2 Oft to thy house will I resort,
To praise thy goodness there;
I will frequent thy holy court,
And worship in thy fear.

3 From vanity, O turn mine eyes!
Let no corrupt design,
Nor any selfish wish, arise
Within this heart of mine.

4 O may thy Spirit guide my feet
In ways of truth and grace,
Make ev'ry path of duty straight,
And plain before my face!

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PSALM V. Version 3. L. M.

(From "The Spirit of the Psalms.” *)
S, soaring from the waving corn,
The tuneful lark salutes the morn,
So let our souls from slumber rise,
To pay our early sacrifice!

2 In humble trust, O Lord, we come
To worship in thy sacred dome,
And grateful round thine altar throng,
To pour the consecrated song.

3 O Lord, let all who love thy Name
In joyful notes that love proclaim;
Secure that Thy Almighty power
Shall be their shield in danger's hour.

* These copious Extracts from "The Spirit of the Psalms" are inserted by the liberal permission of the Editor of that very pleasing and valuable Volume.

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PSALM VIII. Version 1. L. M.

ETERNAL God! thro' earth's wide frame

How vast thy power, how great Thy Name! Thy reign o'er distant worlds extends,

Thy glory highest heav'n transcends.

2 When wrapt in thought, with wakeful eye
I view the wonders of the sky,
Whose frame Thy hand, above our head,
In rich magnificence hath spread-

3 0 what is man, that in Thy care
His humble lot should find a share?
Or what the son of man, that Thou
Thus to his wants thine ear should'st bow?

4 Made subject to his rule by Thee,
To him all nature bends the knee:
Eternal God! through earth's wide frame
How vast thy power, how great Thy Name!

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PSALM VIII. Version 2. C. M.

JEHO

(From "The Spirit of the Psalms.”)

[EHOVAH, Lord of power and might,
How glorious is Thy Name!

The blaze of day, the pomp of night,
Thy Majesty proclaim.

2 Lord! what is man-weak, fallen man-
That he Thy care should prove,

That Thou for him should'st deign to plan
Such mighty acts of love!

3 Made in Thine image at his birth,
Next to the heav'nly host,

And sov'reign of the new-form'd earth,
Each privilege he lost.

4 Then did the pitying Saviour leave
The glories of the sky,

(Oh love too wondrous to conceive!)
For sinful man to die ;-

5 To die that we, by grace restor❜d,
Might life and glory claim.
O great Creator, Saviour, Lord,
How excellent Thy Name!

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PSALM IX. C. M., D.

NO celebrate thy praise, O Lord,
We will our hearts prepare;

To all the list'ning world thy works,
Thy wondrous works, declare:
The thoughts of them shall to our souls
Exalted transport bring,

While to thy Name, O Thou Most High,
Triumphant praise we sing.

2 All those who have his goodness prov'd
Will on his truth confide,
Whose mercy ne'er forsook the man
Who on his help rely'd.

Sing praises, therefore, to the Lord,
From Sion, his abode;

Proclaim his deeds, till all the world
Confess the Lord their God.

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PSALM XI.

WHEN

L. M.

(From "The Spirit of the Psalms.") HEN all bespeaks a father's love, Oh wherefore, fearful as the dove, Should we in times of peril flee To any refuge, Lord, but Thee? 2 In vain the wicked bend their bow, And seek to lay the righteous low: Thou, from Thine everlasting throne, With watchful care regard'st thine own. 3 Thy voice shall seal the sinner's fate; Just vengeance shall his crimes await; While the bright beams of grace divine Shall on Thy faithful servants shine.

PSALM XVII. L. M.

HIS world is full of toil and woe;

1 THIS

But that bright world, to which we go, Hath neither sorrow, pain, nor care: When wilt Thou, Lord, receive us there? 2 O glorious hour! O blest abode ! We shall be near and like our God; No more shall sin and sense controul The sacred pleasures of the soul.

3 Our flesh shall slumber in the ground Till the last trumpet's joyful sound; Then burst its chains, with glad surprise, And in the Saviour's image rise.

PSALM XIX. Version 1. L. M., D. 1 THE starry firmament on high,

And all the glories of the sky,

Yet shine not to thy praise, O Lord,
So brightly as thy written Word:

The hopes that holy Word supplies, Its truths divine, and precepts wise, In each a heav'nly beam I see, And ev'ry beam conducts to Thee. 2 Almighty Lord! the sun shall fail, The moon forget her nightly tale, And deepest silence hush on high The radiant chorus of the sky; But, fix'd for everlasting years, Unmov'd amid the wreck of spheres, Thy Word shall shine in cloudless day When heav'n and earth have past away! !

PSALM XIX. Version 2. SEVENS.

1 HE

[EAV'NLY Teacher, from thy ways Who can tell how oft he strays? Fill our souls with holy light, Guide, O guide, our steps aright! 2 Cleanse us from the guilt that lies Wrapt within the heart's disguise; Let us now, by Thee renew'd, Each presumptuous thought exclude. 3 Let our tongues, from error free, Speak the words approv'd by Thee; To Thy all-observing eyes

Let our thoughts accepted rise.
4 While we thus thy Name adore,
And thy healing grace implore,
Blest Redeemer, lend thine ear!
God, our Strength, propitious hear!