alone Possessest empire without bounds, With honour thou art crown'd, thy throne Eternal majesty surrounds. 2 With light thou dost thyself enrobe, And glory for a garment take; Heav'n's curtains stretch beyond the globe, Thy canopy of state to make. 3 Gon builds on liquid air, and forms His palace chambers in the skies; The clouds his chariots are, and storms The swift-wing'd steeds with which he flies. 4 As bright as flame, as swift as wind, His ministers heav'n's palace fill; They have their sundry tasks assign'd, All prompt to do their Sov'reign's will. 5 In praising Gon while he prolongs PART II. (L. M.) 1 How various, LORD, thy works are found, For which thy wisdom we adore! The earth is with thy treasure crown'd, 'Till nature's hand can grasp no more. 2 All creatures, both of sea and land, In sense of common want agree; All wait on thy dispensing hand, And have their daily alms from thee. 3 They gather what thy stores disperse, Without their trouble to provide; Thou op'st thy hand, the universe, The craving world, is all supplied. 4 Thou for a moment hid'st thy face, 5 The wonders that his hands have The num'rous ranks of creatures mourn: [race wrought Keep thankfully in mind; Thou tak'st their breath, all nature's The righteous statutes of his mouth, Decay, and to their dust return. And laws to us assign'd. From the cvi. Psalm of David. RENDER thanks to GoD above, 2 Who can his mighty deeds express, 50 may I worthy prove to see 6 Let Israel's God be ever bless'd, PSALM 87. From the cvii. Psalm of David. PART 1. (III. 1.) MAGNIFY Jehovah's Name; For his mercies ever sure, 2 Let his ransom'd flock rejoice, In the lonely waste, they roam, Far from refuge, shelter, home:4 To the LORD their GOD they cry; He inclines a gracious ear, Sends deliv'rance from on high, Rescues them from all their fear: 5 Them to pleasant lands he brings, Where the vine and olive grow; Where, from verdant hills, the springs Through luxuriant vallies flow. PART II. (C. M.) 1 THY Wondrous pow'r, Almighty LORD, That rules the boist'rous sea, The bold adventurers record, Who tempt that dang'rous way. 2 At thy command the winds arise, And swell the tow'ring waves; While they astonish'd mount the skies, And sink in gaping graves. 3 Dismay'd they climb the wat'ry hills, Dismay'd they plunge again; Each like a tott'ring drunkard reels, 4 Then to the LORD they raise their cries, He hears their loud request, 5 Rejoicing, they forget their fears, 6 O that the sons of men would praise The goodness of the LORD! And those who see his wondrous ways His wondrous love record! PSALM 88. (C. M.) My tongue with cheerful songs of praise Shall celebrate thy fame. 2 Awake, my lute; nor thou, my harp, 3 To all the list'ning tribes, O LORD, And to those nations sing thy praise 4 Because thy mercy's boundless height 5 Be thou, O GOD, exalted high And let the world, with one consent, PSALM 89. (II. 2.) 6 O that men would praise the LORD, THE LOR thy foes thy footstook For his goodness to their race: For the wonders of his word, And the riches of his grace! make, Sit thou in state at my right hand; Supreme in Sion thou shalt be, From the cxii. Psalm of David. HAT man is bless'd who stands in 2 "Thee, in thy pow'r's triumphant THAT ma Thy willing people shall obey; [day, And, when thy rising beams they view, Shall all, (redeem'd from error's night.)2 Than crystal drops of morning dew." 3 The LORD hath sworn, nor sworn in vain, That, like Melchisedec's, thy reign And priesthood shall no period see: Anointed Prince! thou, bending low, Shalt drink where darkest torrents flow, Then raise thy head in victory! PSALM 90. (L. M.) From the cxi. Psalm of David. PRAISE ye the LORD! Our GOD to praise My soul her utmost pow'r shall raise: With private friends, and in the throug Of saints, his praise shall be my song 2 His works, for greatness though renown'd, His wondrous works with ease are By those who seek for them aright, 3 His works are all of matchless fame, 4 By precepts he hath us enjoin'd That good and gracious is our LORD. 5 His bounty, like a flowing tide, Of GoD, and loves his sacred law; The soul that's filled with virtue's light Shines brightest in affliction's night; Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground; PSALM 92. (II. 2.) From the cxiii. Psalm of David. His sacred Name for ever bless Due praise to his great Name ad- 2 Gop through the world extends his But shadows of his glory are: Let no created pow'r compare. 3 Though 'tis beneath his state to view In highest heav'n what angels do, Yet he to earth vouchsafes his care; PSALM 93. (C. M.) 7 He set his saints from bondage free, But to thy sacred Name And then establish'd his decree, For ever to remain the same: Holy and rev'rend is his Name. 8 Who wisdom's sacred prize would win Must with the fear of God begin: Give glory, for thy mercy's sake, 2 Why should the "Where's now heathen cry, [art, The GOD whom ye adore ?" 3 O Israel, make the LORD your trust, 4 Let all who truly fear the LORD 6 On you, and on your heirs, he will 7 Heav'n's highest orb of glory he 8 They who in death and silence sleep But we will bless for evermore 18 Therefore my life's remaining years. 9 In GoD I trusted, and of him 10 O what return to GoD shall I 11 I'll pay my vows among his saints, 12 To thee I'll off'rings bring of praise; 13 They in Jerusalem sha!l ineet, PSALM 96. (C. M.) From the cxviii. Psalm of David. 2 Their sense of his eternal love 3 Far better 'tis to trust in GoD, 4 The LORD has been my help; the To him alone belongs; He is my Saviour and my strength, Ile only claims my songs, 5 Joy fills the dwelling of the just, 6 He, by his own resistless pow'r, The saving strength of his right hand 7 GOD will not suffer me to fall, 8 When God had sorely me chastis'd, 9 Then open wide the temple gates 10 Within those gates of God's abode [fus'd 11 That which the builders once re- 12 This day is God's; let all the land 13 Him that approaches in God's name 14 God is the LORD, through whom we Both light and comfort find; 2 How bless'd, who to his righteous 3 Such men their utmost caution use 4 Thou strictly hast enjoin'd us, LORD, Thy statutes to fulfil. 5 O then that thy most holy will 6 Then with assurance should I walk, Convinc'd, with joy, that all my ways 7 My upright heart shall my glad 8 taught, I shall have learn'd thy will. O then forsake me not, my GOD, PART II. BETH. (C. M.) 1 How shall the young preserve their 2 With hearty zeal for thee I seek, O suffer not my careless steps 15 Thou art my LORD, O GOD, and still To succour me with timely aid I'll praise thy holy Name; Because thou only art my God, I'll celebrate thy fame. 16 O then with me give thanks to GoD, Who still does gracious prove; And let the tribute of our praise Be endless as his love. When sinful thoughts arise. 4 Secur'd by that, my grateful soul O teach me then by thy just laws 5 My lips, unlock'd by pious zeal How well the judgments of thy mouth 6 Whilst in the way of thy commands Than had I been with vast increase 7 Therefore thy just and upright laws |