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PSAL. CXXXVI.
ET us with a gladsome mind

Praise the Lord, for he is kind,
For his mercies ay indure,

Ever faithful, ever sure.
Let us blaze his name abroad,
For of Gods he is the God

For his &c.
Q let us his praises tell,
Who doth the wrathful tyrants quell.

For his &c.
Who with his miracles doth make
Amazed Heav'n and Earth to shake.

For his &c.
Who by his wisdom did create
The painted Heav'ns so full of state.

For his &c.
Who did the solid earth ordain
To rise above the watry plain.

For his &c.
Who by his all-commanding might
Did fill the new-made world with light.

For his &c.

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25

And 30

And caus’d the golden-tressed fun,
All the day long his course to run.

For his &c.
The horned moon to shine by night,
Amongst her spangled sisters bright.

For his &c.

35

He with his thunder-clasping hand
Smote the first-born of Egypt land.

For his &c.

40

45

And in despite of Pharao fell,
He brought from thence his Israel.

For his &c.
The ruddy waves he cleft in twain
Of the Erythræan main.

For his &c.
The floods stood still like walls of glass,
While the Hebrew bands did pass.

For his &c.

But full soon they did devour
The tawny king with all his

power. For his &c.

55

His

And large-limbid Og he did subdue,
With all his over-hardy crew.

For his c.

70

And to his servant Israel
He
gave

their land therein to dwell.
For his &c.

75

He hath with a piteous eye
Beheld us in our misery.

For his &c.

80

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And freed us from the slavery
Of the invading enemy.

For his &c.

All

: 85

All living creatures he doth feed,
And with full hand supplies their need,

For his &c.