4 Fools never raife their thoughts fo high; 5 But I fhall fhare a glorious part, 6 Sin (my worst enemy before) Shall vex my eyes and ears no more; Then fhall I fee, and hear, and know, PSALM XCII. 2d Part. Long Metre. .I ORD, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand Let me within thy courts be seen 2 There grow thy faints in faith and love, 3 The plants of grace fhall ever live ; 4 Laden with fruits of age, they fhew PSALM XCIII. JE Long Metre. The eternal and fovereign God. 3 Like floods the angry nations rife, 4 For ever fhall thy throne endure; Becomes the dwellings of thy grace. PSALM XCIII. ft Part. Partic.Metre. Foaming at heav'n,they rage with wild commotion, But heav'n's high arches fcorn the fwelling ocean. 3 Ye tempefts, rage no more; ye floods, be ftill; And the mad world fubmiffive to his will:Built on his truth, his church muft ever stand Firm are his promifes, and strong his hand: See his own fons, when they appear before him, Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him. ; PSALM XCIII. 2d Part. Partic. Metre. I 3 HE Lord Jehovah reigns, THE And royal state maintains, His head with awful glories crown'd; Upheld by thy commands, Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord. In vain the noify crowd, Like billows fierce and loud, Against thine empire rage and roar : In vain, with angry spite, The furly nations fight, And dafh like waves against the fhore. Shall beat their madnefs down; 5 Thy promifes are true, Thy grace is ever new; There fix'd, thy church fhall ne'er remove; Thy faints with holy fear Shall in thy courts appear, And fing thine everlasting love. Repeat the fourth ftanza, if necessary. PSALM XCIV. 1ft Part. Com. Metre. Ver. 1, 2, 7-14. Saints chaftifed, and finners deftroyed; or, inftructive afflictions. GOD, to whom revenge belongs, Let fov'reign pow'r redrefs our wrongs, 2 They fay, "The Lord nor fees nor hears ;" 3 He knows their impious thoughts are vain, 4 But if thy faints deferve rebuke, Thy providences and thy book Shall make them know their God. 5 Bleft is the man thy hands chastise, Thy fcourges make thy children wife, 6 But God will ne'er caft off his faints, For their Redeemer's fake. PSALM XCIV. 2d Part. Com. Metre. Ver. 16-23. God our fupport and comfort; or, deliverance from temptation and perfecution.. I HO will arife and plead my right WHO While earth and hell their force unite, 2 Had not the Lord, my Rock, my Help, 3 My life had now in filence dwelt, "Alas! my fliding feet," 1 cry'd ; Thy grace ftood conftant by my fide; 4 While multitudes of mournful thoughts 5 Thy boundless love forgives my faults, Pow'rs of iniquity may rife, And frame pernicious laws; But God, my refuge, rules the skies, 6 Let malice vent her rage aloud, The Lord our God fhall judge the proud, And cut the finners off. |