Like tall cedars mounted on Plants set in thy court, below Spread their roots, and upwards grow, Ever fat, and flourishing. This God's justice celebrates; He, my rock, injustice hates. SANDYS. PSALM XCIII. THE mighty Lord doth reign on high, The floods, O Lord, the floods do roar, Thy testimonies firm and sure, FORD. PSALM XCV. THE ninety-fifth psalm, repeated always in the morning-service of our Church previous to the psalms of the day, is an irrefragable proof, that the compositions of the Hebrews are not wild and incoherent, when properly understood, but have as much sobriety, taste, and critical consistency, as the most laboured odes of Italy or Greece.-HURDIS. PSALM XCVI. A very elegant psalm of the same description, full of spirit and beauty, immediately follows that which we have just considered. Here Israel is called upon, in a strain of the most ardent rapture, to sing to his God and declare his wonders among all people.-HURDIS. PSALM XCVI. LET all the earth their voices raise, The heathens know thy glory, Lord; He fram'd the globe, he built the sky, His temple how divinely fair! Come the great day, the glorious hour, And in his courts his grace proclaim. WATTS. PSALMS XCVI. 10-13; and XCVIII. 7-9. TELL in high, harmonious strains, In destin'd course, through endless space. Let the glorious heavens rejoice, The hills exult with grateful voice; Let ocean tell the echoing shore, And the hoarse waves with humble voice adore! Let the verdant plains be glad! The trees in blooming fragrance clad! Smile with joy, ye desert lands, And, rushing torrents, clap your hands! Let the whole earth with triumph ring! Let all that live, with loud applause, Jehovah's matchless praises sing— He comes! he comes! heav'n's righteous King! To judge the world by truth's eternal laws. DR. GREGORY. PSALM XCVIII. To God our Lord renew your song, The light of his salvation round To God, ye nations of the earth, With thankful hearts rejoice; And to the Lord your joy and mirth Express with harp and voice. Your cornets, and your trumpets sound, And let the ocean roar, |