And save me for thy mercy's sake,
For I'm entirely thine.

PAUSE.

5 ['Twas in my haste my spirit said,
"I must despair and die,
"I am cut off before thine eyes!"
But thou hast heard my cry.]

6 Thy goodness, how divinely free!
How wondrous is thy grace
To those that fear thy majesty,
And trust thy promises!

70 love the Lord, all ye his saints,
And sing his praises loud;
He'll bend his ear to your complaints,
And recompense the proud.

PSALM 31.-2d Part. C. M. [*]
Ver. 7-13, 18-21.

Deliverance from slander and reproach.
heart rejoices in thy name,

MY

My God, my help, my trust; Thou hast preserv'd my face from shame, Mine honour from the dust.

2 "My life is spent with grief," I cry'd; My years consum'd in groans;

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My strength decays, mine eyes are dry'd
"And sorrow wastes my bones."

Among mine enemies, my name
Was a mere proverb grown:
While to my neighbours I became
Forgotten and unknown.

Slander and fear on every side

Seiz'd and beset me round:
I to the throne of grace apply'd,`
And speedy rescue found

PAUSE.

5 How great deliverance thou hast wrought Before the sons of men!

The lying lips to silence brought,
And made their boastings vain!

6 Thy children from the strife of tongues Shall thy pavilion hide;

Guard them from infamy and wrongs;
And crush the sons of pride.

7 Within thy secret presence, Lord,
Let me forever dwell;
No fenced city, wall'd and barr'd,
Secures a saint so well.

PSALM 32.-S. M. [b]
Forgiveness of sin upon confession.
BLESSED souls are they,

O Whose sins are cover'd o'er!

Divinely blest, to whom the Lord
Imputes their guilt no more!
They mourn their follies past,
And keep their hearts with care;
Their lips and lives, without deceit,
Shall prove their faith sincere.
While I conceal'd my guilt,
I felt the festering wound;
Till I confess'd my sins to thee,
And ready pardon found.

Let sinners learn to pray,

Let saints keep near the throne!
Our help in times of deep distress
Is found in God alone.

PSALM 32.-C. M. [*]

Free pardon and sincere obedience; or, confes

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sion and forgiveness.

APPY the man to whom his God
No more imputes his sin;

But, wash'd in the Redeemer's blood,
Hath made his garments clean!
2 Happy, beyond expression, he
Whose debts are thus discharg'd;
And from the guilty bondage free,
He feels his soul enlarg'd!

3 His spirit hates deceit and lies,
His words are all sincere :

He guards his heart, he guards his eyes,
To keep his conscience clear.

4 While I my inward guilt supprest,
No quiet could I find:

Thy wrath lay burning in my breast,
And rack'd my tortur'd mind.

5 Then I confess'd my troubled thoughts,
My secret sins reveal'd:

Thy pardoning grace forgave my faults,
Thy grace my pardon seal'd.

6 This shall invite thy saints to pray;
When like a raging flood

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Temptations rise, our strength and stay
Is a forgiving God.

PSALM 32.-1st Part. L. M. [*] Repentance and free pardon; or, justification

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and sanctification.

LEST is the man, forever blest, Whose 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 grate 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 Through his whole life appears and shines.

PSALM 32.-2d Part. L. M. [b] Aguilty conscience eased by confession & pardon. HILE I keep silence, and conceal

My heavy guilt within my heart, .What torments doth my conscience feel What agonies of inward smart!

2 I spread my sins before the Lord,
And all my seeret faults confess;
Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word,
Thy Holy Spirit seals the grace.
3 For this shall every humble soul

Make swift addresses to thy seat;
When floods of huge temptations 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 every snare.
PSALM 33.-1st Part. C. M. [*]
Works of 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 heaven and earth proclaim;
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wondrous name.

3 His wisdom and almighty word
The heavenly arches spread:
And by the Spirit of the Lord
Their shining hosts were made.
He bade 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 through every age,
And in full glory shines.

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PSALM 33.-2d Part. C. M. [*]
Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient.

LEST is the nation, where the Lord

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Where he reveals his heavenly word,
And calls their tribes his own.

2 His eye with infinite survey
Does the whole world behold;
He form'd us all of equal clay,

And knows our feeble mould.