Yet, when he comes with kind designs, 3 Sailors, who travel o'er the flood, Mountains, establish'd by his hand, 8 Seasons and times obey his voice; 12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine; 1 PR RAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee; There shall our vows be paid: Thou hast an ear when sinners pray; All flesh shall seek thine aid. e 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail, But pard'ning grace is thine; o And thou wilt grant us power and skill To conquer every sin. -3 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose, To bring them near thy face; Give them a dwelling in thine house, e 4 In answ'ring what thy church requests, And works of dreadful righteousness 5 Thus will the wond'ring nations see o And distant islands fly to thee, And make thy name their trust. g 6 They dread thy glitt'ring tokens, Lord, When signs in heaven appear; o But they shall learn thy holy word, C. M. 2nd Part. Bedford. Arundel. [*] 1 'IS by thy strength the mountains stand, God of eternal power; The sea grows calm at thy command, o 2 Thy morning light and ev'ning shade Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad, -8 Seasons and times, and moons and hours, Heaven, earth, and air are thine: When clouds distil in fruitful showers, 4 Those wand'ring cisterns in the sky, o 5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill, Thy ways abound with blessings still; A Psalm for the Husbandman. 1 [GOOD is the Lord, the heav'nly King, Who makes the earth his care; Visits the pastures ev'ry spring, And bids the grass appear. 2 The clouds, like rivers rais'd on high, The meadows, dress'd in all their pride, 5 The barren clods, refresh'd with rain, The parched grounds look green again, 6 The various months thy goodness crowns; The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs, s 1 PSALM 66. C. M. 1st Part. Devizes. [*] SIN ING, all ye nations, to the Lord, With melody of sounds record -2 Say to the Power that shakes the sky, 'How terrible art thou! e 'Sinners before thy presence fly, 3 [Come, see the wonders of our God; o There did the church begin their joy, And triumph in their God.] g 5 He rules by his resistless might: Will rebel mortals dare, a Provoke th' Eternal to the fight, And tempt that dreadful war! o 6 O bless our God, and never cease; He keeps our life, maintains our peace, -7 Lord, thou hast prov'd our suff'ring souls, So silver bears the burning coals, The metal to refine. g 8 Through wat'ry deeps and fiery ways, Led to possess the promis'd place, 1 C. M. 2nd Part. Barby. [*] V. 13 20. Praise to God for hearing Prayer. NOW Who heard the long requests I made, 2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare Come ye, who fear my God, and hear p 3 When on my head huge sorrows fell, o He sav'd my sinking soul from hell, And death's eternal sde. e 4 If sin lay cover'd in my heart, o 5 But God, (his name be ever blest!) -Nor turn'd from him my poor request, 1 PSALM 67. C. M. Bedford. [*] o Reveal thy power through all our coasts, -2 [Amidst our States, exalted high, e 3 When shall thy name, from shore to shore, Sound all the earth abroad? And distant nations know, and love o 4 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands, 0 s Let ev'ry tongue exalt his praise, And ev'ry heart rejoice. g 5 He the great Lord, the sovereign Judge, Wisely commands the worlds he made, -6 Earth shall obey her Maker's will, Our God will crown his chosen land, o 7 God, the Redeemer, scatters round While the Creation's utmost bound PSALM 68. L. M. 1st Part. Blendon. Truro. [*] 1ET God arise in all his might, And put the troops of hell to flight; |