From: "Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah,"
original Welsh lyrics by Will­iam Will­iams (1745), trans­lat­ed from Welsh to Eng­lish by Pe­ter Will­iams (1771)

Psalm 139
²¹ Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
²² I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.

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Vanity! O vainglory!
the fool's delight
bewitching light
restlessness and self-consumption
headlong on the path of destruction
running from the perfect Portion

our fellowship broken
my joy incomplete
draw me, and I will run
back to Your mercy seat

Search my heart, help me see
To You I come, with You I plead
Try me, and know my anxieties
Purge me of all my iniquities

Born of incorruptible seed
O, Lord, I long to be with Thee!
True Vine, I long to drink of Thee!
I die unless I abide in Thee!

Vanity! O vainglory!
earthly prizes
mesmerize
trampling down glorious grace
making shipwreck of my race
turning my back, not my face

our fellowship broken
my joy incomplete
draw me, and I will run
back to Your mercy seat

Search my heart, help me see
To You I come, with You I plead
Try me, and know my anxieties
Purge me of all my iniquities

Born of incorruptible seed
O, Lord, I long to be with Thee!
True Vine, I long to drink of Thee!
I die unless I abide in Thee!

Vanity! O! vainglory!
the deadly drink
the prideful sink
wickedness and self-absorption
lapping up the devil's poison
running from the perfect Portion

our fellowship broken
my joy incomplete
draw me, and I will run
back to Your mercy seat

Search my heart, help me see
To You I come, with You I plead
Try me, and know my anxieties
Purge me of all my iniquities

Born of incorruptible seed
O, Lord, I long to be with Thee!
True Vine, I long to drink of Thee!
I die unless I abide in Thee!

I John 5:11-12
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God,
that you may know that you have eternal life,
and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

John 15:6
If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered;
and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

⁵ This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. ⁷ But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

Revelation 22

¹ And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb...

¹⁷ And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

 
By Babylon's river, my weeping soul
Over me His waves and billows roll

Sinking fast in despair and doubt
Powerless to lift myself out

In the darkness and the gloom
Dry bones motionless in the tomb

While enemy taunts came like a flood
The Spirit lifted a standard above

On my downcast soul in blustery hour
God's light and life and truth did shower

God heard my groans, He regarded my cries
A broken, contrite heart He does not despise

Looked down from His throne, holy height
Christ heard this poor man, He did arise

Stirred up His strength, girded with might
Glory descended – He came beside

Comforter's embrace, set me as a seal
The clouds parted, His smile revealed

Delivered out, lifted up in dead of night
To Mount Zion, wholly safe with Christ

Sun of righteousness rose with healing strong
Into my mouth He planted a new song

Above the tumult, divine translation
On His holy hill, celestial celebration

For my faint spirit, the garment of praise
My bonds You loosed, my voice I raise
 
O! Exceeding Joy, I taste and see
Upon my harp, my God, I will praise Thee!

while walking through this dry, dusty land
though your feet may scorch on desert sand
reach for Christ's garment and clasp His hand
take up God's whole armor, firmly stand

while walking through fields fruitless and barren
though all forsake, on Christ you can depend
cry out, brother and sister, for heav'ns to rend
trust God's spring rain to fall and refresh again

while walking below as pilgrims here
in all tribulation, be of good cheer
our God guards us, both in front and rear
He counts our tossings, stores all our tears

while walking on this earth here below
while in the tempest, tossed to and fro
do not waver, be assured, o sparrows
God is always for us, this we know

while walking here in this lonely place
expectantly plead to see His face
in days of famine, feast on His abundance
Christ shining brighter, from grace to grace

Psalm 56
1  Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2  my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
3  When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
4  In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
5  All day long they injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6  They stir up strife, they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
7  For their crime will they escape?
In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
8  You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
9  Then my enemies will turn back
in the day when I call.
This I know, that God is for me.
10  In God, whose word I praise,
in the LORD, whose word I praise,
11  in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12  I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
13  For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.

II Timothy 4:16-18
At my first defense no one came to stand by me,
but all deserted me.
May it not be charged against them!
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me,
so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed
and all the Gentiles might hear it.
So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed
and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom.
To him be the glory forever and ever.
Amen.

And of Christ's fullness may we continue to receive, grace upon grace.
~ see John 1:16 ~