Isaac Watts Psalm 5

Psalms "Imitated in the Language of the New Testament"

Psalm 5

Words: Isaac Watts

For the Lord's Day morning.


 * 1 Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear
 * My voice ascending high;
 * To thee will I direct my prayer,
 * To thee lift up mine eye;


 * 2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone
 * To plead for all his saints,
 * Presenting at his Father's throne
 * Our songs and our complaints.


 * 3 Thou art a God, before whose sight
 * The wicked shall not stand;
 * Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
 * Nor dwell at thy right hand.


 * 4 But to thy house will I resort,
 * To taste thy mercies there;
 * I will frequent thine holy court,
 * And worship in thy fear.


 * 5 O may thy Spirit guide my feet
 * In ways of righteousness!
 * Make ev'ry path of' duty straight,
 * And plain before my face.


 * PAUSE.


 * 6 My watchful enemies combine
 * To tempt my feet astray;
 * They flatter, with a base design
 * To make my soul their prey.


 * 7 Lord, crush the serpent in the dust,
 * And all his plots destroy;
 * While those that in thy mercy trust,
 * For ever shout for joy.


 * 8 The men that love and fear thy name
 * Shall see their hopes fulfilled;
 * The mighty God will compass them
 * With favor as a shield.