The Psalms of David ‎#I.CXXIV

I.CXXIV. Deep in the Dust before thy Throne

1 Deep in the Dust before thy Throne
Our Guilt and our Disgrace we own;
Great God we own th' unhappy Name
Whence sprang our Nature and our Shame.

2 Adam the Sinner: At his Fall,
Death, like a Conqu'ror seiz'd us all;
A Thousand new-born Babes are dead,
By fatal Union to their Head.

3 But while our Spirits fill'd with Awe,
Behold the Terrors of thy Law;
We sing the Honours of thy Grace,
That sent to save our ruin'd Race.

4 We sing thine everlasting Son,
Who joined our Nature to his own;
Adam the Second, from the Dust,
Raises the Ruins of the First.

[5 By the Rebellion of one Man
Through all his Seed the Mischief ran;
And by one Man's Obedience now
Are all his seed made righteous too.]

6 Where Sin did reign, and Death abound;
There have the Sons of Adam found
Abounding Life; there glorious Grace
Reigns through the Lord our Righteousness.

Text Information

• First Line: Deep in the Dust before thy Throne
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1766
• Scripture:
  Romans 5:12-19
• Topic: First and Second Adam; Christ and Adam; Christ: His Pity to the Afflicted and Tempted; Compassion to the Afflicted; Weak Saints encouraged by Christ

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