2 This man shall rest and safety find
In seasons of distress;

Whilst GoD prepares a pit for those
That stubbornly transgress.

3 For GOD will never from his saints
His favor wholly take;
His own possession and his lot
He will not quite forsake.

4 The world shall yet confess thee just
In all that thou hast done;

And those that choose thy upright ways
Shall in those paths go on.

5 Long since had I in silence slept,
But that the LORD was near,

To stay me when I slipp'd; when sad,
My troubled heart to cheer.

6 My soul's defence is firmly placed
In GOD, the LORD most high:
He is my rock, to which I may
For refuge always fly.

SELECTION 74. L. M.

From the xcv. Psalm of David.

1 O COME, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks to our Almighty King;
For we our voices high should raise,
When our salvation's rock we praise.

2 Into his presence let us haste,
To thank him for his favors past;
To him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to his Name belongs:

3 For God the LORD, enthroned in state,
Is with unrivall'd glory great;
A King superior far to all

Whom gods the heathen falsely call.

4 The depths of earth are in his hand,
Her secret wealth at his command;
The strength of hills that reach the skies
Subjected to his empire lies.

5 The rolling ocean's vast abyss

By the same sovereign right is his;
"Twas made by his almighty hand,
That form'd and fix'd the solid land.

6 O let us to his courts repair,

And bow with adoration there;
Down on our knees devoutly all
Before the LORD, our Maker, fall.

7 For he's our GoD, our Shepherd he,
His flock and pasture-sheep are we:
O then, ye faithful flock, to-day
His warning hear, his voice obey.

SELECTION 75. II. 8.

From the xcvi. Psalm of David.

1 SING to the LORD a new-made song; Let earth in one assembled throng,

Her common Patron's praise resound: Sing to the LORD, and bless his Name, From day to day his praise proclaim,

Who us has with salvation crown'd: To heathen lands his fame rehearse, His wonders to the universe.

2 He's great, and greatly to be praised; In majesty and glory raised

Above all other deities;
For pageantry and idols all

Are they whom gods the heathen call;
He only rules who made the skies:
With majesty and honor crown'd,
Glory and strength his throne surround.

3 Be glory then to him restored

By all who have false gods adored:
Ascribe due honor to his Name,
Peace-offerings on his altar lay,
Before his throne your homage pay,
Which he, and he alone, can claim:

To worship at his sacred court,
Let all the trembling world resort.

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4 Proclaim aloud, JEHOVAH reigns,
Whose power the universe sustains,
And banish'd justice will restore:
Let therefore heaven new joys confess,
And heavenly mirth let earth express,
Its loud applause the ocean roar,
Its mute inhabitants rejoice,
And for this triumph find a voice.

5 For joy let fertile valleys sing,
The cheerful groves their tribute bring,
And tuneful harmonies awake:
Behold! in truth and justice clad,
GOD comes to judge the world he made,
And to himself its throne to take:
He's come, to judge the world he's come,
With justice to reward and doom.

SELECTION 76. L. M.

From the xcvii. Psalm of David.

1 JEHOVAH reigns, let all the earth
In his just government rejoice;
Let all the lands, with sacred mirth,
In his applause unite their voice.

2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade
His dazzling glory shroud in state;
Judgment and righteousness are made
The habitation of his seat.

3 For thou, O GOD, art seated high,
Above earth's potentates enthroned;
Thou, LORD, unrivall'd in the sky,
Supreme by all the gods art own'd.

4 Ye who to serve this LORD aspire,

Abhor what's ill, and truth esteem; He'll keep his servants' souls entire,

And them from wicked hands redeem.

5 For seeds are sown of glorious light,
A future harvest for the just;
And gladness for the heart that 's right,
To recompense its pious trust.

6 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the LORD; Memorials of his holiness

Deep in your faithful breasts record,

And with your thankful tongues confess.

SELECTION 77. C. M.

From the xcviii. Psalm of David.

1 SING to the LORD a new-made song,
Who wondrous things has done;
With his right hand and holy arm,
The conquest he has won.

2 The LORD has through th' astonish'd world Display'd his saving might,

And made his righteous acts appear
In all the heathen's sight.

3 Of Israel's house his love and truth
Have ever mindful been;

Wide earth's remotest parts the power
Of Israel's GOD have seen.

4 Let therefore earth's inhabitants
Their cheerful voices raise,
And all with universal joy
Resound their Maker's praise.

5 With harp and hymn's soft melody,
Into the concert bring

The trumpet and shrill cornet's sound,
Before th' Almighty King.

6 Let the loud ocean roar her joy,
With all that seas contain;

The earth and her inhabitants
Join concert with the main.

7 Let floods and torrents clap their hands,
With joy their homage pay;

Let echoing vales, from hill to hill,
Redoubled shouts convey:

8 To welcome down the world's great Judge,

Who does with justice come,

And with impartial equity,

Both to reward and doom.

SELECTION 78. C. M.

From the xcix. Psalm of David.

1 JEHOVAH reigns; let therefore all
The guilty nations quake:

On cherubs' wings he sits enthroned ;
Let earth's foundations shake.

2 On Sion's hill he keeps his court,
His palace makes her towers;
And thence his sovereignty extends
Supreme o'er earthly powers.

3 Let therefore all with praise address
His great and dreadful Name;
And with his unresisted might
His holiness proclaim.

4 For truth and justice, in his reign,
Of strength and power take place;
His judgments are with righteousness
Dispensed to Jacob's race.

5 Therefore exalt the LORD our God,
Before his footstool fall;
And with his unresisted might
His holiness extol.

6 With worship at his sacred courts
Exalt our GOD and LORD;

For he, who only holy is,
Alone should be adored.

SELECTION 79. L. M.

From the c. Psalm of David.

1 WITH one consent let all the earth To GOD their cheerful voices raise; Glad homage pay with awful mirth, And sing before him songs of praise.

2 Convinced that he is GoD alone,

From whom both we and all proceed; We whom he chooses for his own,

The flock that he vouchsafes to feed.

3 O enter then his temple gate,

Thence to his courts devoutly press; And still your grateful hymns repeat, And still his Name with praises bless.