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,
Lo, as a garment they wax old,

But thou fhalt live and change them quite,
And as a vefture roll and fold:

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,
Shall never from thy foot remove,
But ever dwell before thy face.

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,
Began to rush into his foul,

Where waters deep before did roll.

Thou my foul, arife, and fing;
Blefs God thy Lord for evermore;
And all within me, hail thy King;
His holy name blefs and adore
2 Blefs, O my foul, the Lord thy God,
And, ever mindful of his love,
Proclaim his holy name abroad;

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And all thy pow'rs within thee move.

3 Sing to the Lord, and boldly tell,
The Lord doth all thy fins forgive;
All thine infirmities doth heal,

And faith to thee, FOR EVER LIVE:
4 The Lord redeems thy life, that thou
Within the pit fhalt not remain
With loving-kindness crowns thy brow;
And high exalts thy head again:

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.
The Lord, to all oppreffed ones,

Will justice pure and judgment give;
For he hath heard my dying groans,
And bid me, in his mercy, LIVE.
7 His ways to Mofes he did thow,
And unto Aaron in their day;
Ifra'l he made his acts to know;
And Ifra'l fang with joyful lay.-

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

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Feels for his tender children dear;
Like pity does the Lord impart
To those who worship him in fear :

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;
And, of the place where once it was,
It fhall no more at all be known.

17 But as for those who know his name,
And of his righteoufnefs approve,
Who found his everlasting fame,
He fhall to everlasting love.
18 To fuch as keep his covenant,
And only walk in wisdom's ways,
A full fupply for ev'ry want,
His love almighty ftill onveys.

19 The Lord in heav'n hath built his throne;
His kingdom ruleth over all:
20 Ye angels, blefs him, ev'ry one,
And lowly at his footftool fall;
For therefore ye in ftrength excel,
That ye his high behefts may bear,
And execute his pleasure well,

When ye his mighty mandates hear.
21 Blefs ye the Lord, all ye his hofts,
Who faithfully perform his will:
Let ev'ry thing which being boafts,
Join in the fong with various fkill.
22 Blefs, blefs the Lord, ye great and smally
In his dominions, ev'ry-where:
Blefs thou the Lord, my foul; and all
His glory evermore, declare.

PSALM CIV.

Str the laft, with parallels on margin of both.

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The one eternal God alone, doid W
Prais'd by the faints, and heav'nly hoff, it i
For all his works of wonder done!

BLESS, O my foul, the Lord Moft High:
My God, thou art exceeding great;

With honour thou and majefty

Art clothed, as with robes of state!
2 Thou dwell'ft in unapproached light,!
Which, as a garment, thee arrays;
And spread't the fky, thy curtain bright,
To fhade th' infufferable blaze.

3 His palace-beams, in airy floods

Above the firmament, he lays;
He makes his chariot of the clouds,
And of the winged winds his ways.
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4 He makes his angels fpirits pure,"
His minifters a flaming fire:
5 He makes the founded earth endure,
And fays, Thou never fbalt retire.
6 Thou coveredft the earth with waves,
As with a garment spread along;
The deep, above the mountains heaves.
Its head, with waters fierce and strong:
7 At thy rebuke the waters fled,

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,

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Which fing among the branches, dwell;
Which to the God, who feeds them, fing:
To God of heav'n their notes they fwell.
He from his chambers fends the rain,
And opens all his refervoirs,

To water both the hill and plain,

According as their need requires :
He fhow'rs his goodness on the earth;
The earth is grateful to his love:
The world is fill'd with joy and mirth;
All breathing life his bounty prove,