With deep repentance well agree;
And join to prove his faith sincere.
4 How glorious is that righteousness,
That hides and cancels all his sins!
While a bright evidence of grace,
Thro' his whole life, appears and shines.

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PSALM 32. Second Part. L. M.

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Benefits following confession.

HILE I keep silence and conceal My heavy guilt within my heart, What torments doth my conscience feel! What agonies of inward smart!

2 I spread my sins before the Lord,
And all my secret faults confess :
Thy gospel speaks a pard'ning word;
Thy holy spirit seals the grace.

3 For this shall ev'ry humble soul

Make swift addresses to thy seat:
When floods of huge temptations roll
There shall they find a blest retreat.

4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark, and storms appear:
And when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me safe from ev'ry snare.

PSALM 33. First Part. C. M.

Creation and providence.

1 REJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord;

This work belongs to you:

Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, just and true!

2 His mercy and his righteousness
Let heav'n and earth proclaim:

His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wond'rous name.
3 His wisdom and almighty word
The heav'nly arches spread;
And by the spirit of the Lord
Their shining hosts were made.
4 He bid the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep:

The flowing seas their limits know,
And their own station keep.

5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth,
With fear before him stand:
He spake, and nature took its birth,
And rests on his command.

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6 He scorns the angry nations' rage,
And breaks their vain designs:
His counsel stands thro' ev'ry age,
And in full glory shines.

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PSALM 33. Second Part. C. M.
God, a nation's refuge.

LEST is the nation where the Lord
Hath fix'd his gracious throne;
Where he reveals his heav'nly word,
And calls their tribes his own.
2 His eyes, with infinite survey,
The spacious world behold;
He form'd us all of equal clay,
And knows our feeble mould.

3 Kings are not rescu'd by the force
Of armies from the grave:

Nor speed nor courage of a horse
Can the bold rider save.

4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men, To hope for safety thence;

But holy souls from God obtain
A strong and sure defence.

5 God is their fear, and God their trust,
When plagues or famine spread:
His watchful eye secures the just
Among ten thousand dead.

6 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice,
And bless us from thy throne:
For we have made thy word our choice,
And trust thy grace alone.

PSALM 34. First Part. C. M.

Praise for eminent deliverance.

1 THRO' all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.

2 Come, magnify the Lord with me,
And high exalt his name:
When in distress on him I call'd,
He to my rescue came.

2 The hosts of God encamp around
The dwellings of the just:
Deliv'rance he affords to all,
Who on his succour trust.

4 O make but trial of his love:
Experience will decide,

How bless'd they are, and only they,
Who in his truth confide.

5 Fear him, ye saints; and you will then Have nothing else to fear:

Make you his service your delight;
He'll make your wants his care.

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PSALM 34. Second Part. L. M.

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God's care of saints.

ORD, I will bless thee all my days; Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue. My soul shall glory in thy grace; While saints rejoice to hear the song. 2 Come, magnify the Lord with me; Come, let us all exalt his name: I sought th' eternal God, and he Has not expos'd my hope to shame: 3 I told him all my secret grief; My secret groaning reach'd his ears: He gave my inward pains relief, And calm'd the tumult of my fears. 4 To him the poor lift up their eyes, Their faces feel the heav'nly beam; A beam of mercy, from the skies, Fills them with light and joy supreme: 5 His holy angels pitch their tents

Around the men, that serve the Lord: O! fear, and love him, all his saints; Taste of his grace, and trust his word. 6 The wild young lions, pinch'd with pain And hunger, roar thro' all the wood; But none shall seek the Lord in vain, Nor want supplies of real good.

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PSALM 34. Third Part. L. M.

Advantages of early piety.

CHILDREN in years and knowledge young

Your parents' hope, your parents' joy, Attend the counsels of my tongue: Let pious thoughts your minds employ. 2 If you desire a length of days, And peace to crown your mortal state:

Restrain your feet from impious ways,
Your lips from slander and deceit.

3 The eyes of God regard his saints;
His ears are open to their cries:
He sets his frowning face against
The sons of violence, and lies.

4 To humble souls and broken hearts
God with his grace is ever nigh:
Pardon and hope his love imparts,
When men in deep contrition lie.

5 He tells their tears, he counts their groans;
His Son redeems their souls from death:
His spirit heals their broken bones;
While they in praise employ their breath

PSALM 34. Fourth Part. C. M.

God's care of saints.

1 THE Lord forever guards the just,
His ears attend their cry:

When broken spirits dwell in dust,
The God of grace is nigh.

2 What tho' the sorrows, here they taste,
Be sharp and tedious too;
The Lord, who saves his saints at last,
Is their supporter now.

3 Evil shall smite the wicked dead;
But God secures his own;
Prevents the mischief when they slide,
Or heals the broken bone.

1 When desolation, like a flood,
O'er the proud sinner rolls;
Saints find a refuge in their God:
For he redeems their souls.