PSALM 5. (C. M.) For the Lord's Day Morning.
I
Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high;
To thee will I direct my prayer,
To thee lift up mine eye;
II
Up to the hills where Christ is gone
To plead for all his saints,
Presenting at his father's throne
Our songs and our complaints.
III
Thou art a God before whose sight
The wicked shall not stand;
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy right hand.
IV
But to thy house will I resort
To taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thine holy court
And worship in thy fear.
V
O may thy Spirit guide my feet
In ways of righteousness!
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face.
VI
My watchful enemies combine
To 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 name
Shall 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.
