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| XL. |
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| VERSIONS AND PARAPHRASES OF SELECT PSALMS. |
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| 169. |
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| XII. |
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| 321. |
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| XIII. |
| 323. |
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| 353. |
| XIV. |
| 354. |
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| 381. |
| 382. |
| 383. |
| XV. |
| 384. |
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| 411. |
| 412. |
| XVI. |
| 413. |
| 414. |
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| 420. |
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| XVII. |
| 429. |
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| 453. |
| 454. |
| XVIII. |
| 455. |
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| 472. |
| 473. |
| 474. |
| 475. |
| XIX. |
| 476. |
| 477. |
| 478. |
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| 480. |
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| 491. |
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| 493. |
| 494. |
| 495. |
| 496. |
| XX. |
| 497. |
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| 512. |
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| 514. |
| 515. |
| 516. |
| 517. |
| XXI. |
| 518. |
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| XXII. |
| 543. |
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| 558. |
| 559. |
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| 563. |
| 564. |
| XXIII. |
| 565. |
| 566. |
| 567. |
| 568. |
| 569. |
| 570. |
| 571. |
| 572. |
| 573. |
| 574. |
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| XXIV. |
| 584. |
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| 611. |
| 612. |
| 613. |
| 614. |
| 615. |
| 616. |
| XXV. |
| 617. |
| 618. |
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| 655. |
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| 657. |
| XXVI. |
| 658. |
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| 708. |
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| 712. |
| XVII. |
| 713. |
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| 723. |
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| 727. |
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| 757. |
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| 759. |
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| 761. |
| XXVIII. |
| 762. |
| 763. |
| 764. |
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| 766. |
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| 768. |
| 769. |
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| 775. |
| 776. |
| 777. |
| 778. |
| 779. |
|
| I. |
| 780. |
| 781. |
| 782. |
| 783. |
| 784. |
| 785. |
| 786. |
| 787. |
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| 790. |
| 791. |
| 792. |
| 793. |
| 794. |
| 795. |
| 796. |
| 797. |
| 798. |
| 799. |
| II. |
| 800. |
| 801. |
| 802. |
| 803. |
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| 807. |
| 808. |
| 809. |
| 810. |
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| 813. |
| 814. |
| 815. |
| 816. |
| III. |
| 817. |
| 818. |
| 819. |
| 820. |
| 821. |
| 822. |
| 823. |
| 824. |
| 825. |
| 826. |
| 827. |
| 828. |
| 829. |
| 830. |
| 831. |
| 832. |
| 833. |
| 834. |
| 835. |
| IV. |
| 836. |
| 837. |
| 838. |
| 839. |
| 840. |
| 841. |
| 842. |
| 843. |
| 844. |
| 845. |
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| 847. |
| 848. |
| 849. |
| 850. |
| 851. |
| 852. |
| 853. |
| 854. |
| 855. |
| 856. |
| 857. |
| 858. |
| 859. |
| 860. |
| V. |
| 861. |
| 862. |
| 863. |
| 864. |
| 865. |
| 866. |
| 867. |
| 868. |
| 869. |
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| 874. |
| 875. |
| 876. |
| 877. |
| 878. |
| 879. |
| 880. |
| 881. |
| 882. |
| 883. |
| 884. |
| 885. |
| VI. |
| 886. |
| 887. |
| 888. |
| 889. |
| 890. |
| 891. |
| 892. |
| 893. |
| 894. |
| 895. |
| 896. |
| 897. |
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| 900. |
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| 909. |
| 910. |
| 911. |
| 912. |
| 913. |
| XI. |
|
|
| VII. |
| 914. |
| 915. |
| 916. |
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| 922. |
| 923. |
| 924. |
| 925. |
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| 927. |
| 928. |
| 929. |
| 930. |
| 931. |
| 932. |
| 933. |
| VIII. |
| 934. |
| 935. |
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| 937. |
| 938. |
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| 940. |
| 941. |
| 942. |
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| 946. |
| 947. |
| 948. |
| 949. |
| 950. |
| 951. |
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| 953. |
| 954. |
| 955. |
| IX. |
| 956. |
| 957. |
| 958. |
| 959. |
| 960. |
| 961. |
| 962. |
| 963. |
| 964. |
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| 969. |
| 970. |
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| 972. |
| 973. |
| 974. |
| 975. |
| 976. |
| 977. |
| 978. |
| 979. |
| 980. |
| X. |
| 981. |
| 982. |
| 983. |
| 984. |
| 985. |
| 986. |
| 987. |
| 988. |
| 989. |
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| 992. |
| 993. |
| 994. |
| 995. |
| 996. |
| 997. |
| 998. |
| 999. |
| 1000. |
| 1001. |
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| 1005. |
| XI. |
| 1006. |
| 1007. |
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| 1009. |
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| 1016. |
| 1017. |
| 1018. |
| 1019. |
| 1020. |
| 1021. |
| 1022. |
| 1023. |
| 1024. |
| 1025. |
| 1026. |
| XII. |
| 1027. |
| 1028. |
| 1029. |
| 1030. |
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| 1032. |
| 1033. |
| 1034. |
| 1035. |
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| 1044. |
| 1045. |
| 1046. |
| 1047. |
| 1048. |
| 1049. |
| 1050. |
| 1051. |
| 1052. |
| XIII. |
| 1053. |
| 1054. |
| 1055. |
| 1056. |
| 1057. |
| 1058. |
| 1059. |
| 1060. |
| 1061. |
| 1062. |
| 1063. |
| 1064. |
| 1065. |
| 1066. |
| 1067. |
| 1068. |
| XIV. |
| 1069. |
| 1070. |
| 1071. |
| 1072. |
| 1073. |
| 1074. |
| 1075. |
| 1076. |
| 1077. |
| 1078. |
| 1079. |
| 1080. |
| 1081. |
| 1082. |
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| 1084. |
| 1085. |
| 1086. |
| 1087. |
| 1088. |
| 1089. |
| 1090. |
| 1091. |
| 1092. |
| 1093. |
| 1094. |
| 1095. |
| 1096. |
| 1097. |
| 1098. |
| 1099. |
| 1100. |
| 1101. |
| 1102. |
| 1103. |
| XV. |
| 1104. |
| 1105. |
| 1106. |
| 1107. |
| 1108. |
| 1109. |
| 1110. |
| 1111. |
| 1112. |
| 1113. |
| 1114. |
| 1115. |
| 1116. |
| 1117. |
| 1118. |
| 1119. |
| 1120. |
| 1121. |
| 1122. |
| XVI. |
| 1123. |
| 1124. |
| 1125. |
| 1126. |
| 1127. |
| 1128. |
| 1129. |
| 1130. |
| 1131. |
| 1132. |
| 1133. |
| 1134. |
| 1135. |
| 1136. |
| 1137. |
| 1138. |
| 1139. |
| 1140. |
|
| I. |
| 1141. |
| 1142. |
| 1143. |
| 1144. |
| 1145. |
| 1146. |
| 1147. |
| 1148. |
| 1149. |
| 1150. |
| 1151. |
| 1152. |
| 1153. |
| 1154. |
| 1155. |
| 1156. |
| 1157. |
| 1158. |
| 1159. |
| 1160. |
| 1161. |
| 1162. |
| 1163. |
| 1164. |
| 1165. |
| 1166. |
| II. |
| 1167. |
| 1168. |
| 1169. |
| 1170. |
| 1171. |
| 1172. |
| 1173. |
| 1174. |
| 1175. |
| 1176. |
| 1177. |
| 1178. |
| 1179. |
| 1180. |
| 1181. |
| 1182. |
| 1183. |
| 1184. |
| 1185. |
| 1186. |
| 1187. |
| 1188. |
| 1189. |
| III. |
| 1190. |
| 1191. |
| 1192. |
| 1193. |
| 1194. |
| 1195. |
| 1196. |
| 1197. |
| 1198. |
| 1199. |
| 1200. |
| 1201. |
| 1202. |
| 1203. |
| 1204. |
| 1205. |
| 1206. |
| IV. |
| 1207. |
| 1208. |
| 1209. |
| 1210. |
| 1211. |
| 1212. |
| 1213. |
| 1214. |
| 1215. |
| 1216. |
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| 1221. |
| 1222. |
| 1223. |
| 1224. |
| 1225. |
| 1226. |
| 1227. |
| 1228. |
| 1229. |
| 1230. |
| 1231. |
| 1232. |
| V. |
| 1233. |
| 1234. |
| 1235. |
| 1236. |
| 1237. |
| 1238. |
| 1239. |
| 1240. |
| 1241. |
| 1242. |
| 1243. |
| 1244. |
| 1245. |
| 1246. |
| 1247. |
| 1248. |
| 1249. |
| 1250. |
| VI. |
| 1251. |
| 1252. |
| 1253. |
| 1254. |
| 1255. |
| 1256. |
| 1257. |
| 1258. |
| 1259. |
| 1260. |
| 1261. |
| 1262. |
| 1263. |
| 1264. |
| 1265. |
| 1266. |
| 1267. |
| 1268. |
| 1269. |
| VII. |
| 1270. |
| 1271. |
| 1272. |
| 1273. |
| 1274. |
| 1275. |
| 1276. |
| 1277. |
| 1278. |
| 1279. |
| 1280. |
| 1281. |
| 1282. |
| 1283. |
| 1284. |
| 1285. |
| 1286. |
| 1287. |
| 1288. |
| 1289. |
| 1290. |
| 1291. |
| 1292. |
| VIII. |
| 1293. |
| 1294. |
| 1295. |
| 1296. |
| 1297. |
| 1298. |
| 1299. |
| 1300. |
| 1301. |
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| X. |
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| XI. |
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| XII. |
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| 1399. |
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| XIII. |
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| XIX. |
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| XX. |
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| XXI. |
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| XXIV. |
| 1587. |
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|
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| 1612. |
| 1613. |
| 1614. |
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| 1640. |
| II. |
| 1641. |
| 1642. |
| 1643. |
| 1644. |
| 1645. |
| 1646. |
| 1647. |
| 1648. |
| 1649. |
| 1650. |
| 1651. |
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| III. |
| 1654. |
| 1655. |
| 1656. |
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| 1683. |
| IV. |
| 1684. |
| 1685. |
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| 1688. |
| 1689. |
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| 1691. |
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| 1708. |
| 1709. |
| 1710. |
| V. |
| 1711. |
| 1712. |
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| 1714. |
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| 1740. |
| VI. |
| 1741. |
| 1742. |
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| 1748. |
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| 1789. |
| 1790. |
| 1791. |
| VII. |
| 1792. |
| 1793. |
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| 1795. |
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| 1824. |
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| 1827. |
| 1828. |
| 1829. |
| 1830. |
| 1831. |
| 1832. |
| VIII. |
| 1833. |
| 1834. |
| 1835. |
| 1836. |
| 1837. |
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| 1840. |
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| 1848. |
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| 1860. |
| 1861. |
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| 1863. |
| 1864. |
| 1865. |
| 1866. |
| 1867. |
| 1868. |
| 1869. |
| 1870. |
| 1871. |
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| 1875. |
| 1876. |
| 1877. |
| 1878. |
| 1879. |
| 1880. |
| 1881. |
| 1882. |
| 1883. |
| 1884. |
| 1885. |
| 1886. |
| 1887. |
| 1888. |
| 1889. |
| IX. |
| 1890. |
| 1891. |
| 1892. |
| 1893. |
| 1894. |
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| 1896. |
| 1897. |
| 1898. |
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| 1917. |
| 1918. |
| 1919. |
| 1920. |
| 1921. |
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| 1923. |
| 1924. |
| 1925. |
| 1926. |
| 1927. |
| 1928. |
| 1929. |
| 1930. |
| 1931. |
| 1932. |
| 1933. |
| 1934. |
| X. |
| 1935. |
| 1936. |
| 1937. |
| 1938. |
| 1939. |
| 1940. |
| 1941. |
| 1942. |
| 1943. |
| 1944. |
| 1945. |
| 1946. |
| 1947. |
| 1948. |
| 1949. |
| 1950. |
| 1951. |
| 1952. |
| 1953. |
| 1954. |
| 1955. |
| 1956. |
| 1957. |
| 1958. |
| 1959. |
| 1960. |
| 1961. |
| 1962. |
| 1963. |
| XI. |
| 1964. |
| 1965. |
| 1966. |
| 1967. |
| 1968. |
| 1969. |
| 1970. |
| 1971. |
| 1972. |
| 1973. |
| 1974. |
| 1975. |
| 1976. |
| 1977. |
| 1978. |
| 1979. |
| 1980. |
| 1981. |
| 1982. |
| 1983. |
| 1984. |
| 1985. |
| 1986. |
| 1987. |
| 1988. |
| 1989. |
| 1990. |
| 1991. |
| 1992. |
| 1993. |
| 1994. |
| 1995. |
| 1996. |
| 1997. |
| 1998. |
| 1999. |
| 2000. |
| 2001. |
| 2002. |
| XII. |
| 2003. |
| 2004. |
| 2005. |
| 2006. |
| 2007. |
| 2008. |
| 2009. |
| 2010. |
| 2011. |
| 2012. |
| 2013. |
| 2014. |
| 2015. |
| 2016. |
| 2017. |
| 2018. |
| 2019. |
| 2020. |
| 2021. |
| 2022. |
| 2023. |
| 2024. |
| 2025. |
| 2026. |
| 2027. |
| 2028. |
| 2029. |
| 2030. |
| 2031. |
| 2032. |
| 2033. |
| 2034. |
| 2035. |
| 2036. |
| 2037. |
| 2038. |
| XIII. |
| 2039. |
| 2040. |
| 2041. |
| 2042. |
| 2043. |
| 2044. |
| 2045. |
| 2046. |
| 2047. |
| 2048. |
| 2049. |
| 2050. |
| 2051. |
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| 2053. |
| 2054. |
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| 2056. |
| 2057. |
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| 2060. |
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| 2062. |
| 2063. |
| 2064. |
| 2065. |
| 2066. |
| 2067. |
| 2068. |
| 2069. |
| 2070. |
| 2071. |
| 2072. |
| 2073. |
| XII. |
|
|
| XIV. |
| 2074. |
| 2075. |
| 2076. |
| 2077. |
| 2078. |
| 2079. |
| 2080. |
| 2081. |
| 2082. |
| 2083. |
| 2084. |
| 2085. |
| 2086. |
| 2087. |
| 2088. |
| 2089. |
| 2090. |
| 2091. |
| 2092. |
| 2093. |
| 2094. |
| 2095. |
| 2096. |
| 2097. |
| 2098. |
| 2099. |
| 2100. |
| 2101. |
| 2102. |
| 2103. |
| XV. |
| 2104. |
| 2105. |
| 2106. |
| 2107. |
| 2108. |
| 2109. |
| 2110. |
| 2111. |
| 2112. |
| 2113. |
| 2114. |
| 2115. |
| 2116. |
| 2117. |
| 2118. |
| 2119. |
| 2120. |
| 2121. |
| 2122. |
| 2123. |
| 2124. |
| 2125. |
| 2126. |
| 2127. |
| 2128. |
| 2129. |
| 2130. |
| 2131. |
| 2132. |
| 2133. |
| 2134. |
| 2135. |
| 2136. |
| 2137. |
| 2138. |
| 2139. |
| XVI. |
| 2140. |
| 2141. |
| 2142. |
| 2143. |
| 2144. |
| 2145. |
| 2146. |
| 2147. |
| 2148. |
| 2149. |
| 2150. |
| 2151. |
| 2152. |
| 2153. |
| 2154. |
| 2155. |
| 2156. |
| 2157. |
| 2158. |
| 2159. |
| 2160. |
| 2161. |
| 2162. |
| 2163. |
| 2164. |
| XVII. |
| 2165. |
| 2166. |
| 2167. |
| 2168. |
| 2169. |
| 2170. |
| 2171. |
| 2172. |
| 2173. |
| 2174. |
| 2175. |
| 2176. |
| 2177. |
| 2178. |
| 2179. |
| 2180. |
| 2181. |
| 2182. |
| 2183. |
| 2184. |
| 2185. |
| 2186. |
| 2187. |
| 2188. |
| 2189. |
| 2190. |
| 2291. |
| 2192. |
| 2193. |
| 2194. |
| 2195. |
| 2196. |
| 2197. |
| 2198. |
| 2199. |
| 2200. |
| 2201. |
| 2202. |
| XVIII. |
| 2203. |
| 2204. |
| 2205. |
| 2206. |
| 2207. |
| 2208. |
| 2209. |
| 2210. |
| 2211. |
| 2212. |
| 2213. |
| 2214. |
| 2215. |
| 2216. |
| 2217. |
| 2218. |
| 2219. |
| 2220. |
| 2221. |
| 2222. |
| 2223. |
| 2224. |
| 2225. |
| 2226. |
| 2227. |
| 2228. |
| 2229. |
| 2230. |
| 2231. |
| 2232. |
| 2233. |
| 2234. |
| 2235. |
| 2236. |
| 2237. |
| XIX. |
| 2238. |
| 2239. |
| 2240. |
| 2241. |
| 2242. |
| 2243. |
| 2244. |
| 2245. |
| 2246. |
| 2247. |
| 2248. |
| 2249. |
| 2250. |
| 2251. |
| 2252. |
| 2253. |
| 2254. |
| 2255. |
| 2256. |
| 2257. |
| 2258. |
| 2259. |
| 2260. |
| 2261. |
| 2262. |
| 2263. |
| 2264. |
| 2265. |
| 2266. |
| 2267. |
| 2268. |
| 2269. |
| 2270. |
| 2271. |
| 2272. |
|
| 2273. |
| 2274. |
| 2275. |
| 2276. |
| 2277. |
| 2278. |
| 2279. |
| XX. |
| 2280. |
| 2281. |
| 2282. |
| 2283. |
| 2284. |
| 2285. |
| 2286. |
| 2287. |
| 2288. |
| 2289. |
| 2290. |
| 2291. |
| 2292. |
| 2293. |
| 2294. |
| 2295. |
| 2296. |
| 2297. |
| 2298. |
| 2299. |
| 2300. |
| 2301. |
| 2302. |
| 2303. |
| 2304. |
| 2305. |
| 2306. |
| XXI. |
| 2307. |
| 2308. |
| 2309. |
| 2310. |
| 2311. |
| 2312. |
| 2313. |
| 2314. |
| 2315. |
| 2316. |
| 2317. |
| 2318. |
| 2319. |
| 2320. |
| 2321. |
| 2322. |
| 2323. |
| 2324. |
| 2325. |
| 2326. |
| 2327. |
| 2328. |
| 2329. |
| 2330. |
| 2331. |
| 2332. |
| 2333. |
| 2334. |
| 2335. |
| 2336. |
| 2337. |
| 2338. |
| 2339. |
| 2340. |
| 2341. |
| 2342. |
| 2343. |
| 2344. |
| 2345. |
| 2346. |
| 2347. |
| 2348. |
| 2349. |
|
| I. |
| 2350. |
| 2351. |
| 2352. |
| 2353. |
| 2354. |
| 2355. |
| 2356. |
| 2357. |
| 2258. |
| 2359. |
| 2360. |
| 2361. |
| 2362. |
| 2363. |
| 2364. |
| 2365. |
| 2366. |
| II. |
| 2367. |
| 2368. |
| 2369. |
| 2370. |
| 2371. |
| 2372. |
| 2373. |
| 2374. |
| 2375. |
| 2376. |
| 2377. |
| 2378. |
| 2379. |
| 2380. |
| 2381. |
| 2382. |
| 2383. |
| 2384. |
| 2385. |
| 2386. |
| 2387. |
| 2388. |
| 2389. |
| 2390. |
| 2391. |
| 2392. |
| 2393. |
| 2394. |
| 2395. |
| 2396. |
| III. |
| 2397. |
| 2398. |
| 2399. |
| 2400. |
| 2401. |
| 2402. |
| 2403. |
| 2404. |
| 2405. |
| 2406. |
| 2407. |
| 2408. |
| 2409. |
| 2410. |
| 2411. |
| 2412. |
| 2413. |
| 2414. |
| 2415. |
| IV. |
| 2416. |
| 2417. |
| 2418. |
| 2419. |
| 2420. |
| 2421. |
| 2422. |
| 2423. |
| 2424. |
| 2425. |
| 2426. |
| 2427. |
| 2428. |
| 2429. |
| 2430. |
| 2431. |
| 2432. |
| 2433. |
| 2434. |
| 2435. |
| 2436. |
| 2437. |
| 2438. |
| 2439. |
| 2440. |
| V. |
| 2441. |
| 2442. |
| 2443. |
| 2444. |
| 2445. |
| 2446. |
| 2447. |
| 2448. |
| 2449. |
| 2450. |
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| XX. |
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| XXI. |
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| XXII. |
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| 2895. |
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| XXVII. |
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| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
|
| I. |
| II. |
 | The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley |  |
1
VERSIONS AND PARAPHRASES OF SELECT PSALMS.
3
PSALM I.
[Bless'd is the man, and none but he]
Bless'd is the man, and none but he,
Who walks not with ungodly men;
Nor stands their evil deeds to see,
Nor sits the innocent to' arraign;
The persecutor's guilt to share,
Oppressive in the scorner's chair.
Who walks not with ungodly men;
Nor stands their evil deeds to see,
Nor sits the innocent to' arraign;
The persecutor's guilt to share,
Oppressive in the scorner's chair.
Obedience is his pure delight,
To do the pleasure of the Lord;
His exercise by day and night
To search His soul-converting word;
The law of liberty to prove,
The perfect law of life and love.
To do the pleasure of the Lord;
His exercise by day and night
To search His soul-converting word;
The law of liberty to prove,
The perfect law of life and love.
Fast by the streams of Paradise
He as a pleasant plant shall grow;
The tree of righteousness shall rise,
And all his blooming honours show;
Spread out his boughs, and flourish fair,
And fruit unto perfection bear.
He as a pleasant plant shall grow;
The tree of righteousness shall rise,
And all his blooming honours show;
Spread out his boughs, and flourish fair,
And fruit unto perfection bear.
4
His verdant leaf shall never fade,
His works of faith shall never cease;
His happy toil shall all succeed,
Whom God Himself delights to bless:
But no success the' ungodly find,
Scatter'd like chaff before the wind.
His works of faith shall never cease;
His happy toil shall all succeed,
Whom God Himself delights to bless:
But no success the' ungodly find,
Scatter'd like chaff before the wind.
No portion and no place have they
With those whom God vouchsafes to' approve;
Cast in the dreadful judgment-day,
Who trample on their Saviour's love;
Who here their bleeding Lord deny,
Shall perish, and for ever die.
With those whom God vouchsafes to' approve;
Cast in the dreadful judgment-day,
Who trample on their Saviour's love;
Who here their bleeding Lord deny,
Shall perish, and for ever die.
PSALM II.
[Why do the Jews and Gentiles join]
Why do the Jews and Gentiles join
To execute a vain design,
Idly their utmost powers engage,
And storm with unavailing rage?
To execute a vain design,
Idly their utmost powers engage,
And storm with unavailing rage?
Earth's haughty kings their Lord oppose;
The rulers list themselves His foes,
To fight against their God agree,
And slay the' incarnate Deity:
The rulers list themselves His foes,
To fight against their God agree,
And slay the' incarnate Deity:
As sworn their Maker to dethrone,
And Jesus, His anointed Son,
To rise from all subjection freed,
And reign almighty in His stead.
And Jesus, His anointed Son,
To rise from all subjection freed,
And reign almighty in His stead.
The Lord that calmly sits above,
Enthroned in everlasting love,
Shall all their feeble threats deride,
And laugh to scorn their hateful pride.
Enthroned in everlasting love,
Shall all their feeble threats deride,
And laugh to scorn their hateful pride.
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Then shall He in His wrath address
And vex His baffled enemies:
“Yet I have glorified My Son,
And placed Him on His Father's throne.
And vex His baffled enemies:
“Yet I have glorified My Son,
And placed Him on His Father's throne.
“Conqueror of sin, and death, and hell,
He reigns a Prince invincible:
All power is now to Jesus given,
Triumphant on the hill of heaven.”
He reigns a Prince invincible:
All power is now to Jesus given,
Triumphant on the hill of heaven.”
“I publish the Divine decree,
That all shall live who trust in Me:
Look unto Me, ye ransom'd race,
Believe, and ye are saved by grace.
That all shall live who trust in Me:
Look unto Me, ye ransom'd race,
Believe, and ye are saved by grace.
“I heard My gracious Father say,
‘Thou art My Son; on this glad day
Thou art declared My Son with power,
Raised from the dead, to die no more.
‘Thou art My Son; on this glad day
Thou art declared My Son with power,
Raised from the dead, to die no more.
“‘Ask, and the Gentile world receive;
All, all I to Thy prayer will give;
So dearly bought with blood Divine,
Lo! every soul of man is Thine.
All, all I to Thy prayer will give;
So dearly bought with blood Divine,
Lo! every soul of man is Thine.
“‘Whoe'er withstand a pardoning God
Shall groan beneath Thine iron rod:
Whoe'er their Advocate repel,
The anger of their Judge shall feel.’”
Shall groan beneath Thine iron rod:
Whoe'er their Advocate repel,
The anger of their Judge shall feel.’”
Wherefore to Him, ye kings, submit;
Be wise to fall and kiss His feet;
With awful joy revere His sway,
Ye rulers of the earth, obey.
Be wise to fall and kiss His feet;
With awful joy revere His sway,
Ye rulers of the earth, obey.
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Worship the co-eternal Son,
Lest you in anger He disown,
His light withhold, His grace deny,
And leave you in your sins to die.
Lest you in anger He disown,
His light withhold, His grace deny,
And leave you in your sins to die.
Thrice happy all who trust in Him,
All good, almighty to redeem!
They only shall His mercy prove,
Loved with an everlasting love.
All good, almighty to redeem!
They only shall His mercy prove,
Loved with an everlasting love.
PSALM III.
[See, O Lord, my foes increase]
See, O Lord, my foes increase,
Mark the troublers of my peace;
Fiercely 'gainst my soul they rise;
“Heaven,” they say, “its help denies.
Help he seeks from God in vain,
God hath given him up to man.”
Mark the troublers of my peace;
Fiercely 'gainst my soul they rise;
“Heaven,” they say, “its help denies.
Help he seeks from God in vain,
God hath given him up to man.”
But Thou art a shield for me,
Succour still I find in Thee;
Now Thou liftest up my head,
Now I glory in Thine aid,
Confident in Thy defence,
Strong in Thine omnipotence.
Succour still I find in Thee;
Now Thou liftest up my head,
Now I glory in Thine aid,
Confident in Thy defence,
Strong in Thine omnipotence.
To the Lord I cried; the cry
Brought my Helper from the sky:
By my kind Protector kept,
Safe I laid me down and slept;
Slept within His arms, and rose,
Bless'd Him for the calm repose.
Brought my Helper from the sky:
By my kind Protector kept,
Safe I laid me down and slept;
Slept within His arms, and rose,
Bless'd Him for the calm repose.
Kept by Him, I cannot fear
Sin, the world, or Satan near;
All their hosts my soul defies:
Lord, in my behalf arise!
Save me, for in faith I call,
Save me, O my God, from all!
Sin, the world, or Satan near;
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Lord, in my behalf arise!
Save me, for in faith I call,
Save me, O my God, from all!
Thou hast saved me heretofore,
Thou hast quell'd the adverse power,
Pluck'd me from the jaws of death,
Broke the roaring lion's teeth:
Still from all my foes defend,
Save me, save me to the end!
Thou hast quell'd the adverse power,
Pluck'd me from the jaws of death,
Broke the roaring lion's teeth:
Still from all my foes defend,
Save me, save me to the end!
Thine it is, O Lord, to save:
Strength in Thee Thy people have;
Safe from sin, in Thee they rest,
With the gospel blessing bless'd,
Wait to see the perfect grace,
Heaven on earth in Jesu's face.
Strength in Thee Thy people have;
Safe from sin, in Thee they rest,
With the gospel blessing bless'd,
Wait to see the perfect grace,
Heaven on earth in Jesu's face.
PSALM IV.
[God of my righteousness]
God of my righteousness,
Thy humble suppliant hear;
Thou hast relieved me in distress,
And Thou art always near:
Again Thy mercy show,
The peaceful answer send,
Assuage my grief, relieve my woe,
And all my troubles end.
Thy humble suppliant hear;
Thou hast relieved me in distress,
And Thou art always near:
Again Thy mercy show,
The peaceful answer send,
Assuage my grief, relieve my woe,
And all my troubles end.
How long, ye sons of men,
Will ye blaspheme aloud?
My honour wrong, my glory stain,
And vilify my God?
How long will ye delight
In vanity and vice,
Madly against the righteous fight,
And follow after lies?
Will ye blaspheme aloud?
My honour wrong, my glory stain,
And vilify my God?
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In vanity and vice,
Madly against the righteous fight,
And follow after lies?
Know, for Himself the Lord
Hath surely set apart
The man that trembles at His word,
The man of upright heart:
And when to Him I pray,
He promises to hear,
And help me in my evil day,
And answer all my prayer.
Hath surely set apart
The man that trembles at His word,
The man of upright heart:
And when to Him I pray,
He promises to hear,
And help me in my evil day,
And answer all my prayer.
Ye sinners, stand in awe,
And from your sins depart;
Out of the evil world withdraw,
And commune with your heart:
In thinking of His love
Be day and night employ'd;
Be still, nor in His presence move,
But wait upon your God.
And from your sins depart;
Out of the evil world withdraw,
And commune with your heart:
In thinking of His love
Be day and night employ'd;
Be still, nor in His presence move,
But wait upon your God.
Offer your prayer and praise,
Which He will not despise,
Through Jesus Christ, your Righteousness,
Accepted sacrifice:
Offer your heart's desires;
But trust in Him alone,
Who gives whatever He requires,
And freely saves His own.
Which He will not despise,
Through Jesus Christ, your Righteousness,
Accepted sacrifice:
Offer your heart's desires;
But trust in Him alone,
Who gives whatever He requires,
And freely saves His own.
The world with fruitless pain
Seek happiness below,
“What man,” they ask, but all in vain,
“The long-sought good will show?”
The brightness of Thy face
Give us, O Lord, to see,
Glory on earth, begun in grace,
All happiness in Thee.
Seek happiness below,
“What man,” they ask, but all in vain,
“The long-sought good will show?”
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Give us, O Lord, to see,
Glory on earth, begun in grace,
All happiness in Thee.
Thou hast on me bestow'd
(Most gracious as Thou art)
The taste Divine, the sovereign good,
And fix'd it in my heart;
Above all earthly bliss
The sense of sin forgiven,
The hidden joy, the mystic peace,
The antepast of heaven.
(Most gracious as Thou art)
The taste Divine, the sovereign good,
And fix'd it in my heart;
Above all earthly bliss
The sense of sin forgiven,
The hidden joy, the mystic peace,
The antepast of heaven.
Of gospel-peace possess'd,
Secure in Thy defence,
Now, Lord, within Thine arms I rest,
And who shall pluck me hence?
Nor sin, nor earth, nor hell
Shall evermore remove,
When all renew'd in Thee I dwell,
And perfected in love.
Secure in Thy defence,
Now, Lord, within Thine arms I rest,
And who shall pluck me hence?
Nor sin, nor earth, nor hell
Shall evermore remove,
When all renew'd in Thee I dwell,
And perfected in love.
PSALM V.
[O Lord, incline Thy gracious ear]
O Lord, incline Thy gracious ear,
My plaintive sorrows weigh,
To Thee for succour I draw near,
To Thee I humbly pray.
Still will I call, with lifted eyes,
“Come, O my God and King!”
Till Thou regard my ceaseless cries,
And full deliverance bring.
My plaintive sorrows weigh,
To Thee for succour I draw near,
To Thee I humbly pray.
Still will I call, with lifted eyes,
“Come, O my God and King!”
Till Thou regard my ceaseless cries,
And full deliverance bring.
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On Thee, O God of purity,
I wait for hallowing grace;
None without holiness shall see
The glories of Thy face.
In souls unholy and unclean
Thou never canst delight;
Nor shall they, while unsaved from sin,
Appear before Thy sight.
I wait for hallowing grace;
None without holiness shall see
The glories of Thy face.
In souls unholy and unclean
Thou never canst delight;
Nor shall they, while unsaved from sin,
Appear before Thy sight.
Thou hatest all that evil do,
Or speak iniquity;
The hearts unkind, and hearts untrue,
Are both abhorr'd by Thee.
The greatest and minutest fault
Shall find its fearful doom;
Sinners in deed, or word, or thought,
Thou surely shalt consume.
Or speak iniquity;
The hearts unkind, and hearts untrue,
Are both abhorr'd by Thee.
The greatest and minutest fault
Shall find its fearful doom;
Sinners in deed, or word, or thought,
Thou surely shalt consume.
But as for me, with humble fear
I will approach Thy gate,
Though most unworthy to draw near,
Or in Thy courts to wait:
I trust in Thy unbounded grace,
To all so freely given,
And worship toward Thy holy place,
And lift my soul to heaven.
I will approach Thy gate,
Though most unworthy to draw near,
Or in Thy courts to wait:
I trust in Thy unbounded grace,
To all so freely given,
And worship toward Thy holy place,
And lift my soul to heaven.
Lead me in all Thy righteous ways,
Nor suffer me to slide,
Point out the path before my face;
My God, be Thou my guide!
The cruel power, the guileful art,
Of all my foes suppress,
Whose throat's an open grave, whose heart
Is desperate wickedness.
Nor suffer me to slide,
Point out the path before my face;
My God, be Thou my guide!
The cruel power, the guileful art,
Of all my foes suppress,
Whose throat's an open grave, whose heart
Is desperate wickedness.
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Thou, Lord, shalt drive them from Thy face,
And finally consume;
Thy wrath on the rebellious race
Shall to the utmost come.
But all who put their trust in Thee
Thy mercy shall proclaim;
And sing, with cheerful melody,
Their dear Redeemer's name.
And finally consume;
Thy wrath on the rebellious race
Shall to the utmost come.
But all who put their trust in Thee
Thy mercy shall proclaim;
And sing, with cheerful melody,
Their dear Redeemer's name.
Protected by Thy guardian grace,
They shall extol Thy power,
Rejoice, give thanks, and shout Thy praise,
And triumph evermore:
They never shall to evil yield,
Defended from above,
And kept and cover'd with the shield
Of Thine almighty love.
They shall extol Thy power,
Rejoice, give thanks, and shout Thy praise,
And triumph evermore:
They never shall to evil yield,
Defended from above,
And kept and cover'd with the shield
Of Thine almighty love.
PSALM VI.
[Lord, in Thy wrath no more chastise]
Lord, in Thy wrath no more chastise;
Nor let Thy whole displeasure rise
Against a child of man:
Have mercy, Lord, for I am weak,
And heal my soul, diseased and sick,
And full of sin and pain.
Nor let Thy whole displeasure rise
Against a child of man:
Have mercy, Lord, for I am weak,
And heal my soul, diseased and sick,
And full of sin and pain.
Body and soul Thy judgments feel,
Thy heavy wrath afflicts me still:
O when shall it be o'er?
Turn Thee, O Lord, and save my soul,
And for Thy mercy's sake make whole
And bid me sin no more.
Thy heavy wrath afflicts me still:
O when shall it be o'er?
Turn Thee, O Lord, and save my soul,
And for Thy mercy's sake make whole
And bid me sin no more.
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Here, only here, Thy love must save:
I cannot thank Thee in the grave,
Or tell Thy pardoning grace;
Who dies unpurged, for ever dies;
The sinner, as he falls, he lies
Shut up in his own place.
I cannot thank Thee in the grave,
Or tell Thy pardoning grace;
Who dies unpurged, for ever dies;
The sinner, as he falls, he lies
Shut up in his own place.
Weary of my unanswer'd groans;
Yet still with never-ceasing moans
I languish for relief;
With tears I wash my couch and bed;
My strength is spent, my beauty fled,
My life worn out with grief.
Yet still with never-ceasing moans
I languish for relief;
With tears I wash my couch and bed;
My strength is spent, my beauty fled,
My life worn out with grief.
But shall I to my foes give place?
Or in the name of Jesus chase
My troublers all away?
In Jesu's name, I say, “Depart,
Devils and sins, nor vex my heart!
For God hath heard me pray.
Or in the name of Jesus chase
My troublers all away?
In Jesu's name, I say, “Depart,
Devils and sins, nor vex my heart!
For God hath heard me pray.
“The Lord hath heard my groans and tears;
The Lord shall still accept my prayers,
And all my foes o'erthrow:
Shall conquer, and destroy them too,
And make even me a creature new,
A spotless saint below.”
The Lord shall still accept my prayers,
And all my foes o'erthrow:
Shall conquer, and destroy them too,
And make even me a creature new,
A spotless saint below.”
ANOTHER. [PSALM VI]
[In Thine utmost indignation]
In Thine utmost indignation,
Do not, Lord, Thine own chastise;
In Thine infinite compassion,
Hear my feeble, dying cries!
Hear me, for my bones are vex'd;
O forgive, forgive my sin!
Sick I am, and sore perplex'd,
All a troubled sea within!
Do not, Lord, Thine own chastise;
In Thine infinite compassion,
Hear my feeble, dying cries!
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O forgive, forgive my sin!
Sick I am, and sore perplex'd,
All a troubled sea within!
Lord, how long shall Thy displeasure
Lengthen out my punishment?
O correct me, but in measure!
Let Thy yearning heart relent:
Sinner's Friend, and kind Receiver,
Cast my sins behind Thy back:
Turn me now, my soul deliver,
Save me, for Thy mercy's sake!
Lengthen out my punishment?
O correct me, but in measure!
Let Thy yearning heart relent:
Sinner's Friend, and kind Receiver,
Cast my sins behind Thy back:
Turn me now, my soul deliver,
Save me, for Thy mercy's sake!
O reverse the mortal sentence!
Let me live to sing Thy grace:
After death is no repentance;
Dead, I cannot speak Thy praise.
Spent I am with endless groaning,
Wash with tears my sleepless bed;
Weary of my fruitless moaning,
Send my gasping spirit aid!
Let me live to sing Thy grace:
After death is no repentance;
Dead, I cannot speak Thy praise.
Spent I am with endless groaning,
Wash with tears my sleepless bed;
Weary of my fruitless moaning,
Send my gasping spirit aid!
Shorn of all my strength, I languish;
See, I faint beneath my load!
Faint through deep distress and anguish,
Faint into the arms of God!
God, to me, in great compassion,
Doth a gracious token give;
I shall see His whole salvation,
I shall all His love retrieve.
See, I faint beneath my load!
Faint through deep distress and anguish,
Faint into the arms of God!
God, to me, in great compassion,
Doth a gracious token give;
I shall see His whole salvation,
I shall all His love retrieve.
Leave me, then, to Jesus leave me,
Ye that gloried in my fall!
Jesu's arms shall still receive me,
He hath heard my mournful call:
He hath answer'd my petition,
Show'd Himself the sinner's Friend,
Saved me in my lost condition,
He shall save me to the end.
Ye that gloried in my fall!
Jesu's arms shall still receive me,
He hath heard my mournful call:
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Show'd Himself the sinner's Friend,
Saved me in my lost condition,
He shall save me to the end.
By a world of foes surrounded,
By the hellish sons of night,
I shall see them all confounded,
Put to everlasting flight.
He who hath my sins forgiven,
All my sins to death shall doom,
Hence as by a whirlwind driven:—
Come, my utmost Saviour, come!
By the hellish sons of night,
I shall see them all confounded,
Put to everlasting flight.
He who hath my sins forgiven,
All my sins to death shall doom,
Hence as by a whirlwind driven:—
Come, my utmost Saviour, come!
PSALM VII.
[Jesus, my Lord, on Thy great name]
Jesus, my Lord, on Thy great name
I still for help depend;
From sin, the world, and hell redeem,
And save me to the end.
I still for help depend;
From sin, the world, and hell redeem,
And save me to the end.
The lion, ready to devour,
Would tear my soul and slay;
Ah! leave me not to Satan's power,
But spoil him of his prey.
Would tear my soul and slay;
Ah! leave me not to Satan's power,
But spoil him of his prey.
Arise, O Lord, Thine arm make bare,
Confound the haughty pride
Of all my foes; in wrath declare
That Thou art on my side.
Confound the haughty pride
Of all my foes; in wrath declare
That Thou art on my side.
So shall the saints surround Thy throne
With joyful songs of praise;
For Israel's sake Thy servant own,
And save me by Thy grace.
With joyful songs of praise;
For Israel's sake Thy servant own,
And save me by Thy grace.
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Lift Thyself up, awake for me,
My cause in mercy plead;
Lead captive my captivity,
And make me free indeed.
My cause in mercy plead;
Lead captive my captivity,
And make me free indeed.
Command iniquity to cease,
And make an end of sin;
'Stablish the just in righteousness,
And bring Thy nature in.
And make an end of sin;
'Stablish the just in righteousness,
And bring Thy nature in.
Succour and strength in God I have,
Who never will depart;
But keep, and to the utmost save,
The men of simple heart.
Who never will depart;
But keep, and to the utmost save,
The men of simple heart.
His righteousness I will proclaim,
His goodness glorify,
And celebrate the Saviour's name,
And praise the Lord most high.
His goodness glorify,
And celebrate the Saviour's name,
And praise the Lord most high.
PSALM VIII.
[Sovereign, everlasting Lord]
Sovereign, everlasting Lord,
How excellent Thy name!
Held in being by Thy word,
Thee all Thy works proclaim:
Through this earth Thy glories shine,
Through those dazzling worlds above,
All confess the Source Divine,
The' almighty God of love!
How excellent Thy name!
Held in being by Thy word,
Thee all Thy works proclaim:
Through this earth Thy glories shine,
Through those dazzling worlds above,
All confess the Source Divine,
The' almighty God of love!
Thou, the God of power and grace,
Whom highest heavens adore,
Callest babes to sing Thy praise,
And manifest Thy power.
Lo! they in Thy strength go on,
Lo! on all their foes they tread,
Cast the dire Accuser down,
And bruise the Serpent's head.
Whom highest heavens adore,
Callest babes to sing Thy praise,
And manifest Thy power.
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Lo! on all their foes they tread,
Cast the dire Accuser down,
And bruise the Serpent's head.
Yet, when I survey the skies
And planets as they roll,
Wonder dims my aching eyes,
And swallows up my soul;
Moon and stars so wide display,
Chant their Maker's praise aloud,
Pour a flood of milder day,
And draw me up to God!
And planets as they roll,
Wonder dims my aching eyes,
And swallows up my soul;
Moon and stars so wide display,
Chant their Maker's praise aloud,
Pour a flood of milder day,
And draw me up to God!
What is man, that Thou, O Lord,
Hast such respect to him?
Comes from heaven the' incarnate Word,
His creature to redeem:
Wherefore wouldst Thou stoop so low?
Who the mystery shall explain?
God is flesh, and lives below,
And dies for wretched man.
Hast such respect to him?
Comes from heaven the' incarnate Word,
His creature to redeem:
Wherefore wouldst Thou stoop so low?
Who the mystery shall explain?
God is flesh, and lives below,
And dies for wretched man.
Jesus his Redeemer dies,
The sinner to restore,
Falls that man again may rise,
And stand as heretofore;
Foremost of created things,
Head of all Thy works he stood,
Nearest the great King of kings,
And little less than God!
The sinner to restore,
Falls that man again may rise,
And stand as heretofore;
Foremost of created things,
Head of all Thy works he stood,
Nearest the great King of kings,
And little less than God!
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Him with glorious majesty
Thy grace vouchsafed to crown;
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He in Thine image shone:
All Thy works for him were made,
All did to his sway submit;
Fishes, birds, and beasts obey'd,
And bow'd beneath his feet.
Thy grace vouchsafed to crown;
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He in Thine image shone:
All Thy works for him were made,
All did to his sway submit;
Fishes, birds, and beasts obey'd,
And bow'd beneath his feet.
Sovereign, everlasting Lord,
How excellent Thy name!
Held in being by Thy word,
Thee all Thy works proclaim:
Through this earth Thy glories shine,
Through those dazzling worlds above,
All confess the Source Divine,
The' almighty God of love!
How excellent Thy name!
Held in being by Thy word,
Thee all Thy works proclaim:
Through this earth Thy glories shine,
Through those dazzling worlds above,
All confess the Source Divine,
The' almighty God of love!
PSALM IX.
[Thee will I praise with all my heart]
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Thee will I praise with all my heart,
And tell mankind how good Thou art,
How marvellous Thy works of grace;
Thy name I will in songs record,
And joy and glory in my Lord,
Extoll'd above all thanks and praise.
And tell mankind how good Thou art,
How marvellous Thy works of grace;
Thy name I will in songs record,
And joy and glory in my Lord,
Extoll'd above all thanks and praise.
When Thou hast put my foes to flight,
They all shall feel Thine utmost might,
And lose their being with their power:
My foes shall at Thy presence fall,
My sins shall fade, and perish all,
My sins shall die to live no more.
They all shall feel Thine utmost might,
And lose their being with their power:
My foes shall at Thy presence fall,
My sins shall fade, and perish all,
My sins shall die to live no more.
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For Thou, O Lord, my cause hast gain'd,
My right to pardoning love maintain'd,
And clear'd me at Thy gracious throne:
Thy speaking blood pronounced me free;
My sins Thou hast condemn'd, not me,—
Condemn'd to death my sins alone.
My right to pardoning love maintain'd,
And clear'd me at Thy gracious throne:
Thy speaking blood pronounced me free;
My sins Thou hast condemn'd, not me,—
Condemn'd to death my sins alone.
Thou hast, in holy souls, destroy'd
The world of evil, and its god
For ever and for ever slain;
The foul original stain effaced,
Its being and its name erased,
Nor let one seed of sin remain.
The world of evil, and its god
For ever and for ever slain;
The foul original stain effaced,
Its being and its name erased,
Nor let one seed of sin remain.
3
Satan, thy reigning hour is past,
Thy rage which laid whole cities waste,
Their souls thou shalt no longer slay;
Destroy'd is thy destroying power;
For sin exists in saints no more,
Its relics all are swept away.
Thy rage which laid whole cities waste,
Their souls thou shalt no longer slay;
Destroy'd is thy destroying power;
For sin exists in saints no more,
Its relics all are swept away.
But Jesus shall for ever reign,
His throne in righteousness maintain;
His throne for judgment is prepared,
And all mankind at that great bar
Shall stand, and meet their sentence there,
Their fearful doom, or vast reward.
His throne in righteousness maintain;
His throne for judgment is prepared,
And all mankind at that great bar
Shall stand, and meet their sentence there,
Their fearful doom, or vast reward.
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The Lord will save His people here;
In times of need their help is near,
To all by sin and hell oppress'd;
And they that know Thy name will trust
In Thee, who to Thy promise just,
Hast never left a soul distress'd.
In times of need their help is near,
To all by sin and hell oppress'd;
And they that know Thy name will trust
In Thee, who to Thy promise just,
Hast never left a soul distress'd.
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A helpless soul that looks to Thee
Is sure at last Thy face to see,
And all Thy goodness to partake;
The sinner, who for Thee doth grieve,
And longs, and labours to believe,
Thou never, never wilt forsake.
Is sure at last Thy face to see,
And all Thy goodness to partake;
The sinner, who for Thee doth grieve,
And longs, and labours to believe,
Thou never, never wilt forsake.
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Sing to the Lord unceasing praise,
Who dwells among the faithful race,
His glorious works to all declare;
He at His people's cry shall come,
Their foes to swift destruction doom,
And answer all their humble prayer.
Who dwells among the faithful race,
His glorious works to all declare;
He at His people's cry shall come,
Their foes to swift destruction doom,
And answer all their humble prayer.
Hear Thou, O Lord, and succour me,
Regard my helpless misery:
Thou from the gates of death shalt raise,
That I within Thy courts may sing
My God, my Conqueror, and my King,
And show forth all Thy mercies' praise.
Regard my helpless misery:
Thou from the gates of death shalt raise,
That I within Thy courts may sing
My God, my Conqueror, and my King,
And show forth all Thy mercies' praise.
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I glory in Thy power to save,
My foes are sunk into the grave
Their malice had for me prepared,
Their foot is snared in their own net;
The nations who their God forget
Shall find in hell their just reward.
My foes are sunk into the grave
Their malice had for me prepared,
Their foot is snared in their own net;
The nations who their God forget
Shall find in hell their just reward.
The Lord is by His judgments known;
He helps His poor afflicted one,
His sorrows all He bears in mind;
The mourner shall not always weep,
Who sows in tears in joy shall reap,
With grief who seeks with joy shall find.
He helps His poor afflicted one,
His sorrows all He bears in mind;
The mourner shall not always weep,
Who sows in tears in joy shall reap,
With grief who seeks with joy shall find.
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Now, Lord, in our behalf arise,
Humble Thy church's enemies,
Their vain designs at once o'erthrow,
The heathen at Thy bar arraign,
Adjudge them here to wholesome pain,
That they themselves and Thee may know.
Humble Thy church's enemies,
Their vain designs at once o'erthrow,
The heathen at Thy bar arraign,
Adjudge them here to wholesome pain,
That they themselves and Thee may know.
Bring forth the weapons of Thy war,
And let Thy red-wing'd lightnings glare,
And send Thy thunderbolts abroad,
And all their souls with awe affright,
And show them in Thy judgments' light
They are but men, and Thou art God.
And let Thy red-wing'd lightnings glare,
And send Thy thunderbolts abroad,
And all their souls with awe affright,
And show them in Thy judgments' light
They are but men, and Thou art God.
PSALM X.
[Why standest Thou, O Lord]
Why standest Thou, O Lord,
Far from Thine own removed,
And suffer'st those Thou hast abhorr'd
To vex whom Thou hast loved?
Ah! wherefore dost Thou hide
Thy face from our distress,
Nor check the persecutor's pride,
And prosperous wickedness?
Far from Thine own removed,
And suffer'st those Thou hast abhorr'd
To vex whom Thou hast loved?
Ah! wherefore dost Thou hide
Thy face from our distress,
Nor check the persecutor's pride,
And prosperous wickedness?
Arise, O God, arise!
O God, lift up Thine hand!
No longer seem to slight our cries,
But all our foes withstand.
The poor in his distress
Commits himself to Thee,
Thou Helper of the fatherless,
Thou Friend of misery!
O God, lift up Thine hand!
No longer seem to slight our cries,
But all our foes withstand.
The poor in his distress
Commits himself to Thee,
Thou Helper of the fatherless,
Thou Friend of misery!
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Confound the tyrant's power,
The man of sin o'erthrow;
Our depth of wickedness explore,
Root out our inbred foe.
When sin is all destroy'd,
Its being and remains,
We then shall say, “The Lord is God,
Our King for ever reigns.”
The man of sin o'erthrow;
Our depth of wickedness explore,
Root out our inbred foe.
When sin is all destroy'd,
Its being and remains,
We then shall say, “The Lord is God,
Our King for ever reigns.”
Thou, Lord, hast heard the prayer
That sighs the mourners' want;
And Thou wilt still their hearts prepare,
And hear their sad complaint;
To judge the fatherless,
And save the humble poor,
Till Satan can no more oppress,
And sin exists no more.
That sighs the mourners' want;
And Thou wilt still their hearts prepare,
And hear their sad complaint;
To judge the fatherless,
And save the humble poor,
Till Satan can no more oppress,
And sin exists no more.
PSALM XI.
[On the Lord my soul is stay'd]
On the Lord my soul is stay'd:
Wherefore do ye bid me fly
To the mountain-top for aid?
My strong Mountain still is nigh.
Jesu's arms are my defence:
Who shall come and pluck me thence?
Wherefore do ye bid me fly
To the mountain-top for aid?
My strong Mountain still is nigh.
Jesu's arms are my defence:
Who shall come and pluck me thence?
Lo! the wicked bend their bow
At the men of heart sincere;
Secretly their darts they throw,
Neither God nor man they fear.
Whither shall the righteous run?
Justice here, for them, is none.
At the men of heart sincere;
Secretly their darts they throw,
Neither God nor man they fear.
Whither shall the righteous run?
Justice here, for them, is none.
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But the Lord who dwells above
Truth and righteousness maintains;
On His awful throne of love
Sovereign Arbiter He reigns;
Sends from thence His piercing eyes,
All that is in man descries.
Truth and righteousness maintains;
On His awful throne of love
Sovereign Arbiter He reigns;
Sends from thence His piercing eyes,
All that is in man descries.
God beholds and loves His own;
God abhors the faithless seed,
Rains His fiery judgments down
On the persecutor's head,
Gives them here the trembling cup,
Fills in hell the measure up.
God abhors the faithless seed,
Rains His fiery judgments down
On the persecutor's head,
Gives them here the trembling cup,
Fills in hell the measure up.
Righteous in Himself, the Lord
Only righteousness approves;
Sinners, by His grace restored,
Truly justified, He loves;
Grants them here the perfect grace,
Pure in heart to see His face.
Only righteousness approves;
Sinners, by His grace restored,
Truly justified, He loves;
Grants them here the perfect grace,
Pure in heart to see His face.
PSALM XII.
[Help, O Lord! the faithful fail]
Help, O Lord! the faithful fail,
Scarce a man continues just.
Shall the gates of hell prevail?
Shall the church on earth be lost?
Scarce a man continues just.
Shall the gates of hell prevail?
Shall the church on earth be lost?
Every soul from Thee departs,
Bold to cast Thy words behind;
Men of double tongues and hearts,
False as hell are all mankind!
Bold to cast Thy words behind;
Men of double tongues and hearts,
False as hell are all mankind!
God shall judge the faithless race,
Bruise them with an iron rod,
All who walk in pride abase,
Make the rebels own their God.
Bruise them with an iron rod,
All who walk in pride abase,
Make the rebels own their God.
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“Surely now,” the Lord hath said,
“I will in My might arise,
Bring My needy servants aid,
Answer all their plaintive sighs.
“I will in My might arise,
Bring My needy servants aid,
Answer all their plaintive sighs.
“I Myself will save the' oppress'd;
Placed beyond the tyrant's power,
Satan shall no more molest,
Sin shall never reach him more.”
Placed beyond the tyrant's power,
Satan shall no more molest,
Sin shall never reach him more.”
True and faithful is the Lord,
All that He hath spoke shall be;
Pure His every written word,
From the dross of falsehood free.
All that He hath spoke shall be;
Pure His every written word,
From the dross of falsehood free.
In the earthy furnace tried,
In the soul of fallen man,
Lo! as silver purified
All His promises remain.
In the soul of fallen man,
Lo! as silver purified
All His promises remain.
Thou, O Lord, shalt all fulfil;
Earth and hell a while may rage;
Thou art our Preserver still,
Christ is ours from age to age.
Earth and hell a while may rage;
Thou art our Preserver still,
Christ is ours from age to age.
PSALM XIII.
[How long wilt Thou forget me, Lord?]
How long wilt Thou forget me, Lord?
Wilt Thou for ever hide Thy face?
Leave me unchanged, and unrestored,
An alien from the life of grace?
Wilt Thou for ever hide Thy face?
Leave me unchanged, and unrestored,
An alien from the life of grace?
How long shall I inquire within,
And seek Thee in my heart, in vain,
Vex'd with the dire remains of sin,
Gall'd with the tyrant's iron chain?
And seek Thee in my heart, in vain,
Vex'd with the dire remains of sin,
Gall'd with the tyrant's iron chain?
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How long shall Satan's rage prevail?
(I ask Thee with a faltering tongue;)
See at Thy feet my spirit fail,
And hear me feebly groan, “How long?”
(I ask Thee with a faltering tongue;)
See at Thy feet my spirit fail,
And hear me feebly groan, “How long?”
Hear me, O Lord my God! and weigh
My sorrows in the scale of love;
Lighten my eyes, restore the day,
The darkness from my soul remove.
My sorrows in the scale of love;
Lighten my eyes, restore the day,
The darkness from my soul remove.
Open my faith's enlighten'd eyes,
O snatch me from the gulf beneath!
Save, or my gasping spirit dies,
Dies with an everlasting death.
O snatch me from the gulf beneath!
Save, or my gasping spirit dies,
Dies with an everlasting death.
Ah! suffer not my foe to boast
His victory o'er a child of Thine;
Nor let the proud Philistines' host
In Satan's hellish triumph join.
His victory o'er a child of Thine;
Nor let the proud Philistines' host
In Satan's hellish triumph join.
Will they not charge my fall on Thee?
Will they not dare my God to blame?
My God, forbid the blasphemy,
Be jealous for Thy glorious name!
Will they not dare my God to blame?
My God, forbid the blasphemy,
Be jealous for Thy glorious name!
Thou wilt! Thou wilt! My hope returns:
A sudden spirit of faith I feel;
My heart in fervent wishes burns,
And God shall there for ever dwell.
A sudden spirit of faith I feel;
My heart in fervent wishes burns,
And God shall there for ever dwell.
My trust is in Thy gracious power,
I glory in salvation near;
Rejoice in hope of that glad hour
When perfect love shall cast our fear.
I glory in salvation near;
Rejoice in hope of that glad hour
When perfect love shall cast our fear.
I sing the goodness of the Lord,
The goodness I experience now;
And still I hang upon Thy word,
My Saviour to the utmost Thou!
The goodness I experience now;
And still I hang upon Thy word,
My Saviour to the utmost Thou!
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Thy love I ever shall proclaim,
A monument of Thy mercy I;
And praise the mighty Jesu's name,
Jesus the Lord, the Lord most high!
A monument of Thy mercy I;
And praise the mighty Jesu's name,
Jesus the Lord, the Lord most high!
PSALM XIV.
[The fool hath in his heart denied]
The fool hath in his heart denied
That Being whom His deeds defied:
Corrupt is the whole human race,
Not one his Maker-God obeys,
Plunged in the depths of Adam's fall,
Death, wrath, and curse o'erwhelm them all.
That Being whom His deeds defied:
Corrupt is the whole human race,
Not one his Maker-God obeys,
Plunged in the depths of Adam's fall,
Death, wrath, and curse o'erwhelm them all.
Jehovah from His throne survey'd
The creatures whom His hands had made,
Nor could His all-discerning eye
One less corrupted soul espy,
Willing his sovereign Lord to own,
Or humbly seek a God unknown.
The creatures whom His hands had made,
Nor could His all-discerning eye
One less corrupted soul espy,
Willing his sovereign Lord to own,
Or humbly seek a God unknown.
They all have left the heavenly way,
And gone in actual sin astray,
Wholly corrupt, and born in sin,
Atheists, and beasts, and fiends within,
Not one, till from above renew'd,
Or does, or wills the smallest good.
And gone in actual sin astray,
Wholly corrupt, and born in sin,
Atheists, and beasts, and fiends within,
Not one, till from above renew'd,
Or does, or wills the smallest good.
Their brethren turn'd by grace Divine
They hate, and spitefully malign:
Their throat is as an open grave,
Their tongues are practised to deceive,
Their lips with adders' poison swell,
Their tongues are set on fire of hell.
They hate, and spitefully malign:
Their throat is as an open grave,
Their tongues are practised to deceive,
Their lips with adders' poison swell,
Their tongues are set on fire of hell.
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Their mouth is full of bitterest lies,
Slanders, and oaths, and perjuries;
Swift are their feet to shed the blood
Of all the faithful sons of God:
They own Apollyon for their king,
And death is in their scorpion sting.
Slanders, and oaths, and perjuries;
Swift are their feet to shed the blood
Of all the faithful sons of God:
They own Apollyon for their king,
And death is in their scorpion sting.
Their ways to swift destruction tend,
And sure damnation is their end;
Their life is sin and misery,
Their hearts are all a troubled sea,
Nor can they rest a moment here,
For God they neither love nor fear.
And sure damnation is their end;
Their life is sin and misery,
Their hearts are all a troubled sea,
Nor can they rest a moment here,
For God they neither love nor fear.
Poor desperate souls! they will not know
That Tophet yawns for them below,
Who exercise their hellish power
To hurt My people and devour,
But e'er to mention God disdain,
Unless to take My name in vain.
That Tophet yawns for them below,
Who exercise their hellish power
To hurt My people and devour,
But e'er to mention God disdain,
Unless to take My name in vain.
Poor guilty souls! they fear, they fly,
And fall with no pursuer nigh,
Who mock'd the counsel of the poor,
And vow'd his ruin to ensure,
Reviled the Lord's afflicted one,
The man that hoped in God alone.
And fall with no pursuer nigh,
Who mock'd the counsel of the poor,
And vow'd his ruin to ensure,
Reviled the Lord's afflicted one,
The man that hoped in God alone.
But O, thou humbled soul, look up,
A glad partaker of thy hope!
The Lord hath thy besiegers shook,
And all their bonds to pieces broke,
Thy foes are put to endless shame,
And Jesus is thy Saviour's name.
A glad partaker of thy hope!
The Lord hath thy besiegers shook,
And all their bonds to pieces broke,
Thy foes are put to endless shame,
And Jesus is thy Saviour's name.
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PSALM XVI.
[O Lord, Thy faithful servant save]
O Lord, Thy faithful servant save,
Faith in Thy name Thou know'st I have,
My soul hath call'd Thee mine:
My good cannot to Thee extend,
My good did first from Thee descend,
And all I have is Thine.
Faith in Thy name Thou know'st I have,
My soul hath call'd Thee mine:
My good cannot to Thee extend,
My good did first from Thee descend,
And all I have is Thine.
I feel Thy yearning bowels move;
Thy people for Thy sake I love,
In them alone delight;
The saints who here Thine image bear,
Who here Thy spotless nature share,
And walk with Thee in white.
Thy people for Thy sake I love,
In them alone delight;
The saints who here Thine image bear,
Who here Thy spotless nature share,
And walk with Thee in white.
But those that serve the prince of hell,
His wretched slaves, I still repel,
Nor in their offerings join;
My soul their fellowship disclaims,
My lips shall never name their names,
Or call their pleasures mine.
His wretched slaves, I still repel,
Nor in their offerings join;
My soul their fellowship disclaims,
My lips shall never name their names,
Or call their pleasures mine.
The Lord Himself my portion is;
Thou reachest out my cup of bliss,
And wilt no more remove;
My fair inheritance Thou art;
The needful thing, the better part,
I find in perfect love.
Thou reachest out my cup of bliss,
And wilt no more remove;
My fair inheritance Thou art;
The needful thing, the better part,
I find in perfect love.
The Lord I will for ever bless;
The Counsellor and Prince of Peace,
He teaches me His will;
He doth with mighty pains chastise,
And makes me to salvation wise
By every scourge I feel.
The Counsellor and Prince of Peace,
He teaches me His will;
He doth with mighty pains chastise,
And makes me to salvation wise
By every scourge I feel.
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Him have I set before my face,
The pardoning God of boundless grace,
Of everlasting love;
By faith I always see Him stand;
And with Him placed on my right hand
I never shall remove.
The pardoning God of boundless grace,
Of everlasting love;
By faith I always see Him stand;
And with Him placed on my right hand
I never shall remove.
Wherefore my heart doth now rejoice;
I wait to hear Thy quickening voice;
My flesh exults in hope;
Thou wilt not leave me in the grave;
Sure confidence in Thee I have
That Thou wilt raise me up.
I wait to hear Thy quickening voice;
My flesh exults in hope;
Thou wilt not leave me in the grave;
Sure confidence in Thee I have
That Thou wilt raise me up.
As sure as God brought back our Head,
Our great good Shepherd, from the dead,
I shall right early rise;
My soul shall no corruption see;
My soul, O Lord, shall rise with Thee,
And mount above the skies.
Our great good Shepherd, from the dead,
I shall right early rise;
My soul shall no corruption see;
My soul, O Lord, shall rise with Thee,
And mount above the skies.
Thou wilt the path of life display,
And lead me in Thyself the Way,
Till all Thy grace is given:
Fulness of joy with Thee there is;
Thy presence makes the perfect bliss,
And where Thou art is heaven.
And lead me in Thyself the Way,
Till all Thy grace is given:
Fulness of joy with Thee there is;
Thy presence makes the perfect bliss,
And where Thou art is heaven.
PSALM XVII.
[Righteous Lord, attend my cry]
Righteous Lord, attend my cry,
Hearken to my earnest prayer;
Now absolve me, or I die,
Now mine innocence declare,
From the' Accuser's charge release,
Clear me by Thy righteousness.
Hearken to my earnest prayer;
Now absolve me, or I die,
Now mine innocence declare,
From the' Accuser's charge release,
Clear me by Thy righteousness.
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Jesu, take the sinner's part,
Plead my cause, in pity plead;
Thou hast proved my trembling heart,
Hast from condemnation freed,
Visited my nature's night,
Cheer'd me by the gospel light.
Plead my cause, in pity plead;
Thou hast proved my trembling heart,
Hast from condemnation freed,
Visited my nature's night,
Cheer'd me by the gospel light.
Lord, Thou know'st my simpleness,
Guile Thou shalt not find in me,
Fully purposed through Thy grace
Sin to' eschew, and cleave to Thee,
Satan's works and ways to shun,
Guided by Thy word alone.
Guile Thou shalt not find in me,
Fully purposed through Thy grace
Sin to' eschew, and cleave to Thee,
Satan's works and ways to shun,
Guided by Thy word alone.
Still support me in Thy ways,
And my foot shall never fall;
Thou hast heard my calls for grace,
Thou wilt hear me when I call;
Bow Thine ear, in mercy bow,
Hear me, Lord, and hear me now!
And my foot shall never fall;
Thou hast heard my calls for grace,
Thou wilt hear me when I call;
Bow Thine ear, in mercy bow,
Hear me, Lord, and hear me now!
Send me succour from above,
Thou whose arm is bared to save
Those who trust Thy wondrous love,
Who in Thee affiance have;
Saviour Thou from all their foes,
All who Thee and Thine oppose!
Thou whose arm is bared to save
Those who trust Thy wondrous love,
Who in Thee affiance have;
Saviour Thou from all their foes,
All who Thee and Thine oppose!
Keep me, who in Thee confide,
As the apple of Thine eye;
Shade me with Thy wings, and hide
While my deadly foes are nigh;
Ever greedy to devour,
Save me from the' oppressor's power!
As the apple of Thine eye;
Shade me with Thy wings, and hide
While my deadly foes are nigh;
Ever greedy to devour,
Save me from the' oppressor's power!
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Lo! they still my steps surround,
Watch my helpless soul to slay!
Thou their cruel pride confound,
Spoil the lion of his prey!
Thou, for Satan's downfall, rise,
Cast the' Accuser from the skies!
Watch my helpless soul to slay!
Thou their cruel pride confound,
Spoil the lion of his prey!
Thou, for Satan's downfall, rise,
Cast the' Accuser from the skies!
Save me from the wicked, Lord,
Weapons of Thy wrath severe,
Thine avenging scourge and sword,
Men who have their portion here,
With all worldly good endow'd,
Poor, and destitute of God!
Weapons of Thy wrath severe,
Thine avenging scourge and sword,
Men who have their portion here,
With all worldly good endow'd,
Poor, and destitute of God!
But my whole desire Thou art,
Happy when I see Thy face;
When renew'd and pure in heart,
Partner of the perfect grace,
Bright I in Thine image shine,
Satisfied with love Divine.
Happy when I see Thy face;
When renew'd and pure in heart,
Partner of the perfect grace,
Bright I in Thine image shine,
Satisfied with love Divine.
PSALM XVIII.
[Thee will I love, O Lord, my power!]
PART I.
Thee will I love, O Lord, my power!
My rock and fortress is the Lord,
My God, my Saviour, and my tower,
My horn and strength, my shield and sword;
Secure I trust in His defence,
I stand in His omnipotence.
My rock and fortress is the Lord,
My God, my Saviour, and my tower,
My horn and strength, my shield and sword;
Secure I trust in His defence,
I stand in His omnipotence.
Still will I invocate His name,
And spend my life in prayer and praise,
His goodness own, His promise claim,
And look for all His saving grace,
Till all His saving grace I see,
From sin and hell for ever free.
And spend my life in prayer and praise,
His goodness own, His promise claim,
And look for all His saving grace,
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From sin and hell for ever free.
He saved me in temptation's hour,
Horribly caught and compass'd round,
Exposed to Satan's raging power,
In floods of sin and sorrow drown'd,
Condemn'd the second death to feel,
Arrested by the pangs of hell.
Horribly caught and compass'd round,
Exposed to Satan's raging power,
In floods of sin and sorrow drown'd,
Condemn'd the second death to feel,
Arrested by the pangs of hell.
To God, my God, with plaintive cry
I call'd, in agony of fear;
My humble wailing pierced the sky,
My groaning reach'd His gracious ear;
He heard me from His glorious throne,
And sent the timely rescue down.
I call'd, in agony of fear;
My humble wailing pierced the sky,
My groaning reach'd His gracious ear;
He heard me from His glorious throne,
And sent the timely rescue down.
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When God did on my part appear,
Astonish'd at His frowning look,
The earth was moved, and quaked for fear,
The hills to their foundation shook,
The everlasting mountains bow'd,
In presence of my angry God.
Astonish'd at His frowning look,
The earth was moved, and quaked for fear,
The hills to their foundation shook,
The everlasting mountains bow'd,
In presence of my angry God.
A smoke out of His nostrils pour'd,
And upwards roll'd its gloomy spire;
A fire out of His mouth devour'd,
A stream of sin-consuming fire;
His lightnings flew with surest aim,
His foes were fuel to the flame.
And upwards roll'd its gloomy spire;
A fire out of His mouth devour'd,
A stream of sin-consuming fire;
His lightnings flew with surest aim,
His foes were fuel to the flame.
The heavens in His descent He bow'd,
And darkness for His carpet spread,
His chariot was a sable cloud,
The wind His fervid wings He made,
By chariots drawn, the King of kings
Came flying on a whirlwind's wings.
And darkness for His carpet spread,
His chariot was a sable cloud,
The wind His fervid wings He made,
By chariots drawn, the King of kings
Came flying on a whirlwind's wings.
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Darkness He made His secret place,
And threw the wide pavilion round;
Darkness and clouds eclipsed His face,—
How inaccessibly profound!
Implunged in waves of deepest night
The' Eternal Uncreated Light!
And threw the wide pavilion round;
Darkness and clouds eclipsed His face,—
How inaccessibly profound!
Implunged in waves of deepest night
The' Eternal Uncreated Light!
A ray He darted from His throne,
And bade the scatter'd clouds retire;
His clouds dispersed, His terrors shone,
And dropp'd in flakes of livid fire;
The waves, congeal'd, with horror fell
In hasty showers of rattling hail.
And bade the scatter'd clouds retire;
His clouds dispersed, His terrors shone,
And dropp'd in flakes of livid fire;
The waves, congeal'd, with horror fell
In hasty showers of rattling hail.
The Lord from heaven in thunder spoke;
The Lord most terrible, most high,
Sent forth His mighty voice, and shook
The battlements of earth and sky;
His wrath in storms of hail He show'd,
As burning coals His judgments glow'd.
The Lord most terrible, most high,
Sent forth His mighty voice, and shook
The battlements of earth and sky;
His wrath in storms of hail He show'd,
As burning coals His judgments glow'd.
He launch'd the weapons of His war,
His arrows of vindictive flame;
His lightnings, with pernicious glare
And right inevitable aim,
Before the rolling thunder flew,
And all my blasted foes o'erthrew.
His arrows of vindictive flame;
His lightnings, with pernicious glare
And right inevitable aim,
Before the rolling thunder flew,
And all my blasted foes o'erthrew.
The watery stores discover'd were,
Broke open by His chiding breath;
It laid the world's foundations bare,
And show'd the mighty springs beneath:
The deep at Thy rebuke was seen,
The centre let Thine earthquake in.
Broke open by His chiding breath;
It laid the world's foundations bare,
And show'd the mighty springs beneath:
The deep at Thy rebuke was seen,
The centre let Thine earthquake in.
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He sent His warrant from above,
And claim'd, and seized my soul for His;
He drew me by the cords of love,
Implunged in sin's profound abyss;
Redeem'd me from the tempter's power,
Nor let my stronger foes devour.
And claim'd, and seized my soul for His;
He drew me by the cords of love,
Implunged in sin's profound abyss;
Redeem'd me from the tempter's power,
Nor let my stronger foes devour.
They caught me in my evil day,
On every side they kept me in;
But God was my defence and stay,
He pluck'd me from the straits of sin,
Brought forth into a wealthy place,
And freely saved me by His grace.
On every side they kept me in;
But God was my defence and stay,
He pluck'd me from the straits of sin,
Brought forth into a wealthy place,
And freely saved me by His grace.
PART III.
Thou still shalt save the poor oppress'd,
And bring their proud oppressors down;
The Lord will give His people rest,
Will comfort His afflicted one;
My God shall in my darkness shine,
And fill my lamp with light Divine.
And bring their proud oppressors down;
The Lord will give His people rest,
Will comfort His afflicted one;
My God shall in my darkness shine,
And fill my lamp with light Divine.
By Thee I have a troop broke through,
And scaled the wall, O God, by Thee;
Thy way is right, Thy word is true,
And fully verified in me:
My Lord is faithful to redeem,
The shield of all that trust in Him.
And scaled the wall, O God, by Thee;
Thy way is right, Thy word is true,
And fully verified in me:
My Lord is faithful to redeem,
The shield of all that trust in Him.
For who, except the Lord, is God?
Who is a rock but God alone?
My soul He hath with strength endued,
To perfect love He leads me on;
My feet, through Him, the hinds outfly,
And spurn the earth and scale the sky.
Who is a rock but God alone?
My soul He hath with strength endued,
To perfect love He leads me on;
My feet, through Him, the hinds outfly,
And spurn the earth and scale the sky.
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'Tis God instructs my hands to war,
My arms have broke a bow of steel;
My soul is more than conqueror,
And strong in strength invincible;
Thou hast a shield on me bestow'd,
The mercy of my Saviour-God.
My arms have broke a bow of steel;
My soul is more than conqueror,
And strong in strength invincible;
Thou hast a shield on me bestow'd,
The mercy of my Saviour-God.
Sustain'd by Thine almighty hand,
And greaten'd by Thy gentle love,
My feet, new-taught on Thee to stand,
And swiftly in Thy paths to move,
Confirm'd, upheld on every side,—
My feet could neither sink nor slide.
And greaten'd by Thy gentle love,
My feet, new-taught on Thee to stand,
And swiftly in Thy paths to move,
Confirm'd, upheld on every side,—
My feet could neither sink nor slide.
My foes I challenged forth to fight,
And vex'd them with offensive war,
Follow'd, o'ertook, and stopp'd their flight,
Nor would from the pursuit forbear,
Till crush'd, consumed, beneath my power,
They sunk, they fell, to rise no more.
And vex'd them with offensive war,
Follow'd, o'ertook, and stopp'd their flight,
Nor would from the pursuit forbear,
Till crush'd, consumed, beneath my power,
They sunk, they fell, to rise no more.
Thou, Lord, hast girded me with might,
And arm'd my soul for conquests new;
When other hosts appear'd in sight,
Thine arm did other hosts subdue,
Compell'd the aliens to submit,
And bow'd their necks beneath my feet.
And arm'd my soul for conquests new;
When other hosts appear'd in sight,
Thine arm did other hosts subdue,
Compell'd the aliens to submit,
And bow'd their necks beneath my feet.
The Lord for me doth ever live:
Blessing ascribe to God most high!
Glory and thanks to Jesus give,
The Rock on which I still rely!
Extol His power, His mercies raise,
The God of my salvation praise!
Blessing ascribe to God most high!
Glory and thanks to Jesus give,
The Rock on which I still rely!
Extol His power, His mercies raise,
The God of my salvation praise!
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'Tis God who vindicates my right,
And all my foes persists to' o'erthrow;
Thou hast redeem'd me by Thy might,
Superior to my inbred foe,
Thy love hath set my spirit free,
And bade me live, O Lord, to Thee.
And all my foes persists to' o'erthrow;
Thou hast redeem'd me by Thy might,
Superior to my inbred foe,
Thy love hath set my spirit free,
And bade me live, O Lord, to Thee.
Wherefore I will exalt Thy name,
And teach the heathen world Thy praise;
In songs of sacred joy proclaim
Thy riches of redeeming grace,
Till all the heathen world confess
And hymn the Lord our Righteousness.
And teach the heathen world Thy praise;
In songs of sacred joy proclaim
Thy riches of redeeming grace,
Till all the heathen world confess
And hymn the Lord our Righteousness.
Mighty to save, His love we sing,
The love that doth our souls convert;
The Christian is His priest and king,
The David after His own heart;
And all His seed—His church—adore
The love that saves for evermore.
The love that doth our souls convert;
The Christian is His priest and king,
The David after His own heart;
And all His seed—His church—adore
The love that saves for evermore.
PSALM XIX.
[Our souls the book of nature draws]
PART I.
Our souls the book of nature draws
To' adore the First Eternal Cause:
The heavens articulately shine,
And speak their Architect Divine;
And all their orbs proclaim aloud
The wisdom and the power of God.
To' adore the First Eternal Cause:
The heavens articulately shine,
And speak their Architect Divine;
And all their orbs proclaim aloud
The wisdom and the power of God.
See, in yon glorious azure height,
The sovereign, uncreated Light!
That vast expanse of liquid air
Doth His immensity declare;
And every influence from above,
His bounteous, universal love.
The sovereign, uncreated Light!
That vast expanse of liquid air
Doth His immensity declare;
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His bounteous, universal love.
The sure-succeeding night and day
His providential care display;—
Who bade them to their bounds retire,
And stand, as choir to answer choir,
His knowledge infinite to tell,
And show the Great Invisible.
His providential care display;—
Who bade them to their bounds retire,
And stand, as choir to answer choir,
His knowledge infinite to tell,
And show the Great Invisible.
Kindreds, and tongues, and nations, hear
His all-informing messenger.
Stretching to earth's remotest bound,
The heavens their Maker's praise resound,
And speak the power by which they shine,
And gospelize the love Divine.
His all-informing messenger.
Stretching to earth's remotest bound,
The heavens their Maker's praise resound,
And speak the power by which they shine,
And gospelize the love Divine.
God in that spacious firmament
Hath pitch'd the solar planet's tent;
Forth from his chamber in the east,
The sun, in flaming yellow dress'd,
Comes, as a bridegroom blithe and gay,
To cheer the world, and bring the day.
Hath pitch'd the solar planet's tent;
Forth from his chamber in the east,
The sun, in flaming yellow dress'd,
Comes, as a bridegroom blithe and gay,
To cheer the world, and bring the day.
With giant-strength he comes from far,
Exulting on his rapid car;
And, starting from the heavenly goal,
Holds on his course from pole to pole,
Earth's inmost stores his rays admit,
And all things feel the genial heat.
Exulting on his rapid car;
And, starting from the heavenly goal,
Holds on his course from pole to pole,
Earth's inmost stores his rays admit,
And all things feel the genial heat.
PART II.
The book of covenanted grace
Its heavenly origin displays;
Strong characters of love Divine
Throughout the sacred volume shine;
Jehovah, by His word, is show'd
The glorious legislative God.
Its heavenly origin displays;
Strong characters of love Divine
Throughout the sacred volume shine;
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The glorious legislative God.
Jehovah's law all-perfect is,
Nor can it e'er receive increase;
Nor can it e'er diminish'd be;
From error and corruption free,
It turns the soul which turns to it,
And makes the man of God complete.
Nor can it e'er receive increase;
Nor can it e'er diminish'd be;
From error and corruption free,
It turns the soul which turns to it,
And makes the man of God complete.
The testimony of the Lord,
Deliver'd in His written word,
Is sure, inviolably sure,
And shall from age to age endure;
The simple it with grace supplies,
And makes them to salvation wise.
Deliver'd in His written word,
Is sure, inviolably sure,
And shall from age to age endure;
The simple it with grace supplies,
And makes them to salvation wise.
The statutes of the Lord are right;
His laws and equity unite;
Reason Divine in all is show'd,
Adjusted to His creatures' good;
They bring us peace, and power impart,
When written on the' obedient heart.
His laws and equity unite;
Reason Divine in all is show'd,
Adjusted to His creatures' good;
They bring us peace, and power impart,
When written on the' obedient heart.
The Lord's command is plain, and free
From darkness and impurity;
It purges and restores the sight,
Guides, by a clear, unerring light,
The sinner in the paths of peace,
Convinced of sin and righteousness.
From darkness and impurity;
It purges and restores the sight,
Guides, by a clear, unerring light,
The sinner in the paths of peace,
Convinced of sin and righteousness.
The fear of God restrains from sin,
Is clean, and makes the sinner clean:
The strict, unalterable law,
Which keeps the faithful soul in awe,
Can never lose its binding power,
But lives and reigns for evermore.
Is clean, and makes the sinner clean:
The strict, unalterable law,
Which keeps the faithful soul in awe,
Can never lose its binding power,
But lives and reigns for evermore.
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The judgments of the Lord are true,
And all His faithfulness they show;
His perfect equity decrees,
To all, rewards or penalties;
And soon the righteous Judge shall seal
Their endless doom,—in heaven or hell!
And all His faithfulness they show;
His perfect equity decrees,
To all, rewards or penalties;
And soon the righteous Judge shall seal
Their endless doom,—in heaven or hell!
How precious all Thy sayings are!
No treasure can with these compare:
Thy sayings are the soul's repast,
Sweeter than honey to the taste;
They drop like manna from above,
Or flow in streams of joy and love.
No treasure can with these compare:
Thy sayings are the soul's repast,
Sweeter than honey to the taste;
They drop like manna from above,
Or flow in streams of joy and love.
Thy words are my delight and guide,
And warn me, lest I start aside:
Thrice happy are Thy servants, Lord;
Obedience is our great reward;
We own, to whom the grace is given,
To do Thy will on earth—is heaven.
And warn me, lest I start aside:
Thrice happy are Thy servants, Lord;
Obedience is our great reward;
We own, to whom the grace is given,
To do Thy will on earth—is heaven.
But who can all his errors tell,
Or count the thoughts by which he fell?
Omniscient God, to Thee alone
My sin's infinity is known!
Do Thou my secret faults efface,
And show forth all Thy cleansing grace.
Or count the thoughts by which he fell?
Omniscient God, to Thee alone
My sin's infinity is known!
Do Thou my secret faults efface,
And show forth all Thy cleansing grace.
Till then, from wilful sin restrain,
Nor let it o'er Thy servant reign;
Withhold me by Thy mercy's power,
And keep, till I can sin no more,
From all the inward taint set free,
Restored to paradise and Thee.
Nor let it o'er Thy servant reign;
Withhold me by Thy mercy's power,
And keep, till I can sin no more,
From all the inward taint set free,
Restored to paradise and Thee.
O might my every thought arise
Well-pleasing in Thy glorious eyes!
My every word advance Thy praise,
The strength of Thy redeeming grace!
And all I have, and all I am,
Extol the power of Jesu's name!
Well-pleasing in Thy glorious eyes!
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The strength of Thy redeeming grace!
And all I have, and all I am,
Extol the power of Jesu's name!
PSALM XX.
[Faithful soul, thy Lord be near]
Faithful soul, thy Lord be near
Throughout thine evil day!
Thee the God of Jacob cheer,
The name of Jesus stay!
Arm thee with preserving grace,
Be thy safeguard and defence,
Hear thee from His holy place,
And send deliverance thence!
Throughout thine evil day!
Thee the God of Jacob cheer,
The name of Jesus stay!
Arm thee with preserving grace,
Be thy safeguard and defence,
Hear thee from His holy place,
And send deliverance thence!
God be mindful of thy prayers,
Accept thy sacrifice,
Treasure up thy gracious tears,
And answer all thy sighs!
Grant thee all thy heart's desire,
All thy good designs approve,
Higher raise thy joys, and higher,
And perfect thee in love!
Accept thy sacrifice,
Treasure up thy gracious tears,
And answer all thy sighs!
Grant thee all thy heart's desire,
All thy good designs approve,
Higher raise thy joys, and higher,
And perfect thee in love!
We will glory in Thy name,
O God, Thy conquest sing;
Thee triumphantly proclaim,
Our Saviour and our King.
Now I know the Lord from high
Succours His anointed one;
Still His arm shall strength supply,
And send salvation down.
O God, Thy conquest sing;
Thee triumphantly proclaim,
Our Saviour and our King.
Now I know the Lord from high
Succours His anointed one;
Still His arm shall strength supply,
And send salvation down.
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Some in chariots put their trust,
In horses some confide:
We of God will make our boast,
And in His word abide:
Him we ever bear in mind,
All His faithful mercies claim,
Life, and strength, and succour find
In Jesu's conquering name.
In horses some confide:
We of God will make our boast,
And in His word abide:
Him we ever bear in mind,
All His faithful mercies claim,
Life, and strength, and succour find
In Jesu's conquering name.
All our foes by Thy right hand
Are suddenly brought down;
We are lifted up, and stand,
And stand by faith alone:
Still on Thee we cast our care,
On Thine only love depend;
King of saints, regard our prayer,
And save us to the end.
Are suddenly brought down;
We are lifted up, and stand,
And stand by faith alone:
Still on Thee we cast our care,
On Thine only love depend;
King of saints, regard our prayer,
And save us to the end.
PSALM XXI.
[The soul shall be glad, In Jesus restored]
The soul shall be glad, In Jesus restored,
Anointed and made A king with his Lord;
His high exaltation With transport receive,
And in Thy salvation Triumphantly live.
Anointed and made A king with his Lord;
His high exaltation With transport receive,
And in Thy salvation Triumphantly live.
His hearty request, Thou, Lord, hast bestow'd,
With holiness bless'd, That image of God;
The baptizing fire, The heavenly birth,
Hath lifted him higher Than kings of the earth.
With holiness bless'd, That image of God;
The baptizing fire, The heavenly birth,
Hath lifted him higher Than kings of the earth.
His head Thou hast crown'd With gold from above,
No dross can be found In perfected love;
The gold—it is pure, Unmingled with sin,
The kingdom is sure Of heaven within.
No dross can be found In perfected love;
The gold—it is pure, Unmingled with sin,
The kingdom is sure Of heaven within.
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Long life he desired, To spend in Thy praise;
And Thou hast inspired His soul with Thy grace,
Hast bid the believer Thy Spirit receive,
And gave him for ever And ever to live.
And Thou hast inspired His soul with Thy grace,
Hast bid the believer Thy Spirit receive,
And gave him for ever And ever to live.
This, this is his boast And triumph, that God,
To save what was lost, Should shed His own blood:
Thy honour and glory On him Thou hast laid,
And made him in Thee Eternally glad.
To save what was lost, Should shed His own blood:
Thy honour and glory On him Thou hast laid,
And made him in Thee Eternally glad.
Eternally bless'd And joyful in Thee;
Admitted to rest, Thy presence to see;
He trusts in his Saviour: Who then shall remove
His soul from Thy favour, His heart from Thy love?
Admitted to rest, Thy presence to see;
He trusts in his Saviour: Who then shall remove
His soul from Thy favour, His heart from Thy love?
Thou reignest supreme In goodness and power;
Thy mercies redeem, Thy judgments devour,
Thy fire shall consume Who madly offend,
Thy justice shall doom To woes without end.
Thy mercies redeem, Thy judgments devour,
Thy fire shall consume Who madly offend,
Thy justice shall doom To woes without end.
Thy weighty right hand Shall find out Thy foes,
Who mercy withstand, And Jesus oppose;
Who dare Thy displeasure Thy judgments shall feel,
And fill up their measure Of torments in hell.
Who mercy withstand, And Jesus oppose;
Who dare Thy displeasure Thy judgments shall feel,
And fill up their measure Of torments in hell.
The vengeance decreed Yet farther shall go,
And root out the seed Of sinners below,
Because they offended, Maliciously proud,
And vainly intended Their rage against God.
And root out the seed Of sinners below,
Because they offended, Maliciously proud,
And vainly intended Their rage against God.
Thou, therefore, O Lord, Shalt put them to flight,
The nations abhorr'd Drive out of Thy sight;
The shafts of Thy quiver Shall aim at their face,
Transfix them for ever When in their own place.
The nations abhorr'd Drive out of Thy sight;
The shafts of Thy quiver Shall aim at their face,
Transfix them for ever When in their own place.
Take to Thee Thy power, O Jesus, and reign;
So shall we adore Thy goodness to man,
Thy mighty compassion, Thy conquering love,
Till in Thy salvation We triumph above.
So shall we adore Thy goodness to man,
Thy mighty compassion, Thy conquering love,
Till in Thy salvation We triumph above.
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PSALM XXII.
[My God, my God! I cry to Thee!]
PART I.
My God, my God! I cry to Thee!
Ah! why hast Thou forsaken me,
Who still lament and groan?
Far from my passionate complaint,
Why hast Thou suffer'd me to faint,
And seem'd for ever gone?
Ah! why hast Thou forsaken me,
Who still lament and groan?
Far from my passionate complaint,
Why hast Thou suffer'd me to faint,
And seem'd for ever gone?
To Thee, by day and night, I cry,
Incessant pray; but no reply
To soothe my endless care!
O Thou, that answerest not a word,
O Thou, by Israel's tribes adored,
Regard my dying prayer!
Incessant pray; but no reply
To soothe my endless care!
O Thou, that answerest not a word,
O Thou, by Israel's tribes adored,
Regard my dying prayer!
Our fathers trusted in Thy aid,
To Thee in all their troubles pray'd,
And Thou didst hear their cry.
Our fathers were not put to shame,
But, oft as they invoked Thy name,
They found deliverance nigh.
To Thee in all their troubles pray'd,
And Thou didst hear their cry.
Our fathers were not put to shame,
But, oft as they invoked Thy name,
They found deliverance nigh.
But I, a slighted worm, in vain
For help unto my God complain;
The help I cannot find;
Cut off, alas! from all relief,
A wretched man of hopeless grief,
The outcast of mankind!
For help unto my God complain;
The help I cannot find;
Cut off, alas! from all relief,
A wretched man of hopeless grief,
The outcast of mankind!
All those that see me bruised and torn,
Rejoice and laugh my soul to scorn,
And aggravate my load;
They glory in their cruel deed,
Shoot out the lip, and shake the head,
And mock my trust in God.
Rejoice and laugh my soul to scorn,
And aggravate my load;
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Shoot out the lip, and shake the head,
And mock my trust in God.
“He trusted in the Lord,” they cry,
“That He would save him from on high;
Let Him His own receive;
If God in him doth take delight,
He now may claim His lawful right,
And bid His favourite live!”
“That He would save him from on high;
Let Him His own receive;
If God in him doth take delight,
He now may claim His lawful right,
And bid His favourite live!”
PART II.
But Thou art He, O God, through whom
I issued from my mother's womb;
And, hanging on the breast,
By Thee I still was kept from harms,
And in Thy everlasting arms
Have always found my rest.
I issued from my mother's womb;
And, hanging on the breast,
By Thee I still was kept from harms,
And in Thy everlasting arms
Have always found my rest.
O do not at a distance stand!
For sore distress is hard at hand,
A host of foes surround;
As Basan's bulls, they gape and roar,
As lions, ready to devour,
And none to help is found.
For sore distress is hard at hand,
A host of foes surround;
As Basan's bulls, they gape and roar,
As lions, ready to devour,
And none to help is found.
My blood pour'd out like water is,
Sharp pangs my soul and body seize,
Disjointing all my bones;
My heart like wax before the fire
Dissolves; my life doth all expire
In agonizing groans!
Sharp pangs my soul and body seize,
Disjointing all my bones;
My heart like wax before the fire
Dissolves; my life doth all expire
In agonizing groans!
Thy wrath doth on my soul abide;
My strength is as a potsherd dried;
And, blasted by Thy breath,
My tongue cleaves to my gums: Thy frown
Hath broke my heart, and brought me down
Into the dust of death!
My strength is as a potsherd dried;
And, blasted by Thy breath,
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Hath broke my heart, and brought me down
Into the dust of death!
Encompass'd by the dogs of hell,
The rage of fiends and men I feel.
They pierced my hands and feet;
My starting bones may all be told;
With joy my sufferings they behold,
And all my pangs repeat!
The rage of fiends and men I feel.
They pierced my hands and feet;
My starting bones may all be told;
With joy my sufferings they behold,
And all my pangs repeat!
My clothes they equally divide,
My vesture they by lot decide:
But Thou, O Lord, be nigh;
Make haste to' appear, my Strength, my Lord,
My soul deliver from the sword,
Revive me when I die!
My vesture they by lot decide:
But Thou, O Lord, be nigh;
Make haste to' appear, my Strength, my Lord,
My soul deliver from the sword,
Revive me when I die!
Redeem my life from Satan's power;
Nor let the lion's mouth devour,
The unicorn's destroy:
Thou hast from all their fury freed,
And raised Thy Shepherd from the dead,
And fill'd with endless joy.
Nor let the lion's mouth devour,
The unicorn's destroy:
Thou hast from all their fury freed,
And raised Thy Shepherd from the dead,
And fill'd with endless joy.
PART III.
Thy name I therefore will reveal,
Thy goodness to my brethren tell;
To all the' assembled crowd
Declare the precious gospel-grace!
Who fear the Lord exalt His praise,
And love the pardoning God!
Thy goodness to my brethren tell;
To all the' assembled crowd
Declare the precious gospel-grace!
Who fear the Lord exalt His praise,
And love the pardoning God!
Their God let Israel glorify,
Who gave His Son for all to die,
Who raised Him up again;
He hath not scorn'd the mourner's care,
But seen his grief and heard his prayer,
And heal'd him of his pain.
Who gave His Son for all to die,
Who raised Him up again;
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But seen his grief and heard his prayer,
And heal'd him of his pain.
Thy glory, Lord, I will display,
My vows before the people pay,
My thanks and praises give;
The poor shall sing and feast like me;
And they who fear Him now shall see
The face of God, and live.
My vows before the people pay,
My thanks and praises give;
The poor shall sing and feast like me;
And they who fear Him now shall see
The face of God, and live.
Your heart shall find a heaven below,
Eternal life in Jesus know;
The world shall feel His power:
They all shall to their Saviour turn,
And tribes and nations yet unborn
Their bleeding Lord adore.
Eternal life in Jesus know;
The world shall feel His power:
They all shall to their Saviour turn,
And tribes and nations yet unborn
Their bleeding Lord adore.
Supreme by His eternal birth,
Prince of the potentates on earth,
The Lord His sway maintains;
Glory and power are His alone;
High on His everlasting throne
The King Messiah reigns.
Prince of the potentates on earth,
The Lord His sway maintains;
Glory and power are His alone;
High on His everlasting throne
The King Messiah reigns.
The great shall to His sway submit;
Monarchs shall taste His heavenly meat,
And at His footstool fall:
Him every knee shall bow before,
And every soul of man adore
The God that died for all.
Monarchs shall taste His heavenly meat,
And at His footstool fall:
Him every knee shall bow before,
And every soul of man adore
The God that died for all.
A seed shall first their Lord confess,
Elect through perfect holiness,
His own peculiar seed:
His will shall all by them be done,
Redeem'd and saved by grace alone,
And saints,—and free indeed.
Elect through perfect holiness,
His own peculiar seed:
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Redeem'd and saved by grace alone,
And saints,—and free indeed.
The spotless church on earth shall rise,
Declare to all the ransom-price
For every soul laid down;
And every soul shall then believe;
To Christ their whole salvation give,
And live to God alone.
Declare to all the ransom-price
For every soul laid down;
And every soul shall then believe;
To Christ their whole salvation give,
And live to God alone.
PSALM XXIII.
[Jesus the good Shepherd is]
Jesus the good Shepherd is;
Jesus died the sheep to save;
He is mine, and I am His;
All I want in Him I have,—
Life, and health, and rest, and food,
All the plenitude of God.
Jesus died the sheep to save;
He is mine, and I am His;
All I want in Him I have,—
Life, and health, and rest, and food,
All the plenitude of God.
Jesus loves and guards His own;
Me in verdant pastures feeds;
Makes me quietly lie down,
By the streams of comfort leads:
Following Him where'er He goes,
Silent joy my heart o'erflows.
Me in verdant pastures feeds;
Makes me quietly lie down,
By the streams of comfort leads:
Following Him where'er He goes,
Silent joy my heart o'erflows.
He in sickness makes me whole,
Guides into the paths of peace;
He revives my fainting soul,
'Stablishes in righteousness;
Who for me vouchsafed to die,
Loves me still,—I know not why!
Guides into the paths of peace;
He revives my fainting soul,
'Stablishes in righteousness;
Who for me vouchsafed to die,
Loves me still,—I know not why!
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Unappall'd by guilty fear,
Through the mortal vale I go;
My eternal Life is near;
Thee my Life in death I know;
Bless Thy chastening, cheering rod,
Die into the arms of God!
Through the mortal vale I go;
My eternal Life is near;
Thee my Life in death I know;
Bless Thy chastening, cheering rod,
Die into the arms of God!
Till that welcome hour I see,
Thou before my foes dost feed;
Bidd'st me sit and feast with Thee,
Pour'st Thy oil upon my head;
Giv'st me all I ask, and more,
Mak'st my cup of joy run o'er.
Thou before my foes dost feed;
Bidd'st me sit and feast with Thee,
Pour'st Thy oil upon my head;
Giv'st me all I ask, and more,
Mak'st my cup of joy run o'er.
Love Divine shall still embrace,
Love shall keep me to the end;
Surely all my happy days
I shall in Thy temple spend,
Till I to Thy house remove,
Thy eternal house above!
Love shall keep me to the end;
Surely all my happy days
I shall in Thy temple spend,
Till I to Thy house remove,
Thy eternal house above!
PSALM XXIV.
[The earth, with all her fulness, owns]
The earth, with all her fulness, owns
Jehovah for her sovereign Lord;
The countless myriads of her sons
Rose into being at His word.
Jehovah for her sovereign Lord;
The countless myriads of her sons
Rose into being at His word.
His word did out of nothing call
The world, and founded all that is,
Launch'd on the floods this solid ball,
And fix'd it in the floating seas.
The world, and founded all that is,
Launch'd on the floods this solid ball,
And fix'd it in the floating seas.
But who shall quit this low abode?
Who shall ascend the heavenly place,
And stand upon the mount of God,
And see his Maker face to face?
Who shall ascend the heavenly place,
And stand upon the mount of God,
And see his Maker face to face?
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The man whose hands and heart are clean
That blessed portion shall receive;
Who here by grace is saved from sin,
Hereafter shall in glory live.
That blessed portion shall receive;
Who here by grace is saved from sin,
Hereafter shall in glory live.
He shall obtain the starry crown,
And, number'd with the saints above,
The God of his salvation own,
The God of his salvation love.
And, number'd with the saints above,
The God of his salvation own,
The God of his salvation love.
This is the chosen royal race,
That seek their Saviour-God to see;
To see in holiness Thy face,
O Jesus, and be join'd to Thee.
That seek their Saviour-God to see;
To see in holiness Thy face,
O Jesus, and be join'd to Thee.
Thou the true wrestling Jacob art,
Whose prayers, and tears, and blood inclined
Thy Father's majesty to' impart
His name, His love, to all mankind.
Whose prayers, and tears, and blood inclined
Thy Father's majesty to' impart
His name, His love, to all mankind.
Our Lord is risen from the dead,
Our Jesus is gone up on high;
The powers of hell are captive led,
Dragg'd to the portals of the sky.
Our Jesus is gone up on high;
The powers of hell are captive led,
Dragg'd to the portals of the sky.
There His triumphal chariot waits,
And angels chant the solemn lay:
“Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,
Ye everlasting doors, give way!
And angels chant the solemn lay:
“Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,
Ye everlasting doors, give way!
“Loose all your bars of massy light,
And wide unfold the' ethereal scene;
He claims these mansions as His right;
Receive the King of glory in.”
And wide unfold the' ethereal scene;
He claims these mansions as His right;
Receive the King of glory in.”
“Who is this King of glory, who?”
“The Lord that all His foes o'ercame,
The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew:
And Jesus is the Conqueror's name.”
“The Lord that all His foes o'ercame,
The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew:
And Jesus is the Conqueror's name.”
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Lo! His triumphal chariot waits,
And angels chant the solemn lay:—
“Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates;
Ye everlasting doors, give way!”
And angels chant the solemn lay:—
“Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates;
Ye everlasting doors, give way!”
“Who is this King of glory, who?”
“The Lord of glorious power possess'd,
The King of saints and angels too,
God over all, for ever bless'd.”
“The Lord of glorious power possess'd,
The King of saints and angels too,
God over all, for ever bless'd.”
PSALM XXV.
[To Thee, O Lord, my soul I raise]
To Thee, O Lord, my soul I raise;
I trust in Thee for pardoning grace;
Ah! put me not to shame!
Ah! do not let my sins prevail!
Let none who wait Thy mercy fail,
But all who hate Thy name.
I trust in Thee for pardoning grace;
Ah! put me not to shame!
Ah! do not let my sins prevail!
Let none who wait Thy mercy fail,
But all who hate Thy name.
Thy ways to me, O Jesus, show,
And teach me in Thy paths to go;
Direct my willing heart:
O God of my salvation, lead
A soul that in Thy steps would tread,
Nor ever more depart.
And teach me in Thy paths to go;
Direct my willing heart:
O God of my salvation, lead
A soul that in Thy steps would tread,
Nor ever more depart.
All the day long I wait on Thee;
In tender love remember me,
And save me by Thy grace:
Forgive, forget my follies past,
Behind Thy back in mercy cast,
And all my sins efface.
In tender love remember me,
And save me by Thy grace:
Forgive, forget my follies past,
Behind Thy back in mercy cast,
And all my sins efface.
The righteous Lord is kind and good:
Sinners who faint beneath their load,
He quickly will relieve;
Instruct and grant them power to' obey,
Whom first He brings into His way,
And freely doth forgive.
Sinners who faint beneath their load,
He quickly will relieve;
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Whom first He brings into His way,
And freely doth forgive.
The meek He will in mercy guide,
Nor let the lame be turn'd aside,
Who now their burden feel;
Mercy and truth are all His ways
To them that keep His pardoning grace,
And love to do His will.
Nor let the lame be turn'd aside,
Who now their burden feel;
Mercy and truth are all His ways
To them that keep His pardoning grace,
And love to do His will.
Thy will, O God, I fain would do;
To me Thy pardoning mercy show,
For which I ever wait;
Forgive me, for Thy glorious name,
Because I a mere sinner am,—
Because my sin is great.
To me Thy pardoning mercy show,
For which I ever wait;
Forgive me, for Thy glorious name,
Because I a mere sinner am,—
Because my sin is great.
What man is he that fears the Lord?
Divinely taught His sacred word,
He all His will shall prove;
His soul shall dwell in perfect peace;
His seed shall the new earth possess,
The paradise of love.
Divinely taught His sacred word,
He all His will shall prove;
His soul shall dwell in perfect peace;
His seed shall the new earth possess,
The paradise of love.
The secret of the Lord is known
To humble, trembling souls alone,
Pierced through with filial fear;
He will to them His covenant show,
Ordain'd His spotless life to know
And bear His image here.
To humble, trembling souls alone,
Pierced through with filial fear;
He will to them His covenant show,
Ordain'd His spotless life to know
And bear His image here.
Mine eyes to God I ever lift;
I humbly wait the heavenly gift,
Which shall my guilt remove;
From all the toils of hell set free,
Redeem from all iniquity,
And perfect me in love.
I humbly wait the heavenly gift,
Which shall my guilt remove;
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Redeem from all iniquity,
And perfect me in love.
Turn to me, Lord, in mercy turn!
While with redoubled grief I mourn,
My troubled heart relieve;
Look on my pain with pitying eye,
My load remove, my guilt pass by,
And all my sins forgive.
While with redoubled grief I mourn,
My troubled heart relieve;
Look on my pain with pitying eye,
My load remove, my guilt pass by,
And all my sins forgive.
Regard my cruel, countless foes;
While fiends, and men, and sins oppose,
My constant Saviour prove:
O! let me not be put to shame,
Who trust in Thine almighty name,
And hang upon Thy love!
While fiends, and men, and sins oppose,
My constant Saviour prove:
O! let me not be put to shame,
Who trust in Thine almighty name,
And hang upon Thy love!
Preserve my waiting soul in peace,
Thine image, in true holiness,
To me, to all, restore:
An end of sin let Israel see;
From all his troubles saved by Thee,—
Let Israel sin no more.
Thine image, in true holiness,
To me, to all, restore:
An end of sin let Israel see;
From all his troubles saved by Thee,—
Let Israel sin no more.
PSALM XXVI.
[Give sentence, Lord, with me]
Give sentence, Lord, with me;
For I have injured none,
But walk'd in my integrity,
And good for evil done.
Thou know'st mine innocence,
And labour to maintain
A conscience void of all offence
Towards every soul of man.
For I have injured none,
But walk'd in my integrity,
And good for evil done.
Thou know'st mine innocence,
And labour to maintain
A conscience void of all offence
Towards every soul of man.
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Yet not in this I trust,
But in the living God,
Who died and rose, to make me just
By sprinkling me with blood.
Herein do I confide,
Herein I rest secure;
My feeble steps shall never slide,
But stand in Jesus sure.
But in the living God,
Who died and rose, to make me just
By sprinkling me with blood.
Herein do I confide,
Herein I rest secure;
My feeble steps shall never slide,
But stand in Jesus sure.
Examine me, O Lord,
And try my heart and reins;
Prove, and discover by Thy word
Whate'er of sin remains.
I see Thy pardoning love.
And in the truth abide,
Till all the truth in Thee I prove.
For ever sanctified.
And try my heart and reins;
Prove, and discover by Thy word
Whate'er of sin remains.
I see Thy pardoning love.
And in the truth abide,
Till all the truth in Thee I prove.
For ever sanctified.
For this I have forsook
The false dissembling race,
From all their vain engagements broke,
And hated all their ways.
I wash my hands and heart
In innocence Divine;
My righteousness, O Lord, Thou art,
For all my sins were Thine.
The false dissembling race,
From all their vain engagements broke,
And hated all their ways.
I wash my hands and heart
In innocence Divine;
My righteousness, O Lord, Thou art,
For all my sins were Thine.
Cleansed by the sacred blood,
I to Thine altar go,
In songs to spread Thy name abroad,
And all Thy wonders show.
Lord, I have loved the place
Where Thou record'st Thy name,
And by the channels of Thy grace
For ever found I am.
I to Thine altar go,
In songs to spread Thy name abroad,
And all Thy wonders show.
Lord, I have loved the place
Where Thou record'st Thy name,
And by the channels of Thy grace
For ever found I am.
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Through Thee resolved I am
Mine innocence to keep;
Uphold me by Thy saving name,
And I shall never slip.
O that I in Thy blood
May full redemption have!
Renew me, Thou all-gracious God,
And to the utmost save.
Mine innocence to keep;
Uphold me by Thy saving name,
And I shall never slip.
O that I in Thy blood
May full redemption have!
Renew me, Thou all-gracious God,
And to the utmost save.
Here on Thy promise, Lord,
My foot of faith stands sure;
Thee will I with Thy saints record,
Till Thou hast made me pure.
Then will I bless Thy name,
Till, join'd to those above,
The length, and breadth, and height proclaim,
And depth, of Jesu's love.
My foot of faith stands sure;
Thee will I with Thy saints record,
Till Thou hast made me pure.
Then will I bless Thy name,
Till, join'd to those above,
The length, and breadth, and height proclaim,
And depth, of Jesu's love.
PSALM XXVII.
[The Lord my great salvation is]
The Lord my great salvation is,
My life and health, my joy and peace,
My light, my comfort, and my power.
Whom shall I now submit to fear?
Though hell, the world, and sin are near,
They never shall my soul devour.
My life and health, my joy and peace,
My light, my comfort, and my power.
Whom shall I now submit to fear?
Though hell, the world, and sin are near,
They never shall my soul devour.
To swallow up my soul they came;
But, arm'd with faith in Jesu's name,
I more than conquer'd them in fight;
They stumbled on my Rock, and fell;
And should their host again assail,
I scorn to fear their baffled might.
But, arm'd with faith in Jesu's name,
I more than conquer'd them in fight;
They stumbled on my Rock, and fell;
And should their host again assail,
I scorn to fear their baffled might.
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I trust in an almighty Lord;
He shall fulfil His gracious word,
And grant the blessing I require:
That I throughout my happy days
May in His house record His praise;
This, this is all my heart's desire:
He shall fulfil His gracious word,
And grant the blessing I require:
That I throughout my happy days
May in His house record His praise;
This, this is all my heart's desire:
Still in His hallow'd courts to dwell,
To see the Great Invisible,
And ever on His beauties gaze;
The channels of His grace attend,
Till perfect grace in glory end,
And I in heaven behold His face.
To see the Great Invisible,
And ever on His beauties gaze;
The channels of His grace attend,
Till perfect grace in glory end,
And I in heaven behold His face.
My soul, distress'd on every side,
He shall in His pavilion hide,
And in His secret place secure:
God shall direct my wandering feet,
And on a Rock of safety set,
And make in Christ my goings sure.
He shall in His pavilion hide,
And in His secret place secure:
God shall direct my wandering feet,
And on a Rock of safety set,
And make in Christ my goings sure.
Even now He lifteth up my head,
And, lo! on all my foes I tread,
Conqueror of sin, and earth, and hell;
Wherefore I in His house will sing,
With grateful joy, my God and King,
And all His glorious praises tell.
And, lo! on all my foes I tread,
Conqueror of sin, and earth, and hell;
Wherefore I in His house will sing,
With grateful joy, my God and King,
And all His glorious praises tell.
Still then to Thee for help I cry:
Regard me with a pitying eye,
And answer me in pardoning grace;
Soon as I hear Thy Spirit speak,
“Turn, wandering heart, thy Saviour seek,”
My heart repents, believes, obeys.
Regard me with a pitying eye,
And answer me in pardoning grace;
Soon as I hear Thy Spirit speak,
“Turn, wandering heart, thy Saviour seek,”
My heart repents, believes, obeys.
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Thy favour will I seek again:
Ah! do not, Lord, my soul disdain,
Nor hide Thy face, nor stop Thine ear!
Thou hast my help in troubles been;
O leave me not a prey to sin!
O God of my salvation, hear!
Ah! do not, Lord, my soul disdain,
Nor hide Thy face, nor stop Thine ear!
Thou hast my help in troubles been;
O leave me not a prey to sin!
O God of my salvation, hear!
When left by all, and void of hope,
Surely the Lord shall take me up,
And guide me in His perfect way.
Hell, earth, and sin my course oppose;
Bear me, O God, through all my foes,
Nor suffer them my soul to slay.
Surely the Lord shall take me up,
And guide me in His perfect way.
Hell, earth, and sin my course oppose;
Bear me, O God, through all my foes,
Nor suffer them my soul to slay.
False witnesses against me rise,
And hurt my soul with cruel lies;
(Their father in his children speaks;)
The' Accuser of the brethren stands,
My life his forfeiture demands,
And still my death eternal seeks.
And hurt my soul with cruel lies;
(Their father in his children speaks;)
The' Accuser of the brethren stands,
My life his forfeiture demands,
And still my death eternal seeks.
My spirit utterly had fail'd,
Had not the' almighty God upheld,
And wrought a patient hope in me;—
Hope against hope to' obtain His grace,
To see on earth His glorious face,—
His face in holiness to see.
Had not the' almighty God upheld,
And wrought a patient hope in me;—
Hope against hope to' obtain His grace,
To see on earth His glorious face,—
His face in holiness to see.
Wherefore, to all I cry, “Believe!
Sinner, the faithful word receive,
Away with thy despairing fear!
Thy God His nature shall impart;
Believe, and He shall change thy heart,
And He shall make thee perfect here.”
Sinner, the faithful word receive,
Away with thy despairing fear!
Thy God His nature shall impart;
Believe, and He shall change thy heart,
And He shall make thee perfect here.”
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PSALM XXVIII.
[To Thee, my Lord, my Rock, I cry]
To Thee, my Lord, my Rock, I cry,
Ah! do not Thou reject my prayer:
My prayer if Thou reject, I die,
Like those who perish in despair,
The unbeliever's doom I meet,
And sink into the burning pit.
Ah! do not Thou reject my prayer:
My prayer if Thou reject, I die,
Like those who perish in despair,
The unbeliever's doom I meet,
And sink into the burning pit.
The voice of my complaint attend,
While earnest I implore Thy grace,
While at Thy feet my soul I bend,
And worship towards Thy holy place,
Lift up my heart, and humbly claim
Thy pardoning love in Jesu's name.
While earnest I implore Thy grace,
While at Thy feet my soul I bend,
And worship towards Thy holy place,
Lift up my heart, and humbly claim
Thy pardoning love in Jesu's name.
With sinners sweep me not away,
False workers of iniquity,
Whose souls Thou wilt for ever slay,
Because Thy works they will not see,
Or mercy at Thy hands receive,
Or timely come to Thee, and live.
False workers of iniquity,
Whose souls Thou wilt for ever slay,
Because Thy works they will not see,
Or mercy at Thy hands receive,
Or timely come to Thee, and live.
Bless'd be the Lord! for He hath heard
The voice of my continued prayer;
I thought He would at last regard
A soul that cast on Him his care:
On Him I with my heart believed,
And I am help'd, and I am saved.
The voice of my continued prayer;
I thought He would at last regard
A soul that cast on Him his care:
On Him I with my heart believed,
And I am help'd, and I am saved.
Wherefore my heart with joy is fill'd,
And dances to the Saviour's name;
He is my more than sevenfold Shield;
In songs my Helper I proclaim,
The strength of all that trust in Him,
All-good, almighty to redeem!
And dances to the Saviour's name;
He is my more than sevenfold Shield;
In songs my Helper I proclaim,
The strength of all that trust in Him,
All-good, almighty to redeem!
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Thou Strength of Thine anointed ones!
Thine own persist to save and bless,
Cherish, and raise us up, Thy sons,
To perfect power and perfect peace;
Exalt us all on earth to prove
Thine height of everlasting love.
Thine own persist to save and bless,
Cherish, and raise us up, Thy sons,
To perfect power and perfect peace;
Exalt us all on earth to prove
Thine height of everlasting love.
PSALM XXIX.
[Ye worms, that wear an earthly crown]
Ye worms, that wear an earthly crown,
Before the King of kings bow down,
Glory to God and worship give:
Honour is due to God alone;
Fountain of power your Maker own,
And happy in His service live.
With joy the Lord of Hosts proclaim,
Extol the great Jehovah's name,
His praises let your lives declare;
His image be your costly dress,
Your beauty be His holiness,
His love your royal diadem wear.
Before the King of kings bow down,
Glory to God and worship give:
Honour is due to God alone;
Fountain of power your Maker own,
And happy in His service live.
With joy the Lord of Hosts proclaim,
Extol the great Jehovah's name,
His praises let your lives declare;
His image be your costly dress,
Your beauty be His holiness,
His love your royal diadem wear.
His voice upon the waters is,
(What monarch hath a voice like His?)
Loud as ten thousand seas it roars;
Above the firmament He sits,
And earth to the great King submits,
And heaven its sovereign Lord adores.
The glorious God majestic speaks;
From the dark cloud His terror breaks,
And waving sheets of lightning shine.
The' impetuous hurricane of sound
Rives the strong oaks, and shakes the ground:
For thunder is the voice Divine.
(What monarch hath a voice like His?)
Loud as ten thousand seas it roars;
Above the firmament He sits,
And earth to the great King submits,
And heaven its sovereign Lord adores.
The glorious God majestic speaks;
From the dark cloud His terror breaks,
And waving sheets of lightning shine.
The' impetuous hurricane of sound
Rives the strong oaks, and shakes the ground:
For thunder is the voice Divine.
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Jehovah's voice the cedar rends,
And all the pride of Lebanon bends,
And strips and tears the scatter'd trees;
The hinds affrighted calve, and die,
While mix'd with flames the thunders fly,
And rock the howling wilderness.
Creation hears His voice, and quakes;
Sea, earth, and hell, and heaven He shakes,
Firm on His everlasting throne!
But all who in His temple praise,
And love and thank Him for His grace,
Shall never, never be cast down.
And all the pride of Lebanon bends,
And strips and tears the scatter'd trees;
The hinds affrighted calve, and die,
While mix'd with flames the thunders fly,
And rock the howling wilderness.
Creation hears His voice, and quakes;
Sea, earth, and hell, and heaven He shakes,
Firm on His everlasting throne!
But all who in His temple praise,
And love and thank Him for His grace,
Shall never, never be cast down.
High above all their Saviour sits,
And earth to the great King submits,
And heaven its sovereign Lord adores;
Jehovah sends His succours thence,
Arms them with His omnipotence,
And all their strength Divine restores.
Jesus, to all who dare believe,
The fulness of His power shall give;
The gospel hope, the glorious prize,
The perfect love, the perfect peace,
The everlasting righteousness,
The heaven-ensuring paradise.
And earth to the great King submits,
And heaven its sovereign Lord adores;
Jehovah sends His succours thence,
Arms them with His omnipotence,
And all their strength Divine restores.
Jesus, to all who dare believe,
The fulness of His power shall give;
The gospel hope, the glorious prize,
The perfect love, the perfect peace,
The everlasting righteousness,
The heaven-ensuring paradise.
PSALM XXX.
[Lord, I will exalt Thy grace]
Lord, I will exalt Thy grace,
Grace which hath exalted me;
Me Thou hast vouchsafed to raise,
Sunk in sin and misery;
But Thine own Thou wouldst not leave,
Wouldst not let my foes prevail,
Me Thou dost the victory give,
Victory over earth and hell.
Grace which hath exalted me;
Me Thou hast vouchsafed to raise,
Sunk in sin and misery;
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Wouldst not let my foes prevail,
Me Thou dost the victory give,
Victory over earth and hell.
Sick of sin, to Thee I cried,
Thee, my loving Lord and God!
Thou the medicine hast applied,
Heal'd me by Thy balmy blood.
Thou, omnipotent to save,
Hast redeem'd my soul from death,
Snatch'd it from the' infernal grave,
Kept it from the gulf beneath.
Thee, my loving Lord and God!
Thou the medicine hast applied,
Heal'd me by Thy balmy blood.
Thou, omnipotent to save,
Hast redeem'd my soul from death,
Snatch'd it from the' infernal grave,
Kept it from the gulf beneath.
Sing, ye saints, unto the Lord,
Thank the Lord our Righteousness;
All His faithfulness record,
All His power and pardoning grace:
Quickly is His anger past,
Never doth His grace remove;
Long as life His love shall last,
Life eternal is His love.
Thank the Lord our Righteousness;
All His faithfulness record,
All His power and pardoning grace:
Quickly is His anger past,
Never doth His grace remove;
Long as life His love shall last,
Life eternal is His love.
If He seem awhile to chide,
Leave us a whole night to mourn,
Yet the veil is cast aside,
Yet He hastens to return.
Sure as the return of day
Chases all the shades of night,
Sorrow doth to joy give way,
Darkness to the gospel light.
Leave us a whole night to mourn,
Yet the veil is cast aside,
Yet He hastens to return.
Sure as the return of day
Chases all the shades of night,
Sorrow doth to joy give way,
Darkness to the gospel light.
“Never more shall I remove,”
In my prosperous state, I said,
“Thou the mountain of Thy love
Hast so strong a barrier made.”
Thou didst hide Thy blissful face;
Grieved to find my God depart,
Then I felt my want of grace,
Then I saw my feeble heart.
In my prosperous state, I said,
“Thou the mountain of Thy love
Hast so strong a barrier made.”
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Grieved to find my God depart,
Then I felt my want of grace,
Then I saw my feeble heart.
Yet again to Thee, O Lord,
Humbled in the dust I cried,
Self-condemn'd and self-abhorr'd,
Bruised and chasten'd for my pride:
“What the profit of my blood,
When I sink into the grave?
There I cannot praise my God,
Cannot show Thy power to save.
Humbled in the dust I cried,
Self-condemn'd and self-abhorr'd,
Bruised and chasten'd for my pride:
“What the profit of my blood,
When I sink into the grave?
There I cannot praise my God,
Cannot show Thy power to save.
“Thee the dead cannot declare,
True and faithful to Thy word:
Hear me now, in mercy spare,
Now Thy ready help afford.”
Surely Thou hast heard, and turn'd
Into joy my heaviness,
Comforted a soul that mourn'd,
Clothed me with the robes of praise.
True and faithful to Thy word:
Hear me now, in mercy spare,
Now Thy ready help afford.”
Surely Thou hast heard, and turn'd
Into joy my heaviness,
Comforted a soul that mourn'd,
Clothed me with the robes of praise.
Thou hast girded me with joy,
That I might my Lord proclaim,
All my days in thanks employ,
Sing, and bless Thy glorious name:
Surely this my task shall be
Till I join the hosts above,
Plunged into the Deity,
Lost in all the depths of love!
That I might my Lord proclaim,
All my days in thanks employ,
Sing, and bless Thy glorious name:
Surely this my task shall be
Till I join the hosts above,
Plunged into the Deity,
Lost in all the depths of love!
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PSALM XXXI.
[In Thee, O Lord, I trust]
PART I.
In Thee, O Lord, I trust,
And in Thy saving name;
Faithful, and to Thy promise just,
O rid me of my shame!
O never, never leave
A sinner to his sin,
Who would Thy gracious word receive,
And longs to be made clean!
And in Thy saving name;
Faithful, and to Thy promise just,
O rid me of my shame!
O never, never leave
A sinner to his sin,
Who would Thy gracious word receive,
And longs to be made clean!
In condescending love
Incline Thine ear to me;
Send down the answer from above,
And haste to set me free:
Be Thou my rock, my tower,
To which I still may fly;
Redeem me, Saviour, by Thy power,
Redeem me, or I die!
Incline Thine ear to me;
Send down the answer from above,
And haste to set me free:
Be Thou my rock, my tower,
To which I still may fly;
Redeem me, Saviour, by Thy power,
Redeem me, or I die!
Thee, Lord, I humbly claim,
My rock, my fortress Thou!
Act for the honour of Thy name,
And save, O save me now!
Jesus, my spirit stay,
And bring me to Thy breast,
And guide me in Thyself the way
To mine eternal rest.
My rock, my fortress Thou!
Act for the honour of Thy name,
And save, O save me now!
Jesus, my spirit stay,
And bring me to Thy breast,
And guide me in Thyself the way
To mine eternal rest.
Draw me out of the snare
My foes have laid for me;
Thou art my strength; I cast my care,
My burden, all on Thee!
Into Thy hands, O God,
My spirit I commend;
And Thou, who bought'st me with Thy blood,
Shalt love me to the end.
My foes have laid for me;
Thou art my strength; I cast my care,
My burden, all on Thee!
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My spirit I commend;
And Thou, who bought'st me with Thy blood,
Shalt love me to the end.
Who vainly trust in lies,
Their ways I have abhorr'd;
My faith for sure relief applies
To my redeeming Lord.
On Him alone I trust,
The Rock that cannot move;
My joy, my glory, and my boast
Are in Thy pardoning love.
Their ways I have abhorr'd;
My faith for sure relief applies
To my redeeming Lord.
On Him alone I trust,
The Rock that cannot move;
My joy, my glory, and my boast
Are in Thy pardoning love.
For Thou my soul hast known
When plunged in griefs and fears;
Thy pity mark'd my every groan,
And noted all my tears;
Thou hast not shut me up
With my old enemy,
But brought me forth, enlarged my hope,
And bid me walk in Thee.
When plunged in griefs and fears;
Thy pity mark'd my every groan,
And noted all my tears;
Thou hast not shut me up
With my old enemy,
But brought me forth, enlarged my hope,
And bid me walk in Thee.
Have mercy then once more,
And save me in distress!
I groan beneath the fatal power
Of inbred wickedness!
Despised and hated I,
And shunn'd by friends and foes,
With trembling haste my neighbours fly
From my infectious woes!
And save me in distress!
I groan beneath the fatal power
Of inbred wickedness!
Despised and hated I,
And shunn'd by friends and foes,
With trembling haste my neighbours fly
From my infectious woes!
Mine eye with sorrow fails,
My flesh and strength decay,
My soul, while sin again prevails,
Dissolves and dies away.
By all despised, forgot,
As long deceased I am;
A vessel marr'd,—a thing of nought,—
A worm without a name!
My flesh and strength decay,
My soul, while sin again prevails,
Dissolves and dies away.
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As long deceased I am;
A vessel marr'd,—a thing of nought,—
A worm without a name!
The many-headed beast,—
I heard exclaim aloud,—
With furious rage which could not rest,
They all my ruin vow'd.
By force my soul they tried,
By cunning, to devour;—
I saw their snares on every side,
And trembled at their power.
I heard exclaim aloud,—
With furious rage which could not rest,
They all my ruin vow'd.
By force my soul they tried,
By cunning, to devour;—
I saw their snares on every side,
And trembled at their power.
PART II.
But trusting in the word,
The word of grace alone,
“Thou art,” I said, “my God and Lord,
I claim Thee for mine own.
Thou know'st the' appointed hour,
My times I leave to Thee;
Redeem me from the' oppressor's power,
From all my sins set free.
The word of grace alone,
“Thou art,” I said, “my God and Lord,
I claim Thee for mine own.
Thou know'st the' appointed hour,
My times I leave to Thee;
Redeem me from the' oppressor's power,
From all my sins set free.
“Upon Thy servant make
Thy blissful face to shine;
And save, for Thine own mercy's sake,
This helpless soul of mine.
Ah! do not let me fall,
O'erwhelm'd with endless shame!
For still in my distress I call,
O Jesus, on Thy name!”
Thy blissful face to shine;
And save, for Thine own mercy's sake,
This helpless soul of mine.
Ah! do not let me fall,
O'erwhelm'd with endless shame!
For still in my distress I call,
O Jesus, on Thy name!”
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How vast the mercy's store
Thou hast for them prepared,
Who Thee with filial fear adore,
And wait their full reward!
Before they hence remove,
Who trust in Thee alone
Enjoy a paradise of love,
A heaven on earth begun.
Thou hast for them prepared,
Who Thee with filial fear adore,
And wait their full reward!
Before they hence remove,
Who trust in Thee alone
Enjoy a paradise of love,
A heaven on earth begun.
Them in Thy secret place
Thou shalt securely hide,
Far from the persecuting race,
The furious sons of pride.
Thy presence shall defend,
And their pavilion be;
Till all the storms and conflicts end,
Their life is hid in Thee.
Thou shalt securely hide,
Far from the persecuting race,
The furious sons of pride.
Thy presence shall defend,
And their pavilion be;
Till all the storms and conflicts end,
Their life is hid in Thee.
Bless'd be the Saviour-God,
Whose gracious power I prove!
His goodness He to me hath show'd,
His miracles of love.
Shut up in self and pride,
Satan's stronghold I was,
My prison doors He open'd wide,
And saved me by His grace.
Whose gracious power I prove!
His goodness He to me hath show'd,
His miracles of love.
Shut up in self and pride,
Satan's stronghold I was,
My prison doors He open'd wide,
And saved me by His grace.
For in my heart I said,
“I am forgotten quite,
Cut off from all relief and aid,
And cast out of Thy sight!”
Yet did Thy pity spare
A wretch condemn'd to die,
Heard all my agonizing prayer,
And answer'd all my cry.
“I am forgotten quite,
Cut off from all relief and aid,
And cast out of Thy sight!”
Yet did Thy pity spare
A wretch condemn'd to die,
Heard all my agonizing prayer,
And answer'd all my cry.
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O all ye saints of His,
Love your redeeming Lord!
He keeps the souls in perfect peace
Whose trust is in His word.
The' Avenger of all those
Whose sins provoke His ire,
He fills the measure of their woes
In everlasting fire.
Love your redeeming Lord!
He keeps the souls in perfect peace
Whose trust is in His word.
The' Avenger of all those
Whose sins provoke His ire,
He fills the measure of their woes
In everlasting fire.
But ye that hope in Him,
Be strong, be of good cheer,
Your souls He fully shall redeem,
And make you perfect here;
His constant mind impart,
His image from above,
And 'stablish each believing heart
In everlasting love.
Be strong, be of good cheer,
Your souls He fully shall redeem,
And make you perfect here;
His constant mind impart,
His image from above,
And 'stablish each believing heart
In everlasting love.
PSALM XXXII.
[Bless'd is the man, supremely bless'd]
Bless'd is the man, supremely bless'd,
Whose wickedness is all forgiven,
Who finds in Jesu's wounds his rest,
And sees the smiling face of Heaven.
The guilt and power of sin is gone
From him that doth in Christ believe,
Cover'd it lies, and still kept down,
And buried in his Saviour's grave.
Whose wickedness is all forgiven,
Who finds in Jesu's wounds his rest,
And sees the smiling face of Heaven.
The guilt and power of sin is gone
From him that doth in Christ believe,
Cover'd it lies, and still kept down,
And buried in his Saviour's grave.
Bless'd is the man, to whom his Lord
No more imputes iniquity,
Whose spirit is by grace restored,
From all the guile of Satan free;
Free from design, or selfish aim,
Holy, and pure, and undefiled,
A simple follower of the Lamb,
And harmless as a new-born child.
No more imputes iniquity,
Whose spirit is by grace restored,
From all the guile of Satan free;
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Holy, and pure, and undefiled,
A simple follower of the Lamb,
And harmless as a new-born child.
But while through pride I held my tongue,
Nor own'd my helpless unbelief,
My bones were wasted all day long,
My strength consumed with pining grief;
Crush'd by Thine anger's heavy hand,
Burn'd up as a dry barren ground,
I ever of my sin complain'd;
But no relief or mercy found.
Nor own'd my helpless unbelief,
My bones were wasted all day long,
My strength consumed with pining grief;
Crush'd by Thine anger's heavy hand,
Burn'd up as a dry barren ground,
I ever of my sin complain'd;
But no relief or mercy found.
Resolved at last, “To God,” I cried,
“My sins I will at large confess;
My shame I will no longer hide,
My depth of desperate wickedness.
All will I own unto my Lord
Without reserve or cloaking art:”
I said; and felt the pardoning word,
Thy mercy spoke it to my heart.
“My sins I will at large confess;
My shame I will no longer hide,
My depth of desperate wickedness.
All will I own unto my Lord
Without reserve or cloaking art:”
I said; and felt the pardoning word,
Thy mercy spoke it to my heart.
For this shall every child of God
Thy power and faithful love declare,
And claim the grace on all bestow'd
Who make to Thee their timely prayer.
But when the floods of judgment rise
And sweep the guilty souls away,
Remains for sin no sacrifice;
For ended is their gracious day.
Thy power and faithful love declare,
And claim the grace on all bestow'd
Who make to Thee their timely prayer.
But when the floods of judgment rise
And sweep the guilty souls away,
Remains for sin no sacrifice;
For ended is their gracious day.
Thou art my hiding-place: in Thee
I rest secure from sin and hell;
Safe in the love that ransom'd me,
And shelter'd in Thy wounds, I dwell.
Still shall Thy grace to me abound;
The countless wonders of Thy grace
I still shall tell to all around,
And sing my great Deliverer's praise.
I rest secure from sin and hell;
Safe in the love that ransom'd me,
And shelter'd in Thy wounds, I dwell.
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The countless wonders of Thy grace
I still shall tell to all around,
And sing my great Deliverer's praise.
“I will instruct thy child-like heart,”
(My Teacher saith, for ever nigh,)
“Nor let thee from My paths depart,
But guide thee with My gracious eye:
Only My gracious look obey,
And yield My perfect will to' approve,
Nor cast My easy yoke away,
Or stop thine ears against My love.
(My Teacher saith, for ever nigh,)
“Nor let thee from My paths depart,
But guide thee with My gracious eye:
Only My gracious look obey,
And yield My perfect will to' approve,
Nor cast My easy yoke away,
Or stop thine ears against My love.
“Whoe'er like horse and mule withstand,
And follow their own stiff-neck'd will,
I bruise beneath My weighty hand,
And force them all My plagues to feel.
But he that dares in Me confide
Shall only know My pardoning grace,
My mercy's arms on every side
Shall every faithful soul embrace.”
And follow their own stiff-neck'd will,
I bruise beneath My weighty hand,
And force them all My plagues to feel.
But he that dares in Me confide
Shall only know My pardoning grace,
My mercy's arms on every side
Shall every faithful soul embrace.”
Ye faithful souls, rejoice in Him
Whose arms are still your sure defence;
Your Lord is mighty to redeem:
Believe; and who shall pluck you thence?
Ye men of upright hearts, be glad,
For Jesus is your God and Friend;
He keeps whoe'er on Him are stay'd,
And He shall keep them to the end.
Whose arms are still your sure defence;
Your Lord is mighty to redeem:
Believe; and who shall pluck you thence?
Ye men of upright hearts, be glad,
For Jesus is your God and Friend;
He keeps whoe'er on Him are stay'd,
And He shall keep them to the end.
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PSALM XXXIII.
[Righteous souls, rejoice in God]
PART I.
Righteous souls, rejoice in God;
Meet it is for you to praise
Him who hath the gift bestow'd,
Made you vessels of His grace.
Praise the Lord, ye saints, and sing,
All your sacred skill exert,
All the powers of music bring:
Praise Him with a thankful heart.
Meet it is for you to praise
Him who hath the gift bestow'd,
Made you vessels of His grace.
Praise the Lord, ye saints, and sing,
All your sacred skill exert,
All the powers of music bring:
Praise Him with a thankful heart.
Sing the new, the gospel song,
Make a loud and cheerful noise;
Praise doth all to Him belong,
In His faithful word rejoice.
All His works are good and right,
Only such can He approve;
Righteousness is God's delight,
Earth is full of Jesu's love.
Make a loud and cheerful noise;
Praise doth all to Him belong,
In His faithful word rejoice.
All His works are good and right,
Only such can He approve;
Righteousness is God's delight,
Earth is full of Jesu's love.
By His mighty fiat made,
Heaven confess'd the sovereign Lord;
All His hosts His voice obey'd,
Sprang from nothing at His word.
He commands the sea to stand,
Drawn into a hanging heap,
In the hollow of His hand
Treasures up the boundless deep.
Heaven confess'd the sovereign Lord;
All His hosts His voice obey'd,
Sprang from nothing at His word.
He commands the sea to stand,
Drawn into a hanging heap,
In the hollow of His hand
Treasures up the boundless deep.
Him let all the nations fear,
Him let all the world obey,
Earth's inhabitants revere,
Humbly own His awful sway.
Spake the Lord, and it was done,
He the earth's foundations laid,
By His providence alone
God sustains the world He made.
Him let all the world obey,
Earth's inhabitants revere,
Humbly own His awful sway.
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He the earth's foundations laid,
By His providence alone
God sustains the world He made.
In His providential reign
O what various wisdom shines!
He confounds the pride of man,
Blasts the heathen's vain designs;
Brings their counsels all to nought;
Only His abideth sure;
What the gracious Lord hath thought
Shall from age to age endure.
O what various wisdom shines!
He confounds the pride of man,
Blasts the heathen's vain designs;
Brings their counsels all to nought;
Only His abideth sure;
What the gracious Lord hath thought
Shall from age to age endure.
PART II.
Bless'd the people are that own
God, the Lord of all, for theirs;
Chosen by His grace alone,
Made His servants and His heirs;
God, who from His holy place,
Where He ever reigns supreme,
All the sons of men surveys,
Smiles peculiarly on them.
God, the Lord of all, for theirs;
Chosen by His grace alone,
Made His servants and His heirs;
God, who from His holy place,
Where He ever reigns supreme,
All the sons of men surveys,
Smiles peculiarly on them.
He from His eternal throne
Looks the whole creation through;
All mankind to Him are known,
All is naked to His view:
God discerns the hearts He made,
God doth all their motions note,
All are in His balance weigh'd,
Every act, and word, and thought.
Looks the whole creation through;
All mankind to Him are known,
All is naked to His view:
God discerns the hearts He made,
God doth all their motions note,
All are in His balance weigh'd,
Every act, and word, and thought.
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Kings by Him in safety reign,
Not by their unnumber'd host;
Vain the vaunted strength of man,
Vain the mighty giant's boast.
Trusting in the warlike horse,
None through him deliverance have;
Vain is all the creature's force,
God, and only God, can save.
Not by their unnumber'd host;
Vain the vaunted strength of man,
Vain the mighty giant's boast.
Trusting in the warlike horse,
None through him deliverance have;
Vain is all the creature's force,
God, and only God, can save.
Lo! the Lord's all-seeing eye
Watches over them for good,
Humbly who on Him rely,
Trust Him both for life and food:
He from death their souls retrieves,
He in death sustains His own,
While to Him our spirit cleaves,
Hangs for help on Him alone.
Watches over them for good,
Humbly who on Him rely,
Trust Him both for life and food:
He from death their souls retrieves,
He in death sustains His own,
While to Him our spirit cleaves,
Hangs for help on Him alone.
He is our defence and shield;
By His everlasting word,
By His faithful love upheld,
Wait we to receive our Lord.
Him our heart shall soon proclaim,
Joyfully with love o'erflow,
We have trusted in His name,
We shall all His nature know.
By His everlasting word,
By His faithful love upheld,
Wait we to receive our Lord.
Him our heart shall soon proclaim,
Joyfully with love o'erflow,
We have trusted in His name,
We shall all His nature know.
Jesus, full of truth and grace!
Let us now Thy mercy prove;
Let the gospel-word take place,
Perfect us in faith and love.
Have we not in Thee believed?
Vainly can we trust in Thee?
Speak us to the utmost saved,
Free from sin, for ever free.
Let us now Thy mercy prove;
Let the gospel-word take place,
Perfect us in faith and love.
Have we not in Thee believed?
Vainly can we trust in Thee?
Speak us to the utmost saved,
Free from sin, for ever free.
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PSALM XXXIV.
[The Lord whose saving love I feel]
The Lord whose saving love I feel
Shall be my endless song,
His mercies in my heart shall dwell,
His praises on my tongue.
My soul of Him shall make her boast;
The poor shall hear and see
My triumph, and in Jesus trust,
And bless their God like me.
Shall be my endless song,
His mercies in my heart shall dwell,
His praises on my tongue.
My soul of Him shall make her boast;
The poor shall hear and see
My triumph, and in Jesus trust,
And bless their God like me.
Ye humble followers of my Lord,
With me exalt His praise,
Join all mankind with sweet accord
To glorify His grace.
I sought Him, and He kindly heard
The sinner in distress,
And ransom'd me from all I fear'd,
And bade me go in peace.
With me exalt His praise,
Join all mankind with sweet accord
To glorify His grace.
I sought Him, and He kindly heard
The sinner in distress,
And ransom'd me from all I fear'd,
And bade me go in peace.
To Jesus, mighty to redeem,
Others like me have fled,
Nor blush'd at having hoped in Him,
But found His present aid.
The poor to my Redeemer cried,
Nor ask'd His help in vain,
By Jesus freely justified
And saved from all his pain.
Others like me have fled,
Nor blush'd at having hoped in Him,
But found His present aid.
The poor to my Redeemer cried,
Nor ask'd His help in vain,
By Jesus freely justified
And saved from all his pain.
The men that humbly fear their Lord
Angelic hosts attend,
And ministerial spirits guard
And keep them to the end.
O trust, ye Christless souls, and see
The Lord how good and kind,
Good in Himself, and good to me,
To you, and all mankind!
Angelic hosts attend,
And ministerial spirits guard
And keep them to the end.
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The Lord how good and kind,
Good in Himself, and good to me,
To you, and all mankind!
Bless'd is the man, supremely bless'd,
Who dares in God confide,
His rising grief is charm'd to rest,
His every want supplied.
Ye saints and servants of the Lord,
With lowly filial fear
Adore Him by all heaven adored,
And feel Him ever near.
Who dares in God confide,
His rising grief is charm'd to rest,
His every want supplied.
Ye saints and servants of the Lord,
With lowly filial fear
Adore Him by all heaven adored,
And feel Him ever near.
Near to relieve them at their need,
Their utmost wish to grant,
The meek He doth with mercy feed,
But lets the violent want.
Poor ravenous souls, they cannot gain
The husks for which they pine,
While every good the just obtain
In perfect love Divine.
Their utmost wish to grant,
The meek He doth with mercy feed,
But lets the violent want.
Poor ravenous souls, they cannot gain
The husks for which they pine,
While every good the just obtain
In perfect love Divine.
Ye men of childlike hearts draw near,
And ye my God shall know;
Divinely taught, I teach His fear,
His pure religion show.
Thou that desir'st the life of grace
To all in Jesus given,
And fain wouldst see a length of days,
The eternal days of heaven;
And ye my God shall know;
Divinely taught, I teach His fear,
His pure religion show.
Thou that desir'st the life of grace
To all in Jesus given,
And fain wouldst see a length of days,
The eternal days of heaven;
Thine undissembling lips refrain
From every idle word,
Evil eschew, do good, and gain
The tempers of thy Lord.
Seek the unutterable peace,
The perfect love ensue,
Then all thy sins and sorrows cease,
And thou art form'd anew.
From every idle word,
Evil eschew, do good, and gain
The tempers of thy Lord.
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The perfect love ensue,
Then all thy sins and sorrows cease,
And thou art form'd anew.
The Lord regards with watchful eyes
His poor afflicted saints,
His ear is open to their cries,
And bows to their complaints.
The Lord abhors the faithless race
Who daringly rebel,
Against them sets His angry face,
And frowns them into hell.
His poor afflicted saints,
His ear is open to their cries,
And bows to their complaints.
The Lord abhors the faithless race
Who daringly rebel,
Against them sets His angry face,
And frowns them into hell.
But when the poor His help implore
The Lord in mercy hears,
And saves them by His gracious power
From all their griefs and fears.
From those who groan their sins to feel
He never can depart,
His power is present still to heal
The sore and broken heart.
The Lord in mercy hears,
And saves them by His gracious power
From all their griefs and fears.
From those who groan their sins to feel
He never can depart,
His power is present still to heal
The sore and broken heart.
The righteous man on every side
Is troubled and distress'd,
His faith is in the furnace tried
And bears the fiery test.
The Lord, on whom he casts his care,
Redeems his soul from thrall,
Preserves his life, his every hair,
And counts and keeps them all.
Is troubled and distress'd,
His faith is in the furnace tried
And bears the fiery test.
The Lord, on whom he casts his care,
Redeems his soul from thrall,
Preserves his life, his every hair,
And counts and keeps them all.
But sinners shall consume away
And sink beneath their load,
Their troubles shall the wicked slay
Who hate the sons of God.
They perish; while from sin and hell
He doth His own redeem,
And not a soul shall ever fail
That dares rely on Him.
And sink beneath their load,
Their troubles shall the wicked slay
Who hate the sons of God.
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He doth His own redeem,
And not a soul shall ever fail
That dares rely on Him.
PSALM XXXV.
[O Lord, maintain my righteous plea]
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O Lord, maintain my righteous plea,
Strive Thou with them that strive with me,
Against my persecutors fight,
Snatch up the shield against my foes,
Bring forth the spear, their course oppose,
And stay the fury of their might.
Strive Thou with them that strive with me,
Against my persecutors fight,
Snatch up the shield against my foes,
Bring forth the spear, their course oppose,
And stay the fury of their might.
Say to my soul, “On Me rely,
Thy Saviour and Salvation nigh
In every trying hour I am:”
Turn back my foes who seek to slay
This helpless soul, with sore dismay
And anguish fill, and awful shame.
Thy Saviour and Salvation nigh
In every trying hour I am:”
Turn back my foes who seek to slay
This helpless soul, with sore dismay
And anguish fill, and awful shame.
2
Their rage defeat, their malice blind,
Make them like dust before the wind,
Down their dark slippery way pursue,
By Thine avenging angel chase,
Scatter the persecuting race
Who long their hands in blood to' imbrue.
Make them like dust before the wind,
Down their dark slippery way pursue,
By Thine avenging angel chase,
Scatter the persecuting race
Who long their hands in blood to' imbrue.
Sworn to destroy my soul they are,
My thoughtless innocence to' ensnare
Their causeless rage a pit hath made:
A sudden blast confound them all
While into their own pit they fall,
Caught by the snare themselves had laid.
My thoughtless innocence to' ensnare
Their causeless rage a pit hath made:
A sudden blast confound them all
While into their own pit they fall,
Caught by the snare themselves had laid.
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And thou, my soul, thy Saviour praise,
Thou shalt with thanks adore His grace,
And all my bones with joy shall cry,
Lord, who in power is like to Thee
Whose tender love hath rescued me?
Thou only art the Lord most high.
Thou shalt with thanks adore His grace,
And all my bones with joy shall cry,
Lord, who in power is like to Thee
Whose tender love hath rescued me?
Thou only art the Lord most high.
Helper of the afflicted poor,
Thou dost his hunted life secure,
And save him from his stronger foe,
Defraud the lions of their prey,
And bear the ransom'd soul away,
And bid him all Thy goodness know.
Thou dost his hunted life secure,
And save him from his stronger foe,
Defraud the lions of their prey,
And bear the ransom'd soul away,
And bid him all Thy goodness know.
4
False witnesses rose up to blast
Mine innocence, and vilely cast
Their foulest slanders on my head,
With lies and perjuries pursued,
Evil they render'd me for good,
And sorrowful to death they made.
Mine innocence, and vilely cast
Their foulest slanders on my head,
With lies and perjuries pursued,
Evil they render'd me for good,
And sorrowful to death they made.
Yet did I bear their heaviest load
When they were visited by God,
And moved with more than filial care
Fasted as for my friend, and mourn'd;
But to myself my prayer return'd,
It could not rest with Satan there.
When they were visited by God,
And moved with more than filial care
Fasted as for my friend, and mourn'd;
But to myself my prayer return'd,
It could not rest with Satan there.
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But they in my adversity
With bitterest scoffs insulted me,
Mix'd with the lewd blaspheming crowd,
As evil they cast out my name,
Loaded me with reproach and shame,
And gnash'd their teeth and raged aloud.
With bitterest scoffs insulted me,
Mix'd with the lewd blaspheming crowd,
As evil they cast out my name,
Loaded me with reproach and shame,
And gnash'd their teeth and raged aloud.
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How long, O righteous Lord, how long
Wilt Thou behold my cruel wrong,
And not mine innocence defend?
O save me from so great a death,
And pluck me from the lions' teeth,
And bid my griefs and troubles end.
Wilt Thou behold my cruel wrong,
And not mine innocence defend?
O save me from so great a death,
And pluck me from the lions' teeth,
And bid my griefs and troubles end.
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So will I magnify Thy grace,
And in the great assembly praise
And ever of Thy goodness speak;
Only defeat the alien host,
Nor let them of their victory boast
Who causelessly my ruin seek.
And in the great assembly praise
And ever of Thy goodness speak;
Only defeat the alien host,
Nor let them of their victory boast
Who causelessly my ruin seek.
Their communing is not for peace,
The harmless they contrive to' oppress
By deep deceit, or daring lies:
On me like hell they gaped, and said,
“Fie on thee, hypocrite bewray'd!
We saw, we saw it with our eyes!”
The harmless they contrive to' oppress
By deep deceit, or daring lies:
On me like hell they gaped, and said,
“Fie on thee, hypocrite bewray'd!
We saw, we saw it with our eyes!”
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Searcher of hearts, Thine eye hath seen
The outrage of these perjured men:
Ah, do not from my soul depart;
O God, no longer silence keep,
No longer let Thy vengeance sleep,
But rise mine innocence to' assert.
The outrage of these perjured men:
Ah, do not from my soul depart;
O God, no longer silence keep,
No longer let Thy vengeance sleep,
But rise mine innocence to' assert.
Stand up my quarrel to maintain;
Avenge my cause adjudged again
According to Thy righteousness;
My God, declare that Thou art mine,
Nor let the world and Satan join
To triumph in their dire success.
Avenge my cause adjudged again
According to Thy righteousness;
My God, declare that Thou art mine,
Nor let the world and Satan join
To triumph in their dire success.
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Ah! suffer not their hearts to say,
“See, there! we have our wish, the prey
Is lodged within our teeth secure:
We have our full malicious hope,
Him we at last have swallow'd up,
And made his endless ruin sure.”
“See, there! we have our wish, the prey
Is lodged within our teeth secure:
We have our full malicious hope,
Him we at last have swallow'd up,
And made his endless ruin sure.”
But O! at once confound them all
Who fain would glory in my fall,
And now rejoice in my distress;
Cover with shame, and fill with pain,
And pay them their rebukes again
Who boast their prosperous wickedness.
Who fain would glory in my fall,
And now rejoice in my distress;
Cover with shame, and fill with pain,
And pay them their rebukes again
Who boast their prosperous wickedness.
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But let my faithful friends rejoice,
In shouts of praise lift up their voice,
Who love to see me walk aright;
Yea, let them bless the Lord for me
Who in my soul's prosperity
Vouchsafes Himself to take delight.
In shouts of praise lift up their voice,
Who love to see me walk aright;
Yea, let them bless the Lord for me
Who in my soul's prosperity
Vouchsafes Himself to take delight.
Saviour, of Thee my thankful tongue
Shall speak, and glory all day long,
Thy righteousness and mercy praise,
Till with my elder-friends above
I triumph in Thy heavenly love,
And see my Saviour face to face.
Shall speak, and glory all day long,
Thy righteousness and mercy praise,
Till with my elder-friends above
I triumph in Thy heavenly love,
And see my Saviour face to face.
ANOTHER. [PSALM XXXV]
[Help, O help, Thou Serpent-Bruiser!]
Help, O help, Thou Serpent-Bruiser!
Me Thy foe Strives to' o'erthrow,
Cast down the Accuser.
Me Thy foe Strives to' o'erthrow,
Cast down the Accuser.
Jesu, if I have found favour
In Thy sight, Plead my right,
Show Thyself my Saviour.
In Thy sight, Plead my right,
Show Thyself my Saviour.
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Fight with those that strive to' annoy me;
Earth and hell Both assail,
Seeking to destroy me.
Earth and hell Both assail,
Seeking to destroy me.
With Thy shield my weakness cover,
Guard my head By Thine aid,
Till the storm is over.
Guard my head By Thine aid,
Till the storm is over.
Stop the rage of persecution,
With Thy spear, Lord, appear,
To my sins' confusion.
With Thy spear, Lord, appear,
To my sins' confusion.
All the power of pride and passion
O control, Tell my soul
I am thy Salvation.
O control, Tell my soul
I am thy Salvation.
Then my soul shall bow before Thee,
Spread Thy praise, Sing Thy grace,
And with thanks adore Thee.
Spread Thy praise, Sing Thy grace,
And with thanks adore Thee.
All my bones, my strength shall bless Thee,
All I am Shall proclaim
And with joy confess Thee.
All I am Shall proclaim
And with joy confess Thee.
Who shall with my Lord compare?
Who like Thee Can set free
From the fowler's snare?
Who like Thee Can set free
From the fowler's snare?
Thou the needy dost deliver,
Thou the poor Dost secure
From the grand Deceiver.
Thou the poor Dost secure
From the grand Deceiver.
Satan vexes them no longer;
Thou the prey Bear'st away,
Thou art still the stronger.
Thou the prey Bear'st away,
Thou art still the stronger.
Saved, they rest from their distresses,
Sin gives place To Thy grace,
Sin for ever ceases.
Sin gives place To Thy grace,
Sin for ever ceases.
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PSALM XXXVI.
[My heart, to every vice inclined]
My heart, to every vice inclined,
The sinner's closest sin bewrays;
The fear of God he casts behind,
He hides himself among the trees;
Self-soothing in his lost estate,
Sleeps on secure, and wakes too late.
The sinner's closest sin bewrays;
The fear of God he casts behind,
He hides himself among the trees;
Self-soothing in his lost estate,
Sleeps on secure, and wakes too late.
His words are all deceit and lies;
He hatches mischief on his bed;
No longer to salvation wise:
In every thought, and word, and deed,
He cleaves to sin, and sin alone;
Evil and he, I find, are one.
He hatches mischief on his bed;
No longer to salvation wise:
In every thought, and word, and deed,
He cleaves to sin, and sin alone;
Evil and he, I find, are one.
But Thou, O Lord, art full of grace;
Above the clouds Thy mercies rise;
Steadfast Thy truth and faithfulness,
Thy word of promise never dies;
Nor earth can shake, nor hell remove,
The base of Thine eternal love.
Above the clouds Thy mercies rise;
Steadfast Thy truth and faithfulness,
Thy word of promise never dies;
Nor earth can shake, nor hell remove,
The base of Thine eternal love.
Unsearchable Thy judgments are,
A boundless, bottomless abyss!
But, lo! Thy providential care
O'er all Thy works extended is:
In Thee the creatures live and move,
And are: all glory to Thy love!
A boundless, bottomless abyss!
But, lo! Thy providential care
O'er all Thy works extended is:
In Thee the creatures live and move,
And are: all glory to Thy love!
Thy love sustains the world it made;
Thy love preserves both man and beast;
Beneath Thy wing's almighty shade
The sons of men securely rest;
And those who haunt the hallow'd place
Shall banquet on Thy richest grace.
Thy love preserves both man and beast;
Beneath Thy wing's almighty shade
The sons of men securely rest;
And those who haunt the hallow'd place
Shall banquet on Thy richest grace.
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Their souls shall drink the crystal stream
Which ever issues from Thy throne:
Fountain of joy and bliss supreme,
Eternal life and Thou art one;
To us, to all, so freely given,
The Light of life, the Heaven of heaven!
Which ever issues from Thy throne:
Fountain of joy and bliss supreme,
Eternal life and Thou art one;
To us, to all, so freely given,
The Light of life, the Heaven of heaven!
Stay, then, with those that know Thy peace,
The simple men of heart sincere;
From all their foes and sins release,
From pride and lust redeem them here;
Thine utmost saving grace extend,
And love, O love them to the end!
The simple men of heart sincere;
From all their foes and sins release,
From pride and lust redeem them here;
Thine utmost saving grace extend,
And love, O love them to the end!
The prayer is seal'd: we now foresee
The downfall of our inbred foes:
Jesus hath got the victory,
His own right hand our sins o'erthrows,
Destroys their being with their power:
They die, they fall to rise no more.
The downfall of our inbred foes:
Jesus hath got the victory,
His own right hand our sins o'erthrows,
Destroys their being with their power:
They die, they fall to rise no more.
PSALM XXXVII.
[Fret not thyself in vain]
PART I.
Fret not thyself in vain
At evil men's success,
Nor envy them the fatal gain
Of prosperous wickedness:
For all their pomp shall pass,
Their glory, wealth, and power,
Cut down and wither'd as the grass,
And fleeting as an hour.
At evil men's success,
Nor envy them the fatal gain
Of prosperous wickedness:
For all their pomp shall pass,
Their glory, wealth, and power,
Cut down and wither'd as the grass,
And fleeting as an hour.
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Trust in the Lord, and still
Thy faith by works approve;
So shall He 'stablish thee, and fill
With blessings from above.
Delight thee in thy God,
And God Himself shall give;
Shed in thy heart His love abroad,
And there for ever live.
Thy faith by works approve;
So shall He 'stablish thee, and fill
With blessings from above.
Delight thee in thy God,
And God Himself shall give;
Shed in thy heart His love abroad,
And there for ever live.
Commit unto the Lord
Thyself and all thy ways;
Trust Him to keep His faithful word,
And bring the things to pass.
He shall, in all men's sight,
Thy righteousness display,
Thine innocence as clear as light,
And glaring as the day.
Thyself and all thy ways;
Trust Him to keep His faithful word,
And bring the things to pass.
He shall, in all men's sight,
Thy righteousness display,
Thine innocence as clear as light,
And glaring as the day.
Thou in the Lord be still,
With patient hope attend;
And wait the counsel of His will,
And calmly mark the end.
Ah! let not go thy peace,
Nor at the sinner grieve;
Who, vainly boasting his success,
Doth for a moment live.
With patient hope attend;
And wait the counsel of His will,
And calmly mark the end.
Ah! let not go thy peace,
Nor at the sinner grieve;
Who, vainly boasting his success,
Doth for a moment live.
Cast thy concern away,
Thy rising grief control;
Lest anger into sin betray,
And poison all thy soul.
Cut off by wrath Divine,
The wicked soon shall cease;
But who on God their souls recline,
They shall the land possess.
Thy rising grief control;
Lest anger into sin betray,
And poison all thy soul.
Cut off by wrath Divine,
The wicked soon shall cease;
But who on God their souls recline,
They shall the land possess.
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PART II.
Pass a few days or years,
The sinner's boast is o'er;
His pomp no more on earth appears,
His place is found no more.
But still the meek shall live,
With every blessing bless'd;
Fulness of gospel-peace receive,
And everlasting rest.
The sinner's boast is o'er;
His pomp no more on earth appears,
His place is found no more.
But still the meek shall live,
With every blessing bless'd;
Fulness of gospel-peace receive,
And everlasting rest.
The wicked plots the death
Of the detested just;
And gnashes on them with his teeth,
Who put in God their trust.
But God shall him deride;
He sees his evil day
Approach, to end the tyrant's pride,
And sweep from earth away.
Of the detested just;
And gnashes on them with his teeth,
Who put in God their trust.
But God shall him deride;
He sees his evil day
Approach, to end the tyrant's pride,
And sweep from earth away.
Sinners have drawn the sword,
And ready bent their bow,
To slay the servants of the Lord,
The needy to o'erthrow.
But God His power shall show,
And take His servants' part;
Their bow shall break, their sword go through
Their own malicious heart.
And ready bent their bow,
To slay the servants of the Lord,
The needy to o'erthrow.
But God His power shall show,
And take His servants' part;
Their bow shall break, their sword go through
Their own malicious heart.
The little of the just
'Tis better to possess,
Than all the wealth of those that trust
In their own wickedness.
Their strength shall be broke down,
Their insolence and power:
But still the Lord upholds His own,
And keeps them evermore.
'Tis better to possess,
Than all the wealth of those that trust
In their own wickedness.
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Their insolence and power:
But still the Lord upholds His own,
And keeps them evermore.
He knows their happy days;
Their lot shall still abide;
In time of dearth the righteous race
Shall all be satisfied.
Kept in the evil time,
While all the wicked fail,
Haters of God, they bear their crime,
And vanish into hell.
Their lot shall still abide;
In time of dearth the righteous race
Shall all be satisfied.
Kept in the evil time,
While all the wicked fail,
Haters of God, they bear their crime,
And vanish into hell.
The wicked borrower owes,
But never pays again;
Mercy the righteous lender shows,
And gives his gifts to men.
Whom God hath cursed shall cease,
Uprooted by His hand;
But whom He condescends to bless,
They shall possess the land.
But never pays again;
Mercy the righteous lender shows,
And gives his gifts to men.
Whom God hath cursed shall cease,
Uprooted by His hand;
But whom He condescends to bless,
They shall possess the land.
In paths of righteousness
He leads His servant right;
His servant's steady walk He sees
With favour and delight.
Though into trouble cast,
He shall not fall away;
The Lord supports, and holds him fast,
And shall for ever stay.
He leads His servant right;
His servant's steady walk He sees
With favour and delight.
Though into trouble cast,
He shall not fall away;
The Lord supports, and holds him fast,
And shall for ever stay.
I never yet have seen
The righteous, or their seed,
Wandering among the sons of men,
And destitute of bread.
Freely he gives and lends;
And what to God is given,
In blessings on his seed descends
Who lays up wealth in heaven.
The righteous, or their seed,
Wandering among the sons of men,
And destitute of bread.
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And what to God is given,
In blessings on his seed descends
Who lays up wealth in heaven.
PART III.
Evil do thou eschew,
Do good with all thy power;
And perfect holiness pursue,
And dwell for evermore.
Lover of holiness,
The Lord preserves His own,
When all the sinner's offspring cease,
For ever lost and gone.
Do good with all thy power;
And perfect holiness pursue,
And dwell for evermore.
Lover of holiness,
The Lord preserves His own,
When all the sinner's offspring cease,
For ever lost and gone.
Saints shall possess the land,
And dwell for ever there;
Confess the faith by which they stand,
Their righteousness declare.
The law is writ within
The pure and perfect heart;
The saint indeed shall never sin,
Or from his God depart.
And dwell for ever there;
Confess the faith by which they stand,
Their righteousness declare.
The law is writ within
The pure and perfect heart;
The saint indeed shall never sin,
Or from his God depart.
The wicked eyes the good,
And watches to devour;
God will not leave His saint, pursued
By persecuting power.
Though men arrest, arraign,
And judge him in their day,
The Lord shall soon his cause maintain,
His innocence display.
And watches to devour;
God will not leave His saint, pursued
By persecuting power.
Though men arrest, arraign,
And judge him in their day,
The Lord shall soon his cause maintain,
His innocence display.
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Thou in the Saviour hope,
And in His statutes live,
So shall He keep, and lift thee up,
The promise to receive.
When the ungodly fall,
Thou shalt their ruin see,
And glorify the Judge of all,
Who now appears for thee.
And in His statutes live,
So shall He keep, and lift thee up,
The promise to receive.
When the ungodly fall,
Thou shalt their ruin see,
And glorify the Judge of all,
Who now appears for thee.
I have the wicked seen
In all his pomp and power,
Fair as the laurel-tree, and green,
And flourishing his hour.
I pass'd, and look'd again,—
The mighty man was not;
I sought his place, and sought in vain,
His place was clean forgot!
In all his pomp and power,
Fair as the laurel-tree, and green,
And flourishing his hour.
I pass'd, and look'd again,—
The mighty man was not;
I sought his place, and sought in vain,
His place was clean forgot!
Observe the saint of God,
Who walks in uprightness,
The man in perfect love renew'd,—
His end is glorious peace.
While wicked souls, at last,
Together all descend
Into a flaming Tophet cast;
Damnation is their end!
Who walks in uprightness,
The man in perfect love renew'd,—
His end is glorious peace.
While wicked souls, at last,
Together all descend
Into a flaming Tophet cast;
Damnation is their end!
But God rewards His own
With heavenly happiness,
And saves them till their course is run,
And keeps in their distress.
From all their foes the just
A present Saviour have,
And (for in Him they put their trust)
He shall for ever save.
With heavenly happiness,
And saves them till their course is run,
And keeps in their distress.
From all their foes the just
A present Saviour have,
And (for in Him they put their trust)
He shall for ever save.
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PSALM XXXVIII.
[In vengeance, Lord, rebuke me not]
In vengeance, Lord, rebuke me not;
No longer let Thy wrath wax hot,
The sinner to chastise:
Thine arrows in my soul stick fast,
My soul, as now to breathe her last,
Beneath Thy judgments lies!
No longer let Thy wrath wax hot,
The sinner to chastise:
Thine arrows in my soul stick fast,
My soul, as now to breathe her last,
Beneath Thy judgments lies!
Crush'd by Thy heavy hand, I groan;
My health is at Thy chiding gone,
My bones are fill'd with pain;
Plagued both in soul and flesh, I grieve;
Restless through sin, I only live
To suffer and complain.
My health is at Thy chiding gone,
My bones are fill'd with pain;
Plagued both in soul and flesh, I grieve;
Restless through sin, I only live
To suffer and complain.
My sins have swept me far from God:
My sins' insufferable load
I groan, I faint, to bear;
My desperate soul His grace implores;
As bruises, wounds, and putrid sores
My sins and follies are.
My sins' insufferable load
I groan, I faint, to bear;
My desperate soul His grace implores;
As bruises, wounds, and putrid sores
My sins and follies are.
Mourning I go beneath Thy frown,
Troubled, and all day long bow'd down
With guilt and misery;
Fill'd with a loathsome, sore disease,
No health, alas! no holiness,
No virtue is in me.
Troubled, and all day long bow'd down
With guilt and misery;
Fill'd with a loathsome, sore disease,
No health, alas! no holiness,
No virtue is in me.
In all the feebleness of sin,
Broken, and bruised, and sore within,
For help I ever sigh;
My restless spirit, in deep complaints,
Its total fall aloud laments,
And cries a bitter cry.
Broken, and bruised, and sore within,
For help I ever sigh;
My restless spirit, in deep complaints,
Its total fall aloud laments,
And cries a bitter cry.
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But all my wants to Thee are known;
Thou hearest, Lord, my every groan,
Thou seest my desperate case;
My panting heart hath lost its might;
My weeping eyes have lost their light,
Nor view Thy blissful face.
Thou hearest, Lord, my every groan,
Thou seest my desperate case;
My panting heart hath lost its might;
My weeping eyes have lost their light,
Nor view Thy blissful face.
My friends can yield me no relief,
But fly from my contagious grief;
While, hunting for their prey,
My cruel foes are always nigh,
And sin, the world, and Satan try
My helpless soul to slay.
But fly from my contagious grief;
While, hunting for their prey,
My cruel foes are always nigh,
And sin, the world, and Satan try
My helpless soul to slay.
But, still regardless of the wrong,
Deaf to their threats, I held my tongue,
And bore my misery.
No hasty, sharp reply I made:
Thou, Lord, on whom my soul is stay'd,
Shalt answer soon for me.
Deaf to their threats, I held my tongue,
And bore my misery.
No hasty, sharp reply I made:
Thou, Lord, on whom my soul is stay'd,
Shalt answer soon for me.
O that I now might hear Thy voice!
Speak, Lord, nor let my foes rejoice,
And glory in my fall;
Defeat their dire malicious joy,
Their hopes and vain designs destroy,
Confound, confound them all.
Speak, Lord, nor let my foes rejoice,
And glory in my fall;
Defeat their dire malicious joy,
Their hopes and vain designs destroy,
Confound, confound them all.
For, O! I always falling am!
My helplessness, and sin, and shame
I every moment see;
I see, and all my sins confess,
I grieve at my own wickedness,
And mourn for help to Thee.
My helplessness, and sin, and shame
I every moment see;
I see, and all my sins confess,
I grieve at my own wickedness,
And mourn for help to Thee.
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Mighty and numberless my foes,
Passions and lusts my hopes oppose,
By fiends and men withstood:
I suffer all their rage can do,
Because my Saviour I pursue,
And dare contend for God.
Passions and lusts my hopes oppose,
By fiends and men withstood:
I suffer all their rage can do,
Because my Saviour I pursue,
And dare contend for God.
Ah! leave me not, my God and Lord!
Defer not to fulfil Thy word,
Nor from my soul remove!
Make haste Thy goodness to reveal,
And let me Thy salvation feel
In all-forgiving love.
Defer not to fulfil Thy word,
Nor from my soul remove!
Make haste Thy goodness to reveal,
And let me Thy salvation feel
In all-forgiving love.
PSALM XXXIX.
[While my foes are in my sight]
While my foes are in my sight
Watching me with evil eye,
I have vow'd to walk aright,
Never more with sin comply,
Faithful to the Saviour's grace,
Circumspect in all my ways.
Watching me with evil eye,
I have vow'd to walk aright,
Never more with sin comply,
Faithful to the Saviour's grace,
Circumspect in all my ways.
I will to my words take heed,
Bridle my unwary tongue:
Thus with over-cautious dread
Silent I continued long,
Satan his advantage gain'd,
Fearful I from good refrain'd.
Bridle my unwary tongue:
Thus with over-cautious dread
Silent I continued long,
Satan his advantage gain'd,
Fearful I from good refrain'd.
But my straiten'd spirit mourn'd,
Struggling into fervent prayer;
But my heart within me burn'd,
And I could no more forbear;
While I mused the' enkindled fire
Burst in flames of strong desire.
Struggling into fervent prayer;
But my heart within me burn'd,
And I could no more forbear;
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Burst in flames of strong desire.
Lord, (at last I spake and said,)
Show me my own weakness, show
On how frail and small a thread
Hangs my fleeting life below;
Make me wise to know my end,
Let me to myself attend.
Show me my own weakness, show
On how frail and small a thread
Hangs my fleeting life below;
Make me wise to know my end,
Let me to myself attend.
Thou hast number'd out my days,
All my age is but a span,
Shorter than a moment's space
Is the longest life of man;
At his best estate, with Thee
Man is all but vanity.
All my age is but a span,
Shorter than a moment's space
Is the longest life of man;
At his best estate, with Thee
Man is all but vanity.
Stranger to repose and peace
Still he wanders on in vain,
Grasps at shadowy happiness,
Racks himself with real pain,
Heaps up wealth with endless care,
Leaves it for his unknown heir.
Still he wanders on in vain,
Grasps at shadowy happiness,
Racks himself with real pain,
Heaps up wealth with endless care,
Leaves it for his unknown heir.
Grieved at human vanity,
What do I expect below?
Lord, my hope is all in Thee,
Thee alone I want to know,
Wait to taste how good Thou art,
Long to find Thee in my heart.
What do I expect below?
Lord, my hope is all in Thee,
Thee alone I want to know,
Wait to taste how good Thou art,
Long to find Thee in my heart.
Thou from all my sins redeem,
Save me by Thy pardoning grace,
Do not let my foes blaspheme,
Silence the reviling race,
On themselves their scoffs return,
Laugh their idle rage to scorn.
Save me by Thy pardoning grace,
Do not let my foes blaspheme,
Silence the reviling race,
On themselves their scoffs return,
Laugh their idle rage to scorn.
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Dumb I for a while became,
Sunk beneath my guilty load,
Open'd not my mouth for shame,
Shame at having grieved my God,
Groan'd the' unutterable prayer,
Smote my breast—and God was there.
Sunk beneath my guilty load,
Open'd not my mouth for shame,
Shame at having grieved my God,
Groan'd the' unutterable prayer,
Smote my breast—and God was there.
Take, O take Thy plague away,
Thy consuming hand remove;
Mortals hasten to decay
When Thou dost for sin reprove,
Show, when visited like me,
All are sin and vanity.
Thy consuming hand remove;
Mortals hasten to decay
When Thou dost for sin reprove,
Show, when visited like me,
All are sin and vanity.
Hear, O Lord, my mournful prayer,
O regard my earnest cry,
Do not still Thy help defer,
Grant me succour from on high,
Hear my clamorous griefs and fears,
Answer all my silent tears.
O regard my earnest cry,
Do not still Thy help defer,
Grant me succour from on high,
Hear my clamorous griefs and fears,
Answer all my silent tears.
Stranger in the vale of woe,
I my wretched state confess;
A poor sojourner below,
This, alas, is not my place;
Thee my fathers' God I own
Going where they all have gone.
I my wretched state confess;
A poor sojourner below,
This, alas, is not my place;
Thee my fathers' God I own
Going where they all have gone.
Only spare my feeble soul
Till Thine image I retrieve,
Till Thy love hath made me whole;
Let me then no longer live,
Let me my last stage pass o'er,
Die, to appear on earth no more.
Till Thine image I retrieve,
Till Thy love hath made me whole;
Let me then no longer live,
Let me my last stage pass o'er,
Die, to appear on earth no more.
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PSALM XL.
[Patient I waited for the Lord]
PART I.
Patient I waited for the Lord,
Who heard and answer'd to my cry;
Out of the pit of sin, abhorr'd,
He brought, and set me up on high:
Out of the mire and clay He took,
And fix'd my feet upon a Rock.
Who heard and answer'd to my cry;
Out of the pit of sin, abhorr'd,
He brought, and set me up on high:
Out of the mire and clay He took,
And fix'd my feet upon a Rock.
The Lord hath made my goings strong,
And 'stablish'd me with gospel grace;
Put in my mouth the joyful song,
The new, unceasing song of praise:
Many the deed Divine shall see,
And fear, and trust in God, like me.
And 'stablish'd me with gospel grace;
Put in my mouth the joyful song,
The new, unceasing song of praise:
Many the deed Divine shall see,
And fear, and trust in God, like me.
Bless'd is the man that dares confide
In my redeeming God alone:
O Lord, Thy works are multiplied,
The wondrous works which Thou hast done!
Thy thoughts of grace to us surmount
The power of numbers to recount!
In my redeeming God alone:
O Lord, Thy works are multiplied,
The wondrous works which Thou hast done!
Thy thoughts of grace to us surmount
The power of numbers to recount!
I cannot all Thy love declare;
No, nor the smallest part express;
Worthless my noblest offerings are,
Unfit the holy God to please;
But Thou dost unto me impart
A hearing ear, and loving heart.
No, nor the smallest part express;
Worthless my noblest offerings are,
Unfit the holy God to please;
But Thou dost unto me impart
A hearing ear, and loving heart.
No shadowy form dost Thou require,
No legal sacrifice approve;
Thou seek'st the contrite heart's desire,
The offering of obedient love;
And lo! I come to do Thy will,
And all Thy law in love fulfil!
No legal sacrifice approve;
Thou seek'st the contrite heart's desire,
The offering of obedient love;
And lo! I come to do Thy will,
And all Thy law in love fulfil!
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Thy welcome will concerning me,
I in the sacred volume read;
'Tis there my rule of life I see,
And in Thy ways delight to tread;
While, by Thy love's divinest art,
Thy law is written on my heart.
I in the sacred volume read;
'Tis there my rule of life I see,
And in Thy ways delight to tread;
While, by Thy love's divinest art,
Thy law is written on my heart.
Thine everlasting righteousness,
Thou know'st I to Thy church have show'd;
Nor hid within my heart the grace
And goodness of my pardoning God:
Nor shunn'd in open thanks to' approve
The truth of Thy redeeming love.
Thou know'st I to Thy church have show'd;
Nor hid within my heart the grace
And goodness of my pardoning God:
Nor shunn'd in open thanks to' approve
The truth of Thy redeeming love.
The great salvation Thou hast wrought
I have with joy to all declared:
Ah, gracious Lord! forsake me not,
But let Thy tender mercies guard;
Thy faithful love my soul defend,
And save and keep me to the end!
I have with joy to all declared:
Ah, gracious Lord! forsake me not,
But let Thy tender mercies guard;
Thy faithful love my soul defend,
And save and keep me to the end!
PART II.
For, O, my soul is sore beset
By countless foes; encompass'd round
By countless ills; beneath their weight
I sink oppress'd, o'erwhelm'd, and bound;
The load immense I faint to bear,
And fails my heart through sad despair!
By countless foes; encompass'd round
By countless ills; beneath their weight
I sink oppress'd, o'erwhelm'd, and bound;
The load immense I faint to bear,
And fails my heart through sad despair!
Help me! Thou God of love and might!
Me to redeem make haste away:
Put all my cruel sins to flight,
Slay all who seek my soul to slay;
Cover with shame my hater's face,
And all the alien armies chase.
Me to redeem make haste away:
Put all my cruel sins to flight,
Slay all who seek my soul to slay;
Cover with shame my hater's face,
And all the alien armies chase.
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Defeat the men, with Satan join'd
To' ensure my shame and misery;
Here only let the mockers find
The dire reproach they cast on me;
Exploded, desolate, forlorn,
And wretched till to Thee they turn.
To' ensure my shame and misery;
Here only let the mockers find
The dire reproach they cast on me;
Exploded, desolate, forlorn,
And wretched till to Thee they turn.
But let the men that seek Thy name
Rejoice in Thee, their Lord and God;
The wonders of Thy love proclaim,
And publish all Thy works abroad;
Saved by Thy dear redeeming grace,
And always happy in Thy praise.
Rejoice in Thee, their Lord and God;
The wonders of Thy love proclaim,
And publish all Thy works abroad;
Saved by Thy dear redeeming grace,
And always happy in Thy praise.
I, too, the poorest sinner I,
With them shall Thy compassion prove:
On Thee, my Saviour, I rely,
And wait Thy succours from above:
Come, O my God, no more delay,
O come, and bring the perfect day!
With them shall Thy compassion prove:
On Thee, my Saviour, I rely,
And wait Thy succours from above:
Come, O my God, no more delay,
O come, and bring the perfect day!
PSALM XLI.
[Bless'd is the man whose kind relief]
Bless'd is the man whose kind relief
Doth to the poor extend,
The Lord shall bear his every grief,
And bid his troubles end.
Thou shalt preserve him here, and bless
Before Thou hence convey,
Nor let his cruel haters seize
And swallow up their prey.
Doth to the poor extend,
The Lord shall bear his every grief,
And bid his troubles end.
Thou shalt preserve him here, and bless
Before Thou hence convey,
Nor let his cruel haters seize
And swallow up their prey.
When sick and languishing he lies,
Thy pity shall sustain,
In all his sorrows sympathise,
And sweeten all his pain:
Thy love shall smoothe his easy bed,
And lull his cares to rest,
And bid him lean his fainting head
On Thy beloved breast.
Thy pity shall sustain,
In all his sorrows sympathise,
And sweeten all his pain:
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And lull his cares to rest,
And bid him lean his fainting head
On Thy beloved breast.
I said, when chasten'd by Thy rod,
Have mercy on my soul;
My soul hath sinn'd against my God,
Forgive and make it whole.
My cruel foe with foulest lies
Still heightens my distress,
When will he die, (in rage he cries,)
And his memorial cease?
Have mercy on my soul;
My soul hath sinn'd against my God,
Forgive and make it whole.
My cruel foe with foulest lies
Still heightens my distress,
When will he die, (in rage he cries,)
And his memorial cease?
And if he comes with shows of love,
As to condole my pain,
His words are not of things above,
But idle all and vain.
Iniquity his heart conceives,
He hatches deepest fraud,
The object of his hatred leaves,
And spreads his lies abroad.
As to condole my pain,
His words are not of things above,
But idle all and vain.
Iniquity his heart conceives,
He hatches deepest fraud,
The object of his hatred leaves,
And spreads his lies abroad.
'Gainst me my mortal foes conspire,
And whisper first their lies;
But strengthen'd in their sin, to higher
And bolder mischiefs rise.
Afflicted by a sore disease
He cannot 'scape our power,
Cast down, (with joy they say,) he is,
And he shall rise no more.
And whisper first their lies;
But strengthen'd in their sin, to higher
And bolder mischiefs rise.
Afflicted by a sore disease
He cannot 'scape our power,
Cast down, (with joy they say,) he is,
And he shall rise no more.
Now let his guilty doom proceed,
Let him no more appear,
No, never lift his hated head
Again to plague us here.
Yea, even my bosom-friend who still
Was at my table found,
Hath spurn'd me with his lifted heel,
And wider torn my wound.
Let him no more appear,
No, never lift his hated head
Again to plague us here.
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Was at my table found,
Hath spurn'd me with his lifted heel,
And wider torn my wound.
But raise me up, my gracious God,
That I my wish may see,
Their evil by my good subdued,
Their souls brought home to Thee.
Hereby Thou favour'st me, I know,
Because Thy grace again
Hath raised me up, nor let my foe
His victory maintain.
That I my wish may see,
Their evil by my good subdued,
Their souls brought home to Thee.
Hereby Thou favour'st me, I know,
Because Thy grace again
Hath raised me up, nor let my foe
His victory maintain.
Thou keepest me from hour to hour,
And sett'st before Thy face,
To sing the greatness of Thy power
And triumph in Thy praise.
Glory to Israel's God and Lord,
His name exalted be
By angels, and by saints adored
To all eternity.
And sett'st before Thy face,
To sing the greatness of Thy power
And triumph in Thy praise.
Glory to Israel's God and Lord,
His name exalted be
By angels, and by saints adored
To all eternity.
PSALM XLII.
[As the hart, with fleeing faint]
PART I.
As the hart, with fleeing faint,
For the cooling stream doth pant,
So my soul, by sin pursued,
Pants for Thee, the living God!
For the cooling stream doth pant,
So my soul, by sin pursued,
Pants for Thee, the living God!
See my soul, in pity see,
Thirsting, gasping after Thee;
When shall I with faith draw near,
Righteous in Thy sight appear?
Thirsting, gasping after Thee;
When shall I with faith draw near,
Righteous in Thy sight appear?
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Tears have been my daily bread,
Tears have wash'd my sleepless bed,
While they ever cry aloud,
“Where is now thy pardoning God?”
Tears have wash'd my sleepless bed,
While they ever cry aloud,
“Where is now thy pardoning God?”
Musing on the former days,
Stripp'd of that ecstatic grace,
Pouring out my soul, I moan,
All my joys and comforts gone!
Stripp'd of that ecstatic grace,
Pouring out my soul, I moan,
All my joys and comforts gone!
Once I could in God rejoice,
Praise Him with a tuneful voice,
Find Him in His house of prayer,
First of those who worshipp'd there.
Praise Him with a tuneful voice,
Find Him in His house of prayer,
First of those who worshipp'd there.
Why art thou, my soul, oppress'd?
Why so troubled and distress'd?
Cast away the heavy load,
Hope thou, against hope, in God.
Why so troubled and distress'd?
Cast away the heavy load,
Hope thou, against hope, in God.
PART II.
I shall yet record His praise;
I shall thank Him for His grace,
When He makes His face to shine
On this drooping soul of mine.
I shall thank Him for His grace,
When He makes His face to shine
On this drooping soul of mine.
Yet again, O God, my God,
Sinks my soul beneath its load!
Burden'd, and by sin cast down,
Faints Thy poor afflicted one.
Sinks my soul beneath its load!
Burden'd, and by sin cast down,
Faints Thy poor afflicted one.
Fain I would on Thee rely,
To my God for refuge fly;
Ever wandering to and fro,
Restless as a hunted roe.
To my God for refuge fly;
Ever wandering to and fro,
Restless as a hunted roe.
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Deep to deep with horror calls,
While the roaring torrent falls,
My abyss of misery
Calls for all the grace in Thee.
While the roaring torrent falls,
My abyss of misery
Calls for all the grace in Thee.
But, alas! Thy threatenings sound,
All Thy waves and storms surround;
Over me the billows roll,
Swallow up my sinking soul.
All Thy waves and storms surround;
Over me the billows roll,
Swallow up my sinking soul.
Unto God, my Rock, I say,
“Why dost Thou so long delay,
Leave me on in grief to go,
Crush'd by the oppressive foe?”
“Why dost Thou so long delay,
Leave me on in grief to go,
Crush'd by the oppressive foe?”
Pierced my bones as with a sword,
With the dire opprobrious word,
While they ever cry aloud,
“Where is now thy pardoning God?”
With the dire opprobrious word,
While they ever cry aloud,
“Where is now thy pardoning God?”
Why art thou, my soul, oppress'd?
Why so troubled and distress'd?
Cast away the heavy load,
Hope thou, against hope, in God.
Why so troubled and distress'd?
Cast away the heavy load,
Hope thou, against hope, in God.
I shall yet record His praise,
See again the Saviour's face;
Ascertain'd by love Divine,
Mine He is, for ever mine.
See again the Saviour's face;
Ascertain'd by love Divine,
Mine He is, for ever mine.
PSALM XLIII.
[God of infinite compassion]
God of infinite compassion,
Take my cause into Thy hands;
Satan's whole unrighteous nation,
Earth and hell, my soul withstands:
From the evil world deliver,
From the cruel world within,
From myself,—the worst deceiver,—
From this inbred man of sin!
Take my cause into Thy hands;
Satan's whole unrighteous nation,
Earth and hell, my soul withstands:
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From the cruel world within,
From myself,—the worst deceiver,—
From this inbred man of sin!
Thou my only God and Saviour,
Thou art my support and might!
Why hast Thou withdrawn Thy favour,
Cast the mourner from Thy sight?
Wherefore go I on lamenting,
Crush'd by my tyrannic foe,
Under his oppression fainting,
Swallow'd up of sin and woe?
Thou art my support and might!
Why hast Thou withdrawn Thy favour,
Cast the mourner from Thy sight?
Wherefore go I on lamenting,
Crush'd by my tyrannic foe,
Under his oppression fainting,
Swallow'd up of sin and woe?
O my merciful Director!
Show the brightness of Thy face;
Let Thy love be my protector,
Lead me by the light of grace:
Send the unction of Thy Spirit,
Guide into Thy perfect will,
That I may Thine heaven inherit,
Meet Thee on Thy holy hill.
Show the brightness of Thy face;
Let Thy love be my protector,
Lead me by the light of grace:
Send the unction of Thy Spirit,
Guide into Thy perfect will,
That I may Thine heaven inherit,
Meet Thee on Thy holy hill.
Earnest of my full possession,
Might I feel Thee in my heart!
Fill'd with joy beyond expression,
I should never more depart:
I should in Thy courts adore Thee,
Till I join the church above,
Sing, and praise, and fall before Thee,—
Thee, my God of truth and love!
Might I feel Thee in my heart!
Fill'd with joy beyond expression,
I should never more depart:
I should in Thy courts adore Thee,
Till I join the church above,
Sing, and praise, and fall before Thee,—
Thee, my God of truth and love!
Wherefore then, my restless spirit,
Art thou troubled and cast down?
Hope in God, through Jesu's merit;
God, through Jesus, is thine own:
I shall yet regain His favour,
I shall sing His praise aloud:
Jesus is my loving Saviour,
Jesus is my pardoning God.
Art thou troubled and cast down?
Hope in God, through Jesu's merit;
God, through Jesus, is thine own:
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I shall sing His praise aloud:
Jesus is my loving Saviour,
Jesus is my pardoning God.
PSALM XLIV.
[O God, we of Thy fame have heard]
PART I.
O God, we of Thy fame have heard,
Our fathers in our ears have told
How oft Thou hast for them appear'd,
And wonders wrought in times of old.
Thou didst with Thine almighty hand
The seven devoted nations chase,
Cast out the heathen from their land,
And plant Thine Israel in their place.
Our fathers in our ears have told
How oft Thou hast for them appear'd,
And wonders wrought in times of old.
Thou didst with Thine almighty hand
The seven devoted nations chase,
Cast out the heathen from their land,
And plant Thine Israel in their place.
For not by their own arm or sword
The land they in possession gain'd,
Thy arm, and Thy right hand, O Lord,
For them the victory obtain'd.
Thy countenance benignly shone,
And help'd and saved the chosen seed,
Thou didst Thy favourite people own,
And conquering, on to conquer lead.
The land they in possession gain'd,
Thy arm, and Thy right hand, O Lord,
For them the victory obtain'd.
Thy countenance benignly shone,
And help'd and saved the chosen seed,
Thou didst Thy favourite people own,
And conquering, on to conquer lead.
O God, Thou art my God and King,
Thou dost the same for ever reign,
Salvation to Thy Jacob bring,
Deliverances for us ordain:
Through Thee we have our foes o'erthrown,
And still we shall the victory get,
O'ercome them through Thy name alone,
And tread them down beneath our feet.
Thou dost the same for ever reign,
Salvation to Thy Jacob bring,
Deliverances for us ordain:
Through Thee we have our foes o'erthrown,
And still we shall the victory get,
O'ercome them through Thy name alone,
And tread them down beneath our feet.
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For not in my own sword or bow
Will I for help or safety trust,
Thou, only Thou, hast quell'd the foe,
And trod his honour in the dust.
Thy name demands the grateful song,
O God, we glory in Thy grace,
In Thee we triumph all day long,
And dwell for ever on Thy praise.
Will I for help or safety trust,
Thou, only Thou, hast quell'd the foe,
And trod his honour in the dust.
Thy name demands the grateful song,
O God, we glory in Thy grace,
In Thee we triumph all day long,
And dwell for ever on Thy praise.
PART II.
But Thou, alas! hast put to shame,
And left us at our greatest need;
Thou dost no more declare Thy name,
Thou dost no more our armies lead:
Thou mak'st us basely turn our back
And flee before our foes away;
Swift to pursue, our foes o'ertake,
And fiercely seize their trembling prey.
And left us at our greatest need;
Thou dost no more declare Thy name,
Thou dost no more our armies lead:
Thou mak'st us basely turn our back
And flee before our foes away;
Swift to pursue, our foes o'ertake,
And fiercely seize their trembling prey.
Thou hast abhorr'd Thine heritage,
And given us up as sheep design'd
For slaughter, to the heathen's rage,
The scorn and outcasts of mankind:
Scatter'd through all the nations round,
Thy people Thou hast sold for nought,
It doth not to Thy praise redound
The misery on Thy Israel brought.
And given us up as sheep design'd
For slaughter, to the heathen's rage,
The scorn and outcasts of mankind:
Scatter'd through all the nations round,
Thy people Thou hast sold for nought,
It doth not to Thy praise redound
The misery on Thy Israel brought.
Thou mak'st us a reproach and scorn
To friends and foes, far off and near,
(The world rejoice, the faithful mourn,)
A proverb of derision here:
The heathen shake their heads and cry
With steadfast hate and cool disdain,
“Cast down and in the dust they lie,
And never shall they rise again.”
To friends and foes, far off and near,
(The world rejoice, the faithful mourn,)
A proverb of derision here:
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With steadfast hate and cool disdain,
“Cast down and in the dust they lie,
And never shall they rise again.”
Confusion o'er my soul is spread,
Apparent in my blushing face,
I ever bear the burning red,
The conscious colour of disgrace;
With shame the dire reproach I hear,
The scoffer that blasphemes aloud,
That executes Thy judgments here,
God's enemy, and the scourge of God.
Apparent in my blushing face,
I ever bear the burning red,
The conscious colour of disgrace;
With shame the dire reproach I hear,
The scoffer that blasphemes aloud,
That executes Thy judgments here,
God's enemy, and the scourge of God.
PART III.
Yet not for all this blasphemy
Have we, O Lord, Thy paths forsook,
Or in our heart turn'd back from Thee,
Or faithlessly Thy covenant broke.
Though Thou hast sorely smote us down,
And cast into the dragon's teeth,
And cover'd with Thine anger's frown
That shadow of eternal death.
Have we, O Lord, Thy paths forsook,
Or in our heart turn'd back from Thee,
Or faithlessly Thy covenant broke.
Though Thou hast sorely smote us down,
And cast into the dragon's teeth,
And cover'd with Thine anger's frown
That shadow of eternal death.
Had we of God forgetful been,
Or worship to an idol paid,
Who tries the hearts and reins had seen
And all our secret sins display'd.
But O, Thou know'st we suffer wrong,
For Thy dear sake, and loss and pain,
Exposed and outraged all day long
As sheep appointed to be slain.
Or worship to an idol paid,
Who tries the hearts and reins had seen
And all our secret sins display'd.
But O, Thou know'st we suffer wrong,
For Thy dear sake, and loss and pain,
Exposed and outraged all day long
As sheep appointed to be slain.
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Awake, O Lord, for us arise,
No longer sleep, no longer stay;
Ah, do not still Thine own despise,
For ever cast us not away!
Ah, wherefore dost Thou hide Thy face,
Regardless of our misery,
And sufferest fiends and men to' oppress
The helpless souls beloved by Thee?
No longer sleep, no longer stay;
Ah, do not still Thine own despise,
For ever cast us not away!
Ah, wherefore dost Thou hide Thy face,
Regardless of our misery,
And sufferest fiends and men to' oppress
The helpless souls beloved by Thee?
Our soul is to the dust bow'd down,
Our belly to the earth doth cleave,
Hear Thine afflicted people groan,
And for Thy mercy sake relieve;
Arise, Thy great salvation show,
Our foes confound, our shame remove,
That all the world with us may know
Thine utmost power of saving love.
Our belly to the earth doth cleave,
Hear Thine afflicted people groan,
And for Thy mercy sake relieve;
Arise, Thy great salvation show,
Our foes confound, our shame remove,
That all the world with us may know
Thine utmost power of saving love.
PSALM XLV.
[My heart is full of Christ, and longs]
PART I.
My heart is full of Christ, and longs
Its glorious matter to declare!
Of Him I make my loftiest songs,
I cannot from His praise forbear;
My ready tongue makes haste to sing
The beauties of my heavenly King.
Its glorious matter to declare!
Of Him I make my loftiest songs,
I cannot from His praise forbear;
My ready tongue makes haste to sing
The beauties of my heavenly King.
Fairer than all the earth-born race,
Perfect in comeliness Thou art;
Replenish'd are Thy lips with grace,
And full of love Thy tender heart;
God ever bless'd, we bow the knee,
And own all fulness dwells in Thee.
Perfect in comeliness Thou art;
Replenish'd are Thy lips with grace,
And full of love Thy tender heart;
God ever bless'd, we bow the knee,
And own all fulness dwells in Thee.
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Gird on Thy thigh the Spirit's sword,
And take to Thee Thy power Divine,
Stir up Thy strength, almighty Lord!
All power and majesty are Thine:
Assert Thy worship and renown,
O all-redeeming God, come down!
And take to Thee Thy power Divine,
Stir up Thy strength, almighty Lord!
All power and majesty are Thine:
Assert Thy worship and renown,
O all-redeeming God, come down!
Come, and maintain Thy righteous cause,
And let Thy glorious toil succeed;
Dispread the victory of Thy cross,
Ride on, and prosper in Thy deed;
Through earth triumphantly ride on,
And reign in all our hearts alone.
And let Thy glorious toil succeed;
Dispread the victory of Thy cross,
Ride on, and prosper in Thy deed;
Through earth triumphantly ride on,
And reign in all our hearts alone.
Still let the word of truth prevail,
The gospel of Thy general grace,
Of mercy mild that ne'er shall fail,
Of everlasting righteousness,
Into the faithful soul brought in,
To root out all the seeds of sin.
The gospel of Thy general grace,
Of mercy mild that ne'er shall fail,
Of everlasting righteousness,
Into the faithful soul brought in,
To root out all the seeds of sin.
Terrible things Thine own right hand
Shall teach Thy greatness to perform:
Who in the vengeful day can stand
Unshaken by Thine anger's storm,
While, riding on the whirlwind's wings,
They meet the thundering King of kings?
Shall teach Thy greatness to perform:
Who in the vengeful day can stand
Unshaken by Thine anger's storm,
While, riding on the whirlwind's wings,
They meet the thundering King of kings?
Sharp are the arrows of Thy love,
And pierce the most obdurate heart:
Their point Thine enemies shall prove,
And, strangely fill'd with pleasing smart,
Fall down before the cross subdued,
And feel Thine arrows dipp'd in blood.
And pierce the most obdurate heart:
Their point Thine enemies shall prove,
And, strangely fill'd with pleasing smart,
Fall down before the cross subdued,
And feel Thine arrows dipp'd in blood.
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O God of love, Thy sway we own,
Thy dying love doth all control;
Justice and grace support Thy throne,
Set up in every faithful soul;
Steadfast it stands in them, and sure,
When pure, as Thou their God art pure.
Thy dying love doth all control;
Justice and grace support Thy throne,
Set up in every faithful soul;
Steadfast it stands in them, and sure,
When pure, as Thou their God art pure.
Lover Thou art of purity,
And hatest every spot of sin;
Nothing profane can dwell with Thee,
Nothing unholy or unclean:
And therefore doth Thy Father own
His glorious likeness in His Son.
And hatest every spot of sin;
Nothing profane can dwell with Thee,
Nothing unholy or unclean:
And therefore doth Thy Father own
His glorious likeness in His Son.
Therefore He hath His Spirit shed,
Spirit of joy, and power, and grace,
Immeasurably on Thy head;
First-born of all the chosen race,
From Thee the sacred unction springs
That makes Thy fellows priests and kings.
Spirit of joy, and power, and grace,
Immeasurably on Thy head;
First-born of all the chosen race,
From Thee the sacred unction springs
That makes Thy fellows priests and kings.
PART II.
Sweet is the odour of Thy name,
Through all the means a fragrance comes;
Thy garments hide the sinner's shame,
Thy garments shed Divine perfumes,
That through the ivory palace flow,—
The church, in which Thou reign'st below.
Through all the means a fragrance comes;
Thy garments hide the sinner's shame,
Thy garments shed Divine perfumes,
That through the ivory palace flow,—
The church, in which Thou reign'st below.
Thy heavenly charms the virgins move,
And bow them to Thy pleasing sway;
They triumph in Thy princely love,
Thy will with all their hearts obey;
Revere Thine honourable word,
The glorious handmaids of the Lord.
And bow them to Thy pleasing sway;
They triumph in Thy princely love,
Thy will with all their hearts obey;
Revere Thine honourable word,
The glorious handmaids of the Lord.
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High above all, at Thy right hand,
Adorn'd with each diviner grace,
Thy favourite queen exults to stand,
Thy church her heavenly charms displays,
Clothed with the sun, for glory meet,
She sees the moon beneath her feet.
Adorn'd with each diviner grace,
Thy favourite queen exults to stand,
Thy church her heavenly charms displays,
Clothed with the sun, for glory meet,
She sees the moon beneath her feet.
Daughter of Heaven, though born on earth,
Incline thy willing heart and ear;
Forget thy first ignoble birth,
Thy people, and thy kinsfolk here;
So shall the King delight to see
His beauties copied out on thee.
Incline thy willing heart and ear;
Forget thy first ignoble birth,
Thy people, and thy kinsfolk here;
So shall the King delight to see
His beauties copied out on thee.
He only is thy God and Lord;
Worship Divine to Him be given,
By all the host of heaven adored,
By every creature under heaven;
And all the Gentile world shall know,
And freely to His service flow.
Worship Divine to Him be given,
By all the host of heaven adored,
By every creature under heaven;
And all the Gentile world shall know,
And freely to His service flow.
The rich shall lay their riches down,
And poor become, for Jesu's sake;
Kings at His feet shall cast their crown,
And humble suit for mercy make,
(Mercy alike on all bestow'd,)
And languish to be great in God.
And poor become, for Jesu's sake;
Kings at His feet shall cast their crown,
And humble suit for mercy make,
(Mercy alike on all bestow'd,)
And languish to be great in God.
Are not His servants kings? and rule
They not o'er hell, and earth, and sin?
His daughter is divinely full
Of Christ, and “glorious all within;”
All glorious inwardly she reigns,
And not one spot of sin remains.
They not o'er hell, and earth, and sin?
His daughter is divinely full
Of Christ, and “glorious all within;”
All glorious inwardly she reigns,
And not one spot of sin remains.
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Clothed with humility and love,
With every dazzling virtue bright,
With faith which God vouchsafes to' approve,
Precious in her great Father's sight,
The royal maid with joy shall come,
Triumphant, to her heavenly home.
With every dazzling virtue bright,
With faith which God vouchsafes to' approve,
Precious in her great Father's sight,
The royal maid with joy shall come,
Triumphant, to her heavenly home.
Brought by His sweet attracting grace,
She first shall in His sight appear
In holiness before His face,
Made perfect with her fellows here:
Spotless and pure, a virgin train,
They all shall in His palace reign.
She first shall in His sight appear
In holiness before His face,
Made perfect with her fellows here:
Spotless and pure, a virgin train,
They all shall in His palace reign.
In lieu of seers and patriarchs old,
Of whom she once did make her boast,
The virgin-mother shall behold
Her numerous sons a princely host,
Install'd o'er all the earth abroad,
Anointed kings and priests to God.
Of whom she once did make her boast,
The virgin-mother shall behold
Her numerous sons a princely host,
Install'd o'er all the earth abroad,
Anointed kings and priests to God.
Thee, Jesus, King of kings, and Lord
Of lords, I glory to proclaim;
From age to age Thy praise record,
That all the world may learn Thy name:
And all shall soon Thy grace adore,
When time and sin shall be no more.
Of lords, I glory to proclaim;
From age to age Thy praise record,
That all the world may learn Thy name:
And all shall soon Thy grace adore,
When time and sin shall be no more.
PSALM XLVI.
[God, the omnipresent God]
God, the omnipresent God,
Our strength and refuge stands,
Ready to support the load,
And bear us in His hands:
Readiest when we need Him most,
When to Him distress'd we cry;
All who on His mercy trust
Shall find deliverance nigh.
Our strength and refuge stands,
Ready to support the load,
And bear us in His hands:
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When to Him distress'd we cry;
All who on His mercy trust
Shall find deliverance nigh.
Kept by Him, we scorn to fear
In danger's blackest day,
Starting at destruction near,
Though nature faint away;
Though the stormy ocean roar,
Though the madding billows rise,
Rage, and foam, and lash the shore,
And mingle earth and skies.
In danger's blackest day,
Starting at destruction near,
Though nature faint away;
Though the stormy ocean roar,
Though the madding billows rise,
Rage, and foam, and lash the shore,
And mingle earth and skies.
Let earth's inmost centre quake,
And shatter'd nature mourn;
Let the' unwieldy mountains shake,
And fall by storms uptorn;
Fall, with all their trembling load,
Far into the ocean hurl'd;
Lo! we stand secure in God,
Amidst a ruin'd world!
And shatter'd nature mourn;
Let the' unwieldy mountains shake,
And fall by storms uptorn;
Fall, with all their trembling load,
Far into the ocean hurl'd;
Lo! we stand secure in God,
Amidst a ruin'd world!
From the throne of God there springs
A pure and crystal stream,
Life, and peace, and joy it brings
To His Jerusalem:
Rivers of refreshing grace
Through the sacred city flow,
Watering all the hallow'd place
Where God resides below.
A pure and crystal stream,
Life, and peace, and joy it brings
To His Jerusalem:
Rivers of refreshing grace
Through the sacred city flow,
Watering all the hallow'd place
Where God resides below.
God most merciful, most high,
Doth in His Sion dwell;
Kept by Him, her towers defy
The strength of earth and hell;
Built on her o'ershadowing Rock,
Who shall her foundations move?
Who her great Defender shock,
The' almighty God of love?
Doth in His Sion dwell;
Kept by Him, her towers defy
The strength of earth and hell;
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Who shall her foundations move?
Who her great Defender shock,
The' almighty God of love?
All that on this Rock are stay'd
The world assaults in vain;
Ever present with His aid,
He shall His own sustain:
Guardian of the chosen race,
Our Jesus doth His church defend,
Saves them by His timely grace,
And saves them to the end.
The world assaults in vain;
Ever present with His aid,
He shall His own sustain:
Guardian of the chosen race,
Our Jesus doth His church defend,
Saves them by His timely grace,
And saves them to the end.
Furiously the heathen raged
Against His church below,
Kingdoms all their powers engaged
Jerusalem to' o'erthrow:
Earth, from her foundation stirr'd,
Yawn'd to swallow up her prey;
Jesus spoke,—she own'd His word,
And quaked, and fled away.
Against His church below,
Kingdoms all their powers engaged
Jerusalem to' o'erthrow:
Earth, from her foundation stirr'd,
Yawn'd to swallow up her prey;
Jesus spoke,—she own'd His word,
And quaked, and fled away.
For His people in distress
The God of Jacob stands;
Keeps us, till our troubles cease,
In His almighty hands:
He for us His power hath shown,
He doth still our refuge prove;
Loves the Lord of Hosts His own,
And shall for ever love.
The God of Jacob stands;
Keeps us, till our troubles cease,
In His almighty hands:
He for us His power hath shown,
He doth still our refuge prove;
Loves the Lord of Hosts His own,
And shall for ever love.
Come, behold the' almighty Lord
In robes of vengeance clad;
By the desolating sword
What havoc hath He made!
He hath sent His armies forth,
States and kingdoms to o'erthrow,
March'd in anger through the earth,
And ravaged all below.
In robes of vengeance clad;
By the desolating sword
What havoc hath He made!
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States and kingdoms to o'erthrow,
March'd in anger through the earth,
And ravaged all below.
Lo! again in tender love
He bids their discords cease,
Calms their spirit from above,
And melts them into peace;
Breaks the bow and burns the car,
Instruments of fatal ill,
Quells the horrid din of war,
And bids the world be still:—
He bids their discords cease,
Calms their spirit from above,
And melts them into peace;
Breaks the bow and burns the car,
Instruments of fatal ill,
Quells the horrid din of war,
And bids the world be still:—
“Sons of men, be still, and know
That I am God alone;
I My saving power will show,
And make My goodness known;
All shall with My wish comply,
Fear the Name to sinners given;
Bow before the Lord most high,
The Lord of earth and heaven.”
That I am God alone;
I My saving power will show,
And make My goodness known;
All shall with My wish comply,
Fear the Name to sinners given;
Bow before the Lord most high,
The Lord of earth and heaven.”
For His people in distress
The God of Jacob stands,
Bears us, till our troubles cease,
In His almighty hands:
He for us His power hath shown,
He doth still our refuge prove;
Loves the Lord of Hosts His own,
And shall for ever love.
The God of Jacob stands,
Bears us, till our troubles cease,
In His almighty hands:
He for us His power hath shown,
He doth still our refuge prove;
Loves the Lord of Hosts His own,
And shall for ever love.
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PSALM XLVII.
[Clap your hands, ye people all]
Clap your hands, ye people all,
Praise the God on whom ye call;
Lift your voice, and shout His praise,
Triumph in His sovereign grace!
Praise the God on whom ye call;
Lift your voice, and shout His praise,
Triumph in His sovereign grace!
Glorious is the Lord most high,
Terrible in majesty;
He His sovereign sway maintains,
King o'er all the earth He reigns.
Terrible in majesty;
He His sovereign sway maintains,
King o'er all the earth He reigns.
He the people shall subdue,
Make us kings and conquerors too;
Force the nations to submit,
Bruise our sins beneath our feet.
Make us kings and conquerors too;
Force the nations to submit,
Bruise our sins beneath our feet.
He shall bless His ransom'd ones,
Number us with Israel's sons;
God our heritage shall prove,
Give us all a lot of love.
Number us with Israel's sons;
God our heritage shall prove,
Give us all a lot of love.
Jesus is gone up on high,
Takes His seat above the sky:
Shout the angel choirs aloud,
Echoing to the trump of God.
Takes His seat above the sky:
Shout the angel choirs aloud,
Echoing to the trump of God.
Sons of earth, the triumph join,
Praise Him with the host Divine;
Emulate the heavenly powers,—
Their victorious Lord is ours.
Praise Him with the host Divine;
Emulate the heavenly powers,—
Their victorious Lord is ours.
Shout the God enthroned above,
Trumpet forth His conquering love;
Praises to our Jesus sing,
Praises to our glorious King!
Trumpet forth His conquering love;
Praises to our Jesus sing,
Praises to our glorious King!
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Power is all to Jesus given,
Power o'er hell, and earth, and heaven!
Power He now to us imparts;
Praise Him with believing hearts.
Power o'er hell, and earth, and heaven!
Power He now to us imparts;
Praise Him with believing hearts.
Heathens He compels to' obey,
Saints He rules with mildest sway;
Pure and holy hearts alone
Chooses for His quiet throne.
Saints He rules with mildest sway;
Pure and holy hearts alone
Chooses for His quiet throne.
Peace to them and power He brings,
Makes His subjects priests and kings,
Guards, while in His worship join'd,
Bids them cast the world behind.
Makes His subjects priests and kings,
Guards, while in His worship join'd,
Bids them cast the world behind.
On Himself He takes their care,
Saves them not by sword or spear;
Safely to His house they go,
Fearless of the' invading foe.
Saves them not by sword or spear;
Safely to His house they go,
Fearless of the' invading foe.
God keeps off the hostile bands,
God protects their happy lands;
Stands as Keeper of their fields,
Stands as twice ten thousand shields.
God protects their happy lands;
Stands as Keeper of their fields,
Stands as twice ten thousand shields.
Wonderful in saving power,
Him let all our hearts adore;
Earth and heaven repeat the cry,—
“Glory be to God most high!”
Him let all our hearts adore;
Earth and heaven repeat the cry,—
“Glory be to God most high!”
PSALM XLVIII.
[Great is our redeeming Lord]
Great is our redeeming Lord
In power, and truth, and grace;
Him, by highest heaven adored,
His church on earth should praise:
In the city of our God,
In His holy mount below,
Publish, spread His praise abroad,
And all His greatness show.
In power, and truth, and grace;
Him, by highest heaven adored,
His church on earth should praise:
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In His holy mount below,
Publish, spread His praise abroad,
And all His greatness show.
Built by His almighty hands,
The towers of Salem rise;
Fair and firm the city stands,
Contiguous to the skies;
Joy to all the earth she brings,
Stored with blessings from above;
Kept by the great King of kings,
Her guardian God of love!
The towers of Salem rise;
Fair and firm the city stands,
Contiguous to the skies;
Joy to all the earth she brings,
Stored with blessings from above;
Kept by the great King of kings,
Her guardian God of love!
Monarchs with their armies met,
Jerusalem to' assail;
Sworn to' o'erthrow the sacred seat
Where God vouchsafes to dwell:
Lo! their boast is turn'd to shame!
Struck with sore amaze and dread,
Marching towards her walls they came,
They came,—they saw,—they fled!
Jerusalem to' assail;
Sworn to' o'erthrow the sacred seat
Where God vouchsafes to dwell:
Lo! their boast is turn'd to shame!
Struck with sore amaze and dread,
Marching towards her walls they came,
They came,—they saw,—they fled!
Horror seized Thy Sion's foes,
And pain'd their guilty heart;
As a travailing woman's throes
They felt the killing smart:
Scatter'd by Thy stormy ire,
Dash'd as ships against the shore,
Tyrants with their hopes expire,
And sink to rise no more.
And pain'd their guilty heart;
As a travailing woman's throes
They felt the killing smart:
Scatter'd by Thy stormy ire,
Dash'd as ships against the shore,
Tyrants with their hopes expire,
And sink to rise no more.
We the works of ancient days
Have seen repeated now:
God doth still His Sion raise,
And force her foes to bow:
Still she in her Saviour trusts,
Glories in His constant care;
There He dwells, the Lord of Hosts,
He reigns for ever there.
Have seen repeated now:
God doth still His Sion raise,
And force her foes to bow:
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Glories in His constant care;
There He dwells, the Lord of Hosts,
He reigns for ever there.
For Thy lovingkindness, Lord,
We in Thy temple stay;
Here Thy faithful love record,
Thy saving power display:
With Thy name Thy praise is known;
Glorious Thy perfections shine;
Earth's remotest bounds shall own
Thy works are all Divine.
We in Thy temple stay;
Here Thy faithful love record,
Thy saving power display:
With Thy name Thy praise is known;
Glorious Thy perfections shine;
Earth's remotest bounds shall own
Thy works are all Divine.
All Thy mighty works are wrought
In perfect equity;
Sion, by Thy judgments taught,
Shall give the praise to Thee:
Thee let all Thy saints adore,
Ransom'd by Thy timely aid;
Every tongue confess Thy power,
And every heart be glad.
In perfect equity;
Sion, by Thy judgments taught,
Shall give the praise to Thee:
Thee let all Thy saints adore,
Ransom'd by Thy timely aid;
Every tongue confess Thy power,
And every heart be glad.
Sons of God, triumphant rise,
The city walls surround!
Lo! her bulwarks touch the skies,
How high, yet how profound!
Tell the number of her towers,
All her palaces declare,
Guarded by angelic powers,
And God in person there!
The city walls surround!
Lo! her bulwarks touch the skies,
How high, yet how profound!
Tell the number of her towers,
All her palaces declare,
Guarded by angelic powers,
And God in person there!
See the gospel-church secure,
And founded on a Rock!
All her promises are sure;
Her bulwarks who can shock?
Count her every precious shrine;
Tell, to after ages tell,
Fortified by power Divine,
The church can never fail.
And founded on a Rock!
All her promises are sure;
Her bulwarks who can shock?
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Tell, to after ages tell,
Fortified by power Divine,
The church can never fail.
Sion's God is all our own,
Who on His love rely:
We His pardoning love have known,
And live to Christ, and die:
To the New Jerusalem
He our faithful Guide shall be,
Him we claim, and rest in Him,
Through all eternity.
Who on His love rely:
We His pardoning love have known,
And live to Christ, and die:
To the New Jerusalem
He our faithful Guide shall be,
Him we claim, and rest in Him,
Through all eternity.
PSALM LI.
[God of unfathomable love!]
PART I.
God of unfathomable love!
Whose bowels of compassion move
Towards Adam's helpless race;
See, at Thy feet, a sinner see!
In tender mercy look on me,
And all my sins efface.
Whose bowels of compassion move
Towards Adam's helpless race;
See, at Thy feet, a sinner see!
In tender mercy look on me,
And all my sins efface.
O let Thy love to me o'erflow,
Thy multitude of mercies show,
Abundantly forgive!
Remove the' insufferable load;
Blot out my sins with sacred blood,
And bid the sinner live.
Thy multitude of mercies show,
Abundantly forgive!
Remove the' insufferable load;
Blot out my sins with sacred blood,
And bid the sinner live.
Take all the power of sin away,
Nor let in me its being stay;
Mine inmost soul convert:
Wash me from all the filth of sin,
Come, Lord, and make me throughly clean,
Create me pure in heart.
Nor let in me its being stay;
Mine inmost soul convert:
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Come, Lord, and make me throughly clean,
Create me pure in heart.
For, O, my sins I now confess,
Bewail my desperate wickedness,
And sue to be forgiven:
I have abused Thy patient grace,
I have provoked Thee to Thy face,
And dared the wrath of Heaven.
Bewail my desperate wickedness,
And sue to be forgiven:
I have abused Thy patient grace,
I have provoked Thee to Thy face,
And dared the wrath of Heaven.
Thee, only Thee, have I defied:
Though all Thy wrath on me abide,
And my damnation seal,
Though into outer darkness thrust,
I'll own the punishment is just,
And clear my God in hell!
Though all Thy wrath on me abide,
And my damnation seal,
Though into outer darkness thrust,
I'll own the punishment is just,
And clear my God in hell!
Cast in the mould of sin I am,
Corrupt throughout my ruin'd frame,
My essence all unclean;
My total fall from God I mourn;
In sin I was conceived and born,
Whate'er I am is sin!
Corrupt throughout my ruin'd frame,
My essence all unclean;
My total fall from God I mourn;
In sin I was conceived and born,
Whate'er I am is sin!
But Thou requirest all our hearts,
Truth rooted in the inward parts,
Unspotted purity:
And, by Thy grace, I humbly trust
To learn the wisdom of the just,
In secret taught by Thee.
Truth rooted in the inward parts,
Unspotted purity:
And, by Thy grace, I humbly trust
To learn the wisdom of the just,
In secret taught by Thee.
PART II.
Surely Thou wilt Thy grace impart,
Sprinkle the blood upon my heart
Which did for sinners flow;
The blood that purges every sin,
The blood that soon shall wash me clean,
And make me white as snow!
Sprinkle the blood upon my heart
Which did for sinners flow;
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The blood that soon shall wash me clean,
And make me white as snow!
Thou wilt the mournful spirit cheer,
And grant me once again to hear
Thy sweet forgiving voice;
That all my bones and inmost soul,
Broken by Thee, by Thee made whole,
May in Thy strength rejoice.
And grant me once again to hear
Thy sweet forgiving voice;
That all my bones and inmost soul,
Broken by Thee, by Thee made whole,
May in Thy strength rejoice.
From my misdeeds avert Thy face,
The strength of sin,—by pardoning grace,—
Of all my sin, remove;
Forgive, O Lord! but change me too,
And perfectly my soul renew
By sanctifying love.
The strength of sin,—by pardoning grace,—
Of all my sin, remove;
Forgive, O Lord! but change me too,
And perfectly my soul renew
By sanctifying love.
My wretchedness to Thee convert;
Give me a humble, contrite heart,
My fallen soul restore:
Let me the life Divine attain,
The image of my God regain,
And never lose it more.
Give me a humble, contrite heart,
My fallen soul restore:
Let me the life Divine attain,
The image of my God regain,
And never lose it more.
Have patience till, by Thee renew'd,
I live the spotless life of God;
Here let Thy Spirit stay;
Though I have grieved the gentle Dove,
Ah! do not quite withdraw Thy love,
Or take Thy grace away!
I live the spotless life of God;
Here let Thy Spirit stay;
Though I have grieved the gentle Dove,
Ah! do not quite withdraw Thy love,
Or take Thy grace away!
The comfort of Thy help restore,
Assist me now as heretofore;
O lift Thou up my head!
The Spirit of Thy power impart,
'Stablish and keep my faithful heart,
And make me free indeed.
Assist me now as heretofore;
O lift Thou up my head!
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'Stablish and keep my faithful heart,
And make me free indeed.
Then shall I teach the world Thy ways,
Thy mercy mild, and pardoning grace,
For every sinner free;
Till sinners to Thy grace submit,
And fall at their Redeemer's feet,
And weep and love like me.
Thy mercy mild, and pardoning grace,
For every sinner free;
Till sinners to Thy grace submit,
And fall at their Redeemer's feet,
And weep and love like me.
PART III.
O might I weep, and love Thee now,
God of my health, my Saviour Thou!
Thou only canst release
My soul from all iniquity:
O speak the word, and set me free,
And bid me go in peace!
God of my health, my Saviour Thou!
Thou only canst release
My soul from all iniquity:
O speak the word, and set me free,
And bid me go in peace!
So shall I sing the Saviour's name,
Thy gift of righteousness proclaim,
Thine all-redeeming grace:
Open my lips, almighty Lord,
That I Thy mercy may record,
And glory in Thy praise!
Thy gift of righteousness proclaim,
Thine all-redeeming grace:
Open my lips, almighty Lord,
That I Thy mercy may record,
And glory in Thy praise!
No creature-good dost Thou desire,
No costly sacrifice require;
Thy pleasure is to give:
Thou only seekest me, not mine;
Thou wouldst that I should take of Thine,
Should all Thy grace receive.
No costly sacrifice require;
Thy pleasure is to give:
Thou only seekest me, not mine;
Thou wouldst that I should take of Thine,
Should all Thy grace receive.
A wounded spirit, by sin distress'd,
A broken heart that pants for rest,—
This is the sacrifice
Well pleasing in the sight of God;
A sinner crush'd beneath his load
Thou never wilt despise.
A broken heart that pants for rest,—
This is the sacrifice
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A sinner crush'd beneath his load
Thou never wilt despise.
Then hear the contrite sinner's prayer,
And every ruin'd soul repair;
Remember Sion's woe;
Show forth Thy justifying grace,
And for Thyself vouchsafe to raise
A glorious church below.
And every ruin'd soul repair;
Remember Sion's woe;
Show forth Thy justifying grace,
And for Thyself vouchsafe to raise
A glorious church below.
When Thou hast seal'd Thy people's peace,
Their sacrifice of righteousness,
Their gifts, Thou wilt approve;
Their every thought, and word, and deed,
That from a living faith proceed,
And all are wrought in love.
Their sacrifice of righteousness,
Their gifts, Thou wilt approve;
Their every thought, and word, and deed,
That from a living faith proceed,
And all are wrought in love.
Laid on the altar of Thy Son,
Pleasing to Thee through Christ alone,
The dear peculiar race
Their grateful sacrifice shall bring,
And hymn their Father and their King
In endless songs of praise.
Pleasing to Thee through Christ alone,
The dear peculiar race
Their grateful sacrifice shall bring,
And hymn their Father and their King
In endless songs of praise.
PSALM LII.
[Why, O thou man of lawless might]
Why, O thou man of lawless might,
Who darest against thy Maker fight,
Why dost thou boast thy hellish power,
Let loose for one oppressive hour?
Who darest against thy Maker fight,
Why dost thou boast thy hellish power,
Let loose for one oppressive hour?
The goodness of the Lord remains,
And still it holds thy rage in chains;
The goodness of the Lord shall last,
When thou and all thy vaunts are past.
And still it holds thy rage in chains;
The goodness of the Lord shall last,
When thou and all thy vaunts are past.
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Mischief thy heart doth now devise,
Thy tongue deals out the sharpest lies;
What innocence so firm to stand
That razor in the devil's hand?
Thy tongue deals out the sharpest lies;
What innocence so firm to stand
That razor in the devil's hand?
Thou lovest ill, and hatest good,
And lying is thy daily food;
With lies and perjuries to bite
Is all thy business and delight.
And lying is thy daily food;
With lies and perjuries to bite
Is all thy business and delight.
But God shall vindicate my wrong,
And silence thy blaspheming tongue,
Blast all thy dire malicious joy,
And thee eternally destroy.
And silence thy blaspheming tongue,
Blast all thy dire malicious joy,
And thee eternally destroy.
The Lord shall pluck thy soul away,
Nor suffer thee on earth to stay,
Send to the god thou servedst so well,
And drive thee to thy friends in hell!
Nor suffer thee on earth to stay,
Send to the god thou servedst so well,
And drive thee to thy friends in hell!
The righteous shall his ruin see,
And tremble at the just decree,
The liar's dreadful downfall mourn,
But laugh his vain designs to scorn.
And tremble at the just decree,
The liar's dreadful downfall mourn,
But laugh his vain designs to scorn.
Lo! this was he, the man (they cry)
Who would not on our God rely,
But trusted in his wealth and power,
And dared the innocent devour.
Who would not on our God rely,
But trusted in his wealth and power,
And dared the innocent devour.
Who would not here from slanders cease,
Self-harden'd in his wickedness;
His lies and perjuries are o'er,
He falls, alas—to rise no more.
Self-harden'd in his wickedness;
His lies and perjuries are o'er,
He falls, alas—to rise no more.
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But I (all love, and thanks, and praise,
And glory be to Jesu's grace,)
As a green olive-tree I grow,
And flourish in His church below.
And glory be to Jesu's grace,)
As a green olive-tree I grow,
And flourish in His church below.
I in the pardoning God confide,
The God that for His creatures died,
I on my dear Redeemer's breast
For ever and for ever rest.
The God that for His creatures died,
I on my dear Redeemer's breast
For ever and for ever rest.
Saviour, I thankfully adore
And bless and praise Thee evermore:
Thou only, Lord, the work hast done,
Hast ransom'd me by grace alone.
And bless and praise Thee evermore:
Thou only, Lord, the work hast done,
Hast ransom'd me by grace alone.
Thy mercy still will I proclaim,
And trust and triumph in Thy name;
For O! 'tis all the saints' delight,
Till perfect faith is lost in sight.
And trust and triumph in Thy name;
For O! 'tis all the saints' delight,
Till perfect faith is lost in sight.
PSALM LIV.
[Save me, Lord, by Thy great name]
Save me, Lord, by Thy great name,
Avenge me by Thy might;
Hated for Thy sake I am,
O vindicate my right!
Let my prayers Thy help engage,
Give ear to my continued cry;
Save me from the' oppressor's rage,
O save me, or I die!
Avenge me by Thy might;
Hated for Thy sake I am,
O vindicate my right!
Let my prayers Thy help engage,
Give ear to my continued cry;
Save me from the' oppressor's rage,
O save me, or I die!
Strangers to my God have rose,
And seek my soul to slay;
God Himself they dare oppose,
And cast His yoke away:
But with me my Helper stays,
The Lord doth still my soul defend;
He upholds me by His grace,
And loves me to the end.
And seek my soul to slay;
God Himself they dare oppose,
And cast His yoke away:
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The Lord doth still my soul defend;
He upholds me by His grace,
And loves me to the end.
Evil He shall soon reward
To all mine enemies:
Cut them off, O righteous Lord,
Let sin for ever cease:
Satan and his works destroy,
But O! his hapless servants spare,
That I may with thankful joy
Thy faithful love declare!
To all mine enemies:
Cut them off, O righteous Lord,
Let sin for ever cease:
Satan and his works destroy,
But O! his hapless servants spare,
That I may with thankful joy
Thy faithful love declare!
I shall then mine all to Thee
A free-will offering give;
Praise the Lord, so good to me
Who in His name believe;
He hath from all trouble freed,
Mine eyes have seen His perfect power;
All my inbred foes are dead,
And sin subsists no more.
A free-will offering give;
Praise the Lord, so good to me
Who in His name believe;
He hath from all trouble freed,
Mine eyes have seen His perfect power;
All my inbred foes are dead,
And sin subsists no more.
PSALM LV.
[Ah! Lord, regard the pains I feel]
Ah! Lord, regard the pains I feel,
No more from me Thyself conceal,
No more Thy help defer,
Regard (or utterly I faint)
My bitter cry, my sad complaint,
My agonizing prayer.
No more from me Thyself conceal,
No more Thy help defer,
Regard (or utterly I faint)
My bitter cry, my sad complaint,
My agonizing prayer.
The foe comes on insulting loud,
Strengthen'd by all the' ungodly crowd,
Meek innocence to slay;
They come with full malicious power,
And wrathful hatred, to devour
Their unresisting prey.
Strengthen'd by all the' ungodly crowd,
Meek innocence to slay;
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And wrathful hatred, to devour
Their unresisting prey.
My heart is pain'd within my breast,
I sink by fear of death oppress'd,
And tremble at my doom,
O'erwhelm'd with dread and sore affright,
And horror deep as Egypt's night,
Or hell's tremendous gloom.
I sink by fear of death oppress'd,
And tremble at my doom,
O'erwhelm'd with dread and sore affright,
And horror deep as Egypt's night,
Or hell's tremendous gloom.
O that I from the world could fly,
And 'scape the lowering tempest nigh!
O that the heavenly Dove
Would lend His wings my flight to aid,
And to some unfrequented shade
My fluttering soul remove!
And 'scape the lowering tempest nigh!
O that the heavenly Dove
Would lend His wings my flight to aid,
And to some unfrequented shade
My fluttering soul remove!
How gladly would I haste away,
And in some distant desert stay,
Enjoy my long-sought rest,
Indulge my calmly pensive grief,
And find at last my full relief
In Jesu's loving breast.
And in some distant desert stay,
Enjoy my long-sought rest,
Indulge my calmly pensive grief,
And find at last my full relief
In Jesu's loving breast.
But O! I still with sinners dwell,
Whose tongues are set on fire of hell;
Thou, Lord, their tongues divide,
Their malice blast, their fury tame,
Destroy their hopes, and put to shame
The sons of strife and pride.
Whose tongues are set on fire of hell;
Thou, Lord, their tongues divide,
Their malice blast, their fury tame,
Destroy their hopes, and put to shame
The sons of strife and pride.
Their violence I have felt and seen:
A city of oppressive men,
The world in Satan lies;
Restless they walk their sinful round,
Mischief in all their streets is found,
And miserable vice.
A city of oppressive men,
The world in Satan lies;
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Mischief in all their streets is found,
And miserable vice.
Their cruel guile, and cursed art,
And slanders foul have broke my heart,
And still my bosom tear;
Forced to survive my murder'd fame,
The' intolerable load of shame
My nature groans to bear.
And slanders foul have broke my heart,
And still my bosom tear;
Forced to survive my murder'd fame,
The' intolerable load of shame
My nature groans to bear.
Less had I felt the deadly blow,
Inflicted by an open foe,
Who first avow'd his hate;
I might have hoped his rage to shun,
Or sunk, without a murmuring groan,
Beneath my milder fate.
Inflicted by an open foe,
Who first avow'd his hate;
I might have hoped his rage to shun,
Or sunk, without a murmuring groan,
Beneath my milder fate.
But he that dealt the treacherous wound,
And smote mine honour to the ground,
And triumph'd in my smart,
Was once my bosom-friend and guide:
And thou hast gored thy partner's side,
And stabb'd me to the heart.
And smote mine honour to the ground,
And triumph'd in my smart,
Was once my bosom-friend and guide:
And thou hast gored thy partner's side,
And stabb'd me to the heart.
But oh! what penal woes shall seize
The desperate slaves of wickedness!
Who here with Satan dwell,
They shall with Satan dwell beneath,
Arrested by the pains of death,
And tumbled into hell.
The desperate slaves of wickedness!
Who here with Satan dwell,
They shall with Satan dwell beneath,
Arrested by the pains of death,
And tumbled into hell.
Till then I to the Lord will pray,
The Lord shall soon His arm display,
And save me from my fear,
At morn, and eve, and noon, my cry
And instant prayer shall pierce the sky,
And force my God to hear.
The Lord shall soon His arm display,
And save me from my fear,
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And instant prayer shall pierce the sky,
And force my God to hear.
He hath preserved me by His might,
And rescued in the' unequal fight,
And made my conflicts cease;
God and His saints were on my side,
And still the blood of sprinkling cried,
Restore that sinner's peace!
And rescued in the' unequal fight,
And made my conflicts cease;
God and His saints were on my side,
And still the blood of sprinkling cried,
Restore that sinner's peace!
He still the' united prayer shall hear,
Again in my behalf appear,
For God is still the same;
My foes He shall in wrath cast down,
Who will not turn, or fear His frown,
Or tremble at His name.
Again in my behalf appear,
For God is still the same;
My foes He shall in wrath cast down,
Who will not turn, or fear His frown,
Or tremble at His name.
Against his peaceable ally
He rose, and broke the covenant-tie,
And show'd his treacherous art;
Smoother than oil I found his words,
Yet sharper far than naked swords,
For war was in his heart.
He rose, and broke the covenant-tie,
And show'd his treacherous art;
Smoother than oil I found his words,
Yet sharper far than naked swords,
For war was in his heart.
O thou who like reproach dost bear,
Cast on the Lord, with me, thy care,
And He shall still sustain:
He never will forsake the just,
Or let them fall, by Him who trust
To be brought up again.
Cast on the Lord, with me, thy care,
And He shall still sustain:
He never will forsake the just,
Or let them fall, by Him who trust
To be brought up again.
But God shall cast into the pit
The men of violence and deceit,
And end their shorten'd days;
Whilst still to Thee by faith I live,
To Thee, O God, the glory give,
And ever sing Thy praise.
The men of violence and deceit,
And end their shorten'd days;
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To Thee, O God, the glory give,
And ever sing Thy praise.
PSALM LVI.
[Have mercy, Lord, for man hath none!]
Have mercy, Lord, for man hath none!
From day to day he still goes on
To swallow up his prey:
My foes continual battles wage,
And strive, with unrelenting rage,
My helpless soul to slay.
From day to day he still goes on
To swallow up his prey:
My foes continual battles wage,
And strive, with unrelenting rage,
My helpless soul to slay.
Dreadful in number and in power,
I see them ready to devour;
But when to Thee I cry,
Returns my faith, retires my fear,
I feel, I feel the Saviour near,
The Lord, the Lord most high!
I see them ready to devour;
But when to Thee I cry,
Returns my faith, retires my fear,
I feel, I feel the Saviour near,
The Lord, the Lord most high!
Through Thee I will Thy word proclaim,
And bless the mighty Jesu's name,
In whom I still confide:
Jesus is good, and strong, and true;
I will not fear what man can do,
When God is on my side.
And bless the mighty Jesu's name,
In whom I still confide:
Jesus is good, and strong, and true;
I will not fear what man can do,
When God is on my side.
They daily wrest the words I speak,
In all their thoughts my ruin seek,
And close in ambush lie;
They mark my steps, where'er I turn;
As not to rest their rage had sworn
Till by their hands I die.
In all their thoughts my ruin seek,
And close in ambush lie;
They mark my steps, where'er I turn;
As not to rest their rage had sworn
Till by their hands I die.
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But Thou, O Lord, shalt vengeance take,
And cast into the burning lake
The vessels of Thine ire;
Who Thee and all Thy people hate,
Shall feel Thy righteous anger's weight
In everlasting fire.
And cast into the burning lake
The vessels of Thine ire;
Who Thee and all Thy people hate,
Shall feel Thy righteous anger's weight
In everlasting fire.
I now beneath their fury groan,
But Thou hast all my sufferings known,
The hasty flights I took;
Thou treasurest up my counted tears;
And all my sighs, and griefs, and fears
Are noted in Thy book.
But Thou hast all my sufferings known,
The hasty flights I took;
Thou treasurest up my counted tears;
And all my sighs, and griefs, and fears
Are noted in Thy book.
Whenever on the Lord I cry,
My foes, I know, shall fear and fly,
For God is on my side;
Through Thee I will Thy word proclaim,
And bless the mighty Jesu's name,
And still in Him confide.
My foes, I know, shall fear and fly,
For God is on my side;
Through Thee I will Thy word proclaim,
And bless the mighty Jesu's name,
And still in Him confide.
In God I trust, the good, the true;
I will not fear what flesh can do,
For Jesus takes my part:
I bless Thee, Saviour, for Thy grace,
Offer my sacrifice of praise,
And pay Thee all my heart:
I will not fear what flesh can do,
For Jesus takes my part:
I bless Thee, Saviour, for Thy grace,
Offer my sacrifice of praise,
And pay Thee all my heart:
For Thou hast saved my soul from death,
From sin, the world, and hell beneath;
Thou hast my sins forgiven;
That I the glorious light may see,
Walk before God, and perfect be,
And live the life of heaven.
From sin, the world, and hell beneath;
Thou hast my sins forgiven;
That I the glorious light may see,
Walk before God, and perfect be,
And live the life of heaven.
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PSALM LVII.
[Be merciful, O God, to me!]
Be merciful, O God, to me!
To me who in Thy love confide;
To Thy protecting love I flee,
Beneath Thy wings my soul I hide,
Till Satan's tyranny is o'er,
And cruel sin subsists no more.
To me who in Thy love confide;
To Thy protecting love I flee,
Beneath Thy wings my soul I hide,
Till Satan's tyranny is o'er,
And cruel sin subsists no more.
To God will I in trouble cry,
Who freely undertakes my cause,
My God most merciful, most high,
Shall save me from the lion's jaws;
Destroy him, ready to devour,
With all his works and all his power.
Who freely undertakes my cause,
My God most merciful, most high,
Shall save me from the lion's jaws;
Destroy him, ready to devour,
With all his works and all his power.
The Lord out of His holy place
His mercy and His truth shall send:
Jesus is full of truth and grace,
Jesus shall still my soul defend;
While in the toils of hell I lie,
And from the den of lions cry.
His mercy and His truth shall send:
Jesus is full of truth and grace,
Jesus shall still my soul defend;
While in the toils of hell I lie,
And from the den of lions cry.
Among the sons of men I dwell,
Fierce as the wildest beasts of prey;
Inflamed with rage, like fiends in hell,
My soul they seek to tear and slay:
As spears their teeth, as darts their words,
Their double tongues are two-edged swords.
Fierce as the wildest beasts of prey;
Inflamed with rage, like fiends in hell,
My soul they seek to tear and slay:
As spears their teeth, as darts their words,
Their double tongues are two-edged swords.
Be Thou exalted, Lord, above
The highest names in earth and heaven;
Let angels sing Thy glorious love,
And bless the Name to sinners given;
All earth and heaven their King proclaim;
Bow every knee to Jesu's name!
The highest names in earth and heaven;
Let angels sing Thy glorious love,
And bless the Name to sinners given;
All earth and heaven their King proclaim;
Bow every knee to Jesu's name!
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To Thee let all my foes submit,
Who hunt and bow my spirit down;
Themselves shall fall into their pit;
Who seek my death ensure their own;
Satan and sin their doom shall have,
And sink into the' infernal grave.
Who hunt and bow my spirit down;
Themselves shall fall into their pit;
Who seek my death ensure their own;
Satan and sin their doom shall have,
And sink into the' infernal grave.
My heart is fix'd, O God, my heart
Is fix'd, to triumph in Thy grace:
(Awake my lute, and bear thy part,)
My glory is to sing Thy praise,
Till of Thy nature I partake,
And bright in all Thine image wake.
Is fix'd, to triumph in Thy grace:
(Awake my lute, and bear thy part,)
My glory is to sing Thy praise,
Till of Thy nature I partake,
And bright in all Thine image wake.
Thee will I praise among Thine own;
Thee will I to the world extol,
And make Thy truth and goodness known;
Thy goodness, Lord, is over all;
Thy truth and grace the heavens transcend,
Thy faithful mercies never end.
Thee will I to the world extol,
And make Thy truth and goodness known;
Thy goodness, Lord, is over all;
Thy truth and grace the heavens transcend,
Thy faithful mercies never end.
Be Thou exalted, Lord, above
The highest names in earth or heaven;
Let angels sing Thy glorious love,
And bless the Name to sinners given:
All earth and heaven their King proclaim;
Bow every knee to Jesu's name!
The highest names in earth or heaven;
Let angels sing Thy glorious love,
And bless the Name to sinners given:
All earth and heaven their King proclaim;
Bow every knee to Jesu's name!
PSALM LVIII.
[Say, ye assembled sons of men]
Say, ye assembled sons of men,
Is it your labour and delight
Virtue and justice to maintain,
And vindicate the injured right?
Or love your cruel hearts to' oppress,
Your hands to work unrighteousness?
Is it your labour and delight
Virtue and justice to maintain,
And vindicate the injured right?
Or love your cruel hearts to' oppress,
Your hands to work unrighteousness?
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Far from the true and living Way,
Conceived in sin, nursed up in lies,
The wicked haste to go astray,
And still to bolder mischiefs rise;
Their tongues like serpents' stings they dart,
And vent the poison of their heart.
Conceived in sin, nursed up in lies,
The wicked haste to go astray,
And still to bolder mischiefs rise;
Their tongues like serpents' stings they dart,
And vent the poison of their heart.
No mercies can their rage disarm,
Deaf adders to the Charmer's cry,
Not all His gracious words can charm,
His softest calls “Why will ye die?”
They stop their ears, and haste away—
The slander'd innocent to slay.
Deaf adders to the Charmer's cry,
Not all His gracious words can charm,
His softest calls “Why will ye die?”
They stop their ears, and haste away—
The slander'd innocent to slay.
But Thou, O God, confound their power;
And save the humbled soul from death,
Baffle when ready to devour,
And break the ramping lions' teeth,
And just when they their arrows shoot,
Do Thou destroy them branch and root.
And save the humbled soul from death,
Baffle when ready to devour,
And break the ramping lions' teeth,
And just when they their arrows shoot,
Do Thou destroy them branch and root.
As waters let them pass away,
And never, never more return,
Waste as the snail with swift decay,
As embryos out of season born;
O'erwhelm, before they see the light,
Their counsels in eternal night.
And never, never more return,
Waste as the snail with swift decay,
As embryos out of season born;
O'erwhelm, before they see the light,
Their counsels in eternal night.
The Lord shall suddenly reveal
His fierce vindictive wrath from heaven,
Sweep all their guilty souls to hell
As chaff before the whirlwind driven,
His wrath the wicked shall destroy,
His mercy fill the saints with joy.
His fierce vindictive wrath from heaven,
Sweep all their guilty souls to hell
As chaff before the whirlwind driven,
His wrath the wicked shall destroy,
His mercy fill the saints with joy.
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Whoe'er beholds the' event shall say
Holy and righteous is the Lord,
Who oft forestalls the judgment-day,
And doth even here His saints reward,
And casts the proud oppressors down,
And reigns o'er all the earth alone.
Holy and righteous is the Lord,
Who oft forestalls the judgment-day,
And doth even here His saints reward,
And casts the proud oppressors down,
And reigns o'er all the earth alone.
PSALM LIX.
[Lord, I on Thy help depend]
Lord, I on Thy help depend:
Save me from my cruel foes,
Thou mine innocence defend,
Thou the rage of men oppose,
Men who hate both me and God,
Men who thirst for guiltless blood.
Save me from my cruel foes,
Thou mine innocence defend,
Thou the rage of men oppose,
Men who hate both me and God,
Men who thirst for guiltless blood.
Sworn on me to wreak their hate,
Me to ruin and devour,
For my soul they lie in wait,
Men of dignity and power:
Earth and hell Thou seest combine
Thee to persecute in Thine.
Me to ruin and devour,
For my soul they lie in wait,
Men of dignity and power:
Earth and hell Thou seest combine
Thee to persecute in Thine.
Not for crimes which I have done
Do they now themselves prepare,
To and fro with Satan run,
Vex me with infernal war:
O my God, their fury see,
Now awake, appear for me.
Do they now themselves prepare,
To and fro with Satan run,
Vex me with infernal war:
O my God, their fury see,
Now awake, appear for me.
Lord of Hosts, Thine arm reveal,
God of Israel, show Thy might,
Make the harden'd rebels feel,
Come and with Thy haters fight
Blindly who Thy love despise
Open by Thy plagues their eyes.
God of Israel, show Thy might,
Make the harden'd rebels feel,
Come and with Thy haters fight
Blindly who Thy love despise
Open by Thy plagues their eyes.
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Lurking in their dens all day,
Summon'd by the evening hour,
See them ranging for their prey,
Seeking whom they may devour,
Yelling with infernal yell,
Howling like the dogs of hell.
Summon'd by the evening hour,
See them ranging for their prey,
Seeking whom they may devour,
Yelling with infernal yell,
Howling like the dogs of hell.
Foul their mouth, and fill'd with lies,
Swords are in their lips unclean;
Who regards their perjuries?
Surely Thou, O Lord, hast seen,
Thou on them Thy hand shalt turn,
Laugh their idle rage to scorn.
Swords are in their lips unclean;
Who regards their perjuries?
Surely Thou, O Lord, hast seen,
Thou on them Thy hand shalt turn,
Laugh their idle rage to scorn.
Lord, for this I wait on Thee,
Thou my strong Defence, and Shield,
Thou shalt give mine eyes to see
All my heart's desire fulfill'd,
Thou to me Thy grace shalt show,
Thou shalt all my foes o'erthrow.
Thou my strong Defence, and Shield,
Thou shalt give mine eyes to see
All my heart's desire fulfill'd,
Thou to me Thy grace shalt show,
Thou shalt all my foes o'erthrow.
Slay them not, O God of grace,
Gracious Thou when most severe;
Only make the faithless race
Monuments of Thy judgments here,
Scatter by Thy vengeful power,
Bring them down to rise no more.
Gracious Thou when most severe;
Only make the faithless race
Monuments of Thy judgments here,
Scatter by Thy vengeful power,
Bring them down to rise no more.
Stop their lying mouths, and turn
On themselves the guilty shame,
Let them own themselves forsworn,
Baffled in their hellish aim,
Taken in their pride, and bow'd
Down beneath the wrath of God.
On themselves the guilty shame,
Let them own themselves forsworn,
Baffled in their hellish aim,
Taken in their pride, and bow'd
Down beneath the wrath of God.
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All their wickedness consume,
Humbled by Thine anger's blow,
Let them 'scape the wrath to come,
Jacob's God with horror know,
God who there His throne maintains,
God who o'er the heathen reigns.
Humbled by Thine anger's blow,
Let them 'scape the wrath to come,
Jacob's God with horror know,
God who there His throne maintains,
God who o'er the heathen reigns.
Or if still they will not yield,
Let the wretches wander on,
Seeking meat, but never fill'd,
Murmuring that their prey is gone,
Howling till their want of food
Drives the prodigals to God.
Let the wretches wander on,
Seeking meat, but never fill'd,
Murmuring that their prey is gone,
Howling till their want of food
Drives the prodigals to God.
But I will Thy power confess,
Early I Thy love will sing;
Thou, my refuge in distress,
Didst to me deliverance bring,
Thee I praise with those above,
God of power, and God of love.
Early I Thy love will sing;
Thou, my refuge in distress,
Didst to me deliverance bring,
Thee I praise with those above,
God of power, and God of love.
Still in grateful songs of praise
Will I my whole life employ,
Tell the wonders of Thy grace,
Cry aloud and shout for joy,
Still to all mankind proclaim
Jesus is my Saviour's name.
Will I my whole life employ,
Tell the wonders of Thy grace,
Cry aloud and shout for joy,
Still to all mankind proclaim
Jesus is my Saviour's name.
PSALM LX.
[Thou hast chastised Thine own, O God!]
Thou hast chastised Thine own, O God!
Cast off and scatter'd us abroad:
O turn Thee to Thy church again,
Nor let us seek Thy face in vain!
Cast off and scatter'd us abroad:
O turn Thee to Thy church again,
Nor let us seek Thy face in vain!
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Thou hast our guilty nation shook
In wrath; its strongest pillars broke;
Our land doth by Thy judgments reel:
Return, and all our breaches heal.
In wrath; its strongest pillars broke;
Our land doth by Thy judgments reel:
Return, and all our breaches heal.
To us Thou grievous things hast shown,
And made us drink the potion down,
The bitter draught of deadly wine,
The dreadful cup of wrath Divine!
And made us drink the potion down,
The bitter draught of deadly wine,
The dreadful cup of wrath Divine!
Yet hath Thy tender mercy spread
A banner o'er Thy people's head,
That all who humbly Thee revere
May triumph in redemption near;
A banner o'er Thy people's head,
That all who humbly Thee revere
May triumph in redemption near;
The glorious gospel-truth receive,
And, ransom'd by Thy mercy, live.
Lord, to Thy standard-cross I flee;
Stretch out Thine arm, and ransom me.
And, ransom'd by Thy mercy, live.
Lord, to Thy standard-cross I flee;
Stretch out Thine arm, and ransom me.
God in His holiness hath sworn,
That all who to their Saviour turn
His all-victorious grace shall prove,
And more than conquer in His love.
That all who to their Saviour turn
His all-victorious grace shall prove,
And more than conquer in His love.
Wherefore, I will with joy obey
His call, and fly upon the prey;
The pardon take, the spoil divide,
And trample down all self and pride.
His call, and fly upon the prey;
The pardon take, the spoil divide,
And trample down all self and pride.
In praises with His people join,
For all His chosen tribes are mine:
The world shall to my faith submit,
And Satan fall beneath my feet.
For all His chosen tribes are mine:
The world shall to my faith submit,
And Satan fall beneath my feet.
But who shall his strongholds o'erthrow,
And lay the lofty fortress low?
Will not our God again assert
Our cause, and take His people's part?
And lay the lofty fortress low?
Will not our God again assert
Our cause, and take His people's part?
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With pity, Lord, Thine outcasts see,
And lead us forth to victory.
Help us in our distress; for vain
Is all the help of feeble man.
And lead us forth to victory.
Help us in our distress; for vain
Is all the help of feeble man.
Surely, our God His arm shall show,
And we, through Him, shall all things do:
In Jesu's strength our foes tread down,
And win the fight, and wear the crown.
And we, through Him, shall all things do:
In Jesu's strength our foes tread down,
And win the fight, and wear the crown.
PSALM LXI.
[Lord, attend my earnest prayer]
Lord, attend my earnest prayer
While in the vale below;
Hear me crying from afar,
O'erwhelm'd with grief and woe:
Let my heart no longer droop
Beneath this weight of misery;
Rock of Israel, take me up,
And set my soul on Thee.
While in the vale below;
Hear me crying from afar,
O'erwhelm'd with grief and woe:
Let my heart no longer droop
Beneath this weight of misery;
Rock of Israel, take me up,
And set my soul on Thee.
Thou hast oft my shelter been,
My strong defensive tower;
Saved me from the world and sin,
And all the' Accuser's power.
Still I in Thy house abide,
And never, never hence remove;
Still determined to confide
In Thy redeeming love.
My strong defensive tower;
Saved me from the world and sin,
And all the' Accuser's power.
Still I in Thy house abide,
And never, never hence remove;
Still determined to confide
In Thy redeeming love.
Thou, O God, my vows hast heard,
And given me my request,
Earnest of the joys prepared
For all that know Thy rest:
Thou, O Lord, the portion art
Of those that humbly fear Thy name;
Thou hast visited my heart,
And Thine, in Christ, I am.
And given me my request,
Earnest of the joys prepared
For all that know Thy rest:
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Of those that humbly fear Thy name;
Thou hast visited my heart,
And Thine, in Christ, I am.
One of Jesu's kings I reign,
Wash'd in His cleansing blood;
Righteous before God remain,
And live the life of God:
Ready is Thy truth and grace
Still to preserve and perfect me;
Thou wilt lengthen out my days
To all eternity.
Wash'd in His cleansing blood;
Righteous before God remain,
And live the life of God:
Ready is Thy truth and grace
Still to preserve and perfect me;
Thou wilt lengthen out my days
To all eternity.
Joyful in this blessed hope,
O glorify Thy name!
Till Thy mercy take me up,
Till Thy mercy I proclaim;
Throughout every happy day
On this delightful task attend;
All I owe in love repay,
And love Thee to the end.
O glorify Thy name!
Till Thy mercy take me up,
Till Thy mercy I proclaim;
Throughout every happy day
On this delightful task attend;
All I owe in love repay,
And love Thee to the end.
PSALM LXII.
[In true and patient hope]
In true and patient hope
My soul on God attends,
And calmly confident looks up
Till He salvation sends:
My Rock and Saviour, He
Shall answer to my call;
And while to Him for help I flee,
I shall not greatly fall.
My soul on God attends,
And calmly confident looks up
Till He salvation sends:
My Rock and Saviour, He
Shall answer to my call;
And while to Him for help I flee,
I shall not greatly fall.
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How long, ye violent men,
Mischief will ye devise?
Ye all shall suddenly be slain,
And perish with your lies:
Who shake your bloody hand
'Gainst injured innocence,
Lo! as a bowing wall ye stand,
And as a tottering fence.
Mischief will ye devise?
Ye all shall suddenly be slain,
And perish with your lies:
Who shake your bloody hand
'Gainst injured innocence,
Lo! as a bowing wall ye stand,
And as a tottering fence.
Wretches!—'tis all their joy
And study to disgrace,
With lies and slander to destroy,
Whom God delights to raise:
His ruin to ensure,
They practise all their art;
Blessings are in their mouth impure,
And curses in their heart!
And study to disgrace,
With lies and slander to destroy,
Whom God delights to raise:
His ruin to ensure,
They practise all their art;
Blessings are in their mouth impure,
And curses in their heart!
But still, in patient hope,
My soul, on God attend,
And calmly confident look up,
Till He salvation send:
I shall His goodness see,
While on His name I call;
He now defends and strengthens me,
And I shall never fall.
My soul, on God attend,
And calmly confident look up,
Till He salvation send:
I shall His goodness see,
While on His name I call;
He now defends and strengthens me,
And I shall never fall.
Jesus is my defence,
Almighty to redeem;
My rock is His omnipotence,
My glory is in Him:
Into His name I fly,
My refuge and my tower,
And on His faithful love rely,
And find His saving power.
Almighty to redeem;
My rock is His omnipotence,
My glory is in Him:
Into His name I fly,
My refuge and my tower,
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And find His saving power.
Trust in the Lord alone,
Who helps us from above;
Ye people all, surround His throne,
And hang upon His love.
Pour out your hearts in prayer,
And still on Him depend;
And He that doth your burden bear,
Shall keep you to the end.
Who helps us from above;
Ye people all, surround His throne,
And hang upon His love.
Pour out your hearts in prayer,
And still on Him depend;
And He that doth your burden bear,
Shall keep you to the end.
But never can ye place
Your confidence in men,—
A faithless and delusive race,
And altogether vain!
Deceitful are they all
Of high and low degree;
Both the great vulgar and the small
Are lies and vanity.
Your confidence in men,—
A faithless and delusive race,
And altogether vain!
Deceitful are they all
Of high and low degree;
Both the great vulgar and the small
Are lies and vanity.
Ye powerful to oppress,
Boast not your lawless might,
Your wanton violence, to disseize
The needy of his right.
If God increase your store,
Do not in riches trust;
Nor let your grovelling souls adore
Or lick the golden dust.
Boast not your lawless might,
Your wanton violence, to disseize
The needy of his right.
If God increase your store,
Do not in riches trust;
Nor let your grovelling souls adore
Or lick the golden dust.
The Lord hath oft declared,
And I His voice have known,
'Tis His to punish or reward,
All power is His alone:
In perfect righteousness
Thou dost condemn, approve;
Thou art the God of boundless grace,
And everlasting love.
And I His voice have known,
'Tis His to punish or reward,
All power is His alone:
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Thou dost condemn, approve;
Thou art the God of boundless grace,
And everlasting love.
PSALM LXIII.
[O God, Thou art in Jesus mine!]
O God, Thou art in Jesus mine!
For Thee I sigh, for Thee I pine,
And pant Thy power to prove;
My longing soul implores Thy grace,
In a dry, barren wilderness,
Unwater'd by Thy love.
For Thee I sigh, for Thee I pine,
And pant Thy power to prove;
My longing soul implores Thy grace,
In a dry, barren wilderness,
Unwater'd by Thy love.
Thee, Thee my restless heart requires,
And all I am, with strong desires
Thy glorious power to see:
To see Thee, as I once beheld,
My pardoning God in Christ reveal'd,
My Lord, who died for me!
And all I am, with strong desires
Thy glorious power to see:
To see Thee, as I once beheld,
My pardoning God in Christ reveal'd,
My Lord, who died for me!
Thy love doth all delights exceed!
Thy precious love is life indeed;
My lips shall sing Thy praise;
My hands I lift in Jesu's name;
My life and strength, and all I am,
Shall glorify Thy grace.
Thy precious love is life indeed;
My lips shall sing Thy praise;
My hands I lift in Jesu's name;
My life and strength, and all I am,
Shall glorify Thy grace.
Thee, Lord, my latest breath shall bless;
My joyful lips shall never cease
To glory in Thy love:
My soul shall feast on heavenly meat,
With sacred joy Thy praise repeat,
Nor envy those above.
My joyful lips shall never cease
To glory in Thy love:
My soul shall feast on heavenly meat,
With sacred joy Thy praise repeat,
Nor envy those above.
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On Thee I muse with pure delight;
Through all the happy hours of night
I lean as on Thy breast:
Beneath the shadow of Thy wing,
Jesus, my Peace, my Joy, I sing,
My everlasting Rest!
Through all the happy hours of night
I lean as on Thy breast:
Beneath the shadow of Thy wing,
Jesus, my Peace, my Joy, I sing,
My everlasting Rest!
My soul pursues and hangs on Thee;
Thy hand upholds and strengthens me;
And me Thou still wilt save
From all who seek my soul to slay:
My foes shall fall by beasts of prey,
Or sink into the grave.
Thy hand upholds and strengthens me;
And me Thou still wilt save
From all who seek my soul to slay:
My foes shall fall by beasts of prey,
Or sink into the grave.
Who deal in lies and perjury,
For ever stopp'd their mouth shall be:
But who their God revere,
With Jesu's kings shall lift their voice,
With Jesu's confessors rejoice,
And reign triumphant there.
For ever stopp'd their mouth shall be:
But who their God revere,
With Jesu's kings shall lift their voice,
With Jesu's confessors rejoice,
And reign triumphant there.
PSALM LXIV.
[Lord, Thy humble suppliant hear]
Lord, Thy humble suppliant hear,
Save me, save me from my fear,
From the malice of my foe
Keep me all my days below.
Save me, save me from my fear,
From the malice of my foe
Keep me all my days below.
O preserve my life above,
Far beyond their reach remove,
From their force and treachery,
Jesu, hide my life in Thee.
Far beyond their reach remove,
From their force and treachery,
Jesu, hide my life in Thee.
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Wicked men who Thee oppose
They declare themselves my foes;
All the sons of Belial rage,
War against Thy servant wage.
They declare themselves my foes;
All the sons of Belial rage,
War against Thy servant wage.
Lo, they whet their tongues like swords,
Shoot as darts their bitter words,
Secretly the just defame,
Stab with lies his honest fame.
Shoot as darts their bitter words,
Secretly the just defame,
Stab with lies his honest fame.
Still to bolder mischiefs rise,
Gall him with authentic lies,
Him with perjuries assail,
All the fiery darts of hell.
Gall him with authentic lies,
Him with perjuries assail,
All the fiery darts of hell.
Bent on evil, every one
Urges his associates on,
Commune how their snares to lay,
How devour the thoughtless prey.
Urges his associates on,
Commune how their snares to lay,
How devour the thoughtless prey.
They the innocent beset,
Catch the righteous in their net,
Harden'd by impunity,
Who (they say) the deed shall see?
Catch the righteous in their net,
Harden'd by impunity,
Who (they say) the deed shall see?
Evil eager they pursue,
Glad the purposed evil do,
Mischiefs in their hearts conceal,
Hearts as deep and black as hell.
Glad the purposed evil do,
Mischiefs in their hearts conceal,
Hearts as deep and black as hell.
But the righteous, Lord, at last,
Shall at them an arrow cast,
Wound them with a sudden wound,
All their craftiness confound:
Shall at them an arrow cast,
Wound them with a sudden wound,
All their craftiness confound:
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Make their tongues themselves bewray,
Force them their own lies to' unsay,
Their own vileness to declare,
Their own perjuries forswear.
Force them their own lies to' unsay,
Their own vileness to declare,
Their own perjuries forswear.
Who the convict liars see
Shall with just abhorrence flee,
Shudder at the touch unclean,
Start from the detested sin.
Shall with just abhorrence flee,
Shudder at the touch unclean,
Start from the detested sin.
All who of their downfall hear,
Struck with reverential fear,
Shall an awful lesson learn,
Shall the work of God discern;
Struck with reverential fear,
Shall an awful lesson learn,
Shall the work of God discern;
Still with lowly thanks declare
Righteous all His judgments are:
But the saints shall make their boast
Of His love, and praise Him most.
Righteous all His judgments are:
But the saints shall make their boast
Of His love, and praise Him most.
All the men whose hearts are right
Shall in Jesu's praise delight,
Glad in Him their faith confess,
Shout the Lord their Righteousness.
Shall in Jesu's praise delight,
Glad in Him their faith confess,
Shout the Lord their Righteousness.
PSALM LXV.
[Praise, O God, attends on Thee]
Praise, O God, attends on Thee
Which tongue cannot express,
Sion's sons Thy majesty
Extol, and never cease:
They to Thee their vows shall pay,
Render what Thou dost impart,
Humbly on Thine altar lay
A thankful, loving heart.
Which tongue cannot express,
Sion's sons Thy majesty
Extol, and never cease:
They to Thee their vows shall pay,
Render what Thou dost impart,
Humbly on Thine altar lay
A thankful, loving heart.
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All Thy church of creatures new
Thy glory shall declare,
O Thou faithful God and true,
Thou God that hearest prayer:
Thee the nations yet unborn
True and faithful shall proclaim,
Every soul to Thee shall turn
And bless the Saviour's name.
Thy glory shall declare,
O Thou faithful God and true,
Thou God that hearest prayer:
Thee the nations yet unborn
True and faithful shall proclaim,
Every soul to Thee shall turn
And bless the Saviour's name.
O how great my trespasses!
I faint beneath their power;
But where sin doth most increase,
Thy grace increases more:
But we may acceptance find
Who the gospel-call obey,
All the sins of all mankind,
Thy blood shall purge away.
I faint beneath their power;
But where sin doth most increase,
Thy grace increases more:
But we may acceptance find
Who the gospel-call obey,
All the sins of all mankind,
Thy blood shall purge away.
Bless'd, supremely bless'd is he,
The vessel of Thy grace,
Drawn, and call'd, and chose by Thee
To see Thy lovely face,
Ever in Thy courts to dwell:
Who that happy portion prove
Heaven begun on earth we feel,
The heaven of Jesu's love.
The vessel of Thy grace,
Drawn, and call'd, and chose by Thee
To see Thy lovely face,
Ever in Thy courts to dwell:
Who that happy portion prove
Heaven begun on earth we feel,
The heaven of Jesu's love.
Thou in truth and righteousness
Shalt make Thy Godhead known,
Vindicate the ransom'd race,
And send Thy Spirit down;
Thou Thy dreadful power shalt show,
Seal the inbred-tyrant's doom,
Root and branch destroy Thy foe,
And all our sins consume.
Shalt make Thy Godhead known,
Vindicate the ransom'd race,
And send Thy Spirit down;
Thou Thy dreadful power shalt show,
Seal the inbred-tyrant's doom,
Root and branch destroy Thy foe,
And all our sins consume.
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God of our salvation, Thee
Our hearts shall then proclaim,
All who plough the wide-spread sea
Shall love the slaughter'd Lamb,
Trust in Thine atoning blood;
All the ends of earth shall call
Thee their Saviour and their God,
Their God that died for all.
Our hearts shall then proclaim,
All who plough the wide-spread sea
Shall love the slaughter'd Lamb,
Trust in Thine atoning blood;
All the ends of earth shall call
Thee their Saviour and their God,
Their God that died for all.
Girded with almighty power
He sets the mountains fast,
Chides the billows when they roar,
And calms the furious blast;
He the lawless crowd controls,
Tames their wild tumultuous will,
Quells the rage of stormy souls,
And bids the sea “Be still.”
He sets the mountains fast,
Chides the billows when they roar,
And calms the furious blast;
He the lawless crowd controls,
Tames their wild tumultuous will,
Quells the rage of stormy souls,
And bids the sea “Be still.”
Mortals shall revere Thy voice
In earth's remotest bounds,
Trembling while Thy thunder's noise
From pole to pole resounds;
Mortals shall Thy tokens see,
Thou who bidd'st the planets shine,
Morn and eve proceed from Thee,
And praise their Source Divine.
In earth's remotest bounds,
Trembling while Thy thunder's noise
From pole to pole resounds;
Mortals shall Thy tokens see,
Thou who bidd'st the planets shine,
Morn and eve proceed from Thee,
And praise their Source Divine.
Full of providential love,
Thou dost Thy sons sustain,
Send Thy blessings from above
In earth-enriching rain,
From Thy river in the skies
Streams through airy channels flow,
Bid the springing corn arise,
And cheer the world below.
Thou dost Thy sons sustain,
Send Thy blessings from above
In earth-enriching rain,
From Thy river in the skies
Streams through airy channels flow,
Bid the springing corn arise,
And cheer the world below.
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Kindly do the showers distil,
Taught by the art of God;
All the settled furrows fill,
And soften every clod;
Thou the acceptable year
Dost with smiling plenty crown,
Clouds the treasured fatness bear,
And drop in blessings down.
Taught by the art of God;
All the settled furrows fill,
And soften every clod;
Thou the acceptable year
Dost with smiling plenty crown,
Clouds the treasured fatness bear,
And drop in blessings down.
Springs the water'd wilderness
Into a fruitful field,
Earth her hundred-fold increase
Doth at Thy bidding yield;
Hills and vales with praises ring,
Joy ascends to heaven above,
Laugh the harvesters, and sing
The bounteous God of love.
Into a fruitful field,
Earth her hundred-fold increase
Doth at Thy bidding yield;
Hills and vales with praises ring,
Joy ascends to heaven above,
Laugh the harvesters, and sing
The bounteous God of love.
PSALM LXVI.
[O all ye saints, rejoice in God]
O all ye saints, rejoice in God,
The God of truth and grace,
Publish His glorious name abroad,
And magnify His praise.
Say unto God, How terrible
In all Thy works art Thou!
Thy foes through Thy great power shall fail,
And at Thy footstool bow.
The God of truth and grace,
Publish His glorious name abroad,
And magnify His praise.
Say unto God, How terrible
In all Thy works art Thou!
Thy foes through Thy great power shall fail,
And at Thy footstool bow.
Thee all the earth shall soon adore,
Thine attributes proclaim,
In hymns of praise extol Thy power,
And triumph in Thy name.
Come see with joy, ye favoured race,
What wonders He hath done,
His works of judgment and of grace
Throughout the world be known.
Thine attributes proclaim,
In hymns of praise extol Thy power,
And triumph in Thy name.
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What wonders He hath done,
His works of judgment and of grace
Throughout the world be known.
The parting sea at His command
An open way supplied,
The people walk'd as on dry land,
Exulting in their Guide.
For ever by His power He reigns,
His eyes the nations see,
In vain the rebels bite their chains,
And struggle to get free.
An open way supplied,
The people walk'd as on dry land,
Exulting in their Guide.
For ever by His power He reigns,
His eyes the nations see,
In vain the rebels bite their chains,
And struggle to get free.
Sing to the Lord, ye people sing,
With us our God proclaim,
Let all the wide creation ring
With praises to His name;
He keeps our souls, and from His ways
He will not let us move,
But feeds us with the life of grace,
And builds us up in love.
With us our God proclaim,
Let all the wide creation ring
With praises to His name;
He keeps our souls, and from His ways
He will not let us move,
But feeds us with the life of grace,
And builds us up in love.
Thou hast, O God, Thy servants tried,
To raise our graces higher,
As silver seven times purified
In the refiner's fire;
Thou didst into the wilderness
Our tempted spirits lead,
And suffer'dst tyrants to distress
And on Thy people tread.
To raise our graces higher,
As silver seven times purified
In the refiner's fire;
Thou didst into the wilderness
Our tempted spirits lead,
And suffer'dst tyrants to distress
And on Thy people tread.
We long entangled in their net
By Thy permission lay,
They trampled us beneath their feet,
And gloried o'er their prey:
Through water and through fire we pass'd,
Through sorrow and disgrace,
But Thou hast brought us out at last
Into a wealthy place.
By Thy permission lay,
They trampled us beneath their feet,
And gloried o'er their prey:
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Through sorrow and disgrace,
But Thou hast brought us out at last
Into a wealthy place.
Wherefore with lowly thanks I will
Repair unto Thy house,
And all my promises fulfil,
And pay Thee all my vows;
(The vows I made in my distress;)
Whate'er I have, or am,
I offer to advance Thy praise
And glorify Thy name.
Repair unto Thy house,
And all my promises fulfil,
And pay Thee all my vows;
(The vows I made in my distress;)
Whate'er I have, or am,
I offer to advance Thy praise
And glorify Thy name.
All ye that fear the Lord, draw near,
While joyfully I tell
The goodness He hath show'd me here,
The grace unspeakable.
Hear me declare the deed abroad
He for my soul hath done,
O that the mercies of my God
To all the world were known!
While joyfully I tell
The goodness He hath show'd me here,
The grace unspeakable.
Hear me declare the deed abroad
He for my soul hath done,
O that the mercies of my God
To all the world were known!
To Him I cried, mighty to save
In my distressing hour,
And to the name of Jesus gave
The glory of His power.
If evil in my heart I choose
And wilfully offend,
The Lord will then my suit refuse
And no deliverance send.
In my distressing hour,
And to the name of Jesus gave
The glory of His power.
If evil in my heart I choose
And wilfully offend,
The Lord will then my suit refuse
And no deliverance send.
But He indeed hath heard my prayer,
And answer'd to my cry,
And pluck'd my feet out of the snare,
And set me up on high.
The love that answer'd my request
For ever be adored,
For ever and for ever bless'd
My great redeeming Lord!
And answer'd to my cry,
And pluck'd my feet out of the snare,
And set me up on high.
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For ever be adored,
For ever and for ever bless'd
My great redeeming Lord!
PSALM LXVII.
[God on us His grace bestow]
God on us His grace bestow,
His freely-pardoning grace;
Bless us from our sins, and show
The brightness of His face!
Let Thy way on earth be shown;
Thee let every sinner find,
Make the great salvation known
To us, and all mankind.
His freely-pardoning grace;
Bless us from our sins, and show
The brightness of His face!
Let Thy way on earth be shown;
Thee let every sinner find,
Make the great salvation known
To us, and all mankind.
Let the people praise Thee, Lord,
The God of truth and grace;
Thee, the everlasting Word,
Let all the people praise!
O give thanks, rejoice, and sing,
Every creature under heaven;
Let them triumph in their King,
And shout their sins forgiven.
The God of truth and grace;
Thee, the everlasting Word,
Let all the people praise!
O give thanks, rejoice, and sing,
Every creature under heaven;
Let them triumph in their King,
And shout their sins forgiven.
Thou shalt judge the nations right,
Thy equal sway maintain;
Rule them by Thy mercy's might,
And bless them by Thy reign.
Let the people praise Thee, Lord,
Thee, the God of truth and grace!
Thee, the everlasting Word,
Let all the nations praise!
Thy equal sway maintain;
Rule them by Thy mercy's might,
And bless them by Thy reign.
Let the people praise Thee, Lord,
Thee, the God of truth and grace!
Thee, the everlasting Word,
Let all the nations praise!
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Then to perfect holiness
The earth her fruit shall have;
God, our God, His saints shall bless,
And to the utmost save.
God shall perfect us in one;
Then the world their Lord shall see,
Thee the nations all shall own,
And give their hearts to Thee.
The earth her fruit shall have;
God, our God, His saints shall bless,
And to the utmost save.
God shall perfect us in one;
Then the world their Lord shall see,
Thee the nations all shall own,
And give their hearts to Thee.
PSALM LXVIII.
[Let God, the glorious God, arise]
PART I.
Let God, the glorious God, arise,
And scatter evil with His eyes,
And make His foes before Him flee:
His angry look the rebels chase,
Who scornfully reject His grace,
And hate the' incarnate Deity.
And scatter evil with His eyes,
And make His foes before Him flee:
His angry look the rebels chase,
Who scornfully reject His grace,
And hate the' incarnate Deity.
Arise, the Lord of earth and heaven!
As smoke before the wind is driven,
So let them at His presence fly;
Dissolved as wax before the fire,
Sinners shall feel His flaming ire,
And perish, and for ever die.
As smoke before the wind is driven,
So let them at His presence fly;
Dissolved as wax before the fire,
Sinners shall feel His flaming ire,
And perish, and for ever die.
But let the saints, with grateful joy,
Their happy days for Him employ,
And triumph in His saving grace;
Vie with the elder sons of light,
And walk exulting in His sight,
And hymn His everlasting praise.
Their happy days for Him employ,
And triumph in His saving grace;
Vie with the elder sons of light,
And walk exulting in His sight,
And hymn His everlasting praise.
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Sing unto God, His praise proclaim,
Extol the great Jehovah's name,
Who rides upon the stormy sky:
His name His essence doth display:
Rejoice before the' eternal JAH,
The Lord most merciful, most high!
Extol the great Jehovah's name,
Who rides upon the stormy sky:
His name His essence doth display:
Rejoice before the' eternal JAH,
The Lord most merciful, most high!
A father of the fatherless;
The widow, in her sad distress,
Is sure to find a friend in Him;
He every helpless soul befriends;
To all His servants condescends,
In goodness as in power supreme.
The widow, in her sad distress,
Is sure to find a friend in Him;
He every helpless soul befriends;
To all His servants condescends,
In goodness as in power supreme.
Poor desolate souls He makes His own;
'Tis God collects them into one;
'Tis God that sets the prisoners free;
But lets His rebels feel their chain,
Till, forced, they own, in want and pain,
That sin is perfect misery.
'Tis God collects them into one;
'Tis God that sets the prisoners free;
But lets His rebels feel their chain,
Till, forced, they own, in want and pain,
That sin is perfect misery.
When Thou, O Lord, didst greatly lead
Thy people from the furnace freed,
From haughty Pharaoh's iron yoke,
All nature did its Lord confess,
Slow-marching through the wilderness,
And earth and heaven Thy presence shook.
Thy people from the furnace freed,
From haughty Pharaoh's iron yoke,
All nature did its Lord confess,
Slow-marching through the wilderness,
And earth and heaven Thy presence shook.
Trembled the earth before Thy frown,
The heavens in flakes of fire dropp'd down,
The sea dried up, the mountains flow'd!
Sinai was moved with sacred awe,
And quaked to hear the fiery law,
And groan'd to feel the' incumbent God.
The heavens in flakes of fire dropp'd down,
The sea dried up, the mountains flow'd!
Sinai was moved with sacred awe,
And quaked to hear the fiery law,
And groan'd to feel the' incumbent God.
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Thou didst, O God, Thy blessing pour,
A plenteous earth-reviving shower,
Thy weary Israel's camp to cheer;
Type of the grace through Christ bestow'd,
Dropp'd from the tutelary cloud
The promise of a gospel year.
A plenteous earth-reviving shower,
Thy weary Israel's camp to cheer;
Type of the grace through Christ bestow'd,
Dropp'd from the tutelary cloud
The promise of a gospel year.
Still Thou art Israel's sure defence;
The lot of Thine inheritance
Thou dost with hosts of angels guard;
Thou hast prepared the gospel-feast,
Hast, for the needy and distress'd,
The manna of Thy love prepared.
The lot of Thine inheritance
Thou dost with hosts of angels guard;
Thou hast prepared the gospel-feast,
Hast, for the needy and distress'd,
The manna of Thy love prepared.
PART II.
The Lord, the all-redeeming Lord,
Sent forth His everlasting Word,
His Word to save a world of foes;
His heralds spread the joyful sound,
And, lo! through all the nations round
A cloud of witnesses arose.
Sent forth His everlasting Word,
His Word to save a world of foes;
His heralds spread the joyful sound,
And, lo! through all the nations round
A cloud of witnesses arose.
Divinely struck with sudden dread,
Kings with their alien armies fled,
And to weak women left the spoil;
The feeblest souls that Jesus know
Shall still the world and sin o'erthrow,
And all the powers of darkness foil.
Kings with their alien armies fled,
And to weak women left the spoil;
The feeblest souls that Jesus know
Shall still the world and sin o'erthrow,
And all the powers of darkness foil.
Though ye among the pots have been,
The sordid slaves of hell and sin,
Yet soon the silver-pinion'd Dove
The purifying grace shall shed,
The wings of His protection spread,
And wrap you in His hallowing love.
The sordid slaves of hell and sin,
Yet soon the silver-pinion'd Dove
The purifying grace shall shed,
The wings of His protection spread,
And wrap you in His hallowing love.
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When God made bare His arm in fight,
And scatter'd kings in Israel's right,
His love's omnipotence to show;
His people did His name express,
Just in the Lord their Righteousness,
And whiter than the mountain snow.
And scatter'd kings in Israel's right,
His love's omnipotence to show;
His people did His name express,
Just in the Lord their Righteousness,
And whiter than the mountain snow.
His people are all just and clean;
Beyond the reach of earth and sin
Their hidden life is lodged above;
Freed from their hellish Pharaoh's chain,
His people in His church remain,
The mountain of His pardoning love.
Beyond the reach of earth and sin
Their hidden life is lodged above;
Freed from their hellish Pharaoh's chain,
His people in His church remain,
The mountain of His pardoning love.
Why, ye ambitious mountains, why
With Sion would ye vainly vie?
What mountain can with ours compare?
The Lord doth in His church delight,
Majestic walks on Sion's height,
And deigns to dwell for ever there.
With Sion would ye vainly vie?
What mountain can with ours compare?
The Lord doth in His church delight,
Majestic walks on Sion's height,
And deigns to dwell for ever there.
Around His church the angels stand,
The countless troops of His command,
And God doth with His chariots go;
(As when of old the heavens He bow'd;)
Enshrines His glory in a cloud,
And rests on all His saints below.
The countless troops of His command,
And God doth with His chariots go;
(As when of old the heavens He bow'd;)
Enshrines His glory in a cloud,
And rests on all His saints below.
Thou, Jesus, art gone up on high,
Hast captive led captivity,
The powers that held our souls in chains:
Thy blood hath sign'd our souls' release;
Pardon, and liberty, and peace,
Thy precious blood for all obtains.
Hast captive led captivity,
The powers that held our souls in chains:
Thy blood hath sign'd our souls' release;
Pardon, and liberty, and peace,
Thy precious blood for all obtains.
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Thou hast received the promised grace
For all of Adam's helpless race,—
The glorious gift unspeakable;
That all Thine image might retrieve,
That man again in God might live,
That God again in man might dwell.
For all of Adam's helpless race,—
The glorious gift unspeakable;
That all Thine image might retrieve,
That man again in God might live,
That God again in man might dwell.
Bless'd be the God of pardoning love,
Who showers His blessings from above,
And fills us with His richest store;
The God of our salvation,—He
Redeems from all iniquity,
And bids us live, and sin no more.
Who showers His blessings from above,
And fills us with His richest store;
The God of our salvation,—He
Redeems from all iniquity,
And bids us live, and sin no more.
PART III.
Our God alone hath power to save;
Salvation in His name we have,
Salvation from sin, death, and hell:
But them that dare in sin proceed,—
He pours His judgments on their head,
And lets them all His anger feel.
Salvation in His name we have,
Salvation from sin, death, and hell:
But them that dare in sin proceed,—
He pours His judgments on their head,
And lets them all His anger feel.
“Yet will I bring,” the Lord hath said,
“Mine own again, from Egypt freed,
And drown their foes in the Red Sea;
I will Mine ancient works repeat,
And bruise beneath My people's feet
And slay their threefold enemy.”
“Mine own again, from Egypt freed,
And drown their foes in the Red Sea;
I will Mine ancient works repeat,
And bruise beneath My people's feet
And slay their threefold enemy.”
Thee, Saviour, let Thy church adore;
Thy church hath served Thee heretofore
With typic pomp and solemn joy;
Thou art the strength of Israel's race;
'Stablish in us Thy work of grace,
And all our powers for Thee employ.
Thy church hath served Thee heretofore
With typic pomp and solemn joy;
Thou art the strength of Israel's race;
'Stablish in us Thy work of grace,
And all our powers for Thee employ.
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Thou shalt, for Thy own glory's sake,
The kings of earth Thy subjects make;
While humbly each his present brings;
Casts at Thy feet his menial crown,
And lays his borrow'd greatness down,
And gladly serves the King of kings.
The kings of earth Thy subjects make;
While humbly each his present brings;
Casts at Thy feet his menial crown,
And lays his borrow'd greatness down,
And gladly serves the King of kings.
Now, Lord, the grace almighty show,
The warriors and their hosts subdue;
Let human power to Thine submit;
Let every soul its tribute pay,
With joy the Prince of Peace obey,
And fall adoring at His feet!
The warriors and their hosts subdue;
Let human power to Thine submit;
Let every soul its tribute pay,
With joy the Prince of Peace obey,
And fall adoring at His feet!
His mercy shall to all appear;
Barbaric kings shall soon draw near,
And spread their hands and hearts abroad;
Even Cham's devoted progeny
That glorious gospel-day shall see,
And grasp with joy the pardoning God.
Barbaric kings shall soon draw near,
And spread their hands and hearts abroad;
Even Cham's devoted progeny
That glorious gospel-day shall see,
And grasp with joy the pardoning God.
Ye kingdoms of the earth, arise!
Sing unto God who bows the skies,
Salute the' almighty King of kings;
He from the heaven of heavens comes down,
Forsakes His everlasting throne,
And grace and peace to sinners brings.
Sing unto God who bows the skies,
Salute the' almighty King of kings;
He from the heaven of heavens comes down,
Forsakes His everlasting throne,
And grace and peace to sinners brings.
Hear Him, ye nations, and rejoice;
His voice He sends, His mighty voice,
And bids you come to Him and live;
Sinners, receive the gospel word;
Your loving, all-redeeming Lord
With joy let all mankind receive.
His voice He sends, His mighty voice,
And bids you come to Him and live;
Sinners, receive the gospel word;
Your loving, all-redeeming Lord
With joy let all mankind receive.
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Jesus let all mankind adore;
Give Him the glory of His power,
His power display'd in pardoning love;
His excellence of saving grace
Is only known to Israel's race;
A mystery to the hosts above.
Give Him the glory of His power,
His power display'd in pardoning love;
His excellence of saving grace
Is only known to Israel's race;
A mystery to the hosts above.
Thee, by the highest heavens adored,
Tremendous, everlasting Lord,
The God of Israel we proclaim;
The glory of Thy grace receive:
All blessing, might, and thanks we give,
All praise and love, to Jesu's name.
Tremendous, everlasting Lord,
The God of Israel we proclaim;
The glory of Thy grace receive:
All blessing, might, and thanks we give,
All praise and love, to Jesu's name.
PSALM LXIX.
[Save me, O God! my griefs abound]
PART I.
Save me, O God! my griefs abound,
Temptation's waves enclose me round,
And seas of trouble roll;
Sunk in the deepest mire of sin,
Floods of iniquity pour in
And deluge all my soul.
Temptation's waves enclose me round,
And seas of trouble roll;
Sunk in the deepest mire of sin,
Floods of iniquity pour in
And deluge all my soul.
Spent with my own complaints and cries,
With pain I lift my weary eyes,
Which fail with looking up;
Cleaves to the roof my speechless tongue,
Or hardly asks my God, “How long
Dost Thou defer my hope?”
With pain I lift my weary eyes,
Which fail with looking up;
Cleaves to the roof my speechless tongue,
Or hardly asks my God, “How long
Dost Thou defer my hope?”
My foes are strong and numberless,
Who wrongfully my soul oppress;
Thou, Lord, their malice see;
Thee have I wrong'd, and Thee alone,
My follies, which with shame I own,
My sins, are known to Thee.
Who wrongfully my soul oppress;
Thou, Lord, their malice see;
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My follies, which with shame I own,
My sins, are known to Thee.
But let not them that seek Thy face
Be sharers in my foul disgrace,—
For Israel's sake I pray!
Thou Lord of Hosts, Thou God of love,
My fears and dire reproach remove,
Nor let me fall away!
Be sharers in my foul disgrace,—
For Israel's sake I pray!
Thou Lord of Hosts, Thou God of love,
My fears and dire reproach remove,
Nor let me fall away!
For Israel's sake the sinner spare;
(I ask in agony of prayer!)
O never let it be
That those who wait to know Thy name
Should stumble at my guilty shame,
Or stand abash'd for me.
(I ask in agony of prayer!)
O never let it be
That those who wait to know Thy name
Should stumble at my guilty shame,
Or stand abash'd for me.
Me, Lord, Thou didst begin to turn,
I surely Thy reproach have borne,
Thy people's portion chose;
Stranger to my own flesh I was;
Despised and hated for Thy cause,
By my own household-foes.
I surely Thy reproach have borne,
Thy people's portion chose;
Stranger to my own flesh I was;
Despised and hated for Thy cause,
By my own household-foes.
PART II.
Thy love did once my heart inspire,
I rose, inflamed with sacred fire,
To build the house of God;
I triumph'd in my Master's shame,
And, jealous for Thy glorious name,
Thy faithful witness stood.
I rose, inflamed with sacred fire,
To build the house of God;
I triumph'd in my Master's shame,
And, jealous for Thy glorious name,
Thy faithful witness stood.
Humbled in all Thy paths I stay'd,
Fasted, and mourn'd, and wept, and pray'd,
And long'd my Lord to find;
The theme of each opprobrious tongue,
The ruler's scorn, the drunkard's song,
The outcast of mankind!
Fasted, and mourn'd, and wept, and pray'd,
And long'd my Lord to find;
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The ruler's scorn, the drunkard's song,
The outcast of mankind!
But, O! my suit to Thee is known,
Thou wilt Thine humble suppliant own,
And graciously receive;
Save, in the riches of Thy grace,
Accept me through Thy righteousness,
And freely now forgive.
Thou wilt Thine humble suppliant own,
And graciously receive;
Save, in the riches of Thy grace,
Accept me through Thy righteousness,
And freely now forgive.
The truth of Thy salvation show;
Nor let the flood my soul o'erflow,
Nor let the pit devour:
O snatch me from the hell within,
From all the mire of inbred sin,
From all the tempter's power!
Nor let the flood my soul o'erflow,
Nor let the pit devour:
O snatch me from the hell within,
From all the mire of inbred sin,
From all the tempter's power!
Lord, for Thy mercy's sake draw near,
In all Thy tender love appear,
Make haste to my relief;
No longer hide from me Thy face,
But hear, and save me by Thy grace
From all my sin and grief.
In all Thy tender love appear,
Make haste to my relief;
No longer hide from me Thy face,
But hear, and save me by Thy grace
From all my sin and grief.
Now to my helpless soul draw nigh,
Redeem me at the point to die,
From sin and hell redeem;
My guilt and shame to Thee are known,
But, O! my foes are all Thy own!
Discharge Thy wrath on them.
Redeem me at the point to die,
From sin and hell redeem;
My guilt and shame to Thee are known,
But, O! my foes are all Thy own!
Discharge Thy wrath on them.
PART III.
Long have I groan'd my sin to feel,
And, sinking into my own hell,
For succour look'd in vain;
No pitying comforter was near,
No tender friend my grief to cheer,
Or mitigate my pain.
And, sinking into my own hell,
For succour look'd in vain;
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No tender friend my grief to cheer,
Or mitigate my pain.
Conform'd to an expiring God,
I bear my portion of His load,
And taste His bitter cup:
Saviour, at last display Thy face,
Enrich the needy by Thy grace,
And lift the mourner up.
I bear my portion of His load,
And taste His bitter cup:
Saviour, at last display Thy face,
Enrich the needy by Thy grace,
And lift the mourner up.
So shall I magnify Thy name,
My Saviour-God in songs proclaim,
Which Thou wilt deign to' approve;
Better than bulls and goats to Thee
The thankful heart's sincerity,
The sacrifice of love.
My Saviour-God in songs proclaim,
Which Thou wilt deign to' approve;
Better than bulls and goats to Thee
The thankful heart's sincerity,
The sacrifice of love.
The humble shall behold His grace;
Your heart shall live who seek His face,
Rejoice in steadfast hope;
He never hath the poor abhorr'd;
The mournful prisoners of the Lord
He hears, and lifts them up.
Your heart shall live who seek His face,
Rejoice in steadfast hope;
He never hath the poor abhorr'd;
The mournful prisoners of the Lord
He hears, and lifts them up.
Let heaven and earth His goodness sing,
The sea, and every moving thing
That breathes below, above;
For God His Sion shall repair,
And save, and fix His people there,
Possessors of His love.
The sea, and every moving thing
That breathes below, above;
For God His Sion shall repair,
And save, and fix His people there,
Possessors of His love.
Their faithful seed shall still increase,
Heirs of His precious promises;
Who lovingly adore,
And bow their hearts to Jesu's name,
Their station in His house shall claim,
And never leave it more.
Heirs of His precious promises;
Who lovingly adore,
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Their station in His house shall claim,
And never leave it more.
PSALM LXX.
[Jesu, mighty to deliver]
Jesu, mighty to deliver,
Help afford, Hasten, Lord,
Or I die for ever.
Help afford, Hasten, Lord,
Or I die for ever.
Those that have my soul surrounded,
Let them flee, Chased by Thee,
Baffled, and confounded.
Let them flee, Chased by Thee,
Baffled, and confounded.
But let all who seek Thy favour
Hear Thy voice, And rejoice
In their present Saviour.
Hear Thy voice, And rejoice
In their present Saviour.
Those whose earnest expectation
Waits for Thee, Let them see
All Thy great salvation.
Waits for Thee, Let them see
All Thy great salvation.
Let their lips show forth Thy glory,
Full of praise, For Thy grace
Let their hearts adore Thee.
Full of praise, For Thy grace
Let their hearts adore Thee.
O might I with these confess Thee!
Needy I, Fain would try
With Thy saints to bless Thee!
Needy I, Fain would try
With Thy saints to bless Thee!
Hasten, Lord, my soul deliver;
Thou art mine, Seal me Thine,
Seal me Thine for ever.
Thou art mine, Seal me Thine,
Seal me Thine for ever.
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PSALM LXXI.
[In Thee, O Lord, I put my trust]
PART I.
In Thee, O Lord, I put my trust;
Ah! never leave me to my shame!
Thou, ever merciful and just,
Redeem me by Thy saving name;
Thy gracious ear in pity bow,
Accept my prayer, and save me now.
Ah! never leave me to my shame!
Thou, ever merciful and just,
Redeem me by Thy saving name;
Thy gracious ear in pity bow,
Accept my prayer, and save me now.
Be Thou my strong defence and tower,
To which my soul may always fly;
Thou hast sent forth Thy word of power,
Thy grace hath brought salvation nigh;
Thou art the Rock which cannot move,
The Rock of everlasting love.
To which my soul may always fly;
Thou hast sent forth Thy word of power,
Thy grace hath brought salvation nigh;
Thou art the Rock which cannot move,
The Rock of everlasting love.
Rescue me, O my God, from those
Who cruelly my life pursue;
Lord, I believe against my foes,
I trust to find Thee good and true;
Guide of my helpless infancy,
Thou know'st my hope is still in Thee.
Who cruelly my life pursue;
Lord, I believe against my foes,
I trust to find Thee good and true;
Guide of my helpless infancy,
Thou know'st my hope is still in Thee.
The life Thy tender love bestow'd
Thy tender love hath still sustain'd;
Thou from the womb hast been my God;
The breath which by Thy grace I gain'd
I render back in songs of praise,
I live to glorify Thy grace.
Thy tender love hath still sustain'd;
Thou from the womb hast been my God;
The breath which by Thy grace I gain'd
I render back in songs of praise,
I live to glorify Thy grace.
A monster to the world I am;
But Thou my mighty refuge art:
Thy glory be my constant theme,
Thy praises fill my mouth and heart:
O that I thus my life might spend,
And praise and love Thee to the end!
But Thou my mighty refuge art:
Thy glory be my constant theme,
Thy praises fill my mouth and heart:
O that I thus my life might spend,
And praise and love Thee to the end!
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Cast me not off in feeble age,
When strength and human succour fail;
My foes their utmost powers engage;
The banded powers of death and hell
Conspire to seize their helpless prey,
And tear my trembling soul away.
When strength and human succour fail;
My foes their utmost powers engage;
The banded powers of death and hell
Conspire to seize their helpless prey,
And tear my trembling soul away.
Ah! do not at a distance stand!
Haste to my help in power Divine;
Destroy, by Thine avenging hand,
My cruel enemies and Thine;
Pronounce our adversary's doom,
Now, Lord, “the man of sin” consume.
Haste to my help in power Divine;
Destroy, by Thine avenging hand,
My cruel enemies and Thine;
Pronounce our adversary's doom,
Now, Lord, “the man of sin” consume.
PART II.
I wait to prove Thine utmost grace,
To love and praise Thee evermore;
My mouth shall show Thy righteousness,
The riches of Thy saving power:
But who Thy saving power can tell?
Its riches are unsearchable.
To love and praise Thee evermore;
My mouth shall show Thy righteousness,
The riches of Thy saving power:
But who Thy saving power can tell?
Its riches are unsearchable.
Yet will I in Thy strength go forth,
And spread Thy righteousness Divine;
Trample on all the creatures' worth;
Merit and good are only Thine:
Impute it, and our sin's forgiven;
Implant, and man is meet for heaven.
And spread Thy righteousness Divine;
Trample on all the creatures' worth;
Merit and good are only Thine:
Impute it, and our sin's forgiven;
Implant, and man is meet for heaven.
Me from my youth Thou, Lord, hast taught,
And still I have Thy wonders shown;
Feeble and old, forsake me not
Till I Thy saving power make known,
To this, and distant times record
My glorious, all-redeeming Lord.
And still I have Thy wonders shown;
Feeble and old, forsake me not
Till I Thy saving power make known,
To this, and distant times record
My glorious, all-redeeming Lord.
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Thy righteousness is far above
The human or angelic ken:
Who can express Thy mighty love,
Thy wonders tow'rds the sons of men?
What earthly power, or heavenly, dare
With Thee, the God of gods, compare?
The human or angelic ken:
Who can express Thy mighty love,
Thy wonders tow'rds the sons of men?
What earthly power, or heavenly, dare
With Thee, the God of gods, compare?
Thee, Saviour of mankind, I bless,
And thank Thee for my troubles past;
Out of the depth of sore distress
Thy love shall bring me up at last;
Quicken, increase my faith, and guide,
And comfort me on every side.
And thank Thee for my troubles past;
Out of the depth of sore distress
Thy love shall bring me up at last;
Quicken, increase my faith, and guide,
And comfort me on every side.
Wherefore I will Thy goodness sing,
Thy faithfulness with joy record;
My harp, and every tuneful string,
Shall sound the mercies of my Lord,
The Holy One of Israel praise,
The pardoning God of truth and grace.
Thy faithfulness with joy record;
My harp, and every tuneful string,
Shall sound the mercies of my Lord,
The Holy One of Israel praise,
The pardoning God of truth and grace.
My lips shall glory in the song,
My soul in Thy redeeming love;
Thy righteousness shall all day long
The matter of my triumph prove;
For all the tempter's rage is o'er,
And sin and sorrow are no more.
My soul in Thy redeeming love;
Thy righteousness shall all day long
The matter of my triumph prove;
For all the tempter's rage is o'er,
And sin and sorrow are no more.
PSALM LXXX.
ADAPTED TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
[Shepherd of souls, the great, the good]
PART I.
Shepherd of souls, the great, the good,
Who leadest Israel like a sheep,
Present to guard, and give them food,
And kindly in Thy bosom keep;
Who leadest Israel like a sheep,
Present to guard, and give them food,
And kindly in Thy bosom keep;
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Hear Thy afflicted people's prayer,
Arise out of Thy holy place,
Stir up Thy strength, Thine arm make bare,
And vindicate Thy chosen race.
Arise out of Thy holy place,
Stir up Thy strength, Thine arm make bare,
And vindicate Thy chosen race.
Haste to our help, Thou God of love!
Supreme, almighty King of kings,
Descend all-glorious from above,
Come flying on the cherubs' wings!
Supreme, almighty King of kings,
Descend all-glorious from above,
Come flying on the cherubs' wings!
Turn us again, O Lord! and show
The brightness of Thy lovely face;
So shall we all be saints below,
And saved, and perfected in grace.
The brightness of Thy lovely face;
So shall we all be saints below,
And saved, and perfected in grace.
O Lord of Hosts, O God of grace,
How long shall Thy fierce anger burn
Against Thine own peculiar race
Who ever pray Thee to return?
How long shall Thy fierce anger burn
Against Thine own peculiar race
Who ever pray Thee to return?
Thou givest us plenteous draughts of tears,
With tears Thou dost Thy people feed;
We sorrow till Thy face appears,
Affliction is our daily bread.
With tears Thou dost Thy people feed;
We sorrow till Thy face appears,
Affliction is our daily bread.
A strife we are to all around,
By vile intestine vipers torn;
Our bitter household-foes abound,
And laugh our fallen Church to scorn.
By vile intestine vipers torn;
Our bitter household-foes abound,
And laugh our fallen Church to scorn.
Turn us again, O God! and show
The brightness of Thy lovely face;
So shall we all be saints below,
And saved, and perfected in grace.
The brightness of Thy lovely face;
So shall we all be saints below,
And saved, and perfected in grace.
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PART II.
Surely, O Lord, we once were Thine,
(Thou hast for us Thy wonders wrought,)
A generous and right noble vine,
When newly out of Egypt brought.
(Thou hast for us Thy wonders wrought,)
A generous and right noble vine,
When newly out of Egypt brought.
Thou didst the heathen stock expel,
And chase them from their quiet home,
Druids and all the brood of hell,
And monks of anti-Christian Rome.
And chase them from their quiet home,
Druids and all the brood of hell,
And monks of anti-Christian Rome.
Planted by Thine almighty hand,
Water'd with blood, the vine took root,
And spread throughout the happy land,
And fill'd the earth with golden fruit.
Water'd with blood, the vine took root,
And spread throughout the happy land,
And fill'd the earth with golden fruit.
The hills were cover'd with her shade,
Her branchy arms extended wide;
Their fair luxuriant honours spread,
And flourish'd as the cedar's pride.
Her branchy arms extended wide;
Their fair luxuriant honours spread,
And flourish'd as the cedar's pride.
Her boughs she stretch'd from sea to sea,
And reach'd to frozen Scotia's shore.
(They once revered the hierarchy,
And bless'd the mitre's sacred power.)
And reach'd to frozen Scotia's shore.
(They once revered the hierarchy,
And bless'd the mitre's sacred power.)
Why then hast Thou abhorr'd Thine own,
And cast Thy pleasant plant away?
Broke down her hedge, her fence o'erthrown.
And left her to the beasts of prey?
And cast Thy pleasant plant away?
Broke down her hedge, her fence o'erthrown.
And left her to the beasts of prey?
All that go by pluck off her grapes,
Our Sion of her children spoil;
And error in ten thousand shapes
Would every gracious soul beguile.
Our Sion of her children spoil;
And error in ten thousand shapes
Would every gracious soul beguile.
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The boar out of the German wood
Tears up her roots with baleful power;
The lion roaring for his food,
And all the forest beasts, devour.
Tears up her roots with baleful power;
The lion roaring for his food,
And all the forest beasts, devour.
Turn Thee again, O Lord our God!
Look down with pity from above!
O lay aside Thy vengeful rod,
And visit us in pardoning love!
Look down with pity from above!
O lay aside Thy vengeful rod,
And visit us in pardoning love!
PART III.
The vineyard which Thine own right hand
Hath planted in these nations, see;
The branch that rose at Thy command,
And yielded gracious fruit to Thee:
Hath planted in these nations, see;
The branch that rose at Thy command,
And yielded gracious fruit to Thee:
'Tis now cut down, and burn'd with fire:
Arm of the Lord, awake, awake!
Visit Thy foes in righteous ire,
Vengeance on all Thy haters take.
Arm of the Lord, awake, awake!
Visit Thy foes in righteous ire,
Vengeance on all Thy haters take.
Look on them with Thy flaming eyes,
The sin-consuming virtue dart;
And bid our fallen Church arise,
And make us after Thine own heart.
The sin-consuming virtue dart;
And bid our fallen Church arise,
And make us after Thine own heart.
To us our nursing-fathers raise;
Thy grace be on the great bestow'd;
And let the king show forth Thy praise,
And rise to build the house of God.
Thy grace be on the great bestow'd;
And let the king show forth Thy praise,
And rise to build the house of God.
Thou hast ordain'd the powers that be:
Strengthen Thy delegate below;
He bears the rule derived from Thee;
O let him all Thy image show!
Strengthen Thy delegate below;
He bears the rule derived from Thee;
O let him all Thy image show!
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Support him with Thy guardian hand,
Thy royal grace be seen in him;
King of a re-converted land,
In goodness as in power supreme!
Thy royal grace be seen in him;
King of a re-converted land,
In goodness as in power supreme!
So will we not from Thee go back,
If Thou our ruin'd Church restore;
No, never more will we forsake,
No, never will we grieve Thee more.
If Thou our ruin'd Church restore;
No, never more will we forsake,
No, never will we grieve Thee more.
Revive, O God of power, revive
Thy work in our degenerate days!
O let us by Thy mercy live,
And all our lives shall speak Thy praise.
Thy work in our degenerate days!
O let us by Thy mercy live,
And all our lives shall speak Thy praise.
Turn us again, O Lord! and show
The brightness of Thy lovely face;
So shall we all be saints below,
And saved, and perfected in grace.
The brightness of Thy lovely face;
So shall we all be saints below,
And saved, and perfected in grace.
PSALM LXXXIV.
[How lovely are Thy tents, O Lord]
How lovely are Thy tents, O Lord,
Where'er Thou choosest to record
Thy name, or place Thy house of prayer!
My soul outflies the angel-choir,
And faints, o'erpower'd with strong desire,
To meet Thy special presence there.
Where'er Thou choosest to record
Thy name, or place Thy house of prayer!
My soul outflies the angel-choir,
And faints, o'erpower'd with strong desire,
To meet Thy special presence there.
My heart and flesh cry out for God:
There would I fix my soul's abode,
As birds that in the altars nest;
There would I all my young ones bring,
An offering to my God and King,
And in Thy courts for ever rest.
There would I fix my soul's abode,
As birds that in the altars nest;
There would I all my young ones bring,
An offering to my God and King,
And in Thy courts for ever rest.
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Happy the men, to whom 'tis given
To dwell within that gate of heaven,
And in Thy house record Thy praise;
Whose strength and confidence Thou art,
Who feel Thee Saviour, in their heart,
The way, the truth, the life of grace:
To dwell within that gate of heaven,
And in Thy house record Thy praise;
Whose strength and confidence Thou art,
Who feel Thee Saviour, in their heart,
The way, the truth, the life of grace:
Who, passing through the mournful vale,
Drink comfort from the living well
That flows replenish'd from above:
From strength to strength advancing here,
Till all before their God appear,
And each receives his crown of love!
Drink comfort from the living well
That flows replenish'd from above:
From strength to strength advancing here,
Till all before their God appear,
And each receives his crown of love!
O Lord of Hosts, incline Thine ear!
Thou mighty God of Jacob, hear!
Accept me in Thy favourite Son:
O look on Thy Messiah's face,
And grant me, for His sake, the grace
To live and die to Thee alone.
Thou mighty God of Jacob, hear!
Accept me in Thy favourite Son:
O look on Thy Messiah's face,
And grant me, for His sake, the grace
To live and die to Thee alone.
Better a day Thy courts within,
Than thousands in the tents of sin:
How base the noblest pleasures there!
How great the weakest child of Thine!
His meanest task is all Divine;
And kings and priests Thy servants are.
Than thousands in the tents of sin:
How base the noblest pleasures there!
How great the weakest child of Thine!
His meanest task is all Divine;
And kings and priests Thy servants are.
The Lord protects and cheers His own;
Their light and strength, their shield and sun,
He shall both grace and glory give:
Unlimited His bounteous grant;
No real good they e'er shall want;
All, all is theirs, who upright live.
Their light and strength, their shield and sun,
He shall both grace and glory give:
Unlimited His bounteous grant;
No real good they e'er shall want;
All, all is theirs, who upright live.
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O Lord of Hosts, how bless'd is he
Who steadfastly believes in Thee!
He all Thy promises shall gain:
The soul that on Thy love is cast,
Thy perfect love on earth shall taste,
And soon with Thee in glory reign.
Who steadfastly believes in Thee!
He all Thy promises shall gain:
The soul that on Thy love is cast,
Thy perfect love on earth shall taste,
And soon with Thee in glory reign.
PSALM LXXXV.
[Remember, Lord, the ancient days]
Remember, Lord, the ancient days,
When Israel did Thy favour prove;
And, pitying our unfaithful race,
Repeat the wonders of Thy love:
Thou hast to them propitious been,
And brought them back, to exile driven;
In mercy blotted out their sin,
Hast freely all their sin forgiven.
When Israel did Thy favour prove;
And, pitying our unfaithful race,
Repeat the wonders of Thy love:
Thou hast to them propitious been,
And brought them back, to exile driven;
In mercy blotted out their sin,
Hast freely all their sin forgiven.
Thou hast Thy people's doom repeal'd,
Thine anger with their guilt removed;
And kindly their backslidings heal'd,
And still the humbled rebels loved.
Wherefore to us in grace and peace,
O God of our salvation, turn!
Us, Lord, from all our sins release,
And let Thy wrath no longer burn!
Thine anger with their guilt removed;
And kindly their backslidings heal'd,
And still the humbled rebels loved.
Wherefore to us in grace and peace,
O God of our salvation, turn!
Us, Lord, from all our sins release,
And let Thy wrath no longer burn!
Wilt Thou Thine own for ever chide,
No more Thy desolate church forgive?
Wilt Thou no more be pacified,
Or turn, and bid Thy people live?
O might we hear again Thy voice,
Again Thy loving-kindness see,
And, freely justified, rejoice
In Thee, the God of mercies, Thee!
No more Thy desolate church forgive?
Wilt Thou no more be pacified,
Or turn, and bid Thy people live?
O might we hear again Thy voice,
Again Thy loving-kindness see,
And, freely justified, rejoice
In Thee, the God of mercies, Thee!
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The tokens of Thy favour show;
Now, Saviour, now the grace impart,
And let us Thy salvation know,
Forgiveness written on our heart.
My soul pursues the Spirit's prayer;
I listen for the sacred sign;
The Lord shall soon His will declare,
And answer me in peace Divine.
Now, Saviour, now the grace impart,
And let us Thy salvation know,
Forgiveness written on our heart.
My soul pursues the Spirit's prayer;
I listen for the sacred sign;
The Lord shall soon His will declare,
And answer me in peace Divine.
His peace He to His saints shall give,
And speak into their hearts His power;
But let them to their Saviour cleave,
And sin against His love no more.
Surely His saving health is near,
And humble souls the grace shall feel;
That glory may on earth appear,
That Jesus in our hearts may dwell.
And speak into their hearts His power;
But let them to their Saviour cleave,
And sin against His love no more.
Surely His saving health is near,
And humble souls the grace shall feel;
That glory may on earth appear,
That Jesus in our hearts may dwell.
Mercy and truth in concert sweet
To' accomplish our redemption join;
Justice and peace together meet
Harmonious in the plan Divine.
Sinners the faithful God can clear,
His truth and grace their souls release;
Justice, inflexibly severe,
Absolves them with a kiss of peace.
To' accomplish our redemption join;
Justice and peace together meet
Harmonious in the plan Divine.
Sinners the faithful God can clear,
His truth and grace their souls release;
Justice, inflexibly severe,
Absolves them with a kiss of peace.
Truth shall spring up, the truth of grace,
From earthly souls through Christ forgiven,
While God reveals His smiling face,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.
The Lord from all our sins shall save;
The souls His love delights to bless
Shall thrive, and flourish fair, and have
Their fruit to perfect holiness.
From earthly souls through Christ forgiven,
While God reveals His smiling face,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.
The Lord from all our sins shall save;
The souls His love delights to bless
Shall thrive, and flourish fair, and have
Their fruit to perfect holiness.
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Foremost of the celestial train
His righteousness shall still proceed,
Release us from our guilty chain,
And on to glorious freedom lead.
In all His steps the heavenly Guide
Shall lead us up to things above;
And, planted in our heart, abide,
And perfect us in sinless love.
His righteousness shall still proceed,
Release us from our guilty chain,
And on to glorious freedom lead.
In all His steps the heavenly Guide
Shall lead us up to things above;
And, planted in our heart, abide,
And perfect us in sinless love.
PSALM LXXXVI.
[Bow down, O Lord, Thy gracious ear]
Bow down, O Lord, Thy gracious ear,
Thy poor and needy servant hear;
My soul is all Thine own:
Preserve me, O my God, and save,
Faith in Thy pard'ning power I have,
I trust in Thee alone.
Thy poor and needy servant hear;
My soul is all Thine own:
Preserve me, O my God, and save,
Faith in Thy pard'ning power I have,
I trust in Thee alone.
The reconciling word apply;
For mercy, Lord, I daily cry,
And raise my soul to heaven;
Show me the brightness of Thy face,
Gladden my heart by pardoning grace,
And speak my sins forgiven.
For mercy, Lord, I daily cry,
And raise my soul to heaven;
Show me the brightness of Thy face,
Gladden my heart by pardoning grace,
And speak my sins forgiven.
Thou still art ready to forgive;
Who sue to Thee for life shall live;
Who seek Thy face shall find;
Thy grace doth, more than sin, abound;
With Thee is plenteous pardon found
For me and all mankind.
Who sue to Thee for life shall live;
Who seek Thy face shall find;
Thy grace doth, more than sin, abound;
With Thee is plenteous pardon found
For me and all mankind.
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Now, Saviour, now accept my prayer,
While sore oppress'd with guilty care!
In this my evil day
I call for help on Thee alone;
Thou wilt regard my humble moan,
And hear me when I pray.
While sore oppress'd with guilty care!
In this my evil day
I call for help on Thee alone;
Thou wilt regard my humble moan,
And hear me when I pray.
Among the gods there's none like Thee:
The glories of the Deity
Through all creation shine;
Who then to vie with Thee shall dare?
Thy works are all beyond compare,
And speak Thy hand Divine.
The glories of the Deity
Through all creation shine;
Who then to vie with Thee shall dare?
Thy works are all beyond compare,
And speak Thy hand Divine.
The nations Thou hast made shall all
Approach with humble fear, and fall
Prostrate before Thy face;
Thee every tongue shall soon proclaim,
And glorify the Saviour's name,
Saviour of all their race!
Approach with humble fear, and fall
Prostrate before Thy face;
Thee every tongue shall soon proclaim,
And glorify the Saviour's name,
Saviour of all their race!
For Thou in power and love art great,
Enthroned in everlasting state;
The works which Thou hast done
What angel tongue can fully tell?
Thy every act is miracle,
And Thou art God alone.
Enthroned in everlasting state;
The works which Thou hast done
What angel tongue can fully tell?
Thy every act is miracle,
And Thou art God alone.
Teach me, O Lord, Thy perfect way;
My simple heart shall then obey,
With filial fear adore;
Then all my heart Thy name shall bless,
And praise, and sing, and never cease,
And love Thee evermore.
My simple heart shall then obey,
With filial fear adore;
Then all my heart Thy name shall bless,
And praise, and sing, and never cease,
And love Thee evermore.
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For, O! Thy love to me is great;
Thou hast redeem'd me from the pit
Of hellish misery;
From all who sought my soul to' oppress,
Human and devilish enemies,
Thy love hath set me free.
Thou hast redeem'd me from the pit
Of hellish misery;
From all who sought my soul to' oppress,
Human and devilish enemies,
Thy love hath set me free.
Thou, Lord, a God of mercy art,
Mere mercy fills Thy tender heart,
And meek long-suffering grace:
Plenteous in truth, and pardoning love,
Thy bowels of compassion move
To all the fallen race.
Mere mercy fills Thy tender heart,
And meek long-suffering grace:
Plenteous in truth, and pardoning love,
Thy bowels of compassion move
To all the fallen race.
Turn then to me, Thy mercy show;
My soul with strength Divine indue,
Thy image, Lord, restore;
In me, Thy servant and Thy son,
Make all Thy great salvation known,
And bid me sin no more.
My soul with strength Divine indue,
Thy image, Lord, restore;
In me, Thy servant and Thy son,
Make all Thy great salvation known,
And bid me sin no more.
Some pledge of good bestow on me,
That all my foes with shame may see
The Lord is on my part:
My help and comfort in distress;
Who gave me this sure pledge of peace,
Shall make me pure in heart.
That all my foes with shame may see
The Lord is on my part:
My help and comfort in distress;
Who gave me this sure pledge of peace,
Shall make me pure in heart.
PSALM XC.
[Thou, Lord, our dwelling-place hast been]
Thou, Lord, our dwelling-place hast been,
Thy faithful people rest within
Thine everlasting arms secure;
Them Thou hast kept in ages past,
And still their guardian-Rock stands fast,
Thy mercies like Thyself endure.
Thy faithful people rest within
Thine everlasting arms secure;
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And still their guardian-Rock stands fast,
Thy mercies like Thyself endure.
Ere at Thy word the mountains rose,
Or nature felt her earliest throes,
Or all things out of nothing came;
Thou wast from all eternity,
Thou art the God, and still shalt be
To all eternity the same.
Or nature felt her earliest throes,
Or all things out of nothing came;
Thou wast from all eternity,
Thou art the God, and still shalt be
To all eternity the same.
Thy word dispenses life and death:
The creature rendering up his breath
Obeys Thy summons to return:
Again, Thou say'st, “Ye sons of men,
Rise!” and behold they rise again
Into the world of spirits born.
The creature rendering up his breath
Obeys Thy summons to return:
Again, Thou say'st, “Ye sons of men,
Rise!” and behold they rise again
Into the world of spirits born.
For Thou hast immortality,
Thou ever-living God, to Thee
A thousand years are as a day,
Less than a watch of our short night,
And time as nothing in Thy sight
With all its ages fleets away.
Thou ever-living God, to Thee
A thousand years are as a day,
Less than a watch of our short night,
And time as nothing in Thy sight
With all its ages fleets away.
Borne down the' irremeable tide,
Mortals by Thy appointment glide
From earth to the' eternal shore,
Their life a bubble on the stream,
A short uneasy waking dream;
The bubble breaks, the dream is o'er.
Mortals by Thy appointment glide
From earth to the' eternal shore,
Their life a bubble on the stream,
A short uneasy waking dream;
The bubble breaks, the dream is o'er.
Man is a creature of a day:
The grass is green, the flower is gay,
When in our morn of life we rise,
But soon arrives the evening hour,
Withers away the human flower,
Mown down as grass the mortal dies.
The grass is green, the flower is gay,
When in our morn of life we rise,
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Withers away the human flower,
Mown down as grass the mortal dies.
Beneath Thine anger, Lord, we droop,
We languish by Thy wrath parch'd up,
A fallen, sin-sick, wretched race,
For Thou our secret sins hast known,
Thine eye hath never pass'd by one,
All, all are set before Thy face.
We languish by Thy wrath parch'd up,
A fallen, sin-sick, wretched race,
For Thou our secret sins hast known,
Thine eye hath never pass'd by one,
All, all are set before Thy face.
Shorten'd our days by wrath Divine,
Our breath we hasten to resign
And own the mortal sentence just:
Our years are spent, the fable ends,
The tale is told, the spirit ascends
To God, the dust returns to dust.
Our breath we hasten to resign
And own the mortal sentence just:
Our years are spent, the fable ends,
The tale is told, the spirit ascends
To God, the dust returns to dust.
Our age is threescore years and ten,
Beyond is sorrow all and pain,
And mere laborious misery;
Our longest life so soon is past,
The vapour vanishes at last,
So swift from earth the shadows flee.
Beyond is sorrow all and pain,
And mere laborious misery;
Our longest life so soon is past,
The vapour vanishes at last,
So swift from earth the shadows flee.
But who regards the wrath Divine,
Or knows that dreadful hand of Thine
In all its just vindictive weight?
Worse than the worst that sinners fear,
Thy wrath eternally severe,
Consigns them to their hellish state.
Or knows that dreadful hand of Thine
In all its just vindictive weight?
Worse than the worst that sinners fear,
Thy wrath eternally severe,
Consigns them to their hellish state.
Instructed by Thy heavenly grace
To count the fewness of our days,
O might we all our hearts apply
To' attain the wisdom from above;
And learn, before we hence remove,
Our one great business is to die.
To count the fewness of our days,
O might we all our hearts apply
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And learn, before we hence remove,
Our one great business is to die.
How long shall Thy fierce anger burn?
Now to retrieve our doom, return,
Thy mercy to Thy servants show.
Fill us with love, and peace, and joy,
And let us all our days employ
In publishing Thy praise below.
Now to retrieve our doom, return,
Thy mercy to Thy servants show.
Fill us with love, and peace, and joy,
And let us all our days employ
In publishing Thy praise below.
Comfort and make Thy sufferers glad,
For days and years distress'd and sad,
And bruised by Thy afflictive rod,
O let us now Thy goodness see,
For days and years rejoice in Thee,
The God of love, the pardoning God.
For days and years distress'd and sad,
And bruised by Thy afflictive rod,
O let us now Thy goodness see,
For days and years rejoice in Thee,
The God of love, the pardoning God.
Let mercy bring salvation near,
Let all Thy works of grace appear
To those that would Thy will obey,
To all their seed, who yield to' embrace
The Gift Divine, in Jesu's face
Thy glorious majesty display.
Let all Thy works of grace appear
To those that would Thy will obey,
To all their seed, who yield to' embrace
The Gift Divine, in Jesu's face
Thy glorious majesty display.
O put us on our beauteous dress,
Adorn us with Thine holiness,
Thine image in our souls restore;
In us let all Thy nature shine,
Fill us with righteousness Divine,
And sin shall never enter more.
Adorn us with Thine holiness,
Thine image in our souls restore;
In us let all Thy nature shine,
Fill us with righteousness Divine,
And sin shall never enter more.
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PSALM XCI.
[He that in Christ his soul doth hide]
He that in Christ his soul doth hide,
That secret place of God most high,
Shall safe and undisturb'd abide,
With sin, the world, and Satan nigh;
Wrapp'd in a covering from above,
And shadow'd by almighty Love.
That secret place of God most high,
Shall safe and undisturb'd abide,
With sin, the world, and Satan nigh;
Wrapp'd in a covering from above,
And shadow'd by almighty Love.
“The Lord,” my faithful heart replies,
“The Lord is my defence and tower;
On Him my steadfast soul relies,
And still receives His saving power:
My God shall still His own defend,
And hide and love me to the end.
“The Lord is my defence and tower;
On Him my steadfast soul relies,
And still receives His saving power:
My God shall still His own defend,
And hide and love me to the end.
“Thy faith in Him shall not be vain;
He shall from Satan's snare release,
Save thee from sin's infectious stain,
And cleanse from all unrighteousness;
That sorest inbred plague remove:
The antidote is perfect love.
He shall from Satan's snare release,
Save thee from sin's infectious stain,
And cleanse from all unrighteousness;
That sorest inbred plague remove:
The antidote is perfect love.
“Thee no alarms of war can fright,
Or take thy confidence away;
The pestilence that walks by night,
And sweeps whole nations in a day,
With all the pomp of mortal pain,
Surrounds thy fearless soul in vain.
Or take thy confidence away;
The pestilence that walks by night,
And sweeps whole nations in a day,
With all the pomp of mortal pain,
Surrounds thy fearless soul in vain.
“A thousand at thy side shall lie,
And yield in groans their tainted breath;
Ten thousand in thy sight shall die,
While, calm amidst the darts of death,
Thy soul the waster's rage defies,
Safe in its Life that never dies.
And yield in groans their tainted breath;
Ten thousand in thy sight shall die,
While, calm amidst the darts of death,
Thy soul the waster's rage defies,
Safe in its Life that never dies.
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“Thy sacred hairs are number'd all;
Evil thou canst not feel nor fear;
Thine eyes shall see the wicked fall,
And antedate his judgment here;
While safe thou in the Lord dost dwell,
Beyond the reach of earth and hell.
Evil thou canst not feel nor fear;
Thine eyes shall see the wicked fall,
And antedate his judgment here;
While safe thou in the Lord dost dwell,
Beyond the reach of earth and hell.
“Whose refuge is the Lord most high,
Whose trust is in His gracious power,
Evil and plague shall not come nigh,
And sin shall never touch thee more;
While all the heavenly hosts attend
The man whom God hath call'd His friend.
Whose trust is in His gracious power,
Evil and plague shall not come nigh,
And sin shall never touch thee more;
While all the heavenly hosts attend
The man whom God hath call'd His friend.
“Charged by the sovereign King of kings
To guard and keep His royal heir,
The angels wrap thee in their wings,
And in their hands securely bear;
Preserve thy life, nor let thee meet
A stone to wound thy sacred feet.
To guard and keep His royal heir,
The angels wrap thee in their wings,
And in their hands securely bear;
Preserve thy life, nor let thee meet
A stone to wound thy sacred feet.
“Unhurt thou shalt on adders tread,
On lions, by thy faith o'erthrown;
Thy foot shall crush the serpent's head,
Thy faith shall cast the dragon down;
Victorious through the bleeding Lamb,
The' omnipotence of Jesu's name.”
On lions, by thy faith o'erthrown;
Thy foot shall crush the serpent's head,
Thy faith shall cast the dragon down;
Victorious through the bleeding Lamb,
The' omnipotence of Jesu's name.”
Because he chose the better part,
Resolved to give Me all his heart,
Rejoiced My healing name to know,
I will from all his sins redeem,
In him reveal My love; in him
Mine uttermost salvation show.
Resolved to give Me all his heart,
Rejoiced My healing name to know,
I will from all his sins redeem,
In him reveal My love; in him
Mine uttermost salvation show.
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Mine ear shall hearken to his cry,
Mine arm shall set him up on high,
In trouble comfort and defend;
Honour the vessel of My grace,
And to a life of glory raise,
Begun on earth, but ne'er to end.
Mine arm shall set him up on high,
In trouble comfort and defend;
Honour the vessel of My grace,
And to a life of glory raise,
Begun on earth, but ne'er to end.
PSALM XCIII.
[Jehovah reigns on high]
Jehovah reigns on high
In peerless majesty;
Boundless power His royal robe,
Purest light His garment is;
Rules His word the spacious globe,
'Stablish'd it in floating seas.
In peerless majesty;
Boundless power His royal robe,
Purest light His garment is;
Rules His word the spacious globe,
'Stablish'd it in floating seas.
Ancient of days! Thy name
And essence is I AM;
Thou, O Lord, and Thou alone,
Gavest whatever is to be;
Stood Thine everlasting throne,
Stands to all eternity.
And essence is I AM;
Thou, O Lord, and Thou alone,
Gavest whatever is to be;
Stood Thine everlasting throne,
Stands to all eternity.
The floods, with angry noise,
Have lifted up their voice,—
Lifted up their voice on high;
Fiends and men exclaim aloud;
Rage the waves, and dash the sky,
Hell assails the throne of God.
Have lifted up their voice,—
Lifted up their voice on high;
Fiends and men exclaim aloud;
Rage the waves, and dash the sky,
Hell assails the throne of God.
Their fury cannot move
The Lord who reigns above;
Him the mighty waves obey,
Sinking at His awful will;
Ocean owns His sovereign sway,
Hell at His command is still.
The Lord who reigns above;
Him the mighty waves obey,
Sinking at His awful will;
Ocean owns His sovereign sway,
Hell at His command is still.
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Thy statutes, Lord, are sure,
And as Thyself endure;
Thine eternal house above
Holy souls alone can see,
Fitted here by perfect love,
There to reign enthroned with Thee.
And as Thyself endure;
Thine eternal house above
Holy souls alone can see,
Fitted here by perfect love,
There to reign enthroned with Thee.
PSALM XCIV.
[Almighty God, to whom alone]
Almighty God, to whom alone
Avenging power belongs,
Hear Thine afflicted people groan,
And vindicate their wrongs.
To vindicate the' oppress'd is Thine,
To do the injured right,
The great prerogative Divine
Is evil to requite.
Avenging power belongs,
Hear Thine afflicted people groan,
And vindicate their wrongs.
To vindicate the' oppress'd is Thine,
To do the injured right,
The great prerogative Divine
Is evil to requite.
Show Thyself now, arise, O Lord,
Judge of the earth appear,
Render the proud their due reward,
And stop their triumphs here.
How long shall evil men proceed,
In acts of violence boast?
Their lies and wicked slanders spread,
And trample on the just?
Judge of the earth appear,
Render the proud their due reward,
And stop their triumphs here.
How long shall evil men proceed,
In acts of violence boast?
Their lies and wicked slanders spread,
And trample on the just?
The ruin of Thy church they seek
With unrelenting rage,
Thy people they in pieces break,
And spoil Thine heritage;
Regardless or of age or sex,
The widow they oppress,
With cruelty the stranger vex,
And slay the fatherless.
With unrelenting rage,
Thy people they in pieces break,
And spoil Thine heritage;
Regardless or of age or sex,
The widow they oppress,
With cruelty the stranger vex,
And slay the fatherless.
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Harden'd by long impunity,
All pity they discard;
The Lord, say they, shall never see,
Nor Jacob's God regard.
Yet understand, ye brutish souls,
Who dare your God despise,
When, O ye mad presumptuous fools,
O when will ye be wise?
All pity they discard;
The Lord, say they, shall never see,
Nor Jacob's God regard.
Yet understand, ye brutish souls,
Who dare your God despise,
When, O ye mad presumptuous fools,
O when will ye be wise?
Who planted the attentive ear,
And form'd the seeing eye,
Shall He forget to see and hear,
Shall God your sins pass by?
He breaks the heathen with His rod,
Shall He not punish you?
Or knows not the omniscient God
What all His creatures do?
And form'd the seeing eye,
Shall He forget to see and hear,
Shall God your sins pass by?
He breaks the heathen with His rod,
Shall He not punish you?
Or knows not the omniscient God
What all His creatures do?
He only hath the nations taught,
He knows what is in man,
The Lord discerns their every thought,
And sees that all are vain.
Happy the man that Thou, O Lord,
In mercy dost chastise,
And makest him by Thy written word
Unto salvation wise.
He knows what is in man,
The Lord discerns their every thought,
And sees that all are vain.
Happy the man that Thou, O Lord,
In mercy dost chastise,
And makest him by Thy written word
Unto salvation wise.
Wise to believe in time of need,
And quietly attend,
Till God on their oppressor's head
Doth all His judgments send.
For never will the Lord forsake
His own inheritance,
Or cast them off, who humbly make
His mercy their defence.
And quietly attend,
Till God on their oppressor's head
Doth all His judgments send.
For never will the Lord forsake
His own inheritance,
Or cast them off, who humbly make
His mercy their defence.
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The Lord again shall take our part,
And clear our righteousness,
Whilst all the men of upright heart
His just award shall bless.
But who of all the gods below
Will rise to do me right,
Or interpose to break the blow
Of wicked lawless might?
And clear our righteousness,
Whilst all the men of upright heart
His just award shall bless.
But who of all the gods below
Will rise to do me right,
Or interpose to break the blow
Of wicked lawless might?
Had not the Lord in danger's hour
Supplied His ready aid,
My soul beneath the murderer's power
Had sunk among the dead.
But when I said “My foot hath slipp'd,”
Thy mercy held me up,
Thy power unto salvation kept,
And gave me back my hope.
Supplied His ready aid,
My soul beneath the murderer's power
Had sunk among the dead.
But when I said “My foot hath slipp'd,”
Thy mercy held me up,
Thy power unto salvation kept,
And gave me back my hope.
Thou didst my drooping spirit cheer,
By desperate grief oppress'd,
Kindly in my behalf appear,
And take me into rest:
A rest to cruel men unknown,
Who would Thy flock devour,
And proudly sit upon the throne
Of persecuting power.
By desperate grief oppress'd,
Kindly in my behalf appear,
And take me into rest:
A rest to cruel men unknown,
Who would Thy flock devour,
And proudly sit upon the throne
Of persecuting power.
No fellowship have they with Thee,
The sons of lawless might,
Who 'stablish wrong by a decree,
And pass it into right.
Against the souls of righteous men
They rise with fierce intent,
With mockery of law arraign
And doom the innocent.
The sons of lawless might,
Who 'stablish wrong by a decree,
And pass it into right.
Against the souls of righteous men
They rise with fierce intent,
With mockery of law arraign
And doom the innocent.
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But Jesus is my God, the Lord
My rock and refuge is,
He shall their wickedness reward,
And all our foes oppress.
Their sins on their own head shall fall
Who will not be forgiven,
The Lord our God shall slay them all,
And save us up to heaven.
My rock and refuge is,
He shall their wickedness reward,
And all our foes oppress.
Their sins on their own head shall fall
Who will not be forgiven,
The Lord our God shall slay them all,
And save us up to heaven.
PSALM XCVII.
[The Lord unrivall'd reigns]
The Lord unrivall'd reigns,
His royal power maintains:
Earth, thine awful Monarch bless,
Own with joy His happy sway;
Him let all thine isles confess,
All exult their God to' obey.
His royal power maintains:
Earth, thine awful Monarch bless,
Own with joy His happy sway;
Him let all thine isles confess,
All exult their God to' obey.
Darkness and clouds surround
The King with glory crown'd:
Righteousness and sovereign grace
To support His empire join;
Burns a fire before His face,
Minister of wrath Divine.
The King with glory crown'd:
Righteousness and sovereign grace
To support His empire join;
Burns a fire before His face,
Minister of wrath Divine.
The sin-consuming power
Doth terribly devour!
By the weapons of His war,
Thunderstruck, His foes expire,
Through the earth His lightnings glare,
Set the trembling world on fire.
Doth terribly devour!
By the weapons of His war,
Thunderstruck, His foes expire,
Through the earth His lightnings glare,
Set the trembling world on fire.
The hills were melted down,
Like wax before the sun.
Lord of the whole earth He is;
Hail the present Deity!
Heaven, declare His righteousness,
All the world, His glory see!
Like wax before the sun.
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Hail the present Deity!
Heaven, declare His righteousness,
All the world, His glory see!
Confounded are all they
That other lords obey,
Boasters of their idols vain!
Own, ye kings, His sovereign power;
Serve the Lord by whom ye reign,
Him, ye gods of earth, adore.
That other lords obey,
Boasters of their idols vain!
Own, ye kings, His sovereign power;
Serve the Lord by whom ye reign,
Him, ye gods of earth, adore.
Sion hath heard His word,
And gloried in her Lord.
Jesus, God of truth and love,
Power supreme to Thee is given,
Far above all gods, above
Every name in earth or heaven!
And gloried in her Lord.
Jesus, God of truth and love,
Power supreme to Thee is given,
Far above all gods, above
Every name in earth or heaven!
Fly every touch of blame,
All ye that love His name!
He preserves your souls below,
Keeps from sin and Satan's power,
Till His utmost truth ye know,
Till His saints can sin no more.
All ye that love His name!
He preserves your souls below,
Keeps from sin and Satan's power,
Till His utmost truth ye know,
Till His saints can sin no more.
The light of truth is sown
For every simple one.
Reap the fruits of joy and peace,
Righteous souls, the promise prove,
Thank Him for His holiness,
Glory in His perfect love.
For every simple one.
Reap the fruits of joy and peace,
Righteous souls, the promise prove,
Thank Him for His holiness,
Glory in His perfect love.
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PSALM XCVIII.
[Sing we to our conquering Lord]
Sing we to our conquering Lord
A new triumphant song;
Joyfully His deeds record,
And with a thankful tongue:
Wonders His right hand hath wrought;
Still His outstretch'd arm we see;
He alone the fight hath fought,
And got the victory.
A new triumphant song;
Joyfully His deeds record,
And with a thankful tongue:
Wonders His right hand hath wrought;
Still His outstretch'd arm we see;
He alone the fight hath fought,
And got the victory.
God, the' almighty God, hath made
His great salvation known;
Openly to all display'd
His glory in His Son:
Christ hath brought the life to light,
Bade the glorious gospel shine,
Show'd, in all the heathen's sight,
His righteousness Divine.
His great salvation known;
Openly to all display'd
His glory in His Son:
Christ hath brought the life to light,
Bade the glorious gospel shine,
Show'd, in all the heathen's sight,
His righteousness Divine.
He to Israel's chosen race
His promise hath fulfill'd:
Mindful of His word of grace,
His saving health reveal'd:
He to all the sons of men
Hath His truth and mercy show'd;
Earth's remotest bounds have seen
The pardoning love of God.
His promise hath fulfill'd:
Mindful of His word of grace,
His saving health reveal'd:
He to all the sons of men
Hath His truth and mercy show'd;
Earth's remotest bounds have seen
The pardoning love of God.
Make a loud and cheerful noise
To Him that reigns above;
Earth, with all Thy sons, rejoice
In the Redeemer's love:
Raise your songs of triumph high,
Bring Him every tuneful strain,
Praise the Lord who stoop'd to die,
To ransom wretched man.
To Him that reigns above;
Earth, with all Thy sons, rejoice
In the Redeemer's love:
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Bring Him every tuneful strain,
Praise the Lord who stoop'd to die,
To ransom wretched man.
Him with lute and harp record,
With shawms and trumpets praise;
Sing, rejoice, before the Lord,
And glory in His grace:
Hymn His grace, and truth, and power;
Give Him thanks, rejoice, and sing;
Praise Him, praise Him evermore,
And triumph with your King.
With shawms and trumpets praise;
Sing, rejoice, before the Lord,
And glory in His grace:
Hymn His grace, and truth, and power;
Give Him thanks, rejoice, and sing;
Praise Him, praise Him evermore,
And triumph with your King.
Ocean, roar, with all thy waves,
In honour of His name;
He who all creation saves
Doth all their homage claim:
Clap your hands, ye floods! Ye hills,
Joyful all His praise rehearse;
Praise Him till His glory fills
The vocal universe!
In honour of His name;
He who all creation saves
Doth all their homage claim:
Clap your hands, ye floods! Ye hills,
Joyful all His praise rehearse;
Praise Him till His glory fills
The vocal universe!
Lo! He comes with clouds! He comes
In dreadful pomp array'd!
All His glorious power assumes,
To judge the world He made:
Righteous shall His sentence be:
Think of that tremendous bar!
Every eye the Judge shall see!
And thou shalt meet Him there!
In dreadful pomp array'd!
All His glorious power assumes,
To judge the world He made:
Righteous shall His sentence be:
Think of that tremendous bar!
Every eye the Judge shall see!
And thou shalt meet Him there!
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PSALM C.
[Ye sons of men, lift up your voice]
Ye sons of men, lift up your voice,
Ye nations of the earth, rejoice,
In God rejoice with one accord!
Bow all your hearts before His face,
Adore Him for creating grace,
And shout and sing to Christ the Lord.
Ye nations of the earth, rejoice,
In God rejoice with one accord!
Bow all your hearts before His face,
Adore Him for creating grace,
And shout and sing to Christ the Lord.
Know, that the Lord is God alone;
He made and claims us for His own,
His creatures for Himself design'd;
We are the sheep of Israel's fold,
The flock He hath redeem'd of old;
His people now is all mankind.
He made and claims us for His own,
His creatures for Himself design'd;
We are the sheep of Israel's fold,
The flock He hath redeem'd of old;
His people now is all mankind.
O enter then His courts with praise,
Press to the channels of His grace,
With joyful thanks your God proclaim:
Give Him the glory of His love,
And praise Him, like the hosts above,
And bless His all-redeeming name.
Press to the channels of His grace,
With joyful thanks your God proclaim:
Give Him the glory of His love,
And praise Him, like the hosts above,
And bless His all-redeeming name.
Praise Him, the faithful Lord and good!
His mercy hath for ages stood;
His mercy stands for ever sure:
His steadfast truth shall never fail,
His word and oath unchangeable
Through all eternity endure.
His mercy hath for ages stood;
His mercy stands for ever sure:
His steadfast truth shall never fail,
His word and oath unchangeable
Through all eternity endure.
PSALM CII.
[Hear, O Lord, my bitter cry]
Hear, O Lord, my bitter cry,
Regard my sad complaint!
Do not Thou Thy help deny
When most Thy help I want!
Hide not Thou Thy face from me,
Thine ear in tender mercy bow,
Hearken while I call on Thee,
Relieve, relieve me now.
Regard my sad complaint!
Do not Thou Thy help deny
When most Thy help I want!
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Thine ear in tender mercy bow,
Hearken while I call on Thee,
Relieve, relieve me now.
All my days like smoke expire
In vanity and sin;
Sin as a consuming fire
I find shut up within:
Droops my heart, as grass cut down,
No more my nature's wants I heed;
Groaning underneath Thy frown,
My tears are all my bread.
In vanity and sin;
Sin as a consuming fire
I find shut up within:
Droops my heart, as grass cut down,
No more my nature's wants I heed;
Groaning underneath Thy frown,
My tears are all my bread.
Worn away with endless pain,
My strength is lost and gone;
In the desert I complain,
Forgotten and alone;
As the boding bird of night
I sit, disdaining all relief,
Far removed from human sight,
And brooding o'er my grief.
My strength is lost and gone;
In the desert I complain,
Forgotten and alone;
As the boding bird of night
I sit, disdaining all relief,
Far removed from human sight,
And brooding o'er my grief.
Still my foes with rage and scorn
Pursue my misery;
Madly hath their malice sworn
To vent itself on me;
Me, alas! distress'd, dismay'd,
O'erwhelm'd with sins, and griefs, and fears!
Ashes are my only bread,
And all my drink is tears.
Pursue my misery;
Madly hath their malice sworn
To vent itself on me;
Me, alas! distress'd, dismay'd,
O'erwhelm'd with sins, and griefs, and fears!
Ashes are my only bread,
And all my drink is tears.
Crush'd beneath Thine anger, I
My alter'd state bemoan,
Whom Thy mercy raised so high
Thy justice hath cast down.
Fleets my life's declining hour,
And swifter than a shadow flies,
Scarce so soon the short-lived flower
Withers away and dies.
My alter'd state bemoan,
Whom Thy mercy raised so high
Thy justice hath cast down.
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And swifter than a shadow flies,
Scarce so soon the short-lived flower
Withers away and dies.
But my God is still the same,
And shall for ever be,
One unchangeable I AM
Through all eternity.
Stands Thy love upon record,
Thy truth immovably secure!
All Thy faithful mercies, Lord,
From age to age endure.
And shall for ever be,
One unchangeable I AM
Through all eternity.
Stands Thy love upon record,
Thy truth immovably secure!
All Thy faithful mercies, Lord,
From age to age endure.
Thou shalt, to Thy promise just,
Arise Thy church to build,
Lift her up out of the dust;
The time is now fulfill'd:
Weeping o'er her scatter'd stones,
Thy servants by her ruins stay,
Thy own Spirit groans their groans,
And bids Thee come away.
Arise Thy church to build,
Lift her up out of the dust;
The time is now fulfill'd:
Weeping o'er her scatter'd stones,
Thy servants by her ruins stay,
Thy own Spirit groans their groans,
And bids Thee come away.
Then the Gentile world shall praise,
And bow to Jesu's name;
All the kings of earth His grace
And glory shall proclaim:
When the Lord His church shall rear,
He all His mercy shall display,
Glorious in His saints appear,
And bring the perfect day.
And bow to Jesu's name;
All the kings of earth His grace
And glory shall proclaim:
When the Lord His church shall rear,
He all His mercy shall display,
Glorious in His saints appear,
And bring the perfect day.
Then He shall regard the cries
Of His poor desolate one;
Seem no more to slight his sighs,
But answer every groan:
Him who comforts all that mourn
The sacred annals shall record,
That the people yet unborn
Might praise and love the Lord.
Of His poor desolate one;
Seem no more to slight his sighs,
But answer every groan:
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The sacred annals shall record,
That the people yet unborn
Might praise and love the Lord.
From His high and holy place
The Saviour hath look'd down;
Seen from heaven the earthborn race
Who groan'd beneath His frown;
He hath heard their mournful cry,
And loosed the hopeless prisoner's chain;
Whom His justice doom'd to die
His love revives again.
The Saviour hath look'd down;
Seen from heaven the earthborn race
Who groan'd beneath His frown;
He hath heard their mournful cry,
And loosed the hopeless prisoner's chain;
Whom His justice doom'd to die
His love revives again.
Them His love delights to spare,
That they His praise may show,
Joyfully His name declare,
Throughout His church below;
When the Gentiles are brought in,
And all obey the gospel-word,
Slaves no more to hell and sin,
But servants of the Lord!
That they His praise may show,
Joyfully His name declare,
Throughout His church below;
When the Gentiles are brought in,
And all obey the gospel-word,
Slaves no more to hell and sin,
But servants of the Lord!
I, alas! was hastening on
To see the glorious day;
But the Lord hath brought me down,
And weaken'd in the way;
Failing in the doubtful strife,
I part with my extorted hope,
Ready to despair of life,
And give the promise up.
To see the glorious day;
But the Lord hath brought me down,
And weaken'd in the way;
Failing in the doubtful strife,
I part with my extorted hope,
Ready to despair of life,
And give the promise up.
“Spare me, O my God!” I said;
“Nor yet from earth remove,
Young in life, unsaved, unfreed,
A stranger to Thy love:
Take me not in wrath away,
But let me know Thy saving name,
Jesus now, and yesterday,
And evermore, the same.
“Nor yet from earth remove,
Young in life, unsaved, unfreed,
A stranger to Thy love:
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But let me know Thy saving name,
Jesus now, and yesterday,
And evermore, the same.
“Thou, the unbeginning Word,
Hast earth's foundations laid;
Thee the heavens declare their Lord,
Whose hands have all things made;
They again shall own Thee God,
And nature's works shall all expire,
Worlds created by Thy nod
Shall perish by Thy fire.
Hast earth's foundations laid;
Thee the heavens declare their Lord,
Whose hands have all things made;
They again shall own Thee God,
And nature's works shall all expire,
Worlds created by Thy nod
Shall perish by Thy fire.
“Folded as a garment, they
Shall soon be cast aside;
Heaven and earth shall pass away,
But Thou shalt still abide,
Changing all things at Thy will;
The' omnipotent Jehovah Thou,
God supreme, unchangeable,
Through one eternal Now!
Shall soon be cast aside;
Heaven and earth shall pass away,
But Thou shalt still abide,
Changing all things at Thy will;
The' omnipotent Jehovah Thou,
God supreme, unchangeable,
Through one eternal Now!
“Thou, with all that keep Thy word,
Shalt evermore endure;
'Stablish'd in their faithful Lord,
Their seed shall stand secure;
Stand, and walk with Thee in light,
The pillars that no more remove,
Pure, and spotless in Thy sight,
And perfected in love.”
Shalt evermore endure;
'Stablish'd in their faithful Lord,
Their seed shall stand secure;
Stand, and walk with Thee in light,
The pillars that no more remove,
Pure, and spotless in Thy sight,
And perfected in love.”
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PSALM CIII. (IN PART.)
[Praise the Lord, my thankful soul]
Praise the Lord, my thankful soul,
Him let all within me praise!
He again hath made me whole,
He hath lengthen'd out my days.
Him let all within me praise!
He again hath made me whole,
He hath lengthen'd out my days.
Gracious, merciful, and kind,
Him my thankful soul proclaim,
Bear His benefits in mind,
Love, and bless His hallow'd name.
Him my thankful soul proclaim,
Bear His benefits in mind,
Love, and bless His hallow'd name.
Thee how often doth He save
From the first and second death,
Snatch thee from the gaping grave,
Pluck thee from the lion's teeth?
From the first and second death,
Snatch thee from the gaping grave,
Pluck thee from the lion's teeth?
He forgives thy every sin,
Only He thy pardon seals,
Justifies and makes thee clean,
All thy imperfections heals.
Only He thy pardon seals,
Justifies and makes thee clean,
All thy imperfections heals.
God on me His blessings showers,
All His blessings from above,
Bids me taste the heavenly powers,
Crowns me with His grace and love.
All His blessings from above,
Bids me taste the heavenly powers,
Crowns me with His grace and love.
As an eagle swift and strong,
Lo! renew'd I live, I rise,
Active, vigorous, and young,
Earth I spurn, and cleave the skies.
Lo! renew'd I live, I rise,
Active, vigorous, and young,
Earth I spurn, and cleave the skies.
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PART OF PSALM CIV.
[Upborne aloft on venturous wing]
Upborne aloft on venturous wing,
While spurning earthly themes I soar
Through paths untrod before,
What God, what seraph shall I sing?
Whom but Thee should I proclaim,
Author of this wondrous frame?
Eternal, uncreated Lord,
Enshrined in glory's radiant blaze!
At whose prolific voice, whose potent word,
Commanded Nothing swift retired, and worlds began their race.
While spurning earthly themes I soar
Through paths untrod before,
What God, what seraph shall I sing?
Whom but Thee should I proclaim,
Author of this wondrous frame?
Eternal, uncreated Lord,
Enshrined in glory's radiant blaze!
At whose prolific voice, whose potent word,
Commanded Nothing swift retired, and worlds began their race.
Thou, brooding o'er the realms of night,
The' unbottom'd, infinite abyss,
Badest the deep her rage surcease,
And saidst, “Let there be light!”
Ethereal light Thy call obey'd,
Through the wide void her living waters past,
Glad she left her native shade;
Darkness turn'd his murmuring head,
Resign'd the reins, and trembling fled;
The crystal waves roll'd on, and fill'd the ambient waste.
The' unbottom'd, infinite abyss,
Badest the deep her rage surcease,
And saidst, “Let there be light!”
Ethereal light Thy call obey'd,
Through the wide void her living waters past,
Glad she left her native shade;
Darkness turn'd his murmuring head,
Resign'd the reins, and trembling fled;
The crystal waves roll'd on, and fill'd the ambient waste.
In light, effulgent robe, array'd,
Thou left'st the beauteous realms of day;
The golden towers inclined their head,
As their Sovereign took His way.
The all-encircling bounds (a shining train,
Ministering flames around Him flew)
Through the vast profound He drew,
When, lo! sequacious to His fruitful hand,
Heaven o'er the' uncolour'd void her azure curtain threw.
Thou left'st the beauteous realms of day;
The golden towers inclined their head,
As their Sovereign took His way.
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Ministering flames around Him flew)
Through the vast profound He drew,
When, lo! sequacious to His fruitful hand,
Heaven o'er the' uncolour'd void her azure curtain threw.
Lo! marching o'er the empty space,
The fluid stores in order rise,
With adamantine chains of liquid glass,
To bind the new-born fabric of the skies.
Downward the' almighty Builder rode,
Old Chaos groan'd beneath the God,
Sable clouds His pompous car,
Harness'd winds before Him ran,
Proud to wear their Maker's chain,
And told with hoarse-resounding voice coming from afar.
The fluid stores in order rise,
With adamantine chains of liquid glass,
To bind the new-born fabric of the skies.
Downward the' almighty Builder rode,
Old Chaos groan'd beneath the God,
Sable clouds His pompous car,
Harness'd winds before Him ran,
Proud to wear their Maker's chain,
And told with hoarse-resounding voice coming from afar.
Embryon earth the signal knew,
And rear'd from night's dark womb her infant head;
Though yet prevailing waves her hills o'erspread,
And stain'd their sickly face with pallid hue.
But when loud thunders the pursuit began,
Back the' affrighted spoilers ran;
In vain aspiring hills opposed their race,
O'er hills and vales with equal haste,
The flying squadrons pass'd,
Till safe within the walls of their appointed place;
There firmly fix'd, their sure enclosures stand,
Unconquerable bounds of ever-during sand!
He spake, from the tall mountain's wounded side,
Fresh springs roll'd down their silver tide:
O'er the glad vales, the shining wanderers stray,
Soft murmuring as they flow,
While in their cooling wave, inclining low,
The untaught natives of the field their parching thirst allay.
High seated on the dancing sprays,
Chequering with varied light their parent streams,
The feather'd choirs attune their artless lays,
Safe from the dreaded heat of solar beams.
And rear'd from night's dark womb her infant head;
Though yet prevailing waves her hills o'erspread,
And stain'd their sickly face with pallid hue.
But when loud thunders the pursuit began,
Back the' affrighted spoilers ran;
In vain aspiring hills opposed their race,
O'er hills and vales with equal haste,
The flying squadrons pass'd,
Till safe within the walls of their appointed place;
There firmly fix'd, their sure enclosures stand,
Unconquerable bounds of ever-during sand!
He spake, from the tall mountain's wounded side,
Fresh springs roll'd down their silver tide:
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Soft murmuring as they flow,
While in their cooling wave, inclining low,
The untaught natives of the field their parching thirst allay.
High seated on the dancing sprays,
Chequering with varied light their parent streams,
The feather'd choirs attune their artless lays,
Safe from the dreaded heat of solar beams.
Genial showers, at His command,
Pour plenty o'er the barren land:
Labouring with parent throes,
See! the teeming hills disclose
A new birth: see cheerful green—
Transitory, pleasing scene—
O'er the smiling landscape glow,
And gladden all the vale below.
Along the mountain's craggy brow,
Amiably dreadful now,
See the clasping vine dispread
Her gently rising, verdant head;
See the purple grape appear,
Kind relief of human care!
Pour plenty o'er the barren land:
Labouring with parent throes,
See! the teeming hills disclose
A new birth: see cheerful green—
Transitory, pleasing scene—
O'er the smiling landscape glow,
And gladden all the vale below.
Along the mountain's craggy brow,
Amiably dreadful now,
See the clasping vine dispread
Her gently rising, verdant head;
See the purple grape appear,
Kind relief of human care!
Instinct with circling life, Thy skill
Uprear'd the olive's loaded bough;
What time on Lebanon's proud hill,
Slow rose the stately cedar's brow.
Nor less rejoice the lowly plains,
Of useful corn the fertile bed,
Than when the lordly cedar reigns,
A beauteous, but a barren, shade.
While in his arms the painted train,
Warbling to the vocal grove,
Sweetly tell their pleasing pain,
Willing slaves to genial love;
While the wild-goats, an active throng,
From rock to rock light-bounding fly,
Jehovah's praise, in solemn song,
Shall echo through the vaulted sky.
Uprear'd the olive's loaded bough;
What time on Lebanon's proud hill,
Slow rose the stately cedar's brow.
Nor less rejoice the lowly plains,
Of useful corn the fertile bed,
Than when the lordly cedar reigns,
A beauteous, but a barren, shade.
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Warbling to the vocal grove,
Sweetly tell their pleasing pain,
Willing slaves to genial love;
While the wild-goats, an active throng,
From rock to rock light-bounding fly,
Jehovah's praise, in solemn song,
Shall echo through the vaulted sky.
PSALM CVII.
[O ye that know the pardoning Lord]
PART I.
O ye that know the pardoning Lord,
His everlasting love record,
Give thanks, and glory in His grace!
Gather'd by Jesus from all lands,
Redeem'd from sin and Satan's hands,
Your merciful Redeemer praise:
His everlasting love record,
Give thanks, and glory in His grace!
Gather'd by Jesus from all lands,
Redeem'd from sin and Satan's hands,
Your merciful Redeemer praise:
Ere yet on Christ their souls were stay'd,
O'er the wide wilderness they stray'd,
The world of sin they wander'd round;
Parch'd up with thirst, and pined with want,
Weary, and comfortless, and faint,
They no abiding city found.
O'er the wide wilderness they stray'd,
The world of sin they wander'd round;
Parch'd up with thirst, and pined with want,
Weary, and comfortless, and faint,
They no abiding city found.
To God they in their trouble cried,
And kindly He their want supplied,
And saved them from their sore distress;
Himself the living way He show'd,
Led them from all their sins to God,
And bade them dwell in perfect peace.
And kindly He their want supplied,
And saved them from their sore distress;
Himself the living way He show'd,
Led them from all their sins to God,
And bade them dwell in perfect peace.
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O that the world would therefore praise
The Lord, the God of boundless grace,
Whose love in all His works is seen!
With joyful lips confess His power,
And ever feel, proclaim, adore
His wonders towards the sons of men!
The Lord, the God of boundless grace,
Whose love in all His works is seen!
With joyful lips confess His power,
And ever feel, proclaim, adore
His wonders towards the sons of men!
PART II.
By Him the hungry soul is fed;
He fills the poor with living Bread,
And breaks the mournful prisoners' chain;
Those that in death and darkness dwelt,—
Gross darkness, such as might be felt,
The confines of eternal pain:
He fills the poor with living Bread,
And breaks the mournful prisoners' chain;
Those that in death and darkness dwelt,—
Gross darkness, such as might be felt,
The confines of eternal pain:
Because the rebels mock'd His word,
And spurn'd the goodness of their Lord,—
Jesus, most merciful, most high!
He gave them up their guilt to feel;
Humbled them to the gates of hell,
As doom'd the second death to die.
And spurn'd the goodness of their Lord,—
Jesus, most merciful, most high!
He gave them up their guilt to feel;
Humbled them to the gates of hell,
As doom'd the second death to die.
To God they then in trouble cried,
And kindly He their wants supplied,
And saved them from their sore distress;
He brought them from the depth again,
Pardon'd their sin, and burst their chain,
And loosed, and bade them go in peace.
And kindly He their wants supplied,
And saved them from their sore distress;
He brought them from the depth again,
Pardon'd their sin, and burst their chain,
And loosed, and bade them go in peace.
O that the world would therefore praise
The Lord, the God of boundless grace,
Whose love in all His works is seen!
With joyful lips confess His power,
And ever feel, proclaim, adore
His wonders towards the sons of men!
The Lord, the God of boundless grace,
Whose love in all His works is seen!
With joyful lips confess His power,
And ever feel, proclaim, adore
His wonders towards the sons of men!
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PART III.
He smote the gates that kept them in,
The brazen gates of actual sin,
The iron bars in sunder broke;
From Satan's dungeon brought them up,
Deliver'd by the gospel-hope,
And into glorious freedom spoke.
The brazen gates of actual sin,
The iron bars in sunder broke;
From Satan's dungeon brought them up,
Deliver'd by the gospel-hope,
And into glorious freedom spoke.
But when to folly they return'd,
His wrath against the sinners burn'd,
And plagued them with judicial pain;
Diseased they loathed their pleasant meat,
Their soul just sunk into the pit,
Their dust return'd to dust again.
His wrath against the sinners burn'd,
And plagued them with judicial pain;
Diseased they loathed their pleasant meat,
Their soul just sunk into the pit,
Their dust return'd to dust again.
To God they then in trouble cried,
And kindly He their wants supplied,
And saved them from their sore distress;
He sent His all-reviving word,
Their body to full health restored,
Their soul to perfect holiness.
And kindly He their wants supplied,
And saved them from their sore distress;
He sent His all-reviving word,
Their body to full health restored,
Their soul to perfect holiness.
O that the world would therefore praise
The Lord, the God of boundless grace,
Whose love in all His works is seen!
With joyful lips confess His power,
And ever feel, proclaim, adore
His wonders towards the sons of men!
The Lord, the God of boundless grace,
Whose love in all His works is seen!
With joyful lips confess His power,
And ever feel, proclaim, adore
His wonders towards the sons of men!
PART IV.
His praise their happy lives employ;
His praise, in songs of thankful joy,
Let all the sons of men proclaim:
His kindly, providential care
The forces of the sea declare,
And shout amidst the waves His praise.
His praise, in songs of thankful joy,
Let all the sons of men proclaim:
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The forces of the sea declare,
And shout amidst the waves His praise.
Who plough with ships the watery road,
These see the mighty works of God,
His wonders in the' unbounded main:
He bids the stormy wind arise:
The tempest whirls them to the skies,
And sweeps them down to hell again.
These see the mighty works of God,
His wonders in the' unbounded main:
He bids the stormy wind arise:
The tempest whirls them to the skies,
And sweeps them down to hell again.
Their joints and soul dissolved they feel;
Drunken, but not with wine, they reel,
Their hopes expire, their labours cease:
To God they then despairing cry,
Who sends them succour from on high,
And saves them in their last distress.
Drunken, but not with wine, they reel,
Their hopes expire, their labours cease:
To God they then despairing cry,
Who sends them succour from on high,
And saves them in their last distress.
Obedient to His sovereign will,
The winds are hush'd, the sea is still,
Their fears are with the storm suppress'd;
Conducted by the' almighty Hand,
With clamorous joy they grasp the land,
And in their long-sought haven rest.
The winds are hush'd, the sea is still,
Their fears are with the storm suppress'd;
Conducted by the' almighty Hand,
With clamorous joy they grasp the land,
And in their long-sought haven rest.
O that the world would therefore praise
The Lord, the God of boundless grace,
Whose love in all His works is seen!
With joyful lips confess His power,
And ever feel, proclaim, adore
His wonders towards the sons of men!
The Lord, the God of boundless grace,
Whose love in all His works is seen!
With joyful lips confess His power,
And ever feel, proclaim, adore
His wonders towards the sons of men!
PART V.
O that His saints, with one accord,
Would magnify their gracious Lord,
His goodness and His power proclaim:
Let all the' assembled people join,
The elders chant, in hymns Divine,
Their great Redeemer's glorious name.
Would magnify their gracious Lord,
His goodness and His power proclaim:
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The elders chant, in hymns Divine,
Their great Redeemer's glorious name.
Dreadful in power, as rich in grace,
He frowns, and changes nature's face,
Where sinners load the guilty land;
He looks their springs and rivers dry,
Their fertile fields as deserts lie
Accursed, and turn'd to barren sand.
He frowns, and changes nature's face,
Where sinners load the guilty land;
He looks their springs and rivers dry,
Their fertile fields as deserts lie
Accursed, and turn'd to barren sand.
He smiles, and makes the desert smile,
Blesses the dry, unfruitful soil,
With living streams the waste supplies;
The waste is clothed with sudden green,
And herbs, and flowers, and fruits are seen
Throughout the rising paradise.
Blesses the dry, unfruitful soil,
With living streams the waste supplies;
The waste is clothed with sudden green,
And herbs, and flowers, and fruits are seen
Throughout the rising paradise.
Thither He bids the poor repair,
The hungry find their portion there,
And build a city in His name:
They sow their fields, and vineyards plant,
And, bless'd of God with all they want,
His providential love proclaim.
The hungry find their portion there,
And build a city in His name:
They sow their fields, and vineyards plant,
And, bless'd of God with all they want,
His providential love proclaim.
He bids the little flock increase,
He fills them with His righteousness,
His mercy's unexhausted store;
He never takes His mercy back,
He would not they should Him forsake,
Or ever want or wander more.
He fills them with His righteousness,
His mercy's unexhausted store;
He never takes His mercy back,
He would not they should Him forsake,
Or ever want or wander more.
PART VI.
But if again, by sin brought low,
They feel the weight of penal woe,
'Minish'd, afflicted, and oppress'd,
He chastens princes for their pride,
And leaves His own in deserts wide
To wander on, and want His rest.
They feel the weight of penal woe,
'Minish'd, afflicted, and oppress'd,
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And leaves His own in deserts wide
To wander on, and want His rest.
Yet when beneath His wrath they stoop,
He lifts the humbled sinners up;
Revives and cheers His abject poor;
He dries the tears of all that weep,
And gathers home His scatter'd sheep,
And bids them to the end endure.
He lifts the humbled sinners up;
Revives and cheers His abject poor;
He dries the tears of all that weep,
And gathers home His scatter'd sheep,
And bids them to the end endure.
The righteous shall observe and praise
His judgments, and His works of grace,
His humbling and restoring power;
While all that dared their God gainsay,
Shall wonder, fear, and melt away,
And charge His providence no more.
His judgments, and His works of grace,
His humbling and restoring power;
While all that dared their God gainsay,
Shall wonder, fear, and melt away,
And charge His providence no more.
But he that, to salvation wise,
To things Divine his heart applies,
The hidden mystery shall prove;
That love of Christ which knows no end
He with all saints shall comprehend,
That utmost height of Jesu's love!
To things Divine his heart applies,
The hidden mystery shall prove;
That love of Christ which knows no end
He with all saints shall comprehend,
That utmost height of Jesu's love!
PSALM CXIV.
[When Israel out of Egypt came]
When
Israel out of Egypt came,
And left the proud oppressor's land,
Conducted by the great I AM,
Safe in the hollow of His hand;
The Lord in Israel reign'd alone,
And Judah was His favourite throne.
And left the proud oppressor's land,
Conducted by the great I AM,
Safe in the hollow of His hand;
The Lord in Israel reign'd alone,
And Judah was His favourite throne.
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The sea beheld His power, and fled;
Disparted by the wondrous rod,
Jordan ran backward to his head,
And Sinai felt the' incumbent God:
The mountains skipp'd like frighted rams,
The hills leap'd after them as lambs.
Disparted by the wondrous rod,
Jordan ran backward to his head,
And Sinai felt the' incumbent God:
The mountains skipp'd like frighted rams,
The hills leap'd after them as lambs.
What ail'd thee, O thou trembling sea?
What horror turn'd the river back?
Was nature's God displeased at thee?
And why should hills and mountains shake?
Ye mountains huge, who skipp'd like rams,
Ye hills, who leap'd as frighted lambs!
What horror turn'd the river back?
Was nature's God displeased at thee?
And why should hills and mountains shake?
Ye mountains huge, who skipp'd like rams,
Ye hills, who leap'd as frighted lambs!
Earth, tremble on, with all thy sons,
In presence of thy awful Lord,
Whose power inverted nature owns,—
Her only law His sovereign word:
He shakes the centre with His nod,
And heaven bows down to Jacob's God.
In presence of thy awful Lord,
Whose power inverted nature owns,—
Her only law His sovereign word:
He shakes the centre with His nod,
And heaven bows down to Jacob's God.
Creation, varied by His hand,
The' omnipotent Jehovah knows:
The sea is turn'd to solid land,
The rock into a fountain flows,
And all things, as they change, proclaim
Their Lord eternally the same.
The' omnipotent Jehovah knows:
The sea is turn'd to solid land,
The rock into a fountain flows,
And all things, as they change, proclaim
Their Lord eternally the same.
PSALM CXVI.
[The Lord who saved me by His grace]
The Lord who saved me by His grace,
Who ransom'd the oppress'd,
My great redeeming Lord I praise,
And in His love I rest.
Since He a pitying ear did give,
And heard me when I pray'd,
I'll call upon Him while I live,
And never doubt His aid.
Who ransom'd the oppress'd,
My great redeeming Lord I praise,
And in His love I rest.
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And heard me when I pray'd,
I'll call upon Him while I live,
And never doubt His aid.
Pale death, with all his ghastly train,
My soul encompass'd round,
Sorrow, and sin, and doubt, and pain
On every side I found.
The torments of the damn'd I felt,
The pangs and agonies,
The gnawings of despairing guilt,
The worm that never dies.
My soul encompass'd round,
Sorrow, and sin, and doubt, and pain
On every side I found.
The torments of the damn'd I felt,
The pangs and agonies,
The gnawings of despairing guilt,
The worm that never dies.
To Thee, the sinner's Friend, I pray'd,
And did for succour flee;
O save, in my distress I said,
The soul that trusts in Thee.
Righteous the Lord, and rich in grace,
And ready to forgive,
The simple He delights to raise,
And by His love I live.
And did for succour flee;
O save, in my distress I said,
The soul that trusts in Thee.
Righteous the Lord, and rich in grace,
And ready to forgive,
The simple He delights to raise,
And by His love I live.
Then, O my soul, be never more
With anxious thoughts distress'd;
Return, for all the storm is o'er,
To thine eternal Rest.
On me the riches of His grace
My Saviour hath bestow'd,
And lo! I see His smiling face,
And bless my God, my God.
With anxious thoughts distress'd;
Return, for all the storm is o'er,
To thine eternal Rest.
On me the riches of His grace
My Saviour hath bestow'd,
And lo! I see His smiling face,
And bless my God, my God.
Mine eyes no longer drown'd in tears,
My feet from falling free,
Redeem'd from death and guilty fears,
Jesus, I live to Thee;
I walk exulting in Thy sight,
A hidden life above
I live, with all the sons of light,
A life of faith and love.
My feet from falling free,
Redeem'd from death and guilty fears,
Jesus, I live to Thee;
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A hidden life above
I live, with all the sons of light,
A life of faith and love.
Thee, Lord, I with my heart believed,
And did my faith confess,
Tempted, and buffeted, and grieved,
And forced from man to cease.
Renouncing all their flattering aid
As lies and vanity,
Swift from the arm of flesh I fled,
And found my help in Thee.
And did my faith confess,
Tempted, and buffeted, and grieved,
And forced from man to cease.
Renouncing all their flattering aid
As lies and vanity,
Swift from the arm of flesh I fled,
And found my help in Thee.
What shall I render to my God
For all His mercies' store?
I 'll take the gifts He hath bestow'd,
And humbly ask for more.
The sacred cup of saving grace
I will with thanks receive,
And all His promises embrace,
And to His glory live.
For all His mercies' store?
I 'll take the gifts He hath bestow'd,
And humbly ask for more.
The sacred cup of saving grace
I will with thanks receive,
And all His promises embrace,
And to His glory live.
My vows I will to His great name
Before His people pay,
And all I have, and all I am,
Upon His altar lay.
Him will I, with His saints, confess,
The souls He holds so dear,
Who died Himself to buy their peace,
And lives to save them here.
Before His people pay,
And all I have, and all I am,
Upon His altar lay.
Him will I, with His saints, confess,
The souls He holds so dear,
Who died Himself to buy their peace,
And lives to save them here.
Thy lawful servant, Lord, I owe
To Thee whate'er is mine,
Born in Thy family below,
And by redemption Thine.
Thy hands created me, Thy hands
From sin have set me free,
The mercy that hath loosed my bands
Hath bound me fast to Thee.
To Thee whate'er is mine,
Born in Thy family below,
And by redemption Thine.
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From sin have set me free,
The mercy that hath loosed my bands
Hath bound me fast to Thee.
The God of all-redeeming grace
My God I will proclaim,
Offer the sacrifice of praise,
And call upon His name;
Render my vows unto the Lord,
My gratitude approve,
And in His people's ears record
The wonders of His love.
My God I will proclaim,
Offer the sacrifice of praise,
And call upon His name;
Render my vows unto the Lord,
My gratitude approve,
And in His people's ears record
The wonders of His love.
Him will I praise, the Lord of all,
'Midst Zion's festal throng,
And in His courts the' assembly call
To join the sacred song.
Praise Him, ye saints, the God of love,
Who hath my sins forgiven,
Till gather'd to the church above
We sing the songs of heaven.
'Midst Zion's festal throng,
And in His courts the' assembly call
To join the sacred song.
Praise Him, ye saints, the God of love,
Who hath my sins forgiven,
Till gather'd to the church above
We sing the songs of heaven.
PSALM CXVII.
[Praise the Lord, ye ransom'd nations]
Praise the Lord, ye ransom'd nations,
God of universal grace;
Him, with joyful acclamations,
All ye sons of Adam, praise!
God of universal grace;
Him, with joyful acclamations,
All ye sons of Adam, praise!
Jesus, mighty to deliver,
Bids you all His mercy prove;
Jesu's truth endures for ever,
Praise Him for His faithful love.
Bids you all His mercy prove;
Jesu's truth endures for ever,
Praise Him for His faithful love.
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PSALM CXVIII.
[All glory to our gracious Lord!]
All glory to our gracious Lord!
His love be by His church adored,
His love eternally the same!
His love let Aaron's sons confess;
His free and everlasting grace
Let all that fear the Lord proclaim.
His love be by His church adored,
His love eternally the same!
His love let Aaron's sons confess;
His free and everlasting grace
Let all that fear the Lord proclaim.
In trouble on the Lord I cried,
And felt the pardoning word applied:
He answer'd me in peace and power;
He pluck'd my soul out of the net,
In a large place of safety set,
And bade me go, and sin no more.
And felt the pardoning word applied:
He answer'd me in peace and power;
He pluck'd my soul out of the net,
In a large place of safety set,
And bade me go, and sin no more.
The Lord, I now can say, is mine;
And, confident in strength Divine,
Nor man, nor fiends, nor flesh I fear:
Jesus the Saviour takes my part,
And keeps the issues of my heart:
My Helper is for ever near.
And, confident in strength Divine,
Nor man, nor fiends, nor flesh I fear:
Jesus the Saviour takes my part,
And keeps the issues of my heart:
My Helper is for ever near.
Wherefore I soon my wish shall see
On all who hate and strive with me;
My full redemption now draws nigh:
Mine enemies shall all be slain;
And not one spot of sin remain,
Its relics shall for ever die.
On all who hate and strive with me;
My full redemption now draws nigh:
Mine enemies shall all be slain;
And not one spot of sin remain,
Its relics shall for ever die.
Better it is in God to trust,
In God the good, the strong, the just,
Than a false, sinful child of man;
Better in Jesus to confide,
Than every other prince beside,
Who offer all their helps in vain.
In God the good, the strong, the just,
Than a false, sinful child of man;
Better in Jesus to confide,
Than every other prince beside,
Who offer all their helps in vain.
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His all-sufficient help I found,
By hostile nations compass'd round,
And Him my Saviour I proclaim:
Hell, earth, and sin subdued I see;
I soon shall more than conqueror be,
And all destroy through Jesu's name.
By hostile nations compass'd round,
And Him my Saviour I proclaim:
Hell, earth, and sin subdued I see;
I soon shall more than conqueror be,
And all destroy through Jesu's name.
They kept me in on every side,—
Satan, the world, and lust, and pride,—
On every side they kept me in:
Yet, through the Name on which I call,
I surely shall destroy them all;
The Lord shall make an end of sin.
Satan, the world, and lust, and pride,—
On every side they kept me in:
Yet, through the Name on which I call,
I surely shall destroy them all;
The Lord shall make an end of sin.
Begirt with hosts of enemies,
Vexatious as thick-swarming bees;
Quench'd as a blaze of thorns I see
Their fury's momentary flame;
I all destroy through Jesu's name,
And live from sin for ever free.
Vexatious as thick-swarming bees;
Quench'd as a blaze of thorns I see
Their fury's momentary flame;
I all destroy through Jesu's name,
And live from sin for ever free.
O sin, my cruel bosom-foe!
Oft hast thou sought my soul to' o'erthrow,
And sorely thrust at me, in vain:
In my defence the Saviour stood,
Cover'd with His victorious blood,
And arm'd my sprinkled heart again.
Oft hast thou sought my soul to' o'erthrow,
And sorely thrust at me, in vain:
In my defence the Saviour stood,
Cover'd with His victorious blood,
And arm'd my sprinkled heart again.
Righteous I am in Him, and strong;
He is become my joyful song,
My Saviour and salvation too;
I triumph through His mighty grace;
And, pure in heart, shall see His face,
And rise in Christ a creature new.
He is become my joyful song,
My Saviour and salvation too;
I triumph through His mighty grace;
And, pure in heart, shall see His face,
And rise in Christ a creature new.
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The voice of joy, and love, and praise,
And thanks for His redeeming grace,
Among the justified is found:
With songs that rival those above,
With shouts proclaiming Jesu's love,
Both day and night their tents resound.
And thanks for His redeeming grace,
Among the justified is found:
With songs that rival those above,
With shouts proclaiming Jesu's love,
Both day and night their tents resound.
The Lord's right hand hath wonders wrought;
Above the reach of human thought,
The Lord's right hand exalted is;
We see it still stretch'd out to save,
The power of God in Christ we have,
And Jesus is the Prince of Peace.
Above the reach of human thought,
The Lord's right hand exalted is;
We see it still stretch'd out to save,
The power of God in Christ we have,
And Jesus is the Prince of Peace.
I shall not die in sin, but live;
To Christ, my Lord, the glory give,
His miracles of grace declare;
When He the work of faith hath done,
When I have put His image on
And fruit unto perfection bear.
To Christ, my Lord, the glory give,
His miracles of grace declare;
When He the work of faith hath done,
When I have put His image on
And fruit unto perfection bear.
The Lord hath sorely chasten'd me,
And bruised for mine iniquity;
Yet mercy would not give me up:
Caught from the jaws of second death,
Pluck'd out of the devourer's teeth,
He bids me now rejoice in hope.
And bruised for mine iniquity;
Yet mercy would not give me up:
Caught from the jaws of second death,
Pluck'd out of the devourer's teeth,
He bids me now rejoice in hope.
Open the gates of righteousness;
Receive me into Christ my Peace,
That I His praises may record;
He is the Truth, the Life, the Way;
The portal of eternal day,
The gate of heaven, is Christ my Lord.
Receive me into Christ my Peace,
That I His praises may record;
He is the Truth, the Life, the Way;
The portal of eternal day,
The gate of heaven, is Christ my Lord.
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Through Him the just shall enter in,
Saved to the uttermost from sin:
Already saved from all its power:
The Lord my Righteousness I praise,
And calmly wait the perfect grace,
When, born of God, I sin no more.
Saved to the uttermost from sin:
Already saved from all its power:
The Lord my Righteousness I praise,
And calmly wait the perfect grace,
When, born of God, I sin no more.
Jesus is lifted up on high;
Whom man refused and doom'd to die,
He is become the corner-stone;
Head of His church He lives and reigns,
His kingdom over all maintains,
High on His everlasting throne.
Whom man refused and doom'd to die,
He is become the corner-stone;
Head of His church He lives and reigns,
His kingdom over all maintains,
High on His everlasting throne.
The Lord the' amazing work hath wrought,
Hath from the dead our Shepherd brought,
Revived on the third glorious day;
This is the day our God hath made,
The day for sinners to be glad
In Him, who bears their sins away.
Hath from the dead our Shepherd brought,
Revived on the third glorious day;
This is the day our God hath made,
The day for sinners to be glad
In Him, who bears their sins away.
Thee, Lord, with joyful lips we praise:
O send us now Thy saving grace;
Make this the acceptable hour;
Our hearts would now receive Thee in;
Enter, and make an end of sin,
And bless us with the perfect power.
O send us now Thy saving grace;
Make this the acceptable hour;
Our hearts would now receive Thee in;
Enter, and make an end of sin,
And bless us with the perfect power.
Bless us, that we may call Thee bless'd;
Sent down from heaven to give us rest,
Thy gracious Father to proclaim;
His sinless nature to impart,
In every new, believing heart
To manifest His glorious name.
Sent down from heaven to give us rest,
Thy gracious Father to proclaim;
His sinless nature to impart,
In every new, believing heart
To manifest His glorious name.
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God is the Lord that shows us light;
Then let us render Him His right,
The offering of a thankful mind:
Present our living sacrifice;
And to His cross, in closest ties,
With cords of love our spirit bind.
Then let us render Him His right,
The offering of a thankful mind:
Present our living sacrifice;
And to His cross, in closest ties,
With cords of love our spirit bind.
Thou art my God, and Thee I praise;
Thou art my God, I sing Thy grace,
And call mankind to' extol Thy name:
All glory to our gracious Lord!
His name be praised, His love adored,
Through all eternity the same!
Thou art my God, I sing Thy grace,
And call mankind to' extol Thy name:
All glory to our gracious Lord!
His name be praised, His love adored,
Through all eternity the same!
PSALM CXIX.
[Blessed are the pure in heart]
ALEPH. PART I.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
Those who never disobey,
Never from their Lord depart,
Never leave His perfect way.
From all sin entirely freed,
Here they walk with God above;
Born again, and saints indeed,
Fully perfected in love.
Those who never disobey,
Never from their Lord depart,
Never leave His perfect way.
From all sin entirely freed,
Here they walk with God above;
Born again, and saints indeed,
Fully perfected in love.
Blessed are the creatures new,
Who the law Divine fulfil,
God with all their powers pursue,
Answer all His holy will.
They in thought shall sin no more,
They in all His righteous ways
Walk, beyond the tempter's power;
To the utmost saved by grace.
Who the law Divine fulfil,
God with all their powers pursue,
Answer all His holy will.
They in thought shall sin no more,
They in all His righteous ways
Walk, beyond the tempter's power;
To the utmost saved by grace.
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Thou hast charged us, Lord, to' obey
All Thy words with all our heart;
From the rule we may not stray,
May not in our thoughts depart.
O might I through life be led
By the unction from above,
In Thy every statute tread,
Keep the law by perfect love.
All Thy words with all our heart;
From the rule we may not stray,
May not in our thoughts depart.
O might I through life be led
By the unction from above,
In Thy every statute tread,
Keep the law by perfect love.
Then, and not before, shall I
Stand above the reach of shame;
Sin and Satan's charge defy,
Free from every touch of blame.
When I Thy commandments keep,
When I have respect to all,
Then my foot shall never slip,
Then from Thee I shall not fall.
Stand above the reach of shame;
Sin and Satan's charge defy,
Free from every touch of blame.
When I Thy commandments keep,
When I have respect to all,
Then my foot shall never slip,
Then from Thee I shall not fall.
Soon as I have learn'd Thy ways,
With a perfect heart and pure
Thee I shall for ever praise,
Faithful to the end endure.
Only keep me, Lord, till then;
Do not from my weakness move
Till my soul is born again,
Strong in all the life of love!
With a perfect heart and pure
Thee I shall for ever praise,
Faithful to the end endure.
Only keep me, Lord, till then;
Do not from my weakness move
Till my soul is born again,
Strong in all the life of love!
BETH. PART II.
How shall a weak, sinful youth
Find his conscience purified?
Let him heed the voice of truth,
Let him in Thy word abide.
There the inward Guide shall meet,
Teach his sprinkled heart to' obey,
Back recall his starting feet,
Lead him in the perfect way.
Find his conscience purified?
Let him heed the voice of truth,
Let him in Thy word abide.
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Teach his sprinkled heart to' obey,
Back recall his starting feet,
Lead him in the perfect way.
All my heart hath sought Thy face;
Do not suffer me to rove
From Thy own appointed ways,
From the precepts of Thy love.
I have stood in constant awe,
Treasured up Thy word within,
Lest I should transgress Thy law,
Grieve Thee by the smallest sin.
Do not suffer me to rove
From Thy own appointed ways,
From the precepts of Thy love.
I have stood in constant awe,
Treasured up Thy word within,
Lest I should transgress Thy law,
Grieve Thee by the smallest sin.
Source of happiness Thou art;
Me, even me, vouchsafe to bless;
Wisdom in Thy law impart;
Teach me, Lord, Thy righteous ways.
With my lips have I declared
All the words that came from Thine:
Toil is here its own reward,
Happiness and duty join.
Me, even me, vouchsafe to bless;
Wisdom in Thy law impart;
Teach me, Lord, Thy righteous ways.
With my lips have I declared
All the words that came from Thine:
Toil is here its own reward,
Happiness and duty join.
In the records of Thy love
I have found a mine of joy;
All my treasure is above,
While Thy words my thoughts employ.
Still to search Thy word of grace,
This my sweet employ shall be;
Still to know Thy pleasant ways;
Still to love and walk in Thee.
I have found a mine of joy;
All my treasure is above,
While Thy words my thoughts employ.
Still to search Thy word of grace,
This my sweet employ shall be;
Still to know Thy pleasant ways;
Still to love and walk in Thee.
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GIMEL. PART III.
Thy unworthy servant, Lord,
With abundant grace receive;
That I may fulfil Thy word,
Bid me by Thy mercy live.
Open Thou mine inward eyes,
From the book the veil remove,
That I may discern the prize,
The high prize of perfect love.
With abundant grace receive;
That I may fulfil Thy word,
Bid me by Thy mercy live.
Open Thou mine inward eyes,
From the book the veil remove,
That I may discern the prize,
The high prize of perfect love.
Known on earth to none but Thee,
Here a banish'd man I roam;
Let me Thy commandments see,
Show the light that guides me home
All their deep design reveal,
All their inward power impart,
'Grave them with Thy Spirit's seal
On the tables of my heart.
Here a banish'd man I roam;
Let me Thy commandments see,
Show the light that guides me home
All their deep design reveal,
All their inward power impart,
'Grave them with Thy Spirit's seal
On the tables of my heart.
Faints my soul with strong desire
All Thy counsels to fulfil;
Only this I still require,—
Let me do Thy perfect will.
Wretched and accursed are they,
Bruised by Thy afflictive rod,
Who from Thy commandments stray,
Proudly sin against their God.
All Thy counsels to fulfil;
Only this I still require,—
Let me do Thy perfect will.
Wretched and accursed are they,
Bruised by Thy afflictive rod,
Who from Thy commandments stray,
Proudly sin against their God.
Far from me, O Lord, remove
Foul reproach and guilty shame;
I to keep Thy law have strove,
I have suffer'd for Thy name.
Mighty men and princes sat,
Threatening, in the scorner's chair;
All their haughty anger's weight
Meekly I rejoiced to bear.
Foul reproach and guilty shame;
I to keep Thy law have strove,
I have suffer'd for Thy name.
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Threatening, in the scorner's chair;
All their haughty anger's weight
Meekly I rejoiced to bear.
Still I own'd Thee for my Lord;
Thee I fear'd, and Thee alone;
Musing in the written word,
In the power of God went on.
Strength, and counsel, and delight,
By the word I still receive;
By the word I walk aright,
By the word for ever live.
Thee I fear'd, and Thee alone;
Musing in the written word,
In the power of God went on.
Strength, and counsel, and delight,
By the word I still receive;
By the word I walk aright,
By the word for ever live.
DALETH. PART IV.
To the dust my spirit cleaves,
Quicken me, my Life, my Lord!
Thee my humbled soul receives,
Trembling hangs upon Thy word.
I have all my sin declared;
Once Thou didst my pardon seal:
Show me now my prayer is heard,
Teach me now Thy perfect will.
Quicken me, my Life, my Lord!
Thee my humbled soul receives,
Trembling hangs upon Thy word.
I have all my sin declared;
Once Thou didst my pardon seal:
Show me now my prayer is heard,
Teach me now Thy perfect will.
Teach me Thy commands to do,
So shall I proclaim Thy praise,
Joyfully to sinners show
All the wonders of Thy grace.
Melts my soul, with guilt dismay'd,
Heavy laden and oppress'd;
Send me, Lord, the promised aid,
Give the weary sinner rest.
So shall I proclaim Thy praise,
Joyfully to sinners show
All the wonders of Thy grace.
Melts my soul, with guilt dismay'd,
Heavy laden and oppress'd;
Send me, Lord, the promised aid,
Give the weary sinner rest.
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Every evil word and way
Far from me, O God, remove!
Teach my willing heart to' obey
All the gracious law of love.
I have chose the better part,
The true way of life Divine;
Thou my only portion art;
All Thy pleasure shall be mine.
Far from me, O God, remove!
Teach my willing heart to' obey
All the gracious law of love.
I have chose the better part,
The true way of life Divine;
Thou my only portion art;
All Thy pleasure shall be mine.
Lord, I unto Thee have cleaved:
Put me not to endless shame,—
Me, who have Thy truth received,
Me, who all Thy promise claim!
Set my heart at liberty,
Swiftly then my soul shall move,
Run the way prescribed by Thee,
All the way of perfect love.
Put me not to endless shame,—
Me, who have Thy truth received,
Me, who all Thy promise claim!
Set my heart at liberty,
Swiftly then my soul shall move,
Run the way prescribed by Thee,
All the way of perfect love.
HE. PART V.
Teach me, Lord, the perfect way,
Me, who on Thy love depend;
Then I in Thy laws shall stay,
I shall keep them to the end.
Wisdom from above impart;
Taught according to Thy will,
I shall then, with all my heart,
All Thy kind commands fulfil.
Me, who on Thy love depend;
Then I in Thy laws shall stay,
I shall keep them to the end.
Wisdom from above impart;
Taught according to Thy will,
I shall then, with all my heart,
All Thy kind commands fulfil.
Cause me in Thy paths to go,—
All my comfort and delight;
All my happiness below
Is—with Thee to walk aright.
Set my heart on things above;
Heavenward let it still aspire,
Far from every creature-love,
Far from every low desire.
All my comfort and delight;
All my happiness below
Is—with Thee to walk aright.
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Heavenward let it still aspire,
Far from every creature-love,
Far from every low desire.
Turn away my roving eyes
From beholding vanity;
Let me in Thine image rise,
Find my hidden life in Thee.
O fulfil the hallowing word,
Perfected in filial fear;
Make the servant as his Lord,
Holy, pure, and spotless here.
From beholding vanity;
Let me in Thine image rise,
Find my hidden life in Thee.
O fulfil the hallowing word,
Perfected in filial fear;
Make the servant as his Lord,
Holy, pure, and spotless here.
Turn away my dire disgrace,
Turn away the dreaded ill;
True and righteous are Thy ways,
Full of love unsearchable.
I have long'd Thy ways to know;
Quicken this dead soul of mine,
Wholly sanctified below,
Fill'd with all the life Divine.
Turn away the dreaded ill;
True and righteous are Thy ways,
Full of love unsearchable.
I have long'd Thy ways to know;
Quicken this dead soul of mine,
Wholly sanctified below,
Fill'd with all the life Divine.
VAU. PART VI.
Show me Thy salvation, Lord,
Visit me with pardoning grace;
O be mindful of Thy word,
Let the promise now take place;
That to him who dares upbraid
Boldly I may make reply,
“I have God my refuge made,
Still I on Thy word rely.”
Visit me with pardoning grace;
O be mindful of Thy word,
Let the promise now take place;
That to him who dares upbraid
Boldly I may make reply,
“I have God my refuge made,
Still I on Thy word rely.”
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The good word of truth from me
Do not utterly remove:
I have long'd, Thou know'st, to see,
See, and taste Thy faithful love;
I have long'd to do Thy will;
I (if Thou vouchsafe the power)
All Thy pleasure shall fulfil,
Keep Thy law, and sin no more.
Do not utterly remove:
I have long'd, Thou know'st, to see,
See, and taste Thy faithful love;
I have long'd to do Thy will;
I (if Thou vouchsafe the power)
All Thy pleasure shall fulfil,
Keep Thy law, and sin no more.
Following after righteousness,
I the blessing shall attain;
Slavish fear and sin shall cease;
I shall soon be born again;
Walk in glorious liberty;
Bold to kings Thy truth proclaim,
Tell them, they may reign like me,
More than kings through Jesu's name.
I the blessing shall attain;
Slavish fear and sin shall cease;
I shall soon be born again;
Walk in glorious liberty;
Bold to kings Thy truth proclaim,
Tell them, they may reign like me,
More than kings through Jesu's name.
Thee, O Lord, I will obey;
Thee with vast delight pursue;
Walking in Thy pleasant way,
Glad Thy dear commands to do;
Lo! for this I lift my hands,
With a solemn oath approve
All Thy merciful commands,
All Thy gracious law of love.
Thee with vast delight pursue;
Walking in Thy pleasant way,
Glad Thy dear commands to do;
Lo! for this I lift my hands,
With a solemn oath approve
All Thy merciful commands,
All Thy gracious law of love.
Still to search the sacred word
My delightful task shall be;
Waiting here to meet my Lord
Fully manifest in me;
Sweetly musing day and night
On the dear Redeemer's grace,
Till I gain that heavenly height,
Till I see Thee face to face.
My delightful task shall be;
Waiting here to meet my Lord
Fully manifest in me;
Sweetly musing day and night
On the dear Redeemer's grace,
Till I gain that heavenly height,
Till I see Thee face to face.
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ZAIN. PART VII.
Thee, O Lord, the good, the just,
True and faithful, I receive;
Keep Thy word, in which I trust,
Thou who gavest me to believe;
Hoping for Thy promised aid,
Comfort in my grief I find;
This my fainting mind hath stay'd,
Still it stays my fainting mind.
True and faithful, I receive;
Keep Thy word, in which I trust,
Thou who gavest me to believe;
Hoping for Thy promised aid,
Comfort in my grief I find;
This my fainting mind hath stay'd,
Still it stays my fainting mind.
Me the proud have greatly scorn'd;
Yet I still unshaken stood,
Never from Thy statutes turn'd,
Never left the narrow road.
On Thine ancient works I thought,
Look'd again the same to see;
Thou of old hast wonders wrought,
Wonders Thou shalt work for me.
Yet I still unshaken stood,
Never from Thy statutes turn'd,
Never left the narrow road.
On Thine ancient works I thought,
Look'd again the same to see;
Thou of old hast wonders wrought,
Wonders Thou shalt work for me.
Fearless of the scorners' power,
Fearful for their souls I was,
Saw hell open to devour
All who break Thy righteous laws:
Lord, Thy laws my songs have been
In my pilgrimage below,
Kept by them from woe and sin,
In a world of sin and woe.
Fearful for their souls I was,
Saw hell open to devour
All who break Thy righteous laws:
Lord, Thy laws my songs have been
In my pilgrimage below,
Kept by them from woe and sin,
In a world of sin and woe.
Thee I have remember'd, Lord,
Musing in the silent night,
Loved Thy name, and kept Thy word:
Pure and permanent delight
I did in Thy precepts prove:
Heaven on earth obedience is,
Perfect liberty and love,
Perfect power, and perfect peace.
Musing in the silent night,
Loved Thy name, and kept Thy word:
Pure and permanent delight
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Heaven on earth obedience is,
Perfect liberty and love,
Perfect power, and perfect peace.
CHETH. PART VIII.
Thou my portion art, O Lord!
Long-resolved through Thee I am
To fulfil Thine every word,
Give me but the help I claim:
All my heart hath sought Thy face,
Still Thy favour I implore;
Grant me now the promised grace,
Bid me go and sin no more.
Long-resolved through Thee I am
To fulfil Thine every word,
Give me but the help I claim:
All my heart hath sought Thy face,
Still Thy favour I implore;
Grant me now the promised grace,
Bid me go and sin no more.
All my sins I call'd to mind,
Own'd, and left them all for God;
Labour'd the right way to find,
Thee with earnest zeal pursued;
Turn'd my feet without delay;
Long'd Thine utmost will to prove,
Eager all Thy law to' obey,
Restless to retrieve Thy love.
Own'd, and left them all for God;
Labour'd the right way to find,
Thee with earnest zeal pursued;
Turn'd my feet without delay;
Long'd Thine utmost will to prove,
Eager all Thy law to' obey,
Restless to retrieve Thy love.
Spoil'd and hated for Thy sake,
Thee I never would forego,
Would not from Thy law turn back;
O my Life, my Heaven below,
Thee I all day long will praise,
Thee I will at midnight sing!
True and righteous are Thy ways,
Glory to my God and King!
Thee I never would forego,
Would not from Thy law turn back;
O my Life, my Heaven below,
Thee I all day long will praise,
Thee I will at midnight sing!
True and righteous are Thy ways,
Glory to my God and King!
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Join'd to all who fear the Lord,
Them my dearest friends I own;
Them that keep Thy holy word,
Saved by grace through faith alone.
Earth is full of love Divine;
Love Divine for all is free;
Teach me then the law benign;
Guide, and save, and perfect me.
Them my dearest friends I own;
Them that keep Thy holy word,
Saved by grace through faith alone.
Earth is full of love Divine;
Love Divine for all is free;
Teach me then the law benign;
Guide, and save, and perfect me.
TETH. PART IX.
Lord, Thou hast Thy word fulfill'd,
Good and gracious as Thou art,
On my heart the promise seal'd,
Wrote forgiveness on my heart!
Teach me then Thy perfect will,
I Thine every word receive;
All Thy law in me fulfil;
Lord, I dare, I dare believe.
Good and gracious as Thou art,
On my heart the promise seal'd,
Wrote forgiveness on my heart!
Teach me then Thy perfect will,
I Thine every word receive;
All Thy law in me fulfil;
Lord, I dare, I dare believe.
Long I wander'd from my God
Till affliction call'd me back;
Now I in Thy paths have trod,
Them I will no more forsake.
Good Thou art, and good Thou dost,
Full of truth and full of grace;
Save me, Lord, to the' uttermost,
Teach me all Thy righteous ways.
Till affliction call'd me back;
Now I in Thy paths have trod,
Them I will no more forsake.
Good Thou art, and good Thou dost,
Full of truth and full of grace;
Save me, Lord, to the' uttermost,
Teach me all Thy righteous ways.
Me the proud with lies pursued;
I observed Thy precepts still,
Waiting in the ways of God
To perform Thine utmost will.
Gross and callous is their heart,
Nothing can their hardness move;
But my whole delight Thou art,
Thee and all Thy laws I love.
I observed Thy precepts still,
Waiting in the ways of God
To perform Thine utmost will.
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Nothing can their hardness move;
But my whole delight Thou art,
Thee and all Thy laws I love.
Good it is for me to' have known
The sad lesson of distress,
That I might my Teacher own,
That I might my Saviour bless.
Taught by Thine afflictive hand,
Now I know Thy law to' obey;
Now I clearly understand
Suffering is the perfect way.
The sad lesson of distress,
That I might my Teacher own,
That I might my Saviour bless.
Taught by Thine afflictive hand,
Now I know Thy law to' obey;
Now I clearly understand
Suffering is the perfect way.
Truth and grace unsearchable
In the sacred volume shine:
Who the worth immense can tell
Of that oracle Divine?
Precious are Thy sayings, Lord!
What a depth in each I see!
What a treasure is Thy word!
More than all the world to me!
In the sacred volume shine:
Who the worth immense can tell
Of that oracle Divine?
Precious are Thy sayings, Lord!
What a depth in each I see!
What a treasure is Thy word!
More than all the world to me!
JOD. PART X.
Thou, O Lord, my Maker art;
Mould and fashion Thy own clay;
Give me a wise and docile heart;
Teach Thy creature to obey.
Then the servants of my Lord
Me, with holy joy, shall see;
Me, who hang upon Thy word;
Me, who only trust in Thee.
Mould and fashion Thy own clay;
Give me a wise and docile heart;
Teach Thy creature to obey.
Then the servants of my Lord
Me, with holy joy, shall see;
Me, who hang upon Thy word;
Me, who only trust in Thee.
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Just and right are all Thy ways,
By affliction taught, I know;
Faithful to Thy word of grace,
Thou hast laid my spirit low.
Lord, I in Thy promise hope:
All Thy mercy I implore;
Let Thy mercy lift me up,
Lift me up to fall no more.
By affliction taught, I know;
Faithful to Thy word of grace,
Thou hast laid my spirit low.
Lord, I in Thy promise hope:
All Thy mercy I implore;
Let Thy mercy lift me up,
Lift me up to fall no more.
Visit me in tender love,
For Thy law is my delight;
Fain I all Thy life would prove,
Walk accepted in Thy sight.
Put my haughty foes to shame;
Men of hearts perverse are they;
But I ever fear Thy name,
Ever in Thy statutes stay.
For Thy law is my delight;
Fain I all Thy life would prove,
Walk accepted in Thy sight.
Put my haughty foes to shame;
Men of hearts perverse are they;
But I ever fear Thy name,
Ever in Thy statutes stay.
Those that have Thy precepts known,
Those that fear and worship Thee,
Turn and gather into one,
Join them to Thyself and me.
Make my heart, like theirs, sincere,
That I may triumphant rise,
Bold before my Judge appear,
Claim my mansion in the skies.
Those that fear and worship Thee,
Turn and gather into one,
Join them to Thyself and me.
Make my heart, like theirs, sincere,
That I may triumphant rise,
Bold before my Judge appear,
Claim my mansion in the skies.
CAPH. PART XI.
Weary, faint, through long delay,
Waiting for Thy saving love,
On Thy word my soul I stay,
Trust Thine utmost grace to prove:
Fail mine eyes with looking up,
Long Thy promises to see;
When, Thou Object of my love,
Wilt Thou come and comfort me?
Waiting for Thy saving love,
On Thy word my soul I stay,
Trust Thine utmost grace to prove:
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Long Thy promises to see;
When, Thou Object of my love,
Wilt Thou come and comfort me?
Shrivell'd and dried up am I;
Yet Thy law I do not leave;
“Lord, how long,” I ever cry,
”Shall Thy helpless servant grieve?
When shall all my griefs be past?
When shall all my sins be o'er?
Judge and slay my foes at last,
Make me more than conqueror.”
Yet Thy law I do not leave;
“Lord, how long,” I ever cry,
”Shall Thy helpless servant grieve?
When shall all my griefs be past?
When shall all my sins be o'er?
Judge and slay my foes at last,
Make me more than conqueror.”
Sinners have Thy law broke through,
My unwary soul to' ensnare;
Yet Thy laws are good and true,
True their awful sanctions are:
Me the persecuting foe
Is still ready to devour;
Help me, Lord, my sins o'erthrow,
Save me from the tempter's power.
My unwary soul to' ensnare;
Yet Thy laws are good and true,
True their awful sanctions are:
Me the persecuting foe
Is still ready to devour;
Help me, Lord, my sins o'erthrow,
Save me from the tempter's power.
Here my soul had almost fail'd,
Sunk into the burning pit;
But I still Thy precepts held,
Would not Thy commands forget.
Give me now Thy life to feel,
Quicken this dead soul of mine,
So I shall perform Thy will,
All Thy will in love Divine.
Sunk into the burning pit;
But I still Thy precepts held,
Would not Thy commands forget.
Give me now Thy life to feel,
Quicken this dead soul of mine,
So I shall perform Thy will,
All Thy will in love Divine.
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LAMED. PART XII.
Faithful, everlasting Lord,
Standard of all truth and good!
Thy invariable word
From eternity hath stood;
To eternity it stands:
This fair universal frame,
'Stablish'd by almighty hands,
Speaks its great Creator's fame.
Standard of all truth and good!
Thy invariable word
From eternity hath stood;
To eternity it stands:
This fair universal frame,
'Stablish'd by almighty hands,
Speaks its great Creator's fame.
Such as Thou didst first ordain,
Heaven and earth continue still;
Still Thy word doth all sustain,
All obey Thy sovereign will.
Had I not with joy abode
In the word of truth and grace,
I had sunk beneath my load,
I had never seen Thy face.
Heaven and earth continue still;
Still Thy word doth all sustain,
All obey Thy sovereign will.
Had I not with joy abode
In the word of truth and grace,
I had sunk beneath my load,
I had never seen Thy face.
From the precepts of Thy law
Never will I, Lord, depart;
They have kept my soul in awe,
They have comforted my heart.
Save me, Lord, for I am Thine;
I have all Thy precepts sought,
Long'd to keep the law Divine,
Spotless both in word and thought.
Never will I, Lord, depart;
They have kept my soul in awe,
They have comforted my heart.
Save me, Lord, for I am Thine;
I have all Thy precepts sought,
Long'd to keep the law Divine,
Spotless both in word and thought.
Sinners have beset my way,
Sought my ruin to ensure;
But I in Thy precepts stay,
Here I stand and walk secure.
All of excellence beside
Here I see its doom receives;
But Thy word shall still abide,
But Thy word for ever lives.
Sought my ruin to ensure;
But I in Thy precepts stay,
Here I stand and walk secure.
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Here I see its doom receives;
But Thy word shall still abide,
But Thy word for ever lives.
MEM. PART XIII.
How do I Thy precepts love!
Musing on Thy word all day,
Through the sacred leaves I rove;
Here I could for ever stay.
Wiser than mine enemies
I through Thy commandments am;
Kept thereby in perfect peace,
All Thy promises I claim.
Musing on Thy word all day,
Through the sacred leaves I rove;
Here I could for ever stay.
Wiser than mine enemies
I through Thy commandments am;
Kept thereby in perfect peace,
All Thy promises I claim.
More than all my teachers I,
Through Thy testimonies, know;
I to these my heart apply,
Let all other knowledge go.
Wiser than ungracious age
I, who in Thy statutes tread,
Guided by the sacred page,
Virtue is the hoary head.
Through Thy testimonies, know;
I to these my heart apply,
Let all other knowledge go.
Wiser than ungracious age
I, who in Thy statutes tread,
Guided by the sacred page,
Virtue is the hoary head.
I from every evil way
Have refrain'd my wary feet,
That I might Thy word obey,
Might to all Thy will submit.
I have not Thy paths forsook;
Thou Thyself hast been my Guide,
Kept me by the sacred book,
Made me in Thy word abide.
Have refrain'd my wary feet,
That I might Thy word obey,
Might to all Thy will submit.
I have not Thy paths forsook;
Thou Thyself hast been my Guide,
Kept me by the sacred book,
Made me in Thy word abide.
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O what manna in Thy word!
O what vast delight I meet!
When I taste my gracious Lord,
Honey is not half so sweet.
Heavenly wisdom here I gain,
Walking in Thy word with Thee,
Every evil way disdain;
Thou art all in all to me.
O what vast delight I meet!
When I taste my gracious Lord,
Honey is not half so sweet.
Heavenly wisdom here I gain,
Walking in Thy word with Thee,
Every evil way disdain;
Thou art all in all to me.
NUN. PART XIV.
Lord, Thy word's unerring light
As a lamp my path doth show,
Guides my steady feet aright;
Every one that doth shall know.
I have sworn to do Thy will;
Through Thine all-sufficient grace,
I shall all my vows fulfil,
Shall fulfil all righteousness.
As a lamp my path doth show,
Guides my steady feet aright;
Every one that doth shall know.
I have sworn to do Thy will;
Through Thine all-sufficient grace,
I shall all my vows fulfil,
Shall fulfil all righteousness.
Troubled and distress'd I am;
O be mindful of Thy word!
Grant the promised help I claim,
Speak me now to life restored.
Thanks for all Thy former grace
From a willing heart receive;
Still instruct me in Thy ways,
Bid me to Thy glory live.
O be mindful of Thy word!
Grant the promised help I claim,
Speak me now to life restored.
Thanks for all Thy former grace
From a willing heart receive;
Still instruct me in Thy ways,
Bid me to Thy glory live.
Lord, my life is in my hand,
Ever sinking into hell;
Yet I in Thy precepts stand,
In the paths of duty dwell.
Me the world hath sought to' ensnare,
Joining with my treacherous heart;
Yet from Thee I did not err,
Would not from Thy statutes start.
Ever sinking into hell;
Yet I in Thy precepts stand,
In the paths of duty dwell.
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Joining with my treacherous heart;
Yet from Thee I did not err,
Would not from Thy statutes start.
I have Thy commandments took
For my heritage below;
From the volume of Thy book
All my joys and comforts flow.
In obedience to Thy will
I have long'd my life to spend,
All Thy statutes to fulfil,
Serve and love Thee to the end.
For my heritage below;
From the volume of Thy book
All my joys and comforts flow.
In obedience to Thy will
I have long'd my life to spend,
All Thy statutes to fulfil,
Serve and love Thee to the end.
SAMECH. PART XV.
Every evil thought and vain,
Lord, Thou know'st, I disapprove;
Sin with all my heart disdain;
Only Thy pure law I love.
Thou my shield on every side,
Thou my sure asylum art;
In Thy promise I confide,
Will not from Thy word depart.
Lord, Thou know'st, I disapprove;
Sin with all my heart disdain;
Only Thy pure law I love.
Thou my shield on every side,
Thou my sure asylum art;
In Thy promise I confide,
Will not from Thy word depart.
Sinners, hence! be far away,
Ye that evil paths pursue!
I will only God obey,
I will His commandments do.
Hold my feeble goings up;
Lord, Thy promise I receive,
I shall then obtain my hope,
Free from sin for ever live.
Ye that evil paths pursue!
I will only God obey,
I will His commandments do.
Hold my feeble goings up;
Lord, Thy promise I receive,
I shall then obtain my hope,
Free from sin for ever live.
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O support me with Thy hand,
And I then shall walk secure,
Keep Thy every kind command,
Faithful to the end endure!
All who from Thy statutes stray
Thou, in wrath, hast trodden down;
False, deceitful souls are they;
They and wickedness are one.
And I then shall walk secure,
Keep Thy every kind command,
Faithful to the end endure!
All who from Thy statutes stray
Thou, in wrath, hast trodden down;
False, deceitful souls are they;
They and wickedness are one.
Them Thou dost as dross at last
From the face of earth remove:
Therefore will I hold Thee fast,
Thee and Thy commandments love.
Thee, with reverential fear,
Just and merciful I see,
Tremble at Thy judgments near,
Triumph in Thy grace to me.
From the face of earth remove:
Therefore will I hold Thee fast,
Thee and Thy commandments love.
Thee, with reverential fear,
Just and merciful I see,
Tremble at Thy judgments near,
Triumph in Thy grace to me.
AIN. PART XVI.
Lord, Thou know'st my uprightness;
I to all have justly done;
Suffer not my foes to' oppress
One that hurts and injures none.
Answer for Thy servant, Thou;
Let not haughty men devour;
Save mine innocency now;
Snatch me from the' oppressor's power.
I to all have justly done;
Suffer not my foes to' oppress
One that hurts and injures none.
Answer for Thy servant, Thou;
Let not haughty men devour;
Save mine innocency now;
Snatch me from the' oppressor's power.
Fail mine eyes with looking up
Thy salvation here to see;
Still I for the promise hope;
All the promise is for me.
With Thy meanest servant, Lord,
Deal according to Thy grace;
O fulfil Thy faithful word,
Teach me all Thy righteous ways!
Thy salvation here to see;
Still I for the promise hope;
All the promise is for me.
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Deal according to Thy grace;
O fulfil Thy faithful word,
Teach me all Thy righteous ways!
Only Thee I serve below;
Grant me wisdom from above,
That I may Thy statutes know,
Know Thee by obedient love.
Lord, 'tis time to' apply Thy hand:
Sinners cry, “It cannot be;
God who gave the vain command,
Cannot keep it all in me.”
Grant me wisdom from above,
That I may Thy statutes know,
Know Thee by obedient love.
Lord, 'tis time to' apply Thy hand:
Sinners cry, “It cannot be;
God who gave the vain command,
Cannot keep it all in me.”
Therefore will I love Thee more;
All Thy dear commandments prize,
An inestimable store,
Good they are, and right, and wise;
Practicable all through Thee,
I shall find the perfect power;
See them all fulfill'd in me,
Live renew'd, and sin no more.
All Thy dear commandments prize,
An inestimable store,
Good they are, and right, and wise;
Practicable all through Thee,
I shall find the perfect power;
See them all fulfill'd in me,
Live renew'd, and sin no more.
PE. PART XVII.
Wonderful Thy statutes are;
Therefore doth my soul regard,
Keep them with an awful care,
Find them here my great reward.
Soon as e'er Thy word takes place,
Light it doth and wisdom give;
Then the children learn Thy ways,
Then the simple hearts believe.
Therefore doth my soul regard,
Keep them with an awful care,
Find them here my great reward.
Soon as e'er Thy word takes place,
Light it doth and wisdom give;
Then the children learn Thy ways,
Then the simple hearts believe.
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Lord, I have with strong desire
Panted to obey Thy will,
Give Thee all Thy laws require,
All Thy gracious words fulfil.
I Thy promised mercy claim;
See me, with compassion see!
Join to those who love Thy name,
Perfect all Thy love in me!
Panted to obey Thy will,
Give Thee all Thy laws require,
All Thy gracious words fulfil.
I Thy promised mercy claim;
See me, with compassion see!
Join to those who love Thy name,
Perfect all Thy love in me!
Help me in Thy steps to tread,
Let not sin dominion have,
Till Thou make me free indeed,
Till Thou to the utmost save.
Save me from the world and sin,
So will I Thy precepts do,
When Thy law is wrote within,
When I am a creature new.
Let not sin dominion have,
Till Thou make me free indeed,
Till Thou to the utmost save.
Save me from the world and sin,
So will I Thy precepts do,
When Thy law is wrote within,
When I am a creature new.
Lord, I am and will be Thine;
Show me Thy enlightening grace,
Cause on me Thy face to shine,
Teach me all Thy righteousness:
Teach the souls o'er whom I weep,
For whose sins mine eyes o'erflow;
O that all Thy law would keep!
O that all Thy love would know!
Show me Thy enlightening grace,
Cause on me Thy face to shine,
Teach me all Thy righteousness:
Teach the souls o'er whom I weep,
For whose sins mine eyes o'erflow;
O that all Thy law would keep!
O that all Thy love would know!
TZADDI. PART XVIII.
Sovereign, everlasting Lord,
Thou art perfect righteousness;
Pure is Thine unerring word,
Upright are Thy high decrees:
Righteous all Thy statutes are;
Thee “the Merciful” they prove,
Thee “the Faithful” they declare,
Full of truth, and full of love.
Thou art perfect righteousness;
Pure is Thine unerring word,
Upright are Thy high decrees:
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Thee “the Merciful” they prove,
Thee “the Faithful” they declare,
Full of truth, and full of love.
Swallow'd up with fervent zeal
My presumptuous foes I see,
Who against my God rebel,
Slight the law prescribed by Thee.
Holy is Thy word and right;
Therefore doth my heart embrace,
Loves it with a pure delight,
Freely, joyfully obeys.
My presumptuous foes I see,
Who against my God rebel,
Slight the law prescribed by Thee.
Holy is Thy word and right;
Therefore doth my heart embrace,
Loves it with a pure delight,
Freely, joyfully obeys.
Small I am in mine own eyes,
Poor and despicably low;
Yet I still Thy precepts prize,
Will not from Thy statutes go:
Truth and righteousness Divine
Essence of Thy precepts is;—
Truth which shall through ages shine,
Everlasting righteousness.
Poor and despicably low;
Yet I still Thy precepts prize,
Will not from Thy statutes go:
Truth and righteousness Divine
Essence of Thy precepts is;—
Truth which shall through ages shine,
Everlasting righteousness.
Pain, and anguish, and affright
Oft my troubled soul assail;
Yet Thy law is my delight,
Stays when all my comforts fail:
Never can Thy word remove;
Thou the heavenly wisdom give;
I shall then be saved by love,
Free from sin for ever live.
Oft my troubled soul assail;
Yet Thy law is my delight,
Stays when all my comforts fail:
Never can Thy word remove;
Thou the heavenly wisdom give;
I shall then be saved by love,
Free from sin for ever live.
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KOPH. PART XIX.
Hear me, O my gracious Lord!
“Help,” with all my heart I cried;
“Fix'd I am to keep Thy word,
Save me, or my goings slide!
Save me,” still I cried to Thee,
“Save me from the tempter's will;
I shall then the promise see,
I shall all Thy law fulfil.”
“Help,” with all my heart I cried;
“Fix'd I am to keep Thy word,
Save me, or my goings slide!
Save me,” still I cried to Thee,
“Save me from the tempter's will;
I shall then the promise see,
I shall all Thy law fulfil.”
Thee, before the dawn of day,
Hath my eager soul pursued,
Cried, and waited in the way,
Hoped for my redeeming God.
To behold Thy lovely face
Many a sleepless night I mourn,
Musing on the word of grace,
Watching for my Lord's return.
Hath my eager soul pursued,
Cried, and waited in the way,
Hoped for my redeeming God.
To behold Thy lovely face
Many a sleepless night I mourn,
Musing on the word of grace,
Watching for my Lord's return.
Hear me, Lord, in tender love,
Good and gracious as Thou art;
All the death of sin remove,
Quicken this poor drooping heart.
They that hunt my soul draw nigh,
Full of mischievous design,
Bold Thy threatenings to defy,
Tramplers on Thy law Divine.
Good and gracious as Thou art;
All the death of sin remove,
Quicken this poor drooping heart.
They that hunt my soul draw nigh,
Full of mischievous design,
Bold Thy threatenings to defy,
Tramplers on Thy law Divine.
But Thou nearer art, O Lord!
True Thy every precept is;
Sure is the annex'd reward,
Sure the dreadful penalties.
Damn'd are they that disbelieve,
Thou hast fix'd the firm decree;
Saved, whoe'er the truth receive,
Saved to all eternity!
True Thy every precept is;
Sure is the annex'd reward,
Sure the dreadful penalties.
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Thou hast fix'd the firm decree;
Saved, whoe'er the truth receive,
Saved to all eternity!
RESH. PART XX.
See and save me in distress!
Lo! on Thee my soul I stay,
Looking for Thy kind release,
Longing all Thy law to' obey!
O my dear redeeming Lord,
Plead my cause with God above;
Mindful of Thy gracious word,
Quicken me by faith and love!
Lo! on Thee my soul I stay,
Looking for Thy kind release,
Longing all Thy law to' obey!
O my dear redeeming Lord,
Plead my cause with God above;
Mindful of Thy gracious word,
Quicken me by faith and love!
Strangers to Thy saving grace,
They who cast Thy laws behind,
Sinners will not seek Thy face,—
Thee, while all who seek, may find.
But Thy grace for all is free:
Lord, Thy proffer I receive,
Show Thy faithfulness on me,
Bid me by Thy mercy live.
They who cast Thy laws behind,
Sinners will not seek Thy face,—
Thee, while all who seek, may find.
But Thy grace for all is free:
Lord, Thy proffer I receive,
Show Thy faithfulness on me,
Bid me by Thy mercy live.
Sin, the world, and hell oppose
This weak, helpless soul of mine;
Safe I walk through all my foes,
Do not from Thy paths decline.
Sinners I with pity saw,
Grieved for their iniquity,
Wretches that transgress'd Thy law,
Fled from happiness and Thee.
This weak, helpless soul of mine;
Safe I walk through all my foes,
Do not from Thy paths decline.
Sinners I with pity saw,
Grieved for their iniquity,
Wretches that transgress'd Thy law,
Fled from happiness and Thee.
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How do I Thy precepts love!
My desires to Thee are known:
All Thy life I long to prove;
Save me by Thy grace alone.
Lives the promise of Thy grace,
Stood from the beginning sure,
Every word of righteousness
Shall from age to age endure.
My desires to Thee are known:
All Thy life I long to prove;
Save me by Thy grace alone.
Lives the promise of Thy grace,
Stood from the beginning sure,
Every word of righteousness
Shall from age to age endure.
SCHIN. PART XXI.
Princes have, with cruel rage,
Causelessly my soul pursued;
Resting on the sacred page,
I could only look to God.
Fill'd with reverential awe,
Still I in Thy word confide;
Fearing to transgress Thy law,
Nothing can I fear beside.
Causelessly my soul pursued;
Resting on the sacred page,
I could only look to God.
Fill'd with reverential awe,
Still I in Thy word confide;
Fearing to transgress Thy law,
Nothing can I fear beside.
Joyful at Thy word, as one
That hath found a precious store,
There I search for bliss unknown,
Every other quest give o'er.
Hating all deceitful ways,
I Thy law with joy approve,
Offer Thee continual praise,
Bless Thee for Thy faithful love.
That hath found a precious store,
There I search for bliss unknown,
Every other quest give o'er.
Hating all deceitful ways,
I Thy law with joy approve,
Offer Thee continual praise,
Bless Thee for Thy faithful love.
They that in Thy law delight,
Kept in perfect peace below,
Stand unshaken, by Thy might;
Nothing shall their steps o'erthrow.
I have languish'd for Thy grace,
Grace that makes salvation known;
Kept me in Thy righteous ways,
Gladly Thy commandments done.
Kept in perfect peace below,
Stand unshaken, by Thy might;
Nothing shall their steps o'erthrow.
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Grace that makes salvation known;
Kept me in Thy righteous ways,
Gladly Thy commandments done.
Every word enjoin'd by Thee
Joyfully my soul approved,
With unfeign'd sincerity
All Thy testimonies loved.
All my ways are in Thy sight,
I on Thee alone depend;
Lord, direct my goings right,
Lead and save me to the end!
Joyfully my soul approved,
With unfeign'd sincerity
All Thy testimonies loved.
All my ways are in Thy sight,
I on Thee alone depend;
Lord, direct my goings right,
Lead and save me to the end!
TAU. PART XXII.
Lord, regard my earnest cry,
Hear me from Thy holy place;
Give me the enlighten'd eye,
Guide me by Thy promised grace!
O accept my humble prayer,
Bring the promised succours in;
Save me from the fowler's snare,
Save me from the world and sin!
Hear me from Thy holy place;
Give me the enlighten'd eye,
Guide me by Thy promised grace!
O accept my humble prayer,
Bring the promised succours in;
Save me from the fowler's snare,
Save me from the world and sin!
Me when Thou hast taught Thy way,
By the unction from above,
I Thy glory shall display,
Show the wonders of Thy love;
Joyfully Thy name declare,
Never from Thy praises cease;
Righteous all Thy judgments are,
True are all Thy promises.
By the unction from above,
I Thy glory shall display,
Show the wonders of Thy love;
Joyfully Thy name declare,
Never from Thy praises cease;
Righteous all Thy judgments are,
True are all Thy promises.
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Reach me out Thy helping hand;
I have chose the better part,
Loved Thine every kind command,
Long'd to keep them, from my heart.
I have Thy salvation sought,
Happy could I do Thy will,
Pure in deed, and word, and thought,
Could I all Thy law fulfil.
I have chose the better part,
Loved Thine every kind command,
Long'd to keep them, from my heart.
I have Thy salvation sought,
Happy could I do Thy will,
Pure in deed, and word, and thought,
Could I all Thy law fulfil.
Let me in Thine image live,
Fully by Thy word restore;
Thee I then Thine own shall give,
Love and praise Thee evermore.
Fain I would Thy statutes keep,
Spotless as my Master be;
Jesus, seek Thy wandering sheep,
Make me all-complete in Thee.
Fully by Thy word restore;
Thee I then Thine own shall give,
Love and praise Thee evermore.
Fain I would Thy statutes keep,
Spotless as my Master be;
Jesus, seek Thy wandering sheep,
Make me all-complete in Thee.
PSALM CXX.
[To God in trouble I applied]
To God in trouble I applied,
And He redress'd my wrong:
“Save me from lying lips,” I cried,
“And a deceitful tongue.”
And He redress'd my wrong:
“Save me from lying lips,” I cried,
“And a deceitful tongue.”
Thou man of double tongue and heart!
Expect thy fearful hire!
The mighty God His wrath shall dart,
And set thy soul on fire.
Expect thy fearful hire!
The mighty God His wrath shall dart,
And set thy soul on fire.
But woe is me! constrain'd to dwell
With human savages!
Their tongues are set on fire of hell,
They hate the thoughts of peace.
With human savages!
Their tongues are set on fire of hell,
They hate the thoughts of peace.
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They dare the anger of the skies,
Evil return for good;
And, when I speak of peace, they rise
And vow to drink my blood.
Evil return for good;
And, when I speak of peace, they rise
And vow to drink my blood.
PSALM CXXI.
[To the hills I lift mine eyes]
To the hills I lift mine eyes,
The everlasting hills;
Streaming thence in fresh supplies
My soul the Spirit feels.
Will He not His help afford?
Help, while yet I ask is given:
God comes down; the God and Lord
That made both earth and heaven.
The everlasting hills;
Streaming thence in fresh supplies
My soul the Spirit feels.
Will He not His help afford?
Help, while yet I ask is given:
God comes down; the God and Lord
That made both earth and heaven.
Faithful soul, pray always; pray,
And still in God confide:
He thy feeble steps shall stay,
Nor suffer thee to slide:
Lean on thy Redeemer's breast;
He thy quiet spirit keeps,
Rest in Him, securely rest;
Thy Watchman never sleeps.
And still in God confide:
He thy feeble steps shall stay,
Nor suffer thee to slide:
Lean on thy Redeemer's breast;
He thy quiet spirit keeps,
Rest in Him, securely rest;
Thy Watchman never sleeps.
Neither sin, nor earth, nor hell
Thy Keeper can surprise;
Careless slumber cannot steal
On His all-seeing eyes:
He is Israel's sure defence;
Israel all His care shall prove,
Kept by watchful providence,
And ever-waking love.
Thy Keeper can surprise;
Careless slumber cannot steal
On His all-seeing eyes:
He is Israel's sure defence;
Israel all His care shall prove,
Kept by watchful providence,
And ever-waking love.
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See the Lord thy Keeper stand,
Omnipotently near:
Lo! He holds thee by thy hand,
And banishes thy fear;
Shadows with His wings thy head,
Guards from all impending harms;
Round thee and beneath are spread
The everlasting arms.
Omnipotently near:
Lo! He holds thee by thy hand,
And banishes thy fear;
Shadows with His wings thy head,
Guards from all impending harms;
Round thee and beneath are spread
The everlasting arms.
Thee in evil's scorching day
The sun shall never smite;
Thee the moon's malignest ray
Shall never blast by night.
Safe from known or secret foes,
Free from sin and Satan's thrall,
God, when flesh, earth, hell oppose,
Shall keep thee safe from all.
The sun shall never smite;
Thee the moon's malignest ray
Shall never blast by night.
Safe from known or secret foes,
Free from sin and Satan's thrall,
God, when flesh, earth, hell oppose,
Shall keep thee safe from all.
Christ shall bless thy going out,
Shall bless thy coming in;
Kindly compass thee about,
Till thou art saved from sin;
Like thy spotless Master thou,
Fill'd with wisdom, love, and power,
Holy, pure, and perfect now,
Henceforth and evermore.
Shall bless thy coming in;
Kindly compass thee about,
Till thou art saved from sin;
Like thy spotless Master thou,
Fill'd with wisdom, love, and power,
Holy, pure, and perfect now,
Henceforth and evermore.
PSALM CXXII.
[O how overjoy'd was I]
O how overjoy'd was I,
When the solemn hour drew nigh!
Summon'd to the house of prayer,
Flew my soul to worship there.
When the solemn hour drew nigh!
Summon'd to the house of prayer,
Flew my soul to worship there.
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“Come,” my cheerful brethren said,
“Let us go with holy speed;
Let us haste with one accord
To the temple of our Lord:
“Let us go with holy speed;
Let us haste with one accord
To the temple of our Lord:
“Running at His kind command,
There our ready feet shall stand,
Still within the sacred gate
Will we for His mercy wait;
There our ready feet shall stand,
Still within the sacred gate
Will we for His mercy wait;
“Love the channels of His grace,
Reverence the hallow'd place,
Where our Lord records His name;
Stay we in Jerusalem.”
Reverence the hallow'd place,
Where our Lord records His name;
Stay we in Jerusalem.”
God hath built His church below,
Labour'd all His art to show;
Each with each the parts agree,
Framed in perfect symmetry.
Labour'd all His art to show;
Each with each the parts agree,
Framed in perfect symmetry.
There the chosen tribes go up,
Testify their gospel-hope,
Praise and bless the' Incarnate Word,
Shout the name of Christ their Lord!
Testify their gospel-hope,
Praise and bless the' Incarnate Word,
Shout the name of Christ their Lord!
There are Aaron's mitred sons,
There the apostolic thrones;
Moses' legislative chair,
God's great hierarchy is there.
There the apostolic thrones;
Moses' legislative chair,
God's great hierarchy is there.
Pray, my friends, and never cease,
Wrestle on for Sion's peace:
Make her still your pious care,
On your hearts for ever bear.
Wrestle on for Sion's peace:
Make her still your pious care,
On your hearts for ever bear.
Hail the venerable name,
Lovely, dear Jerusalem!
Thee who bless shall blessed be,
Prosper for their love to thee.
Lovely, dear Jerusalem!
Thee who bless shall blessed be,
Prosper for their love to thee.
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Dwell within thy ramparts peace,
Plenty deck thy palaces;
Jesus send thee from above
All the treasures of His love!
Plenty deck thy palaces;
Jesus send thee from above
All the treasures of His love!
For my friends' and brethren's sake,
Thee my dearest charge I make;
England's desolate Church be mine!
Sion, all my soul be thine!
Thee my dearest charge I make;
England's desolate Church be mine!
Sion, all my soul be thine!
O thou temple of my God,
For thy sake I spend my blood,
Longing here thy rise to see,
Glad to live and die for thee.
For thy sake I spend my blood,
Longing here thy rise to see,
Glad to live and die for thee.
PSALM CXXIII.
[O Thou that on Thine heavenly throne]
O Thou that on Thine heavenly throne
Dost undisturb'd for ever reign!
To Thee a worm of earth I groan,
To Thee I lift my eyes in pain;
And weary of my burden pray
Thy love to take this curse away.
Dost undisturb'd for ever reign!
To Thee a worm of earth I groan,
To Thee I lift my eyes in pain;
And weary of my burden pray
Thy love to take this curse away.
As servants whom their lords chastise
Beneath the scourge impatient stand,
So on the Lord we turn our eyes,
And wait till mercy stops His hand;
Till all His grievous plagues remove,
And angry justice yields to love.
Beneath the scourge impatient stand,
So on the Lord we turn our eyes,
And wait till mercy stops His hand;
Till all His grievous plagues remove,
And angry justice yields to love.
Have mercy, Lord! the world restrain;
The wicked is a scourge of Thine.
Crush'd by the pride of carnal man,
Dire instrument of wrath Divine,
Our soul in helpless misery lies,
And only Thou canst bid us rise.
The wicked is a scourge of Thine.
Crush'd by the pride of carnal man,
Dire instrument of wrath Divine,
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And only Thou canst bid us rise.
Contemn'd and hated for Thy cause,
Thy only favour we implore;
Strengthen us to endure the cross
Till all their tyranny is o'er,
Till Christ with our reward come down,
And every sufferer takes his crown.
Thy only favour we implore;
Strengthen us to endure the cross
Till all their tyranny is o'er,
Till Christ with our reward come down,
And every sufferer takes his crown.
PSALM CXXIV.
[Had not the Lord for Israel stood]
Had not the Lord for Israel stood
When men and fiends against us rose,
Stretch'd out His hand, and stemm'd the flood,
And stopp'd the fury of our foes,
Our foes had swallow'd up their prey,
And torn our shield and souls away.
When men and fiends against us rose,
Stretch'd out His hand, and stemm'd the flood,
And stopp'd the fury of our foes,
Our foes had swallow'd up their prey,
And torn our shield and souls away.
Had not the Lord, we now may cry,
Appear'd His people to sustain;
The threatening floods, that dash'd the sky,
Had whirl'd us down to hell again;
O'erwhelm'd us in the gulf beneath,
And plunged our souls in endless death.
Appear'd His people to sustain;
The threatening floods, that dash'd the sky,
Had whirl'd us down to hell again;
O'erwhelm'd us in the gulf beneath,
And plunged our souls in endless death.
But God hath quell'd their angry pride,
And kept us in our evil hour:
His name be bless'd and glorified!
He hath not left us to their power;
His word restrain'd their lawless will,
And bade the raging sea be still.
And kept us in our evil hour:
His name be bless'd and glorified!
He hath not left us to their power;
His word restrain'd their lawless will,
And bade the raging sea be still.
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He pluck'd the prey out of their teeth;
Our souls have 'scaped the fowler's snare,
Broke through the toils of sin and death;
And lo! our Helper we declare,
The Lord of heaven and earth proclaim,
And bless the' almighty Jesu's name.
Our souls have 'scaped the fowler's snare,
Broke through the toils of sin and death;
And lo! our Helper we declare,
The Lord of heaven and earth proclaim,
And bless the' almighty Jesu's name.
PSALM CXXV.
[Who in the Lord confide]
Who in the Lord confide,
And feel His sprinkled blood,
In storms and hurricanes abide
Firm as the mount of God:
Steadfast, and fix'd, and sure,
His Sion cannot move;
His faithful people stand secure
In Jesu's guardian love.
And feel His sprinkled blood,
In storms and hurricanes abide
Firm as the mount of God:
Steadfast, and fix'd, and sure,
His Sion cannot move;
His faithful people stand secure
In Jesu's guardian love.
As round Jerusalem
The hilly bulwarks rise,
So God protects and covers them
From all their enemies:
On every side He stands,
And for His Israel cares;
And safe in His almighty hands
Their souls for ever bears.
The hilly bulwarks rise,
So God protects and covers them
From all their enemies:
On every side He stands,
And for His Israel cares;
And safe in His almighty hands
Their souls for ever bears.
For, lo! the reign of hell
And hellish men is o'er;
They can persuade, they can compel,
The just to sin no more:
To devils, men, or sin,
They need no more give place,
Nor ever touch the thing unclean
When cleansed by pardoning grace.
And hellish men is o'er;
They can persuade, they can compel,
The just to sin no more:
To devils, men, or sin,
They need no more give place,
Nor ever touch the thing unclean
When cleansed by pardoning grace.
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But let them still abide
In Thee, all-gracious Lord,
Till every soul is sanctified
And perfectly restored.
The men of heart sincere
Continue to defend,
And do them good, and save them here,
And love them to the end.
In Thee, all-gracious Lord,
Till every soul is sanctified
And perfectly restored.
The men of heart sincere
Continue to defend,
And do them good, and save them here,
And love them to the end.
Who to their sins draw back,
And love again to stray,
The narrow path of life forsake.
And throng the spacious way,
Back to their vomit turn,
And fall from pardoning grace;
The Lord to punish them hath sworn,
And drive them from His face.
And love again to stray,
The narrow path of life forsake.
And throng the spacious way,
Back to their vomit turn,
And fall from pardoning grace;
The Lord to punish them hath sworn,
And drive them from His face.
But peace, and power, and love
Shall Israel's portion be;
They all His promises shall prove,
And all His goodness see;
Holy and pure in heart
Obtain the perfect power:
They can no more from God depart
When they can sin no more.
Shall Israel's portion be;
They all His promises shall prove,
And all His goodness see;
Holy and pure in heart
Obtain the perfect power:
They can no more from God depart
When they can sin no more.
PSALM CXXVI.
[When our redeeming Lord]
When our redeeming Lord
Pronounced the pardoning word,
Turn'd our soul's captivity,
O what sweet surprise we found!
Wonder ask'd, “And can it be?”
Scarce believed the welcome sound.
Pronounced the pardoning word,
Turn'd our soul's captivity,
O what sweet surprise we found!
Wonder ask'd, “And can it be?”
Scarce believed the welcome sound.
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“And is it not a dream?
And are we saved through Him?”
“Yes,” our bounding heart replied;
“Yes,” broke out our tuneful tongue,
“Freely we are justified;
This the new, the gospel-song!”
And are we saved through Him?”
“Yes,” our bounding heart replied;
“Yes,” broke out our tuneful tongue,
“Freely we are justified;
This the new, the gospel-song!”
The heathen, too, could see
Our glorious liberty:
All our foes were forced to own,
“God for them hath wonders wrought:”
Wonders He for us hath done,
From the house of bondage brought.
Our glorious liberty:
All our foes were forced to own,
“God for them hath wonders wrought:”
Wonders He for us hath done,
From the house of bondage brought.
To us our gracious God
His pardoning love hath show'd;
Now our joyful souls are free
From the guilt and power of sin;
Greater things we soon shall see,
We shall soon be pure within.
His pardoning love hath show'd;
Now our joyful souls are free
From the guilt and power of sin;
Greater things we soon shall see,
We shall soon be pure within.
Turn us again, O Lord,
Pronounce the second word!
Loose our hearts, and let us go
Down the Spirit's fullest flood,
Freely to the Fountain flow,
All be swallow'd up in God.
Pronounce the second word!
Loose our hearts, and let us go
Down the Spirit's fullest flood,
Freely to the Fountain flow,
All be swallow'd up in God.
Who for Thy coming wait,
And wail their lost estate,
Poor, and sad, and empty still,
Who for full redemption weep,
They shall Thy appearing feel,
Sow in tears, in joy to reap.
And wail their lost estate,
Poor, and sad, and empty still,
Who for full redemption weep,
They shall Thy appearing feel,
Sow in tears, in joy to reap.
Who seed immortal bears,
And wets his path with tears,
Doubtless he shall soon return,
Bring his sheaves with vast increase,
Fully of the Spirit born,
Perfected in holiness!
And wets his path with tears,
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Bring his sheaves with vast increase,
Fully of the Spirit born,
Perfected in holiness!
PSALM CXXVII.
[Except the house Jehovah raise]
Except the house Jehovah raise,
Fruitless is all the builder's care;
Except Jehovah guard the place,
In vain the watch is station'd there:
Nothing without His hand is done;
To make and keep are God's alone.
Fruitless is all the builder's care;
Except Jehovah guard the place,
In vain the watch is station'd there:
Nothing without His hand is done;
To make and keep are God's alone.
In vain your labour ye repeat
From earliest dawn to latest night,
The bread of care and sorrow eat;
'Tis God who grants the true delight,
And gives His people food and rest,
And makes them in His blessing bless'd.
From earliest dawn to latest night,
The bread of care and sorrow eat;
'Tis God who grants the true delight,
And gives His people food and rest,
And makes them in His blessing bless'd.
His blessing makes the mother bear;
The issue of the womb is His;
The gift of God your children are;
He bids your little ones increase:
Receive them as your faith's reward,
Their heavenly Father is the Lord.
The issue of the womb is His;
The gift of God your children are;
He bids your little ones increase:
Receive them as your faith's reward,
Their heavenly Father is the Lord.
As arrows in the giant's hand,
Fly the bold youths to your defence;
Or in the gate your champions stand,
And drive the furious battle thence:
Happy the man who gladly owns
His guardians were his pious sons!
Fly the bold youths to your defence;
Or in the gate your champions stand,
And drive the furious battle thence:
Happy the man who gladly owns
His guardians were his pious sons!
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Happy the man who always sees
The Source from whence his blessings flow,
His life, his safety, and his peace,
His every comfort here below;
Who takes them as by heaven bestow'd,
And looks through all his gifts to God.
The Source from whence his blessings flow,
His life, his safety, and his peace,
His every comfort here below;
Who takes them as by heaven bestow'd,
And looks through all his gifts to God.
PSALM CXXVIII.
[Bless'd is the man that fears the Lord]
Bless'd is the man that fears the Lord,
And walks in all His ways;
An earnest of his great reward
On earth his Master pays.
And walks in all His ways;
An earnest of his great reward
On earth his Master pays.
Thou shalt not spend thy strength in vain
For perishable food;
Thy Father shall His own sustain,
And fill thy soul with good.
For perishable food;
Thy Father shall His own sustain,
And fill thy soul with good.
Happy in Him thy soul shall be,
And on His fulness feed;
Jesus, who came from heaven for thee,
Shall be thy living Bread.
And on His fulness feed;
Jesus, who came from heaven for thee,
Shall be thy living Bread.
Thy wife shall as the fruitful vine
Her blooming offspring show;
Thy children shall be God's, not thine,
His pleasant plants below:
Her blooming offspring show;
Thy children shall be God's, not thine,
His pleasant plants below:
Around thy plenteous table spread
Like olive-branches fair,
Heavenward they in thy steps shall tread,
And meet their parents there.
Like olive-branches fair,
Heavenward they in thy steps shall tread,
And meet their parents there.
Thus shall the man be bless'd who owns
His Maker for his Lord:
Or doubly bless'd with better sons
Begotten by the word.
His Maker for his Lord:
Or doubly bless'd with better sons
Begotten by the word.
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The children of thy faith and prayer
Thy joyful eyes shall see;
Shall see the prosperous church, and share
In her prosperity.
Thy joyful eyes shall see;
Shall see the prosperous church, and share
In her prosperity.
Sion again shall lift her head,
And flourish all thy days;
Thy soul shall see the faithful seed,
And bless the rising race.
And flourish all thy days;
Thy soul shall see the faithful seed,
And bless the rising race.
Fill'd with abiding peace Divine,
With Israel's blessing bless'd,
Thou then the church above shalt join,
And gain the heavenly rest.
With Israel's blessing bless'd,
Thou then the church above shalt join,
And gain the heavenly rest.
PSALM CXXIX.
[Many a time, may Israel say]
Many a time, may Israel say,
My foes have furiously assail'd,
And vex'd me from my natal day,
But never, never yet prevail'd;
Nor could the gates of hell o'erthrow
The church on Jesus built below.
My foes have furiously assail'd,
And vex'd me from my natal day,
But never, never yet prevail'd;
Nor could the gates of hell o'erthrow
The church on Jesus built below.
The ploughers plough'd upon my back
Till all my body was one wound,
Nor could they the foundation shake;
A seed, a remnant, still was found,
Preserved by their almighty Lord,
Kept by His everlasting word.
Till all my body was one wound,
Nor could they the foundation shake;
A seed, a remnant, still was found,
Preserved by their almighty Lord,
Kept by His everlasting word.
The Lord, the righteous Lord and true,
Turn'd our captivity again,
The cords of wickedness broke through,
And burst the dire oppressors' chain:
And still who Sion hate shall fly,
And stumble, and for ever die.
Turn'd our captivity again,
The cords of wickedness broke through,
And burst the dire oppressors' chain:
And still who Sion hate shall fly,
And stumble, and for ever die.
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As grass on the house-top decays,
Nor ever fills the mower's breast,
But withers in a moment's space,
And perishes unreap'd, unbless'd;
So shall the foes of Sion fade,
And vanish as a fleeting shade.
Nor ever fills the mower's breast,
But withers in a moment's space,
And perishes unreap'd, unbless'd;
So shall the foes of Sion fade,
And vanish as a fleeting shade.
PSALM CXXX.
[Out of the deeps to Thee, O Lord]
Out of the deeps to Thee, O Lord,
I make my mournful cry;
Incline Thine ear unto my voice,
Thy ready help apply.
I make my mournful cry;
Incline Thine ear unto my voice,
Thy ready help apply.
Who may the trial, Lord, abide,
If Thou shouldst be severe?
But pardoning love with Thee is found,
And, for we hope, we fear.
If Thou shouldst be severe?
But pardoning love with Thee is found,
And, for we hope, we fear.
I wait for God, my soul doth wait,
And in His word I trust:
His word He surely shall fulfil,
And raise me from the dust.
And in His word I trust:
His word He surely shall fulfil,
And raise me from the dust.
In death's uncomfortable shade
I to the Lord will cry;
Till the day dawn upon my soul,
And Day-Star from on high.
I to the Lord will cry;
Till the day dawn upon my soul,
And Day-Star from on high.
How doth the whole creation groan,
To see that happy day;
To be renew'd, when sin, and pain,
And death no more shall stay!
To see that happy day;
To be renew'd, when sin, and pain,
And death no more shall stay!
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O Israel, on the' almighty Lord
Thy whole affiance place;
How good, how plentiful is He
In kind redeeming grace.
Thy whole affiance place;
How good, how plentiful is He
In kind redeeming grace.
PSALM CXXXI.
[Lord, if Thou the grace impart]
Lord, if Thou the grace impart,
Poor in spirit, meek in heart,
I shall as my Master be,
Rooted in humility.
Poor in spirit, meek in heart,
I shall as my Master be,
Rooted in humility.
From the time that Thee I know,
Nothing shall I seek below,
Aim at nothing great or high,
Lowly both my heart and eye.
Nothing shall I seek below,
Aim at nothing great or high,
Lowly both my heart and eye.
Simple, teachable, and mild,
Awed into a little child,
Quiet now without my food,
Wean'd from every creature-good.
Awed into a little child,
Quiet now without my food,
Wean'd from every creature-good.
Hangs my new-born soul on Thee,
Kept from all idolatry,
Nothing wants beneath, above,
Happy, happy in Thy love!
Kept from all idolatry,
Nothing wants beneath, above,
Happy, happy in Thy love!
O that all might seek and find
Every good in Jesus join'd!
Him let Israel still adore,
Trust Him, praise Him evermore!
Every good in Jesus join'd!
Him let Israel still adore,
Trust Him, praise Him evermore!
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PSALM CXXXII.
[Remember, Lord, the pious zeal]
Remember, Lord, the pious zeal
Of every soul that cleaves to Thee,
The troubles for Thy sake they feel,
Their eager hopes Thy house to see;
Their vows to cry, and never rest,
Till Thou art in Thy church adored,
And dwell'st in every faithful breast,
And count'st them worthy of their Lord.
Of every soul that cleaves to Thee,
The troubles for Thy sake they feel,
Their eager hopes Thy house to see;
Their vows to cry, and never rest,
Till Thou art in Thy church adored,
And dwell'st in every faithful breast,
And count'st them worthy of their Lord.
We too the joyful sound have heard,—
That God is coming to His place,
Here in the wilderness prepared;
Our Lord His ruin'd church shall raise:
For this our willing soul shall go,
And lowly at His footstool lie,
Where'er His tent is pitch'd below,
And for a glorious temple cry.
That God is coming to His place,
Here in the wilderness prepared;
Our Lord His ruin'd church shall raise:
For this our willing soul shall go,
And lowly at His footstool lie,
Where'er His tent is pitch'd below,
And for a glorious temple cry.
Arise, O Lord, into Thy rest,
Thou, and Thy ark of perfect power!
God over all, for ever bless'd,
Thee, Jesus, let our hearts adore!
Thy priests be clothed with righteousness,
Thy praise their happy lives employ,
The saints in Thee their all possess,
And shout the sons of God for joy!
Thou, and Thy ark of perfect power!
God over all, for ever bless'd,
Thee, Jesus, let our hearts adore!
Thy priests be clothed with righteousness,
Thy praise their happy lives employ,
The saints in Thee their all possess,
And shout the sons of God for joy!
O for Thy love, Thy Jesu's sake,
Us, Thine anointed ones, receive,
In the Beloved accepted make,
And bid us to Thy glory live.
The Lord hath sworn in righteousness,
And seal'd the covenant with His Son,
“I will Thy faithful seed increase,
And 'stablish them on David's throne.
Us, Thine anointed ones, receive,
In the Beloved accepted make,
And bid us to Thy glory live.
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And seal'd the covenant with His Son,
“I will Thy faithful seed increase,
And 'stablish them on David's throne.
“If in My word Thy children stay,
And in their Saviour's footsteps tread,
The glorious gospel-truth obey,
The truth shall make them free indeed;
Renew'd and sanctified by grace,
The pillars shall no more remove,
A holy, chosen, perfect race,
Enthroned in everlasting love.”
And in their Saviour's footsteps tread,
The glorious gospel-truth obey,
The truth shall make them free indeed;
Renew'd and sanctified by grace,
The pillars shall no more remove,
A holy, chosen, perfect race,
Enthroned in everlasting love.”
For lo! the Lord a seed hath chose
His grace and glory to display,
His own peculiar people those
Whoe'er the gospel-call obey.
“Sion,” He saith, “My rest shall be,
The faithful shall My presence feel;
I long for all who long for Me,
And will in them for ever dwell.
His grace and glory to display,
His own peculiar people those
Whoe'er the gospel-call obey.
“Sion,” He saith, “My rest shall be,
The faithful shall My presence feel;
I long for all who long for Me,
And will in them for ever dwell.
“I will increase their gracious store,
My Sion every moment feed,
And satisfy the hungry poor,
And fill their souls with living bread;
With garments of salvation deck
Her priests, and clothe with robes of praise;
Her saints their joy aloud shall speak,
And shout My all-sufficient grace.
My Sion every moment feed,
And satisfy the hungry poor,
And fill their souls with living bread;
With garments of salvation deck
Her priests, and clothe with robes of praise;
Her saints their joy aloud shall speak,
And shout My all-sufficient grace.
“There shall the horn of David bud,
There I have set the lamp Divine;
The wisdom and the power of God
In Mine anointed Son shall shine:
Messias on My throne shall sit
Supreme till all His foes are slain;
Till death expires beneath His feet
The sinner's Advocate shall reign.”
There I have set the lamp Divine;
The wisdom and the power of God
In Mine anointed Son shall shine:
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Supreme till all His foes are slain;
Till death expires beneath His feet
The sinner's Advocate shall reign.”
PSALM CXXXIII.
[Behold how good a thing]
Behold how good a thing
It is to dwell in peace!
How pleasing to our King
This fruit of righteousness,
When brethren all in one agree!
Who knows the joys of unity?
It is to dwell in peace!
How pleasing to our King
This fruit of righteousness,
When brethren all in one agree!
Who knows the joys of unity?
When all are sweetly join'd,
(True followers of the Lamb,)
The same in heart and mind,
And think and speak the same,
And all in love together dwell,
The comfort is unspeakable.
(True followers of the Lamb,)
The same in heart and mind,
And think and speak the same,
And all in love together dwell,
The comfort is unspeakable.
Where unity takes place,
The joys of heaven we prove;
This is the gospel-grace,
The unction from above,
The Spirit on all believers shed,
Descending swift from Christ our Head.
The joys of heaven we prove;
This is the gospel-grace,
The unction from above,
The Spirit on all believers shed,
Descending swift from Christ our Head.
Where unity is found,
The sweet anointing grace
Extends to all around,
And consecrates the place;
To every waiting soul it comes,
And fills it with Divine perfumes.
The sweet anointing grace
Extends to all around,
And consecrates the place;
To every waiting soul it comes,
And fills it with Divine perfumes.
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Jesus, our great High Priest,
For us the gift received;
For us and all the rest,
Who have in Him believed;
Forth from our Head the blessing goes,
And all His seamless coat o'erflows.
For us the gift received;
For us and all the rest,
Who have in Him believed;
Forth from our Head the blessing goes,
And all His seamless coat o'erflows.
On all His chosen ones
The precious oil comes down:
It runs, and as it runs,
It ever will run on,
Even to His skirts—the meanest name
That longs to love the bleeding Lamb.
The precious oil comes down:
It runs, and as it runs,
It ever will run on,
Even to His skirts—the meanest name
That longs to love the bleeding Lamb.
From Aaron's beard it rolls,
(Those nearest to His face,)
The humble, trembling souls
Who feebly sue for grace:
I know the grace for all is free,
For, lo! it reaches now to me.
(Those nearest to His face,)
The humble, trembling souls
Who feebly sue for grace:
I know the grace for all is free,
For, lo! it reaches now to me.
Grace every morning new,
And every night, we feel,
The soft refreshing dew
That falls from Hermon's hill:
On Sion it doth sweetly fall;
The grace of One descends on all.
And every night, we feel,
The soft refreshing dew
That falls from Hermon's hill:
On Sion it doth sweetly fall;
The grace of One descends on all.
Even now our Lord doth pour
The blessing from above,
A kindly, gracious shower
Of heart-reviving love,
The former and the latter rain,
The love of God and love of man.
The blessing from above,
A kindly, gracious shower
Of heart-reviving love,
The former and the latter rain,
The love of God and love of man.
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In Him when brethren join,
And follow after peace,
The fellowship Divine
He promises to bless,
His chiefest graces to bestow,
Where two or three are met below.
And follow after peace,
The fellowship Divine
He promises to bless,
His chiefest graces to bestow,
Where two or three are met below.
The riches of His grace
In fellowship are given,
To Sion's chosen race,
The citizens of heaven;
He fills them with His choicest store,
He gives them life for evermore.
In fellowship are given,
To Sion's chosen race,
The citizens of heaven;
He fills them with His choicest store,
He gives them life for evermore.
PSALM CXXXIV.
[Ye servants of God, Whose diligent care]
Ye servants of God, Whose diligent care
Is ever employ'd In watching and prayer,
With praises unceasing Your Jesus proclaim,
Rejoicing and blessing His excellent name.
Is ever employ'd In watching and prayer,
With praises unceasing Your Jesus proclaim,
Rejoicing and blessing His excellent name.
'Tis Jesus commands, Come all to His house,
And lift up your hands, And pay Him your vows;
And while you are giving Your Maker His due,
The Lord out of heaven Shall sanctify you.
And lift up your hands, And pay Him your vows;
And while you are giving Your Maker His due,
The Lord out of heaven Shall sanctify you.
PSALM CXXXVII.
[Fast by the Babylonish tide]
Fast by the Babylonish tide,
(The tide our sorrows made o'erflow,)
We dropp'd our weary limbs, and cried,
In deep distress at Sion's woe;
Her we bewail'd in speechless groans,
In bondage with her captive sons.
(The tide our sorrows made o'erflow,)
We dropp'd our weary limbs, and cried,
In deep distress at Sion's woe;
Her we bewail'd in speechless groans,
In bondage with her captive sons.
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Our harps, no longer vocal now,
We cast aside untuned, unstrung,
Forgot them pendant on the bough:
Let meaner sorrows find a tongue!
Silent we sat, and scorn'd relief,
In all the majesty of grief.
We cast aside untuned, unstrung,
Forgot them pendant on the bough:
Let meaner sorrows find a tongue!
Silent we sat, and scorn'd relief,
In all the majesty of grief.
In vain our haughty lords required
A song of Sion's sacred strain:—
“Sing us a song your God inspired.”
How shall our souls exult in pain?
How shall the mournful exiles sing,
While bond-slaves to a foreign king?
A song of Sion's sacred strain:—
“Sing us a song your God inspired.”
How shall our souls exult in pain?
How shall the mournful exiles sing,
While bond-slaves to a foreign king?
Jerusalem, dear hallow'd name,
Thee if I ever less desire,
If less distress'd for thee I am,
Let my right hand forget its lyre,
All its harmonious strains forego,
When heedless of a mother's woe!
Thee if I ever less desire,
If less distress'd for thee I am,
Let my right hand forget its lyre,
All its harmonious strains forego,
When heedless of a mother's woe!
O England's desolate Church! if thee,
Though desolate, I remember not,
Let me, so lost to piety,
Be lost myself, and clean forgot!
Cleave to the roof my speechless tongue.
When Sion is not all my song!
Though desolate, I remember not,
Let me, so lost to piety,
Be lost myself, and clean forgot!
Cleave to the roof my speechless tongue.
When Sion is not all my song!
Let life itself with language fail,
For thee when I forbear to mourn:
Nay, but I will for ever wail,
Till God thy captive state shall turn;
Let this my every breath employ,
To grieve for thee be all my joy!
For thee when I forbear to mourn:
Nay, but I will for ever wail,
Till God thy captive state shall turn;
Let this my every breath employ,
To grieve for thee be all my joy!
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O for the weeping prophet's strains,
The depth of sympathetic woe!
I live to gather thy remains,
For thee my tears and blood shall flow;
My heart amidst the ruin lies,
And only in thy rise I rise!
The depth of sympathetic woe!
I live to gather thy remains,
For thee my tears and blood shall flow;
My heart amidst the ruin lies,
And only in thy rise I rise!
Remember, Lord, the cruel pride
Of Edom in our evil day:
“Down with it to the ground!” they cried,
“Let none the tottering ruin stay!
Let none the sinking church restore,
But let it fall to rise no more!”
Of Edom in our evil day:
“Down with it to the ground!” they cried,
“Let none the tottering ruin stay!
Let none the sinking church restore,
But let it fall to rise no more!”
Surely our God shall vengeance take
On those that gloried in our fall;
He a full end of sin shall make,
Of all that held our souls in thrall.
O Babylon, thy day shall come;
Prepare to meet thy final doom!
On those that gloried in our fall;
He a full end of sin shall make,
Of all that held our souls in thrall.
O Babylon, thy day shall come;
Prepare to meet thy final doom!
Happy the man that sees in thee
The mystic Babylon within;
And, fill'd with holy cruelty,
Disdains to spare the smallest sin,
But sternly takes thy little ones,
And dashes all against the stones.
The mystic Babylon within;
And, fill'd with holy cruelty,
Disdains to spare the smallest sin,
But sternly takes thy little ones,
And dashes all against the stones.
Thou in thy turn shalt be brought low,
Thy kingdom shall not always last;
The Lord shall all thy power o'erthrow,
And lay the mighty waster waste;
Destroy thy being with thy power,
And pride and self shall be no more.
Thy kingdom shall not always last;
The Lord shall all thy power o'erthrow,
And lay the mighty waster waste;
Destroy thy being with thy power,
And pride and self shall be no more.
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PSALM CXXXVIII.
[All thanks and all praise To Thee will I give]
All thanks and all praise To Thee will I give,
O Lord, by whose grace Accepted I live;
My heart shall adore Thee, My mouth shall show forth
Thine honour and glory To gods of the earth.
O Lord, by whose grace Accepted I live;
My heart shall adore Thee, My mouth shall show forth
Thine honour and glory To gods of the earth.
Thy mercy, and love, And truth I proclaim;
With angels above, I hallow Thy name;
And turning me tow'rd The holiest place,
Thee, Father, adored, In Jesus I praise.
With angels above, I hallow Thy name;
And turning me tow'rd The holiest place,
Thee, Father, adored, In Jesus I praise.
For Thou hast reveal'd Thy nature unknown,
Thy promise fulfill'd In Jesus Thy Son;
Exalted the Saviour And Friend of mankind,
That all in His favour Thy mercy may find.
Thy promise fulfill'd In Jesus Thy Son;
Exalted the Saviour And Friend of mankind,
That all in His favour Thy mercy may find.
When burden'd I cried For pardon to Thee,
Thy mercy replied, And bade me be free:
Thy Spirit that hour Came down from above,
And clothed me with power, And fill'd me with love.
Thy mercy replied, And bade me be free:
Thy Spirit that hour Came down from above,
And clothed me with power, And fill'd me with love.
The kings of the earth Thee, Jesus, shall praise,
And trust in Thy worth, And honour Thy grace!
Shall gladly adore Thee, Whose sayings they hear,
And sing to Thy glory, And walk in Thy fear.
And trust in Thy worth, And honour Thy grace!
Shall gladly adore Thee, Whose sayings they hear,
And sing to Thy glory, And walk in Thy fear.
For Jesus the Lord, Though lofty and high,
By angels adored, Looks down from the sky:
Who hates the unholy, And scatters the proud,
He lifts up the lowly, And brings them to God.
By angels adored, Looks down from the sky:
Who hates the unholy, And scatters the proud,
He lifts up the lowly, And brings them to God.
Although in distress, I labour and strive;
Thy comfort and peace My soul shall revive;
Thine arm shall relieve me From all that oppose,
Thy power—it shall save me, And baffle my foes.
Thy comfort and peace My soul shall revive;
Thine arm shall relieve me From all that oppose,
Thy power—it shall save me, And baffle my foes.
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Thy mighty right hand Their fury shall tame,
And cause me to stand Through faith in Thy name;
It still shall deliver Whom now it secures;
Thy mercy for ever And ever endures.
And cause me to stand Through faith in Thy name;
It still shall deliver Whom now it secures;
Thy mercy for ever And ever endures.
The Lord will make good His kindness to me,
Till, wholly renew'd, His glory I see,
My End and Beginning Shall fully restore,
And save me from sinning Till sin is no more.
Till, wholly renew'd, His glory I see,
My End and Beginning Shall fully restore,
And save me from sinning Till sin is no more.
PSALM CXL.
[Save me, Lord, from all my foes]
Save me, Lord, from all my foes;
Men of lawless might are they,
Sworn my helpless soul to' oppose,
Turn out of the narrow way;
Serpent-like their tongues they dart,
Speak the poison of their heart.
Men of lawless might are they,
Sworn my helpless soul to' oppose,
Turn out of the narrow way;
Serpent-like their tongues they dart,
Speak the poison of their heart.
Keep me from the hands of men;
Make me Thy continual care;
Render all their counsels vain,
Show me every secret snare
Spread to catch my soul; and set
Firm upon the Rock my feet.
Make me Thy continual care;
Render all their counsels vain,
Show me every secret snare
Spread to catch my soul; and set
Firm upon the Rock my feet.
Oft I to the Lord have said,
“Thee my Saviour-God I own;
Hear and hasten to my aid,
Make Thy mighty mercies known;
Strength of my salvation, come,
Seal the adversary's doom!
“Thee my Saviour-God I own;
Hear and hasten to my aid,
Make Thy mighty mercies known;
Strength of my salvation, come,
Seal the adversary's doom!
“In the dreadful day of fight,
Thou hast screen'd me heretofore;
Still protect me with Thy might,
Save me from the tempter's power,
All Thy strength for me employ,
Satan and his works destroy!”
Thou hast screen'd me heretofore;
Still protect me with Thy might,
Save me from the tempter's power,
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Satan and his works destroy!”
Sure I am, divinely sure,
Help I have not ask'd in vain;
God shall vindicate the poor,
God shall still my cause maintain;
On the Lord I dare rely,
Poor, and weak, and helpless I!
Help I have not ask'd in vain;
God shall vindicate the poor,
God shall still my cause maintain;
On the Lord I dare rely,
Poor, and weak, and helpless I!
Yes: the justified shall give
Thanks and praises to Thy name;
Still before Thee walk and live,
All Thy faithfulness proclaim,
Till they gain the mountain's height,
Number'd with the saints in light.
Thanks and praises to Thy name;
Still before Thee walk and live,
All Thy faithfulness proclaim,
Till they gain the mountain's height,
Number'd with the saints in light.
PSALM CXLII.
[I sought the Lord in grief, in pain]
I sought the Lord in grief, in pain,
And cried for help, and cried again,
To Him my trouble show'd;
I pour'd out all my sad complaint;
Weary of sin, and sick, and faint,
My spirit gasp'd for God.
And cried for help, and cried again,
To Him my trouble show'd;
I pour'd out all my sad complaint;
Weary of sin, and sick, and faint,
My spirit gasp'd for God.
Even then my path to Thee was known,
When dark I walk'd, oppress'd, alone,
With snares and deaths beset;
I threw my mournful eyes around,
But no kind friend or helper found,
To stay my sinking feet.
When dark I walk'd, oppress'd, alone,
With snares and deaths beset;
I threw my mournful eyes around,
But no kind friend or helper found,
To stay my sinking feet.
In late despair of human aid,
I cried unto the Lord, and said,
“O Saviour, pity me!
Thou, only Thou, hast power to save;
My portion and defence I have,
My life, my all, in Thee!
I cried unto the Lord, and said,
“O Saviour, pity me!
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My portion and defence I have,
My life, my all, in Thee!
“O lift me up by sin brought low;
Redeem me from my stronger foe,
From all the' oppressor's power;
Stronger Thou seest my sins than me;
But speak the word that sets me free,
And I shall sin no more.
Redeem me from my stronger foe,
From all the' oppressor's power;
Stronger Thou seest my sins than me;
But speak the word that sets me free,
And I shall sin no more.
“My soul out of the dungeon bring,
That I Thy conquering name may sing,
Thy saving grace proclaim;
That all Thy saints may praise Thy power,
Thine all-sufficient grace adore,
Thine all-redeeming name!”
That I Thy conquering name may sing,
Thy saving grace proclaim;
That all Thy saints may praise Thy power,
Thine all-sufficient grace adore,
Thine all-redeeming name!”
PSALM CXLIII.
[O Lord, in pitying love give ear!]
O Lord, in pitying love give ear!
My mournful supplications hear,
For Thy own promise' sake;
O'erwhelm'd with sin and misery,
Weary and faint I come to Thee,
And proffer'd mercy take.
My mournful supplications hear,
For Thy own promise' sake;
O'erwhelm'd with sin and misery,
Weary and faint I come to Thee,
And proffer'd mercy take.
If Thou shouldst as my Judge appear,
I could not bear the test severe:
Not one of all our race
Can stand acquitted in Thy sight,
Or claim acceptance as his right,
Or dare demand Thy grace.
I could not bear the test severe:
Not one of all our race
Can stand acquitted in Thy sight,
Or claim acceptance as his right,
Or dare demand Thy grace.
A sinner self-condemn'd I am,
And groan beneath my load of shame;
My soul-destroying foe
Hath smote and cast me to the ground,
In chains of massy darkness bound
As those who howl below.
And groan beneath my load of shame;
My soul-destroying foe
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In chains of massy darkness bound
As those who howl below.
My spirit faints by grief oppress'd,
And droops my heart, and breaks for rest;
Yet do I call to mind
Thy wonders wrought in ancient days;
I muse on all Thy works of grace,
And pity for mankind.
And droops my heart, and breaks for rest;
Yet do I call to mind
Thy wonders wrought in ancient days;
I muse on all Thy works of grace,
And pity for mankind.
See, Lord, a dying sinner see!
I still stretch out my hands to Thee,
Unwash'd and unrenew'd;
As thirsts a barren land for showers,
My weary soul with all its powers
Gasps for the living God!
I still stretch out my hands to Thee,
Unwash'd and unrenew'd;
As thirsts a barren land for showers,
My weary soul with all its powers
Gasps for the living God!
Haste to my help, Thy blood apply!
My spirit fails, I faint, I die,
If still Thou hid'st Thy face;
I fall and perish at Thy feet,
I sink into the burning pit,
If Thou withhold Thy grace.
My spirit fails, I faint, I die,
If still Thou hid'st Thy face;
I fall and perish at Thy feet,
I sink into the burning pit,
If Thou withhold Thy grace.
O God, in whom I trust, appear!
Give me Thy pardoning voice to hear,
Thy saving health to see;
The glorious gospel-light display,
And lead into the perfect way
A soul that looks to Thee.
Give me Thy pardoning voice to hear,
Thy saving health to see;
The glorious gospel-light display,
And lead into the perfect way
A soul that looks to Thee.
For refuge, Lord, to Thee I fly!
On Thee alone for help rely,
For pardon, peace, and power.
From all my foes and sins release,
And teach me thus my Lord to please,
And bid me sin no more.
On Thee alone for help rely,
For pardon, peace, and power.
From all my foes and sins release,
And teach me thus my Lord to please,
And bid me sin no more.
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O reach me out Thy Spirit's hand!
Into that good and pleasant land
Of holy quiet lead;
Quicken me, for Thy mercy's sake:
From sin and Satan's dungeon take,
And make me free indeed.
Into that good and pleasant land
Of holy quiet lead;
Quicken me, for Thy mercy's sake:
From sin and Satan's dungeon take,
And make me free indeed.
In mercy take these sins away,
And all my foes for ever slay,
That now my soul oppress!
Receive me, Saviour, for Thine own,
And let me serve the Lord alone,
The Lord my Righteousness.
And all my foes for ever slay,
That now my soul oppress!
Receive me, Saviour, for Thine own,
And let me serve the Lord alone,
The Lord my Righteousness.
PSALM CXLVI.
[My soul, inspired with sacred love]
My soul, inspired with sacred love,
The Lord thy God delight to praise:
His gifts I will for Him improve,
To Him devote my happy days:
To Him my thanks and praises give,
And only for His glory live.
The Lord thy God delight to praise:
His gifts I will for Him improve,
To Him devote my happy days:
To Him my thanks and praises give,
And only for His glory live.
Long as my God shall lend me breath,
My every pulse shall beat for Him;
And when my voice is lost in death,
My spirit shall resume the theme;
The gracious theme, for ever new,
Through all eternity pursue.
My every pulse shall beat for Him;
And when my voice is lost in death,
My spirit shall resume the theme;
The gracious theme, for ever new,
Through all eternity pursue.
Trust in the Lord, ye saints of His!
All human confidence is vain;
Cease ye from man, for ever cease!
No help is found in faithless man;
The great ones of the earth look through,
They cannot help themselves or you.
All human confidence is vain;
Cease ye from man, for ever cease!
No help is found in faithless man;
The great ones of the earth look through,
They cannot help themselves or you.
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Soon as the breath of man expires,
Again he to his earth shall turn:
Where then are all his vain desires,
His love and hate, esteem and scorn?
All, all at that last gasp are o'er;
He falls to rise on earth no more!
Again he to his earth shall turn:
Where then are all his vain desires,
His love and hate, esteem and scorn?
All, all at that last gasp are o'er;
He falls to rise on earth no more!
He then is bless'd, and only he,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God;
Who can to Him for succour flee
That spreads the heaven and earth abroad:
That still the universe sustains,
And Lord of His creation reigns.
Whose hope is in the Lord his God;
Who can to Him for succour flee
That spreads the heaven and earth abroad:
That still the universe sustains,
And Lord of His creation reigns.
True to His everlasting word,
He loves the injured to redress;
Poor, helpless souls the bounteous Lord
Relieves, and fills with plenteousness:
He sets the mournful prisoners free,
He bids the blind their Saviour see!
He loves the injured to redress;
Poor, helpless souls the bounteous Lord
Relieves, and fills with plenteousness:
He sets the mournful prisoners free,
He bids the blind their Saviour see!
Jehovah lifts the fallen up;
Jehovah loves the righteous race;
The stranger's and the widow's hope,
The Father of the fatherless:
Sinners He views with angry frown,
And turns their counsels upside down.
Jehovah loves the righteous race;
The stranger's and the widow's hope,
The Father of the fatherless:
Sinners He views with angry frown,
And turns their counsels upside down.
The Lord thy God, O Sion, reigns
Supreme in mercy as in power,
The endless theme of heavenly strains,
When time and death shall be no more:
And all eternity shall prove
Too short to utter all His love.
Supreme in mercy as in power,
The endless theme of heavenly strains,
When time and death shall be no more:
And all eternity shall prove
Too short to utter all His love.
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PSALM CL.
[Praise the Lord, who reigns above]
Praise the Lord, who reigns above,
And keeps His court below;
Praise the holy God of love;
And all His greatness show!
Praise Him for His noble deeds,
Praise Him for His matchless power;
Him, from whom all good proceeds,
Let earth and heaven adore.
And keeps His court below;
Praise the holy God of love;
And all His greatness show!
Praise Him for His noble deeds,
Praise Him for His matchless power;
Him, from whom all good proceeds,
Let earth and heaven adore.
Publish, spread to all around
The great Jehovah's name;
Let the trumpet's martial sound
The Lord of hosts proclaim!
Praise Him in the sacred dance,
Harmony's full concert raise;
Let the virgin-choir advance,
And move but to His praise.
The great Jehovah's name;
Let the trumpet's martial sound
The Lord of hosts proclaim!
Praise Him in the sacred dance,
Harmony's full concert raise;
Let the virgin-choir advance,
And move but to His praise.
Celebrate the' eternal God
With harp and psaltery;
Timbrels soft, and cymbals loud,
In His high praise agree;
Praise Him every tuneful string,
All the reach of heavenly art;
All the power of music bring,
The music of the heart.
With harp and psaltery;
Timbrels soft, and cymbals loud,
In His high praise agree;
Praise Him every tuneful string,
All the reach of heavenly art;
All the power of music bring,
The music of the heart.
Him in whom they move and live,
Let every creature sing;
Glory to their Maker give,
And homage to their King!
Hallow'd be His name beneath,
As in heaven on earth adored;
Praise the Lord in every breath;
Let all things praise the Lord!
Let every creature sing;
Glory to their Maker give,
And homage to their King!
Hallow'd be His name beneath,
As in heaven on earth adored;
Praise the Lord in every breath;
Let all things praise the Lord!
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