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My God, accept my early vows

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 136 hymnals Topics: Evening psalm Lyrics: My God, accept my early vows, Like morning incense in thine house; And let my nightly worship rise Sweet as the evening sacrifice. Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, From every rash and heedless word; Nor let my feet incline to tread The guilty path where sinners lead. O may the righteous, when I stray, Smite, and reprove my wand'ring way! Their gentle words, like ointment shed, Shall never bruise, but cheer my head. When I behold them pressed with grief, I'll cry to heav'n for their relief; And by my warm petitions prove How much I prize their faithful love. Scripture: Psalm 141:2-5

Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray!

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 245 hymnals Topics: An Evening Psalm Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray! I am forever thine; I fear before thee all the day, Nor would I dare to sin. 2 And while I rest my weary head, From cares and business free, ’Tis sweet conversing on my bed, With my own heart and thee. 3 I pay this evening sacrifice: And when my work is done, Great God, my faith and hope relies Upon thy grace alone. 4 Thus with my thoughts compos'd to peace, I’ll give mine eyes to sleep; Thy hand in safety keeps my days, And will my slumbers keep. Scripture: Psalm 4

Psalm 139 Part 1

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 251 hymnals Topics: Evening psalm First Line: In all my vast concerns with thee Lyrics: In all my vast concerns with thee, In vain my soul would try To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee The notice of thine eye. Thy all-surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest, My public walks, my private ways, And secrets of my breast. My thoughts lie open to the Lord Before they're formed within; And ere my lips pronounce the word He knows the sense I mean. O wondrous knowledge, deep and high! Where can a creature hide? Within thy circling arms I lie, Beset on every side. So let thy grace surround me still, And like a bulwark prove, To guard my soul from every ill, Secured by sovereign love. Lord, where shall guilty souls retire, Forgotten and unknown? In hell they meet thy dreadful fire, In heav'n thy glorious throne. Should I suppress my vital breath To 'scape the wrath divine, Thy voice would break the bars of death, And make the grave resign. If winged with beams of morning light I fly beyond the west, Thy hand, which must support my flight, Would soon betray my rest. If o'er my sins I think to draw The curtains of the night, Those flaming eyes that guard thy law Would turn the shades to light. The beams of noon, the midnight hour, Are both alike to thee O may I ne'er provoke that power From which I cannot flee. Scripture: Psalm 139

Hearing of Prayer, or GOD our Portion, and Christ our Hope

Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: Evening Psalm First Line: O God of Grace and Righteousness Lyrics: 1 O GOD of Grace and Righteousness, Hear and attend when I complain: Thou hast enlarg'd me in Distress, Bow down a gracious Ear again. 2 Ye Sons of Men, in vain ye try To turn my Glory into Shame: How long will Scoffers love to lye, And dare reproach my Saviour's Name? 3 Know that the Lord divides his Saints From all the Tribes of Ken beside; He hears the Cry of Penitents, For the dear Sake of Christ that dy'd. 4 When our obedient Hands have done A Thousand Works of Righteousness, We put our Trust in GOD alone, And Glory in his pard'ning Grace. 5 Let the unthinking Many say, "Who will bestow some earthly Good?" But, Lord, thy Light and Love we pray; Our Souls desire this heavenly food. 6 Then shall my chearful Pow'rs rejoice, At Grace and Favour so divine, Nor will I change my happy Choice For all their Corn, and all their Wine. Scripture: Psalm 4:1-3

Psalm 139 Part 2

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 53 hymnals Topics: Evening psalm First Line: When I with pleasing wonder stand Lyrics: When I with pleasing wonder stand, And all my frame survey, Lord, 'tis thy work I own thy hand Thus built my humble clay. Thy hand my heart and reins possessed Where unborn nature grew; Thy wisdom all my features traced, And all my members drew. Thine eye with nicest care surveyed The growth of every part; Till the whole scheme thy thoughts had laid Was copied by thy art. Heav'n, earth, and sea, and fire, and wind, Show me thy wondrous skill But I review myself, and find Diviner wonders still. Thy aweful glories round me shine, My flesh proclaims thy praise; Lord, to thy works of nature join Thy miracles of grace. Scripture: Psalm 139

Psalm 139 Part 2

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Evening psalm First Line: 'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came Lyrics: 'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came, A work of such a curious frame In me thy fearful wonders shine, And each proclaims thy skill divine. Thine eyes did all my limbs survey, Which yet in dark confusion lay; Thou saw'st the daily growth they took, Formed by the model of thy book. By thee my growing parts were named, And what thy sovereign counsels framed- The breathing lungs, the beating heart- Was copied with unerring art. At last, to show my Maker's name, God stamped his image on my frame, And in some unknown moment joined The finished members to the mind. There the young seeds of thought began, And all the passions of the man: Great God, our infant nature pays Immortal tribute to thy praise. Lord, since in my advancing age I've acted on life's busy stage, Thy thoughts of love to me surmount The power of numbers to recount. I could survey the ocean o'er, And count each sand that makes the shore, Before my swiftest thoughts could trace The num'rous wonders of thy grace. These on my heart are still impressed, With these I give my eyes to rest; And at my waking hour I find God and his love possess my mind. Scripture: Psalm 139

Lord! thou hast search'd and seen me thro'

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 327 hymnals Topics: Evening psalm Lyrics: Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through, Thine eye commands with piercing view My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh with all their powers. My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known; He knows the words I mean to speak Ere from my op'ning lips they break. Within thy circling power I stand; On every side I find thy hand; Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. Amazing knowledge, vast and great! What large extent! what lofty height! My soul, with all the powers I boast, Is in the boundless prospect lost. O may these thoughts possess my breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest! Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. Could I so false, so faithless prove, To quit thy service and thy love, Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun. Or from thy dreadful glory run? If up to heav'n I take my flight, 'Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns, And Satan groans beneath thy chains. If, mounted on a morning ray, I fly beyond the western sea, Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the spreading veil of night, One glance of thine, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. O may these thoughts possess my breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest! Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy all-searching eyes; Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon Through midnight shades as blazing noon. Midnight and noon in this agree, Great God, they're both alike to thee; Not death can hide what God will spy, And hell lies naked to his eye. O may these thoughts possess my breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest! Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. Scripture: Psalm 139

Faith and Peace

Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Evening Psalms First Line: On the good and faithful Lyrics: 1 On the good and faithful God has set His love; When they call He sends them Blessings from above. 2 Stand in awe, and sin not, Bid your heart be still; Through the silent watches Think upon His will. 3 Anxious and despairing, Many walk in night; But to those that fear Him God will send His light. 4 In His care confiding, I will sweetly sleep, For the Lord, my Saviour, Will in safety keep. Scripture: Psalm 4 Used With Tune: MERRIAL

Psalm 139 Part 3

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 56 hymnals Topics: Evening psalm First Line: Lord, when I count thy mercies o'er Lyrics: Lord, when I count thy mercies o'er, They strike me with surprise; Not all the sands that spread the shore To equal numbers rise. My flesh with fear and wonder stands, The product of thy skill; And hourly blessings from thy hands Thy thoughts of love reveal. These on my heart by night I keep; How kind, how dear to me! O may the hour that ends my sleep Still find my thoughts with thee! Scripture: Psalm 139:14

Sincerity profest, and Grace tried; or, the Heart searching God

Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Evening Psalm; Evening Psalm First Line: My God, what inward grief I feel Lyrics: 1 My God, what inward grief I feel When impious men transgress thy will! I mourn to hear their lips profane, Take thy tremendous name in vain. 2 Does not my soul detest and hate The sons of malice and deceit? Those that oppose thy laws and thee, I count for enemies to me. 3 Lord, search my soul, try every thought Though my own heart accuse me not, Of walking in a false disguise, I beg the trial of thine eyes. 4 Doth secret mischief lurk within? Do I indulge some unknown sin? Oh turn my feet whene'er I stray, And lead me in thy perfect way. Scripture: Psalm 139