An essay on psalmody [signed W.R. Followed by] A collection out of the Book of psalms [in verse].

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Page 283 - For God, who is our sun and shield, Will grace and glory give ; And no good thing will He withhold From them that justly live.
Page 269 - To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore ; Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore.
Page 291 - The floods, O Lord, have lifted up, they lifted up their voice ; The floods have lifted up their waves, and made a mighty noise.
Page 233 - Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets ; as it is written, After this 1 will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down ; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
Page 350 - I to the hills will lift mine eyes, from whence doth come mine aid, My safety cometh from the Lord, who Heaven and Earth hath made.
Page 244 - ... dwell, and verily have food. 4 Delight thyself in God ; he'll give thine heart's desire to thee. 5 Thy way to God commit, him trust, it bring to pass shall he.
Page 363 - MY heart not haughty is, O Lord, mine eyes not lofty be ; Nor do I deal in matters great, or things too high for me.
Page 337 - And wherefore was it, little hills, that ye did leap like lambs ? 7 O at the presence of the Lord, earth, tremble thou for fear, While as the presence of the God of Jacob doth appear : 8 Who from the hard and stony rock did standing water bring; And by his pow'r did turn the flint into a water-spring.
Page 226 - I give unto them eternal life, and they fhall " never perifh, neither fhall any pluck them out of
Page 257 - Unto thy people thou hard things hast shew'd, and on them sent; And thou hast caused us to drink wine of astonishment. 4 And yet a banner thou hast giv'n to them who thee do fear; That it by them, because of truth, displayed may appear. 5 That thy beloved people may deliver'd be from thrall, Save with the pow'r of thy right hand, and hear me when I call. 6 God in his holiness hath spoke ; herein I will take pleasure: Shechem I will divide, and forth will Succoth's valley measure.

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