1.

On Thee, O God, with steady frame,
(O blast not Thou my hope with shame)
On Thee my Soul its trust has staid,
And asks thy Justice to its aid:

2.

Thy Servant, God of Gods supreme,
O hear, and hasten to redeem;
Be Thou my Rock, and safe Resort; —
My Rock thou art, my strongest Fort:

3.

Thy lips my rescue have decreed,
And bid each threaten'd ill recede:
O let thy promis'd help o'erthrow
Each impious and revengeful Foe.

4.

On Thee my hopes supported stand;
My Life from earliest youth thy hand
(That Life which first from Thee began,)
Preserv'd, and led me up to Man.

5.

When lodg'd within the womb I lay,
Thy Care produc'd me to the day,
And, while that Care my years prolongs,
Thy Name shall animate my songs.

6.

Though Crouds, with silent gaze, in Me
A spectacle of wonder see,
Amidst my grief, amidst my pain,
Thy Love shall still my faith sustain.

7.

Thy arm in my relief employ,
That soon, my hope absorb'd in joy,
From op'ning dawn to closing eve
Thy praises on my tongue may live.

8.

O let me not, Almighty Friend,
While with a weight of Age I bend,
And wearied Nature's succours fail,
The absence of thine aid bewail.

9.

" Behold " (such words the ranc'rous heart
Suggests, while, pleas'd, with secret art
My foes the deathful snare provide,)
" A Wretch whom God has cast aside:

10.

" Come " (thus, by lawless counsel led,
Aloud they cry) " destruction spread;
" Pursue, and mark him for the grave;
" Pursue; for None is nigh to save. "

11.

My God, my God, depart not far,
But haste, and make my life thy care;
O obvious to my pray'r arise;
Nor let their guilt escape thine eyes.

12.

Let Shame, let Death their deeds repay,
Who wish my guiltless soul their prey,
And black Disgrace their name o'erspread,
Who aim their mischiefs at my head.

13.

My heart shall still on Thee depend;
My thankful voice to Thee ascend,
And, through the day, my God and King,
Thy Justice, thy Salvation, sing.

14.

Thy Mercies, Lord, all praise surmount,
No numbers can their sum recount,
For ne'er can words in equal strain
The measure of thy love explain.

15.

Lo! in thy strength I take my way,
Thou art my God, and thou my stay;
Thy righteousness alone, and love
My heart shall warm, my song improve.

16.

Thy Lessons on my youthful breast
Fair Wisdom's sacred lines impress'd,
And taught me, each advancing hour,
To speak the wonders of thy Pow'r.

17.

Recede not now, while grey with years
His hands to Thee thy Servant rears,
Nor e'er thy wonted help withhold,
Till, pleas'd, my tongue thy Acts has told:

18.

Such Acts as shall the ear invite
Of All who now th' ethereal light
Enjoy, and oft rehears'd engage
The wonder of each future age.

19.

How great thy pow'r, thy works how great!
Say, what in Earth, or Heav'n's high seat,
What shall the searching eye to Thee
Or equal, Lord, or second, see?

20.

How hast thou bid my soul to know
A long vicissitude of woe,
Yet, back return'd, with quick'ning ray
Hast chas'd each cloud of grief away!

21.

Thy hand, when Earth had clos'd me round,
Has snatch'd me from the dark profound,
My head with endless honours bless'd,
And sooth'd my anxious thoughts to rest.

22.

O Thou, whom, wrapt in holy fear,
The Sons of Israel 's Line revere;
Thy Pow'r, thy Mercy shall my lay
In sweet harmonious sounds display.

23.

Thy Truth my psalt'ry shall inspire,
And tune to loudest notes my lyre,
My willing lips with praise o'erflow,
My rescu'd soul with transport glow.

24.

From morn to night, indulgent Lord,
My tongue thy Justice shall record;
That gave the period to my woes,
And whelm'd in shame my vaunting foes.