The Psalms of David ‎#P16b

P16b. How fast their Guilt and Sorrows rise

1 How fast their Guilt and Sorrows rise,
Who haste to seek some Idol-God!
I will not taste their Sacrifice,
Their Off'rings of forbidden Blood.

2 My GOD provides a richer Cup;
And nobler Food to live upon;
He for my Life has offer'd up
JESUS, his best-beloved Son.

3 His Love is my perpetual feast;
By Day his Counsels guide me right;
And be his Name for ever blest,
Who gives me sweet Advice by Night.

4 I set him still before mine Eyes;
At my Right-Hand he stands prepar'd,
To keep my Soul from all Surprize,
And be my everlasting Guard.

Text Information

• First Line: How fast their Guilt and Sorrows rise
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1766
• Scripture:
  Psalm 16
• Topic: Christ: his death and resurrection; Christ: the second Adam, his Incarnation, his Dominion, his All-Suffiecincy; Comfort: and support in God; Confession: of our poverty; Counsel and Support from God; Courage: in death; Death: courage in it; God: all-sufficient; Good works profit Men, not God; Grace: without merit; Hope: of resurrection; Idolatry reproved; Merit disclaimed; Poverty confessed; Resurrection: of the saints; Saints: the best company

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