3 Though 'tis beneath His state to view In highest heav'n what angels do,

Yet He to earth vouchsafes His care: He takes the needy from his cell, Advancing him in courts to dwell, Companion to the greatest there.

PSALM 118. PART 1.

I WILL give thanks to Thee, O Lord,
And ever will praise Thee;

Who hast me heard, and art become
A Saviour unto me.

2 The stone, which formerly among
The builders was refus'd,

3

Is now become the corner-stone,
And chiefly to be us'd.

This was the mighty work of God,
It was the Lord's own fact;
And it is wondrous to behold-
That great and noble act.

This is the joyful day indeed,

Which God himself hath wrought;
Let us be glad and joy therein,
In heart, in mind, and thought.

PSALM 118. PART 2.

1 O PRAISE the Lord, for He is good,
His mercies ne'er decay:
That His kind favours ever last,
Let His redeemed say.

Their sense of His eternal love
Let all His saints express;
And that it never fails, let all
That fear the Lord confess.

2 For better 'tis to trust in God,
And have the Lord our friend,
Than on the greatest human power
For safety to depend.

He by His own resistless arm
Hath endless honours won;

The saving strength of His right hand
Amazing works hath done.

3 This is the joyful day, O God!
Which Thou Thyself hast made
O may we all give thanks and sing
Thy love to man display'd!
Let all give thanks to God the Lord,
Who still does gracious prove

And let the tribute of our praise
Be endless as His love.

PSALM 119.

1 HOW shall the young preserve their ways From all pollution free?

2

By making still their course of life
With Thy commands agree.

With hearty zeal for Thee I seek,
To Thee for succour pray;
Oh, suffer not my careless steps
From Thy right paths to stray.

3 Safe in my heart, and closely hid,
Thy word, my treasure, lies;
To succour me with timely aid,
When sinful thoughts arise.

4 Secur'd by that, my grateful soul
Shall ever bless Thy name;

Oh, teach me then, by Thy just laws
My future life to frame.

PSALM 125.

1 WHO place on Sion's God their trust, Like Sion's rock shall stand:

Like her immovably be fix'd

By His Almighty hand.

2 Look how the hills on ev'ry side
Jerusalem enclose:

So stands the Lord, around His saints,
To guard them from their foes.

3 Be good, O righteous God, to those
Who righteous deeds affect;
The heart that innocence retains,
Let innocence protect.

4 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom we adore,
Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.

PSALM 127.

1 IN vain we build, unless the Lord The fabric still sustain;

Unless the Lord the city keep,
The watchman wakes in vain.

2 In vain we rise before the day,
And late to rest repair;

Allow no respite to our toil,
And eat the bread of care.

3 'Tis God that competence and wealth, Upon His saints bestows;

He crowns their labours with success,
Their nights with sweet repose,

PSALM 130.

1 FROM lowest depths of woe
To God I send my cry;

Lord, hear my supplicating voice,
And graciously reply.

2 My soul with patience waits
For Thee, the living Lord:

My hopes are on Thy promise built,
Thy never-failing word.

3 Let Israel trust in God,

No bounds His mercy knows;
The plenteous source and spring from whence
Eternal succour flows.

4 Whose friendly streams to us
Supplies in want convey;

A healing spring, a spring to cleanse
And wash our guilt away.

PSALM 139.

1 THOU, Lord, by strictest search hast known, My rising up and lying down:

My secret thoughts are known to Thee,
Known long before conceiv'd by me.

2 Thine eye my bed and path surveys,
My public haunts and private ways:
Thou know'st what 'tis my lips would vent,
My yet unutter'd words' intent.

3 Surrounded by Thy pow'r I stand,
On ev'ry side I find Thy hand;
O skill, for human reach too high!
Too dazzling bright for mortal eye!