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PSALM XXXIII. 2d Part. Com.Metre. Creatures vain, and God all-fufficient.

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is the nation, where the Lord

Hath fix'd his gracious throne ;
Where he reveals his heav'nly 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.
3 Kings are not rescu'd by the force
Of armies from the grave;
Nor speed, nor courage of an horse
Can the bold rider save.

4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men,
To hope for fafety thence :
But holy fouls from God obtain
A strong and fure defence.

5 God is their fear and God their truft,
When plagues or famine spread;
His watchful eye secures the just,
Amongst ten thousand dead.

6 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice,
And bless us from thy throne ;
For we have made thy word our choice,
And trust thy grace alone.

PSALM XXXIII. ist Part. Partic.Met.
Works of creation and providence.

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E holy fouls, in God rejoice, Your Maker's praise becomes your voice; Great is your theme, your fongs be new : Sing of his name, his word, his ways,

His works of nature, and of grace,
How wife and holy, just and true!

2 Justice and truth he ever loves,
And the whole earth his goodness proves :
His word the heav'nly arches spread;
How wide they shine from north to fouth!
And by the spirit of his mouth

Were all the starry armies made.
3 He gathers the wide-flowing seas,
(Those wat'ry treasures know their place)
In the vast storehouse of the deep :
He spake, and gave all nature birth,
And fires and feas, and heav'n and earth,
His everlasting orders keep.
4 Let mortals tremble, and adore
A God of fuch resistless pow'r,
Nor dare indulge their feeble rage:
Vain are your thoughts, & weak your hands,
But his eternal counsel stands,

And rules the world from age to age.
PSALM XXXIII. 2d Part. Partic. Met.

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Creatures wain, and God all-fufficient.

HAPPY nation, where the Lord
Reveals the treasure of his word,
And builds his church, his earthly throne !
His eye the heathen world surveys,
He form'd their hearts, he knows their ways;
But God their Maker is unknown.

2 Let kings rely upon their hoft,
And of his strength their champion boast;
In vain they boast, in vain rely :
In vain we trust the brutal force,

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Or speed, or courage of an horse,
To guard his rider, or to fly.

3 The eye of thy compaffion, Lord,
Doth more fecure defence afford,

When death or dangers threat'ning stand:
Thy watchful eye preserves the just,
Who make thy name their fear and truft,
When wars or famine waste the land.

4 In fickness or the bloody field,
Thou our physician, thou our shield,
Send us salvation from thy throne:
We wait to fee thy goodness shine;
Let us rejoice in help divine,

For all our hope is God alone. PSALM XXXIV. 1st Part. Long Metre, God's care of the faints; or, deliverance by prayer. I ORD, I will bless thee all my days,

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Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue;

My foul shall glory in thy grace,
While faints rejoice to hear the fong.
2 Come, magnify the Lord with me;
Come, let us all exalt his name :
I fought th' eternal God, and he
Has not expos'd my hope to shame.

3 I told him all my fecret grief,
My fecret groaning reach'd his ears;
He gave my inward pains relief,
And calm'd the tumult of my fears.
4 To him the poor lift up their eyes,
Their faces feel the heav'nly shine;
A beam of mercy from the skies
Fills them with light and joy divine.

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5 His holy angels pitch their tents
Around the men that serve the Lord :
O fear and love him, all ye saints,
Taste of his grace, and trust his word!

6 The wild young lions, pinch'd with pain
And hunger, roar through all the wood;
But none shall seek the Lord in vain,
Nor want supplies of real good.

PSALM XXXIV. 2dPart. Long Metre.

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Ver. 11-22.

Religious education; or, instructions of piety.
CHildren Hildren in years, and knowledge young,
Your parents' hope, your parents' joy,

Attend the counsels of my tongue;
Let pious thoughts your minds employ.

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2 If you defire a length of days,
And peace to crown your mortal ftate,
Restrain your feet from impious ways,
Your lips from slander and deceit.
3 The eyes of God regard his faints,
His ears are open to their cries;
He fets his frowning face against
The fons of violence and lies..

4 To humble fouls and broken hearts,
God with his grace is ever nigh;
Pardon and hope his love imparts,
When men in deep contrition lie.

5 He tells their tears, he counts their groans,
His Son redeems their fouls from death;
His Spirit heals their broken bones :
They in his praise employ their breath.

PSALM XXXIV. 1st Part. Com.Metre.

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Ver. 1-10.

Prayer and praise for eminent deliverances.
'LL bless the Lord from day to day;
How good are all his ways !
Ye humble fouls that use to pray,
Come, help my lips to praise.

2 Sing to the honour of his name,
How a poor finner cry'd;
Nor was his hope expos'd to shame,
Nor was his fuit deny'd.

3 When threat'ning forrows round me flood

And endless fears arose,
Like the loud billows of a flood,
Redoubling all my woes;

4 I told the Lord my fore distress,
With heavy groans and tears ;
He gave my sharpest torments ease,
And filenc'd all my fears.

PAUSE.

5 [O finners! come and taste his love,
Come, learn his pleasant ways;
And let your own experience prove
The sweetness of his grace.

6 He bids his angels pitch their tents
Round where his children dwell;
What ills their heav'nly care prevents,
No earthly tongue can tell.]
7 [O love the Lord, ye saints of his !
His eye regards the just :
How richly bless'd their portion is,
Who make the Lord their trust!

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