upon thee to relieve. 9 All nations whom thou mad'st shall come and worship rev'rently Before thy face; and they, O Lord, thy name shall glorify. 10 Because thou art exceeding great, and works by thee are done Which are to be admir'd; and thou art God thyself alone. 11 Teach me thy way, and in thy truth, O Lord, then walk will I; Unite my heart, that I thy name 12 O Lord my God, with all my heart to thee I will give praise; And I the glory will ascribe 6 Hear, Lord, my pray'r; unto the voice 13 Because thy mercy toward me of my request attend: 7 In troublous times I'll call on thee; for thou wilt answer send. 8 Lord, there is none among the gods that may with thee compare; And like the works which thou hast not any work is there. [done, in greatness doth excel; And thou deliver'd hast my soul 14 O God, the proud against me rise, : 1 LORD God, my Saviour, day and night before thee cry'd have I. 2 Before thee let my prayer come; 3 For troubles great do fill my soul; 4 I'm counted with those that go down to pit, and no strength have. 5 Ev'n free among the dead, like them that slain in grave do lie; Cut off from thy hand, whom no more thou hast in memory. 6 Thou hast me laid in lowest pit, in deeps and darksome caves. 7 Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hast me press'd with all thy waves. 8 Thou hast put far from me my friends, thou mad'st them to abhor me; And I am so shut up, that I find no evasion for me. 9 By reason of affliction mine eye mourns dolefully: To thee, Lord, do I call, and stretch my hands continually. 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall they rise, and thee bless ? 11 Shall in the grave thy love be told? in death thy faithfulness? 12 Shall thy great wonders in the dark, or shall thy righteousness Be known to any in the land of deep forgetfulness? Chant. गा Lemon. 13 But, Lord, to thee I cry'd; my pray'r | at morn prevent shall thee. 14 Why, Lord, dost thou cast off my soul, and hid'st thy face from me? 15 Distress'd am I, and from my youth Thy terrors I have borne, and am 16 The dreadful fierceness of thy wrath Thy terrors great have cut me off, 17 For round about me ev'ry day, 18 My friends thou hast put far from me, and him that did me love; And those that mine acquaintance were to darkness didst remove. 2 For mercy shall be built, said I, for ever to endure; Thy faithfulness, ev'n in the heav'ns, thou wilt establish sure. 3 I with my chosen One have made a cov'nant graciously; And to my servant, whom I lov'd, to David sworn have I; 4 That I thy seed establish shall for ever to remain, And will to generations all thy throne build and maintain. 5 The praises of thy wonders, Lord, the heavens shall express; And in the congregation of saints thy faithfulness. 6 For who in heaven with the Lord may once himself compare? Who is like God among the sons of those that mighty are? 7 Great fear in meeting of the saints is due unto the Lord; And he of all about him should with rev'rence be ador'd, 8 0 thou that art the Lord of hosts, what Lord in mightiness Is like to thee? who compass'd round art with thy faithfulness. 9 Ev'n in the raging of the sea thou over it dost reign; And when the waves thereof do swell, thou stillest them again. 10 Rahab in pieces thou didst break, like one that slaughter'd is; And with thy mighty arm thou hast dispers'd thine enemies. 11 The heav'ns are thine, thou for thine the earth dost also take; [own The world, and fulness of the same, thy pow'r did found and make. 12 The north and south from thee alone their first beginning had; Both Tabor mount and Hermon hill shall in thy name be glad. 13 Thou hast an arm that's full of pow'r, thy hand is great in might; And thy right hand exceedingly 14 Justice and judgment of thy throne are made the dwelling-place; Mercy, accompany'd with truth, shall go before thy face. 15 O greatly bless'd the people are 16 They in thy name shall all the day rejoice exceedingly; And in thy righteousness shall they exalted be on high. 17 Because the glory of their strength 18 For God is our defence; and he |