3 For thro' thy mighty works, O Lord, Thou mak'st my heart rejoice:

The thoughts of them shall make me glad,
And shout with cheerful voice.

4 How wondrous are thy works, O Lord!
How deep are thy decrees!
Whose winding tracks, in secret laid,
No foolish sinner sees.

67.

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WITH glory clad, with strength array'd,

The Lord, that o'er all nature reigns,
The world's foundations strongly laid,
And the vast fabrick still sustains.

2 How surely stablish'd is thy throne,
Which shall no change or period see!
For thou, O Lord, and thou alone,
Art God from all eternity.

3 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice,
And toss the troubled waves on high;
But God above can still their noise,
And make the angry sea comply.

4 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure;

And they that in thy house would dwell, That happy station to secure,

Must still in holiness excel.

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BLESS'D is the man, whom thou, O Lord,

In kindness dost chastise,

And by thy sacred rules to walk
Dost lovingly advise.

2 This man shall rest and safety find
In seasons of distress,

Whilst God prepares a pit for those
That stubbornly transgress.

3 For God will never from his saints
His favour wholly take;

His own possession and his flock
He never will forsake.

4 The world shall then confess thee just
In all that thou hast done;

And those that choose thy upright ways
Shall in those paths go on.

69.

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PSALM XCV.

For Sunday Morning.

L. M.

COME, loud anthems let us sing, Loud thanks to our Almighty King; For we our voices high should raise When our salvation's rock we praise. 2 Into his presence let us haste, To thank him for his favours past ; To him address, in joyful songs, The praise that to his name belongs.

3 For God, the Lord, enthron'd in state,
Is with unrivall'd glory great;
A king, superior far to all

Whom gods the heathen falsely call.
4 O let us to his courts repair,
And bow with adoration there;
Down on our knees devoutly all
Before the Lord our Maker fall.

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PSALM XCVII.

L. M.

JEHOVAH reigns, let all the earth

In his just government rejoice;
Let all the isles, with sacred mirth,
In his applause unite their voice.

2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade

His dazzling glory shroud in state; Justice and Truth his guards are made, And, fix'd by his pavilion, wait. 3 You, who to serve this Lord aspire, Abhor what's ill, and truth esteem; He'll keep his servants' souls entire, And them from wicked hands redeem. 4 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord: Memorials of his holiness

Deep in your faithful breasts record,
And with your thankful tongues confess.

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71. PSALM XCVIII.

Advent.

C. M.

SING to the Lord a new-made song,
Who wondrous things has done;

With his right hand and holy arm

The conquest he has won.

2 The Lord has through the astonish'd world
Display'd his saving might,
And made his righteous acts appear
In all the heathens' sight.

3 Let, therefore, earth's inhabitants
Their cheerful voices raise,
And all with universal joy

Resound their Maker's praise.

4 To welcome down the world's great Judge, Who does with justice come,

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And with impartial equity
Both to reward and doom.

72.

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PSALM C. (o. v.)

L. M.

LL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice: Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, . Come ye before him and rejoice. 2 The Lord ye know is God indeed;

Without our aid he did us make; We are his flock, he doth us feed,

And for his sheep he doth us take.

3 O enter then his gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why? The Lord our God is good,
His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

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VITH one consent let all the earth To God their cheerful voices raise; Glad homage pay with awful mirth, And sing before him songs of praise. 2 Convinc'd that he is God alone,

From whom both we and all proceed; We, whom he chooses for his own,

The flock that he vouchsafes to feed..

3 O enter then his temple gate,

Thence to his courts devoutly press;
And still your grateful hymns repeat,
And still his name with praises bless.
4 For he's the Lord, supremely good;
His mercy is for ever sure;

His truth, which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure.