This dreadful mixture his revenge 4 The righteous Lord will righteous deeds And to the upright man disclose SELECTION 10. C. M. From the xiii. Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? Must I for ever mourn? How long wilt thou withdraw from me, 2 O hear, and to my longing eyes 3 Since I have always placed my trust Thy saving health will come; and then 4 Then shall my song, with praise inspired, SELECTION 11. L. M. From the xiv. Psalm of David. THE Lord look'd down from heaven's high tower, And all the sons of men did view, To see if any own'd his power, If any truth or justice knew; 2 But all, he saw, were gone aside, All were degenerate grown, and base; 3 How will they tremble then for fear, When his just wrath shall them o'ertake! For to the righteous God is near, And never will their cause forsake. 4 Oh, that from Sion he'd employ His might, and burst th' oppressive band! Then shouts of universal joy Should loudly echo through the land. SELECTION 12. C. M. From the xv. Psalm of David. LORD, who's the happy man that may Not, stranger-like, to visit them, 2 T is he who walketh uprightly, Whose generous tongue disdains to speak 3 Who never did a slander forge, 4 Who vice, in all its pomp and power, And piety, though clothed in rags, 5 Who to his plighted vows and trust And, though he promise to his loss, 6 Whose soul in usury disdains Whom no rewards can ever bribe 7 The man, who by this righteous course Has happiness insured, When earth's foundation shakes, shall stand, By Providence secured. SELECTION 13. C. M. From the xvi. Psalm of David. MY grateful soul shall bless the Lord, And private counsel still afford 2 I strive each action to approve No danger shall my hopes remove, 3 Therefore my heart all grief defies, My flesh shall rest, in hope to rise, 4 Thou, Lord, when I resign my breath, 5 Thou shalt the paths of life display, SELECTION 14. From the xviii. Psalm of David. PART I. L. M. NO change of time shall ever shock For thou hast always been my rock, 2 Thou my deliverer art, my God; 3 To thee I will address my prayer, PART II. L. M. 1 THOU Suit'st, O Lord, thy righteous ways To various paths of human kind; They who for mercy merit praise, With thee shall wondrous mercy find. 2 Thou to the just shalt justice show; The pure thy purity shall see : Such as perversely choose to go, Shall meet with due returns from thee. 3 That he the humble soul will save, And crush the haughty's boasted might, In me the Lord an instance gave, Whose darkness he has turn'd to light. 4 Who then deserves to be adored, But God, on whom my hopes depend? Or who, except the mighty Lord, Can with resistless power defend? 5 Let the eternal Lord be praised, The rock on whose defence I rest! 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. THE SELECTION 15. From the xix. Psalm of David. PART I. C. M. HE heavens declare thy glory, Lord, The firmament and stars express 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, 5 My trusty counsellors they are, |