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8 O let thy God and King

Thy sweetest thoughts employ! Thy children shall his honours sing In palaces of joy.

PSALM 45.-С. М. [*]

The personal glories and government of Christ.

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'LL speak the honours of my King: His form divinely fair; None of the sons of mortal race

May with the Lord compare.

2 Sweet is thy speech, and heavenly grace
Upon thy lips is shed.
Thy God with blessings infinite
Hath crown'd thy sacred head.

3 Gird on thy sword, victorious Prince!
Ride with majestic sway;
Thy terrors shall strike through thy foes,
And make the world obey.

4 Thy throne, O God, forever stands;
Thy word of grace shall prove
A peaceful sceptre in thy hands,
To rule thy saints by love.
5 Justice and truth attend thee still,
But mercy is thy choice;
And God, thy God, thy soul shall fill
With most peculiar joys.

PSALM 45.-1st Part. L. M. [*] The glory of Christ, and power of his gospel. 1 Now be heart inspir'd to sing

The glories of my Saviour King,

Jesus the Lord, how heavenly fair
His form! how bright his beauties are

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2 O'er all the sons of human race
He shines with a superior grace;
Love from his lips divinely flows,
And blessings all his state compose.

3 Dress thee in arms, most mighty Lord!
Gird on the terror of thy sword!
In majesty and glory ride,

With truth and meekness at thy side..
4 Thine anger, like a pointed dart,
Shall pierce the foes of stubborn heart;"
Or words of mercy, kind and sweet,
Shall melt the rebels at thy feet.

5 Thy throne, O God, forever stands,
Grace is the sceptre in thy hands;
Thy laws and works are just and right,
Justice and grace are thy delight.

6 God, thine own God, has richly shed
His oil of gladness on thy head,
And with his sacred Spirit blest
His first-born Son above the rest.

PSALM 45.-2d Part. L. M. [*] Christ and his church; or, the mystical mar. riage.

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THE King of Saints, how fair his face,
Adorn'd with majesty and grace!

He comes with blessings from above,
And wins the nations to his love.

2 At his right hand, our eyes behold
The queen array'd in purest gold;
The world admires her heavenly dress,
Her robe of joy and righteousness.
3 He forms her beauties like his own,
He calls and seats her near his throne:

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Fair stranger, let thine heart forget
The idols of thy native state.

4 So shall the King the more rejoice
In thee, the favourite of his choice:
Let him be lov'd, and yet ador'd,
For he's thy Maker and thy Lord.
5 O happy hour, when thou shalt rise
To his fair palace in the skies,
And all thy sons, (a numerous train)
Each like a prince in glory reign.

6 Let endless honours crown his head;
Let every age his praises spread ;
While we, with cheerful songs, approve
The condescensions of his love.

PSALM 46.-1st Part. L. M. [b]

The church's safety and triumph among nation

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al desolations.

YOD is the refuge of his saints
When storms of sharp distress invade;

Ere we can offer our complaints,
Behold him present with his aid.

2 Let mountains from their seats be hurl'd
Down to the deep, and bury'd there;
Convulsions shake the solid world,
Our faith shall never yield to fear.
3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar;
In sacred peace our souls abide,
While every nation, every shore
Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.
There is a stream, whose gentle flow
Supplies the city of our God;
Life, love, and joy still gliding through,
And watering our divine abode.

5 That sacred stream, thine holy word,
'That all our raging fear controls;
Sweet peace thy promises afford,
And give new strength to fainting souls.

6 Zion enjoys her Monarch's love,
Secure against a threatening hour;
Nor can her firm foundations move,
Built on his truth, and arm'd with power.

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PSALM 46.-2d Part. L. M. [*]-
God fights for his church.
her King rejoice,

LET Zion in

[rise;

Though tyrants rage, and kingdoms

He utters his almighty voice,
The nations melt, the tumult dies.

2 The Lord of old for Jacob fouglit,
And Jacob's God is still our aid:
Behold the works his hand has wrought,
What desolations he has made!

3 From sea to sea, through all the shores,
He makes the noise of battle cease ;
When from on high his thunder roars,
He awes the trembling world to peace.
4 He breaks the bow, he cuts the spear,
Chariots he burns with heavenly flame:
Keep silence all the earth, and hear
The sound and glory of his name.

5 "Be still, and learn that I am God,
"I'll be exalted o'er the lands,
"I will be known and fear'd abroad,
"But still my throne in Zion stands."

6 O Lord of Hosts, almighty King,
While we so near thy presence dwell,
Our faith shall sit secure, and sing
Defiance to the gates of hell.

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PSALM 47.-С. М. [*]
Christ ascending and reigning.
FOR a shout of sacred joy
To God the sovereign King!
Let every land their tongues employ,
And hymns of triumph sing.
2 Jesus our God ascends on high!
His heavenly guards, around,
Attend him rising through the sky,
With trumpets' joyful sound.

3 While angels shout, and praise their King,
Let mortals learn their strains:
Let all the earth his honours sing;
O'er all the earth he reigns.

4 Rehearse his praise with awe profound:
Let knowledge lead the song;
Nor mock him with a solemn sound
Upon a thoughtless tongue.
5 In Israel stood his ancient throne,
He lov'd that chosen race;
But now he calls the world his own,
And heathens taste his grace.

6 The Gentile nations are the Lord's,
There Abraham's God is known,
While pow'rs and princes, shields and
Submit before his throne.

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PSALM 48.-1st Part. S. M. [*] Ver. 1-8. The church is the honour and

safety of a nation.

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the Lord our God,

☑ And let his praise be great;

He makes his churches his abode,

His most delightful seat.

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