3 The foften'd ridges of the field 4 5 Rejoice at falling fhowers; The meadows drefs'd, in all their pride, The barren clods refresh'd with rain, The fields with verdure fill'd, again 6 The various months thy goodnefs crowns, How bounteous are thy ways! The bleating flocks fpread o'er the downs, And fhepherds fhout thy praife. Plalm LXV. Long Metre. A New Verfion. WATTS. HY praife, O God, in Zion waits; To offer facrifice and prayer, And pay their willing homage there. 2 What though iniquity prevail, [X] And every form and every flood 5 Thy lightnings, flashing through the skies, 6 From thy vaft inexhaufted ftores, The flocks which graze the mountain's brow, Plaim LXVI, First Part. NOW JACOB KIMBALL. Divine Power and Goodness. C. M. [*] to the Lord of heaven and earth, Let gratitude infpire your mirth, 2 Come fee the wonders of our God, 3 4 He made the ebbing channel dry, The tribes beheld, with wondering eye, O blefs the Lord, and never cease; He keeps our life, maintains our peace, g Lord, thou haft prov'd our fuffering fouls, 6 Through wat❜ry deeps, and fiery ways, Led to poffefs the promis'd place, WATTS Pfalm LXVI. Second Part. C. M. [*] Praife to God for bearing Prayer. WOW fhall my folemn vows be paid NOW Who heard the long requests I made 2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare 3 If fin lay cover'd in my heart, When praise employ'd my tongue, The Lord had fhewn me no regard, Nor I his praises fung. 4 But God, his name be ever bleft, Has fet my spirit free; He ne'er rejected my request, Nor turn'd his heart from me. WATTS. Pfalm LXVII. Short Metre. [*] Univerfal Praife. TO blefs thy chofen race, то In mercy, Lord, incline; And caufe the brightnefs of thy face 2 That fo thy gracious way May thro' the world be known; Whilft diftant lands their homage pay, And thy falvation own. 3 Let all the nation, join To celebrate thy fame; Let the whole world, O Lord, combine, To praife thy glorious name. 4 O let them fhout and fing, In humble, pious mirth; For thou, the righteous Judge and King, TATE Palm LXVIII. F.Part. 6 Line L. M. [b] L The Justice and Compaffion of God. ET God arife in all his might, 'As fmoke that fought to cloud the fkies, Or wax that melts before the fire, 3 His wond'rous name and power rehearse, WATTS. Pfalm LXVIII. ver. 17, 18. S.P. L. M. [*] Compared with Ephef. iv. 8, 9, 10. The Afcenfion of Chrift, and the Gift of bis Spirit. LORD, when thou didft afcend on high, Ten thousand angels fill'd the fky; WATTS. Plaim LXVIII. Third Part. L. M. [*] Praife for Divine Care and Goodness. WE We fille our E blefs the Lord, the juft, the good, Who fills our hearts with joy and food; Who pours his bleffings from the fkies, |