The Psalms of David ‎#P143

P143. My righteous 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 burthen 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 righteous Judge, my gracious GOD
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1766
• Scripture:
  Psalm 143
• Topic: Afflicted: from Men; Afflicted: their prayer; Afflicted: very great; Comfort: from ancient providences; Complaint: of heavy Afflctions of Mind and Body; Confession: of Sin, Repentance and Pardon; Desertion and Distress of Soul; Doubts and Fears suppressed; Hope: in Affliction; Hope: in darkness; Waiting: for answer to prayer

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