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14 And through its midst to go Made his own Israel:

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15 But overwhelm'd and lost
Was proud king Pharaoh,
With all his mighty host,
And chariots there also:
For certainly, &c.

16 To him who pow'rfully
His chosen people led,
Ev'n through the desert dry,
And in that place them fed:
For certainly, &c. .

17 To him great kings who smote;
For his grace hath no bound.
18 Who slew, and spared not
Kings famous and renown'd:
For certainly, &c.

19 Sihon the Am'rites king;
For his grace lasteth ever:
20 Og also, who did reign
The land of Bashan over:
For certainly, &c.

21 Their land by lot he gave;
For his grace faileth never,
22 That Isr’el might it have
In heritage for ever:
For certainly, &c.

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26 Give thanks to God most good,
The God of heav'n, for ever:
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PSALM CXXXVII.

ALL these things happened unto them for ensamples (or types) to us: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.' 1 Cor. x. 11. See Psal. xliv. &c.

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‹ By Babel's streams they sat, and wept “
But still their heart Jerus'lem kept :
And so till time shall be no more,
On earth the sons of God complore!

BY

Y Babel's streams we sat, and wept
When Sion we thought on..

2 In midst thereof we hang'd our harps
The willow-trees upon.

3 For there a song required they,
Who did us captive bring:

Our spoilers call'd for mirth, and said,
A song of Sion sing.

40 how the Lord's song shall we sing
Within a foreign land?

If thee, Jerus'lem, I forget,

Skill part from my right hand.

6 My tongue to my mouth's roof let cleave, If I do thee forget,

Jerusalem, and thee above

My chief joy do not set.

7 Remember Edom's children, Lord, Who in Jerus'lem's day,

Ev'n unto its foundation,

Raze, raze it quite, did say. 8 O daughter, thou of Babylon, Near to destruction ;

Bless'd shall he be that thee rewards,
As thou to us hast done.

9 Yea, happy surely shall he be
Thy tender little ones
Who shall lay hold upon, and them
Shall dash against the stones.

PSALM CXXXVIII.

FULL of Christ, and consolation to the Christian. See margin. *

Our Shepherd sang along his way,
Approaching to his Father's home;
That we might now take up the lay,
Till our eternal glory come.

THEE will I praise with all my heart,
I will sing praise to thee

2 Before the gods: And worship will
Toward thy sanctuary.

I'll praise thy name, even for thy truth,
And kindness of thy love;
For thou thy word hast magnify'd
All thy great name above.

3 Thou didst me answer in the day
When I to thee did cry;

And thou my fainting soul with strength
Didst strengthen inwardly.

*Prose Psalms of the Bible.

4 All kings upon the earth that are
Shall give thee praise, O Lord;
When as they from thy mouth shall hear
Thy true and faithful word.

5 Yea, in the righteous ways of God
With gladness they shall sing:
For great's the glory of the Lord,
Who doth for ever reign.

6 Though God be high, yet he respects
All those that lowly be;
Whereas the proud and lofty ones
Afar off knoweth he.

7 Though I in midst of trouble walk,

I life from thee shall have:

'Gainst my foes' wrath thou'lt stretch thine Thy right hand shall me save.

8 Surely that which concerneth me
The Lord will perfect make:

Lord, still thy mercy lasts; do not
Thine own hands' works forsake.

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PSALM CXXXIX.

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.'-But to the reader, who beholds the glory of God as it shines in the person of Jesus, and beams so brightly forth from the whole face of this divinely glorious Psalm, it would be holding out a taper to the sun, to attempt a formal illustration thereof.-Only, to stop the mouths of gainsayers, let the man of God, who will be taught, reproved, corrected, and instructed in righteousness, by the Scriptures alone, consult the parallels, and read them in the light of the New Testament.

A song of God's beloved Son,

Triumphing in his Father's ways—

To him ascribe the vicťry won!

Let ev'ry breath be joy and praise !

LORD, thou hast me search'd and known.
2 Thou know'st my sitting down,

And rising up; yea, all my thoughts
Afar to thee are known.

3 My footsteps, and my lying down,
Thou compassest always;
Thou also most entirely art
Acquaint with all my ways.

4 For in my tongue, before I speak,
Not any word can be,
But altogether, lo, O Lord,

It is well known to thee.
5 Behind, before, thou hast beset,
And laid on me thine hand.

6 Such knowledge is too strange for me, Too high to understand.

7 From thy Spirit whither shall I go? Or from thy presence fly?

8. Ascend I heav'n, lo, thou art there; There, if in hell I lie.

9 Take I the morning wings, and dwell In utmost parts of sea;

10 Ev'n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead, Thy right hand hold shall me.

11 If I do say that darkness shall
Me cover from thy sight,

Then surely shall the very night
About me be as light,

12 Yea, darkness hideth not from thee,
But night doth shine as day:

To thee the darkness and the light
Are both alike alway.

13 For thou possessed hast my reins,
And thou hast cover'd me,

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