Psalm 45 Publications

The sun ariseth every morn,
And soon doth set;
The generation newly born
Abideth yet;
Long history, though, doth forewarn,
Its hopes, its dreams, will come to scorn:
The earth beholds man come and pass forlorn,
Nor doth abet. Continue Reading

Surrounded by unvarying rows of corn,
She gleans in silence; soft her measured tread,
Her look, her carriage – soft the tender hand
That pauses from its labor to adorn
Her rustic dress, and tuck a wayward strand
Behind the band that clasps her mild head;
From underneath her gently arching brow
Gleam two dark eyes that, with her raven hair,
Set off a face made pale with toil and care;
Her bearing is both innocent and wise:
Exquisite lips now murmur soft and low,
And now her chaste bosom heaves with bitter sighs. Continue Reading

Mourn, Israel, mourn;
Thine anointed prince is slain.
All ye tribes of Israel, mourn;
How fleeting, how treacherous was his reign! Continue Reading

It is enough, O Lord, take now my life:
My spirit fails within, my parched heart
Lies panting in the dust; – hear thou my cry,
And take the breath thou gavest once to me;
Regard my state, O Lord, it is enough. Continue Reading

Deep in the valley far below
A thousand well-worn pathways go
To meet at ancient Jericho;
And high on the city’s mighty wall
There sits a house well-known to all: Continue Reading

From the bondage of slavery throughout Egypt-land
God delivered his own with a mighty right hand;
And mocked was Osiris, the Giver of Breath,
As the firstborn of Egypt were smitten with death. Continue Reading

Cast off thine anguish, thy lingering pain;
Still all the troubles astir in thy breast;
Hardships long suffered have not been in vain:
Thou hast been faithful – enter thy rest. Continue Reading

Behold the Lord! heed now his might!
He cometh from his throne on high:
Surrounded with a robe of light,
Now he descendeth from the sky. Continue Reading

Search me and know me! My God, thou hast made me:
Where shall I flee from thy presence divine?
When shall I stumble, that thou canst not aid me?
Where can I go, and not know thou art mine? Continue Reading

Search me and know me: though the darkness fall;
Though I be small against the face of night;
How am I lost, if I be in thy sight?
What shall I fear, if thou hast heard my call?
Search me, my God! Continue Reading

Elect of God! called by his grace
To stand before his throne in love,
We rest in Christ, our dwellingplace,
We taste all blessings from above: Continue Reading

Emboldened by my priest, I come
Before the throne of grace,
And there find mercy to press home
Through toil-laden days. Continue Reading

I will praise you, O Lord, with my whole heart,
I will sing with lifted hands;
With the ransomed I will join in part,
Singing praise throughout the lands! Continue Reading

My Lord, my God – if ever thou
Have been, cease not to be so now,
When tempests rise and billows roll
To break upon my weary soul,
And all the world rise up to make
My downfall sure; and doubters take
Their chance to cast a deeper gloom,
And fickle voices thunder doom,
And hard-beset I lift my eyes
And find no op’ning in the skies –
O Lord, my Lord, to thee I flee,
If thou wilt still my refuge be,
And fear no evil; let them rage,
Let all the chaos of the age
Rain on my head: I shall not fear,
For thou art ever, ever near;
The vow still sounds within my ear
That, ‘Till this dust sink into dust,
In thee, O God, will be my trust.’ Continue Reading

How wondrous is the light
That shineth in the darkness of the world!
That shineth from above,
That cometh from the first,
Before the world’s foundations had been laid;
That scattereth the darkness
Which comprehendeth not; Continue Reading