VIII. Let mifts, and clouds, and meteors all confpire In this bleft work, and help to fill the choir : Whilft loud his praifes foaming billows roar, And feas refound his name from shore to shore. PAUSE II. IX. Ye fertile plains difplay your gayeft pride, X. Ye trees of ev'ry kind, ye fruitful vines, XI. To him let ev'ry beaft this tribute pay, To celebrate his bounty and his pow'r, Bleat all ye lambs, and all ye lions roar. XII. Ye birds, who thro' the airy regions wing, Nature's musicians, you his praife must fing: Ye flies and worms, his various fkiH display: Tho' you can't fing, this homage you may pay. PAUSE III. XIII. When nature's all in tune, fhall man refrain, And have his voice and pow'r to fing in vain ? O no! let ev'ry rank, and fex, and age, XIV. Great kings and potentates, ye gods on earth, You're bound, and 'tis your honour to obey. XV. Let youthful voices fwell th' harmonious choir XVI. But above all ye faints, your breath employ, XVII. Loud as his thunders let his praises found, And the whole world become one facred choir. PSALM LXXVIII. Let all in Heaven and Earth praife the LORD. O Long Metre. I. Praise the LORD in that bleft place Praife him in heav'n where he his face Unveil'd in perfect glory fhews. II. Praise him for all the mighty acts, With which our praife fhould equal run. III. Let all who vital breath enjoy, The breath he does to them afford, PSALM LXXIX. 19 The Inftructions of Nature and Succefs of the Gofpel. Long Metre. I. THE heavens declare thy glory, LORD, In ev'ry ftar thy wifdom fhines:" But when our eyes behold thy word, II. The rolling fun, the changing light, Sun moon and stars convey thy praise So when thy truth began its race, IV. Nor fhall thy fpreading gofpel reft, Who fee the light or feel the fun. T PSALM LXXX. View of the Heavenly Bodies. Long Metre. I. HE fpacious firmament on high, With all the blue etherial sky, And fpangl'd heav'ns, a fhining frame, Their great original proclaim. II. Th' unwearied fun from day to day The work of one almighty hand. III. Soon as the ev'ning fhades prevail, And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the ftory of her birth. IV. Whilft all the ftars which round her burn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. V. What tho' in folemn filence all Amidft their radiant orbs be found: In reafon's ear they all rejoice, PSALM LXXXI. View of Nature. HA Common Metre. I. AIL King fupreme! all wife and good, To thee our thoughts we raife; While nature's beauties wide difplay'd, Infpire our fouls with praife. II. At morning, noon, and ev'ning mild, Thy works engage our view; Oft as we gaze our hearts exult With transports ever new. III. Thy glory beams in ev'ry star, |