The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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PSALM 71. v. 5–9. First Part. (C. M.) The aged Saint's Reflection and Hope.
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My God, my everlasting hope,I live upon thy truth;
Thine hands have held my childhood up,
And strengthen'd all my youth.
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My flesh was fashion'd by thy power,With all these limbs of mine;
And from my mother's painful hour
I've been entirely thine.
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Still has my life new wonders seenRepeated every year;
Behold my days that yet remain,
I trust them to thy care.
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Cast me not off when strength declines,When hoary hairs arise;
And round me let thy glory shine
Whene'er thy servant dies.
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Then in the history of my age,When men review my days,
They'll read thy love in every page,
In every line thy praise.
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