5 For thy salvation I have hoped,

And, though so long delay'd, With cheerful zeal and anxious care

All thy commands obey'd. 6 Thy testimonies I have kept,

And constantly obey'd; Because the love I bore to them

Thy service easy made,
7 From strict observance of thy laws

I never yet withdrew;
Convinced that my most secret ways

Are open to thy view.

1 To my request and earnest cry

Attend, gracious LORD;
Inspire my heart with heavenly skill,

According to thy word.
2 Let my repeated prayer at last

Before thy throne appear; According to thy plighted word,

For my relief draw near.
3 Then shall my grateful lips return

The tribute of their praise,
When thou thy counsels hast reveald,

And taught me thy just ways.
4 My tongue the praises of thy word

Shall thankfully resound;
For thy commands are right, thy laws

With truth and justice crown'd. 5 Let thy almighty arm appear,

And bring me timely aid ;
For I the laws thou hast ordain'd

My heart's free choice have made. 6 My soul has waited long to see

Thy saving grace restored ;
Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws,

Thy heavenly laws afford.
7 Prolong my life, that I may sing

My great Restorer's praise;
Whose justice, from the depths of wo,

My fainting soul shall raise.
8 Though like a sheep that's lost I've stray'd,

And from thy ways declined,
Do thou, O LORD, thy servant seek,

Who keeps thy laws in mind.

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PSALM 98. C. M.

From the cxxi. Psalm of David. 1 TO Sion's hill I lift my eyes,

From thence expecting aid; From Sion's hill and Sion's God,

Who heaven and earth has made.

2 He will not let thy foot be moved,

Thy guardian will not sleep;
Behold, the God who slumbers not

Will favor'd Israel keep. 3 Shelter'd beneath th’ ALMIGHTY's wings,

Thou shalt securely rest, Where neither sun nör moon shall thee

By day or night molest. 4 From common accidents of life

The LORD shall guard thee still ; 'T is even he that shall preserve

Thy soul from every ill. 5 At home, abroad, in peace, in war,

Thy God shall thee defend; Conduct thee through life's pilgrimage,

Safe to thy journey's end.

1 O’T WAS a joyful sound, to hear

Our tribes devoutly say,
Up, Israel, to the temple haste,

And keep your festal day!
2 At Salem's courts we must appear,

With our assembled powers,
In strong and beauteous order ranged

Like her united towers.
3 'T is thither, by divine command,

The tribes of God repair,
Before his ark to celebrate

His Name with praise and prayer. 4 O, ever pray for Salem's peace;

For they shall prosp'rous be,
Thou holy city of our God,

Who bear true love to thee,
5 May peace within thy sacred walls

A constant guest be found;
With plenty and prosperity

Thy palaces be crown'd. 6 For my dear brethren's sake, and friends

No less than brethren dear,
I'll pray-May peace in Salem's towers

A constant guest appear.
7 But most of all I 'll seek thy good,

And ever wish thee well,
For Sion and the temple's sake,

Where God vouchsafes to dwell.

From the cxxiv. Psalm of David.

1 HAD not the LORD, may Israel say,
On Israel's side engaged,
The foe had quickly swallow'd us,
So furiously he raged.

2 Had not the LORD himself vouchsafed
To check his fierce control,
The adversary's dreary flood
Had overwhelm'd our soul.

3 But praised be our eternal LORD,
Who left us not his prey;

The snare is broke, his rage disarm'd,
And we again are free.

4 Secure in GOD's almighty Name

Our confidence remains;

The GoD who made both heaven and earth Of both sole monarch reigns.

From the cxxv. Psalm of David.

1 WHO place on Sion's GOD their trust
Like Sion's rock shall stand;
Like her immoveably be fix'd
By his almighty hand.

2 Look how the hills on every side
Jerusalem enclose;

So stands the LORD around his saints,
To guard them from their foes.

3 Be good, O righteous GoD, to those
Who righteous deeds affect;
The heart that innocence retains
Let innocence protect.

4 All those who walk in crooked paths,
The LORD shall soon destroy;
Cut off th' unjust, but crown the saints
With lasting peace and joy.

From the cxxvii. Psalm of David.

1 WE build with fruitless cost, unless
The LORD the pile sustain ;
Unless the LORD the city keep,
The watchman wakes in vain.

2 In vain we rise before the day,
And late to rest repair,
Allow no respite to our toil,
And eat the bread of care;

3 Supplies of life, with ease to them,

He on his saints bestows;
He crowns their labors with success,
Their nights with safe repose.

PSALM 103 C. M.

From the cusviii. Psalm of David.
I THE man is bless'd that fears the LORD,

Nor only worship pays,
But keeps his steps confined with care

To his appointed ways.
2 He shall upon the sweet returns

Of his own labor feed;
Without dependence live, and see

His wishes all succeed.
3 Who fears the Lord shall prosper thus;

Him Sion's God shall bless, And grant him all his days to see Jerusalem's success.

PSALM 104. S. M.

From the cxxx. Psalm of David.
I FROM lowest depths of wo

To God I sent my cry;
LORD, hear my supplicating voice,

And graciously reply.
2 Shouldst thou severely judge,

Who can the trial bear?
But thou forgiv'st, lest we despond,

And quite renounce thy fear. 3 My soul with patience waits

For thee, the living LORD;
My hopes are on thy promise built,

Thy never-failing word. 4 My longing eyes look out

For thy enliv'ning ray,
More duly than the morning watch

To spy the dawning day. 5 Let Israel trust in God,

No bounds his mercy knows;
The plenteous source and spring from whence

Eternal succor flows:
6 Whose friendly streams to us

Supplies in want convey ;
A healing spring, a spring to cleanse
And wash our guilt away.

PSALM 105. III. 1.

From the cxxxi. Psalm of David. 1 LORD, for ever at thy side

Let my place and portion be: Strip me of the robe of pride,

Clothe me with humility.

2 Meekly may my soul receive
All thy Spirit hath reveal'd;
Thou hast spoken-I believe,
Though the oracle be seal'd.

3 Humble as a little child,

Weaned from the mother's breast By no subtleties beguil❜d,

On thy faithful word I rest.

4 Israel! now and evermore

In the LORD JEHOVAH trust; Him, in all his ways, adore, Wise and wonderful, and just.

From the cxxxii. Psalm of David.

1 0, WITH due rev'rence, let us all
To GoD's abode repair;

And, prostrate at his footstool fall'n,
Pour out our humble prayer.

2 Arise, O LORD, and now possess
Thy constant place of rest;
Be that, not only with thy ark,
But with thy presence bless'd.

3 Clothe thou thy priests with righteousness,
Make thou thy saints rejoice;
And, for thy servant David's sake,
Hear thy anointed's voice.

4 Fair Sion does, in God's esteem,
All other seats excel;

His place of everlasting rest,
Where he desires to dwell.

5 Her store th' Almighty will increase,
Her poor with plenty bless;

Her saints shall shout for joy, her priests His saving health confess.

From the cxxxiii. Psalm of David.

1 HOW vast must their advantage be,
How great their pleasure prove,
Who live like brethren, and consent
In offices of love!

2 True love is like the precious oil,
Which, pour'd on Aaron's head,
Ran down his beard, and o'er his robes
Its costly fragrance shed.

3 'T is like refreshing dew, which does
On Hermon's top distil;

Or like the early drops, that fall
On Sion's favor'd hill.