Psalm 93:3. 3d M. As the Old 122d PsalmThe same. The Lord Jehovah reignsAnd royal state maintains,His head with awful glories crown’d;Array’d in robes of light,Begirt with sovereign might,And rays of majesty around. Upheld by thy commandsThe world securely stands;And skies and stars obey thy word:Thy throne was fix’d on highBefore the starry sky;Eternal is […]

Psalm 94:2. 16-23. Second PartGod our support and comfort; or, Deliverancefrom temptation and persecution. Who will arise and plead my rightAgainst my numerous foes,While earth and hell their force unite,And all my hopes oppose? Had not the Lord, my rock, my help,Sustain’d my fainting head,My life had now in silence dwelt,My soul amongst the dead. […]

Summer and winter.A song for Great Britain. O Britain, praise thy mighty God,And make his honours known abroad,He bid the ocean round thee flow;Not bars of brass could guard thee so. Thy children are secure and blest;Thy shores have peace, thy cities rest;He feeds thy sons with finest wheat,And adds his blessing to their meat. […]

The divine nature, providence and grace. Praise ye the Lord; ’tis good to raiseOur hearts and voices in his praise;His nature and his works inviteTo make this duty our delight. The Lord builds up Jerusalem,And gathers nations to his Name:His mercy melts the stubborn soul,And makes the broken spirit whole. He form’d the stars, those […]

Psalm 145:4. 14 17 etc. Third PartMercy to sufferers; or, God hearing prayer. Let every tongue thy goodness speak,Thou sovereign Lord of all;Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak,And raise the poor that fall. When sorrow bows the spirit down,Or virtue lies distrestBeneath some proud oppressor’s frown,Thou giv’st the mourners rest. The Lord supports our tottering […]

Psalm 146:1. L. M.Praise to God for his goodness and truth. Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall joinIn work so pleasant, so divine,Now, while the flesh is mine abode,And when my soul ascends to God. Praise shall employ my noblest powers,While immortality endures;My days of praise shall ne’er be past,While life and thought and […]

Praise to God for his goodness and truth. I’ll praise my Maker with my breath;And when my voice is lost in deathPraise shall employ my nobler powers:My days of praise shall ne’er he pastWhile life and thought and being last,Or immortality endures. Why should I make a man my trust?Princes must die and turn to […]

Psalm 145:1. L. M.The greatness of God. My God, my King, thy various praiseShall fill the remnant of my days;Thy grace employ my humble tongueTill death and glory raise the song. The wings of every hour shall bearSome thankful tribute to thine ear;And every setting sun shall seeNew works of duty done for thee. Thy […]

Psalm 145:2. 1-7 11-13. First PartThe greatness of God. Long as I live I’ll bless thy Name,My King, my God of love;My work and joy shall be the sameIn the bright world above. Great is the Lord, his power unknown,And let his praise be great:I’ll sing the honours of thy throne,Thy works of grace repeat. […]

Psalm 145:3. 7 etc. Second PartThe goodness of God. Sweet is the memory of thy grace,My God, my heavenly king;Let age to age thy righteousnessIn sounds of glory sing. God reigns on high, but not confinesHis goodness to the skies;Thro’ the whole earth his bounty shines,And every want supplies. With longing eyes thy creatures waitOn […]

Psalm 144:1. 1 2. First PartAssistance and victory in the spiritual warfare. For ever blessed be the Lord,My Saviour and my shield;He sends his Spirit with his wordTo arm me for the field. When sin and hell their force unite,He makes my soul his care,Instructs me to the heavenly fight,And guards me thro’ the war. […]

Psalm 144:2. 3 4 5 6. Second PartThe vanity of man, and condescension of God. Lord, what is man, poor feeble man,Born of the earth at first!His life a shadow, light and vain,Still hasting to the dust. O what is feeble dying manOr any of his race,That God should make it his concernTo visit him […]

Psalm 144:3. 12-15. Third PartGrace above riches; or, The happy nation. Happy the city, where their sonsLike pillars round a palace set,And daughters bright as polish’d stonesGive strength and beauty to the state. Happy the country, where the sheep,Cattle, and corn, have large increase;Where men securely work or sleep,Nor sons of plunder break the peace. […]

God is the hope of the helpless. To God I made my sorrows known,From God I sought relief;In long complaints before his throneI pour’d out all my grief. My soul was overwhelm’d with woes,My heart began to break;My God, who all my burdens knows,He knows the way I take. On every side I cast mine […]

Complaint of heavy afflictions in mind and body. My righteous Judge, my gracious God,Hear when I spread my hands abroadAnd cry for succour from thy throne,O make thy truth and mercy known. Let judgment not against me pass;Behold thy servant pleads thy grace:Should justice call us to thy bar,No man alive is guiltless there. Look […]

Psalm 139:5. Second Part. C. M.The wisdom of God in the formation of man. When I with pleasing wonder stand,And all my frame survey,Lord, ’tis thy work; I own thy handThus built my humble clay. Thy hand my heart and reins possestWhere unborn nature grew,Thy wisdom all my features trac’d,And all my members drew. Thine […]

Psalm 139:6. 14 17 18. Third Part. C. M.The mercies of God innumerable.An evening psalm. Lord, when I count thy mercies o’er,They strike me with surprise;Not all the sands that spread the shoreTo equal numbers rise. My flesh with fear and wonder stands,The product of thy skill,And hourly blessings from thy hands,Thy thoughts of love […]

Psalm 141. 2-5Watchfulness, and brotherly reproof.A morning or evening psalm. My God, accept my early vows,Like morning incense in thine house,And let my nightly worship riseSweet as the evening sacrifice. Watch o’er my lips, and guard them, Lord,From every rash and heedless word;Nor let my feet incline to treadThe guilty path where sinners lead. O […]

Psalm 139:3. Third Part. L. M.Sincerity professed, and grace tried;or, The heart-searching of God. My God, what inward grief I feelWhen impious men transgress thy will!I mourn to hear their lips profaneTake thy tremendous Name in vain. Does not my soul detest and hateThe sons of malice and deceit?Those that oppose thy laws and theeI […]

Psalm 139:4. First Part. C. M.God is every where. In all my vast concerns with theeIn vain my soul would tryTo shun thy presence, Lord, or fleeThe notice of thine eye. Thy all-surrounding sight surveysMy rising and my rest,My public walks, my private ways,And secrets of my breast. My thoughts lie open to the LordBefore […]