2 With every morning's early dawn
His goodness to relate;
And of his constant truth, each night
The glad effects repeat!
3 To ten-string'd instruments we 'll sing,
With tuneful psalteries join'd ;
And to the harp, with solemn sounds,
For sacred use design'd.
4 For through thy wondrous works, O LORD,
Thou mak'st my heart rejoice;
The thoughts of them shall make me glad,
And shout with cheerful voice.
5 How wondrous are thy works, O LORD!
How deep are thy decrees!
Whose winding tracks, in secret laid,
No careless sinner sees.
6 He little thinks, when wicked men,
Like grass, look fresh and gay,
How soon their short-lived splendor must
For ever pass away.
7 But thou, my God, art still most high;
And all thy lofty foes,
Who thought they might securely sin,
Shall be o'erwhelm'd with woes.
8 But righteous men, like rising palms,
Shall grow and flourish still;
Thy flock shall spread, like cedars choice
On Lebanon's high hill.
9 These, planted in the house of God,
Within his courts shall thrive;
Their vigor and their lustre both
Shall in old age revive.
10 Thus will the Lord his justice show;
And God, my strong defence,
Shall due rewards to all the world
Impartially dispense.
( WITH glory clad, with strength array'd,
The LORD, that o'er all nature reigns,
The world's foundation strongly laid, 'L
And the vast fabric still sustains.
2 How surely stablish'd is thy throne!
Which shall no change or period see;
For thou, O Lord, and thou alone,
Art God from all eternity.
3 The floods, O LORD, lift up their voice,
And toss the troubled waves on high;
✓ But God above can still their noise,
And make the angry sea comply.
4 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure,
And they that in thy house would dwell, / That happy station to secure,
✓ Must still in holiness excel.
PSALM 73.
From the xciv. Psalm of David.
1 SAY ye, the Lord shall not regard,
Shall not your sins discern?
Take heed, ye foolish and unwise;
When will ye wisdom learn?
2 Can he be deaf who form'd the ear,
Stor blind, who framed the eye nish those
Who his known will defy?
3 He fathoms all the hearts of men, ✓✓ ✓ To him their thoughts lie bare; His eye surveys them all, and sees How vain their counsels are.
1 BLESS'D is the man whom thou, O LORD,
In kindness dost chastise,
And by thy sacred rules to walk
Dost lovingly advise.
2 This man shall rest and safety find,
In seasons of distress :
Whilst God prepares a pit for those
That stubbornly transgress.
3 For GOD will never from his saints
His favor wholly take;
His own possession and his lot
He will not quite forsake.
4 The world shall yet confess thee just
In all that thou hast done :
And those that choose thy upright ways
Shall in those paths go on.
5 Long since had I in silence slept,
But that the Lord was near,
To stay me when I slipp'd; when sad,
My troubled heart to cheer.
6 My soul's defence is firmly placed
In GOD, the LORD most high :
He is my rock, to which I may,
For refuge always fly.
From the xcv. Psalm of David.
1 O COME, loud anthems let us sing,
✓ Loud thanks to our Almighty King;
For we our voices high should raise,
✓ When our salvation's rock we praise.
2 Into his presence let us haste,
To thank him for his favors past;
To him address, in joyful songs,
✓ The praise that to his Name belongs :
3 For God the Lord, enthroned in state,
Is, with unrivall'd glory, great;
A King superior far to all
Whom gods the Heathen falsely call.
4 The depths of earth are in his hand,
Her secret wealth at his command;
The strength of hills that reach the skies
Subjected to his empire lies.
5 The rolling ocean's vast abyss
By the same sovereign right is his;
'I was made by his almighty hand,
That form'd and fix'd the solid land.
6 O let us to his courts repair,
And bow with adoration there;
Down on our knees devoutly all
Before the Lord, our Maker, fall.
7 For he 's our God, our shepherd he,
His flock and pasture-sheep are we:
O then, ye faithful flock, to-day
His warning hear, his voice obey.
1 SING to the Lord a new-made song;
Let earth, in one assembled throng,
Her common patron's praise resound:
Sing to the Lord, and bless his name,
From day to day his praise proclaim,
Who us has with salvation crown'd:
To heathen lands his fame rehearse,
His wonders to the universe.
2 He 's great, and greatly to be praised;
In majesty and glory raised
Above all other deities;
For pageantry and idols all
Are they whom gods the Heathen call;
He only rules who made the skies :
With majesty and honor crown'd,
Glory and strength his throne surround.
3 Be glory then to him restored
By all who have false gods adored:
Ascribe due honor to his Name,
Peace-off'rings on his altar lay,
Before his throne your homage pay,
Which he, and he alone, can claim:
To worship at his sacred court,
Let all the trembling world resort.
4 Proclaim aloud, JEHOVAH reigns,
Whose power the universe sustains,
And banish'd justice will restore :
Let therefore heaven new joys confess,
And heavenly mirth let earth express,
Its loud applause the ocean roar,
Its mute inhabitants rejoice,
And for this triumph find a voice.
5 For joy let fertile valleys sing,
The cheerful groves their tribute bring,
And tuneful harmonies awake:
Behold! in truth and justice clad,
GOD comes to judge the world he made, v
And to himself its throne to take:
He 's come, to judge the world he 's come,
With justice to reward and doom.
From the xcvii. Psalm of David.
1 JEHOVAH reigns, let all the earth
In his just government rejoice; L
Let all the lands, with sacred mirth,
In his applause unite their voice.
2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade
His dazzling glory shroud in state;
Judgment and righteousness are made LL
The habitation of his seat.
3 For thou, O God, art seated high,
Above earth's potentates enthroned;
Thou, LORD, unrivall'd in the sky,
Supreme by all the gods art own'd.
4 Ye who to serve this Lord aspire,
Abhor what 's ill, and truth esteem;
He 'll keep his servants' souls entire,
And them from wicked hands redeem.
5 For seeds are sown of glorious light,
✓ A future harvest for the just;
And gladness for the heart that's right,
To recompense its pious trust.
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