6 O'er ev'ry foe victorious,

He on his throne shall rest;
From age to age more glorious,
All-blessing and all-blest.
The tide of time shall never
His covenant remove;

His name shall stand for ever;

That name to us is-Love.

Praise and prayer for the accomplishment of the promise to
Abraham, by Messiah's universal reign.--See Gen. xxii. 17, 18.
7 THE mem'ry of Messiah's name
Thro' endless years shall run;

That glorious name shall be as bright
And lasting as the sun.

8 In him the nations of the world
Shall be completely blest;

His name's unbounded blessedness
By ev'ry tongue confest.

9 Then blest be God, the mighty Lord,
The God whom Israel fears;

Who, only doing wondrous works,
In majesty appears.

10 Let earth be with his glory fill'd,-
For ever blest his name;

While to his praise the list'ning world
Their glad assent proclaim.

PSALM 73.

An instructive and powerful antidote to the temptation arising from the suggestion,---that the prosperity of the wicked, and the afflictions of the godly, are difficult to be reconciled with God's perfections.

1 WELCOME has the discov'ry been

That God will to his saints be kind;
That all whose hearts are pure and clean,
Shall his protecting favour find.

2 Till this sustaining truth I knew,

My stagg'ring feet had almost fail'd; I griev'd the sinner's wealth to view, And envied when the fools prevail'd. 3" Then have I cleans'd my heart," said I, And wash'd my hands from guilt in vain; "For lo, chastis'd thy children lie,

And night and morning suffer pain." 4 To fathom this my thoughts I bent, But found the case too hard for me; Till to the house of God I went,

And there the sinners' end did see. 5 At ease and prosp'rous, yet they all On slipp'ry places loosely stand; Thence into ruin headlong fall,

Cast down by thine avenging hand.

Humiliation for the admission of thoughts derogatory to the divine perfections; and affectionate expressions of assured confidence in the lovingkindness of God.

6 WHEN with hard thoughts of God possest, Depress'd with grief my heart remain❜d:

Then undiscerning, like a beast

In whom no power of reason reign'd.

7 Ever Thy grace my wants supplied,
Ever Thy hand did succour give:
Thou, Lord, shalt with thy counsel guide,
And then to glory me receive.

8 Whom then in heav'n, but Thee alone,
Have I, whose favour I require?
Throughout the spacious earth there's none
That I, besides Thee, can desire.

9 My trembling flesh and aching heart,
May often fail to succour me;

But God shall inward strength impart,
And my eternal portion be.

PSALM 74.

Probably composed by Asaph on occasion of the desolation of the temple and city by Nebuchadnezzar.

The Church's supplication amid desolating judgments.
1 WHY, Lord, beneath thy anger groan
The flock which thou hast call'd thy own?
Remember, Lord, thy purchas'd race,
And thy once favour'd dwelling-place.
2 Lift to that seat thy steps again;
And mark fell desolation's reign:
The courts, to which with joy we went,
The marks of hostile rage present.

3 Fain would they raze them to the ground,
And strew the burning ruins round.
Thy absence thence we now deplore;
There is thy will reveal'd no more.

4 How long shall foes thy fear disclaim,
And load with foul reproach Thy Name?
Shall it for ever be profan'd?

For ever sleep Thy strong right hand?

"The Church pleads with God because of his wonders formerly wrought for her,--his power over creation,--and his covenanted mercy.

5 GOD is of old his people's King;
Of old did He salvation bring.
He clave the waters of the deep,
His chosen from their foes to keep:
Leviathan, and all his host,
In its returning waves were lost.
6 The smitten rock his flock supplied;
He dried up mighty Jordan's tide.
Thine is the day, and thine the night:
Thou mad'st the sun, begirt with light;
The earth, and each well bounded coast;
The summer's heat and winter's frost.

7 Parent of Nature! God supreme!
While folly's sons thy works blaspheme,
O vindicate thy name from wrong;
O silence the reproachful tongue:
And give the flock that bears thy name,
Thy cov'nant mercies still to claim.

PSALM 75.

God the sovereign ruler of princes, and disposer of all things.--Applicable to an earthly kingdom, but especially to the dominion of Messiah.

1 O GOD, we send our thanks on high;
Thy works declare thy name is nigh;
Thy King, enthron'd at thy command,
Bears up the pillars of the land.

2 Let then the proud restrain their pride,
The foolish lay their thoughts aside;
No longer lift the scornful head,
But own the King that God has made.
3 For power in honours to advance,
Comes not from east or west, by chance:
God is the sovereign Judge alone;
'Tis He degrades, or gives a throne.
4 To the ungodly He presents

A cup, whose wine with wrath ferments:
Its dregs they taste; Oh let us trust
That God, who will exalt the just.

PSALM 76.

Probably composed after the miraculous destruction of Senna-
cherib's army in the days of Hezekiah.---Applicable to national
success in war, or to the triumphs of God in behalf of his Church.
1 GOD's name is great, in Judah known;
At Salem was his earthly throne;

In Zion he vouchsaf'd to dwell.
He brake the bow and arrows there;
The shield, the sword, the battle-spear:
Corpses the mighty army fell.

2 O God of Jacob, at thy frown,
The horse and charioteers o'erthrown
Together slept in sudden night.

When Thou, whom heav'n and earth revere,
Dost in provoked wrath appear,

What mortal can resist thy might?

3 The wrath of man shall work thy praise;
Thou wilt restrain the rest, and raise
The triumphs of thy mighty power.-
Vow to the Lord your God; and bring
Your off'rings to the heavenly King,
Who fixes life's appointed hour.
PSALM 77.

Complaint of distress; and the conflict of distrust and confidence.
1 IN trouble's dismal day I sought
That God would ease my grief;

I thought on God;-but still my soul
Mourn'd and refus'd relief.

2 I call'd to mind the days of old,—
My nightly songs of praise:-
I mus'd, and commun'd with my heart,
And thought upon my ways.

3" Will he for ever cast me off?
Will he console no more?
Will faithfulness and mercy fail?
Can nought his love restore ?"--

4 Ah! 'tis my weakness hints these fears:
Let me those fears withstand.

I'll yet remember the Most High,
The work of His right hand.

The victory of faith over unbelief, manifesting itself in a commemoration of God's ancient mercies.

5 I'LL call to mind God's works of old,
The wonders of his might;

On them my heart shall meditate,
Them shall my tongue recite.

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