21 Therefore my mouth and lips I'll frame
To speak the praises of the Lord:
To magnify his holy name.
For ever let all flesh accord.

THE Spirit and subject of this, and the four following Psalms, may most concisely be expressed in that one word, wherewith they both begin and end, viz. HALLELUJAH, rendered, Praise ye the Lord;' which may be called their illustration or title.-See Psalm xxxiii. &c.

Come, celebrate, with raplures great,
With holiness and joy,

The reign of grace, truth, mercy, peace,
Which we with Christ enjoy!

1 PRAISE God. The Lord praise, O my

2

I'll praise God while I live;

While I have being, to my God
In songs I'll praises give.

3 Trust not in princes, nor man's son,
In whom there is no stay:

4 His breath departs, to's earth he turns; That day his thoughts decay...

50 happy is that man and blest,
Whom Jacob's God doth aid;

Whose hope upon the Lord doth rest,
And on his God is stay'd:

6 Who made the earth and heavens high,
Who made the swelling deep,

And all that is within the same;
Who truth doth ever keep:

7 Who righteous judgment executes
For those oppress'd that be,

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Who to the hungry giveth food;...
God sets the pris'ners free.

8 The Lord doth give the blind their sight, The bowed down doth raise;

The Lord doth dearly love all those
That walk in upright ways.

9 The stranger's shield, the widow's stay,
The orphan's help, is he:
But yet by him the wicked's way
Turn'd upside down shall be,

10 The Lord shall reign for evermore :
Thy God, O Sion he

Reigns to all generations.
Praise to the Lord give ye.

PSALM CXLVII.

HALLELUJAH.

With gratitude to God, so good,
Come, let us sound our joy aloud!
For who with us, below the sky,
May for so many blessings vie?

1 PRAISE ye the Lord; for it is good Praise to our God to sing:

For it is pleasant, and to praise
It is a comely thing.

2 God doth build up Jerusalem;
And he it is alone
That the dispers'd of Israel
Doth gather into one.

3 Those that are broken in their heart,
And grieved in their minds,

He healeth, and their painful wounds.
He tenderly up-binds.

4 He counts the number of the stars;

He names them ev'ry one.

5 Great is our Lord, and of great pow'r; His wisdom search can none.

6 The Lord lifts up the meek; and casts The wicked to the ground.

7 Sing to the Lord, and give him thanks; On harp his praises sound;

8 Who covereth the heav'n with clouds,
Who for the earth below
Prepareth rain, who maketh grass
Upon the mountains grow.

9 He gives the beast his food, he feeds
The ravens young that

cry.

10 His pleasure not in horses' strength,
Nor in man's legs, doth lie.

11 But in all those that do him fear
The Lord doth pleasure take;
In those that to his mercy do
By hope themselves betake.

12 The Lord praise, O Jerusalem ;
Sion, thy God confess :

13 For thy gates' bars he maketh strong; Thy sons in thee doth bless.

14 He in thy borders maketh peace;

With fine wheat filleth thee.

15 He sends forth his command on earth, His word runs speedily.

16 Hoar-frost, like ashes, scatt'reth he; Like wool he snow doth give:

17 Like morsels casteth forth his ice; Who in its cold can live?

18 He sendeth forth his mighty word,
And melteth them again;

His wind he makes to blow, and then
The waters flow amain.

19 The doctrine of his holy word
To Jacob he doth show;

His statutes and his judgments he
Gives Israel to know.

20 To any nation never he
Such favour did afford;

For they his judgments have not known.
O do ye praise the Lord.

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PSALM CXLVIII.

HALLELUJAH.

All nature's universal choir,

With all your soul, with all your fire,
Come, join us in one grand concert !-
We sing to God with joyful heart.

PRAISE God. From heavens praise the
In heights praise to him be.

2 All ye his angels, praise ye him;
His hosts all, praise him ye.

3 O praise ye him, both sun and moon; Praise him all stars of light.

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4 Ye heav'ns of heav'ns him praise, and floods Above the heavens' height.

5 Let all the creatures praise the name
Of our almighty Lord:

For he commanded, and they were
Created by his word.

6 He also, for all times to come,

Hath them establish'd sure;

He hath appointed them a law,
Which ever shall endure.

7 Praise ye JEHOVAH from the earth,
Dragons and ev'ry deep:

8 Fire, hail, snow, vapour, stormy wind, His word that fully keep

9 All hills and mountains, fruitful trees, And all ye cedars high;

10 Beasts, and all cattle, creeping things, And all ye birds that fly.

11 Kings of the earth, all nations, Princes, earth's judges all:

12 Both young men, yea, and maidens too, Old men, and children small.

13 Let them God's name praise; for his name Alone is excellent :

His glory reacheth far above

The earth and firmament.

14 His people's horn, the praise of all
His saints, exalteth he;

Ev'n Isr'el's seed, a people near
To him. The Lord praise ye.

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Another of the same.

THE Lord of heav'n confess,
On high his glory raise.

2 Him let all angels bless,
Him all his armies praise.
Him glorify

3

4

Sun, moon, and stars;
Ye higher spheres,
And cloudy sky.

5 From God your beings are,
Him therefore famous make:
You all created were,

6

When he the word but spake

And from that place,

Where fix'd you
By his decree,

You cannot pass.

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