Vile slander is their chief delight; hy tongue, by envy mov'd, and spite, Deceitful tales does hourly spread: Thou dost with hateful scandals ke a les wound by brother, and with lies confound To gain with silence, and with love, it I'H reprove and shame thee now, And set thy sins before thine eyes. Mark this, ye wicked fools, lest I ast all my bolts of vengeance fly, sha Whilst none shall dare your cause to e does n שר own: Who praises me, due honour gives; d to the man that justly lives, the My strong salvation shall be shown. PSALM LI. TAVE mercy, Lord, on me, As thou wert ever kind dit me, oppress'd with loads of guilt, Thy wonted mercy find. Wash off my foul offence, And cleanse me from my sin; fr I confess my crime, and see How great my guilt has been. against thee, Lord, alone, aland only in thy sight, inave I transgress'd; and, though condemn'd, Must own thy judgment right. an guilt each part was form'd thof all this sinful frame; he guilt I was conceiv'd, and born he heir of sin and shame. ket thou, whose searching eye Does inward truth require, secret didst with wisdom's laws ly tender soul inspire. with hyssop purge me, Lord, nd so I clean shall be; all with snow in whiteness vie, When purify'd by thee. Take me to hear with joy hy kind forgiving voice; chat so the bones which thou hast broke And thy free Spirit's firm support My fainting soul sustain. 13 So I thy righteous ways To sinners will impart; Whilst my advice shall wicked mer To thy just laws convert. 14 My guilt of blood remove, My Saviour, and my God; And my glad tongue shall loudly tell Thy righteous acts abroad. 15 Do thou unlock my lips, With sorrow clos'd and shame; So shall my mouth thy wondrous praise To all the world proclaim. 16 Could sacrifice atone, Whole flocks and herds should die; But on such off'rings thou disdain'st To cast a gracious eye. 17 A broken spirit is By God most highly priz'd; 7 Of thy good will assur'd; 9 So shall my soul, with praise, O God, 3 Hark how the foe insults aloud! THE wicked fools must sure suppose This gross mistake their practice shows, 2 The Lord look'd down from heav'n's The sons of men to view; 3 But all, he saw, were backward gone, 4 But are those workers of deceit grow; And they, despis'd of God, throw Their shatter'd bones abroad. ORD, save me, for thy glorious name, 3 Mere strangers, whom I never wrong'd, And cruel men, that fear no God, 4,5 But God takes part with all my And he's the surest guard; 6 While I my grateful off"rings bring, And in his praise my time to come From dreadful danger and distress GIVE ear, thou Judge of all the earth, 2 Attend to this my sad complaint, How fierce oppressors rage! Whose sland'rous tongues, with wrath ful hate, Against my fame engage. 4, 5 My heart is rack'd with pain; soul With deadly frights distress'd; With fear and trembling compass round, With horror quite oppress'd. And in wild deserts stray, PART II. 9 Destroy, O Lord, their ill designs, roam, Will fresh disorders meet; Deceit and Guile their constant posts Maintain in ev'ry street. 12 For 'twas not any open foe That false reflections made, The bitter things he said: Whom tend 'rest love did join; PART III. ad punish them whose prosp'rous statej 12 To thee, O God, my vows are due; iMakes them no God to fear. To thee I'll render praise. Whom can I trust, if faithless men idPerfidiously devise ruin me, their peaceful friend, And break the strongest ties? Though soft and melting are their words, er afheir hearts with war abound; N eir speeches are more smooth than oil, And yet like swords they wound. 13 Thou hast retriev❜d my soul from And thou wilt still secure THY mercy, Lord, to me extend; Do thou, my soul, on God depend, my protection I depend; And he shall thee sustain; aids the just, whom to supplant The wicked strive in vain. My foes, that trade in lies and blood, bilst I for health and length of days, O thou, O God, in mercy help; arno ruin me combine; he mist 四 And to thy wing for shelter haste, Who wonders hast for me begun, And truth, on which my hopes depend. ou see'st, who sitt'st enthron'd on With men whose teeth are spears, their high, What mighty numbers join. words Envenom'd darts and two-edg'd swords. But though sometimes surpris'd by 5 Be thou, O God, exalted high; fear, n danger's first alarm; Gt still for succour I depend On thy Almighty arm. iod's faithful promise I shall praise, On which I now rely; God I trust, and, trusting him, the arm of flesh defy. hey wrest my words, and make them speak sense they never meant; meir thoughts are all,with restless spite, my destruction bent. n close assemblies they combine, thy just wrath, too long provok'd, first was compell'd to flee; O very tears are treasur'd up, When therefore I invoke thy aid, And, as thy glory fills the sky, Thy truth beyond the clouds extends. SPEAK, O ye judges of the earth, Or must not innocence appeal are Alike by malice sway'd; While others through the city vangt, And ransack ev'ry street. 7 Their throats envenom'd slande breathe; Their tongues are sharpen'd swords; Who hears?' say they, 'or, bearing dares 'Reprove our lawless words?' 8.But from thy throne thou shalt,0 Lord, Their baffled plots deride; And soon to shame and scorn expose Their boasted heathen pride. 9 On thee I wait; 'tis on thy strength For succour I depend; 'Tis thou, O God, art my defence, 10 Thy mercy, Lord, which has so oft 11 Destroy them not, O Lord, at once; By thy avenging pow'r; Do thou bring down their haughty pride, O Lord, our shield and tow'r. 12 Now, in the height of all their hopes Their arrogance chastise; Whose tongues have sinn'd without re straint, And curses join'd with lies. 13 Nor shalt thou, whilst their race en dures; Thine anger, Lord, suppress; That distant lands, by their just doom, May Israel's God confess. 14 At ev'ning let them still persist 16 Whilst early I thy mercy sing, 17 To thee, with never-ceasing praise, O God, my strength, I'll sing; Thou art my God, the rock from Our strength, that firm as earth did ndrasis stand, rent by thy avenging hand; br heal the breaches thou hast made: ere shake, we fall, without thy aid! hur folly's sad effects we feel; 8 So shall I ever sing thy praise, ds, drunk with discord's cup we reel: MY soul for help on God relies; But now, for them who thee rever'd, My bou hast thy truth's bright banner rear'd. Lord. pret thy right hand thy saints protect; rd, hear the pray'rs that we direct: The holy God has spoke; and I, herjoy'd, on his firm word rely: thee in portions I'll divide or Sichem's soil, Samaria's pride; Sichem, Succoth, next I'll join, mermeasure out her vale by line." Manasseh, Gilead, both subscribe my commands, with Ephraim's tribe; hraim by arms supports my cause, d Judah by religious laws. TOWE DO? aughh Ioab my slave and drudge shall be, hud Palestine's imperious state ព clear my way to Edom's tow'rs? through her guarded frontiers tread de path that doth to conquest lead? Ev'n thou, O God, who hath dispers'd troops; (for we forsook thee first;) se whom thou didst in wrath forsake, the b n'd, thou wilt victoricus make. Do thou our fainting cause sustain; the human succours are but vain. Fresh strength and courage God be stows: he treads down our proudest foes. PSALM LXI. ORD, hear my cry, regard my pray'r, Which I, oppress'd with grief, rom earth's remotest parts address eo thee for kind relief." edge me safe beyond the reach eath the covert of thy wings, sign my vows are heard, once more o'er thy chosen reign; ! bless with long and prosp'rous life let thy truth and mercy both From him alone my safety flows; Rock, my Health, that strength supplies, To bear the shock of all my foes. Or fence of uncemented stone. For they, though with their mouths. they bless, In private curse with inward spite. To bear the shock of all my foes. On him my soul shall still depend. For God, the merciful and just, His timely aid to us imparts. The great dissemble and betray; 10 Then trust not in oppressive ways; crease, Be set too much upon your gain. Belongs, of right, to God alone. GOD, my gracious God, to thee be; For thee my thirsty soul does pant: My fainting flesh implores thy grace. Within this dry and barren place, Where I refreshing waters want. 2 0! to my longing eyes, once more That view of glorious pow'r restore, Which thy majestic house displays: |