VI. A Song of Praise for Protection.
1
My God, my only Help and Hope,
My strong and sure Defence,
For all my safety and my peace
I Bless thy Providence.
The daily favours of my God
I cannot Sing at large.
Yet let me make this Holy boast;
I am th'Almighties Charge.
2
Lord, in the day thou art about
The pathes wherein I tread,
And in the Night, when I lye down,
Thou art about my Bed.
I travel thro' the wilderness,
Free from the Beasts of prey.
The Wolves and Lions mouths are stop'd,
The Serpents creep away.
3
In Preservation God Creates,
Delivers in Protection.
Lord, every Moment of my Life
Is like a Resurrection.
A thousand Deaths I daily 'scape,
I pass by many a Pit.
I Sail by many dreadful Rocks,
Where Others have been split.
4
I see blind People with mine Eyes,
To Hospitals I walk,
I hear of them that cannot hear,
And of the Dumb I talk.
Lord, what am I that thou should'st shew
Such Favour unto me?
My Bones and Senses all must say,
Lord, who is like to Thee?
