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Midnight Thoughts Recollected
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #107a (1786) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: 'Twas in the watches of the night Lyrics: 1 'Twas in the watches of the night
I thought upon thy power,
I kept thy lovely face in sight
Amidst the darkest hour.
2 My flesh lay resting on my bed,
My soul arose on high;
My God, my Life, my Hope, I said,
Bring thy salvation nigh.
3 My spirit labours up thine hill,
And climbs the heavenly road;
But thy right-hand upholds me still,
While I pursue my God.
4 Thy mercy stretches o'er my head
The shadow of thy wings;
My heart rejoices in thine aid,
My tongue awakes and sings.
5 But the destroyers of my peace
Shall fret and rage in vain;
The tempter shall forever cease,
And all my sins be slain.
6 Thy sword shall give my foes to death,
And send them down to dwell
In the dark caverns of the earth,
Or in the deeps of hell. Scripture: Psalm 63:6-10 Languages: English
Midnight Thoughts Recollected
Midnight Thoughts recollected
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #107a (1790) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: 'Twas in the watches of the night Lyrics: 1 'Twas in the watches of the night
I thought upon thy power,
I kept thy lovely face in sight
Amidst the darkest hour.
2 My flesh lay resting on my bed,
My soul arose on high;
My God, my Life, my Hope, I said,
Bring thy salvation nigh.
3 My spirit labours up thine hill,
And climbs the heavenly road;
But thy right-hand upholds me still,
While I pursue my God.
4 Thy mercy stretches o'er my head
The shadow of thy wings;
My heart rejoices in thine aid,
My tongue awakes and sings.
5 But the destroyers of my peace
Shall fret and rage in vain;
The tempter shall forever cease,
And all my sins be slain.
6 Thy sword shall give my foes to death,
And send them down to dwell
In the dark caverns of the earth,
Or in the deeps of hell. Scripture: Psalm 63:6-10 Languages: English
Midnight Thoughts recollected
Midnight Thoughts recollected
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #114 (1786) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: 'Twas in the watches of the night Lyrics: 1 'Twas in the watches of the night
I thought upon thy power,
I kept thy lovely face in sight
Amidst the darkest hour.
2 My flesh lay resting on my bed,
My soul arose on high;
My God, my Life, my Hope, I said,
Bring thy salvation nigh.
3 My spirit labours up thine hill,
And climbs the heavenly road;
But thy right-hand upholds me still,
While I pursue my God.
4 Thy mercy stretches o'er my head
The shadow of thy wings;
My heart rejoices in thine aid,
My tongue awakes and sings.
5 But the destroyers of my peace
Shall fret and rage in vain;
The tempter shall forever cease,
And all my sins be slain.
6 Thy sword shall give my foes to death,
And send them down to dwell
In the dark caverns of the earth,
Or in the deeps of hell. Scripture: Psalm 63:6-10 Languages: English
Midnight Thoughts recollected
Midnight Thoughts recollected
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #114 (1787) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: 'Twas in the watches of the night Lyrics: 1 'Twas in the watches of the night
I thought upon thy power,
I kept thy lovely face in sight
Amidst the darkest hour.
2 My flesh lay resting on my bed,
My soul arose on high;
My God, my Life, my Hope, I said,
Bring thy salvation nigh.
3 My spirit labours up thine hill,
And climbs the heavenly road;
But thy right-hand upholds me still,
While I pursue my God.
4 Thy mercy stretches o'er my head
The shadow of thy wings;
My heart rejoices in thine aid,
My tongue awakes and sings.
5 But the destroyers of my peace
Shall fret and rage in vain;
The tempter shall forever cease,
And all my sins be slain.
6 Thy sword shall give my foes to death,
And send them down to dwell
In the dark caverns of the earth,
Or in the deeps of hell. Scripture: Psalm 63:6-10 Languages: English
Midnight Thoughts recollected
Midnight Thoughts recollected
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #108a (1740) Topics: Midnight thoughts First Line: 'Twas in the Watches of the Night Lyrics: 1 'Twas in the Watches of the Night
I thought upon thy Pow'r,
I kept thy lovely Face in sight
Amidst the darkest Hour.
2 My Flesh lay resting on my Bed,
My Soul arose on high:
"My GOD, my Life, my Hope, I said,
"Bring thy Salvation nigh."
3 My Spirit labours up thine Hill,
And climbs the heav'nly Road;
But thy Right-hand upholds me still,
While I pursue my GOD.
4 Thy Mercy stretches o'er my Head
The Shadow of thy Wings;
My Heart rejoices in thine Aid,
My Tongue awakes and sings.
5 But the Destroyers of my Peace
Shall fret and rage in vain;
The Tempter shall for ever cease,
And all my Sins be slain.
6 Thy Sword shall give my Foes to Death,
And send them down to dwell
In the dark Caverns of the Earth,
Or to the Deeps of Hell. Scripture: Psalm 63:6-10 Languages: English
Midnight Thoughts recollected
The all-seeing God
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #246 (1786) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro' Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro';
Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within thy circling power I stand,
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Pause I.
6 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love,
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful glory run?
7 If up to heaven I take my flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in light;
Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
8 If mounted on a morning ray
I fly beyond the Western sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.
9 Or should I try to shun thy sight
Beneath the spreading veil of night,
One glance of thine, one piercing ray
Would kindle darkness into day.
10 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Pause II.
11 The veil of night is no disguise,
No screen from thy All-searching eyes;
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon
Through midnight shades as blazing noon.
12 Midnight and noon in this agree,
Great God, they're both alike to thee,
Not death can hide what God will spy,
And hell lies naked to his eye.
13 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Languages: English
The all-seeing God
The all-seeing God
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #246 (1790) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro' Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro';
Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within thy circling power I stand,
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is their.
Pause I.
6 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love,
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful glory run?
7 If up to heaven I take my flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in light;
Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
8 If mounted on a morning ray
I fly beyond the Western sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.
9 Or should I try to shun thy sight
Beneath the spreading veil of night,
One glance of thine, one piercing ray
Would kindle darkness into day.
10 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Pause II.
11 The veil of night is no disguise,
No screen from thy All-searching eyes;
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon
Through midnight shades as blazing noon.
12 Midnight and noon in this agree,
Great God they'er both alike to thee,
Not death can hide what God will spy,
And hell lies naked to his eye.
13 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Languages: English
The all-seeing God
The all-seeing God
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #262 (1786) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro' Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro';
Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within thy circling power I stand,
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Pause I.
6 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love,
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful glory run?
7 If up to heaven I take my flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in light;
Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
8 If mounted on a morning ray
I fly beyond the Western sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.
9 Or should I try to shun thy sight
Beneath the spreading veil of night,
One glance of thine, one piercing ray
Would kindle darkness into day.
10 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Pause II.
11 The veil of night is no disguise,
No screen from thy All-searching eyes;
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon
Through midnight shades as blazing noon.
12 Midnight and noon in this agree,
Great God, they're both alike to thee,
Not death can hide what God will spy,
And hell lies naked to his eye.
13 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Languages: English
The all-seeing God
The all-seeing God
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #262 (1787) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro' Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro';
Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within thy circling power I stand,
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Pause I.
6 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love,
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful glory run?
7 If up to heaven I take my flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in light;
Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
8 If mounted on a morning ray
I fly beyond the Western sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.
9 Or should I try to shun thy sight
Beneath the spreading veil of night,
One glance of thine, one piercing ray
Would kindle darkness into day.
10 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Pause II.
11 The veil of night is no disguise,
No screen from thy All-searching eyes;
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon
Through midnight shades as blazing noon.
12 Midnight and noon in this agree,
Great God, they're both alike to thee,
Not death can hide what God will spy,
And hell lies naked to his eye.
13 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Languages: English
The all-seeing God
Psalm 139 Part 1
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.314 (1806) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Midnight thoughts First Line: Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through Lyrics:
Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through,
Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh with all their powers.
My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my op'ning lips they break.
Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love,
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun.
Or from thy dreadful glory run?
If up to heav'n I take my flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light
Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
If, mounted on a morning ray,
I fly beyond the western sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.
Or should I try to shun thy sight
Beneath the spreading veil of night,
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.
O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
The veil of night is no disguise,
No screen from thy all-searching eyes;
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon
Through midnight shades as blazing noon.
Midnight and noon in this agree,
Great God, they're both alike to thee;
Not death can hide what God will spy,
And hell lies naked to his eye.
O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Scripture: Psalm 139 Languages: English
Psalm 139 Part 1
Lord! thou hast search'd and seen me thro'
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #10 (1835) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Midnight thoughts Lyrics:
Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through,
Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh with all their powers.
My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my op'ning lips they break.
Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love,
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun.
Or from thy dreadful glory run?
If up to heav'n I take my flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light
Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
If, mounted on a morning ray,
I fly beyond the western sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.
Or should I try to shun thy sight
Beneath the spreading veil of night,
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.
O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
The veil of night is no disguise,
No screen from thy all-searching eyes;
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon
Through midnight shades as blazing noon.
Midnight and noon in this agree,
Great God, they're both alike to thee;
Not death can hide what God will spy,
And hell lies naked to his eye.
O may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.
Scripture: Psalm 139 Languages: English
Lord! thou hast search'd and seen me thro'
Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro'
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P139a (1766) Topics: Midnight thoughts Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro';
Thine Eye commands with piercing View
My rising and my resting Hours,
My Heart and Flesh, with all their Pow'rs.
2 My Thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my GOD distinctly known;
He knows the Words I mean to speak
Ere from my op'ning Lips they break.
3 Within thy circling Pow'r I stand,
On every Side I find thy Hand:
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with GOD.
4 Amazing Knowledge, vast and great!
What large Extent! What lofty Height!
My Soul, with all the Pow'rs I boast,
Is in the boundless Prospect lost.
5 O may these Thoughts possess my Breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker Passions dare
Consent to sin, for GOD is there.
Pause I.
6 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy Service, and thy Love,
Where, Lord, could I thy Presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful Glory run?
7 If up to Heav'n I take my Flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in Light;
Or dive to Hell, there Vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy Chains.
8 If, mounted on a Morning-Ray,
I fly beyond the Western Sea,
Thy swifter Hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy Fugitive.
9 Or should I try to shun thy Sight,
Beneath the spreading Veil of Night,
One Glance of thine, one piercing Ray,
Would kindle Darkness into Day.
10 O may these Thoughts possess my Breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker Passions dare
Consent to sin, for GOD is there.
Pause II
11 The Veil of Night is no Disguise,
No Screen from thy All-searching Eyes;
Thy Hand can search thy Foes as soon
Through Midnight Shades as blazing Noon.
12 Midnight and Noon in this agree,
Great GOD, they're both alike to Thee:
Not Death can hide what GOD will spy,
And Hell lies naked to his Eye.
13 O may these Thoughts possess my Breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker Passions dare
Consent to sin, for GOD is there.
Scripture: Psalm 139 Languages: English
Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro'
The All-Seing GOD
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #256 (1740) Topics: Midnight thoughts First Line: Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro' Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro';
Thine Eye commands with piercing View
My rising and my resting Hours,
My Heart and Flesh, with all their Pow'rs.
2 My Thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my GOD distinctly known;
He knows the Words I mean to speak
Ere from my op'ning Lips they break.
3 Within thy circling Pow'r I stand
On every Side I find thy Hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with GOD.
4 Amazing Knowledge, vast and great!
What large Extent! What lofty Height!
My Soul, with all the Pow'rs I boast!
Is in the boundless Prospect lost.
5 O may these Thoughts possess my Breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker Passions dare
Consent to sin, for GOD is there.
Pause I.
6 Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy Service and thy Love,
Where, Lord, could I thy Presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful Glory run?
7 If up to Heav'n I take my Flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in Light;
Or dive to Hell, there Vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy Chains.
8 If, mounted on a Morning-Ray,
I fly beyond the Western Sea,
Thy swifter Hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy Fugitive.
9 Or should I try to shun thy Sight,
Beneath the spreading Veil of Night,
One Glance of thine, one piercing Ray,
Would kindle Darkness into day.
10 O may these Thoughts possess my Breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker Passions dare
Consent to sin, for GOD is there.
Pause II
11 The Veil of Night is no Disguise,
No Screen from thy All-searching Eyes:
Thy Hand can search thy Foes as soon
Through Midnight Shades as blazing Noon.
12 Midnight and Noon in this agree,
Great GOD, they're both alike to Thee:
Not Death can hide what GOD will spy,
And Hell lies naked to his Eye.
13 O may these Thoughts possess my Breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
Nor let my weaker Passions dare
Consent to sin, for GOD is there.
Scripture: Psalm 139 Languages: English
The All-Seing GOD
Holiness and Comfort from the Word
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #214a (1786) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: Lord, I esteem thy judgments right Lyrics: 1 Lord, I esteem thy judgments right,
And all thy statutes just;
Thence I maintain a constant fight
With every flattering lust.
2 Thy precepts often I survey;
I keep thy law in sight,
Through all the business of the day,
To form my actions right.
3 My heart in midnight silence cries,
"How sweet thy comforts be;"
My thoughts in holy wonder rise,
And bring their thanks to thee.
4 And when my spirit drinks her fill,
At some good word of thine,
Not mighty men that share the spoil,
Have joys compar'd to mine. Scripture: Psalm 119:162 Languages: English
Holiness and Comfort from the Word
Holiness and Comfort from the Word
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #214a (1790) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: Lord, I esteem thy judgments right Lyrics: 1 Lord, I esteem thy judgments right,
And all thy statutes just;
Thence I maintain a constant fight
With every flattering lust.
2 Thy precepts often I survey;
I keep thy law in sight,
Through all the business of the day,
To form my actions right.
3 My heart in midnight silence cries,
"How sweet thy comforts be;"
My thoughts in holy wonder rise,
And bring their thanks to thee.
4 And when my spirit drinks her fill,
At some good word of thine,
Not mighty men that share the spoil,
Have joys compar'd to mine. Scripture: Psalm 119:162 Languages: English
Holiness and Comfort from the Word
Holiness and Comfort from the Word
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #227 (1786) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: Lord, I esteem thy judgments right Lyrics: 1 Lord, I esteem thy judgments right,
And all thy statutes just;
Thence I maintain a constant fight
With every flattering lust.
2 Thy precepts often I survey;
I keep thy law in sight,
Through all the business of the day,
To form my actions right.
3 My heart in midnight silence cries,
"How sweet thy comforts be;"
My thoughts in holy wonder rise,
And bring their thanks to thee.
4 And when my spirit drinks her fill,
At some good word of thine,
Not mighty men that share the spoil,
Have joys compar'd to mine. Scripture: Psalm 119:162 Languages: English
Holiness and Comfort from the Word
Holiness and Comfort from the Word
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #227 (1787) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: Lord, I esteem thy judgments right Lyrics: 1 Lord, I esteem thy judgments right,
And all thy statutes just;
Thence I maintain a constant fight
With every flattering lust.
2 Thy precepts often I survey;
I keep thy law in sight,
Through all the business of the day,
To form my actions right.
3 My heart in midnight silence cries,
"How sweet thy comforts be;"
My thoughts in holy wonder rise,
And bring their thanks to thee.
4 And when my spirit drinks her fill,
At some good word of thine,
Not mighty men that share the spoil,
Have joys compar'd to mine. Scripture: Psalm 119:162 Languages: English
Holiness and Comfort from the Word
God is every where
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #248b (1786) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: In all my vast concerns with thee Lyrics: 1 In all my vast concerns with thee,
In vain my soul would try
To shun thy presence Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.
2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,
My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.
3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord
Before they’re form'd within;
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean.
4 Oh wondrous knowledge, deep and high;
Where can a creature hide?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Enclos'd on every side.
5 So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secur'd by sovereign love.
Pause.
6 Lord, where shall guilty souls retire
Forgotten and unknown?
In hell they meet thy dreadful fire,
In heaven thy glorious throne.
7 Should I suppress my vital breath
To ’scape the wrath divine,
Thy voice would break the bars of death,
And make the grave resign.
8 If wing'd with beams of morning-light
I fly beyond the west,
Thy hand, which must support my flight,
Would soon betray my rest.
9 If o’er my sins I think to draw
The curtains of the night,
Those flaming eyes that guard thy law
Would turn the shades to light.
10 The beams of moon, the midnight-hour
Are both alike to thee:
Oh may I ne’er provoke that power
From which I cannot flee. Scripture: Psalm 139 Languages: English
God is every where
God is every where
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #248b (1790) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: In all my vast concerns with thee Lyrics: 1 In all my vast concerns with thee,
In vain my soul would try
To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.
2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,
My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.
3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord
Before they’re form'd within;
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean.
4 Oh wondrous knowledge, deep and high;
Where can a creature hide?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Enclos'd on every side.
5 So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secur'd by sovereign love.
Pause.
6 Lord, where shall guilty souls retire
Forgotten and unknown?
In hell they meet thy dreadful fire,
In heaven thy glorious throne.
7 Should I suppress my vital breath
To ’scape the wrath divine,
Thy voice would break the bars of death,
And make the grave resign.
8 If wing'd with beams of morning-light
I fly beyond the west,
Thy hand, which must support my flight,
Would soon betray my rest.
9 If o’er my sins I think to draw
The curtains of the night,
Those flaming eyes that guard thy law
Would turn the shades to light.
10 The beams of moon, the midnight-hour
Are both alike to thee:
Oh may I ne’er provoke that power
From which I cannot flee. Scripture: Psalm 139 Languages: English
God is every where
God is every where
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #265 (1786) Topics: Midnight thoughts; Midnight thoughts First Line: In all my vast concerns with thee Lyrics: 1 In all my vast concerns with thee,
In vain my soul would try
To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.
2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,
My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.
3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord
Before they’re form'd within;
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean.
4 Oh wondrous knowledge, deep and high;
Where can a creature hide?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Enclos'd on every side.
5 So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secur'd by sovereign love.
Pause.
6 Lord, where shall guilty souls retire
Forgotten and unknown?
In hell they meet thy dreadful fire,
In heaven thy glorious throne.
7 Should I suppress my vital breath
To ’scape the wrath divine,
Thy voice would break the bars of death,
And make the grave resign.
8 If wing'd with beams of morning-light
I fly beyond the west,
Thy hand, which must support my flight,
Would soon betray my rest.
9 If o’er my sins I think to draw
The curtains of the night,
Those flaming eyes that guard thy law
Would turn the shades to light.
10 The beams of moon, the midnight-hour
Are both alike to thee:
Oh may I ne’er provoke that power
From which I cannot flee. Scripture: Psalm 139 Languages: English
God is every where
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