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Let This Be My Supreme Desire
Author: Michael Perry Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #729 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Desiring God Lyrics: 1 Let this be my supreme desire,
my object and my prayer,
until I stand before your throne
to glorify you there:
2 To lead a blameless life, O Lord,
to trust you without fear,
to bring my humble heart to you
and know your love is near:
3 To walk before you in the truth,
to shun all evil ways,
to come into your house to pray
and shout aloud your praise:
4 Let this be my supreme desire,
my object and my prayer,
until I stand before your throne
to glorify you there! Scripture: Psalm 26 Languages: English Tune Title: WINCHESTER OLD
Let This Be My Supreme Desire
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #84E (2012) Topics: Desiring God; God Desire for Lyrics: 1 How lovely is thy dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts, to me!
My thirsty soul desires and longs
within thy courts to be;
my very heart and flesh cry out,
O living God, for thee.
2 Beside thine altars, gracious Lord,
the swallows find a nest;
how happy they who dwell with thee
and praise thee without rest,
and happy they whose hearts are set
upon the pilgrims' quest.
3 They who go through the desert vale
will find it filled with springs,
and they shall climb from height to height
till Zion's temple rings
with praise to thee, in glory throned,
Lord God, great King of kings.
4 One day within thy courts excels
a thousand spent away;
how happy they who keep thy laws
nor from thy precepts stray,
for thou shalt surely bless all those
who live the words they pray.
Optional stanza from Psalm 23:
Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me,
and in God's house forevermore
my dwelling place shall be;
and in God's house forevermore
my dwelling place shall be. Scripture: Psalm 84 Tune Title: BROTHER JAMES' AIR
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place
As the Deer
Author: Martin Nystrom Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #42D (2012) Topics: Desiring God First Line: As the deer pants for the water Scripture: Psalm 42 Languages: English Tune Title: [As the deer pants for the water]
As the Deer
Psalm 63:1-8 (A Responsorial Setting)
Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #63A (2012) Topics: Desiring God; God Desire for First Line: My soul thirsts for God, the living God Scripture: Psalm 63 Tune Title: [My soul thirsts for God, the living God]
Psalm 63:1-8 (A Responsorial Setting)
O God, You Are My God Alone
Author: Iona Community Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #63B (2012) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Desiring God; God Desire for Scripture: Psalm 63 Languages: English Tune Title: GRATUS
O God, You Are My God Alone
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling
Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #84A (2012) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Desiring God; God Desire for Lyrics: 1 How lovely is your dwelling,
O Lord of hosts, to me;
my soul is longing, fainting,
the courts of God to see.
The beauty of your dwelling
will bring me joy anew.
My heart and flesh are crying,
O living God, for you.
2 Beneath your care the sparrow
finds place for peaceful rest;
to keep her young in safety
the swallow finds a nest.
So, Lord, my King Almighty,
your love will shelter me;
beneath your wings of mercy
my dwelling place will be.
3 Blest they who love and serve you,
whose joy and strength you are.
Forever they will praise you,
your ways are in their heart.
Though tried, their tears like showers
shall fill the springs of peace,
and all the way to Zion
their strength shall still increase. Scripture: Psalm 84 Tune Title: ST. EDITH
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling
Better Is One Day
Author: Matt Redman Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #84B (2012) Topics: Desiring God; God Desire for First Line: How lovely is your dwelling place Refrain First Line: Better is one day in your courts Lyrics: 1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord Almighty.
For my soul longs and even faints for you.
For here my heart is satisfied,
within your presence.
I sing beneath the shadow of your wings.
Refrain:
Better is one day in your courts,
better is one day in your house,
better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere.
Better is one day in your courts,
better is one day in your house,
better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere,
than thousands elsewhere.
2 One thing I ask and I would seek:
to see your beauty,
to find you in the place your glory dwells.
One thing I ask and I would seek:
to see your beauty,
To find you in the place your glory dwells. [Refrain]
Bridge:
My heart and flesh cry out
for you, the living god;
your Spirit's water to my soul.
I've tasted and I've seen,
come once again to me;
I will draw near to you,
I will draw near to you. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 84 Tune Title: [How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord God Almighty]
Better Is One Day
In Sweet Communion, Lord, with You
Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #73B (2012) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Desiring God Scripture: Psalm 73 Tune Title: PRAYER
In Sweet Communion, Lord, with You
Almighty Lord, How Lovely Is That Place
Author: Stephen P. Starke Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #84D (2012) Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluias Topics: Desiring God; God Desire for Scripture: Psalm 84 Tune Title: SINE NOMINE
Almighty Lord, How Lovely Is That Place
Psalm 84 (A Responsorial Setting)
Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #84F (2012) Topics: Desiring God; God Desire for First Line: How dear to me is your dwelling place, O Lord Scripture: Psalm 84 Tune Title: [How dear to me is your dwelling place, O Lord]
Psalm 84 (A Responsorial Setting)
How Lovely, Lord, How Lovely
Author: Arlo D. Duba Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #84C (2012) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Desiring God; God Desire for Lyrics: 1 How lovely, Lord, how lovely
is your abiding place;
my soul is longing, fainting,
to feast upon your grace.
The sparrow finds a shelter,
a place to build her nest,
and so your temple calls us
with in its walls to rest.
2 In your blest courts to worship,
O God, a single day
is better than a thousand
if I from you should stray.
I’d rather keep the entrance
and claim you as my Lord
than revel in the riches
the ways of sin afford.
3 A sun and shield forever
are you, O Lord Most High;
you shower us with blessings;
no good will you deny.
The saints, your grace receiving,
from strength to strength shall go,
and from their life shall rivers
of blessing overflow. Scripture: Psalm 84 Tune Title: MERLE'S TUNE
How Lovely, Lord, How Lovely
As a Deer in Want of Water
Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #42E (2012) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Topics: Desiring God Refrain First Line: o my soul, why are you grieving Scripture: Psalm 42 Languages: English Tune Title: FREU DICH SEHR (GENEVAN 42)
As a Deer in Want of Water
Psalm 42/43 (A Responsorial Setting)
Author: Gregg DeMey Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #42F (2012) Topics: Desiring God First Line: My soul thirsts for the living God Scripture: Psalm 42 Tune Title: [My soul thirsts for the living God]
Psalm 42/43 (A Responsorial Setting)
As a Hart Longs for Flowing Streams
Author: Andrew Donaldson Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #42G (2012) Topics: Desiring God Scripture: Psalm 42 Tune Title: AS A HART LONGS
As a Hart Longs for Flowing Streams
All My Life
Author: Ken Medema Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #73A (2012) Topics: Desiring God First Line: All my life I've sung a jealous song Scripture: Psalm 73 Tune Title: [All my life I've sung a jealous song]
All My Life
Why Do the Powerful Have It So Good?
Author: Andrew Donaldson Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #73C (2012) Topics: Desiring God First Line: Why do the powerful have it so good? (Why do I stand with God?) Scripture: Psalm 73 Tune Title: [Why do the powerful have it so good?]
Why Do the Powerful Have It So Good?
O God, You Are My God
Author: David Strasser; Rich Mullins Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #743 (2013) Meter: 6.7.6.7.8.9.7.10 Topics: Desiring God Scripture: Psalm 63:1 Languages: English Tune Title: STEP BY STEP
O God, You Are My God
Save Me, O God; I Sink in Floods
Author: Marie J. Post Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #69A (2012) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Desiring God Scripture: Psalm 69 Languages: English Tune Title: SALVATION
Save Me, O God; I Sink in Floods
Como el ciervo (Like a Deer)
Author: Mary Louis Bringle, b. 1953; Juan Salinas Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #42A (2012) Topics: Desiring God First Line: Como el ciervo busca por las aguas (Like a deer, seeking streams of water) Lyrics: Like a deer, seeking streams of water,
so my soul cries with longing for you, O Lord;
day and night, I thirst for only you,
and you alone do I seek.
Fill me, Lord. Fill me, O my Lord.
Give me more, more of your great love.
I thirst for you, only for you.
Fill my heart, O Lord.
Spanish:
Como el ciervo busca por las aguas,
así clama mi alma por ti, Señor;
dia y noche yo tengo sed de ti
y sólo a ti buscaré;
lléname, lléname, Señor,
dame más, más de tu amor;
yo tengo sed sólo de ti,
lléname, Señor. Scripture: Psalm 42 Languages: English; Spanish Tune Title: LLÉNAME
Como el ciervo (Like a Deer)
As the Deer Pants for the Water
Author: Greg Scheer Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #42B (2012) Topics: Desiring God Refrain First Line: Why should I let this sorrow fill my soul? Scripture: Psalm 42 Languages: English Tune Title: [As the deer pants for the water]
As the Deer Pants for the Water
Chuyŏ sasŭmi (O Lord, As a Deer)
Author: I-to Loh, b. 1936 Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #42C (2012) Topics: Desiring God First Line: Chuyŏ sasŭmi (O Lord, as a deer) Scripture: Psalm 42 Languages: English; Korean Tune Title: [O Lord, as the Deer]
Chuyŏ sasŭmi (O Lord, As a Deer)
If You Love Me
Author: David Haas (b.1957) Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #69B (2012) Topics: Desiring God First Line: I suffer shame and insult because I know you well Refrain First Line: If you love me, come and answer me Scripture: Psalm 69 Languages: English Tune Title: [I suffer shame and insult]
If You Love Me
Psalm 69:7-18 (A Responsorial Setting)
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #69C (2012) Topics: Desiring God First Line: Lord, draw near. Lord, draw near Scripture: Psalm 69:7-18 Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, draw near. Lord, draw near]
Psalm 69:7-18 (A Responsorial Setting)
A propitious gale longed for
Author: Toplady Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Influences and Graces of the Spirit; Influences of the Spirit; Influences of the spirit Compared to wind; Influences of the spirit Desired; Spirit of God First Line: At anchor laid, remove from home Lyrics: 1 At anchor laid, remove from home,
To thee I cry, sweet spirit come!
Celestial breeze, no longer stay,
But swell my sails, and speed my way!
2 Fain would i mount, fain would I glos
And loose my cable from below:
But I can only spread my sail;
Thou, thou must breath th' auspicious gale! Languages: English
A propitious gale longed for
Patience
Author: Beddome Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCLXIV (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Graces of the Spirit Patience; Christian patience desired; Submission to the will of God First Line: Dear Lord, tho' bitter is the cup Lyrics: 1 Dear Lord, tho' bitter is the cup,
Thy gracious hand deals out to me,
I cheerfully will drink it up,
That cannot hurt which comes from thee.
2 Dash it with thine unchanging love,
Let not a drop of wrath be there;
The saints for ever bless'd above,
Were often most afflicted here.
3 From Jesus, thy incarnate Son,
I'll learn obedience to thy will;
And humbly kiss the chastening rod,
When its severest strokes I feel.
Languages: English
Patience
The influences of the spirit desired
Author: President Davies Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXI (1792) Topics: The Influences and Graces of the Spirit; Fervency of Devotion desired; Influences of the Spirit; Influences of the spirit Desired; Spirit of God First Line: Eternal spirit, source of light Lyrics: 1 Eternal spirit, source of light,
Enlivening, consecrating fire,
Descend and with celestial heat
Our dull, our frozen hearts inspire:
Our souls refine, our dross consume!
Come, condescending spirit come!
2 In our cold breasts, O strike a spark
Of the pure flame, which seraphs feel,
Nor let us wander in the dark,
Or lie benumb'd and stupid still:
Come, vivifying spirit, come,
And make our hearts thy constant home!
3 Whatever guilt and madness dare,
We would not quench the heavenly fire;
Our hearts as fuel we prepare,
Tho' in the flame we should expire:
Our breasts expand to make thee room:
Come, purifying spirit, come!
4 Let pure devotion's fervors rise;
Let every pious passion glow:
O let the raptures of the skies
Kindle in our cold hearts below!
Come, condescending spirit, come,
And make our souls thy constant home! Languages: English
The influences of the spirit desired
Have mercy, Lord, on me
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #IV (1767) Topics: Description of Duty of the Ministers of God's Word; Description of Fear and Service of the Lord; Prayers When percecuted; Soul's Desire Of Believers Lyrics: 1 Have mercy, Lord on me,
for thou my Judge shalt be,
My Hopes in thee remaining,
Oh! to my humble Pray'r
bow down thy gracious Ear.
Be thou my Cause sustaining;
How long with vain Design,
will ye my foes combine,
In wrathful Indignation?
How long destructive Lies
maliciously devise,
To blot my Reputation.
3 Consider that the Just,
who place in God their Trust,
Are still by him protected;
The Lord my voice will hear,
and grant my humble pray'r,
Whene'er to him directed.
Oh! stand ye then in Awe
of his most sacred Law,
Reflect with deep Contrition;
Flee ev'ry Thing that's Ill,
and humble to his Will,
Your Hearts in low Submission.
3 Amidst thine anxious Cares,
and Soul distressing Fears,
To GOD pray without ceasing;
Sue for his heav'nly Grace,
and offer Righteousness,
A Sacrifice well pleasing.
While Sinners restless grow,
more prosp'rous Times to know,
In Discontent complaining;
LORD, let thy Face divine,
on me with Glory shine,
Thy Mercy me sustaining.
4 So to my grateful Heart,
thy Goodness shall impart,
More true and lasting Pleasure
Than theirs who seek to find
their Joy and Peace of Mind,
In Stores of worldly Treasure.
With thy Protection blest,
I'll teak my needful Rest,
My Head in Peace reclining;
Securely I'll repose,
not fear, tho' all my Foes,
Against me are combining. Scripture: Psalm 4 Languages: English Tune Title: [Have mercy, Lord, on me]
Have mercy, Lord, on me
Seeking to God for the communication of his spirit
Author: Dr. Doddridge Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCX (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Influences and Graces of the Spirit; Influences of the Spirit; Influences of the spirit Desired; Spirit of God First Line: Hear, gracious sovereign, from thy throne Lyrics: 1 Hear, gracious sovereign, from thy throne,
And send thy various blessings down:
While by thine Israel thou art sought,
Attend the prayer thy word hath taught.
2 Come, sacred spirit, from above,
And fill the coldest heart with love;
Soften to flesh the rugged stone,
And let thy godlike power be known.
3 Speak thou, and from the haughtiest eyes
Shall floods of pious sorrow rise:
While all their glowing souls are borne
To seek that grace, which now they scorn.
4 O let a holy flock await,
Num'rous around thy temple-gate,
Each pressing on with zeal to be
A living sacrifice to thee.
5 In answer to our fervent cries,
Give us to see thy church arise;
Or, if that blessing seem too great,
Give us to mourn its low estate.
Languages: English
Seeking to God for the communication of his spirit
How bless'd are they, who always keep
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #CXIX (1767) Topics: Description of Glory of the Law; Description of Happiness of Man; Prayers When zealous for the Knowledge and Fear of God; Soul's Desire Of Believers Lyrics: I Aleph:
1 How bless'd are they who always keep
The pure and perfect Way!
Who never from the sacred Paths
Of GOD's Commandments stray!
2 How blest, who to his righteous Laws
Have still obedient been;
And have with fervent humble Zeal
His Favour sought to win.
3 Such Men their utmost Caution use
To shun each wicked Deed;
But in the Path, which he directs,
With constant Care proceed.
4 Thou strictly hast enjoin'd us, Lord,
To learn thy sacred Will;
And all our Diligence employ
Thy Statutes to fulfill.
5 O! then that thy most holy Will
Might o'er my Ways preside,
And I the Course of all my Life,
By thy Direction guide!
6 Then with Assurance should I walk,
From all Confusion free,
Convinc'd with Joy, that all my Ways
With thy Commands agree.
7 My upright Heart shall my glad Mouth
With chearful Praises fill;
When by thy righteous Judgments taught,
I shall have learnt thy Will.
8 So to thy sacred Law shall I
All due Observance pay;
O! then forsake me not, my GPD,
Mor cast me quite away.
II Beth:
9 How shall the Young preserve their Ways
From all Pollution free?
By making still their Course of Life
With thy Commands agree.
10 With hearty Zeal for thee I seek,
To thee for Succour pray;
O! suffer not thy careless Steps
From thy right Paths to stray.
11 Safe in my Heart, and closely hid,
Thy Word, my Treasure, lies;
To succour me with timely Aid,
When sinful Thoughts arise.
12 Secur'd by that, my grateful Soul
Shall ever bless thy Name:
O! teach me then, by thy just Laws,
My future Life to frame.
13 My Lips, unlock'd by pious Zeal,
To others have declar'd,
How well the Judgments of thy Mouth
Deserve our best Regard.
14 Whilst in the Way of thy Commands
More solid Joy I found,
Than had I been with vast Increase
Of envy'd Riches crown'd.
15 Therefore thy just and upright Laws
Shall always fill my Mind,
And those sound Rules, which thou prescrib'st,
All due Respect shall find.
16 To keep thy Statues undefac'd,
Shall be my constant Joy;
The strict Remembrance of thy Word,
Shall all my thoughts employ.
III Gimel:
17 Be gracious to thy Servant, LORD,
Do thou my Life defend,
That I, according to thy Word
My future Time may spend.
18 Enlighten both my Eyes and Mind,
That so I may discern
The wond'rous Things, which they behold,
Who thy just Precepts learn.
19 Though like a Stranger in the Land,
From Place to Place I stray,
Thy righteous Judgments from my Sight
Remove not thou away.
20 My fainting Soul is almost pin'd,
With earnest Longing spent;
Whilst always on the eager Search
Of thy just Will intent.
21 The sharp Rebuke shall crush the Proud,
Whom still thy Curse pursues;
Since they to walk in thy right Ways
Presumptuously refuse.
22 But, far from me, do thou, O LORD,
Contempt and Shame remove;
For I thy sacred Laws affect
With undissembled Love.
23 Though Princes oft in Council met,
Against thy Servant spake;
Yet I, thy Statutes to observe,
My constant Bus'ness make.
24 For thy Commands have always been
My Comfort and Delight;
By them I learn with prudent Care,
To guide my Steps aright.
IV Daleth:
25 My Soul, oppress'd with deadly Care,
Close to the Earth doth cleave;
Revive me, LORD, and let me now
Thy promis'd Aid receive.
26 To thee I still declar my Ways,
And thou inclin'st thine Ear;
O teach me then my future Life
By thy just Laws to steer.
27 If thou wilt make me know thy Laws,
And by their Guidance walk,
The wond'rous Works, which thou hast done,
Shall be my constant Talk.
28 But see, my Soul within me sinks,
Press'd down with weighty Care;
Do thou, according to thy Word,
My wasted Strength repair.
29 Far, far from me be all false Ways,
And lying Arts remov'd;
But kindly grant I still may keep
The Path by thee approv'd.
30 Thy faithful Ways, thou GOD of Truth,
My happy Choice I've made;
Thy Judgment, as my Rule of Life,
Before me always laid.
31 My Care has been to make my Life,
With thy Commands agree;
O then preserve thy Servant, LORD,
From Shame and Ruin free.
32 So in the Way of thy Commands
Shall I with Pleasure run,
And with a Heart enlarg'd with Joy,
Successfully go on.
V He:
33 Instruct me in thy Statutes, LORD,
Thy righteous Paths display;
And I from them, through all my Life,
Will never go astray.
34 If thou true Wisdom from above
Wilt graciously impart,
To keep thy perfect Laws I will
Devote my zealous Heart.
35 Direct me in the sacred Ways,
To which thy Precepts lead;
Because my chief Delight has been
Thy righteous Paths to tread.
36 Do thou to thy most just Commands
Incline my willing Heart;
Let no Desire of worldly Wealth
From Thee my Thoughts divert.
37 From those vain Objects turn my Eyes
Which this false World displays,
But give me lively Pow'r and Strength
To keep thy righteous Ways.
38 Confirm the Promise, which thou mad'st,
And give thy Servant Aid;
Who to transgress thy sacred Laws
Is awfully afraid.
39 The foul Disgrace I justly fear,
In Mercy, LORD, remove;
For all the Judgments thou ordain'st,
Are full of Grace and Love.
40 Thou know'st, how after thy Commands
My longing Heart does pant,
O then make haste to raise me up,
And promis'd Succour grant.
VI Vau:
41 Thy constant Blessing, LORD, bestow
To cheer my drooping Heart;
To me, according to thy Word,
Thy saving Health impart.
42 So shall I, when my Foes upbraid,
This ready Answer make;
"In GOD I trust, who never will
"His faithful Promise break.
43 Then let not quite the Word of Truth
Be from my Mouth remov'd;
Since still my Ground of stedfast Hope,
Thy just Decrees have prov'd.
44 So I to keep thy righteous Laws,
Will all my Study bend;
From Age to Age, my Time to come
In their Observance spend.
45 E'er long I trust to walk at large,
From all Incumbrance free;
Since I resolv'd to make my Life
With thy Commands agree.
46 Thy Laws shall be my constant Talk;
And Princes shall attend,
Whilst I the Justice of thy Ways
With Confidence defend.
47 My longing Heart and ravish'd Soul
Shall both o'erflow with Joy;
When in thy lov'd Commandments I
My happy Hours employ.
48 Then will I to thy just Decrees
Lift up my willing Hands;
My Care and Bus'ness then shall be,
To study thy Commands.
VII Zain:
49 According to thy promis'd Grace,
Thy Favour, LORD, extend;
Make good to me the Word, on which
Thy Servant's Hopes depend.
50 That only Comfort in Distress
Did all my Griefs controul;
Thy Word, when Troubles hemm'd me round,
Reviv'd my fainting Soul.
51 Insulting Foes did proudly mock,
And all my Hopes deride;
Yet from thy Law, not all their Scoffs,
Could make me turn aside.
52 Thy Judgments then of ancient Date,
I quickly call'd to Mind;
'Till ravish'd with such Thoughts, my Soul
Did speedy Comfort find.
53 Sometimes I stand amaz'd, like one
With deadly Horror struck,
To think how all my sinful Foes
Have thy just Laws forsook.
54 But I thy Statutes and Decress
My chearful Anthems made;
whilst thro' strange Lands and Desarts wild
I like a Pilgrim stray'd.
55 Thy Name, that chear'd my Heart by Day,
Has fill'd my Thoughts by Night;
I then resolv'd by thy just Laws,
To guide my Steps aright.
56 That Peace of Mind, which has my Soul
In deep Distress sustain'd,
By strict Obedience to thy Will,
I happily obtain'd.
VIII Cheth:
57 O LORD, my GOD, my Portion thou
And sure Possession art;
Thy Word I stedfastly resolve
To treasure in my Heart.
58 With all the Strength of warm Desires
I did thy Grace implore;
Disclose, according to thy Word,
Thy Mercies boundless Store.
59 With due Reflection and strict Care,
On all my Ways I thought;
And so reclaim'd to thy just Paths,
My wandring Steps I brought.
60 I lost no Time, but made great haste,
Resolv'd, without Delay,
To watch, that I might never more
From thy Commandments stray.
61 Thoigj num'rous Troops of sinful Men,
To rob me have combin'd;
Yet I thy pure and righteous Laws
Have ever kept in Mind.
62 In dead of Night I will arise,
To sing thy solemn Praise;
Convinc'd how much I always ought
To love thy righteous Ways.
63 To such as fear thy holy Name,
Myself I closely join;
To all who their obedient Wills
To thy Commands resign.
64 O'er all the Earth, thy Mercy, LORD,
Abundantly is shed;
O make me then exactly learn,
Thy sacred Paths to tread.
IX Teth:
65 With me, thy Servant, thou hast dealt,
Most graciously, O LORD,
Repeated Benefits bestow'd,
According to thy word.
66 Teach me the sacred Skill by which
Right Judgment is attain'd,
Who in Belief of thy Commands
have stedfastly remain'd.
67 Before Affliction stopt my Course,
My Footsteps went astray;
But I have since been disciplin'd,
Thy Precepts to obey.
68 Thou art, O LORD, supremely good,
And all thou dost is so;
On me thy Statutes to discern,
Thy saving Skill bestow.
69 The Proud have forg'd malicious Lies,
My spotless Fame to stain;
But my fix'd Heart without Reserve,
Thy Precepts shall retain.
70 While pamper'd they, with prosp'rous Ills,
In sensual Pleasures live;
My Soul can relish no Delight,
But what thy Precepts gave.
71 'Tis good for me that I have felt
Affliction's chast'ning Rod;
That I might duly learn, and keep
The Statues of my GOD.
72 The Law that from thy Mouth proceeds,
Of more Esteem I hold,
Than untouch'd Mines, than thousand Mines
Of Silver and of Gold.
X Jod:
73 To me, who am the Workmanship
Of thy Almighty Hands,
The heav'nly Understanding give
To learn thy just Commands.
74 My Preservation to thy Saints
Strong Comfort will afford,
To see Success attend my Hopes,
Who trusted in thy Word.
75 That right thy Judgments are, I now,
By sure Experience see,
And in that Faithfulness, O LORD,
Thou hast afflicted me.
76 O let thy tender Mercy now
Afford me needful Aid;
According to thy Promise, LORD,
To me, thy Servant, made.
77 To me thy saving Grace restore,
That I again may live;
Whose Soul can relish no Delight,
But what thy Precepts give.
78 Defeat the Proud, who unprovok'd,
To ruin me have sought;
Who only on thy sacred Laws
Employ my harmless Thought.
79 Let those that fear thy Name, espouse
My Cause,and those alone,
Who have by strict and pious Search
Thy sacred Precepts known.
80 In thy blest Statutes let my Heart
Continue always sound,
That Guilt and Shame, the Sinner's Lot,
May never me confound.
XI Caph:
81 My Soul with long Expectance faints
To see thy saving Grace;
Yet still on thy unerring Word
My confidence I place.
82 My very Eyes consume and fail
With waiting for thy Word;
O! when wilt thou thy kind Relief
And prromis'd Aid afford?
83 My Skin like shrivel'd Parchment shows,
That long in Smoke is set;
Yet no Affliction me can force
Thy Statutes to forget.
84 How many Days must I endure
Of Sorrow and Distress?
When wilt thou Judgment execute
On them who me oppress?
85 The Proud have digg'd a Pit for me,
That have no other Foes,
But such as are averse to thee,
And thy just Laws oppose.
86 With sacred Truth's eternal Laws
All thy Commands agree;
Men persecute me without Cause,
Thou, LORD, my Helper be.
87 With close Designs against my Life,
They had almost prevail'd;
But in Obedience to thy Will,
My Duty never fail'd.
88 Thy wonted Kindness, LORD, restore,
My drooping Heart to chear;
That by thy righteous Statutes I
My Life's whole Course may steer.
XII Lamed:
89 For ever and for ever, LORD,
Unchang'd thou dost remain;
Thy Word, establish'd in the Heav'ns,
Does all their Orbs sustain.
90 Through circling Ages, LORD, thy Truth
Immoveable shall stand:
As does the Earth which thou uphold'st
By thy Almighty Hand.
91 All Things the Course by thee ordain'd,
Ev'n to this Day fulfil;
They are thy faithful Subjects all,
And Servants of thy Will.
92 Unless thy sacred Law had been
My Comfort and Delight,
I must have fainted and expir'd
In dark Affliction's Night.
93 Thy Precepts therefore from my Thoughts
Shall never, LORD, depart;
For thou, by them, hast to new Life
Restor'd my dying Heart.
94 As I am thine, entirely thine,
Protect me, LORD, from Harm;
Who have thy Precepts sought to know,
And carefully perform.
95 The Wicked have their Ambush laid
My guiltless Life to take;
But in the midst of Danger, I
Thy Word my Study make.
96 I've seen an End, of what we call
Perfection here below;
But thy Commandments, like thyself,
No Change or Period know.
XIII Mem:
97 The Love that to thy Laws I bear,
No Language can display;
They with fresh Wonders entertain
My ravish'd Thoughts all Day.
98 Through thy Commands I wiser grow
Than all my subtle Foes;
For thy sure Word doth me direct,
And all my Ways dispose.
99 From me my former Teachers now
May abler Counsel take;
Because thy sacred Precepts I
My constant Study make.
100 In Understanding I excel
The Sages of our Days;
Because by thy unerring Rules,
I order all my Ways.
101 My Feet with Care I have refrain'd
From ev'ry sinful Way,
That to thy sacred Word I might
Entire Obedience pay.
102 I have not from thy Judgment stray'd,
By vain Desires misled;
For, LORD, thou hast instructed me,
Thy righteous Paths to tread.
103 How sweet are all thy Words to me;
O! what divine Repast!
How much more grateful to my Soul,
Than Honey to my Taste.
104 Taught by thy sacred Precepts, I
With heav'nly Skill am bless'd,
Thro' which the treach'rous Ways of Sin
I utterly detest.
XIV Nun:
105 Thy word is to my Feet a Lamp,
The Way of Truth to show;
A Watch-light to point out the Path,
In which I ought to go.
106 I swear, (and from my solemn Oath
Will never start aside)
That in thy righteous Judgments I
Will stedfastly abide.
107 Since I with Griefs am so oppress'd,
That I can bear no more;
According to thy Word do thou
My fainting Soul restore.
108 Let still my Sacrifice of Praise
With Thee Acceptance find;
And in thy righteous Judgments, LORD,
Instruct my willing Mind.
109 Though ghastly Dangers me surround,
My Soul they cannot awe,
Nor with continual Terrors keep
From thinking on thy Law.
110 My wicked and invet'rate Foes
For me their Snares have laid;
Yet I have kept the upright Path,
Nor from thy Precepts tray'd.
111 Thy Testimonies I have made
My Heritage and Choice;
For they, when other Comforts fail,
My drooping Heart rejoice.
112 My Heart with early Zeal began
Thy Statutes to obey;
And 'till my Course of Life is done,
Shall keep thy upright Way.
XV Samech:
113 Deceitful Thoughts and Practices
I utterly detest;
But to thy Law Affection bear,
Too great to be express'd.
114 My Hiding-Place, my Refuge-Tow'r,
And Shield art thou, O LORD;
I firmly anchor all my Hopes
On thy unerring Word.
115 Hence ye that trade in Wickedness,
Approach not my Abode;
For firmly I resolve to keep
The Precepts of my GOD.
116 According to thy gracious Word,
From Danger set me free;
Nor make me of those Hopes asham'd,
That I repose in Thee.
117 Uphold me, so shall I be safe,
And rescu'd from Distress;
To thy Decrees continually
My just Respect address.
118 The Wicked thou hast trod to Earth,
Who from thy Statutes stray'd;
Their vile Deceit the just Reward
Of their own Falshood made.
119 The Wicked from thy holy Land
Thou dost, like Dross, remove;
I therefore, with such Justice charm'd,
Thy Testimonies love.
120 Yet with that Love they make me dread,
Lest I should so offend,
When on Transgressors I behold,
Thy Judgments thus descend.
XVI Ain:
121 Judgment and Justice I have lov'd;
O therefore, LORD, engage
In my Defence, nor give me up
To my Oppressors Rage.
122 Do thou be Surety, LORD, for me,
And so shall this Distress
Prove good for me; nor shall the Proud
My guiltless Soul oppress.
123 My Eyes, alas! begin to fail,
In long Expectance held;
'Till thy Salvation they behold,
And righteous Word fulfill'd.
124 To me, thy Servant in Distress,
Thy wonted Grace display,
And discipline my willing Heart,
Thy Statutes to obey.
125 On me, devoted to thy Fear,
Thy sacred Skill bestow,
That of thy Testimonies I
The full Extent may know.
126 'Tis Time, high Time for thee, o LORD,
Thy Vengeance to employ;
When Men with open Violence
Thy sacred law destroy.
127 Yet their Contempt of thy Commands
But makes their Value rise
In my Esteem, who purest Gold
Compar'd with them despise.
128 Thy Precepts therefor I account,
In all respects, divine;
They teach me to discern the Right,
And all false Ways decline.
XVII Pe:
129 Thy Wonders which thy Laws contain,
No Words can represent;
Therefore to learn and practice them,
My zealous Heart is bent.
130 The very Entrance to thy Word
Celestial Light displays;
And Knowledge of true Happiness
To simplest Minds conveys.
131 With eager Hopes I waiting stood,
And fainted with Desire,
That of thy wise Commands I might
The sacred Skill acquire.
132 With Favour, LORD, look down on me,
Who thy Relief implore;
As thou art wont to visit those
That thy bless'd Name adore.
133 Directed by thy heav'nly Word,
Let all my Footsteps be;
Nor Wickedness of any kind
Dominion have o'er me.
134 Release, entirely set me free
From persecuting Hands,
That unmolested, I may learn,
And practise thy Commands.
135 On me, devoted to thy Fear,
LORD, make thy Face to shine:
Thy Statutes both to know and keep,
My Heart with Zeal incline.
136 My Eyes to weeping Fountains turn,
Whence briny Rivers flow,
To see Mankind against thy Laws
In bold Defiance go.
XVIII Tsaddi:
137 Thou art the righteous Judge, in whom
Wrong'd Innocence may trust;
And like Thyself, thy Judgments, LORD,
In all respects are just.
138 Most true and just those Statutes were,
Which thou didst first decree;
And all with Faithfulness perform'd,
Succeeding Times shall see.
139 With Zeal my Flesh consumes away,
My Soul with Anguish frets,
To see my Foes contemn at once
Thy Promises and Threats.
140 Yet each neglected Word of thine
(Howe'er by them despis'd)
Is pure, and for eternal Truth
By me, thy Servant priz'd.
141 Brought for thy sake, to low Estate,
Contempt from all I find;
Yet no Affronts or Wrongs can drive
Thy Precepts from my Mind.
142 Thy Righteousness shall then endure,
When Time itself is past;
Thy Law is Truth itself, that Truth,
Which shall for ever last.
143 Tho' Trouble, Anguish, Doubts and Dread
To compass me unite,
Beset with Danger, still I make
Thy Precepts my Delight.
144 Eternal and unerring Rules
Thy Testimonies give:
Teach me the Wisdom that will make
My Soul for ever live.
XIX Koph:
145 With my whole Heart to God I call'd,
LORD, hear my earnest Cry;
And I, thy Statutes to perform
Will all my Care apply.
146 Again, more fervently I pray'd,
O save me, that I may
Thy Testimonies throughly know,
And stedfastly obey.
147 My earlier Pray'r the dawning Day
Prevented, while I cry'd
To him, on whose engaging Word
My Hope alone rely'd.
148 With Zeal have I awak'd before
The Midnight Watch was set,
That I, of thy mysterious Word
Might perfect Knowledge get.
149 LORD, hear my supplicating Voice,
And wonted Favour shew;
O quicken me, and so approve,
Thy Judgment ever true.
150 My persecuting Foes advance,
And hourly nearer draw;
What Treatment can I hope from them,
Who violate thy Law?
151 Though they draw nigh, my Comfort is
Thou, LORD, art yet more near;
Thou, whose Commands are righteous all,
Thy Promises sincere.
152 Concerning thy Divine Decrees,
My Soul has known of old,
That they were true, and shall their Truth
To endless Ages hold.
XX Resc:
153 Consider my Affliction, LORD,
And me from Bondage draw;
Think on thy Servant in Distress,
Who ne'er forgets thy Law.
154 Plead thou my Cause; to that and me
Thy timely Aid afford;
With Beams of Mercy quicken me
according to thy Word.
155 From harden'd Sinners thou remov'st
Salvation far away:
'Tis just thou should'st withdraw from them,
Who from thy Statutes stray.
156 Since great thy tender Mercies are,
To all who Thee adore,
According to thy Judgments, LORD,
My fainting Hopes restore.
157 A num'rous Host of spiteful Foes
Against my Life combine;
But all too few to force my Soul
Thy Statues to decline.
158 Those bold Transgressors I beheld,
And was with Grief oppress'd,
To see with what audacious Pride
Thy Statutes they transgress'd.
159 Yet while they slight, consider, LORD,
How I thy Precepts love;
O therefore quicken me with Beams
Of Mercy from above.
160 As from the Birth of Time, thy Truth,
Has held through Ages past,
So shall thy righteous Judgments, firm,
To endless Ages last.
XXI Schin:
161 Tho' mighty Tyrants, without Case,
Conspire my Blood to shed,
Thy sacred Word has Pow'r alone,
To fill my Heart with Dread.
162 And yet that Word my joyful Breast
With heav'nly Raptue warms,
Nor Conquests, or the Spoils of War,
Have such transporting Charms.
163 Perfidious Practices and Lies
I utterly detest;
But to they Laws Affection bear,
Too great to be express'd.
164 Sev'n Times a Day, with grateful Voice,
Thy Praises I resound;
Because I find thy Judgments all
With Truth and Justice crown'd.
165 Secure, substantial Peace have they,
Who truly love thy Law;
No smiling Mischief them can tempt,
Nor frowning Danger awe.
166 For thy Salvation I have hop'd,
And though so long delay'd,
With chearful Zeal and strictest Care
All thy Commands obey'd.
167 Thy Testimonies I have kept,
And constantly obey'd;
Because the Love I bore to them,
Thy Service easy made.
168 From strict Observance of thy Laws
I never yet withdrew;
Convinc'd that my most secret Ways
Are open to thy View.
XXII Tau:
169 To my Request and earnest Cry
Attend, O gracious Lord;
Inspire my Heart with heav'nly Skill,
According to thy Word.
170 Let my repeated Pray'r at last
Before thy Throne appear;
According to thy plighted Word,
For my Relief draw near.
171 Then shall my grateful Lips return
The Tribute of their Praise,
When thou thy Counsels hast reveal'd,
And taught me thy just Ways.
172 My Tongue the Praises of thy Word
Shall thankfully resound;
Because thy Promises are all
With Truth and Justice crown'd.
173 Let thy Almighty Arm appear,
And bring me timely Aid;
For I the Laws thou hast ordain'd,
My Heart's free Choice have made.
174 My Soul has waited long to see
Thy saving Grace restor'd;
Nor Comfort know, but what thy Laws,
Thy heav'nly Laws afford.
175 Prolong my Life, that I may sing
My great Restorer's Praise,
Whose Justice from the Depth of Woes
My fainting Soul shall raise.
176 Like some lost Sheep I've stray'd, till I
Despair my Way to find:
Thou therefore, LORD, thy Servant seek,
Who keeps thy Laws in Mind.
Scripture: Psalm 119 Languages: English Tune Title: [How bless'd are they, who always keep]
How bless'd are they, who always keep
Everlasting Love and electing Grace
Author: Toplady Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXII (1792) Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings God's Everlasting Love; Election; Everlasting love; Holiness desired; Love of God, electing everlasting First Line: How happy are we Lyrics: 1 How happy are we
Our election who see,
And venture, O Lord, for salvation on thee!
In Jesus approv'd,
Eternally lov'd,
Upheld by thy power we cannot be mov'd.
2 'Tis sweet to recline
On the bosom divine,
And experience the comforts peculiar to thine;
While, born from above,
And upheld by thy love
With singing and triumph to Zion we move.
3 Our seeking thy face,
Was all of thy grace;
Thy mercy demands and shall have all the praise.
No sinner can be
Beforehand with thee,
Thy grace is preventing, almighty and free.
4 Our Savior and friend
His love shall extend,
It knew no beginning, and never shall end.
Whom once he receives
is spirit ne'er leaves,
Nor ever repents of the grace that he gives.
5 This proof we would give,
That thee we receive,
Thou art precious alone to the souls that believe.
Be precious to us!
All beside is as dross,
Compar'd with thy love and the blood of thy Cross.
Part the second:
6 Yet, one thing we want
More holiness grant!
For more of thy mind, and thine image we pant;
Thine image impress
On thy favorite race,
O fashion and polish thy vessels of grace.
7 Thy workmanship we
More fully would be,
Lord, stretch out thy hand and conform us to thee;
While outward we move
To Canaan above,
Come fill us with holiness, fill us with love.
8 Vouchsafe us to know
More of thee below
Thus fit us for heaven, and glory bestow
Our harps shall be tun'd,
The Lamb shall be crown'd;
Salvation to Jesus thro' heaven shall resound.
Languages: English
Everlasting Love and electing Grace
Desiring Communion with God
Author: Beddome Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #XCVII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Communion with God; Communion with Christ Desired First Line: My rising soul, with strong desires Lyrics: 1 My rising soul, with strong desires,
To perfect happiness aspires,
With steady steps would tread the road,
That leads to heaven, that leads of God.
2 I thirst to drink unmingled love,
From pure fountain-head above;
My dearest Lord, I long to be
Empty'd of sin, and full of thee.
3 For thee I pant, for thee I burn,
Art thou withdrawn? again return,
Nor let me be the first to say,
Thou wilt not hear when sinners pray.
Languages: English
Desiring Communion with God
Walking with God
Author: Cowper Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #XCVIII (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Communion with God; Communion with Christ Desired; Walking with God First Line: O for a closer walk with God Lyrics: 1 O for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame;
A light, to shine upon the road
That leads me to the lamb!
2 Where is the blessedness I knew,
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus, and his word?
3 What peaceful hours I then enjoy'd!
How sweet their memory still!
But now I find an aching void,
The world can never fill.
4 Return, O holy dove return,
Sweet Messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.
Scripture: Genesis 5:24 Languages: English
Walking with God
O that I knew where I might find him; or, sins and Sorrows laid before God
Author: Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #XCIX (1792) Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Communion with God; Communion with Christ Desired; Sin and sorrow laid before God; Sorrow laid before God First Line: O that I knew the secret place Lyrics: 1 O that I knew the secret place
Where I might find my God!
I'd spread my wants before his face,
And pour my woes abroad.
2 I'd tell him how my sins arise,
What sorrows I sustain;
How grace decays, and comfort dies,
And leaves my heart in pain.
3 He knows what arguments I'd take
To wrestle with my God;
I'd plead for his own mercy's sake,
And for my Savior's blood.
4 My God will pity my complaints,
And heal my broken bones;
He takes the meaning of his saints,
The language of their groans.
5 Arise, my soul, from deep distress,
And banish every fear;
He calls thee to his throne of grace,
To spread thy sorrows there. Scripture: Job 23:3-4 Languages: English
O that I knew where I might find him; or, sins and Sorrows laid before God
God shining into the heart
Author: Dr. Doddridge Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXLIII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Knowledge Desired of God its author First Line: Praise to the Lord of the boundless might Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Lord of boundless might,
With uncreated glories bright!
His presence gilds the worlds above;
The unchanging source of light and love.
2 Our rising earth his eye beheld,
When in substantial darkness veil'd;
The shapeless Chaos, nature's womb,
Lay buried in the horrid gloom.
3 "Let there be light," Jehovah said;
And light o'er all the earth was spread:
Nature array'd in charms unknown,
Gay with its new-born lustre shone.
4 He sees the mind, when lost it lies
In shades of ignorance and vice,
And darts from heaven a vivid ray,
And changes midnight into day.
5 Shine, mighty God, with vigor shine
On this benighted heart of mine;
And let thy glories stand reveal'd,
As in the savior's face beheld.
6 My soul, reviv'd by heav'n-born day,
Thy radiant image shall display,
While all my faculties unite
To praise the Lord, who gives me light. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6 Languages: English
God shining into the heart
Sure wicked Fools, devoid of Shame
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #XIV (1767) Topics: Description of Impiety; Prophecies Of Jesus Christ, concerning his Ascension; Prophecies Predictions of God's Judgment upon the Ungodly and Wicked; Soul's Desire Of Believers Lyrics: 1 Sure, wicked Fools, devoid of Shame,
Suppose that GOD is but a Name:
Corrupt and lewd their Practice grows,
No Breast with heav'nly Ardor glows;
All Thoughts of Virtue they resign,
Their Hearts to evil Ways incline.
2 The LORD, from Realms of endless Day,
Did all the Sons of Men survey;
Look'd down from his exalted Tow'r,
To see if any own'd his Pow'r;
To see if any Justice knew,
Or did the Paths of Truth pursue.
3 But all he saw were gone aside,
None took Religion for their Guide,
Not one of all the sinful Race,
But was degen'rate grown and base,
And still in ev'ry wicked Way,
With wand'ring Footsteps went astray.
4 Their Throats are open to devour
The helpless Poor, when in their Pow'r;
Their Mouths with Curses fill'd and Lies,
No Fear of GOD's before their Eyes;
Their Ways to swift Destruction tend,
And must in certain Ruin end.
5 But will these Workers of Deceit,
Like Bread, my harmless People eat?
And God's Almighty Pow'r disown?
5 How will they tremble then for Fear,
When his just Wrath shall them o'ertake!
Are they so dull and senseless grown,
That they will GOD's great Pow'r disown?
Will they not his Commands obey,
And yield to his Almighty Sway?
6 How will they tremble then for Fear,
When they behold his Vengeance near!
When his just Wrath shall them o'ertake;
For GOD will ne'er the Just forsake:
For them he will his Arm extend,
And from the Foe their Lives defend.
7 Bad Men, in vain, with Scorn deride
The Just, who follow Virtue's Guide,
And strive their Methods to expose;
Since GOD a Refuge is for those:
His Eyes shall them with Favour view,
Whilst they their righteous Paths pursue.
7 Would he his saving Pow'r extend,
And now his People's Cause defend;
Oh! would he break their servile Band;
What Shouts should echo thro' the Land!
How should we then our Songs employ,
And join the universal Joy! Scripture: Psalm 14 Languages: English Tune Title: [Sure wicked fools, devoid of shame]
Sure wicked Fools, devoid of Shame
The Heav'ns declare thy Glory, LORD
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #XIX (1767) Topics: Description of Glory of the Law; Prayers Of a Sinner to obtain Forgiveness of Sins; Songs of Praise to God the Creation and Providence; Soul's Desire Of Believers Lyrics: 1 The Heav'ns declare thy Glory, LORD,
Which that, and that alone can fill;
The Firmament and Stars express
their great Creator's wond'rous Skill:
Each Dawn fresh Beams of Knowledge brings,
From ev'ry Night Instruction springs.
2 Their pow'rful Language to no Space,
Or Realm, or Region is confin'd;
'Tis Nature's universal Voice,
And understood by all Mankind:
The Sun their Doctrines doth display,
Where-e'er he darts his genial Ray.
3 No Bridegroom for his Nuptials dress'd,
Can shew a more enliven'd Face;
No Giant does like him rejoice,
To run with Strength his glorious Race;
In one unwearied Round he goes,
And Light and Heat on all bestows.
Part II
4 GOD's perfect Law converts the Soul,
Reclaims the Heart from false Desires;
With sacred Wisdom his pure Word
The Weak and Ignorant inspires;
The Statutes bring sincere Delight;
His Word assists the feeblest Sight.
5 The Fear of GOD most perfect is,
And shall for evermore endure;
The Judgments of the LORD are true,
Most just and altogether pure;
More precious than fine Gold they are,
And sweeter than the Honey far.
6 My trusty Counsellors they are,
To me they friendly Warnings give:
Divine Rewards attend on those,
Who by thy Precepts live.
But who can all his Errors see?
From secret Faults, LORD, cleanse thou me!
7 Let no presumptuous Sin, O LORD!
Obtain Dominion over me;
That, by thy Grace preserv'd, I may
Far from the great Transgression flee;
So shall my Pray'r by thee be bless'd,
And I in GOD my Saviour rest. Scripture: Psalm 19 Languages: English Tune Title: [The heavens declare thy glory, Lord]
The Heav'ns declare thy Glory, LORD
The wicked Fools must sure suppose
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #LIII (1767) Topics: Description of Impiety; Prophecies Predictions of God's Judgment upon the Ungodly and Wicked; Soul's Desire Of Believers Lyrics: 1 The wicked Fools must sure suppose,
That GOD is nothing but a Name;
This gross Mistake their Practice shows,
Since Truth and Justice all disclaim:
In each corrupt and sinful Way,
Their wicked Hearts have gone astray.
2 The LORD look'd down from Heav'n's high Tow'r,
The num'rous Race of Men to view,
To see if any own'd his Pow'r,
If any Truth or Justice knew.
But all he saw were backward gone,
None for Religion car'd - not one
3 But are those Workers of Deceit,
So very dull and senseless grown,
That they like Bread my People eat,
And GOD's Almighty Pow'r disown?
Will they his Justice ne'er proclaim,
Nor call upon his Holy Name?
4 Their causeless Fears shall stronger grow;
And all the Enemies of GOD
Shall soon be foil'd; his Hands shall throw
Their Limbs and shatter'd Bones abroad.
Thus shall thy Foes be cloath'd with Shame,
Because thy GOD despiseth them.
5 O let thy saving Help appear,
Salvation out of Sion send;
Thy People's earnest Prayers hear,
And to our constant Sighs attend:
When thou shall break our servile Band,
Loud Shouts of universal Joy
Our Joys shall echo through the Land. Scripture: Psalm 53 Languages: English Tune Title: [The wicked Fool's must sure suppose]
The wicked Fools must sure suppose
Desiring the Presence of God in Affliction
Author: Steele Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #DXXXVII (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Presence of God desired in Affliction; Presence of God desired in sickness First Line: Thou only center of my rest Lyrics: 1 Thou only center of my rest,
Look down with pitying eye;
While with protracted pain opprest
I breathe the plaintive sigh.
2 Thy gracious presence O my God,
My every wish contains,
With this, beneath affliction's load,
My heart no more complains.
3 This can my every care control,
Gild each dark scene with light;
This is the sunshine of the soul,
Without it all is night.
4 My Lord, my life, O cheer my heart
With thy reviving ray,
And bid these mournful shades depart,
And bring the dawn of day!
5 O happy scenes of pure delight!
Where thy full beams impart
Unclouded beauty to the sight,
And rapture to the heart.
6 Her part in those fair realms of bliss,
My spirit longs to know;
My wishes terminate in this,
Nor can they rest below.
7 Lord, shall the breathings of my heart
Aspire in vain to thee?
Confirm my hope, that where thou art,
I shall for ever be.
8 Then shall my cheerful spirits sing
The darksome hours away,
And rise on faith's expanded wing
To everlasting day. Languages: English
Desiring the Presence of God in Affliction
How full of Anguish is the Thought?
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #II.C (1766) Topics: Absence and Presence of God; Desire of Christ's Presence; God's Everlasting Absence intolerable; Love to Christ Lyrics: [1 How full of Anguish is the Thought?
How it distracts and tears my Heart?
If God, at last, my sov'reign Judge,
Should frown, and bid my Soul, Depart.]
2 Lord, when I quit this earthly Stage,
Where shall I fly but to thy Breast?
For I have sought no other Home;
For I have learnt no other Rest.
3 I cannot live contented here,
Without some Glimpses of thy Face;
And Heav'n, without thy Presence there,
Would be a dark and tiresome Place.
4 When earthly Cares engross the Day,
And hold my Thoughts aside from Thee,
The shining Hours of chearful Light
Are long and tedious Years to me.
5 And if no Ev'ning Visit's paid
Between my Saviour and my Soul,
How dull the Might! how sad the Shade!
How mournfully the Minutes roll!
6 This Flesh of mine might learn as soon
To live, yet part with all my Blood;
To breathe when vital Air is gone,
Or thrive and grow without my Food.
[7 Christ is my Light, my Love, my Care,
My blessed Hope, my heav'nly Prize;
Dearer than all my Passions are,
My Limbs, my Bowels, or my Eyes.]
[8 The Strings that twine about my Heart,
Tortures and Racks may tear them off;
But they can never, never part
With their dear Hold of Christ my Love.]
[9 My God! and can an humble Child,
That loves Thee with a Flame so high,
Be ever from thy Face exil'd,
Without the Pity of thine Eye?
10 Impossible - For thine own Hands
Have tied my Heart so fast to Thee;
And in thy Book the Promise stands,
That where thou art thy Friends must be.] Languages: English
How full of Anguish is the Thought?
Lying Lips
Author: Adam M. L. Tice Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #12A (2012) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: God Desire for First Line: Lying lips that falsely flatter Scripture: Psalm 12 Tune Title: CAPTIVITY (KAS DZIEDAJA)
Lying Lips
Confidence in Divine Justice
Hymnal: The Psalter #13 (1912) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Topics: Afflictions Watchfulness in; Anger of God Invoked; Assurance Declared; Assurance Desired; Christian Charity; Christians Conflicts of; Christians Conscious of Safety; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; Faith Confidence of; God the judge; Judgment Day; Judgments On the Wicked; Prayer Imprecations in; Retribution Threatened; Royalty of Christ Judgment the Prerogative of; Safety Assured; The Wicked Character of; The Wicked Fate of; The Wicked Self-Destroyed First Line: Jehovah, my God, on Thy help I depend Lyrics: 1 Jehovah, my God, on Thy help I depend;
From all that pursue me O save and defend;
Lest they like a lion should rend me at will,
while no one is near me their raging to still.
2 When wronged without cause I have kindness returned;
But if I my neighbor maltreated and spurned,
My soul let the enemy seize for his prey,
My life and my honor in dust let him lay.
3 O Lord, in Thy wrath stay the rage of my foes;
Awake, and Thy judgment ordained interpose.
Let peoples surround Thee and wait at Thy feet,
While o'er them for judgment Thou takest Thy seat.
4 All nations of men shall be judged by the Lord;
To me, O Jehovah, just judgment accord,
As faithful and righteous in life I have been,
And ever integrity cherished within.
5 Establish the righteous, let evil depart,
For God Who is just tries the tho'ts of the heart.
In God for defense I have placed all my trust;
The upright He saves and He judges the just.
6 The Lord with the wicked is wroth every day,
And if they repent not is ready to slay;
By manifold ruin for others prepared
They surely at last shall themselves be ensnared.
7 Because He is righteous His praise I will sing,
Thanksgiving and honor to Him I will bring,
Will sing to the Lord on Whose grace I rely,
Extolling the Name of Jehovah Most High. Scripture: Psalm 7 Languages: English Tune Title: PAULINA
Confidence in Divine Justice
God Praise As Judge
Hymnal: Bible Songs #14a (1901) Topics: Afflictions Promises for; Aspirations For Heaven; Aspirations For Peace and Rest; Assurance Declared; Assurance Desired; Christians Death of; Christians Saved by Grace; Faith Confidence of; God Adored and Exalted; God Refuge; Hell; Humble, The; Judgment; Judgments On Wicked; Missions Encouragements; Missions Need for; Nations Rebuked in Wrath; Patience; Peace; The Poor God Remembers; Praise Calls to; Praise For Works of Providence; Retribution Threatened; Revival; Royalty of Christ For the Salvation of His People; Royalty of Christ Judgment His Prerogative; Safety Assured; The Wicked Self-Destroyed; The Wicked Warned; Zeal False First Line: The Lord forever shall endure Refrain First Line: Lord, thee I'll praise with all my heart Scripture: Psalm 9:5-15 Languages: English Tune Title: [The Lord forever shall endure]
God Praise As Judge
The Lord the Righteous Judge
Hymnal: The Psalter #16 (1912) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Topics: Afflictions Deliverance from; Afflictions Promises for; Aspirations For Peace and Rest; Assurance Declared; Assurance Desired; Christians Saved by Grace; Enemies Destruction of; Faith Confidence of; Glory of God In Providence; God Adored and Exalted; God the judge; God Our Refuge; Grace Quickening; Grace Redeeming; Hell; Humility; Judgment Day; Judgments On the Wicked; Meekness; Missions Encouragements of; Missions Need for; Patience; Praise Calls to; Praise For Works of Providence; Retribution Inflicted; Retribution Threatened; Royalty of Christ Guarantee of Salvation; Royalty of Christ Judgment the Prerogative of; Safety Assured; The Wicked Fate of; The Wicked Prayers for Punishment of; The Wicked Self-Destroyed; The Wicked Warned First Line: Wholehearted thanksgiving to Thee will I bring Lyrics: 1 Wholehearted thanksgiving to Thee I will bring;
In praise of Thy marvelous works I will sing,
In Thee I will joy and exultingly cry
Thy Name I will praise, O Jehovah Most High.
2 My enemies turn and are scattered in fear,
They stumble and perish because Thou art near;
For Thou hast defended my right and my cause,
Thou sittest in judgment, upholding Thy laws.
3 Rebuked are the nations, the wicked destroyed,
Their memory perished, their dwelling-place void;
Enthroned and eternal, Jehovah shall reign,
The peoples to judge and the right to maintain.
4 Thou, Lord, art a refuge for all the oppressed;
All trust Thee who know Thee, and trusting are blest;
For never, O Lord, did Thy mercy forsake
The soul that has sought of Thy grace to partake.
5 Give praise to Jehovah, the mighty deeds tell
Of Him Who has chosen in Zion to dwell,
Of Him to Whom justice and vengeance belong,
Who visits the lowly and overthrows wrong.
6 Behold my affliction, Thy mercy accord,
And back from death's portals restore me, O Lord,
That I in the gates of Thy Zion may raise
My song of salvation and show forth Thy praise.
7 The sins of the nations their ruin have wrought,
Their own evildoing destruction has brought;
In this the Lord's justice eternally stands,
That sinners are snared in the work of their hands.
8 The wicked shall perish, the nations shall fall
Forgetting their God, Who is God over all;
But God will remember the prayer of the weak,
Most surely fulfilling the hope of the meek.
9 Arise in Thy justice, O Lord, and Thy might,
No longer let sinners prevail in Thy sight;
Great Judge of the nations, in judgment appear
To humble the proud and to teach them to fear.
Scripture: Psalm 9 Languages: English Tune Title: FREDERICK
The Lord the Righteous Judge
The Victory of Faith
Hymnal: Bible Songs #19 (1901) Topics: Aspirations For Christ; Aspirations For Peace and Rest; Assurance Desired; Christians Conflicts of; Comfort in Trials; Darkness, Spiritual; Death Deprecated; Despondency; Enemies Many and Mighty; Faith Act of; Faith Blessedness of; Faith Confidence of; God Invisible; Heart Good, Perfect, Pure, and Upright; Patience; Praise To God; Prayer Complaint in; Prayer confidence in; Prayer For Deliverance from Death; Prayer For Grace and Salvation; Prayer Pleas in; The Righteous Forsaken by God; Sin Salvation from First Line: How long wilt Thou forget me Scripture: Psalm 13 Languages: English Tune Title: [How long wilt Thou forget me]
The Victory of Faith
Faith Conquering Doubt
Hymnal: Bible Songs #20 (1901) Topics: Assurance Desired; Christians Conflicts of; Patience; Praise To God; Prayer Complaint in; Prayer confidence in; Prayer For Deliverance from Death; Prayer For Grace and Salvation; Prayer Pleas in; The Righteous Forsaken by God; Sin Salvation from First Line: How long wilt thou forget me Refrain First Line: But I have all my confidence Scripture: Psalm 13:1-5 Languages: English Tune Title: [How long wilt thou forget me]
Faith Conquering Doubt
Trust in the Mercy of God
Hymnal: The Psalter #22 (1912) Topics: Aspirations For Christ; Aspirations For Peace and Rest; Assurance Desired; Christians Conflicts of; Comfort in Trials; Death Deprecated; Despondency; Enemies Many and Mighty; Faith Act of; Faith Blessedness of; Faith Confidence of; Grace Redeeming; Heart God the Strength of; Heart Good, Perfect, Pure and Upright; Spiritual Illumination; Patience; Praise For God's Mercy; Prayer Complaint in; Prayer confidence in; Prayer For Deliverance from Death; Prayer For Grace and Salvation; Prayer Pleas in; The Righteous Forsaken by God; Sin Salvation from; Spiritual Darkness First Line: How long wilt thou forget me Lyrics: 1 How long wilt thou forget me,
O Lord, Thou God of grace?
How long shall fears beset me,
While darkness hides Thy face?
How long shall griefs distress me
And turn my day to night?
How long shall foes oppress me
And triumph in their might?
2 O Lord my God, behold me,
And hear my earnest cries;
Lest sleep of death enfold me,
Enlighten Thou mine eyes;
Lest now my foe insulting
Should boast of his success,
And enemies exulting
Rejoice in my distress.
3 But I with expectation
Have on Thy grace relied;
My heart in Thy salvation
Shall still with joy confide.
And I with voice of singing
Will praise the Lord above,
Who, richest bounties bringing,
Has dealt with me in love. Scripture: Psalm 13 Languages: English Tune Title: OLIVA
Trust in the Mercy of God
Psalm 26 (A Responsorial Setting)
Author: John W. Becker Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #26A (2012) Topics: God Desire for First Line: Your love is before my eyes Scripture: Psalm 26 Languages: English Tune Title: [Your love is before my eyes]
Psalm 26 (A Responsorial Setting)
Let This Be My Supreme Desire
Author: Michael Perry Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #26B (2012) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: God Desire for Lyrics: 1 Let this be my supreme desire,
my object and my prayer,
until I stand before your throne
to glorify you there:
2 To lead a blameless life, O Lord,
to trust you without fear,
to bring my humble heart to you
and know your love is near:
3 To walk before you in the truth,
to shun all evil ways,
to come into your house to pray
and shout aloud your praise:
4 Let this be my supreme desire,
my object and my prayer,
until I stand before your throne
to glorify you there! Scripture: Psalm 26 Languages: English Tune Title: WINCHESTER OLD
Let This Be My Supreme Desire
Commit Your Way to God the Lord
Author: Michael Perry Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #37A (2012) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: God Desire for Lyrics: 1 Commit your way to God the Lord
your cause will shine as bright as fire;
delight to do God’s holy word
and you shall find what you desire.
2 Be still before the Lord and wait,
and do not fret when wrong succeeds;
refrain from anger, turn from hate,
for God will punish evil deeds.
3 Salvation comes from God alone:
the faithful know their help is sure;
to heaven all our needs are known,
and in God’s strength we are secure.
4 Commit your way to God the Lord,
to peace and truth and grace aspire;
then mercy shall be your reward,
God's promises your heart's desire. Scripture: Psalm 37 Tune Title: ROCKINGHAM
Commit Your Way to God the Lord
Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 (A Responsorial Reading)
Author: The Community of Taize; Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #37B (2012) Topics: God Desire for First Line: Wait for the Lord, whose day is near Languages: English Tune Title: [Wait for the Lord, whose day is near]
Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 (A Responsorial Reading)
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