NOTE.-Some verses in the longer Psalms and Hymns are bracketed, to show that, if deemed advisable, they may be omitted without interfering with the sense; and some of the Psalms and Hymns are bracketed in more places than one, in which cases a choice is afforded as to which of the bracketed verses shall be left out, and which retained; thus preventing the necessity of always omitting the same verses.

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INDEX of First Lines and Authors

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TABLE of the Psalms appropriate for the

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PSALM S.

C. M

Blessedness of the righteous.

1 How blest is he who ne'er consents
By ill advice to walk;

Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits
Where men profanely talk.

2 But makes the perfect law of God
His business and delight;
Devoutly reads therein by day,
And meditates by night.

3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, With timely fruit doth bend,

He still shall flourish, and success

All his designs attend.

4 For God approves the just man's ways,
To happiness they tend;

But sinners, and the path they tread,
Shall both in ruin end.

B

3

4

God's care unceasing.

O GOD! how constant is thy love!
Thy gifts are every evening new;
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil, like early dew.

L. M.

2 Thou spread'st the curtain of the night,
Great Guardian of our sleeping hours!
Thy sov'reign word restores the light,
And strengthens nature's wearied powers.
3 Thine arm sustain'd us while we slept,
Else had our eyelids closed in death:
Our life in safety still is kept,

And still we draw our wonted breath.
4 That life we yield to thy command;
To Thee we consecrate our days:
Perpetual blessings from thy hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.

Trust in God.

1 O LORD, that art my righteous Judge,
To my complaint give ear:

Thou still redeem'st me from distress;
Have mercy, Lord, and hear.

M.

2 While worldly minds impatient grow
More prosp'rous times to see,
Still let the glories of thy face
Shine brightly, Lord, on me.

3 So shall my heart o'erflow with joy,
More lasting and more true,

Than theirs, who stores of corn and wine
Successively renew.

4 Then down in peace I'll lay my head,
And take my needful rest;
No other guard, O Lord, I crave,
Of thy defence possest.

5

Prayer.

C. M.

1 LORD, hear the voice of my complaint,
Accept my secret prayer;

To Thee alone, my King, my God,
Will I for help repair.

2 Thou in the morn my voice shalt hear;
And with the dawning day

To Thee devoutly I'll look up,
To Thee devoutly pray.