The Psalms of David eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 223 pages of information about The Psalms of David.

The Psalms of David eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 223 pages of information about The Psalms of David.

3 [Great God, create my heart anew,
And form my spirit pure and true: 
O make me wise betimes to spy
My danger, and my remedy.]

4 Behold I fall before thy face;
My only refuge is thy grace: 
No outward forms can make me clean;
The leprosy lies deep within.

5 No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast, Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest, Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, Can wash the dismal stain away.

6 Jesus, my God, thy blood alone
Hath power sufficient to atone;
Thy blood can make me white as snow;
No Jewish types could cleanse me so.

7 While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace, Nor flesh, nor soul hath rest or ease; Lord, let me hear thy pardoning voice, And make my broken bones rejoice.

Psalm 51:3.  Third Part.  L. M. The backslider restored; or, Repentance and faith in the blood of Christ.

1 O thou that hear’st when sinners cry,
Tho’ all my crimes before thee lie,
Behold them not with angry look,
But blot their memory from thy book.

2 Create my nature pure within,
And form my soul averse to sin;
Let thy good Spirit ne’er depart,
Nor hide thy presence from my heart.

3 I cannot live without thy light,
Cast out and banish’d from thy sight: 
Thine holy joys, my God, restore,
And guard me that I fall no more.

4 Tho’ I have griev’d thy Spirit, Lord,
His help and comfort still afford: 
And let a wretch come near thy throne
To plead the merits of thy Son.

5 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.

6 My soul lies humbled in the dust,
And owns thy dreadful sentence just;
Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye,
And save the soul condemn’d to die.

7 Then will I teach the world thy ways; Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace; I’ll lead them to my Saviour’s blood, And they shall praise a pardoning God.

8 O may thy love inspire my tongue! 
Salvation shall be all my song;
And all my powers shall join to bless
The Lord, my strength and righteousness.

Psalm 51:4. 3-13.  First Part.  C. M.
Original and actual sin confessed and pardoned.

1 Lord, I would spread my sore distress
And guilt before thine eyes;
Against thy laws, against thy grace,
How high my crimes arise.

2 Shouldst thou condemn my soul to hell,
And crush my flesh to dust,
Heaven would approve thy vengeance well,
And earth must own it just.

3 I from the stock of Adam came,
Unholy and unclean;
All my original is shame,
And all my nature sin.

4 Born in a world of guilt, I drew
Contagion with my breath;
And, as my days advanc’d, I grew
A juster prey for death.

5 Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my soul
With thy forgiving love;
O, make my broken spirit whole,
And bid my pains remove.

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