5 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record
The sacred honours of the Lord;
None but the souls who taste his grace
Can triumph in his holiness.

WATTS.

PSALM XCVIII.

Common Metre.

Blessings of the Messiah's Kingdom.

1 To our Almighty Maker, God,
New honours be address'd;
His great salvation shines abroad,
And makes the nations bless'd.

2 He spake the word to Abr❜ham first,
His truth fulfils his grace;

The Gentiles make his name their trust,
And learn his righteousness.

3 Joy to the world! The Lord is come,
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare
him room,

And heaven and nature sing.

4 Joy to the world! her Saviour reigns, Let men their songs employ ;

While lands and seas, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy.

5 No more let sin and sorrow grow,

Nor violence abound;

He comes to make his blessings flow,
Wherever man is found.

6 He rules the world with righteousness,
And makes the nations prove

The blessings of his truth and grace,
The wonders of his love.

WATTS,

PSALM XCIX. Short Metre.

A holy God worshipped with Reverence.

1 THE GOD, Jehovah, reigns,
Let all the nations fear;

Let sinners tremble at his throne,
And saints be humble there.

2 Exalt the Lord our God!
And worship at his feet;
His nature is all holiness,
And mercy is his seat.

3 When Israel was his church,
When Aaron was his priest,

When Moses cried, when Samuel pray'd, He gave his people rest.

4 Oft he forgave their sins,

Nor would destroy their race;
And oft he made his vengeance known,
When they abus'd his grace.

5 Exalt the Lord our God,

Whose grace is still the same;
Still he's a God of holiness,
And jealous for his name.

PSALM C. Long Metre.

Praise to our Creator.

1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and he destroy.

WATTS.

2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men ;

And when like wandering sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We are his people, we his care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name!

4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heaven our voices raise;

And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Thou Lord art good, thou Lord art kind; Great is thy grace, thy mercy sure; And the whole race of men shall find

Thy truth from age to age endure.

6 Wide as the world is thy command;
Vast as eternity thy love;

Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

PSALM CI. Common Metre.

A Psalm for the Master of a Family.

1 OF justice and of grace I sing, And pay to God my vows;

WATTS.

* or b

Thy grace and justice, heavenly King,
Teach me to rule my house,

Now to my tent, O God, repair,
And make thy servant wise;
I'll suffer nothing near me there,
That shall offend thine eyes.

The man who doth his neighbour wrong,
By falsehood or by force;

The scornful eye, the sland'rous tongue,
I'll drive them from my

doors.

4 The pure, the faithful, and the just,
My favour shall enjoy ;

These are the friends that I will trust,
The servants I'll employ.

5 The wretch that deals in sly deceit,
I'll not endure a night;

The liar's tongue I ever hate,
And banish from my sight.

6 I'll purge my family around,
And make the wicked flee;
So shall my house be ever found
A dwelling fit for thee.

PSALM CII. First Part.

WATTS.

C. M. *

Prayer heard, and Zion restored.

1 LET Zion and her sons rejoice;

Behold the promis'd hour!

Her God hath heard her mourning voice,
And will exalt his power.

2 Her dust and ruins that remain,
Are precious in our eyes;
Those ruins shall be built again,
And all that dust shall rise.

3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem,
And stand in glory there;
Nations shall bow and own his name,
And worship in his fear.

4 He sits a sovereign on his throne,
With pity in his eyes;

He hears the dying prisoners' groan,
And sees their wants arise.

5 He frees the souls condemn'd to death;
And when his saints complain,

It can't be said they spent their breath,
Or shed their tears in vain.

6 This shall be known when we are dead,
And left on long record,

That ages yet unborn, may read,
And learn to trust the Lord.

PSALM CII. Second Part.

The Unchangeableness of God.

WATTS.

C. M. *

I THOU, Lord, hast earth's foundations laid,
The heavens, a glorious frame,
By thine Almighty hand were spread,
And speak their Maker's name.

2 Their shining glories all shall fade,
By thy controlling power,
Chang'd like a vesture when decay'd:
But thou shalt still endure.

3 Thy bright perfections, all divine,
Eternal as thy days;
Through everlasting ages shine,
With undiminished rays.

4 Thy servant's children, still thy care,
Shall own their fathers' God;
To latest times thy favour share,
And spread thy praise abroad.

Mrs. STEELE.

PSALM CII. ver. 24, 27. L. M. Compared with Hebrews, i. 3-12. xiii. 8. The Mortality of Man and the Eternity of Christ. 1 IT is the Lord, our Maker's hand Weakens our strength amidst the race ;

b