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I love the Lord, the fount of life and grace; He hears my voice, my cry and supplication, Inclines His ear, gives strength and consolation; In life, in death, my heart will seek His face.
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The cords of death held me in deep despair; The pangs of hell, like waves by tempest driven, Rolled o'er my soul; by grief and sorrow riven, I turned in my distress to God in prayer.
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I cried, Deliver Thou my soul, O Lord! Jehovah heard. I pledge Him my devotion. The Lord is just, His grace wide as the ocean; In boundless mercy He fulfils His word.
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The Lord preserves the meek most tenderly; Brought nigh to death, in Him I found salvation. Come, thou my soul, relieved from agitation, Turn to thy rest; the Lord has favored thee.
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Thou, O Jehovah, in Thy sovereign grace, Hast saved my soul from death and woe appalling, Dried all my tears, secured my feet from falling. Lo, I shall live and walk before Thy face.
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I have believed, and therefore did I speak When I was made to suffer tribulation; I said in haste and bitter desperation: All men are false, 'tis nought but lies they speak.
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What shall I render to Jehovah now For all the riches of His consolation? With joy I'll take the cup of His salvation, And call upon His Name with thankful vow.
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Before His saints I'll pay my vows to God; E'en in death's vale He keepeth me from evil; How dear to God the dying of His people! Praise Him, ye saints, and sound His Name abroad.
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I am, O Lord, Thy servant, bound yet free, Thy handmaid's son, whose shackles Thou hast broken; Redeemed by grace, I'll render as a token Of gratitude my constant praise to Thee.
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Jerusalem! Within thy courts I'll praise Jehovah's Name; and with a spirit lowly Pay all my vows, O Zion, fair and holy, Come join with me and bless Him all thy days!