2 Thus did our suffering Saviour pray, 3 Great was the victory of his death, 4 A numerous offspring must arise 5 The meek and humble souls shall see And all that seek the Lord shall be 6 The isles shall know the righteousness And nations yet unborn profess 22 SECOND PART. L. M. Now let our mournful songs record The dying sorrows of our Lord, When he complained in tears and blood, 2 The Jews behold him thus forlorn, And shake their heads and laugh in scorn; "He rescued others from the grave, Now let him try himself to save. 3" This is the man did once pretend God was his Father and his Friend! If God, the blessed, loved him so, Why doth he fail to help him now?" 4 O savage people! cruel priests! How they stood round like raging beasts! Like lions gaping to devour, When God had left him in their power. 5 They wound his head, his hands, his feet, And mock the pangs in which he died. 23 FIRST PART. L. M. MY Shepherd is the living Lord; His providence and holy word 2 In pastures where salvation grows 3 My wandering feet his ways mistake; 4 Though I walk through the gloomy vale, 6 The sons of earth and sons of hell To see my table spread so well, With living bread and cheerful wine. 7 How I rejoice, when on my head Thy Spirit condescends to rest! 'Tis a divine anointing, shed Like oil of gladness at a feast. 8 Surely the mercies of the Lord Attend his household all their days; There will I dwell to hear his word, To seek his face, and sing his praise. 23 MY SECOND PART. Y Shepherd will supply my need, In pastures fresh he makes me feed, 2 He brings my wandering spirit back, And leads me, for his mercy's sake, C. M. 3 When I walk through the shades of death Thy presence is my stay; One word of thy supporting breath 4 Thy hand, in sight of all my foes, O may thy house be mine abode, 6 There would I find a settled rest, No more a stranger or a guest, 23 THE THIRD PART. HE Lord my Shepherd is, What can I want beside? 2 He leads me to the place Where heavenly pasture grows, Where living waters gently pass, And full salvation flows. 3 If e'er I go astray, He doth my soul reclaim, 4 While he affords his aid, I cannot yield to fear; S. M. Though I should walk thro' death's dark shade, My Shepherd's with me there. 5 Amid surrounding foes Thou dost my table spread, 6 The bounties of thy love Shall crown my following days; Nor from thy house will I remove, Nor cease to speak thy praise. THE earth for ever is the Lord's, With Adam's numerous race; He raised its arches o'er the floods, And built it on the seas. 2 But who among the sons of men May visit thine abode? C. M. He that has hands from mischief clean, 3 This is the man may rise and take This is the lot of those that seek 4 Now let our soul's immortal powers 5 The King of glory! who can tell 24 SECOND PART. L. M. THIS spacious earth is all the Lord's, And men, and worms, and beasts, and birds; He raised the building on the seas, 2 But there's a brighter world on high, 3 He that abhors and fears to sin, Whose heart is pure, whose hands are clean; |