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CXLII | The Psalms of David#CXLIII | CXLIVa |
1 My righteous Judge, my gracious GOD!
Hear when I spread my hands abroad
And cry for succour from thy throne;
O make thy truth and mercy known.
2 Let judgment not against me pass:
Behold thy servant pleads thy grace;
Should justice call us to thy bar,
No man alive is guiltless there.
3 Look down in pity, LORD, and see
The mighty woes that burden me:
Down to the dust my life is brought,
Like one long bury'd and forgot.
4 I dwell in darkness and unseen;
My heart is desolate within:
My thoughts in musing silence trace
The ancient wonders of thy grace.
5 Thence I derive a glimpse of hope,
To bear my sinking spirits up;
I stretch my hands to GOD again,
And thirst like parched lands for rain.
6 For thee I thirst, I pray, I mourn;
When will thy smiling face return?
Shall all my joys on earth remove;
And GOD for ever hide his love?
7 My GOD, thy long delay to save,
Will sink thy pris'ner to the grave;
My heart grows faint, and dim mine eye;
Make haste to help before I die.
8 The night is witness to my tears,
Distressing pains, distressing fears;
O might I hear thy morning voice,
How would my weary'd pow'rs rejoice.
9 In thee I trust, to thee I sigh,
And lift my heavy soul on high;
For thee sit waiting all the day,
And wear the tiresome hours away.
10 Break off my fetters, LORD, and show
The paths in which my feet should go;
If snares and foes beset the road,
I'll flee to hide me near my GOD.
11 Teach me to do thy holy will,
And lead me to thy heav'nly hill;
Let the good Spirit of thy love
Conduct me to thy courts above.
12 Then shall my soul no more complain,
The tempter then shall rage in vain;
And flesh that was my foe before,
Shall never vex my spirit more.
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First Line: | My righteous Judge, my gracious GOD! |
Title: | Complaint of heavy afflictions in mind and body |
Meter: | Long Metre |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1780 |
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