5. Be wise ye Ruler of the earth, Obey th' anointed Lord,

Adore the King of heav'nly birth,

And tremble at his word.

6. With humble love address his throne,

For if ye frown ye die :

Those are secure and those alo:e

Who on his grace rely.

PSALM 1. LONG METHE.
Christ's death, resurection, and ascension.

WHY did the Jews proclaim their rage?
The Romans why their swords employ
Against the Lord? their pow'rs engage
His dear Anointed to destroy?

2. "Come, let us break his bands," they say,
"This man shall never give us laws:"
And thus they cast his yoke away,

And nail'd the Monarch to the cross.

3. But God, who high in glory reigns, Laughs at their pride, their rage controls; He'll vex their hearts with inward pains, And speak in thunder to their souls.

4. "I will maintain the King I made "On Zion's everlasting hill;

66

My hand shall bring him from the dead, "And he shall stand your Sov'reign still."

20

10

5. [His wondrous rising from the earth Makes his eternal Godhead known: The Lord declares his heav'nly birth, "This day I have begot my Son,

6." Ascend my Son to my right hand,
"There thou shalt ask and I bestow
"The utmost bounds of Heathen land;
"To thee the northern isles shall bow."]
7. But nations that resist his grace
Shall fall before his iron stroke:

His rod shall crush his foes with ease,
As potters' earthen work is broke.

PAUSE.

8. Now ye that sit on earthly thrones

Be wise, and serve the the Lord, the Lamb;
Now at his feet submit your crowns,

Rejoice and tremble at his name.

9. With humble love address the Son,

Lest he grow angry and ye die:

His wrath will burn to worlds unknown.

If ye provoke his jealousy.

10. His storms shall drive you quick to hell;

He is a God, and ye but dust:

Happy the souls that know him well,

20

30

And make his grace their only trust.*

40

* Stanza v. Declared to be the Son of God with power by

bis resurrection from the dead, Rom. i. 4.

PSALM III. COMMON METRE.

Doubts and fears suppressed, or, God our defence from sin

My

and Satan.

y God, how many are my fears! How fast my foes increase!

Conspiring my eternal death

They break my present peace.

2. The lying tempter would persuade There's no relief in Heav'n,

And all my swelling sins appear

Too big to be forgiv'n.

3. But thou, my glory and my strength,

Shalt on the tempter tread,

Shalt silence all my threat'ning guilt,

And raise my drooping head.

[4. I cry'd, and from his holy hill

He bow'd a list'ning ear:

I call'd my Father and my God,

And he subdu'd my fear.

5. He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes

In spite of all my foes:

I'woke, and wonder'd at the grace

That guarded my repose.]

6. What tho' the hosts of Death and Hell

All arm'd against me stood?

Terrors no more shall shake my soul;

My refuge is my God.

10

20

7. Arise O Lord! fulfil thy grace While I thy glory sing:

My God has broke the serpent's teeth,
And Death has lost his sting.

8. Salvation to the Lord belongs, His arm alone can save;

Blessings attend thy people here,
And reach beyond the grave.†

PSALM III. VER. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8. LONG METRE.
A Morring Psalm.

LORD, how many are my foes
In this weak state of flesh and blood!
My peace they daily discompose,
But my defence and hope is God.

2. Tir'd with the burdens of the day
To thee I rais'd an ev'ning cry:
Thou heard's: when I began to pray,
And thine almighty help was nigh.

3. Supported by thine heav'nly aid
I laid me down and slept secure :
Not death should make my heart afraid
Tho' I should wake and rise no more.

* In this Psalm I have changed David's personal enemies into the spiritual enemies of every Christian, namely, sin, Satan, &c. and have mentioned the serpent, the tempter, the guilt of sin, and the sting of death, which are words well known in The New Tes

ament.

4. But God sustain'd me all the night; Salvation doth to God belong;

He rais'd my head to see the light,

And make his praise my morning song.

*

PSALM IV. VER. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. LONG METRE. Hearing of prayer, or, God our portion, and Christ our hope.

O God of grace and righteousness
Hear and attend when I complain;
Thou hast enlarg'd me in distress,
Bow down a gracious ear again.

2. Ye Sons of men! in vain ye try
To turn my glory into shame:
How long will scoffers love to lie
And dare reproach my Saviour's name?

3. Know that the Lord divides his saints From all the tribes of men beside;

He hears the cry of penitents

For the dear sake of Christ that dy'd.

4. When our obedient hands have done A thousand works of righteousness We put our trust in God alone,

And glory in his pard'ning grace.

10

In the 3d and 4th Psalms there is a verse or two that shew the one to be writ in the morning the other in the evening, wherefore I have chosen out those parts that seem most easily applicable, and have turned them into a morning and evening song.

Volume 1.

D