2 I strive each action to approve No danger shall my hopes remove, 3 Therefore my heart all grief defies, My flesh shall rest, in hope to rise, 4 Thou, Lor, when I resign my breath 5 Thou shalt the paths of life display, PSALM 14. From the xviii. Psalm of David. PART I. L. M. 1 NO change of time shall ever shock 2 Thou my deliverer art, my GOD; My trust is in thy mighty power; Thou art my shield from foes abroad, At home my safeguard and my tower 3 To thee I will address my prayer, To whom all praise we justly owe; PART II. L. M. 1 THOU Suit'st, O LORD, thy righteous ways 2 Thou to the just shalt justice show; Shall meet with due returns from thee. 3 That he the humble soul will save, 4 Who then deserves to be adored, But GoD, on whom my hopes depend? 5 Let the eternal LORD be praised, The rock on whose defence I rest! My grateful voice to heaven I'll raise; And nations, strangers to thy name, Shall learn to sing thy glorious praise. 5 From east to west, from west to east, PART II. C. M. 1 GOD's perfect law converts the soul, 2 The statutes of the LORD are just, His pure commands in search of truth 3 His perfect worship here is fix'd, 4 Of more esteem than golden mines, 5 My trusty counsellors they are, 6 But what frail man observes how oft O cleanse me from my secret faults, That, by thy grace preserved, I may 8 So shall my prayer and praises be From the xx. Psalm of David. 1 MAY Jacob's God defend And hear us in distress; Our succor from his temple send, 2 May he accept our vow, Our heart's devout request allow, 3 0 LORD! thy saving grace We joyfully declare; Our banner in thy name we raise- 4 Now know we that the LORD His chosen will defend; From heaven will strength divine afford, 5 Some earthly succor trust, But we in God's right hand: 6 Still save us, LORD! and still Thy servants deign to bless; PSALM 17. From the xxii. Psalm of David. PART 1. C. M. 1 MY GOD, my GOD, why leav'st thou me, When I with anguish faint? Oh! why so far from me removed, 2 2 Lo! I am treated like a worm, 3 With laughter all the gazing crowd They shoot the lip, they shake the head, And thus deriding say: 4 "In GOD he trusted, boasting oft That he was Heaven's delight; Let God come down to save him now, And own his favorite." 5 Withdraw not, then, so far from me, O send me help! thy help, on which PART II. C. M. 1 LIKE water is my life pour'd out, 2 My strength is like a potsherd dried, 3 Like dogs, to compass me, my foes They pierced my inoffensive hands, 4 My body 's rack'd, till all my bones Yet such a spectacle of wo 5 As spoil, my garments they divide, PART III. C. M. 1 LORD, to my brethren I'll declare 2 "Ye worshippers of Jacob's God, O praise the LORD, and to your praise Sincere obedience join. 3 "He ne'er disdain'd on low distress Nor turn'd from misery his face, 4 Thus, in thy sacred courts, will I 5 The meek companions of my grief And all that seek the LORD shall be 6 Then shall the glad converted world 7'T is his supreme prerogative 8 The rich, who are with plenty fed, 9 With humble worship to his throne That power, which first their being gave, 10 Then shall a chosen spotless race, To their adoring sons his truth PSALM 18. C. M. From the xxiii. Psalm of David. 1 THE LORD himself, the mighty LORD, 2 In tender grass he makes me feed, Then leads me to cool shades, and where 3 He does my wand'ring soul reclaim, 4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, 5 Since God doth thus his wondrous love Through all my life extend, That life to him I will devote, |