6 Sinners in judgment shall not stand Amongst the fons of grace,

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

7 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.

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The faint happy, the finner miferable.

HE man is ever bleft

THE

Who fhuns the finners' ways,

Amongft their councils never ftands,
Nor takes the scorner's place :

But makes the law of God
His ftudy and delight,
Amidst the labours of the day
And watches of the night.

He, like a tree, fhall thrive,

With waters near the root:

Fresh as the leaf his name fhall live;

His works are heavenly fruit.

Not fo th' ungodly race,

They no fuch bleflings find:

Their hopes fhall flee like empty chaff

Before the driving wind.

How will they bear to stand

Before that judgment-feat,

Where all the faints at Chrift's right hand
In full affembly meet?

He knows and he approves

The way the righteous go;

But finners and their works fhall meet

A dreadful overthrow.

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PSALM I. Long Metre.

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The difference between the righteous and the wicked.
APPY the man, whofe cautious feet
Shun the broad way which 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 fpends the wakeful hours of night
With pleasure, pond'ring o'er his word.
3 He, like a plant, by gentle ftreams,
Shall flourish in immortal green;

And heav'n will fhire with kindeft 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 fhakes the skies.
In vain the rebel feeks to ftand

5

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 blefs'd the path, and drew it plain;
But you would choofe the crooked road,
And down it leads to endlefs pain."

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PSALM II. Short Metre.
Tranflated according to the divine pattern.
Acts iv. 24, &c.

Chrift dying, rifing, interceding, and reigning.
AKER and fov❜reign Lord
Of heaven, and earth, and feas,

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Thy providence confirms thy word,
And anfwers thy decrees.
2 The things 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,

5

Againft his Chrift they join.

The Lord derides their rage,

And will fupport his throne:

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He who hath rais'd him from the dead

Hath own'd him for his Son.

PAUSE.

Now he's afcended high,
And afks to rule the earth;
The merit of his blood he pleads,

And pleads his heav'nly birth.
He afks, and God beftows

A large inheritance;

Far as the world's remoteft ends

His kingdom fhall advance.

8 The nations that rebel

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Muft feel his iron rod;

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

[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.

WH

Common Metre.

THY did the nations join to flay
The Lord's anointed Son?
Why did they caft his laws away,
And tread his gospel down?

2 The Lord, who 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,

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And raise him from the dead ; I make my holy hill his throne,

And wide his kingdom spread. "Afk me, my Son, and then enjoy The utmoft Heathen lands:

Thy rod of iron fhall deftroy

The rebel who withftands."

5 Be wife, ye rulers of the earth,
Obey th' anointed Lord;
Adore the King of heav'nly birth,
And tremble at his word.

6 With humble love addrefs his throne:
For, if he frown, ye die :

Thofe are fecure, and thofe alone,
Who on his grace rely.

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PSALM II. Long Metre. Christ's death, refurrection and afcenfion. HY did the Jews proclaim their rage? The Romans,why their fwords employ? Against the Lord their pow'rs engage, His dear Anointed to destroy.

WH

2 "Come, let us break his bands," they fay,
"This man fhall never give us laws :"
And thus they caft his yoke away,
And nail'd the Monarch to the crofs.
3 But God, who high in glory reigns,
Laughs at their pride, their rage controls,
He'll vex their hearts with inward pains,
And fpeak in thunder to their fouls.
4 "I will maintain the King I made,
On Zion's everlafting hill;

My hand fhall bring him from the dead,
And he shall stand your Sov'reign still."
5 [His wondrous rifing from the earth
Makes his eternal Godhead known;
The Lord declares his heav'nly birth,
"This day have I begot my Son.
6" Afcend, my Son, to my right hand,
There thou fhalt afk, and I bestow
The utmoft bounds of Heathen land,
To thee the Northern ifles fhall bow."]
7 But nations, that refift his
grace,
Shall fall beneath his iron ftroke ;
His rod fhall crufh his foes with ease,
As potter's earthen work is broke.

PAUSE.

8 Now ye who fit on earthly thrones,
Be wife, and ferve the Lord the Lamb;