Psalms 48:9

• [Psa 48:9] O How The Thought Of God Attracts

  O how the thought of God attracts And draws the heart from earth And sickens it of passing shows And dissipating mirth! ’Tis not enough to save our souls, To shun th’eternal fires; The thought of God will rouse the heart To more sublime desires. God only is the creature’s home, Though rough and strait the road; Yet nothing less can satisfy The love that longs for God. O utter but the Name of God, Down in your heart of hearts, And see from the world at once All tempting light depart! A trusting heart, a yearning eye, Can win their way above, If mountains can be moved by faith, Is there less power in love?

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Psa 48:9] Within Thy Temple, Lord

  Within Thy temple, Lord, We on Thy mercies dwell; Far as Thy Name is known, There doth Thy praise excel: Thy praises sound through every land, And right Thy scepter shall command. Let Zion’s mount rejoice, Let Judah’s daughters praise The Lord with cheerful voice, For judgment He displays; Go round the walls on Zion’s mount, Go round her splendors to recount. The towers of Zion tell, Her palaces survey, Mark all her bulwarks well, And to your children say: This God forever shall abide, E’en unto death, our God and Guide.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

Psalms 108:4

• [Psa 108:4] Thou Hidden Love Of God

  Thou hidden Love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed no one knows, I see from far Thy beauteous light, And inly sigh for Thy repose; My heart is pained, nor can it be At rest, till it finds rest in Thee. Thy secret voice invites me still The sweetness of Thy yoke to prove; And fain I would; but though my will Seems fixed, yet wide my passions rove; Yet hindrances strew all the way; I aim at Thee, yet from Thee stray. ’Tis mercy all that Thou has brought My mind to seek its peace in Thee; Yet while I seek, but find Thee not, No peace my wandering soul shall see. O when shall all my wanderings end, And all my steps to Theeward tend? Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with Thee my heart to share? Ah, tear it thence and reign alone, The Lord of every motion there; Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it hath found repose in Thee. O hide this self from me, that I No more, but Christ in me, may live! My vile affections crucify, Nor let one darling lust survive In all things nothing may I see, Nothing desire or seek, but Thee! O Love, Thy sovereign aid impart To save me from low thoughted care; Chase this self will from all my heart, From all its hidden mazes there; Make me Thy duteous child that I Ceaseless may “Abba, Father” cry. Ah no! ne’er will I backward turn: Thine wholly, Thine alone I am! Thrice happy he who views with scorn Earth’s toys, for Thee his constant Flame; O help that I may never move From the blest footsteps of Thy love! Each moment draw from earth away My heart that lowly waits Thy call; Speak to my inmost soul and say, “I am thy love, thy God, thy all!” To feel Thy power, to hear Thy voice, To taste Thy love, be all my choice.

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  source: Cyberhymnal