1.
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation:
To those who fear and trust the Lord,
His mercy stands for ever sure;
From age to age his promise lives,
And the performance is secure.
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
2.
The LORD’S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
The Lord my portion is,
I shall be well supplied;
Since he is mine, and I am his.
What can I want beside?
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
3.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
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.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
4.
He will keep the feet of his saints.
Order my footsteps by thy word,
And make my heart sincere:
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
5.
If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Soon as I heard my Father say,
“Ye children, seek my grace,”
My heart replied without delay,
“I’ll seek my Father’s thee.”
Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind.
6.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it slain.
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
7.
Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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.
Be clothed with humility.
8.
God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
As a little child relies
On a care beyond his own;
Knows he’s neither strong nor wise,
Fears to stir a step alone:
Let me thus with thee abide,
As my Father, Guard, and Guide.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
9.
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
My flesh shall slumber in the ground,
Till the last trumpet’s joyful sound;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in my Saviour’s image rise.
Though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.
10.
Surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God.
His mercy never shall remove
From men of heart sincere;
He saves the souls whose humble love
Is joined with holy fear.
God be merciful to me a sinner.
11.
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sin.
Which of all our friends, to save us,
Could or would have shed his blood?
But our Jesus died to have us
Reconciled in him to God:
This was boundless love indeed,
Jesus is a friend in need.
Walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.
12.
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Mere mortal power shall fade and die,
And youthful vigor cease;
But we that wait upon the Lord
Shall feel our strength increase.
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.
13.
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Believing, we rejoice
To see the curse remove;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice.
And sing his bleeding love.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.
14.
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
O glorious hour! O blest abode!
I shall be near and like my God;
And flesh and sin no more control
The sacred pleasures of the soul.
We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
15.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercies, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
16.
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Firm as the earth thy gospel stands,
My Lord, any hope, my trust;
If I am found in Jesus’ hands,
My soul can ne’er be lost.
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
17.
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Can a mother’s tender care
Cease towards the child she bare ?
Yes, she may forgetful be,
Yet will I remember thee.
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
18.
Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.
Whate’er thy providence denies,
I calmly would resign;
For thou art just and good and wise;
O bend my will to thine.
Bless the LORD, O my soul.
19.
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.
20.
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
It cost him death to save our lives,
To buy our souls it cost his own;
And all the unknown joys be gives,
Were bought with agonies unknown.
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.
21.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Trials must and will befall;
But, with humble faith, to see
Love inscribed upon them all—
This is happiness to me.
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
22.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Blest is the man, for ever blest,
Whose guilt is pardoned by its Got;
Whose sins with sorrow are confessed,
And covered with his Saviour’s blood.
The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
23.
I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
~ Romans 8:38-3938For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38‑39) ~
Not all that men on earth can do,
Nor powers on high, nor powers below,
Shall cause his mercy to remove,
Or wean our hearts from Christ our love.
So shall we ever be with the Lord.
24.
Pray one for another.
25.
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In the furnace God may prove thee,
Thence to bring thee forth more bright
But can never cease to love thee,
Thou art precious in his sight:
God is with thee,
God thine everlasting light.
Happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
26.
God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Be all my heart and all my days
Devoted to my Savior’s praise;
And let my glad obedience prove
How much I owe, how much love.
Rejoice evermore.
27.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
The pity of the Lord,
To those that fear his name,
Is such as tender parents feel—
He knows our feeble frame.
O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
28.
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Great God, should thine all-seeing eye,
And thine impartial hand,
Mark revenge and iniquity,
No mortal flesh could stand.
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
29.
LEAP-YEAR. It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
If, under means of grace,
The fruits of grace appear,
It is a dreadful case:
Though God may long forbear,
At length he’ll strike the threatened blow,
And lay the barren fig-tree low.
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.