PSALM C. JOYFUL, O ye nations, sing! He is GOD, the King of kings, Come then, to His courts repair, Well may we His praise proclaim, Truth, O GOD, is all thy own, Truth, Mercy, Goodness, LORD, are thine; Eternal all, and all Divine! PSALM C. BEFORE JEHOVAH's awful throne, He can create, and He destroy. His sov'reign power, without our aid, We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, Wide, as the world, is Thy command, Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand, PSALM, CIII. My soul, inspir'd with sacred love, 'Tis He that all thy sins forgives, And after sickness makes thee sound; The LORD abounds with tender love, As high as heav'n its arch extends So much His boundless love transcends As far as 'tis from east to west, PSALM CXIV. VERSIFIED.-Watts. WHEN Israel, freed from Pharaoh's hand, Across the deep their journey lay,. The mountains shook like frighted sheep, Not Sinai on her base could stand, What pow'r could make the deep divide? And whence the fright that Sinai feels? 'Let ev'ry mountain, ev'ry flood He thunders, and all nature mourns; The rock to standing pools He turns ; Flints spring with fountains at His word, And fires and seas confess their Lord. PSALM CXXI.-J. Bowdler, Jun. To heaven I lift mine eye, To heaven, JEHOVAH's throne; For there my SAVIOUR sits on high, And thence shall strength and aid supply To all He calls His own. He will not faint nor fail, Nor cause thy feet to stray; For Him no weary hours assail, O'er His eternal day. Beneath that light divine Securely shalt thou move; The sun with milder beams shall shine, And eve's still queen her lamps incline Benignant from above. For He, thy GOD and Friend, Shall keep thy soul from harm, In each sad scene of doubt attend, And guide thy life, and guard thine end, With His Almighty arm. PSALM CXXII.-Merrick. THE festal morn, my GOD, is come, My feet the summons shall attend, E'en now, to our transported eyes, In friendship's firmest band. Hither from Judah's utmost end Here, eager to attest their joy, In hymns of praise their tongues employ, By His command impell'd, to her While princes, from her throne, |