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Sacred Poetry, Consisting of Psalms and Hymns Selected From the Best Authors, With Variations and Additions
Sacred Poetry Consisting of Psalms and Hymns Selected From the Best Authors With Variations and Additions Author:Jeremy Belknap General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1820 Original Publisher: Thomas Wells Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can se... more »lect from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PSALMS. PSALM I. Common Metre. The Happiness of the Righteous and the Misery of the Wicked. 1 Blest is the man who shuns the place Where sinners love to meet; Who fears to tread their wicked ways, And hates the scoffer's seat: 2 But in the statutes of the Lord Has plac'd his chief delight; By day he reads or hears the word, And meditates by night. 3 He, like a tree of gen'rous kind, By living waters set, Safe from the storm and blasting wind,. Enjoys a peaceful state. 4 Green as the leaf, and ever fair Shall his profession shine; Whilst fruits of holiness appear Like clusters on the vine. 5 Not so th' impious and unjust; What vain designs they form! Their hopes are blown away like dust, Or chaff before the storm. 6 Sinners in judgment shall not stand Among the sons of grace, When Christ, the Judge, at his right hand Appoints his saints a place. 7 His eye beholds the path they tread, His heart approves it well ; But crooked ways of sinners lead Down to the gates of hell. Watts. PSALM II. Common Metre. . The Exaltation of Christ. 1 Attend, O earth, when God declares His uncontroll'd decree ; " Thou art my Son, this day, my Heir, " Have I begotten thee. 2 " Upon my holy Zion's hill " My King I thee ordain ; " And though thy foes dispute my will, " Thou shalt for ever reign. 3 " Ask and receive thy full demands, " Thine shall the heathen be; " The utmost limits of the lands " Shall be possess'd by thee. 4 " Thy righteous sceptre thou shalt sway, " And all thy foes command ; " Just as the potter breaks the clay, " ...« less