PSALMS.CXX. CXXI. 111 Ver. 73. 5 Thy handshave mademy mortal frame Thy Spirit form'd my soul within ; Teach me to know thy wondrous name, And guard me safe from death and sin. Ver. 94. 6 Then all that love and fear the Lord, At my salvation shall rejoice ; For I have hoped in thy word, And made thy grace my only choice. PSALM'CXX. Complaint of quarrelsome neighbours; or, a devout wish of peace. 1 THOU God of love, thou ever blest, Pity mysuff 'ring state., When wilt thou set my soul at rest, From lips that love deceit ? 3 Hard lot of mine ! my days are cast Among the sons of strife, Whose never - ceasing brawlings waste My golden hours of life. 3 O might I fly to change my place, How would I choose to dwell In soine wild lonesome wilderness, And leave these gates of hell! 4 Peace is the blessing that I seek ; How lovely are its charms ! I am for peace ; but when I speak, They all declare for arms. 5 New passions still their souls engage, And keep their malice strong ; What shall be done to curb thy rage, O thou devouring tongue! 6 Should burning arrows smite thee thru' Strict justice would approve s But I had rather spare my foe, And melt his heart with love. PSALM CXXI. [L. M.) Divine protection. 1 UP to the hills I lift mine eyes, Th' eternal hills beyond the skies; Thence all her help my soul derives; There my Almighty Refuge lives. 2 He lives, the everlasting God, That built the world, that spread the flood; Th' heav'ns with all their hosts he made And the dark regions of the dead. 3 He guides ourfeet,he guards our way ; His morning smiles bless all the day He spreads the ev'ning veil and keeps The silent hours while Isr'el sleeps. 4 Isr'el a name divinely blest, May rise secure, securely rest; The, holy Guardian's wakeful eyes Admit no slumber nor surprise. 6 No sun shall smite thy head by day Nor the pale moon with sickly ray Shall blast thy couch; no baleful star Dart his malignant file so far. 6 Should earth and hell with'maliceburn, Still thou shalt go, and still return, Safe in the Lord! his heav'nly care Defends thy life from ev'ry snare. 7 On thee foul spirits have no pow'r.; And in thy last departing hour, Angels, that trace the airy road, Shall bear thee homeward to thy God. PSALM CXXI. [C. M.) Preservation by day and night. 1 TO heav'n I lift my waiting eyes, There all my hopes are laid ; TheLord, who built the earth and skies Is my perpetual aid. 2 Their feet shall never slide or fall, Whom he designs to keep ; His ear attends the softest call His eyes can never sleep - 3 He will sustain our weakest posers With hisalmighty arm, And watch our most unguarded hours Against surprising harm. 4 Isr'el rejoice, and rest secure, Thy keeper is the Lord His wakeful eyes employ his pow'r For thine eternal guard. 5 Nor scorchingsun, nor sickly moon, Shall have his leave to smite ; He shields thy head from burning noon From blasting damps at night. 5 He guards thy soul, he keeps thy breath Where thickest dangers come : Go and return, secure from death, Till God commands thee home. PSALM CXXI. As the 148th Psalm. God our preserver. 1 UPWARD I lift mine eyes ; From God is all my aid; The God that built the skies,. And earth and nature made :- God is the tow'r To which I fly; His grace is nigh In ev'ry hour. 2 My feet shall neverslide, And fall in fatal snares, Since God, my guard andguide, Defends me from my fears : Those Wakeful eyes That never sleep, Shall Isr'el keep When dangers rise. 3 Noturning heats by day, Nor blasts of ev'ning air, Shall take any health away, If God be with me there:
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