39 (3) | Psalm 39 Version 3 | LM | |
ALMIGHTY Maker of my frame, Teach me the measure of my days, Make me to know how frail I am, And spend the remnant to Thy praise. |
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2 | Vain the ambition, noise and show! The cares which rack the human mind! Heaping up treasures, mixed with woe, We die and leave them all behind. |
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3 | O make a nobler portion mine! My God, I bow before Thy throne; Earth’s fleeting treasures I resign, And fix my love on Thee alone. |
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4 | Save me, by Thine almighty arm, Forgive my waywardness and sin, May guilt and folly no more harm, As I a life renewed begin. |
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5 | O spare me, and my soul restore, Before remaining years shall flee, And when my days on earth are o’er Let me for ever dwell with Thee. |
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Anne Steele, 1717-78 |