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Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch • English
Acts 7:48
Lord, in this sacred hour Within Thy courts we bend, And bless Thy love, and own thy power, Our Father and our Friend. But Thou art not alone In courts by mortals trod; Nor only is the day thine own When man draws near to God. Thy temple is the arch Of yon unmeasured sky: Thy Sab…
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Isaac Williams (1842) • English
Psalm 17:8-9
Lord, in this thy mercy's day, ere it pass for aye away, on our knees we fall and pray. Holy Jesu, grant us tears, fill us with heart-searching fears, ere that awful doom appears. Lord, on us thy Spirit pour, kneeling lowly at the door, ere it close for evermore. By thy night of…
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W. Howard Doane • English
Psalm 115:55
Jesus, Thou Lamb of God, Save, save Thou me; Troubled in spirit, Lord, I bring to Thee Only a broken heart, Only a sigh; Lord, in Thy Name I come, Pass me not by. Here at Thy Cross I bend, Weeping, alone; O for one look of Thine, One loving tone; Here, like a bruised reed, Helple…
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J. L. Holman • English
Matthew 18:20
Lord, in thy presence here we meet, May we in thee be found; O, make the place divinely sweet, And let thy grace abound. With harmony thy servants bless, That we may show to thee How good, how sweet, how pleasant 'tis When brethren all agree. May Zions good be kept in view, And b…
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Mary E. Maxwell • English
Acts 4:30
Lord, in Thy presence we are met, A full salvation to proclaim; To testify of grace receive, Or offered now in Jesus’ name; Dear Lord, to Thee our spirits cry, Our ev’ry longing satisfy. We ask Thee, Lord—for Thou art here— Make this a Pentecostal hour, When hung’ring souls from…
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Psalm 15
Lord, in thy tabernacle who Wilt thou with welcome entertain? Who on thy mount of sanctity, A constant dweller shall remain? The man who walketh uprightly, That always worketh righteousness, And what is in his honest-heart Does truly with his mouth express. Who with his tongue ba…
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Psalm 6
Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not; Nor in thy hot rage chasten me. Lord, pity me, for I am weak: Heal me, for my bones vexèd be. My soul is also vexèd sore; But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make? Return, O Lord, my soul set free; O save me, for thy mercies' sake. Because those t…
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John R. Clements • English
Matthew 26:22
Someone is slighting the Saviour of men; Lord, is it I? Lord, is it I? Someone is spurning His love once again; Lord, is it I? Lord is it I? Lord is it I? Pardon our weakness, and blot out each sin; Hear us, dear Lord, as we cry! Someone is halting, and counting the cost; Lord, i…
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Richard Baxter (1681) • English
Psalm 55:22
Lord, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live; To love and serve you is my share, And this your grace must give. If life be long, I will be glad, That I may long obey; If short, yet why should I be sad; It shall have the same pay. Would I long bear my heavy load And keep…
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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley • English
Matthew 17:1-8
Lord, it is good for us to be High on the mountain here with Thee; Where stand revealed to mortal gaze Those glorious saints of other days; Who once received on Horeb's height The eternal laws of truth and right; Or caught the still small whisper, higher Than storm, than earthqua…
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Psalm 92
Lord, it is good to give thanks to you.
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Psalm 16
Lord, keep me; for I trust in thee. To God thus was my speech, Thou art my Lord; and unto thee my goodness doth not reach: To saints on earth, to th' excellent, where my delight's all placed. Their sorrows shall be multiplied to other gods that haste: Of their drink-offerings of…
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Martin Luther (1542) • Catherine Winkworth (1863) • English
Psalm 2
Lord, keep us steadfast in your Word; curb those who by deceit or sword would seek to overthrow your Son and to destroy what he has done. Lord Jesus Christ, your pow'r make known, for you are Lord of lords alone; defend your Christendom that we may sing your praise eternally. O C…
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Anonymous • English
Acts 1:8
Lord lay some soul upon my heart, And love that soul through me; And may I nobly do my part To win that soul for Thee.
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William Croswell (1831) • English
Deuteronomy 15:11
Lord, lead the way the Saviour went, By lane and cell obscure, And let love's treasures still be spent, Like His, upon the poor: Like Him, through scenes of deep distress, Who bore the world's sad weight, We, in their crowded loneliness, Would seek the desolate. For Thou hast pla…
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Psalm 39
Lord, let me know my term of days How soon my life will end; The numerous train of ills disclose, Which this frail state attend. My Life, Thou know'st, is but a span, A cipher sums my years; And every man, in best estate, But vanity appears. Man, like a shadow, vainly walks, With…
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Psalm 119:169-176
LORD, let my cry before Thee rise, With Thy good counsels make me wise; Before Thee let my pray'r come near, For me, who trust Thy Word, appear. My lips, O LORD, shall speak Thy praise, When from Thy law I've learn'd Thy ways; My tongue shall all Thy truth confess, For all Thy wo…
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James Montgomery • English
Psalm 41
Lord, let my prayer like incense rise, And when I lift my hands to Thee, As on the evening sacrifice Look down from heaven well-pleased on me. Set Thou a watch to keep my tongue, Let not my heart to sin incline; Save me from men who practise wrong, Let me not share their mirth an…
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Luke 2:29-32
Lord let thy servant now depart Into thy promis'd rest; Since my expecting eyes have been With thy salvation bless'd; Which till this time thy favour'd saints And prophets only knew, Long since prepar'd, but now set forth in all the peoples view. A light, to shew the heathen worl…
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Psalm 4
Lord, let your face shine on us.
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Thomas Raffles (1831) • English
Luke 18:9-14
Lord, like the publican I stand, and lift my heart to thee; thy pard'ning grace, O God, command, be merciful to me. I smite upon my anxious breast, o'erwhelmed with agony; O save my soul by sin oppressed, be merciful to me. My guilt, my shame, I all confess: I have no hope nor pl…
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Leviticus 19:1-2
Lord, make us more holy; Lord, make us more holy; Lord, make us more holy, until we meet again: holy, holy, holy, until we meet again. Lord, make us more loving; Lord, make us more loving; Lord, make us more loving, until we meet again: loving, loving, loving, until we meet again…
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Lydia H. Sigourney • English
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Lord, may the spirit of this feast— The earnest of Thy love— Maintain a dwelling in our breast, Until we meet above. The healing sense of pardoned sin, The hope that never tires, The strength a pilgrim’s race to win, The joy that Heav’n inspires. Still may their light our duties…
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Henry Francis Lyte • English
Psalm 7
LORD, my God, in Thee I trust; Save, O save Thy trembling dust. From the roaring lion's pow'r, Seeking whom he may devour, From a thousand waves that roll Shipwreck o'er my sinking soul; God omnipotent, I flee From them all to Thee, to Thee. Thou my inmost wish can read, Thou can…
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Psalm 86
Lord, my petition heed, now help me in my need, my Savior be. I am your servant, Lord; my trust is in your word, mercy to me accord; Lord, hear my plea. Comfort your servant now, while at your throne I bow, for you are love. Your pard'ning grace is free; sinners who call in need…
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James Merrick (1765) • English
Psalm 28
LORD, my strength, to Thee I pray; Turn not Thou Thine ear away; Gracious to my vows attend, While the humble knee I bend. On Thy long-experienced aid See my hope for ever stay'd: Thou my shield, my fortress are; Thou the refuge of my heart. Grant me, LORD, Thy love to share, Fee…
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Ray Palmer (1858) • English
Genesis 18:25
Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb to search the starry vault profound; in vain would wing her flight sublime to find creation's utmost bound. But weaker yet that thought must prove to search thy great eternal plan, thy sov'reign counsels, born of love long ages ere the wo…
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Psalm 115
Lord, not to us, we claim no Share, but to thy sacred Name Give Glory, for thy Mercy's sake, and Truth's eternal Fame. Why should the Heathen cry, where's now the God whom we adore? Convince them that in Heav'n Thou art, and uncontroul'd thy Pow'r. Their Gods but Gold and Silver…
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Thomas Cradock • English
Psalm 67
Lord, on thy people let thy mercy mine, To us extend thy clemency divine; That to the world thy goodness may be known, That earth thy great beneficence may own; That thee the realms in joyous songs adore, And hymning congregations chant thy pow'r. Let ev'ry age exult with pious j…
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Psalm 8
LORD, our Lord, Your glorious name all Your wondrous works proclaim; In the heav'ns with radiant signs evermore Your glory shines. Infant voices chant Your praise, telling of Your glorious ways; Weakest means work out Your will, mighty enemies to still. Moon and stars in shining…
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James Montgomery (1833) • English
Psalm 132:9
Lord, pour thy Spirit from on high, and thine ordainèd servants bless; graces and gifts to each supply, and clothe thy priests with righteousness. Within thy temple when they stand, to teach the truth as taught by thee, Saviour, like stars in thy right hand, let all thy church’s…
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Psalm 6
Lord, rebuke me not in anger; Chastened sore I waste away; Pity my distress and hear me; Lord, how long wilt Thou delay? Come, O Lord, my soul deliver, In Thy loving-kindness save. Shall the dead Thy Name remember? Who shall praise Thee in the grave? Pity, Lord, my sad condition;…
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Charles Price Jones • English
Psalm 6
Lord, rebuke Thy servant not In thine anger fierce and hot, For Thy wrath I cannot bear, Pity me and hear my pray'r. Leave me not in deep distress, Look upon my helplessness; Abba Father, oh, I pray, Turn Thy heavy wrath away. My shortcomings I confess, But Thou art my righteousn…
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Charles Wesley • English
Matthew 15:22-28
LORD, regard my earnest Cry, A Potsherd of the Earth, A poor guilty Worm am I, A Canaanite by Birth : Save me from this Tyranny, From all the Power of Satan save, Mercy, Mercy upon me Thou Son of David have. Still Thou answerest not a Word To my repeated Prayer ; Hear Thy own Dis…
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Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock • English
1 Corinthians 13:12
Lord, remove the veil away, Let us see Thyself to-day! Thou who camest from on high, For our sins to bleed and die, Help us now to cast aside All that would our hearts divide; With the Father and the Son, Let Thy living Church be one. O, from earthly cares set free, Let us find o…
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Thomas Norton • English
Psalms 139-140
LORD, save me from the evil man, and from his pride and spite, And from all those also who do in violence delight; Who evermore on me make war, their tongues, lo, they have wet Like serpent; underneath their lips is adders' poison set. Keep me, O LORD, from wicked hands, preserve…
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John Barnard • English
Psalm 140
Lord, save me from the evil Man, And such as violent are. Who Mischief in their Hearts contrive, And daily meet for War. Like Serpents,they make sharp their Tongues, To hiss out Calumnies; Conceal'd, beneath their guileful Lips, The Adder's Poison lies. Keep me, O Lord, from wick…
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Psalm 54
Lord, save me, for thy glorious Name; and in thy Strength appear, To judge my Cause; accept my Pray'r, and to my Words give Ear. Mere Strangers, whom I never wrong'd, to ruin me design'd; And cruel Men, that fear no God, against my Soul combin'd. But God takes part with all my Fr…
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B. B. McKinney • English
Psalm 80:18
Send a revival, O Christ, my Lord, Let it go over the land and sea, Send it according to Thy dear Word, And let it begin in me. Lord, send a revival, Lord, send a revival, Lord, send a revival, And let it begin in me. Send a revival among Thine own, Help us to turn from our sins…
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M. W. Spencer • English
Isaiah 6:8
There is much to do, there's work on ev'ry hand, Hark! The cry for help comes ringing through the land; Jesus calls for reapers, I must active be, What wilt Thou, O Master? Here am I, send me. Here am I, (Here am I, send me, Lord, send me) Lord, Send me; (Here am I, send me, Lord…
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Thomas Gibbons • English
Psalm 72:7
Lord, send Thy word, and let it fly, Armed with thy Spirit's power; Ten thousand shall confess its sway, And bless the saving hour. Beneath the influence of Thy grace, The barren wastes shall rise, With verdure and with fruits arrayed, A blooming paradise. True holiness shall str…
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John Rippon • English
Mark 8:36
Lord, shall we part with gold for dross, With solid good for show? Out live our bliss and mourn our loss In everlasting woe? Let us not lose the living God, For one short dream of joy: With fond embrace cling to a clod, And fling all heav'n away. Vain world, thy weak attempts for…
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George W. Doane • English
John 6:68-69
Lord, should we leave Thy hallowed feet, To whom should we repair? Where else such holy comforts meet, As spring eternal there? Earth has no fount of true delight, No pure perennial stream; And sorrow's storm, and death's long night, Obscure life's brightest beam. Unmingled joys…
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Frances Ridley Havergal (1872) • English
Genesis 12:1-3
Lord, speak to me that I may speak In living echoes of your tone; As you have so't, so let me seek Your erring children, lost and lone. Oh, lead me, Lord, that I may lead The wand'ring and the wav'ring feet; Oh, feed me, Lord, that I may feed Your hung'ring ones with manna sweet.…
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D. W. Whittle • English
Luke 11:1
Lord, teach us how to pray, Inspire and strengthen faith; Upon these dull, cold hearts of clay, Send down a quick’ning breath. Lord, teach us how to pray, The Spirit now impart, That we, before Thy throne today, May come with perfect heart. Lord, teach us how to pray, Show us the…
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James Montgomery (1818) • English
Genesis 18:23-27
Lord, teach us how to pray aright, With rev'rence and with fear; Tho' dust and ashes in your sight, We may, we must draw near. We perish if we cease from pray'r; Oh! grant us pow'r to pray; And when to meet you we prepare, Lord, meet us by the way. Burdened with guilt, convinced…
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Psalm 88
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. Thou hast brought me down t…
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Martin Schalling • Catherine Winkworth • English
Psalm 18
Lord, thee I love with all my heart; I pray thee, ne'er from me depart, with tender mercy cheer me. Earth has no pleasure I would share; yea, heav'n itself were void and bare if thou, Lord, wert not near me. And should my heart for sorrow break, my trust in thee can nothing shake…
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Psalm 9
Lord, thee I'll praise with all my heart, thy wonders all proclaim. In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy, and sing unto thy name. When back my foes were turned, they fell, and perished at thy sight: For thou maintain'dst my right and cause; on throne sat'st judging right. The hea…
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Psalm 9
Lord, Thee I’ll praise with all my heart, And all Thy wondrous works proclaim; In Thee, O Thou Most High, I’ll joy And sing the praise of Thy great Name. I will joy, I will joy, And sing the praise of Thy great name, I will joy, I will joy, And sing the praise of Thy great name.…
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Psalm 63
Lord, thee my God, I'll early seek: my soul doth thirst for thee; My flesh longs in a dry parched land, wherein no waters be: That I thy power may behold, and brightness of thy face, As I have seen thee heretofore within thy holy place. Since better is thy love than life, my lips…
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Psalm 18
Lord thee my strength I'll dearly love: The Lord's my rock and refuge sure, My fortress, savior, God and shield, My rock, on whom I rest secure; My horn of safety, my high tower: Jehovah I will call on thee Who worthy to be praised art; So from my foes saved I shall be. Amazing s…
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Psalm 85
Lord, thine heart in love hath yearned on thy lost and fallen land; Israel's race is homeward turned, thou hast freed thy captive band. thou hast borne thy people's sin, covered all their deeds of ill; all thy wrath is gathered in, and thy burning anger still. Turn us, stay us, n…
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August Hermann Francke • Catherine Winkworth • English
1 Samuel 22:2
Lord, Thou art my Rock of Strength, And my home is in Thine arms; Thou wilt send me help at length, And I feel no wild alarms. Sin nor death can pierce the shield, Thy defence has o’er me thrown; Up to Thee myself I yield, And my sorrows are Thine own. When my trials tarry long,…
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Psalm 85
Lord, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land: Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people: Thou hast covered all their sin. Thou has taken away all Thy wrath: Thou hast turned Thyself from the fierceness of Thine anger. Turn us, O…
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Thomas H. Gill • English
Deuteronomy 33:27
Lord, you have been our dwelling-place in every generation; your people have received your grace, and blessed your consolation; through every age you heard our cry; through every age we found you nigh, our strength and our salvation. Persisting sins we long have wept, your patien…
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Psalm 90
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in generations all. Before thou ever hadst brought forth the mountains great or small; Ere ever thou hadst formed the earth, and all the world abroad; Ev'n thou from everlasting art to everlasting God. Thou dost unto destrüction man that is…
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Psalm 90
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place, a rest in tribulations, to us, thine own redeemed race, through all our generations. Thou, ere the mountains sprang to birth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth, art God from everlasting. Thou turnest man again to clay; by thee that doom…
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James Montgomery • English
Psalm 90
Lord, Thou hast been thy people’s rest Through all their generations, Their refuge when by danger prest, Their hope in tribulations; Thou, ere the mountains sprang to birth, Or ever Thou hadst form'd the earth, Art God from everlasting. The sons of men return to clay, When Thou t…
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Psalm 85
Lord, thou hast granted to thy Land the Favours we implor'd, And faithful Jacob's captive Race most graciously restor'd. Thy People's sins thou hast absolv'd, and all their Guilt defac'd: Thou hast not let thy Wrath flame on, nor thy fierce Anger last. O God our Saviour, all our…
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Psalm 85
LORD, thou hast granted to thy Land, The Favours we implor'd; To Freedom Jacob's captive Race, Most graciously thou hast retor'd. Thy People's Sins thou pardon'd hast, Nor doth thine Indignation last. O GOD of our Salvation turn Our Hearts to thee, to us speak Peace: Avert the Wr…
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Psalm 85
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. 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. O…
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Psalm 139
LORD, Thou hast searched me, and dost know where'er I rest, where'er I go; Thou knowest all that I have planned, and all my ways are in Thy hands. My words from Thee I cannot hide, I feel Thy pow'r on ev'ry side; O wondrous knowledge, awful might, unfathomed depth, unmeasured hei…
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Psalm 130
Lord, thou hast search’d me, and hast known my rising up and laying down; and from afar thy searching eye beholds my thoughts that secret lie. Thou know’st my path and lying down, and all my ways to thee are known; for in my tongue no word can be, but, lo! O Lord, ‘tis known to t…
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Robert D. Murray (1898) • English
Exodus 25:2
Lord, you love the cheerful giver, who with open heart and hand blesses freely, as a river that refreshes all the land. Grant us then the grace of giving with a spirit large and free, that our life and all our living we may consecrate to thee. We are thine, thy mercy sought us, f…
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Psalm 5
Lord, Thou shalt early hear my voice: I early will direct My prayer to Thee; and looking up, An answer will expect. For Thou art not a God that doth In wickedness delight; Neither shall evil dwell with Thee, Nor fools stand in Thy sight. But I into Thy house will come In Thine ab…
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Ray Palmer • English
Hebrews 4:9
Lord, Thou wilt bring the joyful day! Beyond earth’s weariness and pains, Thou hast a mansion far away, Where for Thine own a rest remains. No sun there climbs the morning sky, There never falls the shade of night, God and the Lamb, for ever nigh, O’er all shed everlasting light.…
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Psalm 17
Lord, through all the generations Of the children of our race, In our fears and tribulations, Thou hast been our dwelling-place. Ere the vast and wide creation By Thy word was cased to be, Or the mountains held their station, Thou art God eternally. Each succeeding generation At…
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Richard Mant (1837) • English
Psalm 103:1
Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven; Earth is with its fullness stored; Unto Thee be glory given, Holy, holy, holy, Lord. Heav'n is still with anthems ringing; Earth takes up the angels' cry, Holy, holy, holy, singing, Lord of hosts, Thou Lord most high. Ever thus in God's high prai…
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Mary Ann Sidebotham (1881) • English
Psalm 119:57-58
Lord, Thy mercy now entreating, Low before Thy throne we fall; Our misdeeds to Thee confessing, On Thy name we humbly call. Sinful thought and words unloving, Rise against us one by one; Acts unworthy, deeds unthinking, Good that we have left undone. Hearts that far from Thee wer…
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Sarah Geraldina Stock • English
Matthew 25:6
Lord, Thy ransomed Church is waking Out of slumber far and near, Knowing that the morn is breaking When the Bridegroom will appear; Waking up to claim the treasure With Thy precious life-blood bought, And to trust in fuller measure All Thy wondrous death hath wrought. Praise to T…
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H. W. Baker (1861) • English
Joshua 1:8
Lord, thy word abideth, and our footsteps guideth; who its truth believeth light and joy receiveth. When our foes are near us, then thy word doth cheer us, word of consolation, message of salvation. When the storms are o'er us, and dark clouds before us, then its light directeth,…
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Psalm 119
LORD, Thy word to me remember, Thou hast made me hope in Thee; this my comfort in affliction that Thy Word hath quickened me. Mocked by those who are unrighteous, still to Thy commands I cleave; thinking on Thy former judgments, help and comfort I receive. Wicked men Thy law fors…
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Psalm 25
Lord, to me Thy ways make known, Guide in truth and teach Thou me; Thou my Savior art alone, All the day I wait for Thee. Lord, remember in Thy love All Thy mercies manifold, Tender mercies from above, Changeless from the days of old. Sins of youth remember not, Nor my trespasses…
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Catherine Winkworth • English
Psalm 32:5
Lord, to you I make confession: I have sinned and gone astray; I have multiplied transgression, chosen for myself my way. Led by you to see my errors, Lord, I tremble at your terrors. Yet, though conscience' voice appall me, Father, I will seek your face. Though your child I dare…
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Edward A. Collier • English
Psalm 25
Lord, to Thee my soul is lifted; O my God, I trust in Thee; Let me not in shame be humbled, Nor my foes exult o'er me. Unto them no shame is known Who are waiting for Thy blessing; They are shamed and they alone, Without cause Thy law transgressing. Lord, Thy ways of love reveali…
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George Manwaring • English
Psalm 119:33-35
Lord, we ask thee ere we part, Bless the teachings of this day. Plant them deep in ev’ry heart, That with us they’ll ever stay. In the innocence of youth, We would all thy laws fulfill. Lead us in the way of truth. Give us strength to do thy will. Father, merciful and kind, While…
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Fanny J. Crosby • English
Psalm 55:17
Lord, we gather in Thy name; May we now Thy promise claim? Grant Thy presence from above, And fill our souls with love. While we come on bended knee, Looking up by faith to Thee, Thou, on whom we cast our care, Bless this hour of prayer. Welcome hour that softly brings Peace and…
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Thomas Kelly • English
Hebrews 4:16
Lord, we plead with thee for pardon; Who can need it more than we? Make us as a watered garden! Fruitful let thy people be; ’Tis thy pleasure That thy people live to thee. Keep us in a world of sorrow; When we call, O hear our prayer! Let us trust thee for the morrow, Free from b…
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Paul Henkel • English
Acts 14:17
Lord! we return our praise to thee, O! that we could but thankful be: The blessing of thy bounteous hand, Supplies the wants of ev'ry land. By thee, the Lord, our living head, Our mortal bodies now are fed, Thy mercy Lord, thy love and grace, Shall ever be our songs of praise.
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