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573.
[Doth God regard the outward show?]
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before Me?
—xxi. 29.
Doth God regard the outward show?
There must be some remorse within,
Some dread (if it no farther go)
Of judgment hanging o'er his sin:
Righteous the judgment he confess'd,
Pray'd that on him it might not come,
And mercy stoop'd to his request,
And respited the tyrant's doom.
There must be some remorse within,
Some dread (if it no farther go)
Of judgment hanging o'er his sin:
Righteous the judgment he confess'd,
Pray'd that on him it might not come,
And mercy stoop'd to his request,
And respited the tyrant's doom.
Humbled like him, the Lord I fear,
And softly in His presence go,
With horror mark His judgments near,
His arm made bare to give the blow!
O Thou who didst an Ahab spare,
A partial penitent reprieve,
Break, and inspire my heart with prayer,
And then for Thy own sake forgive.
And softly in His presence go,
With horror mark His judgments near,
His arm made bare to give the blow!
O Thou who didst an Ahab spare,
A partial penitent reprieve,
Break, and inspire my heart with prayer,
And then for Thy own sake forgive.
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