2 Perfidious practices and lies I utterly detest; But to thy laws affection bear, Too vast to be express'd. 3 Sev'n times a day, with grateful voice, 4 Secure, substantial peace have they No smiling mischief them can tempt, 5 For thy salvation I have hoped, And, though so long delay'd, With cheerful zeal and anxious care 6 Thy testimonies I have kept, Thy service easy made. 7 From strict observance of thy laws Convinced that my most secret ways PART XXII. TAU. C. M. 1 To my request and earnest cry 2 Let my repeated prayer at last Before thy throne appear; 3 Then shall my grateful lips return When thou thy counsels hast reveal'd, And taught me thy just ways. 4 My tongue the praises of thy word Shall thankfully resound; For thy commands are right, thy laws With truth and justice crown'd. 5 Let thy almighty arm appear, For I the laws thou hast ordain'd 6 My soul has waited long to see Thy saving grace restored; Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws, 7 Prolong my life, that I may sing My great Restorer's praise; 8 Though like a sheep that's lost I've stray'd, And from thy ways declined, Do thou, O Lord, thy servant seek, PSALM 98. C. M. From the exxi. Psalm of David. From thence expecting aid; Who heaven and earth has made. 2 He will not let thy foot be moved, 3 Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's wings, Where neither sun nor moon shall thee 4 From common accidents of life The Lord shall guard thee still 5 At home, abroad, in peace, in war, PSALM 99. C. M. From the cxxii. Psalm of David. 2 At Salem's courts we must appear, 3 'Tis thither, by divine command, His Name with praise and prayer. 4 O, ever pray for Salem's peace; For they shall prosp❜rous be, Thou holy city of our God, Who bear true love to thee. 5 May peace within thy sacred walls A constant guest be found; Thy palaces be crown'd. 6 For my dear brethren's sake, and friends No less than brethren dear, I'll pray-May peace in Salem's towers 7 But most of all I'll seek thy good, And ever wish thee well, PSALM 100. C. M. From the cxxiv. Psalm of David. GOAD not the Lord, may Israel say, On Israel's side engaged, The foe had quickly swallow'd us, 2 Had not the Lord himself vouchsafed Had overwhelm'd our soul. 3 But praised be our eternal Lord, The snare is broke, his rage disarm'd, 4 Secure in God's almighty Name Our confidence remains The God who made both heav'n and earth, Of both sole monarch reigns. PSALM 101. C. M. From the cxxv. Psalm of David. HO place on Sion's God their trust, Like Sion's rock shall stand; 2 Look how the hills on every side Jerusalem enclose; So stands the Lord around his saints, 3 Be good, O righteous God, to those 4 All those who walk in crooked paths, Cut off th' unjust, but crown the saints PSALM 102. C. M. E build with fruitless cost, unless 2 In vain we rise before the day, And eat the bread of care. 3 Supplies of life, with ease to them, He crowns their labors with success, PSALM 103. C. M. From the cxxviii. Psalm of David. CHE man is blest that fears the Lord, But keeps his steps confined with care 2 He shall upon the sweet returns His wishes all succeed. 3 Who fears the Lord shall prosper thus; And grant him all his days to see PSALM 104. S. M. Lord, hear my supplicating voice, 2 Should'st thou severely judge, 3 My soul with patience waits 4 My longing eyes lock out For thy enliv'ning ray, More duly than the morning watch To spy the dawning day. 5 Let Israel trust in God, No bounds his mercy knows; The plenteous source and spring from whence Eternal succour flows: 6 Whose friendly streams to us A healing spring, a spring to cleanse 4 Israel! now and evermore In the Lord Jehovah trust; Him, in all his ways, adore, Wise, and wonderful, and just. PSALM 106. C. M. And, prostrate at his footstool fall'n, 2 Arise, O Lord, and now possess But with thy presence bless'd. 3 Clothe thou thy priests with righteousness Make thou thy saints rejoice; And, for thy servant David's sake, Hear thy anointed's voice. 4 Fair Sion does, in God's esteem, All other seats excel; His place of everlasting rest, Where he desires to dwell. 5 Her store th' Almighty will increase, Her poor with plenty bless; Her saints shall shout for joy, her priests His saving health confess. PSALM 107. C. M. From the cxxxiii. Psalm of David. How great their pleasure prove, 2 True love is like the precious oil, Which, pour'd on Aaron's head, Ran down his beard, and o'er his robes 3 'Tis like refreshing dew, which does Or like the early drops, that fall 4 For Sion is the chosen seat Where the Almighty King The promis'd blessing has ordain'd, PSALM 108. C. M. From the cxxxiv. Psalm of David. Upon his solemn state; That in his temple's hallow'd courts 2 Within his house lift up your hands, Who earth and heaven didst frame. PSALM 109. C. M. From the cxxxv. Psalm of David. And magnify his Name; 2 Praise him, all ye that in his house 3 For God his own peculiar choice 4 That God is great, we often have And seen how he, with wondrous power, Above all gods is crown'd. 5 For he, with unresisted strength, In heaven and earth, and wat❜ry stores 6 Their just returns of thanks to God To bless the Lord delay. 7 Their sense of his unbounded love 8 Let all with thanks his wondrous works In Sion's courts proclaim; Let them in Salem, where he dwells, PSALM 110. II. 4. Your joyful thanks repeat; Shall never end. 2 To him, whose wondrous power 3 By his almighty hand Amazing works are wrought; The heavens by his command Were to perfection brought : For God, &c. 4 He spread the ocean round 5 By him the heavens display Their num❜rous hosts of light, The sun to rule by day, The moon and stars by night: 6 Hc, in our depth of woes, In peace and safety brought: 7 He does the food supply On which all creatures live: To God, who reigns on high, Eternal praises give: For God will prove Our constant friend; His boundless love We wept, with doleful thoughts oppress'd, And Sion was our mournful theme. 2 Our harps, that, when with joy we sung, 3 O Salem, our once happy seat, When I of thee forgetful prove, The speaking strings with art to move! 4 If I to mention thee forbear, Perpetual silence be my doom; PSALM 112. C. M. From the cxxxviii. Psalm of David. 7ITH my whole heart, my God and Thy praise I will proclaim; 2 I'll worship at thy sacred seat, 3 Thou graciously inclin❜dst thine ear, And, when my soul was press'd with fear, 4 For God, although enthroned on high, 5 Though I with troubles am oppress'd, Relieve my soul when most distress'd, 6 The Lord, whose mercies ever last, And, mindful of his favours past, T PSALM 113. L. M. From the cxxxix. Psalm of David. HOU, 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, 3 Surrounded by thy power I stand, O skill for human reach too high! 5 If up to heaven I take my flight, 'Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light; 6 If I the morning's wings could gain, 7 Or, should I try to shun thy sight 8 The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy all-searching eyes; Through midnight shades thou find'st thy way, As in the blazing noon of day. 9 Thou know'st the texture of my heart, My reins in every vital part: I'll praise thee, from whose hands I came A work of such a wondrous frame. 10 Let me acknowledge too, O God, That since this maze of life I trod, Thy thoughts of love to me surmount The power of numbers to recount. 11 Far sooner could I reckon o'er The sands upon the ocean's shore; I find th' account but new begun. 12 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, L PSALM 114. C. M. From the cxli. Psalm of David. ORD, in thy sight, O let my prayer Like morning incense rise; 2 From hasty language curb my tongue, Still keep the portal of my lips With wary silence barr'd. 3 From wicked men's designs and deeds My heart and hands restrain; 4 Let upright men reprove my faults, PSALM 115. C. M. From the cxliii. Psalm of David. ORD, hear my prayer, and to my cry In thy accustom'd faith and truth 2 Nor at thy strict tribunal bring 3 To thee my hands in humble prayer 4 Hear me with speed, my spirit fails; Lest I become forlorn, like them 5 Thy kindness early let me hear, Teach me the way where I should go, HEE will I bless, my God and King, Thy endless praise proclaim; And ever bless thy Name. 2 Thou, Lord, beyond compare art great, Thy majesty, with boundless height, 3 Renown'd for mighty acts, thy fame From age to age thy glorious Name 4 Whilst I thy glory, and renown, And wondrous works express, The world with me thy might shall own, And thy great power confess. 5 The praise that to thy love belongs, 6 The Lord is good; fresh acts of grace His anger moves with slowest pace, His willing mercy flies. |