Vouchsafe to keep me, Lord, this day

Verse 1
Vouchsafe to keep me, Lord, this day
Without committing sin, (Ps. 19:13)
And with me let thy Spirit stay, (Ps. 51:11, John 14:16-17)
’Till he is fixt within.

Verse 2
Thou canst from every sin secure;
And is it not thy will
Still to preserve thy servant pure
From every touch of ill? (Ps. 121:7)

Verse 3
Ye advocates for sin, and hell,
Which of you all dares say,
With God this is impossible (Gen. 18:14, Jer. 32:17, Matt. 17:20, Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Luke 1:37)
To keep my soul this day?

Verse 4
He can, he can, yourselves confess,
Almighty is my Lord:
But will he guard me by his grace?
But will he keep his word? (Num. 23:19, Tit. 1:2)

Verse 5
Whate’er I ask, the truth hath said,
I surely shall receive: (Matt. 7:7-8, Matt. 21:22, Mark 11:24, John 14:13-14, John 16:23-24, I John 5:14-15)
I ask to be made free indeed, (John 8:36, Rom. 6:18, Rom. 6:22)
And without sin to live. (I John 2:1, I John 3:6, I John 3:9, I John 5:18)

Verse 6
Whate’er I ask in faith, I have, (Matt. 21:22, Mark 11:24, James 1:6, I John 5:14-15)
As sure as God is true; (John 3:33, Rom. 3:4)
My faithful God is strong to save, (Deut. 7:9, Isa. 63:1)
And he is ready too. (Ps. 86:5)

Verse 7
Jesus from sin shall save his own, (Matt. 1:21)
Who wait the truth to prove:
Poor, faithless souls, have ye not known
That God, my God, is love? (I John 4:8, I John 4:16)

Verse 8
Willing he is, that all should live (Ezek. 18:23, Ezek. 18:32, Ezek. 33:11, II Pet. 3:9)
From all their sins set free: (Rom. 6:7, Rom. 6:18, Rom. 6:22)
Lord, I thy solemn word receive,
Thy oath to rescue me.

Verse 9
Thou canst, thou wilt for one short day
Preserve me sinless here,
And why not then (let Satan say)
A week, a month, a year?

Verse 10
Why wilt thou not for all my life
My helpless soul defend,
And bear me thro’ the doubtful strife,
And keep me to the end! (I Pet. 1:5)

Verse 11
With shame the fatal cause I own
Of all my sin, and grief;
I did not stand by faith alone, (Rom. 11:20, II Cor. 1:24)
I fell thro’ unbelief. (Heb. 4:11)

Verse 12
I ask’d, but never hoped from thee (Matt. 21:22, Mark 11:24)
T’ obtain the promis’d power, (Luke 24:49, Acts 1:8)
Or look’d from sin to be set free, (Rom. 6:7, Rom. 6:18, Rom. 6:22)
Before my dying hour.

Verse 13
But lo! With humble faith I bow
My soul before thy throne:
Deliver me from evil now; (Matt. 6:13, Luke 11:4, John 17:15, II Tim. 4:18)
For thou canst save thine own. (Heb. 7:25)

Verse 14
Vouchsafe to keep me, Lord, this day,
And every day from sin, (Ps. 19:13)
Until thou take it all away,
And bring thy nature in. (II Pet. 1:4)

Verse 15
Safe in thine all-victorious love,
And confident I rest;
What power can from my Rock remove, (Ps. 18:2, Ps. 62:2, Ps. 62:6)
Or tear me from thy breast? (John 10:28-29, Rom. 8:38-39)

Verse 16
My soul, on thee, O Lord, relies, (Ps. 57:1)
Thine arms are my defence; (Deut. 33:27, Ps. 59:9, Ps. 94:22)
My soul, hell, earth, and sin defies,
To come, and pluck me hence. (John 10:28-29)

Verse 17
Nigh me I find my three-fold foe, (I John 2:15-16)
But thou art always nigher; (Ps. 34:18, Ps. 119:151, Ps. 145:18, James 4:8)
Nor will I from my fortress go, (Ps. 18:2, Ps. 31:3, Ps. 71:3, Ps. 91:2, Ps. 144:2)
Or leave my wall of fire. (Zech. 2:5)

Verse 18
My life is hid with Christ above; (Col. 3:1-3)
Faith in thy blood I feel, (Rom. 3:25)
A faith which doth the mountain move; (Matt. 17:20, Matt. 21:21, Mark 11:23, Luke 17:6, I Cor. 13:2)
And bids the sun stand still. (Joshua 10:12-13, Hab. 3:11)

Verse 19
The sin-subduing power divine (Mic. 7:19)
Thro’ faith I still receive,
It keeps this feeble heart of mine,
While unrenew’d I live.

Verse 20
It keeps, ’till I am born again, (John 3:3, John 3:5-7, I Pet. 1:5, I Pet. 1:23)
And find the perfect power,
And tell the faithless sons of men
That I can sin no more. (I John 3:6, I John 3:9, I John 5:18)