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With humble worship to his throne

They all for aid resort;
That pow'r, which first their beings

gave,

Can only them support.

30, 31 Then shall a chosen spotless race,
Devoted to his name,

To their admiring heirs his truth,
And glorious acts, proclaim.

1 PSALM XXIII.

THE Lord himself, the mighty Lord,
Touchsafes to be my guide;

The Shepherd, by whose constant care
My wants are all supply'd.

2 In tender grass he makes me feed,
And gently there repose;

The King of Glory: see! he comes
With his celestial train.

8 Who is the King of Glory? who?
The Lord, for strength renown'd;
In battle mighty; o'er his foes

Eternal victor crown'd.

9 Erect your heads, ye gates; unfold
In state to entertain

The King of Glory: see! he comes
With all his shining train.
10 Who is the King of Glory? who?
The Lord of hosts renown'd;
Of glory he alone is King,
Who is with glory crown'd.
PSALM XXV.

Then leads me to cool shades, and where To God, in whom I trust,

Refreshing water flows.

3 He does my wand'ring soul reclaim,
And, to his endless praise,
Instruct with humble zeal to walk
In his most righteous ways.
4 I pass the gloomy vale of death,
From fear and danger free;
For there his aiding rod and staff
Defend and comfort me.
5 In presence of my spiteful foes
He does my table spread;

He crowns my cup with cheerful wine,
With oil anoints my head.

6 Since God doth thus his wondrous love
Through all my life extend,
That life to him I will devote,
And in his temple spend.

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I lift my heart and voice;
O! let me not be put to shame,
Nor let my foes rejoice.
3 Those who on thee rely,
Let no disgrace attend;
Be that the shameful lot of such
As wilfully offend.
4,5 To me thy truth impart,
And lead me in thy way;
For thou art he that brings me help;
On thee I wait all day.

6 Thy mercies, and thy love,
O Lord, recall to mind:
And graciously continue still,
As thou wert ever, kind.
7 Let all my youthful crimes
Be blotted out by thee;

And for thy wondrous goodness' sake,
In mercy think on me.
8 His mercy, and his truth,

The righteous Lord displays,
In bringing wand'ring sinners home,
And teaching them his ways.
9 He those in justice guides,

Who his direction seek;
And in his sacred paths shall lead
The humble and the meek.
10 Through all the ways of God

Both truth and mercy shine,
To such as, with religious hearts,
To his blest will incline.

PART II.

11 Since mercy is the grace,
That most exalts thy fame,
Forgive my heinous sin, O Lord,
And so advance thy name.
12 Whoe'er, with humble fear,
To God his duty pays,
Shall find the Lord a faithful guide,
In all his righteous ways.
13 His quiet soul with peace
Shall be for ever bless'd;
And by his num'rous race the land
Successively possess'd.

14 For God to all his saints
His secret will imparts,

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And does his gracious cov'nant write
In their obedient hearts.
15 To him I lift my eyes,

And wait his timely aid,

Who breaks the strong and treacherous snare,

Which for my feet was laid. 16 O! turn, and all my griefs, In mercy, Lord, redress;

For I am compass'd round with woes, And plung'd in deep distress.

17 The sorrows of my heart
To mighty sums increase;

O! from this dark and dismal state
My troubled soul release!
18 Do thou with tender eyes,
My sad affliction see;
Acquit me, Lord, and from my guilt
Entirely set me free.

19 Consider, Lord, my foes,

How vast their numbers grow! What lawless force and rage they use, What boundless hate they show! 20 Protect, and set my soul

From their fierce malice free;

Nor let me be ashamed, who place
My steadfast trust in thee.
21 Let all my righteous acts
To full perfection rise;
Because my firm and constant hope
On thee alone relies.
22 To Israel's chosen race

Continue ever kind;

And, in the midst of all their wants,
Let them thy succour find.

PSALM XXVI.

JUDGE me, O Lord, for I the paths

Of righteousness have trod;

I cannot fail, who all my trust
Repose on thee, my God.

10 Who others' rights, by secret bribes Or open force, invade.

11 But I will walk in paths of truth,
And innocence pursue;
Protect me, therefore, and to me
Thy mercies, Lord, renew.
12 In spite of all assaulting foes,
I still maintain my ground;
And shall survive among thy saints,
Thy praises to resound.

PSALM XXVII.

THOM should I fear, since God to me

W Is saving health and light?

Since strongly he my life supports,
What can my soul affright?

2 With fierce intent my flesh to tear,
When foes beset me round,
They stumbled, and their haughty crests
Were made to strike the ground.
3 Through him my heart, undaunted,
dares,

With mighty hosts to cope; Through him, in doubtful straits of wat, For good success I hope.

4 Henceforth, within his house to dwell I earnestly desire,

His wondrous beauty there to view,
And of his will inquire.

5 For there I may with comfort rest,
In times of deep distress;
And safe, as on a rock, abide

In that secure recess :

6 Whilst God o'er all my haughty foes
My lofty head shall raise;
And I my joyful tribute bring.
With grateful songs of praise.

PART II.

7 Continue, Lord, to hear my voice, Whene'er to thee I cry;

2, 3 Search thou my heart, whose inno- In mercy my complaints receive,

cence

Will shine the more 'tis try'd;
For I have kept thy grace in view,
And made thy truth my guide.
4 I never for companions took
The idle or profane;
No hypocrite, with all his arts,
Could e'er my friendship gain.
5 I hate the busy plotting crew,
Who make distracted times;
And shun their wicked company,
As I avoid their crimes.

6 I'll wash my hands in innocence,
And bring a heart so pure,
That when thy altar I approach,
My welcome shall secure.

7,8 My thanks I'll publish there, and tell
How thy renown excels;
That seat affords me most delight,
In which thy honour dwells.
9 Pass not on me the sinners' doom,
Who murder make their trade;

Nor mequest deny.

8 When us to see thy glorious face Thou kindly dost advise;

Thy glorious face I'll always seek,'
My grateful heart replies.

9 Then hide not thou thy face, O Lori, Nor me in wrath reject;

My God, and Saviour, leave not him Thou didst so oft protect.

10 Though all my friends and kindred too,

Their helpless charge forsake;
Yet thou, whose love excels them all,
Wilt care and pity take.

11 Instruct me in thy paths, O Lord;
My ways directly guide;
Lest envious men, who watch my steps,
Should see me tread aside.

12 Lord, disappoint my cruel foes;
Defeat their ill desire,
Whose lying lips, and bloody hands,
Against my eace conspire.

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3 Let me escape the sinners'
Who make a trade of ill,
And ever speak the person fair,
Whose blood they mean to spill.
4 According to their crimes' extent,
Let justice have its course;
Relentless be to them, as they
Have sinn'd without remorse.

14,5 How full of pow'r his voice appears!
With what majestic terror crown'd!
Which from their roots tall cetlars tears,
And strews their scatter'd branches

round.

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6 They, and the hills on which they
Are sometimes hurry'd far away,
And leap like hinds that bounding go,
Or unicorns in youthful play.
7,8 When God, in thunder foudly speaks,
And scatter'd flames of lightning
sends,

The forest nods, the desert quakes,
And stubborn Kadesh lowly bends.
9 He makes the hinds to cast their
young,

And lays the beasts' dark coverts bare;
While those that to his courts belong,
Securely sing his praises there.

10,11 God rules the angry floods on high;
His boundless sway shall never cease;
His saints with strength he will supply,
And bless his own with constant
peace.

PSALM XXX.
I'LL celebrate thy praises, Lord,

5 since they the works of God despise, Ice didst thy pow'r employ

Nor will his grace adore;

His wrath shall utterly destroy,
And build them up no more.

6 But I, with due acknowledgment,
His praises will resound,

From whom the cries of my distress,
A gracious answer found.
7 My heart its confidence repos'd
In God, my strength and shield:
In him I trusted, and return'd
Triumphant from the field.
As he hath made my joys complete,
'Tis just that I should raise
The cheerful tribute of my thanks,
And thus resound his praise:
8 His aiding pow'r supports the troops,
That my just cause maintain :
'Twas he advanc'd me to the throne;
"Tis he secures my reign.

9 Preserve thy chosen, and proceed
Thine heritage to bless;
With plenty prosper them, in peace;
In battle, with success.

PSALM XXIX.

YE princes, that in night excel,

Your grateful sacrifice prepare; God's glorious actions loudly tell,

;

His wondrous pow'r to all declare.
2 To his great name fresh altars raise
Devoutly due respect afford;
Him in his holy temple praise,
Where he's with solemn state ador'd.
3 'Tis he that, with amazing noise,
The wat'ry clouds in sunder breaks;
The ocean trembles at his voice,

When he from heav'n in thunder
speaks

To raise my drooping head, and check
My foes' insulting joy.

2, 3 In my distress I cry'd to thee,
Who kindly didst relieve,

And from the grave's expecting jaws
My hopeless life retrieve.

4 Thus to his courts, ye saints of his
With songs of praise repair;
With me commemorate his truth,
And providential care.

5 His wrath has but a moment's reign,"
His favour no decay;

Your night of grief is recompens'd
With joy's returning day.

6 But I, in prosp'rous days presum'd;
No sudden change I fear'd;
Whilst, in my sunshine of success,
No low'ring cloud appear'd.
7 But soon I found thy favour, Lord,
My empire's only trust;
For when thou hid'st thy face, I saw.
My honour laid in dust.

8 Then, as I vainly had presum'd,
My error I confess'd:
And thus with supplicating voice,
Thy mercy's throne address'd:"
19 What profit is there in my blood,
Congeal'd by death's cold night i
'Can silent ashes speak thy praise,
Thy wondrous truth recite?
10 Hear me, O Lord, in mercy hear,
Thy wonted aid extend;

Do thou send help, on whom alone
'I can for help depend.'

[scene 11 'Tis done! thou hast my mournful To songs and dances turn'd;

Invested me with robes of state,
Who late in sackcloth mourn'd.
12 Exalted thus. I'll gladly sing
Thy praise in grateful verse;
And, as thy favours endless are,
Thy endless praise rehearse.
PSALM XXXI.

Dor still I trust in thee:
As just and righteous is thy name,
From danger set me free.

EFEND me, Lord, from shame,

2 Bow down thy gracious ear,
And speedy succour send;
Do thou my steadfast rock appear;
To shelter and defend.

3 Since thou, when foes oppress,
My rock and fortress art,

To guide me forth from this distress,
Thy wonted health impart.
4 Release me from the spare,

Which they have closely laid;
Since I, O God, my strength, repair
To thee alone for aid.

To thee, the God of truth, My life, and all that's mine, (For thou preserv'dst me from youth,)

I willingly resign.

6 All vain designs I hate

Of those that trust in lies;

And still my soul, in every state,
To God for succour flies.

PART II.

Those mercies thou hast shown,
I'll cheerfully express;

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14 But still my steadfast trust
I on thy help repose:

That thou, my God, art good and just,
My soul with comfort knows.
PART III.

15 Whate'er events betide,

Thy wisdom times them all;

Then, Lord, thy servant safely hide
From those that seek his fall.

16 The brightness of thy face
To me. O Lord, disclose;
And, as thy mercies still increase,
Preserve me from my foes.
17 Me from dishonour save,
Who still have call'd on thee;
Let that, and silence in the grave,
The sinner's portion be.

18 Do thou their tongues restrain,
Whose breath in lies is spent;
Who false reports, with proud disdain,
Against the righteous vent.

19 How great thy mercies are
To such as fear thy name,

Which thou for those that trust thy cate
Dost to the world proclaim!

my 20 Thou keep'st them in thy sight,
From proud oppressors free;
From tongues that do in strife delight,
They are preserv'd by thee.
21 With glory and renown

For thou hast seen my straits, and known
My soul in deep distress.

8 When Keilah's treach'rous race
Did all my strength enclose,

Thou gav'st my feet a larger space,
To shun my watchful foes.
Thy mercy, Lord, display,
And hear my just complaint;
For both my soul and flesh decay,
With grief and hunger faint.
10 Sad thoughts my life oppress;
My years are spent in groans;

God's name be ever bless'd;

Whose love in Keilah's well-fenc'd town,
Was wondrously express'd!
22 I said, in hasty flight,

'I'm banish'd from thine eyes;'
Yet still thou keep'st me in thy sight,
And heard'st my earnest cries.
23 0! all ye saints, the Lord
With eager love pursue;
Who to the just will help afford,
And give the proud their due.
24 Ye that on God rely,

Courageously proceed;

For he will still your hearts supply
With strength, in time of need.

PSALM XXXII.

My sins have made my strength de- HE's blest whose sins have pardon

crease,

And ev'n consum'd my bones.

11 My foes my suff'rings mock'd;
My neighbours did upbraid;

My friends, at sight of me, were shock'd,
And fled as men dismay'd.
12 Forsook by all am I,

As dead, and out of mind;
And like a shatter'd vessel lie,

Whose parts can ne'er be join'd. 13 Yet sland'rous words they speak, And seem my pow'r to dread, Whilst they together counsel take, Aly guiltless blood to shed.

gain'd, No more in judgment to appear; 2 Whose guilt remission has obtain'd, And whose repentance is sincere. 8 While I conceal'd the fretting sore, My bones consum'd without relief; All day did I with anguish roar;

But no complaints assuag'd my grief 4 Heavy on me thy hand remain'd, By day and night alike distress'd, Till quite of vital moisture drain'd, Like land with summer's drought op press'd.

5 No sooner I my wound disclos'd, The guilt that tortur'd me within

But thy forgiveness interpos'd,

And mercy's healing balm pour'd in. 6 True penitents shall thus succeed, Who seek thee whilst thou may'st be found;

And from the common deluge freed,
Shall see remorseless sinners drown'd.
7 Thy favour, Lord, in all distress,

My tower of refuge I must own;
Thou shalt my haughty foes suppress,
And me with songs of triumph crown.
8 In my instruction then confide,
Ye that would truth's safe path descry;
Your progress I'll securely guide,

And keep you in my watchful eye.
9 Submit yourselves to wisdom's rule,
Like men that reason have attain'd;
Not like th' ungovern'd horse and mule,
Whose fury must be curb'd and
rein'd.

10 Sorrows on sorrows multiply'd,

The harden'd sinner shall confound; But them who in his truth confide,

Blessings of mercy shall surround. 11 His sants, that have perform'd his laws,

Their life in triumph shall employ;
Let them, as they alone have cause,
In grateful raptures shout for joy.
PSALM XXXIII.

ET all the just to God, with joy,
A Their cheerful voices raise;
For well the righteous it becomes
To sing glad songs of praise.
2, Let harps, and psalteries, and lutes,
In joyful concert meet;
And new-made songs of loud applause
The harmony complete.
4,5 For faithful is the word of God;
His works with truth abound;
He justice loves; and all the earth

Is with his goodness crown'd.
6 By his Almighty Word, at first,
The heav'nly arch was rear'd;
And all the beauteous hosts of light
At his command appear'd.

7 The swelling floods, together roll'd,
He makes in heaps to lie;
And lays, as in a store-bouse safe,
The wat'ry treasures by.

8,9 Let earth, and all that dwell therein,
Before him trembling stand;

For, when he spake the word, 'twas

made;

'Twas fix'd at his command.

PART II.

12 How happy then are they, to whom
The Lord for God is known!

Whom he, from all the world besides,
Has chosen for his own.

13, 14, 15 He all the nations of the earth,
From heav'n, his throne, survey'd;
He saw their works, and view'd their
thoughts;

By him their hearts were made.
16, 17 No king is safe by num'rous hosts
Their strength the strong deceives:
No manag'd horse, by force or speed,
His warlike rider saves.

18, 19 'Tis God, who those that trust in
bim

Beholds with gracious eyes;

He frees their souls from death; their want,

In time of dearth supplies.

20, 21 Our soul on God with patience
waits;

Our help and shield is he;
Then, Lord, let still our hearts rejoice,
Because we trust in thee.

22 The riches of thy mercy, Lord,

Do thou to us extend;

Since we, for all we want or wish,
On thee alone depend.

THR

PSALM XXXIV.

THROUGH all the changing scenes
of life,

In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.
2 Of his deliv'rance I will boast,
Till all that are distrest,
From my example comfort take,
And charm their griefs to rest.
3 0! magnify the Lord with me,
With me exalt his name:

4 When in distress to him I call'd,
He to my rescue came.

5 Their drooping hearts were soon re-
fresh'd,

Who look'd to him for aid;
Desir'd success in ev'ry face

A cheerful air display'd.

6 Behold,' say they, 'behold the man,
'Whom providence reliev'd;
The man so dang'rously beset,

So wondrously retriev'd!'

7 The hosts of God encamp around The dwellings of the just;

10 He, when the heathen closely plot, Deliv'rance he affords to all

Their counsels undermines;
His wisdom ineffectual makes
The people's rash designs.

11 Whate'er the mighty Lord decrees
Shall stand for ever sure;
The settled purpose of his heart
To ages shall endure.

Who on his succour trust.

8 0! make but trial of his love,
Experience will decide

How blest they are, and only they,
Who in his truth confide.

9 Fear him, ye saints; and you will ther
Have nothing else to fear:

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