A “Song of Praise,” taken from Isaiah xii which I sang to Jehovah and the Lamb for my deliverance; or “A Thanksgiving unto God” for former deliverances, for present mercies, and future expectations:
I
I in this day will praise the Lord,
For though He angry was with me,
Yea, though He made me feel His ire,
His Love in that I now do see.
II
From me Thine anger’s turn’d away,
And Thou comfort’st my drooping soul;
My darkest nights Thou turn’st to day,
My fester’s wounds Thou makest whole.
III
Thou hast redeemed my soul from hell,
Thy grace my pardon did declare:
My clouds of guilt Thou didst dispel,
Which held me fast in black despair.
IV
Thou hast delivered me from death,
And from the power of the grave:
When I deserved Thy fiercest wrath,
Thy mercy free did then me save.
V
God’s my salvation: I will trust
Him with my wounded guilty soul;
Though His fierce wrath to me be just,
I trust His grace will make me whole.
VI
The Lord Jehovah is my strength,
He’s my salvation and my song;
His love to me He shewed at length,
Tho’ my distress was great and long.
VII
Thy loving kindness that excels,
Thou, Lord, hast magnified to me;
With joy Thou mad’st me drink the wells
Of Thy salvation, full and free.
VIII
The sole Foundation of my peace,
The screen from vengeance that me hides,
Is the free fountain of Thy grace,
Which flows from Jesus’ bloody side.
IX
With Thee the fountain pure remains,
Of life and of Salvation free;
And open wide Thou set’st the same,
To all in faith who come to Thee.
X
This well of life my thirst doth quench,
I bathe my guilty soul therein;
The living streams that flow from hence,
Renew my strength and kills my sin.
XI
O Lord, Thy grace’s a fountain free,
Whose streams are one eternal flow;
That grace which pardons sinful me,
Can neither bounds nor limits know.
XII
I long to get my soul above,
To worship prostrate at Thy throne;
To talk the wonders of Thy love,
The grace and merits of Thy Son.
XIII
In praises of the great I AM,
I’ll spend eternity along;
The glory of the slaughtered Lamb,
Shall be the burden of my song.