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This is an hymn by [[Isaac Watts]], his Hymn 60 of Book 2, published 1709, entitled ''The truth of God the promiser; or, The promises are our security''. | |||
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Praise, everlasting praise, be paid | |||
To him that earth's foundation laid; | |||
Praise to the God whose strong decrees | |||
Sway the creation as he please. | |||
Praise to the goodness of the Lord, | |||
Who rules his people by his word, | |||
And there, as strong as his decrees, | |||
He sets his kindest promises. | |||
Firm are the words his prophets give, | |||
{{ | Sweet words on which his children live; | ||
Each of them is the voice of God, | |||
Who spoke, and spread the skies abroad.}} | |||
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Each of them powerful as that sound | |||
That bid the new-made world go round; | |||
And stronger than the solid poles | |||
On which the wheel of nature rolls. | |||
Whence then should doubts and fears arise? | |||
Why trickling sorrows drown our eyes? | |||
Slowly, alas! our mind receives | |||
The comfort that our Maker gives. | |||
O for a strong, a lasting faith, | |||
To credit what the Almighty saith! | |||
To embrace the message of his Son, | |||
And call the joys of heaven our own.}} | |||
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Then should the earth's old pillars shake, | |||
And all the wheels of nature break, | |||
Our steady souls should fear no more | |||
Than solid rocks when billows roar. | |||
Our everlasting hopes arise | |||
Above the ruinable skies, | |||
Where the eternal Builder reigns, | |||
And his own courts his power sustains.}} | |||
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==External links == | ==External links == |
Revision as of 13:34, 30 August 2016
General information
This is an hymn by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 60 of Book 2, published 1709, entitled The truth of God the promiser; or, The promises are our security.
Settings by composers
- William Billings — Brest English SATB
Text and translations
English text Praise, everlasting praise, be paid |
Each of them powerful as that sound |
Then should the earth's old pillars shake, |
External links
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