Witnefs, ye faints, who hear me now, PSALM CXVII. Common Metre. Praife to God from all nations. All ye nations, praise the Lord, 2 His mercy reigns thro' ev'ry land; PSALM CXVII. Long Metre. FROM all that dwell below the skies; Let the Creator's praife arife: Thy praife fhall found from shore to shore, PSALM CXVII. Short Metre. 'T HY name, almighty Lord, Shall found thro' diftant lands; Great is thy grace, and fure thy word: Thy truth for ever ftands 2 Far be thine honour spread, And long thy praise endure, Till morning light and ev'ning fhade I PSALM CXVIII. First part. 6,—15. HE Lord appears my helper now, TH What all the fons of earth can do, Since heav'n affords its aid. 2 'Tis fafer, Lord, to hope in thee, 4 'Tis thro' the Lord my heart is ftrong, How chearful is my voice! 5 Like angry bees they girt me round; So burning thorns with crackling found, 6 Joy to the faints, and peace belongs; PSALM CXVIII. Second Part. 17,-21 Public praife for deliverance from death. ORD, thou haft heard thy fervant cry, Land refcu'd from the grave: Now fhall he live; (and none can die, 2 Thy praite more conftant than before, Thy hand, that hath chaftis'd him fore 3 Open the gates of Zion now, 4 Among th'affemblies of thy faints PSALM CXVIII. Third Part. 22, 23. B Chrift the foundation of his church. Ehold the fure foundation Stone To build our heav'nly hopes upon, 2 Chofen of God, to finners' dear, They truft their whole falvation here, 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, Yet on this Rock the church fhall reft, 4 What tho' the gates of hell withstood, 'Tis thy own work, almighty God, And wondrous in our eyes, PSALM CXVIII. Fourth Part. 24, 25, 26. Hofanna; the Lord's day; or, Chrift's refurrection, and our falvation. I HIS is the day the Lord hath made, Let heav'n rejoice, let earth be glad, 3 Hofanna to th' anointed King, Help us, O Lord, defcend and bring 4 Bleft be the Lord who comes to men Who comes in God his Father's name 5 Hofanna in the highest strains The church on earth can raife; PSALM CXVIII. 22,-27. Short Metre. An Hofanna for the Lord's day; or, A new fong of falvation by Chrift. S EE what a living Stone Yet God hath built his church thereon In spite of envious Jews. 2 The fcribe and angry priest 3 The work, O Lord, is thine, 4 This is the glorious day That our Redeemer made; Let us rejoice, and fing, and pray. Let all the church be glad. 5 Hofanna to the King Of David's royal blood: 6 We bless thine holy word PSALM CXVIII. 22, 27. Long Metre. An hofanna for the Lord's day; or, A new fong of falvation by Chrift. L O! what a glorious Corner-Stone ་་ But God hath built his church thereon |