PSALM 73.

From the xciv. Psalm of David.

PART I. C. M.

1 SAY ye, the LORD shall not regard,
Shall not your sins discern?
Take heed, ye foolish and unwise;
When will ye wisdom learn?

2 Can he be deaf who form'd the ear,
Or blind, who framed the eye?
Shall earth's great Judge not punish those
Who his known will defy?

3 He fathoms all the hearts of men,
To him their thoughts lie bare;
His eye surveys them all, and sees
How vain their counsels are.

PART II. C. M.

I 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.

2 Into his presence let us haste,
To thank him for his favors past;
To him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to his Name belongs:
3 For GOD the LORD, enthroned in state,
Is, with unrivall'd glory, great;
A King superior far to all

Whom gods the Heathen falsely call.

4 The depths of earth are in his hand,
Her secret wealth at his command;
The strength of hills that reach the skies
Subjected to his empire lies.

5 The rolling ocean's vast abyss

By the same sovereign right is his; "T was made by his almighty hand, That form'd and fix'd the solid land. 60 let us to his courts repair,

And bow with adoration there;
Down on our knees devoutly all
Before the LORD, our Maker, fall.
7 For he 's our GoD, our shepherd he,
His flock and pasture-sheep are we:
O then, ye faithful flock, to-day
His warning hear, his voice obey.

From the xcvi. Psalm of David.

1 SING to the LORD a new-made song; Let earth, in one assembled throng,

Her common patron's praise resound: Sing to the LORD, and bless his name, From day to day his praise proclaim,

Who us has with salvation crown'd: To heathen lands his fame rehearse, His wonders to the universe.

2 He's great, and greatly to be praised;
In majesty and glory raised

Above all other deities;
For pageantry and idols all

Are they whom gods the Heathen call;
He only rules who made the skies:
With majesty and honor crown'd,
Glory and strength his throne surround.

3 Be glory then to him restored
By all who have false gods adored:
Ascribe due honor to his Name,
Peace-off'rings on his altar lay,
Before his throne your homage pay,
Which he, and he alone can claim:
To worship at his sacred court,
Let all the trembling world resort.

4 Proclaim aloud, JEHOVAH reigns,
Whose power the universe sustains,
And banish'd justice will restore:
Let therefore heaven new joys confess,
And heavenly mirth let earth express,
Its loud applause the ocean roar,
Its mute inhabitants rejoice,
And for this triumph find a voice.

5 For joy let fertile valleys sing,
The cheerful groves their tribute bring,
And tuneful harmonies awake:
Behold! in truth and justice clad,
GOD comes to judge the world he made,
And to himself its throne to take:

He's come, to judge the world he 's come,
With justice to reward and doom.

From the xcvii. Psalm of David.

1 JEHOVAH reigns, let all the earth
In his just government rejoice;
Let all the lands, with sacred mirth,
In his applause unite their voice.
2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade
His dazzling glory shroud in state;
Judgment and righteousness are made
The habitation of his seat.

3 For thou, O GOD, art seated high,

Above earth's potentates enthroned; Thou, LORD, unrivall'd in the sky, Supreme by all the gods art own'd. 4 Ye who to serve this LORD aspire,

Abhor what's ill, and truth esteem; He'll keep his servants' souls entire, And them from wicked hands redeem. 5 For seeds are sown of glorious light, A future harvest for the just; And gladness for the heart that's right, To recompense its pious trust.

6 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the LORD;
Memorials of his holiness

Deep in your faithful breasts record,
And with your thankful tongues confess.

2 The LORD has through th' astonish'd worl 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,

7 Let floods and torrents clap their hands,
With joy their homage pay;

Let echoing vales, from hill to hill,
Redoubled shouts convey:

8 To welcome down the world's great Judge, Who does with justice come,

And with impartial equity,
Both to reward and doom.

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.

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.

PSALM 80.

From the cii. Psalm of David.

PART I. C. M.

1 WHEN I pour out my soul in prayer, Do thou, O LORD, attend;

To thy eternal throne of grace
Let my sad cry ascend.

2 0 hide not thou thy glorious face
In times of deep distress;

Incline thine ear, and, when I call,
My sorrows soon redress.

3 My days, just hast'ning to their end,
Are like an evening shade;

My beauty does, like wither'd grass,
With waning lustre fade.

4 But thine eternal state, O LORD,
No length of time shall waste;
The mem'ry of thy wondrous works
From age to age shall last.

PART II. C. M.

1 GOD shall arise, and Sion view
With an unclouded face:

For now her time is come, his own
Appointed day of grace.