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Psalm xciv. Verse 19.
In the Multitude of my Thoughts within me, thy Comforts, O God, delight my Soul.
I
When Hell and Earth in one combin'd,With Pow'r and Terrors vex my Soul,
When Fears and Sorrows load my Mind,
And anxious Cares my Peace controll:
II
When puzling Doubts invade my Breast,And I am cloath'd in Shades of Night.
When Guile and Snares my Spirits waste,
Engross my Thoughts, and vent their Spite:
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III
When outward Fightings, inward Pain,Dangers arise on ev'ry Side,
My Friends turn Foes, and I complain,
That none exists I can confide:
IV
When Melancholy fills my Heart,The best good Men from Earth decay,
Death stabs me in my tender Part,
And all my Pleasures pass away;
V
The Thoughts of Thee, my God, createA little Heav'n in midst of Hell;
They sweeten Gall, and soften Fate,
And all the Shades of Death dispell.
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VI
Thy Comforts shine thro' sullen Clouds,They sooth my Suff'rings cure my Woe,
Bear up my Head above the Floods,
And gild the Paths in which I go.
VII
Tempests and Storms at Thoughts of Thee,Are hush'd in haste; the Billows cease,
My Hope revives, and nought I see
But Scenes of Joy and Days of Peace.
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