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 69. v. 1–14. First Part. (C. M.) The Sufferings of Christ for our Salvation.
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‘Save me, O God, the swelling floods‘Break in upon my soul:
‘I sink, and sorrows o'er my head
‘Like mighty waters roll.
II
‘I cry till all my voice be gone,‘In tears I waste the day:
‘My God, behold my longing eyes,
‘And shorten thy delay.
III
‘They hate my soul without a cause,‘And still their number grows
‘More than the hairs around my head,
‘And mighty are my foes.
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‘'Twas then I paid that dreadful debt‘That men could never pay,
‘And gave those honours to thy law
‘Which sinners took away.’
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Thus, in the great Messiah's name,The royal prophet mourns;
Thus he awakes our hearts to grief,
And gives us joy by turns.
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‘Now shall the saints rejoice and find‘Salvation in my name,
‘For I have borne their heavy load
‘Of sorrow, pain, and shame.
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‘Grief, like a garment, cloth'd me round,‘And sackcloth was my dress,
‘While I procur'd for naked souls,
‘A robe of righteousness.
VIII
‘Amongst my brethren and the Jews‘I like a stranger stood,
‘And bore their vile reproach, to bring
‘The gentiles near to God.
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‘I came in sinful mortal's stead‘To do my Father's will;
‘Yet when I cleans'd my Father's house,
‘They scandaliz'd my zeal.
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‘My fasting and my holy groans‘Were made the drunkard's song;
‘But God, from his celestial throne,
‘Heard my complaining tongue.
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‘He sav'd me from the dreadful deep,‘Nor let my soul be drown'd;
‘He rais'd and fix'd my sinking feet
‘On well establish'd ground.
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‘'Twas in a most accepted hour‘My prayer arose on high,
‘And for my sake my God shall hear
‘The dying sinner's cry.’
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