060) The Fourth Part.

The Fourth Part.

32 In wait the watchful sinner lies, in vain the righteous to surprise; In vain his ruin doth decree:

33 God will not him defenseless leave, to his revenge exposed, but save;

And, when he’s sentenced, set him free.

34 Wait still on God, keep his command, and thou, exalted in the land, Thy blessed possession ne’er shalt quit: The wicked soon destroyed shall be, and, at his dismal tragedy, Thou shalt a safe spectator sit.

35 The wicked I in pow’r have seen, and like a bay tree, fresh and green, That spreads its pleasant branches round;

36 But he was gone as swift as thought, and, though in every place I sought, No sign or track of him I found.

37 Observe the perfect man with care, and mark all such as upright are; Their roughest days in peace shall end:

38 While on the latter end of those, who dare God’s sacred will oppose, A common ruin shall attend.

39 God to the just will aid afford, their only safeguard is the Lord; Their strength in time of need is he:

40 Because on him they stiff depend, the Lord will timely succor send, And from the wicked set them free.

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