6 Look on my anguifh and my pain, PAUSE. Behold the hofts of hell! Against my life they rife, and join 7 O keep my foul from death, I With humble faith I wait, PSALM XXVI. Long Metre. JUD 2 I hate to walk, I hate to fit, 3 Amongst thy faints will I appear There fhall I hear thy holy word, And there thy works of wonder tell. 5 Let not my foul be join'd at last With men of treachery and blood, Since 1 my days on earth have past Among the faints, and near my God. PSALM XXVII. ft Part. Com.Metre. The church is our delight and fafety. HE Lord of glory is my light, And my I Ver. 1-6. THE falvation too; God is my ftrength, nor will I fear Among the churches of thy faints, 3 There fhall I offer my requests, 4 When troubles rife and ftorms appear, 5 Now shall my head be lifted high And fongs of joy and victory Within thy temple found. PSALM XXVII. 2d Part. Com.Metre. Ver. 8, 9, 13, 14. Prayer and hope. SOON OON as I heard my father fay, My heart reply'd without delay, "I'll feek my father's face." 2 Let not thy face be hid from me, God of my life, 1 fly to thee 3 Should friends and kindred near and dear, Leave me to want or die, My God would make my life his care, 4 My fainting flesh had dy'd with grief, 5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling faints, PSALM XXIX Long Metre. G Storm and thunder. IVE to the Lord, ye fons of fame, Give to the Lord renown and pow'r ; Afcribe due honours to his name, And his eternal might adore. 2 The Lord proclaims his pow'r aloud, Over the ocean and the land; His voice divides the wat'ry cloud, And lightnings blaze at his command. 3 He fpeaks, and tempeft, hail, and wind, Lay the wide foreft bare around; The fearful hart, and frighted hind, Leap at the terror of the found. 4 To Lebanon he turns his voice, 5 The Lord fits fov'reign o'er the flood; 'I Sickness healed, and forrow removed. 3 His anger but a moment ftays; Ver. 6. Health, fickness, and recovery. FIRM was my health, my day was bright, And I prefum'd twould ne'er be night: Fondly I faid within my heart, Pleasure and peace fhall ne'er depart." 2 But I forgot thine arm was strong, Which made my mountain stand so long ; Soon as thy face began to hide, My health was gone, my comforts dy'd. 3 I cry'd aloud to thee, my God, "What canft thou profit by my blood? "Deep in the duft, can I declare "Thy truth, or fing thy goodness there? 4 "Hear me, O God of grace, I said, "And bring me from among the dead:" Thy word rebuk'd the pains I felt, Thy pard'ning love remov'd my guilt. 5 My groans, and tears, and forms of woe, Are turn'd to joy and praises now; 1 throw my fackcloth on the ground, And ease and gladness gird me round. 6 My tongue, the glory of my frame, Shall ne'er be filent of thy name; Thy praise fhall found thro' earth and heav'n, For fickness heal'd, and fins forgiv'n. PSALM XXXI. ft Part. Com. Met. Ver. 5, 13-19, 22, 23. Deliverance from death. INTO thine hand, O God of truth, INTO Thou haft redeem'd my foul from death, 2 The paffions of my hope and fear While forrow, pain, and fin confpir'd |