IV.

The funny hill the dewy lawn
With thousand beauties fhine;
The filent grove, and awful fhade
Proclaim thy pow'r divine.

V.

From tree to tree, a conftant hymn
Employs the feather'd throng;
To thee their chearful notes they fwell,
And chaunt their grateful fong.

VI.

Great nature's GOD! ftill may thefe fcenes Our ferious hours engage;

Still

may our grateful hearts confult

Thy works inftructive

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PSALM LXXXII.

View of the Divine Works.

Common Metre.

I.

OOK round, O man! furvey this globe,

L Speak of creating pow'r;

See, nature gives a different robe
To ev'ry herb and flow'r!

II.

See, various beings fill the air,
And people earth and fea;

What greatful changes form the year,
How constant night and day!

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III.

Next raise thine eye, the vast expanfe
A pow'r unbounded fhews;
See round the fun the planets dance,
And various worlds compofe.

IV.

Then turn into thy felf, O man!
With wonder view thy foul!
Confefs his pow'r that laid each plan,
And ftill directs the whole.

V.

And let obedience to his laws

Thy gratitude proclaim,
To him the first almighty cause,
JEHOVAH is his name.

PSALM LXXXIII.

Thou openeft thy Hand, they are filled with

V

Good.

Long Metre.

I.

AST are thy works, almighty LORD,
All nature refts upon thy word;

And the whole race of creatures stands,
Waiting their portion from thy hands.

II.

While each receives his diff'rent food,
Their chearful looks pronounce it good,
Eagles, and bears, and whales and worms
Rejoice and praife in different forms.

III.

But when thy face is hid they mourn,
And dying to their duft return;

Both men and beasts their fouls refign;
Life, breath, and fpirit, all is thine.

IV.

Yet thou can't breathe on duft again,
And fill the world with beafts and men;
A word of thy creating breath
Repairs the waftes of time and death.

V.

Thy works, the wonders of thy might,
Are honoured with thy own delight:
How awful are thy glorious ways!
With rev'rence will we fing thy praise.

VI.

The earth stands trembling at thy stroke,
And at thy touch the mountains fmoke:
Yet humble fouls may fee thy face,
And tell their wants to fovereign grace.

VII.

In thee our hopes and wishes meet,
And make our meditations fweet:
Thy praises fhall our breath employ,
Till it expire in endless joy.

PSALM LXXXIV.

Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heav'ns they fhine.

II.

When to thy works on high,
I raise my wond'ring eyes,
And fee the moon compleat in light
Adorn the darkfome fkies:

III.

When I furvey the stars

In all their fhining forms,

LORD what is man! of mortal race,
Akin to duft and worms?

IV.

O LORD our 'heav'nly king,

Thy name is all divine,

Thy glories round the earth are fpread,
And thro' the heav'ns they fhine.

PSALM LXXXV.

GOD known by his Works.

Long Metre.

I.

REAT is our GOD, his works of might
To praife his glorious name unite:

Heav'n, earth and fea confefs his hand,
And wait obedient his command.

II.

Thy hand unfeen fuftains the poles,
On which thy vaft creation rolls;

The starry skies proclaim thy power,
Thy pencil glows in ev'ry flower.

III.

In various fhapes and colours rife
Ten thousand wonders to our eyes;

And beafts and birds with labouring throat,
Teach us a GOD in every note.

IV.

A cross the waves, around the sky,
There's not a place, or deep or high,
Where the creator has not trod,

And left the footsteps of a GOD.

V.

may the fons of men record The various goodness of the LORD, How vaft his works, how kind his ways, And ev'ry tongue pronounce his praife.

PSALM LXXXVI.

Works of Creation and Providence.

Common Metre

I.

REJOICE ye righteous in the LORD,

This work belongs to you;

Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, juft and true.

II.

His mercy and his righteousness,
Let heav'n and earth proclaim;
His works of nature and of grace

Reveal his wond'rous name.