Part 39 (1/2)

Psalm 94:2. 16-23. Second Part.

G.o.d our support and comfort; or, Deliverance from temptation and persecution.

1 Who will arise and plead my right Against my numerous foes, While earth and h.e.l.l their force unite, And all my hopes oppose?

2 Had not the Lord, my rock, my help, Sustain'd my fainting head, My life had now in silence dwelt, My soul amongst the dead.

3 ”Alas! my sliding feet,” I cry'd; Thy promise was my prop; Thy grace stood constant by my side, Thy Spirit bore me up.

4 While mult.i.tudes of mournful thoughts Within my bosom roll, Thy boundless love forgives my faults, Thy comforts cheer my soul.

5 Powers of iniquity may rise, And frame pernicious laws; But G.o.d, my refuge, rules the skies, He will defend my cause.

6 Let malice vent her rage aloud, Let bold blasphemers scoff; The Lord our G.o.d shall judge the proud, And cut the sinners off.

Psalm 95:1. C. M.

A psalm before prayer.

1 Sing to the Lord Jehovah's Name, And in his strength rejoice; When his salvation is our theme, Exalted be our voice.

2 With thanks approach his awful sight, And psalms of honour sing; The Lord's a G.o.d of boundless might, The whole creation's King.

3 Let princes hear, let angels know, How mean their natures seem, Those G.o.ds on high, and G.o.ds below, When once compar'd with him.

4 Earth with its caverns dark and deep Lies in his s.p.a.cious hand, He fix'd the seas what bounds to keep, And where the hills must stand.

5 Come, and with humble souls adore, Come, kneel before his face; O may the creatures of his power Be children of his grace!

6 Now is the time: he bends his ear, And waits for your request; Come, lest he rouse his wrath and swear ”Ye shall not see my rest.”

Psalm 95:2. S. M.

A psalm before sermon.

1 Come, sound his praise abroad, And hymns of glory sing; Jehovah is the sovereign G.o.d, The universal King.

He form'd the deeps unknown; He gave the seas their bound; The watery worlds are all his own, And all the solid ground.

3 Come, wors.h.i.+p at his throne, Come bow before the Lord: We are his works and not our own; He form'd us by his word.

4 To-day attend his voice, Nor dare provoke his rod; Come like the people of his choice, And own your gracious G.o.d.

5 But if your ears refuse The language of his grace, And hearts grow hard, like stubborn Jews, That unbelieving race;

6 The Lord in vengeance drest Will lift his hand and swear, ”You that despise my promis'd rest, ”Shall have no portion there.”

Psalm 95:3. 1 2 3 6-11. L. M.

Canaan lost through unbelief; or, A warning to delaying sinners.