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THE

PSALMS OF DAVID,

Imitated in the

LANGUAGE

OF THE

NEW TESTAMENT.

PSALM I. Common Metre.

The way and end of the righteous and the wicked.

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LEST is the man who fhuns the place
Where finners love to meet;'

Who fears to tread their wicked ways,

And hates the fcoffer's feat.

2 But in the ftatutes of the Lord,
Has plac'd his chief delight;
By day he reads or hears the word,
And meditates by night..
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3 [He, like a plant of generous kind By living waters fet,

Safe from the ftorms and blafting wind, Enjoys a peaceful state.]

4 Green as the leaf, and ever fair Shall his profeffion fhine; While fruits of holiness appear

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Like clusters on the vine.

Not fo th' impious and unjust;

What vain defigns they form! Their hopes are blown away like duft, Or chaff before the storm. 6 Sinners in judgment fhall not ftand Amongst the fons of grace,

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When Chrift the judge at his right-hand
Appoints his faints a place.

His eye beholds the path they tread,
His heart approves it well;

But crooked ways of finners lead
Down to the gates of hell..

PSALM I. Short Metre.
The faint happy, the finner miferable.
HE man is ever bleft

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Who fhuns the finner's ways, Among their councils never ftands, Nor takes the fcorner's place.

2 But makes the law of God
His ftudy and delight,

Amid the labours of the day,
And watches of the night.
3. He like a tree shall thrive.
With waters near, the roots

Fresh as the leaf his name fhall live,
His works are heav'nly fruit.
4 Not fo th' ungodly race,

They no fuch bleffings find:
Their hopes fhall flee like empty chaff
Before the driving wind.

5 How will they bear to stand
Before that judgment-feat,
Where all the faints at Chrift's right-hand
In full affembly meet?

6 He knows, and he approves
The way the righteous go:

But finners and their works shall meet
A dreadful overthrow.

PSALM I. Long Metre.

The difference between the righteous and the wicked. Happy the man whofe cautious feet

Shun the broad way that finners go,

Who hates the place where Atheists meet,,
And fears to talk as fcoffers do.

2 He loves t'employ his morning light
Amongst the ftatutes of the Lord;
And ipends the wakeful hours of night,
With pleasure pond'ring o'er the word.
3 He, like a plant by gentle streams,
Shall flourish in immortal green;

And heav'n will fhine with kindest beams
On ev'ry work his hands begin.

4 But finners find their counfels croft;
As chaff before the tempeft flies;
So fhall their hopes be blown and loft,
When the last trumpet shakes the skies.

5 In vain the rebel fees to stand
In judgment with the pious race;
The dreadful judge with ftern command
Divides him to a diff'rent place.

6" Straight is the way my faints have trod,
"I bleft the path and drew it plain;
"But you would chufe the crooked road;
"And down it leads to endless pain."

PSALM IL. Short Metre.

Tranflated according to the divine pattern, A&s iv. 24, &c.

Chrift dying, rifing, interceding, and reigning.
AKER and fov'reign Lord
Of heav'n, and earth, and feas,

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Thy providence confirms thy word,
And answers thy decrees.

2 The thing fo long foretold
By David, are fulfill'd,
When Jews and Gentiles join to flay
Jefus, thine holy child.]

3 Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jews with one accord
Bend all their counfels to deftroy
Th' anointed of the Lord?

4 Rulers and kings, agree
To form a vain defign;

Against the Lord' their pow'rs unite,
Againft his Chrift they join.

5 The Lord derides their rage,
And will fupport his throne;

He that hath rais'd him from the dead
Hath own'd him for his Son.

PAUSE.

6 Now he's afcended high,
And afks to rule the earth;
The merit of his blood he pleads,
And pleads his heav'nly birth.·
7 He afks, and God bestows
A large inheritance;
Far as the world's remotest ends
His kingdom fhall advance.

8 The nations that rebel
Muft feel his iron rod;

He'll vindicate thofe honours well
Which he receiv'd from God

9 [Be wife, ye rulers, now,
And-worship at his throne;

With trembling joy, ye people, bow
To God's exalted Son.

10 If once his wrath arise,
Ye perish on the place;

Then bleffed is the foul that flies.

For refuge to his grace.]

PSALM II.

WHY

Common Metre.

7HY did the nations join to flay The Lord's anointed Son? Why did they cast his laws away, And tread his gospet down?

2 The Lord that fits above the skies,
Derides their rage below,

He fpeaks with vengeance in his eyes,
And ftrikes their fpirits through.

3 "I call him my eternal Son,

"And raife him from the dead;

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