2 3 4 5 The ftroke was turned, diforder fled, And health defcended on my head: Eternal gratitude be mine, The life which thou haft faved, be thine. Thy mercies, in life's darkest frown, How kind, how good art thou, O Lord, How often, often has been shed CLXXXV. PSALM CXVI. L. M. DODDRIDGE. R ETURN, my foul, and seek thy rest In God, and footh thy troubled breast; Receive me, Lord, to that repose, Which he who loves thee only knows. 2 Bleft with thy love, I fear no more, Though tempefts howl, and billows roar; The ftorm muft fhake th' Almighty's feat, Which violates the faint's retreat. 3 Thy bounties, Lord, to me furmount The power of language to recount; From morning dawn, the fetting fun Sees but my work of praise begun. 4.The mercies all my moments bring Afk an eternity to fing; 5 What thanks those mercies can fuffice, Rich in ten thousand gifts poffeffed, To thee, my God, an equal praise. CLXXXVI. PSALM CXVI. L. M DODDRIDge. Deliverance from Death, with other Mercies celebrated. G I REAT fource of life, our fouls confefs 2 3 4 By thee heaven's fhining arch was spread; By thee were earth's foundations laid; All the delights of men's abode Proclaim a wife and bounteous God. Thy tender hand reftores our breath, Thefe lives are facred to the Lord CLXXXVII. PSALM CXVII. M. M. MERRICK. I 'L' 2 Univerfal Praife. ET thy various realms, O earth, Praife him all of human birth, And his wondrous acts record. Truth and mercy o'er our land Spread their ever-healing wing; Every heart with love expand, Praise, O praise th' eternal King. CLXXXVIII. PSALM CXVII. L. M. WATTS. F Praise for Redemption. ROM all that dwell below the skies Thy praise fhall found from fhore to shore, "Till funs fhall rife and fet no more. CLXXXIX. PSALM CXVII. S. M. WATTS. The fame. HY name, Almighty Lord, TH Shall found thro' diftant lands; Great is thy grace, and fure thy word, Thy truth for ever stands. 2 Far be thine honours spread, And long thy praise endure, 'Till morning light and evening fhade Shall be exchanged no more. cxc. PSALM CXIX. Long Met. MERRICK. Defire of heavenly Instruction. 2 3 4 T Each me, O teach me, Lord, thy way, By thy unerring precepts led, My feet thy better paths may tread. Informed by thee, with facred awe Give me to know thy will aright, May love of thee my heart enflame, CXCI. PSALM CXIX. Long Met. MERRICK. I The Bleffing of divine Instruction and Direction. H AIL bleft Inftructor! taught by thee, Evil and good I clearly fee; And bleft they are, who thee obey, Who tread unmoved thy perfect way. 2 3 4 5 How bleft! whofe hearts with will entire Thy favour feek, Almighty Sire, Whose steps thy guidance own, whofe mind Absent from thee, as from my home, Thy mercy let thy fervant fee; Thy precepts are my trueft joy; CXCII. PSALM CXIX. Com. Met. WATTS. I Bleffed are the pure in Heart. LEST are the undefiled in heart, BWhole ways are right and clean; Who never from thy law depart, Who fly from every fin. 2 Bleft are the men who keep thy word, And practise thy commands; With their whole heart they seek the Lord, And ferve thee with their hands. 3 Great is their peace who love thy law; Nor can a bold temptation draw |