5. When God his kingdom shall regain, The captives all restore; Then Jacob shall rejoice again, PSALM 15. (7s.) The Citizen of Zion described. 1. WHO, great God! with favour blest, 2. He who with a heart sincere 3. Ne'er from truth his lips depart, 4. He will not his neighbour wrong, PSALM 16. Part I. (L. M.) The All-sufficiency of Christ. 1. HOW fast their guilt and sorrows rise, Who haste to seek some idol god! I will not taste their sacrifice, 2. My God provides a richer cup, 3. His love is my perpetual feast; By day his counsels guide me right: And be his name for ever blest, He gives me sweet advice by night. 4. I set him still before mine eyes: At my right hand he stands prepar'd PSALM 16. Part II. (C. M.) The Believer's hope in death. 1. MY soul shall ever bless the Lord, 2. I'll strive each action to approve No danger shall my hopes remove, 3. Therefore my heart all grief defies, 4. He shall the paths of life display, Where pleasures dwell without allay, PSALM 17. (L. M.) Sinner's portion, and the Saint's hope. 1. LORD, I am thine; but thou wilt prove My faith, my patience, and my love: When sinful men against me join, They are the sword, the hand is thine. 2. Their hope and portion lie below; "Tis all the happiness they know, 'Tis all they seek: they take their shares, And leave the rest among their heirs. 3. What sinners value, I resign; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine; And stand complete in righteousness. 4. This life's a dream, an empty show; 5. My flesh shall slumber in the ground, PSALM 18. Part I. (L. M.) God the defence of his people. 1. NO change of times shall ever shock 2. Thou art my Saviour, thou my God: My trust is in thy mighty power: Thou art my shield from foes abroad, At home, my safeguard and my tower. 3. Let the eternal Lord be prais'd, The mighty rock on which we rest: O'er highest heaven his name be rais'd, Thro' earth his great salvation blest. 4. O God, to celebrate thy fame, My grateful voice to heaven I'll raise; PSALM 18. Part II. (C. M.) 1. THE Lord descended from above, 2. On Cherubim and Seraphim And on the wings of mighty winds 3. He sat serene upon the floods, And he, a Sovereign Lord and King, 4. This is the God in whom I trust, He is a sure defence to such PSALM 18. Part III. (C. M.) Submission of the Heathen to Messiah. 1. THRO' earth the Saviour's name shall spread, His foes resist no more: O'er heathen lands proclaim the head; 2. Nations, through distant climes unknown, 3. The strangers of the Gentile race, PSALM 19. Part I. (L. M. D.) The Heavens declaring the glory of God. 1. THE spacious firmament on high, 2. Soon as the evening shades prevail, |