Psalm 117:2. L. M. From all that dwell below the skies,Let the Creator’s praise arise!Let the Redeemer’s name be sungThro’ every land, by every tongue. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;Eternal truth attends thy word:Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,Till suns shall rise and set no more.

Recovery from sickness. I love the Lord; he heard my cries,And pity’d every groan:Long as I live, when troubles rise,I’ll hasten to his throne. I love the Lord; he bow’d his ear,And chas’d my griefs away;O let my heart no more despair,While I have breath to pray! My flesh declin’d, my spirits fell,And I drew […]

Psalm 116:2. 12 etc. Second PartVows made in trouble paid in the church;or, Public thanks for private deliverance. What shall I render to my GodFor all his kindness shown?My feet shall visit thine abode,My songs address thy throne. Among the saints that fill thine house,My offerings shall be paid;There shall my zeal perform the vowsMy […]

As the new tune of the 50th Psalm.Popish idolatry reproved.A psalm for the 5th of November. Not to our names, thou only Just and True,Not to our worthless names is glory due;Thy power and grace, thy truth and justice claimImmortal honours to thy sovereign Name:Shine thro’ the earth from heaven, thy blest abode,Nor let the […]

Psalm 113:2. L. M.God sovereign and gracious. Ye servants of th’ Almighty King,In every age his praises sing;Where’er the sun shall rise or set,The nations shall his praise repeat. Above the earth, beyond the sky,Stands his high throne of majesty:Nor time, nor place, his power restrain,Nor bound his universal reign. Which of the sons of […]

Miracles attending Israel’s journey. When Israel, freed from Pharaoh’s hand,Left the proud tyrant and his land,The tribes with cheerful homage ownTheir King, and Judah was his throne. Across the deep their journey lay;The deep divides to make them way:Jordan beheld their march, and fledWith backward current to his head. The mountains shook like frighted sheep,Like […]

Psalm 115:1. First MetreThe true God our refuge;or, Idolatry reproved. Not to ourselves, who are but dust,Not to ourselves is glory due,Eternal God, thou only just,Thou only gracious, wise, and true. Shine forth in all thy dreadful Name;Why should a heathen’s haughty tongueInsult us, and to raise our shameSay, “Where’s the God you’ve serv’d so […]

Psalm 112:2. L. M.The blessings of the pious and charitable. Thrice happy man who fears the Lord,Loves his commands, and trusts his word;Honour and peace his days attend,And blessings to his seed descend. Compassion dwells upon his mind,To works of mercy still inclin’d:He lends the poor some present aid,Or gives them, not to be repaid. […]

Psalm 112:3. C. M.Liberality rewarded. Happy is he that fears the Lord,And follows his commands,Who lends the poor without reward,Or gives with liberal hands. As pity dwells within his breastTo all the sons of need;So God shall answer his requestWith blessings on his seed, No evil tidings shall surpriseHis well-establish’d mind;His soul to God his […]

Psalm 113:1. Proper TimeThe majesty and condescension of God. Ye that delight to serve the Lord,The honours of his Name record,His sacred Name for ever bless:Where’er the circling sun displaysHis rising beams, or setting rays,Let lands and seas his power confess. Not time, nor nature’s narrow rounds,Can give his vast dominion bounds,The heavens are far […]

The blessings of the liberal man. That man is blest who stands in aweOf God, and loves his sacred law:His seed on earth shall be renown’d;His house the seat of wealth shall be,An inexhausted treasury,And with successive honours crown’d. His liberal favours he extends,To some he gives, to others lends;A generous pity fills his mind:Yet […]

The perfections of God. Great is the Lord; his works of mightDemand our noblest songs;Let his assembled saints uniteTheir harmony of tongues. Great is the mercy of the Lord,He gives his children food;And ever mindful of his word,He makes his promise good. His Son, the great Redeemer, cameTo seal his covenant sure:Holy and reverend is […]

Christ exalted, and multitudes converted;or, The success of the gospel. Thus the eternal Father spakeTo Christ the Son, “Ascend and sit“At my right hand, till I shall make“Thy foes submissive at thy feet. “From Zion shall thy word proceed,“Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand,“Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed,“And bow their wills to […]

The kingdom and priesthood of Christ. Thus the great Lord of earth and seaSpake to his Son, and thus he swore;“Eternal shall thy priesthood be,“And change from hand to hand no more. “Aaron and all his sons must die;“But everlasting life is thine,“To save for ever those that fly“For refuge from the wrath divine. “By […]

Psalm 110:3. C. M.Christ’s kingdom and priesthood. Jesus, our Lord, ascend thy throne,And near the Father sit;In Zion shall thy power be known,And make thy foes submit. What wonders shall thy gospel do!Thy converts shall surpassThe numerous drops of morning dew,And own thy sovereign grace. God hath pronounc’d a firm decree,Nor changes what he swore;“Eternal […]

The wisdom of God in his works. Songs of immortal praise belongTo my almighty God;He has my heart, and he my tongueTo spread his Name abroad. How great the works his hand has wrought!How glorious in our sight!And men in every age have soughtHis wonders with delight. How most exact is nature’s frame!How wise th’ […]

Psalm 107:5. Fourth Part. C. M.The Mariner’s psalm. Thy works of glory, mighty Lord,Thy wonders in the deeps,The sons of courage shall recordWho trade in floating ships. At thy command the winds arise,And swell the towering waves;The men astonish’d mount the skiesAnd sink in gaping graves. [Again they climb the watery hills,And plunge in deeps […]

Colonies planted; or,Nations blest and punished.A psalm for New England. When God, provok’d with daring crimes,Scourges the madness of the times,He turns their fields to barren sand,And dries the rivers from the land. His word can raise the springs again,And make the wither’d mountains green,Send showery blessings from the skies,And harvests in the desert rise. […]

Psalm 109. 1-5 31.Love to enemies, from the example of Christ. God of my mercy and my praise,Thy glory is my song;The sinners speak against thy graceWith a blaspheming tongue. When in the form of mortal manThy Son on earth was found,With cruel slanders, false and vain,They compass’d him around. Their miseries his compassion move,Their […]

Deliverance from storms, andshipwreck; or, The Seaman’s song. Would you behold the works of God,His wonders in the world abroad,Go with the mariners, and traceThe unknown regions of the seas. They leave their native shores behind,And seize the favour of the wind,Till God command, and tempests riseThat heave the ocean to the skies. Now to […]