PSALM XXII. (c. M.)

1 My God, my God! why leav'st thou me,
When I with anguish faint?
O! why so far from me remov'd,
And from my loud complaint?

2 All day, but all the day unheard,
To Thee do I complain;
With cries implore relief all night,
But cry all night in vain.

3 Yet Thou art still the righteous Judge
Of innocence oppress'd:
Therefore Thy people's praises are
Of right to Thee address'd.

SECOND PART.

1 WHEN shall the glad converted world
To God their homage pay;
And scatter'd nations of the earth
One sovereign LORD obey?

2 The rich who are with plenty fed,
God's bounty must confess;
The sons of want, by Him reliev'd,
Their gen'rous patron bless.

3 With humble worship to His throne
They all for aid resort;

That pow'r, which first their being gave, Can only them support.

PSALM XXIII. (c. m.)

FIRST PART.

1 THE LORD himself, the mighty LORD, Vouchsafes to be my guide;

The Shepherd, by whose constant care, My wants are all supply'd.

2 In tender grass He makes me feed,
And gently there repose;

Then leads me to cool shades, and where
Refreshing water flows.

3 He does my wandering soul reclaim,
And to His endless praise,
Instruct with humble zeal to walk
In His most righteous ways.

SECOND PART.

1 I PASS the gloomy vale of death,
From fear and danger free ;
For there God's aiding rod and staff
Defend and comfort me.

2 Since God does thus His wondrous love Through all my life extend,

That life to Him I will devote,
And in His temple spend.

PSALM XXIV. (c. M.)

FIRST PART.

1 THIS spacious earth is all the LORD'S, The LORD's her fulness is:

The world and they that dwell therein,
By sovereign right are His.

2 He fram'd and fix'd it on the seas,
And His Almighty hand
Upon inconstant floods has made
The stable fabric stand.

3 But for Himself this LORD of all
One chosen seat design'd:
O! who shall to Thy sacred hill
Desir'd admittance find?

SECOND PART.

1 LIFT up your heads, eternal gates;
Unfold, to entertain

The King of Glory: see! He comes
With His celestial train.

2 Who is the King of Glory? who? The LORD for strength renown'd; In battle mighty; o'er His foes Eternal victor crown'd.

3 Lift up your heads, ye gates; unfold, In state to entertain

The King of Glory see! He comes
With all His shining train.

4 Who is the King of Glory? who? The LORD of Hosts renown'd:

Of glory He alone is King,
Who is with glory crown'd.

PSALM XXV. (s. M.)

FIRST PART.

1 THY mercies and Thy love,
O LORD, recal to mind:
And graciously continue still,
As Thou wert ever, kind.

2 Thro' all the ways of God
Both truth and mercy shine,
To such as with religious hearts
To His bless'd will incline.

SECOND PART.

1 SINCE mercy is the grace

That most exalts Thy fame, Forgive my heinous sins, O Lord, And so advance Thy name.

2 Whoe'er with humble fear
To God his duty pays,

Shall find the LORD a faithful guide
In all his righteous ways.

3 His quiet soul with peace
Shall be for ever bless'd;

And by his num'rous race the land
Successively possess'd.

PSALM XXVII. (c. M.)

1 CONTINUE, LORD, to hear my voice
Whene'er to Thee I cry,

In mercy my complaints receive,
Nor my request deny.

2 When us to seek Thy glorious face
Thou kindly dost advise:

Thy glorious face I still will seek,”
My grateful heart replies.

PSALM XXIX. (L. M.)

FIRST PART.

1 YE princes, that in might excel,
Your grateful sacrifice prepare;
God's glorious actions loudly tell,
His wondrous pow'r to all declare.
2 To His great name fresh altars raise;
Devoutly due respect afford;

Him in His holy temple praise,

Where He's with solemn state ador'd.

SECOND PART.

1 WHEN God in thunder loudly speaks, And scatter'd flames of lightning sends, The forest nods, the desert quakes. And stubborn Cadesh lowly bends. 2 God rules the angry floods on high;

His boundless sway shall never cease; His saints with strength He will supply, And bless His own with constant peace.