PSALM 34 PART 1
v.1-10
C. M.
Prayer and praise for eminent deliverance.
62PAUSE.
I'll bless the Lord from day to day; How good are all his ways! Ye humble souls that use to pray, Come, help my lips to praise. | Sing to the honor of his name, How a poor suff'rer cried, Nor was his hope exposed to shame, Nor was his suit denied. | When threat'ning sorrows round me stood, And endless fears arose, Like the loud billows of a flood, Redoubling all my woes; | I told the Lord my sore distress, With heavy groans and tears; He gave my sharpest torments ease, And silenced all my fears. | [O sinners, come and taste his love, Come, learn his pleasant ways; And let your own experience prove The sweetness of his grace. | He bids his angels pitch their tents Round where his children dwell; What ills their heav'nly care prevents No earthly tongue can tell.] | [O love the Lord, ye saints of his; His eye regards the just: How richly blest their portion is Who make the Lord their trust! | Young lions, pinched with hunger, roar And famish in the wood; But God supplies his holy poor With every needful good.] | |