Psalm LIII. Long Metre. Compared with Rom. iii, 10, 11. The degeneracy of the world removed by the Gospel

Behold the fool! whose heart denies The God who form'd the earth and skies And whilst the path of sin he treads, How wide the dire example spreads!

Th' eternal Sovreign from on high Cast on the sons of men his eye; To see if any understood, And fear'd and lov'd their maker God.

But all were so degenerate grown, None the true God had fully known! Both Jew and Gentile long had been By lust enslav'd and dead in sin.

Both gnoe from wisdom's path astray. Pursu'd the errors of their way, With dismal superstition blind, And causeless terrors fill'd their mind.

Who, gracious God, to sinners eyes Could bid the wish'd salvation rise? Thy SON did light and truth display, And turn their darkness into day.

No flesh shall boast of righteousness, But guilty shall themselves confess; And when they hear thy pardoning voice, In thy salvation shall rejoice.