And, like thyself, thy judgments, Lord, 154 Plead thou my cause; to that and me In all respects are just.

Thy timely aid afford; 138 Most just and true those statutes were, With beams of mercy quicken me, Which thou didst first decree;

According to thy word. And all with faithfulness perform'd,

155 From harden'd sinners thou remov'st Succeeding times shall see.

Salvation far away; 139 With zeal my flesh consumes away, 'Tis just thou shouldst withdraw from them My soul with anguish frets,

Who from thy statutes stray. To see my foes contemn at once

156 Şince great thy tender mercies are Thy promises and threats.

To all who thee adore; 140 Yet each neglected word of thine, According to thy judgments, Lord, Howe'er by them despis’d,

My fainting hopes restore. Is pure, and for eternal truth

157 A num'rous host of spiteful focs By me, thy servant, priz’d.

Against my life combine; 141 Brought, for thy sake, to low estate, But all too few to force my soul Contempt from all I find;

Thy statutes to decline. Yet no affronts or wrongs can drive

158 Those bold transgressors I beheldon Thy precepts from my mind.

And was with grief oppress'd, 142 Thy righteousness shall then endure, To see with what audacious pride When time itself is past;

Thy cov'nant they transgress'd. Thy law is truth itself, that truth

159 Yet while they slight, consider, Lord Which shall for ever last.

How I thy precepts love; 143 Though trouble, anguish, doubts, and therefore quicken me with beams dread,

Of mercy from above. To compas me unite;

160 As from the birth of time thy truth Beset with dnger, still I make

Has held through ages past, Thy precots my delight.

So shall thy righteous judgments, firm, 144 Eternal ind unerring rules

To endless ages last.
Thy testinonies give:

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Teach me the wisdom that will make
My soul fo ever live.

161 Though mighty tyrants, without cause,

Conspire my blood to shed,
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Thy sacred word has power alone

To fill my heart with dread. 145 With my yhole heart to God I calld, 162 And yet that word my joyful breast lord, hear ny earnest cry ;

With heavenly rapture warms; Andl thy statates to perform

Nor conquest, nor the spoils of war, WI) all my care apply.

Have such transporting charms. 146 Sgain more fervently I pray'd, 163 Perfidious practices and lies O ave ne, that I may

I utterly detest; Thy estinonies throughly know,

But to thy laws affection bear, Ail stedfastly obey.

Too vast to be exprest. 147 Iy carlier prayer the dawning day 164 Sev'n times a day, with grateful voice, P:vented, while I cry'd

Thy praises I resound, Tom, on whose

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171 Then shall my grateful lips return

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The tribute of their praise,
When thou thy counsels bast reveal'd,

'Twas a joyful sound to hear

Our tribes devoutly say, And taught me thy just ways. 172 My tongue the praises of thy word

Up, Israel, to the temple haste, Shall thankfully resound,

And keep your festal day!

2 At Salem's courts we must appear, Because thy promises are all

With our assembled powers, With truth and justice crown'd. 173 Let thy Almighty arm appear,

3 In strong and beauteous order rang'd,

Like her united towers.
And bring me timely aid;
For I the laws thou hast ordain'd

4 'Tis thither, by divine command,

The tribes of God repair, My heart's free choice have made.

Before his ark to celebrate 174 My soul has waited loug to see

His name with praise and prayer. Thy saving grace restor'd;

5 Tribunals stand erected there, Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws,

Where equity takes place: Thy heavenly laws, afford. 175 Prolong my life, that I may sing

There stand the courts and palaces My great Restorer's praise;

Of royal David's race. Whose justice, from the depths of woe,

6 (), pray we then for Salem's peace,

For they shall prosp'rous be, My fainting soul shall raise. 176 Like some lost sheep I've stray'd, till I

Thou holy city of our God,

Who bear true love to thee.
Despair my way to find;
Thou, therefore, Lord, thy servant seek,

7 May peace within thy sacred wal's

A constant guest be found,
Who keeps thy laws in mind.

With plenty and prosperity
PSALM CXX.

Thy palaces be crown'd.
8 For my dear brethren's sake, and friends

No less than brethren dear,
To God, who never yet deny'd
To rescue me oppress'd with wrongs;

I'll pray-May peace in Salem's owers

A constant guest appear. 2 Once more, O Lord, deliv'rance send,

9 But most of all I'll seek thy god, From lying lips my soul defend, And from the rage of sland'ring tongues.

And ever wish thee well,

For Sion and the temple's sake, 3 What little profit can accrue,

Where God vouchsafes to dwell.
And yet what heavy wrath is due,
O thou perfidiou's tongue, to thee!

PSALM CXXIII. $ Thy stiug upon thyself shall turn;

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Of lasting James, that fiercely burn,
The constant fuel thou shalt be.

wait my longing eyes; 5 But, O! how wretched is my doom,

As servants wait their masters' hards, Who am a sojourner become

And maids their mistresses' commands. In barren Mesech's desert soi!!

3, 4 O then have mercy on us, Lord; With Kedar's wicked tents enclos'd, Thy gracious aid to us afford; To lawless savages expos’d,

To us, whom cruel foes oppress, Who live on nought but theft and spoil.

Grown rich and proud by our distress. 6 My hapless dwelling is with those

PSALM CXXIV.
Who peace and amity oppose,
And pleasure take in other's harms:

AD not the Lord, may Isra'l say, 7 Sweet peace is all I court and seek; But when to them of peace I speak,

For mercy

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2 Look how the hills on every side

PSALM CXXVIII.
Jerusalem enclose;
So stands the Lord around his saints,

Nor only worship
To guard them from their foes.

But keeps his steps confin'd with care 3 The wicked may afflict the just,

To his appointed ways. But ne'er too long oppress,

2 He shall upon the sweet returns Ņor force him by despair to seek

Of his own labour feed; Base means for his redress.

Without dependence live, and see 4 Be good, O righteous God, to those

His wishes all succeed. Who righteous deeds affect;

3 His wife, like a fair fertile vine, The heart that innocence retains,

Her lovely fruit shall bring; Let innocence protect.

His children, like young olive plants, 5 All those who walk in crooked paths, About his table spring. The Lord shall soon destroy,

4 Who fears the Lord shall prosper thus; Cut off th' unjust, but crown the saints

Him Sion's God shall bless, With lasting peace and joy.

5 And grant him all his days to see
PSALM CXXVI.

Jerusalem's success.
THEN Sion's God her sons recall'd 6 He shall live on, till heirs from him
From long captivity,

Descend with vast increase;
It seem'd at first a pleasing dream

Much bless'd in his own prosp'rous state, Of what we wish'd to see:

And more in Israel's peace. 2 But soon in unaccustom'd mirth,

PSALM CXXIX. We did our voice employ,

FROM my youth up, may Israel say, And sung our great Restorer's praise In thankful hymns of joy.

2 Reduc'd me oft to heavy straits, Our heathen foes repining stood,

But never quite prevaiľa. Yet were compell’d to own

3 They oft have plough'd my patient back That great and wondrous was the work With furrows deep and long; Our God for us had done.

4 But our just God has broke their chains, 3 “'Twas great," say they, “'twas wondrous And rescu'd us from wrong. great;"

5 Defeat, confusion, shameful rout Much more should we confess,

Be still the doom of those, The Lord has done great things, whereof Their righteous doom, who Sion hate, We reap the glad success.

And Sion's God oppose. 4 To us bring back the remnant, Lord, 6 Like corn upon our houses' tops, Of Israel's captive bands,

Untimely let them fade, More welcome than refreshing showers Which too much heat, and want of root, To parch'd and thirsty lands;

Has blasted in the blade : 5 That we, whose work commenc'd in tears, 7 Which in his arms no reaper takes, May see our labours thrive,

But unregarded leaves ; Till finish'd with success, to make

No binder thinks it worth his pains Our drooping hearts revive.

To fold it into sheaves.
6 Though he desponds that sows his grain, 8 No traveller that passes by
Yet doubtless be shall come

Vouchsafes a minute's stop,
To bind his full-ear'd sheaves, and bring To give it one kind look, or crave
The joyful harvest home.

Heaven's blessing on the crop-
PSALM CXXVII.

PSALM CXXX.
TE build with fruitless cost, unless

VROM lowest depths of woe
The Lord the pile sustain:
Unless the Lord the city keep,

2 Lord, hear my supplicating voice, The watchman wakes in vain.

And graciously reply. 2 In vain we rise before the day,

3 Should thou severely judge, And late to rest repair,

Who can the trial bear? Allow no respite to our toil,

4 But thou forgiv'st, lest we despond, And eat the bread of care.

And quite renounce thy fear. Supplies of life, with ease to them,

5 My soul with patience waits He only on his saints bestows;

For thee, the living Lord;
He crowns their labours with success, My hopes are on thy promise built,
T'heir nights with sound repose.

Thy never-failing word. 3 Children, those comforts of our life, 6 My longing eyes look out Are presents from the Lord;

For thy enliv’ning ray, He gives a num'rous race of heirs,

More duly than the morning watch, As piety's reward.

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PSALM CXXXI.

PSALM CXXXIN.

TOW vast must their advantage be, Nor cast a scornful eye; Nor my aspiring thoughts employ

Who live like brethren, and consent In things for me too high.

In offices of love! 2 With infant innocence thou know'st 2 True love is like that precious oil, I have myself demean'd;

Which, pour'd on Aaron's head, Compos'd to quiet, like a babe

Ran down his beard, and o'er his robes That from the breast is wean'd.

Its costly moisture shed. s Like me let Israel hope in God,

3 'Tis like refreshing dew, which does His aid alone implore;

On Hermon's top distil ; Both now and ever trust in him,

Or like the early drops that fall Who lives for evermore.

On Sion's fruitful bill.

4 For Sion is the chosen seat, PSALM CXXXII.

Where the Almighty, King ET David, Lord, a constant place The promis'd blessing has ordain'd, In thy remembrance find;

And life's eternal spring. Let all the sorrows he endur'd

PSALM CXXXIV. Be ever in thy mind.

LESS God, ye servants, that attend 3 Remember what a solemn oath To thee, his Lord, he swore;

That in his temple, night by night, How to the mighty God he vow'd,

With humble rev'rence wait : Whom Jacob's sons adore; 3, 4 I will not go into my house,

2,3 Within his house lift up your hands,

And bless his holy name:
Nor to my bed ascend;
No soft repose shall close my eyes,

From Sion bless thy Israel, Lord,

Who earth and heaven didst frame. Nor sleep my eye-lids bend; 5 Till for the Lord's design'd abode

PSALM CXXXV.
I mark the destin'd ground;
Till I a decent place of rest

14 For God shall soon his people's cause 116, 17, 18 Through deserts vast and wild With pitying eyes survey;

He led the chosen seed; Repent him of his wrath, and turn

And famous princes foild, His kindled rage away:

And made great monarchs bleed: 15 Those idols, whose false worship spreads For God, &c. O'er all the heathen lands,

19, 20 Sihon, whose potent hand Are made of silver and of gold,

Great Ammon's sceptre sway'd; The work of human hands.

And Og, whose stern command 16, 17 They move not their fictitious tongues, Rich Bashan's land obey'd: Nor see with polish'd eyes;

For God, &c. Their counterfeited ears are deaf,

21, 22 And, of his wondrous grace, No breath their mouth supplies.

Their lands whom he destroy'd, 18 As senseless as themselves are they He gave to Israel's race, That all their skill apply

To be by them enjoy'd : To make them, or in dangʻrous times

For God, &c. On them for aid rely.

23, 24 He, in our depth of woes, 19 Their just returns of thanks to God On us with favour thought, Let grateful Israel pay;

And from our cruel foes Nor let the priests of Aaron's race

In peace and safety brought: To bless the Lord delay.

For God, &c. 20 Their sense of his unbounded love 25, 26 He does the food supply, Let Levi's house express;

On which all creatures live: And let all those who fear the Lord,

To God, who reigns on high, His name for ever bless.

Eternal praises give: 21 Let all with thanks his wondrous works

For God will prove In Sion's courts proclaim ;

Our constant friend, Let them in Salem, where he dwells,

His boundless love
Exalt his holy name.

Shall never end.
PSALM CXXXVI.

PSALM CXXXVII.
Your joyful thanks repeat;

THEN we, our weary limbs to rest, To him due praise afford,

Sat down by proud Euphrates' stream, As good as he is great:

We wept, with doleful thoughts opprest, For God does prove

And Sion was our mournful theme. Our constant friend,

2 Our harps, that when with joy we sung, His boundless love

Were wont their tuneful parts to bear, Shall never end.

With silent strings neglected hung 2, 3 To him, whose wondrous power

On willow trees, that wither'd there. All other gods obey,

3 Meanwhile our foes, who all conspir'd Whom earthly kings adore,

To triumph in our slavish wrongs, This grateful homage pay:

Music and mirth of us requir'd, For God, &c.

“ Come, sing us one of Sion's songs." 4, 5 By his Almighty hand

4 How shall we tune our voice to sing, Amazing works are wrought:

Or touch our harps with skilful hands? The heavens by his command

Shall hymns of joy to God, our King, Were to perfection brought:

Be sung by slaves in foreign lands? For God, &c.

5 O Salem, our once happy seat! 6 He spread the ocean round

When I of thee forgetful prove, About the spacious land;

Let then my trembling hand forget And made the rising ground

The speaking strings with art to move! Above the waters stand:

6 If I to mention thee forbear, For God, &c.

Eternal silence seize my tongue; 7, 8, 9 Through heaven he did display Or if I sing one cheerful air, His num'rous hosts of light;

Till thy deliv'rance is my song: The sun to rule by day,

7 Remember, Lord, how Edom's race, The moon and stars by night:

In thy own city's fatal day, For God, &c.

Cry'd out, “ Her stately walls deface, 10, 11, 12 He struck the first-born dead « And with the ground quite level lay.” Of Egypt's stubborn land;

8 Proud Babel's daughter, doom'd to be And thence his people led

Of grief and woe the wretched prey ;
With his resistless hand:

Bless'd is the man who shall to thee
For God, &c.

The wrongs thou laid'st on us repay. 13, 14 By him the raging sea,

19 Thrice bless'd, who, with just rage possest, As if in pieces rent,

And deaf to all the parents' moans, Disclos'd a middle way,

Shall snatch thy infants from the breast, Through which his people went:

And dash their heads against the stones. For God, &c. 15 Where soon he overthrew

PSALM CXXXVIII.
Proud Pharaoh and his host,
Who, daring to pursue,

TITH my whole heart, my God and King,

W'Thymate le will prockim; Were in the billows lost:

Before the Gods with joy I'll sing, For God, &c.

And bless thy holy name.