7, 8 With private whispers, such as these, 9 God of my strength, how long shall L,

to hurt me they devise:

A sore disease afflicts him now; "he's fall'n, no more to rise." 9 My cwn familiar bosom-friend, on whom I most rely'd,

Has me, whose daily guest he was, with open scorn defy'd.

10 But thou my sad and wretched state, in mercy, Lord, regard;

And raise me up, that all their crimes
may meet their just reward.,

11 By this I know thy gracious ear
is open, when I call;
Because thou sufferest not my foes
to triumph in my fall.

12 Thy tender care secures my life
from danger and disgrace;
And thou vouchsaf'st to set me still
before thy glorious face.

18 Let therefore Israel's Lord and God
from age to age be bless'd;
And all the people's glad applause
with loud Amens express'd.

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PSALM 42.

AS pants the hart for cooling streams,

like one forgotten, mourn; Forlorn, forsaken, and exposed

to my oppressor's scorn?

10 My heart is pierced, as with a sword, while thus my foes upbraid:

"Vain Loaster, where is now thy God?
"and where his promised aid?"

11 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
hope still; and thou shalt sing
The praise of him who is thy God,
thy health's eternal spring.
PSALM 43.

UST Judge of heaven, against my foes
Juhu sert my injured right;

O set me free, my God, from those
that in deceit and wrong delight.
2 Since thou art still my only stay,
why leav'st thou me in deep distress?
Why go I mourning all the day,
whilst me insulting foes oppress?

3 Let me with light and truth be blest;
be these my guides to lead the way,
Till on thy holy hill I rest,

and in thy sacred temple pray.
4 Then will I there fresh altars raise
to God, who is my only joy;

Wile the King's loud praise rehearse, 15 With all the state of solemn joy

the triumph moves along; Dd

Till, with wide gates, the royal court
receives the pompous throng.
16 Thou, in thy royal Father's room,
must princely sons expect;
Whom thou to different realms may'st send,
to govern and protect:

17 Whilst this my song to future times
transmits thy glorious name;
And makes the world, with one consent,
thy lasting praise proclaim.

PSALM 46.

GA present help when dangers press;

is our refuge in distress;

in him, undaunted, we'll confide; 2,5 Though earth were from her centre tost, And mountains in the ocean lost,

torn piece-meal by the roaring tide. 4 A gentler stream with gladness still The city of our Lord shall fill,

the royal seat of God most high:
b God dwells in Sion, whose fair towers
Shall mock th' assaults of earthly powers,
while his Almighty aid is nigh.

6 In tumults when the heathen raged,
And kingdoms war against us waged,
he thunder'd, and dispersed their powers:
7 The Lord of hosts conducts our arms,
Our tower of refuge in alarms,

our fathers' Guardian-God and ours.
8 Come, see the wonders he hath wrought,
On earth what desolation brought;

how he has calm'd the jarring world: 9 He broke the warlike spear and bow; With them their thundering chariots too into devouring flames were hurl'd. 10 Submit to God's Almighty sway; For him the heathen shall obey,

and earth her Sovereign Lord confess: 11 The God of hosts conducts our arms, Our tower of refuge in alarms,

as to our fathers in distress.

PSALM 47.

All ye people, clap your hands,
and with triumphant voices sing;
No force the mighty power withstands
of God, the universal King.

S, 4 He shall opposing nations quell,
and with success our batties fight;
Shall fix the place where we must dwell,
the pride of Jacob, his delight
5.6 God is gone up, our Lord and King,

In Sion, on whose happy mount
his sacred throne is raised.

2 Her towers, the joy of all the earth,
with beauteous prospect rise;
On her north side the Almighty King's
imperial city lies.

3 God in her palaces is known;

his

presence is her guard:

4 Confederate kings withdrew their siege, and of success despair'd.

5 They view'd her walls, admired, and fled, with grief and terror struck;

6 Like women, whom the sudden pangs.
of travail had o'ertook.

17 No wretched crew of mariners
appear like them forlorn,

When teets from Tarshish' wealthy coasts
by eastern winds are torn.
8 In Sion we have seen perform'd
a work that was foretold,

In pledge that God, for times to come,
his city will uphold.

9 Not in our fortresses and walls
did we, O God, confide;
But on the temple fix'd our hopes,

in which thou dost reside.
10 According to thy Sovereign name.
thy praise through earth extenas,
Thy powerful arm, as justice guides,
chastises or defends.

11 Let Sion's mount with joy resound;
her daughters all be taught
In songs his judgments to extol,

who this deliverance wrought.
12 Compass her walls in solemn pomp
your eyes quite round her cast;
Count all her towers, and see if there
you find one stone displaced.
13 Her forts and palaces survey;
observe their order well;
That, with assurance, to your heirs
his wonders you may tell
14 This God is ours, and will be ours,,
whilst we in him confide;
Who, as he has preserved us now,
till death will be our guide.
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ET all the listening world attend, and my instruction hear; Let high and low, and rich and with joint consent give car. 3 My mouth, with sacred wisdom fill¿ shall good advice impart; The sound result of prudent thoughts, digested in my heart.

Why should my courage fail in times
of danger and of doubt,
When sinners, that would me supplant,
have compass'd me about?

6 Those men, that all their hope and trust
in heaps of treasure place,
And boast in triumph, when they see
their ill-got wealth increase,
7 Are yet unable from the grave
their dearest friend to free;
Nor can, by force of bribes, reverse
the Almighty Lord's decree.

8, 9 Their vain endeavours they must quit;
the price is held too high;

No sums can purchase such a grant, that man should never die.

10 Not wisdom can the wise exempt, nor fools their folly save;

But both must perish, and in death their wealth to others leave.

11 For though they think their stately seats shall ne'er to ruin fall,

But their remembrance last in lands

which by their names they call;
12 Yet shall their fame be soon forgot,
how great sue'er their state;
With beasts their memory, and they,
shall share one common fate.
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13 How great their folly is, who thus
absurd conclusions make!
And yet their children, unreclaim'd,
repeat the gross mistake.

14 They all, like sheep to slaughter led,
the prey of death are made;
Their beauty, while the just rejoice,
within the grave shall fade.
15 But God will yet redeem my soul;
and from the greedy grave
His greater power shall set me free,
and to himself receive.

16 Then fear not thou, when worldly men
in envy'd wealth abound;

Nor though their prosperous house increase
with state and honour crown'd.
47 For when they're summon'd hence by
death,

they leave all this behind;

No shadow of their former pomp

within the grave they find:

PSALM 50.

THE Lord hath spoke, the mighty God
Hath sent his summons all abroad,
from dawning light, till day declines:
The listening earth his voice hath heard,
And he from Sion hath appear'd,

where beauty in perfection shines.

3, 4 Our God shall come and keep no more Misconstrued silence, as before;

but wasting flames before him send: Around shall tempests fiercely rage, Whilst he does heaven and earth engage his just tribunal to attend.

5, 6 Assemble all my saints to me,
(Thus runs the great divine decree)

that in my lasting covenant live,
And offerings bring with constant care:
The heavens his justice shall declare; ¡
for God himself shall sentence give.
7, 8 Attend, my people; Israel, hear;
Thy strong accuser I'll appear;

thy God, thy only God am I:
'Tis not of offerings I complain,
Which, daily in my temple slain,

my sacred altar did supply.

9 Will this alone atonement make?
No bullock from thy stall I'll take,

nor he-goat from thy fold accept:
10 The forest beasts, that range alone,
The cattle too are all my own,

that on a thousand hills are kept. 11 I know the fowls, that build their nests In craggy rocks; and savage beasts,

that loosely haunt the open fields: 12 If seized with hunger I could be, I need not seek relief from thee,

since the world's mine, and all it yields 13 Think'st thou that I have any need On slaughter'd bulls and goats to feed,

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to eat their flesh and drink their blood? 14 The sacrifices I require, Are hearts which love and zeal inspire,

and vows with strictest care made good. 15 Ia time of trouble call on me, And I will set thee safe and free;

and thou returns of praise shalt make. ' 16. But to the wicked thus saith God: How dar'st thou teach my laws abroad, or in thy mouth my covenant take?

18 And yet they thought their state was blest, 17 For stubborn thou, confirm'd in sın,

caught in the flatterer's snare,

Who with their vanity comply'd,
and praised their worldly care.

19 In their forefathers' steps they tread;
and when like them they die,
Their wretched ancestors and they
in endless darkness lie.

20 For man, how great soe'er his state,
unless he's truly wise,

Aslike a sensual beast he lives, so like a beast he dies

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Hast proof against instraction been, and of my word didst lightly speak: 18 When tho a subtle thief didst see, Thou glad with him didst agree,

and with adulterers didst partake. 19 Vile slander is thy chief delight; Thy tongue, by envy moved, and spite, deceitful tales does hourly spread: 20 Thou dost with hateful scandals wound Thy brother, and with lies confourd the offspring of thy mother's bed.