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22. The Righteous and the Wicked. [Ps. 1. iii. 8. O blest Redeemer of mankind!

1. HAPPY the man whose cautious feet

Shun the broad way that sinners go;
Who hates the place where atheists meet,
And fears to talk as scoffers do.
2. He loves t'employ the morning light
Among the statutes of the Lord;
And spends the wakeful hours of night
With pleasure pondering o'er his word.
3. He, like a plant by gentle streams,

Shall flourish in immortal green;
And heaven will shine, with kindest beams,
On every work his hands begin.

4. But sinners find their counsels crossed;
As chaff before the tempest flies,
So shall their hopes be blown and lost,
When the last trumpet shakes the skies.

23.
Deliverance from Temptation. [Ps. 28. i.
1. BLESSED be the Lord, who heard my prayer,
The Lord my shield, my help, my song,
Who saved my soul from sin and fear,
And tuned with praise my thankful tongue.

2. In the dark hour of deep distress,

By foes beset, of death afraid,
My spirit trusted in his grace,

And sought, and found his heavenly aid.

Thy shield, thy saving strength, shall be The shield, the strength, of every mind, That loves his name, and trusts in thee. 4. Remember, Lord, thy chosen seed; Israel defend from guilt and woe; Thy flock in richest pastures feed, And guard their steps from every foe.

5. Zion exalt, her cause maintain,

With peace and joy her courts surround:
In showers let endless blessings rain,
And saints eternal praise resound.

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9. Faith sees the bright, eternal doors

Unfold to make his children way;
They shall be clothed with endless life,
And shine in everlasting day.

10. The trump shall sound, the dust awake, From the cold tomb the slumberers spring;

Through heaven with joy their myriads rise,

And hail their Saviour, and their King. 25. Trust in God. [Ps. 102. iii. 1. SWIFT as declining shadows pass,

Our days in quick succession fly;
And, transient as the withering grass,
Amid our youthful hopes we die.
2. But thou, our Saviour, shalt endure,
Thy years unchanged, eternal Lord!
Thy grace through every age is sure,
And firm the promise of thy word.

God's Faithfulness.

[Ps. 106. i.

26.
1. To God, the great, the ever blest,
Let songs of honor be addressed:
His mercy firm forever stands;
Give him the thanks his love demands.
2. Who knows the wonders of thy ways!
Who shall fulfill thy boundless praise?
Blest are the souls that fear thee still,
And pay their duty to thy will.
3. Remember what thy mercy did
For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed;
And with the same salvation bless
The meanest suppliant of thy grace.
4. O may I see thy tribes rejoice,

And aid their triumphs with my voice!
This is my glory, Lord, to be

Joined to thy saints, and near to thee. 27.

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God incomprehensible.

[Hy. 55.

1. GREAT God! in vain man's narrow view Attempts to look thy nature through; Our laboring powers with reverence own Thy glories never can be known.

2. Not the high seraph's mighty thought, Who countless years his God has sought, Such wondrous height or depth can find, Or fully trace thy boundless mind.

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1. BLEST are the humble souls that see
Their emptiness and poverty;
Treasures of grace to them are given,
And crowns of joy laid up in heaven.

2. Blest are the men of broken heart,
Who mourn for sin with inward smart;
The blood of Christ divinely flows,
A healing balm for all their woes.

3. Blest are the meek, who stand afar
From rage and passion, noise and war;
God will secure their happy state,
And plead their cause against the great.

4. Blest are the souls, that thirst for grace,
Hunger and long for righteousness;
They shall be well supplied, and fed
With living streams, and living bread.

5. Blest are the merciful who prove
By acts, their sympathy and love;
From Christ, the Lord, shall they obtain
Like sympathy and love again.

6. Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean From the defiling power of sin;

With endless pleasure they shall see
A God of spotless purity.

7. Blest are the men of peaceful life,
Who quench the coals of growing strife;
They shall be called the heirs of bliss,
The sons of God, the God of peace.

8. Blest are the sufferers, who partake
Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake!
Their souls shall triumph in the Lord,
Glory and joy are their reward.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below;

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above, ye heavenly host; Praise Fa-ther, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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God our Portion.

[Ps. 4. ii. 30.

29.
1. O GoD of grace and righteousness,
Hear and attend when I complain;
Thou hast enlarged me in distress,

Bow down a gracious ear again.

2. Ye sons of men, in vain ye try

To turn my glory into shame;
How long will scoffers love to lie,

And dare reproach my Saviour's name!
3. Know that the Lord divides his saints
From all the tribes of men beside;
He hears and pities their complaints.
For the dear sake of Christ who died.

4. When our obedient hands have done A thousand works of righteousness, We put our trust in God alone,

And glory in his pardoning grace.

5. Let the unthinking many say,—

"Who will bestow some earthly good?" But, Lord, thy light and love we pray; Our souls desire this heavenly food.

6. Then shall my cheerful powers rejoice,
At grace and favors so divine;
Nor will I change my happy choice,
For all their corn, and all their wine.

Christ's Sufferings. [Ps. 22. ii.

1. Now let our mournful songs record
The dying sorrows of our Lord,
When he complained in tears and blood,
As one forsaken of his God.

2. The Jews beheld him thus forlorn,
And shook their heads, and laughed in scorn;
"He rescued others from the grave;
Now let him try himself to save."

3. They wound his head, his hands, his feet,
Till streams of blood each other meet;
By lot his garments they divide,
And mock the pangs in which he died.
4. But God, his Father, heard his cry;
Raised from the dead, he reigns on high;
The nations learn his righteousness,
And humble sinners taste his grace.

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1. COULD I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love,
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful glory run?

2. If up to heaven I take my flight,

Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light;
If down to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.

3. If mounted on a morning ray

I fly beyond the western sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.

4. Or should I try to shun thy sight
Beneath the spreading veil of night,
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.

5. The veil of night is no disguise,
No screen from thy all-seeing eyes;
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon
Through midnight shades, as blazing noon.

6. Midnight and noon in this agree,

Great God, they're both alike to thee;
Not death can hide what God will spy,
And hell lies naked to his eye.

7. O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.

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1. Mr God, thy long delay to save
Will sink thy servant to the grave:
My heart grows faint, and dim mine eye;
Make haste to help before I die.

2. The night is witness to my tears,
Distressing pains, distressing fears;
O might I hear thy morning voice,
How would my wearied powers rejoice!
3. In thee I trust, to thee I sigh,
And lift my heavy soul on high;
For thee sit waiting all the day,
And wear the tiresome hours away.
4. Break off my fetters, Lord, and show
Which is the path my feet should go;
If snares and foes beset the road,
I flee to hide me near my God.

5. Teach me to do thy holy will,
And lead me to thy heavenly hill;
Let the good Spirit of thy love,
Conduct me to thy courts above.

6. Then shall my soul no more complain;
The tempter then shall rage in vain;
And flesh, that was my foe before,
Shall never vex my spirit more.

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1. LORD, in these dark and dismal days, We mourn the hidings of thy face; And when to happier days we turn, Those days but teach us how to mourn.

2. The blessing from thy truth withdrawn, Its quickening, saving influence goneUnwarned, unwakened, sinners hear, Nor see their awful danger near.

3. In dews unseen, or scanty showers,
Thy Spirit sheds his healing powers;
The thirsty ground is parched beneath,
And all is barrenness and death.

4. Yet still thy name be ever blessed,
On thee our hope shall safely rest;
Thy saints shall yet exult and sing
The matchless glories of their King.

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[Ps. 34. i. 2. There grow thy saints in faith and love,
Blest with thine influence from above;
Not Lebanon, with all its trees,
Yields such a comely sight as these.

1. LORD, I will bless thee all my days, Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue; My soul shall glory in thy grace,

While saints rejoice to hear the song. 2. Come, magnify the Lord with me; Come, let us all exalt his name; I sought th' eternal God, and he Has not exposed my hope to shame. 3. I told him all my secret grief,

My secret groaning reached his ears; He gave my inward pains relief, And calmed the tumult of my fears. 4. To him the poor lift up their eyes,

With heavenly joy their faces shine;
A beam of mercy from the skies
Fills them with light and hope divine.
5. His holy angels pitch their tents

Around the men that serve the Lord:
O, fear and love him, all ye saints,

Taste of his grace and trust his word.

36. The Church God's Garden. [Ps. 92. iv.

1. LORD, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand
In gardens planted by thy hand;
Let me within thy courts be seen,
Like a young cedar, fresh and green.

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