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. 40 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. L. M. From the xv. Psalm of David. LORD, who's the happy man that may To thy blest courts repair, Not, stranger-like to visit them, 2 'Tis he who walketh uprightly, 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 The guiltless to destroy. 7 The man, who by this righteous course When earth's foundation shakes, shall stand, SELECTION 13. C. M. From the xvi. Psalm of David. MY grateful soul shall bless the Lord, Whose precepts give me light; 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 raise, 4 Thou, Lord, when I resign my breath, 5 Thou shalt the paths of life display, No change of time shall ever shock My firm affection, Lord, to thee; 2 Thou my deliverer art, my God; My trust is in thy mighty power: Thou art my shield from foes abroad; At home, my safeguard and my tower. 3 To thee I will address my prayer, To whom all praise we justly owe; So shall I by thy watchful care, Be guarded safe from every foe. 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 shall 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? 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 3 Their powerful language to no realm Or region is confined; '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, 3 His perfect worship here is fix'd, 4 Of more esteem than golden mines, My trusty counsellors they are, 6 But what frail man observes how oft O cleanse me from my secret faults, 7 Let no presumptuous sin, O Lord, That, by thy grace preserved, I may 8 So shall my prayer and praises be SELECTION 16. S. M. From the xx. Psalm of David. MAY Jacob's God defend And hear us in distress; 2 May he accept our vow, Our heart's devout request allow, 3 O Lord, thy saving grace Our banner in thy name we raise- 4 Now know we that the Lord His chosen will defend; From heaven will strength divine afford, 5 Some earthly succour trust, But we in God's right hand: 6 Still save us, Lord; and still Thy servants deign to bless: Hear, King of heaven, in times of il, |