II.

His goodness leads us to the place
Where heav'nly pasture grows:
Where living waters gently pass,
And full falvation flows.

III.

Tho' we too often go aftray,
He doth us ftill reftore;

And guides us in his own right way;
O may we fin no more. !

IV.

While thus our GOD affords his aid,
We cannot yield to fear:

Tho' we should walk through death's dark fhade, Our fhepherd's with us there.

PSALM XIX. To GOD our Preferver.

Long Metre.

I.

To heaven my grateful foul ascends,

On GOD alone for help depends:

His prefence my continual guard;-
His grace the fource of my reward.

II.

The fpreading skies by power divine,
In all their radiant glories fhine:
From his command, the folid earth
And all it's ftores, deriv'd their birth.

III.

Inspected by all-piercing eyes,

No threat'ning fnares my foul furprise:
My trembling feet he fafely keeps;
My faithful fhepherd never fleeps.

IV.

My foul, thy keeper is the LORD;
How great his pow'r! how fure his word!
He spreads a fhade on my right hand,
And will a fafe retreat command.

V.

Protected by his guardian arm,

Should dreadful fcenes our fouls alarm;
Our lives are fafe: his heav'nly care
Defends us ftill from ev'ry fnare.

VI.

He guides our feet, he guards our way;
His morning fmiles blefs all the day:
By him our mortal lives are bleft;
His favour crowns with endless rest.

PSALM XX.

Dependance on GOD and hope in his Goodness.

MY

Common Metre.

I.

Y GOD, my everlasting hope,
I live upon thy truth:

Thine hands have held my childhood up,
And strength'n'd all my youth.

II.

My flesh was fashion'd by thy pow'r
With all these limbs of mine:
And from my mother's painful hour,
I've been entirely thine.

III.

Still has my life new wonders feen
With each returning year:
Behold my days which yet remain,
I trust them to thy care.

IV.

Caft me not off when strength declines,
When hoary hairs arise:

And round me let thy goodness fhine,
When e'er thy fervant dies.
V.

Then in the hift'ry of my age,
When men review my days;

They'll read thy love in ev'ry page,
In ev'ry line thy praise.

And builds his church, his earthly throne.

His eye the heathen world furveys,

He form'd their hearts, he knows their ways, But GOD their maker is unknown.

II.

Let kings rely upon their: hoft;
And of his strength the champion boast;
In vain they boast, in vain rely:

In vain we truft the brutal force,
The speed or courage of a horse,
To guard his rider, or to fly.

III.

Thy providence, almighty LORD,
Doth more fecure defence afford

When death, or dangers threat'ning stand:
Thy watchful eye preserves the just,
Who make thy name their fear and truft,
When wars, or famine waste the land.

IV.

In fickness, or the bloody field,
Thou our physician, thou our fhield;

Send us falvation from thy throne:

We wait to fee thy goodness fhine;
Let us rejoice in help divine;

O GOD, in thee we hope alone.

PSALM XXII.

Prefervation of Life from GOD.

L

Common Metre.

I.

ORD, unto thee we lift our eyes, On thee our hopes are laid: Thou who didft build the earth and skies, Art our fufficient aid:

II.

GOD guides our feet, and guards our way,
With an almighty arm:

Preferves us fafe, both night and day,
From all destructive harm.

III.

What tho' thy providence fhould call
Where death difplays it's pow'r;
Short of our lives the fhafts fhall fall,
Till GOD appoints the hour.

H

PSALM XXIII.

GOD's Defence our Security.

As the 113th PSALM.

I.

E who has GOD his guardian made
Shall under his almighty fhade
Secure and undisturb'd abide :

This man with joy divine may fay,
He is my fortrefs and my stay;

Who always hath my wants fupply'd.

II.

For all whose well-plac'd confidence
Have made the LORD their fure defence,
May reft upon his promifes:

Either no ill fhall them o'ertake;

Or else their very fuff'rings make

Their hearts and lives prepar'd for bliss.