2 Pity my languishing estate, 3 See how I pass my weary days, Depart, ye tempters, from my soul, 1 MY PSALM 7. C. M. Bedford. [b] God's Care of his People against Persecutors. trust is in my Heavenly Friend, My hope in thee, my God: o Rise, and my helpless life defend, From those who seek my blood. d 2 With insolence and fury they My soul in pieces tear: As hungry lions rend the prey, -3 If I have e'er provoked them first, Then let him tread my life to dust, e 4 If there were malice found in me, I should not dare appeal to thee, o 5 Arise, my God, lift up thy hand, PAUSE. d 6 [Let sinners, and their wicked rage, Shall not the God of truth engage -7 He knows the heart, he tries the reins, -8 For me their malice digged a pit, e 9 That cruel persecuting race Must feel his dreadful sword: o Awake, my soul, and praise the grace, And justice of the Lord.] PSALM 8. S. M. St. Thomas. [*] God's Condescension in conferring Honour upon Man. LORD, our Heavenly King, Thy name is all divine; g Thy glories round the earth are spread, 2 When to thy works on high, 3 When I survey the stars, And all their shining forms, Lord, what is man, that worthless thing, 4 Lord, what is worthless man ; 5 Thine honours crown his head, While beasts like slaves obey, And birds that cut the air with wings, And fish that cleave the sea. • 6 How rich thy bounties are! And wondrous are thy ways. g Of dust and worms thy power can frame 7 [Out of the mouths of babes And sucklings, thou canst draw Surprising honours to thy name; 1 And strike the world with awe. 8 O Lord, our heavenly King, Thy glories round the earth are spread, C. M. Mear. [*] Christ's Condescension and Glorification. -2 When I behold thy works on high, e 3 Lord, what is man, or all his race, That thou should'st visit him with grace, 4 That thine eternal Son should bear, To take a mortal form; p Made lower than his angels are, To save a dying worm. -5 Yet, while he lived on earth unknown, And men would not adore; g Th' obedient seas and fishes own His Godhead and his power. 6 The waves lay spread beneath his feet Bring their large shoals to Peter's net; These lesser glories of the Son, o 8 Let Him be crowned with majesty, e 9 Jesus, our Lord, how wondrous great g The glories of thy heavenly state, Let the whole earth proclaim.] L. M. FIRST PART. Blendon. Bath. [*] Ver. 1, 2, paraphrased.—Children praising God. 1 ALMIGHTY Ruler of the skies, Through the wide earth thy name is spread; g And thine eternal glories rise, O'er all the heavens thy hands have made. -2 To thee the voices of the young A monument of honour raise; e And babes, with uninstructed tongue, o Declare the wonders of thy praise. -3 Thy power assists their tender age, To bring proud rebels to the ground; To still the bold blasphemer's rage, And all their policies confound. o 4 Children amidst thy temple throng, To see their great Redeemer's face; The Son of David is their song, And young hosannas fill the place. e 5 The frowning scribes and angry priests In vain their impious cavils bring: Revenge sits silent in their breasts, o While Jewish babes proclaim their King. L. M. SECOND PART. Quercy. Moreton. [*] Ver. 3, &c. paraphrased. Adam and Christ, Lords of the old and new Creation. ORD, what was man, when made at first, • 1L Adam, the offspring of the dust, That thou should'st set him and his race 2 That thou should'st raise his nature so, o 3 But O what brighter glories wait, To crown the second Adam's state! o What honours shall thy Son adorn, Who condescended to be born! e 4 See him below his angels made! p See him in dust among the dead, To save a ruined world from sin! o But he shall reign with power divine. g 5 The world to come, redeemed from all The miseries that attend the fall, New made, and glorious, shall submit At our exalted Saviour's feet. PSALM 9. C. M. FIRST PART. Mear. [*] Wrath and Mercy from the Judgment Seat. 1 WITH my whole heart, I'll raise my song, Thy wonders I'll proclaim; Thou, sovereign Judge of right and wrong, 2 I'll sing thy majesty and grace; 3 Then shall the Lord a refuge prove To save the people of his love, And give the weary rest. e 4 The men who know thy name, will trust For thou hast ne'er forsook the just, o 5 Sing praises to the righteous Lord, Who executes his threatening word, C. M. SECOND PART. Colchester. [*] Verse 12.-The Wisdom and Equity of Providence, 1 W shall once inquire for blood, THEN the great Judge supreme and just, The humble souls who mourn in dust, Shall find a faithful God. o 2 He from the dreadful gates of death Does his own children raise · |