He spreads o'er His people the wings of His love, And gives them the peace which descends from above; Then give Him the glory and praise evermore, 78 PSALM XLII MRS. FOLLEN As the frightened, stricken deer Night and day have seen my tears; Why art thou cast down, my soul? O my God, my spirit faints; Overwhelms my sinking soul. Yet Thy lovingkindness, Lord, Morning lifts my heart to Thee. Why art thou cast down, my soul? Thy salvation and thy God. MRS. FOLLEN 79 PSALM LXI Wilt Thou listen, O God, to my prayer; Lead my heart, overwhelmed with despair, O Thou Refuge for all the oppressed, I will rest in the shade of Thy wing. For my prayer, O my God, Thou wilt hear, To those who shall serve Thee with fear, MRS. FOLLEN 80 PSALM LXVI Happy sons of Israel, Who in pleasant Canaan dwell, Say: How wonderful Thy deeds! Let this many-peopled earth, Come and see what God hath wroughtTerrible to human thought! He the billows did divide, Walled with waves on either side, While we passèd safe and dry; Then our souls were rapt with joy. Endless His dominion All beholding from His throne. Bless the Lord! His praise be sung He our souls redeems from death. Lord, as silver purified, Thou hast with affliction tried; Burdens on our shoulders set. Trod on by their horses' hooves— I will to Thy house repair, All my vows devoutly pay, Uttered with my heart and tongue, When oppressed with powerful wrong. Fatlings I will sacrifice; Incense in perfume shall rise; Bullocks, shaggy goats, and rams, Offered up in sacred flames. You who great Jehovah fear, Fervently to Him I cried; I His goodness magnified; Would He not my prayers reject? But the Lord my prayers hath heard That hast granted my request! GEORGE SANDYS 81 PSALM XC O Lord! before the mountains' birth, Thou say'st to man, Return to dust! For in Thine all-eternal sight, A thousand long-revolving years With Thee, like rolling waves they pass, |