PSALM XIII.

Confidence in GOD cur Father.

Common Metre.

I.

GOD, on thee we all depend,
On thy paternal care :

Thou wilt the father and the friend
In ev'ry act appear.

II.

With open hand and libʼral heart,
Thou wilt our wants fupply:
Thy heav'nly blessings still impart,
And no good thing deny.

III.

Our father knows what's good and fit,

And wisdom guides his love: To thine appointments we fubmit,

And ev'ry choice approve.

IV.

In thy paternal love and care,
With chearful heart we truft;
Thy tender mercies boundless are,
And all thy thoughts are just.

V.

We cannot want while GOD provides,
What he allots is beft:

And heav'n, whate'er we want besides,
Will give eternal rest:

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PSALM XIV. To GOD the Preferver.

Long Metre.

I.

THE earth, and all the heav'nly frame, Their great Creator's love proclaim:

He gives the fun his genial pow'r,

And fends the foft refreshing show'r.

II.

The ground with plenty blooms again,
And yeilds her various fruits to men:
Τα men, who from thy bounteous hand,
Receive the gifts of every
land.

III.

Nor to the human race alone,

Is his paternal goodness shown; The tribes of earth and fea and air Enjoy his univerfal care.

IV.

Not ev'n a fparrow yeilds it's breath,
Till GOD permits the stroke of death:
He hears the ravens when they call,
The father, and the friend of all.

PSALM XV. T. GOD our Preferver

Common Metre.

I.

REAT GOD to thee, our grateful tongues,
United thanks fhall raife:

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Infpire our hearts to tune the fongs,
Which celebrate thy praise,

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II.

From thine almighty forming hand,
We drew our vital pow'rs:
Our time revolves at thy command
In all it's circling hours.

III.

Thy pow'r, our ever-prefent guard,
From ev'ry ill defends:

While num❜rous dangers hover round,
Onr help from thee defcends.

IV.

Beneath the fhadow of thy wings
How sweet is our repose :

The morning light renews the fprings,
From whence our comfort flows.
V.

In celebration of thy praise,

We would employ our breath:
And walking steadfast in thy ways,
Will triumph e'en in death.

PSALM XVI.

GOD our Shepherd and Guardian.

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Long Metre.

I.

S the good thepherd gently leads,

His wand'ring flocks to verdant meads,
Where peaceful rivers foft and flow,
Amidst the pleafing landscapes flow:

II.

So GOD, the guardian of our fouls,
Our wand'ring foot-steps all controls:
When loft in fins perplexing maze,
He leads us back to wifdom's ways.

III.

Tho' we must journey through the plains,
Where death with all it's horror reigns;
Our steadfast heart no ill fhall fear,
For thou, O LORD, art with us there.

IV.

By thee with peace and plenty bleft,
Our lives are one perpetual feaft:
Thine ever-watchful providence
Is our fupport and our defence.

V.

O bounteous GOD, our future days
Shall be devoted to thy praise;

And in thy house, thy facred name
And endless love fhall be our theme.

PSALM XVII.

GOD our Shepherd 23.

UR fhepherd is the living LORD;
Now fhall our wants be well fupply'd

His providence and holy word
Become our fafety and our guide.

II.

In pastures where falvation grows,
He makes us feed, he makes us reft :

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There living water gently flows,

And all the food's divinely bleft.

III.

Our wand'ring feet his ways mistake,
But he restores our fouls to peace;
And leads us for his mercy's fake
In the fair paths of righteousness.

IV.

Tho' we walk thro' the gloomy vale,
Where death and all it's terrors are;
Our heart and hope fhall never fail,
For GOD our fhepherd's with us there.

ง.

Amidst the darkest scenes of grief
Thou art our comfort, thou our stay:
Thy staff affords a kind relief,

Thy rod directs our doubtful

VI.

way.

Surely the mercies of the LORD
Attend his children all their days:
Here will we dwell to hear his word,
To feek his face, and fing his praise.

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GOD our Shepherd.

Common Metre,

I.

THE LORD himself, the mighty LORD
Vouchfafes to be our guide:

With more than fhepherd's tender care
Our wants are all fupply'd