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PSALM 1, First Part, L. M.
The Righteous and the Wicked.

HAPPY the man, whose cautious feet
Shun the broad way that sinners go;
Who hates the place where atheists meet,
And fears to talk as scoffers do.

2 He loves t' employ his morning light
Among the statutes of the Lord,
And spends the wakeful hours of night,
With pleasure pondering o'er the word.
3 He, like a plant by gentle streams,
Shall flourish in immortal green;

And heaven will shine, with kindest beams,
On every work his hands begin.

4 But sinners find their counsels crossed;
As chaff before the tempest flies,
So shall their hopes be blown and lost,
When the last trumpet shakes the skies.

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PSALM 1, Second Part, L. M.

The Prospects of the Saint and the Sinner

THRICE happy he, who shuns the way
That leads ungodly men astray;

Who fears to stand where sinners meet,
Nor with the scorner takes his seat.

2 The law of God is his delight;

That cloud by day, that fire by night,
Shall be his comfort in distress,

And guide him through life's wilderness.

3 His works shall prosper; he shall be
A fruitful, fair, unwithering tree,
That, planted where the river flows,
Nor drought, nor frost, nor mildew knows.

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4 Not so the wicked; they are cast

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Like chaff upon the whirlwind's blast;
In judgment they shall quake for dread,
Nor with the righteous lift their head.

PSALM 1, C. M.

The End of the Righteous and the Wicked.

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LEST is the man, who shuns the place
Where sinners love to meet;

Who fears to tread their wicked ways,
And hates the scoffer's seat:

2 But in the statutes of the Lord
Has placed his chief delight;
By day he reads or hears the word,
And meditates by night.

3 He, like a plant of generous kind
By living waters set;

Safe from the storms and blasting wind,
Enjoys a peaceful state.

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Shall his profession shine;
While fruits of holiness appear,
Like clusters on the vine.

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5 Not so the impious and unjust;
What vain designs they form!
Their hopes are blown away like dust,
Or chaff, before the storm.

6 Sinners, in judgment, shall not stand
Among the sons of grace,

When Christ, the judge, at his right hand
Appoints his saints a place.

PSALM 1, S. M.

The Saint happy, the Sinner miserable.

THE man is ever blest,

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Who shuns the sinners' ways;

Among their councils never stands,
Nor takes the scorner's place:

2 But makes the law of God
His study and delight,
Amid the labors of the day,
And watches of the night.

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3 He like a tree shall thrive,

With waters near the root;

Fresh as the leaf his name shall live;
His works are heavenly fruit.

4 Not so th' ungodly race;

They no such blessings find;

Their hopes shall flee, like empty chaff
Before the driving wind.

5 How will they bear to stand

Before that judgment-seat,

Where all the saints, at Christ's right hand,
In full assembly meet?

PSALM 2, First Part, C. M.

Christ exalted and his Enemies warned.

af 1 WHY did the nations join to slay

The Lord's anointed Son?

Why did they cast his laws away,
And tread his gospel down?

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Derides their rage below;

He speaks with vengeance in his eyes,
And strikes their spirits through:

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I call him my beloved Son,
And raise him from the dead;
I make my holy hill his throne,
And wide his kingdom spread."
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Obey th' anointed Lord;

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Adore the king of heavenly birth,
And tremble at his word.

5 With humble love address his throne,
For, if he frown, ye die;

Those are secure, and those alone,
Who on his grace rely.

PSALM 2, Second Part, C. M.
Prayer for the Kingdom of Christ.

FATHER! is not thy promise pledged

To thine exalted Son,

That, through the nations of the earth,
Thy word of life shall run?-

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2 "Ask, and I give the heathen lands
For thine inheritance,

And, to the world's remotest shores,
Thine empire shall advance."

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Shall their Redeemer own,

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While Gentiles to his standard crowd,
And bow before his throne?

mf 4 Are not all kingdoms, tribes and tongues, Beneath th' expanse of heaven,

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To the dominion of thy Son,

With all their millions given?

5 From east to west, from north to south, Then be his name adored;

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The world, through all its nations, shout
Hosannas to the Lord.

PSALM 2, First Part, S. M.

Christ dying and rising.

MAKER and sovereign Lord

Of heaven, and earth, and seas!
Thy providence confirms thy word,
And answers thy decrees.

2 The things, so long foretold
By David, are fulfilled,

When Jews and Gentiles join to slay
Jesus, thy holy child.

mf 3 Why did the Gentiles rage,

And Jews, with one accord,
Bend all their counsels to destroy

Th' Anointed of the Lord?

4 Rulers and kings agree

To form a vain design;

Against the Lord their powers unite,
Against his Christ they join.

5 The Lord derides their rage,

And will support his throne;

He, who hath raised him from the dead,
Hath owned him for his Son.

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PSALM 2, Second Part, S. M.
Christ ascending and reigning.
HE Lord ascends on high,

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And asks to rule the earth;
The merit of his blood he pleads,
And pleads his heavenly birth.

2 He asks-and God bestows
A large inheritance;

Far as the world's remotest ends,
His kingdom shall advance.

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Must feel his iron rod;

He 'll vindicate those honors well,
Which he received from God.

4 Be wise, ye rulers! now,

And worship at his throne;

With trembling joy, ye people! bow
To God's exalted Son.

5 If once his wrath arise,

Ye perish on the place:

Then blesséd is the soul that flies
For refuge to his grace.

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PSALM 3, First Part, L. M.
A Morning Psalm.

LORD! how many are my foes,
In this weak state of flesh and blood!
My peace they daily discompose;

But my defence and hope is God.

2 Tired with the burdens of the day,
To thee I raised an evening-cry;
Thou heard'st when I began to pray,
And thine almighty help was nigh.

3 Supported by thy heavenly aid,

I laid me down, and slept secure; Not death should make my heart afraid, Though I should wake and rise no more. mf 4 But God sustained me all the night; Salvation doth to God belong: He raised my head to see the light, And make his praise my morning song.

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