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8 Young lions, pinch'd with hunger, roar, And famish in the wood;

But God supplies his holy poor
With ev'ry needful good.]

PSALM XXXIV. 2d Part. Com.Met.

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Ver. 11-22.

Exhortation to peace and holiness.

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

Let not a false or spiteful word
Be found upon your tongue.
2 Depart from mischief, practise love,
Pursue the works of peace;
So shall the Lord your ways approve,
And fet your fouls at ease.

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

4 What though the forrows here they taste
Are sharp and tedious too,
The Lord, who saves them all at last,
Is their supporter now.

5 Evil shall smite the wicked dead,
But God secures 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. 1st Part. Com.Metre.

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Ver. 1-9.

Prayer and faith of persecuted faints; or, imprecations mixed with charity.

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OW plead my cause, Almighty God,
With all the sons of strife;

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

2 Draw out thy spear, and stop their way,
Lift thy avenging rod;

But to my foul in mercy fay, "I am thy Saviour God."

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

That their own hands have made.

4 Let fogs and darkness hide their way,
And flipp'ry be their ground;
Thy wrath shall 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,
Whose malice is implacable
Against the Lord on high.

7 But if thou hast 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 salvation 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

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typified in David.

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

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.

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3 How did his flowing tears condole,
As for a brother dead!
And fasting mortify'd his foul,
While for their life he pray'd.

4 They groan'd, and curs'd him on their bed,
Yet still he pleads and mourns;
And double blessings on his head
The righteous God returns.
5 O glorious type of heav'nly grace!
Thus Chrift the Lord appears :
While finners curse, the Saviour prays,
And pities them with tears.

6 He, the true David, Ifr'el's king,
Blest and belov'd of God,
To fave us rebels, dead in fin,
Paid his own dearest blood.

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PSALM XXXVI. 5-9. Long Metre.
The perfections and providence of God; or, general
providence and special grace.
IGH in the heav'ns, eternal God!

HIGH H Thy goodness in full glory shines;

Thy truth shall break thro' ev'ry cloud
That veils and darkens thy designs.

2 For ever firm thy justice stands,
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 share;
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 springs!
The fons of Adam in distress

Fly to the shadow of thy wings.

5 From the provisions of thy house
We shall be fed with sweet repast;
There mercy, like a river, flows,
And brings falvation to our taste.
6 Life, like a fountain, rich and free,
Springs from the presence of my Lord;
And in thy light our fouls shall fee
The glories promis'd in thy word.

PSALM XXXVI. Common Metre. Ver. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7,9. Practical atheism exposed; 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 says, "Their thoughts believe there's none."

2 Their thoughts and ways at once declare,
(Whate'er their lips profess)
"God hath no wrath for them to fear,
"Nor will they seek his grace."

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

4 Thy justice shall 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 goodness brings,
Nor overlooks the beast :
Beneath the shadow of thy wings
Thy children choose to rest.

7 [From thee, when creature streams run low,
And mortal comforts die,
Perpetual springs of life shall flow,
And raise 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.]

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