Would God for this his goodnefs praife !•
And for the mighty works which he
Throughout the wond'ring world difplays-^,
22 With off 'rings let his altar flame,
Whilft they their grateful thanks exprefs?
And with loud joy hisholy name
For all his acts of wonder blefs I
PART IV.
23,24 They that in fhips, with courage frolc^
O'er fwelling waves their trade puriue5
Do. God's amazing works behold,
And in the deep his wonders view.
• 25 No fooner his command is pafr.
But forth the dreadful tempeft flies,
Which fweeps the fea with rapid hafle,.
And makes the flormy billows rife.
26 Sometimes the fhips tofs'd up to heav'%
On tops of mountain waves appear ;
Then down the fteep abyfs are driv'n,
Whiifl ev'ry foul dhTolves with fear,
27 tThey reel and ftagger to and fro,
Like men with fumes of wine opprefs'd |
Nor do the fkilful feamen kno^v
rhich way to fteer5 what coutfe is beft;
Then ftraight to God's indulgent ear
:y Jo their mournful cry .addrefs %
\V . vouchiafes to hear,
- .. from their deep diitrefs,
29, 30 He
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2oo PSALM cvii.
?o, 30 He does the ragmg ftorm appeafe,
And makes the billows cami and (till j
With joy they fee their fury ceafe,
And theic intended courie tullil.
3 1 O then that all the earth, w;th me,
Wouui God for this his goodness praifet
And for the mighty works which he
Thrc. '.; ' j'Jt the wond'ring world difplays !
3: Lei them, where all the tribes reibrt,
Advance to heav'n his glorious name,
And in the elders foV.Yeigfc court
With one confent his praife proclaim,
P A R T V.
;: 3 , 3 4 \ Fl uit ful land, where ft reams Jtbpu
GodYjufr. revenue, if people fin,
Will turn to dry and barren ground
To punifb thpTe that dwell therein.
3 5,36 i he parch'd anddefart heath he makes.
To flow with dreams and fpringing wells,
:h,fbr his lot the hungry takes,
And in ftrong cities iafely, dwells.
37, 38 He fows the field, the vineyard plants,.
Which gratefully his toil repay ;
Nor can* w.hiiit God his bldling. grants,
His fruitful feed or'ffeock decay.
7$ Bur v.' lien his ires heav'n's wrath provoke
His health and fubltance fade away;
lie feels tit' opprtffpr's jailing yoke,
And is of grief the wretched prey.
4n'l I thatfligbtswhatGodcoramands
Ai to fcorn, mult hi^ quit thione ;
And over wild an ! ci^fart lands,
Where no path offer*, ii. ay alone.
41 Whilft
PS ALM evil, cviii. 201
41 Whilft God, from all afflicting cares.
Sets up the humble man on high •,
And makes in time his num'rous heifs
With his increafing flocks to vie.
42,43 Then miners fhall have nought to fay,
Thejuft a decent joy mall ftiow ;
The wife thefe ftrange events ihall weigh,
And thence God's goodnefs fully know.
PSALM CVIII.
1 /^Y GOD, my heart is fully bent,
V_J! to magnify thy name 1
My tongue with chearfui fongs of praife
mail celebrate thy fame.
2 Awake, my lute ; nor thou, my harp
thy warbling notes delay ;
Whilft I with early hymns of joy
prevent the dawning day,
3 To all the lift'ning tribes, O Lord*
thy wonders I will tell,
And to thofe nations ling thy praife
that round about us dwell ;
4 Becaufe thy mercy's boundlefs height
the higheft heav'n tranfeends,
And far beyond th' afpiring clouds,
thy faithful truth extends.
5 Be thou, O God, exalted high
above the ftarry frame,
And let the world, with one confent,
confefs thy glorious name.
6 That all thy chofen people thee
their Saviour may declare ;
Let thy right hand protect me ftHI*
and anfwer thou my pray'r.
7 Since
202 P S A L M cviHj clx.
7 Since God himfelf has faid the word., (
whofe promife cannot fail,
With joy I Sichem will divide,
and meafure Succoth's vale ;
8 Gilead is mine, ManaiTch too,
and Ephraim owns my caufe :
Their ftrength my regai pow'r fupport3,
and Judah gives my laws.
5> Moab I'll make my fervile drudge,
on vanquihVd Edom tread °,
And thr.ough the proud Paleftine land^ ,
my conqu'ring banners fpread.
10 By whofe fupportand aid fhall I
their well-fenc'd city gain ?
Who will my troops fecurely lead
thro' Edom's guarded plain ?
1 1 Lord, wilt not thou aflift our arms,
which late thou didft forfake ?
And wilt not thou, ofthefe our hofts,
once more the guidance take ?
12 0*to thy fervants in diftrefs,
thy fpeedy fuccour fend ;
For vain it is on human aid.
for fafety to depend.
1 3 Then valiant acts fhall we perform^ .
if thou thy pow'r difclofe ;
For God it is, and God alone,
that treads down all our foes.
PSALM CIX.
i /~\ GOD, whofe former mercies make
V^/ my conftant praife thy due,
Hold not thy peace, but my fad ftate
with wonted favour view.
2 For
PSALM cix. . 203
2 For iinful men with lying lips,
deceitful fpeeches frame,
And with their itudy'd flinders feek,
to wound my fpodeis fame.
3 Their refileiV hatred prompts them ftill
malicious lies to fpread ;
And ail againit my life combine,
by caufeiefs fury led.
4 Thofe whom with tend'reft love I us'd,
my chief oppolers are ;
Whilft I, of other friends bereft,
refort to thee by pray V.
5 Since mifchief. for the good I did,
their ftrange reward does prove 5
Andhatred's the return they make
for undiiiemblM love : '
6 Their guilty leader fliall be made
to fome &11 man a ilave :
And when he's try'd, his mortal foe
for his accufer have,
7 His guilt, when fen fence is pronounc'd,
fhall meet a dreadful fate,
Whilit his rejected pray'r but ferves
his crimes to aggravate.
S He, fnatch'd by fome untimely fate,
fhan't live out half his days :
■Another by divine decree,
fhall on his office feize,
9, 10 His ftcd fhall orphans be, his wife
a widow plung'd in grief :
His vagrant children beg their bread,
relief,
.xi His
in 1 1 in in in niti III
204 PSALM cix.
1 1 His ill got riches fhall be made
to ufurers a prey ;
The fruit of all his toil fhall be
by ilrangers born away.
1 2 None fhall be found that to his wants
their mercy will extend,
Or to Iiis helplefs orphan feed
the leaft affiftance lend.
13 A fwift deftruction foon fhall feiz*
on his unhappy race ;
And the next age his hated name
ihall utterly Leface.
14 The vengeance of his father's fins,
upon his head fhall fall ;
God on his mother's crimes fhall think,
and punifh him for all.
1 5 All thefe in horrid order rank'd,
before the Lord fhall ftand,
'Till his fierce anger qite cuts off
their mem'ry from the land.
PART II.
16 Becaufe he never mercy fhew'd,
but fliil the poor opprefs'd ;
And fought to flay the helplefs man,
with heavy woes diftrefs'd.
1 7 Therefore the curfe he lov'd to vent,
fhall his own portion prove ;
And bleffing, which he flill abhor'd,
ihall far from him remove.
18 Since he in curfing took fuch pride,
like water it fhall fpread
Thro? all his v.. ns, and ftick like oil
with which his bones are fed.
19 This,
P S A :. M m.: W§
29 This, like a poifaii'd ,-be, mall ftill
"his conftant povYing be ;
Or an eaisenorr/d be! from which
he never fhail be f>ee,
20 Thus fhall the Lord reward all thofe5
that ill to me defign ;
That with malicious talfe reports
againft my life combine.
21 But for thy glorious name, O'Godj
do thou deliver me \
And for thy graciout mercy's fake,
N preferve and fet me free :
22 For I, to utmoft Araks reduc'd,
am void of all relief ;
My heart is wounded with diltrefs,
and quite pierc'd thro' with grief.
23 I, like an ev'ning made, decline,
which vanishes apace :
Like locufts up and down I'm tofs'd,
and have no certain place.
-24, "25 My knees with falling are grown
• my body lank and lean ; [weak
All that behold me fhake their heads,
and treat me with difdain.
26, 27 But for thy mercies fake, O Lord,
do thou my foes withstand ;
That all may fee 'tis thy own act,
the work of thy right-hand.
28 Then let them curfe, fo thou but ble'fs \
let fhame the portion be
Of all that my deftruclion feek,
while I rejoice in thee.
S 29 My
.rriimrnn
ao<5 PSALM cix, ex.
29 My foe fhall with difgrace be cloath'd,
v^ad fpite of all his pride,
His own confuiion, like a cloak,
the guilty wretch fhail hide. .
30 But I to God, in grateful thanks,
my chearful voice will raife ;
And where the great afTembly meets,
fet forth his noble p raife.
3 1 For him the poor fhall always find
their fure and conftant friend •,
And he fhall from unrighteous dooms
their guiltlefs fouls defend.
* PSALM CX.
xr 1 tHE Lord unto my Lord thus fpake,
§ " Till I thy foes thy foot ftool make,
■ *' Sit thou in ftate, at my right-hand :
2 " Supreme in Sion thou matt be,
f( And all thy proud oppreffors fee
c< Subjected to thy juft command.
3 (C Thee, in thy powVs triumphant day,
<( The willing nations fhall obey ;
<c And when thy filings beams they view,
<{ Shall all (redeem'd from error's night)
" Appear as numberlefs and bright
u As cryftal drops of morning dew."
4 The Lord hath fworn, nor fworn in vain,
That, like Melchifedech's, thy reign
And priefthood mall no period know :
5 No proud competitor to lit
At thy right-hand will he permit ;
But in his wrath crown'd heads o'erthrow,
6 The fentene'd heathen he fhall flay,
And fill with carcafTes his way,
Till
\
PS AL M cxi, cxi. 207
Till he hath ftruck earth's tyrants dead :
7 Bat in the high-way brooks fhali firft,
Like a poor pilgrim flake his thirft,
And then in triumph raife his head.
PSALM CXI.
ilQ^Raife ye the Lord ; our God to praifc
My foul her utmoft pow'rs fhall raifes
Wish private friends, and in the throng
Of faints, his praife fhall be my fong.
2 His works, for greatnefs tho' renown'd,
His wond'rous works witlx^eafe are found-
By thofe who feek for them aright^
And in the pious feareh delight. -:
3 His works are all of matchlefs fame,
And univerfal glory claim ;
His truth confirm'd through ages oaft3
Shall to eternal ages lafu.
4 By precept he has us enjoin'd,
To keep his wond'rous works in mind
And to pofterity record,
That good and gracious is our Lord.
5 His bounty, like a flowing tide,
Has all his fervant's wants fupplyM ;
And he -mil ever keep in mind,
His cov'nant with pur fathers fign'd,
6 At once aftonifli'd and o'erjoy'd,
They faw his matchlefs pow'r employ'd ;
"Whereby the heathen were fupprefs'd,
And we their heritage poflefs'd.
7 Juft are the dealings of his hands,
ijm mutable are his commands,
8 By truth and equity fuftain'd,
And for eternal rules ordain'd,
S a 9 He
2o3 P S A L M cxi,
exit
9 He fet his faints from bondage free,.
And then eftablifh'd his decree,
For ever to remain the fame ;
Holy and rev'rend is his name.
10 Who wifdom s facred prize would wir0.
Mull with the fear of God begin ;
Immortal praiie and heav'nly fkill
Have they who know arid do his will.
P S ii L M CXII.
H A L L E L U J A H.
i r I 1 H A.T man is b'cft who (lands in. awe I
I Of God? and loves his facred law :
2 His feed on earth fhall be reuown'd,
And with fucceiiive honours crown'd.
3 His houfe, the feat of wealth, fhall be,
An inexhaufted uea.ury ;
His juftice, free from all decay)
Shall bleffings to his heirs convey.
4 The foul that's iill'd with virtue's light,.
Shines brightest in affliction's night ',
To pity the diftrefs'd inclin'd,
As well as juft to all mankind.
5 His lib'ral favours he extends,
To fome he gives, to others lends :
Yet what his charity impairs,
He faves by prudence in affairs.
6 Befet with threatening dangers round m7.
Unmov'd ihall he maintain his ground j
The fweet remembrance of thejnft
Shall flourilh when he fleeps in dufl.
7 III tidings never can furprize
His heart that fixM on God reiies :
8 On fafety's rock he fits, and fees
The fhipwreck of his enemies. 9 His
PSALM cxii, cxiii. 209
9 His hands, while they his alms bcftow'd
His glory's future harveit fow'd,
Whence he fhallreap wealth, fame, renown,
A tempVal and eternal crown.
10 The wicked fhall his triumph fee;>,
And gnaih their teeth in agony j
While their unright'ous nopes decay,
And vanifh with themfeives away.
PALM CXIII.
i"\7E faints andfervants of the Lord,
The triumphs of his name record 3
2 His facred name for ever blefs.
3 Where-e'er the circling fun difplay*
His riling beams or fetting rays,
Duepraifeto his great nameaddrefs
4 God thro' the world extends his fway »
The regions of eternal day.
But fhadows of his glory are.
5 To him, whofe Majefty excels,
Who made the heav'n in which he dwells
Let no created pow'r compare,
6 Though 'tis beneath hi3 fiate to "view
In higheft heav'n what angels do,
Yet he to earth vouchfafes his care °
He takes the needy from his ceii5
Advancing him in courts to dwell,
Companion to the greateft there.
7 When childlefs families defpair,
He fends the bleffing of an heir,
To refcue their expiring name :
Makes her that barren was to beaiy
And joyfully her fruit to rear :
O then extol his matchlefs fame !
S3 -PSALM
210 PS AL M cxfr.
PSALM CXIV.
WHEN If'rel by th' Almighty led,
(Enrich'd with the iroppreflorsfpoil
From Egypt march'd, and Jacob's feed
From bondage in a foreign foil >
2 Jehovah, for his refidence,
Choie out imperial Judah's tent,
His manfion royal and from thence
Thro' Ifr'ei's camp his orders fent.
3 The diftant fea with terror faw,
And from th' Almighty's prefence fled j
Old Jordan's ftreams furpriz'd with awe,
Retreated to their fountain's head.
4 The taller mountains fkipp'd like rams,
When danger near the fold they hear ;
The hills fkipp'd after them like lambs
Affrighted by their leader's fear.
5 O fea, what made your tide withdraw.,
And naked leave your oozy bed ?
"Why Jordan againit nature's law,
Recoild'ft thou to thy fountain's head ;
6 Why, mountains, did ye fkip like rams,
When danger does approach the fold ?
Why after you the hills like lambs,
When they their leader's flight behold ?•
7 Earth tremble on : Well may 'ft thou feai
Thy Lord and Maker's face to fee :
When Jacob's awful God draws near,
Tis time for earth and feas to flee.
8 To flee from God, who nature's law
Confirms and cancels at his will ?
Who iprings from flinty rocks can draw, J
And thirfly vales with water All.
V S A L id
PSALM cxv.- 2ftfe
PSALM CX¥.
s"f" ORD, not to us, we claim no fhare3
j| j but to thy facred name
Give glory, tor thy mercy's fake,
and truth's eternal fame.
2 Why fhould the heathen cry, where's npw..
the God whom we adore ?
3 Convince them that in heav'n thou art3
and uncontrGul'd thy pow'r,
4 Their gods but gold and filver are,
the works of mortal hands $
5 With fpeechlefs mouth.andfightlefseye^
the molten idol (rands.
6 The pageant has both ears and nofe,
but neither hears nor fmells ;
7 Its hands and feet nor feel, nor move*;
nor life within it dwells,
8 Such fenfelefs flocks they are, that we
can nothing like them find ;
But thofe who on their help rely9
and them for gods defign'd.
9 O Ifr'el, make the Lord your truft*.
who is your help and fhield ;
10 Priefts, Levites, truft in him alones
who only help can yield.
1 1 Let ail who truly fear the Lord3
on him their fear rely ;
Who them in danger can defend,
and all their, wants fupply.
12, 13 Of us he oft has mindful been*..
and Ifr'ei's houfe will blefs ;
Priefb, Levites, profelytes? ev'n all
who his great ©arne ceafefs.
212 P S A L M cxv, cxvi.
14 On you, and on your heirs he will
increafe of blefling bring :
15 Thrice happy you, who fav'r.tes are
of this almighty King.
16 Heav'n's higher! orb of glory, he
his empire's feat deiign'cl \
And gave this lower globe of earth
a portion to mankind,.
1 7 They who in death and filence fleep*
to him no praife afford :
18 But we will blefs for ever more.
our ever-living Lord.
F S A L M CXVI.
?\/f¥ foul, with grateful tho'ts of love
1\ jL intirely is poflcft,
Beeaufe the Lord vouchfu 'd to hear
the voice of my re que ft.
2 Since he has now his ear inclinM,,
1 never will deipair ;
But ftill in ail the ftraits of life
to him adcirefj my pray'r.
3 With deadly forrows ccmpafs'd round,,
•with pains of hell opprefs'd j
When troubles feiz'd my aching hcarr,
?nd anguifh rack'd my bread: :
4 On God's almighty name I call'd,
and thus to him I pray'd ;
** Lord I befeech thee, lave my foul
M with forrows quite difmay'd :
5, 6 How juft and merciful J3 Qod
how gracious is the Lord !
Who feves»tke barmiefs. and to me
does timely help afford.
7 Then
F S A L M cxvi. 213
J Then free from p-enfive cares, my foul
refume thy wonted reft ;
For God has wond'rouily to thee
his bounteous love expreft.
8 When death alarm'd me, he remov'd
my danger and my fears :
My feet from falling he fecur'd,
and dry'd my eyes from tears.
9 Therefore my life's remaining years-,
which God ro me fhail len4y
Will I in praifes to his name,.
and in his iervice fpend.
10 1 1 In God I trufced,, and of him
in greater! {traits did hoarr. ;
(For in my flight all hopes of aid
from faithiefs men were loft :)
12, 13 Then what return to him fliall I
for all his goodnefs make ?
I'll praiie his name, and with glad zeal
the cup of bleffing take,
14, 15 I'll pay my vows amongft his faints^.
whofe, blood (howe'er defpis'd
By wicked men) in God's account
is always highly priz'd.
16 By various ties, O Lord, mull: I;
to thy dominion bow,
Thy humble handmaid's fon before,,
thy ranfom'd captive now.
17, 18 To thee I'll ofPrings bring of praiie
and whilft I blefs thy name,
Thejuft performance of my vows
to all thy faints proclaim,
1.9. They-
214 PSALM cxvi, cxvii, ex
v
jo They in JerufaJem fhall meet,
and in thy houfe fhall join,
To bleis thy name with one confent,
and mix their fongs with mine.
PSALM CXVII.
iXTTIth chearful notes let all the eartl
YY to heav'n their voices raife,
Let all, infpir'd with godly mirth,
fing folemn hymns of praife.
God's tender mercy knows no bound,
his truth fhall ne'er decay ;
Then let the willing nations round,
their grateful tribute pay.
PSALM CXVIII.
1 f~\ Praife the Lord, for he is good,
2\__Jr his mercies ne'er decay :
That his kind favours ever lair,
let thankful Ifr'el fay.
3, 4 Their fenfe of his eternal love,
let Aaron's houfe exprefs ;
And that it never fails, let all
that fear the Lord, confefs.
5 To God I made my humble moan,
with troubles quite oppreft ;
And he releas'd me from my ftraits,
and granted my requeft.
6 Since therefore God does on my fide •
fo gracioufly appear,
Why fhould the vain attempts of men
pofTefs my foul with fear ?
7 Since God with thofe that aid my caufe
vouchfafes my part to take,
To all my foes, I need not doubt,
a juft return to make. 8, o For ]
PSALM cxviii. 215
8, 9 For better 'tis to truft in God,
and have the Lord our friend,
Than on the greateft human pow'r
for fafety to depend.
10, ir Tho' many nations clofely Ieagu'd
did oft befet me round :
Yet by his boundlefs pow'r fuftain'd, .
I did their ftrength confound.
1 2 They fwarm'd like bees,and yei their rage,
was but a fhort-liv'd blaze ;
For whilft on God I ftali rely'd,
I vanquished them witheafe.
13. When all united prefs'd me hard,
in hopes to make me fall,
The Lord vouchfaf 'd to take my part,
and fav'd me from them all.
14 The honour of my ftrange efcape
to him alone belongs ;
He is my Saviour and my ftrength,
he only claims my fongs.
1 5 Joy fills the dwelling of the jure,
whom God has fav'd from harm ;
For wond'rous things are brought to pais
by his almighcy arm.
16 He by his own reiiftlefs pow'r,
has endlefs honour won ;
The faving ftrength of his right hand,
amazing works has done.
17 God will not fuiFer me to fall,
but ftill prolongs my days ;
That by declaring all his works
I may advance his praife,
18 When
2r6 PSALM cxviii.
1 8 When God had forely me chaftiz'd,,
till quite of hopes bereav'd,
His mercy from the gates of death
my fainting life reprieved.
19 Then open wide the temple gates
to which the juft repair,
That I may enter in and praife
my great deliv'rer there.
20, 21 Within thcfe gates of God's abode
to which the righteous prefs,
Since thou haft heard, and fet me fafe,
thy holy name I'll blefs.
22, 23 That which the builders once refus'd
is now the corner ftone.
This is the wond'rous work of God,
the work of God alone.
24, 25 This day is God's ; let all the land\
exalt their chearful voice :
Lord, Ve befeech thee, fave us now,
and make us itill rejoice.
26 Him that approaches in God's name,
Let all th' affembly blefs ;
" We that belong to God's own houfe
" have wifh'd you good fiiccefs.v
27 God is the Lord, through whom we all
both light and comfort find ;
Fa£ to the altar's horns with cords
the chofen victim bind.
28 Thou art my Lord, O God, and ftill
IT1 praife thy holy name ;
Becauie thou only art my God,
I'll celebrate thy fame.
29 0
PSALM cxviil, cxix. 21
29 O then with me give thanks to God,
who ftiil does gracious prove ;
And let the tribute of our praife
be endlefs as his love.
PSALM CXIX.
ALEPH.
1 "1 F O W blefs'd are they who always keep
the pure and perfect way !
Who never from the (acred paths
of God's commandments jftray !
2 Thrice blefs'd ! who to his righteous laws
have ftill obedient been 5
And have with fervent humble zeal
his favour fought to win.
3 Such men their utmoft caution ufe
to fhun each wicked deed 3
,But in the path which he directs
with conitant care proceed.
4 Thou ftrictly haft enjoin'd us, Lord,
to learn thy facred will ;
And all our diligence employ
thy ftatutes to fulfil.
5 O then that thy moft holy will
might o'er my ways preiide !
And I the courfe of all my life
by thy direction guide !
6 Then with aflurance ihould I walk,
from all confufion free ;
Convinc'd with joy, that ail my ways
with thy commands agree.
7 My upright heart fhall my glad month
with chearful praifes fill ;
When by thy righteous judgments taught,
I ihall have learnt thy will,
T § So
2i8 f S A L M cxix.
3 So to thy facred law mall I
all due obfervance pay :
O then forfake me not, my God,
nor cafl me quite away.
BETH.
ferve their ways,
9 How fhall theyoungpre
from all pollution free ?
By making frill their courfe of life
with thy commands agree.
io With hearty zeal for thee I feek,
to thee for fuccour pray ;
O fufTer not my carelefs fleps
from thy right paths to {tray.
11 Safe in my heart, and clofely hid,
thy word, my treafure, lies $
To fuccour me with timely aid,
when finfui thoughts arife.
12 Secured by that, my grateful foil!
fhall ever blefs thy name :
O teach me then by thy juit laws
my future life to frame.
13 My lips, unlock'd by pious zeal,
to others have declar'd *,
How well the judgments of thy mouth
deferve our belt regard.
14 Whilit in the way of thy commands
more folid joy I found,
Than had I been with vaft increafe
of envy'd riches crown'd.
15 Therefore thy juft and upright laws
fhall alwny's fill my mind,
And thole found rules which thou prefcrib'ft
all due refoect fhall find.
16 To
PSALM cxix. 219
16 To keep thy flatutes undefac'd
mall be my conftant joy ;
The ftrict. remembrance of thy word
fball all my thoughts employ.
G I M E L.
17 Be gracious to thy fervant, Lord^.
do t.hou my life defend,
That I according to thy word
my time to come may fpend.
18 Enlighten bcth my eyes and mind,
that fo I may difcern
The wond'rous things which they behol&3
who-thyjuft precepts learn.
19 Tho* like a ftranger in the land>
from place to place I ftray,
Thy righteous judgments from my fight,
remove not thou away.
20 My fainting foul is almoft pin'd,
with earneft longings fpent j
"Whilft always on the eager fearch
of thy jufl will intent.
2 1 Thy fharp rebuke mail crufh the protidj
whom ftili thy curfe purfues ;
Since they to walk in thy right*ways
prefumptuoufly refufe.
It But far from me do thou, OLord,
contempt and fhame remove *,
For I thy facred laws effect
with undiiTembledlove.
23 Tho' princes oft, in counfel met3
again ft thy fervant fpake ;
Yet I thy ftatutes to obferve,
iT ^enftant bus'nefs make,
Tz a4Fo*
22Q
PSALM cxix.
24 For thy commands have always been
my comfort and delight ;
By them I learn with prudent care,
to guide my fteps aright.
D A L E T H.
25 My foul opprefs'd with deadly care,
clofe to the dud does cleave i
Revive me, Lord, and let me now
thy promis'd aid receive.
26 To thee I frill deciar d my ways,
and thou inciin'it thine ear ;
O teach me then my future life
by thy juil laws to fleer.
27 If thou wilt make me know thy laws,
and by thy guidance walk,
The wond'rous works which thou haft done,,
ihall be my conftant talk.
28 But, fee my foul within me finks,
preiVd down with weighty care j
Do thou according to thy word,
my wafted ftrength repair.
29 Far, far from me be alt falfe ways,
and lying arts remov'd !
But kindly grant I ftill may keep
the path by thee approved.
30 Thy faithful ways, thou God of truths
my happy choice I've made ;
Thy judgments, as my rule of life
before me always laid.
3 1 My care has been to make my life
with thy commands agree ;
O then preferve thy fervant, Lord,
from fhame and ruin free.
3*S.
PSALM cxix, 221
32 So in the way of thy commands
ihall I with pleafure run,
And with a heart enlarg'd with joy,
fuceefsfully go in.
HE
33 Inftrucl: me in thy ftatutes, Lord,
thy righteous paths difplay ;
And I from them, through all my life,
will never go aftray.
34 If thou true wifdom from above/
wilt gracioufly impart,
To keep thy perfect laws I will
devote my zealous heart.
3 5 Direct me in the facred ways
to which thy precepts lead ;
Becaufe my chief delight has been
thy righteous paths to tread.
j6 Do thou to thy moll juft command*
incline my willing heart :
Let no deiire of worldly wealth,
from thee my thoughts divert.
37 From thofe vain objects turn my eyes
which this falfe world difplays ;
But give me lively pow'r and ftrength
ro keep thy righteous ways.
3 S Confirm the promife which thou mad'^
and give thy fervant aid,
Who to tranfgrefs thy facred laws
is awfully afraid.
39 The foul dhgrace I juftly fear,
in mercy Lord remove ;
For all the judgments thou ordain'fl
are full of grace and love.
T 9 40 Thoa
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222 PSALM exix.
40 Thou know'ft how, after thy commands
my longing heart dots pant ;
O then make hafte to raife me up
and promis'd fuccour grant.
V A U.
41 Thy conftant bltffing, Lord, beftow-
. to cheer my drooping heart ;
To me, according to thy word,
thy faving health impart.
42 So ihali I, when my foes upbraid, ,
this ready anfwer make ;
ct In God I truft, who never will
" his faitful promlfe break. "
43 Then let not quite the word of truth
be from- my mouth remov'd ;
Since frill my ground of ftedfalt hope
thy juft decrees have prov'd.
44 So I to keep thy righteous laws,
with all my ftudy bend •,
From age to age, my time to come
in their oblervanee lpend.
45 E'er long I trull to \i alk at large^,
from all incumbrance free ;
Since I rcfolvc to make my life
with thy commands agree.
46 Thy laws mall be my condant talk 5
and princes fliall attend,
WhiHt t the juflice of thy ways
with confidence defend.
47 My longing heart and ravifh'd foul
ih all both o'erflow with joy,
When in thy lov'd commandments I
my happy hours employ.
48 Th&n
PSALM cxix. -223
48 Tli^n will I to thy juft decrees
life up my willing hands ;
My care and bus nefs then fhall be
to ftudy thy commands.
Z A 1 N.
49 According to thy promis'd grace, ,
thy favour, Lord, extend j
Make good to me the word, on which •<
thy fervants hopes depend.
5.0 That only comfort in diftrefs
did all rny. griefs controul ;
Thy word when troubles hem'd,me round ;
reviv'd my fainting .foul...
51 Limiting foes did proudly mock,
and aH my hope deride 5
Yet, from thy law, not all their feoffs
could make, me turn aflde.
52 Thy judgments then, of ancient date, \
I quickly calL?d to mind,
Till ravim'd with fuch thoughts my foul
did- fpeedy comfort find, .
53 Sometimes I ftand amaz'd, like one
with deadly horror ftruck,
To think how all my finful foes
have thy juft laws forlbok.
54 But I thy ftatutes and decrees
my chearful anthems made ;
Whilftthro' ftrange lands and defarts wild, ■
I like a pilgrim ftray'd.
55Thy name, that chear'd my heart by- day,
has fill'd my thoughts by night,
I then refolv'd by thy juft laws,,
to guide my fteps aright,
224 P S A L M cxix.
56 That peace of mind, which has my foul
in deep diftrefs fuftain'd,
By ftritit obedience to thy will
I. happily obtain'd.
C H E T H.
57- O Lord, my God, my portion thou
and fure poikinon art •,
Thy words 1 itedfaitly relblve
to treafure in my heart.
58 With all the ftrength of warm deiires
I did thy grace implore ;
Difclofe, according to thy word,
thy mercies boundlcis ftore.
59 With due reflection and Uriel: cave;
on all my ways I thought ;
And fo, reclaim'd to thy juft paths,,
my wand'ring fteps I brought.
60 1 loft no time, but made great hafle^
refolv'd without delay,
To watch that I might never more
from thy commandments ftray.
61 Tho' nunrrous f repps of finful men
to rob me have combin'd ;
Yet I thy pure and righteous laws
have ever kept in mind.
62 In dead of night I will arife
to fing thy folemn praife ;
Convinc'd how much I always ougkt
to love thy righteous ways.
63 To fuch as fear thy holy name,
myfelf I clofely join \
To ail who their obedient wills
' to thy command refign. 64 O'er J
P S A L M cxix. 225
64 O'er all the earth, thy mercy, Lord,
abundantly is fhed-,
O make me then exactly learn,
thy facred paths to tread.
T E T H.
65 With me thy fervant, thou haft der.it
moft gracioufly, O Lord,
Repeated benefits beftow'd,
according to thy word.
66 Teach me the facred fkill by wfckl-;-
right judgment is attain'd,
"Who in belief of thy commands
have ftedfaftly remain'd.
67 Before affliction ftop'd my courfe,
my footfteps went aftray *,
But I have fince been difciplin'd,
thy precepts to obey.
68 Thou art, O Lord, fupremely good,
and all thou doft is fo j
On me, thy ftatutes to difcern,
thy faving {kill beflow.
69 The proud have forg'd malicious lies,
my fpotlefs fame toftain ;
But my fix'd heart, without referve,
thy precepts fhall retain ;
70 While pamper'd they with profp'rous ills
in fenfual pleafures live,
My foul can relifli no delight,
but what thy precepts give.
7 1 Tis good for me that I have felt
affliction's chaft'ning rod,
That I might duly learn and keep
the ftatutes of my God,
72 The
226 PSALM cxix.
72 The law that from thy mouth proceeds
of more efieem I hold,
Than untouch 'd mines,tlxan thoufand mines;
of iilver and of gold.
J O D.
73 To me who am the worfcmanfhip*
of thy almighty hands,
'The heav'niy underftandings give
to learn thy juft commands.
74 My prefervation to thy faints
"ftrong comfort will afford,
To fee fuccefs attend my hopes>
who trufted in thy word.
75 That right thy judgments are, I now
by fure experience fee ;
Arid that in fairhfulnefs, O Lord,
Thou haft afflicted me.
76 O let thy tender mercy now
afford me needful aid
According to thy promife, Lord,
to me thy lervant made.
77 To me thy faving grace reftore*
that I again may live j
Whofe foul can relifh no delight,
but what thy precepts give.
78 Defeat the proud, who unprovok'd,
to ruin me have fought,
Who only on thy facred laws
employ my harmlefs thought.
79 Let thofe that fear thy name efpoufe
my caufe, and thofe alone
Who have by ftricTt and pious fearch
thy facred pi ecepts known. 80 la
PSALM cxix. 227
So In thy bleft ftatutes let my heart
continue always found,
That guilt and mame, the ilnner's lot,
<may never me conjound.
C A P H.
81 My foul with long expeclance faints
to ice thy faving grace :
Yet ftill on thy unerring word
my confidence I p-ace.
82 JVly very eyes con fume and fail
with waiting for thy word :
O ! when wilt thou thy kind relief
and promis'd aid afford.
83 My fkin like fhiver'd parchment fhows,
that long in fmoke -is let ;
Yet no affliction me can force
thy ftauues to forget.
84 How many days muft I endure
of foi/ow and diftrtis ?
When wilt thou judgment execute
on them who me opprefs.
£5 The proud have digg'd a pit for me,
who h -«v '• no other foes,
But fuch as a, e *\tr& to thee,
a ths juft laws eppofe
86 Witt right and ruth's eternal laws
all hy commands agree *9
ien pei ie without caufe,
tt , helper be.
87 With clofe defigns agamfi *ov life
they had aim
But in
my dutj
1 23 PSALM cxix.
88 Thy wonted -kindnefs, Lord, reftore,
my drooping heart to chear ;
That by thy righteous Matures, I
my life's whole courfe may fleer.
LAMED.
89 For ever, and for ever, Lord,
Onchang'd thou doft remain ;
Thy word eftabliih'd in the heavVs,
doe's all their orbs fuftain-
90 Thro' circling ages, Lord, thy truth
immoveable ihali ftand,
As doth the earth, which thou uphold'ft
by thy almighty hand.
All things the courfe by the ordain'd,
^ev'n to this day fulfil ;
T^hey are thy faithful fubjects all,
and fervants of thy will.
92 Unlefsthy facred law had been
my comfort and delight,
I mull have fainted, and expir'd
in dark affliction's night.
03 Thy precepts therefore from my tho'ts
fhali never Lord, depart ;
For thou by them haft to new life
reftor'd my dying heart.
94 As I am thine, entirely thine,
pro reel me, Lord, from harm ;
Who have thy precepts fought to know,
and carefully perform.
95 The wicked have their ambufh laid
my guiklefs life to take ;
But in the mid ft of danger I
t£iy word my ftudy make.
F S AL'M cxix. %i$
$6 I've feen an end of what we call
perfection here below :
But thy commandments, like thyiel^
no change or period know.
M E M.
97 The love that to thy laws I bear^
no language can difplay ;
They with frrlh wonders entertain
my ravifh'd thoughts all day.
98 Thro' thy commands I wifer grow
than all my fubtile foes ;
For thy fure word doth me diredl,
and all my ways difpofe.
^ From me my former teachers now
may abler counfel take ;
Bccaufe thy facred precepts I
my con fi ant ftudy make.
100 In underftanding I excel
the fages of our days ;
Becaufe by thy unerring rules
I order all my ways,
lo f My feet with care I have refrained
from ev'ry finful way,
That to thy facred word I might
entire obedience pay.
102 I have not from thy judgments ftray'd
byvain defires milled ;
for Lord, thou haft iriftru&ed me
thy righteous paths to tread.
10} How fweet are sill thy words to me
Owhat divine1 repaft !
Hr.w much more grateful to my foul,
*haa jfoney to my tafte,
® - 104 laugh*
*3° PSALM cxix*
104 Taught by thy facred precepts, I
with heav'nly fkill am bleft,
Thro* which the t-reach'rous ways of fi*^
I utterly deteft.
NUN.
105 Thy word is to my feet a lamp,
the way of truth to fhow :
A watch-light to point out the path,
in which I ought to go.
106 I fwear (and from my folemn oath
I'll never ftart afide)
That in thy righteous judgments I
will ftedfaftiy abide.
Ip7 Since I with griefs am fo oppreft,
that I can b >ir no more ;
According to thy word, do thou
my rain ung foul reftore.
108 Let ftili my facrifice of praife
with thee acceptance find ;
And in thy righteous judgments, Lord,
iniiruft my willing mind.
109 Tho' ghaftly dangers me furround,
my foul they cannot awe,
Nor with continual terrors keep
from thinking on thy law.
no My wicked and invetVate foe9
for me their fnares have laid ;
Yet I have kept the upright path,
nor from thy precepts ftray'd.
in Thy teftimonies I have made
my heritage and choice ;
For they when other comforts fail,
my diooping heart rejoice.
112 My
PS A L M cxix. 231
312 My heart with early zeal began j
thy ftatutes to obey ;
And 'till my courfe of life is done
fhali keep thy upright way.
SAMEC H.*
113 Deceitful thoughts- and practices
I utterly deteft *,
But to thy law affection bear
too great to be exprefs'd «
.114 My hiding place, my refuge-tow V7
and fhield art thou O Lord •,
I Srmly anchor all my hopes
on thy unerring word,
115 Hence ye that trade in wickednefs,
approach not my abode ,
For firmly I refolve to keep
the precepts of my God.
1 16 According to thy gracious wordj
I from danger fet me free -,
Nor make me of thofe hopes afham'ds
that I repofe on thee.
1 17 Uphold" me, fo mall I be fafe,
and refcu'd from diftrefs \
To thy decrees continually
my juft refpect addrefs.
\ i ! 8 The wicked thou haft trod" to earthy
who from thy ftatutes ftrayM -9
Their vile deceit th« juft reward
of their own falihood made.
1 jo The wicked from thy holy land
thou doft like drofs remove ;
I therefore, with fuch juftke charm*d*
thy teftimon-ies love.
U a no Yet
23 2 F S A I* M cxix,
1 20 Yet with that love they make me dread
left I mould fo offend,
When on tranfgreiTors I behold
thy judgments thus defcend.
A I N.
I2i Judgment and juftice I have loVd %
O therefore, Lord, engage
In my defence, nor give me up
to my opprelTors rage.
122 Do thou be furety, Lord, for me,
and fo (hall this diftrefs
Prove good for me ; nor mail the proud
my guiltlefs foul opprefs.
123 My eyes, alas ! begin to fail,
in long expectance held ;
'Till thy falvation they behold,
and righteous word fulfili'd.
r24 To me, thy fervant in diftrefs,
thy wonted grace difplay,
And difcipline my willing heart,
thy ftatutes to obey.
125 On me, devoted to thy fear,
thy facred fkill beftow,
That of thy teftimonies I
the full extent may know.
126 Tis time, high time for thee, O Lord,
thy vengeance to employ,
When men with open violence
thy facred law deftroy.
1 27 Yet their contempt of thy commands,
but makes their value rife
In my efteem, who pureft gold
compar'd with them deijpife.
128 Thy
PSALM cxht. 133
228 ^Thj precepts therefore I account,.
in all refpe&s divine :
They teach me to difcern fhe right,
and all falfe ways decline*
P E
129 The wonders which thy laws contai%
no words can reprefent ;
Therefore to learn and pra&ife them,
my zealous heart is bent.
$30 The very entrance to thy word
coeleftial light difplays,
And knowledge of true happinefs
to limpleft minds conveys.
13 1 With eager hopes I waiting- flood^.
and fainted with defirej
That of thy wife commands I might
the facred fkill acquire.
132 With favour, Lord, look down on mu
who thy relief implore ;
As thou art wont to vifit thofe
that thy bleft name adore.
133 Directed by thy heav'nly word^
let all my footfteps be ;
Kor wickednefs of any kind,
dominion have o*er me.
134 Releafe, entirely fet me free
from persecuting hands,
jpiat, unmolefted, I may learn
and pradtife thy commands.
£35 On me, devoted to thy fear,,
Lord, make thy face to mine :
Thy ftatutes- both to know and keep*,
my heart with zeal incline,
U 3- 1-36 My-
234 PSALM cxix.
136 My eyes to weeping fountains tur»,
whence briny rivers flow,
To fee mankind againft thy laws
in bold defiance go.
T S A D D I.
137 Thouart the righteous Judge, in whom
wrong'd innocence may truft •,
And, like thyfelf, thy judgments, Lord,
in all refpecls are juft:.
138. Moft juft and true thofe ftatutes were,
which thou didft firft decree ;
And all with faithfulnefs perfoim'd,
iucceeding times fhall iee.
139 With zeal my fleih confumes away,
my. foul with anguifh frets,
To fee my foes contemn at once
thy promifes and threats.
140 Yet each neglected word of thine
(howe'er by them defpis'd)
Is pure, and for eternal truth
by me thy fervant, priz'd.
141 Brought, for thy fake, to low eftate^
contempt from all I find ;
Yet no affronts or wrongs can drive
thy precepts from my mind
142 Thy.ri'ghteouinds flj.aH then endure*^
when time itfelt is paft 5
Thy law is truth itfelt, that truth
which ihall for ever lail.
143 Tho1 trouble, anguifh, doubts and drea«
to compafs me unite,
Befet with danger, {till I make
thy precepts my delight.
144 Eternij
PSALM cxix. 23J
144 Eternal and unerring rules
thy teftimonies give :
Teach me the wiidom that will make
jny foul for ever live.
KOPfi.
145 With my whole heart to God X call'd
Lord, hear ray earneft cry ;
And I thy ftatutes to perform,
will all my care apply,
146 Again more fervently I pray'd,
O fave me that I may
Thy teftimonies throughly know,
and ftedfaftly obey.
147 My earlier pray'r the dawning daf
prevented, while Icry'd
To him on whoie engaging word
my hope alone rely'd.
1 48 With zeal have I awakM before
the midnight watch was fet,
That I of thy myfterious word
might perfect knowledge get.
149 Lord hear my fupplicating voice<, ,
and wonted favour fliew ;
O quicken me. and fo approve
thy judgments ever true-..
150 My perfecuting foes advance,
and hourly nearer draw ;
What treatment can, 1 hope from them
who violate thy law ?-
151 Tho' they draw nigh, my comfort is
thou, Lord, art yet more near ;
Thou, whofe commands are righteous all,
tjhy promifes Ulcere. >
i$z Con
9gfr, PSALM cx\x,
252 Concerning thy divine decrees,
my foul has known of old
That they- were true, and ihall their truth-
to cndiefs ages hold.
R.E.SC H
153 Consider my affliction, Lord,
and me from bondage draw;
Think on'thy (ervagt in diftrefs,
who ne'er forgets thy law.
154 Plead thou my caufe ; to that and me
thy timely aid afford i
With beams of mercy quicken me.
accordbg to thy word*
155 From harden'd flnners thou removal
fa 1 v at i o n . far away :
?Tis juft thou mould 'ft withdraw from them*
who ft om thy ftatutes ftray.
$•'56 Since great thy tender mercLs are
to all who thee adore •,
According to thy judgments, Lord3
my fainting hopes reftore.
157 A num'roushoft of fpiteful foes
again ft my life combine y
But all too few to force my foul
thy ftatutes to decline.
153 fhofe bold tranfgrelTors I beheld,
and was with grief opprefs'd,
To fee with what audacious pride
thy cov'hant they tranfgreiVd.
159, Yet while they flight, confider, Lord,
how I thy precepts love ;
O therefore quicken me with beams
of mercy from above.
160 As<
PS AI M cx&, 23^
260 As from the birth of time thy truth -
has held through ages paft,
So mail thy righteous judgments, firm, .
to endiefs ages laft.
schi n;
361 Tho* mighty tyrants, without caufe^
confpice my blood to fhed,
Thy facred word has pow'r alone
to fill my heart with dread.
162 And yet that word my joyful breaft
with heav'nly rapture warms,
Nor conqueit, nor the fpoilsofwar,
have fuch tranfporting charms.
163 Perfidious practices and lies
I utterly deteft $
But to thy laws affection: bear*,
too vaft to be expreft.
164 Sev'n times a day with grateful voicer
thy prarfes I refound,
Becaufe I find thy judgments all
with truth and juftice crown'd.
165 Secure, fubfrantial peace have they
who truly love thy law j
No fmiling mifchief them can tempt^
nor frowning danger awe.
166 For thy fal'vation I have hop'd,
and tho* fo long del ay 'd,
With chearful zeal and ftricteft care
all thy commands obey'd.
16*7 Thy teftimonies I have kept,
and conftantly obey'd ;
Becaufe the love I bore to them,
thr fervice eafy made.
168 Froa
238 PSALM cxix.
168 From ftrict obfervance of thy laws
I never yet withdrew ;
Convinced that my moft fecret ways
are open to thy view.
T A U.
169 To my requeft and earned cry
attend, O gracious Lord ;
Infpire my heart with heav'nly fkill,
according to thy word.
170 Let my repeated prayY at laft
before thy throne appear \
According to thy plighted word,
for my relief draw near.
171 Then {hall my grateful lips return
the tribute of their praife,
When thou thy counfels haft reveaPd,
and taught me thy juft ways.
172 My tongue the praifes of thy word
(hall thankfully refound,
Becaufe thy promifes are all
with truth and juftice crown'd.
173 Let thy almighty arm appear,
and bring me timely aid ;
For I the laws thou haft ordain'd,
my heart's free choice have made..
174 My foul has waited long to fee
thy faving grace reftor'd ;
Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws^.
thy heavenly laws afford.
175 Prolong my life, that I may {ing
my great reftorer's praife,
Whofe juftice from the depth of woes,
s>y fainting foul fliall raife.
176 Like-
P 3 A L M cxix, cxx, cxxi. 239
X 76 Like feme left fheep I've ftray'd, 'till I
difpair my way to find :
Thou therefore, Lord., thy fervant feek,
who keeps thy laws in mind.
PSALM CXX.
1 TN deep diftrefs I oft have cry'd,
To God, who never yet deny'd
To refcue me opprefs'd with wrongs :
2 Oace more, O Lord3 delivYance iend,
From lying Kps my foul defend,
And from the rage of fland'ring tongues
3 What little piofit can accrue,
And yet what h^avy wrath is due.
O thou perfideous tongue to thee ?
4. Thy fling upon thyself fhall turn ;
Of lifting flames that fiercely bum,
The con ft ant fuel thou fhak be.
$ But O ! how wretched is my doom,
Who am a fojourner become
In barren Mefech's defart foil ;
Witn Kedar's wicked^tents inclos'd,
To lawlefs lavages expos'd,
Who live on nought but theft and fpoi! ;
6 My haplefs dwelling is with thofe
Who peace and amity oppofe,
And pleafure take in others harms ;
7 Swet peace is all I court and feek;
But when to them of peace I fpeak,
They ftrait cry out, to arms, to arsis,
PSALM CXXI.
1 rT'0 Sion's hill I lift my eyes,
JL from thence expecting aid ;
Z From Sion's hill, and* Sion's God,
Who heav'n and caxdx has made.
3 The©
340 PSALM cxxi, cxxii,
3 Then, thou, my foul, in fafety reft,
thy guardian wiH not deep ;
4 His watchful care that Ifr'el guards,
will Ifr'ei's monarch keep.
5 Shelter'd beneath th' almighty's wings,
, thou malt fecurely reft,
6 Where neither fun nor moon ihall thee
by day or night moleft.
7 From common accidents of life
his care fliall guaid thee {till ;
From the blind ftrokes of chance and foes
that lie in wait to kill.
8 At home, abroad, in peace, in war.
thy God mall thee defend;
Conduct thee thro' life's pilgrimage,
iafe to thy journey's end.
PS A L M CXXII.
M ^\ T was a joyful found to hear
V_^7 our tribes devoutly fiy
Up Ifr'el to the temple hafte,
a^d keep your feftal day.
2 Vt Salem's courts we muft appear,
wirh our aflTembled pow'rs ;
3 In ftrong and beauti ms order rang'd,
like her united towVs i
4 'Tis thither by divine command,
the tribes of God repair,
Before his ark to celebrate
his name with praife and pray'r.
5 Tribunals ftand erected there,
where equity takes place :
There ftand the courts and palaces
-of royal Xtavitfs race<
6 0
f S A L M cxxii, exxiii, cxxiv. £41
6 O pray we then for Salem's peace,
for they fliall profp'rous be,
(Thou holy city of our God L)
who bear true love to thee,
7 May peace within thy facred walls
a conftant gueft be found,
With plenty and profperity
thy palaces be crown'd.
8 For tny dear brethrens fake, and frie'sd*
no lefs than brethren dear,
I'll pray— may peace in Salem's tow'rs
a conftant gueft appear.
9 But moft of all, I'll feek thy good;, #
and ever wifti thee well,
For Sion and the temple's fake,
where God vouehfafes to dwell,
PSALM CXXIIL
* /^\N thee, who dwell'ft above the &ie&f
2 V^/ F°r mercy wait my longing eyes %
As fervants watch their mafters hands,
And maids their miftrefies commands,
3,40 then have mercy on us, Lord,
Thy gracious aid to us afford :
To us, whom cruel foes opprefs,
Grown rich and proud by our diftrefsV
PSALM CXXIV.
1 T 1° AD not the Lord (may Ifr'el fay)
X X Deen p^as'd to interpofe ;
2 Had he not then efpous'd our caufe*
when men againft us rofe ;
3, 4, 5 Their wrath had fwallow'd us alive
and rag'd without controul ;
Their fpite and pride's united floods
had cjuite o'erwhelm'd our foul,
W 6 Bui
242 PSALM cxxiv, cxxv,
6 But prais'd be our eternal Lord,
who refcu'd us that day,
Nor to their favage jaws gave up
our threat'ned lives a prey*."'
7 Our foul is like a bird efcap'd
from out the fowler's net ;
The fnare is broke, their hopes are crofs*4S
and we at freedom fct,
8 Secure in his almighty name,
our confidence lemains,
Who as he made both heav'n and earth,
of both fole monarch reigns.
PSALM CXXV.
iTXTHO place on Sion'sGod their truft
W like lion's rock fhall {land -,
Like, her immoveably be fjx'd
by his almighty hand.
2 Look'how the hills on ev'ry fide
Jerufalem inclofe,
So ftands the Lord around his faints
to guard them from their foes.
3 The wicked may afflict the juft,
but ne'er too long oppreis,
Nor force him by diipair to feek
bafe means for his redrefs.
4 Be good, O righteous God, to thofe,
who righteous deeds affect :
The heart that innocence retains,
let innocence protect.
g All thole who walk in crooked paths,
the Lord fiiall foon deftroy -,
Cut off th' unjuft, but crown the faints
with lading peace and joy.
PSALM
PS A LM cxxvi, cxxvil. 243
PSALM CXXVI.
WHEN Sions God her fons recall'd
from long captivity,
It feemM at firft a pleafing dream
of what we wifh'd to fee ;
2 But foon in unaccuftom'd mirth,
we did our voice employ,
And fung our great Creator's praife'
in thankful hymns of joy.
Our heathen foes repining floodj
yet were compell'd to own,
That great and wond'rous was the work
our God for us had done. [great,
3 Twas great, fay they, 'twas wond'rous
much more mould we confefs 5
The Lord has done great things, whereof
we reap the glad fuccefs.
4 To us bring back the remnant, Lord,
of Ifr'ei's captive bands,
More welcome than refrefhing fhow'rs
to parch'd and thirfty lands.
5 That we, whofe work commenc'd in tears^
may fee our labours thrive,
?TiIl firtlmM with fuccefs, to make
our drooping hearts revive.
6 Though he defpond that fows his grainr
yet doubtlefs he mall come
To bind his full ear'd fheaves, and bring
the joyful harvefl home.
PSALM CXXVIL
1^*51 TE build with fruitlefs coft, unlefe
\ V tne Lord the pile fuftain 5
TJnlefs the Lord the city keep,
the watchmen wakes in vain :
W * 2fo-
*44 PSALM cxxvii, cxxv::L
1 In vain we rife before the day,
and late to refl repair :
Allow no refpite to our toil,
and eat the bread of care.
Supplies of life, with eafe to them,
he on his faints bellows ;
He crowns their labour with iuccefs,
their nights with found, repoie.
3 Children, thofe comforts of our life^.
are prefents from the Lord ;
He gives a num'rous race of heirs,
as piety's reward.
4 A.s arrows in a giant's band
when marching fbrdi to war,
Ev'n fo the fons of fprightly youth,
their parent's fafeguard are.
5 Happy the man, whole quiver's fill'd
with thefe prevailing arms •,
He needs not fear to meet his foe,
at law, or war's alarms.
PSALM CXXVIII.
I^T^HE man is bleft who fears the Lordj
I nor only worfhip pays,
But keeps his fteps confin'd with care
to his appointed ways.
2 He fhall upon the iweet returns
of his own labour feed ^
Without dependence, live, and fee
his wifhes all fucceed.
3 His wife, like a fair fertile vine,
ber lovely fruit (hall bring ;
His children, like young olive plants,
about his table fpring.
4.5WI
P S A t % cxxviil, cxxix* 245
4, 5 Who fears the Lord, fhall profper
him Sion's God mall blefs \ (thus %
And grant him all his days to fee
Jerufalem's fuccefs.-
6 He fliall live on, 'till heirs from him>
defcend with vail increaTe :
Much blefs'd in his own profp'rous Sate,*
and more in Iir 'el's peace.
psa^l m cxxix;
iTT* ROM my youth up, may I fr 'el ffj^,
r they oft have me aifaii'd,
% Reduc'd me oft to heavy ftraits*
but never quite prevailed,
3 They oft have plow'd my patient back
with furrows deep and long :
4 But our juil God has broke their chain$5
and refcu'4 us from wrong,
5 Defeat, confufion, ffiameful rour
be ftill the doom of thofe,
Their righteous doom who Sion hate^
and Sion's God oppofe.
6 Like corn upon our houfes tops,,
untimely let tMem fade,
W&ch too riluch freat, and want of rooty
has blafted in the blade !
^ Which' in his arms np reaper take %
but unregarded leaves 5
Nor binder thinks it worth his gain»>
-to fold it into fheaves.
$ No traveller that pafles by,
vouchfafes a minute's flop,
To give it -one kind look* or crave
&eav?ns blefHng on the crop,
.W3 PSALM
*4£ PSALM cxaxj, csxxi*
PSALM GXXX.
iTJ^R O M IowefV depths of woe,.
I to God I fend my cry -,
% Lord hear my fupplicating voice>
and graeioufty reply.
3 Shcu'd'ft-thou feverely judgs,
who can the trial bear ?
4 But. thou forgiv'ir, left we defpond^.
and quite renounce thy fear.
' <: My fotrl with patience waits
for thee, the living Lord ;
^ly hopes are on thy promife built*.
thy never- failing word,
<) My longing eyes. look out.
for the-enliv'ning ray, .
Moie duly than the morning watch
to fpy the dawning day.
;*? Let Ifr'dl truft in God •»:
no bounds his mercy knows ;
The plenteous iource and Spring from* whence
eternal fuccour flows,
♦8 W-hofe friendly ftreams to us
fupplies in want convey %
;,A healing fpring, a (bring to cleanfe,
and wafh our. guilt away.
P 8 A L M CXXXI.
'i/^\ Lord, I am not proud of hearty.
\Jf. nor caft a.fcornful eye ;
Koi-'iny afpiring thoughts employ
in things for me too high.
■2 With infant innocence, thou know'ft;
I have myfelf demean'd ;
Composed to quiet, like a babe
that from die hreaft is wean-d<
y Like
f S A L M: exxxl, cxxxii. x 243-
3 Like me let Ifr'el hope in God?;
his aid alone implore \
Both now and ever truft in him,.
Who lives foe evermore.
PS UM CXXXII.
r.TT E F David, Lord, a conftant plasee
& j in thy remembrance find y,
ILet all the forrows he endur'd,
be ever in thy mind.
3 Remember what a folemn oath;
to thee, his Lord, he fwore ;
flow to the mighty God he vow'd^
whom Jacob's Ions adore y.
3, 4> I will not go into my houfe>,
nor to my bed afcend ;
No foft repofe fhall clofe my eyes,-
norileepmy eye-lids bend ;
I 'Till for the Lord's deiign'd abode
I mark'd the deftin'd ground y
'Till la decent place of reft
for Jacobs God -have found,
# TV appointed place with- fhouts of )0y9
at Euphrata we found,
And made the woods and neighboring fields
our glad applaufe refound.
7.O with due rev'rence let us- then
to his abode repair y
And, pr-oftrate at his footftool fah?n>
pour out our humble pray'r.
8 Arife, O Lord, and now poffefs
thy conilant place of reft ; :
Be that, not only with thy ark,
fyit with thy preferxe bleit.
o, ic.CIoatfr-
248 P 3 A L M" cxxxii* cxxxiii.
o, ioCloath thou thy priefts wkKnghteOuf-
make thou thy, faints rejoice y t^fs,'
And for thy fervant David's fake,
hear thy.a&olfiicd^ voice.
1 1 God fware to David in his truth^
(nor fiiall his oath be vain)
One. of thy offspring after thee
upon thy throne (haU reign :
12 And if thy. feed my cov'nant kee^r
and to my laws fubmit :
Their children too upon thy. throne
for evei more fhali- iit.
13, 14 For Sion does in God's eikenv
all other feats excel ;
His place of everlafting reft, ,
where he defires to dwell.
15, 16 Her do Q fiys he, I will increase,
her poor with plenty blefs ;
Her- faints ihall ftiout for joy, her priefts
my faving healfh confefs*
17 There David's pow'r fhall lorg rcmaii*
in his fucceffive line,
And my anointed fersant tfcere
fhall with frefh luftre fhine.
18 The faces of his vanquifh'd foes
confufion fhall o'erfpread \
Whilft with contirm'd fuccefs> his crowft
fhall ilouriih on his head.
PS AfL.M CXXXIII.
iT TOW vanYmuft their advantage bef
JL Jl ^ow grc>at tMr pleafure prove J
Who live like brethren, and eonfent
in offices of loVe \ •
2 True;
F S AIM exxxiv, cxxxr. 049*
2 True love is like the precious oil
which pour'd on Aaron's head,
Kan down his beard, and o'er his robe©^
its coftly moifture fhed.
3 'Tis like refreshing dew, which does
on Hermon's top diftil 5
Or like the early drops that fall
on Sion's fruitful hill.
4 For God to all, whofe friendly hearts,
with mutual love abound,
Has firmly promis'd length of days
with conftant bieffings crown'd.
PSALM CXXXIV.
iT> LESS- God, ye fervants that attend
1J upon hk folemn ftate,.
That in his temple, night by night,
with humble rev'rence wait :
2, 3 Within his houfe lift up your hand**,
and blefs his holy name ;
1 From Sion blefs thy Iir'el, Lord,
who heav'n and earth did'ft frame,
PSA L M CXXXV.
I 3 f~*\ Praife. the Lord with one confenV
. K^Jf and magaify his name ;
j Let all the fervants of the Lord
his worthy praife proclaim,
i 1 Praife him aril ye that in his houfe
attend with conftant care ;
With thofe that to his utmoft courts
with humble zeal repair.
3 For tkis our trueft int'reft is,
glad hymns of praife to iing •,
j And with loud fongs to biefs'his name,
a moil delightful thing,
4 Po*
£5* f S A L M cxxw
4 For God his own peculiar choice
the fons of Jacob mikes 5
And IiVel's offspring for his own
moft valu'd treafurc takes*
5 That God is great, we often have
by glad experience found ;
AnJ ieen how he with wond'rous powv
above all gods is ccown'd.
6 For he with unremitted ftrength
performs his fovVeign will;
In heav'n and earth, and watery {tores
that earth's deep caverns fill.
*] He raifes vapours from the ground,
which pois'd in liquid air,
Fall down at laft in -fhow'rs through whichu
his dreadful lightnings glare :
8 He from his ftore-houfe brings the windsj-
and he with vengeful hand,
The firft-born flew of man and beaft,
through Egypt V mourning land.
9 He dreadful figns and wonders {hewM
through ftubborn Egypt's coafts,
Nor Pharaoh could his plagues efcape,
nor all his num'rous hofts.
10, 1 r 'Twas he that various nations fmote,-
and mighty kings fupprefs'd ;
Sihon and Og, and all befides*.
who Canaan's land poflfefs'd.
12, 13 Their land upon his chofen race
he firmly did entail ;
For which his fame mall always laft, ,
ins praife fhall never fail.
14 Fori
?S ALM ex xxv. cxxxvl. .251
•14 For God fhall foon his people's eaufe
with pitying eyes mrvey •,
Hepent him of his wrath and turn
his kindled rage away.
1$ Thofe idols, whofe falfe worship fprea#
o'er all the heathen lands,
Are -made of iliver and of geld,
the work of human hand:,-.
16, 17 They move not their fictitious tongues
nor fee with poliih'd eyes ;
Their counterfeited ears aie deaf,
no breath their mouth fupplies.
18 As fenfeJefs as themfelves are they^
that all their ikill apply
To make them, or in dang'rous times
on them for aid rely.
19 Their juft returns. of thanks to God>
let grateful Ifr'el pay :
Nor let the prie.fts of Aaron's race
to bleis the Lord delay.
20 Their f^nih of his unbounded love
let Levi's houfe exprefs ;
And let all thoie that fear the Lord,
his name for ever biefs.
2 1 Let aii with thanks his wond'rous works
in Sion's courts proclaim ;
Let them in Salem, where he dwells
exalt his holy name.
PSALM CXXXVL
1 * I ^O God the mighty Lord,
Jt. Your joyful thanks repeat ;
To him due pi aife afford,
as good as he is great.
aj* P S A L M cx&m«
For God does prove
Our conftant friend,
His boundlefs love
Shall never end.
t.% 3, To him, whofe wondVousflpowV
all other gods obey,
Whom earthly kings adore,
this grateful homage pay :
For God, &c.
4, 5 By his almighty hand
amazing works are wrought %
The heav'ns by his command
were to perfection brought.
For God, &c.
€ He fpread the ocean round
about the fpacious land ;
And made the rifing ground
above the waters ftand.
For God, &c.
7, 8, 9 Through heav'n he did difplaf
his num'rous hofts of light;
The lun to rule by day,
the moon and ftars by night.
For God, &c,
io, ii, 12 He ftruck the firft-bom dead
of Egypt's ftubborn land \
And thence his people led
with his refiftleis hand.
For God, &c.
13, 14 By him the raging fea,
as if in pieces rent,
Bifclos'd a middle way,
through which his people Went ,
For God, &c.
15 Where
PSALM cxxxvi. 253
35 Where foon he overthrew
-proud Pharaoh and his hoft,
Who daring to purfue,
were in the billows loft*
For God, &c.
i6\ 17, 18 Through defarts vaft and wild,
he led the chofen feed ;
And famous princes foil'd,
and made great monarchs bleed,
for God, &c.
fO, 20 Sihon, whofe potent nand
great Ammon's fceptr,e fway'd ;
And Og» whofe ftern command
rich Bafhan's land obey VI.
For God, &c. j
ti, 22 And of his wond'rous grate
their lands, whom he deftroy'd
3e gave to Ifr'ers race,
to be by them enjoyM.
For God, &c.
23, 24 He in our depth of wbss,
on us with favour thought,
And from our cruel foes
in peace and fafety brought.
For God, &c.
25, 26 He does the food fupply,
on which all creatures live:
To God who reigns on high
eternal praifes give.
For God will prove
Our conftant friend^
His boundlefs love
Shall never end.
X PSALM
254 PSALM cxxxvil.
PS A L M CXXXVII.
WHEN we, our weary limbs to reft J
Sat down by pi oudEuphrates' ftream,!
We wept, with doleful thoughts oppreft,
And Sion was our mournful theme.
1 Our harps that when with joy we Tung,
Were wont their tuneful parts to bear,
With filent firings neglected hung
-On willow-trees that wither'd there.
3 Mean while our foes, who all confpir'd
To tiiumph in our flavrfh wrongs,
Mulic and mirth of us required,
" Come ling us one of Sion's fongs."
4. How fhali we tune our voice to Ting ?
Or touch our harps with fldlful hands ?
Shall hymns of joy to God our king
Se lung by flaves in foreign lands ?
5 O Salem, our once happy feat !
When I of thee forgetful p;ove,
Let then my trembling hand forget
The fpeaking firings with art to move!
6 If 1 to mention thee forbear,
Eternal filence feize my tongue
Or if 1 fing one chearful air,
Till thy deliv'rance is my fong !
7 Remember, Lord, how Edom's race,
In thy own city's fatal day,
Cry'd out, " Her ftately walls deface,
" And with the ground quite level lay.*
8 Proud Babal's daughter, doonvd to be
Of grief and woe the wretched prey,
ptefs'd is the man who (hall to thee
"The wrongs thou laid'it on us, repay.
9 Tlaric*
PSALM cxxxvii, cxxxviii. 2.$$
t) Thrice bleft, who with jufl rage pofTeft,
And deaf to all the parents moans,
Shall fnatch thy infants from the breaft,
ik'nd dalh their heads againft the ftones,
PS A L M CXXXVIH.
With my whole heart, my God and kin g,
thy praife I will proclaim %
Before the gods with joy I'll fing,
and blefs thy holy name.
2 I'll worfhip at thyfacred feat 5?"
and with thy love infpir'c^
The praifes of thy truth repeat/
o'er all thy works admir'd.
3 Thou gracioufly inclin'ft thine ear^
when I to thee did cry,
And when my foul was prefs'd with fear,
dtd'ft inward ftrength fupply.
4 Therefore lhall ev'ry earthly prince
I thy name with praife purfue,
Whom thefe admir'd events convince
that all tby works are true.
5 They all thy wond'rous ways, O Lord,
I with chearful fongs fhall biefs ;
And all thy glorious a&s record,
thy awful pow'r confefs,
±6 For God, although enthron'd on high,
does thence the poor refpecfc ;
The proud far off, his fcornful eye
beholds with juft neglect.
7 Tho' I with troubles am opprefs'd,
he lhall my foes difarm
Relieve my foul when moft diftrefs'd,
and keep me fafe from harm.
&* B The
2$6 PSALM cxxxviii, cxxxixi
8 The Lord, whofe mercies ever laft,.
fliall fix my happy ftate 5
And mindful of his favours paft,
£hall his own work compleat.
PSALM CXXXIX.
l.'pHOU, Lord, by ftri&eft fearch haft j
I X My riflng up and lying down; (knowa|
My l'ecret thoughts are known to thee,
}£no\vn long before conreivM by me.
3 Thine eye roy b^d and path furveys,
My public haunts and private ways \
4 Thou know'ft what 'tis my lips wou*d vent*
My ytt unutter'd words intent.
5 Surrounded by thy pow'r, I ftand,
On ev'ry fide I find thy hand.
6 O fkiil, for human reach too high !
Too dazling bright for mortal eye !
7 O cou'd I lo perfidious be,
To think of once deferting, thee !
Where, Lord, could I thy influence fhun I
Or whither from thy pretence run I
8 If up to heav'n I take my flight ;
'Tis there thou dweU'ft enthron'd in light;
Or fink to hell's infernal plains,.
T is there almighty vengeance reigns.
<; If I the morning's wings cou'd gain,
And fly beyond the weftern main,
10 Thy fwifter hand wou'd fiifl arrive*
And there arreft thy fugitive.
I I Or fhou'd I try to fhun thy fight
Beneath the fable wings of night ;
One glance from thee, one piercing xzj
vVgu'd kindle Uarkaefs into day.
iz The
J S A L M cxxxlx, 357
32 The veil of night is no difguife,
Xo fcreen from thy all-fearching eyes :
Thro* midnight fhades thou find'!* the way,
As in the blazing noon of day.
13 Thou know'ft the texture of my heart,
My reins and ev'ry vital part;
Each fingle thread in nature's loom,
By thee was cover'd in the womb.
14 I'll praife thee from whofe hands I came,
A work of iuch a curious frame ;
The wonders thou in me haft fhown,
My foul with grateful joy niuft own.
15 Thine eyes my hibftance did furvey,
While yet a lifelefs mais it lay,
In fecret how exact y wrought.
Ere from its dark inclofure brought.
16 Thou did ft the lhapelefs embrio lee,
Its pat ts were regiftred by thee :
Thou law'ft the daily growth they took,
Form d by the model of thy book.
17 Let me acknowledge too, O God,
That fince this maze of life I trod,
Thy thoughts of love to me furmount
The powY of numbers to recount.
18 Far fooner could I reckon o'er
The fand- upon the oc an's fhore :
E<ich morn revifin^ what I've done,
I find th' account but new begun.
19 The wicked thou fhalt flay. O God :
Depart from me, ye men of Wool,
20 Whofe tongurs heaVn's majefty profane3
And take th' Almighty's name in vain*
X 3 21 Lord,
258 P S A L M cxxxix, cxl.
21 Lord, hate not I their impious crew.
Who thee with enmity purfue ?
And does not grief my heait opprefe,
When reprobates thy law tranlgreis ?
22 Who prnclife enmity to thee,
Shall utmofr. hatred have from me ;
Such men I. utterly dctcft,
As if they were my foes profeft. (heart,
23, 24 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and
If mifchief lurks in anv part -5.
Correct me \vj|re I go aTtray,
And guide mean thy perfect way.1
PSALM *CX1
lTP^Referve me, Lord, from crafty foes
of treacherous intent*,.
2 And from the fons of violence,
on open mifchief bent.
3 Their fland'ring tongue the ferpeiu's ftin£
■ in fharpnefs docs exceed:
Between their lips the gaul of afps
and adders venom breed.
4 Preferve me, Lord, from wicked hand",
nor leave my foul forlorn,
A prev to fons of violence,
who have my ruin fworn.
5 The proud tor me have laid their fnare.
and fpread their wily net •.
With traps and gins where'er I move,
I find my ftcps belet.
6 But thus environ'd with diftrefs,
tiiou art my God I laid ;
Loid, hear my fvpplicating voice,
that calls to thee' for aid. 7 '
PSALM cxl, ckli. 259,
7- O Lord, the God whofe faving ftrengtk
kind fuccour did convey,
And covered my advent'rous head
in battle's doubtful day.
8 Permit not their unjuft deftgns
to anfwer their defire ;
Left they encourag'd by fuccefs, j**
to bolder crimes afpire.
9 Let firft their chiefs the fad effe&s-
of their injuftice mourn-;
The blaft of their envenom'd breath,
upon th em felves return/
10 Let them who kindled firft the flame^
its facrince Become ;
The pit they digg'd for me, be made
their own untimely tomb.
1 1 Fho' flander's breath may raife a floras^
it quickly will decay ;^
Their rage does but the torrent fwell,
that bears themfelves away.
12 God will aflcrt the poor man's caufe*.
and fpeedy fuccour give ;
The juft fh all celebrate his praife,.
and in his prefence live.
PS A L M: CXLI.
1 rT^O thee, O Lord, my cries afcend?
1 O ha.fte to my relief;
And with accuftom'd pity hear
the accents of my grief. ,
2 Inftead of off' rings, let my prayV
like morning incenfe rife :
My lifted hands fupply the place
of ev'ning faciiiiee.
3 -From
26q PSALM cxlL
3 From hafty language curb my tongue,
and let aconftant guard
Still keep the portal of my lips,
with wary filence barr'd.
4 From wicked mens deflgns and deeds
my heart and hands rrftrain j
Nor let me in the booty fhare
of their unrighteous gain.
5 Let wpright men reprove my faults*
and 1 fhall think them kind ;
Like balm that heals a wounded head,
I their reproof fhall find ;
And in return, my fervent prayV
I fhall for them addrefs,
When they are tempted and redue'd,
like me to fore diftrtfs.
6 When fkulking in Engedfs reck,
I to their chiefs appeal,
If one reproachful word I fpoke,
when 1 had pow'r to kill.
^ Yet us they perfecute to deathy
our fcatter'd ruins lie
As thick as from the hewer's ax
the fcver'd fplinters fly.
8 But, Lord, to thee I frill direct
iny fupplicating eyes,
O leave not deftiiute my foul,
whofe truft on thee i elics.
9 Do thou preferve me from the fnare-s
that wicked hands have laid ;
Jjet them in their own nets be caught
while my eicape is made.
PSALM
PSALM cxlii, calm. i£rt.
PSALM CXLII.
i ^| ^O God, with mournful voice,.
1 ia deep diftrefs I pray'd y
2 Made him the umpire of my caufey
my wrongs before him laid.
3 Thou did'ft my fceps direct,
when my griev'd foul defpair'd :
For where I thought to walk fecure^
they had their traps prepar'd.
4 I look'd but found no friend
to own me in diftrefs y
All refuge fail'd, no man vouchiaf'd;
his pity or redrefs.
5 To God at laft I pray'd,
[ thou, Lord, my refuge art,,
My portion in the land of life,
'till life itfelf depart.
6 Reduc'd to greatefV ftrai:sr
to thee I make my moan \
O fave me from oppreffive foes*
for me too powVful grown.
7 That I may praife thy name*
my foul from prifon bring ;
Whilft of thy kind regard to#me^
aflembled faints, (hall fing*
PSALM CXLlfif.
1*1 ORD, hear my pray'r, and corny erf
j j thy wonted audience lend ;
In thy accuftom'd faith and truth
a gracious anfwer fend.
2 Nor at thy ft ric"t tribunal bring
thy fervant to be try'd ;
For in thy fight no living nua
caa e'er be juftify'd.
262 PS A L M cxliii.
3 The fpiteful foe purfaes my lifigj
whofe comforts all are fled ;
He drives me into caves as dark
as manfions of the dead.
4 Myfpirit therefore is o'erwhelm'd,
and links within my breaft ;
My mournful heart grows defolatey
y with heavy woes oppren\
5 I call to mind the days of old,
and wonders thou haft wrought:
My former dangers and efcapes
employ my muling thought.
6 To thee my hands; iu humble prayV,
I fervently ftretch out ;
My foul for thy refrefhment thirds^
like land opprefs'd with drought.
7 Hear me with fpeed*, my fpirit fails *•
thy face no longer hide,
Left I become forlorn like them
that in the grave relide.
S Thy kindnefs early let me hear,
whofe trull: on thee depends-,
Teach me the way where I fhould go :
my foul to thee afcends.
9 Do thou, O Lord, from all my foes
pi eierve and fet me free ;
A fafe retreat againft their rage,
my foul implores from thee.
10 Thou art my God, thy righteous will
inftruct me ro obey ;
Let thy good ipint lead and keep
my foul in the right way.
ii O
F SAL ~'M cxlni, ■cxliv. 20$
n O for the fake of thy great name
revive my drooping heart:
For thy truth's fake to me diflrefs'd,
thy promised aid impart.
12 In pity to rny fuffVings, Lord,
reduce my foes to fhame ;
.Slay them that persecute a foul
devoted to thy name.
P S A L M CXLIV.
I*T7 OR ever bleft be God the Lord,
JL Who does his needful aid impart*
At once both ftrength and ikill afford
To wield my arms with warlike art.
2 His goodnefs as my fort and tow'r,
My fbong deliv'rance and myfhield :
•In him I truftvvhofe matchlefs powY
Makes to my fway fierce nations yield.
3 Lord, what's in man, that thoia fhould'ft
Such tender care of him to take ? flove
What in his offspring could thee move
^Such great account of him to make ?
4 The life of man does quickly fade,
His thoughts but empty are and vainj-
Jiis days are like a -flying fhade,
■0£ whofe fhort ftay no iigns remain,
$ In folemn (rate, O God, defcendj
Whil'ft heav'n its lofty head inclines;
The fmoking hills afunder rend,
.Of thy approach the awful iigns.
\6 Difcharge thy dreadful lightening round,
And make thy fcatter'd foes retreat ;
Them with thy pointed arrows wound,
And.,their deflruclioncfoon compleat.
7,8 Do
T*64 • PSALM cxli*.
7, 8 Do thou, O Lord, from heav'n engage
Thy boundlefs pow'r my foes to quell,
And fnatch me from the ftormy rage
Of thre&t'ning w; ves that proudly fwell.
Slight thou againft my foreign foes,
Who utter fpeeches falfe and vain ;
Who, though in folemn leagues they clofe*
Their fworn engagements ne'er maintain.
9 So I to thee, O King of kings,
In joyful hymns my voice {hall raife,
And inftrumenrs of various ft rings
Shall help me thus to fing thy praife.
io i God does to kings his aid afford,
** Pothem his Aire falvation fends ;
" ' Hs hf that from the murd'ring fword,
«' His fervant David ftill defends."
^ i Fight thou againft my foreign foes,
"Who utter fpeeches falfe and vain ;
Who, though in folemn leagues they clofe,
Their fworn engagements ne'er maintain.
1 2 Then our young fons like trees (hall grow,
Well planted in fome fruitful place ;
Our daughters fhall like pillars fhow,
Defign'd fome royal court to grace.
1 3 Our garners, fill'd with various ftore,
Shall us and ours with plenty feed,
Our fheep incrcafing more and more,
Shall thoufands and ten thoufands breed.
14 Strong fhall our Iab'ring oxen grow, •
Nor in their conftant labour faint -9
Whilft we no war nor flav'ry know,
And in our ftreets hear no complaint.
15 Thrice
csli?j cxlv. 26 j
r 5 Thrice happy is that people's cafe,
Whofe various bltffings thus abound :
Who God's true worihip Mill embrace,
And are with his protection crown'd,
PSALM CXLV.
i,HpHEE 111 extol, my God and King,
2 JL thy endlefs praife proclaim ;
This tribute daily I will bring.,
and ever blefs thy name.
3 Thou, Lord, beyond compare art great,
and highly to be prais'd ;
Thy majefty, with boundlefs height,
above our knowledge rais'd.
4 Renown 'd for mighty acts, thy fame
to future time extends ;
From age to age thy glorious name
• fucceffively defcends.
5, 6 Whilft I thy glory and renown,
and woncFrous works exprefs,
The world with me thy might (hall own
and thy great pow'r confefs.
7 The praife that to thy love belongs,
they ihall with joy proclaim ;
Thy truth of all their grateful fongs
ihall be the conftant theme.
8 The Lord is good ; frefh acts of grace
his pity ftill firpplies ;
His anger moves with floweft pace,
his willing mercy flies.
9, io Thy love thro' earth extends its fame
to all thy works expfeft;
Thefe fhew thy praife, whilft thy great name
is by thy fervsats blefl.
Y ii They,
t66 PSALM cxlv.
1 1 They, with the glorious profpect fiYd,
fhall of thy kingdom fpeak ;
And thy great pow'r, by all admir'd,
their lofty fubject make.
r
12 God's glorious works of antient date,
fhall thus to all be hn^n ;
And thus his kingdom^ royal Ttate,
with public fplendor fhown.
13 His ftedfaft throne, from changes free,
fhall fland for ever faft ;
-His boundlefs fw&y no end fhall fee,
but time itfelf out-laft.
PART II.
14, 1 5 The Lord does them fupport that fall,
and makes the proftrate rife 5
For his kind aid all creatures call,
who timely food fupphes.
16 Whate'er their various wants require,
with open hand he gives ;
And fo fulfils the juftdefire
of ev'ry thing that lives.
\5jy 18 How holy is the Lord ! how juft I
how righteous all his ways !
How nigh to him, who with firm truft
for his alhftance prays ! %
1 9 He grants the full defines of thofe
who him with fear adore ;
And will their troubles foon compofe,
when they his aid implore.
20 The Lord preferves all thofe with care
whom grateful love employs :
But Tinners, who his vengeance dare,
with furious rage destroys.
21 My
PSALM cxlv, cxlvi. 267
21 My time to come, in praifes fpent?
' fliall ftill advance his fame,
And all mankind with one confent
for ever blefs his name,
PSALM CXLVL
1, f~\ Praife the Lord and thou my foul,
2 \^J for ever blefs his name :
His wond'rous love, while life fhall laft,
my conftant praife fhail claim.
3 On kings; the greateft Tons of men?
let none for aid rely :
They cannot fa^e in dang'rous times^
nor timely help apply
4 Deprived of breath, to duft they :urn,
and there- neglected lie,
And ail their thoughts and vain defigns
together with them die.
5 Then happy he, who Jacob's God
for his protection takes ;
Who ftill, with well plac'd hope,, the Lord
his conftant refuge makes,
6 The Lord, who macfe both heav'n and
and all that they contain, (earth,
Will never quit his ftedfaft truth,
nor make his prcmife vain.
7 The poor oppreft, from all their wrongs
are eas'd by his decree;
He gives the hungry needful food,
and fets the pris'ners free.
8 By him the blind receive their fight,
the weak and fall'n he rears :
With kind regard and tender love,
he for the righteous cares,
Y 2 9 The
263 P S A L M cxlvi, cxlvii.
9 The ftrangcr he preferves from harm,
the orphan kindly treats,
Defends the widow, and the wiles
of wicked men defeats.
io The God, that does in Sion dwell,
is our eternal King :
From age to age his reign endures,
let all his praifes fing.
PSALM CXLVII.
i/^\ Praife the Lord with hymns of joy*
\J and celebrate his fame !
For pleafant, good, and comely 'tis
to praife his holy name.
2 His holy city God will build,
tho' levePd with the ground :
Bring back his people, tho* difpers'd
through all the nations round.
3, 4 He kindly heals the broken hearts,
and all their wounds does clofe ;
He tells the number of the liars,
their feveral names he knows.
5, 6 Great is the Lord, and great his powV,
his wifdom has no bound ;
The meek he raifes, and throws down
the wicked to the ground.
7 To God, the Lord, a hymn of praife
with grateful voices fing ;
To fongs of triumph tune the harp,
and itrike each warbling firing.
8 He covers heav'n with clouds, and themce
refrefhing rain bellows :
Thro' him, on mountain tops, the grafs
•with wond'rcur- plenty grows.
9 He,
PSALM cxivii. a6>
9 He, favage beafts that loofcly range,
with timely food fupplies ;
He feeds the ravens tender brood,
and ftops their hungry cries,
io He values not the warlike fteed,
but does his ftrength difdain 5
The nimble foot that fwiftly runs,
no prize from him can gain.
1 1 But he, to him that fears his name*
his tender love extends ;
To him that on his boundlefs grace
with ftedfaft hope depends.
12, 13 Let Sion and Jerufalem
to God their praife addrefs ;
Who fene'd their gates with mafly bars,*
and does their children blefs,
34, 1 5 Thro' all their borders he gives peace
with fineft wheat they're fed j
He fpeaks the word, and what he wills
is done as foon as faid.
16 Large flakes of fnow, like fleecy wool^
defcend at his command ;
And hoary froft, like afties fpread,
is fcatter'd o'er the land.
17 Wh^njoin'd to thefe he does his hail
in little rnorfels break,
Who can againft his piercing cold
feeure defences make ?
18 He fends his word, which melts the ice 3
he makes his wind to blow,
And foon the ftreams. cor.geal'd before,
in plenteous currents flow.
Y 3 *9 By
270 P S A L M cxlvii, cxlviii,
ip By him his ftatutes and decrees
to Jacob's foas were fhown :
And ftill to tolfr'el's chofen fezd
his righteous laws are known.
20 No other nation this can boail,
nor did he e'er afford
To heathen lands his oracles,
and knowledge of his word.
Hallelujah.
PSALM CXLVIII.
I., 2 "\7^ E boundlefs realms of joy3
Exalt your Makers taaie :
His praife your fong employ
Above the ftary frame :
Your voices raife,
Ye cherubim
And feraphim,
To fing his praife.
3, 4 Thou moon thatr-al'lt the night,
and fun that guid'ft the day,
Ye glitt'ring {tars of light,
To him your homage pay :
His praife declare,
Ye heavens above,
And clouds that move
In liquid air.
5, 6 Let them adore the Lord,
And praife his holy name,
By whofe almighty word
They all from nothing cane ;
And all fhall laft,
From changer, free :
His firm decree
Staods ever fcft. 7, 8 Let
PSALM cxlviii. VJ-V
7, 8 Let earth her tribute pay ;
Praife him, ye dreadful whales^
And fifh that through the fea
Glide fwift with glitt'ring fcales 5
Fire, hail, and mow,
And mifty air,
And winds that where
He bids them blow.
^, l o By hills and mountains (all
In grateful confort join'd)
By cedars flately tall,
And trees for fruh defign'd j
By ev'ry beafr,
And creeping thing,
And fowl of wing
His name be bleft.
n, 12 Let all of royal birth,
With thofe of humbler frame^
And judges of the earth,
His matchlefs praife proclaim.
In this-deiign
Let youths with maids* _
And hoary heads
With children join.
13 United zeal be mown,
His wond'rousfame to raife,
^Whofe glorious name alone
Deferves our endiefs praife!
Earth's utmGft ends
Kis pow'r obey :
His glorious fway
The iky tranjgen^s.
14 HI?
o
27 z . PSALM oxlviii, cxl«,
14 His chofen faints to grace,
He fets them up on high,
And favours IfrVi's race,
Who ftili to him are nigh.
O! therefore raife
Your grateful voice,
And {till rejoice
The Lord to praife.
PSALM CXLIX.
Praife ye the Lord,
prepare your glad voice,
His prife in the great
affembiy to ling.
In our great Creator
let LfVel rejoice,
And children of Sion
be glad in their King.
3, 4 Let them his great name
exiol in the dance ;
With timbrel and harp
his praifes exprefs,
Who always takes pleafure
his faints to advance,
And with his falvation
the humble to blefs.
5,6 With glory adorn'd,
his people (hail fing
To God, who their bed?
with fafety does fhield ;
Their mouths fill'd with praifes
of him their great King ;
Whilft a two-edged fword
s their right hand fhall wcild.
7, 8 Juft
PSALM cxlix, cl. 273
jy 8 Juft vengeance to take
for injuries paft ;
To punifh thofe lands
for ruin deiign'd ;
With chains, as their captives,
to tie their kings faft,
With fetters of iron
their nobles to bin<«L
9 Thus fhall they make good,
when they {hall deftroy,
The dreadful decree
which God does proclaims
Such honour and triumph
his faints fhall enjoy,
O therefore for ever
exalt his great name f
PSALM CL.
OPraife the Lord in that bleft place,
From whence his goodnefs largely flows
Praife him in heav'n, where he his face
UnveiPd in perfect glory fhows.
2 Praife him for all the mighty acls,
Which he on our behalf has done ;
His kindnefs this return exacts,
With which our praife fhould equal run,
3 Let the fhrill trumpet's warlike voice
Make rocks and hills his praife rebound 5
Praife him with harp's melodious noife,
And gentle pfalt ry's fiiver found.
4 Let virgin troops ioft timbrels bring,
And i'ome with graceful motion dance 3
Let in'buments of various fixings,
With organs join'd, his praife advance.
274 PS A L M eh
5 Let them who joyful hymns compofcy
To cymbals fet their Tongs of praife \
Cymbals of common ufe, and thofe
That loudly found on folemn days.
6 Let all that vital breath enjoy,
The breath he does to them afford,
In juft returns of praife employ :
Let t . Yy creature praife the Lord.
THE EN D.
GLORIA PATRI, &c.
Common Meafure^
TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghofly
The God whom we adnre,
Be glory, as it was* is now,
and fhall be evermore .
. As Pfalm 25.
TO God the Father^ Son,,
and fpirit, glory be ;
As 'twas, and is, and fhall be fo-
to all eternity.
As the 100th Pfalm.
anp'O Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft,
JL The God whom earth and heav'n adore
Be glory as it was of old,
Js now, and ihall be evermore.
As Pfalm 37th, and laft part of the 113th
Pfaim Tune,
O Father, Son, and Holy Ghofr.
The God whom htav n
And luff 'ring faints ou t«.
GLORIA P A T R I, &c. 27s
&e glory as in ages pair,
And now it is, and fo £hall laft,
When time ufelf mufl be no more;
As Pfalm 148.
TO God the Father, Son,
And fphit ev-r blefs'd,
Eternal Three in One,
All worfhip be addrefs'd,
As heretofore
It was, is new
And %1I be fo
For evermore*
As Pfalm i4c>3
BY angels in heaVa
of ev'ry d:gree,
And faints upon earth.
All praile be addrefs'd
To God in three perfons,
m One God ever blefs'd ;
As it has been, now is,
And always mail be.
Fo be Ring to any double tune in g$e com-
mon meafure.
TO God, our benefa&or, bring
The tribute of your praife ;
Poo fmall for an almighty King,
But ail that we can raife.
5lory to thee. blefs'd Three in One, 9' *
£he God whom we a^ore 5
■•- is, and ihaii be done,
V/hci time ihall be no more. d '
The
(276)
The Psalmist's Prayer for the Church,
Common Meafure.
LORI^ blefs thy people, who to thee
do all their fafety owe ;
Feed thou thy flock, and raife them up,
when they are fallen low.
Another.
DElight to blefs thy people, Lord,
defend and fuccour them;
Do good to Zion, build the walls
of thy Jerufalem.
As the iooth Pfalm.
FTHHY People whom thou lov'ft, delight
Jl_ To blefs, defend and fuccour them ;
>od to Zion, Lord, and build
he walls of thy Jerufalem.
Another.
OH \ may thy church, thy turtle-dove,
Mournful, yet chafte, thy pity move:
To birds of prey expofe her not,
"J ho' poor, too dear to be forgot.
As Pfalm XXV.
iXT Sion favour find,
j ot thy -good will afliir'd;
And thy own city flcurifh long,
By lofty walls fecur'd.
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HYMN I.
• Rev. v. 6, 7, 8, 9, io, n>
2TQ Ekold the glories of the Lamb
Jf3 amidft his Father's throne :
Prepare new honours for his name*
and fongs before unknown.
2 Let elders worfhip at his feet,
the church adore around,
With vials full of odours fweet,
with harps of fweeter found.
3 Thofe are the offer'd pray'rs of faints,
and thefe the hymns they raife :
Jefus is kind to our complaints,
he loves to hear our praife,
4 Now to the Lamb that once was ilain,
be endlefs bleffings paid :
Salvation, glory, joy remain
for ever on thy head.
5 Thou haft redeem'd our fouls withlbJ:^
haft fet the pris'ners free,
Haft made us kings and priefts tg
and if e fhall reign with thee.
q X he worlds of nature and of
,are put beneath thy pow'ry
Then ihorten thefe delaying days,,
i bring the promis'd hour'
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H Y M N II.
Ifa. Iv. r, a, &c.
I TJ ET ev'ry mortal ear* attend,
1 ^ and ev'ry heart rejoice,
The trumpet of the gofpei founds
with an inviting voice.
2 Ho ! alt ye hungry ftarving fouls*
that feed upon ike wind,
And vainly itrive with earthly toys
to fill an empty mind :
3 Eternal wifdom has preparM
a foul-reviving featt,
And bids your longing appetites
the rich proviiion tafte.
4 Ho ! ye that pant, for living dreams,
and pinp away and die ;
Here you may quench your raging thirft'
with fprings that never dry :
5 Rivers' o£ love and mercy here
in a rich ocean join ;
/Salvation in abundance flows,
I'ke floods of milk and wine.
6 Ye perifhing and naked poor,
who work with mighty pain,
To weave a garment of your own,
that will not hide your fin :
Come naked and adorn your fouls
"»th robts prcpar'd by God,
' •■ by the labours of his Son,
fn his own blood,
rd ! the treafures of thy love
rlahVmg mines
mr hclplefs miferies are,
uidiefs as our fins.
HYMN ii, iii, iv. $
9 The happy gates of gofpel-grace
ftand open night and day ;
Lord, we are come to feek fupplies,
and drive our wants away.
HYMN III.
Ifa. xxvi. i — 5"
i T T OW honourable is the place
where we adoring ftand,
Sion, the glory of the earth,
and bsauty of the land !
2 Bulwarks of mighty grace defend
the city where we dwell ;
The walls of ftrong falvation made, <
defy th' afTaults of hell.
3 Lift up the everlafcing gates,
the doors wide open fling 5
Enter ye nations that obey
the ftatutes of our King.
4 Here fhall you tafte unmingled joys, .
and -live in perfect peace \
You that have known Jehovah's name,,
and venturd on his grace.
5 Truft in the Lord, for ever truft,
and banifh all your fears ;
Strength in the Lord, Jehovah dwells^/
eternal as his years.
H Y M N IV.
Ifa. Iv. 1, 2. Zee. xhi. 1. Mic. vii. 10, &c,
1 TN vain we lavifh out our lives
jt to gather empty wind,
The choiceft bleiEngs earth can yield •
will ftarve a hungry mind.
A.J 2 Gome
6 HYMN to.
2 Come, and the Lord (hall feed our fouls
with more fubftantial meat :
With fuch as faints in glory love,
with fuch as angels eat.
3 Our God will every want fupply,
and nil our hearts with peace ;
He gives by covenant and by oath
the riches of his grace.
4 Come, and he'iicleanfe our fpotted fouls-
and wafh away our flains
In the dear fountain that his Son
pourM from his dying veins.
5 Our guilt fhall vanifh all away,
tho* black as hell before;
Our fins {hail link beneath the fea,
and fhail be found no more
6 4nd left pollution fhould o'erfpread
our inward pow'rs again,
His ipiiit fhall bedew our fouls «
like purifying rain.
7 Our heart, that flinty ftubborn thing,
that terrors cannot move,
That fears no threat'nings of his wrath,
flmli be diffolv'd by love.
8 Or he can take the flint away,
that would not be refin'd,
And from tbe ticafures of his grace
beftow a fofter mind.
o There fhall his facred fpirit dwell,
and deep engrave his law,
And ev'ry motion of our fouls
to iwift obedience draw.
io Thus
HYMN iv. v.
10 Thus will he pour falvation down,
and we fhall render praife ;
We, the dear people of his love,.
and he our God of grace.
HYMN %t
Ifa. lii. 7,8, 9, io. Matt. xiii. 16, 17
1 T 1" OW beauteous arc their feet
j^ who ftand on Sion's hill,
Who bring falvation on their tongues,
and words of peace reveal !
2 How charming is their voice !
how fweet the tidings are !
«* Sion behold thy faviour kingf
M he re^ns and triumphs here.'*
3 How happy are our ears,
that hear this joyful found,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
and fought but never found !
4 How bleffed are our eyes,
that fee this heav'nly light ;
Prophets and kings defir'd it long,
but dy'd without the fight S
5 The watchmen join their voice,
and tuneful notes employ ;
Jerufalem breaks forth with fongs,
and defarts learn the joy.
6 The Lord makes bare his arm
through all the earth abroad ;
Let evVy nation now behold
Their Saviour and their God*
HYMN
S H Y M N vi, vii.
H Y M K VI.
ift Pet. i. 3, 4, 5.
1 "O Left be the everlafting God,
J(3 ^e Father of our Lord •,
Be his abounding mercy prais'd,
his majefty ador'd.
2 When from the dead he rais'd his Son,
and callM him to the iky,
He gave our fouls a lively hope
that they fhould never die.
3 "What though our inbred fins require
our fiefh to fee the duft,
Yet as the Lord our Saviour rofe,
fo all his follVers muft.
4 There's an inheritance divine
referv'd againft that day,
?Tis uncorrupted, undefH'd,
and cannot wafte away.
5 Saints by the pow'r of God are kept*
'till the falvation come ;
We walk by faith as ftrangers here,
'till Chrifl lhail call us home.
HYMN VII.
Ifa. xxvi. 8 20.
iTN thine own ways, O God of love^
We wait the vifits of thy grace j
Our foul's defire is to thy name,
And the remembrance of thy face.
2 My tho'ts are fearching, Lord, for thee
Amongft the fhades of lonefome night;
My came ft pray'rs afcend the ikies
Before the dawn reftores the light.
3 Look
K Y M N vii, viix. 9
3 Look bow rebellious men deride
The tender patience of my God ;
But they fhal^ fee thy lifted hand,
And feel the fcourges of thy rod.
4 Hark ! the Eternal rends the fky.,
A mighty voice before him goes,
A voice of mufic to his friends,
But threat ning tbunder to, his foes.
5 Come, children, to your Father's armji
Hide in the chambers of my grace,
?Till the fierce ftorms be overblown,
And my revenging fury ceafe.
HYMN VIII.
Ifa. xl. 27, 28, 29, 30.
W Hence do our mournful tho'ts arife f
and where's our courage, fled ?
Has rertlefii fin and raging hell
ftruck all. our comforts dead ?
2 Have we forgot th* almighty name
that form'd the earth and ica S
And can an all-creating arm
grow weary or decay.
3 Treafures of everiafting might
In our Jehov;ih dwell ;
He gives the conqueft to the weak,
and treads their foes to hell.
4 Mere mortal pow'r mall fade and dk3.
and youthful vigour ceaie,
But we that wait upon the Lord
ifiall feel our ftrength increafe,.
H Y M N viii, ix".
5 The faints fliall mount on eagle's wing.7
and tafte the promised blifs,
Till their unwearied feet arrive-
where perfect pleafure is.
H Y M 1ST IX.
Ifa. xlix. 13, r4, 8cc
1 T^TOW fliall my inward joy arifey
J^ and burft into a fong ;
Almighty love infpires my heart,
and pleafure tunes my tongue.
2 God on his thirfty Sion-hill
fome mercy drops has thrown,
And folemn oaths have 'bound his love
to fhow'r falvation down.
5 Why do we then indulge our Fears,
' fufpicions and complaints \
Is he a God, and lhall his grace
-r weary of his faints ?
4 Can a kind woman e'er forget
the infant of her womb,
Among athoufand tender thoughts
her fuckling have no room ?
5 " Yet, faith the Lord, fhould nature
change,
" and mothers monfters prove,
" Sion ftill dwells upon the heart
" of everlafting love.
6 " Deep on the palms cf both my ha
" i have engrav'd her name -,
li My hands fliall raife her ruin'd w
M and build her broken frame."
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H Y M N X.
Rev. vii. 13, &c.
p *T~^ H E S E glorious, minds how bright
they fhme,
whence all their white array r •
How come they to the happy ieats
of everlafting day?
(2 From tort^ing pains to endlefs joys
on fiery wheels they rode,
And ftrangely wafh'd their raiment white
in Jefus' dying blood.
■3 Now they approach a fpotlefs God,
and bow before his throne,
Their warbling harps and facred fongs
adore the. holy One.
4 The unveil'd glories of his fac.
amongit his faints reiide,
While the rich treafure of his grace,
fees all their wants fupply'd.
,5 Tormenting thirft fhall leave their fouls
and hunger flee as faft ;
The fruit of life's immortal tree
fhall be their fweet repaft.
6 The Lamb fhall lead his heavenly floclsj
where living fountains rife,
And love divine (hall wipe away
the forrows of their eyes.
HYMN xi.
Rev. xv. 3, &c.
I Mofes and the Lamb,
2 Great
12 HYMN xi,
Xll,
2 Great God, how wond'rousare thy worts
of vengeance and of grace !
Thou King of faints, almighty Lord,
how juft and true thy ways !
3 Who dares refufe to fear thy name,
or worfliip at thy throne ?
Thy judgments fpeak thine holinefs
through all the nations known.
II Y M N XII.
John xvi. 1 6. Luke xxii. 19. John xiv. 3,
1 T ESUS is gone above the Ikies,
J Where our weak tenfes reach him not,
And carnal objects court our eyes
To thruft our Saviour from our thought.
2 He knows what wand'ring hearts we have,
Apt to forget his lovely face,
And to refrefh our minds he gave
Thefe kind memorials of his grace.
3 The Lord of life this table fpread
With his own flefh and dying blood ;
We on the rich provifion feed,
And tafte the wine, and blefs our God,
4 Let finful fweets be all forgot,
And earth grow lefs in our efleem ;
Chi ift and his love fill ev'ry thoughx,
And faith and hope be fix'd on him.
5 While he is abfent from our fight,
'Is to prepare our fouls a place,
That we may dwell in heavily light,
And live for ever near his face.
6 Our
HYMN xii, xiii. .13
& Our eyes look upwards to the hills,
Whence our returning Lord fhall come ■$
We wait thy chariot's awful wheels
To fetch our longing fpirits home.
HYMN XIII.
Luke xiv. 17 9 22, 230
1 '" I°OW fweet and awful is the place
X"X with Chrift wkhin the doors,
While everlafting love difplays
the choiceft of her ftores !
2 Here ev'ry bowel of our God
with foft compafli^n rolls,
Here peace and pardon bought with bl J^
is food for dying fouls.
3 While all our hearts, and all our fcngs,
join to admire the feaft.
Each of us cry with thankful tongues,
" Lord, why was I a gueft ?
4 " Why was I made to hear thy voice,
" and enter while there's room *
€( When thoufands make a wretched choice,
" and rather ftarve than come ?"
5 Twas the fame love that fpread the fea$
that fweetly fore'd us in,
jElfe we had ftill refus'd to tafte,
and perifh'd in our fin.
6 Pity the nations, O our God,
conftrain the earth to come ;
Send thy victorious word abrbad,
and bring the grangers home,
14 HYMN xiii, xl v, ^cr,
7 We*long to fee thy churches full,
that all the chofen race,
May with one voice, and heart, and foul,
fing thy redeeming grace.
HYMN XIV.
Solomon's Song i. 7.
i'TT^Hou whom my foul admires above
1 All earthly joys and earthly love,
Tell me dear fhepherd, let me know
"Where doth thy iweeteft pafture grow ?
2 Where is the fhadow of that rock,
That from the fun defends thy flock?
Fain would I feed among thy fheep,
Among them reft, among them fleep.
3 Why fhould thy bride appear like one
That turns afide to paths unknown?
My conftant feet would never rove,
Would never feek another love.
4 The footfteps of thy flock I fee;
Thy fweeteft paftures here they be ;
A wondrous feaft thy love prepares, [tears.
Bought with thy wounds, and groans and
5 His deareft flefh he makes my food,
And bids me drink his richeft blood :
Here to thefe hills my foul will come,
Till my beloved lead me home.
HYMN XV.
Solomon's Song ii 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
ir I ^HE voice of my beloved founds
I Over the rocks and riling grounds;
Or;r hiils of guilt, and feas of grief,
He leaps, he flies to my relief.
7, Now
H Y M N xv, xvi. 15
2 Now thro' the veil of flefh I fee
With eyes of love he looks at me ;
Now in the gofpel's cleared glafs
He fhows the beauties of his face.
3 Gently he draws my heart along,
Both with his beauties and his tongue :
?* Rife," fanth my Lord, " make hafte away>
«* No mortal joys are worth thy flay*
4 " The Jewiih? wintry ftate is gone,
*c The mifts are fled, the fpring comes oe*
** The facred turtle-dove we hear
•' Proclaim the new, the joyful year,
5 " Th' immortal vine of heav'nly root^
<{ Bloflbms and buds, and gives her fruit.**
Lo, we are come to tafte the wine :
Our fouls rejoice and blefs the vine.
6 And when we hear our Jefus fay,
" Rife up my love, make hafte away \n
Our hearts would fain out-fly the wind^
And leave all earthly loves behind,
HYMN XVI.
Solomon's Song iii. 2, 11. . ■
1 "|~^\ Aughters of Sion, come, behold
JkJ the crown of honour and of gold,
"Which the glad church with joys unknown
Plac'd on the head of Solomon.
2 Jcfus, thou everlafting King.
Accept the tribute which we bring :
Accept the well-deferv'd renown,
And wear our praiies as thy crown.
3 Let ev'ry act of worfhip be
Like our elpoufals, Lord, to thee 5
B 2 Like
t6 HYMN xvi, xviL
Like the dear hour when from above
We firft receiv'd thy pledge of love.
4 The gladnefs of that happy day,
Oar hearts would wiih k long to ftay;
•Nor let our faith for fake its hold,
Nor comfort fink, nor love grow cold.
5 Still may each minute as it flies,
Increafe thy praife, improve our joys,
Till we are rais'd to ling thy name
At the great fupper of the Lamb.
6 O that the month? would roll away,
And bring that coronation-day}
The King of grace fhali fill the throne
With ail his Father's glories on.
HYMN XVII.
Ifa. lvii. 15, 16.
inMHUS faith the high and lofty One,
- 1 " I fit upon my holy throne :
w My name is God, I dwell on high :
c< Dwell in my own eternity.
2, <* But I delcend to worlds below,
*( On earth I have a manfion too j
u The humble fpirit and contrite
" Is an abode of my delight.
3 " The humble foul my words revive,
'* I bid the mourning finner live ;
(f Heal all the broken hearts I find,
iS And eafe the forrows of the mind.
4 (i When I contend againft their fin,
•* I make them know how vile they've been 5
•« But fhould my wrath forever ftnoke,
u Their fouls would fink beacathmyftroke*
50
HYMN xvii, xviii. 17
5 O may thy pard'ning grace be nigh,
Left we mould faint, defpairand die !
Thus m all our better thoughts approve
The methods of thy chaft'ning love,
HYMN XVIII.
Matt, v. 3 12.
1 "O LEST are the humble fouls that fee
JL) Their emptinefs and poverty 3
Treaiures of grace to them are giv'n,
And crowns of joy laid up in heav'n.
2 Bleft are the men of broken heart,
Who mourn for fin with inward fmai
The blood of Chrift divinely flows
A healing balm for all their woes,
3 Bleft are the meek, who ftand afar
From rage and paffion, noife and w.ir *
Godwill fecure their happy ftate,
And plead their caufe againft the great*
4 Bleft are the fouls that thirft for grace,
Hunger and long for righteoufnefs j
They fhall be well fuppjy'd and fed
With living ft reams and living bread.
5 Bleft are the men whofe bowels move
And melt with fympathy and love;
From Chrift the Lord they fhall obtain
Like fympathy and love again:
6 Bicii are the pure, whofe hearts are clean
From the defiling pow'rs of fin;
With endlefs pleasures they {hall fee
A God of fpotlefs purity,
7 Bleft are the men of peaceful
Who quench the coals of growing ftrife %
B.3 The7
1 8 HYMN xvlir, xix, XX
They fhall be call'd the heirs of blifs,
The ions of God, the God of peace*
8 Bleft are the fufF'rers who partake
Of pain and ihame for Jeius' lake •,
Their fouls fhall triumph in the Lord>
Glory and joy are their reward.
HYMN XIX.
2d Tim. i. 12.
1 " [" 'M not afham'd to own my Lord,
JL or to defend his caufe,
Mai tain the honour of his word,
the glory of his crofs.
2 Jef$s, my God ! I know his name,
his name is all my truft ;
Nor will he put my foul to fhame,
nor let my hope be loft.
3 Firm as his throne his promife (lands,
and he can wdl iecure
What Pve committed to his hands,
till the decilive hour.
4 r\ hen will he own my worthlefs nams
before his Father's face,
And in the nev/ Jeruialem
appoint my foul a place.
HYMN XX.
2d Cor. i. 5 8. ^
l^npiHere is a houfe not made with hands,
j eternal and o.i high,
And here my fpi;:r waiting ftands
till God fhall bid it liy.
2 Shortly this prifon of my clay
nni-t fee dififolv'd and fail;
Th« n. O my foul, with joy obey
thy heav'nly Father's call. 3 Tis
„
Y M N xx, xxi. tg
3 Tis he by his almighty grace
that forms thee fit for hcav'n,
And as an earneft of the place
has his own fpirit giv'n.
4 We walk by faith of joys to come,
faith lives upon his word ;
But while the body is our home
we're abfent from the Lord.
5 Tis pleafant to believe thy grace
but we had rather fee \
We would be abfent from the flcfh N
and prefent, Lord, with thee,
HYMN XXI.
Matt, x:\ii. 37 40.
THus faith the firft, the great command,
" Let all thy inward pow'rs unite
«' To loye thy Maker, and thy God,
*' With utmoft vigour and delight.
1 M Then mail thy neighbour next in place
" Share thine affections and efteem,
" And let thy kindnefs to thyfelf
*' Meafure and rule thy love to him."
• 3 This is the fenfe that Mofes fpoke,
This did the prophets preach and prove %
For want of this the law is broke,
And the whole law's fulfilled by love.
4 But Ol how bale our pafhons are !
How cold our charity and zeal 1
Lord, fill our fouls with heav nly fire.
Or we fjiall ne'er perform thy wilL
HYMN
so HYMN xxii, xxiii.
HYMN xxii.
Matt. xi. 28' 30.
1 " f^\ OME hi- her ail you weary fouls,
%^ <? ye heavy laden iinners come,
*( I'll give you reft from ail your toils,
" And raife you to my heav nly home.
2 " They fhall find reft that learn of me j
<{ I'm of a meek and lowly mind ;
•' But paiiion rages like the fea,
*( And pride is leftiefs as the mod.
3 " Blefs'd is the man whofe fhoulders take
*' My yoke, and bear it with delight ;
«« My yoke is eafy to his neck,
*s My grace fhall make the burden light.9*
4 Jefus, we come, at thy command,
With faith and hope, and humble zeal,
Keflgn our f'pii its to thy hand,
To mould and guide us at thy will*
HYMN xxiii,
Luke i. 68, Sec.
iVTOW bleft be IiVel's Lord and God,.
jj>J whofe mercy at our need
Has vifited his people's grief,
and them from bondage freed :
2 And rais'd in faithful David's houfs
falvation which of old,
E'er fmce the world itfelf began,
Ids prophets had foretold.
3 To fave us from our fpiteful foes,
and keep his oath in mind,
Which he to Abr'am heretofore,
and to our fathers HgnM.
4 That
HYMN xxiii, xxiv. 21
4 That we from fear and danger freed,
his temple may frequent ;
And all our days, as in his fight,
in holy life be fpent.
5 And thou, O child, fhalt then be call'd
God's prophet to declare
His mefiage, and before his face
his paiFage to prepare.
6 To give them light who now in ''(hades
of night and death abide :
And in the way that leads to peace
our footfteps fafely guide.
HYMN XXIV.
Luke i. 46, &c.
1 "ji If Y foul and fpirit fill'd with joy„
X V A mv G°d and Saviour praife ;
Whole goodnefs did from poor eftate
his humble hand-maid raife.
1 Me bleft of God, the God of pow'r,
all ages fliall confefs,
Whofe name is holy, and whofe love
his faints lhail ever blefs.
3 The proud, and all their vain defigns,
he quickly did confound :
He caft the mighty from their feat,
the meek and humble crown'd.
4 The hungry with good things are fill'd *
the rich with hunger pin'd :
He fent his fervant Ifr'el help,
and call'd his love to mind ;
5 Which to our fathers heretofore,
by oath he did infure ;
To Abr'am and his chofen feed,
for ever to endure. HYMM
22 II Y M N xxv, xxvi.
* Hymn xxv.
Luke iflj 29.
1 I ORD, let thy fervant now depart
I j into thy promis'd reftj
Since my expecting eyes- have been
with thy falvation bleft :
2 Which, 'till this time, thy favqur'd faints>
and prophets, only knew,
Long fince prepar'd, but now fet forth
in all the people's view.
3 A light to fhew the heathen world
the way to faving grace :
Bur O ! the light and glory both
of Ifr'el's chofen race.
HYMN XXVL
Lukeii. 8 — ; — 15.
1 "T"YT*HILE (hepherds watch their
\\ flocks by night
all fr.ated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
anH glory fhone around.
2 " Fc^r not, faid he (for mighty dread
" had feiz'd their troubled mind :)
Glad-tidings of great joy I bring
" to you and aU mankind.
-»'
3 ** ro you in David's town, this d?y
" is born of David's line
ft The Saviour, who is Chrifl the Lord ;;i
<-' And thia fhall be the Llgn ^
4 The
HYMN xxvi, xxvil. 23
4 *c The heav'nly babe you there fhall find
" to human view diiplay'd,
u All meanly wrapt in fwathing bands,
" and in a manger laid."
5 Thus fpake the feraph, and forthwitli
appear'd a fhining throng
I Of angels, pr&iftng God, and thus
addrefs'd their joyful fong :
6 *' All glory be to God on high 5
" and to the earth be peace;
€< Good-will henceforth from heav'n to mer^
*f begin and never ceafe."
HYMN XXVII.
ift Cor r. 7.0 Rom. 6, 9, &c,
2 ^niNCE Chrift our .paflbver is {lain
J^ a facrifice for all ;
Let all with thankful hearts agree
to keep the feftival ;
2 Not with the leaven, as of old.,
of (in and malice fed ;
But with unfeign'd fincerity,
and truth's unlea^en'd bread.
3 Chrift being rais'd by pow'r divine,
and refcu'd from the grave,
Shall die no more, death fhall on him
no more dominion have ;
4 For that he dy'd, 'twas for our fins
heonce vouchfaf'd to die,
But that he lives, he lives to God,
for all eternity.
5 So
24 HYMN xxvii, xxviii.
5 So count yourfelves as dead to fin,
but giacioufly reftor'd,
And made henceforth alive to God,
through Jefus Chrift our Lord.
HYMN XXVJIL
i/^V GOD we praife thee, and confefe,
\^J that thou the only Lord,
And everlafting Father art,
by all the earth ador'd.
2 To thee all angels cry aloud,
to thee the pow'rs on high,
Both cherubim and feraphim,
continually do cry.
3 O holy, holy, holy Lord,
whom heav'nly hofts obey ;
The world is with the glory filltt
of thy majeftic fway.
4 Th' apoftles glorious company,
and prophets crown'd with light,
With all the martyrs noble hoft,
thy conftant praife recite.
5 Thy holy church throughout the world>
O Lord, confefles thee,
That thou, eternal Father art
of boundlefs majefty :
6 Thy honoured true and only Son,
and holy Ghoft the fpring
Of never-ceafing joy, O Chrift,
of glory thou art King.
7 The Father's everlafting Son,
thou from on high didft come
To
HYMN xxv Hi, xxix. 4,
1*© "fave mankind, and did'ft not then
difdam the virgin's womb,
8 And having overcome the fling
of death, tkou~open'ft wide
The gates of heav'n to all, who firm
in thy relief abide.
PAKT IT.
9 Crown'd with the Father's glory thou
at God's right hand do'ft lit ;
Whence thou fhalt come to be our Judge,,
to fentence or acquit.
I o O therefore fave thy fervants, Lord*
whofe fouls fo dearly coft ;
Nor let the purchafe of thy blood,
thy precious blood, be loft.
I I We magnify thee day by day ;
and ever worfhip thee,
Vouchfafe to keep us, Lord, this day
from fin and danger free.
1 2 Have mercy, mercy, on us, Lord !
to us thy grace extend,
According as for mercy we
on. thee alone depend,
1 3 In thee I have reposM my truft,
and ever fhail do fo ;
Preferve me then from ruin here,
and from eternal woe.
T
HYMN XXIX,
Rev. iv. ii. and v. 9. Sec,
Hou God, all glory, honour, powV
art worthy to receive :
C Since
a<5 HYMN xxix, xxx.
Since all things by thy pow'r were made,,
and by thy bounty live.
2 And worthy is the Lamb all pow'r,
honour and wealth to gain,
Glory and ftrength, who for our fins
A facrifice was flain.
3 All worthy thou, who haft redeem'd,
and ranfom'd us to God,
From ev'ry nation, e.vYy coaft,
by thy moft precious blood.
4 Bleffings and honour, glory, pow'r,
by all in earth and heav'n»
To him that iits upon the throne,
and to the Lamb, be giv'n.
HYMN XXX.
Rev. xix. 5, &c.
1 A LL ye who faithful fervants are
JT3^ of our almighty King,
Both high and low, and fmall and great
his praife devoutly fing.
2 Let us rejoice, and render thanks
to his moft holy name ;
Rejoice, rejoice, for now is come
the marriage of the Lamb.
3 His bride herfelf has ready made,,
how pure and white her drefs>
"Which is the faints integrity
and fpotlefs holinsfs.
4 O therefore bleft is ev'ry one,
who to the marriage feaft,
And holy fupper of the Lamb
if; cali'd a welcome gufift,
HYMN
HYMN xxxi, xxxii. 2f
HYMN XXXI,
Matt. vi. 9. &c.
s^\IJR Father, who in heaven art,
\_Jf all hallow'd be thy name ;
Thy kingdom come •, thy will be done,
throughout this earthly frame.
2 As chearfully as tis with thofe
who dwell with thee on high ;
Lord, let thy bounty day by day
our daily food fupply ;
3 As we forgive our enemies,
thy pardon, Lord, we crave $
Into temptation lead us not,
but us from evil fave.
4 For kingdom, pow'r and glory all
belong, O Lord, to thee ;
Thine from eternity they were,
and thine fhall ever be.
HYMN XXXII.
CHrift fror
the firft
ift Cor. xv; 20, 21. Colof. in. 1,
from the dead is rais'd and made
fruits of the tomb ,
For, as by man came death, by man
did refurrection come.
2 For, as in Adam all mankind
did guilt and death derive *,
So, by the righteoufhefs of Chrifr,
fhall all be made alive.
3 If then ye rifen are wirh Chrift,
leek only how to get
The things that are above, where Chrift
at God's right hand is fet.
C2 HYMN
*f HYMN xxxiii.
H Y M N XXXIII.
Another verfion of Luke ii. 8, &c.
1 " O Hepherds, rejoice, lift up your eyes*
" k3 anc^ ftm' your fears away :
" News from the regions of the fkies,
" Salvation's born to day.
2 " Jefus, the God whom angels fear,
" comes down to dwell with you :
<( To-day he makes his entrance here
i( but not as monarchs do,
3 No gold nor purple fwadhng bands,.
** nor royal mining things ;
*' A manger for his cradle frauds,
" and holds the King of kings.
4 " Go, fhepherds, where the infant lies,,
t€ and fee his humble throne ;
ss With tears of joy in all your eyes,
" go fhepherds, kifs the Son."
5 Thus Gabriel fang, and ftrait around
the heavenly armies throng,
They tune their harps to lofty found,
and thus conclude the fong :
6 " Glory to God that reigns above,
w let peace furround the earth^
€( Mortals fhali know their Makers love,.
(t at their Redeemers birth."
7 Lord ! and mail aDgels have their fongs*
and'men no tunes to raife ?
O may we lofe thefe ufelefs tongues
when they forget to praife !
8 Glory to God tkat reigns above,
that pitied us forlorn,
"We join to fing our Maker's love,
for there's a Saviour born,
HYMM'
HYMN xxxiv. 29
HYMN XXXIV,
Ecc. xii. 1, &c.
1 f^i Hildren, to your Creator, Godj>
\_^4 your earlier honours pay,
While vanity and youthful blood
would tempt your thoughts aftrar*
2 The memory of his mighty name,
demands your fir ft regard *
Nor dare indulge a meaner flame,.
till you have lov'd the Lord.
3 Be wife, and make his favour fure
before the mournful days,
When youth and mirth are known no msre,
and life and ftrength decays.
4 No more the bleffings of a feaft
fhail relilh on the tongue,
The heavy ear forgets the tafte
and pleafure of a fong.
5. Old age, with all her difmaltrain,
invades your golden years
With fighs, and groans, and raging pain*
and death that never fpares.
6 What will you do when light departs,
and leaves your withering eyes,
Without one beam to chear your hearts,
from the fuperior ikies ?
7 How will you meet God's frowning brow^
or {fond before his feat,
Wh*I« nature's old fupporters bow,
nor bear their tott'ring weight ?
& Can you- expect your feeble arms
fhali make a flrong defence,
When death, with terrible alarms,
fummons the pris'ner hence I:
C 3 9 The-.
3© HYMN xxxiv, xxxv,
9 The filver bands of nature bur£,
and let the building fall ;
The flefh goes down to mix with duft,
its vile original.
10 Laden with guilt (a heavy load)
uncleans'd and unforgiv'n,
The foul returns t* an angry God,
to bs fliut out from heav'n.
HYMN XXXV.
Job i. 21.
; TVT AKED as from the earth we came,
JJ^ and crept to life at firfl,
We co the earth return again,
and mingle with our duft.
2 The dear delights we here enjoy,
and fondly call our own,
Are but fhort favours borr.ow'd now,
to be repay'd anon.
3 *Tis God that lifts our comforts high,
or links them in the grave,
lie gives (and blefl'ed be his name)
* he takes but what he gave.
4 Peace, all our angry pailions then,
let each rebellious figh,
Be fileht at his fovereign will,
and ev'ry murmur die
5 If fmiling mercy crown our lives,
it's praifes (hall be fpread,
And \ e'll adore the juftice too
that ftrikes our comforts dead.
htm*
g.-Y M N xxxvi, xxxvii.
' HYMN XXXVI.
Rom. viiL 33. Sic.
WHO fhall the Lord's elect condemn ,.■
Tis God that juftifies their fouls,
And mercy like a mighty ftream,
O'er all' their fins divinely rolls.
2 Who fhall adjudge the faints to hell f
'lis Chrift that fuffer'd in their ft e ad 5
And the falvation to fulfil,
Behold him riling from the dead.
3 He lives ! he lives ! and fits abov^
Foi ever interceeding there ;
Who fhall divide us from his love,
Or what fhall tempt us to defpair ?
4 Shall perfecution, or diftrefs,
Famine, or fword, or nakednefs ?
He that hath lov'd us bears us thro'
And makes us more than conqu'rors too*.
> Faith hath an over-coming pow'r,
It triumphs in the dying hour •,
Chrift is our life, our joy, our hope,
Nor can we fink with fuch a prop.
6 Not all that men on earth can do,
Nor pow'rs on high, nor pow'rs below,
Shall caufe his mercy to remove,
Or wean our hearts from Chrift our love,
H Y M N XXXVII.
Pfal. 49. 6>9. Eccl. viii. 8. Job 3. 14, 15;
iTN vain the wealthy mortals toil,
And heap their mining duft in vain,
Look down and fcorn the humble poor.
And boafi: their lofty hills afgain,
2 Their
£2 HYMN xxxtu, xxxvitL
2 Their golden cordials cannot eafe
Their paintd hearts or aching heads,
Nor fright nor bribe approaching death
From glittering roofs and downy beds.
3 The ling'ring, the unwilling foul
The difmal fummons muft obey,
And bid a long, a fad farewell
To the pale lump of iifeicfs clay.
4 Thence they are huddled to the grave,
Where kings and flives have equal thrones
Their bones without diftinction lie
Amongft the heap of meaner bones.
H Y M N XXXVIII.
Rev. v. 6, 7, 8, 9.
2 A LL mortal vanities be gone,
jfj^ Nor tempt my eyes nor tire my ears ;
Behold amidft th' eternal throne
A vifiofl of the Lamb appears.
2 Glory his fleecy robe adorn?,
Mark'd with the bloody death he bore ♦,
3ev?n are his eyes, and fevn his horns,
Tofpeak his wiidom and 'his pow'r.
3 Lp ! he receives a fealcd book
From him that fits upon the throne *9
jefus, my Lord, prevails to look
On dark decrees, and things unknown.
4 All the aiTembling faints around.
Fall worshipping before the Lamb,
And in new fongs of gofpel-lound
Addrefs their honours to his nan:e.
5 The joy, die fhout, the harmony,
Elicso'er the evei lading hills.
" Worthy
■a
HYMN xxxviii, xxxk. 33
*f Worth? art thou alone" (they cry)
" Ta read the book, to looie the feats.5'
6 Our voices join the heavenly ftrains
And with tranfporting pleafure ring,
Worthy the Lamb, that once was fiain>
To be our teacher and our King*
7 His words of prophecy. reveal
Eternal counfels, deep defigns ;
His grace and vengeance fhall fulfil
The peaceful and the dreadful lines.
8 Thou haft redeem'd our fouis from heU
With thine invaluable blood \
And wretches that did once rebel.
Are now made fav'rites of their God*
9 Worthy for ever is the Lord, /
That dy'd for treafon not his own,
By ev'ry tongue to be ador'd,
And dwell upon his Father's throne,.
H Y M N XXXIX.
2d Tim. iv.. 6, 7, 8-
£T"^VEA.TH may diffolve my body nocrj.
JL# and bear my fpirit home \
Why do my minutes move fo flow,
nor my ialvation come ?
2 With heav'nly weapons I have fought
the battles of the Lord,
Finifh'd my courfe, and kept the faith*
and wait the fure reward.
3 God has laid p in heav5n for me
a crown which cannot fade ;
The righteous Judge at that great day
fhall place it on my head..
4 Ncjr-
34 HYMN xxxix, xl.
4 Nor hath, the King of grace decreed
this prize for me alone ;
But all that love, and long to fee
th' appearance of his Son.
5 Jefus, the Lord, fhall guard ine fafe
from ev'ry ill defign :
And to his heav'nly kingdom keep
this feeble foul of mine.
6 God is my everlafting aid,
and hell fhall rage in vain y
To him be higheft glory paid,
and endlefs praife, amen.
H Y M N XL.
Ifa. lxiii. i, 2, 3, &c.
I^TTTH^T mighty man, or mighty God>
\\ comes travelling in ftate,
Along the Idumean road
away from Bozrah's gate !
2 The glory of his robes proclaim
'tis feme victorious king:
" Tis I the juft, th' almighty One
" that your falvation bring."
3 "Why, mighty Lord, thy faints enquire,
why thine apparel's red ?
And all thy veflure ftain'd iike thofe
who in the wine-preis tread ?
4 «« I by myfelf have trod the prefs,
t( and crufli'd by foes alone-^
•* My wrath has ftrtfck the rebels dead,
*' my fury ftamp'd then down.
5 " 'Tis Edonvs blood that dies my r<
" with jovful fcarlet (lains,
• The
HYMN xi, xli. 35
*J The triumph that my raiment wears
" fprung from their bleeding veins.
6 " Thus mall the nations be deftroy'd
" that dare infult my faints,
xc I have an arm t' avenge their wrongs,
" an ear for their complaints."
H Y M N XLI.
Nahum i. t, 2, 3, &c.
1 j\ DOB.E and tremble, tor our God
IX. is a confuming fire,
His jealous eyes his wrath inflame,
and raife his vengeance higher. .
a Almighty vengeance how it burns r
how bright his fury glows !
Vaft magazines of piague#and {lorms
lie treafur'd for his fops'.
3 Thofe heaps of wrath by flow degree
are forc'd into a flame,
But kindled, oh ! how fierce they blaze !
and rend all nature's frame.
4 A"t his approach the mountains fly,
and feek a wat'ry grave ;
The frighted fea makes hafte away,
and fhrinks up ev'ry wave.
5 Thro* the wide air the weighty rocks,
are fwift as hail-ftones hurl'd :
Who dares engage his fiery rage,
that fliakes the folid world !
6 Yet, mighty God, thy fov'reign grace,
fits regent on the throne,
The refuge of thy chofen race
when wrath c©mes rufhing down.
' . 7 Thy
l5 Y M N xli, xlii, xliii.
7 Thy hand fhall on rebellious kings
a fiery tempeft pour,
Whilft we beneath thy fhelt'ring wings
thy juft revenge adore.
HYMN XLII.
Ifa. xl. 28, 20, 30, 31.
«* A WAKE cur fouls (away our fears)
Ji\ Let ev'ry trembling tho't be gone ;
Awake, and rua the heav'nly race,
A nd put a chearful courage on.
2 True 'tis a ftrait and thorny road,
And mortal fpirits tire and faint,
But they forget the mighty God
That feeds the ftrength of ev'ry faint.
3 The mighty God, w^iofe matchlefs pow'r,
Is ever new and ever young,
And firm endures while endlefs years
Their everlafting circle* run.
4 From thee the overflowing fpring,
Our fouls fhall drink a frefh fupply,
While fuch as truft their native ftrength
Shall melc away, and droop, and die.
5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air,
We'll mount aloft to thine abode,
On wings of love our fouls fhall fly
Nor lire amidft the heav'nly road.
HYMN XLIII.
Jude xxiv. 25.
iHP O God the only wife,
I our Saviour, and our King>
Let all the faints below the ikies
their humWe praifes bring.
»Tis
HYMN xliii, xliv. 37
2 'Tis his almighty love,
his counfel and his care,
Preferves us fafe from fin aad death,
and ev'ry hurtful fnare.
3 He will prefent our fouls
unblemifh'd and compleat,
Before -the glory of his face,
with joys divinely great.
4 Then all the chofen feed
{haU meet around the throne,
Shall blefs the conduct of his grace,
and make his wonders known.
£ T© our redeemer God,
wifdom and pow'r belongs,
Immortal crowns of majefty,
and everlafting fongs.
HYMN XLIV,
Rev. xii. 7.
LET mortal tongues attempt to ling
The wars of heav'n whenMichael flood
Chief general of th* eternal King,
And fought the battles of our God.
2 Againft the dragon and his hoft
The armies of the Lord prevail ;
In vain they rage, in vain they boaft,
Their courage finks, their weapons fail.
3 Down to the earth was fatan thrown j
Down to the earth his legions fell ;
Then was the trump of triumph blown,
And fliook the dreadful deeps of hell,
4 Now is rhe hour of darknefs paft,
Chrift has aiTum'd his xdming pow'r ;
D Behold
38 H Y M N xliv, xlv.
B°hold the great accufer caft
Down from the Ikies, to rife no more.
5 'Twas by thy blood, immortal Lamb,
Thine armies trod the tempter down ;
'Twas by thy word and pow'rful name
They gain'd the battle and renown.
6 Rejoice ye heav'ns ; let ev'ry ftar
Shine with new glories round the Iky j
Saints, while ye ling the heav'nly war,
Raife youi Deliverer's name on high.
HYMN XLV.
Rev. i. $y6y 7.
NOW to the Lord, that makes us knou
The wonders of his dying love,
Be humble honours paid below,
And {trains of nobler praife above.
2 ' Twas he {hat cieans'd our fouJeft fins,:
And wafli'd us in his richeft blood :
■Tis he that makes us prieits and kings,
And brings us rebels near to God.
3 To Jefus our atoning prieft,
To Jeius our iuperior king,
Be everlafting power corifeft,
And ey'fy tongue his glory fing.
4 Behold on flying clouds he comes,
And ev'ry eye mail fee him move ;
Tho' with our fins we pierced him once,
Then he difplays his pard'ning love.
5 The unbelieving world {hall wail
While we rejoice to fee the day ;
Come Lord, nor let thy promife fail,
Nor let thv chariots long delay.
HYM
HYMN xlvi, xlvii. , 39
HYMN XLVI.
Rev. v. i, 12, 13. - _
COME let us join our chearful longs*
with angels round the throne ;
ren thoufand thoufand are their tongues,
but all their joys aie one.
1 " Worthy the Lamb that dy'd," they cry}
" to be exalted thus •,"
Worthy the Lamb, our lips reply*
for he was {lain for us..
I Jefus is worthy to receive
honour and pow'r divine •,
And bleffings more than we can give^
be, Lord, forever thine.
Let all that dwell above the iky*
and air, and earth, and feas,
Confpire to lift thy glories high,
and fpeak thine endlefs praife.
5 The whole creation join in one,
to blefs the facred name,
Of him that fits upon the throne,
and to adore the Lamb.
HYMN XLVII.
1 John iii, &c. Gal. iv. 6.
1 TT> EHOLD what wond'rous grace
JLJ tiie Fattier has beilow'd,
On tinners of a mortal race,
to call them fons of God !
2 Tis no furpiizing thing,
that we fhould be unknown ;
The Jewifh world knew not their King,
Gou's everlafting Son :
3 Nor, doth it yet appear
how great we muft be nude 5 But
4 a HYMN xlvii, xlviii.
But when we fee our Saviour here,
we fhall be like our head.
4 A. hope fo much divine
may trials well endure,
May purge our fouls from fenfe and fin
as Chrift the Lord is pure.
5 If in my Fathers love
I fhare a filial part,
Send down thy fpirit like a dove,
to reft upon my heart.
6 We would no longer lie
like flaves beneath the throne :
My faith fhall abba Father cry,
and thou the kindred own.
H Y M N XLVIII.
Sol. Song viii. 5, 6, 7, 1$, 14.
iXTTTHO is this fair one in diftrefs,
Yy That travels from the wildernefs,
And prefs'd with forrows and with fins,
On her beloved Lord fhe leans.
2 This is the fpoufe of Chrift our God,
Bought with the treafures of his blood,
And her requeft, and her complaint,
Is but the voice of ev'ry faint.
3 " O let my name engraven ftand,
*' Both on thy heart and on thy hand :
** Seal me upon thine arm, and wear,
" That pledge of love for ever there.
4 " Stronger than death thy love is known,
* * Which floods of wrath could never drown -t
4i And hell and earth in vain combine
<c To quench a fire fo much divine.
5 w But lam jealous of my heart,
** Left it fhould once from thee depart ;
« Thea
HYMN xlviii, xlix. 4*
<* Then let thy name be well imprefs'd,
« As a fair fignet on my breaft.
6 " 'Till thou haft brought me to thy home,
« Where fears and doubts can never come,
*c Thy countenance let me often fee,
« And often thou fhalt hear from me.
7 <f Come, my beloved, hafte away*
" Cut ihori the hours of thy delay,
« Fly like a youthful hart or roe
" Over the hills wfiere fpices grow.*
HYMN XLIX.
Job iv. 17 ***'■
j AH A.LL the vile race of flefti and blood
J^ Contend with their Creator, Gcd I.
Shall mortal worms prefume to be
More holy, wife, or juft than he ?
2 Behold he puts his truft in none
Of all the fpirits round his throne*,
Their natures when compar'd with his>
Are neither holy, juft, nor wife.
3 But how much meaner things are they
Who fpring from duft, and dwell in clay 1}
Touch'd by the finger of thy wrath,
We faint and vanifh like the moth.
4 From night to day, from day to nightj.
We die by thoufands in thy fight 5
Bury'd in duft whole nations lie-
Like a forgotten vanity.
5- Almighty pow'r, to thee we bow 5
How frail are we ! how glorious thou !
No more the fons of earth fhalt dare
With an eternal God compare.
D3 HYMN
42 HYMN!, li. :
HYMN L.
Ecclef. ix. 4, 5, 6, io.
1 "| IFE is the time to ferve the Lord,
1 j The time t' enfure the great reward^
And while th*3 lamp holds out to burn,
The vilelt finrier may return.
2 Life is the hour that God has giv'n,
To Ycape from hell, and fiy to heav'n ;
The day of grace, and mortals may
Secure the bkflings of the day.
3 The living know that they rnuit. die,
But all the dead forgotten lie 5
Their memVy and their fenfe is gone,
Alike unknowing and unknown.
4 Their hatred and their Jove is loft,
Their envy bury'd in the chift ;
They have no fharejn all that's done
Beneath the circuir of the fun.
5 Then what my thoughts defign to do,
My hands, with all your might purfue,
Since no device, nor work is found,
llvr faith, T-,dv hope, beneath the ground,
6 There are no acts of pardon psfs'd
In the eoid grave to which we hafte ;
But darkneft, d: ath, and long defpaif
Reign in eternal fi'.ence there.
HYMN LI.
Pvom. iii. tu»- 72.
i "T TAIN are the hopes the fons of men
y on their own works have built ;
IT t! hearts by nature all unclean,
and .-.11 their, actions guilt.
2 Let Jew and Gentile flop their mouths
without a murm/ring word,
And
HYMN li, lii, JUL 43-
And the whole race of Adam ftand
guilty before the Lord.
3 In vain we afk God's righteous law
to juftify us nowj
Since ro convince, and to condemn^
is all the law can do.
4 Jefus, how glorious is thy grace^
when in thy name we truft !
Our faith receives a righteoumefe
that makes the finaer juil.
HYMN LIL
John ii. t6, 17, 18.
i l^TO r to condemn the fons of men,,
j_\j Did Chrift the fon-of God appear;
No weapons in his hands are {eeny
No flaming fword, nor thunder thers,
2 Such was the pity of our God*
He lov'dthe race of man fo well,.
He fent his Son to bear our load
Of fins, and fave our fouls from hellv
3 Sinners .belfeve the Saviour's word,
Truft in his mighty name, and live %
A thoufand joys his lips afford,
His hands a thoufand bleflings give.
4 But vengeance and damnation lies
On rebels who refufe the grace ;
Who God's eternal fon defpife,
The muttfc hell mail be their place,
HYMN LIII.
I Cor. ii. 9, 10. Rev. xxi. 27,
OR. eye hath feen, nor ear hath heard,
nor fenfe nor rcafon known.,.
What-
'N
44 HYMN liii, liv.
What joy the Father has prepar'd
for thofe that love his Son.
1 But the good fpirit of the Lord
reveals a heav'n to come *,
The beams of glory in his word
allure and guide us home.
3 Pure are the joys above the fky,
and all the region peace ;
No wanton lips nor envious eye
can fee or tafte the blifs.
4 Thofe holy gates for ever bar, .
pollution, fin, and fhame ;
None fhall obtain admittance there
hut foll'wers of the Lamb. .
5 He keeps the Father's book of life j
there all their names are found j
The hypocrite in vain fhall flrive
to tread the heav'nly ground. .
H Y M.N, LIV.
Rom. vi. r, 2, 6.
j O HALL" we go on to" fin,
l^ becaufe thy grace abounds^.,
Or crucify the Lord again
and open all his wounds ?
2 Forbid it, mighty God,
nor let it e'er be faid,
That we whofe fins are crucify'd
fhould raife them from the dead;
3 We will be flaves no more,
fince Chrift has made us free,
Has naii'd our tyrants to his crofsr
and bought our liberty,
H Y M N
HYMN lv, M. - 41
HYMN LV.
Phil. iii. 7, 8, 9.
I tltO more, my God, I boaft no more
J^ of all the duties I have done;
1 quit the hopes I held before
To truft the merits of thy Son.
2 Now for the love I bear his name,
What was my gain I count my lofs ;
My former pride I call my Ihame,
And nail my glory to his crofs.
3 Yes, and I muft and will efteem
All things but lofs for Jefus' fake : ,'
0 may my foul be found in him,
And of his righteoufnefs partake 1 iy
4 The beft obedience of my hands
Dares not appear before thy throne %
But faith can anfwer thy demands,
By pleading what my Lord has done.
HYMN LVI. Rom. vii. 8, &c,
1*1 ORD, how fecure my confeience wasj 0*
I 1 and felt no inward dread !
1 was alive without the law,
and thought my fins were dead.
2 My hopes of heav'n were firm andbrighi|
but fince the precept came
With a convincing pow'r of light,
I find how vile I am.
3 My guilt appear'd but fmall before,
'till terrible I faw,
How perfect, holy, juft, and pure3
was thine eternal law.
4 Then felt my foul the heavy load, '
my fins revivM again,
I had provok'd a dreadful God
and all my hopes were ilain.. 5 I'm
46 HYMN Ivi, lvii,Ivm.-
5 I'm like a helplefs captive fold,
under the power of fin ;
I cannot do the good I would,
nor keep my conscience clean.
6 My God, I cry with evYy breath
for fome kind pow'r to fave,
To break the yoke of fin and death,
and thus redeem the flave.
HYMN LVir.
John i. 17. Heb. iii. 3, &c. x. 28".
TH E law by Mofes came,
but peace, and truth, and love,
brought by Chrift (a nobler name)
ending from above.
ift the houfe of God
diff'rent works were done ;
a faithful fervant flood,
Chrift a faithful Son.
Then to his new commands,
be ftrict obedience paid ;
O'er ail his Father's houfe he ftands
the fovereign and the head.
4 The man that durft defpife
the law that Mofes brought !
Behold T how terribly he dies
for his prefumptuous fault.
5 But forer vengeance falls
on that rebellious race,
Who hate to hear when Jefus calls,
and dare refift his grace.
HYMN LVIII.
Heb. i.v. 15, 16 •, and v. 7. Matt. xii. 20/
i*¥XTITHjoy we meditate the grace •
W of our high-prieft above j Hi»
fl.YMN Iviii, luc. 47
fiis heart is made of tendernefs,
his bowels melt with love.
2. Touch'd with a fympathy within
he knows our feeble frame,
;He knows what fore temptations meaua
for he has felt the fame.
3 But fpotlefs innocent and pure
the great Redeemer flood,
While Satan's fiery darts he bore,
and did refift to blood.
4 He in the days of feeble flefh
pour'd out his cries and tears,
And in his meaiiire feels afrefh
what every member bears,
5. Hell never quench the fmoaking flay
but raiie it to a flame ;
The bruited reed he never breaks,
nor fcorns the meanefl name.
6 Then let our humble faith addreis
his mercy and his pow'r,
We mail obtain dehVring grace
in the diftreffing hour.
HYMN LIX.
Titus ii. 10 13,
iQ O let our lips and lives exprefs
1^3 tne a°ly gofpcl we profefs,
So let our works and virtues mine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.
2 Thus mall we beft proclaim abroad
The honours of our Saviour God ;
When the falvation reigns within,
And grace fubdues the pow'r of iin»
3 Our
4« HYMN fix, lx, ixi.
3 Our fleih and fenfe muft be deny'd j
Paffion and envy, luft and pride ;
While juftice, temp Vance, truth and love
Our inward piety approve.
4 Heligion bears our fpirits up
Whilft we expect that blefTed hope,
The bright appearance of the Lord,
And faith (lands leaning on his word.
HYMN LX.
I Cor. xiii. i, 2, 3.
'J A D I the tongues of Greeks and Jews
fjL And nobler ipeech that angels ufe,
^'ove be abfent, I am found
s*Vtc tinkling brafs an empty found.
Were I infpir'd to preach and tell
II that is done in heav'n and hell ;
could my faith the world remove,
il I am nothing without love.
Should I diitribute all my ftore
feed the bowels of the poor,
give my body to the flame,
gain a martyr's glorious name :
f love to God and love to men
abfent, all my hopes are vain :
or tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal,
The work of love can e'er fulfil.
HYMN LXI.
2 Tim. 1, 9, 10.
i"TWTO"Wto the pow'r of God fuprerae
JL% Be everlafting honours giv'n,
He faves from hell (we blefs his name)
He calls our wand'ring feet to heav'a.
1 Not for our duties or deferts,
"Bui ofjhi* own abounding grace,
He
HYMN ixi, IxS. 49
He works falvation in our hearts,
And forms a people for his praife.
3 'Twas his own purpofe that begun
To refcue rebels doom'd to die ;
He gave us grace in Chrift his Son,
Before he ipread the flarry fky.
4 Jefus the Lord appears at laft,
And makes his Father's counfels knowing
Declares the great tranfa&ions pafs'd,
And brings immortal bleffings down.
5 He dies \ and in that dreadful night
Did all the pow'rs of hell deftroy ;
Rifing he brought our heav'n to light,
And took polTeflion of the joy.
HYMN LXIL
Ifa, liii. i—5, io— 12.
i TTXTt^ nas believ'd thy word,
YV or thy falvation known ;
Reveal thine arm, almighty Lord,
and glorify thy Son.
2 The Jews efteem'd him here
too mean for their belief ;
Sorrows his chief acquaintance were3
and his companion, grief.
3 They turn'd their eyes away,
and treated him with fcorn ;
But 'twas their grief upon him lay^
their forrows he has borne.
4 'Twas for the ftubborn Jews
and Gentiles then unknown,
The God of juftice pleas'd to bruife
his bed beloved Son,
E c •* But
50 HYMN lxii, lxiii,
5 " But I'll prolong his days,
" and make his kingdom {land,
<c My pleafure (faith the God of grace)
u fhall profper in his hand.
6 t( His joyful foul mall fee
Cf the purchafe of his pain,
ct And by his knowledge juftify
" the guilty fons of men.
7 " Ten thoufand captive flaves
" releas'd from death and fin,
ft Shall quit their prifons and their graves
<c and own his pow'r divine.
8 " Heay'n fhall advance my Son
" to joys that earth deny'd ;
11 Who faw the follies men had done
c< and bore their fins and dy'd."
II Y M N LXIIl.
1 TJ O W fhort and hafty is our life !
jL how vaft our fouls affairs !
Yet fenfelefs mortals vainly £Uive
to lavilh out their years.
2 Our days run thoughriefsly along,
lout a moment's ft ay,
Juft like a ftorio'1 a fong,
we pais our lives away.
3 God from on high invites us home,
but we march heedlefs on,
And ever haft'oing to the tomb*
ftoop downwards as we run.
4 How we deftrve the deepeft htll
that flight tlv joys above !
V/hat chains of vengeance fhould we xcc\
that break fuch cords or love !
5 Dcavj
-H Y M N Ixiii, Ixivs ix</, jft
$ Draw us, O God, with fov'reign grace,
and lift our thoughts on high,
That we may end this mortal race
and fee falvation nigh.
HYMN LXIV.
[OW to the Lord a noble fong I
Awake my foul, awake my tongue 3
Kofanna to th' eternal name,
And all his boundlefs love proclaim.
2 See where it fhines in Jeius' face
The brighteft image of his grace 5
God in the perfon of his Son,
Has all his mighty works out-done,
3 The fpacious earth, and fpreading floo-
Proclaim the wife, thepop/rful God5
And thy rich glories from afar,
Sparkle in ev'ry rolling liar.
4 But in his looks a glory ffcands,
The nobieft labour of thine hands:
The pleafing luftre of his eyes
Out-fhines the wonders of the fkies.
5 Grace ! 'tis a fweet, a charming theme \
My thoughts rejoice at Jefus' name :
Ye angels, dwell upon the^bund,
Ye heav'ns reflect it to the ground.
6 O may I live to reach the place
Where he unvails his lovely face,
Where all his beauties you behold,
And ficg his name to harps of gold !
HYMN LXV.
Phil. ii. 6, &c.
Rigfct King of glory, dreadful God !*
Qur fpirits bow before thy feat j
E 3 To
53 HYMN Ixv, IxvL
To thee we lift an humble thought,
And worship at thine awful feet.
2 Thy pow'r hath form'd thy wifdom fways
All. nature with a fov'reign word •,
And the bright world of liars obeys
The will of their fuperior Lord.
3 Mercy and truth unite in one,
And fmiling lit at thy right-hand ;
Eternal juftice guards thy throne,
And vengeance waits thy dread command*
4 A. thouland feraphs ftrong and bright
Stand round the glorious deity -,
But who amongft the fons of light
Pretends companion with thee P
5 Yet there is one of human frame,
Jefus aray'd in flem and blood,
Thinks it no robbery to claim
A full equality with God.
6 Their glory mines with equal beams j
Their tflence is for ever one,
Tho' they are known by different names,
The Father- God and God the Son.
7 Then let the name of Chrift our King
"With equal honours be ador'd ;
His praife let every angel fing,
And all the nations own the Lord.
HYMN LXVI.
HArk ! from the tombs a doleful found;,
my ears attend the cry,
Ye living men, come view the ground,
where you mull fhortly lie.
a " Princes, this clay muft be your bed
" in fpite of all your tow'rs •,
« Tiie
«(
HYMN lxvi, lxvii. 53
€i The taft, the wife, the rev'rend head
" muft lie as low as ours."
3 Great God ! is this our certain doom ?
and are we ftill fecure ?
Still walking downwards to our tomb,
and yet prepared no more ?
4 Grant us the pow'rs of quick'ning gract^
to fit our fouls to fly,
Then, when we drop this dying flefhj
we'll rife above the Iky.
HYMN LXVII.
Zech. xii. 7.
3HpHUS faith the Ruler of the Ik
M awake my dreadful fword \ -.
" Awake my wrath, and fmite the msii *
" my fellow," faith the Lord,
2 Vengeance receiv d the dread command,
and armed down me Hies
Jefus fubmits C his Father's hand,
and bows his head, and dies.
3 But oh ! the wifdom and the grace
that join with vengeance now I
He dies to fave our guilty race,
and yet he rifes too.
4 A perfon fo divine was he
who yielded to be flain,
That he cou'd give his foul away,
and take his life again.
5- Live, glorious Lord, and reign on highs
let ev'ry nation fing,
And angels found with endlefs joy
the Saviour and the King,
E3 - ' &YMW
54 HYMN Ixviii, Ixix.
HYMN Ixviii. I
i T NFINITE grief ! amazing woe !
J_ behold my bleeding Lord !
Hell and the Jews conipir'd his death,
and us'd the Roman hrord.
2 Oh ! the fharp pangs of fmarting pain
my dear Redctmer bore,
"When knotty whips, and ragged thorns
his iacred body tore !
3 But knotty whips, and ragged thorns
in vain I do accufe,
In vain I blame the Roman bands,
and the more fpiteful Jews.
4 >r ..re you, my fins, my cruel fins,
Hfe chief tormentors were !
Each of my crimes became a nail,
and unbelief the fpear.
5 Twsreyou, that puR'd the vengeance
upon his guiltlefs head : (down
Break, break my heart, oh ? burft mine eyes,,
and let my (brrows bleed,
6 Strike, mighty grace, my flinty foul,
'till melting waters flow,
>entance drown mine eyeq^
'in undiiTembled \vj ;.
II Y M N LXIX.
Hcb. xii. 1 3, 8
TOT to the terrors of the
the temj
Not to the thunder of that word
on Sinai '
*x But w\ . to Sion's hi
the city of Our Cod,
Where
HYMN lxix3 lxx. 55
Where milder words declare his will,
and fpread his love abroad.
3 Beheld th* innumerable ho ft
of angels cloathM in light j
Behold the fpirits of the juft
whofe faith is turn'd to fight.
4 Behold the bleft affembly there,
whofe names are writ in heav'n ;
And God the judge of all declares
their vileft fins forgiv'n.
5 The faints on earth and all the dead
but one communion make j
AH join in Chrift, their living head,
and of his grace partake.
6 In fuch fociety as this
my weary foul would reft ;
The man that dwells where Jefus is
imift be for ever blefl.
K Y M N LXX,
Ifa. 1. io, ii. Chap, xxviii. io,
" lI/"Here are the mourners (faith theLord)
a '▼' That wait and tremble at my word,
<c That walk in dar'knefs all the day ?
" Come, make my name youi truft andftay,
2 ""No works nor duties of your own
*' Can few the {mailed iin atone :
"The robes that nature may provide
*} Will not your leaii pollutions hide.
*» iC The fofteft couch that nature knows
" Can give the confeience no.repofe :
" Look to my righteoufn'efs, and live ;
" Comfort and neace are mine to give.
5d HYMN lxx, ixxi.
4 <c Ye fons of pride, that kindle coals
<* With your own hands to warm your fouls,
si Walk in the light of your own lire j
" Enjoy the fparks that ye defire.
5 " This is your portion at my hands ^
" Hell waits you with her iron bands,
" Ye fhall lye down in forrow there,
44 In death, in darknefs, and defpair."
HYMN LXXL
Job xi. 7. &c. xxv. 5. xxvi. ir.
1 f> AN creatures to perfection iind
V_> Tlr^eternal uncreated mind ;
Or can the largeif ftretch of thought
Meafure and learch his nature out !
2 ' Fis high as heav'n, 'tis deep as hell,
And what can mortals know or tell ?
His glory fpreads beyond the iky,
And all the fhining worlds on high.
3 But man, vain man, would fain be wife>
Born like a wild young colt he flies
TJiro' all the follies of his mind,
Sj.tA fwells, and {huffs the empty wind.
4 God is a king of pow'r unknown,
Firm are the orders of his throne ;
If he refoive, who dare oppofe,
Qv afk him why, or what he does ?
5 He wounds the heart and he makes whole ,
He calms the tempell of the foul :
When he {huts up in long defpair,
Who can remove the heavy bar ?
6 He frowns, and darknefs veils the moon.
The fainting fun goes down at noon:
The pillars o^ heav'n 's ftarry roof
Tremble and liar: at his reproof*
'7 He
M
HYMN Ixxi, Ixxii. 57
1 He gave the vaulted heav'n its form,
The crooked ferpent and the worm ;
rle breaks the billows with his breath,
^ndfmitesthe fons of pride to death.
1 Thefe are a portion of his ways ;
3ut who mail dare defcribehis face ?
Who can endure his light ; or ftand
To hear the thunders of his hand I
HYMN LXXII.
1 Cor. xi. 23, &c.
P M^Was on that dark, that doleful nighty
when pow'rs of earth and hell arofe^
Againft the Son of God's delight,
And friends betray'd him to his foes :
2 Before the mournful fcene began,
He took the bread, and blefs'd, and brake t
What love thro' all his actions ran !
What wond'rous words of grace he fpake I
3 " This is my body, broke for fin,
** Receive and eat the living food ;"
Then took the cup, and blefs'd the wine |
" Tis the new covenant in my blood.
4 " Do this (he cry'd) till time fhall end^
•' In mem'ry of your dying friend ;
(i Meet at my table and record
*• The love of your departed Lord."
5 Jefus, thy feaft we celebrate,
We fhew thy death, we ring thy name,
'Till Thou return and we fhall eat
The marriage fupper of the Lamb.
* H Y M N
H Y M N Ixxiii, Ixx:
H Y M N LXX1IL
Gal. vi. 14,
WHEN I furvey the wond'rous crout-
on which theJPrince of glory dy'd,
My richer! gain I count but lofs,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, Lord, that I fliould boaft-
Save in the death of Chrift my God :
Ail the vain things that charm me molt,
1 facrince them to his blood.
3 See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down !
Did e'er fuch love and forrow meet ?
Or thorns compofe io rich a crown ?
4 His dying crimfon, like a robe,
Spreads o'er his body on the tree !
Then am I dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.
5 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a pre fen t far too fmall :
Love fo amazing, fo divine,
Demands my foul, my life, my all.
HYMN LXXIV.
Luke xiv. 16, &c.
iTTOW rich are thy provisions, Lord I
*fhy table furmfiVd from above !
The fruits of life o'erfpread the board,
The cup o'ei flows wkh heav'nly love. .
2 Thine ancient family, the Jews,
Were hYft invited to the feafc :
We humbly take what they refufe,
And Gentiles thy lalvation tallc.
3 We
H Y M N faiv, :, 59
3 We are the poor, the blind, the lair:
AJbd help was far, and death was nigh I
But, at the gofpel-call, we came.
And ev'ry want rec-eiVd fupply.
4 From the high way that leads to hej^
From paths of darknpfs and defpair,
Lord, we are come with thee to dwell,
Glad to enjoy thy prefence here.
5 What (hall we pay th' eternal Son,
That left the heav'n of his abode.
And to this wretched earth earns dowi\|
To bring us wand'reis back to God !
6 It coft him deaths to :ave our lives j
To buy our fouls it coil his own ;
And all the unkn >wn joys he gives,
"Were bought with agonies unknown.
7 Our everlaiUng love is due
To him that ranfom'd firmer s loft >
And pity'd rebels when he knew
The vaft expence his love would co&
HYMN LXXV. '
i/^f LORY to God the Fathers name,
\jf whom from our iintu'i race,
Chole out hisfav'rites to proclaim
the honours of h is grace. ^ ■
2 Glory to God the Son be paid,
who tiwelt in humble clay.
And to redeem us from the dead,
gave his own life away.
3 Glory to God the Spirit give, .
from wKofe almighty pow'r ;
Our fouls their heav'niy birth derive,
and blefs the happy hour.
4 Giory
<5o HYMN Ixxv, Ixxvl,
4 Glory to God that reigns above,
th' eternal Three in One,
Who by the wonders of his love,
has made his nature known.
HYMN LXXVI.
lTT O h'im l^at cno^e us fifft»
1 Before the world began -9
To him that bore the curfe,
Te fave rebellious man ;
To him that form'd
Our hearts anew,
Is endlefs praife
And glory due.
a The Father's love mall run
Thro' our immortal fongs ,
We bring to God the Son
Hofanna's on our tongues ;
Our lips addrefs
The Spirit's name
With equal praife,
And ztal the fame.
3 Let ev'ry faint above,
And angel round the throne)
For ever biefs and love
The facred Three in One ;
Thus heav'n lhall raife
His honours high,
When earth and time
Grow old and die.
HYMN
HYMN IxxVii, Ixxvin. 6f
HYMN LXXVII.
Hfof iii. 5. Luke xxiv. 44, Pf. xxxv. 12, 14,
iTQ 2 1OLD the love, the genVous love
J3 that h& y David (hows :
Ha.k, how his founding bowels move
to. his afflicted foes \
2 When they i>re fick, his foul complains*
and feems to feel the fmart >
The fpirit of the gofpel reigns,
and melts his pious heart,
3 How did his flowing tears condole,
as for a brother dead !
And failing mortify'd his foul,
while for their life he pray'd.
4 They groan'd, and curs'd him on their
yet ftiil he pleads and mourns ; (bed:
And double bieffings on his head
the right' ous God returns.
c. O glorious Type of heav'nly grace I
thus Chrift: the Lord appears ;
While miners curfe, the Saviour prays,
and pities them with tears.
6 He the true David, IfraeFs King,
bleft and belov'd of God,
To fave us rebels dead in fin
pay'd his own deareft blood.
HYMN LXXVIII.
Luke i. 32. Xi iiV'Pfa; xxi. I, 8.
DA.VID rejoiced in God his ftrength*
RaisM to the throne by fpecial grace*
Bu Chriit the Son appears at length,
Tuifiis the triumph and the praife.
F How
6z HYMN IxxvTn, 4xxix.
2 How great is the MefKah's joy,
In the falvation of thv hand !
Lord, thou haft rais'd his kingdom high,
And giv'n the world to his command.
3 Thy goodnefs grants what'er he will,
Nor doth the leait requeft with-hold ;
Bleffings of love prevent him ftill*
And crowns of glory, not of gold.
4 Honour and majeity divine
Around his facred temple fhine ;
Bleft with the favour of thy face,
And length of everlaftisg days.
5 Thine hand fnall find out all his foes ;
And as a fi'ry oven glows
With raging heat and living coals.
So fhall thy wrath devour their fouls.
H Y M N LXXIX.
lfa. xlii. i. Heb. i, 5. &c. Pf. lxxxix. 1, &c.
i^l 7»OR ever fhali my fong record
J_ The truth and mercy of the Lord ;
Mercy and truth for ever ftand
Like heav'n cftablith'd by his hand.
2 Thus to his Son he fware, and faid,
M With thee my cov'nant firft is made ;
t( In thee (hall dying iinners live *,
Glory and grace are thine to give.
i<
3 <e Be thou my prophet., thou my prieft ;
" Thy children ihall be ever b.left -,
" Thou art my chofen King, thy throve
■* Shall ftand eternal like my own.-
4 (f There's none of all my fons abo .
r< So much my image, or my lpve j
« CeJ-ftial!
HYMN lxxlx, Ixx^; 63
*< Celeftial pow'rs thy fubjects are 5
" Then what can earth to thee compare r
5 " Day id, my fervant, whom I chofe
*c To guard nay flock, to cmih my foes,
*f And rais'd'him to the Jewifh throne,
i€ Was but the fhadow of my Son."
6 Now let the church rejoice and nng
Jefus her Saviour and her King-,
Angels his heav'nly wonders fhow,
And faints declare his works below,
H Y M N LXXX.
Mat. xxi. 15, 16. Pfa. viii. 1, 2.
ALmighty Ruler of the Ikies,
Thro' the wide earth thy name is fp re ad
And thine eternal glories rile
O'er all the heav'ns thy hands have made;
2 To thee the voices of the young,
A. monument of honour raife ;
And babes with uninftruc'led tongue
Declaies the wonders of thy praife.
3 Thy pow'r affifh their tender age
To bring proud rebels to the ground,
To ftill the bold blafphemer's rage,
And all their policies confound.
4 Children amidft thy temple throng
To fee their great Redeemer's face ;
The Son of David is their fong,
And young Hofannas fill the place.
5 The frowning fcribes and angry priefts
In vain their impious cavils bring j
Revenge fits filent in their breafts,
While Jewtfh babes proclaim their King.
F 2 HYMN
v$4 H Y M N ixxxi, txxiSk
H Y M N LXXXI.
Heb. ii. 5. Sec. Pfa. viii. 3, 5;c.
LOi'd? what was man when made atfirft*
Adam the offsprio g of die duft,
That thou £h on. Id 'ft feat hin\ and his. race
But juft below an angel's place ?
2 That thou ihould ft raife his'naiare fey
And make him Lord of all below,
Make ev'ry beaft and bird fdbmit,
And lay Uiehihes at his feet ?
3 But, O what brighter glories wait
To crown the fecond Adam's (late !
What honours (hail thy Son adorn,
Who condescended to be born ?
4 See him below his angels made ;
See him in duft amongft the dead,
To fave a ruin'd world from fin :
But he fhall reign with powV divine.
5 The world to come redeem'd from all
The mis'ries that attend the fall,
New-made, and glorious, fhall iubmit
At our exalted Saviour's feet.
HYMN LXXXII.
Acts iv. 24, xiii. 33. Heb. i. 5. Pf. ii. 1, &c,
XT\ /F A.KER and fov'reign Lord
X VJL °f beaven, and earth and feas,
Thy providence confirms thy word,
and aniwers thy decrees.
2 The things fo long foretold
by David are fulnl'd,
When Jews and Gentiles joln'd to flay
Jefus thine holy child.
3 Why
HYMN Ixxxii. Ht
,~ Why aid the Gentiles rage,
and Tews with one accord
Bend all their counfels to deftroy.
th' anointed of the Lord I
4 Rulers and kings agree
to form a vain dciign,
Againft the Lord their pow rs unite,
againft his Chrift they join.
r The Lord derides their rage,
and will fupport his throne 5
He that hath rais'd him from the dead,
hath own'd him for his Son,
6 Now he's afcended high,
• and afks to rule the earth ;
The merits of his blood he pleads,
and pleads his -heavily birth.
7 H» aiks, and God beftows
a large inheritance *,
far as the worlds remoter! ends
his kingdom mail advance.
8 The nations that rebel
muft feel his iron rod;
He'll vindicate thofe honours well
which he receiv'd from God.
a Be wife, ye rulers, now,
and worfhip at his throne;
With trembling joy, ve people bow
to God's exalted Son.
io If once his wrath arife,
ye perimon the place :-
Thenbleffed is the ioul that flies
for refuge to his grace.
E o HYMN
06 HYMN Ixxxiii, Ixxxl*,
HYMN LXXXIII.
Heb. i. ro. ¥f. cii. 23, &c.
I TT is the Lord our Saviour's hand
*j[ Weakens our ftrength amidil theraee
Diieafe and death at his command
.Arreft us, and cut fh<_rt our days ;
1 Spare us, O Lord, aloud we prayr
Nor let our fun go down at noon :
Thy years are one eternal day \
And mutt thy children die ib-foon !
3 Yet in the mi-dit of death and grief,
This thought our forrowfhall aftuage \
<4 Oar Father and our Saviour live :
*4 Chrift is the fame thro' ev< ryagte;""
4.Twashethfis earth's foundation :aid ;
Heav'n is the building of his ind ;
This earth grows ol(',thefe heav ns fhall fade °s
And all be chang'd at his command.
5 Theftarry curtains of the fky
Like garments {hall be laid aiide ;
But ftiU thy throne ftands firm and high 5
Thy church for ever moft abide.
6 Before thy face thy church mall lire,
And on thy throne thy children reign j.
This dying world fhall they furvive,
And the dead faints be rais'd again..
HYMN LXXXIV.
Heb. i. 6. P£ xcvii. 63 9.
THE Lord is come ; the heav ns proclaim
His birth ; the nations learn his name,
vAi unknown flar directs the road:
Ofeaiiern iages to tkcij? God.
HYMN Ixxxiv, ixxxv. &j.
2 All ye bright armies of the ikies,
Go, worfhip where the Saviour lies :
Angels and kings before him bow,
Thofe gods on high and gods below.
3 Let idols totter to the ground,
And their own worfhippers confound %
But Judah £houtv but Sion ling,
And earth confefs her iovYeign Iting,
HYMN LXXXV,
Rom. xv.. 3. Job' xv. 25. ii. 17. Cor. vi'. 2*
Pf. Ixix. 1 , 14.
"I Q AVE me, O God, the {welling flood*
jj C4 break in upon my foul :
*{ 1 fink -, and forrows o'er my head
" like mighty waters roll.
2 u I cry till all my voice be gone,
" in tears I waite the day ;
*' My God, .behold my longing eyes-5
" and fhorten chy delay.
3 " They hate my foul without a eaufe^
<s and ftill their numbers grows.
** More than the hairs- around my head,
" and mighty are my foes.
4 " Twas then I paid that dreadful debt
" that man could never v\y ;
<c And gave thofe honours to thy law,
'.' which finners took away."
5 Thus in the great Meffialvs name,
the royal prophet mourns ;
Thus he awakes our hearts to grief,
and gives us joy by turns.
6 « Now
6S HYMN Ixxxv, Ixxxvi.
6 u Now {hall the faints rejoice and find
" ialvation in thy name ;
*' For I have borne their heavy load
" of forrow, pain and fharne.
7 " Grief like a garment cloath'd me round,
u and fackcloth was my drefs,
*> While I procur'd for naked fouls,
€t a robe of righreoufnefs.
8 w Among-ft my brethren and the Jews
ii I like a ft: anger ftood,
*' And bore the vile reproach, to bring
. €i the Gentiles near to God.
9 "I came in finful mortals ftead
" to do my Father's will :
tf Yet wlien I cieans'd my Father's' houfe,
" they fcandaliz'd my zeal,
io " My fafting and my I oly groans
" were made the drunkard's fong -9
•' But God from his celeftial throne
11 heard my complaining tongue.
1 1 " He favM me from the dreadful deep)
" nor let my foul be drcwn'd ;
" He raisM and hVd my linking feet
on well eftabliih'd ground.
12 " 'Twas in a moft accepted hour
" my pray'r arole on high,
u And for my fake my God fhall heap
6t the dying finner's cry."
'N
H Y M N LXXXVF.
Mark xv. 23, 44. Pf. lxix. 14. &c.
OW let our lips with holy fear,
and mournful pleafure fing
The
H Y M N ixxxvi. 6$
The fufrVings of our great high-prieft*
the for rows of our king.
2 He links in floods of deep difirefs |
how high the waters. rife !
While to hisheav'nly Father's ear
he fends perpetual cries*
3-" Hear me,. O Lord, and fave thy Sob,.
<c nor hide thy mining face ;
*■* Why fhould thy favourite look like OM,
•* forfaken of thy grace I
4 <c With rage they perfecute the mat*.
" that groans beneath thy wound,.
** While for a facrifice I pour
<s my life upon the ground.
5 " They tread my honour to the duf%
" and laugh when I complain 5
u Their iharp.infulting Sanders add
M frefh anguifh to my pain.
6 u All my reproach is known to thee,.
" the fcandal and t^f fhame ;
" Reproach has broke my bleeding hearfy ,
<{ and lies defil'd my name.
j " I.look'd for pity, but in vain ;
" my kindred are my grief ;
€i I aik my friends for comfort rcuad,
s< but meet with no relief.
8 " With vinegar they mock my thirfr^
" they give me gall for food;
t% Andfpoeting with my dying groans^
. "- they triumph in my blood.
9 <{ Shine into my diftreiTed foul,
" let thy. companions fern a
7© HYMN Ixxxvi, Ixxxvii.
** And tho' my flefh fink down to death,
H redeem it from the grave.
10 " I fha.ll arife to praife thy name,
u fhall reign in worlds unknown ;
u And thy faivation, O my God,
" fhall feat me on thy throne."
HYMN LXXXVII.
Rom. xi. xi. 16. Heb. xii. 2. xxii. 13. P£
Ixix. 26, &c.
i"|7* Ather, I fing thy wond'rous grace,
r 1 blefs my Saviour's name ;
He bought faivation for the poor,
and oore the finntr's fliame.
2 His deep diftrefs has rais'd us high,
his dutv and his zeal
FulnTd the law which mortals broke
and finifh'd all thy will.
3 H's dying groan?, his living fongs,
fliall better pieafe my God,
Than h.»rps 01 tin m jet's 'olemn found,
than sous or bullocks blood.
4 Thi$ ihiili his humble followers fee,
and let then hearts at reft ;
They by his death di aw near to thee,
and live for ever bleit.
5 Let heav'n and all that dwell on high,
to God their voices raife,
While lands and leas afhft the Iky,
and join t* advance his praife.
6 Sionis thine, molt holy God,
thy Son ihali blels her gates ;
And glory purchas'd by his blood
for thy own Ifr'el waits.
HYMN
il Y M N ixxxviii. 71
H Y M N LXXXVIII.
Heb. x, 4, &c. Vi. xl. 6, 9.
HPHus faith the Lord, '.* your work is vain
" give yourjbfurm offerings o'er,
u In dvirig goats and bullocks flam
" my foul delights no mere."
2 Then fpake the Saviour, " lo I'm here$
** my God, to do thy will ;
** What-e'er thy facred books declare
<c thy fervant mail fulfil.
3 e( Thy law is ever in my fight,
€* I keep it in my heart :
ef Mine eyes are open'd with delight
C4 to what thy lips impart."
4 And fee, the bleft Redeemer comes,
th' eternal Son appears,
And at th' appointed time afiumes
the body God prepares.
5 Much he reveal'd h's Father's gracet
and much his truth he fhew'd ;
And preaclrd the way of righteoufnefs
where great afTemblies flood.
6 His Father's honour toucht his heart,
he pity'd finnei s cries.
And to fulfil a Saviour's part,
was made a facrifice.
7 No blood of beafls on altars fhed
could wafh the confeience clean ;
But the rich facrifice he paid
atones for all cur fin.
8 Then was the great falvation fpread^
and Satan's kingdom fhook :
Thus by the woman's promis'd feed
the fernenfs head was broke.
HYMN
72 HYMN lxxx'x, xci
HYMN LXXXIX.
A<Tts ii 25, Sec. xiii. 35. Pf. xvi. 8, &c
C Set the Lord before my face,
I
he bears my courage up ;
Ci My heart and tongue their joys exprefs,
" my fle£h (hall reft in h. pe.
2 " My fpirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave,
<c where fouls, departed are,
xc £jor qUj£ mv body to the grave
€( to fee .corruption 'there.
3 " Thou wilt reveal the path of life
" and raife it to thy throne :
€C Thy courts immortal pleasure give,
** thy prefence joys unknown."
4 Thus in the name of Chrift, the Lord,
the holy David fung,
And Providence fulfils the word
of his prophetic tongue.
5 Jefus. who ev'ry faint adores,
was crucify'd and flain ;
Behold, the tomb its prey reftores,
behold, he lives a^ain.
6 When <hall my feet arife and ftand
on heavVs eternal hills ?
There fits the Son at God's right-hand,
and there the Father fmiles.
HYMN XC.
Luke xxiv. 51, 52. Acts i. 9. Pf. xlvii.
1 f~^\ For a fhom of facred joy
\^f to God the fov'reign king!
Let ev'ry land their tongues employ,
and hymns of triumph ling,
2 Jefus
HYMN xc, xeiv 7J
> Je.Fus, our God afcends on high;
his heav'nly guards around,
Attend him rifing through the iky,
with trumpets joyful found,
5 While angels fhout and prai-fe their King,
let mortals learn their ftraj*'
Let all tfre earth his honoiMing ;
o'er all the earth he reimfe;
4 Rehearfe his praife withigre profound,
let knowledge lead the forl| ;
Nor mock him with a lolemn found
upon a thoughtlefs tongue,
5 In Ifr'el flood his ancient throne,
he lov'd xhat chofen race j
But now he calls the world his own,
and Hfathcns tafte his grace.
6 The Britilh kingdoms are the Lord's,
there Abr'am's God is known -,
While pow'rs and princes, fhields and fwordf,
fubmit before his throne.
HYMN XCI.
Eph. iv. 8. Heb. xii. 18, &c. Act. ii. 33.
Pial. Ixviii, 17, 18.
LORD, when thou did'ft' afcend on high»
Ten thoufand angels fill'd. the £ky -y
Thole heav'nly guards around thee wait,
Like chariots that attend thy ftate.
2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear
More glorious when the Lord was there i
While he pronounc'd his dreadful law,
And flruck the chofen tribes with awe.
G 3 How
74 HYMN xci, xcii.
3 How bright the triumph none can tell,
When the rebellious pow'rs of hell,
That thoufand fouls* had captive made
Were all in chains like captives led.
4 Rais'd by his Father to the throne,
He fent his promis'd Spirit down,
With gifts and grace for rebel men,
That God migfht dwell -on earth again*
HYMN XCII.
Luke iv. 22. Heb. i. 8, 9. and iv. 12
1, Pet. ii. 9. John iii. 34. Pfal. xiv.
1 T^ Vr Y Saviour and my King,
X V JL tny beauties are divine ;
Thy lips \yth bleffings overflow,
and ev'ry grace is thine.
2 Now make thy glory known,
gird on thy dtcadful fwoid,
And ride in majefty to fpread
the conquefts of thy word.
3 Strike thro' thy ftubborn foes
or melt their hearts t' obey,
While iuftice, meeknefs, grace, and truth,
attend thy glorious way.
4 Thy laws.. G*God, are right;
thy throne fhall ever ftand ;
And thy victorious' goipel proves
a fcept^re in thy hand. *
5 Thy Father and thy God,
hath without meaiure (lied
His Spirit like a joyful oil
t' anoint thy fac^ed head.
6 Beho'id/at thy right-hand
the Gentile church is feen, Lik<
HYM N xcii, xdii. 7$
Like a fair bride in rich attire ;
and princes guard the queen,
w
7 Fair bridge, receive his love,
forget thy father's houfe ;
Forfake thy gods, thy idol-gods,
an'd pay thy Lord thy vows.
8 O let thy God and King
thy fweeteft thoughts employ °,
Thy children fhall his honour fing
in palaces of joy.
HYMN XCIH.
Mat. xxii. 9, 42. 1 Pet. ii. 4, &c. John xii.
13. Pf. cxviii. 22, &c»
iQEE what a living ftone
|^5 tne builders tud xcfufe-j.
Yet God hath built his church thereon
iiH'pite of envious Jews.
2 The fcribe and angry prieft
reject thine only Son ;
fY^t on this rock uhall Sion reftj
as the chief corner-flone.
3 The work, O Lord, is thine,
and wond'rous in our eyes :
This day declares it all divine,
this day did Jefus rife.
4 This is the glorious day
that ourB.edeemer made ;
Let us rejoice and fing and pray*
lee all the church be glad.
5 Hoianna to the King
of David's royal blood 5
- - G 2 Blefs
j6 HYMN xciii, xchr.
Blefs him, ye faints ;. he comes to bring
falvation from your God.
6 We blefs thine holy word,
which all this grace difplays ;
And offer on thine altar, Lord,
•cur facrifice of praife.
H Y M N XCIV.
Ifa. xlv. 21. Rom. ill. 21, 7. Pf. lxxi. 15, 3rc.
l"jV/f Y Saviour, my almighty friend,
when I begin thy praife,
Where will the growing numbers end>
the numbers of thy grace ?
2 Thou art my everlaftiag truit,
thy goodnefs I adore ;
And fince I knew thy graces firft
I Ppaas. ihy glories more.
3 My feet fhall travel all the length
of the celeftial road,
And march with courage in thy flrength
to fee my Father, God.
4 When 1 am fill'd with forediftrefs
for fome furprizing fin,
I'll plead thy perfect rightebufnefr,
and mention none but thine.
5 How will my lips rejoice- to tell
the vicYries of my Kins; !
My foul redeem'd from (in and hell
fhall thy falvation ling.
6 My tongue fhali a 1 t' e.'n^ p oclaixn
my Saviour and r •
His death has broug , . ft -.?€>
and drown'd tl <*>iood.
Awake,
HYMN xciV, xcv; 73
7 Awake, awake, my tuneful pow'rs j ,
with this delightful fong
I'll entertain the darkeft hours,
nor think the feafon long.
HYMN XCV.
i Cor. x. 9. Heb. iii. 7, &c. Pfal. xcv«
1 £~\ OME, let our -voices join to raife
%^4 A facred fong of folemn praife;
God is a fov'reign King ; rehearfe
His honours in exalted verfe.
2 Come, let our fouls addrefs theLord,
Who fram'd our natures with his word % »
He is ourfhepherd ; we the fheep
His mercy chofe, his paftures keep.
3 Come, let welipaj' his v^*-
The counfels of his love obey,
Nor let our hard'ned hearts renew,
The fins and plagues that Ifr'el knew;
4 Ifr'el that faw his works of grace,
Yet tempt their Maker to his face *,
A faithlefs unbelieving brood,
That tir'd the patience of their God.
5^ Thus fakh the Lord, ? How falfe they
«« Forget my pow'r-, abufe my love ; (prove
" Since they defpife my reft, I fwear,
" Their feet {hail never enter there."
6 Look back, my foul, with holy dread,
And view thofe ancient rebels dead ',
Attend the ofFer'd grace to day,
Norloie the bleffings by delay.
7 Seize the kind promife while it waits,
And march to Sion's heav'nly gates ;
G3 Believe
«1 H Y M N xcv, jforp
Believe, and take the promis'd reft y
Obey, and be for ever bleft.
HYMN XCVI. ;
Luke i. 3*> 33- JoW.. 49,51. #*&• *
JESUS fhall reisn where'er the fun
Does his fucceffive journeys-run 5
-lis kingdom ftrctch from.fhore to fhore,
Till moons ihall wax and wane no more.
t Vhold the iflands with their kings,
And Europe her beft tribute brings *
From north to ibuth the princes meet
To pay their homage at his ieet.
* There Perfia glorious to behold,
Submit, and bow, and own their Lord.
4 For him ihall endlefs pray'r be made,
And pvaiies throng to crown his head*
His name like fweet perfume {hall rife
With ev'ry morning-faciiike.
c People and realms of c vVy tongue
Dwelt on his love with fweeteft long*
And infant-voices Ihall proclaim
TVirtaly bkiiings on his name.
6 Bldnngsahound where'er he reigns,
The pi is'ner leaps to lofe his chains \
The weary find eternal reft,
And all the ions of want are bleft.
' 7 Where he difplays his healing power,
Death and the curie are known no more \
In him the nibesof &dam boaft
More bleflings than their fatter loft:
HYMN . Xcvi, xcvi'i. . 75
8 Let ev'ry creature rife and bring.
Peculiar honours to our King :
Angels defcend with fongs again,,
And earth repeat the long amen.
HYMN XCVIL
Mat. xviii, 20. 1 Tim. iii. £5, Pf. cxxxiL
5, &c„
iTLTO fleep nor flumber to his eyes
J/^ good David would afford,
'Till he had found below the ikies-
a dwelling for the Lord,
2 The Lord in Sion plac'd hisname^.
his ark was fettled there :
To Sion the whole nation came.
To worfhip thrice a- year.
3 But we have no fuch lengths to ga
nor wander far abroad^
Where'er thy faints aiTcmhle now
there is a houfe for God.
4 Arife, O King of grace arife*
and enter to thy refr?
Lo ! thy church waits with longing eye^
thus to be own'd- and -bleft.
5 Enter with all thy glorious train,
thy Spirit and thy word ;
All that the ark did once contain
could no fuch grace afford.
6 Here, mighty God, accept our vcvx33.
here let thy praife be fpread ;
Blefs the provisions of thy houfes '
and fill thy poor with bread.
j Here let the Son of David reign,
let God's anointed Hiiae i
Juftke
3o HYMN xcviii, xcix.
Juftice and truth his court maintain
with love and pow'r divine.
8 Here let him hold a lafting throne,
and as his kingdom grows,
Freih honours fhall adorn his crown,
and fhame confound his foes.
HYMN XCVIII.
Eph. v. 19, 20. 2d Thef. i. 7. Pfal. xcvii. r.
1 f TE reigns j the Lord the Saviour reigns!
JLJL PyaSe him in evangelic ftrains :
Let the whole earth in fongs rejoice
And diftant iilands join their voice.
2 Deep are his counsels and unknown ;
But grace and truth fupport his throne ;
Though gloomy clouds his way {unround,
Juftice is ?heir eternal ground.
3 In robes of judgment, lo he comes,
Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves thetombs*
Before him burns devouring, fire,
The mountains melt, the leas retire,
4 His enemies with lore difmay,
Fly from the fight, and fhun the day ;
Then lift your heads, ye famts, on high*
And ling, for your redemption's nigh. J
H.Y. M N XC1X.
PiUi. ix.jo..
zCJt ING to the Lord, who loud proclaims
'^) His various, and his laving names j
O may they not be heard alone,
But by our fure experience known!
2 The great Jehovah be ador'd,
Th* eternal, all-iufTicient Lord,
He thro' the world mofthigh eonfefs'd, .
By whom 'twas form'd, and is pofTeis'd.
3 Awake
HYMN xcix, c, 8 1
3 Awake our nobleft pow'rs, to blefs
The God of Abr'am, God of peace 5
Now by a dearer title known,
Father and God of Chrifl his Son.
4 Thro' ev'ry age his gracious ear
Is open to his fervants prayer ;
Nor can one humble foul complain^
That he has fought his God in vain.
5 What unbelieving heart fhall dare
In whifpers to fuggeft a fear,
While ftill lie owns his ancient name ?
The fame his pow'r, his love the fame !
6 To thee our fouls in faith arife,
To thee we lift expecting eyes j
And boldly through the defart tread :
For God will guard, where God fhall lead,.
HYMN C.
Pf. XXXV. 2.
3 O Alvation ! O melodious found
^35 to wretched dying men !
Salvation, that from God proceeds,
and leads to God again !
2 Refcu'd from hell's eternal gloom,,
from fiends and fires and chains :
Rais'd to a paradife of blifs,
where love vrkh glory reigns !
3 But O ! may a degen'rate foul3
finful and weak as mine,
Prefume to raife a trembling eye
to blefiings fo divine ?
4 The lnftre of fo bright a fcens
my feeble heart o'erbears ;
And unbelief aim oil: perverts.
the promiCe into tears, 5 My
%-i HYMN c, ci.
J My Saviour- God, no voice but thine
thefe dying hopes can raife;
Speak thy ialvation to my foul,
and turn its tears to praife.
6 My Saviour-God, this broken voice
tranfported, fhall proclaim,
And call on all th' angelic harps
to. found fo forget a nam,e.
HYMN CL
Pfalm xlv. 3, 4.
1. T OUD to the Prince of heav'a
J j Your chearful voices raife j
To him your vows be giv'n,
And fill his courts wiih praife,
With confeious worth
All clad in arms,
All bright m charms,
He i allies forth.
X Gird on thy conquMng fword^ ,
Afcend thy Ihining car,
And march, almighty Lord,
To wage thy holy war9
Before his wheeLs
In gkd.furprize,
Ye valleys rife,
And link ye hills.
3 Fair truth, and fruiting love,
And injur'd righteoufnefs
In thy retidtie move,
And feek from' thee redrefs :
Thou in their caufe
Shall pi ofp'rous ride,
An 1 far and wide
Difpenfe thy laws. efore
HYMN ci, clL f|
.'4 Before thine awful face
■kliiiicns of foes mail fall,
The captives of thy grace,
That grace, which conquers all.
The world mall know,
Great King of kings,
Wliat won'drous things
Thine arm can do.
5 Here to my willing foul
-Bend thy triumphant way*
Here ev'ry foe control*!,
And all thy pow'r difpiay.
Mv heart, thy throne,
; Bleft Jems fee,
Bows low to thee,
To thee alone.
HYMN CII.
PFalm cvii. 31.
ir\7* E fons of men, with joy record
j[ the various wonders or* the Lord %
And lft his pow'r and goodnefe found
Thro* all your tribes the world around.
2 Let the high heav'ns your fongs invitea
Thofe fpacious fields of brilliant light;
Where fun. and moon, and planets roll,
And ftars, that glow from pole to pole,
3 Sing earth* in verdant robes array'd,
Its herbs and flow'rs, its fruit and fhade 3 "
Peopled with life of various forms,
Fiihes, and fowls, and beads, and worms,
4" View the broad fea's majeitic plains,
And think how wide its maker reigns ;
That band remoter! nations joins,
And on%ach wave his goodnels {hints,
5 But,
64 HYMN cii, cm.1
5 But, O that brighter world above,
Where lives and reigns incarnate love \
•God's only Son,' in He Ih array'd,
For man a bleeding vic~tim made.
6 Thither, my foul with rapture foar :
There in the land of praife adore :
This theme demands an angels tongue,
Demands a never-ending fong.
HYMN CIII.
Pfalm CXIX. 9.
•1 TNDULGENF God, with pitying eyes
the Ions of -men furvey,
And fee how youthful flnners fport
in a deftrucYive way.
2 Ten thoufand dangers lurk around
to bear them to the tomb ;
Each in an hour may plunge them down,
where hope can never come.
3 Reduce, O Lord, their wand'ring minds,
amus'd with airy dreams,
That heav'!y wifdom may difpel
their vifionary fchemes.
4 With holy caution may they walk,
and be thy word their guide ;
Till e?ch the defart fafely pafs'3,
en Sion's hil) abide.
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