9 The sword, the pestilence, or fire,
Shall but fulfil their best desire :
From sins and sorrows set them free,
And bring thy children, Lord, to thee.

PSALM 91. Second Part. C. M. Protection from evil, guard of angels, and salvation. E sons of men, a feeble race,

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Expos'd to ev'ry snare,

Come, make the Lord your dwelling-place, And try, and trust his care.

2 No ill shall enter where you dwell; Or if the plague come nigh,

And sweep the wicked down to hell,
"Twill raise his saints on high.
3 He'll give his angels charge to keep
Your feet in all their ways;

To watch your pillow, while you sleep,
And guard your happy days.

4 Their hands shall bear you, lest you fall.
And dash against the stones:
Are they not servants at his call,
And sent t' attend his sons?

5 Adders and lions ye shall tread;
The tempter's viles defeat:
For he that broke the serpent's head
Puts him beneath your feet.

6 "Because on me they set their love,
"I'll save them; (saith the Lord)
"I'll bear their joyful souls above
"Destruction, and the sword.

"My grace shall answer when they call; "In trouble I'll be nigh:

"My pow'r shall help them when they fall, "And raise them when they die.

8 "Those that on earth my name have known, "I'll honour them in heav'n; "There my salvation shall be shown, "And endless life be giv'n."

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PSALM 92. First Part. L. M.

A psalm for the Lord's day.

WEET is the work, my God, my King,
To praise thy name, give thanks and sing;
To show thy love by morning light,
And talk of all thy truth at night.

2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest,

No mortal care shall seize my breast:
O! may my heart in tune be found,
Like David's harp of solemn sound.
3 My heart shall triumph in my Lord,

And bless his works, and bless his word:
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!
How deep thy counsels! how divine!

4 Fools never raise their thoughts so high;
Like brutes they live, like brutes they die:
Like grass they flourish, 'till thy breath
Blasts them in everlasting death.

5 But I shall share a glorious part
When grace hath well refin'd my heart;
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer my head.
6 Sin (my worst enemy before)
Shall vex my eyes and ears no more;
My inward foes shall all be slain ;
Nor Satan break my peace again.
7 Then shall I see, and hear, and know
All I desir'd or wish'd below:
And ev'ry pow'r find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.

PSALM 92. Second Part. L. M.

Aged saints.

1 In gardens planted by thy hand:

ORD, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand

Let me within thy courts be seen,
Like a young cedar fresh and green.
2 There grow thy saints in faith and love,
Blest with thine influ'nce from above;
Not Lebanon with all its trees

Yields such a comely sight as these.
3 The plants of grace shall ever live;
Nature decays, but grace must thrive;
Time, that doth all things else impair,
Still makes them flourish strong and fair.
4 Laden with fruits of age, they show
The Lord is holy, just and true;
None, that attend his gates, shall find
A God unfaithful or unkind.

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PSALM 93. L. M.

The eternal and sovereign God. EHOVAH reigns: He dwells in light, Girded with majesty and might;

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The world, created by his hands,
Still on its first foundation stands.

2 But ere this spacious world was made,
Or had its first foundation laid
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Thyself the ever-living God.

3 Like floods the angry nations rise,
And aim their rage against the skies;
Vain floods, that aim their rage so high!
At thy rebuke the billows die.

4 For ever shall thy throne endure;
Thy promise stands for ever sure ;

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And everlasting holiness

Becomes the dwellings of thy grace.

PSALM 91. First Part.
First Part.

Instructive afflictions.

C. M.

GOD, to whom revenge belongs,
Proclaim thy wrath aloud;

Let sov'reign pow'r redress our wrongs,
Let justice smite the proud.

2 They say, "The Lord nor sees nor hears :" When will the fools be wise?

Can he be deaf, who form'd their ears?
Or blind, who made their eyes?

3 He knows their impious thoughts are vain, And they shall feel his pow'r :

His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain
In some surprising hour.

4 But if thy saints deserve rebuke,
Thou hast a gentler rod;

Thy providences and thy book

Shall make them know their God.

5 Blest is the man, thy hands chastise,
And to his duty draw :

Thy chast'nings make thy children wise,
When they forget thy law.

6 But God will ne'er cast off his saints,
Nor his own promise break ;

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He pardons his inheritance

For their Redeemer's sake.

PSALM 94. Second Part. C. M.

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God our support and comfort.

WHO will arise and plead my right
Against my num'rous foes;

While earth and hell their force unite,
And all my hopes oppose?

2 Had not the Lord, my rock, my help,
Sustain❜d my fainting head,
My life had now in silence dwelt;
My soul among the dead.

3" Alas! my sliding feet!" I cried,
Thy promise was my prop:

Thy grace stood constant by my side,
Thy spirit bore me up.

4 While multitudes of mournful thoughts Within my bosom roll;

Thy boundless love forgives my faults,
Thy comforts cheer my soul.

5 Pow'rs of iniquity may rise,

And frame pernicious laws;
But God, my refuge, rules the skies;
He will defend my cause.

6 Let malice vent her rage aloud,
Let bold blasphemers scoff:

The Lord our God shall judge the proud,
And cut the sinners off.

PSALM 95. First Part. C. M.

A psalm before prayer.

ING to the Lord Jehovah's name,
And in his strength rejoice :
When his salvation is our theme,

Exalted be our voice.

2 With thanks approach his awful sight,
And psalms of honour sing :
The Lord's a God of boundless might,
The whole creation's King.

3 Let princes hear, let angels know,
How mean their natures seem,
Those gods on high, and gods below,
When once compar'd with him.