2 The waves may roar,

the mountains shake,

Our comforts shall not cease:
The Lord his saints will not forsake;
The Lord will give us peace.

3 A gentle stream of hope and love
To us shall ever flow;

It issues from his throne above,
It cheers his Church below.

4 When earth and hell against us came,
He spake and quell'd their pow'rs;
The Lord of Hosts is still the same,
The God of grace is ours.

PSALM 47. L.M.

ALL ye people, clap your hands,
And with triumphant voices sing;
No force the mighty pow'r withstands
Of God, the universal King.

2 God is gone up, our Lord and King, With shouts of joy and trumpet's sound; To Him repeated praises sing,

And let your cheerful songs abound.

3 Your utmost skill in praise be shown
For Him, who all the world commands;
Who sits upon His righteous throne,
And spreads His sway o'er heathen lands.

E that love the Saviour's name,

Y shout, your King is on his throne,

Terrible his foes to tame,

Mighty to protect his own.
He hath triumph'd o'er the grave,
He is risen strong to save.

2 Onward shall his empire flow
Over all that live and move,

Till his will is done below

As within his courts above. Satan, sense and sin subdu'd, Evil all reduc'd to good.

3 Shout, ye people of the Lord,

Ye shall rise with Him to reign; He his servants shall reward,

Dry their tears, and burst their chain. All that live, your homage bring, Praise, O praise, your Saviour King.

PSALM 48. C.M.

THE Lord, the only God, is great,
And greatly to be prais'd

In Sion, on whose happy mount
His sacred throne is rais'd.

2 Not in our fortresses and walls
Do we, O God, confide;

But on thy temple fix our hopes,
In which Thou dost reside.

3 According to thy sov'reign name,
Thy praise through earth extends;
Thy pow'rful arm, as justice guides,
Chastises or defends.

4 This God is ours, and will be ours,
Whilst we in Him confide;
Who, as He has preserv'd us now,
Till death will be our guide.

PSALM 49. C.M.

Jand deep attention give:

EHOVAH speaks; let man be aw'd,

Ye sinners, hear the way to God
Ye dead, arise and live!

2 Trust not in earthly wealth and show,
Vain, vain, are they to save:
Gold cannot buy release from woe,
Or ransom from the grave.

3 Worlds cannot reach the mighty price Of one immortal soul;

No, Lord, thy blood and sacrifice
Alone can make us whole.

4 In Thee be our Salvation sure,
No other wealth we seek :
We're rich in Thee, however poor,
And strong, however weak.

PSALM 50. P.M.

Thath sent his summons all abroad, THE Lord hath spoke, the mighty God

From dawning light till day declines: The list'ning earth His voice hath heard, And He from Sion hath appear'd, Where beauty in perfection shines.

2 Our God shall come, and keep no more Misconstru'd silence, as before;

But wasting flames before Him send: Around shall tempests fiercely rage, While He does heav'n and earth engage His just tribunal to attend.

3 Assemble all my saints to me, (Thus runs the great divine decree,) That in my lasting cov'nant live; And off'rings bring with constant care: The heav'ns his justice shall declare,

For God himself shall sentence give.

HAY

PSALM 51. S.M.

AVE mercy, Lord, on me,
As Thou wert ever kind;

Let me, opprest with loads of guilt,
Thy wonted mercy find.

2 Against Thee, Lord, alone,
And only in thy sight,

Have I transgress'd, and, tho' condemn'd,
Must own thy judgment right.

3 In guilt each part was form'd
Of all this sinful frame;
In guilt I was conceiv'd, and born
The heir of sin and shame.

4 Blot out my crying sins,
Nor me in anger view;
Create in me a heart that's clean,
An upright mind renew.

5 Withdraw not Thou thy help,
Nor cast me from thy sight;
Nor let thy holy spirit take
Its everlasting flight.

6 The joy thy favour gives
Let me again obtain ;

And thy free spirit's firm support
My fainting soul sustain.