2 Our longing souls faint with desire Our heart and flesh cry out for Thee- 3 Blessed are they who in thy strength 4 May we go on from strength to strength, (From "The Spirit of the Psalms.") 1 GOD, our Strength, to Thee the song With grateful hearts we raise; To Thee, and Thee alone, belong 3 And Thou, O ever-gracious Lord, If, meekly heark'ning to thy Word, 4 Led by the light thy grace imparts, To idols, which our wayward hearts 1 PSALM LXXXIV. Version 1. L. M. HOW sweet thy dwelling, Lord, how fair! What peace, what bliss inhabit there! With ardent hope, with strong desire, Our thoughts, our hearts, to Thee aspire. 2 Thrice bless'd are they who, by thy grace, Are strong to run the heav'nly race, And, their eternal home in view, With active zeal their steps pursue. 3 Secure the thirsty vale they tread, By thy protecting presence led; For them the gushing streams shall flow, Which health and strength and joy bestow. 4 From step to step advancing still, Behold they reach fair Zion's hill, That heav'nly scene, the bright abode Of their Redeemer and their God. PSALM LXXXIV. Version 2. P. M. 1 LORD of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, 2 Thine earthly temples, are! To thine abode My heart aspires, With warm desires, To see my God. O happy those that stay Where God will answer prayer! O happy those that pay Their constant service there! They praise Thee still, And still ascend The paths that lead To Zion's hill. 3 They go from strength to strength Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heav'n appears: O glorious seat! When God, our King, PSALM LXXXVII. P. M. 1 GLORIOUS things of thee were spoken, Zion, city of our God; He, whose word can ne'er be broken, 2 Lord, the Church is still thy dwelling, 3 On the Rock of Ages founded, 4 Lo, the just of every nation, Shall be register'd above. PSALM XC. Version 1. C. M. 1 SHINE on our souls, Eternal God, O let thy favour crown our days, D 2 Did we not raise our hands to Thee, 3 With Thee let ev'ry week begin; 4 Thus cheer us through the desert road, 1 And Heav'n refresh our wearied soul PSALM XC. GR REAT Father of Eternity, How short are ages in thy sight! A thousand rolling years with Thee Pass as a single watch of night. 2 But mortal life, how soon it flies! Dream of an hour, how frail our bloom! Like Spring's gay flow'rs, at morn we rise; Cut down ere night to fill the tomb. 3 O teach us to improve our days, To count our moments as they fly, And, form'd to Wisdom's sacred ways, In Thee to live, in Thee to die! 1 PSALM XCII. Version 1. S. M. S 66 (From The Spirit of the Psalms.") To praise thy Name, and hear thy Word, 2 Sweet at the dawning hour Thy boundless love to tell; 3 4 And, when the night-wind shuts the flower, Sweet on the Day of Rest With those who love and serve Thee best, To songs of praise and joy That such may be our blest employ Eternally in heav'n. PSALM XCII. Version 2. SEVENS. 1HOU, that sitt'st enthron'd above! Thou, in whom we live and move! Thou, that art Most Great, Most High, Lord from all eternity! 2 O! how good, how excellent "Tis, when tongue and heart consent, 3 When the morning gilds the skies, 4 Sov'reign Ruler! mighty Lord! |