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And the whole race of creatures ftands,
Waiting their portion from thy hands.
2 If thou the vital air deny,

Behold them ficken, faint and die;
Duft to its kindred duft returns,
And earth her ruin'd offspring mourns.
3 But thou canst breathe on duft again,
And fill the world with beafts and men :
A word of thy creating breath
Repairs the wafte of time and death.
4 Thy glory, fearless of decline,
Thy glory, Lord, fhall ever shine;
Thy works, the honour of thy might,
Are honour'd with thy own delight.
Earth at thy look fhall trembling stand,
Confcious of fovereign power at hand;
And, touch'd by thy vindictive ftroke,
The everlafting mountains fmoke.
In thee our hopes and wifhes meet,
And make our contemplations fweet;
Thy praises fhall our breath employ,
Till we shall rife to endless joy.

WATTS and MERRICK

Pfalm CIV. Fourth Part. L. M. [X] The Voice of the Creatures proclaiming God. HERE is a God, all nature fpeaks,

T Thro' earth, and air, and feas, and skies;

See, from the clouds his glory breaks,
When the first beams of morning rife!
2 Behold the fun ferenely bright,
O'er the wide world's extended frame,
Infcribes, in characters of light,
His mighty Maker's glorious name.

3 Diffufing life, his influence spreads, And health and plenty fmile around; The fruitful fields and verdant meads Are with a thoufand bleflings crown'd. 4 Almighty goodness, power divine, The fields and verdant meads difplay, And blefs the hand which made them fhine With various charms, profufely gay. 5 For man and beaft, here, daily food In wide extenfive plenty grows; And there, for drink, the cryftal flood In streams, fweet winding, gently flows. 6 By cooling ftreams and foft'ning fhowers, The vegetable race are fed;

And trees, and plants, and herbs, and flowers,
Their Maker's conftant bounty fpread.

7 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad,
And trace creation's wonders o'er,
Confefs the footsteps of our God;
Come, bow before him, and adore.

Mrs. STEELE.

Plalm CIV. Particular Metre. [*]

PART I.

LESS GOD, O my foul,

Rejoice in his name,
And let my glad voice
Thy greatness proclaim;
Surpaffing in honour,

Dominion and might;
Thy throne is the heaven,
Thy robe is the light.

2 The fky we behold,

A curtain difplay'd,
The chambers of heaven
On waters are laid.
The clouds are a chariot
Thy glory to bear,
On winds thou art wafted,
Thou rideft on air.

3 As rapid as fire,

Thy angels on high
Convey thy commands,
Thy minifters fly.
The earth, on its bafis
Eternal fuftain'd,
Is fix'd in the station
Thy wisdom ordain'd.

4 The world, when at firf
Of chaos compos'd,
Was void, without form,
In waters enclos'd;
Thy voice, how majestic,
In thunder was heard
The waters fubfided,
The mountains appear'd,

PART II.

Thy providence fix'd

The ftream and its fource;

The fea knows its bounds,

The rivers their courfe.
Convey'd through dark channels,
Springs rife on the hills,

They burft in the fountains,
They fall in the rills.

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6 The beafts of the wild
Their foreft forfake
The herd quits the field,
To drink of the lake :

On trees crown'd with bloffoms,
Its margin along,

Birds, warbling fweet mufic,
Praise GOD in their fong.

7 Descending on hills,

Clouds plenteousness pour; All nature revives,

Earth fmiles in the fhower ; A garment of verdure

Apparels the plain; Fruits fwell in the garden, Fields wave with their grain, 8 With moisture refresh'd, The vine yields its fruit, 'Tis balm to our hearts, To health a recruit. With pleasure we gather The richness of oil; Tis ftrength to our body, Support to our toil.

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10 The pine yields a home
The fork to fecure
The goat on the crag
Defies the purfuer.
Even creatures too feeble
Themselves to defend,
On caves and concealment
For fafety depend.

11 The moon, by thy law,
Increases and wanes :
The fun keeps the course
Thy wisdom ordains.
By night the fierce lion
Roams wide for his prey,
But flies to his cavern

When morn brings the day,

12 Then man with the fun

His labour renews,
Till ev'ning arrives,
That labour pursues.
Such, Lord, is the wisdom
Thy works all proclaim;
Let earth, crown'd with riches,
Rejoice in thy name!

PART IV,

13 Nor here only, Lord,

Thy might we adore,
The fea owns thy hand,

Thy wisdom and power;
Their tribes without number,
Thy creatures, refort;
Leviathans gambol,

And whales take their sport.

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