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My Soul in Silence Waits for God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Vanity Of Riches Lyrics: 1 My soul in silence waits for God, My Savior He has proved; He only is my rock and tower; I never shall be moved. My honor is secure with God, My Savior He has proved; My refuge and my rock of strength Are found in God alone. 2 My enemies my ruin seek, They plot with fraud and guile; Deceitful, they pretend to bless, But inwardly revile. My soul, in silence wait for God; He is my help approved, He only is my rock and tower, And I shall not be moved. 3 My honor is secure with God, My Savior He is known; My refuge and my rock of strength Are found in God alone. On Him, ye people, evermore Rely with confidence; Before Him pour ye out your heart, For God is our defense. 4 For surely men are helpers vain, The high and the abased; Yea, lighter than a breath are thy When in the balance placed. Trust not in harsh oppression's power Nor in unrighteous gain; If wealth increase, yet on your gold Ye set your hearts in vain. 5 For God has spoken o'er and o'er, And unto me has shown, That saving power and lasting strength Belong to Him alone. Yea, lovingkindness evermore Belongs to Thee, O Lord; And Thou according to his work Dost every man reward. Scripture: Psalm 62 Used With Tune: SERAPH

Life is the time to serve the Lord

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 352 hymnals Topics: Holy Spirit Vanity and uncertainty of life Lyrics: 1 Life is the time to serve the Lord, The time t'ensure the great reward; And while the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return. 2 Life is the hour that God has given To 'scape from hell, and fly to heaven; The day of grace, and mortals may Secure the blessings of the day. 3 The living know that they must die, But all the dead forgotten lie, They have no share in all that's done Beneath the circuit of the sun. 4 Then what my thoughts design to do, My hands with all your might pursue, Since no device, nor work is found, Nor faith, nor hope beneath the ground. 5 There are no acts of pardon past In the cold grave to which we haste, But darkness, death, and long despair, Reign in eternal silence there. Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:4

How short and hasty is our life!

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 123 hymnals Topics: Holy Spirit Vanity and uncertainty of life Lyrics: 1 How short and hasty is our life! How vast our souls' affairs! Yet senseless mortals vainly strive To lavish out their years. 2 Our days run thoughtlessly along, Without a moment's stay; Just like a story, or a song We pass our lives away. 3 God from on high invites us home, But we march heedless on, And ever hastening to the tomb, Stoop downwards as we run. 4 How we deserve the deepest hell, That slight the joys above! What chains of vengeance should we feel, That break such cords of love! 5 Draw us, O Saviour, with thy grace, And lift our thoughts on high, That we may end this mortal race, And see salvation nigh.

The soul's best portion

Author: Anne Steele Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 107 hymnals Topics: Life Vanity of First Line: Almighty Maker of my frame Scripture: Psalm 39:4

God the Righteous Judge

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Vanity Of Men and Riches First Line: O Lord, Thou Judge of all the earth Lyrics: 1 O Lord, Thou Judge of all the earth, To Whom all vengeance doth belong, Arise and show Thy glory forth, Requite the proud, condemn the wrong. 2 How long, O Lord, in boastful pride Shall wicked men triumphant stand? How long shall they afflict Thy saints And devastate Thy chosen land? 3 The widow and the fatherless They slay, and helpless strangers smith; The faithful God they do not fear, They say the Lord will not requite. 4 Be wise, ye fools and brutish men; Shall not He see Who formed the eye? Shall not He hear Who formed the ear, And judge, Who reigneth, God Most High? 5 The Lord will judge in righteousness, From Him all truth and knowledge flow; The foolish thoughts of wicked men, How vain they are the Lord doth know. 6 That man is blest whom Thou, O Lord, With chastening hand dost teach Thy will, For in the day when sinners fall That man in peace abideth still. 7 The Lord will not cast off His own, Nor His inheritance forsake; Just judgment shall at length prevail, And upright hearts shall courage take. 8 Who will arise for my defense Against the wicked in the land? Against iniquity and wrong What man for me will valiant stand? 9 Unless the Lord had been my help, My life had quickly passed away; But when my foot had almost slipped, O Lord, Thy mercy was my stay. 10 Amid the doubts that fill my mind Thy comforts, Lord, bring joy to me; Can wickedness, though throned in might, Have fellowship, O Lord, with Thee? 11 The wicked, in their might arrayed, Against the righteous join their power, But to the Lord I flee for help, He is my refuge and my tower. 12 Our God, the refuge of His saints, Will fight against iniquity; Avenger of the innocent The Lord omnipotent will be. Scripture: Psalm 94 Used With Tune: LYTHAM

Why do the Proud insult the Poor

Appears in 29 hymnals Topics: Riches, their Vanity Lyrics: 1 Why do the Proud insult the Poor, And boast the large Estates they have? How vain are Riches to secure Their haughty Owners from the Grave! 2 They can't redeem one Hour from Death With all the Wealth in which they trust; Nor give a dying Brother Breath, When GOD commands him down to Dust. 3 There the dark Earth and dismal Shade Shall clasp their naked Bodies round; That Flesh so delicately fed, Lies cold, and moulders in the Ground. 4 Like thoughtless Sheep the Sinner dies, Laid in the Grave for Worms to eat: The Saints shall in the Morning rise, And find th' Oppressor at their Feet. 5 His Honours perish in the Dust, And Pomp, and Beauty, Birth and Blood: That glorious Day exalts the Just To full Dominion o'er the Proud. 6 My Saviour shall my Life restore, And raise me from my dark Abode; My Flesh and Soul shall part no more, But dwell for ever near my GOD. Scripture: Psalm 49

The vanity of creatures

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: World Vanity of First Line: Man has a soul of vast desires Lyrics: 1 Man has a soul of vast desires, He burns within with restless fires, Toss'd to and fro, his passions fly From vanity to vanity. 2 In vain on earth we hope to find Some solid good to fill the mind; We try new pleasures, but we feel The inward thirst and torment still. 3 So when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns, And 'tis a poor relief we gain, To change the place, but keep the pain. 4 Great God! subdue this vicious thirst, This love to vanity and dust; Cure the vile fever of the mind, And feed our souls with joys refin'd.

The Vindication of Righteousness

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Vanity Of Men and Riches First Line: O mighty man, why wilt Thou boast Lyrics: 1 O mighty man, why wilt Thou boast Thyself in hateful cruelty, When God Almighty is most kind, And ever merciful is He? 2 Thy tongue deviseth wickedness, A weapon treacherous and keen; Thou lovest evil more than good, And falsehood in thy sight is clean. 3 Since, O thou false, deceitful tongue, In deadly words Thou findest joy, The Lord shall pluck thee from thy place And all thy wickedness destroy. 4 The good, confirmed in godly fear, The pride and folly shall confess Of those who make not God their strength, But trust in wealth and wickedness. 5 I put my trust in God alone, For evermore I trust His grace, And like the trees within His courts I flourish in a favored place. 6 With endless thanks, O Lord, to Thee, Thy wondrous works will I proclaim, And in the presence of Thy saints Will ever hope in Thy good Name. Scripture: Psalm 52 Used With Tune: LUTON

Life, Death, and the Resurrection

Appears in 71 hymnals Topics: Man his vanity as mortal; Vanity of man as mortal; Man his vanity as mortal; Vanity of man as mortal First Line: Think, mighty God, on feeble man Lyrics: 1 Think, mighty God, on feeble man, How few his hours, how short his span! Short from the cradle to the grave: Who can secure his vital breath Against the bold demands of death With skill to fly, or power to save? 2 Lord, shall it be forever said, "The race of man was only made "For sickness, sorrow, and the dust?" Are not thy servants day by day Sent to their graves and turn'd to clay? Lord, where's thy kindness to the just? 3 Hast thou not promis'd to thy son And all his seed a heavenly crown? But flesh and sense indulge dispair; Forever blessed be the Lord, That faith can read his holy word, And find a resurrection there. 4 Forever blessed be the Lord, Who gives his saints a long reward, For all their toil, reproach and pain; Let all below, and all above, Join to proclaim thy wondrous love, And each repeat their loud Amen. Scripture: Psalm 89:47-52

The Power and Majesty of God; or, Reverential Worship

Appears in 129 hymnals Topics: Man his vanity as mortal; Vanity of man as mortal; Man his vanity as mortal; Vanity of man as mortal First Line: With reverence let the saints appear Lyrics: 1 With reverence let the saints appear, And bow before the Lord; His high commands with reverence hear, And tremble at his word. 2 How terrible thy glories rise! Aow bright thine armies shine! Where is the power with thee that vies, Or truth compar'd with thine? 3 The Northern pole and Southern rest On thy supporting hand; Darkness and day from East to West, Move round at thy command. 4 Thy word the raging winds controul, And rule the boisterous deep; Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll, The rolling billows sleep. 5 Heaven, earth, and air, and sea are thine, And the dark world of hell; They saw thine arm in vengeance shine When Egypt durst rebel. 6 Justice and judgment are thy throne, Yet wondrous is thy grace! While truth and mercy, join'd in one, Invite us near thy face. Scripture: Psalm 89:7-14