PAUSE.

16 [Let sinners, and their wicked rage,
Be humbled to the dust;

Shall not the God of truth engage
To vindicate the just?

-7 He knows the heart, he tries the reins,
He will defend th' upright;
His sharpest arrows he ordains,
Against the sons of spite.

-8 For me their malice digged a pit,
But there themselves are cast;
My God makes all their mischief light
On their own heads at last.

9 That cruel persecuting race

Must feel his dreadful sword:

o Awake, my soul, and praise the grace, And justice of the Lord.]

PSALM 8. S M. St. Thomas. [*]

God's Condescension in conferring Honour upon Man.
LORD, our Heavenly King,
Thy name is all divine;

Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shine.

2 When to thy works on high,
I raise my wondering eyes,

And see the moon complete in light,
Adorn the darksome skies ;-

3 When I survey the stars,
And all their shining forins,

Lord, what is man, that worthless thing,
Akin to dust and worms?

4 Lord, what is worthless man ; That thou should'st love him so g Next to thine angels is he placed, And lord of all below.

5 Thine honours crown his head, While beasts like slaves obey, And birds that cut the air with wings, And fish that cleave the sea.

o 6 How rich thy bounties are! And wondrous are thy ways:

0

g

Of dust and worms thy power can frame
A monument of praise.

7 [Out of the mouths of babes
And sucklings, thou canst draw
Surprising honours to thy name;

And strike the world with awe.
8 O Lord, our heavenly King,
Thy name is all divine :

Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shine.]

C. M. Mear. [*]

Christ's Condescension and Glorification.
LORD, our Lord, how wondrous great

Is thine exalted name! o The glories of thy heavenly state Let men and babes proclaim.

-2 When I behold thy works on high,
The moon that rules the night,
And stars that well adorn the sky,
Those moving worlds of light;-

3 Lord, what is man, or all his race,
Who dwells so far below,

That thou should'st visit him with grace,
And love his nature so!

4 That thine eternal Son should bear,

To take a mortal form;

D Made lower than his angels are,

To save a dying worm.

-5 Yet, while he lived on earth unknown, And men would not adore ;

0

Th' obedient seas and fishes own

His Godhead and his power.

g 6 The waves lay spread beneath his feet;
And fish at his command,

Bring their large shoals to Peter's net;
Bring tribute to his hand.

7 These lesser glories of the Son, Shone through the fleshy cloud; e Now we behold him on his throne, And men confess him God.

o 8 Let Him be crowned with majesty,
Who bowed his head to death;
• And be his honours sounded high,
By all things that have breath.

e 9 Jesus, our Lord, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted name!

g The glories of thy heavenly state, Let the whole earth proclaim.]

L. M.

1

FIRST PART. Blendon.

Blendon. Bath. [*]

Ver. 1, 2, paraphrased.—Children praising God.
LMIGHTY Ruler of the

A Through the wide earth thy name is spread;

g And thine eternal glories rise,

O'er all the heavens thy hands have made.

-2 To thee the voices of the young

A monument of honour raise;

e And babes, with uninstructed tongue,
o Declare the wonders of thy praise.
-3 Thy power assists their tender age,
To bring proud rebels to the ground;
To still the bold blasphemer's rage,
And all their policies confound.
o 4 Children amidst thy temple throng,
To see their great Redeemer's face;
The Son of David is their
song,

And young hosannas fill the place.

e 5 The frowning scribes and angry priests
In vain their impious cavils bring:
Revenge sits silent in their breasts,
o While Jewish babes proclaim their King.

L. M. SECOND PART. Quercy. Moreton. [*]
Ver. 3, &c. paraphrased.

Adam and Christ, Lords of the old and new Creation.

ORD, what was man,

when made at first,

•L Adam, the offspring of the dust,

That thou should'st set him and his race
But just below an angel's place?

2 That thou should'st raise his nature so,
And make him lord of all below;
Make every beast and bird submit,
And lay the fishes at his feet?

o 3 But O what brighter glories wait, To crown the second Adam's state! • What honours shall thy Son adorn, Who condescended to be born!

e 4 See him below his angels made!
p See him in dust among the dead,
-To save a ruined world from sin!
o But he shall reign with power divine.

g 5 The world to come, redeemed from all
The miseries that attend the fall,

New made, and glorious, shall submit
At our exalted Saviour's feet.

PSALM 9. C. M. FIRST PART. Mear. [*]
Wrath and Mercy from the Judgment Seat.

1 WITH my whole heart, I'll raise my song, Thy wonders I'll proclaim;

Thou, sovereign Judge of right and wrong,
Wilt put my foes to shame.

2 I'll sing thy majesty and grace;
My God prepares his throne,
To judge the world in righteousness,
And make his vengeance known.

3 Then shall the Lord a refuge prove
For all who are oppressed;

To save the people of his love,

And give the weary rest.

e4 The men who know thy name, will trust
In thy abundant grace;

For thou hast ne'er forsook the just,
Who humbly seek thy face.

o 5 Sing praises to the righteous Lord,
Who dwells on Zion's hill;

Who executes his threatening word,
And doth his grace fulfill.

C. M. SECOND PART.

Colchester. [*]

Verse 12.-The Wisdom and Equity of Providence.

1

W shall once inquire for blood,

THEN the great Judge supreme and just,

The humble souls who mourn in dust,

Shall find a faithful God.

o 2 He from the dreadful gates of death Does his own children raise :

In Zion's gates with cheerful breath,
They sing their Father's praise.

3 His foes shall fall, with heedless feet,
Into the pit they made;

And sinners perish in the net,

That their own hands have spread.

4 [Thus, by thy judgments, mighty God,
Are thy deep counsels known;
When men of mischief are destroyed,
The snare must be their own.

PAUSE.

d 5 The wicked shall sink down to hell;
Thy wrath devour the lands
That dare forget thee, or rebel

Against thy known commands.]

-6 Though saints to sore distress are brought,
And wait and long complain;
Their cries shall never be forgot,
Nor shall their hopes be vain.
o 7 Rise, great Redeemer, from thy seat,
To judge and save the poor;

g Let nations tremble at thy feet,
And man prevail no more.

P

8 [Thy thunder shall affright the proud,
And put their hearts to pain;

Make them confess that thou art God,
And they but feeble men.]

PSALM 10. C. M. Reading. [b]

Prayer heard, and Saints saved from the Wicked.
HY does the Lord stand off so far!

P1W And why conceal his face,

When great calamities appear,

And times of deep distress?

e 2 Lord, shall the wicked still deride
Thy justice and thy power?
Shall they advance their heads in pride,
And still thy saints devour?

3 [They put thy judgments from their sight,
And then insult the poor;

They boast in their exalted height,
That they shall fall no more.]