7 Rivers of pleasure ever shall

At God's right hand be found; Where God shall be our all in all, And perfect love abound.

8 The church of God most holy is,
Which he does sanctify;

His divine light and soul there sees
A fountain never dry.

9 Because the Spirit of our God
Dwells in the purest light,

He shall his glories spread abroad
In hearts that are upright.

10 God sits in majesty and state,
The holiest of all;

His lovingkindness, O how great!
To raise us from our fall!

11 Let not the cruel pride of heart
The innocent torment;

But for the needy, Lord, take part,
That they may never want.

12 O! let the sinful man decay,
Whose hope is not on high!
Revive his soul in thy right way,
That he to God draw nigh.

PSALM XXXVII.

1 THO' wicked men grow rich and proud, Fret not thyself therefore;

Nor with envy cry out aloud,
For God hath good in store.

2 They are like to the grass cut down,
Or like to flowers' decay;

Riches take wing, and oft too soon
They squander fast away.

3 Request of God, and he will grant,
When sick on bed you lie,

And safe from sickness and from want
Will health to you supply.

4 Trust in the Lord, the God of might,
And meek and silent be;

'Tis God the crooked paths makes right, When orphans to him flee.

5 The widow and the fatherless
Are God's peculiar care;
And the daughter left motherless
Shall of his bounty share.

6 Jesus! that name is my delight,
It charms my sins away;

He is the life and the bright light,
Whose love shall ne'er decay.

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7 Fret not thyself sin to commit,
The prosp❜rous fade away;

With patience then the Lord's time sit,
Still on his pleasure stay.

8 In patience now thy soul
Fret not thyself at all;

possess,

From anger and from passion cease,
For wicked men must fall.

9 A little while the guilty reigns,
His place no more is found;
Down in the grave he close remains,
In death's dark prison bound.
10 The meek inherit shall the earth,
And peace they shall possess ;

In peace they'll end their last-drawn breath,
For God their end will bless.

11 The godly man shall surely stand
Before the throne of God,

And have a place at his right hand,
To dwell in his abode.

12 The word of God is sharper far
Than any two-edged sword;
All evil ways they shall mar
By his most holy word.

13 Believers shall triumph o'er death,
For 'tis by God they're tried;

They triumph by their constant faith,
For them Christ Jesus died.

14 He is our only kind best friend,
Conquer'd hell and the grave.
Sweet consolation he does send,
Immortal souls to save.

15 He sends to us the Holy Ghost,
Whose grace is better far
Than is the wealth of a great host,
By ravaging and war.
16 A little with contentment is
Much better than full store
Of riches, with its miseries,
To gall us evermore

17 Great God the good man still sustains,
For he the upright knows;
A portion sure for them remains,
Their life shall happy close.

18 In evil days which they may see
They shall not be ashamed;
But grateful to their God will be,
Who them from ill sustain'd.
19 The foes of God are evil men,
Which shall consume away;
But the merciful shall obtain
The mercy shown each day.

20 The evil no inheritance

Have with the Prince of Peace;

Self-righteousness they must renounce,
And meekly rest on grace.

21 All those that blessed be of him
His providence shall share;
But such as cursed be in time
Have sorrow and despair.

22 The Lord will guide the good man's steps, And order him aright;

No guile shall issue from his lips,
For truth is his delight.

23 Should he a fall make unaware
The Lord will him uphold,

Lest Satan's traps should him ensnare,
As in the days of old.

24 Young have I been, though aged now,
But have I never seen

The just and perfect man brought low,
In want of bread e'er been.

25 If merciful to lame and blind,
Peace shall fail him never;

And to his neighbour he is kind,
His seed blest is ever.

26 O Lord! afflictions sanctify,

And teach us to do good,

Our favourite sins to crucify,
And please the Lord our God.

27 The saints of God shall ever dwell
In wisdom's ways with peace;
But sinners are the heirs of hell,
Their sure abiding place.