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

PSALM 76. L. M.

From the xcvii. Psalm of David.
EHOVAH 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; Judgement 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.

PSALM 77. C. M.

From the xcviii. Psalm of David.
ING to the Lord a new-made song,

Who wondrous things has done;
With his right hand and holy arm,
The conquest he has won.

2 The Lord has through th' astonish'd world Displayed 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.

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 judgements 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.

PSALM 79. L. M.
From the c. Psalm of David.
7ITH 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.

HEN I pour out my soul in prayer,

Do thou, O Lord, attend; To thy eternal throne of grace Let my sad cry ascend.

2 O 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 work, 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.

2 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 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.

PART III. C. M.

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
Shall lasting quiet give;
Whose happy race, securely fix'd,
Shall in thy presence live.

PSALM 81. L. M.

From the ciii. Psalm of David.

MTM

Y soul, inspired with sacred love,
God's holy Name for ever bless;
Of all his favours mindful prove,
And still thy grateful thanks express.
2 'Tis 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 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.

5 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 'tis from east to west,
So far has he our sins removed;
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.

PSALM 82. S. M.
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. 4 He feeds thee with his love,

Upholds thee with his truth;
And, like the eagle's, he renews

The vigour of thy youth.

5 Then bless the Lord, my soul,

His grace, his love proclaim;
Let all that is within me, join
To bless his holy Name.

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PSALM 83.

From the civ. Psalm of David.

PART I. L. M.

LESS God, my soul; thou, Lord, alone
Possessest empire without bounds,
With honour 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 God 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.

PSALM 84. II. 3.
From the civ. Psalm of David.
OW manifold thy works, O Lord,

In wisdom, power, and goodness
wrought!

The earth is with thy riches stored,
And ocean with thy wonders fraught:
Unfathom'd caves beneath the deep
For thee their hidden treasures keep.
2 By thee alone the living live,-

Hide but thy face, their comforts fly;
They gather what thy seasons give,-

Take thou away their breath, they die;
But send again thy Spirit forth,
And life renews the gladden'd earth.
3 Joy in his works Jehovah takes,
Yet to destruction they return;
He looks upon the earth, it quakes,—
Touches the mountains, and they burn:
But God for ever is the same;
Glory to his eternal Name!

And, where he's ever present, seek

His face for evermore.

5 The wonders that his hands have wrought Keep thankfully in mind;

The righteous statutes of his mouth,
And laws to us assign'd.

PSALM 86. L. M.

From the cvi. Psalm of David. RENDER thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love; 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 judgements 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.

5 O 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 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!

Where, from verdant hills, the springs
Through luxuriant valleys flow.

6 0 that man would praise the Lord,
For his goodness to their race;
For the wonders of his word,

And the riches of his grace!

PART II. C. M.

1 THY wondrous power, Almighty Lord,
That rules the boist❜rous sea,
The bold adventurers record,
Who tempt that dang'rous way.

2 At thy command the winds arise,
And swell the tow'ring waves;
While they astonish'd mount the skies,
And sink in gaping graves.

3 Dismay'd they climb the wat'ry hills,
Dismay'd they plunge again;
Each like a tott'ring drunkard reels,
And finds his courage vain.

4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries
He hears their loud request,
He calms the fierce tempestuous skies,
And lays the floods to rest.

5 Rejoicing, they forget their fears,
They see the storm allay'd:
The wish'd-for haven now appears;
There, let their vows be paid!

7 O that the sons of men would praise
The goodness of the Lord!

And those who see his wondrous ways, His wondrous love record!

PSALM 88. C. M.
From the cviii. Psalm of David.
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.