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And when I wake in dead of night;
Because thou still dost succor bring,
Beneath the shadow of thy wing
I rest with safety and delight.

PSALM 16. S. M.

1 TO bless thy chosen race,
In mercy, Lord, incline;
And cause the brightness of thy face
On all thy saints to shine;

2 That so thy wondrous way

May through the world be known;
While distant lands their tribute pay,
And thy salvation own.

3 Let differing nations join
To celebrate thy fame;

Let all the world, O Lord, combine
To praise thy glorious name.

4 0 let them shout and sing,
With joy and pious mirth;

For thou, the righteous Judge and King,
Shalt govern all the earth.

5 Let differing nations join

To celebrate thy fame;

Let all the world, O Lord, combine
To praise thy glorious name.

PSALM 17. L. M.

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, enthroned in state, Is with unrivalled glory great; A King superior far to all

Whom gods the heathen falsely call.

4 0 let us to his courts repair,
And bow with adoration there;
Down on our knees devoutly all
Before the Lord, our maker, fall.

5 For he's our God, our shepherd he,
His flock and pasture sheep are we;
O then, ye faithful flock, to-day
His warning hear, his voice obey.

PSALM 18. C. M.

1 CING to the Lord a new-made song,

SING

Who wondrous things has done; With his right hand and holy arm, The conquest he has won.

2 Let, therefore, earth's inhabitants
Their cheerful voices raise,

And all with universal joy,
Resound their Maker's praise.

3 With harp and hymn's soft melody,
Into the concert bring,

The trumpet and shrill cornet's sound,
Before the almighty King.

4 Let the loud ocean roar her joy
With all that seas contain;
The earth and her inhabitants
Join concert with the main.

5 Let floods and torrents clap their hands,
With joy their homage pay;
Let echoing vales, from hill to hill,
Redoubled shouts convey.

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PSALM 19. S. M.

BLESS the Lord, my soul,
His grace to thee proclaim;
And all that is within me, join
To bless his holy name.

2 O bless the Lord, my soul,
His mercies bear in mind,
Forget not all his benefits,
Who is to thee so kind.

3 He pardons all thy sins,
Prolongs thy feeble breath;
He healeth thine infirmities,
And ransoms thee from death.

4 He feeds thee with his love,

Upholds thee with his truth, And like the eagle, he renews The vigor of thy youth.

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5 Then bless the Lord, my soul,
His grace, his love proclaim;
Let all that is within me join
To bless his holy name.

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PSALM 20. L. M.

RENDER thanks to God above,
The fountain of eternal love;
Whose mercy firm through ages past
Has stood, and shall for ever last.

2 Who can his mighty deeds express,
Not only vast but numberless?
What mortal eloquence can raise
His tribute of immortal praise?

3 Happy are they, and only they,
Who from thy judgments never stray;
Who know what's right, nor only so,
But always practice what they know.

4 Extend to me that favour, Lord,
Thou to thy chosen dost afford,
When thou return'st to set them free,
Let thy salvation visit me.

PSALM 21. C. M.

1 WITH cheerful notes let all the earth

To heaven their voices raise;

Let all, inspired with godly mirth,
Sing solemn hymns of praise.

2 God's tender mercy knows no bound,
His truth shall ne'er decay;

Then let the willing nations round
Their grateful tribute pay.

PSALM 22. C. M.

10 PRAISE the Lord, for he is good,

His mercies ne'er decay;

That his kind favours ever last,
Let thankful Israel

say.

2 Their sense of his eternal love
Let Aaron's house express;
And that it never fails, let all
That fear the Lord confess.

3 Far better 'tis to trust in God,
And have the Lord our friend,
Than on the greatest human power
For safety to depend.

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PSALM 23. C. M.

HOW blessed are they who always keep
The pure and perfect way;

Who never from the sacred paths
Of God's commandments stray !

2 How blessed, who to his righteous laws
Have still obedient been;
And have, with fervent humble zeal,
His favour sought to win.

3 Such men their utmost caution use
To shun each wicked deed;
But in the path which he directs
With constant care proceed.

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