Correction for sin, and release by prayer. From age to age exalt his Name,God and his grace are still the same;He fills the hungry soul with food,And feeds the poor with every good. But if their hearts rebel and riseAgainst the God that rules the skies,If they reject his heavenly word,And slight the counsels of […]

Intemperance punished and pardoned; or,A psalm for the glutton and the drunkard. Vain man, on foolish pleasures bent,Prepares for his own punishment;What pains, what loathsome maladiesFrom luxury and lust arise! The drunkard feels his vitals waste,Yet drowns his health to please his taste;Till all his active powers are lost,And fainting life draws near the dust. […]

Israel led to Canaan,and Christians to Heaven. Give thanks to God; he reigns above,Kind are his thoughts, his Name is love;His mercy ages past have known,And ages long to come shall own. Let the redeemed of the LordThe wonders of his grace record;Israel, the nation whom he chose,And rescu’d from their mighty foes. [When God’s […]

Psalm 106:2. 7 8 12-14 43-48. 2d PartIsrael punished and pardoned;or, God’s unchangeable love. God of eternal love,How fickle are our ways!And yet how oft did Israel proveThy constancy of grace! They saw thy wonders wrought,And then thy praise they sung;But soon thy works of power forgot,And murmur’d with their tongue. Now they believe his […]

Psalm 105. AbridgedGod’s conduct of Israel, and the plagues of Egypt. Give thanks to God, invoke his Name,And tell the world his grace;Sound thro’ the earth his deeds of fame,That all may seek his face. His covenant, which he kept in mindFor numerous ages past,To numerous ages yet behind,In equal force shall last. He sware […]

Psalm 106:1. 1-5. First PartPraise to God; or, Communion with saints. To God, the great, the ever blest,Let songs of honour be addrest:His mercy firm for ever stands;Give him the thanks his love demands. Who knows the wonders of thy ways?Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise?Blest are the souls that fear thee still,And pay their […]

Psalm 103:3. 1-7. First Part, S. M.Praise for spiritual and temporal mercies. O Bless the Lord, my soul;Let all within me join,And aid my tongue to bless his Name,Whose favours are divine. O bless the Lord, my soul;Nor let his mercies lieForgotten in unthankfulness,And without praises die. ‘Tis he forgives thy sins,‘Tis he relieves thy […]

Psalm 103:4. 8-18. Second Part. S. M.Abounding compassion of God; or,Mercy in the midst of judgment. My soul, repeat his praiseWhose mercies are so great,Whose anger is so slow to rise,So ready to abate. God will not always chide;And when his strokes are felt,His strokes are fewer than our crimes,And lighter than our guilt. High […]

Psalm 103:5. 19-22. Third Part. S. M.God’s universal dominion;or, Angels praise the Lord. The lord, the sovereign King,Hath fix’d his throne on high;O’er all the heavenly world he rules,And all beneath the sky. Ye angels great in might,And swift to do his will,Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear,Whose pleasure ye fulfil. Let the […]

The glory of God in creation and providence. My soul, thy great Creator praise;When cloth’d in his celestial raysHe in full Majesty appears,And, like a robe, his glory wears. [Note, This psalm may be sung to the tune of the old 112th or 127th Psalm, by adding the two following lines to every stanza, viz. […]

Psalm 102:3. 25-28. Third PartMan’s mortality and Christ’s eternity; or,Saints die, but Christ and the church live. It is the Lord our Saviour’s handWeakens our strength amidst the race;Disease and death at his commandArrest us, and cut short our days. Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray,Nor let our sun go down at noon:Thy years […]

Psalm 103:1. 1-7. First Part. L. M.Blessing God for his goodness to soul and body. Bless, O my soul, the living God,Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad;Let all the powers within me joinIn work and worship so divine. Bless, O my soul, the God of grace;His favours claim thy highest praise;Why should the wonders […]

Psalm 103:2. 8-18. Second Part. L. M.God’s gentle chastisement; or,His tender mercy to his people. The Lord, how wondrous are his ways:How firm his truth how large his grace;He takes his mercy for his throne,And thence he makes his glories known. Not half so high his power hath spreadThe starry heavens above our head,As his […]

Psalm 102:2. 13-21. Second PartPrayer heard and Zion restored. Let Zion and her sons rejoice,Behold the promis’d hour;Her God hath heard her mourning voice,And comes t’ exalt his power. Her dust and ruins that remainAre precious in our eyes;Those ruins shall be built again,And all that dust shall rise. The Lord will raise Jerusalem,And stand […]

Psalm 101:1. L. M.The Magistrate’s psalm. Mercy 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 bring. If I am rais’d to bear the sword,I’ll take my counsels from thy word;Thy justice and thy heavenly graceShall be the pattern of my ways. […]

Psalm 101:2. C. M.A psalm for a master of a family. Of justice and of grace I sing,And pay my God my vows;Thy grace and justice, heavenly King,Teach me to rule my house. Now to my tent, O God, repair,And make thy servant wise;I’ll suffer nothing near me thereThat shall offend thine eyes. The man […]

Psalm 102:1. 1-13 20 21. First PartA prayer of the afflicted. Hear me, O God, nor hide thy face,But answer lest I die;Hast thou not built a throne of graceTo hear when sinners cry? My days are wasted like the smokeDissolving in the air;My strength is dry’d, my heart is broke,And sinking in despair. My […]

A holy God worshipped with reverence. Exalt the Lord our God,And worship at his feet;His nature is all holiness,And mercy is his seat. When Israel was his church,When Aaron was his priest,When Moses cry’d, when Samuel pray’d,He gave his people rest. Oft he forgave their sins,Nor would destroy their race;And oft he made his vengeance […]

Psalm 100:1. 1st M. a Plain TranslationPraise to our Creator. Ye nations round the earth rejoiceBefore the Lord, your sovereign King;Serve him with cheerful heart and voice,With all your tongues his glory sing. The Lord is God; ’tis he aloneDoth life, and breath, and being give:We are his work, and not our own;The sheep that […]

Psalm 100:2. 2d M. a Paraphrase Sing to the Lord with joyful voice;Let every land his name adore;The British isles shall send the noiseAcross the ocean to the shore. Nations, attend before his throneWith solemn fear, with sacred joy;Know that the Lord is God alone;He can create, and he destroy. His sovereign power, without our […]