4" Afk me, my Son, and then enjoy
"The utmost heathen Lands:
Thy Rod of Iron shall destroy
"The Rebel that withstands."

Be wife, ye Rulers of the Earth,
Obey th' Anointed Lord,

Honor the King of Heav'nly Birth,
And reverence his Word.

6 With humble Love approach his Throne,

For if he frown, ye die:

Thofe are fecure, and thofe alone

Who on his Grace rely.

PSALM II. Fifth Verfion. WATTS.

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Chrift dying, rifing, and reigning.

AKER and Sov'reign Lord

Of Heav'n, and Earth, and Seas,
Thy Providence confirms thy Word,
And anfwers thy Decrees.

2 The Things fo long foretold
By David are fulfill'd,
When Jews and Gentiles join'd to flay
Jefus, thine holy Child.

3 Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jerus with one Accord
Bend all their Counfels to destroy
Th' Anointed of the Lord?

4 Rulers and Kings agree
To form a vain Defign;
Against the Lord their Pow'rs unite,
Agint his Chrift they join.

The Lord derides their Rage,

He who hath rais'd Him from the Dead
And will fupport his Throne;

Hath own'd Him for his Son.

Obedience

Now he's afcended high,
And alks to rule the Earth;
Ce perfect there he pleads,
And pleads his heav'nly Birth.

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7

He afks, and God beftows

A large Inheritance;

Far as the World's remoteft Ends
His Kingdom fhall advance.

8 The Nations that rebel
Muft feel his Iron Rod;

He'll vindicate thofe Honors well
Which he receiv'd from God..

PSALM III. First Verfion. MERRICK

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A Morning Pfalm.

HY fav'ring Beams around me shine; Thou, Lord, fro from Sion's hallow'd Shrine With kind Regard fhalt hear my Cry, And inftant grant the wifh'd Reply. 2 Opprefs'd with Toil, I fought Repose, I laid me down, I slept, I rofe;

For thou, my God, wert waking ftill,
To guard my flumb'ring Head from Ill.
3 Though Myriads, leagu'd, against me rife,
My Heart fecure their Pow'r defies.
Thy Aid, bleft Lord, indulgent yield:
Thou art my God, my only Shield.

4 "Tis thine, great God, 'tis thine to fave
Thy Servants from th' expecting Grave,
"Tis thine to blefs them from above,

And crown them with eternal Love.

'T'

IR'D with the Burdens of the Day
To God I rais'd an Evening Cry:

He heard when I began to pray,

And his Almighty Help was nigh.

2 Supported by his heav'nly Aid
I laid me down and flept fecure:
Not Death should make my Heart afraid
(Tho' I fhould wake and rife no more.

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3 But he fuftain'd me all the Night;
Salvation doth to God belong;

He rais'd my Head to fee the Light,
And make his Praife my Morning-Song.

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PSALM IV. Firft Verfion. MERRICK.
An Evening Pfalm.

HE God of Grace my Wants shall know,
Who, prompt his Bleffings to bestow

On each whofe Breaft has learn'd his Fear,
Bows to my Plaint the willing Ear.

2 Him would't thou please? With rev'rent Awe
Obferve the Dictates of his Law:

3

In Secret on thy Couch reclin'd

Search to its Depth thy reftlefs Mind:

Till hufh'd to Peace each Tumult lie,
And Wrath and Strife within thee die ;
With pureft Gifts approach his Shrine,
And fafe to him thy Care refign.

4 In Mercy to our Pray'r reply,
And let thy Prefence from on high
In full Effufion o'er our Head
Its all-enlivening Influence fhed.

5 What Joy my conscious Heart o'erflows!
Not fuch th' exulting Lab'rer knows,
When to his long expecting Eyes
The Vintage and the Harvefts rife.
6 My weary Eyes in Sleep I close,
My Limbs, fecure, to Reft compofe;
For thou, great God, fhalt fcreen my Head,
And plant a Guard around my Bed.

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PSALM IV. Second Verfion. TATE.
The Safety and Happiness of the Righteous.

YONSIDER that the righteous Man
Is God's peculiar Choice;

And when to him he makes his Pray'r,
He always hears his Voice.

2 Then ftand in Awe of his Commands,
Flee ev'ry Thing that's ill;

Commune in private with your Hearts,
And bend them to his Will.

3 The Place of other Sacrifice
Let Righteoufnefs fupply;

5

And let your Hope fecurely fixt,
On God alone rely.

While worldly Minds impatient grow
More profp'rous Times to fee;
Still let the Glories of thy Face
Shine brightly, Lord, on me.

So fhall my Heart o'erflow with Joy,
More lafting and more true,

Than theirs, whofe Stores of Corn and Wine
Succeffively renew.

6 Then down in Peace I'll lay my Head,

And take my needful Reft;

No other Guard, O Lord, I crave,

Of thy Defence possest.

PSALM IV. Third Verfion. WATTS.

An Evening Pfalm.

ORD, thou wilt hear me when I pray;

I am for ever thine :

I fear before thee all the Day
Nor would I dare to fin.

2 And while I reft my weary Head
From Cares and Bufinefs free,
'Tis fweet converfing on my Bed
With my own Heart and thee.

3 I pay this Evening Sacrifice;
And when my Work is done,
Great God, my Faith and Hope relies
Upon thy Grace alone.

4 Thus with my Thoughts compos'd to Peace,

I'll give mine Eyes to Sleep;

Thy Hand in Safety keeps my Days,

And will my Slumbers keep.

PSALM

PSALM IV. Fourth Verfion. WATTS.

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HUS far the Lord has led me on,

Thus far his Pow'r prolongs my Days,
And ev'ry Evening fhall make known
Some fresh Memorial of his Grace.

2 Much of my Time has run to Wate,
And I perhaps am near my Home;
But he forgives my Follies past,

He gives me Strength for Days to come. 3 I lay my Body down to fleep,

Peace is the Pillow for my Head;
While well-appointed Angels keep
Their watchful Stations round
my Bed.

4 Faith in his Name forbids my Fear;
O may thy Presence ne'er depart!
And in the Morning make me hear
The Love and Kindness of thy Heart.

5 Thus, when the Night of Death fhall come,
I fafe fhall reft beneath the Ground,
And wait thy Voice to roufe my Tomb,
With fweet Salvation in the Sound.

PSALM IV. Fifth Verfion. MILTON.

The peculiar Happiness and Safety of the truly Pious.

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E know the Lord hath chofe,

Chofe to himself apart,

The Good and Meek of Heart,
For whom to chufe he knows;
Jehovah from on high

Will hear my Voice whene'er to him I cry.

2 Be aw'd, and do not fin;

Speak to your Hearts alone,
To Virtue ever prone,
And be at Peace within:
Offer the Off'rings juft

Of Righteousness, and in Jehovah truft.

3 Many there be who say,

Who yet will fhew us good?

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