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PSALM 103. Second Part. S.M.
Mercy in the midst of judgment. (cont.)

8	And children's children ever find    Thy words of promise sure.

PSALM 103. Third Part. S.M.
Bless the Lord, his angels, and all his works.

1	THE Lord the sov'reign King,    Hath fix'd his throne on high: O'er all the heav'nly world he rules,    And all beneath the sky.
2	Ye angels, great in might,    And swift to do his will; Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear,    Whose pleasure ye fulfil.
3	Let the bright hosts who wait    The orders of their King, And guard his churches when they pray,    Join in the praise they sing.
4	While all his wondrous works    Thro' his vast kingdom show Their Maker's glory; thou, my soul,    Shalt sing his praises too.

PSALM 104. First Part. L.M.
The glory of God in creation and providence.

1	MY soul, thy great Creator praise; When cloth'd in his celestial rays, He in fuil majesty appears, And, like a robe, his glory wears,
2	The heavens are for his curtains spread, Th' unfathom'd deep he makes his bed: Clouds are his chariots, when he flies On winged storms across the skies.
3	Angels, whom his own breath inspires, His ministers, are flaming fires; And swift, as thought, their armies move To bear his vengeance, or his love.

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PSALM 104. First Part. L.M.
The glory of God in creation and providence. (cont.)

4	The world's foundations by his hand Are pois'd, and shall for ever stand: He binds the ocean in his chain, Lest it should drown the earth again.
5	When earth was cover'd with the flood, Which high above the mountains stood, He thunder'd; and the ocean fled, Confin'd to its appointed bed.
6	The swelling billows know their bounds, And in their channels walk their rounds; Yet thence convey'd by secret veins, They spring from hills, and drench the plains.
7	He bids the chrystal fountains flow, And cheer the vallies as they go; Tame heifers there their thirst allay, And for the stream wild asses bray.
8	From pleasant trees which shade the brink, The lark and linnet light to drink; Their songs the lark and linnet raise, And chide our silence in his praise.

PSALM 104. Second Part. L.M.
Providence.

1	GOD, from his cloudy cistern, pours On the parch'd earth enriching show'rs; The grove, the garden, and the field, A thousand joyful blessings yield.
2	He makes the grassy food arise, And gives the cattle large supplies; With herbs for man, of various pow'r, To nourish nature, or to cure.
3	What noble fruit the vines produce! The olive yields a shining juice: Our hearts are cheer'd with gen'rous wine; With inward joy our faces shine.