Who fears to tread their wicked ways, And hates the scoffer's seat.

2 But in the statutes of the Lord
Has placed his chief delight;

By day he reads or hears the word,
And meditates by night.

3 [He, like a plant of generous kind,
By living waters set,

Safe from the storms and blasting wind,
Enjoys a peaceful state.]

4 Green as the leaf, and ever fair,
Shall his profession shine;
While fruits of holiness appear
Like clusters on the vine.

5 Not so the impious and unjust:
What vain designs they form!
Their hopes are blown away like dust,
Or chaff before the storm.

6 Sinners in judgment shall not stand
Amongst the sons of grace,
When Christ the Judge at his right hand
Appoints his saints a place.

7 His eye beholds the path they tread,
His heart approves it well;

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But crooked ways of sinners lead Down to the gates of hell.

The saint happy, the sinner miserable. THE man is ever bless'd

Who shuns the sinners' ways, Among their counsels never stands, Nor takes the scorner's place;

2

But makes the law of God

His study and delight,

Amidst the labours of the day,
And watches of the night.

3 He like a tree shall thrive,
With waters near the root:

Fresh as the leaf his name shall live, His works are heavenly fruit.

4

Not so the ungodly race,

They no such blessings find:

Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff Before the driving wind.

5 How will they bear to stand Before that judgment seat,

Where all the saints at Christ's right In full assembly meet?

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He knows and he approves

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The way the righteous go;

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But sinners and their works shall meet A dreadful overthrow.

L. M. Melcombe, 325. Difference between the righteous and wicked.

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1 IJAPPY the man whose cautious feet
Shun the broad way that sinners go,
Who hates the place where atheists meet,
And fears to talk as scoffers do.

2 He loves t' employ his morning light
Amongst the statutes of the Lord;
And spends the wakeful hours of night
With pleasure, pondering o'er the word.
3 He, like a plant by gentle streams,
Shall flourish in immortal green;
And heaven will shine with kindest beams
On every work his hands begin.

4 But sinners find their counsels cross'd: As chaff before the tempest flies,

So shall their hopes be blown and lost When the last trumpet shakes the skies. 5 In vain the rebel seeks to stand In judgment with the pious race; The dreadful Judge, with stern command, Divides him to a different place.

6 Straight is the way my saints have trod, I bless'd the path, and drew it plain: But you would choose the crooked road, And down it leads to endless pain.'

Of heaven, and earth, and seas, Thy providence confirms thy word, And answers thy decrees.

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Ye perish on the place;

Then blessed is the soul that flies For refuge to his grace.]

C. M.

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St. James, 163.
The same.

WHY did the nations join to slay The Lord's anointed Son? Why did they cast his laws away, And tread his gospel down?

2 The Lord that sits above the skies Derides their rage below,

He speaks with vengeance in his eyes,
And strikes their spirits through.

3 I call him my eternal Son,
And raise him from the dead:
I make my holy hill his throne,
And wide his kingdom spread.
4'Ask me, my Son, and then enjoy
The utmost heathen lands:
Thy rod of iron shall destroy
The rebel that withstands.'

5 Be wise, ye rulers of the earth,
Obey the anointed Lord;

Adore the King of heavenly birth,
And

6 With humble love address his throne, For if he frown ye die;

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Those are secure, and those alone, Who on his grace rely.

Christ's death, resurrection, &c.

1 WHY did the Jews proclaim their rage? The Romans why their swords employ?

Against the Lord their powers engage
His dear Anointed to destroy?

2 Come, let us break his bands,' they say,
"This man shall never give us laws;'
And thus they cast his yoke away,
And nail'd the Monarch to the cross.
3 But God, who high in glory reigns,
Laughs at their pride, their rage controls;
He'll vex their hearts with inward pains,
And speak in thunder to their souls.
4 'I will maintain the King I made
On Zion's everlasting hill,

My hand shall bring him from the dead. And he shall stand your Sovereign still.'

5 [His wondrous rising from the earth Makes his eternal Godhead known; The Lord declares his heavenly birth: 'This day have I begot my Son.

6 Ascend, my Son, to my right hand,
There thou shalt ask, and I bestow,
The utmost bounds of heathen land':
To thee the northern isles shall bow.']
7 But nations that resist his grace
Shall fall beneath his iron stroke;
His rod shall crush his foes with ease,
As potter's earthen work is broke.

They break my present peace.
2 The lying tempter would persuade
There's no relief in heaven;
And all my swelling sins appear
Too big to be forgiven.

3 But thou, my glory and my strength,
Shalt on the tempter tread,
Shalt silence all my threat'ning guilt,

4 [I cried, and from his holy hill
He bow'd a listening ear;
I call'd my Father and my God,
And he subdued my fear.

5 He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes, In spite of all my foes;

I woke, and wonder'd at the grace That guarded my repose.]

6 Then shall my cheerful powers rejoice,
At grace and favours so divine;
Nor will I change my happy choice
For all their corn and all their wine.

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C. M.

All arm'd against me stood?

Terrors no more shall shake my soul; My refuge is my God.

7 Arise, O Lord, fulfil thy grace, While I thy glory sing

My God has broke the serpent's teeth,
And death has lost his sting.

8 Salvation to the Lord belongs,
His arm alone can save;
Blessings attend thy people here,
And reach beyond the grave.

Ver. 1-5, 8. A morning psalm.

LORD, how many are my foes, In this weak state of flesh and blood! My peace they daily discompose; But my defence and hope is God. 2 Tired with the burdens of the day, To thee I raised my evening cry; Thou heard'st when I began to pray, And thine almighty help was nigh. 3 Supported by thine heavenly aid,

I laid me down and slept secure; Not death should make my heart afraid, Though I should wake and rise no more. 4 But God sustain'd me all the night; Salvation doth to God belong :

He raised my head to see the light, And makes his praise my morning song.

Thou hast enlarged me in distress,
Bow down a gracious ear again.

2 Ye sons of men, in vain ye try
To turn my glory into shame;
How long will scoffers love to lie,
And dare reproach my Saviour's name?
3 Know that the Lord divides his saints
From all the tribes of men beside;
He hears the cry of penitents.
For the dear sake of Christ that died.
4 When our obedient hands have done
A thousand works of righteousness,
We put our trust in God alone,
And glory in his pardoning grace.
5 Let the unthinking many say,

Who will bestow some earthly good? But Lord, thy light and love we pray, Our souls desire this heavenly food.'

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fear before thee all the day,
Nor would I dare to sin.

2 And while I rest my weary head,
From cares and business free,
'T is sweet conversing on my bed
With my own heart and thee.

3 I pay this evening sacrifice;
And when my work is done,

Great God, my faith and hope relies Upon thy grace alone.

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For the Lord's day morning.

LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high:

To thee will I direct my prayer,

To thee lift up mine eye

2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone
To plead for all his saints,
Presenting at his Father's throne
Our songs and our complaints.

3 Thou art a God, before whose sight.
The wicked shall not stand
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy right hand

4 But to thy house will I resort,
To taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thy holy court,
And worship in thy fear.

5 O may thy Spirit guide my feet
In ways of righteousness;
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face!

PAUSE.

6 My watchful enemies combine
To tempt my feet astray ::
They flatter with a base design,
To make my soul their prey.

7 Lord, crush the serpent in the dust, And all his plots destroy;

While those that in thy mercy trust
For ever shout with joy.

8 The men that love and fear thy name
Shall see their hopes fulfill'd;
The mighty God will compass them
With favour as a shield.