3 Our sins (though numberless) in vain
To stop thy flowing mercy try;
Whilst thou o'erlook'st the guilty stain,
And washest out the crimson dye.

4 Blest is the man, who near thee plac'd,
Within thy sacred dwelling lives!
Whilst we at humbler distance taste
The vast delights thy temple gives.

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PART 2.

THOU, Lord, from out thy boundless

store,

With rain relieves the thirsty ground; Makes lands, that barren were before, With corn and useful fruits abound.

2 On rising ridges down it pours,
And ev'ry furrow'd valley fills;
Thou mak'st them soft with gentle show'rs,
In which a blest increase distils.

3 Thy goodness does the circling year
With fresh returns of plenty crown;
And, where thy glorious paths appear,
Thy fruitful clouds drop fatness down.

4 They drop on barren forests, chang'd
By them to pastures fresh and green;
The hills about in order rang'd
In beauteous robes of joy are seen.

PSALM 66.

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ET all the lands with shouts of joy
To God their voices raise;

Sing psalms in honour of his Name,

And spread his glorious praise.

2 And let them say, How dreadful, Lord,
In all thy works art thou!
To thy great pow'r thy stubborn foes
Shall all be forc'd to bow.

3 Thro' all the earth the nations round
Shall see their God confess;

And with glad hymns their awful dread
Of thy great name express.

4 O come, behold the works of God,
And then with me you'll own,
That he to all the sons of men
Has wondrous judgments shown.

PART 2.

10 come, all ye that fear the Lord,

Attend with heedful care;

Whilst 1, what God for me has done,
With grateful joy declare.

2 As I before his aid implor'd,
So now I praise his Name;
Who, if my heart had harbour'd sin,
Would all my pray'rs disclaim.

3 But God to me, whene'er I cry'd,
His gracious ear did bend;

And to the voice of my request
With constant love attend.

4 Then bless'd for ever be my God,
Who never, when I pray,
Withholds his mercy from
my soul,
Nor turns his face away.

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PSALM 66. OLD VERSION.

E men on earth, in God rejoice,
With praise set forth his Name;
Exalt his might with heart and voice,..
Give glory to the same.

2 How wonderful, O Lord, say ye,
In all thy works thou art!
Thy foes for fear shall seek to thee,
Full sore against their heart.

3 All men that dwell the earth throughout
Shall praise the Name of God;
The laud whereof the world about
Is shew'd and set abroad.

4 All folk come forth, behold and see,
What things the Lord hath wrought;
Mark well the wond'rous works that he
For men to pass hath brought.

PSALM 67.

1 TO bless thy chosen race,
In mercy, Lord, incline;

And cause the brightness of thy face
On all thy saints to shine.

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2 That so thy wondrous ways
May through the world be known,
While distant lands their tribute pay,
And thy salvation own.

3 Let diff'ring nations join
To celebrate thy fame;

Let all the world, O Lord, combine
To praise thy glorious Name.

4 O let them shout and sing
With joy and pious mirth,

For thou, the righteous Judge and King, Shalt govern all the earth.

5 Let diff'ring nations join

To celebrate thy fame;

Let all the world, O Lord, combine
To praise thy glorious Name.

6 Then shall the teeming ground
A large increase disclose;

And we with plenty shall be crown'd,
Which God, our God, bestows.

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PSALM 68.

'O God your voice in anthems raise, Jehovah's awful name he bears ; In him rejoice, extol his praise,

Who rides upon high rolling spheres. 2 Him, from his empire of the skies, To this low world compassion draws, The orphan's claim to patronize, And judge the injur'd widow's cause.

3 For benefits each day bestow'd,
Be daily his great Name ador'd;
Who is our Saviour and our God,
Of life and death the sov'reign Lord.
4 To Father, Son, and Holy-Ghost,
All praise and glory be therefore;
As in beginning was, is now,
And so shall be for evermore.

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PSALM 71.

N thee I put my steadfast trust, Defend me, Lord, from shame ; Incline thine ear, and save my soul, For righteous is thy name.

2 Thy righteous acts and saving health My mouth shall still declare;

Unable yet to count them all,

Though summ'd with utmost care.

3 Thou, Lord, hast taught me from my youth
To praise thy glorious Name;
And ever since thy wondrous works
Have been my constant theme.

4 Therefore with psaltery and harp
Thy truth, O Lord, I'll praise;
To thee, the God of Jacob's race,
My voice in anthems raise.

PSALM 72.

1 LORD, let thy just decrees the King In all his ways direct;