When gath'ring troops their wrath outpour'd,

Their fury had our tribes devour'd.

2 Down we had sunk, and o'er our head The swelling floods their waves had spread;

Down we had sunk:-but bless'd be God,
Whose arm the timely help bestow'd,
And, all opposers chased away,
Snatch'd from their jaws th' expected prey.

3 See, as the bird with sudden spring,
Exulting, mounts upon the wing,
Just rescued from the fowler's art;
So triumph we with thankful heart,
And, saved by God's preventing care,
Shake from our feet the broken snare.

4 When woes, when dangers round us rise, Our help on God alone relies;

To Him our liberty we owe,

And own his strength against the foe, Whose hand thy centre fix'd, O earth! And gave th' enduring heav'ns their birth.

PSALM CXXX. C. M.

1 WHEN, rising from the bed of death,
O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear,

I see my Maker face to face,
Oh, how shall I appear!

2 If now, while pardon may be found,
And mercy may be sought,

My heart with inward horror shrinks,
And trembles at the thought;

3 When thou, O Lord, shalt stand disclos'd In majesty severe,

And sit in judgment on my soul,
O how shall I appear?

4 But Thou hast told the troubled soul,
Which does her sins lament,
That Jesus suffer'd unto death,
Her suff'rings to prevent.

5 Then never shall my soul despair
Her pardon to procure,

Who knows thy only Son hath died
To make forgiveness sure.

PSALM CXXX. Second Version. S. M.

1 FROM lowest depths of woe

To God I send my cry;
Lord, hear my supplicating voice,
And graciously reply.

2 My soul with patience waits
For Thee, the living Lord;

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

3 Let Israel trust in God,
No bounds his mercy knows;

The plenteous source and spring from Eternal succour flows.

4 Whose friendly streams to us

Supplies in want convey;

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A healing spring, a spring to cleanse,
And wash our guilt away.

PSALM CXXX. Third Version. C. M.

1 O God! 'tis thine to spare and save;
With mercy souls to win,
Mercy that binds the grateful heart,
And makes it fear to sin.

2 We trust in Thee: in Thee, O Lord!
Is full redemption found;
Thy mercy pardons every sin,
And closes every wound.

3 That mercy, Lord, to us extend:
For we, at mercy's gate,
Taught by thy word--thy word is truth,--
For thy salvation wait;

4 Mercy, Good Lord! mercy we ask;
This is the total sum:

For mercy, Lord! is all our suit;
Oh! let thy mercy come.

PSALM CXXXIII.

C. M.

1 How great the joy, how blest the sight, When brethren friendly prove; Whose hearts in bonds of peace unite, And glow with mutual love!

2 'Tis like the precious ointment, pour'd On Aaron's sacred head,

Which from his beard, down to the skirts Of his rich garments spread.

3 Refreshing 'tis, as morning dews
That fall on Hermon's hill,

Or Zion's mount and hallow'd fields;
And all with blessings fill.

PSALM CXXXVI.

L. M.

1 GIVE to our God immortal praise:
Mercy and truth are all his ways:
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

2 He built the earth, He spread the sky,
And fix'd the starry lights on high:
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

3 He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night: His mercies ever shall endure,

When sun and moon shall shine no more.

4 He sent his Son with pow'r to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave:
Wonders of grace to God belong;
Repeat his mercies in your song.

5 Thro' this vain world he guides our feet,
And leads us to his heav'nly seat:
His mercies ever shall endure,
When this vain world shall be no more.

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PSALM CXXXVI. Second Version.

1 To God, the mighty Lord,
Your joyful thanks repeat;
To him due praise afford,
As good as He is great.
For God does prove

Our constant friend;
His boundless love

Shall never end.

2 To Him whose wond'rous pow'r
All other gods obey,
Whom earthly kings adore,
This grateful homage pay.
For God, &c.

3 By his Almighty hand

Amazing works are wrought;
The heav'ns by his command
Were to perfection brought,
For God, &c.