10 He call'd for darkness ; darkness came Like an o'erwhelming flood; He turn'd each lake and ev'ry stream 11 He gave the fign, and noisome flies Through the whole country fpread; And frogs, in croaking armies, rise About the monarch's bed. 12 Through fields, and towns, and palaces, The ten-fold vengeance flew ; Locufts in fwarms devour'd their trees, 13 Then by an angel's midnight stroke, 14 The strength of ev'ry houfe was broke, Now let the world forbear its rage, PAUSE II. 15 Thus were th' tribes from bondage brought, 16 The Lord himfelf chofe out their way, 17 They thirst; and waters from the rock In rich abundance flow, And following ftill the course they took, 18 O wond'rous Stream! O blessed Type Of ever-flowing grace! 19 So Chrift our Rock maintains our life Thus guarded by th' Almighty Hand Canaan the rich, the promis'd land, 20 Then let the world forbear its rage, PSALM CVI. ver. 1-5. Long Metre. O God the great, the ever bleft, Let fongs of honour be addreft; His mercy firm forever ftands; Give him the thanks his love demands. 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways? 3 Remember what thy mercy did 40 may I fee thy tribes rejoice, U PSALM CVI. I Short Metré. Ver. 7, 8, 12-14, 43-48. Ifrael punished and 3 4 5 6 They faw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they fung; But foon thy works of pow'r forgot, And murmur'd with their tongue. Now they believe his word, While rocks with rivers flow; Now, with their lufts provoke the Lord, Yet when they mourn'd their faults, Brought his own cov'nant to his thoughts, Their names were in his book, Let Ifr'el blefs the Lord, Who lov'd their ancient race; And chriftians join the folemn word, PSALM CVII. ft Part. Long Metre. 'G IVE thanks to God; he reigns above; 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord 4 There they could find no leading road, : Nor food, nor fountain to affuage Their burning thirst, or hunger's tage.] 5 In their diftrefs to God they cry'd; God was their Saviour and their guide; He led their march far wand'ring round; 'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground. 6 Thus when our first release we gain From fin's old yoke, and Satan's chain, We have this defert world to pass, A dang'rous and a tiresome place. 7 He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps left we stray; He guards us with a pow'rful hand, And brings us to the heav'nly land. 8 O let the faints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord! How great his works! how kind his ways! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praife. PSALM CVII. 2d Part. Long Metre. Correction for fin, and release by prayer. I ROM age to age exalt his name; He fills the hungry foul with food, And feeds the poor with ev'ry good. 2 But if their hearts rebel, and rife Against the God that rules the skies; If they reject his heav'nly word, And flight the counfels of the Lord; 3 He'll bring their fpirits to the ground, And no deliv'rer fhall be found: Laden with grief, they wafte their breath In darkness, and the fhades of death. 4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries; He makes the dawning light arife, And scatters all that difmal fhade That hung fo heavy round their head. 5 He cuts the bars of brafs in two, And lets the fmiling pris'ners through; Takes off the load of guilt and grief, And gives the lab'ring foul relief. 60 may the fons of men record. The wond'rous goodness of the Lord! How great his works! how kind his ways! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praife. PSALM CVII. 3d Part. Long Metre. Intemperance punished and pardoned; or, a Pfalm for the glutton and the drunkard. VA AIN man, on foolish pleafures bent, Prepares for his own punishment; What pains, what loathfome maladies, From luxury and luft arife! The drunkard feels his vitals waste, |