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 112. As the 113th Psalm. The Blessings of the liberal Man.
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PSALM 112. As the 113th Psalm. The Blessings of the liberal Man.
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That man is blest who stands in aweOf God, and loves his sacred law:
His seed on earth shall be renown'd;
His house the seat of wealth shall be,
An inexhausted treasury,
And with successive honours crown'd.
II
His liberal favours he extends,To some he gives, to others lends;
A generous pity fills his mind:
Yet what his charity impairs,
He saves by prudence in affairs,
And thus he's just to all mankind.
III
His hands, while they his alms bestow'd,His glory's future harvest sow'd;
The sweet remembrance of the just.
Like a green root, revives and bears
A train of blessings for his heirs,
When dying nature sleeps in dust.
IV
Beset with threatening dangers round,Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground;
His conscience holds his courage up:
The soul that's fill'd with virtue's light
Shines brightest in affliction's night,
And sees in darkness beams of hope.
V
Ill tidings never can surpriseHis heart that fix'd on God relies,
Tho' waves and tempests roar around:
Safe on the rock he sits, and sees
The shipwreck of his enemies,
And all their hope and glory drown'd.
VI
The wicked shall his triumph see,And gnash their teeth in agony
To find their expectations crost:
They and their envy, pride and spite,
Sink down to everlasting night,
And all their names in darkness lost.
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