Divine protection. Up to the hills I lift mine eyes, Th’ eternal hills beyond the skies… Thence all her help my soul derive… There my Almighty refuge lives.

Original and actual sin confessed. Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin… And born unholy and unclean; Sprung from the man whose guilty f… Corrupts the race, and taints us a…

The invitation of the gospel. Isa. 55:1,2,etc. Let every mortal ear attend, And every heart rejoice; The trumpet of the gospel sounds

Love and charity. 1 Cor. 13:2-7, 13. Let Pharisees of high esteem Their faith and zeal declare, All their religion is a dream,

The folly of persecutors. Are sinners now so senseless grown That they the saints devour? And never worship at thy throne, Nor fear thine awful power?

A holy God worshiped with reveren… Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at his feet; His nature is all holiness, And mercy is his seat.

V.1-6 C. M. The last judgment The Lord, the Judge, before his t… Bids the whole earth draw nigh,

Sincerity and hypocrisy; or, forma… John 4:24; Ps. 139:23,24. God is a Spirit, just and wise, He sees our inmost mind; In vain to heav’n we raise our cri…

Not ashamed of the gospel. 2 Tim. 1:12. I’m not ashamed to own my Lord, Or to defend his cause; Maintain the honor of his word,

Unfruitfulness, ignorance, and uns… Long have I sat beneath the sound Of thy salvation, Lord; But still how weak my faith is fou… And knowledge of thy word!

Custom in sin. Let the wild leopards of the wood Put off the spots that nature give… Then may the wicked turn to God, And change their tempers and their…

V.1,10ff C. M. Christ’s first and second coming. Sing to the Lord, ye distant land… Ye tribes of every tongue;

Christ’s sufferings and exaltation… Now let our mournful songs record The dying sorrows of our Lord, When he complained in tears and bl… As one forsaken of his God.

Faith the way to salvation. Rom. 1:16; Eph. 2:8,9. Not by the laws of innocence Can Adam’s sons arrive at heav’n; New works can give us no pretence

V.5-9 C. M. The aged saint’s reflection and ho… My God, my everlasting hope, I live upon thy truth;