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With gifts his hands are fill'd,
We draw our blessings thence:
He shall bestow

On Jacob's race
Peculiar grace
And glory too.

The Lord his people loves;
His hand no good withholds
From those his heart approves,
From pure and pious souls;
Thrice happy he,

O God of Hosts,
Whose spirit trusts -
Alone in thee!

PSALM 85.-1st Part. L. M. [*] Ver. 1-8. Waiting for an answer to prayer; · or, deliverance begun and completed.

Thou hast revers'd our heavy doom; So God forgave when Israel sinn'd, And brought his wandering captives home. 2 Thou hast begun to set us free, And made thy fiercest wrath abate; Now let our hearts be turn'd to thee, And thy salvation be complete.

3 Revive our dying graces, Lord,
And let thy saints in thee rejoice;
Make known thy truth, fulfil thy word
We wait for praise to tune our voice.

We wait to hear what God will say;
He'll speak, and give his people peace:
But let them run no more astray,
Lest his returning wrath increase.

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PSALM 85-2d Part. L. M. [*]
Ver. 9, &c. Salvation by Christ.
ALVATION is forever nigh

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The souls that fear and trust the Lora; And grace, descending from on high, Fresh hopes of glory shall afford.

2 Mercy and truth on earth are met, Since Christ the Lord came down from heav'n:

By his obedience, so complete,

Justice is pleas'd, and peace is given.
3 Now truth and honour shall abound,
Religion dwell on earth again,
And heavenly influence bless the ground
In our Redeemer's gentle reign.

His righteousness is gone before,
To give us free access to God:

Our wandering feet shall stray no more,
But mark his steps, and keep the road.

PSALM 86. C. M. [b]

Ver. 8-13. A general song of praise to God MONG the princes, earthly gods,

A There's none hath power divine,

Nor is their nature, mighty Lord,
Nor are their works, like thine.

2 The nations thou hast made shall bring
Their offerings round thy throne;
For thou alone dost wondrous things,,
For thou art God alone.

3 Lord, I would walk with holy feet;
Teach me thy heavenly ways,
And my poor scatter'd thoughts unite
In God my Father's praise.

4 Great is thy mercy, and my tongue
Shall those sweet wonders tell,
How by thy grace my sinking soul
Rose from the deeps of hell.

PSALM 87.-L. M. [*]

The church the birth-place of the saints; or, Jews and Gentiles united in the Christian church.

OD in his earthly temple lays

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Foundations for his heavenly praise : ́

He likes the tents of Jacob well,
But still in Zion loves to dwell.

2 His mercy visits every house

That pay their night and morning vows;
But makes a more delightful stay

Where churches meet to praise and pray.

3 What glories were describ'd of old! What wonders are of Zion told! Thou city of our God below,

Thy fame shall Tyre and Egypt know
4 Egypt and Tyre, and Greek and Jew,
Shall there begin their lives anew:
Angels and men shall join to sing
The hill where living waters spring.
5 When God makes up his last account
Of natives in his holy mount,

"Twill be an honour to appear
As one new born, or nourish'd there!

PSALM 89.-1st Part. L. M. [b]
The covenant made with Christ; or,

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David.

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NOREVER shall my song record
The truth and mercy of the Lord;

Mercy and truth forever stand, Like heaven, establish'd by his hand. 2 Thus to his Son he sware, and said, "With thee my cov❜nant first is made; "In thee shall dying sinners live;

Glory and grace are thine to give.

3"Be thou my Prophet, thou my Priest; Thy children shall be ever blest;

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"Thou art my chosen King; thy throne "Shall stand eternal, like my own.

"There's none of all my sons above "So much my image or my love; "Celestial powers thy subjects are: "Then what can earth to thee compare? 5 " David, my servant, whom I chose, "To guard my flock, to crush my foes, "And rais'd him to the Jewish throne, "Was but a shadow of my Son."

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Now let the church rejoice and sing
Jesus her Saviour and her King ;
Angels his heavenly wonders show,
And saints declare his works below.

PSALM 89.-1st Part. C. M. [b]
The faithfulness of God.

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never ceasing songs shall show The mercies of the Lord;

And make succeeding ages know

How faithful is his word.

2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce
Shall firm as heaven endure:
And if he speak a promise once,
Th' eternal grace is sure.

3 How long the race of David held
The promis'd Jewish throne!
But there's a nobler cov'nant seal'a
To David's greater Son.

4 His seed forever shall possess
A throne above the skies;
The meanest subject of his grace
Shall to that glory rise.

5 Lord God of Hosts, thy wondrous ways
Are sung by saints above;
And saints on earth their honours raise
To thine unchanging love.

PSALM 89.-2d Part. C. M. [*] Ver. 7, &c. The power and majesty of God; or, reverential worship.

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ITH reverence let the saints appear,
And bow before the Lord:

His high commands with reverence hear,
And tremble at his word.

2 How terrible thy glories be!

How bright thine armies shine! Where is the power that vies with thee? Or truth compar'd with thine?

3 The northern pole and southern rest
On thy supporting hand;

Darkness and day from east to west
Move round at thy command.

Thy words the raging winds control,
And rule the boisterous deep;
Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll,
The rolling billows sleep

5 Heaven, earth, and air, and sea are thine, And the dark world of hell: