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2 Before thou brought'st the moun-4 To satisfy and cheer our souls,

tains forth,

Or th' earth and world didst frame, Thou always wast the mighty God, And ever art the same.

3 Thou turnest man, O LORD, to dust, Of which he first was made; And when thou speak'st the word,

'Return,'

'Tis 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 consum'd,
And by thy wrath dismay'd;
Our public crimes and secret sins
Before thy sight are laid.

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

9 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 11. (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 inclin'd.

3 O to thy servants, LORD, return, And speedily relent!

As we of our misdeeds, do thou
Of our just doom repent.

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 wond'rous work be known;
And to our offspring yet unborn,
Thy glorious pow't 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.

PSALM 70.

From the xci. Psalm of David.
PART 1. (II. 2.)

that has God his guardian inade,
Shall under the Almighty's shadi
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 snari

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

His truth shall be thy strong defend 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 kill In darkness, nor infectious ills

That in the burning noon-tide slay 4 Because, with well-plac'd confidence Thou mak'st the LORD thy sure de fence,

Thy refuge, even GoD most High, Therefore no ill on thee shall come, Nor to thy heav'n-protected home Shall overwhelming plagues draw nigh.

PART III. (III. 3.)

1 GoD shall charge his angel legions Watch and ward o'er thee to keep Though thou walk through hostile re gions,

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.

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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.

PSALM 71. (C. M.)
From the xcii. Psalm of David.

HOW good and pleasant must it be
To thank the LORD most high;
And with repeated hymns of praise
His name to magnify!

• With ev'ry morning's early dawn
His goodness to relate;
And of his constant truth, each night,
The glad effects repeat !

3 To ten-string'd instruments we'll
sing,

With tuneful psalteries join'd;
And to the harp, with solemn sounds,
For sacred use design'd.

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LORD,

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, palms,

Shall grow and flourish still;
Thy flock shall spread, like cedars
On Lebanon's high hill. [choice
9 These, planted in the house of God,
Within his courts shall thrive;
Their vigour and their lustre both
Shall in old age revive.

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

PSALM 72. (L. M.)
From the xciii. Psalm of David.

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WITH glory clad, with strength
array'd,

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The LORD, that o'er all nature

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PART. (C. M.)

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 fram'd the eye?
Shall earth's great Judge not punish
Who his known will defy? [those
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.)

1
And by thy sacred rules to walk
Dost lovingly advise.

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

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 favour wholly take;
His own possession and his lot
He will not quite forsake.

4 The world shall yet confess thee just
And those that choose thy upright
In all that thou hast done:

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.
My soul's defence is firmly plac'd
In GOD, the LORD most high:

The world's foundation strongly laid. He is my rock, to which I may

And the vast fabric still sustains.

For refuge always fly.

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From the xcv. Psalm of David.
COME, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks to our almighty
King;

For we our voices high should raise,
When our salvation's rock we praise.
2 Into his presence let us haste,
To thank him for his favours past;
To him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to his Name belongs,
3 For GOD the LORD, enthron'd 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
Subjected to his empire lies. > [skies
5 The rolling ocean's vast abyss
By the same sov'reign right is his;
'Twas made by his almighty hand,
That form'd and fix'd the solid land.

6 O 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.

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PSALM 75. (11. 8.)

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From the xcvi. Psalm of David. ING to the LORD a new-made song; assembled Let earth, in one throng, [sound: Her common patron's praise reSing 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 prais'd; In majesty and glory rais'd

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 honour crown'd, Glory and strength his throne sur

round.

3 Be glory then to him restor'd By all who have false gods ador'd:

Ascribe due honour to his Name,

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With justice to reward and doom.

PSALM 76. (L. M.)

From the xcvii. Psalm of David.

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 enthron'd; 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 es

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From the xcviii. Psalm of David.

the new-made song,

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

SING to the LORD anys has done 6 With worship at his sacred courts

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.

Exalt our GOD and LORD; For he, who only holy is, Alone should be ador'd.

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From the c. Psalm of David.

one consent let all the earth

3 of Israel's house his love and truth WITH Co their cheerful voices

Have ever mindful been;

raise;

Wide earth's remotest parts the pow'r Glad homage pay with awful mirth,

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.
With harp and hymn's soft melody,
Into the concert bring

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

Let the loud ocean roar her joy,
With all that seas contain;
The earth and her inhabitants
Join concert with the main.

And sing before him songs of praise: 2 Convinc'd that he is God alone, From whom both we and all pro ceed;

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;

1 Let floods and torrents clap their His truth, which always firmly stood,

hands,

With joy their homage pay;

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

To welcome down the world's great
Judge,

Who does with justice come, And with impartial equity, Both to reward and doom.

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PSALM 78. (C. M.)
From the xcix. Psalm of David.

JEHOVAH reigns; let therefore all

The guilty nations quake: On cherubs' wings he sits enthron'd; Let earth's foundations shake. ? On Sion's hill he keeps his court, His palace makes her tow'rs; And thence his sov'reignty extends Supreme o'er earthly pow'rs. * 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 pow'r take place; His judgments are with righteousness Dispens'd to Jacob's race.

To endless ages shall endure.

PSALM 80.

From the cii. Psalm of David.

WH

PART I. (C. M.)

HEN I pour out my soul in pray'r
Do thou, O LORD, attend;

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

2 O hide not thou thy giorious 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 ev'ning 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.

The name and glory of the LORD All heathen kings shall fear, When he shall Sion build again,

And in full state appear.

3 For God, from his abode on high,
His gracious beams display'd;
The LORD from heav'n, his lofty
throne,

Hath all the earth survey'd.

4 That they, in Sion, where he dwells,
Might celebrate his fame,
And thro' the holy city sing
Loud praises to his Name.

PART III. (C. M.)

1 THE strong foundations of the earth
Of old by thee were laid;
Thy hands, O Lord, the arch of

heav'n

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.

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

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From the cini. Psalm of David.

15 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 heav'n 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 'tis from east to west,
So far has he our sins remov'd;
Who, with a father's tender breast,
Has such as fear him always lov'd.
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 flow'rs 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 heav'n has fix'd his lofty throne:
To him, ye angels, praises sing,

In whose great strength his pow'r 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.

MY soul, inspir'd with sacred love, 13 Let ev'ry creature jointly bless

GOD's holy Name for ever bless;
Of all his favours mindful prove,
And still thy grateful thanks ex-
press.

2 'Tis he that all thy sins forgives,
And after sickness make thee sound;
From danger he thy life retrieves,
By him with grace and mercy

crown'd.

3 He with good things thy mouth sup
plies,

Thy vigour eagle-like restores;
He to the suff'rer promptly flies,
Who, wrong'd, his righteous help
implores.

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

The mighty LORD; and thou, my

heart.

With grateful joy thy thanks express,
And in this concert bear thy part.

(S. M.)

PSALM 82.
From the ciii. Psalm of David.
BLESS the LORD, my soul,

His grace to thee proclaim;
And all that is within me, join
To bless his holy Name.

2 O 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.

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