5. Safe in thy guardian care, I close Safe shall my slumbering frame repose, PSALM 5. (C. M.) Seeking God in his house. 1. LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear 2. Oft to thy house will I resort 3. O may thy spirit guide my feet 4. All they that love and fear thy name, PSALM 6. (C. M.) The Prayer of the Penitent. 1. IN tender mercy, not in wrath, Lest, if thy whole displeasure rise, 2. Touch'd by thy spirit's quick'ning power, Our load of guilt we feel; The wounds thy spirit hath unclos'd, 3. Opprest with Satan's galling yoke, And wilt thou not at length, O God, 4. O come with speed, 'ere life expire, 5. Why should our souls distrust thy grace, PSALM 7. (P. M.) God's protection implored. 1. O THOU, the Holy and the Just, Preserve me with thy watchful care, 2. O let the cause of truth prevail; That wicked men devise: Thy wrath, O Lord, will fiercely burn, 3. But thou, who searchest every heart, From one who seeks thy face; PSALM. Version 1. (C. M.) God's distinguishing love to man. 1. O THOU, to whom all creatures bow Thro' all the world how great art thou! 2. In heaven thy wondrous acts are sung, And yet thou mak'st the infant-tongue 3. When heav'n, thy beauteous work on high, Employs my wond'ring sight: The moon, that nightly rules the sky, 4. Lord! what is man that thou shouldst deign To bear him in thy mind? Or condescend to visit him, 5. O Lord our God, exalted high! Thy glories round the earth are spread, PSALMS. Version 11. (c. M.) God's condescension to man. 1. O LORD our God, how wondrous great 2. When I behold thy works on high, 3. Lord, what is man, or all his race, That thou should'st visit him with grace, 4. That thine eternal Son should bear 5. O Lord! how glorious is thy name To thee throughout the earth's wide frame PSALM 9. Part 1. (c. M.) Praise for God's goodness. 1. TO celebrate thy praise, O Lord, To all the list'ning world thy works,-- 2. The thoughts of them shall to my soul Whilst to thy name, O Thou most High, 3. God is a constant sure defence As troubles rise, his needful aids 4. All they that have his goodness prov'd, His mercy ne'er forsook the man, That on his help rely'd. 5. Sing praises therefore to the Lord, Proclaim his deeds, till all the world PSALM 9. Part II. (c. M.) Christ adored as a Judge. 1. BEHOLD! the Saviour lives and reigns, High on his throne above: His seat for judgment is prepar'd In righteousness and love. 2. The saints who know their Saviour's name, 3. But sinful men, who love their sins, The wicked shall be turn'd to hell, |