4! .114 PSALMS. CXXVII1 PSALM CXXVII. [C. M.] God all in all. 1 IF God to build the house deny, The builders work in vain ; And towns without his wakeful eye, An useless watch maintain. 2. Before the morning beams arise, Your painful work renew, And, till the stars ascendthe skies, Your tiresome toil pursue. 3 Short be your sleep, and coarse your fare! In vain till God has bless'd ; But if his smiles attend your care, You shall have food and rest. 4 Nor children, relatives, nor friends, Shall real blessings prove, Nor all the earthly joys the sends, If sent without his love. PSALM CXXVIII. Family blessings. 1 E) HAPPY man, whose soul is fill'd With zeal, and rev'rend awe, His lips to God their honours yield, His life adorns the law. t A careful providence shall stand, And ever guard thy head, Shall on the labours of thy hand, Its kindly blessings shed. 3 Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine ; Thy children round thy board, Each like a plant of honour shine, And learn to fear the Lord. 4 The Lord shall thy best hopes fulfil For months and years to come ; The Lord who dwells on Zion's hill, Shall send thee blessings home. 9 This is the man whose happy eyes Shall see his house increase, Shall see the sinking church arise, Then leave the world iu peace. PSALM. CXXIX. Peraecutgrs pswished. I UP from my youth, may Isr'el say. Have I been nurs'd is tears:. 7rly griefs were constant as the day And tedious as the years. 2 Up from my youth I lore the rage Of all the sons of strife ; Oft they assail'd my riper age, But not destroy 'd my life. 3 Their cruel plough had torn my flesh With furrows long and deep,. Hourly they vex my wounds afresh, Nor let my sorrows sleep. 4 The Lord grew angry on his throne, And, with impartial eye, Measur'd the mischiefs they had done, Then let his arrows By. . CXXIX. CXXX. 5 How was their insolence surpris'd To hear Isis thunders roll .. And all the focs of Zionseiz'd With horror to the soul. 6 Thus shall the men thathate the saints, Be blasted from the sky ; Theirglory fades,their courage faints, And all their projects die. 7 [Whattho' they flourish tall and fair, They have no root beneath : Their growth shall perish in despair, And be despis'd m death.] 8 [So corn that on the house -top stands No hope of harvest gives; The reaper ne'er shall fill his hands, Nor binder fold thesheaves. 9 It springs and withers on the place : No traveller bestows A word of blessing on the grass, Nor minds it as it goes.] - PSALM CXXX. [C. M.] Pardoning grace. 1 OUT of the deeps of long distress., The borders of despair, I sent my cries to seek thy grace, My groans to move thine ear. 9 .Great God, should thy severer eye, And thine impartial hand, Mark and revenge iniquity, No mortal flesh could stand. 3 But there are pardons with my God For crimes of high degree; Thy Son has bought them with his blood, To draw us near to thee. 4 [I wait for thy salvation, Lord, With strong desires I- wait ; My soul, invited by thy word, Stands watching at thy gate.] 5 [Just as the guards that keep the night Long for the'morning skies, Watchthe firstbeams ofbreaking light, And meet them with their eyes; So waits my soul to see thy grace, Andmore intent than they, Meets the first op'nings of thy face, And finds a brighter day.] 7 [Then in the Lord let Israel trust, Let Israel seek his face ; The Lord is good as well as just, And plenteous in his grace. 8 There's full redemption at his throne For sinners long enslav'd t The great Redeemer is his Son, And Israel shall be sav'd.] PSALM CXXX. [L. M.] Pardoning grace. I FROM deep distress and troubled thoughts, To thee, my God, I rais'd my cries;
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