Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne,
Their songs of honour raise.
2 With joy thy people stand
On Zion's chosen hill,
Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,
And counsels of thy will.
3 Let strangers walk around
The city where we dwell,,
Compass and view thy holy ground,
And mark the building well;,

4 The orders of thy house,
The worship of thy court,
The cheerful songs, the solemn vows,
And make a fair report..

5 How decent, and how wise.!
How glorious to behold,

Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,
And rites adorn'd with gold!

6 The God we worship now,
Will guide us till we die;

Will be our. God while here below,
And ours above the sky.

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PSALM 49. First Part. C. M.
The vanity of life and riches.

WH

HY doth the man of riches grow
To insolence and pride,

To see his wealth and honours flow

With ev'ry rising tide?

2 Why doth he treat the poor with scorn, Made of the self-same clay;

And boast as tho' his flesh were born
Of better dust than they?

3 Not all his treasures can procure:
His soul a short, reprieve;

Redeem from death one guilty hour,
Or make his brother live.

4 Life is a blessing can't be sold,
The ransom is too high;

Justice will ne'er be brib'd with gold,
That man may never die.

5 He sees the brutish and the wise,
The tim'rous and the brave,

Quit their possessions, close their eyes,
And hasten to the grave..

6 Yet 'tis his inward thought and pride,
"My house shall ever stand;
"And that my name may long abide,
"I'll give it to my land."

7 Vain are his thoughts, his hopes are lost, How soon his mem❜ry dies!

His name is buried in the dust,
Where his own carcass lies.

8 This is the folly of their way;
And yet their sons, as vain,
Approve the words their fathers say,
And act their works again.

9 Men void of wisdom and of grace,
If honour raise them high,

Live like the beasts, a thoughtless race,
And like the beasts they die.

10 Laid in the grave like silly sheep,
Death feeds upon them there;

Till the last trumpet breaks their sleep,
In terror and despair.

PSALM 49. Second Part. C. M.

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Death and the resurrection.

sons of pride that hate the just, And trample on the poor;

When death hath brought you down to dust,
Your pomp shall rise no more.

2 The last great day shall change the scene,
When will that hour appear?
When shall the just revive, and reign
O'er all that scorn'd them here?
3 God will my naked soul receive,
When sep'rate from the flesh;
And break the prison of the grave,
To raise my bones afresh.

4 Heav'n is my everlasting home,
Th' inheritance is sure;

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Let men of pride their rage resume,
But I'll repine no more.

PSALM 50. First Part. C. M.
The last judgment, Saints rewarded.

THE

HE Lord, the Judge, before his throne
Bids the whole earth draw nigh;

The nations near the rising sun,

And near the western sky.

2 No more shall bold blasphemers say,

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Judgment will ne'er begin;"

No more abuse his long delay

To impudence and sin.

3 Thron'd on a cloud our God shall come,
Bright flames prepare his way;
Thunder and darkness, fire and storm
Lead on the dreadful day.

4 Heav'n from above his call shall hear,
Attending angels come;

And earth and hell shall know and fear
His justice, and their doom.

5" But gather all my saints (he cries)
"That made their peace with God,

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By the Redeemer's sacrifice,
"And seal'd it with his blood.

6 "Their faith and works brought forth to light, "Shall make the world confess "My sentence of reward is right, "And heav'n adore my grace."

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PSALM 50. Second Part. C. M.
Obedience is better than sacrifice.

HUS saith the Lord, "The spacious fields "And flocks and herds are mine: "O'er all the cattle of the hills

"I claim a right divine.

2 "I ask no sheep for sacrifice,
"Nor bullocks burnt with fire;
"To hope and love, to pray and praise,
"Is all that I require.

3 "Invoke my name when trouble's near,
"My hand shall set thee free;

"Then shall thy thankful lips declare "The honour due to me.

4"The man that offers humble praise, "Declares my glory best;

"And those that tread my holy ways, "Shall my salvation taste.

5"Not for the want of bullocks slain "Will I the world reprove:

"Altars and rites and forms are vain "Without the fire of love.

6" And what have hypocrites to do "To bring their sacrifice?

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They call my statutes just and true,
"But deal in theft and lies.

7 "Could you expect to 'scape my sight,
"And sin without control?

"But I will bring your crimes to light, "With anguish in your soul."

8 Consider, ye that slight the Lord,
Before his wrath appear;

If once you fall beneath his sword,
There's no deliv'rer there.

PSALM 50. Third Part. L. M.
Hypocrisy warned.

THE

HE Lord, the Judge, his churches warns:
Let hypocrites attend and fear,
Who place their hope in rites and forms,
But make not faith nor love their care.

2 Vile wretches dare rehearse his name
With lips of falsehood and deceit ;
A friend or brother they defame,
And sooth and flatter those they hate.

3 They watch to do their neighbours wrong,
Yet dare to seek their Maker's face;
They take his cov'nant on their tongue,
But break his laws, abuse his grace.

4 To heav'n they lift their hands unclean,
Defil'd with lust, defil'd with blood:
By night they practise ev'ry sin,
By day their mouths draw near to God.
5 And, while his judgments long delay,
They grow secure, and sin the more:
They think he sleeps as well as they,
And put far off the dreadful hour.

6 Oh dreadful hour! when God draws near,
And sets their crimes before their eyes:
His wrath their guilty souls shall tear,
And no deliv'rer dare to rise.