The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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PSALM 5. (C. M.) For the Lord's Day Morning.
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PSALM 5. (C. M.) For the Lord's Day Morning.
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Lord, in the morning thou shalt hearMy voice ascending high;
To thee will I direct my prayer,
To thee lift up mine eye;
II
Up to the hills where Christ is goneTo plead for all his saints,
Presenting at his father's throne
Our songs and our complaints.
III
Thou art a God before whose sightThe wicked shall not stand;
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy right hand.
IV
But to thy house will I resortTo taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thine holy court
And worship in thy fear.
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O may thy Spirit guide my feetIn ways of righteousness!
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face.
VI
My watchful enemies combineTo tempt my feet astray;
They flatter with a base design
To make my soul their prey.
VII
Lord, crush the serpent in the dust,And all his plots destroy;
While those that in thy mercy trust
For ever shout for joy.
VIII
The men that love and fear thy nameShall see their hopes fulfill'd;
The mighty God will compass them
With favour as a shield.
This psalm begins with the mention of Morning Prayer, and proceeds to the worship of God in his temple; which inclined me to intitle it, for a Lord's Day Morning.
Stanza ii. and v. Where any just occasion is given to make mention of Christ, and the Holy Spirit, I refuse it not; and I am persuaded David would not have refused it, had he lived under the gospel; nor St. Paul, had he written a psalm book.
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