Behold my heart, dear Sovereign, And see that it’s not proud, Behold likewise these tear-filled eyes Aren’t raised up, nor puffed up With pride unto the clouds. Great matters don’t concern me But, like a nursing child, I’ll gladly stay within Your Way Unswerving, discerning, Sweet-mannered, meek and mild. Believe, O house of Jacob, God’s […]
From depths of darkest loneliness I to the Lord have cried Why are these supplications I present to You denied? If God should mark iniquity who could remain in place? Yet He bestows forgiveness that we trembling fear His face. Like watchmen waiting for the dawn, my soul awaits the Lord; My hope is steadfast […]
Often-times, from days of youth, For the sake of holy truth In the midst of fierce affliction I’ve been hounded. Let God’s people everywhere To all citizens declare, “We by reprobates have surely been confounded”. All the schemes which they’ve devised Shall frustrated, be revealed; Every fact that they’ve revised Reconstructed will be healed. Now […]
Blessed is the one who fears The Lord in all his ways; He shall be richly satisfied And joyful all his days. His wife and children too Within his home shall be Like blossom flowers and summer fruit Upon an orchard tree. The Lord from Zion’s height Will bless Jerusalem; Great peace and riches in […]
Unless the Lord is in our work It all will useless be; His word must guide our every thought Informing what we see. Unless the city gates are kept By unseen angel wings, The watchmen lie awake in vain Repelling hostile kings. The Lord Himself must be your trust In all you seek to do; […]
When captives returned at last to Zion From disparate places they had been, Each heart and each mouth was filled with laughter In moments more vibrant than a dream. Great shouts of deliverance in the nations Induced every tribe and tongue to say, ‘The Lord, our Sustainer and Redeemer, Has blessed us indeed in this […]
Those who depend upon the Lord, Like Zion stand secure; That mighty rock, which none can move, Stands firm forever more. As hills surround Jerusalem, So God surrounds His saints; Nothing shall touch them here without His own express consent. Unrighteous laws will not remain Across these barren lands; They’ll be replaced in earth’s new […]
Locked in a struggle of the fiercest fight, The Lord Himself was our shield and might; Let the children of Jacob say, ‘We were saved from hatred and strife today!’ Come, bless the Lord with me Leading us on to victory; Come, bless the Lord with me, Mighty in power and majesty! They would have […]
Unto You, Lord, I lift up longing eyes, You who preside over heavenly skies; ‘Grant us Your mercy today, Teach and reveal to us Your way.’ Just as the maid by her mistress’s side Waits upon all that her mistress decides, So, Lord, we listen to You; Teach us what we for You must do. […]
Glad was I to hear God’s call, ‘Let us to God’s house ascend; Stand within the city walls You who love Jerusalem’. Tribes belonging to the Lord Shall within her gates unite, Going up to hear His word Thankful for His truth and light. Thrones within her courts sublime For the judgment Day are bound, […]
A new Psalter for the 21st Century. The Psalms represent the Bible's own library of songs specifically written to be sung as part of private and corporate worship. It is my sincere prayer and desire that this new collection of psalms might serve to refresh, restore, challenge, encourage and edify Christians of all lands, cultures and backgrounds.
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