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22 For I, to utmost straits reduc'd, My heart is wounded with distress, 23 I, like an ev'ning shade, decline, Like locusts, up and down I'm toss'd, 24, 25 My knees with fasting are grown weak, All that behold me shake their heads, 26, 27 But for thy mercy's sake, O Lord, That all may see' tis thine own act,

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28 Then let them curse, so thou but bless; Of all that my destruction seek;

29 My foe shall with disgrace be cloth'd, His own confusion, like a cloke,

30 But I to God, in grateful thanks, And, where the great assembly meets, 31 For him the poor shall always find And he shall from unrighteous dooms

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Lord unto my Lord thus spake:" Till I thy foes thy footstool make, 66 Sit thou in state at my right hand; Supreme in Sion thou shalt be, and all thy proud opposers see 66 Subjected to thy just command.

3 Thee, in thy power's triumphant day, the willing nations shall obey: " And, when thy rising beams they view, " Shall all( redeem'd from error's night) appear as numberless and bright " As crystal drops of morning dew."

4 The Lord hath sworn, nor sworn in vain, that, like Melchisedech's, thy reign And priesthood shall no period know: 5 No proud competitor to sit at thy right hand will he permit, But in his wrath crown'd heads o'erthrow.

am void of all relief;

and quite pierc'd through with grief. which vanishes apace:

and have no certain place. my body lank and lean;

and treat me with disdain.

6 The sentenc'd heathen he shall slay, and fill with carcases his way, Till he hath struck earth's tyrants dead:

do thou my foes withstand; the work of thy right hand. let shame the portion be while I rejoice in thee. and, spite of all his pride, the guilty wretch shall hide. my cheerful voice will raise; set forth his noble praise. their sure and constant friend; their guiltless souls defend.

7 But in the high- way brooks shall first, like a poor pilgrim, slake his thirst, And then in triumph raise his head.

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5 His bounty, like a flowing tide, And he will ever keep in mind

6 At once astonish'd and o'erjoy'd, Whereby the heathen were suppress'd,

7 Just are the dealings of his hands, 8 By truth and equity sustain'd, 9 He set his saints from bondage free, For ever to remain the same;

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With private friends, and in the throng of saints, his praise shall be my

shall raise. song.

2 His works for greatness tho' renown'd, his wondrous works with ease are found By those who seek for them aright,

and in the pious search delight.

3 His works are all of matchless fame, His truth, confirm'd through ages past,

4 By precept he has us enjoin'd And to posterity record,

10 Who wisdom's sacred prize would win, Immortal praise and heav'nly skill

PSALM HAT man is bless'd, who stands in awe

to keep his wondrous works in mind; that good and gracious is our Lord. has all his servants' wants supplied; his cov'nant with our fathers sign'd. they saw his matchless pow'r employ'd; and we their heritage possess'd. immutable are his commands; and for eternal rules ordain'd. and then establish'd his decree, holy and rev'rend is his Name. must with the fear of God begin; have they, who know and do his will. CXII.

3 His house, the seat of wealth, shall be His justice, free from all decay,

4 The soul that's fill'd with virtue's light To pity the distress'd inclin'd, 5 His lib'ral favours he extends, Yet what his charity impairs,

and universal glory claim; shall to eternal ages last.

of God, and loves his sacred law: crown'd.

an inexhausted treasury; shall blessings to his heirs convey. shines brightest in affliction's night: as well as just to all mankind. to some he gives, to others lends; he saves by prudence in affairs.