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3 "Behold the man who did pretend "God was his father and his friend; "If God the bleffed lov'd him fo, "Why doth he fail to help him now ?" O harden'd people! cruel priests! How they stood round like favage beasts Like lions gaping to devour,

When God had put him in their

power 5 They wound his head, his hands, his fee Till ftreams of blood each other meet; By lot his garments they divide,

And mock the pangs in which he dy’d. 6 But God his Father heard his cry; Rais'd from the dead, he reigns on high; The nations learn his righteousness, And humble finners tafte his

grace.

WATT

Palm XXII. Third Part. C. M. [

LET all

Obedience to God due from all Men.

ET all the various tribes of men
To God their homage p1y;
And diftant nations of the earth,
One fov'reign Lord obey.

2 'Tis his prerogative fupreme

3

O'er fubject kings to reign,

'Tis juft that he should rule the world,
Who does the world fuftain.

The rich, whom he with plenty feeds,
His goodnefs fhall confefs;

The fons of want, whom he relieves,
Their bounteous patron blefs.

4 With humble confidence to God
Let all for aid repair;

5

For he who first their beings gave,
Will make them ftill his care.

Bleft time! when all of human birth
Devoted to his name,

Shall to their heirs, his facred truth

And glorious acts proclaim.

TATE,

varied.

Plaim XXIII. Common Metre. [*]

God's tender Care of his People.

HE Lord himfelf, the mighty Lord,

The pleas'd to be my guide;

The Shepherd by whofe conftant care
My wants are all fupply'd.

2 In tender grafs he makes me feed,
And gently there repofe;

Then leads me to cool thades, and where
Refreshing water flows.

3 3 He does my wand'ring feet reclaim,
And, to his endless praife,
Inftruct with humble zeal to walk
In his moft righteous ways.
4 I'll pafs the gloomy vale of death,
From fear and danger free;
For there his aiding rod and ftaff
Defend and comfort me.

With liberal and unceasing care,
He does my table spread;

He crowns my cup with cheerful wine;
With oil anoints my head.

6 Since God doth thus his wondrous love
Through all my life extend,
That life to him I will devote,
And in his temple fpend.

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TATE

Pfalm XXIII. Short Metre.
God's tender Care of his People.

THE Lord my fhepherd is,

TH

I fall be well fupply'd ;

Since he is mine, and I am his,
What can I want befide?

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He leads me to the place Where heavenly pafture grows, Where living waters gently pafs, And full falvation flows.

3 If e'er I go aftray,

He doth my foul reclaim;

And guides me in his own right way,

For his moft holy name.

4 Whilft he affords his aid,

I cannot yield to fear;

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Tho' I fhould walk through death's dark fhade,

My God is with me there.

5 In fight of all my focs,

He does my table spread;
My cup with bleffings overflows,
And joy exalts my head.

6 The bounties of his love

Shall crown my future days;

Nor from his houfe will I remove,
Nor ceafe to fpeak his praife.

WATTS.

Pfalm XXIII. Six Line Long Metre. [*]

TH

God our Shepherd.

HE Lord my pafture fhall prepare,
And feed me with a fhepherd's care;
His prefence hall my wants fupply,
And guard me with a watchful eye:

My noon day walks he fhall attend, And all my midnight hours defend, 2 When in the fultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant; To fertile vales, and dewy meads, My weary, wandering fteps he leads; Where peaceful rivers, soft and flow, Amid the verdant landfkips flow. 3 Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I ftray, His bounty fhall my pains beguile, The barren wilderness fhall fmile; With lively greens and herbage crown'd, And ftreams fhall murmur all around. Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My ftedfaft heart fhall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still; Thy friendly staff fhall give me aid, And guide me through the dismal fhade.

ADDISON.

Plaim XXIV. Common Metre. [*]
The Man whom God approves.

HIS fpacious earth is all the Lord's,
The Lord's her fulnefs is;

The world, and they who dwell therein,
By fovereign right are his.

2 He fix'd the land, and fpread the feas,
With all which they contain;
Then man in his own image form'd,
O'er all thefe, works to reign.

3 But for himfelf, this Lord of all
One chofen feat design'd;

4

O who fhall to that facred hill

Defir'd admittance find?

The man whofe hands and heart are pure, Whofe thoughts from pride are free; Who honeft poverty prefers

To gainful perjury.

This is the man on whom the Lord
Shall fhower his blethings down;
Whom God his Saviour thall be pleas'd
With righteoufnefs to crown.

6 Such is the character of those
Who feek the face of God;

Whofe happy feet fhall ftand within
The place of his abode.

TATE, varied.

Pfalm XXIV. Long Metre. [*]

Heaven the Refidence of Saints, and the Afcenfion of Chrift. THIS fpacious earth is all the Lord's,

TH

And men and worms and beafts and birds; He rais'd the building on the feas,

And gave it for their dwelling place. 2 But there's a brighter world on high, Thy palace, Lord, above the sky; Who fhall afcend that bleft abode, And dwell fo near his Maker, God? 3 He who abhors and fears to fin, Whofe heart is pure, whofe hands are clean, Him fhall the Lord, the Saviour blefs, And clothe his foul with righteoufnefs. These are the men, the pious race Who feek the God of Jacob's face Thefe fhall enjoy the blissful fight, And dwell in everlasting light.

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