their shatter'd bones abroad.

6 Would he his saving power employ
to break our serviie band,.
Loud shouts of universal joy
should echo through the land.
PSALM 54.

LORD, save me, for thy glericus name,
and in thy strength appear,

To judge my cause; accept my prayer, and to my words give ear.

3 Mere strangers, whom I never wrong'd, to ruin me design'd;

And cruel men, that fear no God,
against my soul combined.

4,5 But God takes part with all my friends,
and he's the surest guard;
The God of truth shall give my foes
their falshood's due reward;

6 While I my grateful offerings bring,
and sacrifice with joy;

And in his praise my time to come delightfully employ.

7 From dreadful danger and distress the Lord hath set me free; Through him shall I of all my foes the just destruction see.

PSALM 55.

G vnd listen when I

IVE ear, thou Judge of all the earth,
pray;

Nor from thy humble suppliant turn
thy glorious face away.

2 Attend to this my sad complaint,

and hear my grievous moans; While I my mournful case declare, with artless sighs and groans.

8 Hark how the foe insults aloud!
how fierce oppressors rage!
Whose slanderous tongues, with wrathful

hate,

against my fame engage.

4,5 My heart is rack'd with pain; my soul
with deadly frights distress'd;
With fear and trembling compass'd round,
with horror quite oppress'd.
B How often wish'd I then, that I
the dove's swift wings could get

11 Whoe'er through every part shall roam
are grief and mischief found.
will fresh disorders meet;
Deceit and guile their constant posts
maintain in every street.

12 Fer 'twas not any open foe

that false reflections made;

For then I could with ease have borne
the bitter things he said:
'Twas none who hatred had profess'd,
that did against me rise;

For then I had withdrawn myself
from his malicious eyes.

18, 14 But 'twas e'en thou, my guide, my
friend,

Whose sweet advice I valued most;
whom tenderest love die join;

whose prayers were mix'd with mine.
15 Sure vengeance, equal to their crimes,
such traitors must surprise,

And sudden death requite those ills
they wickedly devise.

16, 17 But I will call on God, who still
shall in my aid appear;

At morn, at noon, at night, I'll pray:
and he my voice shall hear.

PART III.

18 God has released my soul from those
that did with me contend;

And made a numerous host of friends
my righteous cause defend.
19 For he, who was my help of old,
shall now his suppliant hear;
And punish them whose prosperous state
makes them no God to fear.

20 Whom can I trust, if faithless men
perfidiously devise

To ruin me, their peaceful friend,

and break the strongest ties? 21 Though soft and melting are their words, their hearts with war abound; Their speeches are more smooth than oil, and yet like swords they wound. 22 Do thou, my soul, on God depend, and he shall thee sustain; He aids the just, whom to supplant the wicked strive in vain.

10. 11 I'll trust God's word, and so despise
the force that man can raise ;
12 To thee, O God, my vows are due;
to thee I'll render praise,

13 Thou hast retrieved my soul from death:
and thou wilt still secure
The life thou hast so oft preserved,
and make my footsteps sure:
14 That thus protected by thy power,
I may this life enjoy;
And in the service of my God
my lengthen'd days employ.
PSALM 57.

THY mercy, Lord, to me extend;
On thy protection I depend;
And to thy wing for shelter haste,
Till this outrageous storm is
pass'd.
2 To thy tribunal. Lord, I fly,
Thou sovereign Judge, and God most high,

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Cr must not innocence appeal
to heaven from your decree?
2 Your wicked hearts and judgments are
alike by malice sway'd;

Your griping hands, by weighty bribes,
to violence betray'd.

3 To virtue strangers, from the womb
their infant steps went wrong;
They prattled slander, and in lies
employ'd their lisping tongue.

4 No serpent of parch'd Afric's breed
does ranker poison bear;
The drowsy adder will as soon
unlock his sullen ear.

5 Unmoved by good advice, and deat
as adders they remain;

From whom the skilful charmer's voice
can no attention gain.

e Defeat, O God, their threatening rage
and timely break their power;
Disarm these growling lions' jaws,
e'er practised to devour.

7 Let now their insolence, at height,
like ebbing tides be speat;

5 Thou, Lord of Hosts, and Israel's God,
their heatben rage suppress;
Relentless vengeance take on those
who stubbornly transgress.

6 At evening, to beset my house,
like growling dogs they meet;
While others through the city range,
and ransack every street.

7 Their throats envenom'd slander breathe;
their tongues are sharpen'd swords;
"Who bears?" say they," or, hearing, dares
"reprove our lawless words?"
8 But from thy throne thou shalt, O Lord,
their baffled plots deride;
And soon to shame and scorn expose
their boasted heathen pride.

On thee I wait; 'tis on thy strength
for succour I depend;
Tis thou, O God, art my defence,
who only can defend.

10 Thy mercy, Lord, which has so oft
from danger set me free,
Shall crown my wishes, and subdue
my haughty foes to me.

11 Destroy them not, O Lord, at once;
restrain thy vergeful blow;

2 Our strength, that firm as earth did stand,
Is rent by thy avenging hand;

O! heal the breeches thou hast made:
We shake, we fall, without thy aid!
3 Our folly's sad effects we feel;
For, drunk with discord's cup we reel:
4 But now, for them who thee revered,
Thou hast thy truth's bright banner rear'd.
5 Let thy right hand thy saints protect;
Lord, hear the prayers that we direct:
6 The holy God has spoke; and I,
O'erjoy'd, on his firm word rely:
To thee in porticas I'll divide
Fair Sichem's soil, Samaria's pride;
To Sichem, Succoth next I'll join,
And measure out her vale by line.
7 Manasseh, Gilead, beth subscribe
To my commands, with Ephraim's tribe;
Ephraim by arms supports my cauзe,
And Judahi by religious laws.

8 Moab my slave and drudge shall be,
Nor Edom from my yoke get free;
Proad Palestine's imperious state
Shall humbly on our triumph wait.
9 But who shall quell these mighty powers,
And clear my way to Edom's towers?

of persecuting power;

5 Thou, who so oft from spiteful foes
hast been my sheltering tower.
4 So shall I in thy sacred courts
secure from danger lie;
Beneath the covert of thy wings,
all future storms defy.

5 In sign my vows are heard, once more
I o'er thy chosen reign;

60! bless with long and prosperous life the king thou didst ordain.

7 Confirm his throne, and make his reign accepted in thy sight;

And let thy truth and mercy both
in his defence unite.

8 So shall I ever sing thy praise,
thy name for ever bless;
Devote my prosperous days to pay
the vows of my distress."

PSALM 82.

My soul for help on God relies;

from him alone my safety flows; My Rock, my Health, that strength supplies to bear the shock of all my foes. 8 How long will ye contrive my fall, which will but hasten on your own? You'll totter like a bending wall,

or fence of uncemen ed stone. 4 To make my envy'd honours less, they strive with lies, their chief delight; For they,though with their mouths they bless, in private curse with inward spite. 5,6 But thou, my soul, on God rely; on him alone thy trust repose: My Rock and Health will strength supply to bear the shock of all my foes. 7 God does his saving health dispense, and flowing blessings daily send: He is my fortress and defence;

on him my soul shall still depend. 8 In him, ye people, always trust; before his throne pour out your hearts; For God, the merciful and just,

his timely aid to us imparts. 9 The vulgar fickle are and frail; the great dissemble and betray;

And, laid in truth's impartial scale,

the lightest things will both outweigh
10 Then trust not in oppressive ways;
by spoil and rapine grow not vain;
Nor let your hearts, if wealth increase,
be set too much upon your gain.
11 For God has oft his will express'd,
and I this truth have fully known;
To be of boundless power possess'd
belongs, of right, to God alone.
12 Though mercy is his darling grace,
in which he chiefly takes delight;
Yet will he all the uman race
according to their works requite.
PSALM 63.

GOD, my gracious God, to thee
My morning prayers shall offer'd bes
for thee my thirsty soul does pant :
My fainting flesh implores thy grace
Within this dry and barren place,

where I refreshing waters want.
20! to my longing eyes, once more
That view of glorious power restore,

which thy majestic house displays: 3 Because to me thy wond cus love Than life itself does dearer prove,

my lips shall always speak thy praise. 4 My life, while I that life enjoy, In blessing God I will employ;

with lifted hands adore his name: 5 My soul's content shall be as great As theirs, who choicest dainties eat,

while I with joy his praise proclaim. 6 When down Ilie, sweet sleep to find, Thou, Lord, art present to my mind;

and when I wake in dead of night: 7 Because thou still dost su our bring, Beneath the shadow of thy wing

I rest with safety and delight. 8 My soul, when foes would me devour, Cleaves fast to thee, whose matchless power in her support is daily shown: 9 But those the righteous Lord shall slay, That my destruction wish; and they

that seek my life shall lose their own 10 They by untimely ends shall die, Their fesh a prey to foxes lie;

but God shall fill the king with joy. 11 Who thee confess shall still rejoice, Whilst the false tongue, and lying voice, thou, Lord, shalt silence and destroy.

PSALM 64.

LORD, hear the voice of my complaint

to my request give ear;

Preserve my life from cruel foes,
and free my soul from fear.
2 O! hide me with thy tenderest care,
in some secure retreat,
From sinners that against me rise,
and all their plots defeat.

3 See how, intent to work my harm,
they whet their tongues like sword