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Deliverance from Slander and Reproach

Appears in 38 hymnals First Line: My heart rejoices in thy name Lyrics: 1 My heart rejoices in thy name, My God, my heavenly trust; Thou hast preserv'd my face from shame, Mine honour from the dust. 2 "My life is spent with grief, I cried, "My years consum'd in groans, "My strength decays, mine eyes are dried, "And sorrow wastes my bones." 3 Among mine enemies my name A proverb vile was grown, While to my neighbours I became Forgotten and unknown. 4 Slander and fear on every side, Seiz'd and beset me round, I to the throne of grace applied, And speedy rescue found. Pause. 5 How great deliverance thou hast wrought Before the sons of men! The lying lips to silence brought, And made their boasting vain! 6 Thy children from the strife of tongues Shall thy pavilion hide, Guard them from infamy and wrongs, And crush the sons of pride. 7 Within thy secret presence, Lord, Let me for ever dwell; No fenced city wall'd and barr'd, Secures a saint so well. Topics: Death deliverance from it; Deliverance from death; Doubts and Fears suppressed; Health, Sickness and Recovery; Reproach reproved; Slander Deliverance from it; Death deliverance from it; Deliverance from death; Doubts and Fears suppressed; Health, Sickness and Recovery; Reproach reproved; Slander Deliverance from it Scripture: Psalm 31:7

Forgiveness of Sins upon Confession

Appears in 190 hymnals First Line: Oh blessed souls are they Lyrics: 1 Oh blessed souls are they Whose sins are cover'd o'er! Divinely blest, to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more. 2 They mourn their follies past, And keep their hearts with care; Their lips and lives without deceit Shall prove their faith sincere. 3 While I conceal'd my guilt, I felt the festering wound, Till I confess'd my sins to thee, And ready pardon found. 4 Let sinners learn to pray, Let saints keep near the throne; Our help in times of deep distress, Is found in God alone. Topics: Blessings of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience its guilt relieved; Faith in the blood of Christ; Grace without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience sincere; Pardon and confession; Repentance Confession and Pardon; Sincerity; Blessings of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience its guilt relieved; Faith in the blood of Christ; Grace without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience sincere; Pardon and confession; Repentance Confession and Pardon; Sincerity Scripture: Psalm 32

Free Pardon and sincere Obedience; or, Confession and Forgivness

Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: How blest the man to whom his God Lyrics: 1 How blest the man to whom his God No more imputes his sin, But wash'd in the Redeemer's blood Hath made his garments clean! 2 And blest beyond expression he, Whose debts are thus discharg'd; And from the guilty bondage free He feels his soul enlarg'd. 3 His spirit hates deceit and lies, His words are all sincere: He guards his heart, he guards his eyes, To keep his conscience clear. 4 While I my inward guilt supprest, No quiet could I find; Thy wrath lay burning in my breast, And rack'd my tortur'd mind. 5 Then I confess'd my troubled thoughts, My secret sins reveal'd, Thy pardoning grace forgave my faults, Thy grace my pardon seal'd. 6 This shall invite thy saints to pray; When like a raging flood Temptations rise, our strength and stay Is a forgiving God. Topics: Blessings of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience its guilt relieved; Faith in the blood of Christ; Grace without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience sincere; Pardon and confession; Repentance Confession and Pardon; Sincerity; Blessings of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience its guilt relieved; Faith in the blood of Christ; Grace without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience sincere; Pardon and confession; Repentance Confession and Pardon; Sincerity Scripture: Psalm 32

Repentance and Free Pardon; or, Justification and Sanctification

Appears in 103 hymnals First Line: Blest is the man, forever blest Lyrics: 1 Blest is the man, forever blest, Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God, Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd, And cover'd with his Saviour's blood. 2 Before his judgment seat the Lord No more permits his crimes to rise; He pleads no merit of reward, And not on works but grace relies. 3 From guile his heart and lips are free, His humble joy, his holy fear, With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith sincere. 4 How glorious is that righteousness That hides and cancels all his sins! While a bright evidence of grace Through all his life appears and shines. Topics: Blessings of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience its guilt relieved; Faith in the blood of Christ; Grace without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience sincere; Pardon and confession; Repentance Confession and Pardon; Sincerity; Blessings of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience its guilt relieved; Faith in the blood of Christ; Grace without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience sincere; Pardon and confession; Repentance Confession and Pardon; Sincerity Scripture: Psalm 32

A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon

Appears in 44 hymnals First Line: While I keep silence and conceal Lyrics: 1 While I keep silence and conceal My heavy guilt within my heart, What torments doth my conscience feel! What agonies of inward smart! 2 I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess; Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word, Thine holy spirit seals the grace. 3 For this shall every humble soul Make swift addresses to thy seat: When floods of huge temptations roll, There shall they find a blest retreat. 4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie, When days grow dark and storms appear? And when I walk, thy watchful eye Shall guide me safe from every snare. Topics: Blessings of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience its guilt relieved; Faith in the blood of Christ; Grace without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience sincere; Pardon and confession; Repentance Confession and Pardon; Sincerity; Blessings of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience its guilt relieved; Faith in the blood of Christ; Grace without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience sincere; Pardon and confession; Repentance Confession and Pardon; Sincerity Scripture: Psalm 32

Works of Creation and Providence

Appears in 77 hymnals First Line: Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord, This work belongs to you: Sing of his name, his ways, his word, How holy, just, and true! 2 His mercy and his righteousness Let heaven and earth proclaim; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wondrous name. 3 His word, with energy divine, Those heavenly arches spread, Bid starry hosts around them shine, And light the heavens pervade. 4 He taught the swelling waves to flow To their appointed deep; Bade raging seas their limits know, And still their station keep. 5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth, With fear before him stand; He spake, and nature took its birth, And rests on his command. 6 He scorns the angry nations' rage, And breaks their vain designs; His counsel stands through every age, And in full glory shines. Topics: Blessings of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience its guilt relieved; Faith in the blood of Christ; Grace without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience sincere; Pardon and confession; Repentance Confession and Pardon; Sincerity; Blessings of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience its guilt relieved; Faith in the blood of Christ; Grace without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience sincere; Pardon and confession; Repentance Confession and Pardon; Sincerity Scripture: Psalm 33

Creatures vain, and God All sufficient

Appears in 40 hymnals First Line: Blest is the nation, where the Lord Lyrics: 1 Blest is the nation, where the Lord Hath fix'd his gracious throne? Where he reveals his heavenly word, And calls their tribes his own. 2 His eye, with infinite survey, Does the whole world behold; He form'd us all of equal clay, And knows our feeble mould. 3 Kings are not rescued by the force Of armies from the grave; Nor speed nor courage of an horse Can his bold rider save. 4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men, Nor springs our safety thence; But holy souls from God obtain A strong and sure defence. 5 God is their fear, and God their trust: When plagues or famine spread, His watchful eye secures the just, Among ten thousand dead. 6 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice, And bless us from thy throne; For we have made thy word our choice, And trust thy grace alone. Topics: Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God all-sufficient; God our Defense and Salvation; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Works and grace; Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God all-sufficient; God our Defense and Salvation; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Works and grace Scripture: Psalm 33

Works of Creation and Providence

Appears in 50 hymnals First Line: Ye holy souls in God rejoice Lyrics: 1 Ye holy souls in God rejoice, Your Maker's praise becomes your voice, Great is your theme, your songs be new; Sing of his name, his word, his ways, His works of nature and of grace, How wise and holy, just and true! 2 Behold, to earth's remotest ends, His goodness shows, his truth extends; His power the heavenly arches spread; His word, with energy divine, Bade starry hosts around them shine, And light the circling heavens pervade. 3 His hand collects the flowing seas; Those watery treasures know their place, And fill the store-house of the deep: He spake, and gave all nature birth; And fires and seas, and heaven and earth His everlasting orders keep. 4 Let mortals tremble and adore A God of such resistless power, Nor dare indulge their feeble rage: Vain are your thoughts, and weak your hands, But his eternal counsel stands, And rules the world from age to age. Topics: Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God all-sufficient; God our Defense and Salvation; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Works and grace; Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God all-sufficient; God our Defense and Salvation; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Works and grace Scripture: Psalm 33

Creatures vain, and God All-sufficient

Appears in 30 hymnals First Line: Oh happy nation, where the Lord Lyrics: 1 Oh happy nation, where the Lord Reveals the treasure of his word, And builds his church, his earthly throne! His eye the heathen world surveys, He form'd their hearts, he knows their ways, But God their maker is unknown. 2 Let kings rely upon their host, And of his strength the champion boast, In vain they boast, in vain rely; In vain we trust the brutal force, Or speed or courage of an horse, To guard his rider, or to fly. 3 The arm of our almighty Lord, Doth more secure defence afford, When deaths or dangers threatening stand; Thy watchful eye preserves the just, Who make thy name their fear and trust, When wars or famine waste the land. 4 In sickness or the bloody field, Our great physician and our shield, Shall send salvation from his throne; We wait to see thy goodness shine; Let us rejoice in help divine, For all our hope is God alone. Topics: Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God all-sufficient; God our Defense and Salvation; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Works and grace; Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God all-sufficient; God our Defense and Salvation; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Works and grace Scripture: Psalm 33

God's Care of the Saints; or, Deliverance by Prayer

Appears in 88 hymnals First Line: Lord, I will bless thee all my days Lyrics: 1 Lord, I will bless you 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, Let every heart 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 their eyes, With heavenly joy their faces 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; Oh 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 through all the wood; But none shall seek the Lord in vain, Nor want supplies of real good. Topics: Afflictions removed by prayer; Angels guardian; Care of God over his Saints; Deliverance from deep distress; Deliverance by prayer; Exhortations to Peace and Holiness; Fears and doubts suppressed; Instruction in piety; Piety instructions therein; Praise for eminent Deliverance; Prayer heard; Prayer and praise for deliverance; Religious Education; Saints God's care of them; Secret devotion; Sins of tongue; Tongues governed; Afflictions removed by prayer; Angels guardian; Care of God over his Saints; Deliverance from deep distress; Deliverance by prayer; Exhortations to Peace and Holiness; Fears and doubts suppressed; Instruction in piety; Piety instructions therein; Praise for eminent Deliverance; Prayer heard; Prayer and praise for deliverance; Religious Education; Saints God's care of them; Secret devotion; Sins of tongue; Tongues governed Scripture: Psalm 34