PSALMS, C111. CIV. CV. 103 So God shall answer his request' With blesings on his seed. 3 No evil tidings shall surprise His well- estnblish'd mind His soul to God his refuge flies, And leaves his fears behind. 4- In times of general distress, Some beams of light shall shine, To spew the world his righteousness, And give him peace divine. 6 His works of piety and love Remain before the Lord; Honour on earth, and joys above, Shall be his sure reward. PSALM CXIII. Proper Tune. Die majesty mid condescension of God. 1 YE that delight to serve the Lord, The honours of his name record, His sacred name for ever blest : Where'er the circling sundisplays His rising beams or setting rays, Let lands and seas his pow'r confess. 2 Not time; nor nature's narrow rounds, Can give his vast dominion bounds The heav'ns are far below his height; Let no created greatness dare With our eternal God compare, Arm'd with his untreated might, 3 He bows his glorious head, to view What the bright hosts of angels do, And tends his careto mortal things; His sov'reign hand exalts the poor, He takes the needy froni the door, And makes them companyfor kings. 4 When childless families despair, He sends the blessing of an heir, To rescue their expiring name: The mother with a thankful voice, Proclaims his praises and her joys : Let ev'ry age advance his fame. 5 From dust and cottages obscure, . His grace exalts the humble poor ; Gives them the honour of his sons And fits them for their heav'nly thrones. 6 [A word of his creating voice Can make the barren house rejoice ; Tho' Sarah's ninety years were past, The promis'd seed is born at last. 7 With joy the mother views her. son, And tells the wonders God has done : Faith may grow strung when sense despairs, If nature fails, the promise bears.) PSAIM CXIV. Miracles attending Israel's ,journey. 1 WHEN Israel, freed from Pharaoh's hand, Left the proud tyrant and his land; Their tribes with cheerful homage own Their King, and Judah was his throne. 2 Across the deep their journey lay ; The deep divides to make them way : Jordan beheld their march andfled,. With backward current to his head. s The mountain shook like frighted sheep, Like lambs the little hillocks leap ; Not Sinai on her base could stand, Conscious of sov'reign pow'r at hand. 4 What pow'r could make the deep di- vide? Make Jordan backward roll his tide ? Why did ye leap, ye little hills? And whence thefrtght that Sinai feels! 5 Let ev'ry mountain, ev'ry fioód, Retire and know th' approachingGod, The King of Isr'el : see him here! Tremble thou earth, adore and fear. 6 He thunders, and all nature mourns, The rock to standing pools he turns: Flints springwithfountains at his word, And fires and seas confess the Lord. PSALM CXIIL [L. M.] God sovereign and gracious. 1 YE servants of th' Almighty King, In ev'ry age his praises sing ; Where'er the sun shall rise or set, The nations shall bis praise repeat, 2 Above the earth, beyond the sky, Stands his high throne ofmajesty: Nor time nor place his pow'r restrain, Nor bound bis universal reign. 3 Which of the sons of Adam dare, Or angels, with their God compare? His glories how divinely bright, Who dwells in untreated light. 4 Behold his love, he stoops to view What saints above and angels do; And condescends yet more to know The mean affairs of men below. PSALM CXV. First Metre. The true God our refuge r or, idolatry reproved. I NOT to ourselves, who are but dust, Not to ourselves is glory due; Eternal God, thou only just, Thou only graeions, wise and true. 2 Shine forth in all thy dreadful name : Why should a heathen's haughty tongue Insult us, and to raise our shame Say, " Where's the God you've serv'd so, long ?" 3 The God we serve maintains ,his - throne Above the clouds, beyond the skies ; Theo' all the earth his will is done, He knows ourgroanshehearsoureries. 4 But the vain idols they adore, Are senselessshapesofstoneandwood.. At best a mass ofglitt'ring ore, A silver saint or golden.god..
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