PSALM XXIII.

A PASTORAL HYMN.

The Words by Mr. ADDISON.

1.

THE Lord my Pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a Shepherd's Care;
His Presence shall my Wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful Eye;
My Noon-day Walks he shall attend,
And all my Midnight Hours defend.

II.

When in the sultry Glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty Mountain pant,
To fertile Vales and dewy Meads,
My weary wandring Steps he leads;
Where peaceful Rivers, foft and flow,
Amid the verdant Landskip flow.

III.

Though in the Paths of Death I tread,
With gloomy Horrors over-spread;
My stedfaft Heart shall fear no Ill,
For thou, O Lord, art with me still:
Thy friendly Crook shall give me Aid,
And guide me through the dreadful Shade.

IV.

Though in a bare and rugged Way,
Through devious lonely Wilds I stray;
Thy Bounty shall my Pains beguile,
The barren Wilderness shall smile,
With fudden Greens and Herbage crown'd,
And Streams shall murmur all around.

PSALM

1.

PSALM XLVII.

By Sir J. DENHAM.

Clap your Hands with one Accord!

Praise with melodious Notes the Lord!

2. With Terror he the World commands :

3.

He only gives us Victory,
Under our Feet the Nations lie,
And Israel shall divide their Lands.

4. Jacob he loves, and will advance,
And set out his Inheritance;
5. Afcending, he in Triumph fits:

6.

With Trumpets to our King rejoice,
With Understanding raise your Voice;

7. To his Commands the World submits.
8. Exalted on his sacred Throne,

He o'er the Heathen reigns alone :
9. And now the Peoples Leaders yield,

With those of Abram's God to join;
Whose Glory rais'd on high, does shine,

And guards the World as with a Shield.

PSALM LXXII.

By the fame.

1. LORD, let the King thy Judgments share, And to his Son thy Wisdom give;

2. That under his judicious Care,

The People happily may live.

3. Then from the Mountains Peace shall flow, And Plenty from the Hills below.

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4. The Low don't his Protection want,
With Judgment he the Poor secures:
5. God, their Oppressors shall supplant;
Thy Fear, as Sun and Moon endures.
6. He, as the Dew on Grass distils,
As Rain the Earth, with Riches fills.

7. The Righteous shall abound in Peace,
Until the Moon her Motion ends;
8. His large Dominions shall increase,
As far as Sea or Land extends:
9. In him the Wilderness shall truft,
And all his Foes shall lick the Duft.

10. Sheba and Seba, with their King
Of th' Islands, and Arabian Shore;
11. All Princes shall their Presents bring,
And the whole World this Prince adore :
12. To the Distress'd his Aid appears,
And when the Wretched cry, He hears.

13. The Needy he not only loves,

But shews to them his faving Light; 14. From Fraud and Force he them removes, Their Blood is precious in his Sight:

15. To him who shall for ever live,
Their Gold shall the Sabeans give.

He first our fervent Pray'rs shall hear,
And then our everlasting Praise:
16. The Mountains Corn and Trees shall bear,
Such as proud Libanus does raisfe;

And his lov'd City he shall bless
With ever-flourishing Increase.

17. His blessed Name shall Time outlive,
His Glory shall outshine the Sun;
18. Then Ifrael Praise to him shall give,
For all the Wonders he has done.
And all Mankind his Fame rehearse,
Whose Glory fills the Universe.

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PSALM

PSALM LXXXIX:

By the fame.

1. FROM Age to Age I will record
The Truth and Mercy of the Lord :
2. His Faithfulness as firmly stands
As Heaven, establish'd by his Hands.

3. A Cov'nant he with David made,
And to his Chosen, swearing, said;
4. Thy Offspring shall be bless'd, thy Throne
Shall stand for ever, like my own.

5. Angels thy heavenly Wonders show;
Thy Saints declare thy Works below.
6. Celestial Pow'rs thy Subjects are,
Then what can Earth to Thee compare?

7. With Rev'rence all his Saints appear,
And round him stand with awful Fear;
8. The Lord of Hosts with Strength abounds,
And Faithfulness his Throne furrounds.

9. Thy Breath with Rage the Sea does fill, And at thy Word the Storms are still : 10. Thy Voice, like Death, has Rahab broke; Thy Foes lie scatter'd by thy Stroke.

11. Thy Bounty Heav'n and Earth did found, From whence with Fulness they abound : 12. The North and South thy Hand did frame, Tabor and Hermon praise thy Name : 13. Thy mighty Arm in Strength excels, And Valour in thy right Hand dwells.

PART II.

14. THY Throne is fix'd on Judgment's Base, And Mercy stands before thy Face :

16. Exalted in thy Righteousness,
They to thy Name their Pray'r address;
17. Their Strength is by thy Glory born,
Thy Favour shall exalt their Horn.

18. We safe in thy Protection dwell,
Thou Holy One of Ifrael.
19. 'Twas God, who in a Vision said,
I on the Mighty Help have laid.

20. David my Servant first I chose,
His Head my facred Oil o'erflows.
21. Firmly supported by my Hand,
His Strength shall conquer, and command.

22. His Enemies shall ne'er prevail;
The Sons of Wickedness shall fail,
23. Caft down before his Face ; and all
Who hate him, by my Plagues shall fall.

24. Mercy and Faithfulness his Ways
Shall point, my Name his Horn shall raise.
25. He o'er the Sea shall stretch his Hand,
And mighty Rivers shall command.

26. Me for his Father he shall own,

His saving Rock; for he's my Son,
27. The First-born of my heav'nly Race;
Above all Empires is his Place.

28. With him my Cov'nant shall stand faft,
My Mercy shall for ever last.
29. His Seed for ever shall endure,

His Throne as Heav'n itself fecure.