s Lord, who fhall to thy Hill afcend?
Who fuppliant at thine Altars bend?

Whofe Hands and Heart from Guilt are free,
Who ne'er to Idols bow'd the Knee;
4 Nor, ftudious of Deceit, would try,
By Oaths to confecrate a Lie ;
On fuch th' Almighty from above
Shall heap the Bleffings of his Love;
Such only form the chofen Choir,
Whofe Feet, with licens'd Step, afpire
To vifit Sion's bleft Abode;

Who seek the Face of Jacob's God.

6 Lift, lift your Heads, each hallow'd Gate, Aloft, with fudden Spring, your Weight, Ye everlasting Portals, rear ;

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Behold the King of Glory near.

But who this King of Glory? fay,

The God, whom Heav'n's high Hofts obey:
In him that King of Glory view,

And yield to him the Homage due.

PSALM XXIV. Second Verfion.

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The Character of a Man approved of God.
HIS fpacious Earth is all the Lord's,
The Lord's her Fulness is;

The World, and they who dwell therein,
By fov'reign Right are his.

2 He fram'd and fix'd it on the Seas,
And his almighty Hand

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Upon inconftant Floods has made
The ftable Fabric ftand.

But for himself this Lord of all,
One chofen Seat defign'd;

O who fhall to that facred Hill

Defir'd Admittance find?

The Man whofe Hands and Heart are pure,
Whofe Thoughts from Pride are free;

Who honeft Poverty prefers

To gainful Perjury.

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5 This, this is he, on whom the Lord,
Shall show'r his Bleffings down,
Whom God his Saviour fhall vouchfafe
With Righteousness to crown.

6 Such is the Race of Saints, by whom
The facred Courts are trod;
And fuch who feek acceptably
The Face of Jacob's God.

PSALM XXIV. Third Verfion. WATTS.
Dwelling with God.

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HE Earth for ever is the Lord's With Adam's num'rous Race; He rais'd its Arches on the Floods, And built it on the Seas.

2 But who among the Sons of Men May vifit thine Abode ?

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He who has Hands from Mischief clean,
Whose Heart is right with God.

This is the Man may rise and take
The Bleffings of his Grace;
This is the Lot of those who seek
The God of Jacob's Face.

4 Now let our Souls immortal Pow'rs
To meet the Lord prepare,
Lift up their everlasting Doors,
The King of Glory's near.

5 The King of Glory! Who can tell
The Wonders of his Might?
He rules the Nations; but to dwell
With Saints is his Delight.

PSALM XXIV. Fourth Verfion. Firft Part. WATTS.

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Saints dwell in Heaven.

HIS fpacious Earth is all the Lord's,

And Men and Worms, and Beafts and Birds:

He rais'd the Building on the Seas,

And gave it for their Dwelling-Place.

2 But there's a brighter World on high,
Thy Palace, Lord, above the Sky:
Who fhall afcend that bleft Abode,
And dwell fo near his Maker God?

3 He who abhors and fears to fin,

Whose Heart is pure, whose Hands are clean,
Him fhall the Lord the Saviour bless,
And fill his Soul with Righteousness.

4 Thefe are the Men, the pious Race
Who seek the God of Jacob's Face:
These shall enjoy the blissful Sight,
And dwell in everlasting Light.

PSALM XXIV. Fourth Verfion. Second Part.
Chrift's Afcenfion.

'REJOICE, ye fhining Worlds on high,

Behold the King of Glory nigh;

Who can this King of Glory be?
The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he.
2 Ye heav'nly Gates, your Leaves display
To make the Lord the Saviour Way:
Laden with Spoils from Earth and Hell
The Conqu'ror comes with God to dwell.
3 Rais'd from the Dead he goes before,
He opens Heav'n's eternal Door,
To give his Saints a blest Abode
Near their Redeemer, and their God.

PSALM XXV. First Version.

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A Prayer for Direction and Pardon.
OD of my Health, from Morn to Eve
In thee my Hopes have learn'd to live;

O lead me in thy Truth, and ftore

My Heart with thy celestial Lore.

2 Thy Mercy, Lord, recall to Mind,
Whofe Beams from earliest Age have shin'd,
And let Oblivion's thickest Veil

Th' Offences of my Youth conceal.

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3 Thy wonted Pity, Lord, impart,
While in the Anguith of my Heart
The Burthen of my Guilt I own,
And humbled bow before thy Throne.

4 Good, Lord, and just art thou; thy Love
Returning Sinners joy to prove,
And led by thy aufpicious Ray
Correct the Error of their Way.
5 In thee fhall each of humble Mind
The Friend and fure Inftructor find,
With Joy thy equal Paths fhall tread,
By Mercy and by Truth outfpread.

PSALM XXV. First Version. Second Part. MERRICK
God the Guide of the Meek and Humble.

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O thee, great God, my Soul fhall rise;
On thee my stedfast Mind relies ;
Thy Paths, bleft Source of Light, display,
And teach my doubting Steps thy Way.

Ye Souls that to his Fear incline,

Secure to God your Steps refign,

And learn from his directing Hand
What Path may best your Choice demand.
3 How bleft, thy Precepts, Lord, who knows!
As o'er Life's Pilgrimage he goes,

See Peace and Safety nightly spread
Their Tent around his favor'd Head:
4 See, rang'd in fair Defcent, his Line
The Lot which thy Decrees affign
Divide, and, long as Time fhall laft,
The Bleffings of thy Bounty taste.
5 Who bow to thee th' attentive Ear,
The Secrets of thy Will shall hear ;
Thy Cov'nant, Lord, to fuch reveal'd,
Shall Light and heav'nly Transport yield.

PSALM XXV. Second Verfion. TATE.
God the Guide of his Servants.

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'HOE'ER, with humble Fear,
To God his Duty pays,

Shall find the Lord a faithful Guide
i all his righteous Ways.

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For God to all his Saints

His holy Will imparts;

And will his gracious Cov'nant write

In their obedient Hearts.

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Who his Direction feek;

And in his facred Paths will lead
The Humble and the Meek.

Thro' all the Ways of God
Both Truth and Mercy shine,

To those who, with religious Hearts,

To his bleft Will incline.

Let all my righteous Deeds

To full Perfection rife;

Because my firm and conftant Hope

On thee, O God, relies.

PSALM XXV. Third Verfion. First Part. WATTS. Waiting for Pardon and Direction.

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ROM the first dawning Light
Till the dark Evening rife

For thy Salvation, Lord, I wait
With ever-longing Eyes.
Remember all thy Grace,
And lead me in thy Truth
Forgive the Sins of riper Days"
And Follies of my Youth.
The Lord is just and kind,
The Meek fhall learn his Ways,
And ev'ry humble Sinner find

The Methods of his Grace.

He faves my Soul from Shame;

He pardons, tho' my Guilt be great,

Thro' my Redeemer's Name.

PSALM XXV. Third Verfion. Second Part. WATTS

The Meek and Humble divinely instructed.

HERE fhall the Man be found

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Who fears t'offend his God,

Who loves the Gofpel's joyful Sound,

And trembles at the Rod?