SONG IX. The All-seeing GOD.

SONG IX.

The All-seeing GOD.

I.

ALMIGHTY GOD, thy piercing Eye Strikes thro' the Shades of Night, And our most secret Actions lie All open to thy Sight.

II.

There's not a Sin that we commit, Nor wicked Word we say, But in thy dreadful Book 'tis writ, Against the Judgment-Day.

III.

And must the Crimes that I have done Be read and publish'd there? Be all expos'd before the Sun, While Men and Angels hear?

IV.

LORD, at thy Foot asham'd I lie; Upward I dare not look; Pardon my Sins before I die, And blot them from thy Book.

V.

Remember all the dying Pains That my Redeemer felt, And let his Blood wash out my Stains, And answer for my Guilt.

VI.

O may I now for ever fear T' indulge a sinful Thought, Since the great GOD can see and hear, And writes down ev'ry Fault.