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4 Thou strictly hast enjoined us, Lord,
To learn thy sacred will;
And all our diligence employ
Thy statutes to fulfil.

PSALM 24. C. M.

1 HOW shall the young preserve
From all pollution free?

By making still their course of life
With thy commands agree.

2 With hearty zeal for thee I seek,
To thee for succour pray;

O suffer not my careless steps
From thy right paths to stray!

3 Safe in my heart, and closely hid,
Thy word, my treasure, lies,
To succour me with timely aid
When sinful thoughts arise.

4 Secured by that, my grateful soul
Shall ever bless thy name;
O teach me then by thy just laws
My future life to frame!

PSALM 25. C. M.

1 TO Sion's hill I lift my eyes, From thence expecting aid;

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From Sion's hill and Sion's God,
Who heaven and earth has made.

2 He will not let thy foot be moved
Thy guardian will not sleep;

Behold the Lord who slumbers not
Will favoured Israel keep.

3 Shelter'd beneath the Almighty's wings,
Thou shalt securely rest,

Where neither sun nor moon shall thee
By day or night molest

4 From common accidents of life
The Lord shall guard thee still;
"Tis even he that shall preserve
Thy soul from every ill.

5 At home, abroad, in peace, in war,
Thy God shall thee defend;
Conduct thee through life's pilgrimage,
Safe to thy journey's end.

PSALM 26. C. M.

1 WHO place on Sion's God their trust,

Like Sion's Rock shall stand;

Like her immovably be fixed

By his almighty hand.

2 Look how the hills on every side
Jerusalem enclose;

So stands the Lord around his saints,
To guard them from their foes.

3 Be good, O righteous God, to those
Who righteous deeds affect;
The heart that innocence retains
Let innocence protect.

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4 All those who walk in crooked paths, The Lord shall soon destroy;

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Cut off th' unjust, but crown the saints
With lasting peace and joy.

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PSALM 27. III. 1.

ORD, for ever at thy side
Let my place and portion be;
Strip me of the robe of pride,
Clothe me with humility.

2 Meekly may my soul receive
All thy Spirit hath revealed;
Thou hast spoken-I believe,
Though the oracle be sealed.

3 Humble as a little child,
Weaned from the mother's breast,
By no subtleties beguiled,
On thy faithful word I rest.

4 Israel! now and evermore
In the Lord Jehovah trust;
Him, in all his ways, adore,
Wise, and wonderful, and just.

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PSALM 28. C. M.

OW vast must their advantage be, How great their pleasure prove, Who live like brethren, and consent In offices of love!

2 True love is like the precious oil, Which, poured on Aaron's beard

Ran down his beard, and o'er his robes
Its costly fragrance shed.

3 'Tis like refreshing dew, which does
On Hermon's top distil;

Or like the early drops that fall
On Sion's favoured hill.

4 For Sion is the chosen seat
Where the Almighty King
The promised blessing has ordained,
And life's eternal spring.

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PSALM 29. II. 4.

TO God, the mighty Lord,
Your joyful thanks repeat

To him due praise afford,,
As good as he is great.
For God does prove
Our constant friend;
His boundless love
Shall never end.

2 By his almighty hand

Amazing works are wrought;
The heavens by his command
Were to perfection brought.
For God does prove
Our constant friend;
His boundless love

Shall never end.

3 He spread the ocean round
About the spacious land;

And bade the rising ground
Above the waters stand.
For God does prove

Our constant friend;
His boundless love
Shall never end.

4 By him the heavens display
Their numerous hosts of light.
The sun to rule the day,
The moon and stars by night
For God does prove

Our constant friend;
His boundless love
Shall never end.

PSALM 30. L. M.

1 THOU Lord, by strictest search hast known
My rising up and lying down;
My secret thoughts are known to thee,
Known long before conceived by me.

2 Thine eye my bed and path surveys,
My public haunts and private ways;
Thou know'st what 'tis my lips would vent,
My yet unuttered words' intent.

3 Surrounded by thy power I stand,
On every side I find thy hand;
O skill for human reach too high!
Too dazzling bright for mortal eye!

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