3 For God the great disposer is,
And sov'reign judge alone ;

Who casts the proud to earth, and lifts
The humble to a throne.

PSALM LXXVI.

C. M.

Israel saved, and the Enemy destroyed.

1 IN Judah God of old was known;
His name in Isr’el great;
In Salem stood his holy throne,
And Sion 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 At thy rebuke, O Jacob's God!
Both horse and chariot fell:
Who knows the terrors of thy rod?
Thy vengeance, who can tell?

4 Vow to the Lord, and tribute bring;
Ye princes, fear his frown;
His terror shakes the proudest king,
And cuts an army down.

5 The thunder of his sharp rebuke
Our haughty foes shall feel;

For Jacob's God hath not forsook,
But dwells in Zion still.

PSALM LXXVII.

C. M.

Meditation on the wonderful Works and Counsels of God.

1 I'LL call to mind thy works of old,
The wonders of thy might;
On them my heart shall meditate,
My tongue shall them recite.

2 Safe lodg'd from human search on high,
O God, thy counsels are;
Who is so great a God as ours?
Who can with him compare?

3 Long since a God of wonders thee
Thy rescu'd people found;

Long since hast thou thy chosen seed
With strong deliv'rance crown'd.

4 Through rolling streams thou find'st thy Thy paths in waters lie;

[way, Thy wondrous passage, where no sight Thy footsteps can descry.

5 "Twas thou, O God, that didst the sea
With thine own strength divide;

Didst break the wat'ry monster's head;
The waves o'erwhelm'd their pride.

6-Thou clav'st the solid rock, and mad'st The waters largely flow;

Again thou mad'st through parting streams
Thy wond'ring people go.

-7 Thine is the cheerful day, and thine
The black return of night;
Thou hast prepar'd the glorious sun,
And ev'ry feebler light.

8 By thee the borders of the earth
In perfect order stand;

The summer's warmth, and winter's cold,
Attend on thy command.

PSALM LXXVIII.

Family Instruction enjoined.

C. M.

1 IN Jacob God this law ordain'd,
This league with Isr'el made;
My words shall be, from age to age,
From race to race convey'd :

2 That generations yet to come
May to their unborn heirs
Religiously transmit the same,
And they again to theirs :

3 To teach them that in God alone
Their hope securely stands;

That they should ne'er his works forget,
But keep his just commands.

+ We will not hide them from our sons;
Our offspring shall be taught
The praises of the Lord, whose strength
Has works of wonder wrought.

PSALM LXXIX.

C. M.

Psalm for a Day of Humiliation.

HOW long wilt thou be angry, Lord?
Must we for ever mourn?

Shail thy devouring jealous rage
Like ure for ever burn?

2O think not on our former sins:
But speedily prevent
The utter ruin of thy saints
Almost with sorrow spent.

3 Thou God of our salvation, help,
And free our souls from blame;
So shall our pardon and defence
Exalt thy glorious name.

4 So we, thy people and thy flock,
Shall ever praise thy name;

And with glad hearts our grateful thanks

From age to age proclaim.

The Church's Prayer under Affliction. 1 GREAT Shepherd of thine Israel,

Who didst between the cherubs dwell, And led'st the tribes, thy chosen sheep, Safe through the desert and the deep.

2 Thy church is in the desert now;
Shine from on high, and guide us through;
Turn us to thee; thy love restore;
We shall be sav'd, and sigh no more.

3 Great God! whom heav'nly hosts obey,
How long shall we lament and pray,
And wait in vain thy kind return?
How long shall thy fierce anger burn?
4 Instead of wine and cheerful bread,
Thy saints with their own tears are fed;
Turn us to thee; thy love restore;
We shall be sav'd, and sigh no more.

PSALM LXXXI.

C. M.

God's Concern for his People.

10 THAT my people wisely would
My just commandments heed!

And Isr'el in my righteous ways
With pious care proceed.