13 Is not the world of nature thine,
The darkness and the day?

Didst thou not bid the morning shine,
And mark the sun his way?

14 Hath not thy pow'r form'd ev'ry coast,
And set the earth its bounds,

With summer's heat, and winter's frost,
In their perpetual rounds?

15 And shall the sons of earth and dust,
That sacred pow'r blaspheme?
Will not that hand that form'd them first,
Avenge thine injur'd name?]

16 Think on the cov'nant thou hast made,
And all thy words of love;

Nor let the birds of prey invade,

And vex thy mourning dove.

e 17 [Our foes would triumph in our blood,
And make our hope their jest;

Plead thine own cause, almighty God,
And give thy children rest.]

PSALM 75. L. M.

Blendon. [*]

Power and Government from God alone.
NO thee, most Holy and most High,

Thy works declare thy name is nigh,
Thy works of wonder and of grace.

praise;

["To slav'ry doom'd, thy chosen sons "Beheld their foes triumphant rise; "And sore oppress'd by earthly thrones, "They sought the Sov'reign of the skies. 3 'Twas then great God, with equal pow'r, "Arose thy vengeance and thy grace, "To scourge their legions from the shore, "And save the remnant of thy race."

e."]

4 Let haughty sinners sink their pride;
Nor lift so high their scornful head;
But lay their foolish thoughts aside,
And own the powers that God hath made.
5 Such honours never come by chance,
Nor do the winds promotion blow;
'Tis God the Judge doth one advance;
'Tis God that lays another low.

6 No vain pretence to royal birth,
Shall fix a tyrant on the throne ;
God, the great Sov'reign of the earth,
Will rise, and make his justice known.

[His hand holds out the dreadful cup
Of vengeance mix'd with various plagues,
To make the wicked drink them up,
Wring out and taste the bitter dregs.
8 Now shall the Lord exalt the just,
And while he tramples on the proud;
And lays their glory in the dust,
My lips shall sing his praise aloud.]

1

PSALM 76. C. M. Bedford. [*]

God in Zion terrible to her Enemies.

Ν

IN Judah, God of old was known,

His name in Israel great;

In Salem stood his holy throne,

And Zion was his seat.

2 [Among the praises of his saints,
His dwelling there he chose :
There he receiv'd their just complaints,
Against their haughty foes.]

3 From Zion went his dreadful word,
And broke the threat'ning spear;
The bow, the arrows, and the sword,
And crush'd th' Assyrian war.

e 4 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else, But mighty hills of prey?

-The hill, on which JEHOVAH dwells,
Is glorious more than they.

5 ['Twas Zion's King that stopt the breath
Of captains and their bands:

The men of might slept fast in death,
And never found their hands.

d 6 At thy rebuke, O Jacob's God,
Both horse and chariot fell:

Who knows the terrour of thy rod!
Thy vengeance who can tell?]

e 7 What pow'r can stand oefore his sight,
When once his wrath appears?

a When Heav'n shines round with dreadful light, The earth lies still and fears.

a

-8 When God, in his own sov'reign ways,
Comes down to save th' opprest;

The wrath of man shall work his praise,
And he'll restrain the rest.

9 [Vow to the Lord, and tribute bring;
Ye princes, fear his frown:

His terrours shake the proudest king,
And cuts an army down.

10 The thunder of his sharp rebuke
Our haughty foes shall feel:
For Jacob's God hath not forsook,
But dwells in Zion still.]

PSALM 77. C. M. FIRST PART.

Melancholy and Hope.

Abridge. [b]

e 1 TO God I cry'd with mournful voice,

I sought his gracious ear;

In the sad day when troubles rose,

And fill'd my heart with fear.

p 2 Sad were my days, and dark my nights,
My soul refus'd relief;

I thought on God, the just and wise,
But thoughts increas'd my grief.

3 [Still I complain'd, and still opprest,
My heart began to break:

My God, thy wrath forbade my rest,
And kept my eyes awake.

4 My overwhelming sorrows grew,
Till I could speak no more;
Then I within myself withdrew,
And call'd thy judgments o'er.

5 I call'd back years and ancient times
When I beheld thy face;

My spirit search'd for secret crimes,
That might withhold thy grace.

6 I call'd thy mercies to my mind,
Which I enjoy'd before:

And will the Lord no more be kind?
His face appear no more?]

e 7 Will he forever cast me off?
His promise ever fail?

p Has he forgot his tender love?
Shall anger still prevail?

-8 But I forbid this hopeless thought,
This dark despairing frame;
Rememb'ring what thy hand hath wrought;
Thy hand is still the same.

o 9 I'll think again of all thy ways,
And talk thy wonders o'er ;
Thy wonders of recov'ring grace,
When flesh could hope no more.

• 10 Grace dwells with justice on the throne;
And men who love thy word,
Have in thy sanctuary known
The counsels of the Lord.

e 1"

C. M. SECOND PART. Wantage. [*]
Israel brought from Egypt to Canaan.

"HOW

OW awful is thy chast'ning rod"— (May thine own children say)

"The great, the wise, the dreadful God! "How holy is his way!"

-2 [I'll meditate his works of old;

The King who reigns above,
I'll hear his ancient wonders told,
And learn to trust his love.]

-3 Long did the house of Joseph lie,
With Egypt's yoke opprest;
Long he delay'd to hear their cry,
Nor gave his people rest.

4 The sons of good old Jacob seem'd,
Abandon'd to their foes;

o But his almighty arm redeem'd The nation that he chose.

-5 Israel, his people and his sheep,
Must follow where he calls;

He bade them venture through the deep,
And made the waves their walls!

e 6 The waters saw thee, mighty God,
The waters saw thee come;

u Backward they fled, and frighted stood, To make thine armies room.

-7 Strange was thy journey through the sea, Thy footsteps, Lord, unknown;

Terrours attend the wondrous way,
That brings thy mercies down.

d 8 [Thy voice with terrour in the sound,
Through clouds and darkness broke;
All heav'n in lightning shone around,
And earth with thunder shook.

9 Thine arrows thro' the sky were hurl'd,
How glorious is the Lord!

Surprise and trembling seiz'd the world,
And his own saints ador'd.

-10 He gave them water from the rock;
And safe, by Moses' hand,
Through a dry desert led his flock,
Home to the promis'd land.]

PSALM 78. C. M. FIRST PART. Mear. [*]

1

Providence of God rehearsed to Children.

'LWhich God perform'd of old;

ET children hear the mighty deeds,

Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.

2 He bids us make his glories known,
His works of pow'r and grace;
And we'll convey his wonders down,
Through ev'ry rising race.

3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs ;

That generations, yet unborn,

May teach them to their heirs.

4 Thus shall they learn, in God alone
Their hope securely stands;

That they may ne'er forget his works,
But practise his commands.

China. [b*]

Israel's Rebellion and Punishment.

WHAT a stiff rebellious house
Was Jacob's ancient race!

False to their own most solemn vows,
And to their Maker's grace.

2 They broke the cov'nant of his love,
And did his laws despise ;