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41 He smote the rock, whose flinty breast
Pour'd forth a gushing tide;
Whose flowing stream, where'er they march'd,
The desert's drought supply'd.
42 For still he did on Abra'm's faith
And ancient league reflect;

43 He brought his people forth with joy,
With triumph his elect.

44 Quite rooting out their heathen foes
From Canaan's fertile soil,

To them in cheap possession gave
The fruit of others' toil:

45 That they his statutes might observe,
His sacred laws obey:
For benefits so vast, let us
Our songs of praise repay.

PSALM CVI.

Render thanks to God above,

Whose mercy firm through ages past
Has stood, and shall for ever last.
2 Who can his mighty deeds express,
Not only vast, but numberless?
What mortal eloquence can raise
His tribute of immortal praise?
3 Happy are they, and only they,
Who from thy judgments never stray;
Who know what's right; nor only so,
But always practise what they know.
4 Extend to me that favour, Lord,
Thou to thy chosen dost afford:
When thou return'st to set them free,
Let thy salvation visit me.
50 may I worthy prove to see
Thy saints in full prosperity;
That I the joyful choir may join,
And count thy people's triumph mine.
6 But ah! can we expect such grace,
Of parents vile the viler race;

Who their misdeeds have acted o'er,
And with new crimes increas'd the score?
7 Ingrateful, they no longer thought
On all his works in Egypt wrought;
The Red Sea they no sooner view'd
Than they their base distrust renew❜d.
8 Yet he, to vindicate his name,
Once more to their deliv'rance came;
To make his sov'reign power be known,
That he is God, and he alone.

9 To right and left, at his command,
The parting deep disclos'd her sand;
Where firm and dry the passage lay,
As through some parch'd and desert way.
10 Thus rescued from their foes they were,
Who closely press'd upon their rear;
11 Whose rage pursu❜d them to those waves,
That prov'd the rash pursuers' graves.
12 The wat'ry mountains sudden fall
O'erwhelm'd proud Pharaoh, host and all;
This proof did stupid Israel move
To own God's truth, and praise his love.
PART II.

13 But soon these wonders they forgot,
And for his counsel waited not;
14 But lusting in the wilderness,
Did him with fresh temptations press.
15 Strong food at their request he sent,
But made their sin their punishment;
16 Yet still his saints they did oppose,
The priest and prophet whom he chose.

17 But earth, the quarrel to decide,
Her vengeful jaws extending wide,
Rash Dathan to her centre drew,
With proud Abiram's factious crew.
18 The rest of those who did conspire
To kindle wild sedition's fire,
With all their impious train, became
A prey to heaven's devouring flame.
19 Near Horeb's mount a calf they made,
And to the molten image pray'd;

20 Adoring what their hands did frame,
They chang'd their glory to their shame.
21 Their God and Saviour they forgot,
And all his works in Egypt wrought;
22 His signs in Ham's astonish'd coast,
And where proud Pharaoh's troops were lost.
23 Thus urg'd, his vengeful hand he rear'd,
But Moses in the breach appear'd;
The saint did for the rebels pray,
And turn'd heaven's kindled wrath away.
24 Yet they his pleasant land despis'd,
Nor his repeated promise priz'd,
25 Nor did the Almighty's voice obey;
But when God said, Go up, would stay.
26 This seal'd their doom, without redress,
To perish in the wilderness;

27 Or else to be by heathen's hands
O'erthrown, and scatter'd through the lands
PART III.

28 Yet, unreclaim'd, this stubborn race
Baal-Peor's worship did embrace;
Became his impious guests, and fed
On sacrifices to the dead.

29 Thus they persisted to provoke
God's vengeance to the final stroke:
"Tis come-the deadly pest is come,
To execute their gen'ral doom.
30 But Phineas, fir'd with holy rage,
Th' Almighty vengeance to assuage,
Did, by two bold offenders fall,
Th' atonement make that ransom❜d all,
31 As him a heavenly zeal had mov'd,
So heaven the zealous act approv'd;
To him confirming, and his race,
The priesthood he so well did grace.
32 At Meribah God's wrath they mov'd,
Who Moses, for their sakes, reprov'd;
33 Whose patient soul they did provoke,
Till rashly the meek prophet spoke.
34 Nor, when possess'd of Canaan's land,
Did they perform their Lord's command,
Nor his commission'd sword employ
The guilty nations to destroy.
35 Not only spar'd the pagan crew,
But, mingling, learnt their vices too;
36 And worship to those idols paid,
Which them to fatal snares betray'd.
37, 38 To devils they did sacrifice
Their children with relentless eyes;
Approach'd their altars through a flood
Of their own sons' and daughters' blood.
No cheaper victims would appease
Canaan's remorseless deities;
No blood her idols reconcile,
But that which did the land defile.
PART IV.

39 Nor did these savage cruelties
The harden'd reprobates suffice;
For after their heart's lust they went,
And daily did new crimes invent.
40 But sins of such infernal hue
God's wrath against his people drew,

Till he, their once indulgent Lord,
His own inheritance abhorr'd.
41 He them defenceless did expose
To their insulting heathen foes;
And made them on the triumph wait
Of those who bore them greatest hate.
42 Nor thus his indignation ceas'd;
Their list of tyrants still increas'd,
Till they, who God's mild sway declin'd,
Were made the vassals of mankind.
43 Yet when, distress'd, they did repent,
His anger did as oft relent;

But freed, they did his wrath provoke,
Renew'd their sins, and be their yoke.
44 Nor yet implacable he prov'd,
Nor heard their wretched cries unmov'd:
45 But did to mind his promise bring,
And mercy's inexhausted spring.
46 Compassion too he did impart
E'en to their foes' obdurate heart;
And pity for their suff'rings bred
In those who them to bondage led.
47 Still save us, Lord, and Israel's bands
Together bring from heathen lands;
So to thy name our thanks we'll raise,
And ever triumph in thy praise.
48 Let Israel's God be ever bless'd,
His name eternally confess'd:
Let all his saints, with full accord,
Sing loud Amens-Praise ye the Lord.

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PSALM CVII.

O God your grateful voices raise, Who does your daily Patron prove; And let your never-ceasing praise

Attend on his eternal love.

2,3 Let those give thanks, whom he from
bands

Of proud oppressing foes releas'd;
And brought them back from distant lands,
From north and south, and west and east.
4, 5 Through lonely desert ways they went,
Nor could a peopled city find;
Till quite with thirst and hunger spent,
Their fainting souls within them pin'd.
6 Then soon to God's indulgent ear

Did they their mournful cry address;
Who graciously vouchsaf'd to hear,

And freed them from their deep distress.
7 From crooked paths he led them forth,
And in the certain way did guide
To wealthy towns of great resort,

Where all their wants were well supply'd. 8 O then that all the earth with me

Would God, for this his goodness, praise;
And for the mighty works which he
Throughout the wond'ring world displays!
9 For he from heaven the sad estate
Of longing souls with pity views;
To hungry souls, that pant for meat,
His goodness daily food renews.

PART II.

113 Then soon to God's indulgent car
Did they their mournful cry address;
Who graciously vouchsaf'd to hear,

And freed them from their deep distress.
14 From dismal dungeons, dark as night,
And shades, as black as death's abode,
He brought them forth to cheerful light,
And welcome liberty bestow'd.

15 O then that all the earth with me
Would God, for this his goodness, praise;
And for the mighty works which he
Throughout the wond'ring world displays!
16 For he, with his Almighty hand,
The gates of brass in pieces broke;
Nor could the massy bars withstand,
Or temper'd steel resist his stroke.
PART III,

17 Remorseless wretches, void of sense,
With bold transgressions God defy;
And for their multiply'd offence,
Oppress'd with sore diseases lie.
18 Their soul, a prey to pain and fear,
Abhors to taste the choicest meats;
And they by faint degrees draw near
To death's inhospitable gates.

19 Then strait to God's indulgent ear
Do they their mournful cry address;
Who graciously vouchsafes to hear,
And frees them from their deep distress.
20 He all their sad distempers heals,

His word both health and safety gives;
And, when all human succour fails,

From near destruction them retrieves.
21 O then that all the earth with me
Would God, for this his goodness, praise;
And for the mighty works which he

Throughout the wond'ring world displays! 22 With off'rings let his altar flame,

Whilst they their grateful thanks express,
And with loud joy his holy name,
For all his acts of wonder, bless.

PART IV.

23, 24 They that in ships, with courage bold
O'er swelling waves their trade pursue,
Do God's amazing works behold,

And in the deep his wonders view.
25 No sooner his command is past,
Than forth the dreadful tempest flies,
Which sweeps the sea with rapid haste,
And makes the stormy billows rise.
26 Sometimes the ships, toss'd up to heaven,
On tops of mountain waves appear;
Then down the steep abyss are driven,
Whilst every soul dissolves with fear.
27 They reel and stagger to and fro,
Like men with fumes of wine oppress'd;
Nor do the skilful seamen know

Which way to steer, what course is best.
28 Then straight to God's indulgent ear
They do their mournful cry address;
Who graciously vouchsafes to hear,
And frees them from their deep distress.

10 Some lie, with darkness compass'd round, 29, 30 He does the raging storm appease,

In death's uncomfortable shade,

And with unwieldy fetters bound,

By pressing cares more heavy made.

11, 12 Because God's counsels they defy'd,
And lightly priz'd his holy word,
With these afflictions they were try'd;
They fell, and none could help afford.

And makes the billows calm and still;
With joy they see their fury cease,
And their intended course fulfil.

31 O then that all the earth with me
Would God, for this his goodness, praise;
And for the mighty works which he
Throughout the wond'ring world displays

$2 Let them, where all the tribes resort,
Advance to heaven his glorious name,
And in the elders' sov'reign court,

With one consent his praise proclaim.
PART V.

33, 34 A fruitful land, where streams abound,
God's just revenge, if people sin,
Will turn to dry and barren ground,

To punish those that dwell therein.

35, 36 The parch'd and desert heath he makes To flow with streams and springing wells, Which for his lot the hungry takes,

And in strong cities safely dwells.

37, 38 He sows the field, the vineyard plants,
Which gratefully his toil repay;

Nor can, whilst God his blessing grants,
His fruitful seed or stock decay.

39 But when his sins heaven's wrath provoke,
His health and substance fade away;
He feels th' oppressor's galling yoke,
And is of grief the wretched prey.

40 The prince that slights what God com-
mands,

Expos'd to scorn, must quit his throne;
And over wild and desert lands,

Where no path offers, stray alone:
41 Whilst God, from all afflicting cares,
Sets up the humble man on high,
And makes, in time, his num'rous heirs
With his increasing flocks to vie.

42, 43 Then sinners shall have nought to say,
The just a decent joy shall show;
The wise these strange events shall weigh,
And thence God's goodness fully know.
PSALM CVIII.

God, my heart is fully bent

To magnify thy name;

My tongue with cheerful songs of praise
Shall celebrate thy fame.

2 Awake, my lute; nor thou, my harp,
Thy warbling notes delay;
Whilst I with early hymns of joy
Prevent the dawning day.

3 To all the list ning tribes, O Lord,
Thy wonders I will tell,

And to those nations sing thy praise,
That round about us dwell;

4 Because thy mercy's boundless height
The highest heaven transcends,
And far beyond th' aspiring clouds
Thy faithful truth extends.

5 Be thou, O God, exalted high
Above the starry frame;

And let the world, with one consent,
Confess thy glorious name.

6 That all thy chosen people thee
Their Saviour may declare;
Let thy right hand protect me still,
And answer thou my prayer.

7 Since God himself hath said the word,
Whose promise cannot fail,
With joy I Sechem will divide,
And measure Succoth's vale.
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh too,
And Ephraim owns my cause;

Their strength my regal power supports,
And Judah gives my laws.

9 Moab I'll make my servile drudge,
On vanquish'd Edom tread;

And through the proud Philistine lands
My conqu❜ring banners spread.
10 By whose support and aid shall I
Their well-fenc'd city gain?
Who will my troops securely lead
Through Edom's guarded plain?
11 Lord, wilt not thou assist our arms,
Which late thou didst forsake?
And wilt not thou of these our hosts
Once more the guidance take?
12 O to thy servant in distress
Thy speedy succour send;
For vain it is on human aid
For safety to depend.

13 Then valiant acts shall we perform,
If thou thy power disclose;

For God it is, and God alone,
That treads down all our foes.

PSALM CIX.

God, whose former mercies make
My constant praise thy due,
Hold not thy peace, but my sad state
With wonted favour view:

2 For sinful men, with lying lips,
Deceitful speeches frame,

And with their study'd slanders seek
To wound my spotless fame.

3 Their restless hatred prompts them still
Malicious lies to spread;

And all against my life combine,

By causeless fury led.

4 Those whom with tend'rest love I us'd,
My chief opposers are;
Whilst I, of other friends bereft,
Resort to thee by prayer.

5 Since mischief, for the good I did,
Their strange reward does prove,
And hatred's the return they make
For undissembled love:

6 Their guilty leaders shall be made
To some ill man a slave;

And, when he's try'd, his mortal foe
For his accuser have.

7 His guilt, when sentence is pronounc'd,
Shall meet a dreadful fate,

Whilst his rejected prayer but serves
His crimes to aggravate.

8 He, snatch'd by some untimely fate,
Sha'n't live out half his days;

Another, by divine decree,

Shall on his office seize.

9, 10 His seed shall orphans be, his wife
A widow, plung'd in grief;

His vagrant children beg their bread,
Where none can give relief.

11 His ill-got riches shall be made
To usurers a prey;

The fruit of all his toil shall be

By strangers borne away.

12 None shall be found that to his wants Their mercy will extend,

Or to his helpless orphan seed

The least assistance lend.

13 A swift destruction soon shall seize
On his unhappy race;

And the next age his hated name
Shall utterly deface.

14 The vengeance of his father's sins
Upon his head shall fall;

God on his mother's crimes shall think,
And punish him for all.

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15 All these in horrid order rank'd,

Before the Lord shall stand,
Till his fierce anger quite cuts off
Their mem'ry from the land.
PART II.

16 Because he never mercy show'd,
But still the poor oppress'd;
And sought to slay the helpless man,
With heavy woes distress'd:

17 Therefore the curse he lov'd to vent
Shall his own portion prove;
And blessings which he still abhorr'd,
Shall far from him remove.

18 Since he in cursing took such pride,
Like water it shall spread
Through all his veins, and stick like oil,
With which his bones are fed.
19 This, like a poison'd robe, shall still
His constant cov❜ring be,

Or an envenom❜d belt, from which

He never shall be free.

20 Thus shall the Lord reward all those
That ill to me design;
That with malicious false reports
Against my life combine.

21 But for thy glorious name, O God,
Do thou deliver me;

And for thy plenteous mercy's sake,
Preserve and set me free.

22 For I, to utmost straits reduc'd,
Am void of all relief;

My heart is wounded with distress,
And quite pierc'd through with grief.
23 I, like an ev'ning shade decline,
Which vanishes apace;

Like locusts, up and down I'm toss'd,
And have no certain place.

24, 25 My knees with fasting are grown weak, My body lank and lean;

All that behold me shake their heads,
And treat me with disdain.

26, 27 But for thy mercy's sake, O Lord,
Do thou my foes withstand;
That all may see 'tis thy own act,
The work of thy right hand.

28 Then let them curse, so thou but bless; Let shame the portion be

Of all that my destruction seek,
While I rejoice in thee.

29 My foe shall with disgrace be cloth'd;
And, spite of all his pride,
His own confusion, like a cloak,
The guilty wretch shall hide.
30 But I to God, in grateful thanks,
My cheerful voice will raise;
And where the great assembly meets,
Set forth his noble praise.
31 For him the poor shall always find
Their sure and constant friend;
And he shall from unrighteous dooms
Their guiltless souls defend.

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"And, when thy rising beams they view, "Shall all, redeem'd from error's night, "Appear as numberless and bright

"As crystal drops of morning dew."

4 The Lord hath sworn, nor sworn in vain, That, like Melchisedech's, thy reign And priesthood shall no period know: 5 No proud competitor to set

At thy right hand will he permit,

But in his wrath crown'd heads o'erthrow. 6 The sentenc'd heathen he shall slay, And fill with carcases his way,

Till he hath struck earth's tyrants dead; 7 But in the high-way brooks shall first, Like a poor pilgrim, slake his thirst, And then in triumph raise his head. PSALM CXI.

PRA

RAISE ye the Lord; our God to praise
My soul her utmost powers shall raise;
With private friends, and in the throng
Of saints, his praise shall be my song.

2 His works, for greatness though renown'd,
His wondrous works with ease are found
By those who seek for them aright,
And in the pious search delight.

3 His works are all of matchless fame,
And universal glory claim;

His truth, confirm'd through ages past,
Shall to eternal ages last.

4 By precepts he hath us enjoin'd
To keep his wondrous works in mind;
And to posterity record,

That good and gracious is our Lord.
5 His bounty, like a flowing tide,
Has all his servants' wants supply'd;
And he will ever keep in mind
His cov'nant with our fathers sign'd.
6 At once astonish'd and o'erjoy'd,
They saw his matchless power employ'd,
Whereby the heathen were suppress'd,
And we their heritage possess'd.

7 Just are the dealings of his hands,
Immutable are his commands,
8 By truth and equity sustain'd,
And for eternal rules ordain'd.

9 He set his saints from bondage free,
And then establish'd his decree,
For ever to remain the same:
Holy and rev'rend is his name.

10 Who wisdom's sacred prize would win,
Must with the fear of God begin:
Immortal praise and heavenly skill
Have they who know and do his will.

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Yet what his charity impairs,
He saves by prudence in affairs.
6 Beset with threat'ning dangers round,
Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground:
The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust.
7 Ill tidings never can surprise
His heart, that, fix'd on God relies:
8 On safety's rock he sits and sees
The shipwreck of his enemies.

9 His hands, while they his alms bestow'd, His glory's future harvest sow'd,

Whence he shall reap wealth, fame, renown,
A temp❜ral and eternal crown.

10 The wicked shall his triumph see,
And gnash their teeth in agony
While their unrighteous hopes decay,
And vanish with themselves away.

PSALM CXIII.

YE saints and servants of the Lord,

The triumphs of his name record; 2 His sacred name for ever bless :

3 Where'r the circling sun displays His rising beams or setting rays,

Due praise to his great name address. 4 God through the world extends his sway: The regions of eternal day

But shadows of his glory are: 5 With him whose majesty excels, Who made the heaven in which he dwells, Let no created power compare. 6 Though 'tis beneath his state to view In highest heaven what angels do,

Yet he to earth vouchsafes his care: He takes the needy from his cell, Advancing him in courts to dwell,

Companion to the greatest there. 7 When childless families despair, He sends the blessing of an heir,

To rescue their expiring name;
Makes her that barren was, to bear,
And joyfully her fruit to rear:

O then extol his matchless fame!
PSALM CXIV.

WHEN Israel, by th' Almighty led,

W Enrich'd with their oppressors' spoil,

From Egypt march'd, and Jacob's seed
From bondage in a foreign soil;

2 Jehovah, for his residence,

Chose out imperial Judah's tent,

His mansion royal, and from thence
Through Israel's camp his orders sent.

3 The distant sea with terror saw,

When Jacob's awful God draws near,
"Tis time for earth and seas to flee:
8 To flee from God, who nature's law
Confirms and cancels at his will;
Who springs from flinty rocks can draw,
And thirsty vales with water fill.
PSALM CXV.

LORD, not to us, we claim no share,

But to thy sacred, name

Give glory, for thy mercy's sake,
And truth's eternal fame.

2 Why should the heathen cry, Where's now The God whom we adore?

3 Convince them that in heaven thou art, And uncontrol'd thy power.

4 Their gods but gold and silver arc, The works of mortal hands;

5 With speechless mouth and sightless eyes The molten idol stands.

6 The pageant has both ears and nose, But neither hears nor smells;

7 Its hands and feet nor feel nor move; No life within it dwells.

8 Such senseless stocks they are, that we Can nothing like them find,

But those who on their help rely,

And them for gods design'd.

9 O Israel, make the Lord your trust, Who is your help and shield;

10 Priests, Levites, trust in him alone, Who only help can yield.

11 Let all who truly fear the Lord,
On him they fear rely;

Who them in danger can defend,
And all their wants supply.

12, 13 Of us he oft has mindful been,
And Israel's house will bless;
Priests, Levites, proselytes, even all
Who his great name confess.

14 On you, and on your heirs, he will
Increase of blessings bring;

15 Thrice happy you, who fav'rites are Of this Almighty King!

16 Heaven's highest orb of glory he
His empire's seat design'd;

And gave this lower globe of earth
A portion to mankind.

17 They who in death and silence sleep,
To him no praise afford;

18 But we will bless for evermore

Our ever-living Lord.

PSALM CXVI.

And from the Almighty's presence fled; MY soul with grateful thoughts of love

Old Jordan's streams, surpris'd with awe,
Retreated to their fountains' head.
4 The taller mountains skipp'd like rams,
When danger near the fold they hear;
The hills skipp'd after them like lambs
Affrighted by their leader's fear.
5 O sea! what made your tide withdraw,
And naked leave your oozy bed?
Why Jordan, against nature's law,

Recoil'dst thou to thy fountain's head? 6 Why, mountains, did ye skip, like rams When danger does approach the fold? Why after you the hills, like lambs

When they their leader's flight behold? 7 Earth, tremble on; well may'st thou fear Thy Lord and Maker's face to see;

Entirely is possest,

Because the Lord vouchsaf'd to hear
The voice of my request.

2 Since he has now his ear inclin'd,
I never will despair;

But still in all the straits of life

To him address my prayer.

3 With deadly sorrows compass'd round, With pains of hell oppress'd; When trouble seized my aching heart, And anguish rack'd my breast; 4 On God's Almighty name I call'd, And thus to him I pray'd, "Lord, I beseech thee, save my soul, "With sorrow quite dismay'd." 5, 6 How just and merciful is God! How gracious is the Lord!

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