3 The foften'd ridges of the field 5 The barren clods refresh'd with rain, The fields with verdure fill'd, again 6 The various months thy goodness crowns, How bounteous are thy ways! The bleating flocks fpread o'er the downs, And fhepherds fhout thy praife. Pfalm LXV. Long Metre. A New Verfion. WATTS. HY praife, O God, in Zion waits; All flefh fhall crowd thy facred gates, To offer facrifice and prayer, And pay their willing homage there. 2 What though iniquity prevail, 3 And feeble flesh be prone to fail Yet, Lord, thy grace thou wilt display, Bleft is the man approv'd by thee, [*] And every storm and every flood 5 Thy lightnings, flashing through the skies, 6 From thy vaft inexhaufted ftores, 7 The flocks which graze the mountain's brow, Plaim LXVI. First Part. JACOB KIMBALL. Divine Power and Goodness. C. M. [*] OW to the Lord of heaven and earth, NOW 3 Let gratitude inspire your mirth, Come fee the wonders of our God, He made the ebbing channel dry, Whilft Ifrael pafs'd the flood; The tribes beheld, with wondering eye, A guardian in their God. O blefs the Lord, and never cease; He keeps our life, maintains our peace, 5 Lord, thou haft prov'd our fuffering fouls, 6 Through wat❜ry deeps, and fiery ways, Led to poffefs the promis'd place, WATTS Pfalm LXVI. Second Part. C. M. [*] Praife to God for bearing Prayer. fhall my folemn vows be paid To that Almighty Power; Now Who heard the long requests I made 2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare 3 4 Come ye who love my God, and hear If fin lay cover'd in my heart, But God, his name be ever bleft, Has fet my fpirit free; He ne'er rejected my request, Nor turn'd his heart from me. WATTS. Pfalm LXVII. Short Metre. [*] Univerfal Praife. TO blefs thy chofen race, то In mercy, Lord, incline; And caufe the brightnefs of thy face 2 That fo thy gracious way May thro' the world be known; Whilft diftant lands their homage pay, And thy falvation own. 3 Let all the nations join To celebrate thy fame; Let the whole world, O Lord, combine, In humble, pious mirth; For thou, the righteous Judge and King, Shalt govern all the earth. TATE. faim LXVIII. F.Part. 6 Line L. M. [b] L' The Fuftice and Compaffion of God. ET God arife in all his might, As fmoke that fought to cloud the fkies, Or wax that melts before the fire, 2 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong, 3 4 His wond'rous name and power rehearse, WATTE Plaim LXVIII. ver. 17, 18. S.P. L. M. [*] Compared with Ephef. iv. 8, 9, 10. L The Afcenfion of Chrift, and the Gift of his Spirit. WATTS. Plaim LXVIII. Third Part. L. M, [*] Praife for Divine Care and Goodness. WE blefs the de arte with joy and food; E blefs the Lord, the juft, the good, Who pours his bleffings from the fkies, |