PSALM CXVIII. 2d Part. Com. Met. [x]
Ver. 17-21. Public praise for deliverance from death.
1 ORD, thou haft heard thy fervant cry,♪
Land' recu'd from the grave

Now fhall he live; (and none can die,
If God refolve to fave,)ion

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2 Thy praife, more conftant than before,
Shall fill his daily breath;ic
Thy hand, that hath chaflis'd him fore,"
Defends him ftill from death.

3 Open the gates of Zion now,
For we fhall worship there,
The house where all the righteous go,
Thy mercy to declareferid on
4 Amongst th' affemblies of thy faints
Our thankful voice we rarfe

There we have told theec our complaints,
And there we fpeak thy praife,

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PSALM CXVIII. 3d Part. Com. Met. [*] Ver. 22, 23. Chrift the foundation of his church EHOLD the fure foundation-flone d

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B which God in Zion lays,

To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise. owns to

2 Chofen of God, to finners dear,
And faints adore the name?
They trust their whole falvation here,
Nor fhall they fuffer fhame. ins

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The foolish builders, fcribe and priest,
Reject it with difdain

Yet on this rock the church fhall reft,
And envy rage in vain."

4 What though the gates of hell withflood,
Yet muft this building rife:
'Tis thine own work, Almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes.

PSALM CXVIII. 4th Part. Com. Met. [*] Ver. 24-26. Hofanna; the Lord's-day; or, Chrifi's refurrection and our falvation..

1 THIS

HIS is the day the Lord hath made,
He calls the hours his own;

Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praife Turround the throne.
2 To-day he rofe and left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell;

To-day the faints his triumphs fpread,
And all his wonders tell.

3 Holanna to th' anointed King,
To David's holy Sop!

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Help us, O Lord; defcend and bring
Salvation from thy throne.

Bleft be the Lord, who comes to men
With meffages of grace;

Who comes in God his Father's name,
To fave our finful race..

.5 Hofanna in the highest rains

The church on earth can raise;
The highest heavens, in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praife.761

PSALM CXVIII. Short Metre. [*] Ver. 12427110 An hofanna for

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The Lord's-day; or, a

new fong of fulvation by Chrift. SEE what a living ftone) >

The builders did retufe

Yet God hath built his church thereon,
In fpite of envious Jews.

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Yet on this, rock, fhall Zion reft, fum
As the chief corner-ftone.) vod Hedì 14
The work O Lord, is thine,d floor
And wondrous in our eyes,

This day declares it all divine,

This day did Jefus rife, y
This is the glorious dayadı

That our Redeemer made;

Let us rejoice, and fing, and pray,
Let all the church be glad.

Hofanna to the King

Of David's royal blood;

Blefs him, ye faints; he comes to bring

Salvation from your God.

6 We blefs thine holy word,

Which all this grace difplays;

And offer on thing altar, Lord,

Our facrifice of praise.

PSALM CXVIII. Long Metre. [*] Ver. 22-97. An hofanna for the Lord's-day; or, e new fong of falvation by Chrił.

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LO! what a glorious corner-flone
The Jewish builders did refufe;
But God hath built his church thereon,
In fpite of envy, and the Jews.
2 Great God! the work is all divine,
The joy and wonder of our eyes;
This is the day that proves it thine,
The day that faw our Saviour rife.
3 Sinners rejoice, and faints be glad:
Hofanna, let his name be bleft;
A thoufand honours on his head,
With peace, and light, and glory reft!
4 In God's own name he comes to bring
Salvation to our dying race;

Let the whole church addrefs their King
With hearts of joy, and fongs of praife.

PSALM CXIX.

I have collected and difpofed the most useful versts of this Pfalm under eighteen different heads, and formed a Divine Song upon each of them. But the verses are much tranfpofed to attan fome degree of connexion.

In fome places, among the words law, commands, judgments, teftimonies, I have ujed gofpel, word, grace, truth, promifes, &c. as more agreeable to the New Tef tament, and the common language of Chriftians, and it equally anfwers the defign of the Pfalmift, which was to recommend the Holy Scriptures.

PSALM CXIX. 1ft Part. Com. Metre. [*]
The blefedness of faints, and mifery of finners.
Ver. 1, 2, 3.

1 LEST are the undefil'd in heart,
Whole ways are right and clean;
Who never from thy law depart,
But fly from every fin.

2 Bleft are the men that keep thy word,
And practise thy commands;

With their whole heart they feek the Lord,
And ferve thee with their hands.

Ver. 165.

3 Great is their peace who love thy law;
How firm their fouls abide !
Nor can a bold temptation draw
Their fteady feet aside.

Ver. 6.

4 Then fhall my heart have inward joy,
And keep my face from fhame,
When all thy ftatutes I obey,
And honour all thy name.
Verr 21, 118.

5 But haughty finners God will hate,
The proud fhall die accurft;
The fons of falfehood and deceit
Are trodden to the duft.

Ver. 119, 155.

6 Vile as the drofs the wicked are;
And those that leave thy ways
Shall fee falvation from afar,
But never tafte thy grace.

PSALM CXIX. 2d Part. Com. Metre. [x] Secret devotion and fpiritual mindedness; or, conftant converfe with God.

Ver. 147, 55.

1 TO thee, before the dawning light,
My gracious God, I pray;

I meditate thy name by night,
And keep thy law by day.
Ver. 81.

2 My fpirit faints to fee thy grace;
Thy promife bears me up;
And while falvation long delays,
Thy word fupports my hope.

Ver. 164.

3 Seven times a day I lift my hands,
And pay my thanks to thee;
Thy righteous providence demands
Repeated praife from me.

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Ver. 62.

When midnight darkness veils the fkies,
I call thy works to mind;

My thoughts in warm devotion rife,
And fweet acceptance find.

PSALM CXIX. 3d Part. Com. Metre. [*]
Profeffions of fincerity, repentance and obedience.
Ver. 57, 60.

HOU art my portion, O my God;
Soon as I know thy way,

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THOU

My heart makes hafte

And fuffers no delay.

obey thy word,

Ver. 30, 14:

2 I choose the path of heavenly truth,
And glory in my choice;
Not all the riches of the earth
Could make me fo rejoice.

3 The teftimonies of thy grace
I fet before mine eyes:
Thence I derive my daily ftrength,
And there my comfort lies.

Ver. 59.

4 If once I wander from thy path,
I think upon my ways;

Then turn my feet to thy commands,
And trust thy pardoning grace.

Ver. 94, 114.

5 Now I am thine, forever thine,
O fave thy fervant, Lord!

Thou art my fhield, my hiding place,
My hope is in thy word.

Ver. 112.

6 Thou haft inclin'd this heart of mine
Thy ftatutes to fulfil:

And thus till mortal life fhall end
Would I perform thy will.

PSALM CXIX. 4th Part. Com. Metre. [b]

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Inftruction from fcripture.

Ver. 9.

OW fhall the young fecure their hearts,
And guard their lives from fin?

Thy word the choiceft rules imparts,

To keep the confcience clean.

Ver. 130.
2 When once it enters to the mind,
It fpreads fuch light abroad,
The meaneft fouls inftruction find,
And raife their thoughts to God.