When mountain billows o’er me roll
I poured out my troubled ſoul
When waves of adverſe fortune meet,
Thou prov’d a guide unto my feet.
2. My ſong ſhall always be on GOD,
I’m ſav’d by his uplifted rod;
My utmoſt ſearch ſhall be to know
The LORD who ſav’d from froſt and ſnow.
3. LORD may I fear thee all my days,
Thy mercies claim my higheſt praiſe;
For in the time of deep deſpair,
Preſerv’d I was by heav’nly care.
4. The LORD is good to thoſe who call
On Him, and do depend for all;
In adverſe fate if we depend
On GOD, he will deliv’rence ſend.
5. In deep diſtreſs and trouble ſore,
When ſurging billows round me roar,
Altho’ he ſlay me, yet I’ll truſt
On God, my Saviour, who is juſt.
6. Not only truſt but I will call
On Him, who is the LORD of all;
My day-ſong ſhall in thee accord,
And in the night I’ll praiſe the LORD.
7. Thy goodneſs and thy tender care
Reliev’d me when in deep deſpair;
Thy gracious and thy friendly Crook
I will record in this my Book.
8. Had it not been for thy controul,
The deep would ſwallow up my ſoul;
Tho’ froſt me of my feet deprive,
Yet I will praiſe thee I’m alive.
9. Alive to praiſe thee, O my GOD,
Tho’ chaſt’ned with afflicting rod;
But ſhould my ſins been marked well,
My ſoul would have been ſent to Hell.
10. But bleſſed be his holy Hand,
I am return’d to native land;
Tho’ ſickneſs did my ſpirits waſte,
Thy flowing mercy I do taſte.
11. My Kindred and my Friends ſo dear;
Truſt in the LORD and always fear
Him who can ſave, if you rely
On One who rules above the ſky.
12. Lo, Seamen, one and all attend,
Look well to what I here have pen’d;
Let me intreat you not to ſwear,
But live in GOD’s moſt holy fear.
13. He will vouchſafe when danger’s nigh,
To help, if on Him you rely;
Tho’ ſtorms ariſe on raging main,
He’ll bring thee ſafe to Friends again.
14. I ſay to all truſt in the LORD,
He will your grottos always guard,
From tempeſts dire and ſickneſs ſore;
Your baſket fill, and bleſs your ſtore.