From the cxxiv. Psalm of David

1 HAD not the LORD, may Israel say,
On Israel's side engaged,

The foe had quickly swallow'd us,
So furiously he raged.

2 Had not the LORD himself vouchsafed
To check his fierce control,
The adversary's dreary flood
Had overwhelm'd our soul.

3 But praised be our eternal LORD,
Who left us not his prey;
The snare is broke, his rage disarm'd,
And we again are free.

4 Secure in GoD's almighty Name

Our confidence remains;

The GoD who made both heaven and earth
Of both sole monarch reigns.

From the cxxv. Psalm of David.

1 WHO place on Sion's God their trust
Like Sion's rock shall stand;
Like her immoveably be fix'd
By his almighty hand.

2 Look how the hills on every side

Jerusalem enclose;

So stands the LORD around his saints,
To guard them from their foes.

3 Be good, O righteous GoD, to those
Who righteous deeds affect;
The heart that innocence retains
Let innocence protect.

4 All those who walk in crooked paths,
The LORD shall soon destroy;

Cut off th' unjust, but crown the saints
With lasting peace and joy.

From the cxxx, Psalm of David.

1 FROM lowest depths of wo

TO GOD I sent my cry;
LORD, hear my supplicating voice,
And graciously reply.

2 Shouldst thou severely judge,
Who can the trial bear?

But thou forgiv'st, lest we despond,
And quite renounce thy fear.

3 My soul with patience waits

For thee, the living LORD;
My hopes are on thy promise built,
Thy never-failing word.

4 My longing eyes look out

For thy enliv'ning ray,

More duly than the morning watch

To spy the dawning day.

5 Let Israel trust in GoD,

No bounds his mercy knows;

The plenteous source and spring from whence
Eternal succor flows:

6 Whose friendly streams to us

Supplies in want convey;

A healing spring, a spring to cleanse
And wash our guilt away.

From the cxxxii. Psalm of David.

1 O, WITH due rev'rence, let us all
To GOD's abode repair;

And, prostrate at his footstool fall'n,
Pour out our humble prayer.

2 Arise, O LORD, and now possess
Thy constant place of rest;
Be that, not only with thy ark,
But with thy presence bless'd.

3 Clothe thou thy priests with righteousness, Make thou thy saints rejoice;

And, for thy servant David's sake,
Hear thy anointed's voice.

4 Fair Sion does, in God's esteem,
All other seats excel;
His place of everlasting rest,
Where he desires to dwell.

5 Her store th' Almighty will increase,
Her poor with plenty bless;

Her saints shall shout for joy, her priests His saving health confess.

From the cxxxv. Psalm of David.

1 O PRAISE the LORD with one consent,
And magnify his Name;

Let all the servants of the LORD
His worthy praise proclaim.

2 Praise him all ye that in his house
Attend with constant care;
With those that to his outmost courts
With humble zeal repair.

3 For God his own peculiar choice
The sons of Jacob makes;
And Israel's offspring for his own
Most valued treasure takes.

4 That God is great, we often have
By glad experience found:
And seen how he, with wondrous power,
Above all gods is crown'd.

5 For he, with unresisted strength,
Performs his sov’reign will,

In heaven and earth, and wat'ry stores
That earth's deep caverns fill.

6 Their just returns of thanks to GoD
Let grateful Israel pay;

Nor let anointed Aaron's race
To bless the LORD delay.

7 Their sense of his unbounded love
Let Levi's house express;

And let all those who fear the LORD,
His Name for ever bless.

8 Let all with thanks his wondrous works In Sion's courts proclaim;

Let them in Salem, where he dwells,
Exalt his holy Name.

From the cxxxvi. Psalm of David.

1 TO GOD, the mighty LORD,
Your joyful thanks repeat;
To him due praise afford,
As good as he is great:
For God does prove
Our constant friend;
His boundless love
Shall never end.

2 To him, whose wondrous power
All other gods obey,
Whom earthly kings adore,
Your grateful homage pay:
For GOD &c.

3 By his almighty hand

Amazing works are wrought;
The heavens by his command
Were to perfection brought:
For GOD &c.

4 He spread the ocean round
About the spacious land;
And bade the rising ground
Above the waters stand:
For GOD &c.

5 By him the heavens display
Their num'rous hosts of light,
The sun to rule by day,

The moon and stars, by night:
For GoD &c.

6 He, in our depth of woes,
Ón us with favor thought;
And from our cruel foes

In peace and safety brought:
For GoD &c.

7 He does the food supply

On which all creatures live:
To GOD, who reigns on high,
Eternal praises give:

For GOD will prove
Our constant friend;
His boundless love
Shall never end.

From the cxxxvii. Psalm of David.

1 WHEN we, our weary limbs to rest,

Sat down by proud Euphrates' stream, We wept, with doleful thoughts oppress'd, And Sion was our mournful theme.