7 Arise, O God, thy sacred truth Altered from TATE. PSALM LXXXIII. Short Metre. b Complaint against Persecutors. 1 AND will the God of grace When bloody men, more fierce than wolves, 2 Against thy feeble flock Their counsels they employ ; 3 "Come, let us join, they say, 4 Awake, Almighty God, And disappoint their aim, 5 Then shall the nations know PSALM LXXXIV. Altered from WATTS. Long Metre. The Pleasure of l'ublick Worship. I GREAT God, attend, while Zion sings To spend one day with thee on earth, Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 2 The sparrow chooses where to rest, And for her young provides a nest; But will my God to sparrows grant Those pleasures which his children want? 3 Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thy house, O God of grace, Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power, Should tempt me to desert thy door. 4 God is our Sun, he makes our day,、 God is our Shield, he guards our way From all th' assaults of hell and sin, From foes without, and foes within. 5 All needful grace will God bestow, And crown that grace with glory too; He gives us all things, and withholds No real good from upright souls. 6 Blest are the men, whose steadfast mind God is their strength, and through the road 7 Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heaven at length; Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there, WATTS. PSALM LXXXIV. First Part. C. M. * Delight in divine Ordinances. 1 MY heart and flesh cry out for thee, While far from thine abode ; When shall I tread thy courts, and see 2 To sit one day beneath thine eye, 3 Much rather in God's house, would I 4 For God, who is our Sun and Shield, 5 O God, whom heavenly hosts obey, Whose hope and trust, securely plac'd, Are still repos'd on thee! 6 O could I o'er the spacious land And sea extend my sway, For one blest hour at thy right hand, I'd give them both away. TATE and WATTS. PSALM LXXXIV. Second Part. C. M. Delight in divine Ordinances. 1 O LORD, how worthy of our love Where we can meet to pray and hear 2 Our longing soul faints with desire Our panting heart and flesh cry out 3 There the great Monarch of the skies 4 The birds, more happy far than we, 5 Thrice happy they, whose choice has thee 6 Thus they proceed by various steps, And still approach more near, Till all on Zion's heavenly mount, TATE and WATTS with variation. PSALM LXXXIV. Hallelujah Metre. 1 LORD of the worlds above, With warm desires, My heart aspires, 2 The sparrow for her young, With equal zeal, Lord, I would wait, And with thee dwell. 3 To spend one sacred day Where God and saints abide, Affords diviner joy, Than thousand days beside; Where God resorts, I love it more To keep the door Than shine in courts. 4 O happy souls that pray Where God appoints to hear! Their constant service there! Who find the way And happy they, To Zion's hill. 5 They go from strength to strength, Through this dark vale of tears, Till each in heaven appears. O glorious seat! When God our King Shall thither bring Our willing feet! PSALM LXXXV. WATTS. Common Metre. b Prayer for Publick Deliverance. 1 THY favour, gracious Lord, display, 2 Thine answer patiently we'll wait, 3 To those who fear thy holy name, 4 For mercy now with truth is join'd, |