Nor let me, in erroneous paths,
With thoughtless sinners glide,
3 Whate'er thine all discerning eye
Sees for thy creature fit,

I'll bless the good, and to the ill
Contentedly submit.

4 With humble pleasure let me view
The prosperous and the great ;
Malignant envy let me £y,

And odious self-conceit.

5 Let not despair nor fell revenge
Be to my bosom known;
O give me tears for others' wo,
And patience for my own!

6 Feed me with necessary food,
I ask not wealth or fame;
But give me eyes to view thy works,
And sense to praise thy name.

7 May my still days obscurely pass,
Without remorse or care;
And let me for the parting hour
Incessantly prepare.

B. WILLIAMS's Collection.

PSALM CXXXII.

Common Metre.

The Jewish and Christian Churches compared.

1 THE Lord in Zion plac'd his name,
His ark was settled there;
To Zion the whole nation came
To worship thrice a year.

2 Thither from Canaan's utmost ends,
The favour'd tribes resort;

And God his sure protection lends,
While they approach his court.

3 But we have no such lengths to go,
Nor such a tedious road;
Where'er thy saints assemble now,
There is a house of God.

4 Arise, O King of grace, arise,
And enter to thy rest;

Lo, thy church waits with longing eyes, Thus to be own'd and blest. 5 Enter with all thy glorious train, Thy Spirit and thy word; All that the ark did once contain Could no such grace afford. 6 Here, mighty God, accept our vows, Here let thy praise be spread; Bless the provisions of thy house, And fill thy poor with bread.

PSALM CXXXIII.

WATTS, varied.

Short Metre.

Brotherly Love.

1 BLEST are the sons of peace,*

Whose hearts and hopes are one; Whose kind designs to serve and please Through all their actions run!

2 Blest is the pious house,

Where zeal and friendship meet; Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, Make their communion sweet.

3 Thus on the heavenly hills

The saints are blest above;

Where peace like morning dew distils,

And all the air is love.

WATTS.

PSALM CXXXIV. Long Metre.
Daily and nightly Devotion.

1 YE servants of th' eternal King,
Your grateful hymns in triumph sing;
Ye who attend his courts by day,
And in the night your homage pay.
2 Behold the sun, obedient still
To execute his Maker's will!
The silver moon and planets roll
In silence round the glowing pole.
3 As they dispense their steady rays,
Like them, be constant in his praise;
Like them, harmoniously join

To celebrate the hand divine.

4 And may that God whose power has made
This earth, and heaven's wide arch display'd,
From sacred Zion bid you prove
The blessings of his boundless love.

Partly from MERRICK.

C. M.

PSALM CXXXV.

Praise to the true and living God.

1 AWAKE ye saints, to praise your King;
Your noblest passions raise ;
The pious pleasure, while you sing,
Increasing with the praise.

2 Great is the Lord, and works of might
His majesty declare;

But still his saints are near his sight,
And find a parent's care.

3 Heaven, earth and sea confess his hand; He bids the vapours rise ;

Lightning and storm, at his command,
Sweep through the vaulted skies.

4 All power that kings or gods have claim'd Is found with him alone;

But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd
Where our Jehovah's known.

5 Which of the stocks or stones they trust
Can give them showers of rain?
In vain they pray to glittering dust,
And worship gold in vain.

6 But ye who know the living God,
Serve him with holy fear;

He makes his church his blest abode,
And claims your homage here.

PSALM CXXXVI.

WATTS, varied.

Long Metre.

Creation, Providence, and Grace.
GIVE to our God immortal praise,
Mercy and truth are all his ways;
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.
2 Give to the Lord of lords renown,
The King of kings with glory crown;
His mercies never shall decay,

Though lords and kings shall pass away.
3 He built the earth, he spread the sky,
And fix'd the starry lights on high :
Wonders of grace to God belong,
Repeat his mercies in your song.
4 He gives the sun his cheering light,
He bids the moon direct the night;

His mercies never shall decay, Though suns and moons shall pass away. 5 He sent his Son with power to save, From sin and darkness and the grave: Wonders of grace to God belong ; Repeat his mercies in your song.

6 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat : His mercies ever shall endure,

When this vain world shall be no more.

WATTS.

PSALM CXXXVI. Hallelujah Metre.

1 TO 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,
This grateful homage pay.
For God will prove

Our constant friend ;
His boundless love

Shall never end.

3 By his Almighty hand

Stupendous works are wrought;
The heavens by his command
Were to perfection brought.
This God will prove

Our constant friend