6 When death shall come, thou wilt not leave My fpirit with the unjust man, Nor lay me in the loathsome grave With men of blood in vengeance flain.
7 Unjust devices fill their hands, Deceit, corruption, guilt, and blood; But my delights are thy commands, My hopes are caft on thee, my God. $ By thine uprightness, Lord! fustain'd, I thine upholding prefence feel; And when thine heavn'ly courts I've gain'd, I shall to thee adoring kneel.
PSALM XXVII. 8.
• Jehovah the Protector.
I GOD is my light and Saviour too,
Then wherefore should my fpirit fear?
My life, my ali, to him I owe, And never will his aid defpair.
2 In vain have unjust men arofe, And thought to seize their helpless prey; Jehovah fpake, and all my foes On wings of fear difpers'd away. 3 Should hofts against my life encamp, My heart upheld shall fear no dread; To arms they thout, the fight's began, Still on my God my trust is stay'd.
4. Hear my intreaty, O my God! And grant me all my heart's defire, Then shall I live in thine abode, And at thine oracle enquire.
5 Then in affliction's dreadful day, A fafe retreat my foul shall find, Till ev'ry danger's pass'd away, And funk to calm the stormy wind.
6 Thou wilt exalt me from distress High over all my enemies; And in thy courts I thee shall bless, And pay my vows and facrifice.
7 Then gratefully I shall rejoice, And praife, All Bountiful! thy name, To rapture raise my tuneful voice, Whilft all thy mercies I proclaim.
I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.
HEAR me, Jehovah, when I fpeak, And anfwer thro' thy boundless grace, All my heart faith, Jehovah feek, Yes, Lord! I ought to feek thy face. 2 Thou wilt not hide thy face from me, Nor from me in thine anger turn; My foul fupported, Lord, by thee, Shall never more thine absence mourn.
3 My kind Protector, thou wilt not, In my distress thy fervant leave, Tho' parents may their child forget, My God will always me receive. 4 Thy precepts teach, thy word make known, Guide me in truth's all-perfect way, My God, I am to error prone,
O cause thy ftrength to be my stay.
5 Thou wilt not yield to the defire Of my furrounding enemies; They with falfe witnesses confpire, Against my life and fame they rife. 6 My trembling foul I caft on God, That I my Saviour's face may fee Before I crof's death's darksome flood, And life and all its pleasures flee.
7 Servants
7 Servants of God, dåre to be bold,
He will make strong each upright heart, That you the Saviour may behold, And never from his truth depart.
PSALM XXVIII.
Judgment is thine, O Lord!
1 MY God! my rock! to thee I cry,
Lest, shouldst thou not contrive for me,
Amongst the dead my foul should lie, Who with thy purifier be:
Therefore I look unto thy throne,
And make my wants and weakness known.
2 Thou wilt not cast me into hell, With lab'rers in iniquity, Whose hearts with pride and falsehood swell, Mischief and fell hypocrify;
Their unjust acts thou wilt regard, And all their evil deeds reward.
3 Just as they have to others done,
Thou wilt their treachery repay; Thy mighty hand they would not own, Nor mark thy providential way; But they shall fee thy mighty hand, Swept by destruction from thy land.
4 My God! thou hast my foul upheld, Haft heard, and ftill will hear my pray'r, My strength, my confidence, and shield, My Great Protector, ever near; In thee my heart exults for joy, Whift grateful fongs my lips employ.
5 Immortal God, Thou Great Supreme, Wilt by thy Chrift falvation caufe,
He all from error will redeem,
And they shall love and keep thy laws. O hafte to fave thine heritage, And now commence thy glorious age.
PSALM XΧΙΧ. 8.
Creation glorifieth Jehovah by Obedience,
IVE fons of God, his might proclaim, Worship the glorify'd and strong; Prostrate and magnify his name,
For all your pow'rs to him belong. 2 His voice refoundeth o'er the deep, When his tremendous thunder roars, And when his mighty tempefts sweep, And lash, old Ocean's distant shores.
3 Jehovah then his might declares, With folemn majesty he speaks; The awful found Lebannon hears, Whilft it his lofty cedars breaks. 4 Jehovah's thunder louder roars, The gloomy woods like heifers leap, Tremble the mountain's Heaven-capt tow'rs, And dance their vast unweildy heap. 5 Thy voice the lightning's flame divides, They pierce th' extenfive defert thro', The livid terror swiftly glides, And lays the mighty forests low.
6 Or strips obedient to thy word, The forests of their leafy pride; Thy voice is by the Heav'ns heard, By fwift obedience glorify'd.
7 Above the floods is plac'd thy throne, Thee King all nations shall confefs, Thy fervants shall thy strength make known, And with thy reconcilement bless.
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Health, Strength, and Peace, are from Jehovah. BLESS my God with grateful voice, And own his kind, preserving care,
My foes o'er me shall not rejoice, For he attends my ev'ry pray'r: He keeps my body from the grave, And will from hell my spirit fave.
Sing to him of abounding love,
Give thanks rememb'ring of his name; His wrath shall but a moment prove, Whilft endless years his love proclaim. Weeping may tarry for a night, But pleafure comes with morning light.
3 My heart, too confident, hath faid, " I never shall thy kingdom lofe, "Thy strength so strong my foul hath made, "To fight, and vanquish all my foes : "But foon thy prefence me forfook, " And all my foul with horror fhook."
4 Jehovah! unto thee I flee,
I feel this mortal frame decays, And can my duft give thanks to thee? Can it thy faithful mercies praise ? Pity, my God! attend my pray'r, And take my life beneath thy care.
5 Praise ye the Lord! 'Tis he that turns My tears unto mirth's festive found; No more my body fickness mourns, By him inclos'd with health around: And I shall praise his facred name, My God, I shall thy love proclaim.
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