But guard the just, thou God, to whom 10, 11 God me protects, not only me, And daily lays up wrath for those 12 If they persist, he whets his sword, 18 Ev'n now, with swift destruction wing'd, His pointed shafts are sent ; 14 The plots are fruitless which my foe Unjustly did conceive; 15 The pit he digg'd for me, has prov'd His own untimely grave. 16 On his own head his spite returns, On him the violence is fall'n, 17 Therefore will I the righteous ways I'll sing the praise of God most high, PSALM VIII. THOU, to whom all creatures bow Through all the world how great art thou! 2 And yet thou makʼst the infant tongue Through thee the weak confound the strong, And so thou quell'st the wicked throng, 3 When heav'n, thy beauteous work on high, Employs my wond'ring sight; The moon, that nightly rules the sky, 4 What's man, say I, that, Lord, thou lovʼst Or what his offspring, that thou prov'st s Him next in pow'r thou didst create 6 Ordain'd with dignity and state, O'er all thy works to reign. 7 They jointly own his pow'rful sway; The beasts that prey or graze; 8 The bird that wings its airy way; The fish that cuts the seas. 9 O Thou, to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame, 1 Through all the world how great art thou! ΤΟ PSALM IX. To celebrate thy praise, O Lord, I will my heart prepare; To all the list'ning world, thy works, 2 The thought of them shall to my soul Whilst to thy name, O thou Most High, 3 Thou mad'st my haughty foes to turn 4 Against insulting foes advanc'd, Thou didst my cause maintain; 5 The insolence of heathen pride 6 Mistaken foes, your haughty threats Our city stands, which you design'd 7,8 The Lord for ever lives, who has To punish or reward. 9 God is a constant sure defence As troubles rise, his needful aids 10 All those who have his goodness prov'd Whose mercy ne'er forsook the man 11 Sing praises there fore to the Lord, Proclaim his deeds, till all the world PART II. 12 When he inquiry makes for blood, 14 In Sion then I'll sing thy praise, And with loud shouts of grateful joy Their guilty feet to their own snare 16 Thus, by the just returns he makes, While wicked men by their own plots, 17 No single sinner shall escape, Nor nation, from his just revenge, By numbers be secur'd. 18 His suff'ring saints, when most distress'd, 19 Arise, O Lord, assert thy pow'r, 20 Strike terror through the nations round, They to each other, and themselves, PSALM X. HY presence why withdraw'st thou, Lord? When dismal times of deep distress 2 The wicked, swell'd with lawless pride, 3 For straight they triumph, if success 4 To own a power above themselves, 6 They fondly think their prosp❜rous state They think their vain designs shall thrive, 7 Vain and deceitful is their speech, By which the mischief of their heart 8 Near public roads they lie conceal'd, The innocent and poor at once With greater cunning, or express to Sometimes they act the harmless man, That so deceiv'd, the poor may less PART II. 11 For God, they think, no notice takes Of their unrighteous deeds; He never minds the suff'ring poor, 12 But thou, O Lord, at length arise, 13 No longer let the wicked vaunt, "Tush, God regards not what we do; 14 But sure thou seest, and all their deeds The orphan, therefore, and the poor, 15 Defenceless let the wicked fall, 16 Assert thy just dominion, Lord, 17 Thou hear'st the humble supplicants Thou first prepar'st their hearts to pray, 18 Thou, in thy righteous judgment, weigh'st The fatherless and poor; 1 That so the tyrants of the earth SINCE PSALM XI. CE I have plac'd my trust in God, Why should I, like a tim'rous bird, 2 Behold, the wicked bend their bow, 3 When once the firm assurance fails, 'Tis time for innocence to fly 4 The Lord hath both a temple here, B |