I PS AL. LXXXIV. HO Lord of Hofts, how dear WOW lovely are thy dwellings fair ! The pleasant tabernacles are, Where thou dost dwell so near! My heart and flesh aloud do cry, O living God, for thee. 3 There ev'n the fparrow freed from wrong Hath found a houfe of reft; The fwallow there, to lay her young Hath built her brooding neft,. Ev'n by thy altars, Lord of Hofts, They find their fafe abode, And home they fly from round the coafts Toward thee, my King, my God. 4 Happy, who in thy house refide, Where thee they ever praise: 5 Happy, whose strength in thee doth bide, And in their hearts thy ways. 6 They pafs through Baca's thirsty vale, That dry and barren ground, As through a fruitful watery dale Where springs and showers abound. 7. They journey on from ftrength to strength With joy and gladsome chear, Till all before our God at length In Sion do appear.. 10 15 20 25 : Lord 8 Lord God of Hofts, hear now my prayer; O Jacob's God, give ear, 9 Thou God our fhield, look on the face Gives grace and glory bright, No good from them fhall be withheld Whose ways are just and right. 12 Lord God of Hosts, that reign'ft on high, 45 That man is truly bleft, Who only on thee doth rely, I And in thee only rest. PSAL. LXXXV. HY land to favour graciously TH Thou haft not, Lord, been flack, Thou haft from hard captivity Returned Jacob back. 2 Th' iniquity thou didst forgive That wrought thy people woe, And all their fin, that did thee grieve, 5 5 3 Thine 3 Thine anger all thou hadst remov'd, And calmly didst return * From thy fierce wrath, which we had prov'd 4 God of our faving health and Turn us, and us restore, Thine indignation cause to cease peace, 10 15 Wilt thou be angry without end, For ever angry thus, Wilt thou thy frowning ire extend From age to age on us? 6 Wilt thou not † turn, and hear our voice, And us again + revive, That fo thy people may rejoice, By thee preferv'd alive ? 7 Caufe us to fee thy goodness, Lord, To us thy mercy fhew; Thy faving health to us afford, And life in us renew. 8 And now what God the Lord will speak, I will go ftrait and hear, For to his people he speaks peace, And to his faints full dear, To his dear faints he will speak peace, But let them never more Return to folly, but furceafe To trefpafs as before. *Heb. The burning heat of thy wrath. + Heb. Turn to quicken us. 20 25 30 35 9 Surely 9 Surely to fuch as do him fear Salvation is at hand, And glory fhall ere long appear To dwell within our land. 10 Mercy and Truth that long were miss'd Now joyfully are met; Sweet Peace and Righteousness have kifs'd, 40 And hand in hand are fet. 11 Truth from the earth, like to a flower, 49 Shall bud and bloffom then, And Justice from her heavenly bower Look down on mortal men. 12 The Lord will alfo then bestow Whatever thing is good, Our land fhall forth in plenty throw Her fruits to be our food. r3 Before him Righteousness shall go His royal harbinger; 50 Then will he come, and not be flow, 55 His footsteps cannot err. PSAL. LXXXVI. I THY HY gracious ear, O Lord, incline, For I am poor, and almoft pine *Heb. He will fet his freps to the way. 2 Preferve 2 Preferve my foul, for * I have trod Thy ways, and love the just; Save thou thy servant, O my God, Who fill in thee doth trust. 3 Pity me, Lord, for daily thee I call; 4. O make rejoice. For thou art good, thou, Lord, art prope Art full of mercy, thou alone To them that on thee call. 7 I in the day of my diftrefs For thou wilt grant me free access, 8 Like thee among the Gods is none, O Lord, nor any works Of all that other Gods have done Like to thy glorious works. 9 The nations all whom thou hast made Shall come, and all shall frame To bow them low before thee, Lord, And glorify thy name. *Heb. I am good, loving, a doer of good and holy things. VOL. III. P 10 For |