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5 By him the heavens display Their numerous hosts of light, The sun to rule by day,

The moon and stars by night.
For God, &c.

6 He, in our depth of woes,

On us with favour thought;
And from our cruel foes

In peace and safety brought.
For God, &c.

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

Shall never end.

PSALM 111. L. M. From the cxxxvii. Psalm of David.

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WHEN we, our weary limbs to rest,
Sat down by proud Euphrates' stream,
We wept, with doleful thoughts oppress'd,
And Sion was our mournful theme.

2 Our harps, that when with joy we sung,
Were wont their tuneful parts to bear,
With silent strings neglected hung
On willow-trees that wither'd there.

3 O Salem, our once happy seat,

When I of thee forgetful prove,
Let then my trembling hand forget
The speaking strings with art to move!

4 If I to mention thee forbear,

Perpetual silence be my doom;
Or if my chiefest joy compare
With thee, Jerusalem, my home!

PSALM 112. C. M. From the cxxxviii. Psalm of David.

4 For God, although enthroned on high,
Does thence the poor respect;
The proud, far off, his scornful eye
Beholds with just neglect.

5 Though I with troubles am oppress'd, He shall my foes disarm,

Relieve my soul when most distress'd,
And keep me safe from harm.

6 The Lord, whose mercies ever last,
Shall fix my happy state;

And, mindful of his favours past,
Shall his own work complete.

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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,
My public haunts and private ways:
Thou know'st what 'tis my lips would vent,
My yet unutter'd 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!
4 From thy all-seeing Spirit, Lord,
What hiding-place does earth afford?
O where can I thy influence shun,
Or whither from thy presence run?

5 If up to heaven I take my flight,

'Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light;

If to the world unseen, my God,
There also hast thou thine abode.

6 If I the morning's wings could gain,
And fly beyond the western main;
E'en there, in earth's remotest land,
I still should find thy guiding hand.

WITH my whole heart, my God and 7 Or, should I try to shun thy sight

King,

Thy praise I will proclaim; Before the mighty I will sing, And bless thy holy Name.

2 I'll worship at thy sacred seat,

And, with thy love inspired, The praises of thy truth repeat, O'er all thy works admired.

3 Thou graciously inclin'dst thine ear, When I to thee did cry;

And, when my soul was press'd with fear, Didst inward strength supply.

Beneath the sable wings of night;
One glance from thee, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.

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, and 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;
Each morn, revising what I've done,
I find th' account but new begun.

12 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart,
If mischief lurk in any part;
Correct me where I go astray,
And guide me in thy perfect way.

PSALM 114. C. M.

From the cxli. Psalm of David.

LORD, in thy sight, O let my prayer

Like morning incense rise;

My lifted hands accepted be

As evening sacrifice.

2 From hasty language curb my tongue, And let a constant guard

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;

Nor let me share their evil works,
Or their unrighteous gain.

4 Let upright men reprove my faults,
And I shall think them kind;
Like healing oil upon my head
I their reproof shall find.

PSALM 115. L. M.

From the cxliii. Psalm of David.

LORD, hear my prayer, and to my cry

Thy wonted audience lend;

In thy accustom'd faith and truth
A gracious answer send.

2 Nor at thy strict tribunal bring
Thy servant to be tried;
For in thy sight no living man
Can e'er be justified.

3 To thee my hands in humble prayer

I fervently stretch out;

My soul for thy refreshment thirsts,
Like land oppress'd with drought.

4 Hear me with speed, my spirit fails;
Thy face no longer hide,
Lest I become forlorn, like them
That in the grave reside.

5 Thy kindness early let me hear,

Whose trust on thee depends;

Teach me the way where I should go,
My soul to thee ascends.

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Thy endless praise proclaim;

This tribute daily I will bring,

And ever bless thy Name.

2 Thou, Lord, beyond compare art great, And highly to be praised;

Thy majesty, with boundless height,
Above our knowledge raised.

3 Renown'd for mighty acts, thy fame
To future time extends;
From age to age thy glorious Name
Successively descends.

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,
They shall with joy proclaim;
Thy truth of all their grateful songs
Shall be the constant theme.

6 The Lord is good; fresh acts of grace
His pity still supplies;

His anger moves with slowest pace,

His willing mercy flies.

7 Thy love through earth extends its fame, To all thy works express'd;

These show thy praise, whilst thy great
Name

Is by thy servants bless'd.

8 They, with a glorious prospect fired,
Shall of thy kingdom speak;
And thy great power, by all admired,
Their lofty subject make.

9 God's mighty works of ancient date
Shall thus to all be known;
And thus his kingdom's glorious state
In all its splendour shown.

13 His steadfast throne, from changes free, Shall stand for ever fast;

His boundless sway no end shall see,
But time itself outlast.

PART II. C. M.

1 THE Lord does them support that fall,
And makes the prostrate rise;
For his kind aid all creatures call,
Who timely food supplies.

2 Whate'er their various wants require,
With open hand he gives;
And so fulfils the just desire
Of every thing that lives.

3 How holy is the Lord, how just,

How righteous all his ways!
How nigh to him, who with firm trust
For his assistance prays!

4 He grants the full desires of those

Who him with fear adore;
And will their troubles soon compose,
When they his aid implore.

5 The Lord preserves all those with care
Whom grateful love employs;
But sinners, who his vengeance dare,
In justice he destroys.

6 My time to come, in praises spent,
Shall still advance his fame;
And all mankind, with one consent,
For ever bless his Name.

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Age to age his works transmitteth, Age to age his power shall teach. 3. They shall talk of all thy glory,

On thy might and greatness dwell,
Speak of thy dread acts the story,

And thy deeds of wonder tell.

4 Nor shall fail from memory's treasure,
Works by love and mercy wrought;
Works of love surpassing measure,
Works of mercy passing thought.

5 Full of kindness and compassion,
Slow to anger, vast in love,
God is good to all creation;

All his works his goodness prove.

6 All thy works, O Lord, shall bless thee,
Thee shall all thy saints adore;
King supreme shall they confess thee,
And proclaim thy sovereign power.

7 They thy might, all might excelling,
Shall to all mankind make known;
And the brightness of thy dwelling,
And the glories of thy throne.

8 Ever, God of endless praises,

Shall thy royal might remain;
Evermore thy brightness blazes,
Ever lasts thy righteous reign.

9 Them that fall the Lord protecteth,
He sustains the bow'd and bent:
Every eye from thee expecteth,

Fix'd on thee, its nourishment.

10 Thou to all, great God of nature,
Giv'st in season due their food;
Spread'st thy hand, and every creature
Satisfiest still with good.

11 God is just in all he doeth,

Kind is he in all his ways;
He his ready presence showeth,
When a faithful servant prays.

12 Who sincerely seek and fear him,
He to them their wish will give ;
When they call, the Lord will hear them,
He will hear them, and relieve.

13 From Jehovah all who prize him
Shall his saving health enjoy :
All the wicked who despise him,
He will in their sin destroy.

14 Still, Jehovah, thee confessing,

Shall my tongue thy praise proclaim; And may all mankind with blessing Ever hail thy holy Name.

PSALM 119. C. M.

From the cxlvi. Psalm of David.

PRAISE the Lord, and thou, my soul, For ever bless his Name: His wondrous love, while life shall last, My constant praise shall claim.

2 On princes, on the sons of men,
Let none for aid rely;

They cannot help, they turn to dust,
And all their counsels die.

3 Then happy he, who Jacob's God

For his protector takes;

Who still, with well-placed hope, the Lord His constant refuge makes.

4 The Lord, who made both heaven and earth,

And all that they contain,

Will never quit his steadfast truth,

Nor make his promise vain.

5 The poor, oppress'd, from all their wrongs

Are eased by his decree;

He gives the hungry needful food,
And sets the prisoners free.

6 By him the blind receive their sight,
The weak and fall'n he rears;

With kind regard and tender love

He for the righteous cares.

7 The strangers he preserves from harm,
The orphan kindly treats;
Defends the widow, and the wiles
Of wicked men defeats.

8 The God that does in Sion dwell
Is our eternal King:
From age to age his reign endures;
Let all his praises sing.

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And earth, and seas, with all their train; He saves th' oppress'd, he feeds the poor; His truth for ever stands secure,

And none shall find his promise vain. 4 The Lord gives eyesight to the blind, The Lord supports the sinking mind, He sends the righteous strength and

peace,

He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless,

And to the prisoner grants release.

5 God shall the wicked overturn,
On them his wrath shall ever burn,
Sinners shall perish in their ways:
Sion! the God thy sons adore,
He, he is King for evermore;
The Lord thy God for ever praise!

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PSALM 121.

From the cxlvii. Psalm of David.

PART I. C. M.

PRAISE the Lord with hymns of joy,
And celebrate his fame;

For pleasant, good, and comely 'tis

To praise his holy Name.

2 His holy city God will build,

Though levell'd with the ground;
Bring back his people, though dispersed
Through all the nations round.

3 He kindly heals the broken hearts,
And all their wounds does close;
He tells the number of the stars,
Their several names he knows.

4 Great is the Lord, and great his power, His wisdom has no bound;

The meek he raises, and throws down
The wicked to the ground.

5 To God the Lord, a hymn of praise
With grateful voices sing;

To songs of triumph tune the harp,
And strike each warbling string.

Praise shall employ my nobler powers: 6 He covers heaven with clouds, and thence

My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and being last,
Or immortality endures.

2 Why should I place in man my trust?
Ev'n princes die and turn to dust,

Vain is the help of flesh and blood; Their breath departs, their pomp and power, And thoughts, all vanish in an hour,

Nor can they make their promise good.

3 Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God: he made the sky,

Refreshing rain bestows;

And on the mountains, through his care, The grass in plenty grows.

7 His care the beasts that loosely range
With timely food supplies;

He feeds the ravens' tender brood,
And stops their hungry cries.

8 The Lord to him that fears his Name
His tender love extends;
To him that on his boundless grace

With steadfast hope depends.

9 Let Sion and Jerusalem

To God their praise address; Whose strength secures their lasting gates, Who does their children bless.

PART II. L. M.

1 JEHOVAH speaks: swift from the skies
To earth the sovereign mandate flies;
The elements confess their Lord,
With prompt obedience to his word;
2 The thick-descending flakes of snow
O'er earth a fleecy mantle throw;
And glitt'ring frost o'er all the plains
Binds nature fast in icy chains.

3 He speaks: the ice and snow obey,
And nature's fetters melt away;
Softly the vernal breezes blow,
And murmuring waters freely flow.
4 But nobler works his grace record;
To Israel he reveals his word;
To them, his chosen flock, alone,

He makes his sacred precepts known.

5 Such bliss no heathen nation shares.
His oracles are only theirs :

Let Israel then their voices raise,
And bless their God in songs of praise.

PSALM 122. II. 4.

From the cxlviii. Psalm of David.

YE boundless realms of joy,

Exalt

your

Maker's fame;

His praise your song employ
Above the starry frame :

Your voices raise,

Ye Cherubim

And Seraphim,

To sing his praise.

2 Thou moon, that rul'st the night,
And sun, that guid'st the day,
Ye glittering stars of light,
To him your homage pay:
His praise declare,
Ye heavens above,
And clouds that move
In liquid air.

3 Let them adore the Lord,
And praise his holy Name,
By whose almighty word
They all from nothing came;

And all shall last
From changes free;
His firm decree

Stands ever fast.

4 Let earth her tribute pay:

Praise him, ye dreadful whales,

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In this design,

Let youths with maids,
And hoary heads
With children, join.

7 United zeal be shown

His wondrous fame to raise,
Whose glorious Name alone
Deserves our endless praise;
Earth's utmost ends
His power obey;
His glorious sway
The sky transcends.

8 His chosen saints to grace,
He sets them up on high;
And favours Israel's race,
Who still to him are nigh:
O therefore raise
Your grateful voice,
And still rejoice

The Lord to praise !

PSALM 123. IV. 1.
From the cxlix. Psalm of David.

PRAISE ye the Lord,
Prepare your glad voice,
His praise in the great
Assembly to sing:
In their great Creator
Let Israel rejoice;
And children of Sion

Be glad in their King.
2 Let them his great Name
Extol in their songs,
With hearts well attuned
His praises express;
Who always takes pleasure
To hear their glad tongues,

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