God our Deliverer and Comforter. Ps. 34.
1 THROUGH all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.
2 Of his deliverance I will boast
Till all that are distrest
From my example comfort take,
And charm their griefs to rest.
3 Their drooping hearts were soon refreshed Who looked to him for aid;
Desired success in every face
A cheerful air displayed.
4 The hosts of God encamp around
The dwellings of the just;
Deliverance he affords to all
Who on his succor trust.
5 O, make but trial of his love:
Experience will decide
How blest they are, and only they,
Who in his truth confide.
1 God is our refuge in distress
A present help when dangers press:
In him, undaunted, we'll confide,
Though earth were from her centre tossed,
And mountains in the ocean lost,
Torn piece-meal by the roaring tide.
2 A gentler stream with gladness still
The city of our Lord shall fill-
The royal seat of God most high:
God dwells in Zion, whose fair towers
Shall mock th' assaults of earthly powers,
While his almighty aid is nigh.
God the Refuge of his Saints. Ps. 46.
1 God is the refuge of his saints
When storms of sharp distress invade;
Ere we can offer our complaints,
Behold him present with his aid.
2 Let mountains from their seats be hurled
Down to the deep, and buried there-
Convulsions shake the solid world :
Our faith shall never yield to fear.
3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar:
In sacred peace our souls abide,
While every nation, every shore,
Trembles and dreads the swelling tide.
4 There is a stream whose gentle flow
Supplies the city of our God-
Life, love, and joy still gliding through,
And watering our divine abode.
5 That sacred stream, thine holy word,
That all our raging fear controls ;-
Sweet peace thy promises afford,
And give new strength to fainting souls.
6 Zion enjoys her Monarch's love,
Secure against a threatening hour;
Nor can her firm foundations move,
Built on his truth, and armed with power.
God our Protector and Guide. Ps. 121.
1 Up to the hills I lift mine eyes,
Th' eternal hills beyond the skies:
Thence all her help my soul derives;
There my almighty Refuge lives.
2 He lives, the everlasting God,
That built the world, that spread the flood;
The heavens with all their hosts he made,
And the dark regions of the dead.
3 He guides our feet-he guards our way;
His morning smiles bless all the day;
He spreads the evening vail, and keeps
The silent hours while Israel sleeps.
4 Israel (a name divinely blest)
May rise secure, securely rest:
Thy holy Guardian's wakeful eyes
Admit no slumber nor surprise.
God our Protector and Savior.
1 JEHOVAH lives, and be his name
By every heart adored;
From age to age he is the same,
The only God and Lord.
2 He is our rock when troubles rise,
And storms and tempests low'r;
He rides triumphant in the skies,
And saves us by his power.
3 Salvation to the Lord belongs:
We give Jehovah praise-
Lift up our hearts, and holy songs
To our Deliverer raise.
4 He saves from danger, death, and hell,
From fear, distress, and harm;
He makes our souls in safety dwell,
And mighty is his arm.
5 Great is the mercy we have found,
And great shall be our praise;
We'll spread his power and mercy round,
And songs of honor raise.
God our Protector and Guide.
1 GOD of my life, whose gracious power
Through varied deaths my soul hath led,
Or turned aside the fatal hour,
Or lifted up my sinking head!
2 In all my ways thy hand I own,
Thy ruling providence I see ;
Assist me still my course to run,
And still direct my paths to thee.
3 Whither, O whither, should I fly
But to my loving Father's breast,
Secure within thine arms to lie,
And safe beneath thy wings to rest?
4 I have no skill the snare to shun,
But thou, O God, my wisdom art;
I ever into ruin run,
But thou art greater than my heart
5 Foolish, and impotent, and blind,
Lead me a way I have not known;
Bring me where I my heaven may find,-
The heaven of loving thee alone.
God our Preserver in Times of Sickness. Ps. 121.
1 To heaven I lift my waiting eyes;
There all my hopes are laid ;-
The Lord that built the earth and skies
Is my perpetual aid.
2 Their feet shall never slide nor fall
Whom he designs to keep;
His ear attends the softest call;
His eyes can never sleep.
3 He will sustain our weakest powers
With his almighty arm,
And watch our most unguarded hours
Against surprising harm.
4 Israel! rejoice, and rest secure-
Thy keeper is the Lord;
His wakeful eyes employ his power
For thine eternal guard.
5 Nor scorching sun, nor sickly moon,
Shall have his leave to smite;
He shields thy head from burning noon-
From blasting damps at night.
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