19 They fhall record his glorious praise, And fing the wonders of his way; For he from heav'n beheld their ways, And faid, I'll fave them in their day: 20 I'll hear the groaning prifoner, And loofe the children doom'd to die, 21 To fhew the Lord is ever near, A ready help when trouble's nigh." The Lord in Zion ever dwells, And in Jerufalem his name; His name o'er ev'ry name prevails, And over praifes all, his fame: 22 Behold the people gather'd round, Thro all the world to ferve the Lord, Affembled at the joyful found, The tidings of th' Eternal Word! 23 My ftrength he weaken'd on the road, He lopt away my future days; 24 I cry'd, O fpare thou me, my God, And let me live to fhew thy praife. Thy years thro' ages all fhall laft, When time itself fhall be no more, 25 When heav'ns and earth, O Lord, are paft, Which both were founded by thy pow'r: 26 They all fhall perish from thy fight, But thou fhalt live and change them quite, They fhall be chang'd, and pafs away; 27 But thou remaineft ftill the fame: Thy years are an eternal day, And an eternal throne thy claim, 28 The children alfo of thy love, A faithful, loving, chofen race, PSALM PSALM CIII. THIS and the following Pfalm need no illuftra tion. A fong by God's Meffiah fung, When floods of light, from darkness Sprung, Where waters deep before did roll. Thou my foul, arife, and fing; : And all thy pow'rs within thee move. 3 Sing to the Lord, and boldly tell, And faith to thee, FOR EVER LIVE: 5 The Lord with goodness fills thy mouth, And makes thy heart with gladness fing; The Lord again renews thy youth, And makes thee foar with eagle's wing. Will justice pure and judgment give; 8 The Lord is kind and gracious; He is to wrath and anger flow; In mercy he is plenteous; In him compaffions always flow. 9 He will not always chide; nor will He keep his anger evermore: 10 He hath not recompens'd, our ill, But kindly blotted out the fcore: II For as the heav'n, in all its height, The earth furmounteth very far, So great to thofe, who do delight In him, his tender mercies are: 12 For as the east is diftant from The weft, fo far hath he remov'd Our fins from us, and made them come, In their full weight, on his Belov'd. 13 Such pity as a father's heart 14 15 Feels for his tender children dear; For he remembers we are grafs, And he our fading frame well knows: Frail man, his days like fhadows pafs; As flow'r in field he buds and grows: 16 For over it the wind doth país, And it away is ever gone; 17 But as for those who know his name, 19 The Lord in heav'n hath built his throne; When ye his mighty mandates hear. PSALM CIV. Str the laft, with parallels on margin of both. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft,ad: nul 01 BLESS, O my foul, the Lord Moft High: With honour thou and majefty Art clothed, as with robes of state! 3 His palace-beams, in airy floods Above the firmament, he lays; 4 He makes his angels fpirits pure," Affrighted at thy thunders, lo, 8 They from the mountain-tops recede, And down the hollow valleys flow. They hafted from thy voice away, And found their own appointed place:.. 9 Thou didst a bondage on them lay, That they fhould never more tranfgefs: When they perceived in the cloud, Thy faithful covenant of peace, No deluge more should be allow'd, They fank their head, and kept their place. 10 Into the vales be fends the springs, Which run among the little hills, 11 Drink to afford all living things; Wild affes drink, and blefs the rills: 12 By them the fowls of every wing, 13 Which fing among the branches, dwell; To water both the hill and plain, According as their need requires : |