The Psalms of David ‎#103

103. My soul, inspir'd with sacred love

1 My soul, inspir'd with sacred love,
God's holy name for ever bless;
Of all his favours mindful prove,
And still thy grateful thanks express.

2 'Tis he that all thy sins forgives,
And after Sickness makes thee sound;
From danger he thy life retrieves,
By him with grace and mercy crown'd.

3 He with good things my mouth supplies,
My vigour, eagle-like, renews;
He, when the guiltless suff'rer cries,
His foe with just revenge pursues.

4 God made of old his righteous ways
To Moses and our fathers known;
His works, to his eternal praise,
Were to the sons of Jacob shown.

5 The Lord abounds with tender love
And unexampled acts of grace;
His waken'd wrath doth slowly move,
His willing mercy flows apace.

6 God will not always harshly chide,
But with his anger quickly part:
And loves his punishments to guide
More by his love than our desert.

7 As high as heav'n its arch extends
Above this little spot of clay,
So much his boundless love transcends
The small respects that we can pay.

8 As far as 'tis from east to west,
So far has he our sins remov'd;
Who with a father's tender breast,
Has such as fear him always lov'd.

9 For God, who all our frame surveys,
Considers that we are but clay:
How fresh soe'er we seem, our days
Like grass or flow'rs must fade away.

10 Whilst they are nipp'd with sudden blasts,
Nor can we find their former place;
God's faithful mercy ever lasts,
To those that fear him, and their race.

11 This shall attend on such as still
Proceed in his appointed way;
And who not only know his will,
But to it just obedience pay.

12 The Lord, the universal King,
In heav'n has fix'd his lofty throne;
To him, ye angels, praises sing,
In whose great strength his pow'r is shown.

13 Ye that his just commands obey,
And hear and do his sacred will:
Ye hosts of his, this tribute pay,
Who still what he ordains fulfil.

14 Let ev'ry creature jointly bless
The mighty Lord: and thou, my heart,
With grateful joy thy thanks express,
And in this concert bear thy part.

Text Information

• First Line: My soul, inspir'd with sacred love
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1789
• Scripture:
  Psalm 103
• Notes: Public Domain.

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