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My God, accept my early vows
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 135 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
My God, accept my early vows
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
Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray!
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
Psalm 139 Part 1
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
Hearing of Prayer, or GOD our Portion, and Christ our Hope
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
Psalm 139 Part 2
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
Psalm 139 Part 3
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
Faith and Peace
Psalm 116: The Cup of Salvation
Author: Scott Soper, b. 1961 Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Lent 2 Year B; Service Music for Mass Communion Song; Service Music for Mass Responsorial Psalm; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Responsorial Psalm; The Liturgical Year The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi); The Liturgical Year Thursday of the Lord's Supper at the Evening Mass; The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Year B; Thursday of the Lord's Supper At the Evening Mass; Twenty-Fourth Ordinary Year B First Line: How shall I make a return Refrain First Line: The cup of salvation I will take Scripture: Psalm 116:12-13 Used With Tune: [How shall I make a return]
Psalm 116: The Cup of Salvation
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
Sincerity profest, and Grace tried; or, the Heart searching God
Psalm 139 Part 2
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 52 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
Lord! thou hast search'd and seen me thro'
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 325 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
Lord! thou hast search'd and seen me thro'
Prayerful Desire
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Evening Psalms First Line: O Lord, make haste to hear my cry Lyrics: 1 O Lord, make haste to hear my cry,
To Thee I call, on Thee rely.
Incline to me a gracious ear,
And when I call, in mercy hear.
2 When in the morning unto Thee
I lift my voice and bring my plea,
Then let my prayer as incense rise
To God enthroned above the skies.
3 When unto Thee I look and pray
With lifted hands at close of day,
Then as the evening sacrifice
Let my request accepted rise.
4 Guard Thou my thoughts, I Thee implore,
And of my lips O keep Thou the door;
Nor leave my sinful heart to stray
Where evil footsteps lead the way.
5 O righteous God, Thy chastisement,
Though sent thro' foes, in love is sent;
Though grievous it will profit me,
A healing ointment it shall be.
6 While wickedness my foes devise,
To Thee my constant prayer shall rise;
When their injustice is o'erthrown
Mu gentleness shall still be shown.
7 Brought nigh to death and sore distressed,
O Lord, my God, in Thee I rest;
Forsake me not, I look to Thee,
Let me Thy great salvation see.
8 Themselves entangled in their snare,
Their own defeat my foes prepare;
O keep me, Lord, for let me fall,
Protect and lead me safe through all. Scripture: Psalm 141 Used With Tune: HESPERUS
Prayerful Desire
A Mindful God
Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Evening Psalms First Line: Mindful of our human frailty Lyrics: 1 Mindful of our human frailty
Is the God in Whom we trust;
He Whose years are ever lasting,
He remembers we are dust.
2 Man is like the tender flower,
And his days are like the grass,
Withered where it lately flourished
By the blighting winds that pass.
3 Changeless is Jehovah's mercy
Unto those who fear His Name,
From eternity abiding
To eternity the same.
4 All the faithful to His covenant
Shall behold His righteousness;
He will be their strength and refuge,
And their children's children bless.
Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: TALMAR
A Mindful God
The Soul Satisfied
Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Evening Psalms First Line: God of my righteousness, reply Refrain First Line: O who will show us any good Scripture: Psalm 4 Used With Tune: [God of my righteousness, reply]
The Soul Satisfied
With the Lord
Author: Michael Joncas, b. 1951 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Evening Prayer Morning Psalms, Canticles First Line: Out of the depths I cry to you Refrain First Line: With the Lord there is mercy Scripture: Psalm 130 Used With Tune: [Out of the depths I cry to you]
With the Lord
Psalm 138: On the Day I Called
Author: Rory Cooney, b. 1952 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Evening Prayer Morning Psalms, Canticles First Line: I shall thank you, God of my heart Refrain First Line: Lord, on the day I called for help Scripture: Psalm 138 Used With Tune: [I shall thank you, God of my heart]
Psalm 138: On the Day I Called
Overshadowing Protection
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 37 hymnals Topics: Evening Psalms First Line: The man who once has found abode Lyrics: 1 The man who once has found abode,
Within the secret place of God
Shall with Almighty God abide,
And in His shadow safely hide.
2 I of the Lord my God will say,
He is my refuge and my stay;
To Him for safety I will flee,
In Him my constant trust shall be.
3 The Lord with His protecting care
Shall keep thee from the hidden snare;
When fearful plagues around prevail
Thy life the scourge shall not assail.
4 Thou shalt beneath His wings abide,
And safe within His care confide;
His faithfulness shall ever be
A sure protection unto thee.
5 No nightly terrors shall alarm,
No deadly shaft by day shall harm;
Nor pestilence that walks by night,
Nor plagues that waste in noonday light.
6 At thy right hand, though thousands die,
No harm shall unto thee come nigh;
But thou secure, unharmed, shalt see
What wicked men's reward shall be.
Scripture: Psalm 91 Used With Tune: ZEPHYR
Overshadowing Protection
A Prayer for Restraining Grace
Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Evening Psalms First Line: O Lord, my God, to Thee I cry Scripture: Psalm 141 Used With Tune: [O Lord, my God, to Thee I cry]
A Prayer for Restraining Grace
God's glory in His works
Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Evening Psalms First Line: Lord, our Lord, o'er earth's vast frame Scripture: Psalm 8 Used With Tune: [Lord, our Lord, o'er earth's vast frame]
God's glory in His works
The Tender Mercies of God
Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Evening Psalms First Line: O my soul, bless thou Jehovah Lyrics: 1 O my soul, bless thou Jehovah,
All within me, bless His Name;
Bless Jehovah and forget not
All His mercies to proclaim.
He forgives all thy transgressions;
Heals thy sicknesses and pains;
He redeems thee from destruction,
And His love thy life sustains.
2 He with tender mercies crowns thee,
Satisfies thy full request,
So that like the tireless eagle
Thou with youth renewed art blessed.
Righteous is the Lord in judgment
Unto all that are oppressed;
To His people He has ever
Made His goodness manifest.
3 Yea, the Lord is full of mercy
And compassion for distress,
Slow to anger and abundant
In His grace and tenderness.
He will not be angry alway,
Nor will He forever chide;
Tho' we oft have sinned against Him
Still His love and grace abide.
4 As the heav'ns are high above us,
Great his love to us has proved;
Far as east from west is distant,
He has all our sins removed.
As a father loves his children,
Feeling pity for their woes,
So the Lord to those who fear Him
Mercy and compassion shows. Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: AUTUMN
The Tender Mercies of God
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