Psalms 4, 84, 89 v. 2, 92 p. 2, 106, 117, 121, 150 v. 3

Concluding Hymns 65-75, 95, 96, 129-134, 147-150, 173, 181, 193, 201-204, 206, 207, 214, 215, 220, 235, 239-241, 243, 246-248, 252.

PSALMS.

PSALM 1.

The righteous and the wicked contrasted.

1 HOW blest is he who ne'er consents
By ill advice to walk;

Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits
Where men profanely talk.

2 But makes the perfect law of God
His business and delight;
Devoutly reads therein by day,
And meditates by night.

3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, With timely fruit doth bend,

He still shall flourish, and success

All his designs attend.

4 Not so the ungodly, they, alas !
No lasting root shall find;

For they are driven away like dust,
Or chaff before the wind.

PSALM 2

Messiah's Exaltation.

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"Ask and receive thy full demands; "Thine shall the heathen be;

"The utmost limits of the lands

"Shall be possess'd by thee."

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Be wise, ye rulers of the earth,
Obey the anointed Lord;

Adore the King of heavenly birth,

And tremble at his word.

With humble love address his throne;

For if he frown, ye die:

Those are secure, and those alone,
Who on his grace rely.

PSALM 3.

Confidence in God.

THOU, Lord, art my secure defence,
On thee my hopes rely;

Thou art my glory and my help
When any evil's nigh.

Guarded by thee, I laid me down
My sweet repose to take;

For I through thee securely sleep,
Through thee in safety wake.
Salvation to the Lord belongs,
He only can defend;

His blessing he extends to all
Who on his name depend.

PSALM 4.

For the divine favour.

HEAR me, O God, when near thy throne
My earnest cries ascend;

I plead thy righteousness alone,
And on thy grace depend.

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Oft has that grace enlarg'd my heart,
Weigh'd down with anxious care;
Again thy mercy, Lord, impart,
Again regard my prayer.

While many wrapt in nature's night
For worldly good inquire,

O lift on me thy saving light!

"Tis all that I desire.

In peace I lay me down to sleep;
Thine arm shall stay my head;
Thine angel spread his tent, and keep
His watch around my bed.

PSALM 5.

For the Lord's Day Morning.

LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high;

To thee will I direct my prayer,
To thee lift up mine eye.

Oft to thy house will I resort,
To taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thy holy court,
And worship in thy fear.

O may thy Spirit guide my feet
In ways of truth and grace;
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face!

All they who love and fear thy name
Shall see their hopes fulfill'd:

The mighty God will compass them
With favour as a shield.

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PSALM 6.

The wrath of God deprecated.

1 IN tender mercy, not in wrath,
Rebuke us, gracious God!
Lest, if thy whole displeasure rise,
We fall beneath thy rod.

2 Touch'd by thy Spirit's quickening power, Our load of guilt we feel;

The wounds thy Spirit hath unclos'd,
O let that Spirit heal!

3 Oppress'd with Satan's galling yoke,
Must we for ever mourn?

And wilt thou not at length, O God,
In pitying love return?

4 O come with speed, ere life expire,
And show thy power to save!
For who shall sing thy name in death,
Or praise thee in the grave?

5 Why should our souls distrust thy grace,
Or yield to dread despair?
Thou wilt fulfil thy promis'd word,
And grant us all our prayer.

PSALM 8. VERSION 1.

The wonders of creation and redemption.

10 THOU, to whom all creatures bow
Within this earthly frame,

Through all the world how great art thou!
How glorious is thy name!

2 When heaven, thy beauteous work on high, Employs my wondering sight,

The moon that nightly rules the sky,
With stars of feebler light;