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3:1 א (Alef <0589>) I am the <01397> man who has <07200> experienced <06040> affliction from the <07626> rod of his <05678> 3:2 He drove <05090> me into captivity and made me walk <01980> in darkness <02822> and not <03808> light <0216>. 3:3 He repeatedly <07725> attacks me, he turns <02015> his hand <03027> against me all <03605> day <03117> long. 3:4 ב(Bet) He has made my mortal <01320> skin <05785> waste away <01086>; he has broken <07665> my bones <06106>. 3:5 He has besieged <05921> <01129> and surrounded <05362> me with bitter <07219> hardship <08513>. 3:6 He has made me reside <03427> in deepest darkness <04285> like those who died <04191> long ago <05769>. 3:7 ג(Gimel) He has walled <01443> me in <01157> so that I cannot <03808> get out <03318>; he has weighted <03513> me down <03513> with heavy prison chains <05178>. 3:8 Also <01571>, when <03588> I cry out <07768> desperately <02199> for help <07768>, he has shut out <05640> my prayer <08605>. 3:9 He has blocked <01443> every road <01870> I take with a wall of hewn stones <01496>; he has made every path <05410> impassable <05753>. 3:10 ד(Dalet) To me he is <01931> like a bear <01677> lying in ambush <0693>, like a hidden <04565> lion <0738> stalking its prey. 3:11 He has obstructed <05493> my paths <01870> and torn <06582> me to pieces <06582>; he has made <07760> me desolate <08076>. 3:12 He drew <01869> his bow <07198> and made <05324> me the target <04307> for his arrow <02671>. 3:13 ה(He) He shot his arrows <0827> <01121> into <0935> my heart <03629>. 3:14 I have become <01961> the laughingstock <07814> of all <03605> people <05971>, their mocking song <05058> all <03605> day <03117> long. 3:15 He has given <07646> me my fill <07646> of bitter herbs <04844> and made <07301> me drunk <07301> with bitterness <03939>. 3:16 ו(Vav) He ground <01638> my teeth <08127> in gravel <02687>; he trampled <03728> me in the dust <0665>. 3:17 I am deprived <02186> of peace <07965>; I have forgotten <05382> what happiness <02896> is. 3:18 So I said <0559>, “My endurance <05331> has expired <06>; I have lost all hope <08431> of deliverance from the Lord <03068>.” 3:19 ז(Zayin) Remember <02142> my impoverished <06040> and homeless condition <04788>, which is a bitter <03939> poison <07219>. 3:20 I continually think <02142> <02142> about this, and I <05315> am depressed <05921> <07743>. 3:21 But this <02063> I call <07725> to <0413> mind <03820>; therefore <03651> <05921> I have hope <03176>: 3:22 ח(Khet) The Lord’s <03068> loyal kindness <02617> never ceases; his compassions <07356> never end. 3:23 They are fresh <02319> every morning <01242>; your faithfulness <0530> is abundant <07227>! 3:24 “My portion <02506> is the Lord <03068>,” I have said <0559> to myself <05315>, so <03651> I will put <03176> my hope <03176> in <05921> him. 3:25 ט(Tet) The Lord <03068> is good <02896> to those who trust <06960> in him, to the one <05315> who seeks <01875> him. 3:26 It is good <02896> to wait patiently <01748> for deliverance <08668> from the Lord <03068>. 3:27 It is good <02896> for <03588> a man <01397> to bear <05375> the yoke <05923> while he is young <05271>. 3:28 י(Yod) Let a person sit <03427> alone <0910> in silence <01826>, when <03588> the Lord is disciplining <05190> him. 3:29 Let <05414> him bury <05414> his face <06310> in the dust <06083>; perhaps <0194> there is <03426> hope <08615>. 3:30 Let him offer <05414> his cheek <03895> to the one who hits <05221> him; let him have his fill <07646> of insults <02781>. 3:31 כ(Kaf) For <03588> the Lord <0136> will not <03808> reject <02186> us forever <05769>. 3:32 Though <0518> <03588> he causes <03013> us grief <03013>, he then has compassion <07355> on us according to the abundance <07230> of his loyal kindness <02617>. 3:33 For <03588> he is not <03808> predisposed <03820> to afflict <06031> or to grieve <03013> people <0376> <01121>. 3:34 ל(Lamed) To crush <01792> underfoot <07272> <08478> all <03605> the earth’s <0776> prisoners <0615>, 3:35 to deprive <05186> a person <01397> of his rights <04941> in the presence <06440> <05048> of the Most High <05945>, 3:36 to defraud <05791> a person <0120> in a lawsuit <07379>– the Lord <0136> does not <03808> approve <07200> of such things! 3:37 מ(Mem) Whose <04310> command <0559> was ever fulfilled <01961> unless <03808> the Lord <0136> decreed <06680> it? 3:38 Is it not <03808> from the mouth <06310> of the Most High <05945> that everything comes <03318>– both calamity <07451> and blessing <02896>? 3:39 Why <04100> should any living <02416> person <0120> complain <0596> when punished for his sins <02399>? 3:40 נ(Nun) Let us carefully examine <02713> <02664> our ways <01870>, and let us return <07725> to <05704> the Lord <03068>. 3:41 Let us lift up <05375> our hearts <03824> and our hands <03709> to <0413> God <0410> in heaven <08064>: 3:42 “We <05168> have blatantly rebelled <04784> <06586>; you <0859> have not <03808> forgiven <05545>.” 3:43 ס(Samek) You shrouded <05526> yourself with anger <0639> and then pursued <07291> us; you killed <02026> without <03808> mercy <02550>. 3:44 You shrouded <05526> yourself with a cloud <06051> so that no prayer <08605> can get through <05674>. 3:45 You make <07760> us like filthy scum <03973> <05501> in the estimation <07130> of the nations <05971>. 3:46 פ(Pe) All <03605> our enemies <0341> have gloated <06475> over <05921> us; 3:47 Panic <06343> and pitfall <06354> have come <01961> upon us, devastation <07612> and destruction <07667>. 3:48 Streams <06388> of tears <04325> flow <03381> from my eyes <05869> because my people <05971> <01323> are destroyed <07667>. 3:49 ע(Ayin) Tears flow <05064> from my eyes <05869> and will not <03808> stop <01820>; there will be no <0369> break <02014> 3:50 until <05704> the Lord <03068> looks down <08259> from heaven <08064> and sees <07200> what has happened. 3:51 What my eyes <05869> see grieves <05953> me– all <03605> the suffering of the daughters <01323> in my city <05892>. 3:52 צ(Tsade) For no good reason <02600> my enemies <0341> hunted <06679> <06679> me down <06679> <06679> like a bird <06833>.

• Lam 3:1-66 -- The Prophet Speaks:

• Poetry

  [ebd] has been well defined as "the measured language of emotion." Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man's relation to God. "Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon, redemption, repentance are the a...
  [nave] POETRY Lam. 1-5. Didactic Moses' song, Deut. 32. The Book of Job, the Proverbs, Solomon's Song, the books of prophecy. See: Psalms, Didactic. Elegy On the death of Saul, 2 Sam. 1:17, 19-27. Of Abner, 2 Sam. 3:33, 34. ...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Doubting

  [nave] DOUBTING. Job 4:3-6; Job 9:16-23; Job 30:20, 21 Job 3; 16; 17; 23:15-17. Psa. 22:2; Psa. 31:22; Psa. 42:5, 6; Psa. 49:5; Psa. 73:13-17; Psa. 77:3, 7-9; Prov. 24:10; Isa. 40:27, 28 Isa. 50:2. Isa. 49:14, 15; Jer. 8:18; Jer. ...
  

• Complaint

  [nave] COMPLAINT of Israelites against Moses, Ex. 5:21; 15:24; 16:2, 3; Num. 16:2, 3, 13, 14, 41; 20:2-4. Against God Ex. 5:22, 23; Ex. 16:8, 12; Num. 14:26-37 Num. 17:10, 11. Job 15:11-13; Job 33:12, 13; Job 34:37; Psa. 37:1; Ps...
  

• Church

  [nave] CHURCH, the collective body of believers. Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics Called in the O.T., The Congregation, Ex. 12:3, 6, 19, 47; 16:1, 2, 9, 10, 22; Lev. 4:13, 15; 10:17; 24:14. Called in the N.T., Church, Matt. 16:18; ...
  

• War

  [nave] WAR Divine approval of, 2 Sam. 22:35. Civil, Judg. 12:1-6; 20; 2 Sam. 2:12-31; 3:1; 20; 1 Kin. 14:30; 16:21; Isa. 19:2; forbidden, 2 Chr. 11:4; averted, Josh. 22:11-34. Enemy harangued by general of opposing side, 2 Kin. 1...
  

• Despondency

  [nave] DESPONDENCY. Num. 17:12, 13; Deut. 28:65-67; Job 3:1-26; Job 17:13-16; Psa. 31:22; Psa. 77:7-9; Prov. 13:12; Isa. 2:19; Jer. 2:25; Jer. 8:20; Jer. 18:12; Lam. 3:1-21; Lam. 5:22; Hos. 10:8; Jonah 2:2-4; Mic. 7:1-7; Matt. 24:...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Faith

  [nave] FAITH. 2 Sam. 22:31; Psa. 5:11; Psa. 7:1; Psa. 9:9, 10; Psa. 18:30; Psa. 32:10; Psa. 33:18, 19; Psa. 34:8, 22 vs. 1-8;; Psa. 2:12. Psa. 36:7; Psa. 40:4; Psa. 64:10; Psa. 78:7 vs. 5-7.; Psa. 84:5, 12; Psa. 112:5, 7, 8; Psa. ...
  

• Wormwood

  [isbe] WORMWOOD - wurm'-wood (la'anah (Dt 29:18; Prov 5:4; Jer 9:15; 23:15; Lam 3:15,19; Am 5:7; 6:12, the King James Version hemlock); apsinthos (Rev 8:11)): What the Hebrew la`anah may have been is obscure; it is clear it was a b...
  [smith] Four kinds of wormwood are found in Palestine-- Artemisia nilotica , A. Judaica , A. fructicosa and A. cinerea . The word occurs frequently in the Bible, and generally in a metaphorical sense. In (Jeremiah 9:15; 23:15; Lament...
  [nave] WORMWOOD, a bitter plant, Deut. 29:18. Figurative Deut. 29:18; Prov. 5:4; Jer. 9:15; 23:15; Lam. 3:19. Symbolical, Rev. 8:11.
  

• Desire

  [nave] DESIRE. Spiritual Psa. 17:1; Psa. 22:26; Psa. 24:6; Psa. 25:5, 15; Psa. 27:8, 14; Psa. 33:20; Psa. 34:10; Psa. 37:4, 7, 9, 34; Psa. 39:12; Psa. 40:1, 8; Psa. 42:1-11; Psa. 51:1-17; Psa. 62:1; Psa. 63:1, 8; Psa. 68:28; Psa....
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• Bear

  [ebd] a native of the mountain regions of Western Asia, frequently mentioned in Scripture. David defended his flocks against the attacks of a bear (1 Sam. 17:34-37). Bears came out of the wood and destroyed the children who mocked...
  [isbe] BEAR - bar (dobh; compare Arabic dubb): In 1 Sam 17:34-37, David tells Saul how as a shepherd boy he had overcome a lion and a bear. In 2 Ki 2:24 it is related that two she bears came out of the wood and tore forty-two of th...
  [nave] BEAR Ferocity of, 2 Sam. 17:8; Prov. 17:12; 28:15; Isa. 11:7; 59:11; Lam. 3:10; Hos. 13:8; Amos 5:19. Killed by David, 1 Sam. 17:34-37. Two destroy the children of Beth-el, who mocked Elisha, 2 Kin. 2:24. Figurative Dan....
  

• Meekness

  [nave] MEEKNESS. Psa. 22:26; Psa. 25:9; Psa. 37:11; Psa. 76:8, 9; Psa. 147:6; Psa. 149:4; Prov. 14:29; Prov. 15:1, 18; Prov. 16:32; Prov. 17:1; Prov. 19:11; Prov. 20:3; Prov. 25:15; Prov. 29:8; Eccl. 7:8; Eccl. 10:4; Isa. 11:4; Is...
  

• Injustice

  [nave] INJUSTICE. Ex. 22:21, 22; Ex. 23:1-3, 6, 7; Lev. 19:15, 35, 36; Deut. 16:19, 20; Deut. 24:17 [Deut. 27:19.] Deut. 24:18; Job 16:16, 17; Job 31:13-15; Psa. 12:5; Psa. 43:1; Psa. 82:2; Prov. 11:7; Prov. 17:15; Prov. 28:8; Pro...
  

• LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF

  [isbe] LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF - lam-en-ta'-shunz,--The Lamentations of Jeremiah: 1. Name: This is a collective name which tradition has given to 5 elegies found in the Hebrew Canon that lament the fate of destroyed Jerusalem. The ra...
  

• Hope

  [nave] HOPE. Psa. 9:18; Psa. 16:9; Psa. 31:24; Psa. 33:18, 22; Psa. 38:15; Psa. 39:7; Psa. 43:5; Psa. 71:5, 14; Psa. 78:5-7; Psa. 119:74,81,116,166Psa. 130:7; Psa. 146:5; Prov. 10:23; Prov. 13:12; Prov. 14:32; Prov. 23:18; Prov. 2...
  

• GALL

  [ebd] (1) Heb. mererah, meaning "bitterness" (Job 16:13); i.e., the bile secreted in the liver. This word is also used of the poison of asps (20:14), and of the vitals, the seat of life (25). (2.) Heb. rosh. In Deut. 32:33 and Job...
  [isbe] GALL - gol: (1) ro'sh, or rosh (Dt 32:32 only, "grapes of gall"): Some very bitter plant, the bitterness as in (2) being associated with the idea of poison. Dt 29:18 margin "rosh, a poisonpus herb"; Lam 3:5,19; Jer 8:14; 9:1...
  

• Yoke

  [ebd] (1.) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw the plough, etc. (Num. 19:2; Deut. 21:3). It was a curved piece of wood called 'ol. (2.) In Jer. 27:2; 28:10, 12 the word...
  [isbe] YOKE - yok: (1) The usual word is `ol (Gen 27:40, etc.), less commonly the (apparently later) form moTah (Isa 58:6, etc.; in Nab 1:13 moT), which the Revised Version (British and American) in Jer 27; 28 translates "bar" (a m...
  [nave] YOKE. Figurative Lev. 26:13; Isa. 9:4; 10:27; Jer. 2:20; 5:5; 28:2, 4, 10; 30:8; Lam. 1:14; 3:27; Matt. 11:29, 30; Acts 15:10.
  

• Sin

  [nave] SIN. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, Defining, and Illustrating; Confession of; Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children; Conviction of; Forgiveness of; Fruits of; Kn...
  

• Psalms 3: Suffering and Hope

  

• Hai Umat, Nyanyilah [KJ.232]

  1. Hai umat, nyanyilah, rayakan hari ini! Mujizat Allahmu masyhurkanlah disini! T'lah turun Roh Kudus membangkit laskarNya; Semoga kini pun semua tergerak.	Kis 2:1-13
  2. Ya Roh karunia, Penghibur dan Penolong, sekarang datanglah; berkatMu kami mohon. Baptisan dan Firman membangun umatMu, Supaya kami pun berbuahlah penuh.	Yoh 14:16, 26 Yoh 15:26 Ef 5:26 Gal 5:22-23
  3. Kaupilih umatMu menjadi tubuh Kristus. Kembali lahirlah umatMu dalam Yesus. Di PerjamuanNya. Kau hadir bekerja membuat hambaMu cerminan kasihNya.	1 Kor 12:13 Yoh 3:5-7 Tit 3:5 1 Ptr 1:3, 23
  4. Yang hidup oleh Roh, yang bangkit oleh Firman dan oleh kurnia berbuah kar'na iman, Muliakan Allahmu dan puji kasihNya, Yang baru dan segar selama-lamanya.	Rat 3:22-23
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• Insan, Tangisi Dosamu [KJ.157]

  1. Insan, tangisi dosamu! Ingatlah, Kristus menempuh jalan penuh sengsara dan bagai hamba terendah Ia kosongkan diriNya menjadi Perantara. Yang mati dihidupkanNya, yang sakit disembuhkanNya, yang hilang Ia cari, berkurban diri akhirnya, memikul dosa dunia diatas kayu salib.	Rat 3:39 Yak 4:9 Flp 2:7 Ibr 12:24 Mat 11:5 Luk 15:3-10 Yoh 1:29
  2. Syukur, pujian dan sembah kepada Dia angkatlah yang mati bagi kita. Ikutlah Dia yang menang, pikullah salib dan beban dengan bersukacita! KasihNya perkenankanlah dan dalam kuasa namaNya kalahkanlah yang jahat. Ingat darahNya yang kudus, yang bagi Allah, Bapamu, berharga tinggi amat!	Why 5:12 Mrk 8:34
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• Setiap Pagi RahmatMu [KJ.321]

  1. Setiap pagi rahmatMu segar dan baru bagiku; sepanjang hari tak henti karunia yang Kauberi.	Rat 3:22-23
  2. O Bintang Fajar yang cerah, cahayaMu curahkanlah, sehingga hati pun penuh dengan terang dan rahmatMu.	2 Ptr 1:19 Why 22:16 2 Kor 4:6 Ef 1:17-18 1 Yoh 1:7
  3. Halaukan g'lap di dunia, kuasa jahat usirlah; berilah damai yang penuh, dibimbing oleh tanganMu.
  4. Buatlah jalan kami t'rang meskipun dunia tak tent'ram; dengan percaya yang teguh kuatkan kami, umatMu!
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• Tuhan, Betapa Banyaknya [KJ.393]

  1. Tuhan, betapa baiknya berkat yang Kauberi, istimewa rahmatMu dan hidup abadi.
  2. T'rima kasih, ya Tuhanku atas keselamatanku! Padaku telah Kauberi hidup bahagia abadi.
  3. Sanak saudara dan teman Kaub'ri kepadaku; berkat terindah ialah 'ku jadi anakMu.	Rm 8:14-17 1 Yoh 3:1-2
  4. T'rima kasih, ya Tuhanku atas keselamatanku! Padaku telah Kauberi hidup bahagia abadi.
  5. Setiap hari rahmatMu tiada putusnya: hendak kupuji namaMu tetap selamanya.	Rat 3:22-23
  6. T'rima kasih, ya Tuhanku atas keselamatanku! Padaku telah Kauberi hidup bahagia abadi.
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• [Lam 3:22] Every Morning Mercies New

  Every morning mercies new Fall as fresh as morning dew; Every morning let us pay Tribute with the early day: For Thy mercies, Lord, are sure; Thy compassion doth endure. Still the greatness of Thy love Daily doth our sins remove; Daily, far as east from west, Lifts the burden from the breast; Gives unbought to those who pray Strength to stand in evil day. Let our prayers each morn prevail, That these gifts may never fail; And, as we confess the sin And the tempter’s power within, Every morning, for the strife, Feed us with the Bread of Life. As the morning light returns, As the sun with splendor burns, Teach us still to turn to Thee, Ever blessèd Trinity, With our hands our hearts to raise, In unfailing prayer and praise.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Lam 3:22] God Of Our Life

  God of our life, through all the circling years, We trust in Thee; In all the past, through all our hopes and fears, Thy hand we see. With each new day, when morning lifts the veil, We own Thy mercies, Lord, which never fail. God of the past, our times are in Thy hand; With us abide. Lead us by faith to hope’s true promised land; Be Thou our Guide. With Thee to bless, the darkness shines as light, And faith’s fair vision changes into sight. God of the coming years, through paths unknown We follow Thee; When we are strong, Lord, leave us not alone; Our Refuge be. Be Thou for us in life our daily Bread, Our heart’s true Home when all our years have sped.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Lam 3:22] Great Is Thy Faithfulness

  Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father; There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not; As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be. Refrain Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed Thy hand hath provided; Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. Refrain Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! Refrain

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• [Lam 3:22] Like Dews Of The Morning

  Like dews of the morning Thy mercies descend, And blessings unnumbered our pathway attend; We feel Thou art with us, we list to Thy voice; O Jesus our Savior, in Thee we rejoice. Refrain We praise thee, we bless Thee, O Savior divine, We praise thee, we bless Thee, We praise thee, we bless Thee, O Savior divine; All honor and glory forever be Thine. Though trials befall us, and clouds may arise, We know that the sunshine will break thro’ the skies; In light or in darkness, whate’er it may be, If Thou art still with us, then happy are we. Refrain Like dew at the twilight, when nature, at rest, Has folded her blossoms to sleep on her breast; Anew with Thy blessings our cup overflows, While gently from labor Thou bidd’st us repose. Refrain

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• [Lam 3:22] New Every Morning Is The Love

  New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life and power and thought. New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. If, on our daily course, our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still, of countless price, God will provide for sacrifice. Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be, As more of heaven in each we see; Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care. We need not bid, for cloistered cell, Our neighbor and our words farewell, Nor strive to find ourselves too high For sinful man beneath the sky. The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we ought to ask; Room to deny ourselves, a road To bring us daily nearer God. Seek we no more; content with these, Let present rapture, comfort, ease— As heaven shall bid them, come and go: The secret this of rest below. Only, O Lord, in Thy dear love, Fit us for perfect rest above, And help us, this and every day, To live more nearly as we pray.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Lam 3:22] Sovereign Protector I Have, A

  A Sov’reign Protector I have, Unseen, yet forever at hand, Unchangeably faithful to save, Almighty to rule and command. He smiles, and my comforts abound; His grace as the dew shall descend; And walls of salvation surround The soul He delights to defend. Inspirer and Hearer of prayer, Thou Shepherd and Guardian of Thine, My all to Thy covenant care I sleeping and waking resign. If Thou art my Shield and my Sun, The night is no darkness to me; And fast as my moments roll on, They bring me but nearer to Thee. Kind Author, and ground of my hope, Thee, Thee, for my God I avow; My glad Ebenezer set up, And own Thou hast helped me till now. I muse on the years that are past, Wherein my defense Thou hast proved; Nor wilt Thou relinquish at last A sinner so signally loved!

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• [Lam 3:22] Sun Is On The Land And Sea, The

  The sun is on the land and sea, The day begun; Our morning hymn begins with Thee, Blest Three in One; Our praise shall rise continually Till day is done. Thy love was ever in our view, Like stars, by night; Thy gifts are every morning new, O God of light; Thy mercy, like the heavens’ blue, Fills all our sight. We do not know what grief or care The day may bring; The heart shall find some gladness there, That loves its King; The life that serves Thee everywhere Can always sing. All glory to the Father be, With Christ the Son, And, Holy Spirit, unto Thee, Forever One; All glory to the Trinity While ages run!

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Lam 3:22] Sweet Is The Breath Of Morning Air

  Sweet is the breath of morning air; Sweet is the dawn, when skies are fair; Sweeter by far than aught beside In God’s own favor to abide. Blest be the gracious power above For all our rest, and all His love; For health preserved, for strength retained, For faith renewed, and hope regained. Wake, and the song of joy up-raise; Wake, and resound Jehovah’s praise; Praise ye the God of death and night; Praise ye the Lord of life and light! O, let Thy watchful care, dear Lord, Direct each deed, and mold each word; Check every thought that turns astray; And guide and guard us through the day.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Lam 3:22] Thy Goodness, Lord, Our Souls Confess

  Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess, Thy goodness we adore: A spring, whose blessings never fail, A sea without a shore. Sun, moon and stars Thy love attest, In every cheerful ray: Love draws the curtains of the night, And love restores the day. Thy bounty every season crowns, With all the bliss it yields; With joyful clusters bend the vines, With harvests wave the fields. But chiefly Thy compassions, Lord, Are in the Gospel seen; There, like the sun, Thy mercy shines, Without a cloud between. Thy Son, Thy noblest, choicest gift, Was from Thy bosom sent To bear from off a sinking world Its load of punishment. Ours is the life, the glory ours, And His the death and shame; Pardon, acceptance, peace, and joy, Are published in His Name.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Lam 3:24] My Heart Is Resting, O My God

  My heart is resting, O my God— I will give thanks and sing; My heart is at the secret source Of every precious thing. Now the frail vessel Thou hast made No hand but Thine shall fill— For the waters of the Earth have failed, And I am thirsty still. I thirst for springs of heavenly life, And here all day they rise— I seek the treasure of Thy love, And close at hand it lies. And a new song is in my mouth To long loved music set— Glory to Thee for all the grace I have not tasted yet. Glory to Thee for strength withheld, For want and weakness known— And the fear that sends me to Thy breast For what is most my own. I have a heritage of joy That yet I must not see; But the hand that bled to make it mine Is keeping it for me. There is a certainty of love That sets my heart at rest— A calm assurance for today That to be poor is best— A prayer reposing on His truth Who hath made all things mine, That draws my captive will to Him, And makes it one with Thine. I will give thanks for suffering now, For want and toil and loss— For the death that sin makes hard and slow, Upon my Savior’s cross— Thanks for the little spring of love That gives me strength to say, If they will leave me part in Him, Let all things pass away. Sometimes I long for promised bliss, But it will not come too late— And the songs of patient spirits rise From the place wherein I wait; While in the faith that makes no haste My soul has time to see A kneeling host of Thy redeemed, In fellowship with me. There is a multitude around Responsive to my prayer; I hear the voice of my desire Resounding everywhere. But the earnest of eternal joy, In every prayer I trace; I see the glory of the Lord: On every chastened face. How oft, in still communion known, Those spirits have been sent To share the travail of my soul, Or show me what it meant! And I long to do some work of love No spoiling hand could touch, For the poor and suffering of Thy flock Who comfort me so much. But the yearning thought is mingled now With the thankful song I sing; For Thy people know the secret source Of every precious thing. The heart that ministers for Thee In Thy own work will rest; And the subject spirit of a child Can serve Thy children best. Mine be the reverent, listening love, That waits all day on Thee, With the service of a watchful heart Which no one else can see— The faith that, in a hidden way No other eye may know, Finds all its daily work prepared, And loves to have it so. My heart is resting, O my God, My heart is in Thy care— I hear the voice of joy and health Resounding everywhere. “Thou art my portion,” saith my soul, Ten thousand voices say, And the music of their glad Amen, Will never die away.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Lam 3:41] Lift Up Your Hearts

  “Lift up your hearts!” We lift them, Lord, to Thee; Here at Thy feet none other may we see; “Lift up your hearts!” E’en so, with one accord, We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord. Above the level of the former years, The mire of sin, the weight of guilty fears, The mist of doubt, the blight of love’s decay, O Lord of Light, lift all our hearts today! Above the swamps of subterfuge and shame, The deeds, the thoughts, that honor may not name, The halting tongue that dares not tell the whole, O Lord of Truth, lift every Christian soul! Above the storms that vex this lower state, Pride, jealousy, and envy, rage, and hate, And cold mistrust that holds e’en friends apart, O Lord of Love, lift every brother’s heart! Lift every gift that Thou Thyself hast given; Low lies the best till lifted up to heaven; Low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain, Till, sent from God, they mount to God again. Then, as the trumpet call, in after years, “Lift up your hearts!” rings pealing in our ears, Still shall those hearts respond, with full accord “We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord!”

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• [Lam 3:41] We Lift Our Hearts To Thee

  We lift our hearts to Thee, O Day Star from on high! The sun itself is but Thy shade, Yet cheers both earth and sky. O let Thine orient beams The night of sin disperse, The mists of error and of vice Which shade the universe. How beauteous nature now: How dark and sad before! With joy we view the pleasing change, And nature’s God adore. O may no gloomy crime Pollute the rising day; Or Jesus’ blood, like evening dew, Wash all the stains away. May we this life improve, To mourn for errors past; And live this short, revolving day As if it were our last. To God—the Father, Son, And Spirit—One in Three, Be glory; as it was, is now, And shall forever be.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...

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