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The Goodness of GOD

Appears in 234 hymnals Topics: Persecutions of God First Line: Sweet is the Mem'ry of thy Grace Lyrics: 1 Sweet is the Mem'ry of thy Grace, My GOD my heav'nly King; Let Age to Age thy Rightousness In Sounds of Glory sing. 2 GOD reigns on high, but not confines His Goodness to the Skies; Through the whole Earth his Bounty shines, And ev'ry Want supplies. 3 With longing Eyes thy Creatures wait On Thee for daily Food, Thy lib'ral Hand provides them Meat, And fills their Mouths with Good. 4 How kind are thy Compassions Lord! How slow thine Anger moves! But soon he sends his pard'ning Word To chear the Souls he loves. 5 Creatures, with all their endless Race Thy Pow'r and Praise proclaim; But Saints that taste thy richer Grace Delight to bless thy Name. Scripture: Psalm 145:7-13

The Perfections of God

Appears in 89 hymnals Topics: Persecutions of God First Line: Great is the Lord; his Works of Might Lyrics: 1 Great is the Lord; his Works of Might Demand our noblest Songs: Let his assembled Saints unite Their Harmony of Tongues. 2 Great is the Mercy of the Lord, He gives his Children Food; And, ever mindful of his Word, He makes his Promise good. 3 His Son, the great Redeemer, came To seal his Cov'nant sure; Holy and Reverend is his Name, His Ways are just and pure. 4 They that would grow divinely wise Must with his Fear begin; Our fairest Proof of Knowledge lies In hating ev'ry Sin. Scripture: Psalm 111

Mercy to Sufferers; or, GOD hearing Prayer

Appears in 214 hymnals Topics: Persecutions of God First Line: Let ev'ry Tongue thy Goodness speak Lyrics: 1 Let ev'ry Tongue thy Goodness speak, Thou sov'reign Lord of all; Thy strength'ning Hands uphold the Weak, And raise the Poor that fall. 2 When Sorrow bows the Spirit down, Or Virtue lies distrest Beneath some proud Oppressor's Frown, Thou giv'st the Mourners Rest. 3 The Lord supports our tott'ring Days, And guides our giddy Youth; Holy and just are all his Ways, And all his Words are Truth. 4 He knows the Pain his Servants feel, He hears his Children cry, And their best Wishes to fulfil, His Grace is ever nigh. 5 His Mercy never shall remove From Men of Heart sincere; He saves the Souls whose humble Love Is join'd with holy Fear. 6 [His stubborn Foes his Sword shall slay, And pierce their Hearts with Pain But none that serve the Lord shall say, "They sought his Aid in vain."] 7 [My Lips shall dwell upon his Praise, And spread his Fame abroad; Let all the Sons of Adam raise The Honours of their GOD.] Scripture: Psalm 145:14

Summer and Winter: A Song for Great-Britain

Appears in 39 hymnals Topics: Persecutions of God First Line: O Britain, praise thy mighty GOD Lyrics: 1 O Britain, praise thy mighty GOD, And make his Honours known abroad, He bid the Ocean round thee flow; Not Bars of Brass could guard thee so. 2 Thy Children are secure and blest; Thy Shores have Peace, thy Cities Rest; He feeds thy Sons with finest Wheat, And adds his Blessing to their Meat. 3 Thy changing Seasons he ordains, Thine early and thy latter Rains; His Flakes of Snow like Wool he sends, And thus the springing Corn defends. 4 With hoary Frost he strews the Ground; His Hail descends with clatt'ring Sound: Where is the Man so vainly bold That dares defy his dreadful Cold? 5 He bids the Southern Breezes blow; The Ice dissolve, the Waters flow; But he hath nobler Works and Ways To call the Britons to his Praise. 6 To all the Isle his Laws are shown, His Gospel through the Nation known; He hath not thus reveal'd his Word To ev'ry Land: Praise ye the Lord. Scripture: Psalm 147

Regard My Grief and Rescue Me

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Deliverance From Enemies; Law of God; Persecution Of Believers; Perseverance Of The Saints; Revival; Salvation; Truth; Word of God Lyrics: 1 Regard my grief and rescue me, For I do not forget Thy laws; As Thou hast promised, save me Lord; Redeem my soul, and plead my cause. 2 Far is salvation from the men Who do not seek Thy statues, Lord; Great are Thy mercies, quicken me According to Thy holy Word. 3 I bear the spite of many foes, Yet from Thy law I do not swerve; I saw the faithless and was grieved, For they Thy Word do not observe. 4 Behold how I Thy precepts love! In kindness, Lord, revive Thou me; The sum of all Thy Word is truth, Thy Word abides eternally. Scripture: Psalm 119 Used With Tune: PRESTON

Penitential Grief and Supplication

Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Afflictions For sin; Afflictions Submission under; Anger of God Deprecated; Aspirations For Peace and Rest; Burdens; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; Deliverance From Sickness; Enemies Many and Mighty; Ingratitude To Man; Penitence; Prayer Complaint in; Prayer Confession in; Repentance; Sickness Prayers under; Sin Confession of; Sin Conviction of; Spiritual Darkness First Line: In Thy wrath and hot displeasure Lyrics: 1 In Thy wrath and hot displeasure, Chasten not Thy servant, Lord; Let Thy mercy, without measure, Help and peace to me afford. 2 Heavy is my tribulation, Sore my punishment has been; Broken by Thy indignation, I am troubled by my sin. 3 With my burden of transgression Heavy laden, overborne, Humbled low I make confession, For my folly now I mourn. 4 Weak and wounded, I implore Thee; Lord, to me Thy mercy show; All my prayer is now before Thee, All my trouble Thou dost know. 5 Darkness gathers, foes assail me, But I answer not a word; All my friends desert and fail me, Only Thou my cry hast heard. Scripture: Psalm 38 Used With Tune: ST. SYLVESTER

Send Forth, O Lord, of My Salvation

Author: Rev. William Kuipers Meter: 9.8.9.9.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Help in Afflictions; Communion Service; Grace of God; Hope; House of God ; Opening of Services; Persecution Of Believers; Spiritual Life First Line: Send forth, O Lord of my salvation Scripture: Psalm 43 Used With Tune: HOLY HILL

Save Me, O God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Persecution Of Believers; Waiting upon God ; Suffering of Christ; Cross of Christ First Line: Save me, O God, because the floods Scripture: Psalm 69 Used With Tune: GRÄFENBERG

Petitions for Deliverance

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Afflictions Many and Severe; Afflictions Prayer in; Anger of God Invoked; Christ The Sin-bearer; Christians Persecuted and Sorrowing; Enemies Many and Mighty; Faith Act of; Grace Redeeming; Prayer For Deliverance from Trouble; Prayer Imprecations in; Prayer Pleas in; Retribution Threatened; The Righteous Hated by the Wicked; Salvation Prayers for; Sin Salvation from; Spiritual Darkness; The Wicked Persecuting Spirit of; The Wicked Prayers for Punishment of; Afflictions From the Wicked First Line: In full assurance of Thy grace Lyrics: 1 In full assurance of Thy grace To thee my prayer ascend; In Thy abounding love and truth, O God, salvation send. 2 Preserve my sinking soul, I pray, From tides of hatred save; Let not the waters overflow, Redeem me from the grave. 3 Because Thy mercy, Lord, is good, O answer me in grace, And in the riches of Thy love O turn to me Thy face. 4 Hide not Thy face from my distress, A speedy answer send; Draw near to me, my soul redeem, From all my foes defend. 5 Well known to Thee is my reproach, My shame and my disgrace; The adversaries of my soul Are all before Thy face. 6 My heart is broken by reproach, My soul is full of grief; I looked in vain for comforters, For pity and relief. 7 They gave me bitter gall for food, And taunting words they spake; They gave me vinegar to drink, My burning thirst to slake. 8 Their peace and plenty be their snare, In blindness let them grope; Thy indignation on them pour, And desolate their hope. 9 Because they proudly persecute Those whom Thou, Lord, dost smite, Let them be blotted from Thy book And banished from Thy sight. Scripture: Psalm 69 Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN

Save Me, O God, Because the Floods

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Cross of Christ; Falsehood; Persecution Of Believers; Sufferings of Christ; Waiting upon God ; Zeal Lyrics: 1 Save me, O God, because the floods Come in upon my soul, I sink in depths where none can stand, Deep waters o'er me roll. 2 My constant calling wearies me, My throat is parched and dried; My eyes grow dim while for my God Still waiting I abide. 3 The foes who hate me unprovoked Are strong and still increase, Though to disarm their enmity My right I yield for peace. 4 O God, my folly and my sin Thy holy eye can see; Yet save from shame,Lord God of hosts, Thy saints that wait on Thee. 5 Forbid, O God, our covenant God, That those who seek Thy face Should see Thy servant put to shame And share in my disgrace. 6 It is for Thee I am reproached, For Thee I suffer shame, Until my brethren know me not, And hated is my name. 7 It is my zeal for Thy abode That has consumed my life; Reproached by those reproaching Thee, I suffer in the strife. 8 I wept, with fasting bowed my soul, Yet that was made my shame; When I in sackcloth clothed myself, Their byword I became. 9 The men who sit within the gate With slander do me wrong, And they who linger at their cups Make me their jest and song. Scripture: Psalm 69 Used With Tune: SAWLEY