Ordained, with dignity and state,
O'er all thy works to reign.

7 They jointly own his powerful sway;
The beasts that prey or graze ;
The bird that wings its airy way;
The fish that cuts the seas.

8 0 thou, to whom all creatures bow Within this earthly frame,

Through all the world how great art thou! How glorious is thy name!

PSALM 9. C. M,

1 To celebrate thy praise, O Lord!
I will my heart prepare;
To all the listening world thy works,
Thy wondrous works declare.

2 The thought of them shall to my soul
Exalted pleasures bring;
Whilst to thy name, O thou most high!
Triumphant praise I sing.

3 The Lord forever lives, who has
His righteous throne prepared,
Impartial justice to dispense;
To punish or reward.

4 God is a constant sure defence
Against oppressing rage;

As troubles rise, his needful aids
In our behalf engage.

5 All those, who have his goodness proved,
Will in his truth confide
Whose mercy ne'er forsook the man
That on his help relied.

6 Thus, by the just returns he makes,
The mighty Lord is known ;
While wicked men by their own plots
Are shamefully o'erthrown.

7 No single sinner shall escape,
By privacy obscured;

Nor nation, from his just revenge,
By numbers be secured.

8 His suffering saints, when most distressed, He ne'er forgets to aid;

Their expectations shall be crowned,
Though for a time delayed.

PSALM 11. C. M.

1 WHEN Once the firm assurance fails, Which public faith imparts,

'Tis time for innocence to fly
From such deceitful arts.

2 The Lord hath both a temple here,
And righteous throne above;
Where he surveys the sons of men,
And how their counsels move.

3 If God the righteous, whom he loves,
For trial does correct,

What must the sons of violence,
Whom he abhors, expect?

4 The righteous Lord will righteous deeds
With signal favor grace;
And to the upright man disclose
The brightness of his face.

PSALM 15. C. M.

1 LORD, who's the happy man, that may To thy best courts repair;

Not stranger-like, to visit them,
But to inhabit there?

2 'Tis he, whose every thought and deed By rules of virtue moves;

Whose generous tongue disdains to speak The thing his heart disproves.

3 Who never did a slander forge,
His neighbor's fame to wound;
Nor hearken to a false report,
By malice whispered round.

4 Who vice, in all its pomp and power,
Can treat with just neglect;

And piety, though clothed in rags,
Religiously respect.

5 Who to his plighted vows and trast
Has ever firmly stood;

And though he promise to his loss,
He makes his promise good.

6 Whose soul in usury disdains
His treasure to employ ;
Whom no rewards can ever bribe
The guiltless to destroy.

7 The man, who by this steady course Has happiness ensured,

When earth's foundation shakes, shall stand,
By Providence secured.

PSALM 16. C. M.

1 My soul shall ever bless the Lord, Whose precepts give me light,

And private counsel still afford,
In sorrow's dismal night.

2 I strive each action to approve
To his all-seeing eye;

No danger shall my hopes remove,
Because he still is nigh.

3 Therefore my heart all grief defies,
My glory does rejoice ;

My flesh shall rest, in hopes to rise,
Waked by his powerful voice.

4 Thou, Lord, when I resign my breath,
My soul from hell shalt free;
Nor let thy holy one in death
The least corruption see.

5 Thou shalt the paths of life display,
That to thy presence lead;
Where pleasures dwell without allay,
And joys that never fade.

PSALM 18. L. M.

1 No change of time shall ever shock My firm affection, Lord, to thee; For thou hast always been a rock, A fortress and defence to me.