19 Let earth be with his glory fill'd;

For ever bless his name;
Whilst to his praise the list'ning world
Their glad assent proclaim.

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PSALM LXXIII.

T length, by certain proofs, 'tis plain
That God will to his saints be kind;
That all whose hearts are pure and clean
Shall his protecting favour find.
2, 3 Till this sustaining truth I knew,
My stagg ring feet had almost fail'd;
I griev'd the sinners' wealth to view,
And envy'd when the fools prevail'd.
4, 5 They to the grave in peace descend,
And, whilst they live, are hale and
strong;

No plagues or troubles them offend,
Which oft to other men belong
6, 7 With pride, as with a chain, they're

held.

And rapine seems their robe of state; Their eyes stand out, with fatness swell'd; They grow, beyond their wishes, great. 8, 9 With hearts corrupt, and lofty talk, Oppressive methods they defend; Their tongue through all the earth does walk:

Their blasphemies to heaven ascend. 10 And yet admiring crowds are found, Who servile visits duly make; Because with plenty they abound,

Of which their flatt'ring slaves partake. 11 Their fond opinions these pursue, Til they with them profanely cry, "How should the Lord our actions view "Can he perceive who dwells so high ?" 12 Behold the wicked these are they Who openly their sins profess; And yet their wealth's increas'd each day, And all their actions meet success. 13, 14" Then have I cleans'd my heart," said 1,

"And wash'd my hands from guilt, in "If all the day oppress'd I lie. [vain, "And every morning suffer pain." 15 Thus did I once to speak intend; But, if such things I rashly say, Thy children, Lord, I must offend, And basely should their cause betray.

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16, 17 To fathom this my thoughts

bent,

But found the case too hard for me;
Till to the house of God I went;

Then I their end did plainly see.
18 How high soe'er advanc'd, they all
On slipp'ry places loosely stand;
Thence into ruin headlong fall,

Cast down by thy avenging hund.
19, 20 How dreadful and how quick their
fate!

23, 24 Yet still thy presence me supply'd
And thy right hand assistance gave:
Thou first shalt with thy counsel guide,
And then to glory me receive.
25 Whom then in heaven, but thee alone,
Have I, whose favour I require ?
Throughout the spacious earth there's
That I besides thee can desire. [nons
26 My trembling flesh. and aching heart,
May often fail to succour me;
But God shall inward strength impart,
And my eternal portion be.
27 For they that far from thee remove,
Shall into sudden ruin fall;
If after other gods they rove,

Thy vengeance shall destroy them all
28 But as for me, 'tis good and just
That I should still to God repair;
In him I always put my trust,
And will his wondrous works declare.
PSALM LXXIV.

THY hast thou cast us off, O God?
Wilt thou no more return?
O! why against thy chosen flock
Does thy fierce anger born?
2 Think on thy ancient purchase, Lord,
The land that is thy own,
By thee redeem'd; and Sion's mount,
Where once thy glory shone.
3 0! come and view our ruin'd state;
How long our troubles last;
See how the foe, with wicked rage,
Has laid thy temple waste.

24

Thy foes blaspheme thy name; where

late

Thy zealous servants pray'd,
The heathen there, with haughty pomp,
Their banners have display'd."

5. 6 Those curious carvings, which did

once

Advance the artist's fame,

With axe and hammer they destroy,
Like works of vulgar franie.
7 Thy holy temple they have burn'd;
And what escap'd the flame,
Has been profan'd, and quite defac'd,
Though sacred to thy name.
8 Thy worship wholly to destroy
Maliciously they aim'd;
1And all the sacred places burn'd,

Where we thy praise proclaim'd.
9 Yet of thy presence thou vouchsaf'st
No tender signs to send;
We have no prophet now, that knows
When this sad state shall end.

PART 11.

10 But, Lord, how long wilt thou permit
Th' insulting foe to boast?
Shall all the honour of thy name
For evermore be lost?

Despis'd by thee, when they're de-11 stroy'd;

As waking men with scom do treat

The fancies that their dreams employ'd. 21, 22 Thus was my heart with grief opprest,

My reins were rack'd with restless So stupid was I, like a beast, [peins; Who no reflecting thought retains.

Why hold'st thou back thy strong
right band,

And on thy patient breast,
Wheu vengeance calls to stretch it forth,
So calmly lett'st it rest?

12 Thou heretofore, with kingly power,
In our defence hast fought;"
For us, throughout the wond'ring world
Hast great salvation wrought.

13 'Twas thott, O God, who didst the sea18 His hand holds forth a dreadful cup;
By thy own strength divide; [heads: With purple wine 'tis crown'd;
Thou break'st the wat'ry monsters' The deadly mixture which his wrath
The waves o'erwhelm'd their pride.
14 The greatest, fiercest of them all,
That seem'd the deep to sway,
Was by thy power destroy'd, and made
To savage beasts a prey

15 Thou clav'st the solid rock, and mad'st
The waters largely flow;
Again, thou mad'st through parted streams
Thy wand'ring people go.

16 Thine is the clieerful day, and thine
The black return of night;
Thou hast prepar'd the glorious sun,
And every feebler light.

17 By thee the borders of the earth
In perfect order stand;

The summer's warmth, and winter's cold,
Attend on thy command.

PART III.

Deals out to nations round.
Of this his saints sometimes may taste;
But wicked men shall squeeze
The bitter dregs, and be condemn'd
To drink the very lees.

9 His prophet, 1, to all the world
This message will relate
The justice then of Jacob's God
My song shall celebrate.
10 The wicked's pride I will reduce,
Their cruelty disarm;
Exalt the just, and seat him high
Above the reach of harm.

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PSALM LXXVI.

[N Judah the Almighty's known,
Almighty there by wonders shown,
His name in Jacob does excel:
His sanctu'ry in Salem stands ;

18 Remember, Lord, how scornful foes The majesty that heaven commands,

Have daily urg'd our shame ;
And how the foolish people have
Blasphem'd thy holy name.

19 0 free thy mourning turtle-dove,
By sinful crowds beset;
Nor the assembly of thy poor
For evermore forget.

20 Thy ancient covenant, Lord, regard,
And make thy promise good;
For now each corner of the land

Is fill'd with men of blood.
21 0 let not the uppress'd return
With sorrow cloth'd, and shame;
But let the helpless and the poor
For ever praise thy name
22 Arise, O God, in our behalf;
Thy cause and ours maintain;
Remember how insulting fools
Each day thy name profane.

In Sion condescends to dwell.

3 He brake the bow and arrows there, The shield, and temper'd sword, and

5 Their valiant chiefs, who came for spoil,
Themselves met there a shameful foil:

Securely down to sleep they lay;
But wak'd no more, their stoutest band
Ne'er lifted one resisting hand

'Gainst his, that did their legions slay 6 When Jacob's God began to frown, Both horse and charioteers, o'erthrown Together slept in endless night:

23 Make thou the boastings of thy foes 7 When thou, whom earth and heaven

For evermore to cease;

Whose insolence, if unchastis'd,
Will more and more increase.

PSALM LXXV.

O thee, O God, we render praise,
To thee, with thanks repair;
For, that thy name to us is nigh,
Thy wondrous works declare.
2 In Israel when my throne is fix'd,
With me shail justice reign:

3 The land with discord shakes; but I
The sinking frame sustain.

4 Deluded wretches I advis'd

Their errors to redress:

And warn'd bold sinners, that they should
Their swelling pride suppress.
5 Bear not yourselves so high, as if
No power could yours restrain;
Submit your stubborn necks, and learn
To speak with less disdain:
6 For that promotion, which to gain
Your vain ambition strives,
From neither cast nor west, nor yet
From southern climes arrives
7 For God the great disposer is,
And sov'reign Judge alone,
Who casts the proud to earth, and
The humble to a throne

9 The meek with justice to restore:
10 The wrath of man shall yield thee
praise;

Its last attempts but serve to raise

The triumphs of Almighty power. 11 Vow to the Lord, ye nations; bring Vow'd presents to the eternal King:

Thus to his name due rev'rence pay, 12 Who proudest potentates can quell, To earthly kings more terrible,

Than to their trembling subjects they.
PSALM LXXVII.

O God I cry'd, who to my help
Did graciously repair;

2 In trouble's dismal day I sought
My God with humble prayer.
All night my fest'ring wound did run;
No med'cine gave relief;
liftsMy soul no comfort would admit;
My soul indulg'd her grief.

17 The clouds pour d down, while rend-14 A wondrous pillar led them on,

19 Through rolling streams thou find'st That, trav'lling with their camp, each day

He smote the flinty rock, 'tis true,
"And gushing streams ensued;
"But can he corn and flesh provide
"For such a multitude ?"

21 The Lord with indignation heard:
From heaven avenging flame
On Jacob fell, consuring wrath

On thankless Israel came:

22 Because their unbelieving hearts

In God would not confide,

Nor trust his care, who had from beaven
Their wants so oft supply'd;

In that same desert where he did
Their fainting souls relieve!
41 They tempted him by turning baca
And wickedly repin'd,

When Israel's God refus'd to be

By their desires confin'd

42 Nor call'd to mind the hand and day That their redemption brought;

43 His signs in Egypt, wondrous works
In Zoan's valley wrought

44 He tam'd their rivers into blood,
That man and beast forbore,
And rather chose to die of thirst,
Than drink the putrid gore.

23 Though he had made his clouds dis-45 He sent devouring swarms of flies;

charge

Provisions down in showers;

And when earth fail'd, reliev'd their needs
From his celestial stores;

24 Though tasteful manna was rain'd
down,

Their hunger to relieve
Though from the stores of heaven they did
Sustaining com receive.
25 Thus man with angels' sacred food.
Ungrateful man was fed;
Not sparingly, for still they found

A plenteous table spread.

26 From heaven he made an east wind blow,

Then did the south command

27 To rain down flesh like dust, and fowls
Like sea's unnumber'd sand.

28 Within their trenches he let fall
The luscious easy prey;
And all around their spreading camp
The ready booty lay.

29 They fed, were fill'd; he gave them
Their appetites to feast;

Hoarse frogs annoy'd their soil; 46 Locusts and caterpillars reap'd The harvest of their toil.

47 Their vines with batt'ring hail were broke ;

With frost the fig-tree dies, 48 Lightning and hail made flocks and herds

One general sacrifice.

49 He turn'd his anger loose, and set
No time for it to cease;

And with their plagues ill angels sent,
Their torments to increase.
50 He clear'd a passage for his wrath
To ravage uncontrol'd;

The murrain on their firstlings seiz❜d,
In every field and fold.

51 The deadly pest from east to man,
From field to city, came;

It slew their heirs, their eldest hopes, Through all the tents of Ham. 52 But his own tribe, like folded sheep He brought from their distress; [leave And them conducted like a flock, Through at the wilderness. [on, 53 He led them on, and in their way No cause of fear they found; But march'd securely through those deeps,

30, 31 Yet still their wanton lust crav'd
Nor with their hunger ceas'd
But whilst in their luxurious mouths
They did their dainties chew,
The wrath of God smote down their chiefs,
And Israel's chosen slew.

PART II.

32 Yet still they sinn'd, nor would afford His miracles belief:

33 Therefore through fruitless travels he Consum'd their lives in grief.

34 When some were slain, the rest return'd

To God with early cry;

35 Own'd him the Rock of their defence,
Their Saviour, God most high.
36 But this was feign'd submission all;
Their heart their tongue bely'd;
37 Their heart was still perverse, nor
Firm in his league abide.
38 Yet, full of niercy, he forgave,
Nor did with death chastise;
But tum'd his kindled wrath aside,
Or would not let it rise.

[would

39 For he remember'd they were flesh,
That could not long remain;
A murm 'ring wind, that's quickly past,
And ne'er returns again.

40 How oft did they provoke him there,
How oft his patience grieve,

In which their foes were drown'd.
54 Nor ceas'd his care, till them he
brought

Safe to his promis'd land;
And to his holy mount, the prize

Of his victorious hand.

55 To them the outcast heathen's land
He did by lot divide;

And in their foes' abandon'd tents
Made Israel's tribes reside.
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56 Yet still they tempted, still provok'd
The wrath of God most high;
Nor would to practise his commands
Their stubborn hearts apply;
57 But in their faithless fathers' steps
Perversely chose to go;

They turn'd aside, like arrows shot
From some deceitful bow.
59 For him to fury they provok'd
With altars set on high;
And with their graven images
Inflamed his jealousy.

59 When God heard this, on Israel's
tribes,

His wrath and hatred fell;

Those sinful kingdoms let it crush,
That have not own'd thy power.
7 For their devouring jaws have prev'sk
On Jacob's chosen race;
And to a barren desert turn'd
Their fruitful dwelling-place.
8 O think not on our former sins,
But speedily prevent
The utter ruin of thy saints,
Almost with sorrow spent.

9 Thou God of our salvation, help, And free our souls from blame; should So shall our pardon and defence Exalt thy glorious name

Themselves of grief were dead.
65 Then, as a giant rous'd from sleep,
Whom wine had throughly warin'd,
Shouts out alou, the Lord awak'd,
And is proud foe alarm'd

66 He smote their host, that from the field!
A scatter'd remnant came,

With wounds imprinted on their backs
Of everlasting shame.

67 With conquest crown'd, he Joseph's