MHB 877 – HOW do Thy mercies close me round!

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1: HOW do Thy mercies close me round!
For ever be Thy name adored!
I blush in all things to abound;
The servant is above his Lord!

2:  Inured to poverty and pain,
A suffering life my Master led;
The Son of God, the Son of man,
He had not where to lay his head.

3:  But lo! a place he hath prepared
For me, whom watchful angels keep;
Yea, he himself becomes my guard,
He smooths my bed, and gives me sleep.

4:  Jesus protects; my fears, begone!
What can the Rock of ages move?
Safe in Thy arms I lay me down,
Thy everlasting arms of love.

5:  While Thou art intimately nigh,
Who, who shall violate my rest?
Sin, earth, and hell I now defy;
I lean upon my Saviour’s breast.

6:  I rest beneath the Almighty’s shade,
My griefs expire, my troubles cease;
Thou, Lord, on whom my soul is stayed,
Wilt keep me still in perfect peace.

7:  Me for Thine own Thou lov’st to take,
In time and in eternity;
Thou never, never wilt forsake
A helpless soul that trusts in thee.