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12 God's glorious works of ancient date shall thus to all be known;

And thus his kingdom's royal state with public splendour shown.

13 His steadfast throne, from changes free,
shall stand for ever fast;

His boundless sway no end shall see,
but time itself outlast.

PART II.

14, 15 The Lord does them support that fall,
and makes the prostrate rise;
For his kind aid all creatures call,
who timely food supplies.

16 Whate'er their various wants require,
with open hand he gives;
And so fulfils the just desire
of every thing that lives.

17, 18 How holy is the Lord, how just,
how righteous all his ways!

How nigh to him, who with firm trust for his assistance prays !

19 He grants the full desire of those who him with fear adore;

And will their troubles soon compose, when they his aid implore.

20 The Lord preserves all those with care, whom grateful love employs ;

But sinners, who his vengeance dare, with furious rage destroys.

21 My time to come, in praises spent, shall still advance his fame;

And all mankind, with one consent, for ever bless his name.

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PSALM CXLVI.

PRAISE the Lord, and thou, my soul, for ever bless his name:

His wondrous love, while life shall last, my constant praise shall claim.

3 On kings, the greatest sons of men, let none for aid rely;

They cannot save in dang'rous times, nor timely help apply.

4 Depriv'd of breath, to dust they turn, and there neglected lie;

And all their thoughts and vain designs together with them die.

5 Then happy he, who Jacob's God

for his protector takes;

Who still, with well-plac'd hope, the Lord his constant refuge makes.

6 The Lord, who made both heaven and earth,

and all that they contain,

Will never quit his steadfast truth,

nor make his promise vain.

7 The poor, opprest, from all their wrongs are eas'd by his decree;

He gives the hungry needful food, and sets the pris'ners free.

8 By him the blind receive their sight, the weak and fall'n he rears; With kind regard and tender love he for the righteous cares.

9 The strangers he preserves from harm, the orphan kindly treats;

Defends the widow, and the wiles

of wicked men defeats.

10 The God that does in Sion dwell is our eternal King:

From age to age his reign endures : let all his praises sing.

PSALM CXLVII.

PRAISE the Lord with hymns of joy, and celebrate his fame;

For pleasant, good, and comely 'tis to praise his holy name.

2 His holy city God will build,

though levell'd with the ground; Bring back his people, though dispers'd through all the nations round.

3, 4 He kindly heals the broken hearts, and all their wounds does close; He tells the number of the stars,

their several names he knows.

5, 6 Great is the Lord, and great his power, his wisdom has no bound;

The meek he raises, and throws down the wicked to the ground.

7 To God, the Lord, a hymn of praise with grateful voices sing;

To songs of triumph tune the harp, and strike each warbling string.

8 He covers heaven with clouds, and thence refreshing rain bestows;

Through him, on mountain tops, the grass with wondrous plenty grows.

9 He savage beasts, that loosely range, with timely food supplies;

He feeds the raven's tender brood, and stops their hungry cries.

10 He values not the warlike steed, but does his strength disdain ;

The nimble foot that swiftly runs, no prize from him can gain. 11 But he to him that fears his name his tender love extends;

To him that on his boundless grace with steadfast hope depends. 12, 13 Let Sion and Jerusalem to God their praise address; Who fenc'd their gates with massy bars, and does their children bless.

14, 15 Through all their borders he gives peace, with finest wheat they're fed;

He speaks the word, and what he wills is done as soon as said.

16 Large flakes of snow, like fleecy wool, descend at his command;

And hoary frost, like ashes spread, is scatter'd o'er the land.

17 When, join'd to these, he does his hail in little morsels break,

Who can against his piercing cold
secure defences make?

18 He sends his word, which melts the ice;
he makes his wind to blow;
And soon the streams, congeal'd before,
in plenteous currents flow.

19 By him his statutes and decrees
to Jacob's sons were shown;
And still to Israel's chosen seed
his righteous laws are known.
20 No other nation this can boast;
nor did he e'er afford

To heathen lands his oracles, and knowledge of his word.

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5, 6 Let them adore the Lord,
And praise his holy name,
By whose Almighty word
They all from nothing came:
And all shall last,

From changes free;
His firm decree

Stands ever fast.

7, 8 Let earth her tribute pay, Praise him ye dreadful whales, And fish that through the sea Glide swift with glitt'ring scales; Fire, hail, and snow,

And misty air,

And winds that, where
He bids them, blow.

9, 10 By hills and mountains, all
In grateful concert join'd;
By cedars stately tall,

And trees for fruit design'd;
By every beast,

And creeping thing,
And fowl of wing,

His name be blest.

11, 12 Let all of royal birth,
With those of humbler frame,
And judges of the earth,
His matchless praise proclaim.
In this design,
Let youths with maids,
And hoary heads

With children join.

13 United zeal be shown,
His wondrous fame to raise,
Whose glorious name alone
Deserves our endless praise:
Earth's utmost ends
His power obey;
His glorious sway

The sky transcends.

14 His chosen saints to grace,
He sets them up on high,
And favours Israel's race,
Who still to him are nigh:
O therefore raise
Your grateful voice,
And still rejoice

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The Lord to praise.

PSALM CXLIX.

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His praise in the great
assembly to sing:
In our great Creator
let Israel rejoice;
And children of Sion

be glad in their King.
3, 4 Let them his great name
extol in the dance;
With timbrel and harp
his praises express;
Who always takes pleasure
his saints to advance,
And with his salvation
the humble to bless.
5, 6 With glory adorn'd,
his people shall sing
To God, who their beds
with safety does shield;
Their mouths fill'd with praises
of him, their great King;
Whilst a two-edg'd sword
their right hand shall wield;

7, 8 Just vengeance to take
for injuries past;
To punish those lands
for ruin design'd;

With chains, as their captives,

to tie their kings fast, With fetters of iron

their nobles to bind.

9 Thus shall they make good, when them they destroy, The dreadful decree

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which God does proclaim; Such honour and triumph his saints shall enjoy: O therefore for ever exalt his great name.

PSALM CL.

PRAISE the Lord in that blest place, from whence his goodness largely flows; Praise him in heaven, where he his face, unveil'd, in perfect glory shows.

2 Praise him for all the mighty acts

which he in our behalf has done; His kindness this return exacts,

with which our praise should equal run. 3 Let the shrill trumpet's warlike voice make rocks and hills his praise rebound: Praise him with harp's melodious noise, and gentle psalt'ry's silver sound.

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