78 PSALMS.LXXI. LXXII. They nail him to the shameful tree ; The e hung the man that dy'd for me. 7 r Wretches withhearts as hard as stones insult his piety and groans: Gall was the food they gave him there, And mock'd his thirst with vinegar.] 8 But God beheld; and from his throne Marks out the men that hate his Son ; The hand thatrais'd him from the dead, Shallpour the vengeance on their head. PSALM LXXI, 5-- -9. PART. I. The aged saint's reflection and hope. 1 MY God, my everlasting hope, I live upon thy truth ; Thine hands have held mychildhoodup, And strengthen'd all my youth. 2 My fleshwas fashion'd by thy pow'r, With all these limbs of mine; And from my mother's painful hour I've been entirely thine. 3 Still has my life new wonders seen, Repeated ev'ry year; Behold my days that yet remain, I trust them to thy care. 4 Castme not offwhen strength declines, When hoary hairs arise; And round me let thy glories shine Whene'er thy servant dies. 5 Then in the history of my age, Whenmen review my days, They'll read thy love in ev'ry page, In ev'ry line thy praise. PSALMLXXI. 15, 14, 16, 23, 22, 24. PART II. Christ our strength and righteousness. 1 MY Saviour, my almighty friend, When I begin thy praise, Where will the growing numbers end, The numbers of thy grace ? 2 Thou art my everlasting trust, Thy goodness I adore; And since I knew'thy graces first, I speak thy glories more. 3 My feet shall travel all the length Of the celestial road, Andmarchwith courage inthystrength, Tones my Father God. 4 When I am Biled with sore distress. For some surprising sin, I'll plead thy perfect righteousness, And mention none but thine. ä Now will my lips 'rejoice to tell The vict'nes of my king ! My soul redeem'd from sin and bell Shall thy salvation sing. 6:[My tongue shall all the day proclaim My.Saviour and my God: His death has brought myfoesto shame And drowned them in his blood. 7 Awake, awake, my tuneful powers, With this'delightful song I'll entertain the darkest hours, Nor think the season long.] PSALM LXXI. 17 - -21. PART III. The aged christian's prayer and song ; or, Old age, death asid resurrection. 1 GOD of my childhood and my youth, The guide of all my days, I have declared thy heav'nly truth, And told thy wond'rous ways. 2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs, Andleave my fainting heart? Who shall sustain my sinking years If God my strength depart? 3 Let me thy pow'r and truth proclaim To the survivingage, And leave a savour of thy name When I shall quit the stage. 4 The land of silence and of death Attends my next remove ; O may these poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love? PAUSE. 5 Thy righteousness is deep and high, Unsearchable thy deeds; Thy glory spreads beyond the sky, And all my praise exceeds. 6 Oft have I heard thy threatnings roar, And oft endured the grief; But when thy hand has prest me shore, Thy grace was my relief. 7 By long experience have I known Thy sov'reign pow'r to save; At thy command I venture down Seourely to the grave. 8 When I lie buried deep in dust, My flesh shall be thy care ; These with"ring limbs with thee I trust, To raise them strong and fair. . - PSALM LXXII. Poses I. T1 a kingdom of Christ. 1 GREAT. God, whose universal sway The known and unknown worlds obey, Now give the kingdom to thy Son, Extend his pow r, exalt his throne. 2 Thy sceptre well becomes his hands, All heav'n submits to his commands; His justice shall avenge the poor, And pride and rage prevail no more. 3 With pow'r he vindicates the just, And treads th' oppressor in the dust; His worship and his fear shall last Till hour's and years and time be past. 4 As rain on meadows newly mown, So shall he send his influence down: His grace on fainting souls disils, Like heav'nly dew on thirsty hills.
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