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Mine eyes and my desire
Hymnal: Church Hymn Book #P.XXV.III (1816) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Distress of the Soul Lyrics: 11 My eyes and my desire
Are ever to the Lord;
I love to plead his promis'd grace
And rest upon his word.
12 Turn, turn thee to my soul,
Bring thy salvation near;
When will thy hand assist my feet
To 'scape the deadly snare?
13 When shall the sov'reign grace
Of my forgiving God,
Restore me from the dang'rous ways
My wand'ring feet have trod?
14 The tumult of my thoughts
Doth but enlarge my woe;
My spirit languishes, my heart
Is desolate and low.
15 With ev'ry morning light
My sorrows now begins;
Look on my anguish and my pain,
And pardon all my sins.
16 Behold the hosts of hell,
How cruel is their hate!
Against my life they rise, and join
Their fury with deceit.
17 Oh keep my soul from death,
Nor put my hope to shame,
For I have plac'd my only trust
In my Redeemer’s name.
18 With humble faith I wait
To see thy face again;
Of Isra'l it shall ne'er be said,
He sought the Lord in vain. Scripture: Psalm 25:11-18 Languages: English
Mine eyes and my desire
O Hark! unto the sounding bell
Hymnal: Church Hymn Book #CLVI (1816) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Fast Day in time of Distress Lyrics: 1 O Hark! unto the sounding bell,
What doth each stroke of tolling tell:
'Tis news to each attentive ear,
Some one is fitted for the bier.
2 Since death is licens'd here to rage
Without respect to any age;
The hoary head, and youth in bloom,
Depart to their eternal home.
3 Death with an uncontrolled force,
Will take his way and have his course;
Infectious air and pestilence,
Are not repuls'd by man's defence.
4 They who had thought the world their own,
Are with the meanest class cut down;
Both King and Princes have to die,
And lay their pow'rs and honours by.
5 This is our just reward indeed,
What can we say, what an we plead?
Were we not warn'd, and warn'd again;
But all we heard, we heard in vain.
6 But now we feel, we learn to fear,
God's threat'ned punishments are here;
What can we do, but plead and pray,
That God may turn his wrath away. Scripture: Numbers 16:44-50 Languages: English
O Hark! unto the sounding bell
Answer Me When I Call
Hymnal: Christian Worship #4A (2021) Topics: Distress First Line: Answer me when I call to you Refrain First Line: Answer me when I call, my God (In the night I can take my rest) Scripture: Psalm 4 Languages: English Tune Title: [Answer me when I call, my God]
Answer Me When I Call
Answer Me When I Call
Hymnal: Christian Worship #4B (2021) Topics: Distress First Line: Answer me when I call to you Refrain First Line: I will lie down and sleep in peace Scripture: Psalm 4 Languages: English Tune Title: [Answer me when I call to you]
Answer Me When I Call
I waited patient for the Lord
Author: Dr. Watts Hymnal: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed.) #P10 (1838) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: A Song of Deliverance from great Distress Scripture: Psalm 40 Languages: English
I waited patient for the Lord
How long, O Lord! shall I complain
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P13a (1766) Topics: Desertion and Distress of Soul Lyrics: 1 How long, O Lord! shall I complain,
Like one that seeks his GOD in vain.
Canst thou thy Face for ever hide?
And I still pray and be deny'd?
2 Shall I for ever be forgot,
As one whom thou regardest not?
Still shall my Soul thine Absence mourn?
And still despair of thy Return?
3 How long shall my poor troubled Breast
Be with these anxious Thoughts opprest,
And Satan, my malicious Foe,
Rejoice to see me sunk so low?
4 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick Relief,
Before my Death conclude my Grief;
If thou with-hold thy heav'nly Light,
I sleep in everlasting Night.
5 How will the Pow'rs of Darkness boast,
If but one praying Soul be lost?
But I have trusted in thy Grace,
And shall again behold thy Face.
6 Whate'er my Foes or Fears suggest,
Thou art my Hope, my Joy, my Rest,
My Heart shall feel thy Love, and raise
My chearful Voice to Songs of Praise. Scripture: Psalm 13 Languages: English
How long, O Lord! shall I complain
How long wilt thou conceal thy Face?
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P13b (1766) Topics: Desertion and Distress of Soul Lyrics: 1 How long wilt thou conceal thy Face?
My GOD, how long delay?
When shall I feel those heavenly Rays
That chace my Fears away?
2 How long shall my poor lab'ring Soul
Wrestle and toil in vain?
Thy Word can all my Foes controul,
And ease my raging Pain.
3 See how the Prince of Darkness tries
All his malicious Arts
He spreads a Mist around my Eyes,
And throws his fiery Darts.
4 Be thou my Sun, and thou my Shield,
My Soul in Safety keep;
Make Haste before mine Eyes are seal'd
In Death's eternal Sleep.
5 How would the Tempter boast aloud
If I become his Prey!
Behold the Sons of Hell grow proud
At thy so long Delay.
6 But they shall fly at thy Rebuke,
And Satan hide his Head;
He knows the Terrors of thy Look,
And hears thy Voice with Dread.
7 Thou wilt display that sov'reign Grace,
Where all my Hopes have hung;
I shall employ my Lips in Praise,
And Vict'ry shall be sung. Scripture: Psalm 13 Languages: English
How long wilt thou conceal thy Face?
Pleading with GOD under Desertion; or, Hope in Darkness
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #22a (1740) Topics: Desertion and Distress of Soul First Line: How long, O Lord! shall I complain Lyrics: 1 How long, O Lord! shall I complain,
Like one that seeks his GOD in vain.
Canst thou thy Face for ever hide?
And I still pray and be deny'd?
2 Shall I for ever be forgot,
As one whom thou regardest not?
Still shall my Soul thine Absence mourn?
And still despair of thy Return?
3 How long shall my poor troubled Breast
Be with these anxious Thoughts opprest,
And Satan, my malicious Foe,
Rejoice to see me sunk so low?
4 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick Relief,
Before my Death conclude my Grief;
If thou with-hold thy heav'nly Light,
I sleep in everlasting Night.
5 How will the Pow'rs of Darkness boast,
If but one praying Soul be lost?
But I have trusted in thy Grace,
And shall again behold thy Face.
6 Whate'er my Foes or Fears suggest,
Thou art my Hope, my Joy, my Rest,
My Heart shall feel thy Love, and raise
My chearful Voice to Songs of Praise. Scripture: Psalm 13 Languages: English
Pleading with GOD under Desertion; or, Hope in Darkness
Complaints under Temptations of the Devil
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #22b (1740) Topics: Desertion and Distress of Soul First Line: How long wilt thou conceal thy Face? Lyrics: 1 How long wilt thou conceal thy Face?
My GOD, how long delay?
When shall I feel those heavenly Rays
That chace my Fears away?
2 How long shall my poor lab'ring Soul
Wrestle and toil in vain?
Thy Word can all my Foes controul,
And ease my raging Pain.
3 See how the Prince of Darkness tries
All his malicious Arts
He spreads a Mist around my Eyes,
And throws his fiery Darts.
4 Be thou my Sun, and thou my Shield,
My Soul in Safety keep;
Make Haste, before mine Eyes are seal'd
In Death's eternal Sleep.
5 How would the Tempter boast aloud
If I become his Prey!
Behold the Sons of Hell grow proud
At thy so long Delay.
6 But they shall fly at thy Rebuke,
And Satan hide his Head;
He knows the Terrors of thy Look,
And hears thy Voice with Dread.
7 Thou wilt display that sov'reign Grace,
Where all my Hopes have hung;
I shall employ my Lips in Praise,
And Vict'ry shall be sung. Scripture: Psalm 13 Languages: English
Complaints under Temptations of the Devil
Thanks for Providence and grace
Hymnal: Church Psalmist #29 (1845) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Distress First Line: Almighty Father, gracious Lord Languages: English
Thanks for Providence and grace
Lord, I will bless thee all my Days
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P34a (1766) Topics: Deliverance from deep distress Lyrics: 1 Lord, I will bless thee all my Days,
Thy Praise shall dwell upon my Tongue;
My Soul shall glory in thy Grace,
While Saints rejoice to hear the Song.
2 Come, magnify the Lord with me,
Come, let us all exalt his Name;
I sought th' eternal GOD, and He
Has not expos'd my Hope to Shame.
3 I told him all my secret Grief,
My secret Groaning reach'd his Ears,
He gave my inward Pains Relief;
And calm'd the Tumult of my Fears.
4 To him the Poor lift up their Eyes,
Their Faces feel the heav'nly Shine;
A Beam of Mercy from the Skies
Fills them with Light and Joy divine.
5 His holy Angels pitch their Tents
Around the Men that serve the Lord:
O fear and love him, all his Saints,
Taste of his Grace, and trust his Word.
6 The wild young Lions, pinch'd with Pain
And Hunger, roar thro' all the Wood;
But none shall seek the Lord in vain,
Nor want Supplies of real Good.
Scripture: Psalm 34 Languages: English
Lord, I will bless thee all my Days
Children in Years and Knowledge young
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P34b (1766) Topics: Deliverance from deep distress Lyrics: 1 Children in Years and Knowledge young,
Your Parents Hope, your Parents Joy,
Attend the Counsels of my Tongue,
Let pious Thoughts your Minds employ.
2 If you desire a Length of Days,
And Peace to crown your mortal State,
Restrain your Feet from impious Ways,
Your Lips from Slander and Deceit.
3 The Eyes of GOD regard his Saints,
His Ears are open to their Cries;
He sets his frowning Face against
The Sons of Violence and Lies.
4 To humble Souls and broken Hearts,
GOD with his Grace is ever nigh;
Pardon and Hope his Love imparts,
When Men in deep Contrition lie.
5 He tells their Tears, he counts their Groans,
His Son redeems their Souls from Death;
His Spirit heals their broken Bones,
They in his Praise employ their Breath. Scripture: Psalm 34:11-22 Languages: English
Children in Years and Knowledge young
Come, Children, learn to fear the Lord
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P34d (1766) Topics: Deliverance from deep distress Lyrics: 1 Come, Children, learn to fear the Lord
And that your Days be long,
Let not a false or spiteful Word
Be found upon your Tongue.
2 Depart from Mischief, practise Love,
Pursue the Works of Peace;
So shall the Lord your Ways approve,
And set your Souls at Ease.
3 His Eyes awake to guard the Just,
His Ears attend their Cry;
When broken Spirits dwell in Dust,
The GOD of Grace is nigh.
4 What tho' the Sorrows here they taste
Are sharp and tedious too,
The Lord who saves them all at last,
Is their Supporter now.
5 Evil shall smite the Wicked dead;
But GOD secures his own,
Prevents the Mischief when they slide,
Or heals the broken Bone.
6 When Desolation, like a Flood,
O'er the proud Sinner rolls,
Saints find a Refuge in their God,
For he redeem'd their Souls. Scripture: Psalm 34:11-22 Languages: English
Come, Children, learn to fear the Lord
Amidst thy Wrath remember Love
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P38 (1766) Topics: Desertion and Distress of Soul Lyrics: 1 Amidst thy Wrath remember Love,
Restore thy Servant Lord,
Nor let a Father's Chast'ning prove
Like an Avenger's Sword.
2 Thine Arrows stick within my Heart,
My Flesh is sorely prest;
Between the Sorrow and the Smart,
My Spirit finds no Rest.
3 My Sins a heavy Load appear,
And o'er my Head are gone;
Too heavy they for me to bear,
Too hard for me t' attone.
4 My Thoughts are like a troubled Sea,
My Head still bending down;
And I go mourning all the Day,
Beneath my Father's Frown.
5 Lord, I am weak and broken sore,
None of my Pow'rs are whole;
The inward Anguish makes me roar,
The Anguish of my Soul.
6 All my Desire to Thee is known,
Thine Eye counts ev'ry Tear,
And ev'ry Sigh and ev'ry Groan,
Is notic'd by thine Ear.
7 Thou art my GOD, my only Hope;
My GOD will hear my Cry;
My GOD will bear my Spirit up,
When Satan bids me die.
8 [My Foot is ever apt to slide,
My Foes rejoice to see't;
They raise their Pleasure and their Pride,
When they supplant my Feet.
9 But I'll confess my Guilt to Thee,
And grieve for all my Sin;
I'll mourn how weak my Graces be,
And beg Support divine.
10 My GOD, forgive my Follies past,
And be for ever nigh;
O Lord of my Salvation haste,
Before thy Servant die.
Scripture: Psalm 38 Languages: English
Amidst thy Wrath remember Love
I waited patient for the Lord
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P40a (1766) Topics: Deliverance from deep distress Lyrics: 1 I waited patient for the Lord,
He bow'd to hear my Cry;
He saw me resting on his Word,
And brought Salvation nigh.
2 He rais'd me from a horrid Pit,
Where mourning long I lay,
And from my Bonds releas'd my Feet,
Deep Bonds of miry Clay.
3 Firm on a Rock he made me stand,
And taught my chearful Tongue
To praise the Wonders of his Hand,
In a new thankful Song.
4 I'll spread his Works of Grace abroad,
The Saints with Joy shall hear;
And Sinners learn to make my GOD
Their only Hope and Fear.
5 How many are thy Thoughts of Love!
Thy Mercies, Lord, how great!
We have not Words nor Hours enough
Their Numbers to repeat.
6 When I'm afflicted, poor and low,
And Light and Peace depart,
My God beholds my heavy Woe,
And bears me on his Heart. Scripture: Psalm 40:1-5 Languages: English
I waited patient for the Lord
Thus saith the Lord, Your Work is vain
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P40b (1766) Topics: Deliverance from deep distress Lyrics: 1 Thus saith the Lord, "Your Work is vain
"Give your Burnt-Offerings o'er,
"In dying Goats and Bullocks slain
"My Soul delights no more."
2 Then spake the Saviour, "Lo, I'm here,
"My GOD, to do thy Will;
"Whate'er thy sacred Books declare,
"Thy Servant shall fulfil.
3 "Thy Law is ever in my Sight,
"I keep it near my Heart;
"Mine Ears are open'd with Delight
"To what thy Lips impart."
4 And see the blest Redeemer comes,
Th' Eternal Son appears,
And at th' appointed Time assumes
The Body GOD prepares.
5 Much he reveal'd his Father's Grace,
And much his Truth he shew'd,
And preach'd the Way of Righteousness
Where great Assemblies stood.
6 His Father's Honour touch'd his Heart,
He pity'd Sinners Cries,
And to fulfil a Saviour's Part,
Was made a Sacrifice.
Pause.
7 No Blood of Beasts on Altars shed
Could wash the Conscience clean;
But the rich Sacrifice he paid
Attones for all our Sin.
8 Then was the great Salvation spread,
And Satan's Kingdom shook;
Thus by the Woman's promis'd Seed
The Serpent's Head was broke. Scripture: Psalm 40:6-9 Languages: English
Thus saith the Lord, Your Work is vain
The Wonders, Lord, thy Love has wrought
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P40c (1766) Topics: Deliverance from deep distress Lyrics: 1 The Wonders, Lord, thy Love has wrought,
Exceed our Praise, surmount our Thought:
Should I attempt the long Detail,
My Speech would faint, my Numbers fail.
2 No Blood of Beasts on Altars spilt
Can cleanse the Souls of Men from Guilt;
But thou hast set before our Eyes
An All-sufficient Sacrifice.
3 Lo! thine eternal Son appears,
To thy Designs he bows his Ears;
Assumes a Body well prepar'd,
And well performs a Work so hard.
4 "Behold, I come (the Saviour cries,
With Love and Duty in his Eyes)
"I come to bear the heavy Load
"Of Sins, and do thy Will, my GOD.
5 "'Tis written in thy great Decree,
"'Tis in thy Book foretold of Me,
"I must fulfil the Saviour's Part;
"And lo! thy Law is in my Heart.
6 "I'll magnify thy holy Law,
"And rebels to Obedience draw,
"When on my Cross I'm lifted high,
"Or to my Crown above the Sky.
7 "The Spirit shall descend and show
"What thou hast done, and what I do;
"The wond'ring World shall learn thy Grace,
Thy Wisdom and thy Righteousness." Scripture: Psalm 40:5-10 Languages: English
The Wonders, Lord, thy Love has wrought
Shew Pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P51a (1766) Topics: Distress relieved Lyrics: 1 Shew pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive,
Let a repenting Rebel live;
Are not thy Mercies large and free;
May not a Sinner trust in Thee?
2 My Crimes are great, but not surpass
The Power and Glory of thy Grace:
Great GOD, thy Nature hath no Bound,
So let thy pard'ning Love be found.
3 O wash my Soul from ev'ry Sin,
And make my guilty Conscience clean;
Here on my Heart the Burden lies,
And past Offences pain mine Eyes.
4 My Lips with Shame my Sins confess
Against thy Law, against thy Grace;
Lord, should thy Judgment grow severe,
I am condemn'd, but thou art clear.
5 Should sudden Vengeance seize my Breath,
I must pronounce Thee just in Death:
And if my Soul were sent to Hell,
Thy righteous Law approves it well.
6 Yet save a trembling Sinner, Lord,
Whose Hope still hov'ring round thy Word,
Would light on some sweet Promise there,
Some sure Support against Despair.
Scripture: Psalm 51 Languages: English
Shew Pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive
Lord, I am vile, conceiv'd in Sin
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P51b (1766) Topics: Distress relieved Lyrics: 1 Lord, I am vile, conceiv'd in Sin;
And born unholy and unclean;
Sprung from the Man whose guilty Fall
Corrupts the Race, and taints us All.
2 Soon as we draw our Infant-Breath,
The Seeds of Sin grow up for Death;
Thy Law demands a perfect Heart;
But we're defil'd in ev'ry Part.
3 [Great GOD, create my Heart a new,
And form my Spirit pure and true;
O make me wise betimes, to spy
My Danger and my Remedy.]
4 Behold I fall before thy Face;
My only Refuge is thy Grace:
No outward Forms can make me clean;
The Leprosy lies deep within.
5 No bleeding Bird, nor bleeding Beast,
Nor Hyssop-Branch, nor sprinkling Priest,
Nor running Brook, nor Flood, nor Sea,
Can wash the dismal Stain away.
6 Jesus, my GOD, thy Blood alone
Hath Pow'r sufficient to attone;
Thy Blood can make me white as Snow;
No Jewish Types could cleanse me so.
7 While Guilt disturbs and breaks my Peace,
Nor Flesh nor Soul hath Rest or Ease,
Lord, let me hear thy pard'ning Voice,
And make my broken Bones rejoice. Scripture: Psalm 51 Languages: English
Lord, I am vile, conceiv'd in Sin
O Thou that hear'st when Sinners cry
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P51c (1766) Topics: Distress relieved Lyrics: 1 O Thou that hear'st when Sinners cry,
Tho' all my Crimes before thee lie,
Behold them not with angry Look,
But blot their Mem'ry from thy Book.
2 Create my Nature pure within,
And form my Soul averse to Sin;
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
Nor hide thy Presence from my Heart.
3 I cannot live without thy Light,
Cast out and banished from thy Sight:
Thine holy Joys my GOD restore,
And guard me that I fall no more.
4 Though I have griev'd thy Spirit, Lord,
Thy Help and Comfort still afford;
And let a Wretch come near thy Throne
To plead the Merits of thy Son.
5 A broken Heart, my GOD, my King,
Is all the Sacrifice I bring;
The God of Grace will ne'er despise
A broken Heart for Sacrifice.
6 My Soul lies humbled in the Dust,
And owns thy dreadful Sentence just;
Look down, O Lord, with pitying Eye,
And save the Soul condemn'd to die.
7 Then will I teach the World thy Ways;
Sinners shall learn thy sov'reign Grace;
I'll lead them to my Saviour's Blood,
And they shall praise a pard'ning God.
8 O may thy Love inspire my Tongue!
Salvation shall be all my Song;
And all my Pow'rs shall join to bless
The Lord, my Strength and Righteousness. Scripture: Psalm 51 Languages: English
O Thou that hear'st when Sinners cry
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