PSALM 136. VERSION 2. L. M.
The wonders of creation, providence, and grace. 1 GIVE to our God immortal praise; Mercy and truth are all his ways: Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. 2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown; His mercies ever shall endure,
When lords and kings are known no more. 3 He form'd the earth, he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high: Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. 4 He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night; His mercies ever shall endure,
When sun and moon shall shine no more.
5 He sent his Son with power to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the
Wonders of grace to God belong,
Repeat his mercies in your song.
6 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat;
His mercies ever shall endure,
When this vain world shall be no more.
PSALM 138. L. M.
Praise to God for preserving mercy.
1 WITH all my powers of heart and tongue
I'll praise my Maker in my song;
Angels shall hear the notes I raise,
Approve the song, and join the praise,
2 I'll sing thy truth and mercy, Lord;
I'll sing the wonders of thy word;
Not all thy works and names below
So much thy power and glory show.
3 To God I cried when troubles rose;
He heard me, and subdued my foes;
He did my rising fears controul,
And strength diffus'd through all my soul.
4 Amidst a thousand snares I stand,
Upheld and guarded by thy hand;
Thy words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.
5 Grace will complete what grace begins,
To save from sorrows and from sins;
The work that wisdom undertakes,
Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes.
PSALM 139. PART 1.
The omnipresence of God.
1 LORD, thou hast search'd and seen me through;
Thine eye commands, with piercing view,
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh with all their
2 Within thy circling power I stand,
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
3 Should I attempt to shun thy sight,
Beneath the spreading veil of night;
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.
4 O may these thoughts possess my breast
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
PSALM 139. PART 2. L. M.
For spiritual direction and strength.—v. 23, 24,
O THOU, to whose all-searching sight
The darkness shineth as the light,
Try us, and prove our treacherous heart,
And bid the power of sin depart.
As through this vale of tears we stray,
Be thou our light, be thou our stay;
Mark out the pilgrim's heavenly road,
That leads unto the mount of God.
If storms and tempests cloud our way,
Our strength proportion to our day;
No threatening evil need we fear,
If God, our Sun and Shield, be near.
Guide and uphold us with thy hand,
Till we arrive at Canaan's land;
The land where sin and death shall cease,
The land of rest, and joy, and peace.
PSALM 141. L. M.
A morning prayer.
MY God, accept my early vows,
Like morning incense in thine house;
And let my nightly worship rise,
Sweet as the evening sacrifice.
Watch o'er my lips and guard them, Lord,
From every rash and heedless word;
Nor let my feet incline to tread
The guilty paths where sinners lead.
8 O may the righteous when I stray
Smite and reprove my wandering way!
Their gentle words, like ointment shed,
Shall never bruise, but cheer my head.
When I behold them press'd with grief,
I'll cry to heaven for their relief;
And by my fervent prayer will prove,
How much I prize their faithful love.
PSALM 143. L. M.
For deliverance from spiritual enemies.—v. 1, 5, 10.
HEAR me, O Lord, in my
distress;
Hear me in truth and righteousness;
For at thy bar of judgment tried
None living can be justified.
Lord, I have foes without, within,
The world, the flesh, indwelling sin,
Life's daily ills, temptation's power,
And Satan roaring to devour.
These, these my fainting soul surround,
My strength is smitten to the ground;
Like those long dead, beneath their weight
Crush'd is my heart and desolate.
Yet, in the gloom of silent thought,
I call to mind what God hath wrought,
Thy wonders in the days of old,
Thy mercies great and manifold.
Teach me thy will, subdue my own;
Thou art my God, and thou alone;
By thy good Spirit guide me still,
Safe from all foes, to Sion's hill.
PSALM 144. C. M.
Assistance and victory in the spiritual warfare.
FOR ever blessed be the Lord,
My Saviour and my Shield;
He sends his Spirit with his word,
To arm me for the field.
When sin and hell their force unite,
He makes my soul his care;
Instructs me to the heavenly fight,
And guards me through the war.
A Friend and Helper so divine
Does my weak courage raise;
He makes the glorious victory mine,
And his shall be the praise.
PSALM 145. c. m.
God's mercies over all his works.
SWEET is the memory of thy grace,
My God, my heavenly King;
Let age to age thy righteousness
In sounds of glory sing.
God reigns on high, but not confines
His goodness to the skies;
Through the whole earth his bounty shines,
And every want supplies.
With longing eyes thy creatures wait
On thee for daily food;
Thy liberal hand provides their meat,
And fills their mouth with good.
How kind are thy compassions, Lord!
How slow thine anger moves!
But soon he sends his pardoning word,
To cheer the souls he loves.
5 Creatures, with all their endless race,
Thy power and praise proclaim;
But saints, that know thy saving grace,
Delight to bless thy name.
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