The Words, that from my Lips proceed

Author: James Merrick
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 The Words, that from my Lips proceed,
My Thoughts—(for Thou those Thoughts can'st read)
My God, my King, attentive weigh;
And hear, O hear me, when I pray!
With earliest Zeal, with wakeful Care,
To thee my Soul shall pour it's Pray'r.

2 For I, whose Hope thy Love supports—
(How great that Love!) will tread thy Courts;
My Knees in lowliest Rev'rence bend,
And tow'rds thy Shrine my Hands extend.
Do Thou, just God, my Path prepare,
And guard me from each hostile Snare.

3 May all, whose Trust on Thee is plac'd,
Peace and Delight perpetual taste:
Sav'd by thy Care, in Songs of JOy
Their ever-grateful Voice meploy:
And share the Gifts on those bestow'd,
Who love the Name of Thee, my God!

Source: Psalms and Hymns, selected for the use of the Parish-Church of Boston #109

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Author: James Merrick

Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse… Go to person page >

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