Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#314

314. My rigthteous judge my gracious God!

1 My righteous judge, my gracious God!
Hear when I spread my hands abroad
And cry for succour from thy throne;
O make thy truth and mercy known!

2 Let judgment not against me pass;
Behold, thy servant pleads thy grace:
Should justice call us to thy bar,
No man alive is guiltless there.

3 Look down in pity, Lord, and see
The mighty woes that burden me;
Down to the dust my life is brought,
Like one long bury'd and forgot.

4 I dwell in darkness and unseen,
My heart is desolate within:
My thoughts in musing silence trace
The ancient wonders of thy grace.

5 Thence I derive a glimpse of hope
To bear my sinking spirits up;
I stretch my hands to God again,
And thirst like parched lands for rain

6 For thee I thirst, I pray, I mourn:
When will thy smiling face return?
Shall all my joys on earth remove,
And God for ever hide his love?

7 My God, thy long delay to save
Will sink thy pris'ner to the grave;
My heart grows faint, and dim mine eye;
Make haste to help before I die.

8 The night is witness to my tears,
Distressing pains, distressing fears;
O might I hear thy morning voice,
How would my weary'd pow'rs rejoice!

9 In thee I trust, to thee I sigh,
And lift my heavy soul on high;
For thee sit waiting all the day,
And wear the tiresome hours away.

10 Break off my fetters, Lord, and show
Which is the path my feet should go;
If snares and foes beset the road,
I flee to hide me near my God.

11 Teach me to do thy holy will,
And lead me to thy heav'nly hill;
Let the good Spirit of thy love
Conduct me to thy courts above.

12 Then shall my soul no more complain
The tempter then shall rage in vain;
And flesh, that was my foe before,
Shall never vex my spirit more.

Text Information

• First Line: My rigthteous judge my gracious God!
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 143

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