5 Thy Stroke the Rock's dark Entrails clave; Forth from its Depth the foaming Wave Sprang inftant,-and with lengthen'd Train Irriguous lav'd the thirsty Plain.

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6 BY THEE prepar'd, the Night and Day Alternate walk th' ethereal Way;

Thy Art the Light's thin Texture fpun,
And with it cloth'd the radiantS un.

7 Thy Hand the Earth's vaft Fabric rounds,
Its Balance fixes, marks its Bounds;
With Summer's Show'rs its Glebe unbinds,
Or wraps it with the wint'ry Winds.
8 PARENT of Nature! GOD fupreme!
While Folly's Sons thy Acts blafpheme,
O vindicate thy Name from Wrong,
And filence the reproachful Tongue.
9 Let not the Fangs of cruel Pow'r
Thy trembling Turtle's Life devour,
Nor dark Oblivion's Shade, our Pain
For ever from thy Thought detain.

10 O give the Flock that bears thy Name,
Thy fed'ral Mercy yet to claim:
Behold within each cavern'd Cell,
Fraud, Violence, and Rapine dwell!

11 Behold! and let th' afflicted Poor,

(From Terror and from Shame fecure) With grateful Heart, and joyous Tongue, Wake to thy Praife the hallow'd Song.

PSALM LXXV.

TH
Tour Love and higheft Praife shall

HY Name, immortal GoD, thy Name

Whose Acts atteft Thee ever near, [claim; And plant within our Hearts thy Fear. 2 "Lift not the Horn, ye Sons of Pride, (The LORD, with fierce Rebuke, hath cry'd) Lift not the Horn!-nor thus in vain, "With stubborn Neck, my Name profane." 3 That God, whofe Word the Heav'ns outspread,

The regal Crown from Head to Head Transfers:-Wealth, Honour, Pow'r, his At Will fhall grant, at Will resume. [Doom 4 His Hand the full-charg'd Cup prefents, While red with Wrath its Wine ferments, Whofe Mixture Earth's rebellious Train Low to its utmoft Dregs fhall drain.

5 But I, with facred Transport fill'd,
To Jacob's GOD my Praife will yield;
Through Life's continual Round,my Tongue
Shall wake to HIM its thankful Song.

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OD's Glories Salem's Temple fill,

G And reft on Sion's facred Hill

There broke his Hand the Sword and Shield,
And caft them useless on the Field;
There fnapp'd the Arrows wing'd with Fire,

And bade the raging War expire.

2 O cloth'd with Majefty divine!
O fay, what Strength fhall equal thine!
Not fuch the Mountain's Boaft, whofe Seat
To Rapine's Sons a fafe Retreat

Prefents, and, neighb'ring to the Sky,
With awful Wonder ftrike the Eye.

3 At thy Rebuke O Jacob's GOD,

The Steed, whofe Hoofs in hoftile Blood
Were dipt, the Car that o'er the Plain
Rufh'd headlong on, nor heard the Rein,
With Horror ftruck, confefs THEE nigh,
And wrapt in Iron-Slumber lie.

Earth heard when GOD the Judgment gave,
And rofe his injur'd Saints to fave;
In filent Dread beheld his Look,

And inftant to her Centre fhook :-
THOU, THOU alone, our Fear fhalt claim,
Ye Nations bow, and own his Name!

5 Him ferve and fear, and duteous bring
Your Presents to the heav'nly KING;
That KING, whofe Sword, in Wrath apply'd,
Lops in mid Growth the Tyrant's Pride,
And, threatful, bids each earthly Throne
His mightier Sway fubmiffive own.

PSALM LXXVII.

'T I fought his gracious Ear,

GOD I cry'd with mournful Voice,

In the fad Day when Troubles rofe,
And fill'd the Night with Fear.

2 My overwhelming Sorrows grew
Till I could fpeak no more;
Then I within myself withdrew,
And call'd thy Judgments o'er.

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3 I call'd back Years and ancient Times
When I beheld thy Face
My Spirit search'd for fecret Crimes:
That might withhold thy Grace.vo

4 I call'd thy Mercies to my Mind,
Which I enjoy'd before;

And will the LORD no 'more be kind?
His Face appear no more?

5 Will He for ever cast me off?
His Promise ever fail?

Has He forgot his tender Love?
Shall Anger ftill prevail?-

6 But I forbid this hopeless Thought,
This dark, defpairing Frame,
Rememb'ring what thy Hand hath wrought;
Thy Hand is ftill the fame..

7 I'll think again of all thy Ways,
And talk thy Wonders o'er ;
Thy Wonders of recov'ring Grace,
When Flesh could hope no more.

8 Grace dwells with Juftice on the Throne ; And Men that love thy Word

Have in thy Sanctuary known
The Counfels of the LORD.

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9 MAKER of All! At thy Command Revers'd the Laws of Nature stand; Stupendous Scenes thy Acts afford, And bid the Nations know their LORD. 10 Let Jacob and let Jofeph fay

How.ftrong thine Arm to chafe away
Each Woe that waits thy People near,
Each Danger that excites their Fear."

The Deeps beheld Thee, heav'nly KING!
The Deeps beheld Thee,-and each Spring
That rofe from out its fandy Bed,

Tumultuous, own'd the fudden Dread.

12 Inceffant from the bursting Cloud:
Down ftream'd the bidden Rain ;-aloud
Peal'd the big Thunder ;-through the Sky
Thy flaming Shafts were feen to fly.

13 And, as thy Voice around the Pole
In awful Threats was heard to roll, [Head
Earth trembling groan'd, while o'er her
Its livid Sheet the Lightning fpread.

14 Wide yawn'd the Flood from: Shore to
And opid a Path unknown before, [Shore,
While Ifrael's Guardian and his GOD
With trackless Step its Channel trod.

15 As Sheep to diftant Paftures led,
Secure thy People march'd, convey'd
By Mofes and by Aaron's Hand,
To promis'd Canaan's happy Land.