120 (2) | Psalm 120 Version 2 (from v 5) | 7 7. 7 7 | |
JESUS! how my heart is pained, How it mourns for souls deceived, When I hear Thy name profaned, When I see Thy Spirit grieved! |
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2 | Mourning thus I long had been, When I heard my Saviour’s voice, ‘You have cause to mourn for sin, But in Me you must rejoice!’ |
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3 | This kind word dispelled my grief, Put to silence my complaints, Though of sinners I am chief, He has ranked me with His saints. |
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4 | Though constrained to dwell awhile Where the wicked strive and brawl, Let them rage, but He will smile; Heaven will make amends for all. |
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5 | Let us, then, the fight endure, See our Saviour looking down, He will make the conquest sure, And bestow the promised crown. |
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John Newton, 1725-1807 |