356 The Divine Protection
Psalm 125 Tune: Knowhead Charles H. Gabriel
1.All who with heart con-fid-ing De-pend on God a-lone.
Like Zi-on's mount a-bid-ing, Shall ne'er be o-ver-thrown.
Like Zi-on's cit-y bound-ed By guard-ing moun-tains broad,
His peo-ple are sur-round-ed For-ev-er by their God.
2.No scep-ter of op-pres-sion Shall hold un-bro-ken sway,
Lest un-to base trans-gres-sion The right-eous turn a-way.
Thy fa-vor be im-part-ed To god-ly men, O Lord;
Bless all that are pure-heart-ed, The good with good re-ward.
3.The men who false-hood cher-ish, For-sak-ing truth and
right,
With wick-ed men shall per-ish, God will their sin re-quite.
From sin Thy saints de-fend-ing, Their joy, O Lord, in-crease
With mer-cy nev-er end-ing And ev-er-last-ing peace.
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100 The Secret of Tranquillity
Psalm 37 Tune: Morris Chant William B. Bradbury
1.For-ev-er trust-ing in the Lord, Take heed to do His will;
So shalt thou dwell with-in the land,
So shalt thou dwell with-in the land,
And He thy needs shall fill.
2.De-light thee in the Lord, and He Will grant thy heart's
re-quest;
To Him com-mit thy way in faith.
To Him com-mit thy way in faith.
And thus thou shalt be blessed.
3.And He shall make thy right-eous-ness Shine bright-ly as the
light,
And as the burn-ing noon-day sun,
And as the burn-ing noon-day sun
Thy judg-ment shall be bright.
4.Rest in the Lord with qui-et trust, Wait pa-tient-ly for
Him;
Tho' wick-ed-ness tri-um-phant seem,
Tho' wick-ed-ness tri-um-phant seem,
Let not thy faith grow dim.
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14 The Name of the Lord
Psalm 8 Tune: Clinton Joseph P. Holbrook
1.O Lord our Lord, in all the earth
How ex-cel-lent Thy Name!
Thy glo-ry Thou hast spread a- far
In all the star-ry frame.
2. From lips of chil-dren, Thou, O Lord,
hast might-y strength or-dained,
That ad-ver-sa-ries should be stilled
And venge-ful foes re-strained.
3. When I re-gard the won-drous heav'ns,
Thy hand-i-work on high,
The moon and stars or-dained by Thee,
O what is man, I cry.
4. O what is man, in Thy re-gard
To hold so large a place,
And what the son of man, That Thou
Dost vis-it him in grace
5. On man Thy wis-dom hath be-stowed
A pow'r well nigh di-vine;
With hon-or Thou hast crowned his head
With glo-ry like to Thine
6. Thou hast subjected all to him
and lord of all is he,
Of flocks and herds, and beasts and birds,
And all within the sea.
7. Thy mighty works and wondrous grace
Thy glory, Lord, proclaim.
O Lord, our Lord, in all the earth
How excellent Thy Name.
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334 The Enlightening Power of the Word
Psalm 119 Tune: Repentance Theodore E. Perkins
1.Thy word sheds light up-on my path;
A shin-ning light, it guides my feet;
Thy right-eous judg-ments to ob-serve
My sol-emn vow I now re-peat.
2 In my dis-tress I plead with Thee,
Send help ac-cord-ding to Thy word;
Ac-cept my sac-ri-fice of praise
And make me know Thy judg-ments, Lord.
3.In dan-ger oft and nigh to death,
Thy law re-mem-bered is my aid;
The wick-ed seek my o-ver-throw,
Yet from Thy truth I have not strayed.
4. Thy pre-cepts are my her-i-tage,
For dai-ly they my heart re-joice;
To keep Thy stat-utes faith-ful-ly
Shall ev-er be my will-ing choice.
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290 Praise and Confession
Psalm 106 Tune: Barre Edward Clark
1.Praise ye the Lord, for He is good;
Give thanks and bless His Name;
His lov-ing-kind-ness chang-es not,
From age to age the same.
2. What tongue can tell His might-y deeds,
His won-drous works and ways?
O who can show His glo-ry forth,
Or ut-ter all His praise?
3. The Lord will bless and pros-per those,
Yea, blest in-deed are they,
Whose ways are just, who con-stant-ly
His right-eous law o-bey.
4. O Lord, re-mem-ber me in grace,
Let me sal-va-tion see;
The grace Thou show-est to Thy saints,
That grace re-veal to me.
5. Let me be-hold Thy peo-ple's good
And in their joy re-joice;
With Thy tri-um-phant her-it-age
Let me lift up my voice.
6. In evil we have gone astray,
And sinful is our race;
Rebelliously our fathers walked,
Forgetful of Thy grace.
7. Though they rebelled, yet for their help
In saving strength He came
To make His power almighty known
And glorify His Name.
8. He brought them safely through the sea
And overwhelmed their foes;
Their faith was stirred, and for the time
Their songs of praise arose.
9. Forgetful soon, they tempted God,
Nor for His counsel cared;
He sent them leanness in their souls,
Whilst they earth's bounties shared.
10.With envy they regarded those
Whom God to them had sent;
The opening earth, the kindling flame,
Brought awful punishment.
11. A golden image they adored,
And worshiped at its shrine;
Thus they despised the living God
And scorned His love divine.
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202 Guidance and Glory
Psalm 73 Tune: Carter E. Grace Updegraff
1.In doubt and temp-ta-tion I rest Lord, in Thee;
My hand is in Thy hand, Thou car-est for me;
My soul with Thy coun-sel through life Thou wilt guide,
And aft-er-ward make me in glo-ry a-bide.
2.In glo-ry Thou on-ly my por-tion shalt be,
On earth for none oth-er I long but for Thee;
My flesh and heart fal-ter, but god is my stay,
The strength of my spir-it , my por-tion for aye.
3.All they that for-sake Thee must per-ish and die,
But near to my Sav-iour most bless-ed am I;
I make Thee my ref-use, my Lord and my God;
Thy grace and Thy glo-ry I publish a-broad
Chorus:
My God, I will ex-tol Thee And ev-er bless Thy Name;
Each day will I give thanks to Thee And all Thy praise pro-claim.
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1 The Blessedness of the Godly
Psalm 1 Tune: Meditation John H. Gower
1.That man is blest who, fear-ing God,
From sin re-strains his feet,
Who will not stand with wick-ed men,
Who shuns the scorn-ers' seat.
2.Yea, blest is he who makes God's law
His por-tion and de-light,
And med-i-tates up-on that law
With glad-ness day and night.
3.That man is nour-ished like a tree
Set by the riv-er's side;
Its leaf is green, its fruit is sure,
And thus his works a-bide.
4.The wick-ed like the driv-en chaff
Are swept from off the land;
They shall not gather with the just,
Nor in the judg-ment stand.
5.The Lord will guard the right-eous well,
Their way to Him is known;
The way of sin-ners far from God,
Shall sure-ly be o'er-thrown.
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187 Supplication and Testimony
Psalm 69 Tune: Eventide William H. Monk
1.Thy lov-ing kind-ness, Lord is good and free,
In ten-der mer-cy turn Thou un-to me;
Hide not Thy face from me in my dis-tress,
In mer-cy hear my prayer, Thy serv-ant bless.
2.Need-y and sor-row-ful, to Thee I cry;
Let Thy sal-va-tion set my soul on high;
Then I will sing and praise Thy ho-ly Name,
My thank-ful song Thy mer-cy shall pro-claim.
3.With joy the meek shall see my soul re-stored,
Your heart shall live, ye saints that seek the Lord;
He helps the need-y and re-gards their cries,
Those in dis-tress the Lord will not de-spise.
4.Let heav'n a-bove His grace and glo-ry tell,
Let earth and sea and all that in them dwell;
Sal-va-tion to His peo-ple God will give,
And they that love His Name with Him shall live.
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69 The Petition of a Good Conscience
Psalm 26 Tune:Belief English Melody
1.Be Thou my judge, O right-eous Lord,
Try Thou my in-most heart;
I walk with stead-fast trust in Thee,
Nor from Thy ways de-part.
2.O search me, Lord, and prove me now;
Thy mercy I a-dore;
I choose Thy truth to be my guide,
And sin-ful ways ab-hor.
3.My hands I wash in in-no-cence
And seek Thy al-tar, Lord,
That there I may with thank-ful voice
Thy won-drous works re-cord.
4.The hab-i-ta-tion of Thy house
Is ev-er my de-light;
The place where dwells Thy glo-ry, Lord,
Is love-ly in my sight.
5.Let not the judg-ment fall on me
For evil men de-creed,
For cru-el men and vi-o-lent,
In-spired by bribes and greed.
6.But I in my integrity
Will humbly walk with Thee;
O my Redeemer and my Lord,
Be merciful to me.
7.Redeemed by Thee, I stand secure
In peace and happiness;
And in the Church, among Thy saints,
Jehovah I will bless.
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318 Thoughts for the Sanctuary
Psalm 118 Tune: Zerah Lowell Mason
1.The glo-rious gates of right-eous-ness
Throw o-pen un-to me.
And I will en-ter them with praise,
O Lord, my God ,to Thee.
And I will en-ter them with praise,
O Lord, my God, to Thee.
2.This is Thy tem-ple-gate, O Lord,
The just shall en-ter there;
My Sav-iour, I will give Thee thanks,
O Thou that hear-est prayer,
My Sav-iour, I will give Thee thanks,
O Thou that hear-est prayer.
3.The stone re-ject-ed and de-spised
Is now the cor-ner-stone;
How won-drous are the ways of God,
Un-fath-omed and un-known!
How won-drous are the ways of God,
Un-fath-omed and un-known!
4.In this the day that Thou hast made
Tri-um-phant-ly we sing;
Send now pros-per-i-ty, O Lord,
O Lord, sal-va-tion bring.
Send now pros-per-i-ty, O Lord,
O Lord, sal-va-tion bring.
5.Ho-san-na! Ev-er blest be He
That com-eth in God's Name,
The bless-ing of Je-ho-vah's house
Up-on you we pro-claim.
The bless-ing of Je-ho-vah's house
Up-on you we pro-claim.
6.The light of joy to shine on us
The Lord our God hath made;
Now be the precious sacrifice
Upon His altar laid.
7.O Lord, my God, I praise Thy Name,
All other names above;
O give Him thanks, for He is good
And boundless is His love.
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266 The Holiness of God
Psalm 99 Tune:Nicea John B. Dykes
1.God is King for-ev-er: let the na-tions trem-ble;
Throned a-bove the cher-u-bim, by all the earth a-dored;
He is great in Zi-on, high a-bove all peo-ples;
Praise Him with fear, for ho-ly is the Lord.
2.Mer-ci-ful as might-y, He de-lights in jus-tice,
For He reigns in right-eous-ness and rules in eq-ui-ty;
Wor-ship and ex-alt Him, bow-ing down be-fore Him,
Per-fect in pow'r and ho-li-ness is He.
3.Ho-ly men of old in Him a-lone con-fid-ed;
He for-gave their sins, al-though they felt His chas-t'ning rod;
In His ho-ly tem-ple wor-ship and a-dore Him,
Faith-ful and ho-ly is the Lord our God.
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The above was taken from: The Psalter used in the worship services of the
Protestant Reformed Churches in America. This Psalter is available from the Reformed Free Publishing Association.
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