PSALMS. CVI. CVII. 99 Gave them a leading cloud by day, And fiery guide by night. 17 They thirst ; and waters from the rock In rich abundance flow ; And following still the course theytook Ran all the desart thro'. 11 0 wondrous stream ! O blessed type Ofever flowing grace ! So Christ our Rock, maintains our life Thro' all this wilderness. 19 Thus guarded by th' Almighty hand, The chosen tribes passest Canaan, the rich, the promis'd land,. And there enjoy'd their rest. 20 Then let the world forbear its rage ; The church renounce their fear ; Isr'el mast live thro' ev'ry age, And be th' Almighty's care,, PSALM CVI. ver. 41 -5. PART 1. Praise to God : or, eommuniotz with saints. 1 TO God the Great, the Ever Blest, Let songs of honour be addrest;. His mercy firm for ever stands Give him the thanks his lovedemands, 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways ? Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise ? Blest are the souls that fear thee still, And pay their duty to thy will. 3 Remember what thy mercy did For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed; And with the same salvation bless The meanest suppliant of thy grace. 4 O may I see thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice? This is my glory, Lord, to be Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee. PSALM CVI. ver. 7, 8, 12-14, 43 -46. PART II. Israel punished and pardoned : or, God's unchangeable love. 1 GOD of eternal love, How fickle are our ways? And yet how oft did Isr'el prove Thy constancy of grace! 2 They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung ; But soon thy works of pow'r forgot, And murmur'd with their tongue. 3 Now they believehis word, While rocks with rivers flow; Now with their lust provoke the Lord, And he reduc'd them low. 4 Yet when they mourn'd their faults, He bearken'd to their groans; Brought his own cov'nant to his thoughts, And call'd them still his sons. 5 Their names were in his book, He sav'd them from their foes ; Oft he chastis'd, but ne'er forsook The people that he chose. 6 Let Isr'el bless the Lord, Who lov'd their ancient race ; And Christians join £he solemn ward Amen, to all the praise. PSALM CVII. PART I'. Israel led to Canaan, and Christians to heaven. 1 GIVE thanks to God: he reigns above, Kindare his thoughts,his name is love ; His mercy ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own. 3 Let the redeemedof the Lord The wonders of his grace record ; Isr'el the nation whom he chose, And rescu'd from their mighty foes. 3 f When God's almighty arm had broke Their fetters and th' Egyptian yoke, Thevtrac'd the desert wand ring round A wild and solitary ground 4 Therethey could find no leading road, Nor city for a fix'd abode ; Nonfood, nor fountain to assitage Theirburning thirst,or hunger's rage.] 5 In their distress to God they cry'd; Godwas their Saviour and their guide ; He led their march far wand'ring round ; 'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground. 6 Thus when our first release we gain From sin's old yoke,and Satan'schain, We have this desert world to pass,. A dang'rous and a tiresome place.... 7 He feeds and clothes ns all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we stray; He guards us with a pow'rful hand, And brings us to the heav'nly land. 8 0 let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord! How great his works, how kind his ways! Let ev'rytongue pronounce his praise. PSALM CVII. PART II. Correction for sin,and releasèby prayer. 1 FROM age to age exalt his name,. God and his grace are still the same; Ile fills the hungry souls with food, And feeds the poor with ev'ry good. 2 Bat if their hearts rebel, and rise Against the God that rules the skies ; If they reject his heav'nly word, And slight the counsels of the Lord ; 3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliv'rer shall be found : Laden with grieftheywastetheirbreath In darkness and the shades of death. 4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries, He makes the dawning light arise, And scatters all that diSmal ,shade That hang so heavy round their head. G
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