7

Arife, O God, thy facred truth
Thro' all the earth difplay;
Till every nation fhall behold
And own thy righteous fway.

Pfalm LXXXIII.

Altered from TATE.

Short Metre. [b]

Complaint against Perfecutors.

ND will the God of grace

A Perpetual filence keep?

When bloody men, more fierce than wolves, Devour his harmless sheep?

2 Against thy feeble flock

Their counfels they employ;
And malice with her watchful eye
Purfues them, to destroy.

3 "Come, let us join, they fay,
To extirpate the race;
Till dark oblivion fhall prevail,
Their mem'ry to efface."
4 Awake, Almighty God,
And difappoint their aim;

Make them like chaff before the wind,
Or ftubble to the flame.

5

Then fhall the nations know,
That glorious, faithful word,

"No human counfels or device
Can stand against the Lord."

Altered from WATTS.

Pfalm LXXXIV. Long Metre. [*]

The Pleafure of Public Worfhip.

G The joy that from

The joy that from thy prefence fprings;

To spend one day with thee on earth, Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 2 The fparrow chooses where to rest, And for her young provides a neft; But will my God to fparrows grant Thofe pleasures which his children want? 3 Might 1 enjoy the meaneft place Within thy houfe, O God of grace; Not tents of eafe, nor thrones of power, Should tempt me to defert thy door. 4 God is our Sun, he makes our day; God is our Shield, he guards our way From all th' affaults of hell and fin, From foes without, and foes within. 5 All needful grace will God beftow, And crown that grace with glory too; He gives us all things, and withholds No real good from upright fouls.

6 Bleft are the men, whofe ftedfaft mind To Zion's gate is ftill inclin'd;

God is their strength, and through the road, They lean upon their helper, Gov.

7 Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all fhall meet in heaven at length; Till all before thy face appear,

And join in nobler worship there.

WATTS.

Pfalm LXXXIV. Firft Part. C. M. [*]

Μ My

Delight in Divine Ordinances.

Y heart and flesh cry out for thee, While far from thine abode; When fhall I tread thy courts, and fee My Saviour and my God!

2 To fit one day beneath thine eye,
And hear thy gracious voice,
Exceeds a thoufand days employ'd
In fin's voluptuous joys.

3 Much rather in God's houfe, would I
The meanest office take,
Than in the wealthy tents of fin
My fplendid dwelling make.

4 For God, who is our Sun and Shield,
Will grace and glory give;
And no good thing will he withhold
From them who juftly live.

5

O God, whom heavenly hosts obey,
How highly bleft is he,

Whofe hope and truft, fecurely plac'd,
Are still repos'd on thee !

6 O could I o'er the fpacious land
And fea extend my fway,

For one bleft hour at thy right hand,

I'd give them both away.

TATE and WATTS.

Pfalm LXXXIV. Second Part. C.M.[*]

Delight in Divine Ordinances.

LORD, how worthy of our love
Is that delightful place,

Where we can meet to pray and hear
Thy word of truth and grace!

2 Our longing foul faints with defire
To tread that blest abode;

Our panting heart and flesh cry out
For thee, the living God.

3 There the great Monarch of the skies
His faving power difplays,
And light breaks in upon our eyes,
With kind and quick'ning rays.
4 The birds more happy far than we,
Around thy temple throng;
Securely there they build, and there
Securely hatch their young.

5 Thrice happy they whofe choice has thee
Their fure protection made!
Who love to tread the facred ways
Which to thy temple lead.

6 Thus they proceed by various fteps,
And ftill approach more near,
Till all on Zion's heavenly mount,
Before their God appear.

TATE and WATTS, with Variation

Pfalm LXXXIV. Hallelujah Metre. [*]

L

The Pleafure of Public Worship.

ORD of the worlds above,
How pleafant and how fair
The dwellings of thy love,
Thy earthly temples are!
To thine abode,
With warm defires,

My heart afpires,
To fee my God,

2 The fparrow for her young,
With pleasure fecks a neft,
And wand'ring fwallows long
To find their wonted reft;
With equal zeal,
Within thy gate,

3

Lord I would wait,

And with thee dwell.

To fpend one facred day
Where God and faints abide,

Affords diviner joy

Than thousand days befide;

Where God reforts, I love it more

To keep the door

4 O happy fouls that pray

Than shine in courts,

Where God appoints to hear;

O happy men that pay

Their conftant fervice there!

They praise thee ftill, And happy they,

Who find the way

To Zion's hill,

5 They go from ftrength to ftrength, Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length,

Till each in heaven appears.

O glorious feat!

When God our King

WATTS.

Shall thither bring Our willing feet!

Pfalm LXXXV. Common Metre. [b]

Prayer for Public Deliverance.

TWhich we have long implor'd;
HY favour, gracious Lord, display
And for thy wond'rous mercy's fake,
Thy heavenly aid afford.

Thine answer patiently we'll wait,
For thou with glad fuccefs,
If they no more to folly turn,
Thy mourning faints wilt blefs.
To thofe who fear thy holy name,

Is thy falvation near;

And in its former happy ftate,
Our nation fhall appear,

For mercy now with truth is join'd
And righteoufnefs with peace;