And on thy watchful providence
My cheerful hope relies.

• 8 The shadow of thy wings
My soul in safety keeps;
I follow where my Father leads,
And he supports my steps.

PSALM 65. L. M. 1ST PT. Weldon. Quercy.[*]

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Ver. 1-5. Public Prayer and Praise.

HE praise of Zion waits for thee,

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My God; and praise becomes thy house: There shall thy saints thy glory see,

And there perform their public vows.

p 2 0 thou whose mercy bends the skies,
To save when humble sinners pray,
o All lands to thee shall lift their eyes,
And grateful isles of every sea.

e 3 [Against my will my sins prevail,
-But grace shall purge away their stain;
The blood of Christ will never fail

To wash my garments white again.

o 4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt choose,
And give him kind access to thee;
Give him a place within thy house,
To taste thy love divinely free.]

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PAUSE.

o 5 Let Babel fear when Zion prays:
Babel, prepare for long distress;
When Zion's God himself arrays,
In terror, and in righteousness.
6 With dreadful glory God fulfills
What his afflicted saints request;
And with almighty wrath reveals
His love to give his churches rest.
s 7 Then shall the flocking nations run
To Zion's hill, and own their Lord;
The rising and the setting sun

Shall see the Saviour's name adored.

L. M. SECOND PART. Nantwich. Truro. [*]

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Ver. 5-13. Divine Providence and Grace.

HE God of our salvation hears

The roofs of Zion mixed with tears

Yet when he comes with kind designs,
Through all the way his terror shines.]
2 On God the race of man depends,
Far as the earth's remotest ends;
Where the Creator's name is known
By nature's feeble light alone.

3 Sailors, who travel o'er the flood,
Address their frighted souls to God;
When tempests rage and billows roar,
At dreadful distance from the shore.
4 He bids the noisy tempest cease,
He calms the raging crowd to peace;
When a tumultuous nation raves,
Wild as the winds and loud as waves.

5 [Whole kingdoms, shaken by the storm, He settles in a peaceful form;

Mountains, established by his hand,
Firm on their old foundations stand.
d 6 Behold his ensign sweep the sky;
New comets blaze, and lightnings fly:
The heathen lands, with swift surprise,
From the bright horrors turn their eyes.
7 At his command the morning ray
Smiles in the east, and leads the day;
He guides the sun's declining wheels
Over the tops of western hills.]

8 Seasons and times obey his voice;
The evening and the morn rejoice,
To see the earth made soft with showers,
Laden with fruit, and dressed in flowers.
9 ['Tis from his watery stores on high,
He gives the thirsty ground supply:
He walks upon the clouds, and thence
Doth his enriching drops dispense.]
10 The desert grows a fruitful field,
Abundant food the valleys yield;
The valleys shout with cheerful voice,
And neighbouring hills repeat their joys.

11 [The pastures smile in green array,
There lambs and larger cattle play;
The larger cattle and the lamb,

Each in his language, speaks thy name ]

12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine;
O'er every field thy glories shine;
Through every month thy gifts appear;
Great God, thy goodness crowns the year!

C. M. FIRST Part. Colchester. Mear. [*] Prayer heard and the Gentiles called.

1 PRAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee;

There shall our vows be paid:

Thou hast an ear when sinners pray;
All flesh shall seek thine aid.

e 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail,

But pardoning grace is thine;

0 And thou wilt grant us power and skill To conquer every sin.

-3 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose,
To bring them near thy face;

Give them a dwelling in thine house,
To feast upon thy grace.

e 4 In answering what thy church requests
Thy truth and terror shine;

And works of dreadful righteousness
Fulfill thy kind design.

5 Thus shall the wondering nations see The Lord is good and just;

o And distant islands fly to thee,

And make thy name their trust.

g 6 They dread thy glittering tokens, Lord, When signs in heaven appear;

o But they shall learn thy holy word, And love as well as fear.

C. M. SECOND PART. Bedford. Arundel. [*] Providence in Air, Earth, and Sea.

1 'IS by thy strength the mountains stand,
God of eternal power;

The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.

o 2 Thy morning light and evening shade
Successive comforts bring;

Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,
Thy flowers adorn the spring.

-3 Seasons and times, and moons and hours,
Heaven, earth, and air are thine;

When clouds distil in fruitful showers,
The Author is Divine..

4 Those wandering cisterns in the sky,
Borne by the winds around,
With watery treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.

o 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear;

Thy ways abound with blessings still,
Thy goodness crowns the year.

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C. M. THIRD PART.

York. [*]

A Psalm for the Husbandman.
[GOOD is the Lord, the heavenly King,

Who makes the earth his care;

Visits the pastures every spring,

And bids the grass appear.

2 The clouds, like rivers raised on high,
Pour out, at his command,
Their watery blessings from the sky,
To cheer the thirsty land.

3 The softened ridges of the field
Permit the corn to spring;
The valleys rich provision yield,
And the poor laborers sing.
4 The little hills on every side,
Rejoice at falling showers;

The meadows, dressed in all their pride,
Perfume the air with flowers.

5 The barren clods, refreshed with rain,
Promise a joyful crop;

The parched grounds look green again,
And raise the reaper's hope.

6 The various months thy goodness crowns;
How bounteous are thy ways!

The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs,
And shepherds shout thy praise.]

PSALM 66. C. M. FIRST PART. Devizes. [*]

Governing God; or, our Grace tried.

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SING ye nations, to the Lord,

Sing with a joyful noise;

With melody of sounds record
His honours and your joys.

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-2 Say to the Power that shakes the sky,
"How terrible art thou!
"Sinners before thy presence fly,
"Or at thy feet they bow."

3 [Come, see the wonders of our God;
How glorious are his ways!
In Moses' hand he puts his rod,
And cleaves the frighted seas.
4 He made the ebbing channel dry,
While Israel passed the flood;
o There did the church begin their joy,
And triumph in their God.]

g 5 He rules by his resistless might: Will rebel mortals dare,

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Provoke th' Eternal to the fight,

And tempt that dreadful war!

o 6 O bless our God, and never cease;
Ye saints, fulfill his praise:

He keeps our life, maintains our peace,
And guides our doubtful ways.

-7 Lord, thou hast proved our suffering souls, To make our graces shine;

So silver bears the burning coals,

The metal to refine.

g 8 Through watery deeps and fiery ways,
We march at thy command,

Led to possess the promised place,
By thine unerring hand.

C. M. SECOND PART. Barby.

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Ver. 13-20. Praise to God for hearing Prayer.

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N To that almighty Power,

TOW shall my solemn vows be paid

Who heard the long requests I made,
In my distressful hour.

2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare
To make his mercies known;

Come ye, who fear my God, and hear
The wonders he has done.

p 3 When on my head huge sorrows fell,
I sought his heavenly aid;

o He saved my sinking soul from hell, And death's eternal shade.