[8 Thy voice, with terror in the found,
Through clouds and darknefs broke;
All heav'n in lightning fhone around,
And carth with thunder thook,
Thine arrows through the fky were huri'd
How glorious is the Lord!
Surprife and trembling feiz'd the world,
And humbled faints ador d.
το 1 gave them water from the rock;
And fafe, by Mofes' hand
Through a dry defart led his flock
Home to the promis'd land.]
PSALM LXXVII. First part Com. met: Providences of God recorded; ors Pious education and inftruction of Children,
LET children hear the mighty deeds.
Which God perform'd of old;
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.
He bids us make his glories known,
His works of pow'r and grace:
And we'll convey his wonders down
Through ev'ry rifing race.
3. Our lips fhali tell them to our fons, And they again to their's,
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.
4 Thus fhall they learn, in God alone
Taeir hope fecurely ftands,"
That they may ne'er forget his works
But practife his commands.
PSALM LXXVIII. Second part. Com. metre. Ifrael's rebellion and punishments; or, the fins and chati ements of God's people.
WHAT a fiff rebellious house
Was Jacob's ancient race!
Falfe to their own moft folemn vows,
And to their Maker's grace.
2 They broke the cov❜nant of his love, ́
And did his laws defpife;
Forgot the works he wrought to prove
His pow'r before their eyes
3 They faw the plagues on Egypt light
From his revenging hand:
What dreadful tokens of his might
Spread o'er the stubborn land!
4 They faw him cleave the mighty fea,
And march'd in fafety through,
With wat'ry walls to guard their way,
"Tilbthey had 'scap'd the foe.
$ A wond'rous pillar mark'd the road,
Compof'd of fhade and light;
By day it prov❜d à sheltʼring cloud,
A leading fire by night,
6 He from the rock their thirst suppli’d
The guthing waters fell;
And ran in rivers by their fide,
A conftant miracle !
7 Yet they provok'd the Lord Most High,
And dar'd diftruft his hand;
Can be with bread our host supply,
Amidst this deart land?
8 The Lord with indignation heard,
And caus'd his wrath to flame;
His terrors ever stand prepar'd
To vindicate His Name.
PSALM LXXVIII, Third Part. Com. metre. The punishment of luxury and intemperance;'' Chaflifement and Salvation
HEN Ir'el fins, the Lord reproves,
And fills their hearts with dread;
Yet, he forgives the men he loves,
And fends them heav'nly bread.
2 He fed them with a lib'ral hand,
And made his treasures known;
He gave the midnight-clouds command
Topour provifion down.
The manna, like a morning fhow'r,
Lay thick around their feet;
The corn of heav'n, fo light, fo pure,
As though 'twere angels, meat.
4 But they, in murmʼring language, said,
"Manna is all our feaft;
"We loath this light this airy bread;
"We must have flesh to tafte,"
5"Ye hall have flesh to please your lust,"
The Lord, in wrath reply'd;
And fent them quails like fand or duft,
Heap d up from fide to fide.
6 He gave them all their own defire ;
And greedy as they fed,
His vengeance- burnt with fecret fire,
And fmote the rebels dead.
When fome where flain the rest returnid.
And fought the Lord with tears :
Under the rod they fear'd and mourn'd,
But foon forgot their fears
8 Oft he chaftis'd and ftill forgave, "Till by his gracious hand,
The nation he refolv'd to fave,
Poffeff'd the promif'd land.
PSALM LXXVIII.Fourth PartLong metre.
Backfliding and forgiveness; or. Sin punished, and 5 Saints faved
REAT God! how oft did Ifrel prove
There in a glafs our hearts may fee
How fickle and how faife they be.
2 How foon the faithlefs Jews forgot
The dreadful wonders God had wrought!
Then they provoke him to his face,
Nor fear his pow'r nor truft his grace.
3 The Lord confum'd their years in pain,
And made their travels long and vain ;
A tedious march, through unknown ways,
Wore out their strength and spent their days.
4 Oft when they faw their brethren flain,
They mourn'd and fought the Lord again;
Call'd him the Rock of their abode,
Their High Redeemer, and their God.
s Their pray'rs and vows before him rife
As flatt'ring words, or folemn lies;
While their rebellious tempers prove
Falfe to his cov'nant and his loye.
6 Yet did his fou'reign grace forgive The men who not deierv'd to live; His anger oft away he turn'd
Or eife with gentle flame it burn'd.
7 He faw their flesh was weak and frail;
He faw temptations fill prevail :
The God of Abraʼm lov'd them fill,
And led them to his holy hill.
PSALM LXXX. Long metre. The Church's prayer under affliction; or, The Vine yard of God suafled.
GREAT Sepherd of thn the cherubs dwell
And led the tribes thy chosen sheep,
Safe through the defert and the deep,
2 Thy Church is in the defart now:
Shine from on high and guide us through;
Turn us to thee thy love restore,
We fhall be fav'd and figh no more!
3 Great God! whom heav'nly hofts obey,
How long thall we lament and pray!
And wait, in vain thy kind return!
How long fhall thy fierce anger burn?
4 Inftead of wine and chearful bread,
Thy faints with their own tears are fed !
Turn us to thee, Thy Love restore ;
We fhall be fav'd and figh no more!
5 Haft thou not planted with thine hands,
A lovely vine in Heathen lands?
Did not thy pow'r defend it round
And heavn ly dews enrich the ground?
6 How did the fpreading branches fhcot
And blefs the nations with the fruit !
But now dear Lord look down and fee
That mourning, vine that lovely tree!
Why is its beauty thus defac'd?
Why haft thou laid her fences wafte!
Strangers and foes against her join;
And ev'ry beast devours the vine.
8 Return Almighty God return;
Nor let the bleeding vineyard mourn ;
Turn us to thee; thy love reftore;
We fhall be favd and figh no more!
Lord when this vine in Canaan grew, Thou waft its ftrength and glory too! Attack'd, in vain by all its foes,
Till the fair BRANCH OF PROMISE rofe.
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