(From "The Spirit of the Psalms.")

1 ALL ye lands, rejoice in God,

10 Sing praises to His Name;

Let the whole earth, with one accord,
His wondrous acts proclaim:

2 And let his faithful servants tell,
How, by Redeeming Love,
Their souls are sav'd from death and hell,
To share the joys above:

3 Tell how the Holy Spirit's grace
Forbids their feet to slide,

And, as they run the Christian race,
Vouchsafes to be their guide.

4 O then rejoice, and shout for joy,
Ye ransom'd of the Lord!
Be grateful praise your blest employ,
His presence your reward.

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PSALM LXVII. Version 1. 6 SEVENS. (From "The Spirit of the Psalms.")

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N thy Church, O Power Divine,
Cause thy glorious face to shine;
Till the nations from afar

Hail her as their guiding star;
Till her sons, from zone to zone,
Make thy great Salvation known.

2 Then shall God, with bounteous hand,
Scatter blessings o'er the land;
Earth shall yield her rich increase,
Ev'ry breeze shall whisper peace;
And the world's remotest bound
With the voice of praise resound.

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PSALM LXVII. Version 2.

To bless thy chosen race,
In mercy, Lord, incline;

S. M.

And cause the brightness of thy face
On all thy saints to shine;

That so thy wondrous way

May through the world be known; Whilst distant lands their tribute pay, And thy Salvation own.

3

Let all the nations join

To celebrate thy fame:

Let the whole world, O Lord, combine
To praise thy glorious Name.

4 O let them shout and sing,

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With joy and pious mirth;

For Thou, the righteous Judge and King,
Shalt govern all the earth.

PSALM LXVIII. Version 1. 6 EIGHTS.

(From "The Spirit of the Psalms.")

JOIN ev'ry voice, while we record

The tender mercies of the Lord;
Who from above the starry sky
Extends to all an equal eye-
To all inclines a willing ear,

And loves to dry the mourner's tear.
2 He makes the fatherless His care,
And hearkens to the widow's prayer,
A refuge for the outcast finds,
The captive's cruel chain unbinds :
But all the gratitude we owe

None but the saints in Ch rist can know.

3 Our gracious Lord on them bestows Redemption from severer woes;

With mighty arm for them hath broke Sin's galling chain, and heavier yoke; Hath conquer'd Death, and freely giv'n His precious blood to purchase heav'n.

PSALM LXVIII.

Version 2. L. M.

L
ORD, when Thou didst ascend on high
Ten thousand angels filled the sky:
Those heav'nly guards around Thee wait,
Like chariots that attend thy state.

2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear

More glorious when the Lord was there; While he pronounc'd his dreadful Law, And struck the chosen tribes with awe. 3 How great the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious Powers of Hell, Who all our race had captives made, Were all, in chains, like captives led 4 Rais'd by his Father to the throne, He sent the promis'd Spirit down, With gifts, and grace, for rebel men, That God might dwell on earth again.

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PSALM LXXI. C. M.

Y God, my everlasting hope,
I live upon thy truth;

Thy hands have held my childhood up
And strengthen'd all my youth.

2 Still has my life new wonders seen
Repeated every year;

Behold my days which yet remain,
I trust them to thy care.

3 Cast me not off in life's decline,
When hoary hairs arise,
And round me let thy glory shine
Whene'er thy servant dies.

4 Then in the hist'ry of my age,
If men review my days,
They'll read thy love in every page,
In every line thy praise.

PSALM LXXXI.

C. M.

(From "The Spirit of the Psalms.")

GOD, our Strength, to Thee the song
With grateful hearts we raise;
To Thee, and Thee alone, belong
All worship, love, and praise.
2 In trouble's dark and stormy hour
Thine ear hath heard our prayer,
And graciously Thine arm of power
Hath sav'd us from despair.

3 And Thou, O ever-gracious Lord,
Wilt keep thy promise still,
If, meekly heark'ning to thy Word,
We seek to do thy will.

4 Led by the light thy grace imparts
Ne'er may we bow the knee

To idols, which our wayward hearts
Set up instead of Thee.

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PSALM LXXXIV.

1 HOW

Version 1. L. M.

WOW sweet thy dwelling, Lord, how fair! What peace, what bliss inhabit there; With ardent hope, with strong desire, Our thoughts, our hearts, to Thee aspire. 2 Thrice bless'd are they who, by thy grace, Are strong to run the heav'nly race, And, their eternal home in view, With active zeal their course pursue. 3 Secure the thirsty vale they tread, By thy protecting presence led :

For them the gushing streams shall flow, Which health and strength and joy bestow. 4 From step to step advancing still, Behold they reach fair Zion's hill, That heav'nly Zion, the abode Of their Redeemer and their God.

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PSALM LXXXIV.

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Version 2.

ORD of the worlds above,
How pleasant and how fair

The dwellings of thy love,

Thine earthly temples, are!

To thine abode

P. M.

Our hearts aspire,

With warm desire, To see our God.

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O happy souls that pray

Where God appoints to hear!

O happy men that pay

Their constant service there;

They praise Thee still; Thrice happy they

Who love the way

To Zion's hill.