2 Perfidious practices and lies

I utterly detest;

But to thy laws affection bear,

Too vast to be express'd.

3 Sev'n times a day, with grateful voice,
Thy praises I resound,
Because I find thy judgements all
With truth and justice crown'd.

4 Secure, substantial peace have they
Who truly love thy law;

No smiling mischief them can tempt,
Nor frowning danger awe.

5 For thy salvation I have hoped,

And, though so long delay'd,

With cheerful zeal and anxious care
All thy commands obey'd.

6 Thy testimonies I have kept,
And constantly obey'd;
Because the love I bore to them

Thy service easy made.

7 From strict observance of thy laws

I never yet withdrew;

Convinced that my most secret ways
Are open to thy view.

PART XXII. TAU. C. M.

1 To my request and earnest cry
Attend, O gracious Lord;
Inspire my heart with heav'nly skill,
According to thy word.

2 Let my repeated prayer at last
Before thy throne appear;
According to thy plighted word,
For my relief draw near.

3 Then shall my grateful lips return
The tribute of their praise,

When thou thy counsels hast reveal'd,

And taught me thy just ways.

4 My tongue the praises of thy word Shall thankfully resound;

For thy commands are right, thy laws

With truth and justice crown'd,

5 Let thy almighty arm appear,
And bring me timely aid;

For I the laws thou hast ordain'd
My heart's free choice have made.

6 My soul has waited long to see

Thy saving grace restored;

Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws,
Thy heav'nly laws, afford.

7 Prolong my life, that I may sing

My great Restorer's praise;

Whose justice, from the depths of woe, My fainting soul shall raise.

8 Though like a sheep that's lost I've stray'd, And from thy ways declined,

Do thou, O Lord, thy servant seek,
Who keeps thy laws in mind.

PSALM 98. C. M.

From the cxxi. Psalm of David.
10 Sion's hill I lift my eyes,

From thence expecting aid;
From Sion's hill and Sion's God,

Who heaven and earth has made.

2 He will not let thy foot be moved,

Thy guardian will not sleep;
Behold, the God who slumbers not
Will favour'd Israel keep.

3 Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's wings,
Thou shalt securely rest,

Where neither sun nor moon shall thee
By day or night molest.

4 From common accidents of life

The Lord shall guard thee still "Tis even he that shall preserve Thy soul from every ill.

5 At home, abroad, in peace, in war,
Thy God shall thee defend;
Conduct thee through life's pilgrimage,
Safe to thy journey's end.

PSALM 99. C. M.

From the cxxii. Psalm of David,
'TWAS a joyful sound, to hear
Our tribes devoutly say,
Up, Israel, to the temple haste,
And keep your festal-day!

2 At Salem's courts we must appear,
With our assembled powers,
In strong and beauteous order ranged
Like her united towers.

3 'Tis thither, by divine command,
The tribes of God repair,
Before his ark to celebrate

His Name with praise and prayer.

4 O, ever pray for Salem's peace; For they shall prosp❜rous be, Thou holy city of our God,

Who bear true love to thee.

5 May peace within thy sacred walls

A constant guest be found;
With plenty and prosperity

Thy palaces be crown'd.

6 For my dear brethren's sake, and friends No less than brethren dear,

I'll pray-May peace in Salem's towers
A constant guest appear.

7 But most of all I'll seek thy good,

And ever wish thee well,
For Sion and the temple's sake,
Where God vouchsafes to dwell.

PSALM 100. C. M.

From the exxiv. Psalm of David.
GOAD not the Lord, may Israel say,

On Israel's side engaged,
The foe had quickly swallow'd us,
So furiously he raged.

2 Had not the Lord himself vouchsafed
To check his fierce control,
The adversary's dreary flood
Had overwhelm'd our soul.

3 But praised be our eternal Lord,
Who left us not his prey;

The snare is broke, his rage disarm'd,
And we again are free.

4 Secure in God's almighty Name

Our confidence remains

The God who made both heav'n and earth, Of both sole monarch reigns.

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PSALM 101. C. M.

From the exxv. Psalm of David.

HO place on Sion's God their trust,

Like Sion's rock shall stand;
Like her immoveably be fix'd
By his almighty hand.

2 Look how the hills on every side

Jerusalem enclose;

So stands the Lord around his saints,
To guard them from their foes.

3 Be good, O righteous God, to those
Who righteous deeds affect;
The heart that innocence retains,
Let innocence protect.

4 All those who walk in crooked paths,
The Lord shall soon destroy;

Cut off th' unjust, but crown the saints
With lasting peace and joy.

PSALM 102. C. M.
From the cxxvii. Psalm of David.
E build with fruitless cost, unless
The Lord the pile sustain;
Unless the Lord the city keep,
The watchman wakes in vain.
2 In vain we rise before the day,
And late to rest repair,
Allow no respite to our toil,

And eat the bread of care.

3 Supplies of life, with ease to them,
He on his saints bestows;

He crowns their labors with success,
Their nights with safe repose.

PSALM 103. C. M.

From the exxviii. Psalm of David,

HE man is blest that fears the Lord,
Nor only worship pays,
But keeps his steps confined with care
To his appointed ways.

2 He shall upon the sweet returns
Of his own labour feed;
Without dependence live, and see

His wishes all succeed.

3 Who fears the Lord shall prosper thus;
Him Sion's God shall bless,
And grant him all his days to see
Jerusalem's success.

PSALM 104. S. M.

From the exxx. Psalm of David.
ROM lowest depths of woe

To God I sent my cry;
Lord, hear my supplicating voice,
And graciously reply.

2 Should'st thou severely judge,

Who can the trial bear?
But thou forgiv'st, lest we despond,
And quite renounce thy fear.

3 My soul with patience waits
For thee, the living Lord;
My hopes are on thy promise built,
Thy never-failing word.
4 My longing eyes look out
For thy enliv'ning ray,
More duly than the morning watch
To spy the dawning day.

5 Let Israel trust in God,

No bounds his mercy knows;
The plenteous source and spring from whence
Eternal succour flows:

6 Whose friendly streams to us

Supplies in want convey;
A healing spring, a spring to cleanse
And wash our guilt away.

PSALM 105. III. 1.
From the cxxxi. Psalm of David.
ORD, for ever at thy side

Let my place and portion be:
Strip me of the robe of pride,
Clothe me with humility.
2 Meekly may my soul receive
All thy Spirit hath reveal'd;
Thou hast spoken--I believe,
Though the oracle be seal'd.
3 Humble as a little child,
Weaned from the mother's breast,
By no subtleties beguiled,
On thy faithful word I rest.

4 Israel! now and evermore

In the Lord Jehovah trust;
Him, in all his ways, adore,
Wise, and wonderful, and just.

O,

PSALM 106. C. M.

From the cxxxii. Psalm of David.
WITH due rev'rence, let us all

To God's abode repair;

And, prostrate at his footstool fall'n,

Pour out our humble prayer.

2 Arise, O Lord, and now possess Thy constant place of rest; Be that, not only with thy ark,

But with thy presence bless'd.

3 Clothe thou thy priests with righteousness Make thou thy saints rejoice;

And, for thy servant David's sake,

Hear thy anointed's voice.

4 Fair Sion does, in God's esteem,
All other seats excel;
His place of everlasting rest,
Where he desires to dwell.

5 Her store th' Almighty will increase,
Her poor with plenty bless;

Her saints shall shout for joy, her priests His saving health confess.

PSALM 107. C. M.

From the exxxiii. Psalm of David.

OW vast must their advantage be,

How great their pleasure prove, Who live like brethren, and consent In offices of love!

2 True love is like the precious oil,

Which, pour'd on Aaron's head,

Ran down his beard, and o'er his robes

Its costly fragrance shed.

3 'Tis like refreshing dew, which does On Hermon's top distill;

Or like the early drops, that fall

On Sion's favour'd hill.

4 For Sion is the chosen seat

Where the Almighty King

The promis'd blessing has ordain❜d,
And life's eternal spring.

PSALM 109. C. M.

From the exxxv. Psalm of David.
PRAISE the Lord with one consent,

And magnify his Name;
Let all the servants of the Lord

His worthy praise proclaim.

2 Praise him, all ye that in his house
Attend with constant care;
With those that to his outmost courts
With humble zeal repair.

3 For God his own peculiar choice
The sons of Jacob makes;
And Israel's offspring for his own
Most valued treasure takes.

4 That God is great, we often have
By glad experience found;

And seen how he, with wondrous power,
Above all gods is crown'd.

5 For he, with unresisted strength,
Performs his sovereign will,

In heaven and earth, and wat❜ry stores
That earth's deep caverns fill.

6 Their just returns of thanks to God
Let grateful Israel pay;
Nor let anointed Aaron's race

To bless the Lord delay.

7 Their sense of his unbounded love
Let Levi's house express;

And let all those who fear the Lord,
His Name for ever bless.

8 Let all with thanks his wondrous works In Sion's courts proclaim;

Let them in Salem, where he dwells,
Exalt his holy Name.

PSALM 110. II. 4.
From the cxxxvi. Psalm of David.
O God, the mighty Lord,

Your joyful thanks repeat;
To him due praise afford,
As good as he is great:
For God does prove
Our constant friend;
His boundless love
Shall never end.

2 To him, whose wondrous power
All other gods obey,
Whom earthly kings adore,
Your grateful homage pay:
For God, &c.

3 By his almighty hand

Amazing works are wrought;
The heavens by his command
Were to perfection brought:
For God, &c.