Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#150

150. Deep in our hearts let us record

1 Deep in our hearts let us record
The deeper sorrows of our Lord;
Behold the rising billows roll
To overwhelm his holy soul.

2 In long complaints he spends his breath,
While hosts of hell, and pow'rs of death,
And all the sons of malice, join
To execute their curst design.

3 Yet, gracious God, thy pow'r and love
Has made the curse a blessing prove;
Those dreadful suff'rings of thy Son
Aton'd for sins which we had done.

4 The pangs of our expiring Lord
The honors of thy law restor'd;
His sorrows made thy justice known,
And paid for follies not his own.

5 O! for his sake our guilt forgive,
And let the mourning sinner live;
The Lord will hear us in his name,
Nor shall our hope be turn'd to shame.

Text Information

• First Line: Deep in our hearts let us record
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 69
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Part 1

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