3 Therefore my heart all grief defies, My flesh shall rest, in hope to rise, 4 Thou, LORD, when I resign my breath, The least corruption see. 5 Thou shalt the paths of life display, Νο PSALM 14. From the xviii. Psalm of David. PART I. L. M. change of time shall ever shock My firm affection, LORD, to thee; For thou hast always been my rock, A fortress and defence to me. 2 Thou my deliv'rer art, my GOD; My trust is in thy mighty power: Thou art my shield from foes abroad; At home my safeguard and my tower. 3 To thee I will address my prayer, To whom all praise we justly owe; So shall I, by thy watchful care, Be guarded safe from every foe. PART II. L. M. 1 THOU suit'st O LORD, thy righteous ways To various paths of human kind; They who for mercy merit praise, With thee shall wondrous mercy find. 2 Thou to the just shalt justice show; The pure thy purity shall see: Such as perversely choose to go, Shall meet with due returns from thee. 3 That he the humble soul will save, And crush the haughty's boasted might, In me the LORD an instance gave, Whose darkness he has turn'd to light. 4 Who then deserves to be adored, But GoD, on whom my hopes depend? 5 Let the eternal LORD be praised, The rock on whose defence I rest! 6 My GoD, to celebrate thy fame, My grateful voice to heaven I'll raise; And nations, strangers to thy name, Shall learn to sing thy glorious praise. PSALM 15. From the xix Psalm of David. PART I. C. M. THE heavens declare thy glory, LORD, The firmament and stars express 2 The dawn of each returning day 3 Their powerful language to no realm 'Tis nature's voice, and understood 4 Their doctrine does its sacred sense 5 From east to west, from west to east, And, through his progress, cheerful light PART II. C. M. 1 GOD's perfect law converts the soul, With sacred wisdom his sure word 2 The statutes of the LORD are just, His pure commands in search of truth 3 His perfect worship here is fix'd, His equal laws are in the scales 4 Of more esteem than golden mines, 5 My trusty counsellors they are, 6 But what frail man observes how oft He does from virtue fall? O cleanse me from my secret faults, That, by thy grace preserved, I may 8 So shall my prayer and praises be From the xx. Psalm of David. MAY Jacob's GOD defend And hear us in distress; Our succour from his temple send, 2 May he accept our vow, Our sacrifice receive, Our heart's devout request allow, 3 O LORD! thy saving grace We joyfully declare; Our banner in thy name we raise- 4 Now know we that the LORD His chosen will defend; From heaven will strength divine afford, 5 Some earthly succour trust, But we in God's right hand: 6 Still save us, LORD; and still Thy servants deign to bless; PSALM 17. From the xxii. Psalm of David. PART. I. C. M. MY GOD, my GOD, why leav'st thou me, Oh, why so far from me removed, 2 Lo! I am treated like a worm, 3 With laughter, all the gazing crowd They shoot the lip, they shake the head, 4 "In Gop he trusted, boasting oft Let GoD come down to save him now, 5 Withdraw not, then, so far from me, O send me help, thy help, on which PART II. C. M. 1 LIKE water is my life poured out, 2 My strength is like a potsherd dried, 3 Like dogs, to compass me, my foes, They pierced my inoffensive hands, Yet such a spectacle of wo As pastime they behold. 5 As spoil, my garments they divide, PART III. C. M. 1 LORD, to my brethren I'll declare 2 "Ye worshippers of Jacob's God, O praise the LORD, and to your praise 3 "He ne'er disdain'd on low distress Nor turn'd from misery his face, 4 Thus, in thy sacred courts, will I 5 The meek companions of my grief And all that seek the LORD shall be 6 Then shall the glad converted world 7 'Tis his supreme prerogative 'Tis just that he should rule the world, Who does the world sustain. 8 The rich, who are with plenty fed, The sons of want, by him relieved, 9 With humble worship to his throne That power, which first their being gave, 10 Then shall a chosen spotless race, To their adoring sons his truth PSALM 18. C. M. From the xxiii. Psalm of David. THE LORD himself, the mighty LORD, The shepherd, by whose constant care 2 In tender grass he makes me feed, Then leads me to cool shades, and where 3 He does my wand'ring soul reclaim, 4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, For there his aiding rod and staff 5 Since GoD doth thus his wondrous love From the xxiv. Psalm of David. THE spacious earth is all the LORD's, The LORD's her fulness is; |