The Psalms Of David By Isaac Watts And Other Scriptures In Verse - Hymns For Nov 14
Last week I sent out a link to The Psalms Of David In Metre by the Church Of Scotland. Today I want to send out another old hymnal from the Psalms put together by Isaac Watts.
The Psalms Of David In Metre By Isaac Watts
The following selections are taken from his collection of Psalms in Metre. You should definitely recognize these popular hymns. While the rest of his Psalms in Metre may not be as popular, they are very much worth reading and perhaps even singing. Click on the titles if you want to go to that specific section.
Verses 1-5. Man frail, and God eternal.
1 Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
2 Under the shadow of thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth receiv'd her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.
4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust,
"Return, ye sons of men:"
All nations rose from earth at first,
And turn to earth again.
5 A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
6 [The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With all their lives and cares,
Are carried downwards by thy flood,
And lost in following years.
7 Time like an ever-rolling stream
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
8 Like flowery fields the nations stand
Pleas'd with the morning light;
The flowers beneath the mower's hand
Lie withering ere 'tis night.]
9 Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.
The Messiah's coming and kingdom.
1 Joy to the world; the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
2 Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.
The following hymns (paraphrases in verse) are taken from another section of the Church of Scotland Hymnal. Translations And Paraphrases In Verse (Church Of Scotland) - Contains 67 paraphrased passages from other books of the Bible. Currently, I am typing them out so only several sections are available right now, but you may enjoy these (and keep your eyes out for the rest once they are posted):
1. O God of Bethel! by whose hand
thy people still are fed;
Who through the weary pilgrimage
hast all our fathers led:
2. Our vows, our prayers, we now present
before thy throne of grace:
God of our fathers! be the God
of their succeeding race.
3. Through each perplexing path of life
our wand'ring footsteps guide;
Give us each day our daily bread,
and raiment fit provide.
4. O spread thy cov'ring wings around,
till all our wand'rings cease,
And at our Father's lov'd abode
our souls arrive in peace.
5. Such blessings from thy gracious hand
our humble pray'rs implore;
And thou shalt be our chosen God,
and portion evermore.
1. Lo! what a glorious sight appears to our admiring eyes! The former seas have pass’d away, the former earth and skies.
2. From heav’n the New Jerus’lem comes, all worthy of its Lord; See all things now at last renew’d, and paradise restor’d!
3. Attending angels shout for joy, and the bright armies sing; Mortals! behold the sacred seat of your descending King!
4. The God of glory down to men removes his bless’d abode; He dwells with men; his people they, and he his people’s God.
5. His gracious hand shall wipe the tears from ev’ry weeping eye: And pains and groans, and griefs and fears, and death itself, shall die.
6. Behold, I change all human things! saith he, whose words are true; Lo! what was old is pass’d away, and all things are made new!
7. I am the First, and I the Last, through endless years the same; I AM, is my memorial still, and my eternal name.
8. Ho, ye that thirst! to you my grace shall hidden streams disclose, And open full the sacred spring, whence life for ever flows.
9. Bless’d is the man that overcomes; I’ll own him for a son; A rich inheritance rewards, the conquests he hath won.
10. But bloody hands and hearts unclean,
and all the lying race,
The faithless, and the scoffing crew,
who spurn at offer'd grace;
11. They seiz'd by justice, shall be doom'd
in dark abyss to lie,
And in the fiery burning lake
the second death shall die.
12. O may we stand before the Lamb,
when earth and seas are fled,
And hear the Judge pronounce our name,
with blessings on our head!
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