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5 Fear him, ye saints; and you will then Have nothing else to fear:

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Make you his service your delight;
He'll make your wants his care.

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PSALM 34. Second Part. L. M.

Saints are under the protection of God.

Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue;
My soul shall glory in thy grace;
While saints rejoice to hear the song.
2 Come, magnify the Lord with me;
Come, let us all exalt his name:
I sought th' eternal God, and he*
Has not expos'd my hope to shame.
3 I told him all my secret grief;
My secret groaning reach'd his ears:
He gave my inward pains relief,
And calm'd the tumults of my fears.
4 To him the poor lift up their eyes,
Their faces feel the heav'nly beam;
A beam of mercy, from the skies,
Fills them with light and joy supreme.
5 His holy angels pitch their tents

Around the men, that serve the Lord:
O! fear, and love him, all his saints;
Taste of his grace, and trust his word.
6 The wild young lions, pinch'd with pain
And hunger, roar thro' all the wood;
But none shall seek the Lord in vain,
Nor want supplies of real good.

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PSALM 34. Third Part.

CHIL

Religious education.

L. M.

HILDREN in years and knowledge
young,

Your parents' hope, your parents' joy,
Attend the counsels of my tongue:
Let pious thoughts your minds employ.
2 If you desire a length of days,

And peace to crown your mortal state,
Restrain your feet from impious ways,
Your lips from slander and deceit.
3 The eyes of God regard his saints;
His ears are open to their cries:
He sets his frowning face against
The sons of violence and lies.

4 To humble souls and broken hearts,
God with his grace is ever nigh:
Pardon and hope his love imparts,
When men in deep contrition lie.

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5 He tells their tears, he counts their groans;
His Son redeems their souls from death:
His Spirit heals their broken bones;
While they in praise employ their breath.

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PSALM 34. Fourth Part. C. M.

Peace and holiness.

THE Lord forever guards the just,
His ears attend their cry:

When broken spirits dwell in dust,
The God of grace is nigh.

2 What tho' the sorrows, here they taste,
Be sharp and tedious too;

The Lord, who saves his saints at last,
Is their supporter now.

3 Evil shall smite the wicked dead;
But God secures his own;
Prevents the mischief when they slide,
Or heals the broken bone...

4 When desolation, like a flood,
O'er the proud sinner rolls:
Saints find a refuge in their God:
For he redeems their souls.

PSALM 35. First Part.

C. M.

Imprecations mixed with charity.

NOW

OW plead my cause, Almighty God,
With all the sons of strife;

And fight against the men of blood,
Who fight against my life.

2 Draw out thy spear, and stop their way; Lift thine avenging rod;

But, to my soul in mercy say,

"I am thy Saviour God."

3 They plant their snares to catch my feet,
And nets of mischief spread:
Plunge the destroyers in the pit,
That their own hands have made.

4 Let fogs and darkness hide their way;
And slipp'ry be their ground:

Thy wrath shall make their lives a prey,
And all their rage confound.

5 They fly, like chaff before the wind,
Before thine angry breath:

The angel of the Lord behind
Pursues them down to death.

6 They love the road, that leads to hell:
Then must the rebels die,
Whose malice is implacable
Against the Lord on high.

7 But if thou hast a chosen few
Amongst that impious race;
Divide them from the bloody crew
By thy surprising grace.

8 Then will I raise my tuneful voice,
To make thy wonders known;
In their salvation I'll rejoice,
And bless thee for my own.
PSALM 35. Second Part.

B

C. M.

The love of Christ typified in David.

EHOLD the love, the gen'rous love
That holy David shows!

Mark how his tender bowels move,

For his afflicted foes!

2 When they are sick, his soul complains
And seems to feel the smart;
The spirit of the gospel reigns,
And melts his pious heart.

3 How did his flowing tears condole
As for a brother dead!
And fasting mortified his soul,
While for their life he pray'd.

4 They groan'd and curs'd him on their bed;
Yet still he pleads and mourns:
And double blessings on his head
The righteous God returns.

5 O glorious type of heav'nly grace!
Thus Christ the Lord appears;

While sinners curse, the Saviour prays,
And pities them with tears.

6 He, the true David, Israel's king,
Blest and belov❜d of God,

To save us rebels, dead in sin,
Paid his own dearest blood.

PSALM 36.

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WE

First Part.

Atheism exposed.

S. M.

HEN man grows bold in sin,
My heart within

me cries,
"He hath no faith of God within,
“Nor fear before his eyes.”

2 He walks awhile conceal'd In a self-flatt'ring dream; "Till his dark crimes, at once reveal'd, Expose his hateful name.

3 His heart is false and foul,

His words are smooth and fair: Wisdom is banish'd from his soul, And leaves no goodness there. 4 He plots upon his bed

New mischiefs to fulfil:

He sets his heart, his hand and head,
To practise all that's ill.

5 But there's a dreadful God,
Tho' men renounce his fear:
His justice, hid behind the cloud,
Shall one great day appear.

6 His truth transcends the sky; In heav'n his mercies dwell; Deep as the sea his judgments lie; His anger burns to hell.

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