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5 On thee, in want, in woe or pain,
Our hearts alone rely;

Our rights thy mercy will maintain,
And all our wants supply.

6 Thus, Lord, thy wondrous power declare, And still exalt thy fame;

While we glad songs of praise prepare,
For thine Almighty name.

PSALM 22. FIRST PART. C. M.

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TOW from the roaring lion's rage,
O Lord, protect thy Son,

Nor leave thy darling to engage

The powers of hell alone."

2 Thus did our suffering Saviour pray,
With mighty cries and tears;
God heard him in that dreadful day,
And chased away his fears.

3 Great was the victory of his death,
His throne exalted high;
And all the kindreds of the earth
Shall worship or shall die.

4 A numerous offspring must arise
From his expiring groans;
They shall be reckoned in his eyes
For daughters and for sons.

5 The meek and humble souls shall see
His table richly spread;

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

6 The isles shall know the righteousness
Of our incarnate God,

And nations yet unborn profess
Salvation in his blood.

NOW

PSALM 22. SECOND PART. L. M. TOW let our mournful songs record The dying sorrows of our Lord, When he complained in tears and blood, As one forsaken of his God.

2 The Jews behold him thus forlorn,

And shake their heads and laugh in scorn; "He rescued others from the grave, Now let him try himself to save. 3 This is the man did once pretend God was his father and his friend! If God, the blessed, loved him so, Why doth he fail to help him now?" 4 O savage people! cruel priests!

How they stood round like raging beasts! Like lions gaping to devour,

When God had left him in their power.

5 They wound his head, his hands, his feet,
Till streams of blood each other meet;
By lot his garments they divide,

And mock the pangs in which he died.
6 But God his father heard his cry;
Raised from the dead he reigns on high;
The nations learn his righteousness,
And humble sinners taste his grace.

PSALM 23. FIRST PART. L. M.

MY shepherd is the living Lord;

Now shall my wants be well supplied;

His providence and holy word
Become my safety and my guide.

2 In pastures where salvation grows
He makes me feed, he makes me rest;
There living water gently flows,
And all the food's divinely blest.

3 My wandering feet his ways mistake;
But he restores my soul to peace,
And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
In the fair paths of righteousness.

4 Though I walk through the gloomy vale,
Where death and all its terrors are,
My heart and hope shall never fail,
For God my shepherd's with me there.
5 Amidst the darkness and the deeps
Thou art my comfort, thou my stay;
Thy staff supports my feeble steps,
Thy rod directs my doubtful way.
6 The sons of earth and sons of hell
Gaze at thy goodness, and repine
To see my table spread so well,
With living bread and cheerful wine.
7 How I rejoice, when on my head
Thy Spirit condescends to rest!
"Tis a divine anointing, shed
Like oil of gladness at a feast.

8 Surely the mercies of the Lord
Attend his household all their days:
There will I dwell to hear his word,
To seek his face, and sing his praise.

PSALM 23. SECOND PART. C. M.

MY shepherd will supply my need,

Jehovah is his name;

In pastures fresh he makes me feed,
Beside the living stream.

2 He brings my wandering spirit back
When I forsake his ways,

And leads me for his mercy's sake
In paths of truth and grace.

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3 When I walk through the shades of death Thy presence is my stay;

One word of thy supporting breath
Drives all my fears away.

4 Thy hand, in sight of all my foes,
Doth still my table spread;
My cup with blessings overflows,
Thine oil anoints my head.

5 The sure provisions of my God
Attend me all my days;

Oh may thy house be mine abode,
And all my work be praise!

6 There would I find a settled rest,
(While others go and come,)
No more a stranger or a guest,
But like a child at home.

PSALM 23. THIRD PART. S. M.

THE Lord my shepherd is,
I shall be well supplied;

Since he is mine, and I am his,
What can I want beside?

2 He leads me to the place

Where heavenly pasture grows,
Where living waters gently pass,
And full salvation flows.

3 If e'er I go astray,

He doth my soul reclaim,

And guides me in his own right way,

For his most holy name.

4 While he affords his aid,

I cannot yield to fear;

Tho' I should walk thro' death's dark shade,
My shepherd's with me there.

5 Amid surrounding foes

Thou dost my table spread, My cup with blessings overflows And joy exalts my head.

6 The bounties of thy love

Shall crown my following days; Nor from thy house will I remove, Nor cease to speak thy praise. PSALM 24. FIRST PART. C. M.

HE earth for ever is the Lord's,

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With Adam's numerous race; He raised its arches o'er the floods, And built it on the seas.

2 But who among the sons of men
May visit thine abode?

He that has hands from mischief clean,
Whose heart is right with God.

3 This is the man may rise and take
The blessings of his grace;

This is the lot of those that seek

The God of Jacob's face.

4 Now let our souls' immortal

powers

To meet the Lord prepare,
Lift up their everlasting doors,
The King of glory 's near.

5 The King of glory! who can tell
The wonders of his might?
He rules the nations; but to dwell
With saints is his delight.

PSALM 24. SECOND PART. L. M.

THIS spacious earth is all the Lord's,

And men and worms, and beasts and birds;

He raised the building on the seas,
And gave it for their dwelling place.

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