Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#69b

69b. While I keep silence and conceal

1 While I keep silence, and conceal
My heavy guilt within my heart,
What torments doth my conscience feel,
What agonies of inward smart!

2 I spread my sins before the Lord,
And all my secret faults confess:
Thy gospel speaks a pard'ning word,
Thine Holy Spirit seals the grace.

3 For this shall ev'ry humble soul
Make swift addresses to thy seat;
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There shall they find a blest retreat.

4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark and storms appear!
And when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me safe from ev'ry snare.

Text Information

• First Line: While I keep silence and conceal
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 32
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Part 2

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