Psalm CXXV.
1
All they that build their confidence
Upon the Lord above,
Shall stand as firm as Sion hill,
Which nothing can remove.
2
And as the mountains round about,
Defend Jerusalem:
So is the Lord about his flock,
To help and succour them.
3
He will not let the wickeds rod
Upon his people stay:
Lest through despair of his relief
They faint and fall away.
4
Thy grace and bounty, Lord, extend
To all that faithful are:
And let thy blessings ever dwell
With those that are sincere.
5
But such as walk in crooked ways,
Refusing to do well:
Give them as wicked men deserve,
But peace to Israel.
2 Metre.
1
All they that in the Lord above,
Have set their hope most firm and sure,
Like Sion hill shall never move,
But shall for evermore endure.
As mountains stout, that stand about,
Defend and keep Jerusalem:
So is the Lord his peoples guard,
On every side to succour them.
2
For he is such a gracious God,
And his compassions are so strong,
He will not let the wicked's rod
Upon his people lie too long.
Lest being frail, their hearts should fail,
And through despair and misery,
From God should stray and fall away
To courses of iniquity.
3
Lord, let thy blessings still abide
With those whose hearts are true and right:
But as for them that turn aside,
And in their crooked ways delight;
Lord number those among thy foes,
And let their portion be to dwell
Amongst that train, in endless pain,
But Lord send peace to Israel.
