5. THE Lord, Jehovah, reigns, While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy. Nor thorns infest the ground : Far as the curse is found. And makes the nations prove The kingdom and majesty of Christ. , And saints be humbled there. Let earth adore its Lord : And swift fulfil his word. His honours are divine ; For there his glories shine. How terrible his praise ! In all his works of grace. A holy God worshipped with reverence. God, , And mercy is his seat. 2 When Israel was his church, When Aaron was his priest, He gave his people rest. Nor would destroy their race; And oft he made his vengeance known When they abus'd his grace. 4 Exalt the Lord our God; His grace is still the same: : Still he's a God of holiness, And jealous for his name. Praise to our Creator. 1 , Ye nations bow with sacred joy: Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he destroy. Made us of clay, and form’d us men ; He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care ; Our souls and all our mortal frame : Almighty Maker, to thy name? 4 We'll croud thy gates with thankful songs High as the heav'n our voices raise : Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love : PSALM 100. Second Part. P. M. A general song of praise. Let ev'ry land adore : His goodness and his pow'r. With fear address the Lord : And ev'ry blessing give : And in his pastures live. declare his ways, And let his praise inspire your tongues. 4 Good is the Lord, our God, His truth and mercy sure; His promises endure. The magistrate's psalır. 1 IME ERCY and judgment are my song: And since they both to thee belong, My gracious God, my righteous King, To thee my songs and vows I'll bring. 2 If I am rais'd to bear the sword, I'll take my counsels from thy word : 1 Thy justice and thy heav'nly grace Shall be the pattern of my ways. And let my God with me reside : Which may provoke thy jealousy. To posts of honour, wealth and trust : Shall be my friends and fav'rites still. 5 In vain shall sinners hope to rise By flatt'ring or malicious lies; The bold offender shan't be spar'd. Shall hide their heads, or quit the land ; A psalm for a master of a family. And pay my God my vows: Teach me to rule my house. 2 Now to my tent, O God, repair, And make thy servant wise : That shall offend thine eyes. By falsehood or by force; my doors. 4. I'll seek the faithful and the just, And will their help enjoy ; 1 OF justice and of These are the friends that I shall trust, The servants I'll employ. I'll not endure a night: And banish from my sight. 8 I'll purge my family around, And make the wicked flee; A prayer for the afflicted. o , But answer, lest I die : Hast thou not built a throne of grace To hear when sinners cry? 2 My days are wasted like the smoke Dissolving in the air ; My strength is dried, my heart is broke, And sinking in despair. Burnt with excessive heat : And I forget to eat. The sparrow tells her moan; Far from the tents of joy and hope I sit and grieve alone. Where beasts of midnight howl ; And there the screaming owl. Dwell in my troubled breast; ; a |