PSALMS IN METRE, SELECTED FROM THE PSALMS OF DAVID,' ; PSALM 1. C. M. 15 Appease the Son with due respect, Your timely homage pay: Lest he revenge the bold neglect, 1 HOW blest is he, who ne'er consents By ill advice to walk, Incensed by your delay. Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits 6 If but in part his anger rise, Where men profanely talk; Who can endure the Hame? 2 But makes the perfect law of God Then blest are they, whose hope relies On his most holy Name. PSALM 3. C. M. From the iii. Psalm of David. 3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, 1 THOU, gracious God, art my defence; With timely fruit does bend, On thee my hopes rely: He stiil shall Aourish, and success Thou art my glory, and shalt yet All his designs attend. Lift up my head on high. 4 Ungodly men, and their attempts, 2 Since whensoe'er, in my distress, No lasting root shall find; To God I made my prayer, Untimely blasted and dispersed He heard me from his holy hill; Like chaff before the wind. Why should I now despair! 5 Their guilt shall strike the wicked dumb 3 Guarded by him I lay me down Before their Judge's face: My sweet repose to take; No formal hypocrite shall then For I through him securely sleep, Among the saints have place. Through him in safety wake. He only can defend : That on his power depend. PSALM 4. C. M. From the iv. Psalm of David. I THUS Gon declares his sov'reign will : | 1 CONSIDER that the righteous man * The King that I ordain, Is God's peculiar choice; Whose throne is fix'd on Sion's hill, And when to him I nake my prayer Shall there securely reign." He always hears my voice. 2 Attend, O earth, whilst I declare 2 Then stand in awe of his commands, God's uncontrolld decree: Flee every thing that's ill, “Thou art my Son; this day, my heir, Commune in private with your hearts, Have I begotten thee. And bend them to his will. 3“ Ask, and receive thy full demands; 3 The sacrifice of righteousness Thine shall the Heathen be; Present to God on high; The utmost liinit of the lands And let your hope, securely fix'd, Shall be possess'd by thee." / On him alone rely. 4 Learn then, ye princes; and give ea 14 While worldly mirds impatient grow Ye judges of the earth; More prosp'rous times to see; Worship the LORD with holy fear; Still let the glories of thy face Rejoice with awful mirth. Shine brightly, LORD, on me. 5 So shall my heart o'erflow with joy, i2 in heaven thy wondrous acts are sung More lasting and more true Nor fully reckou'd there; la 'Thy houndless praise declare. 6 Then down in peace I'll lay my head, 13 When heaven, thy beauteous work on high, And take my needful rest; Employs my wond'ring sight; No other guard, O LORD, I crave, The moon, that nightly rules the sky, With stars of feebler light; 14 Oh, what is man, that, LORD, thou lorist C. M. To keep him in thy mind? Or what his orfspring, that thou prov'st To them so wondrous kind? 1 REGARD my words, O gracious LORD, LE 0,5 Him next in power thou didst create Accept my secret prayer; To thee alone, my King, my God, To thy celestial train; Ordain'd with dignity and state, Will I for help repair. O'er all thy works to reign. 2 Thou in the morn my voice shalt hear, I And, with the dawning day, | 6 They jointly own his powerful sway; The beasts that prey or graze; The bird that wings its airy way; The fish that cuts the seas. 3 LORD, I within thy house will come, In thy abundant grace; 7 0 thou, to whom all creatures bow And I will worship in thy fear, Within this earthly frame, Tuw'rd thy most holy place. Through all the world how great art thou! How glorious is thy Name! 4 Let those, O LORD, who trust in thee, With shouts their joy proclaim: PSALM 8. C. M Let them rejoice whom ihon preserv'st, From the ix. Psalm of David. And all that love thy name. 11 TO celebrate thy praise, O LORD, 5 To righteous men, the righteous LORD I will my heart prepare ; To all the list'ning world, thy works, Thy wondrous works, declare. 2 The thought of them shall to my sou. PSALM 6. S. M. Exalled pleasures hring; Whilst to thy name, O thou Most High, From the vi. Psalm of David. | Triumphant praise I sing. 1 IN mercy, not in wrath, 3 The LORD for ever lives, who has Rebuke ine, gracious God! His righteous throne prepared, Lest, if thy whole displear ure rise, Impartial justice to dispense, I sink beneath thy rod. To punish or reward. 2 Touch'd by thy quick’ning power, 14 All those who have his goodness proved, My load of guilt I feel : Will in his truth confide; That on his help relied. 3 In tmouble and in gloom, 5 Sing praises therefore to the LORD, Must I for ever mourn? From Sion, his aboile; Confess no other God. PSALM 9. C. M. For who shall sing thy name in death, . From the xi Psalm of David. Or praise thee in the grave ? 1 THE LORD a holy temple hath, 5 Why should I doubt thy grace, And righteous throne, above; Or yield to dread despair? Whence he surveys the sons of men, Thou wilt fulfil thy promised word, And how their counsels move. And grant me all my prayer. 12 If God the righteous, whom he loves, For trial does correct, C. M. What must the sons of violence, - From the viii. Psalm of David. Whom he abhors, expect? 10) THOU, to whom all creatures bow 3 Snares, fire, and brimstone, on their heade Within this earthly frame, | Shall in one tempest shower; Through all the world how great art thou! This dreadful mixture his revenge How glorious is thy Name! 1 Into their cup shall pour 5 Wh praise the sing their to sa The righteous LORD will righteous deeds 15 Who to his plighted vows and trust Has ever firmly stood; And, though he promise to his loss, He makes his promise good. 6 Whose soul in usury disdains PSALM 10. C. M. | His treasure to employ; 17 The man, who by this righteous course When earth's foundation shakes, shall stand, 2 O hear, and to my longing eyes By Providence secured. PSALM 13. C. M. From the xvi. Psalm of David. Whose preceptu give me light; In sorrow's dismal night. To his all-seeing eye; No danger shall my hopes remove, Because he still is nigh. L. M. 3 Therefore my heart all grief defies, My glory does rejoice ; My Aesh shall rest, in hope to rise, 4 Thou, LORD, when I resign iny breath, And all the sons of men did view, | My soul from hell shalt free; To see if any own'd his power, Nor let thy Holy One in death if any truth or justice knew; The least corruption see. 2 But all, he sa v, were gone aside, 5 Thou shalt the paths of life display, Which to thy presence lead; Where pleasures dwell without allay And joys that never fade. PSALM 14. - From the xviii. Psalm of David. PART 1. L. M.. His might, and burst th' oppressive band! | NO change of time shall ever shock | My firin affection, LORD, to thee; For thou hast always been my rock, A fortress and defence to me. My trust is in thy mighty power; Thou art my shield froin foes abroad, At home my safeguard and my tower 3 To thee I will address my prayer, To whom all praise we justly owe; So shall I, by thy watchful care, | Be guarded safe from every foe. PART 11. L. M. 11 THOU suit'st, O LORD, thy righteous 3 Who never did a slander forge ways His neighbor's fame to wound; To various paths of human kind; : They who for mercy merit praise, With thee shall wondrous mercy find. 4 Who vice, in all its pomp and power 2 Thou to the just shalt justice show; Can treat with just neglect; The pure thy purity shall see: Such as perversely choose to go, I Shall meet with due returns from theca were gone oud hase; That he the humble soul will save, 16 But what frail man shserves how oft And crush the haughty's boasted might, | He does from virtue fall? In me the LORD an instance gave, To cleanse me from my secret faulis, Whose darkness he has turn'd to light 1 Thou God that know'st them all! 4 Who then deserves to be adored, 17 Let no presumptuous sin, O LORD, But God, on whom my hopes depend? Dominion have o'er ine; Or who, except the mighty LORD, That, by thy grace preserved, I may Can with resistless power defend ? The great transgression flee. 5 Let the eternal LORD be praised, 18 So shall my prayer and praises be The rock on whose defence I rest! With thy accepiance hlest; To highest heavens his name be raised, And I, secure on thy defence, Who me with his salvation bless'd! My strength and Saviour, rest 6 My God, to celebrate thy fame, PSALM 16. S. M. My grateful voice to heaven 1 N raise; From the xx. Psalm of David 1 MAY Jacob's GoD defend 1 And hear us in distress; Our succor from his temple send, Our cause from Sion bless! 2 May he accept our vow, PART 1. c. M. Our sacrifice receive, 1 THE heavens declare thy glory, LORD, Our heart's devout request allow, Which that alone can fill; 1. Our holy wishes give! The firmament and stars express 3 O LORD! thy saving grace Their great Creator's skill. We joyfully declare; 2 The dawn of each returning day Our banner in thy name we raise Fresh beans of knowledge brings; “ The LORD fulfil our prayer!" And from the dark returns of night 14 Now know we that the LORD Divine instruction springs. His chosen will defend ; 3 Their powerful language to no realm From heaven will strength divine afford, Or region is confined; And will their prayer attend. T is nature's voice, and understood 16 Some earthly succor trust. Alike by all mankind. But we in God's right hand : 4 Their doctrine does its sacred sense Lo! while they fall, so vain their boast, Through earth's extent display; We rise and upright stand. Its bright contents the circling sun 6 Still save us, LORD! and still Does round the world convey. Thy servants deign to bless; 5 From east to west, from west to east, Hear, King of heaven, in times of in, His ceaseless course he goes ; The prayers that we address. PSALM 17, From the xxii. Psalm of David. PART 1. c. M. 1 God's perfert law converts the soul, 1 MY God, my God, why lear'st thou me, Reclaims from false desires ; When I with anguish faint ? With sacred wisdom his sure word Oh! why so far from me removed, The ignorant inspires. And from my loud complaint ? 2 The statutes of the LORD are just, 2 Lo! I am treated like a worm, And bring sincere delight; Like none of human birth; His pure commands in search of truth Not only by the great reviled, Assist the feeblest sight. But made the rabble's mirth. 3 His perfect worship here is fix'd, 13 With laughter all the gazing crowd On sure foundations laid; My agonies survey ; His equal laws are in the scales They shoot the lip, they shake the head, of truth and justice weigh'd; And thus deriding say: 4 of more esteem than golden mines, 14 “ In God he trusted, boasting oft Or gold refined with skill; | That he was Heaven's delight; More sweet than honey, or the drops Let Got come down to save him now That from the comb distil. And own his favorite." 5 My trusty counsellors they are, 5 Withdraw not, then, so far from me And friendly warnings give: When trouble is so nigh, Divine rewards attend on those O send me help! thy help, on wnich Who by thy precepts live. Alone I can rely Worteirclinplap; PART II. C. M. 110 Then shall a chosen spotless race, Devoted to his Name, 1 LIKE water is my life pour'd out, To their adoring sous his truth And glorious acts proclaim. PSALM 18. C. M. From the xxiii. Psalm of David. 2 My strength is like a potsherd dried, My tongue is parch'd with drought; 11 THE LORD hiinself, the mighty LORD And to the dismal shades of death Vouchsafes to be my guide; My fainting soul is brought The Shepherd, by whose constant care My wants are all supplied. 3 Like dogs, to compass me, my foes In wicked council meet: 2 In tender grass he makes me feed, They pierced my inoffensive hands, And gently there repose ; They pierced my harmless feet. Then leads me to cool shades, and where Refreshing water flows.. 4 My body's rack'd, till all my bones. 13 He does my wandring soul reclaim, Distinctly may be told; And, to his endless praise, Yet such a speciacle of wo Instruct with humble zeal to walk As pastime they behold. 1 In his most righteous ways. 5 As spoil, my garments they divide, 4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, Lots for my vesture cast : From fear and danger free; Defend and comfort me. 5 Since Gop doth thus his wondrous love Through all my life extend, And in his temple spend. PSALM 19. C. M. 2 “Ye worshippers of Jacob's GOD, From the xxiv. Psalm of David. All you of Israel's line, 11 THE spacious earth is all the LORD'S. O praise the LORD, and to your praise The LORD's her fulness is; Sincere obedienice join. The world, and they that dwell therein, 3. “ He ne'er disdain'd on low distress By sov'reign right are his. To cast a graciqus eye;. 2 He framed and fix'd it on the seas; Nor turn'd froin inisery his face, And his almighty hand But hears its humble cry." Upon inconstant floods has made 'The stable fabric stand. 4 Thus, in thy sacred courts, will i 3 But for himself this LORD of all My cheerful thanks exprees; One chosen seat design'd; In presence of thy saints perform Oh! who shall to that sacred hill The vows of my distress. Deserved admittance find? 5 The meek companions of my grief 4 The man whose hands and heart are pure, Shall find my table spread; Whose thoughts from pride are free; And all that seek the LORD shall be Who honest poverty prefers With joys immortal fed. To gainful perjury. 6 Then shall the giad converted world 5 This, this is he, on whom the LORD To God their homage pay; Shall shower his blessings down; . And scatler'd nations of the earthi Whom God, his Saviour, shall vouchsafe One sov'reign LORD obey. With righteousness to crown. 7 'Tis his supreme prerogative 6 Such is the race of saints, by whom O'er ail mankind to reign; The sacred courts are trud; 'T is just that he should rule the world, And such the proselytes that seek Why does the world sustait). Thy face, O Jacob's God. 8 The rich, who are with plenty fed, 7 Erect your heads, eternal gates; His bounty must confess; Unfold, to entertain The sons of want, by him relieved, The King of glory: see! he comes Their geu'rous patron bless. With his celestial train. The LORD, for strength renown'd; | Eternal victor crown'd. 7. The is the King rain. |