PAUSE. o 7 By morning light I'll seek his face, The night shall hear me ask his grace, o 8 God shall preserve my soul from fear, Ten thousand angels must appear, -9 I cast my burdens on the Lord, o 10 [My highest hopes shall not be vain, V. 15, 16, 17, 19, 22. Dangerous Prosperity; or, ET sinners take their course, 1LET sinners theid to death; -But in the worship of my God, 2 My thoughts address his throne, o 3 Thou wilt regard my cries, e While sinners perish in surprise, Beneath thine angry rod. P 4 Because they dwell at ease, They neither fear, nor trust thy name, 5 But I, with all my cares, I'll cast my burdens on his arm, 06 His arm shall well sustain The children of his love: g The ground on which their safety stands No earthly power can move. el PSALM 56. C. M. Wantage. [b] Ο Behold how envious sinners try 2 [The sons of violence and lies Join to devour me, Lord; 3 In God most holy, just, and true, 4 [They wrest my words to mischief still, 5 Shall they escape without thy frown? O cast the haughty sinner down, PAUSE. -6 God counts the sorrows of his saints, Thou hast a book for my complaints, 7 When to thy throne I raise my cry, o So swift is prayer to reach the sky, So near is God to me. 8 [In thee, most holy, just and true, Nor will I fear what man can do, -9 Thy solemn vows are on me, Lord; o I'll sing, "How faithful is thy word; "How righteous all thy ways!" -10 Thou hast secured my soul from death; O set a prisoner free! e That heart and hand, and life and breath, PSALM 57. L. M. Old Hundred. Blendon.[*] Praise for Protection, Grace, and Truth. 1MY God, in whom are all the springs Of boundless love, and grace unknown, Above the heavens where angels dwell; 4 My heart is fixed; my song shall raise o Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise; My tongue, the glory of my frame. g 5 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns, His truth to endless years reinains, s 6 Be thou exalted, O my God, g Above the heavens where angels dwell; 1 PSALM 58. P. M. St. Helen's. [*] Warning to Magistrates UDGES, who rule the world by laws, Will ye'despise the righteous cause, When one oppressed before you stands? Dare ye condemn the righteous poor, And let rich sinners 'scape secure, While gold and greatness bribe your hands? 2 Have ye forgot, or never knew, That God will judge the judges too? High in the heavens his justice reigns: Yet you invade the rights of God, To bind the conscience in your chains. e 3 [A poisoned arrow is your tongue, And death attends where'er it wounds: Against the power of charming sounds. d 4 Break out their teeth, eternal God, Those teeth of lions dyed in blood; And crush the serpents in the dust; As empty chaff, when whirlwinds rise, Before the sweeping tempest flies, So let their hopes and names be lost.] o 5 Th' Almighty thunders from the sky; -Their grandeur melts, their titles die, As hills of snow dissolve and run; e Or snails that perish in their slime, Or births that come before their time; Vain births that never see the sun. o 6 Thus shall the vengeance of the Lord Safety and joy to saints afford ; And all who hear shall join and say. d "Sure there's a God who rules on high; "A God who hears his children cry, “And will their sufferings well repay." PSALM 60. C. M. Plymouth. [b] V. 1-5, 10-12. Humiliation for Disappointments in War. 1 LORD, hast thou cast the nation off Must we forever mourn? Wilt thou indulge immortal wrath? 2 The terror of one frown of thine Like men that totter, drunk with wine, p 3 Our nation trembles at thy stroke, o 4 Lift up thy banner in the field, -5 Go with our armies to the fight, o 6 Our troops shall gain a wide renown, g 'Tis God who treads the mighty down, And makes the feeble stand. PSALM 61. S. M. Aylesbury. [b*] Ver. 1-6. Safety in God. 1 WH THEN overwhelmed with grief, e 2 O lead me to the Rock, 3 Within thy presence, Lord, Thou art the tower of my defence, o 4 Thou givest me the lot Of those that fear thy name; PSALM 62. L. M. Bath. [*] MY spirit looks to God alone; My rock and refuge is his throne; In all my fears, in all my straits, 2 Trust him, ye saints, in all your ways; • God is our all-sufficient aid. e 3 False are the men of high degree; Laid in the balance, both appear |