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I bless and praise thy matchless might,
Whan thousands thou hast left in night,
That I am here afore thy sight,
For gifts and graces;
A burnin' and a shinin' light,
To a' this place.
Whan thousands thou hast left in night,
That I am here afore thy sight,
For gifts and graces;
A burnin' and a shinin' light,
To a' this place.
What was I, or my generation,
That I should get sic exaltation,
I wha deserve sic just damnation,
For broken laws,
Five thousand years 'fore my creation,
Thro' Adam's cause.
That I should get sic exaltation,
I wha deserve sic just damnation,
For broken laws,
Five thousand years 'fore my creation,
Thro' Adam's cause.
When frae my mither's womb I fell,
Thou might hae plunged me in hell,
To gnash my gums, to weep and wail,
In burnin lake,
Whar damned deevils roar and yell,
Chain'd to a stake.
Thou might hae plunged me in hell,
To gnash my gums, to weep and wail,
In burnin lake,
Whar damned deevils roar and yell,
Chain'd to a stake.
Yet I am here a chosen sample,
To show thy grace is great and ample;
I'm here a pillar in thy temple,
Strong as a rock,
A guide, a buckler, and example,
To a' thy flock.
To show thy grace is great and ample;
I'm here a pillar in thy temple,
Strong as a rock,
A guide, a buckler, and example,
To a' thy flock.
O L—d thou kens what seal I bear,
When drinkers drink, and swearers swear,
And singin' there, and dancin' here,
Wi' great and sma':
For I am keepit by thy fear,
Free frae them a'.
When drinkers drink, and swearers swear,
And singin' there, and dancin' here,
Wi' great and sma':
For I am keepit by thy fear,
Free frae them a'.
