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 139. First Part. (C. M.) God is every where.
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PSALM 139. First Part. (C. M.) God is every where.
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In all my vast concerns with theeIn vain my soul would try
To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.
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Thy all-surrounding sight surveysMy rising and my rest,
My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.
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My thoughts lie open to the LordBefore they're form'd within:
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean.
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O wondrous knowledge, deep and high!Where can a creature hide?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Beset on every side.
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So let thy grace surround me still,And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secur'd by sovereign love.
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Lord, where shall guilty souls retire,Forgotten and unknown?
In hell they meet thy dreadful fire,
In heaven thy glorious throne.
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Should I suppress my vital breathTo 'scape the wrath divine,
Thy voice would break the bars of death,
And make the grave resign.
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If wing'd with beams of morning-light,I fly beyond the west,
Thy hand, which must support my flight,
Would soon betray my rest.
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If o'er my sins I think to drawThe curtains of the night,
Those flaming eyes that guard thy law
Would turn the shades to light.
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The beams of noon, the midnight hour,Are both alike to thee;
O may I ne'er provoke that power
From which I cannot flee!
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