PSALM 86.

1 TEACH me thy way, O Lord, and I From truth shall ne'er depart;

In rev'rence to thy sacred Name
Devoutly fix my heart.

2 Thee will I praise, O Lord my God,
Praise thee with heart sincere,
And to thy everlasting Name
Eternal trophies rear.

3 But thou thy constant goodness didst
To my assistance bring;

Of patience, mercy, and of truth,
Thou everlasting spring!

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THY

PSALM 89.

'HY mercies, Lord, shall be my song, My song on them shall ever dwell;

To ages yet unborn my tongue

Thy never-failing truth shall tell.

2 For such stupendous truth and love
Both heav'n and earth just praises owe,
By choirs of angels sung above,
And by assembled saints below.

3 What seraph of celestial birth
To vie with Israel's God shall dare?
Or who among the gods of earth
With our Almighty Lord compare?

4 With rev'rence and religious dread
His saints should to his temple press;
His fear through all their hearts should spread,
Who his Almighty Name confess.

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PSALM 90.

THOU turnest man, O Lord, to dust,
Of which he first was made;

And when thou speak'st the word, "Return," "Tis instantly obey'd.

2 Thou sweep'st us off as with a flood,
We vanish hence like dreams;

At first we grow like grass that feels
The sun's reviving beams.

3 But howsoever fresh and fair
Its morning beauty shews;
"Tis all cut down and wither'd quite
Before the ev'ning close.

4 So teach us, Lord, th' uncertain sum
Of our short days to mind,

That to true wisdom all our hearts
May ever be inclin'd.

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H

PSALM 91.

E that has God his guardian made,
Shall under the Almighty shade

Secure and undisturb'd abide.
Thus to my soul of him I'll say,
He is my fortress and my stay,
My God, in whom I will confide.

2 His tender love and watchful care
Shall free thee from the fowler's snare,
And from the noisome pestilence:
He over thee his wings shall spread,
And cover thy unguarded head;
His truth shall be thy strong defence.

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How

PSALM 92.

OW good and pleasant must it be
To thank the Lord most high;
And with repeated hymns of praise
His Name to magnify!

2 With every morning's early dawn
His goodness to relate;
And of his constant truth each night
The glad effects repeat!

3 To ten-string'd instruments we'll sing,
With tuneful psalt'ries join'd;

And to the harp with solemn sounds,
For sacred use design'd.

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.

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WITH

PSALM 93.

WITH glory clad, with strength array'd, The Lord, that o'er all nature reigns, The world's foundations strongly laid,

And the vast fabrick 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 94.

1 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 favour wholly take;
His own possession and his lot

He will not quite forsake.

4 The world shall then confess thee just

In all that thou hast done;

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

PSALM 95.

10 Come, loud anthems let us sing,

Loud thanks to our Almighty King ;

For we our voices high should raise
When our salvation's rock we praise.
2 Into his presence let us haste,
To thank him for his favours past;
To him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to his Name belongs.

3 For God, the Lord, enthron'd in state
Is with unrivall'd glory great;
A King, superior far to all,
Whom gods the heathen falsely call.

4 O let us to his courts repair,
And bow with adoration there ;
Down on our knees devoutly all
Before the Lord our Maker fall.

PSALM 96. OLD VERSION.

1 SING ye

NG ye with praise unto the Lord
New songs with joy and mirth,

Sing unto him with one accord,
All people on the earth.

2 Yea, sing unto the Lord alway,
Praise ye his holy Name,
Declare and shew from day to day
Salvation by the same.

3 Among the heathen all declare
His honour round about;