노 ! LL 1 L 2 The dawn of each returning day Fresh beams of knowledge brings; 3 Their powerful language to no realm "T is nature's voice, and understood 4 Their doctrine does its sacred sense 5 From east to west, from west to east, And, through his progress, cheerful light PART II. C. M. 1 God's perfect law converts the soul, 2 The statutes of the LORD are just, His pure commands in search of truth 3 His perfect worship here is fix'd, 4 Of more esteem than golden mines, More sweet than honey, or the drops 5 My trusty counsellors they are, Who by thy precepts live. し 6 But what frail man observes how oft O cleanse me from my secret faults, L Let no presumptuous sin, O LORD, That, by thy grace preserved, I may 8 So shall my prayer and praises be PSALM 16. S. M. From the xx. Psalm of David. 1 MAY Jacob's GoD defend 2 May he accept our vow, Our heart's devout request allow, 3 O LORD! thy saving grace We joyfully declare; Our banner in thy name we raise— 4 Now know we that the LORD His chosen will defend; From heaven will strength divine afford, And will their prayer attend. 5 Some earthly succor trust, Lo! while they fall, so vain their boast, We rise and upright stand. 6 Still save us, LORD! and still Thy servants deign to bless; Hear, King of heaven, in times of ill, 1 MY GOD, my God, why leav'st thou me, Oh! why so far from me removed, L L し 2 Lo! I am treated like a worm, 3 With laughter all the gazing crowd They shoot the lip, they shake the head, 4 "In God he trusted, boasting oft Let God come down to save him now, 5 Withdraw not, then, so far from me, O send me help! thy help, on which 1 LIKE water is my life pour'd out, 2 My strength is like a potsherd dried, 3 Like dogs, to compass me, my foes They pierced my inoffensive hands, Yet such a spectacle of wo 5 As spoil, my garments they divide, PART III. C. M. 1 LORD, to my brethren I 'll declare 2 "Ye worshippers of Jacob's GOD, O praise the LORD, and to your praise 3 "He ne'er disdain'd on low distress 4 Thus, in thy sacred courts, will I 5 The meek companions of my grief And all that seek the LORD shall be 6 Then shall the glad converted world 7 "T is his supreme prerogative "T is just that he should rule the world, Who does the world sustain. 8 The rich, who are with plenty fed, The sons of want, by him relieved, 9 With humble worship to his throne That power, which first their being gave, 10 Then shall a chosen spotless race, To their adoring sons his truth PSALM 18. C. M. From the xxiii. Psalm of David. 1 THE LORD himself, the mighty LORD, The shepherd, by whose constant care L 2 In tender grass he makes me feed, Then leads me to cool shades, and where 3 He does my wand'ring soul reclaim, Instruct with humble zeal to walk 4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, For there his aiding rod and staff 5 Since GOD doth thus his wondrous love From the xxiv. Psalm of David. 1 THE spacious earth is all the LORD'S, The world, and they that dwell therein, 2 He framed and fix'd it on the seas; 3 But for himself this LORD of all 4 The man whose hands and heart are pure, To gainful perjury. 5 This, this is he, on whom the LORD L |