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4 Secure, substantial peace have they
Who truly love thy law;

No smiling mischief them can tempt,
Nor frowning danger awe.

5 For thy salvation I have hoped,
And, though so long delay'd,
With cheerful zeal and anxious care
All thy commands obey'd.

6 Thy testimonies I have kept,
And constantly obey'd;

Because the love I bore to them
Thy service easy made.

7 From strict observance of thy laws
I never yet withdrew;
Convinced that my most secret ways
Are open to thy view.

PART XXII. TAU. C. M.

1 To my request and earnest cry,
Attend, O gracious LORD;
Inspire my heart with heav'nly skill,
According to thy word.

2 Let my repeated prayer at last
Before thy throne appear;
According to thy plighted word,
For my relief draw near.

3 Then shall my grateful lips return
The tribute of their praise,

When thou thy counsels hast reveal'd,
And taught me thy just ways.

4 My tongue the praises of thy word
Shall thankfully resound;

For thy commands are right, thy laws
With truth and justice crown'd.

5 Let thy almighty arm appear,
And bring me timely aid;

For I the laws thou hast ordain'd
My heart's free choice have made.

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6 My soul has waited long to see
Thy saving grace restored;

Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws,
Thy heavenly laws afford.

7 Prolong my life, that I

may sing

My great Restorer's praise;
Whose justice, from the depths of wo,
My fainting soul shall raise.

8 Though like a sheep that 's lost I 've stray'd,
And from thy ways declined,

Do thou, O LORD, thy servant seek,
Who keeps thy laws in mind.

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From the cxxi. Psalm of David.

1 TO Sion's hill I lift my eyes, From thence expecting aid; From Sion's hill and Sion's GOD,

Who heaven and earth has made.
2 He will not let thy foot be moved,
Thy guardian will not sleep;
Behold, the GOD who slumbers not
Will favor'd Israel keep.

3 Shelter'd beneath th' ALMIGHTY's wings,
Thou shalt securely rest,
Where neither sun nor moon shall thee
By day or night molest.

4 From common accidents of life

The LORD shall guard thee still; "T is even he that shall preserve Thy soul from every ill.

5 At home, abroad, in peace, in war,
Thy GoD shall thee defend;
Conduct thee through life's pilgrimage,
Safe to thy journey's end.

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2 At Salem's courts we must appear,
With our assembled powers,

In strong and beauteous order ranged,
Like her united towers.

3 'T is thither, by divine command,
The tribes of GOD repair,
Before his ark to celebrate

His Name with praise and prayer.

4 O, ever pray for Salem's

for Salem's peace;

For they shall prosp'rous be,
Thou holy city of our God,

Who bear true love to thee.

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5 May peace within thy sacred walls
A constant guest be found;
With plenty and prosperity
Thy palaces be crown'd.

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6 For my dear brethren's sake, and friends
No less than brethren dear,

I'll pray-May peace in Salem's towers
A constant guest appear.

7 But most of all I 'll seek thy good,
And ever wish thee well,

For Sion and the temple's sake,
Where GOD vouchsafes to dwell.

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From the cxxiv. Psalm of David.

1 HAD not the LORD, may Israel say,
On Israel's side engaged,"
The foe had quickly swallow'd us,
So furiously he raged.

2 Had not the LORD himself vouchsafed
To check his fierce control,
The adversary's dreary flood
Had overwhelm'd our soul.

3 But praised be our eternal LORD,
Who left us not his prey;

The snare is broke, his rage disarm'd,
And we again are free.

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4 Secure in GoD's almighty Name
Our confidence remains;

The God who made both heaven and earth,
Of both sole monarch reigns.

PSALM 101. C. M.

From the cxxv. Psalm of David.

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1 WHO place on Sion's GOD their trust,
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Like her immoveably be fix'd
By his almighty hand.

2 Look how the hills on every side,
Jerusalem enclose;

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So stands the LORD around his saints,
To guard them from their foes.

3 Be good, O righteous GoD, to those
Who righteous deeds affect;

The heart that innocence retains,
Let innocence protect.

4 All those who walk in crooked paths,
The LORD shall soon destroy;

Cut off th' unjust, but crown the saints
With lasting peace and joy.

PSALM 102.

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From the cxxvii. Psalm of David.

1 WE build with fruitless cost, unless
The LORD the pile sustain;
Unless the LORD the city keep,

The watchman wakes in vain.

2 In vain we rise before the day,
And late to rest repair,
Allow no respite to our toil,
And eat the bread of care.

3 Supplies of life, with ease to them,
He on his saints bestows;

He crowns their labors with success,
Their nights with safe repose.

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From the cxxviii. Psalm of David.

1 THE man is bless'd that fears the LORD,
Nor only worship pays,

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But keeps his steps confined with care
To his appointed ways.

2 He shall upon the sweet returns
Of his own labor feed;

Without dependence live, and see
His wishes all succeed.

3 Who fears the LORD shall prosper thus;
Him Sion's GOD shall bless,

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And grant him all his days to see
Jerusalem's success.

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From the cxxx. Psalm of David.

1 FROM lowest depths of wo
To GOD I sent my cry;

LORD, hear my supplicating voice,
And graciously reply.

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2 Shouldst thou severely judge,
Who can the trial bear?

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But thou forgiv'st, lest we despond
And quite renounce thy fear.

3 My soul with patience waits
For thee, the living LORD;

My hopes are on thy promise built,
Thy never-failing word.

4 My longing eyes look out

For thy enliv'ning ray,

More duly than the morning watch

To spy the dawning day.

5 Let Israel trust in GoD,

No bounds his mercy knows;

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The plenteous source and spring from whence

Eternal succor flows:

6 Whose friendly streams to us

Supplies in want convey;

A healing spring, a spring to cleanse

And wash our guilt away.

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