3 "Behold the man who did pretend
"God was his father and his friend,
"If God the bleffed lov'd him fo,
"Why doth he fail to help him now ?*
4 O harden'd people! cruel priests!
How they ftood round like favage beasts!
Like lions gaping to devour,

When God had put him in their power!
5 They wound his head, his hands, his feet,
Till ftreams of blood each other meet;
By lot his garments they divide,

And mock the pangs in which he dy'd.
6 But God his Father heard his cry;
Rais'd from the dead, he reigns on high;
The nations learn his righteoufnefs,
And humble finners tafte his grace.

WATTS.

Palm XXII. Third Part. C. M. [xorb]

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Obedience to God due from all Men.

ET all the various tribes of men
To God their homage pay;
And diftant nations of the earth,
One fov'reign Lord obey.

2 'Tis his prerogative fupreme

3

O'er fubject kings to reign,

'Tis juft that he should rule the world,
Who does the world fuftain.

The rich, whom he with plenty feeds,
His goodness fhall confefs;

The fons of want, whom he relieves,
Their bounteous patron blefs.

4. With humble confidence to God
Let all for aid repair;

For he who firft their beings gave,
Will make them ftill his care.

5 Bleft time when all of human birth
Devoted to his name,

Shall to their heirs, his facred truth
And glorious acts proclaim.

TATE, varied.

Plalm XXIII. Common Metre. [*]

TH

God's tender Care of bis People

HE Lord himself, the mighty Lord
Is pleas'd to be my guide;

The Shepherd by whofe conftant care
My wants are all fupply'd.

2 In tender grafs he makes me feed,
And gently there repofe;

Then leads me to cool fhades, and where
Refreshing water flows.

3 He does my wand'ring feet reclaim,
And, to his endless praife,
Inftruct with humble zeal to walk
In his moft righteous ways.

4 I'll pass the gloomy vale of death,
From fear and danger free ;
For there his aiding rod and staff
Defend and comfort me.
With liberal and unceafing care,
He does my table fpread;
He crowns my cup with cheerful wine,'
With oil anoints my head.

6 Since God doth thus his wond'rous love
Through all my life extend,

That life to him I will devote
And in his temple fpend.
D

TATE:

Pfalm XXIII. Short Metre. [*]

God's tender Care of his People.

HE Lord my thepherd is,
I shall be well supply'd ;
Since he is mire, and I am his,
What can I want befide ?

2 He leads me to the place
Where heavenly pafture grows,
Where living waters gently pass,
And full falvation flows.

3 If e'er I go aftray,

He doth my foul reclaim

And guides me in his own right way,

For his most holy name.

4. Whilft he affords his aid,

I cannot yield to fear;

Tho' I fhould walk through death's dark fhade,
My God is with me there.

5 In fight of all my foes,
He does my table fpread;
My cup with bleffings overflows,
And joy exalts my head.

6 The bounties of his love

Shall crown my future days;

Nor from his houfe will I remove,
Nor ceafe to speak his praife.

WATTS

Pfalm XXIII. Six Line Long Metre. [*]

God our Shepherd.

THE Lord my pafture fhall prepare,

THE

And feed me with a fhepherd's care; His prefence hall my wants fupply, And guard me with a watchful eye:

My noon day walks he fhall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. 2 When in the fultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant; To fertile vales, and dewy meads, My weary, wandering fteps he leads; Where peaceful rivers, foft and flow, Amid the verdant landfkips flow. 3 Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I ftray, His bounty fhall my pains beguile, The barren wildernefs fhall fmile; With lively greens and herbage crown'd," And ftreams fhall murmur all around. 4 Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overfpread, My ftedfaft heart fhall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me ftill; Thy friendly ftaff fhall give me aid, And guide me through the difmal fhade.

ADDISON.

Pfalm XXIV. Common Metre. [*]
The Man whom God approves.

HIS fpacious earth is all the Lord's,
The Lord's her fulness is;

TH

The world, and they who dwell therein, By fovereign right are his.

2 He fix'd the land, and fpread the feas, With all which they contain;

Then man in his own image form'd, O'er all thefe works to reign. 3 But for himself, this Lord of all himfelf, this

One chofen feat defign'd

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O who fhall to that facred hill
Defir'd admittance find?

The man whofe hands and heart are
pure,
Whofe thoughts from pride are free
Who honeft poverty prefers
To gainful perjury.

This is the man on whom the Lord
Shall shower his bleffings down;
Whom God his Saviour fhall be pleas'd
With righteousness to crown.

6 Such is the character of those
Who feek the face of God;

Whose happy feet shall ftand within
The place of his abode.

TATE, varied.

Palm XXIV. Long Metre. [*]

Heaven the Refidence of Saints, and the Afcenfion of Chrift. HIS fpacious earth is all the Lord's,

Tand and worms

And men and worms and beafts and birds He rais'd the building on the feas, And gave it for their dwelling place. 2 But there's a brighter world on high, Thy palace, Lord, above the fky; Who fhall afcend that bleft abode, And dwell fo near his Maker, God? 3 He who abhors and fears to fin, Whofe heart is pure, whofe hands are clean, Him fhall the Lord, the Saviour blefs, And clothe his foul with righteousness. Thefe are the men, the pious race Who feek the God of Jacob's face; Thefe fhall enjoy the blissful fight, And dwell in everlasting light.