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207. Zion's Glory and Safety. Psalm 76. 8s and 7s. (4 stanzas)
1. God is known
among His people,
Every mouth His
praises fill;
From of old He
hath established
His abode on
Zion's hill;
There He broke
the sword and arrow,
Bade the noise of
war be still.
2.
Excellent and
glorious art Thou,
With Thy trophies
from the fray;
Thou hast slain
the valiant-hearted,
Wrapt in sleep of
death are they;
When Thy anger
once is risen,
Who can stand in
that dread day.
3.
When from heaven
Thy sentence sounded,
All the earth in
fear was still,
While to save the
meek and lowly
God in judgment
wrought His will;
E'en the wrath of
men shall praise Thee,
Thy designs it
shall fulfill.
4.
Vow and pay ye to
Jehovah,
Him your God
forever own;
All men, bring
your gifts before Him,
Worship Him, and
Him alone;
Mighty kings obey
and fear Him,
Princes bow
before His throne.
208. Aspects of the Divine Character. Psalm 76. L.M. (4 stanzas)
1. Among His people
God is known,
Most glorious in
His might and grace;
He makes
Jerusalem His throne,
Her peaceful
hills His dwellingplace.
2. When God the
righteous judge appeared
To save the meek
from wrong and shame,
The earth stood
still and greatly feared;
Then forth from
heaven His sentence came.
3.
The wrath of man
shall praise the Lord,
Restrained by His
almighty will;
Your vows to God
the King record,
Your covenant
made with Him fulfill.
4.
Let all to Him
their presents bring,
To Him Whom all
the world should fear;
Ye kings and
princes, own your King,
With reverence
and with awe draw near.
209.
Doubts Overcome by
Faith. Psalm 77. L.M. (5
stanzas)
1. To God for help
will I repair,
To God will I
direct my prayer,
And surely He
will answer me,
His great
salvation I shall see.
2.
In long-continued
grief I stand
And seek the Lord
with out-stretched hand;
I find no comfort
for my soul,
The clouds of
darkness o'er me roll.
3.
I think of God
and call to mind
His goodness, yet
no peace I find;
I still pour out
my sad complaints,
My burdened
spirit almost faints.
4.
With sleepless
eyes and speechless grief
I search the past
to find relief,
The former years
when days were bright
And songs of
gladness cheered my night.
5.
My constant
meditations bring
My heart to
anxious questioning:
Has God cast off,
and will He be
No longer
merciful to me?
6.
Has God forgotten
to be kind?
Shall I His
promise faithless find?
For me shall
wrath henceforth replace
His tender
mercies and His grace?
7.
In weakness I was
pressed with fear,
But better hopes
my spirits cheer;
Past mercies lead
me to rely
Upon the help of
God Most High.
8. Thy deeds, O
Lord, will I relate
And on Thy
wonders meditate;
Thy way, O God,
is just and right,
And none is like
to Thee in might.
9.
Among the nations
Thou hast shown
Thy wondrous
power and made it known;
Thou art the God
that mightily
Redeemed and set
Thy people free.
10.
At sight of Thee
the waters fled,
The quaking
clouds their torrents shed,
The lightnings
flashed, the thunder pealed,
The trembling
earth her fear revealed.
11.
Thy way, O God,
was in the sea,
But, though Thy
paths mysterious be,
Thy people Thou
didst safely keep
As shepherds lead
their helpless sheep.
210. Questionings and Comfort. Psalm 77. L.M. (4 stanzas)
1.
To God will I
direct my prayer,
And He will make
my needs His care;
I trust Him
still, though in my grief
No answer yet has
brought relief;
With hands
stretched out through all the night,
Uncomforted I
sought for light.
2.
The thought of
God brought me no peace,
But rather made
my fears increase;
With sleepless
eyes and speechless pain
My fainting
spirit grieved in vain;
The blessedness
of long ago
Made deeper still
my present woe.
3.
Recalling days
when faith was bright,
When songs of
gladness filled my night,
I pondered o'er
my grievous woes
And searching
questioning arose:
Will God cast
off, and nevermore
His favor to my
soul restore?
4.
I asked in fear
and bitterness,
Will God forsake
me in distress?
Shall I His
promise faithless find?
Has God forgotten
to be kind?
Has He in anger
hopelessly
Removed His love
and grace from me?
5.
These doubts and
fears that troubled me
Were born of my
infirmity;
Though I am weak,
God is most high,
And on His
goodness I rely;
Of all His
wonders I will tell,
And on His deeds
my thoughts shall dwell.
211. The Wonderful Deeds of God. Psalm 77. L.M. (3 stanzas)
1. O God, most holy
are Thy ways,
And who like Thee
deserves my praise?
Thou only doest
wondrous things,
The whole wide
world Thy glory sings;
Thy outstretched
arm Thy people saved,
Though sore
distressed and long enslaved.
2. O God, from Thee
the waters fled,
The depths were
moved with mighty dread,
The swelling
clouds their torrents poured,
And o'er the
earth the tempest roared;
'Mid lightning's
flash and thunder's sound
Great trembling
shook the solid ground.
3.
Thy way was in
the sea, O God,
Through mighty
waters, deep and broad,
None understood
but God alone,
To man Thy
footsteps were unknown;
But safe Thy
people Thou didst keep,
Almighty Shepherd
of Thy sheep.
212. Hallowed Memories. Psalm 77. C.M. (4 stanzas)
1. I thought upon
the days of old,
The years
departed long,
I held communion
with my heart,
By night recalled
my song.
2. My heart inquired
with anxious care,
Will God forever
spurn?
Shall we no more
His favor see?
Will mercy never
return?
3.
Forever shall His
promise fail?
Has God forgotten
grace?
Has He withdrawn
His tender love,
In anger hid His
face?
4.
These doubts are
my infirmity,
My thoughts at
once reply:
I call back years
of God's right hand,
The years of God
Most High.
5.
I will
commemorate, O Lord,
Thy wondrous
deeds of old,
And meditate upon
Thy works
Of power and
grace untold.
6.
O God, most holy
is Thy way,
Most perfect,
good, and right;
Thou art the only
living God,
The God of
wondrous might.
213.
Lessons From the Past. Psalm 78. 10s
and 11s (4
stanzas).
1. My people, give
ear, attend to my word,
In parables new
deep truths shall be heard;
The wonderful
story our fathers made known
To children
succeeding by us must be shown.
2.
Instructing our
sons we gladly record
The praises, the
works, the might of the Lord,
For He hath
commanded that what He hath done
Be passed in
tradition from father to son.
3.
Let children thus
learn from history's light
To hope in our
God and walk in His sight,
The God of their
fathers to fear and obey,
And ne'er, like
their fathers, to turn from His way.
4.
The story be
told, to warn and restrain,
Of hearts that
were hard, rebellious, and vain,
Of soldiers who
faltered when battle was near,
Who kept not
God's covenant nor walked in His fear.
5.
God's wonderful
works to them He had shown,
His marvelous
deeds their fathers had known;
He made for their
pathway the waters divide,
His glorious
pillar of cloud was their guide.
6.
He gave them to
drink, relieving their thirst,
And forth from
the rock caused water to burst;
Yet faithless
they tempted their God, and they said,
Can He Who gave
water supply us with bread?
7.
Jehovah was wroth
because they forgot
To hope in their
God, and trusted Him not;
Yet gracious, He
opened the doors of the sky
And rained down
the manna in richest supply.
8.
With bread from
on high their need He supplied,
And more did He
do when thankless they sighed;
The strong winds
commanding from south and from east,
He sent them
abundance of quail for their feast.
9.
Though well they
were filled, their folly they chose,
Till God in His
wrath o'erwhelmed them with woes;
He slew of their
strongest and smote their young men,
But still
unbelieving they sinned even then.
10.
Because of their
sin He smote with His rod,
And then they
returned and sought for their God;
Their Rock and
Redeemer was God the Most High,
Yet false were
their praises, their promise a lie.
11.
Not right with
their God in heart and in will,
They faithlessly
broke His covenant still;
But He, in
compassion, reluctant to slay,
Forgave them and
oft turned His anger away.
12.
His pity was
great, though often they sinned,
For they were but
flesh, a swift passing wind;
Yet though His
compassion and grace they beheld,
They tempted and
grieved Him and often rebelled.
13.
They limited God,
the Most Holy One,
And hindered the
work His grace had begun;
The hand that was
mighty to save they forgot,
The day of
redemption remembering not.
14.
Ungrateful and
blind, no longer they thought
Of wonders and
signs and mighty deeds wrought,
Of how all the
rivers of Egypt ran red,
And plagues in
God's anger were heaped on their head.
15. They thought not
of how, their freedom to gain,
In Egypt's abodes
the first-born were slain,
And how all God's
people were led forth like sheep,
The flock He
delighted in safety to keep.
214.
Reminders from
Israel's History. Psalm 78. 10s and 11s. (4
stanzas)
1. My people give
ear, attend to my word,
In parables new
deep truths shall be heard;
The wonderful
story our fathers made known
To children
succeeding by us must be shown.
2.
Unharmed through
the sea, where perished their foe,
He caused them
with ease and safety to go;
His holy land
gaining, in peace they were brought
To dwell in the
mountain the Lord's hand had bought.
3.
He gave them the
land, a heritage fair;
The nations that
dwelt in wickedness there
He drove out
before them with great overthrow,
And gave to His
people the tents of the foe.
4.
Again they
rebelled and tempted the Lord,
Unfaithful they
turned to idols abhorred,
And God in His
anger withdrew from them then,
No longer
delighting to dwell among men.
5.
He gave them to
death in battle, although
His glory and
strength were scorned by the foe;
Their young men
were fallen, their maidens unwed,
Their priests
slain in battle, none wept for the dead.
6. Then mercy awoke,
the Lord in His might
Returned, and the
foes were scattered in flight;
Again to His
people His favor He showed,
And chose in
Mount Zion to fix His abode.
7.
His servant He
called, a shepherd of sheep,
From tending His
flock, the people to keep;
So David, their
shepherd, with wisdom and might
Protected and fed
them and led them aright.
215. Religious Training. Psalm 78. C.M. (4 stanzas)
1. O come, my
people, to my law
Attentively give
ear;
With willing
heart and teachable
The words of
wisdom hear.
2,
My mouth shall
speak in parables
Of hidden truths
of old,
Which, handed
down from age to age,
To us our fathers
told.
3.
We will not from
their children hide
Jehovah's worthy
praise,
But tell the
greatness of His strength,
His wondrous
works and ways.
4.
A testimony and a
law
The Lord our God
decreed,
And bade our
fathers teach their sons,
That they His
ways might heed.
5. He willed that
each succeeding race
His deeds might
learn and know,
That children's
children to their sons
Might all these
wonders show.
6.
Let children
learn God's righteous ways
And on Him stay
their heart,
That they may not
forget His works
Nor from His ways
depart.
216.
The Church Under
Discipline. Psalm 79. 8s and 7s.
1. In Thy heritage
the heathen
Now, O God,
triumphant stand;
They defile Thy
holy temple,
They destroy Thy
chosen land;
Ruthless, they
have slain Thy servants,
They have caused
Thy saints to mourn,
In the sight of
all about us
We endure
reproach and scorn.
2.
O how long
against Thy people
Shall Thy anger
burn, O Lord?
On Thy enemies,
the heathen,
Be Thy
indignation poured;
Smite the
kingdoms that defy Thee,
Calling not upon
Thy Name;
They have long
devoured Thy people,
And have swept
Thy land with flame.
3.
O remember not
against us
Evil by our
fathers wrought;
Haste to help us
in Thy mercy,
Near to ruin we
are brought;
Help us, God of
our salvation,
For the glory of
Thy Name;
For Thy Name's
sake come and save us,
Take away our sin
and shame.
4.
Let Thy foes no
longer scorn Thee,
Now avenge Thy
servants slain;
Loose the
prisoner, save the dying,
All Thy enemies
restrain;
Then Thy flock,
Thy chosen people,
Unto Thee their
thanks shall raise,
And to every
generation
We will sing Thy glorious praise.
217. Forgiving Mercy Besought. Psalm 79. S.M. (4 stanzas)
1. Remember not, O
God,
The sins of long
ago;
In tender mercy
visit us,
Distressed and
humbled low.
2.
O Lord, our
Saviour, help,
And glorify Thy
Name;
Deliver us from
all our sins
And take away our
shame.
3.
In Thy compassion
hear
Thy prisoner's
plaintive sigh,
And in the
greatness of Thy power
Save those about
to die.
4.
Then, safe within
Thy fold,
We will exalt Thy
Name;
Our thankful
hearts with songs of joy
Thy goodness will
proclaim.
218.
A Suppliant Church. Psalm 80. 10s. (4
stanzas)
1. O Thou great
Shepherd of Thy chosen race,
Who leadest like
a flock Thy Israel dear,
From out the
cherubim reveal Thy face,
Before our host
now let Thy might appear.
Come Thou, O God,
to save us and restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
2.
How long, O Lord,
wilt Thou disdain our prayer?
For Thou hast fed
us with the bread of tears,
And bitter sorrow
Thou hast made us share;
The nations round
us mock with scornful jeers.
O God of Hosts,
Thy people now restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
3.
A vine Thou
broughtest forth from Egypt's land;
The nations were
thrust out to give it room;
It took deep
root, it spread on every hand,
The hills were
covered with its shade and bloom;
Its boughs were
like great cedars spreading wide;
They reached the
sea, its roots the riverside.
4.
Why hast Thou
broken down its circling wall
That they may
pluck who pass along the way?
Wild beasts from
out the wood destroy it all
And feed upon Thy
vine by night and day.
O God of Hosts,
we pray Thee now, restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
5.
Look down, behold
and visit this Thy vine
Which Thou hast
planted with Thy own right hand,
The branch Thou
madest strong and owned it Thine,
For it is burned
with fire, no more to stand;
Thy people perish
in Thy anger sore
Because Thy face
not shines on them no more.
6.
O let Thy hand
Thy chosen one sustain,
The son of man
Thou madest strong to be;
So we shall
faithful to Thy cause remain;
Revive Thou us,
and we will call on Thee.
Jehovah, God of
Hosts, again restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
219.
Restoration and
Revival. Psalm 80. 10s. (2
stanzas)
1. O Thou great
Shepherd of Thy chosen race,
Who leadest like
a flock Thy Israel dear,
From out the
cherubim reveal Thy face,
Before our host
now let Thy might appear.
Come Thou, O God,
to save us and restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
2.
O let Thy hand
Thy chosen one sustain,
The son of man
Thou madest strong to be;
So we shall
faithful to Thy cause remain;
Revive Thou us,
and we will call on Thee.
Jehovah, God of
Hosts, again restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
220.
Prayer for Restoring
Grace. Psalm 80. 11s. (4
stanzas)
1. Great Shepherd
Who leadest Thy people in love,
'Mid cherubim
dwelling, shine Thou from above;
In might come and
save us, Thy people restore,
And we shall be
saved when Thy face shines once more.
2.
O haste, Lord, to
hear us and pity our woes,
Affliction our
portion, despised by our foes;
O Lord, God
Almighty, in mercy restore,
And we shall be
saved when Thy face shines once more.
3.
A place for Thy
people Thou, Lord, didst prepare,
Thy vine deeply
rooted rewarded Thy care;
Its branches like
cedars, majestic and free,
Spread over the
mountains from river to sea.
4.
Thy vineyard no
longer Thy tender care knows,
Defenseless, the
victim and spoil of her foes;
O turn, we
beseech Thee, all glory is Thine,
Look down in Thy
mercy and visit Thy vine.
5.
The branch of Thy
planting is burned and cut down,
Brought nigh to
destruction because of Thy frown;
The man of Thy
right hand with wisdom endue,
The son of man
strengthen Thy pleasure to do.
6.
When Thou shalt
revive us Thy Name we will praise,
And nevermore,
turning, depart from Thy ways;
O Lord God
almighty, in mercy restore,
And we shall be
saved when Thy face shines once more.
221. Longing for Revival. Psalm 80. 11s. (3 stanzas)
1. Great Shepherd
Who leadest Thy people in love,
'Mid cherubim
dwelling, shine Thou from above;
In might come and
save us, Thy people restore,
And we shall be
saved when Thy face shines once more.
2.
O haste, Lord, to
hear us and pity our woes,
Affliction our
portion, despised by our foes;
O Lord, God
Almighty, in mercy restore,
And we shall be
saved when Thy face shines once more.
3.
When Thou shalt
revive us Thy Name we will praise,
And nevermore,
turning, depart from Thy ways;
O Lord God
almighty, in mercy restore,
And we shall be
saved when Thy face shines once more.
222.
A Summons to Joyful
Worship. Psalm 81. 8s and 7s. (4
stanzas)
1. Now to God, our
Strength and Saviour,
Render praise and
loudly sing;
In our fathers'
God rejoicing,
All your noblest
music bring.
2.
Let the trumpet,
far resounding,
This our festal
day proclaim,
By our fathers'
God appointed,
When from bondage
Israel came.
3.
I, Thy God,
removed thy burdens,
When thou
calledst, set Thee free,
Proved thee in
the thirsty desert,
In the thunder
answered thee.
4.
O My people, hear
My pleadings;
O that thou
wouldst hearken now;
No strange
worship shalt thou offer,
Nor to idols
shalt thou bow.
5.
I am God the Lord
Who saved thee,
And from cruel
bondage freed;
Open wide thy
mouth of longing;
I will satisfy
thy need.
6.
But My people
would not hearken,
Yea, they would
not yield to Me;
So I left them in
their blindness,
Their own
counselors to be.
7.
If my people
would obey Me,
Gladly walking in
My ways,
Soon would I,
their foes subduing,
Fill their lips
with songs of praise.
8.
All the haters of
Jehovah
Shall His
clemency implore,
And the days of
those that love Him
Shall endure
forevermore.
9.
Yea, with wheat
the very finest
I their hunger
will supply,
Bid the very
rocks yield honey
That shall fully
satisfy.
223. Responsibility of Civil Officers. Psalm 82. 7s and 6s. (3 stanzas)
1. Where'er His
creatures gather
The unseen God is
near;
Let rulers fear
their Ruler,
Their Judge let
judges fear.
How long, ye
earthly judges,
Will ye pervert
the right?
How long shall
wicked persons
Have favor in
your sight?
2.
Do justice for
the helpless,
The orphan's
cause maintain;
Defend the poor
and needy,
Oppressed and
wronged for gain.
When rulers walk
in darkness,
When judges truth
forsake,
The cornerstones
are crumbled,
The firm
foundation's shake.
3.
The Most High God
has called you
And set you up on
high,
But ye to Him
must answer,
For ye like men
must die.
Arise, O God
Eternal,
Thou Judge of all
the earth,
Through all Thy
ransomed nations
Send now Thy
justice forth.
224. The Foes of the Church. Psalm 83. C.M. (4 stanzas)
1. O God, no longer
hold Thy peace,
No longer silent
be;
Thy enemies lift
up their head
To fight Thy saints and Thee.
2. Against Thy own,
whom Thou dost love,
Their craft Thy
foes employ;
They think to cut
Thy people off,
Thy Church they
would destroy.
3.
Thy ancient foes,
conspiring still,
With one consent
agree,
And they who with
Thy people strive
Make war, O God,
with Thee.
4.
O God, Who in our
fathers' time
Didst smite our
foes and Thine,
So smite Thy
enemies today
Who in their
pride combine.
5. Make them like dust and stubble blown
Before the
whirlwind dire,
In terror driven
before the storm
Of Thy consuming
fire.
6.
Confound them in
their sin till they
To Thee for
pardon fly,
Till in dismay
they trembling own
That Thou art God
Most High.
225. Delight in the House of God. Psalm 84. C.M. (3 stanzas)
1. How dear to me, O
Lord of Hosts,
The place where
Thou dost dwell;
The tabernacles
of Thy grace
In pleasantness
excel.
My spirit longs,
yea, even faints,
Thy sacred courts
to see;
My thirsting
heart and flesh cry out,
O living God, for
Thee.
2.
Beneath Thy care
the sparrow finds
A place of
peaceful rest;
Where she may
safely lay her young
The swallow finds
a nest;
Then, Lord of
Hosts, my King, my God,
Thy love will
shelter me;
Beneath Thy
altar's peaceful shade
My dwellingplace
shall be.
3.
Blest they who
dwell within Thy house,
Their perfect
strength Thou art;
Their joyful
praise shall never cease,
Thy ways are in
their heart.
Their tears of
grief, like early rain,
Sweet springs of
joy shall fill;
With strength
renewed they journey safe
To Zion's holy
hill.
226. Longings for Sanctuary Fellowship. Psalm 84. C.M. (3 stanzas)
1. O Lord of Hosts,
to Thee I cry,
Our fathers' God,
to Thee;
Let my petition
reach Thy ear,
My prayer
accepted be;
O God our shield,
look Thou on us,
Reveal Thyself in
grace,
And let Thy own
anointed one
Behold Thee face
to face.
2.
A single day
within Thy courts,
Where I Thy
beauty see,
Is better than a
thousand days,
My God, apart
from Thee.
A lowly station
in Thy house
Were dearer to my
heart
Than in the tents
of wickedness
To claim the
chiefest part.
3.
A sun and shield
is God, the Lord,
To lighten and
defend;
The Lord to such
as look to Him
Will grace and
glory send;
To those that
walk in righteousness
No good will He
deny;
O Lord of Hosts,
how blest are they
Who on Thy grace
rely.
227.
Delight in Church
Ordinances. Psalm 84. 7s and 6s. (3
stanzas)
1. O Lord of Hosts,
how lovely
Thy tabernacles
are;
For them my heart
is yearning
In banishment
afar.
My soul is
longing, fainting.
Thy sacred courts
to see;
My heart and
flesh are crying,
O living God, for
Thee.
2.
Beneath Thy care
the sparrow
Finds place for
peaceful rest;
To keep her young
in safety
The swallow finds
a nest;
Then, Lord, my
King Almighty,
Thy love will
shelter me;
Beside Thy holy
altar
My dwelling place
shall be.
3.
Blest they who
dwell in Zion,
Whose joy and
strength Thou art;
Forever they will
praise Thee,
Thy 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.
228. True Blessedness. Psalm 84. 7s and 6s. (3 stanzas)
1. Lord God of
Hosts, in mercy
My supplication
hear;
Almighty and
all-faithful,
Our fathers' God,
give ear;
Our shield and
great defender,
No longer hide
Thy face,
But look upon Thy
servant,
Anointed by Thy
grace.
2.
In Thy blest
courts to worship,
My God, a single
day
Is better than a
thousand
While far from
Thee I stray;
Though in a lowly
station,
The service of my
Lord
I choose above
all pleasures
That sinful ways
afford.
3.
A sun and shield
forever
Is God, the Lord
Most High;
To those who walk
uprightly
No good will He
deny;
His saints, His
grace receiving,
Shall soon His
glory see;
O Lord of Hosts,
most blessed
Are they that
trust in Thee.
229. Days in the Sanctuary. Psalm 84. L.M. (4 stanzas)
1. How lovely, Lord
of Hosts, to me
The tabernacles
of Thy grace;
O how I long,
yea, faint to see
Thy hallowed
courts, Thy dwelling place;
For Thee my heart
and spirit sigh,
For Thee, O
living God, I cry.
2.
The sparrow has
her place of rest;
The swallow,
through Thy kindly care,
Has found where
she may build her nest
And brood her
young in safety there;
Thy altars as my
rest I sing,
O Lord of Hosts,
my God, my King.
3.
Blest they who in
Thy house abide,
They still to
Thee shall render praise;
Blest they who in
Thy strength confide,
And in whose
hearts are Zion's ways;
Though passing
through the vale of tears,
Like springs of
joy Thy grace appears.
4.
Advancing still
from strength to strength,
They onward go
where saints have trod,
Till every one
appears at length
In Zion's courts
before his God;
Jehovah, God of
Hosts, give ear,
Our fathers' God,
in mercy hear.
5.
Upon us look, O
God, our shield,
The face of Thy
anointed see;
A thousand other
days can yield
No gladness like
one day with Thee;
Though only at
Thy door I wait,
No tents of sin
give joy so great.
6.
Jehovah, God our
Shield and Sun,
Will grace and
glory surely give;
No good will He
withhold from one
Who in His sight
shall rightly live;
O Lord of Hosts,
most blest is he
Who puts his
steadfast trust in Thee.
230. Assurance of Blessing. Psalm 85. L.M. (4 stanzas)
1. Lord, Thou hast
greatly blessed our land,
Thou hast brought
back our captive band,
Thy pardoning
grace has made us free
And covered our
iniquity.
2.
O Thou, Who in a
former day
Didst turn Thy
dreadful wrath away,
In grace Thy
people, Lord, return,
And let Thy wrath
no longer burn.
3.
O will Thy anger
never cease,
Forever shall Thy
wrath increase?
Revive and
quicken us once more,
And Thy
salvation's joy restore.
4.
To us Thy mercy
now afford
And show us Thy
salvation, Lord;
Yea, Thou wilt
answer us in peace,
If from our folly
we will cease.
5.
The Lord's
salvation will appear
To men of faith
and godly fear,
And glory in our
land shall dwell
When we shall
heed God's precepts well.
6.
Now truth agrees
with mercy mild,
Now law and peace
are reconciled;
Behold the truth
from earth arise,
With justice
shining from the skies.
7.
The Lord will
send His blessing down,
And harvests all
our land shall crown;
Before Him
righteousness abides,
And in His steps
our feet He guides.
231. Encouragement in Prayer. Psalm 85. L.P.M. (34 stanzas)
1. Lord, Thou hast
favor shown Thy land,
Restored again
Thy captive band;
Thy people's sins
Thou pardoned hast,
And all their
guilt hast covered o'er,
Removed from them
Thy anger sore,
All Thy fierce
wrath behind Thee cast.
2.
In grace Thy
people, Lord, return,
Nor longer let
Thy anger burn;
Wilt Thou forever
angry be?
Through ages
shall Thy wrath survive?
Wilt Thou not us
again revive,
That so we may
rejoice in Thee?
3.
O Lord,
to us Thy mercy show
And Thy salvation
now bestow;
We wait to hear
what God will say;
Peace to His
people He will speak,
And to His
saints, but let them seek
No more in
folly's path to stray.
232. Expectancy of Grace. Psalm 85. L.P.M. (3 stanzas)
1. O Lord, to us Thy
mercy show,
And Thy salvation
now bestow;
We wait to hear
what God will say;
Peace to His
people He will speak,
And to His
saints, but let them seek
No more in
folly's path to stray.
2.
His saving help
is surely near
To those His holy
Name that fear;
Thus glory dwells
in all our land.
Now heavenly
truth unites with grace,
And righteousness
and peace embrace,
In full accord
they ever stand.
3.
Truth springing
forth the earth shall crown,
And righteousness
from heaven look down,
And God on us His
goodness shed;
Our land shall
then with plenty flow,
Before Him
righteousness shall go,
And cause us in
His steps to tread.
233.
Confident Pleading. Psalm 86. L.M.
(4 stanzas)
1.
Bow down Thy ear,
O Lord, and hear,
For I am poor and
great my need;
Preserve my soul,
for Thee I fear;
O God, Thy
trusting servant heed.
2.
O Lord,
be merciful to me
For all the day
to Thee I cry;
Rejoice Thy
servant, for to Thee
I lift my soul, O
Lord Most High.
3.
For Thou, O Lord,
art good and kind,
And ready to
forgive Thou art;
Abundant mercy
they shall find
Who call on Thee
with all their heart.
4,
O Lord, incline
Thy ear to me,
My voice of
supplication heed;
In trouble I will
cry to Thee,
For Thou wilt
answer when I plead.
5. There is no God
but Thee alone,
Nor works like
Thine, O Lord Most High;
All nations shall
surround Thy throne
And their Creator
glorify.
6.
In all Thy deeds
how great Thou art!
Thou one true
God, Thy way make clear;
Teach me with
undivided heart
To trust Thy
truth, Thy Name to fear.
234.
Devout Prayers and
Pleas. Psalm 86. L.M. (5
stanzas)
1. O Lord my God, my
joyful heart
Will give Thee
praise forevermore,
For rich in grace
to me Thou art,
My soul from
death Thou didst restore.
2.
O God, the proud
against me rise,
The wicked who
delight in strife;
They set not Thee
before their eyes,
They seek to take
away my life.
3. In Thee, O Lord,
all grace is found,
Thy people shall
Thy mercy know;
Thy truth and
goodness still abound,
To wrath and
anger Thou art slow.
4.
In mercy turn and
look on me,
Thy servant true,
Thy chosen one;
Let me Thy great
salvation see,
And strengthen me
my course to run.
5.
Some token of Thy
love bestow,
Which they who
hate me now may see;
Let all, O Lord,
be brought to know
That Thou dost
help and comfort me.
235. Confiding Prayer. Psalm 86. 6s and 4s. (3 stanzas)
1. Lord, my petition
heed,
Now help me in my
need,
My Saviour be;
I am Thy Servant,
Lord,
My trust is in
Thy word,
Mercy to me
afford,
I cry to Thee.
2.
Comfort Thy
servant now,
While at Thy
throne I bow,
For Thou art
love.
Thy pardoning
grace is free;
Sinners who call
on Thee
Thy tender mercy
see,
O God above.
3.
Lord, hear me
when I pray,
While now in
trouble's day
I seek Thy face.
To answer, Lord,
is Thine;
Thou only art
divine,
Most bright Thy
glories shine,
O God of grace.
236. Desires and Aspirations. Psalm 86. 6s and 4s. (4 stanzas)
1. By all whom Thou
hast made
Be praise and
worship paid
Through earth
abroad;
Thy Name be
glorified,
There is not
great beside,
Matchless Thy
works abide,
For Thou art God.
2.
Help me Thy will
to do,
Thy truth I will
pursue,
Teach me to fear;
Give me the
single eye
Thy Name to
glorify,
O Lord, my God
Most High,
With heart
sincere.
3.
How great Thy
love appears
That bade death's
gloomy fears
No more dismay;
O God, to anger
slow,
Save me from
every foe,
Thy
lovingkindness show,
Thy truth
display.
4.
Show me Thy mercy
true,
Thy servant's
strength renew,
Deliverance send;
To me Thy
goodness show,
Thy comfort,
Lord, bestow;
Let those that
hate me know
Thou art my
friend.
237. The Church of God. Psalm 87. 8s, 7s, 4 .(3 stanzas)
1. Zion, founded on
the mountains,
God, thy Maker,
loves thee well;
He has chosen
Thee, most precious,
He delights in
Thee to dwell;
God's own city,
Who can all thy
glory tell?
2.
Heathen lands and
hostile peoples
Soon shall come
the Lord to know;
Nations born
again in Zion
Shall the Lord's
salvation show;
God Almighty
Shall on Zion
strength bestow.
3.
When the Lord
shall count the nations,
Sons and
daughters He shall see,
Born to endless
life in Zion,
And their joyful
song shall be,
"Blessed
Zion,
All our fountains
are in Thee."
238. The Church Universal. Psalm 87. 8s, 7s, 4. (3 stanzas)
1. Zion, founded on
the mountains,
God, thy Maker,
loves thee well;
He has chosen
Thee, most precious,
He delights in
Thee to dwell;
God's own city,
Who can all thy
glory tell?
2.
Heathen lands and
hostile peoples
Soon shall come
the Lord to know;
Nations born
again in Zion
Shall the Lord's
salvation show;
God Almighty
Shall on Zion
strength bestow.
3.
When the Lord
shall count the nations,
Sons and
daughters He shall see,
Born to endless
life in Zion,
And their joyful
song shall be,
"Blessed
Zion,
All our fountains
are in Thee."
239.
The Church of Christ. Psalm 87. 7s.
(2
stanzas)
1.
Zion, on the holy
hills,
God, thy Maker,
loves thee well;
All thy courts
His presence fills,
He delights in
thee to dwell.
Wondrous shall
thy glory be,
City blest of
God, the Lord;
Nations shall be
born in thee,
Unto life from
death restored.
2.When the Lord the
names shall write
Of thy sons, a
countless throng,
God Most High
will thee requite,
He Himself will
make thee strong.
Then in song and
joyful mirth
Shall Thy
ransomed sons agree,
Singing forth
throughout the earth,
"All my
fountains are in thee."
240.
An Outpouring of
Sorrow. Psalm 88. 8s and 7s. (4
stanzas)
1. Lord, the God of
my salvation,
Day and night I
cry to Thee;
Let my prayer now
find acceptance,
In Thy mercy
answer me.
Full of troubles
and affliction,
Nigh to death my
soul is brought
Helpless, like
one cast forever
From Thy care and
from Thy thought.
2.
Thou hast brought
me down to darkness,
'Neath Thy wrath
I am oppressed;
All the billows
of affliction
Overwhelm my soul
distressed.
Thou hast made my
friends despise me,
And companionless
I go,
Bound, and
helpless in my bondage,
Pining in my
bitter woe.
3.
Unto Thee with
hands uplifted
Daily I direct my
cry;
Hear, O Lord, my
supplication,
Hear and save me
ere I die.
Wilt Thou wait to
show Thy wonders
And Thy mercy to
the dead?
Let me live to
tell Thy praises,
By Thy
lovingkindness led.
4. Still, O Lord,
renewed each morning
Unto Thee my
prayer shall be;
Cast me not away
forever,
Let me now Thy
favor see.
All my life is
spent in sorrow,
Grief and terror
always nigh,
Waves of wrath
have surged about me;
Show Thy mercy
ere I die.
5.
Friend and lover
are departed,
Dark and lonely
is my way;
Lord, be Thou my
friend and helper,
Still to Thee, O
Lord, I pray.
Lord, the God of
my salvation,
Day and night I
cry to Thee;
Let my prayer now
find acceptance,
In Thy mercy
answer me.
241.
The Mercies and
Faithfulness of God. Psalm 89. L.M.
1. My song forever
shall record
The tender
mercies of the Lord;
Thy faithfulness
will I proclaim,
And every age
shall know Thy Name.
2.
I sing of mercies
that endure,
Forever builded
firm and sure,
Of faithfulness
that never dies,
Established
changeless in the skies.
3.
Behold God's
truth and grace displayed,
For He has
faithful covenant made,
And He has sworn
that David's son
Shall ever sit
upon his throne.
4.
The heavens shall
join in glad accord
To praise Thy
wondrous works, O Lord;
Thy faithfulness
shall praise command
Where holy ones
assembled stand.
5.
Who in the
heavenly dwellings fair
Can with the Lord
Himself compare?
Or who among the
mighty shares
The likeness that
Jehovah bears.
6.
With fear and
reverence at His feet
God's holy ones
in council meet;
Yea, more than
all about His throne
Must He be
feared, and He alone.
7.
O Thou Jehovah,
God of Hosts,
What mighty one
Thy likeness boasts?
In all Thy works
and vast designs
Thy faithfulness
forever shines.
8.
The swelling sea
obeys Thy will,
Its angry waves
Thy voice can still;
Thy mighty
enemies are slain,
Thy foes resist
Thy power in vain.
9.
The heavens and
earth, by right divine,
The world and all
therein are Thine;
The whole
creation's wondrous frame
Proclaims its
Maker's glorious Name.
242.
God the Source of Joy. Psalm 89. L.M.
1. Almighty God, Thy
lofty throne
Has justice for
its cornerstone,
And shining
bright before Thy face
Are truth and
love and boundless grace.
2.
With blessing is
the nation crowned
Whose people know
the joyful sound;
They in the
light, O Lord, shall live,
The light Thy
face and favor give.
3.
Thy Name with
gladness they confess,
Exalted in Thy
righteousness;
Their fame and
might to Thee belong,
For in Thy favor
they are strong.
4.
All glory unto
God we yield,
Jehovah is our
help and shield;
All praise and
honor we will bring
To Israel's Holy
One, our King.
243.
Covenant Faithfulness.
Psalm 89. L.M. (5
stanzas)
1. In vision to His
saints God spake:
From out the
people one I take,
A mighty leader,
true and brave,
Ordained,
exalted, strong to save.
2.
My chosen servant
I appoint,
With holy oil his
head anoint;
My hand with him
shall still remain,
My arm his
strength shall well sustain.
3.
No enemy shall
him affright,
His adversaries I
will smite,
My faithfulness
to him will prove,
And nevermore My
grace remove.
4.
Yea, he shall
triumph in My Name,
And great shall
be his power and fame,
From sea to sea
his mighty hand
Shall hold
dominion o'er the land.
5.
Thou art my
Father, he shall cry,
My God, my rock
of refuge high;
My firstborn son
shall he be owned,
Above the kings
of earth enthroned.
6.
For him My mercy
shall endure,
My covenant made
with him is sure,
His throne and
race I will maintain
Forever, while
the heavens remain.
7. Should sons of
his My laws forsake,
My just commands
and statutes break,
Then, though My
rod their sins reprove,
My mercy I will
not remove.
8.
Though they be
chastened sore and tried,
My faithfulness
shall yet abide;
My plighted word
I will not break,
Nor change the
promise that I spake.
9.
My oath is
steadfast, ever sure,
My servant's race
shall still endure;
His throne
forever firm shall stay
When sun and moon have passed away.
10.
On Thy anointed
wrath is poured
As if Thy
covenant were abhorred;
Thou hast
profaned is kingly crown,
His matchless
strength is broken down.
11.
He is reproached
and spoiled of all,
His enemies upon
him fall;
His beauty is
consumed away,
Forgotten is his
kingly sway.
12.
Cut off in youth,
his sacred name
Is covered now
with deepest shame;
How long, O Lord,
shall wrath abide?
Thy face forever
wilt Thou hide?
13.
Think on my life;
O lord, take thought;
Hast Thou created
man for nought?
What man that
lives has power to save
His soul from
death, and from the grave?
14.
Where are Thy
mercies which of old
Were in Thy
promises foretold?
Remember, Lord,
the bitter shame
Heaped on Thy own
anointed's name.
15.
Blest be the Lord
for evermore,
Whose promise
stands from days of yore.
His word is
faithful now as then;
Blest be His
Name. Amen, Amen.
244.
The Cry of the Mortal. Psalm 90. 8s
and 7s.
1. Lord, through all
the generations
Of the children
of our race,
In our fears and
tribulations,
Thou hast been
our dwellingplace.
Ere the vast and
wide creation
By Thy word was
caused to be,
Or the mountains
held their station,
Thou art God
eternally.
2.
Each succeeding
generation
At Thy mighty
word appears;
Thou dost count
in time's duration
One day as a
thousand years.
Death, with swift
and sudden warning,
Calls us from
life's dream away,
Like the grass,
green in the morning,
Withered ere the
close of day.
3.
In Thy wrath our
spirits languish,
Sinful 'neath Thy
searching eye;
All our days are
passed in anguish,
In Thy wrath we
pine and die.
Threescore years
and ten we tarry,
Fourscore years
the strong may stay,
Long the load of
grief to carry,
Till at last we
fly away.
4.
Who can weigh Thy
just displeasure,
Who can fear Thee
as he ought?
Teach us now our
days to measure
And to wisdom
turn our thought.
Lord, return,
regard our sadness;
With Thy servants
now abide;
Fill our days
with joy and gladness,
With Thy mercy
satisfied.
5.
Long the clouds
of evil lower;
Bless us now with
gladsome days;
Let Thy servants
see Thy power,
Let their
children learn Thy praise.
On us let the
grace and beauty
Of the Lord our
God remain,
Strengthen us for
noble duty
That our work be
not in vain.
245.
The Lord Our
Dwelling-Place. Psalm 90. L.M.
1. Lord, Thou hast
been our dwelling-place
Through all the
ages of our race;
Before the
mountains had their birth,
Or ever Thou hast
formed the earth,
From everlasting
Thou art God,
To everlasting
our abode.
2. At Thy command
man fades and dies
And newborn
generations rise;
A thousand years
are passed away,
And all to Thee
are but a day;
Yea, like the
watches of the night,
With Thee the
ages wing their flight.
3..
Man soon yields
up his fleeting breath
Before the
swelling tide of death;
Like transient
sleep his seasons pass,
His life is like
the tender grass,
Luxuriant 'neath
the morning sun,
And withered ere
the day is done.
4.
Man in Thy anger
is consumed,
And unto grief
and sorrow doomed;
Before Thy clear
and searching sight
Our secret sins
are brought to light;
Beneath Thy wrath
we pine and die,
Our life expiring
like a sigh.
5.
For threescore
years and ten we wait,
Or fourscore
years if strength be great;
But grief and
toil attend life's day,
And soon our
spirits fly away;
O who with true
and reverent thought
Can fear Thy
anger as he ought?
246.
A Pilgrim's Prayers. Psalm 90. L.M.
1. O teach Thou us
to count our days
And set our
hearts on wisdom's ways;
Turn, Lord, to us
in our distress,
In pity now Thy
servants bless;
Let mercy's dawn
dispel our night,
And all our day
with joy be bright.
2.
O send the day of
joy and light,
For long has been
our sorrow's night;
Afflicted through
the weary years,
We wait until Thy
help appears;
With us and with
our sons abide,
In us let God be
glorified.
3.
So let there be
on us bestowed
The beauty of the
Lord our God;
The work
accomplished by our hand
Establish Thou
and make it stand;
Yea, let our
hopeful labor be
Established
evermore by Thee.
247.
God Our Help and Hope. Psalm 90. C.M.
1. O God, our help
in ages past,
Our hope for
years to come,
Our shelter from
the stormy blast,
And our eternal
home.
2.
Under the shadow
of Thy throne
Thy saints have
dwelt secure;
Sufficient is
Thine arm alone,
And our defense
is sure.
3.
Before the hills
in order stood,
Or earth received
her frame,
From everlasting
Thou art God,
To endless years
the same.
4. A thousand ages
in Thy sight
Are like an
evening gone,
Short as the
watch that ends the night
Before the rising
sun.
5. Time, like an
everrolling stream,
Bears all its
sons away;
They fly
forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the
opening day.
Our hope for
years to come,
Be Thou our guard
while troubles last,
And our eternal
home.
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