The Psalms of David eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 223 pages of information about The Psalms of David.

The Psalms of David eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 223 pages of information about The Psalms of David.

2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest, No mortal cares shall seize my breast; O may my heart in tune be found Like David’s harp of solemn sound!

3 My heart shall triumph in my Lord, And bless his works, and bless his word; Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!  How deep thy counsels! how divine!

4 Fools never raise their thoughts so high; Like brutes they live, like brutes they die; Like grass they flourish, till thy breath Blast them in everlasting death.

5 But I shall share a glorious part When grace hath well refin’d my heart, And fresh supplies of joy are shed Like holy oil, to cheer my head.

6 Sin, (my worst enemy before) Shall vex my eyes and ears no more; My inward foes shall all be slain, Nor Satan break my peace again.

7 Then shall I see, and hear, and know, All I desir’d or wish’d below; And every power find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy.

Psalm 92:2. 12 &c.  Second Part. 
The church is the garden of God.

1 Lord, ’tis a pleasant thing to stand
In gardens planted by thine hand;
Let me within thy courts be seen
Like a young cedar fresh and green.

2 There grow thy saints in faith and love, Blest with thine influence from above; Not Lebanon with all its trees Yields such a comely sight as these.

3 The plants of grace shall ever live; (Nature decays but grace must thrive) Time, that doth all things else impair, Still makes them flourish strong and fair.

4 Laden with fruits of age, they shew The Lord is holy, just, and true; None that attend his gates shall find A God unfaithful or unkind.

Psalm 93:1. 1st Metre.  As 100th Psalm.  The eternal and sovereign God.

1 Jehovah reigns; he dwells in light, Girded with majesty and might:  The world created by his hands Still on its first foundation stands.

2 But ere this spacious world was made, Or had its first foundations laid, Thy throne eternal ages stood, Thyself the ever-living God.

3 Like floods the angry nations rise And aim their rage against the skies; Vain floods that aim their rage so high!  At thy rebuke the billows die.

4 For ever shall thy throne endure;
Thy promise stands for ever sure;
And everlasting holiness
Becomes the dwellings of thy grace.

Psalm 93:2. 2d M. As the old 50th Psalm. 
The same.

1 The Lord of glory reigns; he reigns on high; His robes of state are strength and majesty:  This wide creation rose at his command, Built by his word, and ’stablish’d by his hand:  Long stood his throne ere he began creation, And his own Godhead is the firm foundation.

2 God is th’ eternal King:  thy foes in vain Raise their rebellions to confound thy reign:  In vain the storms, in vain the floods arise, And roar and toss their waves against the skies; Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild commotion, But heaven’s high arches scorn the swelling ocean.

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