When Jacob's God appear'd in view,
Their noife was hufh'd full foon;
The chariots, and the riders too,
Were caft into a swoon. -lo

7 Thou, thou, ev'n thou alone, O God,
Art to be fear'd by all;

For if thine anger once is fhow'd,
The proudeft heart must fall.

8 Thy judgment, Lord, from heav'n was heard, The earth with feat did paufe,

9 When God to fave the meek appear'd, And vindicate their caufe.

10 The wrath of man, before the Lord,
With ev'ry paflion elfe,

By him approved, or abhorr'd,
To praise him he compels-

The remainder thereof reftrains,
To fhew his fov'reign will,
Whofe hands almighty guide the reins
With wife unerring skill.

II Vow to the Lord, your God, and pay
The vows that you have vow'd;

Your off'rings on his altar lay,

And round about him crowd:

For he alone is to be fear'd,
And prais'd for evermore,
Meffiah's felf, our King rever'd,
Whom heav'n and earth adore.
12 Earth's proud rebellious princes all,
Who fcorn to hear his word,
Destroy'd by him, fhall furely fall,
And know that he's the Lord.

THE fame as Pfal. Ixxxviii, and cxliii. with their parallels; whofe illuftrations fee, especially the cxliii. with the general preface.

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Who came to Save us, from on high,
By his almighty porv?r
In day of his deep agony,

And in the darkest bour,
While death and bell poffefs'd bis foul
Bereft of ev'ry joy--

His defolations to confole,

He thought on THE MOST HIGH.

MY voice to God I'll early raife,
My cry to God I'll fend;

And he fhall hear the voice of praife
For he thall me defend.
2 When trouble fore upon me lay,
In day of my distress,
To God my Saviour I did pray,
Nor found my trouble less;

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I fought the Lord, and yet my fore
Did run the live-long night:
When fhall this darknefs all be o'er?
When fhall I fee the light?

My foul refused to have ease;
I thought on God the while;
Yet this increased not my peace,
My Father would not smile;

My fpirit, broke with moans and fighs,
Complaineth heavily,

While floods of terror o'er me rife,
With billows fwelling high.

Thou makeft fleep forfake mine' eyes,
My pain drinks up my fpeech;

My reft, like cloud-made fhadows, flies;
Yet I'll not thee impeach.

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5 For I confider days of old,

The years of ancient time,
Before creation did unfold
Thy purposes fublime:
I call to mind my glory then,
When thou poffeffedft me,
Rejoicing in the fons of men,
Ere they began to be.

6 I think upon my song and joy,ow
And thus I spend my night; m
My meditations me employ ; b
My fpirit waits the light.

7 What, will the Lord for ever ftay?
And favour me no more?

But turn his .countenance away
Which fhin'd on me before?

8 What, are his bowels ever gone? His promise turn'd to lies?

9 His kind compaffions funk to none?
Has mercy fled the skies?

Hath he in anger fhut the fpring
Of his eternal love?
And will my Father never bring
Me to his joys above?

10 I argu❜d thus, and cas'd my smart ;

My faith fuftained me,

My hope poffeffed all my heart,

That I fhould foon be free:

For this is mine infirmity,

The talk appointed me,

Thro' weakness for my flock to die,
O God, by thy decree:

I give my life at thy command,
And in my left I die,

To rife by thine almighty hand,
And live eternally:

I therefore will remember ftilla

The years of thy-right-hand,
When I did, ere thefe thy worlds were,
Before thy prefence stand.

11 I'll too record thine acts, O Lord,
Which were of former days,
Since thou began to fhew to man
Thy wond'rous works and ways.
12 Thy works, O'God, I'll think upon, I
And talk of all thy ways;

13 All holiness thy ways are known:
O God, how great's thy praife!

14 Thou art our God, the God who doft In glorious deeds excel;

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Thy pow'r and miracles we'll boaft,

And all thy wonders tell.

Thou haft, with thine outftretched arm,
Redeem'd thy people, Lord;

And faved Jacob's fons from harm,
By thine avenging fword.

16 The waters, Lord, perceived thee;
The waters faw thee well,
And at thy prefence they did flee;
The deeps in labour fell.

17 The clouds in floods were pour'd abroad,
Sound loudly did the sky,
And fwiftly thro' the world, O God,
Thine arrows fierce did fly.

18 Thy thunder's voice tremendously
Alongft the heavens flew;

Thy lightnings flafh'd thro' all the fky;
The earth affrighted grew.

19 Thy marching was amidst the fea,
Thy footsteps in the wave;

Th' affrighted waters then did flee;
No trace thy foot did leave.

20 Thou

20 Thou didst thy people lead, O God,
And guard thy pafture-fheep,
By Mofes and by Aaron's rod,
Who truth doft ever keep:
Thou wilt them feed for evermore,
By thy Meffiah's fkill,

Secure from all the blafts that roar-
O Zion! on thy hill.

P SA L ́M LXXVIII.

HISTORICAL and commemorative; fpoken in the person of Chrift concerning thofe things, which happened unto the people of old for enfainples unto us; that we, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have great confolation, who have fled for refuge to the hope fet before us. See Pfalm xlix. parallels, and references,

Behold, the things of ancient days,
Which were of old conceal'd,
The ways of God, in fongs of praife,
Are clearly here reveal'd!
They were enfamples unto us,
(For God is fill the fame),
Who occupy'd our Father's house
In days of ancient fame.

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1 ATTEND, my people, to my law;

Incline your ears to me;

Receive my words with godly awe:
My words fhall make you free.

2 My mouth fhall hidden wifdom tell,

And parables fhall fing;

My fpirit is a living well,

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Whence truth doth ever spring: 1.