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207. Zion's Glory and
Safety. Psalm 76. 8s and 7s.
God is known
among His people,
Every mouth His
praises fill;
From of old He
hath established
His abode on
Zion's hill;
There He broke
the sword and arrow,
Bade the noise of
war be still.
Excellent and
glorious art Thou,
With Thy trophies
from the fray;
Thou hast slain
the valiant-hearted,
Wrapt in sleep of
death are they;
When Thy anger
once is risen,
Who can stand in
that dread day.
When from heaven
Thy sentence sounded,
All the earth in
fear was still,
While to save the
meek and lowly
God in judgment
wrought His will;
E'en the wrath of
men shall praise Thee,
Thy designs it
shall fulfill.
Vow and pay ye to
Jehovah,
Him your God
forever own;
All men, bring
your gifts before Him,
Worship Him, and
Him alone;
Mighty kings obey
and fear Him,
Princes bow
before His throne.
208. Aspects of the Divine
Character. Psalm 76. L.M.
Among His people
God is known,
Most glorious in
His might and grace;
He makes
Jerusalem His throne,
Her peaceful
hills His dwellingplace.
When God the
righteous judge appeared
To save the meek
from wrong and shame,
The earth stood
still and greatly feared;
Then forth from
heaven His sentence came.
The wrath of man
shall praise the Lord,
Restrained by His
almighty will;
Your vows to God
the King record,
Your covenant
made with Him fulfill.
Let all to Him
their presents bring,
To Him Whom all
the world should fear;
Ye kings and
princes, own your King,
With reverence
and with awe draw near.
209. Doubts Overcome by
Faith. Psalm 77. L.M.
To God for help
will I repair,
To God will I
direct my prayer,
And surely He
will answer me,
His great
salvation I shall see.
In long-continued
grief I stand
And seek the Lord
with out-stretched hand;
I find no comfort
for my soul,
The clouds of
darkness o'er me roll.
I think of God
and call to mind
His goodness, yet
no peace I find;
I still pour out
my sad complaints,
My burdened
spirit almost faints.
With sleepless
eyes and speechless grief
I search the past
to find relief,
The former years
when days were bright
And songs of
gladness cheered my night.
My constant
meditations bring
My heart to
anxious questioning:
Has God cast off,
and will He be
No longer
merciful to me?
Has God forgotten
to be kind?
Shall I His
promise faithless find?
For me shall
wrath henceforth replace
His tender
mercies and His grace?
In weakness I was
pressed with fear,
But better hopes
my spirits cheer;
Past mercies lead
me to rely
Upon the help of
God Most High.
Thy deeds, O
Lord, will I relate
And on Thy
wonders meditate;
Thy way, O God,
is just and right,
And none is like
to Thee in might.
Among the nations
Thou hast shown
Thy wondrous
power and made it known;
Thou art the God
that mightily
Redeemed and set
Thy people free.
At sight of Thee
the waters fled,
The quaking
clouds their torrents shed,
The lightnings
flashed, the thunder pealed,
The trembling
earth her fear revealed.
Thy way, O God,
was in the sea,
But, though Thy
paths mysterious be,
Thy people Thou
didst safely keep
As shepherds lead
their helpless sheep.
210. Questionings and
Comfort. Psalm 77. L.M.
To God will I
direct my prayer,
And He will make
my needs His care;
I trust Him
still, though in my grief
No answer yet has
brought relief;
With hands
stretched out through all the night,
Uncomforted I
sought for light.
The thought of
God brought me no peace,
But rather made
my fears increase;
With sleepless
eyes and speechless pain
My fainting
spirit grieved in vain;
The blessedness
of long ago
Made deeper still
my present woe.
Recalling days
when faith was bright,
When songs of
gladness filled my night,
I pondered o'er
my grievous woes
And searching
questioning arose:
Will God cast
off, and nevermore
His favor to my
soul restore?
I asked in fear
and bitterness,
Will God forsake
me in distress?
Shall I His
promise faithless find?
Has God forgotten
to be kind?
Has He in anger
hopelessly
Removed His love
and grace from me?
These doubts and
fears that troubled me
Were born of my
infirmity;
Though I am weak,
God is most high,
And on His
goodness I rely;
Of all His
wonders I will tell,
And on His deeds
my thoughts shall dwell.
211. The Wonderful Deeds
of God. Psalm 77. L.M.
O God, most holy
are Thy ways,
And who like Thee
deserves my praise?
Thou only doest
wondrous things,
The whole wide
world Thy glory sings;
Thy outstretched
arm Thy people saved,
Though sore
distressed and long enslaved.
O God, from Thee
the waters fled,
The depths were
moved with mighty dread,
The swelling
clouds their torrents poured,
And o'er the
earth the tempest roared;
'Mid lightning's
flash and thunder's sound
Great trembling
shook the solid ground.
Thy way was in
the sea, O God,
Through mighty
waters, deep and broad,
None understood
but God alone,
To man Thy
footsteps were unknown;
But safe Thy
people Thou didst keep,
Almighty Shepherd
of Thy sheep.
212. Hallowed Memories. Psalm 77. C.M.
I thought upon
the days of old,
The years
departed long,
I held communion
with my heart,
By night recalled
my song.
My heart inquired
with anxious care,
Will God forever
spurn?
Shall we no more
His favor see?
Will mercy never
return?
Forever shall His
promise fail?
Has God forgotten
grace?
Has He withdrawn
His tender love,
In anger hid His
face?
These doubts are
my infirmity,
My thoughts at
once reply:
I call back years
of God's right hand,
The years of God
Most High.
I will
commemorate, O Lord,
Thy wondrous
deeds of old,
And meditate upon
Thy works
Of power and
grace untold.
O God, most holy
is Thy way,
Most perfect,
good, and right;
Thou art the only
living God,
The God of
wondrous might.
213. Lessons From the Past. Psalm 78. 10s
and 11s.
My people, give
ear, attend to my word,
In parables new
deep truths shall be heard;
The wonderful
story our fathers made known
To children
succeeding by us must be shown.
Instructing our
sons we gladly record
The praises, the
works, the might of the Lord,
For He hath
commanded that what He hath done
Be passed in
tradition from father to son.
Let children thus
learn from history's light
To hope in our
God and walk in His sight,
The God of their
fathers to fear and obey,
And ne'er, like
their fathers, to turn from His way.
The story be
told, to warn and restrain,
Of hearts that
were hard, rebellious, and vain,
Of soldiers who
faltered when battle was near,
Who kept not
God's covenant nor walked in His fear.
God's wonderful
works to them He had shown,
His marvelous
deeds their fathers had known;
He made for their
pathway the waters divide,
His glorious
pillar of cloud was their guide.
He gave them to
drink, relieving their thirst,
And forth from
the rock caused water to burst;
Yet faithless
they tempted their God, and they said,
Can He Who gave
water supply us with bread?
Jehovah was wroth
because they forgot
To hope in their
God, and trusted Him not;
Yet gracious, He
opened the doors of the sky
And rained down
the manna in richest supply.
With bread from
on high their need He supplied,
And more did He
do when thankless they sighed;
The strong winds
commanding from south and from east,
He sent them
abundance of quail for their feast.
Though well they
were filled, their folly they chose,
Till God in His
wrath o'erwhelmed them with woes;
He slew of their
strongest and smote their young men,
But still
unbelieving they sinned even then.
Because of their
sin He smote with His rod,
And then they
returned and sought for their God;
Their Rock and
Redeemer was God the Most High,
Yet false were
their praises, their promise a lie.
Not right with
their God in heart and in will,
They faithlessly
broke His covenant still;
But He, in
compassion, reluctant to slay,
Forgave them and
oft turned His anger away.
His pity was
great, though often they sinned,
For they were but
flesh, a swift passing wind;
Yet though His
compassion and grace they beheld,
They tempted and
grieved Him and often rebelled.
They limited God,
the Most Holy One,
And hindered the
work His grace had begun;
The hand that was
mighty to save they forgot,
The day of
redemption remembering not.
Ungrateful and
blind, no longer they thought
Of wonders and
signs and mighty deeds wrought,
Of how all the
rivers of Egypt ran red,
And plagues in
God's anger were heaped on their head.
They thought not
of how, their freedom to gain,
In Egypt's abodes
the first-born were slain,
And how all God's
people were led forth like sheep,
The flock He
delighted in safety to keep.
214. Reminders from
Israel's History. Psalm 78. 10s and 11s.
My people give
ear, attend to my word,
In parables new
deep truths shall be heard;
The wonderful
story our fathers made known
To children
succeeding by us must be shown.
Unharmed through
the sea, where perished their foe,
He caused them
with ease and safety to go;
His holy land
gaining, in peace they were brought
To dwell in the
mountain the Lord's hand had bought.
He gave them the
land, a heritage fair;
The nations that
dwelt in wickedness there
He drove out
before them with great overthrow,
And gave to His
people the tents of the foe.
Again they
rebelled and tempted the Lord,
Unfaithful they
turned to idols abhorred,
And God in His
anger withdrew from them then,
No longer
delighting to dwell among men.
He gave them to
death in battle, although
His glory and
strength were scorned by the foe;
Their young men
were fallen, their maidens unwed,
Their priests
slain in battle, none wept for the dead.
Then mercy awoke,
the Lord in His might
Returned, and the
foes were scattered in flight;
Again to His
people His favor He showed,
And chose in
Mount Zion to fix His abode.
His servant He
called, a shepherd of sheep,
From tending His
flock, the people to keep;
So David, their
shepherd, with wisdom and might
Protected and fed
them and led them aright.
215. Religious Training. Psalm 78. C.M.
O come, my
people, to my law
Attentively give
ear;
With willing
heart and teachable
The words of
wisdom hear.
My mouth shall
speak in parables
Of hidden truths
of old,
Which, handed
down from age to age,
To us our fathers
told.
We will not from
their children hide
Jehovah's worthy
praise,
But tell the
greatness of His strength,
His wondrous
works and ways.
A testimony and a
law
The Lord our God
decreed,
And bade our
fathers teach their sons,
That they His
ways might heed.
He willed that
each succeeding race
His deeds might
learn and know,
That children's
children to their sons
Might all these
wonders show.
Let children
learn God's righteous ways
And on Him stay
their heart,
That they may not
forget His works
Nor from His ways
depart.
216. The Church Under
Discipline. Psalm 79. 8s and 7s.
In Thy heritage
the heathen
Now, O God,
triumphant stand;
They defile Thy
holy temple,
They destroy Thy
chosen land;
Ruthless, they
have slain Thy servants,
They have caused
Thy saints to mourn,
In the sight of
all about us
We endure
reproach and scorn.
O how long
against Thy people
Shall Thy anger
burn, O Lord?
On Thy enemies,
the heathen,
Be Thy
indignation poured;
Smite the
kingdoms that defy Thee,
Calling not upon
Thy Name;
They have long
devoured Thy people,
And have swept
Thy land with flame.
O remember not
against us
Evil by our
fathers wrought;
Haste to help us
in Thy mercy,
Near to ruin we
are brought;
Help us, God of
our salvation,
For the glory of
Thy Name;
For Thy Name's
sake come and save us,
Take away our sin
and shame.
Let Thy foes no
longer scorn Thee,
Now avenge Thy
servants slain;
Loose the
prisoner, save the dying,
All Thy enemies
restrain;
Then Thy flock,
Thy chosen people,
Unto Thee their
thanks shall raise,
And to every
generation
We will sing Thy
glorious praise.
217. Forgiving Mercy
Besought. Psalm 79. S.M.
Remember not, O
God,
The sins of long
ago;
In tender mercy
visit us,
Distressed and
humbled low.
O Lord, our
Saviour, help,
And glorify Thy
Name;
Deliver us from
all our sins
And take away our
shame.
In Thy compassion
hear
Thy prisoner's
plaintive sigh,
And in the
greatness of Thy power
Save those about
to die.
Then, safe within
Thy fold,
We will exalt Thy
Name;
Our thankful
hearts with songs of joy
Thy goodness will
proclaim.
218. A Suppliant Church. Psalm 80. 10s.
O Thou great
Shepherd of Thy chosen race,
Who leadest like
a flock Thy Israel dear,
From out the
cherubim reveal Thy face,
Before our host
now let Thy might appear.
Come Thou, O God,
to save us and restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
How long, O Lord,
wilt Thou disdain our prayer?
For Thou hast fed
us with the bread of tears,
And bitter sorrow
Thou hast made us share;
The nations round
us mock with scornful jeers.
O God of Hosts,
Thy people now restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
A vine Thou
broughtest forth from Egypt's land;
The nations were
thrust out to give it room;
It took deep
root, it spread on every hand,
The hills were
covered with its shade and bloom;
Its boughs were
like great cedars spreading wide;
They reached the
sea, its roots the riverside.
Why hast Thou
broken down its circling wall
That they may
pluck who pass along the way?
Wild beasts from
out the wood destroy it all
And feed upon Thy
vine by night and day.
O God of Hosts,
we pray Thee now, restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
Look down, behold
and visit this Thy vine
Which Thou hast
planted with Thy own right hand,
The branch Thou
madest strong and owned it Thine,
For it is burned
with fire, no more to stand;
Thy people perish
in Thy anger sore
Because Thy face
not shines on them no more.
O let Thy hand
Thy chosen one sustain,
The son of man
Thou madest strong to be;
So we shall
faithful to Thy cause remain;
Revive Thou us,
and we will call on Thee.
Jehovah, God of
Hosts, again restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
219. Restoration and
Revival. Psalm 80. 10s.
O Thou great
Shepherd of Thy chosen race,
Who leadest like
a flock Thy Israel dear,
From out the
cherubim reveal Thy face,
Before our host
now let Thy might appear.
Come Thou, O God,
to save us and restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
O let Thy hand
Thy chosen one sustain,
The son of man
Thou madest strong to be;
So we shall
faithful to Thy cause remain;
Revive Thou us,
and we will call on Thee.
Jehovah, God of
Hosts, again restore;
We shall be saved
when shines Thy face once more.
220. Prayer for Restoring
Grace. Psalm 80. 11s.
Great Shepherd
Who leadest Thy people in love,
'Mid cherubim
dwelling, shine Thou from above;
In might come and
save us, Thy people restore,
And we shall be
saved when Thy face shines once more.
O haste, Lord, to
hear us and pity our woes,
Affliction our
portion, despised by our foes;
O Lord, God
Almighty, in mercy restore,
And we shall be
saved when Thy face shines once more.
A place for Thy
people Thou, Lord, didst prepare,
Thy vine deeply
rooted rewarded Thy care;
Its branches like
cedars, majestic and free,
Spread over the
mountains from river to sea.
Thy vineyard no
longer Thy tender care knows,
Defenseless, the
victim and spoil of her foes;
O turn, we
beseech Thee, all glory is Thine,
Look down in Thy
mercy and visit Thy vine.
The branch of Thy
planting is burned and cut down,
Brought nigh to
destruction because of Thy frown;
The man of Thy
right hand with wisdom endue,
The son of man
strengthen Thy pleasure to do.
When Thou shalt
revive us Thy Name we will praise,