4 For through thy wondrous works, O LORD, Thou mak'st my heart rejoice;

The thoughts of them shall make me glad,
And shout with cheerful voice.

5 How wondrous are thy works, O LORD!
How deep are thy decrees!

Whose winding tracks, in secret laid,
No careless sinner sees.

6 He little thinks, when wicked men,
Like grass, look fresh and gay,

How soon their short-lived splendor must
For ever pass away.

7 But thou, my GoD, art still most high;
And all thy lofty foes,

Who thought they might securely sin,
Shall be o'erwhelm'd with woes.

8 But righteous men, like rising palms,
Shall grow and flourish still;

Thy flock shall spread, like cedars choice
On Lebanon's high hill.

9 These, planted in the house of GOD,
Within his courts shall thrive;
Their vigor and their lustre both
Shall in old age revive.

10 Thus will the LORD his justice show;
And God, my strong defence,
Shall due rewards to all the world
Impartially dispense.

1 WITH glory clad, with strength array'd,
The LORD, that o'er all nature reigns,
The world's foundation strongly laid,
And the vast fabric still sustains.

2 How surely stablish'd is thy throne!
Which shall no change or period see;
For thou, O LORD, and thou alone,
Art GOD from all eternity.

3 The floods, O LORD, lift up their voice,
And toss the troubled waves on high;
But God above can still their noise,
And make the angry sea comply.

4 Thy promise, LORD, is ever sure,

And they that in thy house would dwell, That happy station to secure,

Must still in holiness excel.

PSALM 73.

From the xciv. Psalm of David.

PART I. C. M.

1 SAY ye, the LORD shall not regard,
Shall not your sins discern?
Take heed, ye foolish and unwise;
When will ye wisdom learn?

2 Can he be deaf who form'd the ear,
Or blind, who framed the eye?
Shall earth's great Judge not punish those
Who his known will defy?

3 He fathoms all the hearts of men,
To him their thoughts lie bare;
His eye surveys them all, and sees
How vain their counsels are.

PART II. C. M.

I BLESS'D is the man whom thou, O LORD,
In kindness dost chastise,

And by thy sacred rules to walk
Dost lovingly advise.

2 This man shall rest and safety find,
In seasons of distress:

Whilst GoD prepares a pit for those
That stubbornly transgress.

3 For GoD will never from his saints
His favor wholly take;
His own possession and his lot
He will not quite forsake.

4 The world shall yet confess thee just
In all that thou hast done:

And those that choose thy upright ways
Shall in those paths go on.

5 Long since had I in silence slept,
But that the LORD was near,
To stay me when I slipp'd; when sad,
My troubled heart to cheer.

6 My soul's defence is firmly placed
In GOD, the LORD most high:
He is my rock, to which I may
For refuge always fly.

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2 Into his presence let us haste,
To thank him for his favors past;
To him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to his Name belongs:

3 For God the LORD, enthroned in state,
Is, with unrivall'd glory, great;
A King superior far to all

Whom gods the Heathen falsely call,

4 The depths of earth are in his hand,
Her secret wealth at his command;
The strength of hills that reach the skies
Subjected to his empire lies.

5 The rolling ocean's vast abyss

By the same sovereign right is his;
'T was made by his almighty hand,
That form'd and fix'd the solid land.
60 let us to his courts repair,
And bow with adoration there;
Down on our knees devoutly all
Before the LORD, our Maker, fall.
7 For he's our GoD, our shepherd he,
His flock and pasture-sheep are we:
O then, ye faithful flock, to-day
His warning hear, his voice obey.

From the xcvi. Psalm of David.

1 SING to the LORD a new-made song;
Let earth, in one assembled throng,

Her common patron's praise resound:
Sing to the LORD, and bless his name,
From day to day his praise proclaim,

Who us has with salvation crown'd:
To heathen lands his fame rehearse,
His wonders to the universe.

2 He's great, and greatly to be praised;
In majesty and glory raised

Above all other deities;
For pageantry and idols all

Are they whom gods the Heathen call;
He only rules who made the skies:
With majesty and honor crown'd,
Glory and strength his throne surround.

3 Be glory then to him restored
By all who have false gods adored:
Ascribe due honor to his Name,
Peace-off'rings on his altar lay,
Before his throne your homage pay,
Which he, and he alone can claim:
To worship at his sacred court,
Let all the trembling world resort.

4 Proclaim aloud, JEHOVAH reigns,
Whose power the universe sustains,
And banish'd justice will restore:
Let therefore heaven new joys confess,
And heavenly mirth let earth express,
Its loud applause the ocean roar,
Its mute inhabitants rejoice,
And for this triumph find a voice.

5 For joy let fertile valleys sing,
The cheerful groves their tribute bring,
And tuneful harmonies awake:
Behold! in truth and justice clad,
GOD comes to judge the world he made,
And to himself its throne to take:
He's come, to judge the world he 's come,
With justice to reward and doom.

From the xcvii. Psalm of David.

1 JEHOVAH reigns, let all the earth
In his just government rejoice;
Let all the lands, with sacred mirth,
In his applause unite their voice.
2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade
His dazzling glory shroud in state;
Judgment and righteousness are made
The habitation of his seat.

3 For thou, O GOD, art seated high,

Above earth's potentates enthroned; Thou, LORD, unrivall'd in the sky, Supreme by all the gods art own'd. 4 Ye who to serve this LORD aspire,

Abhor what's ill, and truth esteem; He'll keep his servants' souls entire, And them from wicked hands redeem. 5 For seeds are sown of glorious light, A future harvest for the just; And gladness for the heart that's right, To recompense its pious trust.

6 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the LORD;
Memorials of his holiness

Deep in your faithful breasts record,
And with your thankful tongues confess.

2 The LORD has through th' astonish'd world Display'd his saving might,

And made his righteous acts appear
In all the Heathen's sight.

3 Of Israel's house his love and truth
Have ever mindful been;

Wide earth's remotest parts the power
Of Israel's GOD have seen,

4 Let therefore earth's inhabitants
Their cheerful voices raise,
And all with universal joy

Resound their Maker's praise,

5 With harp and hymn's soft melody,
Into the concert bring

The trumpet and shrill cornet's sound
Before th' Almighty King,

6 Let the loud ocean roar her joy,
With all that seas contain;
The earth and her inhabitants
Join concert with the main.

7 Let floods and torrents clap their hands,
With joy their homage pay;

Let echoing vales, from hill to hill,
Redoubled shouts convey:

8 To welcome down the world's great Judge, Who does with justice come,

And with impartial equity,
Both to reward and doom.

From the xcix. Psalm of David.

1 JEHOVAH reigns; let therefore all
The guilty nations quake:

On cherubs' wings he sits enthroned;
Let earth's foundations shake.

2 On Sion's hill he keeps his court,
His palace makes her towers;
And thence his sovereignty extends
Supreme o'er earthly powers.

3 Let therefore all with praise address
His great and dreadful Name;
And, with his unresisted might,
His holiness proclaim.

4 For truth and justice, in his reign,
Of strength and power take place;
His judgments are with righteousness
Dispensed to Jacob's race.

5 Therefore exalt the LORD our GOD,
Before his footstool fall;

And, with his unresisted might,
His holiness extol.