4 Secure, substantial peace have they No smiling mischief them can tempt, 5 For thy salvation I have hoped, 6 Thy testimonies I have kept, Because the love I bore to them 7 From strict observance of thy laws PART XXII. TAU. C. M. 1 To my request and earnest cry, 2 Let my repeated prayer at last 3 Then shall my grateful lips return When thou thy counsels hast reveal'd, 4 My tongue the praises of thy word For thy commands are right, thy laws 5 Let thy almighty arm appear, For I the laws thou hast ordain'd L 6 My soul has waited long to see Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws, 7 Prolong my life, that I may sing My great Restorer's praise; 8 Though like a sheep that 's lost I 've stray'd, Do thou, O LORD, thy servant seek, 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. 3 Shelter'd beneath th' ALMIGHTY's wings, 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, 2 At Salem's courts we must appear, In strong and beauteous order ranged, 3 'T is thither, by divine command, His Name with praise and prayer. 4 O, ever pray for Salem's for Salem's peace; For they shall prosp'rous be, Who bear true love to thee. L 5 May peace within thy sacred walls し い L 6 For my dear brethren's sake, and friends I'll pray-May peace in Salem's towers 7 But most of all I 'll seek thy good, For Sion and the temple's sake, From the cxxiv. Psalm of David. 1 HAD not the LORD, may Israel say, 2 Had not the LORD himself vouchsafed 3 But praised be our eternal LORD, The snare is broke, his rage disarm'd, に 2.ce 124 L L 4 Secure in GoD's almighty Name The God who made both heaven and earth, PSALM 101. C. M. From the cxxv. Psalm of David. L L 1 WHO place on Sion's GOD their trust, 2 Look how the hills on every side, So stands the LORD around his saints, 3 Be good, O righteous GoD, to those The heart that innocence retains, 4 All those who walk in crooked paths, Cut off th' unjust, but crown the saints PSALM 102. C. M. From the cxxvii. Psalm of David. 1 WE build with fruitless cost, unless The watchman wakes in vain. 2 In vain we rise before the day, 3 Supplies of life, with ease to them, He crowns their labors with success, 27/48 From the cxxviii. Psalm of David. 1 THE man is bless'd that fears the LORD, L But keeps his steps confined with care 2 He shall upon the sweet returns Without dependence live, and see 3 Who fears the LORD shall prosper thus; L 348 And grant him all his days to see From the cxxx. Psalm of David. 1 FROM lowest depths of wo LORD, hear my supplicating voice, L 2 Shouldst thou severely judge, L L L But thou forgiv'st, lest we despond 3 My soul with patience waits My hopes are on thy promise built, 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; The plenteous source and spring from whence Eternal succor flows: 6 Whose friendly streams to us レ Supplies in want convey; A healing spring, a spring to cleanse And wash our guilt away. |