Psalms 122-124
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Psalm 122 (2 of 2)
1 PRAY that Jerusalem may have Peace and felicity: Let them that love thee and thy peace Have still prosperity.
2 Therefore I wish that peace may still Within thy walls remain, And ever may thy palaces Prosperity retain.
3 Now, for my friends' and brethren's sakes, Peace be in thee, I'll say; And for the house of God our Lord, I'll seek thy good alway. Scotch Version, 1641, a.
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1 UNTO Thee I lift my eyes, Thou that dwellest in the skies; At Thy throne I meekly bow, Thou canst save, and only Thou.
2 As a servant marks his lord, As a maid her mistress' word, So I watch and wait on Thee, Till Thy mercy visit me.
3 Let Thy face upon me shine, Tell me, Lord, that Thou art mine Poor and little though I be, I have all in having Thee.
4 Here to be despised, forgot, Is Thy children's common lot; But with Thee to make it up, Lord, I ask no better cup. Henry Francis Lyte, 1834.
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1 HAD not the Lord, my soul may cry, Had not the Lord been on my side; Had He not brought deliverance nigh, Then must my helpless soul have died,
2 Had not the Lord been on my side, My soul had been by Satan slain; And Tophet, opening large and wide, Would not have gaped for me in vain.
3 Lo, floods of wrath, and floods of hell, In fierce impetuous torrents roll; Had not the Lord defended well, The waters had o'erwhelm'd my soul.
4 As when the fowler's snare is broke, The bird escapes on cheerful wings; My soul, set free from Satan's yoke, With joy bursts forth, and mounts, and sings.
5 She sings the Lord her Saviour's praise; Sings forth His praise with joy and mirth; To Him her song in heaven she'll raise, To Him that made both heaven and earth! John Ryland, 1775.
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