76 PSALMS. LXVldI. LXIX. In him the poor and hopeless find A judge that's just, a father kind. 5 Ile breaks the captives' heavy chain, A nil pris'ners see the light again ; list rebels that dispute his will, Shall dwell in chainsand darkness still. PAUSE. 6 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong; Crown him, ye nations, in your song: His wondrous names and pow'rs re- hearse; His honours shall enrich your verse. 7 He shakestheheav'ns with loud alarms, How terrible is God in arms! In Israel are his mercies known, Israel is his peculiar throne. s Proclaim him king, pronounce him blest ; He'syour defence, your joy, yourrest:. When terrors rise, and nations faint, God is the strength of ev'ry saint. PSALM LXVIII. Purr II. Verses 17, 1e. Christ's ascension, and the gift of the Spirit. 1 I.OlD,when thou didst ascend on high, Ten thousand angels fill'd the sky, Thoseheav'nlyguards around theewait, Like chariots that attendthy state. 2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear More glorious whenthe Lord was there? While he prononnc'd his dreadful law, And struck the chosen tribes with awe 3 How bright the triumph none can tell, When therebellious pow'rs of hell, That thousand souls had captive made, Where all in chains like captives led. 4 Rais'd by his Father to the throne, le sent the promis'd Spirit down, With gifts and grace for rebel-men, That God might dwell on earth again. PSALM LXVIII.. PART III. Verse 19, 9, 20, 21, 22. Praise for temporal Blessings; or, Cons- neon and special mercies. 1 WE bless the Lord,the just, the good, Who fills our hearts with joy and food, Who yours his blessingsfrom the And loads our days with rich supplies. 2 He sends the sun his circuit round, To cheer the fruits,to warmtheground ; He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain B afresh the thirsty earth again. 3 ' "Pis to his care we owe our breath, And all our near escapes from death r Safety and health to Gpd belong ; He heals the weak, and guards the strong. 4 He makes the saint and sinner prove The common blessings of his love; But the wide difference that remains, to endless joy, or endless pains. , 5 The Lord that bruis'd the serpent's head, On all the serpent's seed shall tread : The stubborn sinner's hope confound, And smite him with a lasting wound. 6 But his right -hand his saints shall raise From the deep earth, or deeper scas; And bring them to his courts above, There shall they taste his special love. PSALM LXIX, 1 -14. PART I. [C. M.] The sufferings of Christ, for our sales- ti on. 1 's SAVE me, O God, the swelling floods Break in upon my soul I sink ; and sorrows o'er my head, Like mighty waters roll. 2 I cry tillall my voleé be gone, In tears I waste the day My God, behold my longing eyes, And shorten thy delay. 3 They hate my soul without a cause, ` And still their number grows More than the hairs around my head; And mighty are my foes. 4 'Twas then I paid that dreadful debt That men could never pay, And gave those honours to thy law sinners took away." .5 Thus, in the. great Messiah's name, The royal prophet mourns ; Thus he awakes our hearts to grief, And gives us joy by turns. 6 " Now shall the saints rejoice and find Salvation in my name ; For I have bornd their heavy load Of sorrow, pain, and shame. 7 Grief, like a garment,eloth'dme round, And sackcloth was my dress, While I procur'd for naked souls A robe of righteousness. e Amongst my brethren and the Jews I like a stranger stood, And bore their vile reproach, to bring The Gentiles near to God. 9 I came, in sinful mortals' stead, To do my Father's will : Yet when I cleans'dmy Father's house, They scàndaliz'd my zeal. le My fasting and my holy groans Were made the drunkard's song : But God, from his celestial throne, Heard my complaining tongue. 15 He sav'd me from the dreadful deep' Nor let my soul be drown'd He rais'd and fix'd my sinking feet On well- establish'd ground. 12 'Twas in a most accepted hour My pray'r arose on high, And for his sake my God shall hear ' The dying sinner's cry."
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