10 O daughter, hearken, and behold, And do thine ear incline; Likeways forget thy fathers old,

And people who were thine:

II For he's thy Lord, and fee that thou
Him worship reverently.
Unto thy King thy fpirit bow;

He loves thee veh❜mently.

12 The daughters fair of foreign lands,
From ev'ry kingly court,

With gifts and off'rings in their hands,
To thy levée refort:

The daughter there of Tyre fhall be,
To lead the chorus round;
For all, who rivals were to thee,
With joy before thee bound:
They fhall enjoy thy favour great,
And dance before the King,
Exulting in thine high estate,
While they thy glory Ging.

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13 The daughter of the King, behold, qalqo Does all in glory fhine!

Her garments of embroider'd gold

Were wrought with skill divine.

14 She shall be brought to Chrift her King,
In robes with wifdom wrought;
Her fellow-virgins, following,

Shall unto thee be brought.

15 With gladness and rejoicing, they
Shall in proceffion fing,

While all the pow'rs of mufic play
In praises of the King.

They fhall within the palace go,

And each poffefs a throne,

Whence they fhall no removal know,
Efpoufed to THE SON.

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16 Inftead of thofe thy fathers dear,"

Thy love thy children claim,

Whom thou fhalt to thy Hufband bear,
To propagate his name :

Those tender darlings thou shalt take,
Thy babes, and train them well,
As princes, for thy Hufband's fake,
In all the earth to dwell.

17 Thy name remember'd, I will cause,
Through ages all to be;
And evermore their juft applaufe,
Thy fons fhall yield to thee.
Behold the myft'ry here difplay'd,
MESSIAH and his fpoufe!
Let no believer be afraid
This fong of love to use.

PSALM XLVI.

THIS Pfalm, which may be confidered as a fequel to the former, fhines forth confpicuoufly triumphant, and, if we may fo fay, exalted to the very pinnacle and perfection of heavenly joy and praise divine! In the fame light, behold and fing its parallels-and fing, O faint! with thy God for

ever!

How bleft are they, and only they,
Infpirited by faith and hope,
Who dare adopt this heav'nly lay,
Which all the faints of God adopt!—
The Lord of Hofts is on our fide!
• The Lord of Hofts is King for ay!
The God of mercy is our guide!

• He'll guard our steps by night and day!

1 GOD is out Refuge, and our Strength; A very prefent Help in need;

He works our freedom at the length,
Though for a while he fees us bleed:

2 Therefore,

2 Hence, though the folid earth should bound,
And hills be hurl'd into the fea;
Though roaring billows fpurn their mound,
As if they scorn'd thy fixt decree;

Although the fea fhould rear its head,
And heave whole oceans to the fky;
Yea, fhould the world itfelf recede,
And all its frame to ruins fly:
3 Ev'n then we would not be afraid,
Nor in the leaft difturb'd appear:
We have a river makes us glad,

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Whofe gentle freams our fpirits cheer.
How fweet the pleafant waters flow
Through all the city of our God,
The holy tabernacles know,

Where God Moft High hath his abode.

5 God in the midft of her refides; She never fhall removed be; Her God her Helper ftill abides;

But foon remov'd her foes the'll fee.

6 The heathen rag'd, and rais'd a noife; The nations all with wrath were mov'd: Th' Almighty uttered his voice;

The earth was melted, and reprov'd., 7 The Lord of Hofts is on our fide,

And Jacob's God's our Refuge ftrong:
Come, fee what defolations wide!-
The works of God the earth along!

He to a period brings the wars,

And calms them into gentle peace;
He breaks the bows, he burns the cars,
And turns the battle to a chase.
9 He with his breath the tumult quells,

And cries, Be ftill, be hufb'd, to all;
Know, I am God; there is none else;
Let all the earth before me fall.

I'll be exalted evermore,

Among the heathen people high:
Let all the worlds their God adore,
Whofe glory 's far above the sky..
10 The Lord of Hofts is on our fide,
And Jacob's God's our Refuge ftrong:
Let all the faints in Chrift confide;
To Chrift the kingdom doth belong.

THE fame as Pfalm ii. with its parallels. See Pfal. lxviii. 24, 25. interpreted, Eph. iv. 8. of Chrift's afcenfion and its confequences.

Th' afcenfion of the Lord on high

Hath pav'd for us the heav'nly way,
That we might dwell beyond the sky,
In regions of eternal day.
Where Chrift the Lord is gone before,
And reigns in majefty above,
Let our affections upwards foar
Upon the wings of faith and love.

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All ye people, clap your hands;

To God the Lord with triumph fhout.

2 Meffiah reigns o'er all the lands,

Great Lord and King the earth throughout.

3 The people all our King fubdues;

The nations throws beneath our feet:

4 For us our heritage he'll chufe;

And Jacob's portion fhall be fweet.

5 God is gone up with fhouts and fongs,

The Lord, with trumpets founding-high: Sing praise to God; for praife belongs To Chrift our King, from earth and fky: 6 Sing praife, fing praife, adore and bless; For God is King o'er all the earth;

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With understanding praise express;

Sing ye to Chrift with joy and mirth.
8 God over all, and blefs'd, he reigns,
The heathen's Head, for evermore
Difpofing all, he holds the reins:
In holiness, ye faints, adore.

9 The princes of the people all,
Together in a body run,

Who on the God of Abra'am call,
Humbly to greet and kifs THE SON:

For all thofe fhields, who do defend
The earth, belong to Chrift the Lord.
Who can his greatnefs comprehend,
By all in heav'n and earth ador'd?

THIS Pfalm feems to be only a fecond part of the last; and the meaning of it is equally obvious.

The univerfal pow'r and fway

Of Jefus Chrift the Lord of Hofts,
Through all the nations force their way,
And fill the world through all her coafts
Let Zion mount rejoice and fing!

Let all her children join their voice!
Hofanna to the Lord our King,

Who fills us with eternal joys!

GREAT is the Lord, and greatly he
Is to be prais'd on Zion-hill:

O, all ye faints, in one agree,

To praife him with your chiefeft skill:
Within the city of our God,

Mount Zion, on thy pleasant brow,
Where God hath made his fix'à abode,
His faints fhall in his glory glow.