2 Oft to thy house will I resort, 3 From vanity, O turn mine eyes! 4 O may thy Spirit guide my feet 1 A PSALM V. Version 3. L. M. (From "The Spirit of the Psalms.” *) 2 In humble trust, O Lord, we come 3 O Lord, let all who love thy Name * These copious Extracts from "The Spirit of the Psalms" are inserted by the liberal permission of the Editor of that very pleasing and valuable Volume. 1 PSALM VIII. Version 1. L. M. ETERNAL God! thro' earth's wide frame How vast thy power, how great Thy Name! Thy reign o'er distant worlds extends, Thy glory highest heav'n transcends. 2 When wrapt in thought, with wakeful eye 3 0 what is man, that in Thy care 4 Made subject to his rule by Thee, 1 PSALM VIII. Version 2. C. M. JEHO (From "The Spirit of the Psalms.”) [EHOVAH, Lord of power and might, The blaze of day, the pomp of night, 2 Lord! what is man-weak, fallen man- That Thou for him should'st deign to plan 3 Made in Thine image at his birth, And sov'reign of the new-form'd earth, 4 Then did the pitying Saviour leave (Oh love too wondrous to conceive!) 5 To die that we, by grace restor❜d, T PSALM IX. C. M., D. NO celebrate thy praise, O Lord, To all the list'ning world thy works, While to thy Name, O Thou Most High, 2 All those who have his goodness prov'd Sing praises, therefore, to the Lord, Proclaim his deeds, till all the world 1 PSALM XI. WHEN L. M. (From "The Spirit of the Psalms.") HEN all bespeaks a father's love, Oh wherefore, fearful as the dove, Should we in times of peril flee To any refuge, Lord, but Thee? 2 In vain the wicked bend their bow, And seek to lay the righteous low: Thou, from Thine everlasting throne, With watchful care regard'st thine own. 3 Thy voice shall seal the sinner's fate; Just vengeance shall his crimes await; While the bright beams of grace divine Shall on Thy faithful servants shine. PSALM XVII. L. M. HIS world is full of toil and woe; 1 THIS But that bright world, to which we go, Hath neither sorrow, pain, nor care: When wilt Thou, Lord, receive us there? 2 O glorious hour! O blest abode ! We shall be near and like our God; No more shall sin and sense controul The sacred pleasures of the soul. 3 Our flesh shall slumber in the ground Till the last trumpet's joyful sound; Then burst its chains, with glad surprise, And in the Saviour's image rise. PSALM XIX. Version 1. L. M., D. 1 THE starry firmament on high, And all the glories of the sky, Yet shine not to thy praise, O Lord, The hopes that holy Word supplies, Its truths divine, and precepts wise, In each a heav'nly beam I see, And ev'ry beam conducts to Thee. 2 Almighty Lord! the sun shall fail, The moon forget her nightly tale, And deepest silence hush on high The radiant chorus of the sky; But, fix'd for everlasting years, Unmov'd amid the wreck of spheres, Thy Word shall shine in cloudless day When heav'n and earth have past away! ! PSALM XIX. Version 2. SEVENS. 1 HE [EAV'NLY Teacher, from thy ways Who can tell how oft he strays? Fill our souls with holy light, Guide, O guide, our steps aright! 2 Cleanse us from the guilt that lies Wrapt within the heart's disguise; Let us now, by Thee renew'd, Each presumptuous thought exclude. 3 Let our tongues, from error free, Speak the words approv'd by Thee; To Thy all-observing eyes Let our thoughts accepted rise. |