PSALM XCVIII. PART I. 1-4. (C. M.)
1 SING to the Lord a new-made song,
Who wondrous things has done :
With his right hand and holy arm
The conquest he has won :

2 The Lord has through th' astonish'd world Display'd his saving might,

And made his righteous acts appear
In all the heathen's sight.

3 Of Israel's house his love and truth
Have ever mindful been;

And earth's remotest ends the power
Of Israel's God have seen.

4 Let therefore earth's inhabitants
Their cheerful voices raise;
And all with universal joy
Resound their Maker's praise.

PSALM XCVIII. PART II. 4-9. (c. M.) 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come: Let earth receive her King: Let every heart prepare him room, And heav'n and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns:
Let men their songs employ;

While fields & floods, rocks, hills & plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;

He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace; And makes the nations prove

The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.

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PSALM XCIX. 1-4. (s. M.)
THE Lord Jehovah reigns;

Let all the nations fear;

Let sinners tremble at his throne,

And saints be humble there.

Jesus the Saviour reigns;

Let earth adore its Lord:

Bright cherubs his attendants stand,

Swift to fulfil his word.

In Zion is his throne,

His honours are divine;

His church shall make his wonders known,
For there his glories shine.

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How holy is his name!

How terrible his praise!

Justice, and truth, and judgement join

In all his works of grace.

PSALM C.

VERSION I. (L. M.)

1 ALL people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice:
Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell,
Come ye before him, and rejoice.

2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed;
Without our aid he did us make:
We are his flock, he doth us feed;
And for his sheep he doth us take.

30 enter then his gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why? the Lord our God is good:
His mercy is for ever sure:

His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

PSALM C. VERSION II. (L. M.)

1 YE nations round the earth rejoice
Before the Lord, your sov'reign King;
Serve him with cheerful heart and voice,
With all your tongues his glories sing.
2 The Lord is God: 'tis he alone

Doth life and breath and being give:
We are his work, and not our own;
The sheep that on his pastures live.
3 Enter his gates with songs of joy,
With praises to his courts repair;
And make it your divine employ
To pay your thanks and honours there.
4 The Lord is good, the Lord is kind;
Great is his grace, his mercy sure;
And the whole race of men shall find
His truth from age to age endure.

PSALM C. VERSION III. (L.M.) 1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy: Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he destroy.

2 His sov'reign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and form'd us men;
And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We are his people, we his care,
Our souls, and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?

4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heav'ns our voices raise;

And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
5 Wide as the world is thy command;
Vast as eternity thy love;

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

PSALM CII. PART 1.

13-22. (c.M.)

I LET Zion and her sons rejoice;
Behold the promis'd hour:

Her God hath heard her mourning voice,
And comes t' exalt his power.

2 Her dust and ruins that remain
Are precious in our eyes;
Those ruins shall be built again,
And all that dust shall rise.
3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem,
And stand in glory there;
Nations shall bow before his name,
And kings attend with fear.
4 He sits a sov'reign on his throne,
With pity in his eyes;

He hears the dying pris'ners' groan,
And answers all their sighs.

5 This shall be known when we are dead, And left on long record,

That ages yet unborn may read,
And trust and praise the Lord.

PSALM CII. PART II. 24-27. (C. M.)

1 THROUGH endless years thou art the same, O thou eternal God!

Ages to come shall know thy name,
And tell thy works abroad.

2 The strong foundations of the earth
Of old by thee were laid :

By thee the beauteous arch of heav'n
With wondrous skill was made.

3 Soon shall this goodly frame of things,
Form'd by thy powerful hand,
Be, like a vesture, laid aside,
And chang'd at thy command.
4 But thy perfections all divine,
Eternal as thy days,

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Through everlasting ages shine
With undiminish'd rays.

PSALM CIII. PART 1. 1-7. (s. M.)

O BLESS the Lord, my soul!
Let all within me join,

And aid my tongue to bless his name,
Whose favours are divine.

O bless the Lord, my soul!
Nor let his mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.

'Tis he forgives thy sins;
'Tis he relieves thy pain;

"Tis he that heals thy sicknesses,
And makes thee young again.

4, He crowns thy life with love,

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When ransom'd from the grave:
He that redeem'd my soul from hell,
Hath sov'reign power to save.

His wondrous works and ways
He made by Moses known;

But sent the world his truth and grace
By his beloved Son.