Merrick's Psalter. A selection of the Psalms of David, from the version of J. Merrick, to which is appended a collection of hymnsJames Merrick 1815 |
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... , I pensive roam A sad outcast from my home ; Yet I walk from terror free , While my ev'ry wish I see By thy rod and staff supplied ; This my guard and that my guide . The Protecting Care of God . Ye souls , that PSALM 20 .
... , I pensive roam A sad outcast from my home ; Yet I walk from terror free , While my ev'ry wish I see By thy rod and staff supplied ; This my guard and that my guide . The Protecting Care of God . Ye souls , that PSALM 20 .
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... whose walls inshrine The glory of my God ! Then pour , O pour , while thus I tread The path by Thee prepar'd , Thy beams of mercy on my head , And round me plant a guard . Reverence of God and his Son . Earth's scepter'd lords PSALM 25 .
... whose walls inshrine The glory of my God ! Then pour , O pour , while thus I tread The path by Thee prepar'd , Thy beams of mercy on my head , And round me plant a guard . Reverence of God and his Son . Earth's scepter'd lords PSALM 25 .
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... guard me from each hostile snare ; O lend me thy conducting ray , And level to my steps thy way . Let me , whose trust on Thee is plac'd , Peace and delight perpetual taste , And share the gifts on those bestow'd , Who love the name of ...
... guard me from each hostile snare ; O lend me thy conducting ray , And level to my steps thy way . Let me , whose trust on Thee is plac'd , Peace and delight perpetual taste , And share the gifts on those bestow'd , Who love the name of ...
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... guard the strong - built tow'r ; Each terror to the winds resign'd , In God a surer refuge find . The souls that erst oppress'd with woe , Have learn'd thy name , great God , to know , Their hope on thee shall still sustain , Whom none ...
... guard the strong - built tow'r ; Each terror to the winds resign'd , In God a surer refuge find . The souls that erst oppress'd with woe , Have learn'd thy name , great God , to know , Their hope on thee shall still sustain , Whom none ...
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... guard . And though ( thy will has thus ordain'd , ) My flesh to death's dark shades descend , Yet hope e'en there , its constant guest , Shall smooth the pillow of my rest . Thou from the grave my soul shall claim , Nor leave thy ...
... guard . And though ( thy will has thus ordain'd , ) My flesh to death's dark shades descend , Yet hope e'en there , its constant guest , Shall smooth the pillow of my rest . Thou from the grave my soul shall claim , Nor leave thy ...
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adore Advent Sunday age to age Almighty Ascension Day beams Behold blessings blest breast cheer confest crouds crown crown'd descend divine e'er earth eternal King eternal Lord exalted extend exulting faithful finish'd fix'd foes gifts God's grateful grief Hail Hallelujah hallow'd hast head hear heav'n holy hope humble hymns impious Israel Israel's Jacob's Jehovah Let ev'ry let thy life's lift lips lyre mightiest Lord mind o'er path peace pleas'd praise pray'r prepar'd proclaim promis'd PSALMS race rage reign reveal'd rise round sacred salvation Savior seat shine sing Sion's Sire skies song sons spread stand strong to save thankful Thee thine ear Thou thoughts throne thy decrees thy grace thy hand thy law thy love thy mercy thy name thy pow'r thy precepts thy word tongue tow'r tread tribes Trinity Sunday triumph trust voice wake wakeful eye wonders ye saints yield zeal
Popular passages
Page 10 - HARK ! the voice of love and mercy Sounds aloud from Calvary; See, it rends the rocks asunder, Shakes the earth and veils the sky. "It is finished!
Page 5 - HARK, the herald angels sing, Glory to the new-born King, Peace on earth, and mercy mild, GOD and sinners reconciled. Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With th' angelic host proclaim, CHRIST is born in Bethlehem.
Page 17 - He loves the earth He leaves; Though returning to His throne, Still He calls mankind His own.
Page 54 - Th' eternal joys the gospel shows, All from thy boundless goodness rise. 2 Here commerce spreads the wealthy store, Which pours from every foreign shore ; Science and art their charms display ; Religion teaches us to raise Our voices to our Maker's praise, As truth and conscience point the way.
Page 1 - Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers: Prepare the way! a God, a God appears! A God, a God! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim th
Page 1 - Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ; Hear him, ye deaf; and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day : Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear : The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Page 14 - Here's love and grief beyond degree, The Lord of glory dies for men ! But lo ! what sudden joys we see ! Jesus the dead revives again ! 4 The rising God forsakes the tomb ! Up to his Father's court he flies ; Cherubic legions guard him home, And shout him welcome to the skies.
Page 53 - Almighty breath Can sink the world, or bid it rise ; Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. 2 When angry nations rush to arms, And rage, and noise, and tumult reign, And war resounds its dire alarms, And slaughter dyes the hostile plain ; 3 Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down, And marks their course, and bounds their power ; Thy law the angry nations own, And noise and war are heard no more.
Page 35 - Tis done ! the precious ransom's paid ; " Receive my soul !" he cries ; See where he bows his sacred head! He bows his head and dies ! 4 But soon, he'll break death's envious chain, And in full glory shine ; O Lamb of God! was ever pain, Was ever love like thine ! HYMN 64.
Page 32 - If from guilt and sin set free By the knowledge of thy grace, Welcome, then, the call will be To depart and see thy face : To thy saints while here below, With new years, new mercies come ; But the happiest year they know, Is the last which leads them home.