Thy love thro' earth extends its fame,
To all thy works expreft:

Thefe fhew thy praife, whilft thy great name
Is by thy fervants bleft.

PSALM LXXIV.

Praife to GOD for his Providence and Grace.

Long Metre.

I.

WITH all my powers of heart and tongue
I'll praife my maker in my fong:

Angels fhall hear the notes I raise,
Approve the fong, and join the praife.

II.

Angels who make thy church their care
Shall witnefs my devotions there,
While holy zeal directs my eyes
To thy fair temple in the skies.

III.

I'll fing thy truth and mercy, LORD,
I'll fing the wonders of thy word:
Not all thy works and names below
So much thy pow'r and glory fhow.

IV.

The GOD of heaven maintains his ftate, Frowns on the proud, and fcorns the great:

But from his throne defcends to fee

The fons of humble poverty.

V.

Amidst a thousand fnares I ftand
Upheld and guarded by thy hand :
Thy words my fainting foul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.

VI.

Grace will compleat what grace begins,
To fave from forrow or from fins:
The work that wifdom undertakes
Eternal mercy ne'er forfakes.

PSALM LXXV.

Praife to the great and good GOD.

L

Common Metre.

I.

ONG as we live, we'll blefs thy name.
O king, O GOD of love:

Our work and joy fhall be the fame,

In the bright world above.

II.

Great is the LORD, his pow'r unknown,

And let his praise be great:
We'll fing the honours of thy throne,
Thy works of grace repeat.

III.

Thy grace fhall dwell upon our tongues,

And while our lips rejoice,

The men who hear our facred fongs,

Shall join their chearful voice.

Father to fons fhall teach thy name,
And children learn thy ways:
Ages to come thy truth proclaim,
And nations found thy praife.

IV.

Thy glorious deeds of antient date
Shall thro' the world be known:
Thine arm of pow'r, thy heavenly ftate
With public fplendor fhown.

V.

The world is govern'd by thy hands,
Thy faints are rul'd by love:
And thine eternal kingdom ftands,
Tho' rocks and hills remove.

PSALM LXXVI.

Univerfal Praife to GOD.

Long Metre.

I.

Y GOD, my King, thy various praise

M Shall fill the remnant of my days:

Thy grace employ my humble tongue,
Till death and glory raife the fong.

H.

The wings of ev'ry hour fhall bear
Some thankful tribute to thine ear:
And every fetting fun fhall fee
New works of duty done for thee.
M

III.

Thy truth and juftice I'll proclaim;
Thy bounty flows, an endless ftream;
Thy mercy fwift, thine anger flow,
But dreadful to the ftubborn foe.

IV.

Thy works with fov'reign glory fhine,
And fpeak thy majefty divine:

Let Britain round her fhores proclaim
The found and honour of thy name.

But who can speak thy wondrous deeds?
Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds :
Vaft and unfearchable thy ways,

Vast and immortal be thy praise.

PSALM LXXVII.

All Creatures called upon to praife GOD. Proper Metre.

I.

For a hymn of univerfal praise!

Its maker's fame let ev'ry creature raise: Ye lofty heav'ns begin the folemn found, And let it fpread the wide creation round.

II.

Ye angel hofts who near his dazzling feat, Wrapt in perpetual tranfport humbly wais,

You best must know the glories of your king,
In sweetest loftieft ftrains his wonders fing.

III.

Blefs him, thou fun, great ruler of the day,
Before whofe fplendors thine must fade away:
To him, the honours paid to thee, restore;
And teach mankind thy maker to adore.
IV.

Ye moon and ftars, who with more feeble light
Break thro' the fhades, and gild the gloom of night,
feeble rays,
Far as you can diffuse your

Tell his great name, and propagate his praise.

PAUSE.

V.

Fair light, the first of all created things,
From whom all earthly blifs and beauty fprings,
Help the blind world to fee their maker fhine
In light effential, fairer far than thine.

VI.

Ye dancing fpheres that ever tuneful move, Drawn tow'rds your centers by magnetic love, Convey his name thro' all the vaft expanse, Whilft to the mufic of his voice dance. you

VII.

Let awful thunders bellowing in the air,
And bluft'ring ftorms his dreadful praife declare;
Whilft gentler winds with balmy breath proclaim
The graciousGOD,and fpread his lovely name.