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Prov. 1:20-31: In streets, and op'nings of the gates
Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #R10 (1800) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: In streets, and op'nings of the gates Lyrics:
In streets, and op’nings of the gates,
where pours the busy crowd,
Thus heav’nly Wisdom lifts her voice,
and cries to men aloud:
How long, ye scorners of the truth,
scornful will ye remain?
How long shall fools their folly love,
and hear my words in vain?
O turn, at last, at my reproof!
and, in that happy hour,
His bless’d effusions on your heart
my Spirit down shall pour.
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But since so long, with earnest voice,
to you in vain I call
Since all my counsels and reproofs
thus ineffectual fall;
The time will come, when humbled low,
in Sorrow’s evil day,
Your voice by anguish shall be taught,
but taught too late, to pray.
When, like the whirlwind, o’er the deep
comes Desolation’s blast;
Pray’rs then extorted shall be vain,
the hour of mercy past.
The choice you made has fixed your doom;
for this is Heav’n’s decree,
That with the fruits of what he sowed
the sinner filled shall be.
Scripture: Proverbs 1:20-31 Languages: English
Prov. 1:20-31: In streets, and op'nings of the gates
Prov. 3:13-17: O happy is the man who hears
Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #R11 (1800) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: O happy is the man who hears Lyrics:
O happy is the man who hears
Instruction’s warning voice;
And who celestial Wisdom makes
his early, only choice.
For she has treasures greater far
than east or west unfold;
And her rewards more precious are
than all their stores of gold.
In her right hand she holds to view
a length of happy days;
Riches with splendid honours
are what her left displays.
She guides the young with innocence,
in pleasure’s paths to tread,
A crown of glory she bestows
upon the hoary head.
According as her labours rise,
so her rewards increase;
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
Scripture: Proverbs 3:13-17 Languages: English
Prov. 3:13-17: O happy is the man who hears
Prov. 6:6-12: Ye indolent and slothful! rise
Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #R12 (1800) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Ye indolent and slothful! rise Lyrics:
Ye indolent and slothful! rise,
View the ant’s labours, and be wise;
She has no guide to point her way,
No ruler chiding her delay:
Yet see with what incessant cares
She for the winter’s storm prepares;
In summer she provides her meat,
And harvest finds her store complete.
But when will slothful man rise?
How long shall sleep seal up his eyes?
Sloth more indulgence still demands;
Sloth shuts the eyes, and folds the hands.
But mark the end; want shall assail,
When all your strength and vigour fail;
Want, like an armed man, shall rush
The hoary head of age to crush.
Scripture: Proverbs 6:6-12 Languages: English
Prov. 6:6-12: Ye indolent and slothful! rise
Proverbs 8:22-36: Keep silence, all ye sons of men
Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #R13 (1800) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Keep silence, all ye sons of men Lyrics:
Keep silence, all ye sons of men,
and hear with rev’rence due;
Eternal Wisdom from above
thus lifts her voice to you:
I was th’ Almighty’s chief delight
from everlasting days,
Ere yet his arm was stretched forth
the heav’ns and earth to raise.
Before the sea began to flow,
and leave the solid land,
Before the hills and mountains rose,
I dwelt at his right hand.
When first he reared the arch of heav’n,
and spread the clouds on air,
When first the fountains of the deep
he opened, I was there.
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There I was with him, when he stretched
his compass o’er the deep,
And charged the ocean’s swelling waves
within their bounds to keep.
With joy I saw th’ abode prepared
which men were soon to fill:
Them from the first of days I loved,
unchanged, I love them still.
Now therefore hearken to my words,
ye children, and be wise:
Happy the man that keeps my ways;
the man that shuns them dies.
Where dubious paths perplex the mind,
direction I afford;
Life shall be his that follows me
and favour from the Lord.
But he who scorns my sacred laws
shall deeply wound his heart,
He courts destruction who contemns
the counsel I impart.
Scripture: Proverbs 8:22-36 Languages: English
Proverbs 8:22-36: Keep silence, all ye sons of men
Philip. 2:6-12: Ye who the name of Jesus bear
Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #R52 (1800) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Ye who the name of Jesus bear Lyrics:
Ye who the name of Jesus bear,
his sacred steps pursue;
And let that mind which was in him
be also found in you.
Though in the form of God he was,
his only Son declared,
Nor to be equally adored
as robb’ry did regard;
His greatness he for us abased,
for us his glory vailed;
In human likeness dwelt on earth,
his majesty concealed:
Nor only as a man appears,
but stoops a servant low;
Submits to death, nay, bears the cross,
in all its shame and woe.
Hence God this gen’rous love to men
with honours just hath crowned,
And raised the name of Jesus far
above all names renowned:
That at this name, with sacred awe,
each humble knee should bow
Of hosts immortal in the skies,
and nations spread below:
That all the prostrate pow’rs of hell
might tremble at his word,
And ev’ry tribe, and ev’ry tongue,
confess that he is Lord.
Scripture: Philippians 2:6-12 Languages: English
Philip. 2:6-12: Ye who the name of Jesus bear
Psalm 1
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.1 (1806) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Blest is the man who shuns the place Lyrics:
Blest is the man who shuns the place
Where sinners love to meet;
Who fears to tread their wicked ways,
And hates the scoffer's seat:
But in the statutes of the Lord
Has placed his chief delight;
By day he reads or hears the word,
And meditates by night.
[He, like a plant of gen'rous kind,
By living waters set,
Safe from the storms and blasting wind,
Enjoys a peaceful state.]
Green as the leaf, and ever fair,
Shall his profession shine
While fruits of holiness appear
Like clusters on the vine.
Not so the impious and unjust;
What vain designs they form!
Their hopes are blown away like dust,
Or chaff before the storm.
Sinners in judgment shall not stand
Amongst the sons of grace,
When Christ, the Judge, at his right hand
Appoints his saints a place.
His eye beholds the path they tread,
His heart approves it well
But crooked ways of sinners lead
Down to the gates of hell.
Topics: Blessings of a person; End of the righteous and wicked; Happy saint and cursed sinner; Judgment day; Love of God to the righteous, and hatred to the wicked; Meditation; Punishment of sinners; Saints and sinner's end; Saints and Sinners' portion; Saints happy, and sinners cursed; Sinner and saint's portion; Sinner cursed, and saint happy Scripture: Psalm 1 Languages: English
Psalm 1
Psalm 1
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.2 (1806) Meter: 6.6.8.6 First Line: The man is ever blessed Lyrics:
The man is ever blessed
Who shuns the sinners' ways,
Among their counsels never stands,
Nor takes the scorner's place;
But makes the law of God
His study and delight,
Amidst the labors of the day,
And watches of the night.
He like a tree shall thrive,
With waters near the root;
Fresh as the leaf his name shall live;
His works are heav'nly fruit.
Not so th' ungodly race,
They no such blessings find;
Their hopes shall flee, like empty chaff
Before the driving wind.
How will they bear to stand
Before that judgment-seat,
Where all the saints at Christ's right hand
In full assembly meet?
He knows, and he approves,
The way the righteous go;
But sinners and their works shall meet
A dreadful overthrow.
Topics: Blessings of a person; End of the righteous and wicked; Happy saint and cursed sinner; Judgment day; Love of God to the righteous, and hatred to the wicked; Meditation; Punishment of sinners; Saints and sinner's end; Saints and Sinners' portion; Saints happy, and sinners cursed; Sinner and saint's portion; Sinner cursed, and saint happy Scripture: Psalm 1 Languages: English
Psalm 1
Psalm 1
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.3 (1806) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Happy the man whose cautious feet Lyrics:
Happy the man whose cautious feet
Shun the broad way that sinners go,
Who hates the place where atheists meet,
And fears to talk as scoffers do.
He loves t' employ the morning light
Amongst the statutes of the Lord;
And spends the wakeful hours of night,
With pleasure, pondering o'er his word.
He, like a plant by gentle streams,
Shall flourish in immortal green.
And heav'n will shine with kindest beams
On every work his hands begin.
But sinners find their counsels crossed:
As chaff before the tempest flies,
So shall their hopes be blown and lost,
When the last trumpet shakes the skies.
In vain the rebel seeks to stand
In judgment with the pious race;
The dreadful Judge, with stern command,
Divides him to a diff'rent place.
"Straight is the way my saints have trod;
I blessed the path, and drew it plain;
But you would choose the crooked road,
And down it leads to endless pain."
Topics: Blessings of a person; End of the righteous and wicked; Happy saint and cursed sinner; Judgment day; Love of God to the righteous, and hatred to the wicked; Meditation; Punishment of sinners; Saints and sinner's end; Saints and Sinners' portion; Saints happy, and sinners cursed; Sinner and saint's portion; Sinner cursed, and saint happy Scripture: Psalm 1 Languages: English
Psalm 1
Psalm 2
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.4 (1806) Meter: 6.6.8.6 First Line: Maker and sovereign Lord Lyrics:
[Maker and sovereign Lord
Of heav'n, and earth, and seas,
Thy providence confirms thy word,
And answers thy decrees.
The things so long foretold
By David are fulfilled,
When Jews and Gentiles joined to slay
Jesus, thine holy child.]
Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jews, with one accord,
Bend all their counsels to destroy
Th' Anointed of the Lord?
Rulers and kings agree
To form a vain design;
Against the Lord their powers unite,
Against his Christ they join.
The Lord derides their rage,
And will support his throne;
He that hath raised him from the dead
Hath owned him for his Son.
Now he's ascended high,
And asks to rule the earth
The merit of his blood he pleads,
And pleads his heav'nly birth.
He asks, and God bestows
A large inheritance;
Far as the world's remotest ends
His kingdom shall advance.
The nations that rebel
Must feel his iron rod;
He'll vindicate those honors well
Which he received from God.
[Be wise, ye rulers, now,
And worship at his throne;
With trembling joy, ye people, bow
To God's exalted Son.
If once his wrath arise,
Ye perish on the place;
Then blessed is the soul that flies
For refuge to his grace.]
Topics: Christ exalted to the kingdom; Christ his sufferings and kingdom; Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom; Gentiles given to Christ; Resurrection and death of Christ; Submission to Christ; Sufferings and kingdom of Christ Scripture: Psalm 2 Languages: English
Psalm 2
Psalm 2
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.5 (1806) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Why did the nations join to slay Lyrics:
Why did the nations join to slay
The Lord's anointed Son?
Why did they cast his laws away,
And tread his gospel down?
The Lord, that sits above the skies,
Derides their rage below;
He speaks with vengeance in his eyes,
And strikes their spirits through.
"I call him my Eternal Son,
And raise him from the dead;
I make my holy hill his throne,
And wide his kingdom spread.
"Ask me, my Son, and then enjoy
The utmost heathen lands:
Thy rod of iron shall destroy
The rebel that withstands."
Be wise, ye rulers of the earth,
Obey th' anointed Lord,
Adore the King of heav'nly birth,
And tremble at his word.
With humble love address his throne;
For if he frown, ye die:
Those are secure, and those alone,
Who on his grace rely.
Topics: Christ exalted to the kingdom; Christ his sufferings and kingdom; Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom; Gentiles given to Christ; Resurrection and death of Christ; Submission to Christ; Sufferings and kingdom of Christ Scripture: Psalm 2 Languages: English
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