8 Young lions, pinch'd with hunger, roar,
And famifh in the wood;
But God fupplies his holy poor
With ev'ry needful good.]

PSALM XXXIV. 2d Part. Com.Met.

Ver. 11-22.

Exhortation to peace and holiness.

COM

NOME, children, learn to fear the Lord;
And that your days be long,

Let not a falfe or fpiteful word
Be found upon your tongue.
2 Depart from mifchief, practife love,
Purfue the works of peace;

So fhall the Lord your ways approve,
And fet your fouls at ease.

3 His eyes awake to guard the juft,
His ears attend their cry;
When broken fpirits dwell in dust,
The God of grace is nigh.

4 What though the forrows here they tafte
Are fharp and tedious too,
The Lord, who faves them all at last,
Is their fupporter now.

5 Evil fhall fmite the wicked dead,
But God fecures his own,
Prevents the mischief when they flide,
Or heals the broken bone.

6 When defolation, like a flood,
O'er the proud finner rolls,
Saints find a refuge in their God,
For he redeem'd their fouls.

PSALM XXXV. 1ft Part. Com.Metre.

Ver. I-9.

Prayer and faith of perfecuted faints; or, im-
precations mixed with charity.

OW plead my caufe, Almighty God,
With all the fons of ftrife;

Now

And fight against the men of blood,
Who fight against my life.

2 Draw out thy fpear, and ftop their way,
Lift thy avenging rod;
But to my foul in mercy fay,

"I am thy Saviour God."

3 They plant their fnares to catch my feet, And nets of mischief spread; Plunge the deftroyers in the pit

That their own hands have made.

4 Let fogs and darknefs hide their way,
And flipp'ry be their ground;
Thy wrath fhall make their lives a prey,
And all their rage confound.

5 They fly like chaff before the wind,
Before thine angry breath;
The angel of the Lord behind,
Purfues them down to death.

* 6 They love the road that leads to hell
Then let the rebels die,
Whofe malice is implacable

Against the Lord on high.

7 But if thou haft a chofen few

Amongst that impious race,
Divide them from the bloody crew,
By thy furpaffing grace.

8 Then will I raise my tuneful voice,
To make thy wonders known :
In their falvation I'll rejoice,

And bless thee for my own.

PSALM XXXV. 2d Part. Com. Met.

Ver. 12-14.

Love to enemies; or, the love of Christ to finners typified in David.

EHOLD! the love, the gen'rous love,
That holy David fhows:

BE

Hark, how his founding bowels move,

To his afflicted foes!

2 When they are fick, his foul complains,
And feems to feel the smart;
The spirit of the gospel reigns,
And melts his pious heart.

3 How did his flowing tears condole,
As for a brother dead!

And fafting mortify'd his foul,

While for their life he pray'd.

4 They groan'd, and curs'd him on their bed,
Yet ftill he pleads and mourns ;
And double bleffings on his head
The righteous God returns.

5 O glorious type of heav'nly grace!
Thus Chrift the Lord appears :
While finners curfe, the Saviour prays,
And pities them with tears.

6 He, the true David, Ifr'el's king,
Bleft and belov'd of God,

To fave us rebels, dead in fin,
Paid his own dearest blood.

H

PSALM XXXVI. 5-9. Long Metre. The perfections and providence of God; or, general providence and special grace.

TIGH in the heav'ns, eternal God!

H' Thy goodnefs in full glory shines ;

Thy truth fhall break thro' ev'ry cloud That veils and darkens thy designs. 2 For ever firm thy juftice 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 beaft thy bounty fhare; The whole creation is thy charge, But faints are thy peculiar care. 4 My God! how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort fprings! The fons of Adam in distress Fly to the fhadow of thy wings. 5 From the provifions of thy house We fhall be fed with fweet repast; There mercy, like a river, flows, And brings falvation to our taste. 6 Life, like a fountain, rich and free, Springs from the prefence of my Lord; And in thy light our fouls fhall fee The glories promis'd in thy word.

PSALM XXXVI. Common Metre. Ver. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7,9. Practical atheism expofed; or, the being and attributes of God afferted.

WHILE men grow bold in wicked ways, And yet a God they own,

My heart within me often fays, "Their thoughts believe there's none."

2 Their thoughts and ways at once declare, (Whate'er their lips profefs)

"God hath no wrath for them to fear, "Nor will they feek his grace."

3 What strange self-flatt'ry blinds their eyes!
But there's an haft'ning hour,
When they fhall fee, with fore surprise,
The terrors of thy pow'r.

4 Thy juftice fhall maintain its throne,
Though mountains melt away;
Thy judgments are a world unknown,
A deep unfathom'd fea.

5 Above these heav'n-created rounds,
Thy mercies, Lord, extend:

Thy truth out-lives the narrow bounds,
Where time and nature end.

6 Safety to man thy goodnefs brings,
Nor overlooks the beast:
Beneath the fhadow of thy wings
Thy children choose to reft.

7 [From thee, when creature ftreams run low,
And mortal comforts die,
Perpetual fprings of life fhall flow,
And raife our pleasures high.

8 Though all created light decay,
And death close up our eyes,
Thy prefence makes eternal day,
Where clouds can never rife.]