The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7399

7399. While I Keep Silence, and Conceal

1. While I keep silence, and conceal
My heavy guilt within my heart,
What torments doth my conscience feel!
What agonies of inward smart!

2. I spread my sins before the Lord,
And all my secret faults confess;
Thy Gospel speaks a pardoning word,
Thine Holy Spirit seals the grace.

3. For this shall every humble soul
Make swift addresses to Thy seat;
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There shall they find a blest retreat.

4. How safe beneath Thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark and storms appear;
And when I walk, Thy watchful eye
Shall guide me safe from every snare.

Text Information

• First Line: While I keep silence, and conceal
• Title: While I Keep Silence, and Conceal
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: The Psalms of David, 1719
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: BERA
• Composer: John Edgar Gould (1849)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 33215 52343 11653
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain