6 There is an awful hour,

Let daring sinners know,

When God, made dreadful to devour,
Shall burn the world below.

PSALM 36. Part 2. S. M.
The attributes of God.

1 HIGH o'er the loftiest cloud,
The Lord his throne maintains,
His praise thro heaven resounds aloud,
In sweet angelic strains.
2 We sing Jehovah's* name,

That sounds so high above,
Elohim† is the 'eternal flame,
Of uncreated love.

3 His mercies soar afar

And high as heaven ascend,
Above each cloud, and every star,
His grace and truth extend.
4 As mountains great and steep,
His righteousness is found;
His judgments are a mighty deep,

That man can never sound.

5 'Tis by his power we stand,
His gooodness is our feast,
And 'tis his all-protecting hand
Preserves both man and beast.

6 His nature pure as gold,
No sully can attaint;

For while his hands the world uphold, His heart approves the saint.

7 How excellent the grace,

From whence salvation springs;
· Jehovah, the one nature in Elohim.
Elohim, the three persons in Jehovah.

How blest the sons of Adam's race,
Who trust his shadowy wings.

s At rivers full and free,

They drink the living streams; And in his light the saints shall see, His soul reviving beams.

PSALM 37. Part 1. C. M.

The cure of envy.

I FRET not thyself, O sorrowing soul,
No more thy God displease,
To see the sons of pleasure roll.
On downy beds of ease.

2 As flow'ry grass cut down at noon,
Before 'tis evening fades;

So shall their glories vanish soon
In everlasting shades..

3 Go, feed the poor with liberal hand,
Nor want nor famine dread;
So shall thy seed possess the land,
And God provide thee bread.

4 In God let all the church delight,.
His saints are truly blest,

He keeps his servants near his sight,
He grants what they request.

5 Commit to God your doubtful way,
And he'll your path adorn,

Fair as the light that makes our day,
And beauteous as the morn.

6 Rest in the Lord, and patient wait,
Nor at the 'oppressor fret,
For God is near in every strait,
Nor can his saints forget.

7 What if the sinner laugh a while
And sin unpunish'd goes?

'Tis but a feint and transient* smile
Before eternal woes.

8 How dreadful is his hastening doom,
In vain his place you seek,
Cut off to make the righteous room,
Destroy'd before the meek.

9 The sword, the pestilence and dearth,
Shall do their work and cease,
Then shall the saints possess the earth,
And find abundant peace.

PSALM 37. Part 2. C. M.

The purpose of the wicked frustrated. 1 THE wicked plot against the just; How impious is the plan,

To tread the virtuous in the dust,
To slay the godly man.

2 In vain they pass their bold decrees,
To put the saints in fear;

The Lord derides them, for he sees
The day of vengeance near.

3 The silver sword, the bow of steel,
Against the poor they draw,

To make the sons of sorrow feel
The force of tyrant law.

4 My God shall break their bows and burn Their persecuting darts,

Shall their own swords against them turn,
And pierce their stubborn hearts.

5 When wars and famines round us spread Their desolating train,

The saints, suppli'd with daily bread,
Shall live amid the slain.

* Transient, short, momentary.

6 But tyrants, who my God provoke,
Shall perish in that day;

As fat of lambs comsume in smoke,
So shall they melt away.

PSALM 37. Part 3. C. M.

The happiness of the liberal.

LET sinners make the world their trust,
And grow profanely bold,
The meanest portion of the just,
Excels their purest gold.

2 The wicked borrows of his friends,
But ne'er designs to pay,

The saint is merciful, and lends,
Nor turns the poor away.

3 His alms, with liberal heart, he gives,
Among the sons of need;
His memory long in glory lives,
And blessed is his seed.

4 Once I was young, but now I draw
In haste to join the dead;
In all my life I never saw,

The righteous begging bread.

5 The God of judgment loves the meek, They dwell before his face;

But they, who dare their harm to seek, Shall perish from the place.

6 Blest is the man of upright heart,
His feet shall never slide,

Nor would he from the law depart,
To seek an erring guide.

7 When sinners fall the righteous stand,
Preserv'd from every snare;

They shall possess the promis'd land,
And God their heaven prepare.

PSALM 37. Part 4. C. M.

The perseverance of the saints.

1 THE saints, O Lord, shall persevere, Their steps are ordered well;

Thy mighty hand upholds them here,
Against the powers of hell.

2 Their hearts approve the heavenly way,
They keep the beaten track;
Or if they turn the least astray,
Thy spirit brings them back.
3 Tho satan plot their final fall,
And earth and hell assault;
Yet Jesus hears the softest call,
And overlooks a fault.

4 The heavenly heritage is theirs,
With God their peace is made,

He feeds them now, and makes them heirs
To crowns that never fade.

5 The heirs of heaven can ne'er be lost,
But must their crowns obtain;
'Twas Jesus paid the mighty cost,
Nor was the purchase vain.

6 Wait on the Lord, ye feeble band,
Nor fear when tyrants frown;
You shall possess the promis'd land,
When justice cuts them down.

PSALM 37. Part 5. C. M.

The different end of the wicked and righteous. 1 THE haughty sinner have I seen

Display'd in all his pride,

Like a tall bay tree fair and green, With branches spreading wide. 2 Awhile he gloried in his shade, And far his terror spread,