1.
My times are in thy hand.
My times are in thy hand,
Whatever they may be,
Pleasing or painful, dark or bright,
As best may seem to thee.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
2.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Other refuge have I none,
Hangs my only hope on thee:
Leave, O leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me.
Thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
3.
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
O that the Lord would guide my ways,
To keep his statutes still;
O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will.
Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
4.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the humble souls that see
Their emptiness and poverty
Measures of grace to them are given,
And crowns of joy laid up in heaven.
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
5.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blest are the men of broken heart,
Who mourn for sin with inward smart
The blood of Christ divinely flows,
Appealing balm for all their woes.
Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
6.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blest are the meek who stand afar
From rage and passion, noise and war;
God will secure their happy state,
And plead their cause against the great.
Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
7.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blest are the souls that thirst for grace,
Hunger and long for righteousness;
They shall be well supplied and fed,
With living streams and living bread.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
8.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blest are the men whose hearts do move
And melt with sympathy and love;
From Christ the Lord shall they obtain
Like sympathy and love again.
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
9.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean
from the defiling pow’rs of sin;
with endless pleasure they shall see
a God of spotless purity.
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
10.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blest are the men of peaceful life,
who quench the coals of growing strife;
they shall be called the heirs of bliss,
the sons of God, the God of peace.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
11.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blest are the suff’rers who partake
of pain and shame for Jesus’ sake;
their souls shall triumph in the Lord,
glory and joy are their reward.
Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
12.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Immortal light and joys unknown,
Are for the saints in the darkness sown;
Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise,
And the bright harvest bless our eyes.
Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
13.
The LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Wide as the world is thy command;
Vast as eternity thy love;
Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.
Serve the LORD with gladness.
14.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
He frees the souls condemned to death,
And when his saints complain,
It sha’n’t be said, that “praying breath
Was ever spent in vain.”
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble.
15.
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
My soul, repeat His praise,
Whose mercies are so great;
Whose anger is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.
Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
16.
The mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him.
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.
17.
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him.
Rejoice, ye righteous, and record
The sacred honors of the Lord;
None but the soul that feels his grace,
Can triumph in his holiness.
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him.
18.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Our God, how firm his promise stands,
E’en when he hides his face;
He trusts in our Redeemer’s hands
His glory and his grace.
O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
19.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
He’ll never quench the smoking flax,
But raise it to a flame;
The bruised reed he never breaks
Nor scorns the meanest name.
Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
20.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Come hither, all ye weary souls,
Ye heavy-laden sinners come;
I’ll give you rest from all your toils
And raise you to my heavenly home.
We which have believed do enter into rest.
21.
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Jesus, and shall it ever be,
A mortal man ashamed of thee?
Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise,
Whose glories shine through endless days?
Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
22.
Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
Where sin did reign, and death abound,
There have the sons of Adam found
Abounding life; there glorious grace
Reigns through the Lord our righteousness.
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
23.
As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Assure my conscience of her part
In the Redeemer’s blood,
And bear thy witness with my heart,
That I am born of God.
Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
24.
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Dost thou not dwell in all the saints,
And seal the heirs of heaven?
When wilt thou banish my complaints,
And show my sins forgiven?
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.
25.
The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
When overwhelmed with grief,
My heart within me dies,
Helpless, and far from all relief,
To heaven I lift mine eyes.
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
26.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
While I concealed my guilt,
I felt the festering wound,
Till I confessed my sins to thee,
And ready pardon found.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
27.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Thy cruel thorns, thy shameful cross,
Procure us heavenly crowns;
Our highest gain springs from thy loss,
Our healing from thy wounds.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
28.
God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
We love him, because he first loved us.
29.
The LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Poor though I am, despised, forgot,
Yet God, my God, forgets me not;
And he is safe, and must succeed,
For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
30.
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out.
Then let my soul march boldly on,
Press forward to the heavenly gate;
There peace and joy eternal reign,
And glittering robes for conquerors wait.
Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
31.
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Yes, while the dear Redeemer lives,
We have a boundless store,
And shall be fed with what he gives,
Who lives for evermore.
Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.