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2 With every morning's early dawn
His goodness to relate;

And of his constant truth, each night
The glad effects repeat!

3 To ten-string'd instruments we 'll sing,
With tuneful psalteries join'd;

And to the harp, with solemn sounds,
For sacred use design'd.

4 For through thy wondrous works, O LORD,
Thou mak'st my heart rejoice;

The thoughts of them shall make me glad,
And shout with cheerful voice.

5 How wondrous are thy works, O LORD!
How deep are thy decrees!

Whose winding tracks, in secret laid,
No careless sinner sees.

6 He little thinks, when wicked men,
Like grass, look fresh and gay,

How soon their short-lived splendor must
For ever pass away.

7 But thou, my God, art still most high;
And all thy lofty foes,

Who thought they might securely sin,
Shall be o'erwhelm'd with woes.

8 But righteous men, like rising palms,
Shall grow and flourish still;

Thy flock shall spread, like cedars choice
Ön Lebanon's high hill.

9 These, planted in the house of GOD,
Within his courts shall thrive;

Their vigor and their lustre both
Shall in old age revive.

10 Thus will the LORD his justice show;
And God, my strong defence,

Shall due rewards to all the world
Impartially dispense.

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The LORD, that o'er all nature reigns,
The world's foundation strongly laid,

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And the vast fabric still sustains.

2 How surely stablish'd is thy throne!
Which shall no change or period see;
For thou, O LORD, and thou alone,
Art GOD from all eternity.

3 The floods, O LORD, lift up their voice,
And toss the troubled waves on high;
But God above can still their noise,
And make the angry sea comply.

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And they that in thy house would dwell,
That happy station to secure,

Must still in holiness excel.

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1 SAY ye, the LORD shall not regard,
Shall not your sins discern?
Take heed, ye foolish and unwise;
When will ye wisdom learn?

2 Can he be deaf who form'd the ear,
Or blind, who framed the eye?

Shall earth's great Judge not punish those
Who his known will defy?

3 He fathoms all the hearts of men,
To him their thoughts lie bare;
His eye surveys them all, and sees
How vain their counsels are.

PART II. C. M.

1 BLESS'D is the man whom thou, O LORD,
In kindness dost chastise,

And by thy sacred rules to walk
Dost lovingly advise.

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2 This man shall rest and safety find,

In seasons of distress:

Whilst God prepares a pit for those
That stubbornly transgress.

3 For God will never from his saints
His favor wholly take;

His own possession and his lot
He will not quite forsake.

4 The world shall yet confess thee just
In all that thou hast done :

And those that choose thy upright ways
Shall in those paths go on.

5 Long since had I in silence slept,
But that the LORD was near,

To stay me when I slipp'd; when sad,
My troubled heart to cheer.

6 My soul's defence is firmly placed
In GOD, the LORD most high:
He is my rock, to which I may,
For refuge always fly.

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1 O COME, loud anthems let us sing,
Loud thanks to our Almighty King;
For we our voices high should raise,
When our salvation's rock we praise.
2 Into his presence let us haste,
To thank him for his favors past;
To him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to his Name belongs:

3 For God the LORD, enthroned in state,
Is, with unrivall'd glory, great;

A King superior far to all

Whom gods the Heathen falsely call.

4 The depths of earth are in his hand,
Her secret wealth at his command;"
The strength of hills that reach the skies
Subjected to his empire lies.

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5 The rolling ocean's vast abyss

By the same sovereign right is his;
"I was made by his almighty hand,
That form'd and fix'd the solid land.

6 O let us to his courts repair,

And bow with adoration there;
Down on our knees devoutly all
Before the LORD, our Maker, fall.

7 For he 's our GoD, our shepherd he,
His flock and pasture-sheep are we:
O then, ye faithful flock, to-day
His warning hear, his voice obey.

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From the xcvi. Psalm of David.

1 SING to the LORD a new-made song;
Let earth, in one assembled throng,

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Her common patron's praise resound:
Sing to the LORD, and bless his name,
From day to day his praise proclaim,

Who us has with salvation crown'd:
To heathen lands his fame rehearse,
His wonders to the universe.

2 He's great, and greatly to be praised;
In majesty and glory raised

Above all other deities;
For pageantry and idols all

Are they whom gods the Heathen call;
He only rules who made the skies:
With majesty and honor crown'd,
Glory and strength his throne surround.

3 Be glory then to him restored
By all who have false gods adored:
Ascribe due honor to his Name,
Peace-off'rings on his altar lay,
Before his throne your homage pay,
Which he, and he alone, can claim:

To worship at his sacred court,
Let all the trembling world resort.

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4 Proclaim aloud, JEHOVAH reigns,
Whose power the universe sustains,

And banish'd justice will restore :
Let therefore heaven new joys confess,
And heavenly mirth let earth express,
Its loud applause the ocean roar,
Its mute inhabitants rejoice,

And for this triumph find a voice.

5 For joy let fertile valleys sing,

The cheerful groves their tribute bring,
And tuneful harmonies awake:
Behold! in truth and justice clad,

GOD comes to judge the world he made,
And to himself its throne to take:

He's come, to judge the world he 's come,
With justice to reward and doom.

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From the xcvii. Psalm of David.

JEHOVAH reigns, let all the earth
In his just government rejoice;
Let all the lands, with sacred mirth,
In his applause unite their voice.

2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade
His dazzling glory shroud in state;
Judgment and righteousness are made
The habitation of his seat.

3 For thou, O GOD, art seated high,
Above earth's potentates enthroned;
Thou, LORD, unrivall'd in the sky,
Supreme by all the gods art own'd.
4 Ye who to serve this LORD aspire,

Abhor what 's ill, and truth esteem;
He'll keep his servants' souls entire,

And them from wicked hands redeem.

5 For seeds are sown of glorious light,
A future harvest for the just;
And gladness for the heart that 's right,
To recompense its pious trust.

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