Our cause from Sion bless! 2 May he accept our vow, Our sacrifice receive, 3 O Lord! thy saving grace We joyfully declare; [raise-3 Like dogs, to compass me, my Our banner in thy name we In wicked council meet: [foes "The Lord fulfil our prayer!" They pierced my inoffensive 4 Now know we that the Lord His chosen will defend; [afford, We rise and upright stand. From the xxii. Psalm of David. PART I. When I with anguish faint? hands, They pierced my harmless feet. 4 My body's rack'd, till all my Distinctly may be told; [bones Yet such a spectacle of wo As pastime they behold. 5 As spoil, my garments they divide, Lots for my vesture cast:Therefore, O leave me not, my But to my succour haste. [God, (C. M.) 1 PART III. LORD, to my brethren I'll de clare Thus, in thy sacred courts, will I My agonies survey; [crowd In presence of thy saints perform They shoot the lip, they shake the And thus deriding say: [head, 5 4 "In God he trusted, boasting oft| That he was heaven's delight; i The vows of my distress. Shall find my table spread; And all that seek the Lord shall be With joys immortal fed. 6 Then shall the glad converted world To God their homage pay; And scatter'd nations of the earth One sovereign Lord obey. 7 Tis his supreme prerogative O'er all mankind to reign; 'Tis just that he should rule the world, Who does the world sustain. 8 The rich, who are with plenty His bounty must confess; [fed, The sons of want, by hin relieved, Their generous patron bless. 9 With humble worship to his They all for aid resort; [throne That power, which first their being gave, Alone can them support. 10 Then shall a chosen spotless Devoted to his name, [race, To their adoring sons his truth And glorious acts proclaim. My wants are all supplied. 2 In tender grass he makes me And gently there repose; [feed Then leads me to cool shades, and where Refreshing water flows. 3 He does my wandering soul reclaim, And, to his endless praise, Instruct with humble zeal to walk In his most righteous ways. 4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, From fear and danger free; For there his aiding rod and staff Defend and comfort me. 5 Since God doth thus his wondrous love Through all my life extend, That life to him I will devote, And in his temple spend. With all his shining train. 10 Who is the King of Glory? who? The Lord of hosts renown'd; 4 Thy mercies and thy love, O Lord, recall to mind; And graciously continue still, As thou wert ever kind. 5 Let all my youthful crimes Be blotted out by thee; PSALM 22. (C. M.) From the xxvii. Psalm of David. THOM should I fear, since And, for thy wondrous goodness' God to me In mercy think on me. 6 His mercy and his truth [sake The righteous Lord displays, In bringing wandering sinners home, And teaching them his ways. 7 He those in justice guides Who his direction seek; And in his sacred paths shall lead The humble and the meek. 8 Through all the ways of God Both truth and mercy shine, To such as, with religious hearts, To his blest will incline. 9 Since mercy is the grace That most exalts thy fame, Forgive my heinous sin, O Lord, And so advance thy name. 10 Whoe'er, with humble fear, To God his duty pays, [guide, Shall find the Lord a faithful In all his righteous ways. 11 For God to all his saints His secret will imparts, [write And does his gracious covenant In their obedient hearts. 12 To Israel's chosen race Continue ever kind; [wants, And, in the midst of all their Let them thy succour find. Is saving health and light? Since strongly he my life supports, What can my soul affright? 2 Henceforth, within his house I earnestly desire; [to dwell His wondrous beauty there to And of his will inquire. [view, 3 For there I may with confort rest, In times of deep distress; And safe, as on a rock, abide In that secure recess. 4 When us to seek, thy glorious Thou kindly dost advise; [face "Thy glorious face I'll always seek," My grateful heart replies. Extract from the Journal of the General Convention, 1832: "Resolved, As the sense and declara. tion of this Convention, that so much of the rubrics in the form of consecration of a church or chapel as requires the singing of Psalm 26, verses 6, 7, and 8,' will hereafter be duly complied with by singing verses 2 and 3, in the selection from the 26th Psalm, included in the Psalms in Metre authorized by these resolutions to be set forth." 5 Then hide not thou thy face, Of God's glorious actions loudly tell, Nor me in wrath reject; [Lord, My God and Saviour, leave not His wondrous power to all de clare. Thou didst so oft protect. [him 2 To his great Name fresh altars 6 Though all of nearest earthly Me, in my wo, forsake, [ties Yet thou, whose love excels them Wilt care and pity take. [all, 7 Instruct me in thy paths, O My ways directly guide; [Lord, Lest sinful men who watch my steps, Should see me tread aside. 8 I trusted that my future life, Should with thy love crown'd; be raise; Devoutly due respect afford; Him in his holy temple praise, Where he's with solemn state adored. 3 'Tis he that, with amazing noise, The watery clouds in sunder breaks; The ocean trembles at his voice, 4 How full of power his voice tears, His boundless sway shall never I who kindly did relieve, N my distress to God I cried, mouth, My hopeless life retrieve. 3 His wrath has but a moment's PSALM 26. EFEND me, Lord, from shame, For still I trust in thee; 7E that in might and power DE [pare; As just and righteous is thy 2 No sooner I my wound dis Name, From danger set me free. 2 Bow down thy gracious ear, To shelter and defend. 3 To thee, the God of truth, My life and all that's mine, (For thou preserv'st me from my youth,) I willingly resign. 4 My hope, my steadfast trust, My soul with comfort knows. 5 Whate'er events betide, Thy wisdom times them all; Then, Lord, thy servant safely hide From those that seek his fall. 6 The brightness of thy face To me, O Lord, disclose, And, as thy mercies still increase, Preserve me from my foes. 7 How great thy mercies are To such as fear thy Name, Which thou, for those that trust thy care, Dost to the world proclaim! 8 O all ye saints, the Lord With eager love pursue; Courageously proceed; With strength in time of need. (L. M.) From the xxxii. Psalm of David. PSALM 27. HE'S pardon gain'd, TE'S blest whose sins have closed, The guilt that tortured me within, But thy forgiveness interposed, And mercy's healing balm pour'd in. 3 Sorrows on sorrows multiplied, The harden'd sinner shall confound; But them who in his truth confide, Blessings of mercy shall surround. 4 His saints, that have perform'd his laws, Their life in triumph shall employ; Let them, as they alone have cause, In grateful raptures shout for joy. No more in judgment to ap-15 pear; Whose guilt remission has obtain'd, And whose repentance is sin cere. The heavenly arch was rear'd; And all the beauteous hosts of light At his command appear'd. Before him trembling stand; For, when he spake the word, 'twas inade, 'Twas fix'd at his command. |