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A City of exceeding strength
Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 A City of exceeding strength
Doth happily to us belong;
And the decreed salvation shall
Like walls and bulwarks keep it strong.
2 Set open then the city-gates,
That so the righteous nation, who
Immoveably maintains the truth,
May gladly enter there into.
3 In perfect peace Thou such a one
wilt ever surely case to be,
Whose mind on Thee securely stays;
Because he hopes alone on Thee.
4 Repose then ever in the LORD
The lively hope of all your mind!
Because in JAH, JEHOVAH, sure,
A rock eternal ye shall find.
5 He'll bring down those who dwell on high,
He'll lay the haughty city low,
He'll lay it level with the ground,
And down into the dust will throw.
6 The feet of the afflicted shall
In triumph tread it wholly down;
And it shall lie beneath the feet
Of him that was a helpless one.
[2 Part]
7 The way of ev'ry righteous man
Is universal righteousness;
And thou, O RIGHTEOUS ONE, dost weigh
In righteousness each path of his.
8 Moreover in thy judgments way
LORD, Thee we longing look to see;
Our souls desire is to thy name,
And to the memory of Thee.
9 In the dark seasons of the night,
My soul Thee earnestly desires:
My wakeful spirit in my breast
For Thee at early dawn inquires,
For when thy judgments are display'd
On earth, the world's inhabitants
Shou'd lay to heart thy righteous works,
And learn the righteousness of saints.
10 Tho' for a wicked man there should
Bowels of heav'nly pity yearn,
Yet he the way of righteousness
He'll work perverse iniquity;
Nor will he ev'n so much as see
JEHOVAH's glorious majesty.
11 LORD, when thine hand is lifted up,
In thy most awful judgments, high;
yet lest they see thine hand therein,
Perversely they will shut their eye.
but with confusion they shall see
The zeal thou for thy people hast,
And the consuming fire that shall
Thine adversaries wholly waste.
[3 Part]
12 JEHOVAH, certainly Thou wilt
Safety and peace for us ordain:
For our affairs Thou mange dost,
And for us, all our works maintain.
13 O LORD our God, tho' other Lords
Have reigned over us, we own;
Yet hence, thy name we mention will,
And by Thee none but thine alone.
14 They'r dead, and shall not live again;
Deceas'd, and never shall arise;
Thy judgments have destroy'd them quite,
Yea caus'd that all their mem'ry dies.
15 The nation, LORD, increasest thou,
Our nation greatly hast increas'd;
And Thou hast glorify'd thy self,
And thro' the earth dispers'd them hast.
16 o LORD, when they were in distress,
They Thee then visited with cries;
And pray'r in secret poured out,
When Thou didst sorely them chastize.
17 Like as a pregnant woman when
Approaching travail comes apace,
Is pain'd, and in her pangs cries out;
So were we, LORD, before thy face.
18 We trouble have conceiv'd, are pain'd,
But bring forth vanity, and wind;
Nor do the world's disturbers fall:
Nor we on earth deliverance find.
[4 Part]
19 Thy dead shall surely live again,
With thy dead body rise they must:
Awake out of the sleep of death,
And sing ye who dwell in the dust!
Because the dew that falls on thee,
Is like the dew that makes herbs grow
But out abroad with violence,
The earth the wicked ones shall throw.
20 Come then my people enter in
To chambers that most secret are;
And after thee shut thou the doors,
And make them fast with utmost care.
There do thou hide thy self a while;
It shall but as a moment be,
And all the indignation shall
Be pass'd for ever over thee.
21 For lo, the LORD is coming forth,
Out of his dwelling place on high,
Upon the earth's inhabitants,
To punish their iniquity.
The earth shall then disclose and show
The bloods within her buried;
Her slain shall be brought forth to view,
And be no longer covered.
Scripture: Isaiah 26
A City of exceeding strength
A new Song to the LAMB slain
Appears in 278 hymnals First Line: Behold the Glories of the Lamb Lyrics: 1 Behold the Glories of the Lamb
Amidst his Father’s Throne;
Prepare new Honours for his Name,
And Songs before unknown.
Let Elders worship at his Feet,
The Church adores around,
With Vials full of Odours sweet,
And Harps of sweetest Sound.
2 Those are the Pray’rs of the Saints,
And these the Hymns they raise:
Jesus is kind to our Complaints,
He loves to hear our Praise.
Eternal Father, who shall look
Into thy secret Will?
Who but the son should take that Book,
And open ev'ry Seal?
3 He shall fulfil thy great Decrees,
The Son deserves it well;
Lo, in his Head the Sovereign Keys
Of Heav'n, and Death,and Hell!
Now to the Lamb that once was slain,
Be endless Blessings paid;
Salvation, Glory, Joy remain
For ever on thy Head.
4 Thou hast redeem'd our Souls with Blood,
Hast set the Pris’ners free,
Hast made us Kings and Priests to God,
And we shall reign with thee.
The Worlds of Nature and of Grace
Are put beneath thy Pow'r
Then shorten these delaying Days,
And bring the promis'd Hour.
A new Song to the LAMB slain
The bitter Sufferings of CHRIST
Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Come let us all, who here have seen Lyrics: 1 Come let us all, who here have seen,
And tasted of our Saviour's grace,
From his bless'd table to his cross,
In thought, his weary footsteps trace
Into the garden first he goes,
Where mortal fears beset him round;
Sin's pressing weight o'erwhelms his soul
And sinks his body to the ground.
2 Here, prostrate as he lies, he groans,
Pouring out Pray'rs with fervent Cries,
'Till he sweats drops of Blood, to mix
With Floods that issue from his Eyes.
yet are his Sorrows but begun;
By one disciple He's betray'd
Another Him with Oaths denies,
The rest all run like sheep afraid.
3 Falsly accus'd, he's doom'd to die;
Loaded with blasphemy and scorn,
He's rudely buffered and bound,
His naked flesh with scourges torn.
His temples wear a wreath of thorns,
Vile Spitting his pure face profanes;
His weary shoulders bear a cross,
On which He suffers mortal pains.
4 Between two thieves He lingring dies.
While thousand tortures on Him meet:
His heart's dissolv'd within; his blood
flows out in streams from hands and feet.
These streams, join'd with the other flood
That gush'd out from his wounded side,
Compose a sovereign bath, wherein
The leprous Soul is purify'd.
The bitter Sufferings of CHRIST
Loud Hallelujah sing
Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Loud HALLELUJAH sing
from heav'n JEHOVAH praise
On high his honours ring,
and with his highest lays.
2 Ye angels lead;
and all his hosts
round heav'ns wide coasts
His glory spread.
3 Praise Him ye sun and moon,
to whom ye owe your light:
Praise Him ye stars, who run
your glitt'ring course by night;
4 His praise declare
ye heav'ns on high,
ye clouds that fly
On fluent air.
5 Let all in this accord
to praise JEHOVAH's name;
For He but spake the word,
and they from nothing came:
6 And from the place
where fix'd they be
by his decree
Thy cannot pass.
[2 Part]
7 On earth all praise the LORD:
ye dragons from your caves;
And deeps that none can ford,
with all your roaring waves:
8 Fire, hail and snow;
and misty air;
and storms that where
He bids them, blow.
9 All hills and mountains high,
trees that with fruit are crown'd,
Cedars that touch the sky;
10 wild beasts that range around;
All cattle tame,
things low, and high,
that creep, that fly,
His praise proclaim.
11 Kings who on earth preside,
and all of meaner birth;
Princes who nations guide,
and judges of the earth;
12 Ye young men strong,
and virgins fair,
heads with grey hair,
And children young.
13 Let all JEHOVAH"s name
with praises celebrate;
His name alone proclaim
as excellent and great:
His glories far
above earth rise,
yea utmost skies,
And ev'ry star.
14 Yes He on high doth raise
His people's horn of might,
And thus inspires with praise
his saints, his soul's delight.
Bless'd Isr'el's race,
a people near
and to Him dear:
To JAH sing praise.
Scripture: Psalm 148
Loud Hallelujah sing
A Living and a Dead Faith
Appears in 184 hymnals First Line: Mistaken souls! that dream of Heav'n Lyrics: 1 Mistaken Souls! that dream of Heav'n,
And make their empty Boast,
Of inward Joys, and Sins forgiv'n,
While they are Slaves to Lust.
Vain are our Fancies, airy Flights,
If Faith be cold and dead,
None but a living Pow'r unites
To Christ the living Head.
2 'Tis Faith that changes all the Heart,
'Tis Faith that works by Love;
That bids all sinful Joys depart,
And lifts the Thoughts above.
'Tis Faith that conquers Earth and Hell
By a celestial Pow'r;
This is the Grace that shall prevail
In the decisive Hour.
3 Faith must obey her Father's Will,
As well as trust his Grace;
A pard'ning God is jealous still
For his own Holiness.
When from the Curse he sets us free,
He makes our Natures clean,
Nor would He send his Son to be
The Minister of Sin.
4 His Spirit purifies our Frame,
And seals our Peace with God;
Jesus, and his Salvation came
By Water and by Blood.
A Living and a Dead Faith
The Song of Hezekiah, after his Recovery from Sickness
Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: My days, I said, are now cut off Lyrics: 10 My days I said are now cut off.
And going to the grave am I,
And of my hop'd for coming years
I am deprived utterly.
11 I said, that JAH I shall not see,
JAH in the land of life behold;
And man mine eyes shall see no more,
Nor any dwellers in the world.
12 My dwelling here is pass'd away,
Removed as a shepherd's tent;
My life as threads by weavers cut,
He cuts me off by languishment.
From day to night Thou dost me waste,
And end of me wilt quickly make,
13 I in the morn look; but by night
My bones He'll as a lion break.
14 Like cranes or swallows chatter'd I,
Like doves I mourn'd thro' pain and grief,
Mine eyes with looking upwards fail'd.
LORD, I'm oppress'd; O give relief.
15 What shall I say? but humbly own,
He well hath spoke and done to me,
And I in bitterness of soul
Will all my years repenting be.
16 As LORD, Thou art the life of men,
Life to my spirit Thou dost give;
Thou fully wilt recover me,
And thou wilt make me still to live.
17 Lo, I for peace great trouble found,
But to my soul in love thou hast
From the corrupting pit me sav'd,
Mu sins behind thy back hast cast.
18 For graves cannot shew forth thy praise,
Neither can death Thee celebrate,
Such as go down into the pit
To see thy truth no more can wait,
19 The living does, the living will,
Thee praise, ev'n as I do this day;
The father to the children shall
Thy acts of faithfulness display.
20 Ready to save me was the LORD:
Therefore we will my songs of praise
Sing in JEHOVAH's house with joy,
Throughout our lives, ev'n all our days. Scripture: Isaiah 38:10-20
The Song of Hezekiah, after his Recovery from Sickness
Example of CHRIST
Appears in 576 hymnals First Line: My dear Redeemer, and my Lord Lyrics: 1 My dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my Duty in thy Word;
But in thy Life the Law appears,
Drawn out in living Characters.
Such was thy Truth, and such thy Zeal,
Such Def'rence to thy Father's Will,
Such Love, and Meekness so divine,
I would transcribe and make them mine.
2 Cold Mountains, and the Midnight Air
Witness'd the Fervour of thy Pray'r;
The Desart thy Temptations knew,
Thy Conflict, and thy Vict'ry too.
Be thou my Pattern; make me bear
More of thy gracious Image here;
Then God, the Judge, shall own my Name
Amongst the Foll'wers of the Lamb.
Example of CHRIST
My God and King, I'll thee extol
Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My God and king, I'll Thee extoll,
thy name I'll ever bless;
2 For ever will I praise thy name
in daily thankfulness.
3 Great is the LORD, most worthy praise;
his greatness search exceeds:
4 Age shall to age extol thy works
and show thy mighty deeds.
5 Of thy transcendent comeliness,
thy glory, majesty,
And of thy admirable works
with pleasure speak will I.
6 Yea, they shall of thy mighty works
discourse, which dreadful are;
And I will thy magnificence
to all the world declare.
7 The mem'ry of thy goodness great
they largely shall express;
And shall in joyful hymns of praise,
sing of thy right'ousness.
[2 Part]
8 Most gracious our JEHOVAH is,
most merciful is He;
Slow is to anger, and He is
great in benignity.
9 The LORD is good, and ev'n to all
his goodness does appear;
And over all his works behold
his tender mercies are.
10 LORD, all thy works shew forth thy praise;
and Thee thy saints shall bless:
11 Shall of thy kingdom's glory speak,
and thy great power express.
12 That so the sons of men abroad
thy mighty acts may know;
And that thy kingdom's majesty
and glory they may show.
13 Thy kingdom firm establish'd is,
never to know an end;
And thy supreme dominion shall
through ev'ry age extend.
[3 Part]
14 Those who just ready are to fall,
JEHOVAH doth sustain;
And those he sees are bowed down
He raises up again.
15 All eyes wait on Him, and their food
He in fit season gives:
16 His open hand fills the desire
of ev'ry thing that lives.
17 The LORD is just in all his ways,
his works ae holy all:
18 He's near to all who call on Him,
in truth that on Him call.
19 He will of them who Him revere,
the just desire fulfill;
And He will hear their cry to Him,
and save them then He will.
20 All who the LORD sincerely love
his safe-guard shall enjoy;
But He all those who wicked are
will utterly destroy.
21 My mouth the praises of the LORD,
shall gratefully express:
And let all flesh his holy name
ever and ever bless.
Scripture: Psalm 145
My God and King, I'll thee extol
A Psalm of David: The Sufferings, Prayers, and Praises of CHRIST
Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: My God, my God, wherefore hast thou Lyrics: 1 My God, my God, wherefore hast thou
forsaken me? and why
Art thou so far from helping me,
and from my earnest cry?
2 My God, I in the day-time cry,
but me thou dost not hear;
Also in the night-time, but to me
no quiet rest is there.
3 Nevertheless, thou holy art,
who constantly dost dwell,
Amongst the thankful praises of
thy people Israel.
4 Our fathers heretofore in Thee
did put their confidence;
They trusted Thee, and Thou to them
didst give deliverance.
5 To Thee they cry'd out earnestly,
and then salvation came;
They plac'd their trust in Thee alone,
and were not put to shame.
6 But as a worm, and not a man,
I'm us'd as one forlorn;
I'm the reproach among the high,
among the low the scorn.
7 With laughter all the gazing crowd
my agonies survey;
They shoot the lip, they shake the head,
and thus deriding say;
8 'You on JEHOVAH cast your elf,
'that He might you redeem;
'Let him now come and rescue you,
'since you delight in him.'
9 But thou art He who from the womb
didst tenderly me take:
When I was on my mother's breasts,
to hope Thou didst me make.
10 I even from the womb have been
entirely cast on Thee;
And from my mother's bowels Thou,
hast been a God to me.
[2 Part]
11 Be not Thou far away from me;
now trouble is so near;
For there is none to give me help,
unless Thou wilt appear.
12 My foes, as bulls on ev'ry side
have me encompassed;
Like mighty bulls of Bashan have
Me round environed.
13 Their mouths they open upon me
yea open wide do they;
Like lions ravenous who roar
when seizing on their prey.
14 Like water I am poured out;
my bones disjointed are;
My heart amidst my bowels melts,
like wax amidst the fire.
15 My strength is like a potsherd dry'd,
my parched tongue cleaves fast
To my dry mouth; and to the dust
of death, me brought Thou hast.
16 Like furious dogs they me surround;
in crouds the wicked meet;
their rude assembly me enclose,
and pierce my hands and feet.
17 Ev'n I may number all my bones;
on me they look and stare:
18 For my whole vesture, lots they cast,
and they my garments share.
19 But be not far, O LORD, my strength;
haste Thou to succour me.
20 My precious soul, both from the sword,
and pow'r of dogs set free.
21 O save me from the lion's mouth;
as Thou hast answer'd me,
When on the horns of unicorns
I cry'd aloud to Thee.
22 Then to my brethren I'll declare
the glories of thy name;
Amidst the congregation I
thy praises will proclaim.
[3 Part]
23 All ye who fear the LORD, Him praise,
all Jacob's seed who are
Him glorify; all Israel's seed
do ye Him greatly fear.
24 For He th' affliction of the poor,
nor loaths, nor does despise;
Nor hides his face from him, but hears
When loud to Him he cries.
25 Ev'n in the congregation great,
my praise is of Thee still:
Before them who Him reverence,
perform my vows I will.
26 The meek shall feed and be suffic'd;
and praise the LORD shall ye
Who seek his face; your heart shall live
ev'n to eternity.
27 All ends of th' earth remember shall
and turn unto the LORD;
Thee all the heathen families
to worship shall accord:
28 Because to our JEHOVAH does
the kingdom appertain;
And He among the nations is
the ruler sovereign.
29 Earth's rich ones eat, and worship shall
all who to dust descend,
(For none can keep alive their souls)
before his face shall bend.
30 A seed for ever shall Him serve,
which to the Lord alone
A generation shall be call'd
which He will ever own.
31 They shall come forth, and shall declare
his glorious righteousness;
To generations yet unborn,
that He hath done all this.
Scripture: Psalm 22
A Psalm of David: The Sufferings, Prayers, and Praises of CHRIST
My heart's not haughty, LORD
Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My heart's not haughty, LORD,
nor lofty are mine eyes:
In things too great or high for me
is not mine exercise.
2 I as a child behave
wean'd from the mother's breast:
My soul ev'n as a weaned child,
submits and lies at rest.
3 Let Isr'el on the LORD,
rest therefore quietly:
Yea henceforth ever hope and wait,
his saving help to see. Scripture: Psalm 131
My heart's not haughty, LORD
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