26" Me for his father he fhall take,
27"Him I my first-born fon will make,
28" To him my mercy I'll fecure,
29" His feed for ever thall endure;

his God and rock of fafety call; and earthly kings his fubjects all. my cov'nant make for ever faft: his throne, till heav'n diffolves, shall laft. Part.

The Second

30" But if his heirs my law forfake,
31"If they my righteous ftatutes break,
32 "Their fins I'll vifit with a rod,
33" Yet will not ceafe to be their God,
34" My cov❜nant I will ne'er revoke,
"The thing that once my lips have spoke
35 Once have I fworn, but once for all,
That I my grant will ne'er recall,

and from my facred precepts ftray; nor ftrictly my commands obey: and for their folly make them smart, nor from my truth, like them, depart. but in remembrance fast retain: fhall in eternal force remain. and made my holiness the tie, nor to my fervant David lie. 36" Whofe throne and race the conftant fun fhall, like his courfe, eftablish'd fee; 37 "Of this my oath, thou conscious moon, in heav'n my faithful witness be." 38 Such was thy gracious promife, Lord; Thy own anointed haft abhorr'd, 39 Thou feemeft to have render'd void Thou haft his dignity destroy'd,

but thou haft now our tribes forfook; and turn'd on him thy wrathful look. the cov❜nant with thy fervant made; and in the duft his honour laid. and brought his bulwarks to decay; a publick scorn and common prey. to foes advanc'd by thee to might; 43 Thou haft his conqu❜ring fword unfteel'd, his valour turn'd to fhameful flight. 44 His glory is to darkness fled, his throne is levell'd with the ground; [drown'd. 45 His youth to wretched bondage led, with thame o'erwhelm'd and forrow 46 How long shall we thy abfence mourn? Shall thy confuming anger burn, 47 Confider, Lord, how short a space No method to prolong the race, 48 What man is he that can control Or rescue from the grave his foul, 49 Lord, where's thy love, thy boundless Confign'd to David and his race,

40 Of ftrong holds thou haft him bereft,
41 His frontier coafts defenceless left,
42 His ruin does glad triumphs yield

wilt thou for ever, Lord, retire?
till that and we at once expire?
thou doft for mortal life ordain ;
but loading it with grief and pain.
death's ftrict unalterable doom?

the grave that muft mankind entomb? grace, the oath to which thy truth did feal, the grant which time should ne'er repeal?

50 See how thy fervants treated are
Which in my filent breaft I bear
51 How they, reproaching thy great Name,
52 Yet thy juft praises we'll proclaim,

PSALM

Lord, the faviour and defence

to diff haft been

with infamy, reproach and spite; from nations of licentious might. have made thy fervant's hope their jeft, and ever fing," The Lord be bleft." Amen, Amen.

XC.

of us thy chofen race,
our fure abiding-place.

2 Before thou brought'ft the mountains forth, or th' earth and world didft frame, 'Thou always wert the mighty God,

3 Thou turneft man, O Lord, to duft,

and ever art the same.

of which he firft was made;

And when thou speak'it the word, "Return, " 'tis inftantly obey'd.

4 For in thy fight a thousand years
Or like a watch in dead of night,

5 Thou fweep'ft us off as with a flood,
At first we grow like grafs that feels
6 But howfoever fresh and fair
"Tis all cut down and wither'd quite
7, 8 We by thine anger are consum❜d,
Our publick crimes and fecret fins
9 Beneath thy anger's fad effects
Our unregarded years break off,
to Our term of life is feventy years,
But if, with more than common ftrength,
Yet then our boafted ftrength decays,
So foon the flender thread is cut,

are like a day that's paft
whofe hours unminded wafte.
we vanish hence like dreams;
the fun's reviving beams:
its morning beauty fhews;
before the ev'ning close.
and by thy wrath dismay'd:
before thy fight are laid."
our drooping days we fpend;
like tales that quickly end.
an age that few survive;
to eighty we arrive;
to forrow turn'd, and pain:
and we no more remain.

The Second Part.

II But who thy anger's dread effects
And yet thy wrath does fali or rife,
12 So teach us, Lord, th' uncertain fum
That to true wifdom all our hearts
13 O to thy fervants, Lord, return,
As we of our misdeeds, do thou
14 To fatisfy and cheer our fouls
That we may all our days to come
15 Let happy times, with large amends,
Or equal at the leaft the term
16 To all thy fervants, Lord, let this
And to our offspring yet unborn
17 Let thy bright rays upon us fhine;
The glorious work we have in hand

does, as he ought, revere?
as moré or lefs we fear.
of our fhort days to mind,
may ever be inclin❜d.
and speedily relent!
of our juft doom repent.
thy early mercy fend;
in joy and comfort spend.
dry up our former tears,
of our afflicted years.

thy wondrous work be known,
thy glorious pow'r be shown.
give thou our work fuccefs:
do thou vouchsafe to blefs.
XCI.

fhall under the Almighty's fhade

Secure and undisturb'd abide.

2 Thus to my foul of him I'll fay,

He is my fortrefs and my ftay,

My God, in whom I will confide.

3 His tender love and watchful care

fhallfree thee from the fowler's fnare,

And from the noisome pestilence:

4 He over thee his wings fhall spread,

and cover thy unguarded head;

His truth fhall be thy ftrong defence.

5 No terrors that surprise by night

Nor deadly fhafts that 6 Nor plague of unknown rise, that kills That in the hotteft

7 A thousand at thy fide fhall die,

fhall thy undaunted courage fright,
fly by day;

in darkness, nor infectious ills
feason slay.

at thy right hand ten thousand lie While thy firm health untouch'd remains; the wicked's difmal tragedy, And count the finner's mournful gains.

8 Thou only fhalt look on and fee

9 Because (with well-plac'd confidence) thou mak'ft the Lord thy fure defence, And on the Higheft doft rely;

10 Therefore no ill fhall thee befall,

nor to thy healthful dwelling fhall Any infectious plague draw nigh.

11 For he, throughout thy happy days, to keep thee fafe in all thy ways

Shall give his angels ftrict commands;

[thy feet,

12 And they, left thou should'ft chance to meet with fome rough ftone to wound Shall bear thee safely in their hands.

13 Dragons and afps, that thirst for blood, and lions roaring for their food,

Beneath his conqu❜ring feet shall lie;

14 Because he lov'd and honour'd me,

therefore, fays God, I'll set him free,

And fix his glorious throne on high. 15 He'll call; I'll anfwer, when he calls,

Increase his honour and his wealth:

16 And when with undifturb'd content

and refcue him when ill befalls;
his long and happy li is spent,
His end I'll crown with saving health.
PSALM XCII.
to thank the Lord moft high;
his Name to magnify!
his goodness to relate;
the glad effects repeat!
with tuneful pfalt'ries join'd;
for facred ufe defign'd.

HowWw
OW good and pleasant muft it be
And with repeated hymns of praise
2 With every morning's early dawn
And of his conftant truth each night
3 To ten-ftring'd inftruments we'll fing,
And to the harp with folemnn founds,

4 For through thy wondrous works, O Lord, thou mak'ft my heart rejoice; The thoughts of them fhall make me glad, and fhout with cheerful voice.

5, 6 How wondrous are thy works, O Lord! how deep are thy decrees! Whofe winding tracks, in fecret laid, no stupid finner fees.

7 He little thinks, when wicked men,
How foon their thort-liv'd fplendour muft
8,9 But thou, my God, art ftill most high,
Who thought they might fecurely fin,
10 Whilst thou exalt'ft my fov'reign pow'r,
And with refreshing oil anoint'ft
III foon fhall fee my ftubborn foes
And hear the difmal end of those
12 But righteous men, like fruitful palms,
As cedars that in Lebanon

13, 14 Thefe, planted in the houfe of God,
Their vigour and their luftre both
15 Thus will the Lord his juftice show;
Shall due rewards to all the world

WITH

PSALM

like grafs, look fresh and gay,
for ever pass away.
and all thy lofty foes,
thall be o'erwhelm'd with woes.
and mak'ft it largely spread ;
my confecrated head:
to utter ruin brought,
who have against me fought.
fhall make a glorious show;
in ftately order grow.

within his courts fhall thrive;
fhall in old age revive.

and God, my ftrong defence,
impartially difpenfe.

XCIII.

7ITH glory clad, with ftrength array'd, the Lord, that o'er all nature reigns, The world's foundations ftrongly laid, and the vaft fabrick ftill fuftains. 2 How furely ftablish'd is thy throne, which thall no change or period fee! For thou, O Lord, and thou alone, art God from all eternity. 3, 4 The floods, O Lord, lift up their But God above can ftill their noise, 5 Thy promife, Lord, is ever fure, That happy ftation to fecure,

1, 2

voice,and tofs the troubled waves on high; and make the angry fea comply. and they that in thy house would dwell, muft ftill in holiness excel.

God, to whom revenge belongs, Arife, thou Judge of all the earth, 3, 4 How long, O Lord, thall finful men How long their wicked actions boast, 5,6 Not only they thy faints opprefs, The widow's and the ftranger's blood, 7" And yet the Lord fhall ne'er perceive," "Nor any notice of our deeds

8 At length, ye ftupid fools, your wants
In folly will you ftill proceed,"

9, 10 Can he be deaf, who forin'd the ear?
Shall earth's great Judge not punish those
II He fathoms all the thoughts of men,
His eye furveys them all, and fees

thy vengeance now disclose;
and cruth thy haughty foes.
their folemn triumphs make?
and infolently speak?
but unprovok'd they spill
and helpiefs orphans kill.
(profanely thus they speak,)
the God of Jacob take.”
endeavour to difcern;
and wisdom never learn?
or blind, who fram❜d the eye!
who his known will defy?
to him their hearts lie bare;'
how vain their counfels are.

The Second Part.

12 Blefs'd is the man, whom thou, O Lord, in kindness doft chastise,
And by thy facred rules to walk
13. This man fhall rest and safety find
Whilft God prepares a pit for those

14 For God will never from his faints
His own poffeffion and his lot
15 The world fhall then confefs thee juft
And those that choofe thy upright ways
16 Who will appear in my behalf
Or who, when finners would opprefs,
17, 18, 19 Long fince had I in filence flept,
To ftay me when I flipt: when fad,
20 Wilt thou, who art a God most juft,
Who make the law a fair pretence
21 Againft the lives of righteous men
And, blood of innocents to spill,
22 But my defence is firmly plac'd
He is my rock, to which I may

23 The Lord fhall cause their ill designs
He in their fins fhall cut them off,

doft lovingly advise.
in feafons of diftrefs,
that stubbornly tranfgrefs.
his favour wholly take;
he will not quite forfake.
in all that thou haft done ;
fhall in thofe paths go on.
when wicked men invade?
my righteous caufe fhall plead!
but that the Lord was near,
my troubled heart to cheer.

their finful throne fuftain,
their wicked ends to gain?
they form their clofe defign;
in folemn league combine.
in God the Lord moft high;
for refuge always fly.
on their own heads to fall;
our God shall flay them all.

PSALM XCV.

Come, loud anthems let us fing,
For ve our voices high fhould raise
2 Into his prefence let us hafte,
To him addrefs, in joyful fongs,

3 For God, the Lord, enthron'd in ftate
A King, fuperior far to all,

loud thanks to our Almighty King;
when our falvation's rock we praise.
to thank him for his favours paft;
the praife that to his Name belongs.
is with unrivall'd glory great;
whom gods the heathen falfely call.
her fecret wealth at his command;
subjected to his empire lies.

by the fame fov'reign right is his;
that form'd and fix'd the folid land.
and bow with adoration there;
before the Lord our Maker fall.
his flock and pafture fheep are we;
to-day if you his voice will hear,
fathers' crimes and judgments too;
in defert plains of Meribah.

4 The depths of earth are in his hand, The ftrength of hills that reach the skies 5 The rolling ocean's vaft abyfs "Tis mov'd by his Almighty hand, 60 let us to his courts repair, Down on our knees devoutly all 7 For he's our God, our thepherd he, if then you'll (like his flock) draw near, 8 Let not your harden'd hearts renew your Nor here provoke my wrath, as they 9 When thro' the wildernefs they mov'd, and me with fresh temptations prov', They ftill, through unbelief, rebell'd, while they my wondrous works beheld. 10,11 They forty years my patience griev'd, though daily 1 their wants reliev'd; 'Then,--Tis a faithless race, I said, whofe heart from me has always ftray'd. 12 They ne'er will tread my righteous path; therefore to them, in fettled wrath, Since they defpis'd my reft, I fware that they should never enter there.

PSALM XCVI.

SING to the Lord a new-made fong;

let earth, in one affembled throng, Her common Patron's praise refound. a Sing to the Lord, and blefs his Name,

from day to day his praife proclaim,

Who us has with falvation crown'd.

3 To heathen lands his fame rehearse, 4 He's great, and greatly to be prais'd;

his wonders to the universe.
in majefty and glory rais'd

Above all other deities.

5 For pageantry and idols all

are they whom gods the heathen call; He only rules who made the skies.

6 With majefty and honour crown'd, beauty and ftrength his throne surround

And banith'd juftice will reitore.

11 Let therefore heav'n new joys confefs, and heav'nly mirth let earth exprefs; It's loud applause the ocean roar :

Its mute inhabitants rejoice,
12 For joy let fertile vallies fing,

and for this triumph find a voice. the cheerful groves their tribute bring;

The tuneful choir of birds awake, 13 The Lord's approach to celebrate;

who now fets out with awful itate, His circuit through the earth to take. From heav'n to judge the world he's come, with juftice to reward and doom.

JEH

PSALM EHOVAH reigns, let all the earth Let all the iiles, with facred mirth, 2 Darkness and clouds of awful thade Juftice and truth his guards are made, 3 Devouring fire before his face

XCVII.

in his juft government rejoice; in his applaufe unite their voice. his dazzling glory throud in ftate; and, fix'd by his pavilion, wait. his foes around with vengeance ftruck; earth faw it, and with terror thook. height norftrength could help afford; in prefence of th' Almighty Lord. with storms of fire our foes purfu'd; have his defcending glory view'd.

4 His lightnings fet the world on blaze;
5 The proudest hills his pretence felt, their
The proudest hills like wax did melt
6 The heav'ns, his righteoufnefs to fhow,
And all the trembling world below

7 Confounded be their impious hoft, All who of pageant idols boaft,

who make the gods to whom they pray;
to him, ye gods, your worthip pay.
and Judah's daughters were o'erjoy'd;
have Pagan pride and pow'r deftroy'd.
above earth's potentates enthron'd;
fupreme by all the gods art own'd.
abhor what's ill, and truth efteem;
and them from wicked hands redeem.
a future harvest for the juft;

8 Glad Sion of thy triumph heard,
Because thy righteous judgments, Lord,
9 For thou, O God, art feated high,
Thou, Lord, unrivall'd in the sky,
10 You, who to ferve this Lord aspire,
He'll keep his fervants' fouls entire,
11 For feeds are fown of glorious light,
And gladness for the heart that's right,
12 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord:
Deep in your faithful breasts record,

to recompenfe its pious truft. memorials of his holiness and with your thankful tongues confess.

PSALM XCVIII.

SING to the Lord a new-made fong,

With his right hand and holy arm

2 The Lord has thro' th' aftonith'd world
And made his righteous acts appear
3 Of Ifrael's house his love and truth
Wide earth's remoteft parts the pow'r
4 Let therefore earth's inhabitants
And all with universal joy

With harp and hymn's foft melody
The trumpet and thrill cornet's found,
7 Let the loud ocean roar her joy,
The earth and her inhabitants

8 With joy let rivets fwell to ftreams,

And echoing vales from hill to hill

who wondrous things has done
the conqueft he has won.
difplay'd his faving might,
in all the heathen's fight.
have ever mindful been;
of Ifrael's God have feen.
their cheerful voices raise,
refound their Maker's praise.
into the concert bring,
before th' Almighty King.
with all that seas contain;
join concert with the main.
to spreading torrents they;
redoubled thouts convey;

9 Towelcome down the world's great Judge, who does with juftice come, And with impartial equity

both to reward and doom.

PSALM XCIX.

JEHOVAH reigns, let therefore all
On cherubs' wings he fits enthron'd;
2 On Sion's hill he keeps his court,
Yet thence his fov'reignty extends
3 Let therefore all with praise addrefs
Ånd with his unrefifted might
4 For truth and juftice in his reign
His judgments are with righteousness
5 Therefore exalt the Lord our God,
And with his unrefifted might
6 Mofes and Aaron thus of old
Among his prophets Samuel thus
Diftrefs'd, upon the Lord they call'd,
But, as with rev'rence they implor'd,

the guilty nations quake:
let earth's foundations thake.
his palace makes her tow'rs;
fupreme o'er earthly pow'rs.
his great and dreadful Name;
his holiness proclaim.

of strength and pow'r take place;
difpens'd to Jacob's race.
before his footstool fall;
his holiness extol.
among his priests ador'd;
his facred Name implor'd.
who ne'er their fuit denied;
he graciously replied.

7 For with their camp, to guide their march, the cloudy pillar mov'd:

They kept his laws, and to his will

8 He anfwer'd them, forgiving oft And those who rafhly them oppos'd, 9 With worship at his facred courts For he, who only holy is,

obedient fervants prov'd.
his people for their fake;
did fad examples make.
exalt our God and Lord;
alone thould be ador'd.

PSALM C.

1, 2 WITH one confent let all the earth to God their cheerful voices raise; Glad homage pay with awful mirth, and fing before him fongs of praise. from whom both we and all proceed; the flock that he vouchfafes to feed. thence to his courts devoutly prefs and ftill his Name with praises bless. his mercy is for ever fure: to endless ages thall endure.

3 Convinc'd that he is God alone,
We, whom he chooses for his own,
4 O enter then his temple gate,
And ftill your grateful hymns repeat,
5 For he's the Lord, fupremely good,
Ilis truth, which always firmly stood,