The Death and Resurrection of Christ.
1 "I SET the Lord before my face,
"He bears my courage up;
"My heart and tongue their joys express,
"My flesh shall rest in hope.
2 "My spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave
" Where souls departed are;
"Nor quit my body to the grave,
"To see corruption there.
s "Thou wilt reveal the path of life,
" And raise me to thy throne ;
"Thy courts immortal pleasure give,
"Thy presence, joys unknown."
4 Thus in the name of Christ the Lord
The holy David sung;
And providence fulfils the word
Of his prophetick tongue.
5 Jesus, whom every saint adores,
Was crucified and slain;
Behold the tomb its prey restores,
Behold he lives again!
6 When shall my feet arise and stand
On heaven's eternal hills ?
There sits the Son, at God's right hand,
And there the Father smiles.
PSALM XVII. Common Metre.b
The transforming Vision of God.
1 MY God, the visits of thy face"
Afford superior joy,
To all the flattering world can give,
Or mortal hopes employ.
2 But clouds and darkness intervene,
My brightest joys decline;
And earth's gay trifles oft ensnare
This wandering heart of mine.
3 Lord, guide this wandering heart to thee;
Break through the shades of sense and sin, With thy enlivening ray.
4 O let thy beams resplendent shine,
And every cloud remove;
Transform my powers, and fit my soul
For happier scenes above.
5 Lord, raise my faith, my hope, my heart,
To those transporting joys;
Then shall I scorn each little snare,
Which this vain world employs.
6 Then, though I sink in death's cold sleep,
To life I shall awake;
And, in the likeness of my God,
Of heavenly bliss partake.
PSALM XVII. Long Metre...1#
1 WHAT sinners value I resign; 1.10
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine,T
I shall behold thy blissful face,
And stand complete in righteousness.
2 This life's a dream, an empty show; id
But the bright world to which I go, W
Hath joys substantial and sincere;
When shall I wake and find me there!
3. O glorious hour! O blest abode!
I shall be near and like my God,
And flesh and sense no more control
The sacred pleasures of the soul.
4 My flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound;
Then burst the chains with glad surprise,
And in my Saviour's image rise.
PSALM XVIII. First Part L. M. b
Confidence in divine Protection.
1 NO change of times shall ever shock
My firm affection, Lord, to thee;
For thou hast always been a rock,
A fortress and defence to me.
2 Thou my deliverer art, my God,
My trust is in thy mighty power;
Thou art my shield from foes abroad,
At home my safeguard and my tower.
3 To heaven I made my mournful prayer,
To God address'd my humble cry;
Who graciously inclin'd his ear,
And heard ine from his throne on high.
4 The Lord did on my side engage,
*From heaven my righteous cause upheld,
And sav'd me from the furious rage
Of threatening waves that proudly swell'd.
5 Thou to the just shalt justice show, i
The pure thy purity shall see;
Such as perversely choose to go,.
Shall meet with due returns from thee-
6 Who then deserves to be ador'da
But God, on whom my hopes depend ?
Or who, except the mighty Lord,
Gan with resistless power defend?
PSALM XVIII. Sec. Part. L. M. or b
God executing Judgment on his Enemies.
INCUMBENT on the bending sky,
The Lord descended from on high; !
And bade the darkness of the pole
Beneath his feet tremendous roll.
2 Thick woven clouds around him clos'd,
His secret residence compos'd
And waters, high suspended, spread
Their dark pavilion o'er his head.
3 His voice th' Almighty Monarch rear'd,
Thro' heaven's high vault in thunder heard;
And down in fiercer conflict came
Tremendous hail and mingled flame.
4 With aim direct, his shafts were sped,
In vain his foes before them fled;
Around his dreadful lightnings stray,
And sure destruction marks their way.
5 Earth's basis, open to the eye,
And ocean's springs were seen to lie,
As the tempestuous fury pass'd,
And o'er them rag'd the dreadful blast.
MERRICK.
PSALM XVIII. Third Part. LM. b
Sincerity proved, or the Equity of Providence.
1 LORD, thou hast seen my soul sincere,
Hast made thy truth and love appear;
Before my eyes I set thy laws,
And thou hast own'd my righteous cause.
2 Since I have learnt thy holy ways,
My actions have proclaim'd thy praise;
Or if my feet did e'er depart,
Twas never with a wicked heart.
3 What sore temptations broke my rest;
What wars and strugglings in my breast!
But through thy grace that reigns within,
I hope to conquer every sin.
4 With an impartial hand, the Lord
Deals out to mortals their reward;
The kind and faithful souls shall find
A God more faithful and more kind. I
5 The just and pure shall ever say
God is more pure and just than they;
And men that love revenge shall know
God hath an arm of vengeance too.
PSALM XVIII. Fourth Part. C. M.
Thanksgiving for Victory.
1 TO thine almighty arm we owe
The triumph of the day;
Thy terrors, Lord, confound the foe,
And melt their strength away.
2. 'Tis by thine aid our troops prevail,
And break united powers ;
By thee their lofty walls we scale,
Or burn their proudest towers. et
3 God speaks, and at his fierce rebuke 3100Whole armies are dismay'd; His voice, his frown, his angry look, Strike all their courage dead. 4 He forms our soldiers for the field, With all their martial skill.; Instructs their hand the sword to wield, And gives them hearts of steel.
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