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6 No vain pretence to royal birth,
Shall fix a tyrant on the throne;
God, the great Sovereign of the earth,
Will rise, and make his justice known.
7 [His hand holds out the dreadful cup
Of vengeance mixed with various plagues,
To make the wicked drink them up,
Wring out and taste the bitter dregs.

8 Now shall the Lord exalt the just,
And while he tramples on the proud,
And lays their glory in the dust,
My lips shall sing his praise aloud.]

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PSALM 76. C. M. Bedford. [*]

God in Zion terrible to her Enemies.

IN Judah, God of old was known,
His name in Israel great;

In Salem stood his holy throne,

And Zion was his seat.

2 [Among the praises of his saints,
His dwelling there he chose :
There he received their just complaints
Against their haughty foes.]

o 3 From Zion went his dreadful word,
And broke the threatening spear,
The bow, the arrows, and the sword,
And crushed th' Assyrian war.

e 4 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else, But mighty hills of prey?

-The hill, on which JEHOVAH dwells,
Is glorious more than they.

5 ["Twas Zion's King that stopped the breath Of captains and their bands:

The men of might slept fast in death,
And never found their hands.

d 6 At thy rebuke, O Jacob's God,
Both horse and chariot fell:
Who knows the terror of thy rod!
Thy vengeance who can tell?]

e 7 What power can stand before his sight,
When once his wrath appears?

a When heaven shines round with dreadful light, The earth lies still and fears.

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-8 When God, in his own sovereign ways,
Comes down to save th' oppressed,
The wrath of man shall work his praise;
And he'll restrain the rest.

9 [Vow to the Lord, and tribute bring;
Ye princes, fear his frown:

His terrors shake the proudest king,
And cut an army down.

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10 The thunder of his sharp rebuke
Our haughty foes shall feel:
For Jacob's God hath not forsook,
But dwells in Zion still.]

PSALM 77. C. M. FIRST PART. Abridge. [b]

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Melancholy and Hope.

O God I cried with mournful voice,

TI sought his gracious ear,

In the sad day when troubles rose,

And filled my heart with fear.

p 2 Sad were my days, and dark my nights,
My soul refused relief;

I thought on God, the just and wise,
But thoughts increased my grief.

3 [Still I complained, and still oppressed,
My heart began to break :

My God, thy wrath forbade my rest,
And kept my eyes awake.

4 My overwhelming sorrows grew,
Till I could speak no more;
Then I within myself withdrew,
And called thy judgments o'er.

5 I called back years and ancient times
When I beheld thy face;

My spirit searched for secret crimes,
That might withhold thy grace.

6 I called thy mercies to my mind,
Which I enjoyed before:

And will the Lord no more be kind?
His face appear no more?]

e 7 Will he forever cast me off?
His promise ever fail?

p Has he forgot his tender love?
Shall anger still prevail?

-8 But I forbid this hopeless thought,
This dark, despairing frame,
Remembering what thy hand hath wrought;
Thy hand is still the same.

o 9 I'll think again of all thy ways,
And talk thy wonders o'er;
Thy wonders of recovering grace,
When flesh could hope no more.

o 10 Grace dwells with justice on the throne; And men who love thy word,

Have in thy sanctuary known

The counsels of the Lord.

C. M. SECOND PART. Wantage. [*]
Israel brought from Egypt to Canaan.

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OW awful is thy chastening rod "-
(May thine own children say)

"The great, the wise, the dreadful God!
"How holy is his way!"

-2 [I'll meditate his works of old;
The King who reigns above,
I'll hear his ancient wonders told,
And learn to trust his love.]

3 Long did the house of Joseph lie
With Egypt's yoke oppressed;
Long he delayed to hear their cry,
Nor gave his people rest.

4 The sons of good old Jacob seemed
Abandoned to their foes;

o But his almighty arm redeemed The nation that he chose.

-5 Israel, his people and his sheep,
Must follow where he calls;

He bade them venture through the deep,
And made the waves their walls!

e 6 The waters saw thee, mighty God,
The waters saw thee come;

u Backward they fled, and frighted stood, To make thine armies room.

-7 Strange was thy journey through the sea, Thy footsteps, Lord, unknown;

Terrors attend the wondrous way,
That brings thy mercies down.

d 8 [Thy voice, with terror in the sound,
Through clouds and darkness broke;
All heaven in lightning shone around,
And earth with thunder shook.

9 Thine arrows through the sky were hurled;
How glorious is the Lord!

Surprise and trembling seized the world,
And his own saints adored.

-10 He gave them water from the rock;
And safe, by Moses' hand,
Through a dry desert led his flock,
Home to the promised land.]

PSALM 78. C. M. FIRST PART. Mear. [*]
Providence of God rehearsed to Children.
1ET children hear the mighty deeds,
Which God performed of old;

Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.

2 He bids us make his glories known,
His works of power and grace;
And we'll convey his wonders down,
Through every rising race.

3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs;

That generations, yet unborn,
May teach them to their heirs.

4 Thus shall they learn, in God alone
Their hope securely stands;
That they may ne'er forget his works,
But practise his commands.

C. M. SECOND PART. China. [b*]

Israel's Rebellion and Punishment.

10 WHAT a stiff, rebellious house

Was Jacob's ancient race!

False to their own most solemn vows,
And to their Maker's grace.

2 They broke the covenant of his love,
And did his laws despise;

Forgot the works he wrought, to prove
His power before their eyes.

3 They saw the plagues on Egypt light,
From his revenging hand;

What dreadful tokens of his might
Spread o'er the stubborn land!

4 They saw him cleave the mighty sea,
And marched with safety through;
With watery walls to guard their way,
Till they had 'scaped the foe.

5 (A wondrous pillar marked the road,
Composed of shade and light;
By day it proved a sheltering cloud,
A leading fire by night.

6 He from the rock their thirst supplied
The gushing waters fell,

And ran in rivers by their side,

A constant miracle.)

e 7 Yet they provoked the Lord Most High, And dared distrust his hand :

d" Can he with bread our host supply, "Amidst this desert land?"

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8 The Lord with indignation heard,
And caused his wrath to flame;
His terrors ever stand prepared
To vindicate his name.

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C. M. THIRD PART. Reading. [* b]

Chastisement and Salvation.

WHEN

THEN Israel's sins the Lord reproves,
And fills their hearts with dread;

Yet he forgives the men he loves,

And sends them heavenly bread.

2 He fed them with a liberal hand,
And made his treasures known;
He gave the midnight clouds command
To pour provision down.

3 The manna, like a morning shower,
Lay thick around their feet;

The corn of heaven, so light, so pure,
As though 'twere angels' meat.

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