Most just and true those statutes were,
Which Thou didst first decree;
And all with faithfulness perform'd,
Succeeding times shall see.

Thy righteousness shall still endure,
When time itself is past;
Thy law is truth itself,
Which shall for ever last.

4 Eternal and unerring rules Thy testimonies give:

that truth

Teach me the wisdom that will make
My soul for ever live.

PSALM 119. PART 17. (C. M.)

The truth of the Divine promises.

1 ETERNAL and unerring rules
Thy testimonies give :

Teach me the wisdom that will make
My soul for ever live.

2 LORD, hear my supplicating voice, And wonted favour show;

O quicken me, and so approve

Thy judgments ever true.

3 Concerning Thy Divine decrees,

My soul has known of old,

That they were true, and shall their truth
To endless ages hold.

PSALM 119. PART 18. (C. M.)

1 To

For Divine support in affliction.

my request and earnest cry
Attend, O gracious LORD;

Inspire my heart with heavenly skill,
According to Thy word.

2 Let my repeated pray'r at least
Before Thy throne appear;
According to Thy plighted word,
For my relief draw near.

3 Then shall my grateful lips return
The tribute of their praise,
When Thou Thy counsels hast reveal'd,
And taught me Thy just ways.

PART 19. (C. M.)

Trust in God.

1 GREAT peace and rest shall all such have,
As do Thy statutes love;
No danger shall their quiet state
Impair, or once remove.

2 My tongue the praises of Thy word
Shall thankfully resound,
Because Thy promises are all

With truth and justice crown'd.

3 Like some lost sheep I've stray'd, till I
Despair my way to find;

Thou, therefore, LORD, Thy servant seek,
Who keeps Thy laws in mind.

I

PSALM 121. (C. M.)

God our Protector at all times.

1 To Sion's hill I lift my eyes,
From thence expecting aid;
From Sion's hill, and Sion's God,
Who heav'n and earth has made.

2 Then thou, my soul, in safety rest,
Thy Guardian will not sleep;
His watchful care, that Israel guards,
Will thee from danger keep.

3 Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's wings,
Thou shalt securely rest;

Where neither sun nor moon shall Thee
By day or night molest.

in war,

4 At home, abroad, in peace,
Thy God shall thee defend;

Conduct thee through life's pilgrimage
Safe to thy journey's end.

PSALM 122. (C. M.)

This very beautiful and delightful Hymn, expressive of the joy of the Israelites in going up to Jerusalem, to celebrate their festivals, is no less applicable to the members of the Christian church; and will, doubtless, find an echo in the breast of every one, to whom the unity, peace, and prosperity of that Church are dear.'

10 'Twas a joyful sound to hear
Our tribes devoutly say,

Arise, and to the temple haste,
And keep your festal day.

2 'Tis thither, by Divine command,
The tribes of God repair,
Before His ark to celebrate

His name with praise and prayer.
3 O pray we then for Salem's peace,
For they shall prosp'rous be,
(Thou holy city of our God!)

Who bear true love to thee.

4 May peace within thy sacred walls,
A constant guest be found;
With plenty and prosperity
Thy palaces be crown'd!

PSALM 124. (C. M.)

The righteous rescued from the snares of the wicked. 1 HAD not the LORD, may Israel say, Been pleas'd to interpose;

Had not His grace espoused our cause,
Against our mighty foes;

2 Their wrath had swallow'd us alive
And rag'd without control;
Sin, death, and hell's united floods
Had quite o'erwhelm'd our soul.

3 But, praise to our eternal LORD
Who rescued us that day;

And sav'd us from their savage grasp
Nor gave us up a prey.

4 Secure in His Almighty name

Our confidence remains;

Who, as He made both heav'n and earth,
Of both sole monarch reigns.

PSALM 125. PART 1. Old Version. (L. M.)

The safety of the righteous under the protecting care of the
Almighty.

1 THOSE that do place their confidence
Upon the LORD our God only,
And flee to Him for their defence
In all their need and misery,

2 Their faith is sure, still to endure,

Grounded on Christ the corner-stone;
Mov'd with no ill, but standeth still,
Stedfast like to the mount Sion.

3 And as about Jerusalem

The mighty hills do it compass,
So that no foes can come to them
To hurt that town in any case:

4 So God indeed, in every need,

His faithful people doth defend,
Standing them by, assuredly,

From this time forth world without end.

PART 2. (C. M.)

1 WHO place in Sion's God their trust, Like Sion's rock shall stand;

1

Like her, immoveably be fix'd,

By His Almighty hand.

2 Look! how the hills on every side

Jerusalem inclose;

So stands the LORD around His saints
To guard them from their foes.