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HYMN 483. (2. METRE.)
Argument.
God's pardoning Grace: he makes us to renew
Our youth in age, as Eagles use to do▪
Psalm 103.
[verse 1] MY soul now bless with readiness
the Lord's most holy Name:
And let my hearts most inward parts
applaud and spread his fame.
[verse 2] O bless the Lord, his praise record
my soul be not unkind:
As one that slights his benefits,
and puts them out of mind.
[verse 3] Who pardons thy iniquity
and cancels all thy score:
Who healeth thy infirmity,
and doth thy strength restore.
[verse 4] Who from the Grave thy life did save,
and crown'd thee from above,
With mercies free enlarg'd to thee,
and with his tender love.
[verse 5] Who satisfies thy mouth likewise
with blessings that are good:
Thy flower of youth (as th' Eagles doth)
he makes afresh to bud.