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Philip Doddridge (1736) • English
Genesis 9:9
O God of Bethel, by whose hand thy people still are fed, who through this weary pilgrimage hast all our fathers led; Our vows, our prayers, we now present before thy throne of grace; God of our fathers, be the God of their succeeding race. Through each perplexing path of life our…
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G. K. Chesterton (1906) • English
Exodus 20:24
O God of earth and altar, bow down and hear our cry, our earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die; the walls of gold entomb us, the swords of scorn divide, take not thy thunder from us, but take away our pride. From all that terror teaches, from lies of tongue and pen, fro…
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John Julian (1883) • English
Psalm 43:3
O God of God! O Light of Light! Thou Prince of Peace, Thou King of kings, To Thee, where angels know no night, The song of praise forever rings: To Him Who sits upon the throne, The Lamb once slain for sinful men, Be honor, might; all by Him won; Glory and praise! Amen, Amen. Dee…
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Psalm 84
O God of hosts, the mighty Lord, how lovely is the place, where thou, enthroned in glory, showest the brightness of thy face! My longing soul faints with desire to view they blest abode; my panting heart and flesh cry out for thee, the living God. For in thy courts one single day…
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Philip Doddridge • English
Genesis 28:10-22
O God of Jacob, by whose hand Your people still are fed, Who through this weary pilgrimage A wav’ring Israel led: Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before Your throne of grace. O God of Jacob, be the God Of their succeeding race. Through each perplexing path of life Our wand’…
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H. W. Baker (1861) • English
Psalm 25:7
O God of love, O King of peace, Make wars throughout the world to cease; Our greed and violent ways restrain. Give peace, O God, give peace again. Remember, Lord, your works of old, The wonders that your people told; Remember not our sins' deep stain. Give peace, O God, give peac…
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William Vaughan Jenkins • English
Genesis 2:24
O God of love, to you we bow, and pray for these before you now, That closely knit in holy vow they may in you become as one. Whatever comes to be their share of quickening joy or burdening care, In power to do and grace to bear, may they in you remain as one. Eternal love, with…
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Randall T. Pittman • English
Leviticus 19:18
O God of love, whose heart is ever yearning that fixed on you our wayward thoughts may be, now grant us grace to live as in your presence, and help us all our erring ways to see. May love subdue the ill in every nation, and all to you as subjects bow the knee. O Father God, moved…
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Godfrey Thring (1877) • English
Deuteronomy 10:12
O God of mercy, God of light, in love and mercy infinite, teach us, as ever in your sight, to live our lives in you. You sent your Son to die for all, that our lost world might hear your call; oh, hear us lest we stray and fall! We rest our hope in you. Teach us the lesson Jesus…
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Thomas Cradock • English
Psalm 51
O God of mercy, view my pleading tears, And hear a contrite sinner's earnest pray'rs; My spotted soul from her defilements, clean; O wash me, cleanse me, from my crying sin; With shame, with anguish, I my crime confess; Abash'd, I own my horrid wickedness: 'Gainst thee I've sinn'…
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Emily Vernon Clark (1891) • English
Matthew 25:40
O God of mercy! hearken now: Before thy throne we humbly bow; With heart and voice to Thee we cry For all on earth who suffering lie. We seek Thee where Thou dwell'st on high, Beyond the glittering, starry sky: We find Thee where Thou dwell'st below Beside the beds of want and wo…
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Aaron W. Orwig • English
1 Thessalonians 5:23
O God of peace, Thee we implore On us Thy richest grace to pour, And wholly sanctify us now, As at the mercy-seat we bow. Our spirit, soul, and body, Lord, We offer up with one accord, And pray that these may blameless be, Until Thy presence we shall see. Faithful and able art Th…
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Thomas Hughes (1859) • English
Psalm 33:6
O God of truth, whose living word upholds whate’er hath breath, look down on thy creation, Lord, enslaved by sin and death. Set up thy standard, Lord, that we, who claim a heavenly birth, may march with thee to smite the lies that vex thy groaning earth. Ah, would we join that bl…
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Menno M. Brubacher (1926) • English
Mark 10:9
O God of wisdom, life and love, Thine is the blessed plan In holy bonds of love to join The twain, created man. These souls betrothed before Thee stand; Thy blessing we implore; Unite Thou them in heart and hand, And guide them ever more. As they go forth upon life's way, Sustain…
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Psalm 51:18
O God of Zion! from thy throne, Look with an eye of pity down; Thy church now humbly makes her prayer-- Thy church, the object of thy care. We are a building thou hast rais'd, How kind thy hand, that hand be prais'd: Yet all to utter ruin falls, If thou forsake our tott'ring wall…
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Reginald Heber • English
Isaiah 45:7
Oh God, that mad’st the earth and sky, The darkness and the day, Oh listen to Thy children’s cry, And help us when we pray! For wide the waves of bitterness Around our vessel roar, And heavy grows the burdened heart, To view the rocky shore. The cross our Master bore for us, For…
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Edward A. Collier • English
Psalm 68
O God, arise! and by Thy might Let all Thy foes be put to flight, With those that evil cherish: Drive them as smoke before Thine ire; As wax is molten by the fire, Let all that hate Thee perish. But let Thy saints with glad acclaim Sing praises to Thy holy Name, And cry with exul…
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Psalm 56
O God, be merciful, Be merciful to me, For man, with constant hate, Would fain my ruin see. My many enemies Against me proudly fight; To overwhelm my soul They watch from morn to night. What time I am afraid I put my trust in Thee; In God I rest, and praise His word, so rich and…
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Psalm 67
O God, be merciful to us, and bless us, in thy grace; and do thou cause to shine on us the brightness of thy face: that so thy way upon the earth to all men may be known; also among the nations all thy saving health be shown. Let people give thee praise, O God; let people all the…
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Leonard Bacon (1833) • English
Genesis 12:1
O God, beneath Thy guiding hand Our exiled fathers crossed the sea, And when they trod the wintry strand, With prayer and psalm they worshiped Thee. Thou heard'st, well pleased, the song, the prayer; Thy blessing came, and still its pow'r Shall onward through all ages bear The me…
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Charles Price Jones • English
Psalm 68:28
O God, command Thy people's strength, For power, Lord, we need To take away the fear of death, And make us free indeed. O Lord, for pow'r, we plead this hour, To make us free, and free indeed; That we each day, may keep Thy way, The power, Lord, we need. We pardon crave for ev'ry…
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St. Ambrose • English
Luke 10:25-37
O God, creation’s secret force, Yourself unmoved, all motion’s source, You, from the morn till evening's ray, Through all its changes guide the day: Grant us, when this short life is past, The glorious evening that shall last; That, by a holy death attained, Eternal glory may be…
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Salamo Franck • August Crull • English
Psalm 22:11
O God, forsake me not! Your gracious presence lend me; Lord, lead Your helpless child; Your Holy Spirit send me That I my course may run. O be my light, my lot, My staff, my rock, my shield-- O God, forsake me not! O God, forsake me not! Take not Your Spirit from me; Do not permi…
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Psalm 61
O God, give ear unto my cry; unto my prayer attend. From th' utmost corner of the land my cry to thee I'll send. What time my heart is overwhelmed, and in perplexity, Do thou me lead unto the Rock that higher is than I. For thou hast for my refuge been a shelter by thy pow'r; And…
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Psalm 55
O God, give Thou ear to my plea, And hide not Thyself from my cry; O hearken and answer Thou me, As restless and weary I sigh. O that I had wings like a dove, For then I would fly far away And seek for the rest that I love, Where trouble no more could dismay. Nay, soul, call on g…
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E. Embree Hoss (1905) • English
Genesis 17:7
O God, great Father, Lord and King, our children unto you we bring. We come in faith and hope and love; we dare your steadfast word to prove. Your covenant blessing did of old our parents and their seed enfold. That ancient promise stands secure and shall while heaven and earth e…
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Psalm 73
O God, how good Thou art to all the pure of heart, though life seems vain; burdened with anxious care, I groped in dark despair, till in Thy house of prayer all was made plain. Ever, O Lord, with Thee, all shall be well with me, held by Thy hand; and Thou wilt guide my feet by Th…
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Caroline A. Mason • English
Psalm 89:1-2
O God, I thank Thee for each sight Of beauty that Thy hand doth give; For sunny skies and air and light; O God, I thank Thee that I live. That life I consecrate to Thee, And ever as the day is born, On wings of joy my soul would flee, And thank Thee for another morn. Another day…
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Psalm 79
O God, into thy heritage the heathen entrance made; thy holy place they have defiled, on heaps Jerusalem laid. Thy servants' bodies they have cast to fowls of heaven for meat; and of thy saints have thrown the flesh to beasts of earth to eat. Their blood about Jerusalem like wate…
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Charles Wesley (1749) • English
Joel 2:11
O God, mine inmost soul convert, And deeply on my thoughtful heart Eternal things impress; Give me to feel their solemn weight, And save me ere it be too late; Wake me to righteousness. Before me place in dread array The pomp of that tremendous day, When Thou with clouds shalt co…
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Psalm 77
O God, most holy are your ways, and who like you deserves my praise? You only do such wondrous things, the whole wide world your glory sings; your outstretched arm your people saved, though sore distressed and long enslaved. O God, from you the waters fled, the depths were moved…
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Psalm 63
O God, my gracious God, to Thee My mourning prayers shall offer'd be, For Thee my thirsty soul doth pant; My fainting flesh implores Thy grace, As in a dry and barren place Where I refreshing waters want. O to my longing eyes once more That view of glorious power restore, Which T…
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Psalm 57:7-11
O God, my heart is fix'd, 'tis bent, Its thankful tribute to present; And, with my heart, my voice I'll raise To Thee, my God, in songs of praise. Awake, my glory; harp and lute, No longer let your strings be mute: And I, my tuneful part to take, Will with the early dawn awake. T…
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John Barnard • English
Psalm 108
O God, my heart is fixed; My tongue shall sing thy praise, Awake both psaltery, and harp; Myself I'll early raise. Among the people, Lord, I'll praise thy glorious name; And to the nations round about, I'll sing, and spread thy fame. Thy mercy, Lord, the heavens Thy truth, the cl…
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Psalm 108
O GOD, my heart is fully bent To magnify Your name; My tongue with cheerful songs of praise Shall celebrate Your fame. To all the listening tribes, O LORD, Your wonder I will tell; And to those nations sing Your praise That round round about us dwell. Because Your mercy's boundle…
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Psalm 108
O GOD, my Heart is fully bent, To magnify thy glorious Name; My Tongue with chearful Songs of praise Shall strive to celebrate thy Fame. Awake, my Lute; nor thou, my Harp, Thy dulcet warbling Notes delay; Whilst I with early Hymns of Joy Prevent the Dawning of the Day. To all the…
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John Barnard • English
Psalm 4
O God, my righteousness who art, Whene'er I call, give ear; Thou hast enlarged me when distressed, Have mercy, now, and hear. Ye sons of men, how long will ye My glory turn to shame? How long will ye love vanity And me with lies defame? But know, the Lord hath set apart The Godly…
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Thomas Sternhold (1549) • English
Psalm 18
O God, my strength and fortitude, of force I must love thee; thou art my castle and defense in my necessity. When I sing praise unto the Lord, most worthy to be served, then from my foes I am right sure that I shall be preserved. The Lord shall light my candle so that it shall sh…
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Psalm 83
O God, no longer hold Thy peace, no longer silent be; Thy enemies lift up their head to fight Thy saints and Thee. Against Thy own, whom Thou dost love, their craft Thy foes employ; they think to cut Thy people off, Thy people would destroy. Thy ancient foes, conspiring still, wi…
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Isaac Watts (1719) • English
Genesis 1:2-10
Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home: Under the shadow of your throne Your saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is your arm alone, And our defense is sure. Before the hills in order stood Or Earth rece…
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Psalms 15-16
O God, preserve me, for in you Alone my trust has stood; My soul has said, you are my Lord. My chief and only good. I love your saints, who fear your Name And walk as in your sight; They are the excellent of Earth, In them is my delight. The Lord is my inheritance, The Lord alone…
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Psalm 16
O GOD, preserve me; I on thee depend, Thou art my LORD, O grant me thy Protection; My Goodness doth not unto thee extend, Nor ever can arrive at such Perfection: But to thy Saints, who all on Earth excelling, Are my Delight, with whom I chuse my dwelling. To wicked Men, who other…
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Psalm 61
O God, regard my humble plea; I cannot be so far from Thee but Thou wilt hear my cry; when I by trouble am distressed, then lead me on the Rock to rest that higher is than I. In Thee my soul hath shelter found, and Thou hast been from foes around the tow'r to which I flee. Within…
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Psalm 67
O God, show us your mercy and bless us with your grace; and cause to shine upon us the brightness of your face, that so your way most holy on earth may soon be known, and unto ev'ry people your saving grace be shown. Let all the peoples praise you, let all the nations sing; in ev…
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William W. Phelps • English
Isaiah 53:2-5
O God, th’Eternal Father, Who dwells amid the sky, In Jesus’ name we ask thee To bless and sanctify, If we are pure before thee, This bread and cup of wine, That we may all remember That offering divine— That sacred, holy off’ring, By man least understood, To have our sins remitt…
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Psalm 79
O God, the heathen enter’d have thine heritage; by them Defiled is thy house: on heaps they laid Jerusalem. The bodies of thy servants they have cast forth to be meat To rav’nous fowls; thy dear saints’ flesh they gave to beasts to eat. Their blood about Jerusalem like water they…
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Psalm 79
O God the heathen entred have Thine heritance, defil'd Thine holy temple, they on heaps Jerusalem have pil'd. Thy servants bodies that are dead They given have for meat To fowls of heav'n, to beast of th' earth Flesh of thy saints to eat. Their blood they have forth poured round…
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Edward Henry Bickersteth (1860) • English
1 Chronicles 29:15
O God, the Rock of Ages, who evermore hast been, what time the tempest rages, our dwelling place serene: before thy first creations, O Lord, the same as now, to endless generations the Everlasting Thou! Our years are like the shadows on sunny hills that lie, or grasses in the mea…
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James Montgomery (1822) • English
Psalms 62-63
O God, thou art my God alone; early to thee my soul shall cry, a pilgrim in a land unknown, a thirsty land whose springs are dry. Yet through this rough and thorny maze I follow hard on thee, my God; thy hand unseen upholds my ways; I safely tread where thou hast trod. Thee in th…
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John Barnard • English
Psalm 63
O God thou art my gracious God, I'll early seek thy face; My soul doth thirst, my flesh doth long, For thy refreshing grace; As in a dry, and thirsty land, Where waters rare have been; Thy power and glory, to behold As in thy courts I've seen. Because thy love doth life excel, My…
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St. Columba • Duncan Macgregor • English
Psalm 2:6
O God, thou art the Father of all that have believed: from whom all hosts of angels have life and power received. O God, thou art the maker of all created things, the righteous Judge of judges, the almighty King of kings. High in the heavenly Zion thou reignest God adored; and in…
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Johann Heermann (1630) • Catherine Winkworth (1858) • English
1 Kings 3:5
O God, my faithful God, O Fountain ever flowing, who good and perfect gifts in mercy are bestowing, give me a healthy frame, and may I have within a conscience free from blame, a soul unhurt by sin. Grant me the strength to do with ready heart and willing whatever you command, my…
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C. H. Spurgeon • English
Psalm 60
O God, You have cast off Your saints; Thy face You do in anger hide; And lo, the church for terror faints, While breaches all her walls divide! Hard things You have upon us laid, And made us drink most bitter wine, But still Thy banner we’ve display'd, And borne aloft the truth d…
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Psalm 60
O God thou hast rejected us and scattered us abroad: Thou hast displeased been with us, Return to us, O God. The land to tremble thou hast caus'd, Thou it asunder brake: Do thou the breaches of it heal, For it doth moving shake. Thou hast thy people caus'd to see Things that are…
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Frederick W. Faber • English
Psalm 62:11-12
O God, Thy power is wonderful, Thy glory passing bright; Thy wisdom, with its deep on deep, A rapture to the sight. I see Thee in th’eternal years In glory all alone, Ere round Thine uncreated fires Created light had shone. I see Thee walk in Eden’s shade, I see Thee all through…
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John Barnard • English
Psalm 51
O God, to me let mercy flow, For thou delight'st in acts of grace; Thy many tender mercies show; And all my trespasses erase. Me thoroughly wash from all my stains; And from my guilt me purify. I own my fault; my sin remains, With piercing grief, before mine eye. I've sinned agai…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 94
O God, to whom revenge belongs, Proclaim thy wrath aloud; Let sovereign power redress our wrongs, Let justice smite the proud. They say, "The Lord nor sees nor hears:" When will the fools be wise? Can he be deaf who formed their ears? Or blind, who made their eyes? He knows their…
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Psalm 94
Vengeance belongs to thee, O GOD, Thy Justice now disclose; Arise, thou Judge of all the Earth, And crush thy haughty Foes: How long, O LORD, shall sinful Men, Their solemn Triumphs make? How long their wicked Actions boast, And insolently speak? Not only they thy Saints oppress,…
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Edward Osler (1836) • English
Exodus 33:12-23
O God, unseen yet ever near, thy presence may we feel; and, thus inspired with holy fear, before thine altar kneel. Here may thy faithful people know the blessings of thy love, the streams that through the desert flow, the manna from above. We come, obedient to thy word, to feast…
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James Montgomery • English
Genesis 16:13
O God, unseen, but not unknown, Thine eye is ever fix'd on me; I dwell beneath Thy secret throne, Encompass'd by Thy Deity. Throughout this universe of space, To nothing am I long allied, For flight of time and change of place, My strongest, dearest bonds divide. Parents I had, b…
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Claudia McConnell • English
Psalm 103
O God, we lift our hearts to Thee, May praise be not in vain; Teach us to humbly follow Thee, Thy blessings on us rain. Let not our praise be just a form, But from our souls ring true; Banish the pow'r of Satan's arm, Our thoughts of Thee be pure. Help us to others be more kind,…
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St. Ambrose • English
2 Kings 10:19
O God, we praise thee and confess that thou the only Lord and everlasting Father art, by all the earth adored. To thee all angels cry aloud; to thee the pow'rs on high, both cherubim and seraphim, continually do cry. O holy, holy, holy Lord, whom heav'nly hosts obey, the world is…
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Howard J. Conover • English
1 Timothy 2:1-2
O God, we pray for all mankind, The nations far astray; We plead that all Thy grace may find, In this Thy gracious day, In this Thy gracious day. Thou knowest, Lord, man’s sinful state, The source of human woe, His evil heart, his greed and hate, But whither can he go? But whithe…
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Psalm 44
O God, we with our ears have heard, our fathers have us told, What works thou in their days hadst done, ev'n in the days of old. Thy hand did drive the heathen out, and plant them in their place; Thou didst afflict the nätions, but them thou didst increase. For neither got their…
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Psalm 68:7-16
O God, what time thou didst go forth before thy people’s face; and when through the great wilderness thy glorious marching was; Then at God’s presence shook the earth, then drops from heaven fell; this Sinai shook before the Lord, the God of Israel. O God, thou to thine heritage…
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Psalm 60
O God, who hast our troops dispers'd, Forsaking those who left thee first; As we thy just displeasure mourn, To us in mercy, Lord, return. Our strength, that firm as earth did stand, Is rent by thy avenging hand: O! heal the breaches thou hast made; We shake, we fall, without thy…
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Richard Frederick Littledale • English
Psalm 107:23-30
O God, who metest in Thine hand The waters of the mighty sea, And barrest ocean with the sand By Thy perpetual decree: What time the floods lift up their voice And break in anger on the shore, When deep to deep calls with the noise Of waterspouts and billows’ roar; When they who…
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Psalm 109
O God, Whom I delight to praise, To Thee my cry for help I raise; Be Thou my friend and advocate when foes assail with bitter hate. Against me slanderous words are flung From many a false and lying tongue; Without cause men hurl at me The shafts of deadly enmity. My good with evi…
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Psalm 109
O God, whose former mercies make My constant praise thy due, Hold not thy peace, but my sad state with wonted favours view. For sinful men, with lying lips, Deceitful speeches frame, And with their study'd slanders seek To wound my spotless fame. Their restless hatred prompts the…
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N. L. Frothingham • English
1 Thessalonians 2:19
O God, whose presence glows in all Within, around us, and above! Thy word we bless, Thy name we call, Whose word is Truth, whose name is Love. That truth be with the heart believed Of all who seek this sacred place; With power proclaimed, in peace received, Our spirit’s light, Th…
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Harwicke Drummond Rawnsley (1922) • English
Psalm 103:2-5
O God, whose will is life and good for all of mortal breath, unite in bonds of servanthood all those who strive with death. Make strong their hands and hearts and wills to drive disease afar, to strive against the body's ills and wage your healing war. By healing of the sick and…
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William Allen • English
Psalm 74
O God, why hast thou cast us off? is it for evermore? Against thy pasture-sheep why doth thine anger smoke so sore? O call to thy rememberance thy congregätion, Which thou hast purchasèd of old; still think the same upon: The rod of thine inheritance, which thou redeemèd hast, Th…
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John Oxenham • English
Romans 2:11
O God, within whose sight All men have equal right To worship Thee, Break every bar that holds Thy flock in diverse folds; Thy will from none withholds Full liberty. Lord, set Thy churches free From foolish rivalry. Lord, make all free! Let all past bitterness Now and forever cea…
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Charles A. Dickinson • English
Matthew 23:8
O golden day, so long desired, Born of a darksome night, The waiting earth at last is fired By Thy resplendent light. And hark! the promised heav'nly chord Is heard from sea to sea: This song: One Master, Christ the Lord And brethren all are we. The noises of the night shall ceas…
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Thomas Cradock • English
Psalm 144
O gracious God, thy glorious name be prais'd! 'Tis thou that oft my drooping soul hast rais'd; By thee inspir'd, what wonders I've perform'd, What armies routed, and what rampiers storm'd? That life, that health, that manly vigour's mine, That I with bright unsullied honours shin…
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Thomas Cradock • English
Psalm 10
O gracious God, why standest thou afar? Why not thy poor afflicted servant hear? The impious atheist persecutes the just; His own insidious arts he makes his trust: Shall he his vile insidious arts enjoy, And wilt not thou the villain brood destroy? See, how he glories in his wil…
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Arthur T. Russell (1848) • English
Psalm 126:5-6
O gracious Hand that freely gives The fruit of earth our toil to bless! O Love, by which the sinner lives, O let our tongue that love confess! Our God for all our need provides; His sun alike o'er all doth shine; From none His glorious beams He hides; So rich, so free, His love d…
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John Gambold • English
Acts 15:6
O grant Thy servants, thro' Thy grace, An understanding heart, Thy dealings with Thy Church to trace, And counsel to impart. With heav'nly wisdom us endow; Thy peace, O may we feel; A ready mind on us bestow, To do Thy holy will. Thus, by Thy gracious Spirit blest, Supported by T…
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Lawrence Tuttiett (1864) • English
Psalm 43:3
O grant us light, that we may know The wisdom Thou alone canst give; That truth may guide where'er we go, And virtue bless where'er we live. O grant us light, that we may see Where error lurks in human lore. And turn our doubting minds to Thee, And love Thy simple word the more.…
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Psalm 89
Oh, greatly blest the people are the joyful sound that know; in brightness of thy face, O Lord, they ever on shall go. They in thy name shall all the day rejoice exceedingly; and in thy righteousness shall they exalted be on high. For God is our defence; and he to us doth safety…
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