PSALM XIX,

THE spacious firmament on high
With all the wide expanse of sky,
And spangled heav'ns, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.

2. Th' unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's power display,
And tell abroad to every land
The works of an Almighty hand.

3. Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the list'ning earth
Repeats the story of her birth.

4. While all the stars that round her burn
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.

PSALM XXIII, 1,2, 3, 6.

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 pastures fair he makes me feed, And gently to repose;

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

3. He doth my wand'ring soul reclaim;
And to his endless praise,
Instruct with humble zeal to walk
In his most righteous ways,

4. Since God doth thus his wond'rous love

Through all my life extend;

That life to him I will devote,
And in his temple spend.

PSALM XXIV. 1, 3, 4, 5.

THIS spacious earth is all the Lord's,
The Lord's her fulness is;
The world, and they that dwell therein,
By sov'reign right are his.

2. But for himself this Lord of all
One chosen seat design'd;
O! who shall to that sacred hill
Desir'd admittance find?

3. The man whose hands and heart are pure Whose thoughts from pride are free; Who honest poverty prefers

To gainful perjury.

4. This, this is he on whom the Lord
Shall show'r his blessings down;
Whom God his Saviour shall vouchsafer
With righteousness to crown,

PSALM XXXV. 6, 9,

THY mercies and thy love,
O Lord, recall to mind;
And graciously continue still,
As thou wert ever, kind.

2. Let all my youthful crimes
Be blotted out by thee;
And, for thy wondrous goodness sake
In mercy think on me.

3. His mercy and his truth

The righteous Lord displays,

In bringing wand'ring sinners home, And teaching them his ways.

4. He those in justice guides,
Who his direction seek;

And in his sacred paths shall lead
The humble and the meek,

PSALM XXXII.

BEJOICE! for blest are they

Whose sins are cover'd o'er; Divinely blest, to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more.

2. They mourn their follies past, Their hearts they keep with fear; Their lips and lives, without deceit, Shall prove their faith sincere.

3. While I conceal'd my guilt,
I felt the lurking wound;
When I confessed my sins to God,
I ready pardon found.

4. Let sinners learn to pray,

And seek their Maker's throne; Our help, in time of deep distress, Is found in him alone.