Thou dost the lawless sea control,

And change the prospect of the deep; Thon mak'st the sleeping billows roll;

Thou mak'st the rolling billows sleep. " In thee the sovereign right remains Of earth and heaven; thee, LORD, alone, The world, and all that it contains,

Their Maker and Preserver own. 11 Thine arm is mighty, strong thy hand, Yet, LORD, thou dost with justice reign; Possess'd of absolute command,

Thou truth and mercy dost maintain. 12 Happy, thrice happy they, who hear Thy sacred trumpet's joyful sound; Who may at festivals appear,

With thy most glorious presence crown'd. 13 Thy saints shall always be o'erjoy'd Whe on thy sacred Name rely; And, in thy righteousness employ'd, Above their foes be raised on high. 14 For in thy strength they shall advance, Whose conquests from thy favor spring;

The LORD of hosts is our defence,
And Israel's GOD our Israel's King.

1 O LORD, the Saviour and defence
Of us thy chosen race,

From age to age thou still hast been
Our sure abiding-place.

2 Before thou brought'st the mountains forth,
Or th' earth and world didst frame,
Thou always wast the nighty GOD,
And ever art the same.

Thou turnest man, O LORD, to dust,
Of which he first was made;

And when thou speak'st the word, 'Return,' "T is instantly obey'd.

4 For in thy sight a thousand years

Are like a day that 's past;
Or like a watch in dead of night,
Whose hours unminded waste.

5 Thou sweep'st us off as with a flood,
We vanish hence like dreams :-
At first we grow like grass that feels
The sun's reviving beams;

6 But howsoever fresh and fair
Its morning beauty shows,
'Tis all cut down, and wither'd quite,
Before the evening close.

7 We by thine anger are consumed,
And by thy wrath dismay'd;
Our public crimes and secret sins
Before thy sight are laid.

6 Beneath thine anger's sad effects
Our drooping days we spend ;
Our unregarded years break off
Like tales that quickly end

19 Our term of time is seventy years,
An age that few survive:
But if, with more than common strength,
To eighty we arrive-

10 Yet then our boasted strength decays,
To sorrow turn'd and pain:
So soon the slender thread is cut,
And we no more remain.

PART II.

C. M.

1 BUT who thine anger's dread effects
Does, as he ought, revere?
And yet thy wrath does fall or rise,
As more or less we fear.

2 So teach us, LORD, th' uncertain sum Of our short days to mind,

That to true wisdom all our hearts
May ever be inclined.

30 to thy servants, LORD, return,
And speedily relent!

As we of our misdeeds, do thou
Of our just doom repent.
4 To satisfy and cheer our souls,
Thy early mercy send;
That we may all our days to come
In joy and comfort spend.

5 To all thy servants, LORD, let this
Thy wondrous work be known;
And to our offspring yet unborn,
Thy glorious power be shown.
6 Let thy bright rays upon us shine,
Give thou our work success; /
The glorious work we have in hand
Do thou vouchsafe to bless.

1 HE that has GOD his guardian made, Shall under the ALMIGHTY'S shade

Secure and undisturb'd abide; Thus to my soul of him I'll say, He is my fortress and my stay,

My GOD, in whom I will confide.

2 His tender love and watchful care Shall free thee from the fowler's snare,

And from the noisome pestilence; He over thee his wings shall spread, And cover thy unguarded head;

His truth shall be thy strong defence. 3 No terrors that surprise by night Shall thy undaunted courage fright,

Nor deadly shafts that fly by day, Nor plague, of unknown rise, that kills In darkness, nor infectious ills

That in the burning noon-tide slay. 4 Because with well-placed confidence, Thou mak'st the LORD thy sure defence,

Thy refuge, even GOD most high; Therefore no ill on thee shall come, Nor to thy heaven-protected home Shall overwhelming plagues draw nigh

1 GOD shall charge his angel legions Watch and ward o'er thee to keep; Though thou walk through hostile regions, Though in desert wilds thou sleep. 2 On the lion vainly roaring,

On his young, thy foot shall tread, And, the dragon's den exploring,

Thou shalt bruise the serpent's head.
3 Since with pure and firm affection,
Thou on GOD hast set thy love,
With the wings of his protection

He will shield thee from above.
4 Thou shalt call on him in trouble,
He will hearken, he will save;
Here for grief reward thee double,
Crown with life beyond the grave.

O LORD,

Thou mak'st my heart rejoice;
The thoughts of them shall make me glad,
And shout with cheerful voice.

5 How wondrous are thy works, O LORD!
How deep are thy decrees!
Whose winding tracks, in secret laid,
No careless sinner sees.

6 He little thinks, when wicked men,
Like grass, look fresh and gay,
How soon their short-lived splendor must
For ever pass away.

7 But thou, my GOD, art still most high; And all thy lofty foes,

Who thought they might securely sin,
Shall be o'erwhelm'd with woes.

8 But righteous men, like rising palms,
Shall grow and flourish still;

Thy flock shall spread, like cedars choice
Ou Lebanon's high hill.

9 These, planted in the house of GOD,
Within his courts shall thrive;
Their vigor and their lustre both
Shall in old age revive.

10 Thus will the LORD his justice show;
And GOD, my strong defence,
Shall due rewards to all the world
Impartially dispense.

From the xciii. Psalm of David.

1 WITH glory clad, with strength array'd The LORD, that o'er all nature reigns, The world's foundation strongly laid,

And the vast fabric still sustains.

2 How surely stablish'd is thy throne!
Which shall no change or period see;.
For thou, O LORD, and thou alone,
Art GOD from all eternity.

3 The floods, O LORD, lift up their voice,
And toss the troubled waves on high;
But GoD above can still their noise,
And make the angry sea comply.

4 Thy promise, LORD, is ever sure,
And they that in thy house would dwell
That happy station to secure,

Must still in holiness excel.

1 BLESS'D is the man whom thou, O LORD In kindness dost chastise,

And by thy sacred rules to walk

Dost lovingly advise.

2 This man shall rest and safety find,
In seasons of distress:

Whilst GoD prepares a pit for those
That stubbornly transgress.

3 For GOD will never from his saints
His favor wholly take;
His own possession and his lot

He will not quite forsake.

4 The world shall yet confess thee just
In all that thou hast done:

And those that choose thy upright ways
Shall in those paths go on.

5 Long since had I in silence slept,
But that the LORD was near,
To stay me when I slipp'd; when sad
My troubled heart to cheer.

6 My soul's defence is firmly placed
In GOD, the LORD most high:
He is my rock, to which I may
For refuge always fly.

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2 The LORD has through th' astonish'd
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;
Wide earth's remotest parts 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.
5 With harp and hymn's soft melody,
Into the concert bring

The trumpet and shrill cornet's sound,
Before th' Almighty King.

6 Let the loud ocean roar her joy,

With all that seas contain; The earth and her inhabitants Join concert with the main

From the xcix. Psalm of David.

1 JEHOVAH reigns; let therefore all
The guilty nations quake:
On cherubs' wings he sits enthroned;
Let earth's foundations shake.

2 On Sion's hill he keeps his court,
His palace makes her towers;
And thence his sovereignty extends
Supreme o'er earthly powers.
3 Let therefore all with praise address
His great and dreadful Name;
And, with his unresisted might,
His holiness proclaim.

4 For truth and justice, in his reign,
Of strength and power take place;
His judgments are with righteousness
Dispensed to Jacob's race.

5 Therefore exalt the LORD our GOD,
Before his footstool fall;
And, with his unresisted might,
His holiness extol."

6 With worship at his sacred courts
Exalt our GOD and LORD;

For he, who only holy is,

Alone should be adored.

From the c. I'salm of David.

1 WITH one consent let all the earth To GOD their cheerful voices raise; Glad homage pay with awful mirth, And sing before him songs of praise: 2 Convinced that he is GOD alone,

From whom both we and all proceed; We whom he chooses for his own,

The flock that he vouchsafes to feed, 3 O enter then his temple gate,

Thence to his courts devoutly press; And still your grateful hymns repeat,

And still his Name with praises bless. 4 For he's the LORD, supremely good, His mercy is for ever sure; His truth, which always firmly stood, To endless ages shall endure.

1 GOD shall arise, and Sion view
With an unclouded face:
For now her time is come, his own
Appointed day of grace.

2 The name and glory of the LORD
All heathen kings shall fear,
When he shall Sion build again,
And in full state appear.

8 For GOD, from his abode on high,
His gracious beams display'd;
The LORD from heaven, his lofty throne,
Hath all the earth survey'd.

4 That they, in Sion, where he dwells, Might celebrate his fame,

And through the holy city sing
Loud praises to his Name.

1 THE strong foundations of the earth Of old by thee were laid;

Thy hands, O LORD, the arch of heaven
With wondrous skill have made.

2 Whilst thou for ever shalt endure,
They soon shall pass away;
And, like a garment often worn,
Shall tarnish and decay.

3 Like that, when thou ordain'st their change,
To thy command they bend;
But thou continu'st still the same,

Nor have thy years an end.

4 Thou to the children of thy saints
Shalt lasting quiet give;
Whose happy race, securely fix'd,
Shall in thy presence live.

From the ciii. Psalm of David.
1 MY soul, inspired with sacred love,
GOD's holy name for ever bless;
Of all his favors mindful prove,

And still thy grateful thanks express.
2 'T is he that all thy sins forgives,
And after sickness makes thee sound;
From danger he thy life retrieves,

By him with grace and mercy crown'd. 3 He with good things thy mouth supplies, Thy vigor eagle-like restores;

He to the suff'rer promptly flies,

Who, wrong'd, his righteous help im plores.

The LORD abounds with tender love, And unexampled acts of grace; His waken'd wrath doth slowly move, His willing mercy flies apace.

8 GOD will not always harshly chide, But with his anger quickly part; And loves his punishments to guide More by his love than our desert.

6 As high as heaven its arch extends Above this little spot of clay, So much his boundless love transcends The small respects that we can pay. 7 As far as 't is from east to west,

So far has he our sins remoyed; Who, with a father's tender breast,

Has such as fear him always loved. 8 For GOD, who all our frame surveys, Considers that we are but clay; How fresh soe'er we seem, our days

Like grass or flowers must fade away. 9 Whilst they are nipp'd with sudden blasts, Nor can we find their former place, GOD's faithful mercy ever lasts

To those that fear him, and their race.

10 This shall attend on such as still
Proceed in his appointed way;
And who not only know his will,
But to it just obedience pay.

11 The LORD, the universal King,
In heaven has fix'd his lofty throne:
To him, ye angels, praises sing,

In whose great strength his power is
shown.

12 Ye that his just commands obey,
And hear and do his sacred will,
Ye hosts of his, this tribute pay,
Who still what he ordains fulfil.
13 Let every creature jointly bless
The mighty LORD; and thou, my heart,
With grateful joy thy thanks express,
And in this concert bear thy part.

From the ciii. Psalm of David.
1 O BLESS the LORD, my soul,
His grace to thee proclaim;
And all that is within me, join
To bless his holy Name.
20 bless the LORD, my soul,
His mercies bear in mind;
Forget not all his benefits,
Who is to thee so kind.

3 He pardons all thy sins,
Prolongs thy feeble breath;
He healeth thine infirmities,
And ransoms thee from death.
4 He feeds thee with his love,
Upholds thee with his truth;
And, like the eagle's, he renews
The vigor of thy youth.

1 BLESS GOD, my soul; thou, LORD, alone

Possessest empire without bounds,
With honor thou art crown'd, thy throne
Eternal majesty surrounds.

2 With light thou dost thyself enrobe,
And glory for a garment take;
Heaven'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 heaven's palace fill;
They have their sundry tasks assign'd,
All prompt to do their sovereign's will.
5 In praising GOD while he prolongs
My breath, I will that breath employ;
And join devotion to my songs,
Sincere, as in him is my joy.

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,

The num'rous ranks of creatures mourn Thou tak'st their breath, all nature's race Decay, and to their dust return.

5 Again thou send'st thy spirit forth,
Inspiring vital energies;
Nature's restored; replenish'd earth,
Joyous, her new creation sees.

6 Thus through successive ages stands
Firm fix'd thy providential care;
Pleased with the work of thine own hands
Thou dost the waste of time repair.