74 PSALMS". -LXV. PSALM LXV. S -13. PAST IÍ. [L. M.] Divine providence in air, earth and sea; or, he God of nature and grace. I THE God of our salvation hears The groans of Sion mix'd with tears ; Yet when he comes with kind designs. Thro' all the way his terror shines. S On him the race of man depends, Far as the earth's remotest ends, Where the Creator's name is known By nature's feeble light alone. 3 Sailors, that travel o'er the flood, Address their frighted souls to God, When tempests rage and billows roar At dreadful distance from the shore. 4 He bids the noisy tempest cease; He calms the raging crowd to peace, When a tumultuous nation raves Wild as the winds, and loud as waves. 5 Whole kingdoms, shak'n by the storm' He settles ina peaceful form ; Mountains establish'd by his hand, Firm on their old foundation stand. 4 Behold his ensigns sweep the sky, Now comets blaze, and lightnings fly ; 'Fhe heathen lands, with swift surprise, From the bright horrors turn their eyes. 7 At his command the morning -ray Smiles in the east and leads the day ; He guides the sun'sdeclining wheels Over the tops of western hills. e Seasons and times obey his voice ; The ev'ning and the morn rejoice Tosee theearth made soft with show'rs, Laden with fruit, anddress'd in flow'rs. 9 'Tis from his watry stores on high He'gives the thirsty ground supply He walks upon the clouds, and thence Doth his enriching drops dispense. 30 The desert grows a fruitful field, Abundant food the valleys yield ; The valleys shout with chearful voice, And neighb'ring hills repeat theirjoys. 11 The pastures smile in green array There lambs and larger cattle play;. The larger cattle and the Iamb, Each in his language speaks thy name. 12 Thy works pronounce thy pow'rdivine O'er ev'ry field thy glories shine, Time' ev'ry month thy gifts appear; Great God! thy goodness crowns the year. PSALM LXV. PART I. [C. M.] A prayer - hearing God, and the Gentiles called. 1 PRAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee ; There shall our vows be paid Thon host an ear when sinners pray-,. All flesh shall seek thine aid. 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail, But pard'ning grace is thine, And thou wilt grant us pow'r and skill To conquer eery sin. 3 Bless'd are the men whom thou wilt choose To bring them near thy face, Give them a dwelling in thine house, To feast upon thy grace. 4 In answ'ring what thy church requests, Thy troth and terror shine. And worksof dreadful righteousness Fulfil thy kind design. 5 Tins shall the wond'ring nations see The Lord is good and' just And distant islands fly to thee, And make thy name their trust, 6 They dread thy glittering tokens, Lord, When signs in heav'n appear ; But they shall learn thy holy word, And love as well as fear. PSALM LXV. PART II. [C. M.] The providence of God in air, earth,and sea; or, the blessing of rain. 1 'Tis by thy strength the mountainsstand God of eternal pow'r; The sea grows calm at thy command, And tempests cease to roar. 2 The morning -light and ev'ning -shade Successive comforts bring ;. Thyplenteous fruits make harvest glad, Thy flow'rs adorn the spring. 3 Seasonsandtimes,and moons,andhours Heav'n, earth, and air are thine ; When clouds distil in fruitfùl show'rs, The author is divine. 4 Those wand'ring cisterns in the sky, Borne by UM winds around, With watry treasures well supply The furrows of the ground. 5 -The thirsty ridges drank their fill, And ranks of corn appear ; Thy ways abound with blessings still, Thy goodness crowns the year. PSALM LXV. Panr III. [C. M.] The blessings of the spring l or, God gives rant. A psalm for the husbandman. 1 GOOD is the Lord, the heav'nly king, Who makes the earth his care, Visists the pastures ev'ry spring, And bids the grass appear. 2 The clouds, like rivers rais'd on high, Pour out, at thy command, Their watry blessings from the sky, To cheer the thirsty land. 3 The soften'd ridges of the field Permit the corn to spring ; The valleys rich provision yield, And the poor lab'rers sing.
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