Psalms, in Meter, Selected from the Psalms of David: Uniform with the Standard Edition of the Book of Common PrayerProtestant Episcopal Press, 1833 - 106 pages |
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... tongue Thy boundless praise declare . 3 When heaven , thy beauteous work on high , Employs my wond'ring sight ; The moon , that nightly rules the sky , With stars of feebler light ;4 Oh , what is man , that , LORD , thou lov'st To keep ...
... tongue Thy boundless praise declare . 3 When heaven , thy beauteous work on high , Employs my wond'ring sight ; The moon , that nightly rules the sky , With stars of feebler light ;4 Oh , what is man , that , LORD , thou lov'st To keep ...
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... tongue disdains to speak The thing his heart rejects . 3 Who never did a slander forge , His neighbor's fame to wound ; Nor hearken to a false report By malice whisper'd round . 4 Who vice , in all its pomp and power , Can treat with ...
... tongue disdains to speak The thing his heart rejects . 3 Who never did a slander forge , His neighbor's fame to wound ; Nor hearken to a false report By malice whisper'd round . 4 Who vice , in all its pomp and power , Can treat with ...
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... tongue is parch'd with drought ; And to the dismal shades of death My fainting soul is brought . 3 Like dogs , to compass me , my foes In wicked council meet : They pierced my inoffensive hands , They pierced my harmless feet . 4 My ...
... tongue is parch'd with drought ; And to the dismal shades of death My fainting soul is brought . 3 Like dogs , to compass me , my foes In wicked council meet : They pierced my inoffensive hands , They pierced my harmless feet . 4 My ...
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... tongue employ . 2 Of his deliv'rance I will boast , Till all that are distress'd From my example comfort take , And charm their griefs to rest . 3 0 magnify the LORD with me , With me exalt his name : When in distress to him I call'd ...
... tongue employ . 2 Of his deliv'rance I will boast , Till all that are distress'd From my example comfort take , And charm their griefs to rest . 3 0 magnify the LORD with me , With me exalt his name : When in distress to him I call'd ...
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... tongue , His lips from falsehood free ; 3 The crooked paths of vice decline , And virtue's ways pursue ; Establish peace , where ' t is begun And where ' t is lost , renew . 4 The Lord from heaven beholds the just With favorable eyes ...
... tongue , His lips from falsehood free ; 3 The crooked paths of vice decline , And virtue's ways pursue ; Establish peace , where ' t is begun And where ' t is lost , renew . 4 The Lord from heaven beholds the just With favorable eyes ...
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adore Almighty angels Behold bless'd blest cheerful Christ Church crown'd cxix deadly care death delight divine dwell earth endless eternal ev'ry everlasting evermore eyes faith Father fear foes glad song glory GOD the FATHER God's gracious grateful hand happy hath hear heart heav'nly heaven heavenly hosts holy Holy Spirit hope humble HYMN Israel JEHOVAH Jesus joyful King let thy light live metres mighty LORD night o'er oppress'd peace Penitential Psalms perfect law pow'r praise the LORD pray pray’r prayer proclaim Psalm of David psalms proper psalteries raise reigns rejoice rise saints salvation Saviour shalt sing sinners sins Sion Sion's skies songs of praise soul Spirit strength sweet thee thine Thou art thou hast thy commands thy glorious thy laws thy love thy mercy thy name thy praise thy righteous thy sacred thy servant thy throne thy word tongue trust voice vows worship ye saints
Popular passages
Page 44 - People and realms of every tongue Dwell on his love with sweetest song, And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name. 4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns, The prisoner leaps to lose his chains, The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest.
Page 86 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Page 82 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb William Cowper.
Page 75 - Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 20 - THROUGH all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ.
Page 69 - Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.
Page 85 - Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, Their Saviour and brethren, transported to greet ; While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul.
Page 38 - O happy bond, that seals my vows To Him who merits all my love ! Let cheerful anthems fill His house. While to that sacred shrine I move.
Page 20 - HAIL to the Lord's Anointed, Great David's greater Son ; Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ; He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity.