2 3 1 2 3 4 Oft has that grace enlarg'd my heart, While many, wrapt in nature's night, O lift on me thy saving light! 'Tis all that I desire. In peace I lay me down to sleep; PSALM 5. C. M. For the Lord's day morning. LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear To thee will I direct my prayer, Oft to thy house will I resort, O may thy Spirit guide my feet All they who love and fear thy name The mighty God will compass them PSALM 6. C. M. The wrath of God deprecated. 1 IN tender mercy, not in wrath, 2 Touch'd by thy Spirit's quickening power, The wounds thy Spirit hath unclos'd, 3 Oppress'd with Satan's galling yoke, And wilt thou not at length, O God, 4 O come with speed, ere life expire, 5 Why should our souls distrust thy grace, PSALM 8. VERSION 1. c. M. The wonders of creation and redemption. 1 O THOU, to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame, Through all the world how great art Thou! 2 When heaven, thy beauteous work on high, Employs my wondering sight, The moon that nightly rules the sky, 3 Lord, what is man, or man's frail race, That thou shouldst visit him with grace, 4 That thy eternal Son should bear 5 0 thou, to whom all creatures bow PSALM 8. VERSION 2. c. M. The wonders of creation and redemption. How wonderfully shown! 2 When I behold the heavens on high, The moon and stars amid the sky, 3 Lord, what is man, that thou shouldst deign On him to set thy love, Give him on earth awhile to reign, 4 O Lord, how excellent thy name! Let time thy saving truth proclaim, PSALM 9. c. M. Praise to God. 1 TO celebrate thy praise, O Lord, To all the listening world thy works, 2 The thought of them shall to my soul Whilst to thy name, O thou most High, 3 All those who have thy goodness prov'd Will in thy truth confide, Whose mercy ne'er forsook the man 4 Sing praises, therefore, to the Lord, Proclaim his deeds, till all the world PSALM 11. L. M. Confidence in God. 1 WHEN all bespeaks a Father's love, 2 3 Thy voice shall seal the sinner's fate; The acceptable character. 1 WHO shall ascend thy heavenly place, 2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean; For those that curse him to his face; C. M. Hope in the Resurrection. 1 HENCEFORTH my soul shall bless the Lord, Whose precepts give me light, And private counsel still afford, 2 I'll strive each action to approve No danger shall my hopes remove, 3 Therefore my heart all grief defies, My flesh shall rest in hope to rise, |