Psalm 35, Part 2 – Love to Enemies
Psalm 35, Part 2 – Love to Enemies – Isaac Watts Behold the love, the gen’rous love,That holy David shows; The Love of Christ to Sinners Typify’d in DavidVerses 12-14 Behold the love, the gen’rous love,That holy David shows;Hark, how his sounding bowels moveTo his afflicted foes! When they are sick his soul complains,And […]
Psalm 35, Part 1 – Prayer and Faith of Persecuted Saints
Psalm 35, Part 1 – Prayer and Faith of Persecuted Saints – Isaac Watts Now plead my cause, Almighty God,With all the sons of strife; Verses 1-9 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 […]
Psalm 34, Part 2 – Exhortations to Peace and Holiness
Psalm 34, Part 2 – Exhortations to Peace and Holiness – Isaac Watts Come, children, learn to fear the LordAnd that your days be long, Verses 11-22 Come, children, learn to fear the LordAnd that your days be long,Let not a false or spiteful wordBe found upon your tongue. Depart from mischief, practise love,Pursue […]
Psalm 34, Part 1 – Prayer and Praise for Eminent Deliverance
Psalm 34, Part 1 – Prayer and Praise for Eminent Deliverance – Isaac Watts I’ll bless the Lord from day to day;How good are all his ways! Verses 1-10 I’ll bless the Lord from day to day;How good are all his ways!Ye humble souls that use to pray,Come, help my lips to praise. Sing […]
Psalm 34, Part 2 – Religious Education
Psalm 34, Part 2 – Religious Education – Isaac Watts Children, in years and knowledge young,Your parents’ hope, your parents’ joy, Or, Instructions of Piety Verses 11-22 Children, in years and knowledge young,Your parents’ hope, your parents’ joy,Attend the counsels of my tongue,Let pious thoughts your minds employ. If you desire a length of […]
Psalm 34, Part 1 – God’s Care of the Saints
Psalm 34, Part 1 – God’s Care of the Saints – Isaac Watts Lord, I will bless thee all my days,Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue Or, Deliverance by Prayer Lord, I will bless thee all my days,Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongueMy soul shall glory in thy grace,While saints rejoice to […]
Psalm 33, Part 2 – Creatures Vain, and God All-Sufficient
Psalm 33, Part 2 – Creatures Vain, and God All-Sufficient – Isaac Watts Blest is the nation where the LordHath fixed his gracious throne, Blest is the nation where the LordHath fixed his gracious throne,Where he reveals his heav’nly word,And calls their tribes his own. His eye with infinite surveyDoes the whole world behold;He formed […]
Psalm 33, Part 1 – Works of Creation and Providence
Psalm 33, Part 1 – Works of Creation and Providence – Isaac Watts Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord,This work belongs to you; Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord,This work belongs to you;Sing of his name, his ways, his word,How holy, just, and true! His mercy and his righteousnessLet heav’n and earth proclaim;His works of […]
Psalm 32, Part 2 – A Guilty Conscience Eased by Confession and Pardon
Psalm 32, Part 2 – A Guilty Conscience Eased by Confession and Pardon – Isaac Watts While I keep silence, and concealMy heavy guilt within my heart, While I keep silence, and concealMy heavy guilt within my heart,What torments doth my conscience feel!What agonies of inward smart! I spread my sins before the Lord,And all […]
Psalm 32, Part 1 – Repentance and Free Pardon
Psalm 32, Part 1 – Repentance and Free Pardon – Isaac Watts Blest is the man, for ever blest,Whose guilt is pardoned by his God; Blest is the man, for ever blest,Whose guilt is pardoned by his God;Whose sins with sorrow are confessed,And covered with his Savior’s blood. Blest is the man to whom the […]
Psalm 32 – Free Pardon and Sincere Obedience
Psalm 32 – Free Pardon and Sincere Obedience – Isaac Watts Happy the man to whom his GodNo more imputes his sin, Or, Confession and Forgiveness Happy the man to whom his GodNo more imputes his sin,But, washed in the Redeemer’s blood,Hath made his garments clean! Happy beyond expression heWhose debts are thus discharged;And […]
Psalm 32 – Forgiveness of Sin Upon Confession
Psalm 32 – Forgiveness of Sin Upon Confession – Isaac Watts O Blessed souls are theyWhose sins are covered o’er! O Blessed souls are theyWhose sins are covered o’er!Divinely blest, to whom the LordImputes their guilt no more. They mourn their follies past,And keep their hearts with care;Their lips and lives, without deceit,Shall prove their […]
Psalm 31, Part 2 – Deliverance From Slander and Reproach
Psalm 31, Part 2 – Deliverance From Slander and Reproach – Isaac Watts My heart rejoices in thy name,My God, my help, my trust; Verses 7-13, 18-21 My heart rejoices in thy name,My God, my help, my trust;Thou hast preserved my face from shame,Mine honor from the dust. “My life is spent with grief,” […]
Psalm 31, Part 1 – Deliverance From Death
Psalm 31, Part 1 – Deliverance From Death – Isaac Watts Unto thine hand, O God of truth,My spirit I commit; Verses 5, 13-19, 22, 23 Unto thine hand, O God of truth,My spirit I commit;Thou hast redeemed my soul from death,And saved me from the pit. The passions of my hope and fearMaintained […]