To walk in paths of righteousness,
For his most holy name.

3 Yea, though I walk in vale of death,
Yet will I fear no ill:

Thy rod and staff do comfort me,
And thou art with me still.

4 Thro' all my life thy favour is
So frankly shew'd to me,
That in thy house for evermore
My dwelling-place shall be.

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PSALM 24.

HIS spacious earth is all the Lord's,
The Lord's her fullness is:

The world, and they that dwell therein,
By sov'reign right are his.

2 But for himself this Lord of all
One chosen seat design'd;

O! who shall to that sacred hill
Desir'd admittance find!

3 The man whose hands and heart are pure, Whose thoughts from pride are free; Who honest poverty prefers

To gainful perjury.

4 This, this is he, on whom the Lord
Shall show'r his blessings down,
Whom God his Saviour shall vouchsafe
With righteousness to crown.

5 Such is the race of saints, by whom
The sacred courts are trod;
And such the proselytes that seek
The face of Jacob's God.

PART 2.

1 ERECT your heads, eternal gates,

Unfold to entertain

The King of Glory; see, he comes
With his celestial train.

2 Who is the King of Glory? who?
The Lord for strength renown'd;
In battle mighty, o'er his foes
Eternal victor crown'd.

3 Erect your heads, ye gates, unfold

In state to entertain

The King of Glory; see, he comes
With all his shining train.

4 Who is this King of Glory? who?
The Lord of Hosts renown'd;

f glory he alone is King, Who is with glory crown'd.

PSALM 25.

1 THY mercies and thy love,
O Lord, recall to mind ;

And graciously continue still,
As thou wert ever, kind.

2 Let all my youthful crimes
Be blotted out by thee;

And, for thy wond'rous goodness sake,
In mercy think on me.

3 His mercy and his truth
The righteous Lord displays,
In bringing wand'ring sinners home,
And teaching them his ways.

4 He those in justice guides
Who his direction seek;

And in his sacred paths shall lead
The humble and the meek.

5 Thro' all the ways of God
Both truth and mercy shine,
To such as with religious hearts
To his blest will incline.

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PART 2.

WHOE'ER with humble fear

To God his duty pays,

Shall find the Lord a faithful guide
In all his righteous ways.

2 His quiet soul with peace
Shall be for ever blest,

And by his numerous race the land
Successively possest.

3 For God to all his saints

His secret will imparts,

And does his gracious cov'nant write
In their obedient hearts.

4 Let all my righteous acts
To full perfection rise,
Because my firm and constant hope
On thee alone relies.

5 To Israel's chosen race

Continue ever kind;

And in the midst of all their wants
Let them thy succour find.
PSALM 27.

1 CONTINUE, Lord, to hear my voice, Whene'er to thee I cry;

In mercy all my prayers receive,
Nor my request deny.

2 When us to seek thy glorious face
Thou kindly dost advise:

"Thy glorious face I'll always seek," My grateful heart replies.

3 Then hide not thou thy face, O Lord,
Nor me in wrath reject;

My God and Saviour, leave not him
Thou didst so oft protect.

4 God's time with patient faith expect,
And he'll inspire thy breast

With inward strength; do thou thy part,
And leave to him the rest.

PSALM 28. OLD VERSION

1 To render thanks unto the Lord, How great a cause have I,

My voice, my pray'r, and my complaint,
That heard so willingly!

2 He is my shield and fortitude,
My buckler in distress;
My heart rejoiceth greatly, and
My song shall him confess.

3 He is our strength and our defence,
Our foes for to resist,

The health and the salvation of
His own elect by Christ.

4 Thy people and thy heritage,
Lord, bless, guide, and preserve;
Increase them, Lord, and rule their hearts,
That they may never swerve.

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PSALM 30.

"'LL celebrate thy praises, Lord,
Who didst thy pow'r employ

To raise my drooping head, and check
My foes' insulting joy.

2 Thus to his courts, ye saints of his,
With songs of praise repair;

With me commemorate his truth,
And providential care.

3 His wrath has but a moment's reign,
His favour no decay;

Your night of grief is recompens'd
With joy's returning day.