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I O celebrate thy praife, O Lord,
I will my heart prepare;

To all the lift'ning world thy works
Thy wond'rous works declare.

2 The thought of them fhall to my
Exalted pleasures bring;

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Whilft to thy name, O thou moft high!
Triumphant praise I fing.

3 All those who have his goodness prov'd
Will in his truth confide;
Whofe mercy ne'er forfook the man,
That on his help relied.

4 Sing praises therefore to the Lord,
From Sion his abode;

Proclaim his deeds, till all the world
Confefs no other God.

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PSALM XV.

LORD, who's the happy man that may

To thy bleft courts repair?

Not, ftranger-like, to vifit them,
But to inhabit there?

2 'Tis he whofe ev'ry thought and deed
By rules of virtue moves;

Whofe gen'rous tongue difdains to speak
The thing his heart disproves.

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3 Who never did a flander forge,
His neighbour's fame to wound;
Or hearken to a falfe report,
By malice whisper'd round.

4 Who vice, in all its pomp and power,
Can treat with juft neglect:

And piety though cloth'd in rags,
Religioufly refpect.

5 Who to his plighted vows and trust
Has ever firmly ftood;

And though he promise to his lofs,
He makes his promife good.

6 The man who by his fteady course
Has happiness infur'd,

When earth's foundation shakes, shall stand,
By Providence secur'd.

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My firm affection, Lord, to thee;

For thou haft always been a rock, .
A fortrefs and defence to me.

2 Thou my deliv'rer art, my God;
My truft is in thy mighty power:
Thou art my fhield from foes abroad,
At home my fafe-guard and
my tower.

3 Let the eternal Lord be prais'd,

The rock, on whofe defence I rest:
O'er highest heav'ns his name be rais'd,
Who me with his falvation bleft!

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PSALM XXIII. O. V.

Y Shepherd is the living Lord,
Nothing therefore I need:
In paftures fair, near pleasant streams,
He fetteth me to feed.

2 He fhall convert and glad my foul,
And bring my mind in frame;
To walk in paths of righteoufnefs,
For his most holy name.

3 Yea, though I walk in vale of death,
Yet will I fear no ill;

Thy rod and staff do comfort me,
And thou art with me ftill.

4 Through all my life thy favour is
So frankly fhew'd to me,
That in thy house for evermore
My dwelling place shall be.

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PSALM XXIV.

RECT your heads, eternal gates:
Unfold, to entertain

The King of glory: fee! He comes
With his celeftial train.

2 Who is the King of glory! who?
The Lord for strength renown'd,
In battle mighty, o'er his foes
Eternal Victor crown'd.

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3 Erect your heads, ye gates, unfold,
In ftate to entertain

The King of glory: fee! He comes
With all his fhining train.

4 Who is the King of glory? who?
The Lord of Hofts renown'd:
Of glory he alone is King,
Who is with glory crown'd.

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PSALM XXV.

HY mercies and thy love,
O Lord, recall to mind;

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And graciously continue ftill,
As thou wert ever, kind.

Let all my youthful crimes

Be blotted out by thee:

And, for thy wond'rous goodness sake,

In mercy think on me.

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The righteous Lord displays,

In bringing wand'ring finners home,

And teaching them his ways.

He those in juftice guides,
Who his direction feek;

And in his facred paths shall lead
The humble and the meek.

Through all the ways of God.
Both truth and mercy shine,
To fuch as with religious hearts,
To his bleft will incline.

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PSALM XXXIII..

ET all the juft to God with joy
Their cheerful voices raife;
For well the righteous it becomes
To fing glad fongs of praise.

2 Let harps, and pfalteries, and lutes,
In joyful concert meet;

And new-made fongs of loud applaufe
The harmony complete.

3 For faithful is the word of God,
His works with truth abound;
He juftice loves; and all the earth
Is with his goodness crown'd.

4 Our fouls on God with patience wait;
Our help and shield is he;

Then, Lord, let ftill our hearts rejoice,
Because we trust in thee.

5 The riches of thy mercy, Lord,
Do thou to us extend;

Since we, for all we want or with,
On thee alone depend.

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PSALM XXXIV.

HROUGH all the various scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy;

The praifes of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.

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