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GOD, my strength and fortitude,

Of force I must love Thee;

Thou art my castle and defence,

In my necessity.

My God, my Rock, in whom I trust,
The worker of my wealth;
My refuge, buckler, and my shield,
The horn of all my health.

2 The Lord descended from above,

And bowed the heavens most high;
And underneath His feet He cast
The darkness of the sky.
On cherubim and seraphim
Full royally He rode,

And on the wings of mighty winds
Came flying all abroad.

3 Give glory to His holy Name,
And honour Him alone:
Give worship to His Majesty,
Before His holy throne.

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The Lord will give His people strength,
Whereby they shall increase;

And He will bless His chosen flock
With everlasting peace.

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O change of times shall ever shock

For Thou hast always been my rock,
A fortress, and defence to me.

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2 Thou my deliverer art, my God,

My trust is in Thy mighty power;
Thou art my shield from foes abroad,

At home my safeguard and my tower,
3 To heaven I made my mournful prayer,
To God addressed my humble moan ;
Who graciously inclined His ear,

And heard me from His lofty throne. 4 Therefore, to celebrate His fame,

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My grateful voice to heaven I'll raise ;
And nations, strangers to His Name,
Shall thus be taught to sing His praise.

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EHOLD the morning sun
Begins his glorious way:

His beams through all the nations run,
And life and light convey.

2 But where the Gospel comes,

It spreads diviner light,

It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.

3 My gracious God, how plain
Are Thy directions given !

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I never read in vain,

But find the path to heaven!

4 I hear Thy word with love,
And I would fain obey;

Send Thy good Spirit from above
To guide me lest I stray.

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5 While with my heart and tongue
I spread Thy praise abroad,
Accept the worship and the song,
My Saviour, and my God!

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[EAVENLY Teacher, from Thy ways
Who can tell how oft he strays?

Fill our souls with holy light,
Guide, O guide our steps aright!
2 Cleanse us from the guilt that lies
Wrapt within the heart's disguise;
Let us now, by Thee renewed,
Each presumptuous thought exclude.
3 Let our tongues, from error free,
Speak the words approved by Thee;
To Thine all-observing eyes
Let our thoughts accepted rise.
4 While we thus Thy Name adore,
And Thy healing grace implore,
Blest Redeemer, lend Thine ear,
God, our strength, in mercy hear!

MY Shepherd is the living Lord,
therefore

I therefore nothing need;

In pastures fair, near pleasant streams,
He setteth me to feed.

2 He shall convert and glad my soul,
And bring my mind in frame,
To walk in paths of righteousness,
For His most holy Name.

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3 Yea, though I walk the vale of death,
Yet will I fear no ill;

Thy rod and staff they comfort me,
And Thou art with me still.

4 Through all my life Thy favour is
So frankly shewed to me,
That in Thy house for evermore
My dwelling-place shall be.

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1 THE Lord Himself, the mighty Lord,
THE
Vouchsafes to be my Guide;

The Shepherd, by whose constant care
My wants are all supplied.

2 In tender grass He makes me feed,
And gently there repose;

Then leads me to cool shades, and where
Refreshing water flows.

3 He does my wandering soul reclaim,
And to His endless praise,

Instruct with humble zeal to walk
In His most righteous ways.

4 Since God does thus His wondrous love
Through all my life extend,

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That life to Him I will devote,
And to His glory spend.

TO God, in whom I trust,

I lift my heart and voice:
O let me not be put to shame,
Nor let my foes rejoice.

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2 To me Thy truth impart,
And lead me in Thy way;

For Thou art He that brings me help;
On Thee I wait all day.

3 Thy mercies and Thy love,
O Lord, recall to mind;
And graciously continue still,
As Thou wert ever, kind.

4 His mercy and His truth

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The righteous Lord displays;
In bringing wandering sinners home,
And teaching them His ways.

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and my desire

Are ever to the Lord;

I love to plead His promises,

And rest upon His word.

2 When shall the pardoning grace
Of my forgiving God

Restore me from those dangerous ways
My wandering feet have trod?

3 0 keep my soul from death,
Nor put my hope to shame;
For I have placed my only trust,
In my Redeemer's Name.

4 With humble faith I wait
To see Thy face again;
Of Israel it shall ne'er be said,
He sought the Lord in vain.

S. M.

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