Psalms ‎#107c

107c. Intemperance punished and pardoned, or, A Psalm for the Glutton and the Drunkard

1 Vain man on foolish pleasures bent,
Prepares for his own punishment;
What pains, what loathsome maladies,
From luxury and lust arise!

2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste:
Yet drowns his health to please his taste;
'Till all his active pow'rs are lost,
And fainting life draws near the dust.

3 The glutton groans, and loaths to eat,
His soul abhors delicious meat;
Nature, with heavy loads opprest,
Would yield to death to be releas'd.

4 Then how the frighten'd sinners fly
To God for help with earnest cry!
He hears their groans, prolongs their breath,
And saves them from approaching death.

5 No med'cines could effect the cure
So quick, so easy, or so sure:
The deadly sentence God repeals,
He sends his sov'reign word, and heals.

6 O may the sons of men record
The wond'rous goodness of the Lord!
And let their thankful off'ring prove
How they adore their Maker's love.

Text Information

• First Line: Vain man on foolish pleasures bent
• Title: Intemperance punished and pardoned, or, A Psalm for the Glutton and the Drunkard
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1793
• Scripture:
  Psalm 107
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Third Part

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