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PSALM 64. L.M.
Hope in God for deliverance from enemies. (cont.)

1	When foes in secret spread the snare, Let my salvation be thy care.
2	Shield me without, and guard within, From vile temptations and from sin; May envy, lust, and pride depart, And heav'nly grace expand my heart.
3	Thy justice and thy pow'r display, And scatter far thy foes away; While list'ning nations learn thy word, And saints, triumphant, bless the Lord,
4	Then shall thy Church exalt her voice, And all that love thy name rejoice: By faith approach thine awful throne, And plead the merits of thy Son.

PSALM 65. First Part. C.M.
A prayer hearing God.

1	PRAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee;    There shall our vows be paid: Thou hast an ear when sinners pray;    All flesh shall seek thine aid.
2	Lord, our iniquities prevail,    But pard'ning grace is thine; And thou wilt grant us pow'r and skill    To conquer ev'ry sin.
3	Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose    To bring them near thy face; Give them a dwelling in thy house,    To feast upon thy grace.
4	In answ'ring what thy church requests,    Thy truth and tenor shine; And works of dreadful righteousness    Fulfil thy kind design.
5	Thus shall the wond'ring nations see    The Lord is good and just;

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PSALM 65. First Part. C.M.
A prayer hearing God. (cont.)

5	And distant islands fly to thee,    And make thy name their trust.
6	They dread thy glitt'ring tokens, Lord,    When signs in heav'n appear; But they shall learn thy holy word,    And love as well as fear.

PSALM 65. Second Part. C.M.
The province of God in air, earth, and sea.

1	'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand,    God of eternal pow'r; The sea grows calm at thy command,    And tempests cease to roar.
2	Thy morning light and ev'ning shade    Successive comforts bring; Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,    Thy flow'rs adorn the spring.
3	Seasons and times, and months, and hours,    Heav'n, earth, and air are thine; When clouds distil in fruitful show'rs,    The author is divine.
4	Those wand'ring cisterns in the sky,    Borne by the winds around, With wat'ry treasures well supply    The furrows of the ground.
5	The thirsty ridges drink their fill,    And ranks of corn appear; Thy ways abound with blessings still,    Thy goodness crowns the year.

PSALM 65. Third Part. P.M.
The province of God in the seasons.

1	HOW pleasing is thy voice,    O Lord, our heav'nly King,    That bids the frosts retire,    And wakes the lovely spring!