3 Thro' all the road, each day, each hour
Fresh evils threaten to devour :

Some new complaint, some painful case,
Still drives me to the throne of grace.
4 My former friends their friend forget,
And change their love to cruel hate;
But truth and love with thee remain;
My Saviour always is the same.
5 Support me in this sharp distress,
While all forsake, and some oppress;
And if my ways the Lord approve,
Then turn their hatred into love.

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PSALM 32. First Part.L. M.
The justified Believer.

OLEST is the man, for ever blest,

Bwhose guilt is pardon'd by his God;

Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd,
And cover'd with his Saviour's blood."
2 Blest is the man, to whom the Lord
Imputes not his iniquities;

He pleads no merit of reward,
And, not on works, but grace, relies.
3 From guile his heart and lips are free ;
His humble joy, his holy fear,
With deep repentance well agree;
And join to prove his faith sincere.
4 How glorious is that righteousness,
That hides and cancels all his sins!
While a bright evidence of grace,
Thro' his whole life, appears and shines.

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PSALM 32. Second Part. L. M.

Benefits following confession.

WMy heavy guilt within my heart,

HILE I keep silence and conceal

What torments doth my conscience feel!
What agonies of inward smart.

2 I spread my sins before the Lord,
And all my secret faults confess :
Thy gospel speaks a pard'ning word,
Thy holy spirit seals the grace.
3 For this shall ev'ry humble soul
Make swift addresses to thy seat:
When floods of huge temptation roll,
There shall they find a blest retreat.
4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark and storms appear:
And when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me safe from ev'ry snare.

PSALM 33. First Part, C. M.
Creation and Providence.

1 REJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord, This work belongs to you:

Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, just and true!
2 His mercy and his righteousness
Let heav'n and earth proclaim:
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wond'rous name.
3 His wisdom and almighty word
The heav'nly arches spread;
And by the Spirit of the Lord
Their shining hosts were made
4 He bid the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep:
The flowing seas their limits know,
And their own station keep.

5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth,
With fear before him stand:
He spake, and nature took its birth,
And rests on his command.

6 He scorns the angry nations' rage,
And breaks their vain designs:
His counsel stands thro' ev'ry age,
And in full glory shines.

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PSALM 33. Second Part. C. M
God, a nation's refuge,

BLEST is the nation where the Lord
Hath fix'd his gracious throne;

Where he reveals his heav'nly word,
And calls their tribes his own.

2 His eyes, with infinite survey,
The spacious world behold;
He form'd us all of equal clay,
And knows our feeble mould.

3 Kings are not rescu'd by the force
Of armies from the grave:

Nor speed nor courage of a horse,
Can the bold rider save.

4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men,
To hope for safety thence;

But holy souls from God obtain
A strong and sure defence.

5 God is their fear, and God their trust,
When plagues or famine spread :
His watchful eye secures the just
Among ten thousand dead.

6 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice, And bless us from thy throne:

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For we have made thy word our choice,
And trust thy grace alone.

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PSALM 34. First Part. C. M.

Praise for eminent deliverance.
HRO' all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,

The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.

2 Come, magnify the Lord with me,
And high exalt his name:
When in distress on him I call'd,
He to my rescue came.

3 The hosts of God encamp around
The dwellings of the just:
Deliv'rance he affords to all,
Who on his succour trust.

4 O! make but trial of his love :
Experience will decide,

How bless'd they are, and only they,
Who in his truth confide.

5 Fear him, ye saints; and you will then
Have nothing else to fear:
Make you his service your delight;
He'll make your wants his care.

PSALM 34. Second Part. L. M.
God's care of saints.

LORD, I will bless thee all my days;

Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue!

My soul shall glory in thy grace,

While saints rejoice to hear the song. 2 Come, magnify the Lord with me ; Come, let us all exalt bis name: I sought th' eternal God, and he Has not expos'd my hope to shame. 3 I told him all my secret grief; My secret groaning reach'd his ears: He gave my inward pains relief, And calm'd the tuinult of my fears. 4 To him the poor lift up their eyes, Their faces feel the heav'nly beam; A beam of mercy, from the skies, Fills them with light and joy supreme. 5 His holy angels pitch their tents Around the men, that serve the Lord;

O! fear, and love him, all his saints;
Taste of his grace, and trust his word,
6 The wild young lions, pinch'd with pain
And hunger, roar thro' all the wood;
But none shall seek the Lord in vain,
Nor want supplies of real good.

PSALM 34. Third Part. L. M.

Advantages of early piety.

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HILDREN in years and knowledge
young,

Your parents' hope, your parents' joy,
Attend the counsels of my tongue :
Let pious thoughts your minds employ.
2 If you desire a length of days,

And peace to crown your mortal state,
Restrain your feet from impious ways,
Your lips from slander and deceit.
3 The eyes of God regard his saints ;
His ears are open to their cries:
He sets his frowning face against
The sons of violence and lies.

4 To humble souls and broken hearts,
God with his grace is ever nigh:
Pardon and hope his love imparts,
When men in deep contrition lie.

5 He tells their tears, he counts their groans;
His Son redeems their souls from death:
His Spirit heals their broken bones;
While they in praise employ their breath.
PSALM 34. Fourth Part. C. M.

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God's care of saints,

HE Lord forever guards the just,
His ears attend their cry:

When broken spirits dwell in dust,
The God of grace is nigh.

2 What tho' the sorrows, here they taste,
Be sharp and tedious too;

The Lord, who saves his saints at last,
Is their supporter now.

3 Evil shall smite the wicked dead;
But God secures his own;
Prevents the mischief when they slide,
Or heals the broken bone.

4 When desolation, like a flood,
O'er the proud sinner rolls:
Saints find a refuge in their God;
For he redeems their souls,

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PSALM 35. First Part. C. M. Judgments threatened on persecutors TOW plead my cause, Almighty God, With all the sons of strife;

NOW

And fight against the men of blood,
Who fight against my life.

2 Draw out thy spear, and stop their way,
Lift thine avenging rod;
But, to my soul in mercy say,
"I am thy Saviour God."

3 They plant their snares to catch my feet
And nets of mischief spread;
Plunge the destroyers in the pit,

That their own hands have made.

4 Let fogs and darkness hide their way;
And slipp'ry be their ground:

Thy wrath shall make their lives a prey,
And all their rage confound.

5 They fly, like chaff before the wind,
Before thine angry breath:

The angel of the Lord behind,
Pursues them down to death.

6 They love the road that leads to hell :
Then must the rebels die,
Whose malice is in placable
Against the Lord on high.

7 But if thou hast a chosen few
Amongst that impious race;
Divide them from the bloody crew
By thy surprising grace.

8 Then will I raise my tuneful voice,
To make thy wonders known;
In their salvation I'll rejoice,

And bless thee for my own.

PSALM 35. Second Part. C. M.
The love of Christ typified in David.

BEHOLD the love, the gen'rous love

That holy David shows!

Mark how his tender bowels move,
For his afflicted foes!

2 When they are sick, his soul complains
And seems to feel the smart;
The spirit of the gospel reigns,
And melts his pious heart.

3 How did his flowing tears condole
As for a brother dead!

And fasting, mortified his soul,
While for their life he pray'd,