2 But clouds and darkness intervene, 3 Lord, guide this wandering heart to thee; Unsatisfy'd I stray; Break through the shades of sense and sin, 40 let thy beams resplendent shine, 5 Lord, raise my faith, my hope, my heart, To those transporting joys; Then shall I scorn each little snare, 6 Then, though I sink in death's cold sleep, To life I shall awake; And, in the likeness of my God, Mrs. STEELE. PSALM XVII. Long Metre. The Resurrection. WHAT sinners value I resign; * And flesh and sense no more control 4 My flesh shall slumber in the ground WATTS. PSALM XVIII. First Part L. M. b Confidence in divine Protection. I NO change of times shall ever shock And beard me from his throne on high. TATE. PSALM XVIII. Sec. Part. L. M. * or b God executing Judgment on his Enemies. 1 INCUMBENT on the bending sky, The Lord descended from on high; And bade the darkness of the pole Beneath his feet tremendous roll. 2 Thick woven clouds around him clos'd, His secret residence compos'd; And waters, high suspended, spread Their dark pavilion o'er his head. 3 His voice th' Almighty Monarch rear'd, Thro' heaven's high vault in thunder heard;" And down in fiercer conflict came Tremendous hail and mingled flame. 4 With aim direct, his shafts were sped, In vain his foes before them fled; Around his dreadful lightnings stray, And sure destruction marks their way. 5 Earth's basis, open to the eye, And ocean's springs, were seen to lie, As the tempestuous fury past, And o'er them rag'd the dreadful blast. PSALM XVIII. Third Part. L. M. b And thou hast own'd my righteous cause... 2 Since I have learnt thy holy ways, My actions have proclaim'd thy praise Or if my feet did e'er depart, "Twas never with a wicked heart. 3 What sore temptations broke my rest; What wars and strugglings in my breast; But through thy grace that reigns within, I hope to conquer every sin. 4 With an impartial hand, the Lord Deals out to mortals their reward; 5 The just and pure shall ever say God is more pure and just than they ; WATTS. PSALM XVIII. Fourth Part. C. M. * 1 TO thine almighty arm we owe The triumph of the day; Thy terrors, Lord, confound the foe, 2 'Tis by thine aid our troops prevail, By thee their lofty walls we scale, 3 God speaks, and at his fierce rebuke 4 He forms our soldiers for the field, 5 The Lord our Saviour ever lives, His powerful arm the victory gives, PSALM XIX. First Part. C. M. The Voice of Nature proclaiming God. WATTS. ! THE heavens declare thy glory, Lord, The firmament and stars express 2 The dawn of each returning day 3 Their powerful language to no realm 'Tis nature's voice, and understood 4 Their doctrine does its sacred sense 5 No bridegroom, on his nuptial day, To run his glorious race. 6 From cast to west, from west to east, His restless course he goes; * And, through his progress, cheerful light And vital warmth bestows. S* TATE. |