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Psalm r, [C, M.] 1 "|5 LEST is the man who fnuns the place, JS3 Where fmrsers love to meet ; Who fears to tread their wicked ways, And hates the (coffer's feat : 2 But in the flatutes of the Lord Has plac'd his chief delight ; By day he reads cr hears the word, And meditates by night. 3 £He,fikea plant of gen'rous kind, By living waters fet, Saf= from the ftorrns and blading wind, Enjoys a peaceful ftaie,\j 4 Green as the leaf, and ever fair, Shall his profeiiion thine, While fruits ofhoiinefs appear L'ke c-uilers on the vine. j Not (o the impious and unjufr ; What vain defigns they form ! T eit hopes are blown away iske dud, Or chaff before the ftortn. -rs in judgment fhaU not (land An-or^ii the foes of grace, ; Chiifr. the juo\;e, at his right hand, j^^uc-ints his (aims a place. PSALM I. 7 His eye beholds the path they tread ; His heart approves it weli : But crocked W2ys of Tinners lead Down to the gates of belt. Psalm i. [S. M.] 1 r ~V^' HE man is ever bled JL Who fhuns the finner's ways, Among!} their counfels never Hands, Nor takes the fcorner's place : 2 But makes the law of God His (ludy and de! ght, Amid ft the labors of the day And watches of the night. 5 He like a tr?e fhall thrive, With waters neat the root ; Preth as the leaf his name fhall live ; His works are heav'nly fruit. 4 Not fo th' ungodly race, They no fuch blefiinfcs find : Their hopes fhall flee like empty chaff Before the driving wind. 5 How will they bear to ftand Before the judgment feat, Where a'l the faints at ChriiVs right hand In full afTembly meet? 6 He kno.vs and he approves The way the righteous go ; But linnets, and their works fhall meet A dreadful overthrow. PSALM IU 5 Psalm i. [L. M.] ^ APPY the man whofe cautious feet Shun the broad way that (inners go, Who hates the place where atheifts meet, And fears to talk as fcofFers do. He loves t' employ his morning light Amcngd the (latutes of the Lord, And fpends the wakeful hours of night, With pieafure pond'ring o'er his word* He, like a plant by gentle {{reams, Shall fiouriih in immortal green : And Heav'n will fhine with kindeft beams On ev'ry work his hands begin. But finners find their counfels crofl ; As chaff before the tempeft flies, So fnali their hopes be blown and loft, When the lad trumpet makes the Ikies. In vain the rebel feeks to (land In judgment with the pious race ; The dreadful judge, with flern command? Divides h ; ra to' a difF'ren^ place. ' Straight is the way my faints have trod, ' I bleft the paih, and drew it plain : * But you would choofe the crooked rgad, * And down it leads to endlefs pain.' Fsalm 2. [S. M ] Atfs 4. 24, &c. AKER and fev'reign Lord Of heav'n, and eaiih, and feas, A 2 6 PSALM H. Thy providence confirms thy word. And anfvvers thy decrees. 2 The things i'o ion£ foretold By David are fuifiii'd ; When jews and Gemi'es join to flay Jeiw, thy hc'y child.] 3 Why did the Gentiles rage, And Jews, with one accord, Bend all their counfels to delfroy Th* Anointed of the Lord ? 4 Rulers and kings agree To form a vain defign ; A gaictl the Lord their powrs 5 unite, Again!* his Chrifi: they join. 5 The Lord derides their rage, And will fupport his throne; He that hath rais'd him from the dead; Hath own'd him for his Son. 6 Now he's afcended high, And f;flcs to rule the earth ; The merit cf \.h blood he pleads, And pleads his heav'nly birth. PAUSE. 7 He afks, and God be (lows A i-.r£ RD,thou wilt hear me when I pray, I am forever thin- 1 ; I fear before thee all the day, Nor would I dare 10 fin. £ And while I reft my weary head, From cares and bus'nefs free, v Tis fweet converfing on my bed With my own heart and thee. 3 I pay this ev'ning facrifice ; And when my work is done, Great God ! my faith and hope relies Upon thy grace alone. 4 Thus, with my thoughts compos'd to peace, I'll give mine eyes to fl.'ep ; Thy hand in fafety keeps my days, And will my {lumbers keep. Psalm 5. [C. M.] 1 T" ORD, in the morning thou malt hear & j My voice a'fcending high ; 'PSALM V. 4 To thee will I direct my pray'r, To thee lift up mine eye. Up to the hills where Chrift is gone To plead for all his faints, Preferring at his Father's throne Our fongs and our complaints, QC 3 Thou art a God, before whofe fi_ The wicked (hail not frand ; Sinners fliall ne'er be thy delight,, Nor dwell at thy right-hand, 4 But to thy houfe will I reforf ? * To tade thy mercies there : I will frequent thine holy court, And worfhip in thy fear. 5 O may thy Spirit guide my feet In ways of righteoufnefs ! Make ev'ry path of duty ftraightj And plain before my face. PAUSE. 6 My watchful enemies combine, To tempt my feet affray ; They flatter with a bafe defign To make my foul their prey, 7 Lord, ci'ufti the fecpent in the duft, And all his plots deftroy 5 While thofe that in thy mercy trull For ever ftioujt for joy. 6 The men that love and fear thy nan: Shall fee their hopes fulfiTd \ B H PSALM VI. The nvghty God will compafs cbefli With favor as a fhield. Psalm 6. [G. M ] j T N anger, Lord, rebuke me not, JL Withdraw the dreadful Storm ; Nor Je* thy fury grow io hoE Againfr a feebie worm. 2 My foul's bow'd down with heavy cares, Myfltfh wi\h pain oppreft ; My couch is witneis to my tears, My tears forbid my reft. 3 Sorrow and pain wear out my days ; I wade the night with cries ; Counting the minutes as they pafe, Till the flow morning riiV. 4 Shall I be ftiii tormented more ? My eyes cbnfum'd with grief? How iong, my God, how long before Thine hand afford* relief ? 5 Ke hears when dufl: and afties fpeak, He pities all our groans ; He laves us for his mercy s fake, And heJs our broken bones. 6 The virue of his fov'rei^n word R (tores our fainting brea-h ; For fiUnt graves praife not the Lord, Nor is he known in death. PSALM VI. VII. 25 Psalm 6. [L. M.] 1 T ORD ; I can fuHr thy rebuke, JL-J When thou with kindnefs doth chaf- But thy fierce wrath I cannoi bear, Fti|e 5 O let it not agai rift me rife. 2 Pit) my Sanguining eftate* And eafe the forrows that I fee! ; The wounds thy heavy hand hath made, O let thy gentl.r touches heal. 3 See how I pafs my weary days In fighsand groans ; and when 'tis night My bed is water'd with my tears ; My grief confumes and dims my fight. 4 Look how th# pow'rs of nature mourn I How long, Almighty God, how long? When (hail thine hour of grace return ? When ffiafl I make thy grace my fong I 5 I fed my firfh fo near the grave, My thoughts are tempted to de(pair ; But graves can never praife the Lord, For all is duft and fi'ence there. J> Depart, ye tempttrs, from my foul, And ail defpaiVing thoughts depart % My God, who hears my humble moan, Will eafe my flefh, and cheer my heart. Psalm 7. [C. M.] Y trufr is in my heav'nly friend % JL My hope in thee, my God ; 16 PSALM VIL Rife, and my helplefs life defend From thofe that feek my blood. 2 With infolence and fury they My foul in pieces tear ; As hungry lions rend the prey, When no deleter's near. 3 If I had e'er provok'd them firft, Or once abus'd my foe, Then let him tread my life to dufr, And lay my honor low. 4. If there be malice hid in me, (I know thy piercing eyes) I fliould not dare appeal to thee. Nor aftz my God to rife. 5 Arife, my God, lift up thine hand, Their pride and power controul : Awake to judgment, and command Dtliv'rsnce for my foul. PAUSE. 6 [Let Gnners and their wicked rage Be humbled to the dud : Shai! not the God of tiuth engage To vindicate the jufl ? 7 He knows the heart, he tries the reins, He will defend th* upright ; His iharpeir arrows he ordains Agamir the fens of fpite. 8 Fcr me their malice digg'd a pit, But there themfelves are call : My God makes all their nr.ifchief light PSALM VITI. 17 Qn their own beads at \ai\ ■] 9 Thar cruel perfecting race, Mud f-e! Ms dreadful -fwor d \ Awake, my foal and prsife the grace And juflice of the Lord. Psalm 8 [S. M.] 1 f~\ LORD, our heaVnly King, V_J^ 1 Thy name is ail dicine: Thy glories, round the earth are fpreadj And o'er the heav'ns they (bine. 2 When to thy works on high I ra-fe my wond'ring eyesj And fee ihe moon complete in light- Adorn the darkfome ikies, 3' When I furvey the ibis, And a 1 their mining forms ; Lord, what is man ! that worthlefs things A kin to dui\ and worms ? 4 Lord, what is worth'efs man, Tl.at thou (houldti love him {o ? Next to thine ang-ls is he plac'd, And Lord or all b low. 5 Th ne honors crown his head, Wbi'-e b.eafts like flaves obey, And birds that cut the air With wings s And fifti that e'eave the fea. 6 How rich thy bounties are 1 And wond'rous are thy ways! B z it PS\LMVIII. Of dud and worms thy pow'r can frame A monument of praife. 7 [Cut of tie moiths of babes And fucklin^s thou c^nfl draw Surprifing honors to thy name, And ftrke the world wi'h awe 8 O Lord, our heavenly King, Thy name is a!l divine ; Thy g!otks round the earth are fpread, And o'er the heavens they fhine j Psalm 8. [C. M 2 1 /~\ Lord our God, how wond'reus grc&X \^f Is thine exahed r.ame ! The g'ories of thy heav'nly (late, Let men and babes pri-claim. 2 When i beheld thy works on high, The moon that rules the ni^h*, And itars that w?ll adorn the fky» Thofe mr-ving worlds of lij>ht ; s 3 Lord, what is man, or all his race, Who dwells fo far below. That -hou. {houldit ->ifit hi>n with grace, And love his nature (o ; 4 That thine eternal Son fhoula bear To take a mortal form, Made lower thai h s angels are, To fave a dying worm ? 5 [Yet while he hAi on earth, unknown, And nun would nat ador;, PSALM VIII. *$ Th' obedient feas and rimes owa H53 Godhead and lis pow'r. 6 The waves lay fpread beneath his fce% And fiih, at his command, Bring their large fhoals to Peter's net* And tribute to his hand. 7 Thefe lefler glories of the Son Shone thro' the flelh'y doud : Now we behold him on his throne, And rnen ccnfefs him God*3 S Let him be crown'd with majelty, Who bow'd his head to death j And be his honors founded hi^h By ail things that have breathe 9 Jtfus, our Lord, how wond'rcus great Is thy exalted name ! The glories of thy heav r n!y (late Let the whole earth proclaim. Psalm 8. V;r. r, 2, paraphrafed. • Part i, [L. MJ 1 A LMIGHTY Pvuler of the ikies, jLjl Thro* the wide earth thy name is And thine eternal plories rife £ fpread. O'er all the heav'ns thy hands ha e made* 2 To thee the voices of the young, A monument of honor raife ; And babes with uninflrucled tongue 9 Declare the wonders ot thv praife. 3 Thy. pow'r aflift their tender a^e so PSALM. VII r. To bring proud rebels to the ground j To (Til! the bold bla Timers' tags, And all their po'icies confound. 4, Children ansidlt thy temple throng, To fee the treat- Redeemer's face ; The Ton of D vd is their frng, And young bofannws MM the place. 5 The frowfiHyg-fcnbes. and arJg*y prieds, In vain ih ir impious cavi!s brina ; Revenge las filcn: in their brea'ts, While Jewilh babes proclaim their King, Psalm 8 Ver. %, &c. paraphrafed. Part 2U (TjL. M J 'L Adam the offspring of t f e cult ! t^rii, That thou fhouidit ft. h m an.i his race But jufr. below an angel's place ; That thou mould ft taife his naure fo $ And make him Lord of ail ^elow ; Make ev'ry bead and bird fubrnit, And Ly the fiiVs at his fea ? But G what bfi hter gkrL-s wait To crown the frcond Adam's (late J What honors ftuil thy Son adorn, Who condtfeended to be born ! See I in below lis angels made, See him in duft an< n.ft tiie dead, To fave a ruin'd v;oild fiom fin : But he Hull reign with pow'r divine*. PSALM IX, 21 5 The world to come, redeem °d from ail The mis'ries that attend the fall, New made, and glorious, (hail fubmit At cur exalted Savior's feet, Psalm 9. Part T. [C. M.] I "\~KT I r H my whole heart I'll raife my \ V ■ Thy wonders IMS proclaim: [[foagi Thou, fov'reign Judge of right and wrong, Wiil put my foes to (name. % I'll (ing thy majefty and grace : My God prepares his throne, To judge the world in righteoufne&f And make his vengeance known. 3 Then (hail the Lord a refuge prove. For ail the poor oppretr : To fave the people of his love, And give the weary red. 4 The men that know thy na«ne will truft _ In thine abundant grace, For thou had ne'er forfook the Jcfr, Who humbly fought thy face 5 Sing praifes to the righteous Lord, Who dwells on Zion's hill ; Who executes his threading word* And doth his grace fulfil. Psalm 9. Vtr. 12. Part 2. [C. M J I 117 HEN the great judge, Supreme and V V Shall once inquire for blood, [jajl, The humble fouls that me-ura ia duft, 22 PSALM IX. Shall find a faithful God. 2 He from tie dr^ao ,fui n^es of death, Does his own children raift ; I D Zion's gates, v.iih c! eerful breath, They fipg 'heir Father's pra-fe, 3 His foes mail fell, with heed'iefs feet, Jr'o the pit they made ; And finners perifh in the net That their own hands have fpread. 4 Thus, by thy j'jdiimr r !«, mighty Gcd, Are thy deep couofels known ! When rren of mifcruef are deftroy'd, The fnare cmift be their own. PAUSE. 5 The wicked (hall firk down to Hell j Thy wrah de-vcur the lands That dare forget thee, or rebel Againf* thy known commands. 6 Tho" 1 faints to fore diftrefs are brought, And wait and long complain, Their cries fnall not be long forgot, Nor {hall tneir hopes be v«in 7 [Rife, great Redeemer, from thy feat, To judge 2nd fave the poor ; Let nations tremble at thy i;tt, And men pr-\ail no more. 8 Thy thunder (ha!l affright the prcud, And put t: eir hearts top^in ; Make them conk fa that thou art God, And they but feeble xien.] PSALM & n Psalm io. CC M] 1 \1€J BY doth the Lord iland off fo far, VV And why conceal his Lee, When great calamities appear, And times of deep difirefs ? 2 Lord, fhal! the wicked (till deride Thy jailice and thy power ? Shall they advance their heads in pride, And ftili thy feints devour i 3 They put thy judgments from their light, And thes iniui* the poor j They boaft in their exaked height That they {hall fall no more. 4 A-rife, O God, lift up thine hand, Attend our humble cry : No enemy (hall dare to (land, W hen God afcerds on high. PAUSE, 5 Why do the men of malice rage, And lay, with foolifn pride, -' The God of heav'n wtll ne'er engage * To fight or. Zon's fide V 6 But thou forever art our Lord, r^nd pow'rful is ti ine tiand ; As when the Heathens felt thy fword # And periih'd from thy land, 7 Thou wilt prepare our hearts to pray* And c&ufe thine ears to hear : Ke hea?k=ns what his c^il Ji en fay 9 And puis the world m fear. *4 PSALM XL 5 Proud tyrants flull no more opprefs, No more defpife the julr ; And mighty Tinners mail confefs They arc but earth and duft. Psalm i i. [L. M.J 1 *]\/TY refuse is the God of love ; J_VX Why do my foes iniuit and cry> 4 Fly, like a tim'rous trembling dove, * To diftant woods or mountains fly 2 2 If government be all deflroy'd, (That firm foundation of our peace) And violence make juftice void, Where (hall th* righteous feck redrefs ? 3 The Lord in heav'n hath ftx'd his throne ; His eyes furvey the world below ; To him aiS mortal things are known ; His eyelids fcarch our- fpirits thro'. 4 If he afflicts his faints fo far, To prove their love and try their prace, "What may the bold tranfgiefibrs fear j His very foul abhor? iheir ways, j On impious wretches he (ball rain Tempers of brimftone, tire, anu death { Such a3 he kindled on the piain Or Sodom, with his angry breath. 6 The righteous Lord lovts righteous fouls Whole thoughts and actions are fincere j And with a gracious eye beholds The men that his own imaoe bear. PSALM Xl% % Psalm 12. [L. M.] 1 T ORD. if thou dofi not fhoa appear JLj Vinue and truth will flee away ; A faithful man amongft us here Will fcarce be found, if thou delay. 2 The whole difcourfe when neighbors inset Is fill'd with trillis ioofe and vain ; Their Ups are fktt'ry and deceit, And their proud language is profane, 3 But lips that with deceit abound Shall not maintain their triunr.ph long ; The God of vengeance will confound The flatt'ring and blaiphetnistg tongue* 4 s Ye? Qfafl our words be free,' they cry ; * Our tongues (nail be contFJtil'd by none ; ' Where is the Lord will afk us why* * Or f^y » cur lips are net our own V 5 The Lord, who fees the poor opprefi:, And hears th 5 opprtiTor's haughty (train, Will rife to give his children reft, Nor fhdil they tiuft his word in vain. 6 Thy wore!, O Lord, the** oken try'd, Void of deceit mall iU\ appear s Not iliver, (even times pufiheid From drofs and mixture, mines fo 7 Thy -race (hall in the dark:(t hour Defend the holy foul from harm ; Tho* when the viieft men have pew Gfep evYy (ids will lionets {war^. n clear- z6 PSALM XII. Psalm 12, [C. M.] j TTELP, Lord, for men of virtue fill, X JL Re'igion loffs ground ; The ions of violence prevail, And treacheries abound- 2 Their oaths and profnifes they break, Yet act the- fhtt'rer's part : With fair deceitful J : ps they fpeak, And with a double heart. 3 If we reprove forne hateful" lie, How is their fury ilisr'd ! * Are not our lips cur own,' they cry, * And who ilia; I be our Lord V 4 ScofRrs appear on ev'ry fide, Where a vile race of men Is rais'd to feats of pow'r and pride. And bears the Iword in vain. PAUSE. 5 Lord, when iniquities abound, And blaiphemy grows bold, When faith is hardly to be found, And love is waxing cold ; £ Is not thy chariot hafl'ning on ? Haft thou not giv'n the fign ? May we not (ruft and live upon A promife Co divine ? 7 ' Yes,' faith the Lord, * now will I rife f * And make oppreflbre flee : * I (hall appear to their furprife, * And let mv frr rants free.' PSALM XIII. 27 8 Thy word, like (liver fev'a times try'd, Thro* ngss fiu!l endure : The risen that in thy truth confide, Shall find the promife fure, Psalm 13. [L. M.] 1 TTOW long O Lord, (hall I complain, JLJL Like one that feeks his God in vain ? Canij thou thy face for ever hi fie. And I lUH pray, and be dtny'd ? 2 Shall I foreyer be forger, As one whom thou regarded not ? Still fihll my foul thine abfence mourn ? And fill dtfpair of thy return ? 5 How long (hall my poor troubled breafl Be with thefe anxious thoughts qppreft, And Satan, my malicious tos, Rejoice to fee me funk fa low? 4. Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief,, Before my death conclude ray grief ; If thou withhold'^ thy heav'nly light, Ifl.ep in everfaftirig night, 5 How will the pow'rs of ' cUrknefs boad, If but one praying loui '■* Joft i But I have trulled in thy grace, And fiiali again behold thy face. 6 Wbate'er my Tests or foes fiiggefr, Thou art my hope, my joy, my pefl : My heart (hall feel thy bvew and raid- My chetrfu! voice to fcn&s o< pr^ife, s8 PSALM XIH, FCALM 13. [C. U ] 1 OW lorsj wilt thou conceal thy iac. 1 ' My God, how long delay ? When fhfeill I feci thafe heav'njy rays That chsfe my fears away ? 2 fcJow long (hali my poor iab'ring foul V/rc-Uie and toil in vain ? Thy word can ail my foes controul, And eafe my racing pa-n. 3 See how the prince of darknefs tries Aii his malicious arts, He fpreads a rniH around my ey;s, And throws his fiery darts. 4 Be thou my fun, and thou my (hield, My fcul in fafety keep ; Make half?, before mire eyes are feal'd In death's e'.crnal fletp. 5 How would the tempter boaft aloud, if I became his p-^y ! Behord ? ,ne fons of hell grow proud At thy fo long d.Say. 6 But they fnail fly st hy rebuke, And Satan hide his head ; Ke knows the terrors of thy look. And hears thy voce with dread, " Thou wilt difp'ay that fov'reign grtce Where all my hopes are I unj I fnall employ my lips in rraifi And vicVrv (hall be i ■«; » -vs\lu .xrv. 29 Psalm .4, Part 1. [CM.] P0OLS : n thejr hearts bs'ieve and (ay, ' Thai a'! rejjfjpn'^ vnin j * There is no Go i thai reigns on high, ' Or minds th 1 strain of men.' 2 From thoughts fa dreadful and profane, Corrupt difcourfe proceeds ; And in their impious hands are found Abominable ce^ds. 3 The Lord from bis celefriil throne I.ook'd down on things heiow. To find the man that fought his grace. Or did his juftiqe know. 4. By nature ail are cone ailray ; Their practice all the fa no % There's none that fears his ^laker's hand ; There's none that saves h's name. C Their tongues are us'd to fpeak deceit; Their danders never ceaie : How nv'ifi to nsifchief are their feet ! Nor knew the paths of peace ! 6 Such feeds of fm (that bitter root) In ev ry heart are found ; Nor can they bear diviner fruit, 'Tijj grace refine the ground. Psalm 14. Part 2. [C. M.] RE finners now fo fer.fe'efs grown That they the taints devour ' ? C z ^ I SALM XV. And never worfhip at thy throne, Nor fear thine awful pow'r ? 2 Great God, appear to their furprife, Reveal thy dreadful name ; Let them no more tliy vvrath defpife, Nor turn cur hope to fliame. 3 Doll thou not dwell among thejuft? And yet our foes deride, That we Ihould make thy name our irulr, Great God, confound their pride ! 4 O that t e joy ru! day were come, To ffnifh our dii'trefs ! When God fhail bring his children home, Our ill never ccai'e. A ALM 15. [L. M ] ! T^TKO fhaH inhabit in thy bill, V V O God of hoiinefsf Whom will the Lord admit to dwell So near his throne of grace ? 2 The man that walks in pious way?, And works whh righteous hands 5 That trufls Lis Maker's promifts, And follows his comroards. 3 He fpfaks the meaning of his heart, Nor flanders with his tongue ; Will fcarce believe an ill report, K. r do bis neighbor wrong. I The wealthy 'inn is he contemns, Lovci all that fear the Lord ; PSALM XV. $j And tho' to his own hurt he fwears, S ill he performs his word. 5 His hands difdain a golden bribe, And never gripe the poor : This man fh?!! dwell with God on earth, And find his heav'n iecure. Psalm 15. [L, M.] : TITHO Pnall afcend thy heav'nly place, VV Great God, and dwell before thy The man that minds religion now, [face . ? And humbly walks with God below; 2 Whole hands are pure, whofe heart is clean, Whofe iips fHJI fpeak the things they mean : No danders dwell upon his tongue ; He hates to do his neighbor wrong. 3 [Scarce wiii he truft an ill report, Nor vent it to his neighbor's hurt ; Sinners of ftate he can defpife, But faints are honor 'd in his eyes.] 4 [Firm to his word he ever flood, And always makes his promife good ; Nor dares to change the thing he fweais, Whatever pain or lofs he bears. 2 5 [He never deals in bribing gold, And mourns that juiHce Ihould be fo'd ; While others giipe and grind the poor, Sweet charity attends his doer.3 6 He loves his enemies, and prays For tbofe that curfe him to his face 5 32 FSAJLM XVI, And do to a!! men (lijl the tarrr, That he would [tope or wifn from them. - Yet, wen Ms hohiit works are docC) His loul :'-. : . f ; da op grace ?.!on c } This is the il fee, And dwell lor-.ver, Lord, \\uh tV,eSe. Fsalm 1 6. Part i. [L. M.] RESERVE me, Lord, in time ofnsed, For fuccor to thy throne I fee ; But have no (net its there to plead ; My goodnefs cannot reach to tl;ce. 2 Oft ha,ve my heart and tongue confer, How empty and how poor I am ; My prajfe can never mal;e thee bleif, And adcTnevy glories, to thy name. 3 Yt*t, Lord, thy faints on earth may reap Some profit by the g3od w^ do ; Trefe pre the company f keep, Theft; are the choice/! friends I know, 4 Let others, chocfe the fjns of nunh To give a rd«(h to t' eir wine : I love the men of heav.'nly birth, Vv'hofe thougiits and language are divine. Psalm l5. Part z. [L. M.l I T_T QW fa{l their guilt and forrow* rife, XX Who ha(le to ie:k force ide! god ! 1 w»U not tafte their facrifice, Their offerings of forbiddej) blood. PSALM XV L 33 2 My God provides a richer cup, And nobler food to live upon ; He for my life has cfKr'd up Jefus, his bietl beloved Son. 3 His iovt is my perpe*ual tea It ; By day his cour.feis guide roe rigjit s And be his name forever bie#, Who gives me fw^eet advice by night, 4 I fet hiro ftii'i before mine eyes ; Al my right hand he ftands prepared To keep my foul from ail farprifs, And be my evedafHcg guard, Psalm i6. Pan 3, [L. M.] WH EN God is nigh, my lakh is (Ucng, His arm is niy almighty prop : Be glad my heart, rejoice my tongue, My dying fle : (h (hall reft in hope. 2 Though in the dull I lay my head. Yet, gracious God, thou wilt net leave My foul forever with the dead. Nor iofe thy chiidien in the gra?e. 3 My fie& fhaH thy firft call obey, fcru-ike off the dull and rife on high ; Then (halt thcu lead the wend'rous way Up to thy throne above the iky. 4 There dreams of endSefs pleafure flow ; And full difcov'ries of thy grace, (Which we but talfed here below) spread hcav'oiy joys through all the place* 34 PSALM XVT. Psalm 16 i — 3. Part i. [CM.] i Qt AVE me, O Lord, from ev'ry foe ; C3 In thee my trull I piace ; Tbo' all the pood that I can do Can ne'er deferve thy grace. 2 Yet, if my God pro ong my breath, The faints may profit by't ; The faints, the glory of the earth, The jnen of my delight. 3 Let Heathens to their idols hafte, And worfhip wood and (tone j But my delightful let is cart Where the true God is known. 4 His hand provides my coniiant food, He fi'Is my daily cup : Much am I pleas'd with prefent good, But more rejoice in hope. c God is my penion and my joy ; His counfels are my light : He givis me fwect advice by diy, And gzn le h ms by night. 6 My fou'. would all her thoughts approve, To his all i.eing eye ; Nor death, nor hell, mv hope (hall move, While luch a fiierid is n;gi). Psalm i6. Part 2. [C M ] he Lord before my face, an my courage uy ; I ■ T SETth X ' He be PSALM XVII. 35 1 My heast, my tongue, their joys exprefs J « My flefn fhall reft in hope. ' My fpitit, Lord, thou wilt not leave * Where fouls depar ed are ; Nor quit my body to the grave, * To fee corruption there. * Thou wilt reveal the path of life, * And raife me to thy throne : * Thy courts immortal pieaiure give, * Thy prefence joys unknown.' [Thus, «n the name of Chrift, the Lord, The holy David fung j .And Providence fulfils the word Of his prophetic tongue. Jefus, whom every faint adores, Was crucify'd and flain j Behold, the tomb its prey reftores .; Behold, he lives again ! When fhall ray feet arife and (land On heav'os eternal bill i There fits the Son at God's right hand, And there the Father fmiles ] Psalm 17. 13, &c. [S. M ] ARISE my gracious God, And make the wicked flee ; They are but thy chaftifing rod, To drive thy faints to thee. Behold, the (inner dies, His haughty words are vain ) 36 PSALM XVII. Kere in this life his pleasure lies, And a! I beyond is pain. 3 Then let his pride advance, And bcail of all h s (tore ; The Lord is my inheritance, My fcul can wifh no more, 4 I ftiall behold the face Of my forgiving God ; A*nd frand complete in rsghteoufo Wafh'd in my Savior's b!ood. 5 There's a new heaven begun When I awake from death, Drtfs'd in the likenefs of thy Son, And draw immortal breath. Psalm. 17. [L. M] ORD, I am thine : but thou wilt prove My faith, my patience, and my love ; Vv\:en men of-fpke again!]; me join, They are the {word, the hand is thine. 2 Their hope and p:r;ion lie below ; 5 T ; s a!! the happinefs they know, 'Tis ali they leek : they take their fiiares, And leave the reft amon* their hcirj 3 What iinners value, 1 rdi^n ; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine ; I thai! behold % bl&ful face, And (land complete in righteoulnefs. 4 This life's a cream, an empty mow; But tht bright world 10 which 1 go PSALM XVIII. 37 Hath joys fubftantia! and fincere : When (hail I wake and find me there ? glorious hour ! O bieft abode ! 1 foal! be near and like my God ! And flcfh and fin no more controul The facred pleafures of the fbu!. My fl-(Ii (hail liumher in the ground Till the lad trumpet's joyful found ; Then burft the chains with fweet fufplife^ And in my Savior's image rile. Psalm iS. i— -5, 15 — 18. Part 1, [C. M.J hee wiil I love, O Lord, my ftrengtb, My rock, my tower, my high defeuce,' Thy mighty arm fhaU be my truff, For I have found falvatson thence* Death and the terrors ol the grave ; Stood round me with their difmal lhade % While floods of high temptation rcle, And made my finking foul afraid* I faw the op'ning gates of hell, With endlefs pains and forrows there 5 Which none but they that feel can iill, While I was hurried to ddpair. In my diilrefs I call'd *■ my God,' When I cou'd fcarce believe him mins \ He bow'd his ear to my complaint ; Thee did his grace appear divife. D* 3 8 PSALM XVIir. 5 [With fpeed he Sew to my relief, As on a cherubs wing he rode : Awful and bright as lightning (hone The face of my dtliv'rer God,] 6 LTemp'aticns A-d rit ' ,,s rebuke, The bJaft of his almighty breath : He fent falvaticn from on hi^h, And drew me from the depths of death.] 7 Great were my fea;s, my foes were great, Much was their ftrength, and mere f heir rage: Bat Chrift. my JLord 5 is conqueror ftill, ]n all the wars that devils wage. 8 My fong for ever flial! record That terrible, that joyful lour ; And give the glory to the Lord, Due ;o his mercy and his power. Psalm iS. 20—26. Fart 2. [L. M.] I T ORD, thou haft feen my foul ftocere, jl j. Haft made thy truth and love appear ; Before mine eyes I fet thy laws, And thou halt owrTd my righteous caufe-. S oince I have learn'd thy ho y ways I've walk'd upright before thy face, Or if my feet did e'er depart, 'Twas never with a w eked heart. g What fate temptations broke my reft! What vvais and ftrugglings in my breaft « But thro : thy grace that reigns within, I guard againlt my darling On. PSALM XVril. 59 4 That Cm which c'ofe befe's me fti!!, That works and (lives againft my will j When Hia.lt thy fpirit *s fov'reign power Deflroy it that it rifr no more r 5 [With an impartial hand the Lord Deals out to mortals their reward ; The kind and faithful fouls fliail tmd A God as faithful and as kind. 6 The juii and pure (hall ever lay, Thou art mere pure, morejuft than they i And men that love revenge fnall know God hath an arm of vergesnee too 2 Psalm i8. 30, $1, 34, 35, 46, &c% Part 3. [L. M.] 1 TUST are thy ways, and true thy word Jf Great reck of my fecure abode 1 Who is a God bthde the Lord? Of where's a refuge like our God ? 2 *Tis he that girds me with his might, Gives me his holy (word to wield j And while with fin and hell I %hr 3 Spreads his falvation for my fhield. 3 He lives (and blciTed he my rock I) The God of roy faivation lives ; The dark defigns of hell are broke 5 Sweet is the peace my father gives. 4 Before the fcofFers or the age I will exalt my Father's name, 4 o PSALM XVIII. Nor tremble at their mighty rape, 13ut meet reproach, and bear the (name, 5 To David and his royal feed Thy grace for ever (hail extend, Thy ! ov to faints in Chrift their head Knows not a limit nor an end. Psalm iS. Part i. [C. M-] 1 *T %J E love thee, Lord, and we adore 5 \ f Now is thine arm reveal'd : Thou art our ftrength, cur heav'nly tow'r, Cur bulwark, and our fhieid. 2 We fly to our eternal rock, And find a fure defence 1 His holy nar ; e our lips invoke, And draw filiation thence, 3 When God, our leader, (hires in arms, What mortal heart can bear The thunder of his loud alarms, The lightning of his fpear r 4 He rides upon the winged wind, Ard ange's in array In trillions wait to know his mind, And fwift as fum.es obey, j Ke fpesks, and at his fierce rebuke Whole armies are difo>ay 3 d : His voice, h's frown, his angry look, Strikes ail their courage dead. 6 Fie forms cur generals for the field. With all their dreadful (kill : PSALM XVIII. 41 Gives theoi his awful fword to wield, And makes their hearts of (tee!. 1 £He arms our captains to the fight, (Tho' there his name's forgot :} He girded Cyrus wMj his might, But Cyrus knew him not. S Oft has the Lord whole nations bkffc For his own church's fake : The pov/'rs that gave his people rsft Shall of his care partake Psalm 18. Part 2. [CM.] 1 r a 'O thine almighty arm we owe JL The triumphs of the day : Thy terrors, Lord, confound the fos f And melt their ftrength away. 2 'Tis by thine aid our troops prevail, And break united pow'rs ; Or hum their boafted fleets, or kale The proudeft of their tow'rs; 3 How have we chas'd them thro' the field, And trod them to the ground, While thy falvatioo was our mieid, But they no fhelter found ! 4 In vain to idol faints they cry, And perlfh in their blood : Where is the rock fo great, fo high, So pow'rful as our Goci ! D 2 -FoALM X. ever lives. His name be: ever b'efl ; 'Tis his own arm the vicl'ry gives, And gives his people reft. 6 Cn kings that reign as David did ours \k bleftings down ; Setfures their honors to their feed, And well fupporta their crown. Psalm 19. Part 1. [3. M.J 1 "OEHOLD the lofty flty J3 Declares its maker God, And ali his {'any works on 1 i^h Proclaim his pow'r abroad. 2 The darknefs and the light Still keep their courfe the fame ; While day to day, and r.i^ht to night, L'.iir.ely teach his name. 3 In ev'ry different land Their gen'pal voice is known ; wonders of his hand; And orders of Lis throne. 4. Ve Chriftian lands rejo : ce j Hz it he reveals his word : care not left to na are's voice To bid us know the Lord. 5 His (fcatut&s and comm; Are fet before our; y He puts his gofpel in cur J.an PSALM XIX, 43 6 His laws are jud and pure, His truth without deceit j His promifes forever fure, And his rewards are gr=at. 7 [Not honey to the tafle Affords fomucb delight, Nor gold that has the furnace paiVd So much allures the %ht, 8 While of thy works I fing, Thy g'ory to proclaim, Accept the praife, my God, my king* In my Redeemer's name. 3 Psalm 19. Part 2. [S. Mj i |JE HOLD the morning fun Jt3 Begins his glorious way \ His beams through all the nations rurij. And fife and light convey, 2 Eut where the gofpei comes It fpreads diviner Ifglit, It calls dead iinners from their tombs, And gives the" blind their light, 3 How perfect is thy word ! And all thy judgments juft ! For e?er fure thy promife, Lord> And men fecure'y trufr. 4 My gracious God, how plain Are thy directions piven X may I never read in vain, Bat find the path to heav'a* 44 PSALM XIX. PAUSE. 5 I hear thy word with love, And I would fain obey ; Send thy good fpirit from above To guide me, left I (tray, ^who can ever find The errors of his ways ? *etwith a bold prefurnptuous mind I would not dare tranfgrefs. 7 Warn me of ev*ry (In ; Forgive my fecret faults : And cleanfe this guilty foul of mine, Whofe crimes exceed my thoughts. 8 While with my heart a~d tongue I fpread thy pr&ife abroad, Accept the worfhipand the fong, My Savior and my God ! Psalm 19. [L. M 3 1 r pHE heav'cs dechre thy glory, Lord, JL In cv'ry,'rar thy wifdom lhines j But when ocr eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 2 The rolling fun, the changing light, And m^his and days thy power cqnftfs ; But the bleir. volume thou luft wrir, Reveals thy jufrice and thy grace. g Sun, moon, and ftars convey thy praife Round the whole earth, and never ftand : So when thy truth began its race, It tcuch'd and glanc'd en evVy land. PSALM XIX. 45 4 Nor (hall thy fpreading gofpel reft. Tiii through the world thy truth has run ? Till Chrift has all the nations bkfi That fee the light, or feel the fun, 5 Great San of righteoufnefs arife, B'efs the dark world with heav'nly light t Thy gofpel makes the fioiple wife, Thy laws are pare, thy judgments right. 6 Thy nobleft wonders here we view, In fouls renew'd and fins forgiv'n I J,ord cieanfe my iins, my foul renew, And make thy ward siy guide to heav'o. Psalm 19. To the tune of 1 1 3th P&lm» REAT God, the heavVs well or, der' d frsme Declares the glories of thy name : There thy rich works of wonder (hine \ A fhouland (tarry beauties there, A thoufand radiant marks appear Of boundlefs power and (kill divines 2 From D'ght to day, from day to night. The dawning and the dying Sight, Lectures of heav'nly wifddm read \ With fiient elcquence they raife Our thoughts to our Creator's praife, And neither found nor language need* 3 Yet their divine inftru&ions ruo Far as the joaroies of the fun, 46 PSALM XIX. An d ev'ry nation knows their voice: The fun, like Tome young bridegroom dreft, Breaks from the chambers of «.he eafr, Rolls round, and makes the earth rejoice. 4 Where'er hefpreads his beams abroad, He i:niles, and fpeaks his maker God ; All nature joins to (hew thv praife. Thus God in ev'ry creature dunes : Fair is the book of nature's lines, But faker is the book of grace. PAUSk'. 5 I leve the volumes of thy word : : light and joy thofe eaves afford To fouls Benighted and diftreft S Thy psec^pts guide my doubtful way, Thy fear forbids my feet to (hay, leads my heart to reft. 5 From the difcov'ries of thy law The perfect rules o: life I draw: Thtfe are my (ludy and delight ; Not hoqey fo invites the tafte, Nor gold that hath the furnace pafs'd, - . fc pleafii ^ o the (l 7 Thy threat'ritngs wake ray fiumb'ring eyes, And wain me where my danger lies ; But Ms thy blejTed gofpel, Lord, Tha f makes my guilty con feience clean, Conv:ns my foul, fubdues my fin, And gives a free, but large reward, PSALM XX. 47 Who knows the errors of his thoughts ? My God, forgive my fecret faults, And from prefumptuous fins reftralo : Accept my poor attempts of praife, That I have read thy hook of grace, And book cf nature not in vain. Psalm 20. [L. ML] T OW may the God of pow'r and grace Attend his people's humble cry ! Jehovah hears when Ifraei prays, And brings deliv'rance from on high. 2 The name of Jacob's God defends, Better than mi-Ids or brazen wails; He from his fan&uary fends Succor and strength when Zion calls* 3 Well he remembers all our fighs, His love exceeds cur bed deferts ; His love accepts a facrifice Of humble groans and b:oken hearts, 4 Ib his fa!vation is our hope, Ar;d in the name of Isr'i's God Our troops mall lift their binners up, Our navies fpread their flags abroad. j Some truft: in horfes trained fur war, And fame of chariots make their boails ; Our fured expectations are From thee, the Lord of heav'nly hofts. 6 [O may the mem'Vy of thy name Infpire our armies for the fight I 48 PSALM XXL Our foes fhall fall and die with /hame, Or qu : t the fieid with fhameful flight. 7 Now fave us, Lord, from iLvifh Fear ; Now let cur hope be firm and ftrong, Till thy falvation fnall appear, And joy and triumph raife the fong. Psalm 21. [C. M.] 1 r J ^ HE king, O Lord, with fongs ofpraifej 1 Shall in thy (Irength rejoice, And, bled with thy falvation, raife To heav'n his cheerful vo'ce. 2 Thy fure defence, thro' nations round, Has fpread his glorious name ; And his fuccefsful anions crown'd With majefry and fame. 3 Then let the king on God alone For timely aid rtly ; His mercy fnall fupport the throne, And all our wants fupp'y. 4 But, righteous Lord, rr.s flubborn foes Shall fee! thy dreadful band ; Thy vengeful arm fha'l find out thofe That hate his mild command, e When thou againfl them doft engag?, Thy jufl, but dreadful doom, Shall like a fiery oven's rage, Their hopes and then! confume. 6 Thus, Lord, thy wond'rous pow'r declare, And thus exalt tby fame j PSALM XXVIT. 61 2 I hate to walk, I hate to fa, With men of vanity and lies ; The fcoffer and the hypocrite Are the abhorrence of mine eyes. 3 Amcngfr thy faints I v/U! appear, With hands weli wafn'd in innocence. But when I (rand before thy bar, The blood of Chritr. is my defence. 4 I iovethy habitation, Lord, The temple where thy honors dwell, There fhall I hear thy holy word, And there thy works of wonder tell. 5 Let not my foul be join'd at lair With men of treachery and blood ; Since I my days on earth have pafl: Among the faints and near my God. Psalm 27. 1—6 Part 1. [C. M.] 1 r T^HE Lord of glory is my light, J, And my faivation too ; God is my flrength ; nor will I fear What ail my foes can do. 2 One privilege my heart dtfirss : O ! grant me an abode Among the churches of thy faints. The Temple of my God 3 There mall I offer my requedsj And fee tKy beauty (ti'l ; 62 PSALM XXVII. Shall hear thy rtv. (Taees of!ove, Ar.d there inquire thy v. -ill. 4 When troubles rife, zr\d ftdrhis appear. There may his children hide ; Gcd lias £ ftrorig pavilion, where He makes my fool abide, 5 Now (hall my head be lifted high Above my foes around, And fonps of joy and victory Within thy temple found. Psalm 27. 8, 9, 13, 14. Part 2. [C. M ] 1 QOOM as I heard my Father hy, f O * Ye children, Gek my grace }' My heart reply*d, without delay, « I'll feck my Father's face.' 2 Let not thy ha be hid from me, Nor (:rwn rby foul away ;. God of my life, 1 fly to thee In a dtftrcfiing day. 3 Should friends and kindred, near and dezr, Leave me to want or die, My God would make my life his care, Ar.d all my need fupply. 4 My fainting flefh had oy'd with grief, Had not my foul believ'd, To fee thy grace provide relief j Nor was my hope deceived. ^ Wait en the Lord, ye trembling fair is. ■ And kep your courage up ; PSALM XXIX, 6j He'll raife your fpjylt when It uinls, And far exceed your hope, Psalm 29. [L, M.] 1 f~^ IVE'to the Lord, ye Tons or" Fame, \^J? Give to the Lord renown and pojv'r ; Afcribe due honors to bis name, And his eternal might adore. 2 The Lord proclaims his pov/r aloud, Over the ocean and the land : His voice divides the wat'ry cloud, And lightnings b'aze at his command. 3 Ke fpeaks, and rempefr, half and winj 3 Lay the wide fjreit bare around ; The fearful hart, and frightful bind. Leap at the terror of the found. 4 To L-rbaP.ofi he turni his voice, And io, the (lately cedars break ; The mountains tremble at the noife, The vaisies ro2 r , the defkrts quake. 5 The Lord fits fov'u-ign on the flood, Tr.e thund 5 rer re'j>ns for ever king: But makes his church his bieft abode, Where we his ^v;fu! giories Hng. 6 In geni'er !an.:uig?, there the Lord Tne counitJ3 of his grace imparts j Amiuis: the racing fhorm, his word Speaks peace and CQ'&rzgz to our hears, 64 PSALM XXX. Psalm 30. Parr 1. [L. M.] 1 T WILL extol thee, Lord, on high JL At thy command difeafes fly : Who but a God can fpeak. and fave From the dark borders of the grave? 2 Sing to the Lord, ye faints ofhis, And tell how large his goodnefs is : Let all your pow'rs rJoice 2nd blefs, Whiie you record his hoilnsfs. 3 His anger but a moment frays ; His love is lie and length of days : Tho' grief and tears the night employ, The morning far reftorss the joy. Psalm 30. Ver. 6. Part 2. [L. M] i T7' I RM was my health 5 my day was brij hr, JL A nd I prefum'd 'twould ne'er be night : Fondly I faid within my heart, ** Pleafures and peace fhall ne'er depart." 2 But 1 forgot thine arm was (rrong, Which made my mountain ftand fo long ; Goon as thy fece began to hide, My health was gone, my comforts died, 3 I cry'd a'oud to thee, my God, 11 What can (I thou profit by my blood } ** Deep in the dull, can I declare " Thy truib, or fing thy goodnefs there ? 4 « Hear me, O God of grace," 1 faid, " And bring me from among the dead :?' \ PSALM XXXI. 65 Thy word rebuked the pains I felt, Thypard'ning love remov'drBy guilt? 5 My groans and tears, and forms cf woe, x r ire turn'd to joy and praifes bow } I throw my fack'oth on the ground, And eaie ana gladngfs gird me round. 6 My tongue, the glory of my frame, Shall ne'er be fL'ent of thy name ; Thy praife (hall found thro' earth and heav'n, For fickneis heal'd, and (ins forgiv'n. Psalm 31, Verfe 5, 13 — 19,22,23. Part i. [C. M.J 1 TNTO thine hand, O God of truth, JL My fpirit I commit ; Thou haffcedeem'a my foul from death, And fav'd me from the pit. 2 7 he pafiions of my hope and fear Maintain'd a dGubifu! ilrife, While fcrrow, pain, and fin confpir'd To take away my life. 3 " My time is in thy hand/ 3 I cry'd, 14 Though I draw near the duit \ Thou art the refuse where I hide, The God in whom I truft. 4 O make thy reconciled Uca Upon thy fervant (hine! And lave me for thy meicy's Czktj For I'm entirely thine. F 2 56 PSALM XXXL PAUSE. 5 f'Twas in my halte, my fpirit (z'tdj iw I niuft defpair and die, 11 I am cut off be:ore thine eyes %* 3 But thoa haf* heard my cry. J 6 Thy goodntfs, how divinely free-i How wond'rousis thy grace ! To ihcfe that fear thy majefty, And truft thy promifes. 7 O Jove the Lord, ali ye his faints, And ling his praifes loud ; He'll bend his ear to your complaints. And recompenfe the proud. Psalm 3'i.Ve'r. 7 — 13, 18 — 27, Fart 2. [C M.] 1 "]\ /T Y heart rejoices in thy name, JLV X My God, my help, my truft ; Thou haft preferv'd my facefrom (hame, I\!y honor From thedufh 2 " My life is fpent in grief,* I cry'd, 11 My years confume in groans, " My ftrcrgth decays, mine eyes are dry' *' And foirow wailes my bones." 5 Among mire enemies my name Was a mere proverb grown ; While 10 my neighbors I became Forgotten and unknown. a. Slander and r e.-ir, on ev'ry fide, hk : z'u i.zd btfet me round > PSALM XXXII. 67 I to the throne of grace apply'd, And fpeedy refcue found. PAUSE. 5 How great deliv'rance thou haft wrought Befo.e the Tons of men ! The lying lips to filence brought, And made their boafhng vain. 5 Thy children, from the ftrife of tongues, Shall thy pavilion hide ; Guard them from infamy and wrongs, And erufh the fons of pride, 7 Within thy fecret prefence, Lord, Let me for ever dwell ; No fenced cry, wall'd and barr ? d, Secures a faint fo well. Psalm 32. [S. M.J BLESSED fouls are they, Whofe fins are eover'd o'er ; Divinely bled, to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more. 2 They mourn their follies pad:, And keep their hearts with care ; Their lips and lives without deceit Shall prove their faith fincere. 3 While I conceai'dmy guilt, I felt the feft'ring wound ; 3 Tiil I confefs'd my fins to thee, And ready pat don found. 63 PSALM XXXII. 4 Let linners learn ?c pray. Let faints keep near t!)e throne ; Our help in time of deep diftrefs Is found in God alone. Psalm 32. [C. M.] 1 T T APPY the man, to ivhom his Ood JLJL No more imputes his fin ; But waih'd in his Redeemer's bleed, Hath made his garments clean I 2 Happy, beyond enpreilion, he Whcfe debts ate thus dlfcharn'j j And from the guilty bondage free, He feels his jfo.ul enlanfd. 3 His fpirit baus deceit and lies, His words are all fincere t He guards his heart, he guards his eyes, To kefp his confeer.ee ciear. 4 While i my inward guilt fupprefi, No quiet ccu'd i find ; Thy wrath I«y burning m mybreafh, And rack'd my tcrtur'd mind. 5 Then I confej^d my troubled though 13, My fecrer firs rev.ai d : Thy parcpGinggrac? ftyg aye my , faults, 'i by grace tny pardon feaPd. 6 This flidi 1 invi . is to pray ; When Iks a raging flood Temptations rife, our (trength 2nd (lay I? ;i .' ( : jd. PSALM XXXII. 69 Psalm 32. Part 1. [L. M ] LEST is the man, for ever bled, Whofe guilt is pardon'd by his God f Whole fins with forrow are confefs'd, And cover'd with his Savior's blood. 2 Blefr. is the man to whom the Lord Imputes not his iniquities ; He pleads no merit of reward, And not on works, but grace relies. 3 From guile his heart and lips are free : His humble joy, his holy fear, With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith Hncere. 4 How glorious is that righteoufnefs That hides and cancels all his fins I While a bright evidence of grace Thro' his whole life appears and mines. Psalm 32.. Part 2. [L, M.] 1 TTl'THILE I keep Slence and conceal V V My heavy guile within my heart, What torment doth my confeience kd f What agonies of in ward fmart ! 2 I fpread my (ins before the Lord, And all my fecret fauhs confefs : Thy rofpel fpeaks a patd'ning word, Thy holy fpirit feals the gr?ce. 3 For this fhai! ev>y humble foul Make fwift addrdTss to thy feat : 7 o psalm xxxi rr. When floods of hu^e temptations roll, There fha!l they find a bleft retreat. 4 How fafe beneath thy wir-gs I lie, When days grow dark and dorms appear ! And when t walk, thy watchful eye Shall guide me fa^e from evVy fnare. Psalm i$. Part I. [C. M.] 1 YJ E JO ICE, ye righteous in the Lord, £Sl. This work belongs to you : Sin? of his name, his ways, his word, How holy, juft and true ! 2 His mercy and his righteouinefs Let heay'n and earth proclaim : His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wond'rous name. 3 His wildora and almighty word The heav'nly arches fpread : And by the fpirit of the Lord Their mining hoils were made. 4 He bid the liquid waters flow To their ?p] oiated deep ; The flowing Teas their limits know, And their own (tation k.ep. c Ye tenants of the fjweious eanh, With fear before him (land : He funke, and nature took its birth, And rt(ls on his command 6 Re fcorns the angry nations 5 rage, And breads their vain deil^os j PSALM XXXII F. 7 j His counfel Hands through every age, And in full glory fhines. salm 33. Part 2. [C. M ] LEST is the nation, where the Lord Hath fix'd his gracious throne ; Where he reveals his heav'niy word, And calls their tribes his own. 2 *His eye with infinite furvey Does the whole world behold ; He rbrm'c! us all o r equal clay, And knows our feeble mould. 5 Kin£s are not refcu'd by the force Of armies from the grave ; Nor fpeed nor courage of an horfe Can the bold rderfave, j. Vain is the flrength of beads or men, To hope fcr fafety thence ; But holy fouls from Gzd ohtaia A (Irona and fure defence, ; God is their fear, and God their tru ft, When plagues and famine fpread ; His watchful eye fecures thejuft, Amongft ten thoufand dead, i Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice, And blefs us from thy throne; For v/e have made thy word our choice, And truft thy grace alone. 72 PSALM^XXXIII. Psalm 33. As the 113th Pfalm. Part i« 1 "\7"E holy fouls, in God rejoice, [voice ; Jl Your Maker's praife becomes your Great is your theme, your fongshe new : Sing of his name, his word, his ways, His works of nature and of grace, How wile and holy, juft and true ! 2 Jurtice and truth he ever loves, And the whole earth his goodncfs proves ; His word the heav'nly arches fpread : How wide they fhine from north to fouth ! And by the fpirlt of his mouth Were all the flarry armies made. 3 Re gathers the wide flowing feas (Thofe wat'ry treafures know their place) In the vail ftorehoufe of the deep ; He fnake, and ga*'e aii nature birth ; And fires, and Gas, and heav'n, and earth, Hie everlafting orders keep. 4 Let morals trembie and adore A God of fuch refiftlefs pov/r, Nor dare indulge their feeble rage : Vain are your thoughts, and weak your But his eternal counfel (lands. Thanes ; And rules the world from age to age. Fsalm 33. As the 113th Pfalm. Fart 2. o HAPPY nation, where the Lord Reveals the ireafure of his word, PSALM XXI. XXI L 49 Whilft we glad fongs ofpralfe prepare For thins almighty name. Psalth 2 1. 1—9. [L. M.] 1 T*V 4VJD rejoie'd in God his flreagth, JLJ' Rais'd to the throne by fpecial grace, But Chrift the Son appears at Iengih, Fulfils the triumph and the praife. 3 How great is the Meffidh's joy In the fa!va*ion of thy hand ! Lord, thou haft rais'd His kingdom high, And giv'n the world to his command. 3 Thy goodnefs grants whate'er he will, Nor doth the lead requeft withhold i Blefllngs of love prevent him ftili, And crowns cf glory, not of gold, 4 Honor and majeily divine Around his £ic?ed temples fhine : Bled: with the favor cf thy face, And length of everlafiir.g days. 5 Thy hand (hail find cut all his foes ; And as a fiery oven glows With raging heat, and living coals* So (hall thy wrath devour their fouls. Psalm 22. 1 — 1& Patt 1. [C. M.j 3 * "Y IT H Y has my God my fou! forook ? V V * Nor will a fnile afford V f {Thus David once in anger fpoke. And thus our dying Lord,) E So PSALM XXTl. 2 Ti:o' Ys thy chi? c de%ht to dwel| Among the proiG^g faints, Yet thou canft hear a groan as w-;! ! . And pity our complaints. 3 Qur fathers trufted in thj t And great deWVrance found ; But I'm a worm, defpis'd of men. Ana trodden to the ground, 4 Shaking the head they pafs me by, And laugh my foul to fcorn : * In vain he truth in God,' they cry, ' Ke'gie'eTed and forlorn.' 5 But thou ari he, who form d my flefh By thine almighty word ; And fince I hung upon thy breaft My hope is in t! e Lord. 6 Wi y will my father hide his face, When foes Rand threai'ning rounds lo the dirk hour oi deep diftr.fs, And not a he'.pei found ? PAUSE* *j B hold thy darling left amsng The cruel and the proud, As bulls of Bafhan fierce and ftrong, As hens- roaring roiid. £ From ear h and he!! my forrows meet, To multiply the fmart ; They r.aii try hands, they pierce my feet, And try to yea my bean. PSALM XXII. 52 9 Yet, if thy fov'refgn hand let Icofe The rage of earth and he!!, Why will my heav'nly father hruife The Son he loves (o weH. 10 My Gol if poiTible it be, ■ Withhold this bitter cup : But I refign rsy will to thee, And drink the farrows up. 11 My heart diiToh'es with pa>gs unknown, In groans I wade my breath ; Thy heavy hand has brought me down Low as the duft of death. 12 Father, I give my fpirit up, And trull it in thy hand : My dying flem flikil reft in hope, And rife at thy eoniniarid. Psalm 22. Verfe 20. 2r. 27-^-31. Part 2. [C. M] 1 * \"fQW from the roaring lion's rage* ±\ * O Lord, piotecl thy Son ; • Nor leave thy Barling to engage 4 The pow a rs of hell alone.' 2 Thus did cur fjfT'ring Savior pray, With mighty cries and tears ; God heard him in that dreadful day, And chas'd away his fears, 3 Great was the victory of his death* His throne exalted high ; And all the kindreds of the earth Shall worfcio, or Hull die. 5* PSALM XXII. 4 A num'rous offspring mufl arife From his expiring groans : They (hall be reckon'd in his eyes For daughters and for fens. 5 The roe^k and humble fouls fhali fee His table richly fpread ; And all that feek the Lord (hall be With j^ys immortcd fed. 5 The Iflcs fh^U know the righteoufnefs Of our incarnate God ; And rations yet unborn profefs Salvation in his blocd. Psalm 22. [L, M.3 1 \TOW let our mournful fongs record X^ The dying forrows of our Lord, When he corr>p!i;in'd ^n tears and blood, As cr.e forf«4ktn of his God. 3 The jews beheld him thus forlorn, And fhock iheir heads, and laugh'd inicornj * Ke refcu 5 d others from the grave, * Now let him try bimfelf :o fave. 3 * This is the man did once pretend J God v?^ his Father and his friend ; ' It God the blviTd lev'd him fo, v Why do\h he fail to help him now V 4. Barbarous pecp'e ! cruel priefrs ! How they itcod round like favage bcalb 1 Like liens gaping to devour, When God hsa left Kim in their pbw'r. PSALM XXI2I. S3 5 They wound his head, his hands, bis feet, Til! dreams of blood each other meet ; By lot his garments they divide, And mock the rsngs in which he dy'd. 6 But God, his Father, heard his cry : Rais'd from the dead he reigns on high ; The nations learn his rlghteoufhefs, . And humble fianers ta(h his grace. Psalm 23. [L. M] 1 Ti /J Y Shepherd is the living Lord 2 JjVJL Now fnali my wants be weii fupply'd ; His providence and holy word Become my fafety and my puide. 2 In padures where ialvation grows Ke makes me k$d t he makes me reft ; There living water gently flows, And ail the food's divinely bk(\* 3 My wand'ring feet his ways mi (lake, But he redores my foul to peace, And leads me, for his mercy's fake, To the fair paths of righteoufbefs. 4 Tho* I walk thro' the gloomy vale, Where death and all its terrors are, My heart and hope shall never fail, For God my fhepherd's with me there* 5 Anndft the daiknefs and the deeps, Thou art my comfort, thou my (lay ; E 2 54. P&AiM XXIII. Thy Raff fupports my feeble (reps, Thy «cd dirties my doubtful way, 6 The fens of earth and foos of hell Gaze at thy goodnefs and repine To lee my table fpread fo we!! With living bread and cheerful wins. 7 [How I rejoice, when on my head Thy Spirit condescends to reft ! 'Tis a divine annointtng, {bed Like oil of glad ne fs at a feafli. 8 Surely the mercies of the Lord Attend his houfehold all their jday^ ; '1 here will 1 dwell to hear his word, To feek h,s face and ling his praife.] Psalm 23. £C. M ] 1 "II ^Y Shepherd will fuppiy rrvy need,, JlVjL Jehovah is his nasfcle ; jn pafture frefft he makes roe feed Beikle the i . v i n p fiream. 2 He brings my wandYirtg fpirit back> When I foifake h s ways ; And leads n e, fur his mercy's fake, lr. paths of truth and grace. 3 When I wa'k thro' the ihades of deaths Thy preftnee is my Stay ; A word of thy Supporting bieath Drives all mv feai s aw rt y. 4 Thy hand, in fuite of all my foes, l)oth (till my table fprsad % PSALM XXIIL 55 My cup with blefHngs oversows, Thine oil annoints my head e 5 The fare provifions of my God Attend me all my days ; O may thy houfe be mine ^bode. And al! my work be prasfe. 6 There would I find a fettled ref* 8 (While others go and come) No more a Granger or a gueft, But like a child, at home. Psalm 23. [S. M.] 1 r*|?fiJE Lord my Shepherd is, JL I Hiall be well fupply'd ; Since he is mine, and I am his, What can I want befide ? 2 He leads me to the place Where heav'nly pailure grows, Where living waters gently pafs* And full la $ vat ion Sows. 3 If e'er I £0 aftray, He doth my feui reclaim, And guides me in his own right way, For his mod: holy name. 4 While he affords his aid, I cannot yield to fear ; TW I mould wa'kthro' death's dark {hade, My Shepherd's with me there. 5 In 1 pite of all my foes Thou daft ny table f^z6 | 56 . PSALM XXIV. My cup with bleffings overflows, And joy exahs n y head. 6 The bounties of thy love Shaii crown my following Jays : Nor from thy houfe will I remove, Nor ceafe to fyesk thy praife. Psalm 24. [C. Ml] 1 npKE earth for ever 13 the Lord's, JL With Adam's num'rous race; He rais'd its arches o'er the floods, And built it 00 the leas. 2 But who among the fons of men May vilit thine abode ? He that haih hands from mi fchief clean, Whofe heart is right with God. 3 This is the man may life and take The btt flings of his grace: Ti is is the lot of thofe that fcek The God of Jacob's face. 4. Now let our foul's immortal pow'rs To 'in-set the Lord prepare; Lift up their everlalfcing doors, The King of Glory's near. 5 The King of Glory ! Who can tell The wonders of his might ? He rules the nations; but to dwell With faints is bis delight. PSALM XXIV. 5$ Psalm 24. [L. M.] THIS fpacious earth is al! the Lord's,, And men, and worms, and beaQi and birds, He raised the building on the feas, And gave it for their dwelling place. But there's a brighter world on high* Thy palace, Lord, above the flcy ; Who (hail afcend that bkft, abode, And dwtll (0 near his Maker, God ? Ke that abhors and fears to fin, Whofe heart is pure, whofe hands are dea3„ Him {hall the Lord, ; he Savior blefs. And clothe his foul with righteoufneisc Thefe are the m?n, the pious race, That feek the God of Jacob's face ; Thefe /hall enjoy the b!ifs r ul fight $ And dwell in ever'ading light, pause. Rejoice, ye fhining worlds on high* Behold the King, of Glory nigh 1 Who can this King of Glory be ? The mighty Lord, the Savior's he. Ye heav'nly ga*es, your kaves a fplay, To make the Lord the Savior way : Laden with fpoils from earth- and hell, The conqu'ror con es, with God to dwell. Rais'd from the dead, he goes before, He opens htavVs eteraal daor f 53 P3ALM XXV. To give his Taints a blefr. abode. Near their Redeemer, arid their God. Psalm 25. 1 — n. Part !. [3. M.] LIFT my foul ro God, My trud is in his name : Let nor my foes that f?ek my blood Still triumph in my fname. 2 Sin and the pow'rs cf hell Perfuade me to defpair ; Lord, make me know thy cov'nani we!!, That I rray 'fcape the fnare. 5 From the firft dawning iigh':, Til! the dark evening rife, For thy G! vat ion, Lord, I wait, With ever longing eyes. 4 Remember all thy grace, And lead me in thy truth ; Forgive the fins of riper days, And follies of my youth. 5 The Lord is juft anJ kind ; The meek (hail learn his ways ; And ev'ry humble fmner find The methods of ris grace. 6 For his own goodnefs fake He faves my Lu\ from fliame : He pardons (though my guile be great) Thro' my Redeemer's name. PSALM XXV, 59 Psalm 25. I 2, 14, ic, 13, Part 2. [3. M] HERE (haH the man ; be found 1 hat fears t' offend his God ; That loves the gofpei's joyful found, And trembles at the rod ? The Lord {hail make him know The fecrets of his heart, The wonders cf his cov'nant (hew, And ail his love impart. The dealings of his hand Are truth and mercy (till* With fuch as to his cov'nant (larcd, And love to do his will. Their fouls (hall dwell at eafe Before their Makers' face. Their feed (hall tafte the promifes la their extenfive grace. Psalm 25. 15 — 22. Part 3. [S, INE eyes and my defire Are ever to the Lord ; 1 love to plead h's promifes, A*nd red upon his word. Turn, turn thee to my fou! ; Bring thy falmion near : When will thy hand reltafe my feet Out of the deadly fnare ? When (h£jj the fuv'reign grace Of my for iving God M.J So PSALM XXVI. Reftcre me from tlofe dang'rous ways My war. i'ring feet have trod ? 4 The tumult of my thoughts Doth but en'arge my woe : My fpirit languages, my heart Is cefo'ate and low. 5 With ev'ry morning light My f >rrow new begins : Look on my anguifhand rry pain* And pardon all my fins, PAUSE. 6 Behold the bolls of hell! How cruel is their hate ! Againft my life they rife, and jok> Their fury with deceit. 1 O ! keep my foul from death, Nor put my hope to fhame ; For I have plac d my cn!y truft In my Redeemer's name. 8 Wi'h humble fdi'h I wait To fee thy face again ; Of Ifrael it (hall ne'er be faid, 4 fie fought the Lord in vain." Psalm z6. [L. M.] i JUDGE me, O Lord, and prove my J ways, And try my reins, and try my heart ; My faith upon thy promife ftays, Nor from ;hy law my ieet depart. PSALM XXXIV. 73 And Builds his church, his earthly throne! His eye the heathen world furveys, He form* d their hearts, he knows their ways ; But God their Maker is unknown. 2 Let kings rely upon their hofts, And of his firength the champion boaft ; In vain they boafr, in vain rely: In vain we truft the brutal force, Or fpeed, or courage of an horfe, To guard his rider or to fly. 3 The eye of thy ccmpaflion, Lord, Doth more fecure defence afford, When death or dangers threat'ning&andj Thy watchful eye preferves the juff, Who make thy name their fear and trail, When wars of famine walls the land, 4 In ficknefs, or the bloody field, Thou our phyfkian, thou our fhield, Send us falvation from thy throne: We wait to fee thy good nets fh'ne ; Let us rejoice in help divine, For all our hope is God alone. Psalm 34. Part 1. [L, M.j ORD, I will blefs thee all my days, Thy praife fhall dwell upon ray tongue : My foul (hall glory in thy grace, While faints rejoice to hearth- fo.io G 74 PSALM XXXIV, 2 Come, minify the Lord wrh me ; Come, let us all exa't his name: I fought tV eternai God* and be Hath not expos'd my hope to (hame. 3 I told him ail my [tent prief, My iecret groaning reaclvd his ears ; He gave my inward pains relief, And caim'd t\;e tumult of my Pars. 4 To him the poor life up their eyes, With heav'nly joy thtir faces thine; A beam of mercy from the fides Fills them 'with Hght and joy divine, 5 His holy angei$ pitch '.heir tents Around the men that ferve the Lord : O f^ar and love him ail y? faints, Tafteor i is grace and trail his word ! 6 The wild young lions, p'nch'd with pajn And hunger, roar thro* ?'! the wood ; - none (hall feek the Lord in vain, Nor want iupplies of re*! good. Psalm 34. Ver. 1 1 — 22. Part 2. [L. M-] 1 /""i HI LB REN; in yeais and knowledge %_S young, Your parents' hope, ycur parents' joy, Attend the counfels of my tongue ; Let pious thoughts your minds employ-. 2 If you dtfir; a length of days, And peace to crown your mortal Hate, PSALM XXXIV. 75 Reft rain your feet from impious ways. Your lips from fhnder and deceit, 3 The eyes of God regard his fain.t? 9 His ears are open to their cries ; H? fets his frowning face agaiufl The fons of violence, and lies. 4 To humble fouls and broken hearts* God wftfi his grace is ever nigh ; Pardon and hope his love imparts, When men in deep contrition lie. 5 He tells their tears, he counts their groans, His Son redeems their fouls from dea.h ; His Spirit hea4s their broken bones, They in his praife employ their breath. Psalm 34 Ver. i.— -io. Part.i. [CM] 1 T'LL bltfs the Lord from day to day ; JL How good are all his ways ! Ye humble f::u!s that ufe to pray, Come, help my iips to pra'fe. 2 Sing to the honor of his name, Jriow a poor fufPrer cr/6 ; Nor was his hope expos'd to fhame, Nor was his fuit deiy'd. 3 When threatming for rows round me flood, And endle ;fears arcfc, Like the loud billows of a flood, Redoubling ail my woes ; 4 I tohd the Lord my fore di'trefs, With heavy groans aad tears ; 70 PSALM XXXIV. He nave my fharpeft torments eafe, And fileoc'd all my fears. pause. 5 [O unners ! come and tafre his love, Come, learn his pleafant ways, And let your own experience prove The fweetnefs of his grace. 6 He bids his angels pitch their tents Round where his children dwell, What ills their heav'nly care prevents No earthly tongue can teli.j 7 [O love the Lord, ye faints of his ! His eye regards the juft : How richly blefs'd their portion is Who make the Loid their truft ! 3 Young liens, pinch'd with hunger, roar, And fa.mifli in the wood : But God fuppiies ris holy poor With every needful good 3 Psalm 34. Ver. 11— 12. Part 2. [CM,] 1 ^lOME, children, learn to fear the \_v Lord : And that your days be long, Let not a falfe or fpiteful word Be found upon your tongue. 2 Depart from ihifchicf, practice love, Purfue the works of peace, So ihall the Lord your ways approve, And fct your fouls at cafe. PSALM XXXV. 77 3 H!s eyes awake to guard the juft, His ears attend their cry ; When broken fprrits d"wefl in dtr&, The Gcd of grace is nigh. 4 "What though the forrows here they tafte Are (harp and tedious too, The Lord who faves them all at'laft, Is their fupporter now. 5 Evil fhal! fmite the wicked dead | But God fecures his own, Prevents the mifchief when they fiide ? Or heals the broken bone. 6 When defo'ation like the flood O'er the proud finner rol)s, Saints find a refuge in their God, For he redeem'd their fouls. Psalm 35. Ver. 1—9 Part 1. [C. M.] 1 VTOW plead my caufe, almighty God, XN With all the fons of ftrife ; iind fight againft the men of blood? Who fight againft my life. 2 Draw out thy fpear and flop their way, Lift thine averaging rod ; But to my foal in mercy fay, * 1 am thy Savior God. 8 3 They piant their fnares to c??ch my feet, And nsis of mifchief fjscead j a 7. 78 PSALM XXXV. Flunge the deftroyers in the pit That their own hands have made. 4 Let fogs and darknefs hide their way, And flipp'ry be their ground; Thy wrath mall make their lives a prey, And all their rage confound. 5 They fly like chaff before the wind, Before thine angry breath ; The angel of the Lord behind Purfues them down to death. 6 They love the road that leads to hell ; Then let the rebels die, Whcfe malice is implacable Againft the Lord on high. 7 But if thcu had; a chofen few Amongft: that impious race, Divide then from the bloody crew, By thy furprifing grace. 8 Then will I raife my tuneful voice, To make thy wonders known : In their laivation I'll rejo'.c?, And bSefs thee for my own. Psalm 35-Ver. 12—14, Part 2. [C. M.] EHCLD! the love, the gen'rous love, That holy David ihows : ri-rk, how his founding bowels move To his afrlicled foes ! 2 When they are lick, his foul complains, And feems to fee; thefmart : PSALM XXXVI. 79 The fpirit oFthe gofpei reigns, And melts his pious heart. 3 How d d his flowing tears condole^, As for a brother dead ! And farting mortify'd his fouf, While for their life he pray'd. 4 They groan'd, and curs'd him on their bed. Yet dill he pleads and mourns ; And doub'e bleffings on his head The righteous God returns. 5 O glorious type of heav'nly grace I Thus Chrift the Lord appears : While Sinners curfe, the Savior prays, And pities thera with tears. 6 He, the true David ; Ifr'el's king, Bieftandhelov'd of God, To fave us rebels, dead in fin, Paid his own deareft blood. Psalm 36. Ver. 5 — 9. [L. M.j i IT IGH in the heav'ns, eternal God ! JljL Thy goodnefs in full glory mines. Thy truth (hall break thro' ev'ry cloud, That veils and darkens thy defigns. 2 For ever firm thy jufUce ftands, As mountains their foundations keep j Wife are the wonders of thy hands ; Thy judgments are a mighty deep, 3 Thy providence is kind and large, Both man and beaft thy bounty fiare 5 So PSALM XXXVI. The whole creation {$ \\ y charge, But fiinrs are thy peculiar care. 4 My God ! haw exc -:len thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort iprings ! The fons of Adam in dillrefs X*'Iy to the fhadow of d^.y wings. 5 Fjor-i the provisions o r thy houfe, We fbaH be fed with ftte; t repaft ; There mercy like a is er flows, And brings faivation to our tafie. 6 Life, iike a fountain rich and free, Springs from the prefence of my Lord, And in thy 1 ght our fouls mail fee The glories promis'd ia thy word. Psalm 36 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9. [C. MJ ! ~\~KT HILE men grow bold in wicked • v.V And yet a God they own, [ways, Mv heart within me often fays, 4 Their thoughts btlitve there's none,' 2 Their thoughts and ways at once declare ( Whate'^r their I ps proofs,) God hath no wrath for them to fear, * Nor will they feek his grace.* 3 Whatftrange f?lf fhtt'ry blinds their eye? ! But here's no haft'ning hear. When they (hall fee with fore furprife The terrors of thy pow'r. 4 Thy juitice mail maintain its throne, Tr.o' mountains melt away ; psalm xxxvr: Thy judgments are a world unknown, A deep unfathomM Tea 5 Above thefe heav'ns created rounds, Thy mercies, Lord, extend : Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds Where time and nature ends. 5 Safety to man thy goodnefs brings, Nor overlooks the beafr : Beneath the fhadow of thy wings Thy children choofe to reft. 7 [Front thee, when creature flreamsrun i< And mortal comforts die, Perpetual fprings of life mail flow, And raife our pieafures high. 8 Tho' all created light decay, And death ciofe up our eyes* Thy prefence makes eternal day, Where clouds can never rife.} Psalm 36. Ver. 1—7. [S. M.] 1 "TTCTHEN man grows bold In fin* VV My heart within me cries, * He hath no faith of God within, * Nor fear before his eyes.' 2 [He walks, a while conceal'd, In a felf-flatt 3 ring dream, Till his dark crimes, at once reveal'd* Expofe his hateful name ] 3 His heart is falfeand foul, His words are fmooih aad fair | PSALM XXXVII. Wifdrm is bani/h'd from his foul, And leaves no goodnefs there. 4 H plots upon his bed, New mifchiefs to fulfil: He f. ts his I cart, his hand and head, To practice a'l that's ill. 5 But there ? s a dreadful God, Tho* men renounce his fear ; His ju'iice, hid behind the cicud, Shall one rreat day appear. 6 His truth tranfcer.ds the fky ; In heav'n his rn-rcies dwell ; Deepa9 the {ea his judgments tie, His anger barns to hell. 7 How excellent bis love, Whence all our fafcty fprings ! O never let my foul remove From underneath his wings. Psalm 37. Ver t— -15. Part 1. [C. M,] 1 \ ~KJ HY (hould I vex my foul, and fret \ V To fee the wicked rife } Or envy finners waxing great By violence and lies ? 2 As flow'ry grafs, cut down at noon, Before the ev'ning rades, So (hail their glories vanim foon In everlaft.ng (hades. 3 Then let me make the Lord my truft, An<3 prauice ail that's good, PSALM XXXVIT. $3 So {hall I dwell among the juft, And he'll provide me food. 4 I to my God my ways commit, And cheerful wait tas will : Thy hand which f uidcs my doubtful feet, Shall my defires fulfil, 5 Mine innocence (halt thou difp'ay, And make thy judgments known, Fair as the light or dawning day, And glorious as the noon 6 The meek, at laft, the eanh pciTcfs, And are the heirs of heav'n , True riches, with abundant pe^ce, To humble fouls are giv'n. PAUSE. f Reft in the Lord and k?ep his way, Nor let your an^er rife, Tho' Providence iliou'd long delay To punifh haughty \\ce. & Let finners join to break your pesee, And plot, and rage, and foam ; The Lord derides them, for he fees Their day of vengeance come. 9 They have drawn out the threat'ning fword, Have bent their mutd'rous bow, To flay the men that fear the Lord, And bring the righteous Sow. io My God fiiall break their bows ? ana burs Their persecuting darts ; 8 4 PSALM XXXVII. Shall their own fwords again ft them turn And pain furprife their hearts. Fsalm 37. Ver. 16, 2i, 26 — 3r. Part 2. [C. M.j 1 "TXT^Y ^° * l ^ e wealthy wicked boaft, V V And grow profanely bold ? The meaneft portion of the ju(l Excels the Tinner's gold, 2 The wicked borrows of his friends, But ne'er defigns to pay ; The faint is merciful and lends, Nor turns the poor away. 3 His alms with lib'ral heart he gives Amcngfr. the fons of need j His mem'ry to long ages lives,, And blelTed is his f;ed. 4 His lip? abhor to talk profane, To flander or defr-iud ; His ready tcngue declares to men, What ha has learn'd of God, 5 The law and gofpel of the Lord Deep in his heart abide ; Led by the fpiri: and the word, His feet (hall never Aide. 6 When tinners fall, the righteous (land, Preferv'd from ev'ry (nare ; They mail pofTefs the promis'd land, And dwell for ev:r there. PSALM XXXVII. S$ Psalm 37. Ver. 23—37. Part 3. [C. M ] 1 T\/rY God, the fteps of pious men IS/a. Are order' d by thy will ; Tho' they (houid faii, they rife again, Thy hand fupports them (till. 2 The Lord delights to fee their ways. Their virtue he approves : He'll ne'er deprive them of his grace, Nor leave the men he loves. 3 The heav'nly heritage is theirs, Their portion and their home : He feeds th:m now, and makes them heirs Of bldlings long to come. 4 Wait on the Lord, ye fons of men, Nor fear when tyrants frown ; Ye mail contefs their pride was vain, When juittce calls them down, PAUSE. 5 The haughty (Inner have I feen, Not fearing man nor God, Like a tall bay tree fair and green, Spreading bis arms abroad. 6. And io j be vanifn'd from the ground, Defiroy'd by hands unfeen j Nor root, nor branch, nor leaf was fojadj Where all that pride had been. 7 But mark the man of righteoufnefs, His fev'ral fteps attend ; H 86 PSALM XXXVIII. True plcafure rurs thro' all his ways, And peaceful is his end. Psalm 38. [C. M.] J A MIDST thy wrath remember love £ jljL Ivcilore thy fervant, Lord ; Nor let a father's crad'nihg prove Like an aven er's f.vord. 2 Thine arrows Hie!; within my hearty My flefli is lor ly pre ft : Between the fonow end the /mart My fpirit fhds no reft. 3 My fins a heavy load appear, And o'er n.y head are gone; Too heavy they for me to btar, Too hard for me t'atone. 4 My thoughts are like a troubled fea, My head {till bending down ; And 1 go mourning all the day, Beneath my father's ft own. 5 Lord, I am weak, and broken fore, None of my pow'rs are whole ; The inward anguifb makes me roar, The angu fh of my foul. 6 All my defire to thee U known, Thine eye counts ev'ry tear ; And ev'ry figh, and ev'ry groan Is noue'd by thine ear 7 Thou art my God, my only hope; My God will hear me cry, Psalm xxx : :c, s? Mv G6i will b?ar ^y fpirit up, When K, k i f ' bids riie die, 3 [My f oot is erer apt to Aide, My f ; es tjoice to fee ? t ; Thi 7 tife their pieafure and their pride n thry fuppfant my feet, g 111 confcfs my guilt to thee, And grieve for al! my (in ; Til mourn how weak my graces be, And beg fupport divine, ro My God, forgive my follies pail, And be for ever nigh ; O Lord of my fa'vaMon, hafte, Before thy Bryant die ! j Psalm 39 Ver. i, 2, 3/ Part t. [C. M.] 1 r-wn BUS I refold b^fcre the Lord, * Now will I watch my tongue. * Left I let fiip one fi ; u v. ore • Or do my neighbor wron ' 2 And if I'm, e'er cooi'lrai.n'd to flay Wnh men of lives profane, I'll fet a double guard that day* Nor let my talk be vain. 3 III fcarce allow my lips to fpeak The pious thoughts I fee!. Left fcoffers ffi'ould th J occafion take To meek my holy zeal, 4 Yet if fome proper hour appear, I'll nst be qvsr.aw'd, 88 PSALM XXXIX. But let the fccffinp {loner hear That I can fpeak for God. Psalm 39. Ver. 4 — 10. Part 2. [C. M.] 1 np* EACH me the meafure of my days, JL Thou Maker of my frame i I would futvey life's narrow fpace, And learn how frail I am. 2 A fpan is all that we can boaft, An inch or two of time ; Man is but vanity and duft I« all his flow'r and prime. 3 See the vain race of morta's move, Like fliadows o'er ihe plain ; They rage and flrire, defire and love, But ail their noife is vain. 4 Seme walk in honor's gaudy {how, Some dig for golden ere ; They toil for heirs, they know not who, And (Iraight are feen no more. 5 What (tould.I vim or wa : t for then, From creatures, earth and du(t ? They make cur expectations vain, And cifappoint our truft. 6 Now I forbid my carnal hope, My fond defjres recall ; I five my mortal intVeft up, And make my God my ail. PSALM XXXIX, 89 Psalm 39. Ver. 9— 13. Part 3. [CM-] 1 f^\ OD of my life, look pentiy down, \JW Behold the pains I fed ; But I am dumb before thy throne, Nor dare difpute thy wi ; l. 2 Difeafes are thy fervants, Lord ; Trey come at thy command : I'll not attempt a murrrrring wcrd A gain ft thy chaii'ntng hand. 3 Yet I may plead with humble cries, * Remove thy fnarp rebukes ;' My ftrength confumes, my fpirit dies, Through thy repeated (irokes. 4 Cruih d as a moth beneath thy hand, We moulder to the dufr ; Our feeble pow'rs can ne'er withdand, And all our beauty's loft, '5 [This mortal life decays apace ; How foon the bubb'e's broke ! Adam, and ail his nu-oVous rac? Are vanity and (moke: 6 I si but a fijourner below, As ah my fathers were s May I be well prepar'd to go When I the fummons hear. 7 But if my life be fpar'd a while, Bcf-ire my laft remove, Thy rraife, (hall be my bufinefs ftiif, /ind I'll declare thy Jove.l H 2 90 PSALM XL. Psalm 40 Ver 1, 2, 3, >, 17. Part I. [C. M J 1 T WAITED patient for the Lord, _|_ He bovv'd to hear my cry : Pie faw me refttn^ on his word, And brought falvation nigh. 2 He rais'd me from a horrid pit, Where mourning Ion? I lay ; Ard from my bonds releas d my feet, Deep bonds of miry clay. 3 Firm on a rock he made me (land, And taught my cheerful tonaue To ptaife the wonders of his hand, In a new thankful fong. 4 I'll fpread his works of grace abroad 5 The faints with joy (hall hear, And finners learn to m ke my God The r only hope and fear. 5 How many are thy thoughts of love ! Thy mercies, Lord, how great ! We have rot words, nor hours enough, Their numbers to repeat. 5 When I'm -fflicled, poor and low, And lipht and peace depart, My God beholds my heavy woe, i\nd bears me on his heart. Psalm 40. 6—9 Par 2. [C. M.] rpHDS faith the Lord, * Your vork is JL ' Give your burnt-ofPnngs o'er, [vain, PSALM XL. 91 1 In dying goats and bullccks flam « My foul delights no more.' 2 Then fpake the Savior, * Lo I'm here, 4 My God, to do thy will ; « Whate'er thy tacred books declare, « Try fervant mall fulfil. 3 ' Thy law is ever in my fight, ' I keep it near my heart ; ' Mine ears are open'd with delight ' To what thy lips impart ' 4 And fee, the bled Redeemer comes ! Th 5 eternal Son appears ! And at th' appointed time affumes The body God prepares .' 5 Much he reveai'd his Father's grace, And much his truth he fhew'd, And preach'd the way of right eoufnefs, Where great afiemblies (tood. 6 His Father's honor touch 3 d his heart, He pity'd finntrs' cries, And, to fulfil a Savior's part, Was made a facnfice. PAUSE. 7 No blood of beafts on altars fhed Could waih the confcience clean ; But the rich facnfice he paid Atones for all our fin. 8 Then was the great falvation lpread ? And Satan s kiDgdona (hook 5 92 PSALM XL. Thus by the woman's promis'd feed, The ferpent's head was broke. Psalm 40. Ver 5 — 10. [L. M.] t ^T^HE wonders, Lord, thy love has X WTOUght, Exceed or>r praife, furmount cur thought ; Should I attempt the long derail, My fpeech would faint my numbers fail. 2 No blood of beafls on altars fpiit Can cleanfe the fouhs of men from guilt j But tbcu hall let before our eyts An all-fufficient facrifice. 3 Lo ! thine eternal Son appears i To thy dcfigns he bows his ears j A (Tun es a body well prepar'd And well performs a work fo hard. 4 ' Brhold, I come," (the Savior cries, "With love a»nd duty in his eyes) * 1 come to bear the heavy load ' Or lies, and do thy will, my God, 5 * 'Tis written in thy great decree, * ' lis in thy book foretold of me, ' I n.uft fulfil the Savior's part ; ' A nd lo ! thy law is in my heart. 6 ' I'll magnify thy f o y law, * And rtbe's to obedience draw, * Whe^ on m y crc '* s 1 ni ''^ ^ ^'S^> * Or to my crown above the fky. PSALM XLI. XLII. 93 7 » The fpirit fna!l defcend, and ftiow ' What thou haft done, and what I do ; * The wond ring world fhall learn thy grace* ' Thy wifdom and thy righteoufnefs.' Psalm 41. Ver. 1, 2, 3. [L. M.]] LEST is the man whofe bowels m ove^ And melt wrh pi^y to the poor ; Whole foul by fympathizing lov? Feels what his fellow-faints endure. H:s heart contrives for their relief More good than his own hands can do j He, in the time of gen ral £>rief Shall find the Lord ha:h bowels too. His foul {lull live fecureon earth, With fecret bleflings on his head, When drought, and peftllence, and dcarthj Around him multiply their dead. Or if he languifh on his couch, God will pronounce his fins forgiv'n, Will fave him with a healing touch, Or take his willing foul to heav'n. Psalm 42. 1 — 5, Part 1. [CM.] WITH earned longings of the mind. My God, to thee I look ; So pants the hunted hart to find And tafte the cooling brook. When mall I fee thy courts of grace ? And meet my God again , ? 34 f J SALM XLIL So Io-g an abfence from thy hci My heart endures with pain. 3 Temptations vex my weary foul, 4 nd *ears are my repair ; The foeinfuits without control, ' And where's your God at lafi V 4 'Tis with a mournful plenfure now I tnink on ancient days : Then to >hy hoi fe did numbers no, And all cur work w?s praife. 5 Bu f why, my fou!, funk down fo far Beneath this heavy !oad ? Why do my thoughts indulge dsfpair, And fin a^aini! my God ? 5 Hope in the Lord* whofe mighty hani Can all thy woes remove ; For I dull yet befote i im (land, And (in 4 restoring love. Psalm 42. 6 — 11. Part 2. ^L. M.J : "j\ IT Y" fpirit (irks within me, Lord ; J-v.JL Bu f I will call thy name to mind, An J tiroes ofp*(l diftrefs recor" 1 , When I have found n>y G »d was k'nd. 2 Huge troubles, with 'UTiuhuous noife, Swtil like a Tea, and round me fpread ;. Thy water- fpouts diown all my joys, An J rifing wav?s roll o'er my head. 3 Yet will the Lord command r is 1 -ve, When I ad Irefs his thr one by day 5 PSALM XL1V, 95 Nor in the nigHt bis grace remove ; The night (hall hear me fing and pray. 4 I'll caft myfelf before his feet, And fay, ' My God, my heav'nly rock ! * Why doth thv love fo long forget * The fou! that groans beneath thy ftroke?' 5 I'll chide my heart tha* finks (o low ; Why mould my foul indulge her grief? Hope in the Lord, and prafe him too ; He is my r ft, my fure relief. 6 Thy light and truth fhal! guide me ftil! ; Thy word fhall my -bed thoughts employ, And lad me to thy heav'nly hi!!, My God, my moft exceeding joy. Psalm 44. i, 2, 3 8, 15 — 26 [C. M.] 1 "! ORD, we have heard thy works of old*. 1, a Thy works of pow't and grace^ When to our ears our fathers told The wonders of their days- 2 How thou did ft build thy churches here? And make thy gofpe! known ; Amongft them cid thine arm appear, Thy light and glory (hone. 3 In God they boafted all the day, And in a cheerful throng Did thoufand.s meet to praife and pray % And grace was ail their foo?. 4 But now our fou's are feiz'd with (haiue, Confufion fills our face e 96 PSALM XLIV. To hear the enemy blafpheme, And fools reproach thy grace. 5 Yet have we not forgot our God, Nor falfe'y dea't with heav'n ; Nor have cur fleps declin'd the road Of duty thou haft giv J n. 6 Tho K dragons all around us roar With their deftructive breath, And ihirie own hand hath bruis'd us fore Hard by the gates of death. PAUSE. 7 We are expos'd all day to die, As martyrs for thy caufe, As iheep for flmghter bound we lie By (harp and bloody laws. f> Awake, ank, almighty Lord ! Why fleeps thy wonted grace ! Why mould we look Ike men abhorr'd, Or banihYd fiom thy face? 9 Wilt thou for ever cart us off, And (lill neglecl our cries, F-r ever hide thy heav'nly love From our afflicled eyes ? JO Down to the duft our foul is bow'd, And dies upon the ground: Rife for our he'p, rebuke the proud, And all their pow'rs confour.d. 1 1 Redeem us from perpetual ftame, Our Savior and our God j PSALM XLV. 97 We plead the honors of thy name, The merits of thy blood. Psalm 45. [3 M.] 1 T\/|"Y Savior and my King, JL V A Thy beauties are divine ; Thy lip3 with bltifings overflow, And evVy grace is thine. Z Now make thy glory known ; Gird on thy dreadful fvvord, I And ride in majc-fty to fpread The conquefts of thy word* 3 Strike through thy itubborn foes, Or melt their hearts fobey ; While juftice, meeRnefs, grace and tiulbj Attend thy glorious way. 4 Thy laws, Q God, are right ; Thy th? one (hall ever (land ; And thy victorious gofpel prove A fceptrc in thy hand. 5 [Thy Father and thy God, Hath without meafure fnsd Kis fpirit, like a joyful oil, T* annoint thy facred head.] 6 [Behold, at thy right hand The Gentile church is feea, Like a fair bride in rich attire, And princes guard the queen-} >3 PSALM XLV. 7 Fair bride, receive his love ; Forget thy fa'her's houfe ; Forfake thy gods, thy idol gods, And pay thy Lord thy vows. 8 O let thy God and King Thy fwteied thoughts employ ; Thy children fhaU his honors fiog In palaces ofjoy. Psalm 45. [C. M.] 1 T'LL fpeak the honor? of my King ; JL H'S fcrm divinely fair ; None of the Tons of mcrta! race May with the Lord compare. 2 Sweet is thy ipeech, and heav'nly grace Upon thy lips is ftied : Thy God, with bit flings infinite, Hath crown'd thy facred head. 3 Gird on thy fword, vicarious prince ! Ride with majefrk: fway : Thy terror (hall llrike through thy foes, And make the world obey. 4 Thy throne, O God forever flands ; Thy word of grace (hail prove A peaceful fceptre in thy hands, To rule thy faints by lope. 5 Juflice and truth attend thee ftil!, But mercy is thy choice ; And God, thy God, thy foul mall fH With mod peculiar joys. PSALM XLY, 99 Psalm 45. Part 1. [L. M.J i T^T OW be n>y heart infpir'd to Cmg J^ The glories of my Savior k:ng, Jefus the Lord ; how heav'r.Iy fair His form I how bright his beauties are I 2 O'er ail the Tons of human race He ffcines with a Fupersor grace ; Love from his lp.jdiv'nely flows, And bleffings all his fhfe compofe. 3 Drefs thee in arms, raoft mighty Lord i Gird on the terror of thy fword ! Iq mejefty and glory ride, With truth and meeknefs at thy fide. 4. Thine anger, like a pointed darr, Shall pitrce the foes of (tubborn heart ; Or words cf mercy, kind and fvyeet, Shall melt the rebels at thy fcet, 5 Thy >hrone, O God for ever (lands ; Grace is tbe- fceptre in thy hands ; Thy la\?s and works are ju(i and right, Juftice and grace are thy delighr. *6 God, thine own God, has richly died His oil cfgladnefs on thy head, And with r is facred fpirit b'eft His fir(r-born Ton above the reft. J T Psalm 45. Part 2. [L. M,] H E King of faints, how fair his face, Adorn'd with majefty and grace ! ioo PSALM XLVI. He comes with blefiings from above, And wins the nations to his love. 2 At his right hand our eyes behold The queen array'd in pureft pold ; The world admires her heavVly drefs, Her robe of joy and righteoufnefs. 3 He forms her bt- amies like his own; He calls and feats her near his throne : Fair (hanger, let thine heart forget The Ido's of thy native ftate. 4 So (hat! the King the more rejoice In thee, the fav'rite of his choice; Let him be lov'd, and yet adord, For he's thy Maker and thy Lord. 5 O haupy hour, when thou flia't life To bis ta r palace in the lk:es, And all thy fons (a cuni'rous train) Each like a prince in g'ory reign. 6 Let erdlefs honors crown his head ; Let ev'ry aj,e lis praifes fpread ; While we with cheerful fongs approve The condefcenfton of his love. Psalm 46. Part 1. [L. M.] OD is the refuge of his faints, When dorms of fharp diftrefs invade J E'er we can offer our complaints, Behold him prefent wtth his aid. 2 Let mountains from their feats be hurl *d Down to the deep, and bury'd there 3 PSALM XLVI. 101 Convulfion make the fVid world ; Our .faith fhaH never yield to fear. 3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar, In facred peace our f uls abide ; While ev'ry nation, ev'ry fhore, Trembles, and dreads the fuelling tide. 4 There is a frream, whofe gentle flow Supp! : es the city of our God : Life, love and joy, (riii gliding thro*, And wat'ring our divine abode. 5 That facred ftream, thine holy word, That all our raging fear controuls : Sweet peace thy promifes afford, And give new ftrength to fainting fouls. 6 Zion enjoys her monarch's love, Secure againft a threat'ning hour ; Nor can her firm foundations move. Built en his truth, and arrn'd with pow'r. Psalm 46. Part 2. [L. M.] 1 T ET Z on in her King rejoice. i J Tho' tyrants rage and kingdoms rife j He utters his almighty voice, _ The nations melt, the tumult dies. 2 The Lord of old for Jacob fought ; And Jacobus God is fttil par aid : Behold the works his hand hath wrought i What delations he has made ! I 2 ioz PSALM XLVIL 3 From Tea to Tea, thro' ail the (hores, He makes the noife of battle ceafe : When from on hiph his thunder roars, Ke awes the trembling world to peace. 4 He breaks the bow, he cuts the fpear ; Chariots he barns with heav'nly flame ; Keep file nee all the earth, and hear The found and glory of his name. 5 * Be (liil, and learn that I am God: ' I'll be exalted o'er the lands ; * I will be known and fear'd abroad, ' But fin! my throne in Z:on {hands.' 6 O Lord of hofts, almigtry King ! While we fo near thy prefence dwelf, Our faith (hall fit fecure, and fing Defiance to the gates of hell. Psalm 47. [C. M ] 1 ^X FOR a fhout of facred joy \J To God the fov 'reign King] Let ev'ry land their tongues employ, And hymns of triumph fing. 2 Jefus our God afcends on high ! His heav'nly guards around, Attend him rifing thro* the fky With trumpets' joyful found. 3 While angels ikout and prafe their King. Let mortals learn their (trains ; Let all the earth his honors fing ; O'er all the earth he reigns. PSALM XLVJII. 03 4 Pvehearfe his deeds with awe profound j Let knowledge lead the fong ; Nor mock him with a folemn found, Upon a thoughtlefs tongue. 5 In Ifr'el Hood his ancient throne, He lov'd that chofen race \ But now he calls the world his own, And heathens tafte his grace. 6 The Gentile rations are the. Lord's, Where Abra'rn's God is known ; While pow'rs and princes, fhields and Submit Ik fore his throne. [fwords, Psalm 48. Ver. i~8. Part it [S. M/j 1 ff^i REAT is the Lord our God, L\J And let his praife be great j He makes his churches his abode, His moil delightful feat. 2 Thefe temples of his grace, How beautiful they ftand ! The honors of our native place, And bulwarks of our land.] 3 In Zion God is known A refuge in diftrefs : How bright hath his falvation fhone, Through ail her palaces 1 4 When kings againft her join'd, And faw the Lord was there* In wild confufion of the mind They fled with hatty fear. io 4 PSALM XLVIIL 5 When navies tal! and proud Attempt to fpoil cur peace, Ke fends, his tenjpefls roaring loud, And finks them in the Teas. 6 Oft have our fathers told, Our eyes have often feen, How well oui God feeures the foil Where his own fheep have been. 7 In ev'ry new diftrefs We'll to his houfe repair ; We'Jl think upon his wond'rous grace, And feek deliv'rance there. Psalm 48. Ver. 10 — 14. Part 2. [S. M.J 1 TT?AR as thy name is known, J_ "The worl \ declares thy pra'fe ; Thy faints, O Lord, before thy throne, Their fongs of honor rafe, 2 With joy let Judah (land On Zion's chofen hill, Proclaim the wonders of thy hand, And ccunfe's of thy will. 3 Let ftrangets walk around The city where we dwell, Compafs and view thine holy ground, And mark the building well : 4 The orders of thy houfe, The worfnip of thy court, The cheerful fongs, the lolemn YOWS, And make a fair report. PSALM XLIX. 105 5 How decent and how wife ! How glorious to behold I Beyond the pomp that charms trie eyes, And rites adorn'd with gold. 6 The God we worihip now Will guide us till we die ; Will be our God while here below, And ours above the fky. Psalm 49. Ver. 6— 14. Parti. [CM] 1 ~\"KT HY doth the man of riches grow VV To info'ence and pride, To fee his wealth and honors flow With ev'ry riling tide ? 2 [Why doth he treat the poor with fcorn, Made of the ferffame clay, And boad as tho' his flefh was- born Of better duff than they ?J 3 Not all his treafures can procure Hrs foul a mort reprieve, Redeem from death one guilty hour, Or make his brother live. 4 [Life is a blefiing can't be fold, T-fre ranfom is fo high ; Juftice will ne'er be brib'd with gold, That man may never die J 5 He fres the brutifh and the wife, The tiro'rous and the brave, Quit their poffeffions, clofe their eyes 3 And haften to the grave. io6 PSALM XLIX. 6 Yet 'tis his inward thought and pride, 1 My houfe (ha!' ever (land : * And that my name may long abide, * ril give it to my land ' 7 Vain are his thoughts, his hopes are loft ; How foon h 5 mem'ry dies ! His n me is written in the duft Where his own carcafe lies. PAUSE. 8 This is the folly of their way ; And yet their Ton?, as v^.in, Approve the words their fathers fay, And acl their works apain. 9 Men void of wifdom and of grace, If honor raife them high, Live like the beaft, a thooghtlefs race, And like the bead they die. 10 [Laid in the grave like fi : !y fheep, Death feeds upon them there, Tiii the lafl trumpet breaks their fl:ep, In terror and d*ipair J Psalm 49. Ver. 14, 15. Part 2. [C. M.] 4 "V^E fons of pride that hate the juft, \ And tramp!e on the poor, When death has brought you down to duff, Your pomp fhi!l ri'e no more. 2 The lair great day (hall change the fane ; When will that hour appear ? PSALM XLTX, ioj Whe* fiiall thfejuft revive, and reign O'er ail that fcorn'd shem here ? 3 God will my naked foul receive, When fep rate from the fl- j (h ; And break the prifon of the grave, To raife my bones afrefh. 4. Heav'n is roy.everlafHna home, TV inheritance is fure ; Let men of pride their rage reflrme, But Pll repine no more. Psalm 49, [L. M.] 1 "T/CTHY do the proud infu't the poor, VV And boa(r the la-ge eftates t'^ey How vain are riche3, to f~cure [have ? Thfir haughty owners from the grave ? 2 They can t redeem one hour from death, With all the wealth in which they truft ; Nor gira a dying brother breath, When God commands him down to duft. 3 There the dark earth and dlfnial fliade - Shall clafp their naked bodies round: 5 That flefli fb delicately h& t Lies cold, and mou'ders in the ground, 4; Like thoughtLefs fh:ep the (inner dies, Laid in the grave for worms to eat ; The faiets fiiail in the morning rife,- And find th' oppreflbr at their feet. 5 His horior* perifli iij. the daft,. And pomp and beauty, birth and blood- ic8 PSALM L. That glorious day exahs the juft To full dominion o'er the proud. 6 My Savior (hall my hfe reftore, And raife me from my dark abode: My Hem and foul fha!l part no more, But due'l for ever near my God. Psalm 50. Ver. c — 6. Part 1. [C. M.] 1 ' a "» HE Lord, the.judge, before his throne, J[ Bids the whole earth draw nigh ; The nations near the rifing fun, And near the weflern fky. 2 No more (hail bold blafphemers fay, * Judgment will ne'er begin ;' No more abufe his Ion,? delay, To impudence and fin. 3 Thrcn'd on a cloud our God ill a 1 1 come, Bright flames prepare his way, Thunder and darknefs, fire and ftcrm, Lead on the dreadful day. 4 Heav'n from above his call {hall hear, Attending angels come ; And earth and hell fhall know, and fear His julHce, and their doom. t « But gather ail my faint?,' he cries, 'That made their peace with God, * By the Redeemer's facrifiee, 1 And.feal'd it with his blood. 6 * Their faith and works brought forth to * -SUH make the-world confefs [light, • PSALM L. iog * My fentence of reward is right, * And heav ? n adore my grace.' Psalm 50. Ver. 8, io, it', »4» x 5> 2 3« Part 2. [C .M.] ,rpHU5 faith the Lord, « The fpacious J. fields, « And flocks and herds, are mine 5 i O'er all the catde of the hills « I claim a right divin?. 2 ! hfe no (heep for facrince, « Not bullocks burnt \vkh fire ; . « To hope and lore, to pray and praue, * Is all that I require. 2 « Call upon me when trouble's near, * My hand fhali let thee free ; « Then malt thy thankful lips declare « The honor due 10 me. 4 « The man that offers humble praife, * He glorifi-.s me bell : < And thaia that tread my holy ways, 6 Shall my falvation tafte. PsAi'S 50, Ver. -i, 5' 8. 2l * 21 ' part 3* [C. M-] r -^T^7"HENChria to judgment fluil de- \y icend, And faints furround their Lord, J no PSALM L. He calls the nations to attend, And hear his awful word. 2 * No<: for the want of bullock's flain * Will I the woild reprove ; 'Altars, and ri-es, and forms are vain, ' Without the fire cf love. 3 ' And what have hyocrites to do ' To bring their facrifice ? 1 They call my ftatures jud and trae, ' But deal in theft and lies, 4 ' Could you expect to 'fcape my fighr, * A r.d fin without controul ? ' But I mall bring your crimes to light, ' With anguifh in your foul. 5 5 Cor.dder ye, that flight the Lord, Before his wrath appear ; If once ycu fall beoeath his fword, There's no deliverer there. Psalm 50. [L. M.J 1 * I ^ HE Lord, the judge, his churches JL Let hypocrites attend and fear, [warns ; Who place their hope in rites and forms, But make not faith nor love their care. 2 Vile wretches dare rehearfe his name With lips of falfehood and deceit : A friend or brother they defame, And footh and flatter \hofe they hate. 3 They watch to do their reighbors wrong, Yet dare to feek their Maker's face ; PSALM L. in They take his cov'oant on their tongue, But break his laws, abufe his grace. 4 To heav'n they lift their hands unclean, DehTd with lull, defil'd with blood ; By night they practice ev'ry {in, By day their mouths draw near to God, j And while his judgments long delay, They grow fecure, and iia the more ; They think he deeps as well as they, And put far cfF the dreadful hour. O dreadful hour ! when God draws near, And fets their crimes before their eyes ! His wrath their guiity fouls (hail tear, And no deliverer dare to rife. Psalm to.. To a new Tuns. 1 npiHE Lord, the fov'reign, fends his JL funinions forth, [nenh ; Calls the fduth nations, and awakes the Fromeaft to weft the founding orders fpread, Thro'diftant worlds and regions of the dead: No more (hall atheifts mock his long delay : His vengeance fieeps no more : bshold the day ! 2 Behold ! the judge defceBds ; his guards are nigh ; Tempeft and fire attend him down the fky : Heav'n, earth, and hell draw near, let ail things come, To hear his juftice and the fmaer's doom : PSALM L. Cut gatl-cr flrft my faints,' (the judge commands) [tant lands. Bring them, ye angels, from their dif- Behold! my cov'nant (lands for ever good, SeaPd by th' eternal facrifice in blood, And fign'd with all their names; the * Greek, the Jew, That paid the ancient worfhip orthe new. There's no difanclion here ; come*, fpread ' their thrones, And near me feat my fav'ritesand my fons. I, their almighty Savior, and their God, I am their judge : ya heav'ns proclaim * abroad My juH:, eternal fentence, and declare Thole awful truths that finners drfad to * hear ; Sinners in Zicn, tremble and retire; I doom the painted hypocrite to fire. Not for the want of goats or buliocks fliin Do I condemn thee : bulls and goats are * vain [(tore Without the flames oflove : in vain the Of brutal ofT'rings, that were mine before ; Mine are the tamer beads, and favage * brerd, [they feed : Flocks, herd, and fie! h, and forefta where If I were hurgry, wou' J I rifle thee food ? When did I third, or drink thy bullock's ♦ blood ? PSALM L. 113 * Can I be flatter'd with thy cringing bows, * Thy folemn chatt'rings and faotailic 'vows? [behold, ♦Are my eyes charaiM thy veflments to * Glaring in gems, and gay in woven gold? 7 * Unthinking wretch ! how couldft thou * hope to pleafe 1 A God, a fpirit, withfuch toys as thefe ? ' While with my gr^ce and (latutes on thy * tongue, [wrong ! * Thou lov'ft deceit, and doft thy brother * In vain to pious forms thy zeal pretends ; * Thieves and adulterers are thy choien * friends. 8 ' Silent 1 waited, with long fufPring love ; 4 But didft thou hope that 1 (hould ne'er * reprove ? [within, * And cherifti fuch an impious thought * That God the righteous, would indulge * thy fin ? * Behold my terrors now ; my thunders roll, 'And thy own crimes affright thy guilty foul. 5 9 Sinners awake betimes ! ye fools be wife 1 Awake before this dreadful morning rife ? Change your vain thoughts, your crooked works amend ; [friend ; Fly to the Savior, make the judge your Led, like a lion, his laft vengeance tear Your trembling fouls, and no deiiy'rer near. J * ii 4 PSALM L. Psalm 50. To the old proper tune, 1 r I * HE God of glory fends his fummons JL forth, [north : Cai's the fcuth nations, and awakes the From eaft to weft the fov'reign orders fpread, [dead. Thro' difUnt worlds and regions of the The trumpet founds ; hell trembles ; heav'n rejoices; [voices. Lift up your heads, ye faints, with cheerful 2 No more (hail atheitts mock lis long delay j liis vengeance fleeps no more: behold the day ! ("nigh ; Behold ! the judge dtfcends ; his guards are Tempeft and fire attend him down the ffcy. When God appears, ail nature mall adore him ; While fmners trembie, faints rejoice before him. 3 ' Heav'n, earth, and heli draw near ; let alt * things come, ' To hear my ju(tice,and the fmno's doom; 1 But gather firffc «ny faints, (the judge com* * mands) [Unds.* * Bring them, ye angels, from their diftant When Chrifl returns, wake ev'ry cheerful paf- fion ; [vat ion. And fhou , ye fa : nts, he conies for your foU 4 Behold ! my cov'nant ftandsfor ever good, ' Sea M by th' eterral ficriiice in blojd, ♦And fi n'd with a ; l their names; the < Crreek, the jew ! PSALM L. Vrfc « That paid the ancient worfhip or the new.' There's no diftinclion her; ; join ail your voices, [rejoices. And raife your heads, ye faints, for heav'a 5 'Here (faith the Lord) ye angels fpread 4 their thrones, (Tons. * And near me fiat my favVttes and my * Come,, my redeem'd, poiTefs the joys pre- ♦ par'd ' Ere time began ; 'tis your divine reward. v When Chrift returns 9 wake ev'ry cheerful 'paf- lion i [tion. And fhout, ye faints, he comes for your falva- PAUSE. I. 6 s I am the Savior, 1 th* almighty God : * I am the judge ; ye beav'hs proclaim abroad * My jult eternal fentence, and declare * Thofe awful truths, that finners dread tt> * hear. 5 When God appears, all nature ftiall adore him; While finners tremble, faints rejoice before him, 7 * Stand forth, thou bold blafph-rmer, and * profane, ['ningsvain: * Now fee! my wrath, nor call my threat- * Thou hypocrite, once drefs'd in faints' • aiti e r ' I doom the painted hypocrite to fire/ Judgment proceeds ; hell trembles j heav'a rejoices ; [voices. Lift up your heads, ye faints, with cheerful n6 PSALM L. 8 * Not for the want of goats or bullocks fliin 4 Do I condemn thee : bulls and goats are * vain [ftore * Without the flimes oflove : in vain the * Of bru al off rings that were mine before.' Earth is the Lord's, all nature fhfcll adore him ; While finners tremble, fair/sr.joice before him. 9 * If I were hungry would 1 aflc thee fbod ? ' When did I third, or drink thy bullock's * blood ? [breed, * Mine are the tamer beads and favage 4 Flocks, herds, and fields, and foreiU « where they feed.' ^11 is the Lord's ; he rules the wide creation ; Gives fmners vengeance, and the faints falva- ticn. jo * Can 1 be flatter'd with thy cringing bows, * Thy folemri cha.t'rings and fantaftic 4 vows ? [behold, 4 Are my eyes charm 'd thy veftments to 4 Glaring in gems, and gay in woven gold? God is the judge of hearts, no fair difguifes Can fcreen :he guil-y when his vengeance rifes. PAUSE 2. 1 1 4 Unthinking wretch ! how couldft thou * hope to pleafe * A God, a Ipirit, with fuch toys as thefe ? 4 White with mv grace and (tatutes on thy 4 tongue, [wrong. 1 4 Thcu lov ft deceit, and doft thy brother PSALM L, 117 Judgment proceeds ; hell trembles j heav'n ' rejoices, 'voices, Lift up your heads, ye faints, with cheerful t 2 * Irs vain to piaus forTis thy zeal pretends ; ' Thieves and adult'rers are thy chcien ' friends ; ' While the talfe flatt'rer at my altar waits, * His harden'd foul divine inftru&ion hates.' God is the judge or hearts, no fair difguifes Can fcreen the guilty when his vengeance rifes. 13 ' Silent I waited with long-luff 'ring love ; * But didlt thou hope that I mould ne'er ' reprove ? [within, ' And cherifh fuch an impious thought ' That the All-Holy would indulge thy fin.' See, God appears ; all nanonsjoin t'adore htm : J udgment proceeds, and finners fail before him. 14 * Behold my terrors now ; my thunders roll, ' Andthyown crimes affright thy guilty foul; '•Now like a lion mail my vengeance tear ' Thy bleeding heart, and no deliv'rer near.' Judgment concludes ; hell trembles ; heav'n rejoices ; £ voices. Lift up your heads, ye faints, with cheerful EPIPHONEMA. 15 ' Sinnets awake betimes ; ye fools be wife ; * Awake before this dreadful morning rife : 6 Change your vain thoughts, your crooked * works amend, [friend. 1 ' Fiy to the Savior, make the judge your si8 PSALM LI. Then join, ye faints, wake ev'iy cheerful paf« fion, [lion. When Chiift returns, he comes for your falva- Psalm 51. Part 1. [L. M.] 1 Q HEW pity, Lord i O Lord, forgive ! fc3 Let a repenting rebel jive : Are not thy mercies large and free ? May not a finner truft in thee ? 2 My crimes are great, but don'c furpafs The pow'r and glory of thy grace ; Great God ! thy na:uie hath no boand, So let thy pard'r.in^ lore be found. 3 O, wafh my foul frcm evety fin, And make my guilty confcience clean s Here on my heart the burden lies, And pair, crTenc.s p.-irs my eyes. 4 My lips with fhame my (ins confffs, Agr.mil thy law, againli thy grace : Lcrd, fhouid thy judgment grow fevere, I am conc'emn'd, but thou art clear. 5 Should fudden vengeance (eize my breaih, I mud pronounce thee juft in death $ And if my foul were feet to hc!S, Thy righteous law approves it well. 6 Yet fave a trembling finner. Lord, Whole hope, fttil hov'riog round thy ward, Would li^ht on fume fweet' promt ie thae, £ome fure fypperi d£^in;t ikfjmir. PSALM LI. ii 9 Psalm '51. Pan 2. [L. M.] 1 T* OR D, I am vile, ccrceiv d in fin, JL_J And born unholy and unclean ; S> rung from the man whofe guilty fall Corrupts tS?e race, and taints us all. 2 Soon as we draw our infant breath, The feeds of fin grow up for death : Thy law demands a perfect heart ; But we're denT'd in ev'ry part. 3 [Great God, create my heart, anew,- And form try fpirk pure and true : O make me wife betimes, to fpy My danger and my remedy, j 4 Behold, I fall before thy face, My only refuge is thy grace: No oui ward forms can make me clean, The ieprofy lies deep within. 5 No bleeding bird, nor bleiedbg besflj Nor hyfTop branch, nor fprinkling priefrj Nor running brcok, nor flood, nor fea, Can warn the difmal {lain away, 6 jeius, my God ! thy biood alone Hath povv'r fufncient to atone : Thy blood can make me white as fowj No Jewim types ccuid cleanfe me fo. 7 vVhile guilt dillurbs and breaks my p^ace, i fL fh nor foul hath reir ot eafe ; Led, let me hear thy pard'ning voice, . J..q my broken heart rejoice. 129 PSALM LI. Psalm 5.1. Part 3. [L. M.] THOU that hear'ft when fmn^rscry ! Tho' all my crimes before thee lie, Behold them not with angry look, But blot their mem'ry from thy book. 2 Crea'e my nature pure within* And form my foul averfe to fin : Let thy rood fpirit ne'er depart, Nor hide thy prefence from my heart. 3 I cannot live without thy light, Ca.'t. out and bani h'd from thy fight : Thine ho'y 3°vs> my God, reftare, And guard me that I fall no more. 4. Tho* I have griev'd thy ipirit, Lord, Thy help and comfort (til) afford ; And let a wretch come mar thy throne To p!=ad the meii's of thy Son. 5 A broken heart, my God, my king, is all the faciifice 1 bring ; The God of grace will ne'er defpife A broken heart for facrilice. 6 My foul lies humbled in the duff, And owns thy dreadful fentence jufl ; Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, And five the foul condemned to die. 7 Then will I teach the world thy ways ; Sinners (hall learn thy fov'reion grace ; 1'il h j ad them to my Savior's blood, And they fiull praif? a pard'ning God, PSALM LI. i2 f 8 O may thy love iofpire my tongue I Solvation mall he ali my fong,! And all my pow*rs fhaH join to bltfs The Lord my ftrength and rlghteoufnefs I Psalm 51. Part 1. [C. M.j r X ORD, I would fpread my fere difirefs I , a And guilt before thine eyes: Ag*in(l thy laws, againft thy grace, How high my cumes ar.fe r* 2 Shouldft thou condemn my foul to hell. And crulh my fldn to dud, Hsav'n would approve thy vengeance well. And earth mud own it julr. 3 I from the flock of Adam came s Unholy and unclean ; All my original is flume, And all my nature fia« 4 Born in a world of guilt, I drew Contagion with my breath ; And as my days advanced, I grew A jufter prey for deaih. 5 Chanfe me, O Lord, and cheer my fou! With thy forgiving love : O ! make my broken (pint whole. And bid my pains remove. 6 Let not thy Spirit quire departj Nor drive me from thy face; Create, anew my vicious heart, K 122 PSALM LIII. And fill it with thy grace. 7 Then will I make thy mercy known Before the fbns of men ; Backfliders (hall addrefs thy throne, And turn to God again. Psalm 51. Ver. 14— 17. Part 2 [CM] 1 /~\ GOD of mercy ! hear my call, \J My load of prill remove ; Break down this feparating wall That bars me from thy love. 2 Give me the prefence of thy grace, Then my rejoicing tongue Shall fpeak aloud thy righteoufnefs, And make thy praife my fong. 3 No b!ood of goats, nor heifers flain, For fin could e'er atone : The death of Chrift (hall (til! remain Sufficient and alone. 4 A foul oppreft with fin's deferr, My God will ne'er defpife ; A humble groan, a broken heart, Is our belt facrifice. 9 Psalm 5$. Ver. 4—6. [C. M.] i A RE all the foes of Zion fools, j[jL Who thus devour her faints ? Xjo trey rot know her Savior rules, And pities her complaints ? PSALM LV. 123 2 Thev Ml be feiz'd with fad furprife ; For God's revenging arm Scatters the bones of them that rife To do his children harm. 3 To va : n the fons of Satan boaft Of armies in array ; When God hath firft defpis'd their hoft, They fall an eafy prey. 4 O for a word from Zion's King, Her captives to reftore ! Jacob with all the tribes mail fing, And JuJah weep no mere. Psalm 55. Ver. 1—8 16— 1 3, 22. [CM ] 1 f~\ GOD, my refuge ! hear my cries, %J Behold my flowing tears ; For earth and hell my hurt devife, And triumph in my fears 2 Their rage is leveii'd at my life, My foul with guilt they load, And fill my thoughts with inward (trife, To (hake my hope in God. 3 With inward pain my heart-firings found, I groan with ev'ry breath ; Horror and fear bsrfet me round, Amongft the fhades of death. 4 O were I like a feathtr'd dove, And innocence had wings ; I'd fly, and make a long remove, From ail thefe refllcfs things^ 1*4 PSALM LV. 5 Le? me to fome v/:ld ciefert go, And find a peaceful home ; Where /ierms of malice never blow, Temp!2t*ons re-.er come, C Vain hopes, and vain inventions a!!, To 'fcape the rage of reil ! The mighty God en whom I call Can fave me here as welL pause. . 7 By morning light I 1! feek Ms face, At noon repeat my cry; The nigh? fin! I hear me afk his grace, Nor will he long deny. 8 God (hall preilrve my foul from fear, Or (held me when afraid ; Ten chcufand ange!s muft appear, If he commands their aid. 9 I c::(l my burdens en the Lord, The Lord fu (tains them a!! ; My courage rtfts upon his word, That faints (hail never fall. io My hightft hopes (hail not be vain ; My lips dial! fpread his praife ; While cruel and deceitful men Scarce live cut half their days, rsALM55- Vtr. 15 — 17, 19, 22. [S. M-] 1 1" ET (inners take their courfe, JLj And chcofe the read to dea h ; 13ut in the won'hip of my God I'll f^end my daily breath. PSALM LVX. 125 2 My thoughts addrefs his throne, When morning brings the light 5 I feek his bkfilns ev'ry noon, And pay my vows at night. 3 Thou wilt regard my cries, O my eternal God ! While finnrrs perifn in furprife, Beneath thine angry rod. 4 Becaufe they dwell at eafe, And' no fad changes feel, They neither fear nor truft thy name, Nor learn to do thy will. 5 But I, With all my cares, Will lean upon the Lord ; I'll caft my burden on his arm, And reft upon his word. 6 His arm fhail well Curtain The children of his love ; The ground on which their fafety ftands No earthly powV can move. Psalm 56. [C. M.] 1 4~\ Thcu ! whofe juftice reigns on high, \^J And makes th' oppreffer ceafe j Behold how envious finners try To vex and break my peace. 2 The fons of violence and lies Join to devour rac, Lord ; But as my hourly dangers rife, K 2 126 PSALM LVI. My refuge is thy word. 3 Id God moft holy, jurt, and true, I have repos'd my trud j Nor wll I fear what flefh can do, The offspring of Lie duft. 4 They wreft: my words to mifchief ftiil, Charge me with unknown fauhs ; Mischief doth all their ccunfels fill, And malice all their thoughts. 5 Shall they efcape without thy frown ? Muft their devices (land ? O caft the haughty (inner down, And let him know thy hand. PAUSE. 6 God counts the forrows of his faints, Their groans affect his ears ; Thou haft a book for my complaints, A bottle for my tears. 7 When to thy throne I raife my cry, The wicked fear and flee ; So fwift is pray'r to reach the (fcy, So near is God to me. 8 In thee, mod holy, juft, and true, 1 have repos'd my trufl ; Nor will I fear what man can do, The offspiing of the du(t. 9 Thy folemn vows are on me, Lord, Thou (halt receive my praife ; I'll fing, « How faithful is thy word ! • How righteous all thy ways ! PSALM LVII. 127 ic Thou haft fecur'd my foul from death, O fet thy pris'ner free, That heart and hand, and life and breath May be employM for thee, Psalm J7. [L. M.] 1 "j\ yt* Y God, :n whom are all the fprings J.VX Of boundlefs love > and grace un- known, Hide me beneath thy ipreading wings, Till the dark cloud is overblown. 2 Up to the heav'ns I fend my cry, The Lord will my defirss perform ; He fends his angels from the iky, And faves me from the threat'ning ftorm, 3 Be thou exalted, O my God ! Above the heav'ns where angels dwell j Thy pow'r on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. 4 My heart is fix'd ; my fongs (hall raife Immortal honors to thy name : Awake, my tongue, to found his praife, My tongue, the glory of my frame. 5 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns, And reaches to the utmoft fky ; His truth to endlefs years remains, When : lower worlds difiblve and die. 6 Be thou exalted* O my God ! Above the heav'ns where angels dwell j 128 PSALM LVIIL Thy powV on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. Psalm 58. As the 113th Pfalm. 1 TUDGLS, who rule the world by laws, J Will ye defpife the righteous caufe, When th' injur'd poor before you ftands ? Dare ye condemn the righteous poor, And let rich finners 'fcape fecure, Whilegold and greatnefs bribe your hands, 2 Have ye forgot, or never knew, That God will judge the judges too ? High in the heav'ns his juftice reigns j Yet you invade the rights ot God, And fend your bold decrees abroad, To bind the conference in your chains, 3 A poifon'd arrow is your tongue, The arrow (harp, the poifon ftrong, And death attends where'er it wounds : You hear no counfcls. cries, or tears ; So the deaf adder Haps her ears Againfi the pow'r of charming founds. 4 Break out their teeth, eternal God I Thofe teeth of lions dy'd in. blood; And crufli the ferpents in the dufr^ As en pty cl^afF, when whirlwinds rife, Before the fweeping temped fl.es, So let their hopes and names be loft. 5 Th' Almighty thunders from the fky, Their grandeur melts, their titles die* PSALM LX. 129 As hills of (now diflblve and run ; Or fnails that perifh in their fiime, Or births that come before their time, Vain births that never fee the fun. S Thus fnaH the vengeance of the Lord, Safety and joy to faints afford ; And a!! that hear (hall join and &y } * Sure there's a God thai rules on high, ' A God that hears his children cry, ' And will their furT' rings well repay.* Psalm 60. Ver. 1 — 5, 10—12. [C .M.] t ORD, haft thou cad the nation ofF? JL_J Mufl we forever mourn ? Wilt thou iniulge immortal wrath I Shall mercy ne'er return ? 1 The terror of one frown of thine Melts all our ftrength away ; Like men that totter, drunk with wine, We tremble in difmay. 5 Our Zion trembles at thy ftroke, And dreads thy threatening hand; O heal the people thou had broke, Confirm the wav'ring land. (. Lift up a banner in the field For thofe that fear thy name 1 Save thy beloved with thy fhield, And put our foes to mame. ; Go m h our armies to the fight. Like a confedVate God % 23c PSALM LXI. LXII. In vain confed'rate pow'rs unite Againfl: thy lifted rod. 6 Our troops (hall gain a wide renown, By thine affifting hand : 'Tis God that treads the mighty down, And makes the feeble (land. Psalm 6i. Ver. i—6. [S.M.] 1 TTTHEN overwhelm'd with grief, VV My heart within me dies, Hefplefs and far from all relief, To heaven I lift mine eyes. 2 O lead me to the rock That's high above my head ; And mjiply ; He walks upon the clouds, and thence Doth his enriching drops difpenfe. 20 The defert grows a fruitiefs field, Abundant food the rallies yield ; The valiies focut with cheerful voice, /Vnd neighbVipg hills repeat their joys, I i The paftures frail e in green array, Their iambs- and larger, cattle play ; The larger cattle and the lamb, Each in his language fpeaks thy name. 12 Thy works pronounce thy pow'r divine ; O'er ev'ry field thy. glories mine, Tnro' ev'ry month thy gifts appear ; Great God I thy goodnefs crowns the year. Psalm 6$. Part 1. gC^Mi] 1 "T) R A ISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee 3 XT There (hall our vows be paid : Thou haft an ear when finners pray, All fleih fhall feek thine aid. 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail, But pard'ning grace is thine : And thou wilt grant us pow'r and fkill To conquer ev'ry fin. 3 Bleft are the men whom thou wilt choofe, To bring them near thy face ; Give them a dwelling in thine houfe, To feaft upon thy grace.. ■PSALM- LXV. 139 4 In anfwering what thy church requefts, Thy truth and terror (hine, And works of dreadful righieoufnefs Fulfil thy kind defign. 5 Thus (hall the wond-ring nations iee The Lord is good and jufl : And di(h*nt iflands fly to thee, And make thy name their tru/L 6 They dread thy glittering tokens, Lord, When (igns in heav'n appear: But they (kail learn thy holy word, And love as well as fear. Psalm 6$. Part 2. [C, M.] 1 ,r T~^ IS by thy flrength the mountains ftand, JL God cf eternal pow'r ! The fea grows calm at thy command, And tempefh ceafe to roar. 2 The morning light, and ev'ning (hade, Succefltve comforts bring ; Thy plenteous fruits make harveft: glad, Thy flow'rs adorn the fpring 3 Seafons and times, and moons and hours, Heav'n, earth and air, are thine, When clouds diftil in fruitful fhow'rs, The author is divine. 4 Thofe wand'ring ciderns in the fky, Borne by the winds around, ■With wat'ry treafures well fupply The furrows -of the ground, i 4 o PSALM LXV. 5 The tbirfty ndges drink their fill, And ranks of corn appear ; Thy ways abound with bleffings ftili, Thy good nefs crowns the year. Psalm 65. Part 3. [C M.] I* /^ COD is the Lord, the heav'nly King, \jJF Who makes the ear^h Lis c*re, Vifirs the paftures ev'ry fpring, And bids the grals appear. 2 The clouds, like rivers rais'd on high, Pour out at thv command, Their wat'ry blefllngs from the fky, To cheer the thirfty land. 3 The iofien'd ridges of the field Permit the corn to fpring ; The vallies rich provifion yield, And the poor lab'rers fing. 4 The little hills on ev'ry fide Rejoice at falling fhow'is ; The meadows, drefs'd in ail their pride, Perfume the air with flow'rs. 5 The barren clods, refrt-lVd with rain, Promife a joyful crop ; The parched ground looks green again, And raife the reaper's hope 6 The various months thy goodntfs crowns, How bounftous are tby ways ! The bluing flocks fpread o'er the downs, And fhepherds fhout thy praife, PSALM LXVI, 14! Psalm 66. Part 1. [C. M.J ING, all ye nations, to the Lord, Sing with a joyful noife ; With melody of found record His honors, and your joys. Say to the pow'r that (hakes tbeiffcy, * How terrible art thou ! 'Sinners before thy pre fence fly, * Ot at thy feet they bow.' [Come, fee the wonders of our God, How glorious are his ways ! In Moles' band he puts his rod, And cleaves the frighted feas. He makes the ebbing channel dry, While Jfr'el pafs'd the flood 5 There did the church begin their joy, Aad triumph in their God ] He rules by his refiftiefs might ; Will rebel mortals dare Provoke th' Eternal to the fight, And tempt that dreadful war ? O bltfs our God, and never ccafe, Ye faints fulfil his praife : He keeps our life, maintains our peace, And guides our doubtful ways. Lord, thou baft prov-d pur fufPring fouls, To. make our graces fhine;.^ So filver bears the burning coals, The m tal to refine. r 4 2 PSALM LXVL LX'VII. 8 Thro* wat'ry deeps and fury ways We march at thy command, Led to poiTtfs the promisM place By tnihe unerring hand. Psalm 66. Ver. 13—20. Part 2. [C.M.J 1 XTOW (hall my folemn vows be paid jj%l To that almighty pow'r, That heard the long requefi: l made In my diftrefsful hour. 2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare To make his mercies known ; Come, ye that fear my Go J , and hear The wonders he has done. 3 When on my head huge furrows fell, I fought his heav'r.ly aid ; He fav'd my finking foul from hell, And death's eternal fhade. 4 If fin lay cover'd in my heart, While pray'r empioy'd my tongue, The Lord had fhewn me no regard, Nor I his praifes fung. 5 But God (his name be ever bleft !) Hath let my fprit free, Nor turn'd from him my poor re quell, Nor turn'd his heart from me. Psalm 67. [C. M.] HINE, mighty God ! on Zioh mine Wi:h beams ofheav'nly grace: ■s PSALM LXVIII. 143 Reveal thy pcw'r through a!4 our coafts, And {hew thy fmiling face. ! [Amidft our land exalted high Do thou our glory (land ; And like a wall of guardian fire Surround the fav'rite land. 3 3 When mall thy name from fnore to more, Sound all the earth abroad, And difrant nations know and love Their Savior and their God ? 4. Sing to the Lord, ye diftant lands, Sing loud with folemn voice ; Let ev'ry tongue exalt his praife, And ev'ry heart rejoice. 5 He, the great Lord, the fov'reign judge, That fits enthron'd above, Wifely commands the world he made In juftice and in love. 5 Earth (hail obey her Maker's will, And yield 2 full increafe ; Our God will crown his chofen land With fruitful nefs. and peace. 7 God, the Redeemer, fcatters round His choice" ft favors here ; While the creation's. utmoft bound Shall fee, adore, and fear. Psalm 63. Ver. 1—6, $$—35. [L. M.]. I T" ET God arlfe in aii his might, JLi And put the troops of hell to. flight, j 4 * PSALM LVIII. As fmcke, that fought to cloud the flcie?, Before the rifmg tempeft flies. 2 [He comes array'd in burning flames ; Justice and vengeance are his names : Behold, his fainting foes expre Like melting wax before the lire !] 3 He rides and thunders thro' the flcy ; His name, Jehovah, founds en high ; Sing to his name, ye fons of grace ; Ye faints rejoice before his face. 4 The widow and the fatherlefs Fly to his aid in fharp diftrefs ! In him the poor and he'plefs find A judge that's juil, a father kind. 5 He breaks the captive's heavy chain, And pris'ners f.'e the ItgBl again ; But rebels that difpute his will Shall dwe!! in chains and darknefs Oil!. PAUSE. 6 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong ; Crown him, ye nations, in your fong ; His wondrcus names and pow'rs rehearfe ; His honors mail enrich your vcrfe. 7 He makes ti,e heav'ns with loud alarms ; How terrible is God in arms ! Tn If; 'el are his mercies known ; Ifr'cl is his peculiar throne. 8 Proclaim him king, pronounce hin bleft, He's your defence, your joy, your re(t ; PSALM LXVIII, 145 When terrors rife, and nations fain?, God is the ftrength of ev'ry faint. Psalm 68. Ver. 17, 18. Part 2. [L. M.] 1 T QRD, when thou didftafcend on high, JL_J Ten thcufand angels 6!!'d the fky : Thofe heav'nly guards around thee wait, Like chariots that attend thy Mate: 2 Not Sinai's mountain cojld appear More glorious, wren the Lord was there ; While he pronoune'd his dreadful law, And i'rruck the choien tribes with awe. 3 How bright t K e triumph none can tell, When the rebellious powers of hell, That thoufand feu's had captives made, Wtre all in chains l.ke captives led. ^. Rais'd by his Father to the throne, He fent the pro.-nis d Spirit down, With gifts and grace for rebel men. That God might dwe!l on earth again. Psalm 68. Ver. 19,9,20 — 22. Part 3; [L. M] i ~\~$T £ kiefs l be Lord, the juft, thegood, V V W,ho fills our hearts with joy and food ; Who pours his bJeffingg from the fl-des, And loads our days with rich f jppl-.es. 2 He fends the fun his circuit round ; To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground j M i 4 6 PSALM LXIX. He bids the clouds with plenteous fain Refrtfh the thirfty earth again. 3 'Tis to his care we owe our breath, And ail our near efcapes from death : Safety and health to God belong; He heals the weak and guards the flron£» 4 He makes the faint and tinner prove The common blc-fiings of his love ; But the wide difFrence that remains Is endlefs joy, or endlefs pains. 5 The Lord, that bruis'd the ferpcnt's head* On ail rhe ferpent's iecd i)ta!l tread ; The ftubborn finner's hop? confound, And finite him with a lilting wound. 6 But his right hand his faints ihall fail's From the deep earth or deeper Teas ; And bring them to his courts above, There (hall they tafle his ipecial love. Psalm 69. Ver. 1 — 14. Part 1. [C. M.] 1 * Q AVE me, C God; the (Veiling floods C3 ' Break in upon my foul : * I link, and for.-GWs o'er my hsad ' Like mighty waters roll. 2 * I cry till ail my voice be gone ; * In tears I wafte the day : ' My God, behold my longing eyes, ' And friorten thy delay. 3 * They hate my feu! without a caufe, * And (HI! their number grows PSALM LXIX, 147 * More than the hairs around my bead, * And mighty are my foes, $. * 'Twas then I paid that dreadful debt ' That men could never pay, * And gave thofe honors to thy law* « Which tinners took away.' £ Thus in the preat Mediae's name The royal Prophet mourns ; Thus he awakes our heart to grief, And gives us joy by turns. 6 * Now (hail the faints rejoice, and find * Salvation in thy name ; ' For 1 have borne their heavy load * Or forrew, pa;n and fhame. 7 ' Grief, like a garment, cloth'd me round, * And iackcloth was my c*refs, 'While I procurd for naked fouls * A robe of righteoufnefs. 8 ' Among!! my brethren and the Jews ' I like a flranger flood, ' And bore their viie reproach, to bring * The Gentiles near to God. 9 ' I came in finful mortals (lead * To do my Fa f her's will ; ' Yet when I c!eans"d my father's hcufe, 1 They fcandaliz'd my zeal. 10 ' My fading, and my holy groans 1 Were made the drunkard's fong ; ' But God from his celeftia! throne * Heard my complaining tongue, H3 psalm lxix, i i * He fav'd me from the dreadful deep, 1 Nor !et my foul be drown'd ; * He rais'd and fix'd my finking feet ■ On well eftablifhM ground. - 12 ■ 'Twas in a moft accep'ed hour * My pray'r arofe on high, * And for rny fake my God fhal! hear * The dying tinner's cry.* Fs alm 69 Vcr 14 — 2r, 26, 29. 32. Part 2 [C. M.] j "VTOW let our lips with holy fear JlSI And mournful pleafure finp, 'i he fuff'rings of our great high prieft, The forrov s of our king. 2 Ke fi : ks in fiords of deep diflrefs ; How high the waters lifr ! While to his heavenly Father's ear He fends per;e:ua! cti s. 3 l Hear me. O Lord, and fave thy Sor, 4 Nor hide thy mining face ; * Why mould thy r&v'rite look, like one * Fbrfaken of thy grace. 4. * With rajje they perfecute the mao * That groar.s beneath thv wound, * While tor a facrifice I pour * My ii^e upon the ground t « T! ey t»ead my honor to the dufr, * And laugh when 1 complain, f Thtir iharp infuhing flaoders add PSALM LXiX. 149 i Frefh anguifh to my pain. 6 * All my reproach is known to thee, * The fcandal and the fhame ; ' Reproach has broke my bleeding heart, * And lies defil'd my name. 7 * I look'd for pity, but in vain ; ' My kindred are my grief : ' I a.fk my frieads for comfort round, 4 But meet with no relief. 8 * With vinegar they mock my thirft ; * They give me gall for food : ' And, (porting with -my dying groans, * They triumph in my blood. 9 * Shine into my diftreffed foul, ' Let thy companion fave ; « And tho' my flefh fink down to death, * Redeem it from the grave. io*I (hall arife 'o praife thy name, * Shall reign in worlds unknown ; 'And thy fal-vation, O my God, * Shall feat me on thy throne.' Psalm 69. Part 3. [C. M.] 1 X7 AT HER, I fi >g thy wond'rous grace, .J.. I blefs my Savior's name ; He bought falvation for the poor, And bore the dinner's fhame. 2 His deep diftrefs hath rais'd us high, His duty and his zeai Ma iro PSALM LXIX. *> FuiHil'd the law which mortals broke. And finjfh'd a'l thy wiH. 3 His dying groans, his liviro foo'gs, Shall better pleafe ray God, Than harp or trumpet's folernn found, Than pofat's or bullock s blood. 4 This (hall his humble follow' rs fee, And fet their hearts at re it ; They by his death draw near to thee, And live forever biefir. 5 Let ! eav'n, and ai) that dwell on high, To God tffcir voices rale, While rand's and leas affift th. Iky, And j^nt' advance the praife. 6 Z>on is thine, moft holy Gad ; Thy Son (hall biffs her gates, And glory purchased by his blood For thy own Ift'e) waits. Psalm 69. Part 1. [L. M.] EEP in our hearts let us record The deeper forrows of our Lord ; Behold ! the rifiog billows roil To overwhelm his hcly foul. In Song complaints he fiends his breath, While hofis of hell, and pow'rs of death, And a'l the fons of malice, join To execute their curfr dtfi n. Yer, naciou" God, thy pow'r and love, Has nsaoe the curie a blfTi g prove? PSALM LXJX. 151 Thofe dreadful fufPrings of thy Son Aton'dfor fins which we had done. 4 The pangs of cur expiring Lord The honors of thy law relior'd ; His fcrrows made thy jufiiee known, And paid for follies not his own. 5 O ! for his fake our guilt forgive, And kt the mourning (inner live ; r IYe Lord will hear us in his name, Nor fhal! our hope be turned to Hiame. Psalm 69. Ver. 7, &c. Part 2. [L. M.] WAS for thy fake, eternal God, Thy fon fuftain'd that heavy load Ot bale reproach and lore dif-irace, And fnan e defiPd his facred face. 2 The Jews, his brethren and his kin, A bus d the man that check'd their fin : While he fulfrl'd thy hoy laws, They ha v e him, but without a caufe, 3 [ k My Father's houfe, (faid he) was mads * A place for wcrfhip, not for trade ;" Then fcatt'ring ail their go d and brafs, He fcourg'd the merchants from the place. 4 Z-al for the temple or his God Confum'd his life, expos'd '..is blood : Reproaches at tHy glory thrown He felt, and mourn 'd them as his own.] 5 [His friends forlook, his toilow'rs fl:d, While ims and arms furround h;s head? i 5 2 PSALM LXXI. They curfe him with a fland'rous tongue And the falfe judge maintains the wrong.]] 6 His life they load with hateful lies, And charge his lips with blafphemies : They nail him to the fhameful tree ; There hung the man that dy'd for me. 7 [Wretches, with hearts as hard as (tones, Jnfult his p ety and groans ; Gall was the food they gave him there, And mock'd his third with vinegar J 8 But God beheld, and from his throne JViarks cut the men that hate his Son ; The hand that rais'd him from the dead Shall pour due vengeance on their head. Psalm 71. Ver. 5 — 9. Part 1. £C. M.] 1 1\/TY God, my everlafting hope, JLV X I l^e upon thy truth : Thy hands have held my childhood up, And ftrengthen'd al! my youth. 2 Jvly flefh was fafhion'd by thy pow'r, With all thefe hmbs of mine : And from my mother's painful hour I've been enirely thine. 3 Still has my life new wonders feen Repeated ev'ry year : Behold my days that yet remain, I trull them to thy care. 4 Caft me not off when (trength declines, When hoary hairs ante ; PSALM LXXT. 15s And round me ret thy glory fhine, Whene'er thy fervant dies. Then in the hift'ry of my ape, When men review my days, They'll read thy love in ev'ry page, In ev'ry line thy praife. Psalm 7c 15, 14, 16, 23, 22,. 24. Part 2. [C. M.] 1 1% fW Y Savior, my almighty friend, JLVjL When I begin thy praife, Where will the growing numbers end, The numbers of thy grace? 2 Thou art my everlafling truft, Thy goodnefs I adore ! And fince I knew thy graces firft, I fp^ak thy glories njore. 3 My feet {hall travel all the length Of the celeitial read, And march with courage in thy (Irength, To fee my Fathei God, 4 When I am fiii'd with fore dilirefs For fome furprifi^g fin, I'll plead thy perfecl ri^hteoufnefs, And mention cone but th ne. 5 How will my lips rej ;:ce :o teil The vicl ries of my King ! My foul, redeemed for* fia and hell, Shall thy falvation fing. 6 [My tongue matt a 1 the day proclaim My Savio? and my God | i 5 4- PSALM LXXI. Kis death hath brought my foes to {hame* And drown M them in his blood. 7 Awake, avrake, my tuneful pow'rs j With this delightful fong I'll entertain the darkeft hours, Nor thick the feafon long 3 Psalm 71. Ver. 17—21. Part 3. [C. M.] 1 S~*\ OD of my childhood, and my youth i V_X The guide of aSI my days, 1 have declar'd thy heav'nly truth, And told shy wond'rous ways. 2 Wiit tbcu forlake my hoary hairs, And leave my fainting heart ? Who (hall fufbio my finking years, If God my flrength depart f 3 Let me thy pow'r and truth proclaim To the furviving age, And leave a faver of thy name, When I (ha! I quit the frage. 4 The land of flience and of death Attends my next remove ; O ! may tiefe poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love. PAUSE. 5 Thy righteoufntfs is deep and high ; Uniearchable thy deeds : Thy glory ipreads beyepd the fky, And all my pra fe exceeds. 6 Oft have I heard thy threar'nings roar, And eft endur'd Jbe grief ; < PSALM LXXII. i 55 But when thy hand hath prefs'd rae fore, Thy grace w^s my relief. 7 By long experience have I known Thy fov'reign pow'r to fave ; At thy command I venture down Securely to the grave. 8 When T lie buried d^ep in duft, My fl^m ftia'l be thy care 3 Tbcfs with'ring limbs with thee I tfujt s To raife them Rronp and fair. Psalm 72. Part J. [L. M.j 1 /^ REAT God, whofe univerfaf fway \jJT The known & unknown worlds obey \ Now give the kingdom to thy Son, Extend his pow'r, exa't his throne. 2 Thy fceptre well becomes his hands, All heav'n fubmits to his commands ; His juftice mall revenge the poor, And pride and rage prevail no more. 3 With pow'r he vindicates thejufr, And treads th* opprefibr in the dutl ; His worfhip and his fea> mall laft, Till hours, and years, and time be paft. 4 As rain on meadows newly mown, So fhall he fend his influence down's His grace on fainting fouls diftiHs, Like heav'n'y dew on thirfty hills. 5 The heathen lands that lie beneath The fhades of over- Spreading deathj 156 PSALM LXXII. Revives at his firft dawning light, And deferts blofTom at the fight. 6 The faints fhall flourim in his davs, Dreft in the robes of joy and praife ; Peace, like a liver, from his throne Shall flow to nations yet unknown. Psalm 72. Part 2. [L, M.] 1 TESUS fhall reign where'er the. fun *| Does his fucceflive journiT-s run : His kingdom ftretch from fhore to more, Till moons fhall wax and wane no-more. 2 [Behold • the iflands with their kings, And Europe her bed tribute brings : From north to fouth the princes msct To pay their homage at ins feet. 3 There Perfia, g'orious to behold, There India fnines in eaflern gold ; And barb'rous nations at his word Submit, and bow, and own their Lord. 4 For him fiiall endlefs prayer be made, And praifes throng to croy/n r is head ; His name, like Tweet perfume, (hill rife With ev 3 ry rooming facrifice. 5 P-ople and realms of ev'ry tongue, Dwell on his love. with fwettelt fong ; And infants' voices fhall proclaim Their early bh- flings on h«s name. 6 B! Muft follow where re calls : Ke bids them venture thro* the deep. And makes the waves their walls* 6 The waters faw thee, mighty God 1 The waters faw thee come ; Backward they fled, and frighted {food* To make thine armies room 7 Strange was thy journey thro* the £a » Thy ioo'fteps, Lord, unknown : Terrors attend the wond*rous way That brings thy mercies down • 168 PSALM LXXVIII. 8 [Thy voice, wih terror in the found, Thro' clouds and datknefs broke ; All heav'n in lightning fnor.e around, And earth with thunder mook.