5 Let the eternal LORD be praised, The rock on whose defence I rest! To highest heavens his name be raised, Who me with his salvation bless'd! 6 My God, to celebrate thy fame, My grateful voice to heaven I'll raise; And nations, strangers to thy name, Shall learn to sing thy glorious praise. PSALM 15. From the xix. Psalm of David. PART I. C. M. 1 THE heavens declare thy glory, LORD, 2 The dawn of each returning day Fresh beams of knowledge brings; 3 Their powerful language to no realm 'Tis nature's voice, and understood 4 Their doctrine does its sacred sense 5 From east to west, from west to east, PART II. C. M. 1 God's perfect law converts the soul, 2 The statutes of the LORD are just, His pure commands in search of truth 3 His perfect worship here is fix'd, 4 of more esteem than golden mines, More sweet than honey, or the drops 5 My trusty counsellors they are, 6 But what frail man observes how oft O cleanse me from my secret faults, 7 Let no presumptuous sin, O LORD, That, by thy grace preserved, I may 8 So shall my prayer and praises be From the xx. Psalm of David. 1 MAY Jacob's GoD defend And hear us in distress; 2 May he accept our vow, Our heart's devout request allow, 3 O LORD! thy saving grace We joyfully declare; Our banner in thy name we raise― "The LORD fulfil our prayer!" 4 Now know we that the LORD His chosen will defend; From heaven will strength divine afford, And will their prayer attend. 5 Some earthly succor trust, But we in GoD's right hand: 6 Still save us, LORD! and still Thy servants deign to bless; PSALM 17, From the xxii. Psalm of David. PART I. C. M. 1 MY GOD, my God, why leav'st thou me, When I with anguish faint? Oh! why so far from me removed, 2 2 Lo! I am treated like a worm, Like none of human birth; Not only by the great reviled, But made the rabble's mirth. 3 With laughter all the gazing crowd My agonies survey; They shoot the lip, they shake the head, And thus deriding say: 4 "In GOD he trusted, boasting oft That he was Heaven's delight; Let GoD come down to save him now, And own his favorite." 5 Withdraw not, then, so far from me, O send me help! thy help, on which PART II. C. M. 1 LIKE water is my life pour'd out, 2 My strength is like a potsherd dried, 3 Like dogs, to compass me, my foes They pierced my inoffensive hands, 4 My body's rack'd, till all my bones Yet such a spectacle of wo 5 As spoil, my garments they divide, PART III. C. M. 1 LORD, to my brethren I'll declare 2 "Ye worshippers of Jacob's God, O praise the LORD, and to your praise 3 "He ne'er disdain'd on low distress Nor turn'd from misery his face, 4 Thus, in thy sacred courts, will I 5 The meek companions of my grief And all that seek the LORD shall be 6 Then shall the glad converted world 7'T is his supreme prerogative 'Tis just that he should rule the world, Who does the world sustain. 8 The rich, who are with plenty fed, The sons of want, by him relieved, 9 With humble worship to his throne That power, which first their being gave, 10 Then shall a chosen spotless race, To their adoring sons his truth From the xxiii. Psalm of David. THE LORD himself, the mighty LORD, The shepherd, by whose constant care 2 In tender grass he makes me feed, And gently there repose; Then leads me to cool shades, and where 3 He does my wand'ring soul reclaim, Instruct with humble zeal to walk 4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, 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. PSALM 19. C. M. From the xxiv. Psalm of David. 1 THE spacious earth is all the LORD'S, The world, and they that dwell therein, 2 He framed and fix'd it on the seas; Upon inconstant floods has made 3 But for himself this LORD of all Oh! who shall to that sacred hill 4 The man whose hands and heart are pure, Whose thoughts from pride are free; Who honest poverty prefers To gainful perjury. 5 This, this is he, on whom the LORD 6 Such is the race of saints, by whom And such the proselytes that seek 7 Erect your heads, eternal gates: The King of glory: see! he comes 8 Who is the King of glory? who? The LORD, for strength renown'd; 9 Erect your heads, ye gates; unfold The King of glory: see! he comes 10 Who is the King of glory? who? Of glory he alone is King, |