PSALM V. Joy in the government of God. I COME let us all unite our joys, 2 He reigns; let all the earth rejoice: 3 O ye that love and praife the Lord, 4. Seeds of immortal light and blifs A joyful harvest will, at length, 5 Then let your chearful temper fhew A 3 F. PSALM VI. PSALM VI. Hope in God's mercy. 1 OPPREST with grief, or guilt, or care Tho' funk, I ne'er can fink fo low 2 Should't thou against each evil deed By merit, without mercy, try'd 3 But thou forgiveness doft proclaim, 4 The frailty of our ftate he knows; PSALM VII. Greatness and goodness of God, 7 WE will extol thy facred name, P. We'll We'll bless thee daily now; 'twill be 2 Our praises should be high like thee, Whofe greatness all our thoughts exceeds: Since thro' all ages they extend, All fhou'd make known thy mighty deeds. 3 We'll tell the glories of thy ftate, 4 So, like the unexhausted spring 5 Of life and peace, their joys fhall flow; Thou, Lord, art full of grace and love; 6 While God from all his lower works P. PSALM VIIL PSALM VIII. God our preferver and deliverer. 1 IN our profperity we say Our mountain stands for ever ftrong: 2 For were thy prefence once withdrawn, What troubles might our state invade ! O God, uphold us or we fall, We live but by thy conftant aid. 3 With fickness worn, with grief oppreft 4 Thine anger is but fhort; thy love, 5 Rejoice ye then, ye faints of God, P. PSALM IX. PSALM IX. Goodness, equity, and immutability of God's character and counfels. 1 YE righteous in the Lord rejoice, 2 God's word is, like its author, good; His promise fure; and all his works 3 Works that are juft and right enfure 4 The vaft-extended orbs of heaven, 5 The fea's proud waves, within the shores In the great store-houfe of the deep. |