3 He spread the ocean round
The circuit of the land,
And made the rising ground
Above the waters stand.
Praise ye, &c.

4 When groaning 'neath the yoke,
We lay in bondage low,
Our heavy chains he broke,

And sav'd us from our foe.

5 In desart lands he feeds

His flock with lib'ral hand,

Them safe through dangers leads
Unto a happy land.
Praise ye, &c.

6 Beings of every kind,

With bounty he supplies,
Each have their good assign'd,
And in their sphere rejoice.
Praise ye the Lord, Hallelujah!

20.

PSALM CXlviii.

1 YE boundless realms of joy,

Exalt your Maker's name,
His praise your song employ,

Above the starry frame;

Your voices raise,

Ye Cherubim

And Seraphim,
To sing his praise,

2 Thou moon that rul'st the night,
And sun that guid❜st the day;
Ye sparkling stars of light,
To him your homage pay;
His praise declare,

Ye heavens above,

And clouds that move
In liquid air.

3 Let earth and seas combine,

To spread his name abroad;
Join men of every line,
And bow before your God;
Earth's utmost ends

His power obey,

His glorious sway
O'er all extends.

4 Ye, chiefly, of the lands

1

Where shines his heavenly light,

Obey what he commands,

And in his ways delight.

IN

O! ever raise

Your grateful voice,
And still rejoice
Your God to praise.

21.

PROV. i. 20-31.

streets, and op'nings of the gates, where pours the busy crowd,

Thus heav'nly Wisdom lifts her voice, and cries to men aloud:

2 How long, ye scorners of the truth,
scornful will ye remain?

How long shall fools their folly love,
and hear my words in vain?

3 O turn, at last, at my reproof!
and, in that happy hour,

His bless'd effusions on your heart
my Spirit down shall pour.

4 But since so long with earnest voice
to you in vain I call,

Since all my counsels and reproofs
thus ineffectual fall;

5 The time will come, when humbled low, in sorrow's evil day,

Your voice by anguish shall be taught, but taught too late, to pray.

6 When like the whirlwind o'er the deep, comes Desolation's blast,

1

Pray'rs then extorted shall be vain,
the hour of mercy past.

22.

PROV. iii. 13-17.

HAPPY is the man who hears

instruction's warning voice,

And who celestial Wisdom makes
his early, only choice!

2 For she has treasures greater far
than east or west unfold;

And her rewards more precious are
than all their stores of gold.

3 In her right hand she holds to view a length of happy days;

Riches, with splendid honours join'd, are what her left displays.

4 She guides the young with innocence in pleasure's paths to tread; A crown of glory she bestows upon the hoary head.

5 According as her labours rise,
so her rewards increase;

Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.

23.

PROV. vi. 6-12.

1 YE indolent and slothful rise,
View the ant's labours, and be wise;
She has no guide to point her way,
No ruler chiding her delay:

2 Yet see with what incessant cares

She for the Winter storm prepares;
In Summer she provides her meat,
And harvest finds her store complete.

3 But when will slothful man arise? How long shall sleep seal up his eyes? His Winter comes, and want assails, When days are dark and nature fails.

24.

PROV. viii. 22, to the end.

1 KEEP silence, all ye sons of men, and hear with rev'rence due; Eternal Wisdom from above,

thus lifts her voice to you:

2 I was th' Almighty's chief delight
from everlasting days,

Ere yet his arm was stretched forth
The heavens and earth to raise.

3 With joy I saw th' abode prepar'd
which men were soon to fill;
Them from the first of days I lov'd;
unchang'd, I love them still.

4 Now, therefore, hearken to my words ye children, and be wise: Happy the man that keeps my ways, the man that shuns them dies.

5 Where dubious paths perplex the mind, direction I afford;

Life shall be his that follows me,

and favour from the Lord.

6 But he who scorns my sacred laws,
shall deeply wound his heart;
He courts destruction who contemns
the counsel I impart.

25.

PROV. xxiii. 17.

10 Happy souls, from heaven born,

while yet they sojourn here; Who all their days begin with God, and spend them in his fear.