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PSALM 107. First Part. L.M.
Israel led to Canaan, and Christians to heaven.
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GIVE thanks to God; he reigns above;
Kind are his thoughts, his name is love:
His mercy ages past have known,
And ages long to come shall own.
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Let the redeemed of the Lord
The wonders of his grace record;
Israel, the nation whom he chose,
And rescued from their mighty foes.
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In their distress to God they cried,
God was their Saviour and their guide;
He led their march far wand'ring round:
'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground.
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Thus when our first release we gain
From sin's old yoke and Satan's chain,
We have this desert world to pass,
A dang'rous and a tiresome place.
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He feeds and clothes us all the way,
He guides our footsteps lest we stray;
He guards us with a pow'rful hand,
And brings us to the heav'nly land.
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O let the saints with joy record
The truth and goodness of the Lord!
How great his works! how kind his ways!
Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise.
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PSALM 107. Second Part. L.M.
Correction for sin, and release by prayer.
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FROM age to age exalt his name;
God and his grace are still the same:
He fills the hungry soul with food,
And feeds the poor with ev'ry good.
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But if their hearts rebel and rise
Against the God, that rules the skies;
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PSALM 107. Second Part. L.M.
Correction for sin, and release by prayer. (cont.)
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If they reject his heav'nly word,
And slight the counsels of the Lord;
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He'll bring their spirits to the ground,
And no deliv'rer shall be found:
Laden with grief they waste their breath
In darkness, and the shades of death.
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He cuts the bars of brass in two,
And lets the smiling pris'ners thro';
Takes off the load of guilt and grief,
And gives the lab'ring soul relief.
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Then to the Lord they raise their cries;
He makes the dawning light arise;
And scatters all that dismal shade,
That hung so heavy round their head.
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O may the sons of men record
The wondrous goodness of the Lord!
How great his works, how kind his ways!
Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise.
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PSALM 107. Third Part. L.M.
Intemperance punished and pardoned.
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VAIN man, on foolish pleasures bent,
Prepares for his own punishment:
What pains, what loathsome maladies
From luxury and lust arise!
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The drunkard feels his vitals waste,
Yet drowns his health to please his taste;
Till all his active pow'rs are lost,
And fainting life draws near the dust.
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The glutton groans, and loathes to eat;
His soul abhors delicious meat:
Nature with heavy loads opprest,
Would yield to death to be releas'd.
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Behold the fright'ned sinners fly
To God for help with earnest cry!
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