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Psalm 148. P. M.

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Verse 1 to 6.

E boundless realms of joy, Exalt your Maker's fame, His praise your song employ Above the starry frame; Your voices raise

Ye cherubim,

And seraphim,

To sing his praise.

Thou moon, that rul'st the night,
And sun that guid'st the day;
Ye glitt'ring stars of light,
To him your homage pay;
His praise declare,

Ye heav'ns above,

And clouds that move

In liquid air.

Let them adore the Lord,

And praise his holy name,
By whose almighty word
They all from nothing came;
And all shall last,

From changes free;
His firm decree

Stands ever fast.

Psalm 149. P. M.

PRAISE ye the Lord!
Prepare your glad voice,
His praise in the great
Assembly to sing.
In our great Creator
Let Israel rejoice,
And children of Sion
Be glad in their King.

Let them his great name
Extol in the dance,
With timbrel and harp
His praises express,
Who always takes pleasure
His saints to advance,
And with his salvation
The humble to bless.

With glory adorn'd,

His people shall sing To God, who their beds With safety does shield; Their mouths fill'd with praises Of him, their great King, Whilst a two-edged sword Their right hand shall wield.

Just vengeance to take

For injuries past;

To punish those lands

For ruin design'd;

With chains as their captives,

To tie their kings fast;

With fetters of iron

Their nobles to bind,

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Thus shall they make good
When them they destroy,
The dreadful decree

Which God does proclaim.
Such honour and triumph
His saints shall enjoy ;
O therefore for ever
Exalt his great name!

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Psalm 150. L. M.

Verse 1, 2, 3, 6.

PRAISE the Lord in that bless'd place, From whence his goodness largely flows! Praise him in heav'n, where he his face Unveil'd in perfect glory shows.

Praise him for all the mighty acts,

Which he in our behalf hath done! His kindness this return exacts,

With which our praise should equal run.

Let the shrill trumpet's warlike voice
Make rocks and hills his praise rebound;
Praise him with harp's melodious noise,
And gentle psalt'ry's silver sound.

Let all that vital breath enjoy,

The breath he does to them afford,
In just returns of praise employ;
Let ev'ry creature praise the Lord.

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(From the Metre of STERNHOLD and HOPKINS.)

ALL people that on earth do dwell,

Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice: Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice,

The Lord, ye know, is God indeed,
Without our aid he did us make;
We are his flock, he doth us feed,
And for his sheep he doth us take.
O enter then his gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto!
Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

For why? the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is for ever sure;

His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

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LESS God, my soul; thou, Lord, alone
Possessest empire without bounds,

With honour thou art crown'd, thy throne
Eternal majesty surrounds.

With light thou dost thyself enrobe,

And glory for a garment take;

Heav'n's curtains stretch beyond the globe,

Thy canopy of state to make.

God builds on liquid air, and forms
s palace-chambers in the skies;

The clouds his chariot are, and storms
The swift-wing'd steeds with which he flies.
As bright as flame, as swift as wind,
His ministers heav'u's palace fill,
To have their sundry tasks assign'd,
All proud to serve their Sov'reign's will.

Psalm 119. C. M.

(TATE and BRADY.)

How shall the young preserve their
From all pollution free?

By making, Lord, their course of life
With thy commands agree.

With hearty zeal for thee I seek,
To thee for succour pray;
O suffer not my careless steps
From thy right paths to stray.
Safe in my heart and closely hid,
Thy word my treasure lies;
To succour me with timely aid,
When sinful thoughts arise.

Secur❜d by that my grateful soul
Shall ever bless thy name:
O teach me then by thy just laws
My future life to frame.

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