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2 The dawn of each returning day

Fresh beams of knowledge brings;
And from the dark returns of night
Divine instruction springs.

3 Their powerful language to no realm
Or region is confined;

"T is nature's voice, and understood
Alike by all mankind.

4 Their doctrine does its sacred sense
Through earth's extent display;
Its bright contents the circling sun
Does round the world convey.

5 From east to west, from west to east,
His ceaseless course he goes;

And, through his progress, cheerful light
And vital warmth bestows.

PART II. C. M.

1 God's perfect law converts the soul,
Reclaims from false desires;
With sacred wisdom his sure word
The ignorant inspires.

2 The statutes of the LORD are just,
✓ And bring sincere delight;

His pure commands in search of truth
Assist the feeblest sight.

3 His perfect worship here is fix'd,
On sure foundations laid;
His equal laws are in the scales
Of truth and justice weigh'd;

4 Of more esteem than golden mines,
Or gold refined with skill;

More sweet than honey, or the drops
That from the comb distil.

5 My trusty counsellors they are,
And friendly warnings give:
Divine rewards attend on those

Who by thy precepts live.

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6 But what frail man observes how oft
He does from virtue fall?

O cleanse me from my secret faults,
Thou God that know'st them all!

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Let no presumptuous sin, O LORD,
Dominion have o'er me;

That, by thy grace preserved, I may
The great transgression flee.

8 So shall my prayer and praises be
With thy acceptance blest;
And I, secure on thy defence,
My strength and Saviour, rest,

PSALM 16. S. M.

From the xx. Psalm of David.

1 MAY Jacob's GoD defend
And hear us in distress;
Our succor from his temple send,
Our cause from Sion bless!

2 May he accept our vow,
Our sacrifice receive,

Our heart's devout request allow,
Our holy wishes give!

3 O LORD! thy saving grace

We joyfully declare;

Our banner in thy name we raise—
"The LORD fulfil our prayer!"

4 Now know we that the LORD

His chosen will defend;

From heaven will strength divine afford,

And will their prayer attend.

5 Some earthly succor trust,
But we in God's right hand :

Lo! while they fall, so vain their boast,

We rise and upright stand.

6 Still save us, LORD! and still

Thy servants deign to bless;

Hear, King of heaven, in times of ill,
The prayers that we address.

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1 MY GOD, my God, why leav'st thou me,
When I with anguish faint?

Oh! why so far from me removed,
And from my loud complaint?

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2 Lo! I am treated like a worm,
Like none of human birth;
Not only by the great reviled,
But made the rabble's mirth.

3 With laughter all the gazing crowd
My agonies survey;

They shoot the lip, they shake the head,
And thus deriding say:

4 "In God he trusted, boasting oft
That he was Heaven's delight;

Let God come down to save him now,
And own his favorite."

5 Withdraw not, then, so far from me,
When trouble is so nigh;

O send me help! thy help, on which
Alone I can rely.

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1 LIKE water is my life pour'd out,
My joints are out of frame;
My heart dissolves within my breast,
Like wax before the flame:

2 My strength is like a potsherd dried,
My tongue is parch'd with drought;
And to the dismal shades of death
My fainting soul is brought.

3 Like dogs, to compass me, my foes
In wicked council meet:

They pierced my inoffensive hands,
They pierced my harmless feet.
4 My body's rack'd, till all my bones
Distinctly may be told;

Yet such a spectacle of wo
As pastime they behold.

5 As spoil, my garments they divide,
Lots for my vesture cast:-
Therefore, O leave me not, my GoD,
But to my succor haste.

PART III. C. M.

1 LORD, to my brethren I 'll declare
The triumphs of thy Name:
In presence of assembled saints
Thy glory thus proclaim:

2 "Ye worshippers of Jacob's GOD,
All you of Israel's line,

O praise the LORD, and to your praise
Sincere obedience join.

3 "He ne'er disdain'd on low distress
To cast a gracious eye;
Nor turn'd from misery his face,
But hears its humble cry."

4 Thus, in thy sacred courts, will I
My cheerful thanks express;
In presence of thy saints perform
The vows of my distress.

5 The meek companions of my grief
Shall find my table spread;

And all that seek the LORD shall be
With joys immortal fed.

6 Then shall the glad converted world
To GOD their homage pay;
And scatter'd nations of the earth
One sovereign LORD obey.

7 "T is his supreme prerogative
O'er all mankind to reign;

"T is just that he should rule the world, Who does the world sustain.

8 The rich, who are with plenty fed,
His bounty must confess;

The sons of want, by him relieved,
Their gen'rous patron bless.

9 With humble worship to his throne
They all for aid resort;

That power, which first their being gave,
Alone can them support.

10 Then shall a chosen spotless race,
Devoted to his Name,

To their adoring sons his truth
And glorious acts proclaim.

PSALM 18.

C. M.

From the xxiii. Psalm of David.

1 THE LORD himself, the mighty LORD,
Vouchsafes to be my guide;

The shepherd, by whose constant care
My wants are all supplied,

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2 In tender grass he makes me feed,
And gently there repose;

Then leads me to cool shades, and where
Refreshing water flows.

3 He does my wand'ring soul reclaim,
And, to his endless praise,

Instruct with humble zeal to walk
In his most righteous ways.

4 I pass the gloomy vale of death,
From fear and danger free;

For there his aiding rod and staff
Defend and comfort me.

5 Since GOD doth thus his wondrous love
Through all my life extend,
That life to him I will devote,
And in his temple spend.

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From the xxiv. Psalm of David.

1 THE spacious earth is all the LORD'S,
The LORD's her fulness is;

The world, and they that dwell therein,
By sovereign right are his.

2 He framed and fix'd it on the seas;
And his almighty hand
Upon inconstant floods has made
The stable fabric stand.

3 But for himself this LORD of all
One chosen seat design'd;
Oh! who shall to that sacred hill
Deserved admittance find?

4 The man whose hands and heart are pure,
Whose thoughts from pride are free;
Who honest poverty prefers

To gainful perjury.

5 This, this is he, on whom the LORD
Shall shower his blessings down;
Whom God, his Saviour, shall vouchsafe
With righteousness to crown.

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