Not honey so invites the taste,
Nor gold, that hath the furnace passed,
Appears so pleasing to the sight.

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And warn me where my danger lies;
But 't is thy blesséd gospel, Lord!

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That makes my guilty conscience clean,
Converts my soul, subdues my sin,

And gives a free, but large, reward.

aff 4 Who knows the errors of his thoughts? My God! forgive my secret faults,

And from presumptuous sins restrain:
Accept my poor attempts of praise,
That I have read thy book of grace,
And book of nature, not in vain.

PSALM 20, L. M.

God, our Defence.

1 NOW may the God of power and grace
Attend his people's humble cry!
Jehovah hears when Israel prays,
And brings deliverance from on high.

2 Well he remembers all our sighs,

His love exceeds our best deserts;
His love accepts the sacrifice

Of humble groans, and broken hearts.
3 Now save us, Lord! from slavish fear,
Now let our hopes be firm and strong,
Till thy salvation shall appear,

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And joy and triumph raise the song.

FSALM 20, C. M.

Trust in God.

THE Lord unto thy prayer attend,

In trouble's darksome hour;
The name of Jacob's God defend,
And shield thee by his power.
2 In thy salvation we 'll rejoice,
And triumph in the Lord;

For, when in prayer he hears thy voice,
He will relief afford.

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And will remember thee.

4 O Lord! to us salvation bring;

In thee alone we trust;

Hear us, O God, our heavenly King!
Thou refuge of the just!

PSALM 21, C. M.

God acknowledged in national Blessings.

1 IN thee, great God! with songs of praise,
Our favored realms rejoice;
And, blest with thy salvation, raise
To heaven their cheerful voice.

2 In deep distress, our injured land
Implored thy power to save;

For life we prayed;-thy bounteous hand
The timely blessing gave.

3 On thee, in want, in woe, or pain,
Our hearts alone rely;

Our rights thy mercy will maintain,
And all our wants supply.

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And still exalt thy fame;

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While we glad songs of praise prepare,
For thine almighty name.

PSALM 22, L. M.

Christ's Sufferings and Exaltation.

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The dying sorrows of our Lord;

When he complained, in tears and blood,
As one forsaken of his God.

2 The Jews beheld him thus forlorn,

And shook their heads and laughed in scorn;— "He rescued others from the grave;

Now let him try himself to save."

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By lot his garments they divide,
And mock the pangs in which he died.
4 But God, his Father, heard his cry;
Raised from the dead, he reigns on high;

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The nations learn his righteousness,
And humble sinners taste his grace.

PSALM 22, C. M.

Christ's Sufferings and Victories.

"NOW, in the hour of deep distress,
My God! support thy Son,

When horrors dark my soul oppress,
Oh! leave me not alone !"

2 Thus did our suffering Saviour pray,
With mighty cries and tears;
God heard him, in that dreadful day,
And chased away his fears.

3 Great was the vict'ry of his death,
His throne 's exalted high;

And all the kindreds of the earth
Shall worship, or shall die.

4 The meek and humble soul shall see
His table richly spread;

And all that seek the Lord shall be,
With joys immortal, fed.

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And nations, yet unborn, possess
Salvation in his blood.

PSALM 23, L. M.

God, our Shepherd.

1 MY shepherd is the living Lord;

Now shall my wants be well supplied: His providence and holy word

Become my safety, and my guide.

2 In pastures where salvation grows,
He makes me feed, he makes me rest;
There living water gently flows,
And all the food 's divinely blest.
3 My wandering feet his ways mistake;
But he restores my soul to peace,
And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
In the fair paths of righteousness.

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Where death and all its terrors are,

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My heart and hope shall never fail,
For God, my shepherd, 's with me there.

5 Surely the mercies of the Lord

Attend his household, all their days;
There will I dwell to hear his word,
To seek his face, and sing his praise.

PSALM 23, L. M., 6 Lines.

Jehovah, the Shepherd of his People.

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And feed me with a shepherd's care;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye;
My noon-day walks he will attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.
2 When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant,
To fertile vales and dewy meads,
My weary, wandering steps he leads;
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.
3 Though in a bare and rugged way,
Through devious, lonely wilds I stray,
Thy presence shall my pains beguile;
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With sudden greens and herbage crowned,
And streams shall murmur all around.

4 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou, O Lord! art with me still;
Thy friendly rod shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade.

PSALM 23, First Part, C. M.

The watchful Shepherd.

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Jehovah is his name;

In pastures fresh he makes me feed,
Beside the living stream.

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And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
In paths of truth and grace.

3 When I walk through the shades of death,
Thy presence is my stay;

A word of thy supporting breath
Drives all my fears away.

4 The sure provisions of my God
Attend me, all my days;

Oh! may thy house be mine abode,
And all my work be praise.

5 There would I find a settled rest,-
While others go and come,-

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No more a stranger or a guest,
But like a child at home.

PSALM 23, Second Part, C. M.
Gratitude and Hope.

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And march with holy vigor on,
Supported by thy God.

2 Through every winding maze of life,
His hand has been my guide;
And, in his long-experienced care,
My heart shall still confide.

3 His grace, through all the desert flows,
An unexhausted stream;

That grace, on Zion's sacred mount,
Shall be my endless theme.

4 Beyond the choicest joys of time,
Thy courts on earth I love;

But Oh! I burn with strong desire
To view thy house above.

5 There, joined with all the shining band,
My soul would thee adore;-

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A pillar in thy temple fixed,
To be removed no more.

PSALM 23, First Part, S. M.
The good Shepherd.

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