Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs ‎#CCXXXVI

CCXXXVI. High Priest, Merciful and Faithful

1 With joy we meditate the grace
Of our High Priest above;
His heart is made of tenderness,
His bowels melt with love.

2 Touch'd with a sympathy within,
He knows our feeble frame;
He knows what sore temptations mean,
For he has felt the same.

3 But spotless, innocent, and pure
The great Redeemer stood,
While Satan's fiery darts he bore,
And did resist to blood.

4 He, in the days of feeble flesh
Pour'd out his cries and tears.
And in his measure feels afresh
What ev.ry member bears.

5 He'll never quench the smoaking flax,
But raise it to a flame:
The bruised reed he never breaks,
Nor scorns the meanest name.

6 Then let our humble faith address
His mercy and his pow'r,
We shall obtain deliv'ring grace
In the distressing hour.

Text Information

• First Line: With joy we meditate the grace
• Title: High Priest, Merciful and Faithful
• Author: Watts
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1792
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 2:17
  ;
  Hebrews 7:27
• Topic: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testament
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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