PSALMS. XC. XCI. 89 9 Our God, our help, in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. PSALM XC. ver. 8, 11, 9, 10, 12. PART IL [C. M.] Infirmities and mortality the effects of or, life, old age,and,preparatiun for death. 1 LORD, if thine eyes survey our faults, And justice grow severe, Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts,- . And burns bey and our fear. 2 Thine anger turns our frame to dust; By one offence to thee, Adam, with all his sons have lost Their immortality. 3 Life, like a vain amusement flies ; A fable, or a song By swift degrees our nature dies, Nor can our joys be long. 4 'Tis but a few whose days amount . To threescore years and ten; And all beyond that short account Is sorrow, toil, and pain. 5 [Our vitals with laborious strife Bear up the crazy load, And drag those poor remains of life Along the tiresome road.] 6 Almighty God, reveal thy love, And not thy wrath alone ; O letour sweet experience prove The mercies of thy throne ! 7 Our souls would learn the heav'nly art T'improve the hours we have, That we may act the wiser part, And live beyond the grave. PSALM XC. ver. 13, &c. PART III. [C. M.) Breathing after heaven. 1 RETURN, O God of love, return ; Earth is a tiresome place: How longshall we, thy childrenmourn Our absence from thy face? 2 Let heaven succeed our painful years; Let sin and sorrow, cease: And in proportion to our tears, So make our joys increase. 3 Thy wonders to thy servants show, . Make thy own work eompleté ; Then shall our souls thy glory know, And own thy love was great. 4 Then shall we shine before thy throne In all thy beauty, Lord;, And the poor service we have done Meet a divine reward. PSALM XC. ver. 5, 10, 12. [S. M.] The frailty and shortness of life. 1 , LORD, what a feeble piece Is this our mortal frame! Our life, how poor a trifle 'tin, That scarce deserves the name ! 2 Alas, the brittleclay That built our body first!...... And ev'ry month, and ev'ry day, 'Tis'mould'ringback. to dust. 3 Our moments fly apace, No will our minutes stay; Just like a flood Our hasty days Are sweeping us away. 4 Well, if our days mast fly, We'll keep their end in sight; We'll spend them all in wisdom's way, And let them speed their flight. 5 They'll waft us sooner o'er This life's tempestuous sea: Soon we shall reach the'peaceful shore Of blest eternity. PSALM XCI. ver. 1 -7. PART I. Safety in public diseases and dangers. 1 HE that hath made his refuge God, Shall find a most secure abide ; Shall walk all day beneath his shade, And there at night shall rest his head. 2 Then will I say, a My God, thy row'r Shall be my fortress' and my tow 'r I that am form'd of feeble dust, Make thine almighty arm my trust.." 3 Thrice happy man ! thy Maker's care Shall keepthee from the fowler's snare ; Satan, the fowler, Who betrays Unguarded souls a thousand ways. 4 Just as aben protects her brood- Prombirdsof preythat seek their blood; Under her feathers ; so the Lord Makes his own arm his people's guard. 5 if burning beams of noon conspire To dart a pestilential fire, God is their life, his wings are spread, To shield them with a healthful shade. 6 If vapours with malignant breath Rise thick, and scatter midnightdeath, Isr'el is safe: the poison'd air Grows pure if Isr'el's God be there. PAUSE. 7 What tho' a thousand at thy side, At thy right -hand ten thousand dy'd, Thy God his chosen people saves Amongst the dead, amidst the graves. 8 So when he sent his angels down To make his wrath in Egypt known, And slew their sons, his careful eye Pass'd all the doorsof Jacob by.
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