The Thirteenth of January

UNDER HIS WINGS --- Psalm 91:4 and 17:8

"Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings." Psalm 17:8.

Divine Answer. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler." --- Psalm 91:4.

There is none, O Lord, that has more need continually to keep close to thee in prayer and faith; and at the same time none is more unable to do it than I, the least of all thy flock.

O that thou wouldst be graciously pleased to incline and enable me to this blessed work; and grant that thy good Spirit, according to his own pleasure, may never suffer me to be faint and backward in the same.

"Guide me, O Lord, by thy counsel in this world, and at last receive me into glory." Amen.

He that has made his refuge God
Shall find a most secure abode;
Shall walk all day beneath his shade,
And there at night shall rest his head.

Just as a hen protects her brood
From birds of prey that seek their blood
Under her feathers; so the Lord
Makes his own arm his people's guard.

Thrice happy man! thy Maker's care
Shall keep thee from the fowler's snare;
Satan the fowler, who betrays
Unguarded souls a thousand ways.

What though a thousand at thy side
At thy right hand two thousand died?
Thy God his chosen people saves,
Amongst the dead, amidst the graves.