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Charles Wesley • English
2 Kings 22:19
Oh, for that tenderness of heart, That bows before the Lord; That owns how just and good thou art, And trembles at thy word. Oh, for those humble, contrite tears, Which from repentance flow; That sense of guilt which, trembling, fears The long-suspended blow! Saviour! to me, in p…
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Charles Wesley • English
Romans 8:26
Jesus, my Advocate above, My Friend before the throne of love, If now for me prevails thy prayer, If now I find thee pleading there, Do thou the secret wish convey That prompts my wayward heart to pray; Hear, and my weak petition join, Almighty Advocate, to thine. Jesus, my heart…
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Charles Wesley • English
Isaiah 58:6
Oh, that I could repent! Oh, that I could believe! Thou, by thy voice, the marble rent, The rock in sunder cleave! Thou, by thy two-edge sword, My soul and spirit part; Strike with the hammer of thy word, And break my stubborn heart. Saviour, and Prince of peace, The double grace…
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Charles Wesley • English
Isaiah 66:2
Jesus, let Thy pitying eye Call back a wandering sheep; False to Thee, like Peter, I Would fain, like Peter, weep; Let me be by grace restored, On me be all long-suffering shown; Turn, and look upon me, Lord, And break my heart of stone. Saviour, Prince, enthrone above, Repentanc…
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Charles Wesley • English
Isaiah 66:2
O that I could repent! With all my idols part; And to thy gracious eye present An humble contrite heart! A heart with grief opprest, For having griev'd my God; A troubled heart that cannot rest Till sprinkled with thy blood! Jesus on me bestow, The penitent desire; With true sinc…
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George Richards • English
Matthew 4:23
O Christ, what gracious words, Are ever, ever thine; Thy voice is music to the soul, And life and peace divine. Good, everlasting good, Glad tidings full of joy, Flow from thy lips, the lips of truth, And flow without alloy. The broken heart, the poor, The bruis'd, the deaf, the…
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Daniel S. Warner (1893) • English
2 Timothy 3:16
O precious Bible! burning words from heaven, We’ll ever cherish thee in our heart; Sweet is the counsel by thy pages given: On life’s dark ocean, our only chart. Blessed Bible! Blessed Bible! Joyful tidings from our home; Thou art the rock of everlasting ages; Hope of eternal bli…
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Fanny Crosby • English
Ezekiel 34:26
O the blessings we receive, When on Jesus we believe, And are walking in the Spirit day by day; When His word is our delight, And our path is growing bright, While by faith we learn to trust Him and obey. O praise the Lord, for He is good; O praise the Lord, our God above, For He…
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MacLeod Wylie • English
1 Peter 1:19
The blood has always precious been, ’Tis precious now to me; Through it alone my soul has rest, From fear and doubt set free. Oh, wondrous is the crimson tide Which from my Savior flowed, And still in Heav’n my song shall be, The precious, precious, blood. I will remember now no…
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Anna B. Hoppe (1920) • English
Isaiah 7:14
Precious Child, so sweetly sleeping In a virgin’s fond embrace, Heav’nly hosts their watch are keeping O’er Thy humble dwelling place; Blest Messiah, new-born King, Let my heart its tribute bring. Anthems joyous now are ringing In the skies of Bethlehem; Angels their sweet song a…
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Samuel Medley • English
2 Peter 1:1
Jesus, my hope, while here below, My all in life and death, Thou only canst on me bestow The gift of precious faith; All that I need thou hast to give, For so thy promise saith; Then grant me, Lord, on thee to live A life of precious faith. Though fears and snares, by day and nig…
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Jennie Wilson • English
Galatians 6:8
While the days be going, for the Lord be sowing, Tho' the seed may often seem to fall in vain; After toil and weeping comes the joy of reaping, By and by we’ll gather sheaves of golden grain. Sowing, ever sowing, while the days are going; Tho' the seed may often seem to fall in v…
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Avis B. Christiansen • English
Exodus 33:22
I was straying when Christ found me In the night so dark and cold; Tenderly His arm went around me, And He bore me to His fold. Precious hiding place, Precious hiding place, In the shelter of His love; Not a doubt or fear, Since my Lord is near, And I'm sheltered in His love. Wit…
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Barney Elliott Warren • English
2 Thessalonians 1:7
Sweet rest in Jesus, Home of the soul, Growing more precious, While ages shall roll. Home, home, Home for all the blest; Home, home, Precious home of rest. Sweet rest in Jesus, While here we stay; And He’s prepared us A home far away. Sweet rest in Jesus, Home in the skies— It mu…
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William Gadsby • English
Hebrews 11:26
Precious Jesus! must it be, Is it thy all-wise decree, That afflictions must attend Zion to her journey’s end? Must the heirs of endless bliss Travel through a wilderness, And, by savage beasts of prey, Be tormented night and day? Yes, affliction is their lot; Earth is a polluted…
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Ada Blenkhorn • English
1 John 4:19
How sweet is the love of Jesus! ‘Tis dearer than life to me, Than costliest pearl more precious, And O, I am glad ‘tis free. Precious love of Jesus, Changeless, pure and free; Precious love of Jesus That He freely giveth me. In sorrow it is my comfort, In trouble it is my stay; W…
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Lonnie B. Combs • English
John 14:18
Precious mem'ries, unseen angels, Sent from somewhere to my soul; How they linger, ever near me, And the sacred past unfold. Precious mem'ries, how they linger, How they ever flood my soul; In the stillness of the midnight, Precious, sacred scenes unfold. Precious father, loving…
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Nathaniel Niles • English
Psalm 32:8
Precious promise God hath given To the weary passer-by, All the way from earth to Heaven; I will guide thee with mine eye. I will guide thee, I will guide thee, I will guide thee with mine eye; All the way from earth to Heaven, I will guide thee with mine eye. When temptations al…
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Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth • English
2 Peter 1:4
There are precious promises, Rays of heav’nly light, Shining on our pathway here, Breaking through the night. O the precious promises! Take them while you may; Great and precious promises, Free and full today. There are precious promises, Riches all divine, Gems of rarest beauty…
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H. R. Palmer • English
Psalm 145:8-21
Precious Savior, dear Redeemer, Thy sweet message now impart. May thy Spirit, pure and fervid, Enter ev’ry timid heart; Carry there the swift conviction, Turning back the sinful tide. Precious Savior, dear Redeemer, May each soul in thee abide. Precious Savior, dear Redeemer, We…
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Charles Price Jones • English
Ephesians 3:19
Precious Saviour, I implore Thee, All Thy fullness now impart; Keep Thy love-wings hovered o'er me, Dwell Thyself within my heart. Precious Saviour, precious Saviour, All my treasure, Lord, Thou art. In Thy favor, in Thy favor, My poor longing heart assure. Precious Saviour, prec…
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M. L. Tilden • English
Psalm 139:17
To the cross of Christ I cling; Tho’ but faint my faith may be, Yet this tho’t doth comfort bring: Jesus holdeth me. Holdeth me, He holdeth me; Tho’ but faint my hold may be, Yet this tho’t doth comfort bring: Jesus holdeth me. Low at Jesus’ feet I plead; Broken tho’ my prayer ma…
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Loula K. Rogers • English
Romans 1:16
Precious forever! oh, wonderful words, Teach me the pathway of duty; Lead me beside the still waters of life, Flowing thro' valleys of beauty. Precious forever to you and to me, Words that our Savior has spoken, Bearing salvation far over the sea, Healing the hearts that are brok…
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Bertha Mason • English
Matthew 5:8
Precious words that Jesus said, When on earth He taught so kindly; Blest the pure in heart, said He, For their eyes the Lord shall see. O the precious words of Jesus That on earth He so kindly taught; May we love and hallow every one, May we prize them as we ought. Blessed they i…
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Augustus Toplady • English
Matthew 24:14
Prepare me, gracious God, To stand before thy face; Thy Spirit must the work perform, For it is all of grace. In Christ’s obedience clothe, And wash me in his blood; So shall I lift my head with joy Among the sons of God. Do thou my sins subdue; Thy sovereign love make known, The…
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Isaiah 40:1-5
Prepare the way of the Lord. Prepare the way of the Lord, And all people will see the salvation of our God.
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Frans Mikael Franzen (1812) • Agustus Nelson • English
Psalm 24:7-10
Prepare the way, O Zion! Ye awful deeps, rise high; Sink low, ye lofty mountains, The Lord is drawing nigh; The righteous King of glory, Foretold in sacred story. O blest is he that came In God the Father's Name! O Zion, he approaches, Your Lord and King for aye; Strew palms wher…
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James H. Stanley • English
Amos 4:12
Careless soul, why will you linger, Wand’ring from the fold of God? Hear you not the invitation? O prepare to meet thy God. Careless soul, O heed the warning, For your life will soon be gone; O how sad to face the judgment, Unprepared to meet thy God. Why so tho'tless are you sta…
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Charles Wesley • English
Revelation 16:17
Woe to the men on earth who dwell, Nor dread th' Almighty's frown, When God doth all his wrath reveal, And shower his judgments down. Sinners, expect those heaviest showers; To meet your God, prepare! For, lo! the seventh angel pours His vial on the air. Lo! from their seats the…
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J. Hart • English
Revelation 6:16
Behold! with awful pomp The Judge prepares to come; The archangel sounds the dreadful trump, And wakes the general doom. Nature in wild amaze, Her dissolution mourns; Blushes of blood the moon deface; The sun to darkness turns. The living look with dread; The frighted dead arise,…
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Thomas Cotterill • English
2 Chronicles 30:18
Prepare us, Lord, to view thy cross, Who all our griefs hast borne; To look on thee, whom we have pierced To look on thee and mourn. While thus we mourn, we would rejoice, And as thy cross we see, Let each exclaim, in faith and hope, "The Saviour died for me!"
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Isaiah 40:3-5
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, prepare ye the way of the Lord.
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George Richards • English
Luke 2:22
All hail, thou great first born, The holy head of man! What floods of grace roll on to view, In mercy's glorious plan! The fulness mankind are: The temple, Lord, art thou: Thy body comprehends the whole Of Adam's tribes below. In thee, presented pure Before the throne of God, All…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 121
To heav'n I lift my waiting eyes, There all my hopes are laid: The Lord that built the earth and skies Is my perpetual aid. Their steadfast feet shall never fall, Whom he designs to keep; His ear attends the softest call; His eyes can never sleep. He will sustain our weakest pow'…
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Thomas Cradock • English
Psalm 15
Preserve me, Lord--on thy blest pow'r relies My fervent soul, and to thy goodness flies. Yet not to thee my faithful works extend; Weak tho' I am, an aiding hand I'll lend To those dear saints, in virtue that excel, Their hope, their joy, their pride, with thee to dwell. But hapl…
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Francis Hopkinson • English
Psalm 140
Preserve me, Lord, from crafty foes Of base and treacherous intent; And from the sons of violence, On strive and open mischief bent. Their sland'ring tongue the serpent's sting, Though keen, in sharpness does exceed: Between their lips the gall of asps And adder's mortal venom br…
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Psalm 140
Preserve me, Lord, from crafty Foes of treacherous Intent; And from the Sons of Violence, on open Mischief bent. Their sland'ring Tongues the Serpent's Sting in sharpness does exceed: Between their Lips the Gall of Asps and Adders Venom breed. Preserve me, Lord, from wicked Hands…
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Thomas Cradock • English
Psalm 140
Preserve me, Lord, from that insidious croud, Those cruel foes, who've long my death pursued, Who mischiefs 'gainst me constantly prepare, Threaten my ruin, and denounce a war: Whose tongues their deadly slanders scatter round, And far more deeply than a viper wound: Defend me fr…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 16
Preserve me, Lord, in time of need; For succor to thy throne I flee, But have no merits there to plead: My goodness cannot reach to thee. Oft have my heart and tongue confest How empty and how poor I am; My praise can never make thee blest, Nor add new glories to thy name. Yet, L…
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Fanny J. Crosby • English
Deuteronomy 31:6
Press forward, O soldiers, with banner and shield; The Lord is our helper, the world is our field; With courage advancing, our strength in Hi might, Let this be our watchword: ‘For God and the right.’ Then stand for the right, Firmly stand for the right; And this be our watchword…
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Barney Elliott Warren (1897) • English
Philippians 3:14
Press on, my brother, sister, And face the deadly foe; Through Jesus Christ we’ll conquer, While trav’ling here below. Press on, press on, Says Christ, our loving Friend; Press on, press on, “I’m with thee to the end.” Press on, and let thy failings A blessing to thee prove; No w…
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Barney Elliott Warren (1900) • English
Romans 8:37
Forward, forward, is the battle cry, Onward, onward, to our home on high; We will conquer for the Lord or die, The foe’s retreating, press the battle on. Strengthened by the mighty pow’r of heaven, We shall conquer, we shall conquer; Till the raging foe afar is driven, Press the…
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Horatius Bonar • English
Hebrews 4:9
This is the day of toil Beneath earth's sultry noon; This is the day of service true, But resting cometh soon. Spend and be spent would we, While lasteth time's brief day; No turning back in coward fear, No ling'ring by the way. Onward we press in haste, Upward our journey still;…
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Angelus Silesius • John Wesley • English
Psalm 73:26
I thank thee, uncreated Sun, That thy bright beams on me have shined; I thank thee, who hast overthrown My foes and healed my wounded mind; I thank thee, whose enlivening voice Bids my freed heart in thee rejoice. Uphold me in the doubtful race, Nor suffer me again to stray; Stre…
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Juan Bautista Cabrera • Spanish
Psalm 103:6-14
Preste oídos el humano A la voz del Salvador; Regocijese el que siente El pecado abrumador: Ya resuena el Evangelio De la tierra en la ancha faz. Y de gracia ofrece al hombre El perdón, consuelo y paz. Vengan todos los que sufran, Los que sientan hambre o sed, Los que débiles se…
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J. Hart • English
Proverbs 29:23
Innumerable foes, Attack the child of God; He feels within the weight of sin, A grievous, galling load. Temptations, too, without, Of various kinds, assault; Sly snares beset his travelling feet, And make him often halt. From sinner and from saint He meets with many a blow; His o…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 49
Why doth the man of riches grow To insolence and pride, To see his wealth and honors flow With every rising tide? Why doth he treat the poor with scorn, Made of the self-same clay, And boast as though his flesh was born Of better dust than they? Not all his treasures can procure…
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Charles Wesley • English
Isaiah 49:14-16
Entered the holy place above, covered with meritorious scars, the tokens of his dying love our great high-priest in glory bears, he pleads his passion on the tree, he shows himself to God for me. Before the throne my Saviour stands, my friend and advocate appears; my name is grav…
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Philip Doddridge • English
Exodus 28:29
Now let our cheerful eyes survey Our great High-Priest above, And celebrate his constant care And sympathetic love. Though raised to heaven's exalted throne, Where angels bow around, And high o'er all the hosts of light, With matchless honors crowned-- The names of all his saints…
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George Richards • English
Isaiah 9:6
Jesus, thou Prince, thou King of peace, And King of glory too; O be thy blessed name ador'd, By Gentile and by Jew. For Isr'el's tribes—for us, O Lord, Eternal peace is made. Our pardon's seal'd—'tis seal'd with blood, The blood of Christ, our head: Nor ours alone—the head of man…
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Psalm 119:161-168
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Great peace have the…
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Charles Wesley (1742) • English
Job 33:6
Let earth and Heaven agree, Angels and men be joined, To celebrate with me The Saviour of mankind; To adore the all-atoning Lamb, And bless the sound of Jesus’ name. Jesus, transporting sound, The joy of earth and Heaven; No other help is found, No other name is given By which we…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 119
You are my portion, O my God! Soon as I know your way, my heart makes haste t'obey your word, and I will not delay. The testimonies of your grace I set before my eyes; I there derive my daily strength, and there my comfort lies. If I have wandered from your path, I'll think upon…
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George W. McMillan • English
Matthew 16:26
Here is a question up to all on the earth, Time will unfold to young and old, What will your profit or your fortune be worth, To gain all this world, then lose your soul? What will be your profit, To gain all this world, then lose your soul? What will be your profit, To gain all…
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Psalm 119
Thy promised mercies send to me, Thy great salvation, LORD; so shall I answer those who scoff; my trust is in Thy word. My hope is in Thy judgment, LORD; take not Thy truth from me, and in Thy law forevermore my daily walk shall be. And I will walk at liberty because Thy truth I…
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Psalm 119:31-36
Let thy sweet mercies also come and visit me, O Lord; Ev'n thy benign salvätion, according to thy word. So shall I have wherewith I may give him an answer just, Who spitefully reproacheth me; for in thy word I trust. The word of truth out of my mouth take thou not utterly; For on…
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Epigmenio Velasco • Spanish
John 9:4
Pronto la noche viene, Tiempo es de trabajar; Los que lucháis por Cristo, No hay que descansar Cuando la vida es sueño Gozo, vigor, salud Y es la mañana hermosa De la juventud. Pronto la noche viene, Tiempo es de trabajar; Para salvar al mundo Hay que batallar, Cuando la vida alc…
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K. (1787) • English
2 Peter 1:20-21
The Bible is justly esteem'd The glory supreme of the land, Which shows how a sinner's redeem'd, And brought to JEHOVAH'S right hand. With pleasure we freely confess The Bible all books does outshine, But JESUS his person and grace, Affords it that lustre divine. In every prophet…
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Samuel Davies • English
1 Peter 2:7
Jesus, how precious is thy name; The great Jehovah's darling, thou! O let me catch the immortal flame, With which angelic bosoms glow! Since angels love thee, I would love, And imitate the bless'd above. My prophet, thou, my heavenly guide, Thy sweet instructions I will hear: The…
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D. S. Warner • English
Zechariah 14:7
’Twas sung by the poets, foreseen in the spirit, A time of refreshing is near; When creeds and divisions would fall to demerit, And saints in sweet union appear. Oh, glory to Jesus! we hail the bright day, And high on our banner salvation display, The mists of confusion are passi…
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Gustav Friedrich Ludwig Knak • Federico Fliedner • Spanish
Revelation 3:10-12
Proseguid vuestro camino: Que os guíe el Salvador divino Y os guarde su ángel protector. De Jesús las santas manos Amparan siempre a los hermanos De los peligros en redor; Pues Él muy cerca está, Él os bendecirá Día y noche. En la oración está la unión; Id al país de promisión.
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Psalm 59
Protect and save me, O my God, from those who seek my life; and set me high, secure, above the rising tide of strife. The workers of iniquity against me lie in wait; though I am innocent, O LORD, they gather in their hate. Now see their wickedness, O LORD; come to my help, I plea…
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Psalm 16
Protect me from my cruel foes, and shield me, Lord, from harm; Because my trust I still repose on thy Almighty arm. My soul all help but thine does slight, all gods but thee disown; Yet can no deeds of mine requite, the foodness thou hast shown. But those that strictly virtuous a…
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Joel Barlow • English
Psalm 140
Protect us Lord, from fatal harm; Behold our rising woes; We trust alone Thy powerful arm, To scatter all our foes. Their tongue is like a poisoned dart, Their thoughts are full of guile; While rage and carnage swell their heart; They wear a peaceful smile. O God of grace, Thy gu…
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Joel Barlow • English
Psalm 70
In haste, O God, attend my call, nor hear my cries in vain; oh let Thy speed prevent my fall, and still my hope sustain. When foes insidious wound my name, and tempt my soul astray, then let them fall with lasting shame, to their own plots a prey. While all that love Thy name rej…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 89
Let all the earth, all time and space, all people, everywhere, come make the Lord your dwelling place, come, try and trust God's care. God, I’ll sing praises to your name, and in your strength rejoice; when your salvation is my theme, exalted be my voice! You give the angels char…
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B. H. Draper • English
Revelation 14:6
Proud Babylon yet waits her doom; Nor can her tott'ring palace fall, Till some blest messenger arise, The ransom'd heathen world to call. Now see the glorious time approach! Behold the mighty angel fly, The gospel tidings to convey To ev'ry land beneath the sky! See the kind nati…
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Samuel Collett • English
Psalm 107
Through all the various shifting scene Of life’s mistaken ill or good, Thy hand, O God! conducts, unseen, The beautiful vicissitude. Thou givest with paternal care, Howe’er unjustly we complain, To all their necessary share Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. All things on earth,…
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Ambrose Searle • English
Psalm 145:16
Thy ways, O Lord, with wise design, Are framed upon Thy throne above, And ev'ry dark and bending line, Meets in the center of Thy love. With feeble light, and half obscure Poor mortals Thine arrangements view, Not knowing that the least are sure, And, the mysterious just and true…
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Psalm 101
I mercy will and judgment sing, Lord, I will sing to thee. With wisdom in a perfect way shall my behavior be. O when, in kindness unto me, wilt thou be pleased to come? I with a perfect heart will walk within my house at home. I will endure no wicked thing before mine eyes to be:…
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Psalm 103:1-18
Response: (Lent & General) As far as the east is from the west, so far the Lord removes our sins from us.
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Psalm 104
How manifold your works, O Lord, In wisdom, pow'r, and goodness wrought! The earth is with your riches stored, And ocean with your wonders fraught: Unfathomed caves beneath the deep For you their hidden treasures keep. There go the ships, with sails unfurled, By you directed on t…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 106
God of eternal love, How fickle are our ways! And yet how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy and grace! They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung; But soon thy works of power forgot, And murmured with their tongue. Now they believe his word, While rocks with riv…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 107
When God, provoked with daring crimes, Scourges the madness of the times, He turns their fields to barren sand, And dries the rivers from the land. His word can raise the springs again, And make the withered mountains green; Send showery blessings from the skies, And harvests in…
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Psalm 113
Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor.
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St. John of Damascus • J. M. Neale • English
Psalm 114
God has brought forth Israel into joy from sadness.
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Psalm 119:65-72
Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. The proud…
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Psalm 119:81-88
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them…
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Psalm 119:89-96
For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have peri…
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Psalm 119:97-104
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, becaus…
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