$7 H 145 With Lord, And Wll heart to God I call'd, my hole all 146 Again nore fervently ave ne, that I may I pray'd, Thy estinonies throughly know, 147 ly carlier prayer the dawning day Pevented, while 1 cry'd 148With zeal have I awak'd before TI ight perfect knowledge get. 14Lord, hear my supplicating voice, nd wonted favour show: Quicken me, and so approve hy judgment ever true. 1 My persecuting foes advance, And hourly nearer draw; Who violate thy law? 3 Consider my affliction, Lord, And me from bondage draw; hink on thy servant in distress, Who ne'er forgets thy law. 162 And yet that word my joyful breast Nor conquest, nor the spoils of war, Have such transporting charms. 163 Perfidious practices and lies I utterly detest; But to Too thy laws affection bear, vast to be exprest. 164 Sev'n times Thy praises Because a day, with grateful voice, I resound, I find thy judgments all With truth and justice crown'd. 165 Secure, substantial peace have they 166 Nor frowning danger awe. For thy salvation I have hop'd, And though so long delay'd, With cheerful zeal and strictest care All 167 Thy testimonies I have kept, And constantly obey'd; Because the love I bore to them 168 From strict observance of thy laws Thy service easy made. Are open to thy view. 171 Then shall my grateful lips return 172 My tongue the praises of thy word With truth and justice crown'd. My heart's free choice have made. 174 My soul has waited long to see Thy saving grace restor❜d; Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws, 175 Prolong my life, that I may sing 176 Like some lost sheep I've stray'd, till I Despair my way to find; Thou, therefore, Lord, thy servant seek, PSALM CXX. N deep distress I oft have cry'd To God, who never yet deny'd And from the rage of sland'ring tongues. 3 What little profit can accrue, And yet what heavy wrath is due, O thou perfidiou's tongue, to thee! 4 Thy sting upon thyself shall turn; Of lasting fames, that fiercely burn, The constant fuel thou shalt be. 5 But, O! how wretched is my doom, Who am a sojourner become In barren Mesech's desert soi!! With Kedar's wicked tents enclos'd, To lawless savages expos'd, Who live on nought but theft and spoil. 6 My hapless dwelling is with those Who peace and amity oppose, And pleasure take in other's harms: 7 Sweet peace is all I court and seek; But when to them of peace I speak, They straight cry out, To arms, to arms. PSALM CXXI. O Sion's hill I lift my eyes, From thence expecting aid; 2 From Sion's hill, and Sion's. God Who heaven and earth has made. 3 Then thou, my soul, in safety rest, Thy guardian will not sleep; 4 His watchful care, that Israel guards, Will Israel's monarch keep. 5 Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's wings Thou shalt securely rest, 6 Where neither sun nor moon shall thee By day or night molest. 7 From common accidents of life His care shall guard thee still; 8 From the blind strokes of chance, and foes That lie in wait to kill. 9 At home, abroad, in peace, in war, Conduct thee through life's pilgrimage lo PSALM CXXII. 'Twas a joyful sound to hear 2 At Salem's courts we must appear, 3 In strong and beauteous order rang'd, 4 'Tis thither, by divine command, His name with praise and prayer. 6 O, pray we then for Salem's peace, Who bear true love to thee. 8 For my dear brethren's sake, and friends No less than brethren dear, I'll pray-May peace in Salem's towers 9 But most of all I'll seek thy good, PSALM CXXIII. N thee, who dwell'st above the skies, For merey wait my longing yes; As servants wait their masters' haids, And maids their mistresses' commands. 3, 4 O then have mercy on us, Lora Thy gracious aid to us afford; To us, whom cruel foes oppress, Grown rich and proud by our distress. PSALM CXXIV. H AD not the Lord, may Isra'l say, 2 Had he not then espous'd our cause, 3, 4, 5 Their wrath had swallow'd us alive, And rag'd without control; Their spite and pride's united floods Nor to their savage jaws gave up 7 Our soul is like a bird escap'd The snare is broke, their hopes are cross'd, And we at freedom set. 8 Secure in his Almighty name Our confidence remains, Who, as he made both heaven and earth, PSALM CXXV. HO' place on Sion's God their trust, W Like Sion's rock shall stand; Like her immoveable be fix'd 2 Look how the hills on every side Jerusalem enclose; So stands the Lord around his saints, 4 Be good, O righteous God, to those 5 All those who walk in crooked paths, WHE PSALM CXXVI. THEN Sion's God her sons recall'd It seem'd at first a pleasing dream 2 But soon in unaccustom'd mirth, And sung our great Restorer's praise That great and wondrous was the work 3" "Twas great," say they, "'twas wondrous great;" Much more should we confess, The Lord has done great things, whereof 4 To us bring back the remnant, Lord, More welcome than refreshing showers 5 That we, whose work commenc'd in tears, May see our labours thrive, Till finish'd with success, to make 6 Though he desponds that sows his grain, To bind his full-ear'd sheaves, and bring PSALM CXXVII. E build with fruitless cost, unless 3 Children, those comforts of our life, 4 As arrows in a giant's hand, 5 Happy the man whose quiver's fill'd With these prevailing arms; He need not fear to meet his foe, TH PSALM CXXVIII. HE man is blest that fears the Lord, But keeps his steps confin'd with care 2 He shall upon the sweet returns 3 His wife, like a fair fertile vine, 4 Who fears the Lord shall prosper thus; Him Sion's God shall bless, 5 And grant him all his days to see Jerusalem's success. 6 He shall live on, till heirs from him Descend with vast increase; Much bless'd in his own prosp❜rous state, And more in Israel's peace. PSALM CXXIX. ROM my youth up, may Israel say, 2 Reduc'd me oft to heavy straits, 3 They oft have plough'd my patient back With furrows deep and long; 4 But our just God has broke their chains, And rescu'd us from wrong. 5 Defeat, confusion, shameful rout 6 Like corn upon our houses' tops, Which too much heat, and want of root, Has blasted in the blade: 7 Which in his arms no reaper takes, No binder thinks it worth his pains 8 No traveller that passes by PSALM CXXX. ROM lowest depths of woe FR To God I sent my cry; 2 Lord, hear my supplicating voice, And graciously reply. 3 Should thou severely judge, Who can the trial bear? 4 But thou forgiv'st, lest we despond, And quite renounce thy fear. 5 My soul with patience waits My hopes are on thy promise built, 6 My longing eyes look out For thy enliv'ning ray, More duly than the morning watch, To spy the dawning day. 7 Let Israel trust in God, No bounds his mercy knows; The plenteous source and spring from whence Eternal succour flows; 8 Whose friendly streams to us Supplies in want convey; A healing spring, a spring to cleanse, PSALM CXXXI. Lord, I am not proud of heart, Nor cast a scornful eye; Nor my aspiring thoughts employ 2 With infant innocence thou know'st That from the breast is wean'd. L PSALM CXXXII. ET David, Lord, a constant place Be ever in thy mind. 3 Remember what a solemn oath No soft repose shall close my eyes, 5 Till for the Lord's design'd abode For Jacob's God have found. 6 Th' appointed place, with shouts of joy, At Ephrata we found, And made the woods and neighb'ring fields And, prostrate at his foot-stool fall'n, 8 Arise, O Lord, and now possess Be that, not only with thy ark, PSALM CXXXIII. TOW vast must their advantage be, H How great their pleasure prove, Who live like brethren, and consent 2 True love is like that precious oil, 3 'Tis like refreshing dew, which does On Hermon's top distil; Or like the early drops that fall 4 For Sion is the chosen seat, PSALM CXXXIV. BUpon Yener state, LESS God, ye servants, that attend That in his temple, night by night, 2, 3 Within his house lift up your hands, And bless his holy name: From Sion bless thy Israel, Lord, Praise the Lord with one consent, 3 For this our truest int'rest is, 4 For God his own peculiar choice 9, 10 Clothe thou thy priests with righteous. Most valu'd treasure takes. ness, Make thou thy saints rejoice; And, for thy servant David's sake, 11 God sware to David in his truth, 12 And if thy seed my cov'nant keep, Their children too upon thy throne 13, 14 For Sion does, in God's esteem, His place of everlasting rest, Where he desires to dwell. 15, 16 Her store, says he, I will increase, Her poor with plenty bless; Her saints shall shout for joy, her priests My saving health confess. 17 There David's power shall long remain In his successive line, And my anointed servant there 18 The faces of his vanquish'd foes Whilst, with confirm'd success, his crown Shall flourish on his head. 5 That God is great, we often have By glad experience found; And seen how he, with wondrous power, Above all gods is crown'd. 6 For he, with unresisted strength, In heaven and earth, and wat'ry stores 7 He raises vapours from the ground, Fall down at last in showers, through which 8 He from his store-house brings the winds; 9 He dreadful signs and wonders show'd, 10, 11 'Twas he that various nations smote, 12, 13 Their land upon his chosen race For which his fame shall always last, 14 For God shall soon his people's cause His kindled rage away. 15 Those idols, whose false worship spreads O'er all the heathen lands, Are made of silver and of gold, The work of human hands. 16, 17 They move not their fictitious tongues, No breath their mouth supplies. To make them, or in dang 'rous times 19 Their just returns of thanks to God Nor let the priests of Aaron's race 20 Their sense of his unbounded love And let all those who fear the Lord, 21 Let all with thanks his wondrous works In Sion's courts proclaim; Let them in Salem, where he dwells, PSALM CXXXVI. God the mighty Lord To him due praise afford, 2, 3 To him, whose wondrous power This grateful homage pay: 4,5 By his Almighty hand 6 He spread the ocean round 7, 8, 9 Through heaven he did display The sun to rule by day, The moon and stars by night: 10, 11, 12 He struck the first-born dead And thence his people led With his resistless hand: 13, 14 By him the raging sea, Through which his people went: 15 Where soon he overthrew For God, &c. 16, 17, 18 Through deserts vast and wild He led the chosen seed; And famous princes foil'd, And made great monarchs bleed: 19, 20 Sihon, whose potent hand 21, 22 And, of his wondrous grace, To be by them enjoy'd: 23, 24 He, in our depth of woes, In peace and safety brought 25, 26 He does the food supply, Euphrates stream, We wept, with doleful thoughts opprest, On willow trees, that wither'd there. "Come, sing us one of Sion's songs." Eternal silence seize my tongue; Or if I sing one cheerful air, Till thy deliv'rance is my song. 7 Remember, Lord, how Edom's race, The wrongs thou laid'st on us repay. Shall snatch thy infants from the breast, W Thy praise I will proclaim; ITH my whole heart, my God and King, Before the Gods with joy I'll sing, |