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PSALM 31. Second Part.

C. M.

Deliverance from slander and reproach.

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Y heart rejoices in thy name, My God, my help, my trust: Thou hast preserv'd my face from shame, Mine honour from the dust.

2 "My life is spent with grief,” I cried,
"My years consum'd in groans;
"My strength decays; mine eyes are dried;
"And sorrow wastes my bones.".

3 Among mine enemies my name
Was a mere proverb grown;
While to my neighbours I became
Forgotten and unknown.

4 Slander and fear on ev'ry side
Seiz'd and beset me round:
I to the throne of grace apply'd,
And speedy rescue found.

5 How great deliv'rance thou hast wrought Before the sons of men!

The lying lips to silence brought,
And made their boastings vain!

6 Thy children, from the strife of tongues, Shall thy pavilion hide;

Guard them from infamy and wrong,
And crush the sons of pride.

7 Within thy secret presence, Lord,
Let me for ever dwell:

No fenced city wall'd and barr'd
Secures a saint so well.

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PSALM 31, Third Part.

L. M.

Prayer for deliverance from unfaithful friends.
OW many Ebenezers stand,

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To mark the mercies of thy hand! How many pray'rs have reach'd thy throne! How often has thy grace been shown! 2 When sorrows rise and pains prevail, Or angry foes my peace assail; When dangers thicken all around; In thee alone my help is found.

3 Thro' all the road, each day, each hour,
Fresh evils threaten to devour:

Some new complaint, some painful case,
Still drives me to the throne of grace."
4 My former friends their friend forget,
And change their love to cruel hate;
But truth and love with thee remain;
My Saviour always is the same.

5 Support me in this sharp distress,
While all forsake, and some oppress;
And if my ways the Lord approve,
Then turn their hatred into love.

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PSALM 32. First Part. L. M.

Justification and sanctification.

OLEST is the man, for ever blest, Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God; Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd, And cover'd with his Saviour's blood.

2 Blest is the man, to whom the Lord
Imputes not his iniquities;

He pleads no merit of reward,
And, not on works, but grace, relies.

3 From guile his heart and lips are free;
His humble joy, his holy fear,
With deep repentance well agree;
And join to prove his faith sincere.
4 How glorious is that righteousness,
That hides and cancels all his sins!
While a bright evidence of grace,
Thro' his whole life, appears and shines.
PSALM 32. Second Part.

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Confession and Pardon.

L. M.

HILE I keep silence and conceal My heavy guilt within my heart, What torments doth my conscience feel!. What agonies of inward smart.

2 I spread my sins before the Lord,
And all my secret faults confess:
Thy gospel speaks a pard'ning word,
Thy holy spirit seals the grace.

3 For this shall ev'ry humble soul
Make swift addresses to thy seat:
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There shall they find a blest retreat..

4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark, and storms appear:
And when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me safe from ev'ry snare.

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PSALM 33. First Part. C. M.
Works of creation and providence.

EJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord;
This work belongs to you:

Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, just and true!

2 His mercy and his righteousness
Let heav'n and earth proclaim:
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wond'rous name.
3 His wisdom and almighty word
The heav'nly arches spread;
And by the spirit of the Lord
Their shining hosts were made.
4 He bid the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep:
The flowing seas their limits know,
And their own station keep.

5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth,
With fear before him stand:
He spake, and nature took its birth,
And rests on his command.

6 He scorns the angry nations' rage,
And breaks their vain designs:
His counsel stands thro' ev'ry age,
And in full glory shines.

PSALM 33. Second Part. C. M. Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient. OLEST is the nation where the Lord Hath fix'd his gracious throne; Where he reveals his heav'nly word, And calls their tribes his own.

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2 His eyes, with infinite survey,
The spacious world behold;
He form'd us all of equal clay,
And knows our feeble mould.

3 Kings are not rescu'd by the force
Of armies from the grave:

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Nor speed nor courage of a horse
Can the bold rider save.

4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men,
To hope for safety thence;
But holy souls from God obtain
A strong and sure defence.

5 God is their fear, and God their trust,
When plagues or famine spread:
His watchful eye secures the just
Among ten thousand dead."

6 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice,
And bless us from thy throne:

For we have made thy word our choice, And trust thy grace alone.

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PSALM 34. First Part.. c. M.

Praise for eminent deliverance.

HRO' all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,

The praises of my God shall still

My heart and tongue employ.

2 Come, magnify the Lord with me,
And high exalt his name:

When in distress on him I call'd,
He to my rescue came.

3 The hosts of God encamp around
The dwellings of the just:
Deliv'rance he affords to all,
Who on his succour trust.

O! make but trial of his love:
Experience will decide,

How bless'd they are, and only they,
Who in his truth confide.

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