3 Bless'd be my God, for ever bless'd,
Who bids my fears remove :
The sacred walls that guard my rest
Are everlasting love.
OW blest the man, whose conscious
grief
From Thee, great God, hath found relief;
Whose guilt Thy boundless love hath veil'd,
His fears compos'd, his weakness heal'd.
2 With shame our numerous crimes we own;
Prostrate we fall before Thy throne;
To Thee our inmost guilt disclose,
And in Thy bosom pour our woes.
3 For this Thy saints, who seek Thy face,
Ere yet is past the day of grace,
To Thee with steadfast hope repair,
To Thee address th' unwearied prayer.
4 So when the storms and tempests lour,
And floods of wrath their torrents pour,
They, from the floods and stormy wind,
In Thee a hiding-place shall find.
PSALM XXXIII. C. M. NEW VERSION.
ET all the just to God with joy,
Their cheerful voices raise;
For well the righteous it becomes
To sing glad songs of praise.
2 By His almighty word at first
The heavenly arch was rear'd;
And all the beauteous worlds of light
At His command appear'd.
3 Whate'er the mighty Lord decrees
Shall stand for ever sure;
The settled purpose of His heart
To ages shall endure.
4 How happy, then, are they to whom
The Lord our God is known;
Whom He, from all the world besides,
Has chosen for His own!
5 The riches of Thy mercy, Lord,
Do Thou to us extend;
Since we, for all we want or wish,
On Thee alone depend.
EJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord;
This work belongs to you;
Sing of His name, His ways, His word,
How holy, just, and true!
2 His mercy and His righteousness
Let heaven and earth proclaim;
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal His wondrous name.
3 His wisdom and almighty word
The heavenly arches spread;
And by the Spirit of the Lord
Their shining hosts were made.
4 He bade the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep;
The flowing seas their limits know,
And their own station keep.
5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth,
With fear before Him stand;
He spake, and nature took its birth,
And rests on His command.
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 XXXIV. C. M. N. V.
1 THROUGH all the changing scenes of
In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.
2 Of His deliverance I will boast,
Till all that are distress'd,
From my example comfort take,
And soothe their griefs to rest.
3 O magnify the Lord with me;
With ine exalt His name.
When in distress to Him I call'd,
He to my rescue came.
4 O make but trial of His love;
Experience will decide,
How blest they are, and only they,
Who in His truth confide.
5 Fear Him, ye saints; and you will then Have nothing else to fear;
Make you His service your delight,
He'll make your wants His care.
1 ORD, I will bless Thee all my days;
My soul shall glory in Thy grace,
While saints rejoice to hear the song.
2 Come, magnify the Lord with me,
Come, let us all exalt His name;
I sought th' eternal God, and He
Has not expos'd my hope to shame.
3 I told Him all my secret grief,
My secret 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 heavenly shine;
A beam of mercy from the skies
Fills them with light and joy divine.
5 To humble souls and broken hearts
God with His grace is ever nigh;
Pardon and hope His love imparts,
When men in deep contrition lie.
6 He tells their groans, He counts their tears,
His Son redeems their souls from death;"
His Spirit calms their anxious fears,
They in His praise employ their breath.
7 His holy angels pitch their tents
Around the men that serve the Lord;
O fear and love Him, all His saints,
Taste of His grace, and trust His word.
BOVE these heavens' created rounds,
Thy mercies, Lord, extend;
Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds
Where time and nature end.
2 Thy hand sustains all living things;
Thy providence how kind!
Beneath the shadow of Thy wings
Thy children safety find.
3 From Thee, when creature streams run low,
And mortal comforts die,
Perpetual springs of life shall flow,
And raise our pleasures high.
4 Though all created light decay,
And death close up our eyes,
Thy presence makes eternal day,
Where clouds can never rise.
[IGH in the heavens, eternal God,
H Thy goodness in full glory shines;
Thy truth shall break through every cloud
That veils and darkens Thy designs.
2 For ever firm Thy justice stands,
As mountains their foundations keep;
Wise are the wonders of Thy hands,
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.
3 Thy providence is kind and large,
Both man and beast Thy bounty share;
The whole creation is Thy charge,
But saints are Thy peculiar care.
4 My God, how excellent Thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort springs ! The sons of Adam in distress
Fly to the shadow of Thy wings.
5 From the provisions of Thy house
We shall be fed with sweet repast;
There mercy like a river flows,
And brings salvation to our taste.
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