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If thou, O Israel, to my words will lend thy listening ear;

9 Then shall no God besides myself
within thy coasts be found;
Nor shalt thou worship any God

of all the nations round.

10 The Lord thy God am I, who thee
brought forth from Egypt's land;
Tis I that all thy just desires
supply with liberal hand.

11 But they, my chosen race, refused
to hearken to my voice;
Nor would rebellious Israel's sons
make me their happy choice.

12 So I, provoked, resign'd them up,
to every lust a prey;

And in their own perverse designs permitted them to stray.

13 0 that my people wisely would
my just commandments heed!
And Israel in my righteous ways
with pious care proceed!

14 Then should my heavy judgments fall
on all that them oppose,
And my avenging hand be turn'd

against their numerous foes.

15 Their enemies and mine should all before my foot-stool bend;

But as for them, their happy state

should never know an end.

16 All parts with plenty should abound;
with finest wheat their field:
The barren rocks, to please their taste,
should richest honey yield.

PSALM 82.

OD in the great assembly stands,

Go where his unpartial eye

In state surveys the earthly gods,
and does their judgments try.
2, 3 How dare ye then unjustly judge,

or be to sinners kind? Defend the orphans and the

poor;

let such your justice find.
4 Protect the humble helpless man,
reduced to deep distress;
And let not him become a prey
to such as would oppress.

5 They neither know, nor will they learn,
but blindly rove and stray;
Justice and truth, the world's supports,
through all the land decay.

6 Well then might God in anger say,
"I've call'd you by my ram 23
"I've said ve're gods, and all ally'd
"to the Most High in fame:
"But ne'ertheless your unjust deeds
"to strict account I'll call;
"You all shall die like common men,
"like other tyrants fall."

8 Arise, and thy just judgments, Lord,
throughout the earth display;

And all the nations of the world
shall own thy righteous sway.
PSALM 83.

HOLD not thy peace, O Lord our God,
no longer silent be;

Nor with consenting quiet looks
our ruin calmly see.

2 For lo! the tumults of thy foes
o'er ail the land are spread;

And those who hate thy saints and thee,
lift up their threatening head.

3 Against thy zealous people, Lord,
they craftily combine;

And to destroy thy chosen saints
have laid their close design.

4 "Come let us cut them off," say they,
"their nation quite deface;

"That no remembrance may remain
"of Israel's hated race."

5 Thus they against thy people's peace

consult with one consent;

And differing nations, jointly leagued,

their common malice vent.

6 The Ishmaelites, that dwell in tents, with warlike Edom join'd,

And Moab's sons, our ruin vow,

with Ilagar's race combined.
7 Proud Ammon's offspring, Gebal too,
with Amalek conspire;

The Lords of Palestine, and all
the wealthy sons of Tyre.
8 All these the strong Assyrian king
their firm ally have got;
Who with a powerful army aids
the incestuous race of Lot.
PART II.

9 But let such vengeance come to them,
as once to Midian came;
To Jahin and proud Sisera,

at Kishon's fatal stream;

10When thy right hand their numerous hoste
near Endor did confound,
And left their carcases for dung
to feed the bungry ground.
11 Let all their mighty men the fate
of Zeb and Oreb share;

As Zeba and Zalmuna, so
let all their princes fare:

12 Who, with the same design inspired,
thus vainly boasting spake,
"In firm possession for ourselves
"let us God's houses take."

13 To ruin let them haste, like wheels
which downward swiftly move;
Like chaff before the wind, let all
their scattered forces prove.

14, 15 As flames consume dry wood,or heath,
that on parch'd mountains grows,
So let thy fierce pursuing wrath
with terrors strike thy foes.

16,17 Lord,shroud their faces with disgrace
that they may own thy name;

PSALM 85.

Or them confound, whose harden'd hearts thy gentler means disclaim.

18 So shall the wondering world confess, LORD, thou hast granted to thy land

that thou, who claim'st alone Jehovah's name, o'er all the earth hast raised thy lofty throne.

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PSALM 84.

God of hosts, the mighty Lord, how lovely is the place Where thou, enthroned in glory, show'st the brightness of thy face!

the favours we implored,
And faithful Jacob's captive race
hast graciously restored.

2, 3 Thy people's sins thou hast forgiven,
and all their guilt defaced;
Thou hast not let thy wrath flame on,
nor thy fierce anger last.

2 My longing soul faints with desire
to view thy blest abode;
My panting heart and flesh cry out
for thee, the living God.

S The birds, more happy far than I,
around thy temple throng;
Securely there they build, and there
securely hatch their young.
4 O Lord of hosts, my King and God,
how highly blest are they,
Who in thy temple always dwell,

and there thy praise display!

5 Thrice happy they, whose choice has thee
their sure protection made;
Who long to tread the sacred ways
that to thy dwelling lead!

6 Who pass through Baca's thirsty vale,
yet no refreshment want;

Their pools are fill'd with rain, which thou at their request dost grant.

7 Thus they proceed from strength to strength,

and still approach more near; Till all on Sion's holy mount, before their God appear.

8 O Lord, the mighty God of hosts,
my just request regard:
Thou God of Jacob, let my prayer
be still with favour heard.

9 Behold, O God, for thou alone
canst timely aid dispense;
On thy anointed servant look,
be thou his strong defence.

10 For in thy courts one single day
'tis better to attend,

Than, Lord, in any place besides
a thousand days to spend.

Much rather in God's house will 1
the meanest office take,
Than in the wealthy tents of sin
my pompous dwelling make.

11 For God, who is our Sun and Shield,
will grace and glory give;
And no good thing will he withhold
from them that justly live.

12 Thou God, whom heavenly 1osts obey,
how highly blest is he,

Whose hope and trust, securely placed,
is still reposed on thee!

4 O God our Saviour, all our hearts
That, quench'd with our repenting tears,
to thy obedience turn;
thy wrath no more may burn.

5, 6 For why should'st thou be angry still,
and wrath so long retain?
Revive us, Lord, and let thy saints
thy wonted comfort gain.

7 Thy gracious favour, Lord, display,
which we have long implored;
And, for thy wondrous mercy's sake,
thy wonted aid afford.

8 God's answer patiently I'll wait;
for he, with glad success,
If they no more to folly turn,
9 To all that fear his holy name
his mourning saints will bless
his sure salvation's near;
And in its former happy state
our nation shall appear.
10 For mercy now with truth is join'd,
Like kind companions, absent long,
and righteousness with peace,
11, 12 Truth from the earth shall spring
with friendly arms embrace.
whilst heaven

shall streams of justice pour

And God, from whom all goodness flows,
shall endless plenty shower.

13 Before him righteousness shall march,
and his just paths prepare;
While we his holy steps pursue
with constant zeal and care.
PSALM 86.

To my complaint, O Lord my God,
thy gracious ear incline;

Hear me, distress'd, and destitute
of all relief but thine.

2 Do thou, O God, preserve my soul,
that does thy name adore;

Thy servant keep, and him, whose trust
relies on thee, restore.

3 To me, who daily thee invoke,
thy mercy, Lord, extend;

4 Refresh thy servant's soul, whose hopes
on thee alone depend.

5 Thou, Lord, art good, nor only good,
Of plenteous mercy to all those
but prompt to pardon too;

who for thy mercy sue.
6 To my repeated humble prayer,
O Lord, attentive be;

When troubled, I on thee will call, for thou wilt answer me.

8 Among the gods there's none like thee, O Lord, alone divine!

To thee as inuch inferior they,

as are their works to thine. 9 Therefore their great Creator thee the nations shall adore;

Their long misguided prayers and praise
to thy bless'd name restore.

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

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I
from truth shall ne'er depart;
In reverence to thy sacred name
devoutly fix my heart.

12 Thee will I praise, O Lord my God,
praise thee with heart sincere;
And to thy everlasting name
eternal trophies rear.

13 Thy boundless mercy shown to me,
transcends my power to tell;
For thou hast oft redeem'd my soul
from lowest depths of hell.

14 O God, the sons of pride and strife
have my destruction sought;
Regardless of thy power, that oft
has my deliverance wrought.

15 But thon thy constant goodness didst
to my assistance bring;
Of patience, mercy, and of truth,
thou everlasting spring!

160 bounteous Lord, thy grace and strength
to me thy servant show;

Thy kind protection, Lord, on me,

thine handmaid's son, bestow.

17. He'll Sion find with numbers fill'd
of such as merit high renown;
For hand and voice musicians skill'd ;
and (her transcending fame to crow
Of such she shall successions bring,
Like water froin a living spring.
PSALM 88.

2

thee, my God and Saviour, I
By day and night address my cry
Vouchsafe my mournful voice to hear;
To my distress incline thine ear.
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,
They number 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.
7 Thy wrath has hard upon me lain,
Afflicting me with restless pain;
Me all thy mountain waves have press'd
Too weak, alas, to bear the least.
8 Removed from friends, I sigh alone,
In a loathed dungeon laid, where none
A visit will vouchsafe to me,

Confined, past hopes of liberty.

9 My eyes from weeping never cease;
They waste, but still my griefs increase;
Yet daily, Lord, to thee I've pray'd,
With out-stretch'd hands invoked thy aid
10 Wilt thou by miracle revive

The dead, whom thou forsook'st alive?
From death restore, thy praise to sing,
Whom thou from prison would'st not bring?
11 Shall the mute grave thy love confess?
A mouldering tomb thy faithfulness?
12 Thy truth and power renown obtain
Where darkness and oblivion reign?

27 Some signal give, which my proud foes 13 To thee, O Lord, I cry forlorn;
may see with shame and rage,
When thou, O Lord, for my relief
and comfort dost engage.

PSALM 87.

G the Lord there condescends to dwell;
OD's temple crowns the holy mount;

2 His Sion's gates, in his account,

our Israel's fairest tents excel.

3 Fame glorious things of thee shall sing,
C city of the Almighty King!
4 I'll mention Rahab with due praise,
in Babylon's applauses join,
The fame of Ethiopia raise,

with that of Tyre and Palestine;
And grant that some among them born,
Their age and country did adorn.
5 But still of Sion I'll aver,

My prayer prevents the early morn:
14 Why hast thou, Lord, my soul forsoɔk;
Nor once vouchsafed a gracious look?
15 Prevailing sorrows bear me down,
Thy terrors past distract my mind,
Which from my youth with me have grown;
And fears of blacker days behind.
16 Thy wrath hast burst upon my head,
Thy terrors fill my soul with dread;
17 Environ'd as with waves combined,
And for a general deluge join'd.
18 My lovers, friends, familiars, all
Removed from sight, and out of call;
To dark oblivion all retired,
Dead, or at least to me expired.
PSALM 89.

THY

HY mercies, Lord, shall be my song; my song on them shell ever dwell

that many such from her proceed; The Almighty shall establish her;

6 His general list shall show, when read,
That such a person there was born,
And such did such an age adorn,

To ages yet unborn, my tongue
thy never-failing truth shall tell.
12 I have affirm'd, and still maintain

thy mercy shall for ever last;

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Thy truth, that does the heavens sustaic, 20 “My servant David I have found,

Like them shall stand for ever fast. with holy oil anointed him; 8 Thus spak'st thou by thy prophet's voice, 21 "Him shall the hand support thatcrown'd.

“ With David I a league have made; " and guard, that gave the diadem. "To hii, my servant, and my choice, 22“No prince from him shall tribute force,

“hy solemn oath this grant convey'd : " no son of strife shall liim annoy; 4 "While earth, and seas, and skies endure, 23 His spiteful foes I will disperse,

u thy seed shall in my sight remain; 6 and them before his face destroy. " To them thy throne I will ensure, 24 " My truth and grace shall him sustain;

" they shall to endless ages reign.” “ his armies, in well-order'd ranks, 6 For such stupendous truth and love, 25 “Shall conquer, from the Tyrian Main

both heaven and earth just praises owe, "to Tigris and Euphrates' hanks. By choirs of angels sung above, 26" Me for his father he shall take,

and by assembled saints below. “ his God and Rock of safety call ; 6 What seraph of celestial birth 27 “ Him I my first-born son will make,

to vie with Israel's God shall dare? * and earthly kings his subjects all. Or who among the geds of earth 28 - To him my mercy I'll secure,

with our Almighty Lord compare? “ my covenant make for ever fast: y With reverence and religious dread, 29 “ His seed for ever shall endure; his saints should to his temple press ; “his throne, till heaven

dissolves, shall last. His fear thro' all their hearts should spread,

PART II. who his Almighty name confess. 30 “ But if his heirs my law forsake, 8 Lord God of armies, who can boast "and from my sacred precepts stray,

of strength or power like thine renown'd? |31 “ If they my righteous statutes break, Of such a numerous, faithful host,

“nor strictly my commands obey; as that which does thy throne surround ? 32 “ Their sins I'll visit with a rod, 9 Thou dost the lawless sea control, " and for their folly make them smart,

and change the prospect of the deep; 33 " Yet will not cease to be their God, Thou mak'st the sleeping hillows roll; “nor from my truth, like them, departe

thon mak’st the rolling billows sleep., 34 “ My covenant I will ne'er revoke, 10 Thou break’st in pieces Rahab's pride, “ but in remembrance fast retain;

and didst oppressing power disarm; “ The thing that once my lips have spoke Thy scaiter'd foes have dearly try'd “shall in eternal force remain.

the force of thy reisiless arm. 35 “ Once I have swern, but once for all, 11 In thee the sovereign right reinaing 56 and made my holiness the tie, of earth and heaven; thee, Lord, alone " That I my grant will

ne'er recall

, The world, and all that it contains, "nor to my servant David lie:

their Maker and Preserver own. 36 "Whose throne and race the constant sup 12 The poles on which the globe does rest“shall, like his course, establish'd see;

were form'd by thy creating voice; 57 " Or this my oath, thou conscious moon, Tabor and Herinon, east and west, u in heaven my faithful witness be.”

in thy sustaining power i ejoice. 33 Such was thy gracious promise, Lord; 13 Thy arm is mighty, strong thy hand, but thou hast now our tribes forsook,

yet, Lord, thou dost with justice reign; Thy own Anointed hast abhorr'd, 14 Possess'd of absolute command, and turn'd on him thy wrathful look.

thou truth and mercy dost maintain. 39 Thou seemest to have render'd void 15 Happy, thrice happy they, who hear the covenant with thy servant made;

thy sacred trumpet's joyful sound; Thou hast his dignity destroy'd,
Who may at festivals appear,

and in the dust his honour laid.
with thy most glorious presence crown'd. 40 of strung holds thou hast him berest,
16 Thy saints shall always be o'erjoy'd, and brought his bulwarks to decay;

who on thy sacred name rely; 41 His frontier coasts defenceless left, And, in thy righteousness employ'd, a public scorn, and common prey.

above their foes be raised on high. 42 His ruin does glad triumphs yield 17 For in thy strength they shall advance, to foes, advanced by thee lc might;

whose conquests from thy favour spring; 43 Thou hast his conquering sword unsteeld,
18 The Lord of hosts is our defence, his valour turn'd to shameful flight.

and Israel's God our Israel's King. 14 His glory is to darkness fled,
19 Thus spak'st thou by thy Prophet's voice, his throne is levell?d with the ground;

"A mighty champion I will send ; 45 His youth to wretched bondage led,
"From Judah's tribe have I made choice with shame o’erwhelm'd and sorrow
" of one, who shall the rest defead.

drown'd.

46 How long shall we thy absence mourn?, Yet then our boasted strength decays,

wilt thou for ever, Lord, retire? Shall thy consuming anger burn,. till that and we at once expire? 47 Consider, Lord, how short a space thou dost for mortal life ordain; No method to prolong the race, but loading it with grief and pain. 48 What man is he that can control death's strict unalterable doom? 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 seal, Consign'd to David and his race,

the grant which time shall 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. 51 How they, reproaching thy great name, have made thy servant's hope their jest 52 Yet thy just praises we'll proclaim, and ever sing, The Lord be blest. PSALM 90.

Lord, the Saviour and defence of us thy chosen race, From age to age thou still hast been our sure abiding place.

2Before thou brought'st the mountains forth, or the earth and world didst frame, Thou always wast the mighty God,

and ever art the same.

3 Thou turnest man, O Lord, to dust,

of which he first was made;

;

to sorrow turn'd and pain;
So soon the slender thread is cut,
and we no more remain.
PART II.

11 But who thy anger's dread effects
does, as he ought, revere?
And yet thy wrath does fall or rise,
as more or less we fear.

12 So teach us, Lord, the uncertain sum
of our short days to mind,

That to true wisdom all our hearts

may ever be inclined.

13 O to thy servants, Lord, return,
and speedily relent!

As we forsake our sins, do thou
revoke our punishment.

14 To satisfy and cheer our souls,
thy early mercy send;

That we may ali our days to come
in joy and comfort spend.

15 Let happy times, with large amends,
dry up our former tears,
Or equal at the least the term

of our afflicted years.

16 To all thy servants, Lord, let this
thy wondrous work be known,
And to our offspring yet unborn
thy glorious power be shown.
17 Let thy bright rays upon us shine,
give thou our work success;
The glorious work we have in band
do thou vouchsafe to bless.

PSALM 91.

And when thou speak'st the word, Return, HE that has God his guardian made

'tis instantly obey'd.

4 For in thy sight a thousand
are like a day that's past,
Or like a watch in dead of night,

Shall, under the Almighty's shade,
secure and undisturb'd abide:
Thus to my soul of him I'll say,
He is my fortress and my stay,

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years

whole hours unminded waste.

5 Thou sweep'st us off as with a flood,
we vanish hence like dreams;
At first we grow like grass that feels
the sun's reviving beams:
6 But howsoever fresh and fair

its morning beauty shows;
'Tis all cut down and wither'd quite,
before the evening close.

8 We by thine anger are consumed, and by thy wrath dismay'd; Our public crimes and secret sins before thy sight are laid. 9 Beneath thy anger's sad effects our drooping days we spend ; Our unregarded years break off, like tales that quickly end. 10 Our term of time is seventy years, an age that few survive;

But if, with more than common strength, to eighty we arrive,

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. 19 Because, with well-placed confidence, Thou mak'st the Lord thy sure defence, and on the Highest dost rely;

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