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2 My life is fpent with grief," I cry'd; My years confum'd in groans; My ftrength decays, mine eyes are dry'd, "And forrow waftes my bones." 3 Among mine enemies, my name Was a mere proverb grown : While to my neighbours I became Forgotten and unknown.

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4 Slander and fear on every fide
Seiz'd and befet me round;
I to the throne of grace apply'd,
And speedy refcue found.

PAUSE.

5 How great deliverance thou haft wrought Before the fons of men!

The lying lips to filence brought,
And made their boastings vain!

6 Thy children from the ftrife of tongues
Shall thy pavilion hide;

Guard them from infamy and wrongs;
And crush the fons of pride.

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7 Within thy fecret prefence, Lord,
Let me forever dwell;
No fenced city, wall'd and barr'd,
Secures a faint fo well.

PSALM XXXII.

Forgiveness of fin upon confeffion.
are
Whofe fins are cover'd o'er !
Divinely bleft, to whom the Lord
Imputes their guilt no more!
2 They mourn their follies paft,

And keep their hearts with care;
Their lips and lives, without deceit,
Shall prove their faith fincere.
While I conceal'd my guilt,
I felt the feftering wound;
Till I confefs'd my fins to thee,
And ready pardon found.

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Short Metre. [*]

Let finners learn to pray,
Let faints keep near the throne;

Our help in times of deep diftress
Is found in God alone.

PSALM XXXII. Common Metre. [*]

Free pardon and fincere obedience; or, confeffion and
forgiveness.
HAPPY the man to whom his God
his fin;
But wah'd in the Redeemer's blood,
Hath made his garments clean!
2 Happy, beyond expreffion, he
Whofe debts are thus discharg’d;
And from the guilty bondage free,
He feels his foul enlarg'd!

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3 His fpirit hates deceit and lies, His words are all fincere;

He guards his heart, he guards his eyes,
To keep his confcience clear.

4 While I my inward guilt fuppreft,
No quiet could I find :

Thy wrath lay burning in my breaft,
And rack'd my tortur'd mind.

5 Then I confefs'd my troubled thoughts,
My fecret fins reveal'd;

Thy pardoning grace forgave my faults,
Thy grace my pardon feal'd."

6 This fhall invite thy faints to pray; When like a raging flood

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Temptations rife, our strength and stay
Is a forgiving God.

PSALM XXXII. 1ft Part. Long Metre. [*] Repentance and free pardon; or, juftification and fanctification.

QLEST is the man, forever bleft, Whofe guilt is pardon'd by his God, Whofe fins with forrow are confefs'd, And cover'd with his Saviour's blood. '

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2 Bleft is the man, to whom the Lord
Imputes not his iniquities:
He pleads no merit of reward,
And not on works, but grace relies.

3 From guile his heart and lips are free; His humble joy, his holy fear,

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With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith fincere. 4 How glorious is that righteoufnefs

That hides and cancels all his fins!
While a bright evidence of grace
Through his whole life appears and fhines.

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PSALM XXXII. 2d Part. Long Metre. [b]
A guilty confcience eafed by confeffion and pardon.
WHILE I keep filence, and conceal
My heavy guilt within my heart,
What torments doth my confcience feel!
What agonies of inward fmart!
2 I fpread my fins before the Lord,
And all my fecret faults confefs;
Thy gofpel fpeaks a pardoning word,
Thy Holy Spirit feals the grace.
3 For this fhall every humble foul
Make fwift addreffes to thy feat :
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There fhall they find a bleft retreat.
4 How fafe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark, and forms appear!
And when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me fafe from every fnare.

PSALM XXXIII. 1ft Part. Com. Metre. [*] Works of creation and providence.

REJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord,

This work belongs you:

Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, juft, and true!

2 His mercy and his righteoufnefs
Let heaven and earth proclaim;
His works of nature and of grace

Reveal his wondrous name.
3 His wifdom and almighty word

The heavenly arches fpread:
And by the Spirit of the Lord

Their fhining hofls were made.
4 He bade the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep;
The flowing feas their limits know,
And their own flation keep..

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Our help in times of deep diftress
Is found in God alone.

PSALM XXXII. Common Metre. [*] Free pardon and fincere obedience; or, confeffion and forgiveness. 1 [APPY the man to whom his God

But wah'd in the Redeemer's blood, Hath made his garments clean! 2 Happy, beyond expreffion, he

Whose debts are thus difcharg'd; And from the guilty bondage free, He feels his foul enlarg'd!

3 His fpirit hates deceit and lies, His words are all fincere;

He guards his heart, he guards his eyes,
To keep his confcience clear.

4 While I my inward guilt fuppreft,
No quiet could I find :

Thy wrath lay burning in my breaft,
And rack'd my tortur'd mind.

5 Then I confefs'd my troubled thoughts,
My fecret fins reveal'd;

Thy pardoning grace forgave my faults,
Thy grace my pardon feal'd.

6 This fhall invite thy faints to pray;
When like a raging flood
Temptations rife, our ftrength and stay
Is a forgiving God.

PSALM XXXII. 1ft Part. Long Metre. [*] Repentance and free pardon; or, juftification and fanctification. 1 LEST is the man, forever bleft,

God,

Whofe fins with forrow are confefs'd,
And cover'd with his Saviour's blood.
2 Bleft is the man, to whom the Lord
Imputes not his iniquities:
He pleads no merit of reward,
And not on works, but grace relies.

3 From guile his heart and lips are free; His humble joy, his holy fear,

With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith fincere. 4 How glorious is that righteoufnels

That hides and cancels all his fins!
While a bright evidence of grace
Through his whole life appears and fhines.

PSALM XXXII. 2d Part. Long Metre. [b] A guilty confcience eafed by confeffion and pardon. WHILE I keep filence, and conceal

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My

within my heart,
What torments doth my confcience feel!
What agonies of inward fmart!
2 I fpread my fins before the Lord,
And all my fecret faults confefs;
Thy gofpel fpeaks a pardoning word,
Thy Holy Spirit feals the grace.
3 For this fhall every humble foul

Make fwift addreffes to thy feat:
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There fhall they find a bleft retreat.
4 How fafe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark, and forms appear!
And when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me fafe from every fnare.

PSALM XXXIII. 1ft Part. Com. Metre. [*]
Works of creation and providence.
EJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord,
you:
Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, juft, and true!

2 His mercy and his righteoufness

Let heaven and earth proclaim;
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wondrous name.
3 His wifdom and almighty word

The heavenly arches fpread:
And by the Spirit of the Lord

Their fhining hofls were made.
He bade the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep;
The flowing feas their limits know,
And their own station keep.

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