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PSALM 120. C.M.
Christians love peace. (cont.)

3	O! might I fly to change my place,    How would I choose to dwell In some wide, lonesome, wilderness,    And leave these gates of hell!
4	Peace is the blessing that I seek:    How lovely are its charms! I am for peace; but, when I speak,    They all declare for arms.
5	New passions still their souls engage,    And keep their malice strong: What shall be done to curb thy rage,    O thou devouring tongue!
6	Should burning arrows smite thee through,    Strict justice would approve; But I would rather spare my foe,    And melt his heart with love.

PSALM 121. First Part. L.M.
Divine protection.

1	TO Zion's hill I lift my eyes,    From thence expecting aid; From Zion's hill, and Zion's God,    Who heav'n and earth has made.
2	Thou, then, my soul, in safety rest;    Thy guardian will not sleep: His watchful care, that Israel guards.    Will thee in safety keep.
3	Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's wings,    Thou shalt securely rest; Where neither sun nor moon shall thee    By day or night molest.
4	At home, abroad, in peace, in war,    Thy God shall thee defend; Conduct thee thro' life's pilgrimage    Safe to thy journey's end.

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PSALM 121. Second Part. P.M.
Preservation by day and night.

1	UPWARD I lift mine eyes; From God is all my aid; The God that built the skies, And earth and nature made:    God is the pow'r,    To which I fly;    His grace is nigh    In ev'ry hour.
2	My feet shall never slide, Nor fall in fatal snares; Since God, my guard and guide, Defends me from my fears.    Those wakeful eyes,    That never sleep,    Shall Israel keep    When dangers rise.
3	No burning heats by day, Nor blasts of ev'ning air, Shall take my health away, If God be with me there:    Thou art my sun,    And thou my shade,    To guard my head    By night, or noon.
4	Hast thou not giv'n thy word To save my soul from death? And I can trust my Lord, To keep my mortal breath.    I'll go and come,    Nor fear to die,    Till from on high    Thou call me home.