[ { "title": "Psalm LXXIV: Will God For Ever Cast Us Off?", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "Will God for ever east us off?", "His wrath for ever smoke", "Against the people of' his love,", "His little chosen flock?", "", "Think of the tribes so dearly bought", "With their Redeemer's blood;", "Nor let thy Zion be forgot,", "Where once thy glory stood.", "", "Lift up thy feet and march in haste,", "Aloud our ruin calls;", "See what a wide and fearful waste", "Is made within thy walls.", "", "Where once thy churches prayed and sang,", "Thy foes profanely roar;", "Over thy gates their ensigns hang,", "Sad tokens of their power.", "", "How are the seats of worship broke!", "They tear the buildings down,", "And he that deals the heaviest stroke", "Procures the chief renown.", "", "With flames they threaten to destroy", "Thy children in their nest;", "\"Come, let us burn at once,\" they cry,", "\"The temple and the priest.\"", "", "And still, to heighten our distress,", "Thy presence is withdrawn;", "Thy wonted signs of power and grace,", "Thy power and grace are gone.", "", "No prophet speaks to calm our woes,", "But all the seers mourn;", "There's not a soul amongst us knows", "The time of thy return.", "", "How long, eternal God, how long", "Shall men of pride blaspheme?", "Shall saints be made their endless song,", "And bear immortal shame?", "", "Canst thou for ever sit and bear", "Thine holy name profaned?", "And still thy jealousy forbear,", "And still withhold thine hand?", "", "What strange deliv'rance hast thou shown", "In ages long before !", "And now no other God we own,", "No other God adore.", "", "Thou didst divide the raging sea", "By thy resistless might,", "To make thy tribes a wondrous way,", "And then secure their flight.", "", "Is not the world of nature thine,", "The darkness and the day?", "Didst thou not bid the morning shine,", "And mark the sun his way?", "", "Hath not thy power formed ev'ry coast,", "And set the earth its bounds,", "With summer's heat, and winter's frost,", "In their perpetual rounds?", "", "And shall the sons of earth and dust", "That sacred power blaspheme?", "Will not thy hand that formed them first", "Avenge thine injured name?", "", "Think on the cov'nant thou hast made,", "And all thy words of love;", "Nor let the birds of prey invade,", "And vex thy mourning dove.", "", "Our foes would triumph in our blood,", "And make our hope their jest;", "Plead thy own cause, Almighty God,", "And give thy children rest." ], "linecount": "68" }, { "title": "Hymn 122", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "Believers buried with Christ in baptism.", "", "Rom. 6:3,4,etc.", "", "Do we not know that solemn word,", "That we are buried with the Lord,", "Baptized into his death, and then", "Put off the body of our sin?", "", "Our souls receive diviner breath,", "Raised from corruption, guilt, and death;", "So from the grave did Christ arise,", "And lives to God above the skies.", "", "No more let sin or Satan reign", "Over our mortal flesh again;", "The various lusts we served before", "Shall have dominion now no more." ], "linecount": "14" }, { "title": "Hymn 121", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "Children devoted to God. [For those who practise infant Baptism.]", "", "Gen. 17:7,10; Acts 16:14,15,33.", "", "Thus saith the mercy of the Lord,", "\"I'll be a God to thee;", "I'll bless thy num'rous race, and they", "Shall be a seed for me.\"", "", "Abram believed the promised grace,", "And gave his sons to God;", "But water seals the blessing now,", "That once was sealed with blood.", "", "Thus Lydia sanctified her house,", "When she received the word;", "Thus the believing jailer gave", "His household to the Lord.", "", "Thus later saints, eternal King!", "Thine ancient truth embrace;", "To thee their infant offspring bring,", "And humbly claim the grace." ], "linecount": "18" }, { "title": "Psalm LXXIII: Now I'm Convinced the Lord Is Kind", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "Now I 'm convinced the Lord is kind", "To men of heart sincere;", "Yet once my foolish thoughts repined,", "And bordered on despair.", "", "I grieved to see the wicked thrive,", "And spoke with angry breath,", "\"How pleasant and profane they live !", "How peaceful is their death !", "", "\"With well-fed flesh and haughty eyes,", "They lay their fears to sleep;", "Against the heav'ns their slanders rise,", "While saints in silence weep.", "", "\"In vain I lift my hands to pray,", "And cleanse my heart in vain;", "For I am chastened all the day,", "The night renews my pain.\"", "", "Yet while my tongue indulged complaints,", "I felt my heart reprove,", "\"Sure I shall thus offend thy saints,", "And grieve the men I love.\"", "", "But still I found my doubts too hard,", "The conflict too severe,", "Till I retired to search thy word,", "And learn thy secrets there.", "", "There, as in some prophetic glass,", "I saw the sinner's feet", "High mounted on a slipp'ry place,", "Beside a fiery pit.", "", "I heard the wretch profanely boast,", "Till at thy frown he fell;", "His honors in a dream were lost,", "And he awakes in hell.", "", "Lord, what an envious fool I was!", "How like a thoughtless beast", "Thus to suspect thy promised grace,", "And think the wicked blessed.", "", "Yet I was kept from full despair,", "Upheld by power unknown;", "That blessed hand that broke the snare", "Shall guide me to thy throne.", "", "God, my supporter and my hope,", "My help for ever near,", "Thine arm of mercy held me up,", "When sinking in despair.", "", "Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet", "Through this dark wilderness;", "Thine hand conduct me near thy seat,", "To dwell before thy face.", "", "Were I in heav'n without my God,", "'twould be no joy to me;", "And whilst this earth is my abode,", "I long for none but thee.", "", "What if the springs of life were broke,", "And flesh and heart should faint?", "God is my soul's eternal rock,", "The strength of ev'ry saint.", "", "Behold, the sinners that remove", "Far from thy presence die;", "Not all the idol gods they love", "Can save them when they cry.", "", "But to draw near to thee, my God,", "Shall be my sweet employ;", "My tongue shall sound thy works abroad,", "And tell the world my joy.", "", "Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I,", "To mourn, and murmur, and repine,", "To see the wicked placed on high,", "In pride and robes of' honour shine!", "", "But O their end, their dreadful end!", "Thy sanctuary taught me so;", "On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand,", "And fiery billows roll below.", "", "Now let them boast how tall they rise,", "I'll never envy them again;", "There they may stand with haughty eyes,", "Till they plunge deep in endless pain.", "", "Their fancied joys, how fast they flee!", "Just like a dream when man awakes;", "Their songs of softest harmony", "Are but a preface to their plagues.", "", "Now I esteem their mirth and wine", "Too dear to purchase with my blood;", "Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine,", "My life, my portion, and my God.", "", "Sure there's a righteous God,", "Nor is religion vain;", "Though men of vice may boast aloud,", "And men of grace complain.", "", "I saw the wicked rise,", "And felt my heart repine,", "While haughty fools with scornful eyes", "In robes of' honor shine.", "", "Pampered with wanton ease,", "Their flesh looks full and fair;", "Their wealth rolls in like flowing seas,", "And grows without their care.", "", "Free from the plagues and pains", "That pious souls endure;", "Through all their life oppression reigns,", "And racks the humble poor.", "", "Their impious tongues blaspheme", "The everlasting God;", "Their malice blasts the good man's name,", "And spreads their lies abroad.", "", "But I with flowing tears", "Indulged my doubts to rise;", "\"Is there a God that sees or hears", "The things below the skies?\"", "", "The tumults of my thought", "Held me in hard suspense,", "Till to thy house my feet were brought,", "To learn thy justice thence.", "", "Thy word with light and power", "Did my mistake amend;", "I viewed the sinners' life before,", "But here I learned their end.", "", "On what a slippery steep", "The thoughtless wretches go;", "And O that dreadful fiery deep", "That waits their fall below!", "", "Lord, at thy feet I bow,", "My thoughts no more repine;", "I call my God my portion now,", "And all my powers are thine." ], "linecount": "124" }, { "title": "Hymn 151", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "Prophecy and inspiration.", "", "'Twas by an order from the Lord", "The ancient prophets spoke his word;", "His Spirit did their tongues inspire,", "And warmed their hearts with heav'nly fire.", "", "The works and wonders which they wrought", "Confirmed the messages they brought;", "The prophet's pen succeeds his breath,", "To save the holy words from death.", "", "Great God, mine eyes with pleasure look", "On the dear volume of thy book;", "There my Redeemer's face I see,", "And read his name who died for me.", "", "Let the false raptures of the mind", "Be lost, and vanish in the wind;", "Here I can fix my hope secure;", "This is thy word, and must endure." ], "linecount": "17" }, { "title": "Psalm III: My God, How Many Are My Fears", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "My God, how many are my fears!", "How fast my foes increase!", "Conspiring my eternal death,", "They break my present peace.", "", "The lying tempter would persuade", "There's no relief from heaven;", "And all my swelling sins appear", "Too big to be forgiven.", "", "But thou, my glory and my strength,", "Shall on the tempter tread,", "Shall silence all my threat'ning guilt,", "And raise my drooping head.", "", "I cried, and from his holy hill", "He bowed a list'ning ear;", "I called my Father, and my God,", "And He subdued my fear.", "", "He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes,", "In spite of all my foes;", "I woke, and wondered at the grace", "That guarded my repose.", "", "What through the hosts of death and hell", "All armed against me stood,", "Terrors no more shall shake my soul;", "My refuge is my God.", "", "Arise O Lord, fulfill thy grace,", "While I thy glory sing;", "My God has broke the serpent's teeth,", "And death has lost his sting.", "", "Salvation to the Lord belongs;", "His arm alone can save:", "Blessings attend thy people here,", "And reach beyond the grave." ], "linecount": "32" }, { "title": "Psalm XIX: The Heavens Declare Thy Glory, Lord", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "The heavens declare thy glory, Lord,", "In every star thy wisdom shines;", "But when our eyes behold thy word,", "We read thy name in fairer lines.", "", "The rolling sun, the changing light,", "And night and day, thy power confess;", "But the blest volume thou hast writ", "Reveals thy justice and thy grace.", "", "Sun, moon, and stars convey thy praise", "Round the whole earth, and never stand;", "So when thy truth began its race,", "It touched and glanced on every land.", "", "Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest", "Till through the world thy truth has run", "Till Christ has all the nations blest,", "That see the light or feel the sun.", "", "Great Sun of righteousness, arise,", "Bless the dark world with heavenly light:", "Thy gospel makes the simple wise;", "Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right." ], "linecount": "20" }, { "title": "Psalm 144 part 3", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "v.12-15", "L. M.", "Grace above riches; or, The happy nation.", "", "Happy the city where their sons,", "Like pillars round a palace set,", "And daughters, bright as polished stones,", "Give strength and beauty to the state.", "", "Happy the country where the sheep,", "Cattle, and corn, have large increase;", "Where men securely work or sleep,", "Nor sons of plunder break the peace.", "", "Happy the nation thus endowed,", "But more divinely blest are those", "On whom the all-sufficient God", "Himself with all his grace bestows." ], "linecount": "15" }, { "title": "Hymn 52", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "Baptism.", "", "Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:38.", "", "'Twas the commission of our Lord,", "\"Go teach the nations, and baptize:\"", "The nations have received the word", "Since he ascended to the skies.", "", "He sits upon th' eternal hills,", "With grace and pardon in his hands;", "And sends his cov'nant with the seals,", "To bless the distant British lands.", "", "\"Repent, and be baptized,\" he saith,", "For the remission of your sins:\"", "And thus our sense assists our faith,", "And shows us what his gospel means.", "", "Our souls he washes in his blood,", "As water makes the body clean;", "And the good Spirit from our God", "Descends like purifying rain.", "", "Thus we engage ourselves to thee,", "And seal our cov'nant with the Lord;", "O may the great eternal Three", "In heav'n our solemn vows record!" ], "linecount": "22" }, { "title": "Psalm XXXII: Happy the Man", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "Happy the man to whom his God", "No more imputes his sin,", "But, washed in the Redeemer's blood,", "Hath made his garments clean.", "", "Happy beyond expression he", "Who debts are thus discharged;", "And from the guilty bondage free,", "He feels his soul enlarged.", "", "His spirit hates deceit and lies,", "His words are all sincere;", "He guards his heart, he guards his eyes,", "To keep his conscience clear.", "", "While I my inward guilt suppressed,", "No quiet could I find;", "Thy wrath lay burning in my breast,", "And racked my tortured mind.", "", "Then I confessed my troubled thoughts,", "My secret sins revealed;", "Thy pard'ning grace forgave my faults,", "Thy grace my pardon sealed.", "", "This shall invite thy saints to pray;", "When like a raging flood", "Temptations rise, our strength and stay", "Is a forgiving God." ], "linecount": "24" }, { "title": "Psalm XXXV: Now Plead My Cause, Almighty God", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "Now plead my cause, Almighty God,", "With all the sons of strife;", "And fight against the men of blood,", "Who fight against my life.", "", "Draw out thy spear and stop their way,", "Lift thine avenging rod;", "But to my soul in mercv say,", "\"I am thy Savior God!\"", "", "They plant their snares to catch my feet,", "And nets of mischief spread;", "Plunge the destroyers in the pit", "That their own hands have made.", "", "Let fogs and darkness hide their way,", "And slipp'ry be their ground;", "Thy wrath shall make their lives a prey,", "And all their rage confound.", "", "They fly like chaff before the wind,", "Before thine angry breath;", "The angel of the Lord behind", "Pursues them down to death.", "", "They love the road that leads to hell;", "Then let the rebels die,", "Whose malice is implacable", "Against the Lord on high.", "", "But if thou hast a chosen few", "Amongst that impious race,", "Divide them from the bloody crew,", "By thy surprising grace.", "", "Then will I raise my tuneful voice,", "To make thy wonders known;", "In their salvation I'll rejoice,", "And bless thee for my own.", "", "Behold the love, the gen'rous love,", "That holy David shows;", "Hark, how his sounding bowels move", "To his afflicted foes !", "", "When they are sick his soul complains,", "And seems to feel the smart;", "The spirit of the gospel reigns,", "And melts his pious heart.", "", "How did his flowing tears condole", "As for a brother dead !", "And fasting mortified his soul,", "While for their life he prayed.", "", "They groaned, and cursed him on their bed,", "Yet still he pleads and mourns;", "And double blessings on his head", "The righteous God returns,", "", "Glorious type of heav'nly grace !", "Thus Christ the Lord appears;", "While sinners curse, the Savior prays,", "And pities them with tears.", "", "He, the true David, Isr'el's King,", "Blessed and beloved of God,", "To save us rebels, dead in sin,", "Paid his own dearest blood." ], "linecount": "56" }, { "title": "Psalm XLVI: God Is the Refuge", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "God is the refuge of his saints,", "When storms of sharp distress invade;", "Ere we can offer our complaints,", "Behold him present with his aid!", "", "Let mountains from their seats be hurled", "Down to the deep, and buried there,", "Convulsions shake the solid world,", "Our faith shall never yield to fear.", "", "Loud may the troubled ocean roar;", "In sacred peace our souls abide;", "While every nation, every shore,", "Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.", "", "There is a stream, whose gentle flow", "Supplies the city of our God,", "Life, love, and joy still gliding through,", "And watering our divine abode.", "", "Zion enjoys her monarch's love,", "Secure against the threatening hour;", "Nor can her firm foundation move,", "Built on his faithfulness and power.", "", "Let Zion in her King rejoice,", "Though Satan rage, and kingdoms rise:", "He utters his almighty voice,", "The nations melt, the tumult dies.", "", "The Lord of old for Jacob fought;", "And Jacob's God is still our aid:", "Behold the works his hand hath wrought!", "What desolations he hath made!", "", "From sea to sea, through all their shores,", "He makes the noise of battle cease;", "When from on high his thunder roars,", "He awes the trembling world to peace.", "", "He breaks the bow, he cuts the spear;", "Chariots he burns with heavenly flame:", "Keep silence, all the earth, and hear", "The sound and glory of his name:", "", "\"Be still, and learn that I am God,", "Exalted over all the lands;", "I will be known and feared abroad;", "For still my throne in Zion stands.\"", "", "O Lord of hosts, almighty King!", "While we so near thy presence dwell,", "Our faith shall rest secure, and sing", "Defiance to the gates of hell." ], "linecount": "44" }, { "title": "Against Scoffing and Calling Names", "author": "Isaac Watts", "lines": [ "Our tongues were made to bless the Lord,", "And not speak ill of men:", "When others give a railing word,", "We must not rail again.", "", "Cross words and angry names require", "To be chastised at school;", "And he's in danger of hell-fire", "That calls his brother fool.", "", "But lips that dare be so profane", "To mock, and jeer, and scoff", "At holy things, or holy men,", "The Lord shall cut them off.", "", "When children, in their wanton play,", "Served old Elisha so,", "And bade the prophet go his way,", "\"Go up, thou bald head, go!\"", "", "God quickly stopped their wicked breath;", "And sent two raging bears,", "That tore them limb from limb to death,", "With blood, and groans, and tears.", "", "Great God! How terrible art thou", "To sinners e'er so young:", "Grant me thy grace, and teach me how", "To tame and rule my tongue." ], "linecount": "24" } ]