Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PSALMS 71. PRAYER AND SONG OF THE AGED CHRISTIAN, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE First Line: God of my childhood and my youth Last Line: To raise them strong and fair. | ||||||||
God of my childhood and my youth, The guide of all my days, I have declar'd thy heavenly truth, And told thy wondrous ways. Wilt Thou forsake my hoary hairs, And leave my fainting heart? Who shall sustain my sinking years If God my strength depart! Let me thy power and truth proclaim To the surviving age, And leave a savour of Thy Name When I shall quit the stage. The land of silence and of death Attends my next remove; Oh may these poor remains of breath Teach the wide world thy love. PAUSE. Thy righteousness is deep and high, Unsearchable thy deeds; Thy glory spreads beyond the sky, And all my praise exceeds. Oft have I heard thy threatenings roar, And oft endur'd the grief; But when thy hand has prest me sore, Thy grace was my relief. By long experience have I known Thy sovereign power to save; At they command I venture down Securely to the grave. When I lie buried deep in dust, My flesh shall be thy care; These withering limbs with Thee I trust To raise them strong and fair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PSALM 121 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 136 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 139 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 8. MAN'S PLACE IN CREATION by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE DEBORAH: THE SONG OF DEBORAH by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ECCLESIASTES by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ECCLESIASTES: THE LIGHT IS SWEET by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ELIJAH AND THE PRIESTS OF BAAL: IN A TIME OF FAMINE by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE EXODUS 15. SONG OF ISRAEL FOR THE OVERTHROW OF EGYPT IN THE RED SEA by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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