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O Lord, the mighty God of Hosts,
Thou God of Jacob, let my pray'r
9 Behold, O God, for thou alone
On thy anointed servant look
10 For in thy courts one single day
Than, Lord, in any place besides
Much rather in God's house will I
Than in the wealthy tents of sin

11 For God, who is our Sun and Shield,
And no good thing will he withhold
12 Thou God, whom heav'nly hosts obey,
Whose hope and trust, securely plac'd,

my just request regard:
be still with favour heard.
canst timely aid dispense;
be thou his strong defence.
'tis better to attend,
a thousand days to spend.
the meanest office take,
my pompous dwelling make.
will grace and glory give;
from them that justly live.
how highly blest is he,
is still repos'd in thee!

PSALM LXXXV.

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And faithful Jacob's captive race 2,5 Thy people's sins thou hast forgiv'n, Thou hast not let thy wrath flame on, 4 O God our Saviour, all our hearts That, quench'd with our repenting tears, 5,6 For why should'st thou be angry still, Revive us, Lord, and let thy saints 7 Thy gracious favour, Lord, display, And, for thy wondrous mercy's sake, 8 God's answer patiently I'll wait ; If they no more to folly turn,

9 To all that fear his holy name And in its former happy state

10 For mercy now with truth is join'd, Like kind companions, absent long,

the favours we implor'd, hast graciously restor❜d. and all their guilt defac'd; nor thy fierce anger last. to tay obedience turn; thy wrath no more may burn. and wrath so long retain ? thy wonted comfort gain. which we have long implor'd; thy wonted aid afford. for he, with glad success, his mourning saints will bless. his sure salvation's near; our nation shall appear. and righteousness with peace, with friendly arms embrace. [pour;

11, 12 Truth from the earth shall spring, whilst heav'n shall streams of justice

And God, from whom all goodness flows, 13 Before him righteousness shall march, Whilst we his holy steps pursue

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shall endless plenty show'r. and his just paths prepare; with constant zeal and care.

PSALM LXXXVI.

O my complaint, O Lord my God, Hear me, distress'd, and destitute 2 Do thou, O God, preserve my soul, Thy servant keep, and him, whose trust 3 To me, who daily thee invoke, 4 Refresh thy servant's soul, whose hopes 5 Thou, Lord, art good, nor only good, Of plenteous mercy to all those 6 To my repeated humble pray'r, 7 When troubled, I on thee will call, Among the gods there's none like thee, To thee as much inferior they, 9 Therefore their great Creator thee Their long misguided pray'rs and praise

thy gracious ear incline; of all relief but thine. that does thy name adore ; relies on thee, restore. thy mercy, Lord, extend; on thee alone depend. but prompt to pardon too; who for thy mercy sue. O Lord, attentive be; for thou wilt answer me. O Lord, alone divine! as are their works to thine. the nation shall adore; to thy bless'd name restore.

All shall confess thee great, and great the wonders thou hast done; Confess thee God, the God supreme, confess thee God alone.

The Second Part.

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I
In rev'rence to thy sacred name
12 Thee will I praise, O Lord my God,
And to thy everlasting name

13 Thy boundless mercy shown to me
For thou hast oft redeem'd my soul
14 O God, the sons of pride and strife
Regardless of thy pow'r, that oft

15 But thou thy constant goodness didst
Of patience, mercy, and of truth,

16 O bounteous Lord,thy grace and strength 'Thy kind protection, Lord, on mic,

from truth shall ne'er depart;
devoutly fix my heart.
praise thee with heart sincere ;
eternal trophies rear.
transcends my pow'r to tell;
from lowest depths of hell.
have my destruction sought;
has my deliv'rance wrought
to my assistance bring;
thou everlasting spring!
to me thy servant show;
thine handmaid's son, bestow.

17 Some signal give, which my proud foes may see with shame and rage, When thou, O Lord, for and comfort dost engage.

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PSALM LXXXVII.

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His Sion's gates, in his account,

3 Fame glorious things of thee shall sing,

4 I'll mention Rahab with due praise, The fame of Ethiopia raise,

our Israel's fairest tents excel. O city of th' almighty King! in Babylon's applauses join, with that of Tyre and Palestine;

And grant that some amongst them born, their age and country did adorn.

5 But still of Sion I'll aver,

that many such from her proceed;

and such did such an age adorn.

6 Th' Almighty shall establish her: his gen'ral list shall show, when read, That such a person there was born, 7 He'll Sion find with numbers fill'd For hand and voice musicians skill'd; and Of such she shall successions bring,

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of such as merit high renown; (her transcending fame to crown) like water from a living spring.

PSALM LXXXVIII.

10 thee, my God and Saviour, I by day and night address my cry;z 2 Vouchsafe my mournful voice to hear; to my distress incline the car. 3 For seas of trouble me invade, my soul draws nigh to death's cold shade: 4 Like one whose strength and hopes are fled, theynumber me among the dead: 5 Like those who,shrouded in the grave, from thee no more remembrance have;

6 Cast off from thy sustaining care,

down to the confines of despair. afflicting me with restless pain; too weak, alas, to bear the least. loath'd dungeon laid, where nole confin'd, past hopes of liberty.

Thy wrath has hard upon me lain, Me all thy mountain waves have prest, & Remov'd from friends, I sigh alone, in a A visit will vouchsafe to me, 9 My eyes from weeping never cease; they waste, but still my griefs increase; Yet daily, Lord, to thee I've pray'd, with outstretch'd hands invok'd thy aid. 10 Wilt thou by miracle revive the dead, whom thou forsook'st any?

From death restore,thy praise to sing, whom thou from prison would'stnot bring? 11 Shall the mute grave thy love confess? a mould'ring tomb toyfait fulness? 12 Thy truth and pow'r renown obtain where darkness and oblivion reign?

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13 To thee, O Lord, I cry, forlorn ; my pray'r prevents the early morn 14 Why ast thou, Lord, my soul forsook, nor once vouchsaf'd a gracious look? 15 Prevailing sorrows bear me down, which from my youth with me have grown; Thy terrors past distract my mind, and fears of blacker days behind. 16 Thy wrath hath burst upon my head, thy terrors fill my soul with dread; 17 Environ'd as with waves combin'd, 18 My lovers, friends, familiars, all To dark oblivion all retir'd,

and for a gen'ral deluge join'd. remov'd from sight, and out of call; dead, or at least to me expir'd.

PSALM LXXXIX.

HY mercies, Lord, shall be my song; my song on them shall ever dwell;
To ages yet unborn my tongue

thy never failing truth shall tell. thy mercy shall for ever last; like them shall stand for ever fast.

2 I have affirm'd, and still maintain, Thy truth that does the heav'ns sustain, 3 Thus spak'st thou by thy prophet's voice, "With David I a league have made; "To him, my servant, and my choice, by solemn oath this grant convey'd: 4 "While earth, and seas, and skies endure, thy seed shall in my sight remain; "To them thy throne I will insure, they shall to endless ages reign."

5 For such stupendous truth and love, both heav'n and earth just praises owe, By choirs of angels sung above, 6 What seraph of celestial birth Or who among the gods of earth

and by assembled saints below. to vie with Israel's God shall dare? with our almighty Lord compare?

7 With rev'rence and religious dread his saints should to his temple press; His fear thro' all their hearts should spread, who his almighty name confess. 8 Lord God of armies, who can boast of strength or pow'r like thine renown'd; Of such a num'rous faithful host, as that which does thy throne surround? 9 Thou dost the lawless sea control, and change the prospect of the deep; Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll; thou mak'st the roiling billows sleep. 10 Thou brak'st in pieces Rahab's pride, and didst oppressing pow'r disarm; Thy scatter'd foes have dearly tried

11 In thee the sov'reign right remains of
The world, and all that it contains,
12 The poles on which the globe does rest
Tabor and Hermon, east and west,

the force of thy resistless arm. earth and heav'n; thee, Lord, alone their Maker and Preserver own. were form'd by thy creating voice; in thy sustaining pow'r rejoice.

13 Thy arm is mighty, strong thy hand, yet, Lord, thou dost with justice reign; 14 Possess'd of absolute command

thou truth and mercy dost maintain.

15 Happy, thrice happy they, who hear thy sacred trumpet's joyful sound; Who may at festivals appear, with thy most glorious presence crown'd.

16 Thy saints shall always be o'erjoy'd,
And, in thy righteousness employ'd,
17 For in thy strength they shall advance,

who on thy sacred name rely; above their foes be rais'd on high. whose conquests from thy favour spring;

and Israel's God our Israel's King. "Amighty champion I will send of one, who shall the rest defend. with holy oil anointed him;

18 The Lord of hosts is our defence, 19 Thus spak'st thou by thy prophet's voice, "From Judah's tribe have I made choice 20" My servant David I have found, 21 "Him shall the hand support, that crown'd, and guard, that gave the diadem. 22"No prince from him shall tribute force, no son of strife shall him annoy; 23His spiteful foes I will disperse, and them before his face destroy. 24"My truth and grace shall him sustain; his armies, in well order'd ranks, 25 "Shall conquer, from the Tyrian main to Tigris and Euphrates' banks

26" Me for his Father he shall take, his God and Rock of safety call; 27 "Him I my first born son will make, and earthly kings his subjects all. 28❝To him my mercy I'll secure, my cov❜nant make for ever fast : 29" His seed for ever shall endure; his throne,till heav'n dissolves, shall last. The Second Part.

30"But if his heirs my law forsake, and from my sacred precepts stray; 31"If they my righteous statutes break, nor strictly my commands obey; 32"Their sins I'll visit with a rod, and for their folly make them smart ; 33 "Yet will not cease to be their God, nor from my truth, like them, depart. 34" My cov❜nant I will ne'er revoke, but in remembrance fast retain ; "The thing that once my lips have spoke shall in eternal force remain. 35" Once I have sworn, but once for all, and made my holiness the tie, "That I my grant will ne'er recal, nor to my servant David lie: [see; 36 Whose throne and race the constant sun shall, like his course, establish'd 37 "Of this my oath, thou conscious moon, in heav'n, my faithful witness be." 38 Such was thy gracious promise,Lord; but thou hast now ourtribes forsook, Thy own anointed hast abhor'd, and turn'd on him thy wrathful look.

39 Thou seemest to have render'd void the cov❜nant with thy servant made; Thou hast his dignity destroy'd, and in the dust his honour iaid. 40 Of strong hoids thou hast him bereft, and brought his bulwarks to decay; 41 His frontier coasts defenceless left, a publick scorn, and common prey. 42 His ruin does glad triumphs yield to foes, advanc'd by thee to might; 43 Thou hast his conqu❜ring sword unsteel'd,his valourturn'd to shameful flight. 44 His glory is to darkness fled, his throne is leveli'd with the ground; 45 His youth to wretched bondage led, with shame o'erwhelm'd and sorrow drown'd.

46 How long shall we thy absence mourn? wilt thou for ever, Lord, retire? Shall thy consuming anger burn, 47 Consider, Lord, how short a space No method to prolong the race,

tili that and we at once expire? thou dost for mortal life ordain; but loading it with grief and pain. death's strict unalterable doom?

48 What man is he that can control Or rescue from the grave his soul, the grave that must mankind entomb? 49 Lord, where's thy love,thy boundless grace, the oath to which thy truth did scal,

Consign'd to David and his race, the grant which time should ne'er repeal? 50 See how thy servants treated are with infamy, reproach and spite; Which in my silent breast I bear, from nations of licentious might. [jest; 51 How they, reproaching thy great name, have made thy servant's Lope their 52 Yet thy just praises we'll proclaim, and ever sing, The Lord be biest.

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6 But howsoever fresh and fair
'Tis all cut down and wither'd quite,
7. 8 We by thine anger are consum'd,
Our publick crimes and secret sins
9 Beneath thy anger's sad effects
Our unregarded years break off,
10 Our term of time is sev'nty years,
But if, with more than common strength,
Yet then our boasted strength decays,
So soon the slender thread is cut,

its morning beauty shows
before the ev'ning close.
and by thy wrath dismay'd;
before thy sight are laid.
our drooping days we spend ;
like tales that quickly end.
an age that few survive;
to cighty we arrive,
to sorrow turn'd and pain;
and we no more remain.

The Second Part.

11 But who thy anger's dread effects
And yet thy wrath does fall or rise,
12 So teach us, Lord, th' uncertain sum
That to true wisdom all our hearts
13 O to thy servants, Lord, return,
As we forsake our sins, do thou
14 To satisfy and cheer our souls,
That we may all our days to come
15 Let happy times, with large amends,
Or equal at the least the term

16 To all thy servants, Lord, let this
And to our offspring yet unborn
17 Let thy bright rays upon us shine,
The glorious work we have in hand

does, as he ought, revere ?
as more or less we fear.
of our short days to mind,
may ever be inclin'd.
and speedily relent!
revoke our punishment.
thy early mercy send;
in joy and comfort spend.
dry up our former tears,
of our afflicted years.
thy wondrous work be known,
thy glorious pow'r be shown.
give thou our work success;
do thou vouchsafe to bless.

PSALM XCI.

E that has God his guardian made, shall, under the Almighty's shade,
Secure and undisturb'd abide :

2 Thus to my soul of him I'll say,

He is my fortress and my stay,

My God, in whom I will confide.

3 His tender love and watchful care shall free thee from the fowler's snare. And from the noisome pestilence :

4 He over thee his wings shall spread, and cover thy unguarded head; His truth shall be thy strong defence.

5 No terrors that surprise by night shall thy undaunted courage fright, Nor deadly shafts that fly by day;

6 Nor plague, of unknown rise, that kills in darkness, nor infectious ills That in the hottest season slay.

7 A thousand at thy side shall die,

at thy right hand ten thousand lie, While thy firm health untouch'd remains;

8 Thou only shalt look on and see

the wicked's dismal tragedy, And count the sinner's mournful gains.

9 Because, with well plac'd confidence, thou mak'st the Lord thy sure defence, And on the Highest doth rely;

10 Therefore no ill shall thee befal, nor to thy healthful dwelling shall

Any infectious plagues draw nigh.

11 For he throughout thy happy days, to keep thee safe in all thy ways, Shall give his angels strict commands; [thy feet,

And they, lest thou should'st chance to meet with some rough stone to wound Shall bear thee safely in their hands

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