3. Since of thy Goodness all partake,
With what Affurance fhould the Just
Thy fhelt'ring Wings their Refuge make
And Saints to thy Protection trust!

4 Such Guefts fhall to thy Courts be led,
And there enjoy a rich Repast,

There drink as from a Fountain's Head,
Of Joys which shall for ever last.

5. With thee the Springs of Life remain,
Thy Prefence is eternal Day:

O! let thy Saints thy Favor gain

To upright Hearts thy Truth display.

PSALM XXXVI. Third Verfion. WATTS..

IGH in the Heav'ns, eternal God,

H'Thy Goodness in full Glory shines;

Thy Truth fhall break thro' ev'ry Cloud
That vails and darkens thy Designs.

2. For ever firm thy Justice ftands,
As Mountains their Foundations keep;
Wife are the Wonders of thy Hands;
Thy Judgments are a mighty Deep.
3 Thy Providence is kind and large,
Both Man and Beast thy Bounty fhare;
The whole Creation is thy Charge,
But Saints are thy peculiar Care.

4 My God! how excellent thy Grace;
Whence all our Hope and Comfort fprings!
The Sons of Adam in Diftrefs

Fly to the Shadow of thy Wings.

5. From the Provifions of thy House
We shall be fed with fweet Repast;
There Mercy, like a River flows,
And brings Salvation to our Taste.
6 Life like a Fountain rich and free
Springs from the Prefence of my Lord;
And in thy Light our Souls fhall fee
The Glories promis'd in thy Word.

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PSALM XXXVI. Fourth Verfion. WATTS..

WHILE Men grow bold in wicked Ways,.

yet a God they own,

My Heart within me often says,

"Their Thoughts believe there's none." 2 Their Thoughts and Ways at once declare, Whate'er their Lips profefs,

God hath no Pow'r for them to fear,
Nor will they seek his Grace.

3. What strange Self-Flatt'ry blinds their Eyes!.
But there's a haft'ning Hour
When they fhall fee with fore Surprize
The Terrors of thy Pow'r..

4 Thy Juftice fhall maintain its Throne,
Tho' Mountains melt away;

5.

Thy Judgments are a World unknown,
A deep unfathom'd Sea.

Above thefe Heav'ns created Rounds
Thy Mercies, Lord, extend;

Thy Truth out-lives the narrow Rounds
Where Time and Nature end.

6 Safety to Man thy Goodness brings,
Nor overlooks the Beast;
Beneath the Shadow of thy Wings
Thy Children chufe to reft.

7 From thee, when Creature-Streams run low,
And mortal Comforts die,
Perpetual Springs of Life fhall flow,
And raise our Pleasures high...

8 Tho' all created Light decay,

And Death close up our Eyes, Thy Prefence makes eternal Day Where Clouds can never rife.

PSALM XXXVII. First Verfion. Firft Part. MERRICK.

No Reafon to envy Sinners.

ET not the Sinner's Wealth or Might

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The Envy of thy Saul excite:

Anon thine Eye fhall fee him fade
Quick as the Flow'r, or vernal Blade.
But thou thy Will to Heav'n's high Lord,
His Faith thy Truft, thy Rule his Word,
Submit, and nourish'd by his Hand
Inherit from his Gift the Land.

3 In him delight, on him depend,

Him chufe thy Guide, thy Way, thy End;
So fhall his Love thy Wishes grant,
His Care anticipate thy Want.

4 He'll bid thy Acts, in Light ferene,,
Fair as the rifing Morn be feen ;
Thy Justice as the Noon of Day
Diffusive pour its cloudlefs Ray.
5 With patient Hope await his Will,
Nor let the Sight of profp'rous Ill
Impel thee with Difquiet vain
His wife Difpofals to arraign:

6 But fee the meek and pious Band,
Advanc'd by God's almighty Hand,
That Hand fhall blefs them from above
And crown them with eternal Love.

PSALM XXXVII. Firft Verfion. Second Part.

The happy State and charitable Difpofition of the Righteous..

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XCHANGE not ye your fcanty Store

For Heaps of guilt-polluted Ore:
That God, ye Saints, whofe Love ye feek,
The Arm of lawless Pow'r fhall break.

2 He'll bid the Just protected stand
Beneath the Shadow of his Hand:
But wait a while; then look around;
No more the impious Race are found.
3 By him your Years determin'd flow;
The Lot, which his Decrees bestow,
From Sire to Son, till Time shall end,,
In fure Succeffion fhall defcend,

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His plenteous Alms the Juft can give,
And pleas'd a Brother's Wants relieve;
While faithlefs Men th' intrufted Loan
With bafe Ingratitude difown.

5 Earth's Goods thy Bleffing to the Pure
Shall grant, and what it grants infure;
While guilty Souls the Hand divine
To full Excifion fhall confign.

6 The Juft, bleft Object of thy Love,
Thou, Lord, wilt lead, his Path approve,
Thy faithful Hands his Steps fuftain,
Nor falls he, but to rife again.

7 His Heart with gen'rous Pity glows;
Inrich'd by what his Hand beftows
He lives, and for his diftant Heirs.
Profperity and Peace prepares.

PSALM XXXVII. First Verfion. Third Part

The different End of the Righteous and Wicked.

ELIGHTED whom his Laws delight

Th' Almighty views; nor Day nor Night
The Soul that bows to his Decree

Abandon'd from his Love fhall fee.

2 Behold, ye Juft, th' eternal Doom

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The Sinner's fhort-liv'd Race confume,
While happier ye to yours affign'd
A Heritage perpetual find.

3 The profp'ring Sinner once I view'd;
Strong as the healthful Tree he stood:
I went, I came, and look'd again;
I look'd, but fought his Place in vain.
To God the Juft his Safety owes,
Him owns his Strength amidst his Woes,
Affur'd that he fhall each defend
Whofe constant Hopes on him depend.
5 Behold the Juft, and mark his End:
See Peace his Eve of Life attend,

While on the Sinner's latest Hour

The Storms of heaviest Judgments low'r.
6 God's Law, the ever faithful Guide
To Sin forbids our Feet to slide;
Recede from Ill, to Good incline
Thy Thought; and endlefs Life be thine.

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PSALM XXXVII. Second Verfion. TATE.
Profperous Vice to be neither envied nor feared.
HO' wicked Men grow rich or great,
Yet let not their fuccefsful State
Thy Anger or thy Envy raise :
For they cut down like tender Grass,
Or like young Flow'rs away fhall pass,
Whofe blooming Beauty foon decays.
2 Depend on God, and him obey,
So thou within the Land shalt stay,
Secure from Danger and from Want:
Make his Commands thy chief Delight,
And he, thy Duty to requite,

Shall all thy earnest Wishes grant.

3 In all thy Ways truft thou the Lord,
And he will needful Help afford
To perfect ev'ry juft Design;
And make, like Light ferene and clear,
Thy clouded Innocence appear,

And as a mid-day Sun to fhine.

4 With quiet Mind on God depend,
And patiently for him attend,

Nor let thine Anger weakly rife;
Tho' wicked Men with Wealth abound,
And with Succefs the Plots are crown'd,
Which they maliciously devise.

5 God to the Juft will Aid afford,
Their only Safeguard is the Lord,

Their Strength, in Time of Need, is He:
Because on him they ftill depend,
The Lord will timely Succour fend,
And from the Wicked fet him free..

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