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How vast must their Advantage be
Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 How vast must their Advantage be,
How very great their Pleasure prove?
Who live like Brethren, and consent,
In tender Offices of Love.
2 True Love is like that precious Oil,
Which, pour'd on Aaron's sacred Head,
Ran down his Beard, and o'er his Robes,
Its costly fragrant Moisture shed.
3 'Tis like refreshing Dew, which does
On Hermon's lofty Top distill;
Or like the early Drops, that fall
On sacred Sion's fruitful Hill.
4 For Sion is the chosen Seat,
The Seat, where the Almighty King
The promis'd Blessing has ordain'd,
And fixed Life's eternal Spring. Topics: Description of The Church: Unity of its Memebers Scripture: Psalm 133 Used With Tune: [How vast must their Advantage be]
How vast must their Advantage be
O GOD, my Heart is fully bent
Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 O GOD, my Heart is fully bent,
To magnify thy glorious Name;
My Tongue with chearful Songs of praise
Shall strive to celebrate thy Fame.
2 Awake, my Lute; nor thou, my Harp,
Thy dulcet warbling Notes delay;
Whilst I with early Hymns of Joy
Prevent the Dawning of the Day.
3 To all the list'ning Tribes, O LORD,
Thy Works of Wonder I will tell;
And to those Nations sing thy Praise,
Ev'n those who round about us dwell.
4 Because thy Mercy's boundless Height
The highest Heav'n itself transcends,
And far beyond th'aspiring Clouds,
Thy faithful Truth, O LORD, extends.
5 Be thou, O GOD, exalted high
Above the glitt'ring starry Frame;
And let the World, with one Consent
Confess thy glorious Name.
6 That all thy chosen People, thee
Their GOD and Saviour may declare;
Let thy Right Hand protect me still,
And answer thou my humble Pray'r.
7 Since GOD himself has said the Word,
Whose faithful Promise cannot fail;
With Joy I Sechem will divide,
And measure Succoth's fruitful Vale.
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh too,
And Ephraim likewise owns my Cause;
Their Strength my regal Pow'r supports,
And Judah publishes my Laws.
9 Moab I'll make my sevile Drudge;
On vanquish'd Edom I will tread;
And through the proud Philistine Land
Will my triumphant Banners spread.
10 By whose Support and Aid, shall I
The well defended City gain?
Who will my Troops securely lead
Through Edom's strongly guarded Plain?
11 LORD, wilt not thou assist our Arms,
Which late thou did'st forsake?
And wilt not thou, of these our Hosts
Once more the sole Direction take?
12 O to thy Servant in Distress
Thy Help and speedy Succour send!
For vain it is on human Aid,
For Safety ever to depend.
13 Then valiant Acts shall we perform,
If thou wilt thy great Pow'r disclose;
For GOD it is, and GOD alone,
That treads down all haughty Foes. Topics: Prayers Of the Church for her Victory in Difficulties; Thanksgivings For Victories Scripture: Psalm 108 Used With Tune: [O God, my Heart is fully bent]
O GOD, my Heart is fully bent
Thou, LORD, by strictest Search hast known
Appears in 88 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thou, LORD, by strictest Search hast known
My rising up and lying down;
My secret Thoughts are known to thee,
Known long before conceiv'd by me.
2 Thine Eye my Bed and Path surveys,
My public Haunts and private Ways;
Thou know'st what 'tis my Lips would vent,
My yet unutter'd Words' Intent.
3 Surrounded by thy Pow'r I stand,
On every Side I find thy Hand;
O Skill, for human Reach too high!
Too dazzling bright for mortal Eye!
4 O, could I so perfidious be,
To think of once deserting thee;
Where, LORD, could I thy Influence shun,
Or whither from thy Presence run?
5 If up to Heav'n I take my Flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in Light,
If down to Hell's infernal Plains,
'Tis there Almighty Vengeance reigns.
6 If I the Morning's Wings could gain,
And fly beyond the Western Main;
Thy swifter Hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy Fugitive.
7 Or should I try to shun thy Sight
Beneath the sable Clouds of Night;
One Glance from thee, on piercing Ray
Would kindle Darkness into Day.
8 The Veil of Night is no Disguise,
No Screen from thy all-searching Eyes;
Thro' Midnight Shades thou find'st thy Way,
As in the blazing Noon of Day.
9 Thou know'st the Texture of my Heart,
My Reins and ev'ry vital Part;
Each single Thread in Nature's Loom,
By thee was cover'd in the Womb.
10 I'll praise thee, from whose Hands I came,
A Work of such a curious Frame;
The Wonders thou in me hast shown,
My Soul with grateful Joy must own.
11 Thine Eyes my Substance did survey,
Whilst yet a lifeless Mass it lay,
In secret; how exactly wrought,
Ere from its dark Enclosure brought.
12 Thou didst the shapeless Embryo see,
Its Parts were register'd by thee;
Thou saw'st the daily Growth they took,
Form'd by the Model of thy Book.
13 Let me acknowledge too, O GOD!
That since this Maze of Life I trod,
Thy Thoughts of Love to me, surmount
The Pow'r of Numbers to recount.
14 Far sooner could I reckon o'er
The Sands upon the Ocean's Shore:
Each Morn revising what I've done,
I find th' Account but new begun.
15 The Wicked thou shalt slay, O GOD!
Depart from me, ye Men of Blood,
Whose Tongues Heav'n's Majesty profane,
And take th' Almighty's Name in vain.
16 LORD, hate not I their impious Crew,
Who thee with Enmity pursue?
And does not Grief my Heart oppress,
When Reprobates thy Law transgress?
17 Who practise Enmity to Thee,
Shall utmost Hatred have from me;
Such Men I utterly detest,
As if they were my Foes profess'd.
18 Search, try, O GOD, my Thoughts and Heart,
If Mischief lurks in any Part;
Correct me, whem I go astray,
And guide me in thy perfect Way. Topics: Songs of Praise to God his Majesty and Attributes Scripture: Psalm 139 Used With Tune: [Thou, Lord, by strictest Search hast known]
Thou, LORD, by strictest Search hast known
Preserve me, LORD from crafty Foes
Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Preserve me, LORD, from crafty Foes
Of base and treacherous Intent;
And from the Sons of Violence,
On Strife and open Mischief bent.
2 Their sland'ring Tongues the Serpent's Sting,
Though keen, in Sharpness does exceed:
Between their Lips the Gall of Asps
And Adder's mortal Venom breed.
3 Preserve me, LORD, from wicked Hands,
Nor leave my helpless Soul forlorn,
A Prey to Sons of Violence,
Who have my utter Ruin sworn.
4 The Proud for me have laid their Snare,
And spread abroad their wily Net;
With Traps and Gins, where e'er I move,
I find my dang'rous Steps beset.
5 But thus, environ'd with Distress,
Thou art my only GOD, I said;
LORD, hear my supplicating Voice,
That calls to thee for Aid.
6 O LORD, the GOD, whose saving Strength,
Kind Succour did to me convey;
And cover'd my advent'rous Head,
In the fierce Battle's doubtful Day.
7 Permit not their unjust Designs
To answer their base Heart's Desire;
Lest they, encourag'd by Success,
Should yet to bolder Crimes aspire.
8 Let first their Chiefs the sad Effects
Of their unjust Oppression mourn;
The Blast of their envenom'd Breath,
Do thou upon themselves return.
9 Let them, who kindled first the Flame,
The first it's Sacrifice become;
The Pit Which they design'd for me,
Be made their own untimely Tomb.
10 Though Sland'rer's Breath may raise a Storm,
That fleeting Breath will quick decay;
Their Rage does but the Torrent swell,
That bears themselves by Force away.
11 GOD will assert the poor Man's Cause,
And speedy Help and Succour give;
The Just shall celebrate his Praise,
And in his Presence ever live. Topics: Description of Slander and Backbiting; Prayers When percecuted; Prophecies Prophetical Curses against the Enemies and Persecutors of the Chruch Scripture: Psalm 140 Used With Tune: [Preserve me, Lord, from crafty Foes]
Preserve me, LORD from crafty Foes
