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1168.

[Thou hast my kind Preserver been]

Even to hoar hairs will I carry you, &c. —xlvi. 4.

Thou hast my kind Preserver been
Even from my mother's womb;
Thou wilt deliver me from sin,
While hastening to the tomb:
To hoary hairs Thou bear'st my load;
Made, and redeem'd by Thee,
Father, Thou art in Christ my God,
And shalt for ever be.