His ever watchful eye shall keep Its constant guard around my bed. 4 Faith in his name forbids my fear: O may thy presence ne'er depart ! And in the morning let me hear The love and kindness of thy heart. 5 Thus when the night of death shall come, My flesh shall rest beneath the ground; And wait thy voice to break the tomb, With glad salvation in the sound.
PSALM V. Common Metre.
For the Lord's Day Morning.
1 LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high;
To thee will I address my prayer,
To thee direct mine eye.
2 Thou art a God before whose sight
The wicked shall not stand;
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy right hand.
3 But to thy house will I resort,
To taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thy holy court,
And worship in thy fear.
4 O may thy Spirit guide my feet
In ways of truth and grace!
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face.
5 The men who love and fear thy name,
Shall see their hopes fulfill'd;
The mighty God will compass them
With favour, as a shield.
PSALM VI. Common Metre.
Prayer in Sickness.
1 IN anger, Lord, rebuke me not,
But spare a wretch forlorn;
Correct me not in thy fierce wrath,
Too heavy to be borne.
3 Sorrow and pain consume the day,
I waste the night with cries,
Counting the minutes as they pass,
Till the slow morning rise.
3 My tortur'd flesh distracts my mind,
And fills my soul with grief;
How long, O Lord, wilt thou delay
To grant me thy relief?
4 The gloomy shades of death cannot
Thy glorious acts proclaim;
No prisoner of the silent grave
Can magnify thy name.
5 He hears when dust and ashes pray,
He pities all my groans;
He saves me for his mercy's sake,
And heals my broken bones.
6 The virtue of his sovereign word
Restores my fainting breath;
To him will I devote that life
Which he has sav'd from death.
TATE and WATTS united and varied.
1 MY trust is in my heavenly friend,
My hope in thee, my God;
Rise, and my helpless life defend
From those who seek my blood,
2 If malice lurk'd within my heart,
Before thy piercing eyes,
I should not dare appeal to thee,
Nor ask my God to rise.
3 Impartial Judge of all the world,
I trust my cause to thee;
According to my righteousness
So let thy sentence be.
4 Let wicked arts of wicked men
Be wholly overthrown ;
But guard the just, O God, to whom
The hearts of both are known.
5 Then will I all the righteous ways
Of Providence proclaim;
I'll sing the praise of God most high,
And celebrate his name.
TATE and WATTS united.
PSALM VIII. Common Metre. * or b
O THOU, to whom all creatures bow,
Within this earthly frame !
Through all the world, how great art thou,
How glorious is thy name!
2 When heaven, thy glorious work on high, Employs my wondering sight;
The moon that nightly rules the sky,
With stars of feebler light;
3 Lord, what is man! that thou shouldst choose To keep him in thy mind!
Or what his race, that thou shouldst prove
To them so wondrous kind!
4 Him next in power thou didst create
To thy celestial train ;
Ordain'd with dignity and state
O'er all thy works to reign.
5 They jointly own his powerful sway,
The beasts that prey or graze;
The bird that wings its airy way,
The fish that cuts the seas.
6 O thou, to whom all creatures bow,
Within this earthly frame,
Through all the world, how great art thou! How glorious is thy name!
Adam and Christ, or the old and new Creation.
1 LORD, what was man when made at first, Adam, the offspring of the dust,
That thou shouldst set him and his race,
But just below an angel's place?
2 That thou shouldst raise his nature so,
And make him lord of all below;
Make every beast and bird submit,
And lay the fishes at his feet!
3 But what sublimer glories wait
To crown the second Adam's state!
What honours shall thy Son adorn,
Who condescended to be born!
4 See him below his angels made!
See him in dust among the dead!
To save the world from death and sin:
But he shall reign with power divine.
5 The world to come, redeem'd from all
The miseries that attend the fall,
New made and glorious, shall submit
At our exalted Saviour's feet.
PSALM IX. ver. 10, 11. L. M.
Encouragement to Faith.
1 SING to the Lord, who loud proclaims
His various and his saving names;
O may they not be heard alone,
But by our sure experience known.
2 The great Jehovah be ador'd,
Th' eternal, all-sufficient Lord;
Through all the world, most high confess'd,
By him 'twas form'd and is possess'd.
3 Awake, our noblest powers, to bless
The God of Abra'm, God of Peace;
Now, by a dearer title known,
Father and God of Christ his Son.
4 Through every age his gracious ear
Is open to his servants' prayer;
Nor can one humble soul complain
That he has sought his God in vain.
5 What unbelieving heart shall dare
In whispers to suggest a fear,
While still he owns his ancient name,
The same his power, his love the same.
6 To thee our souls in faith arise,
To thee we lift expecting eyes,
And boldly through the desert tread,
For God will guard where God shall lead.
A Prayer for Deliverance from Oppression.
1 WHY doth the Lord stand off so far,
And why conceal his face,
When great calamities appear,
And times of deep distress?
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