A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748 • SECTION 286

Psalm 111:1. First Part. The wisdom of God in his works.

← The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship

1 Songs of immortal praise belong To my almighty God; He has my heart, and he my tongue To spread his Name abroad.

2 How great the works his hand has wrought! How glorious in our sight! And men in every age have sought His wonders with delight.

3 How most exact is nature's frame! How wise th' Eternal mind! His counsels never change the scheme That his first thoughts design'd.

4 When he redeem'd his chosen Son, He fix'd his covenant sure: The orders that his lips pronounce To endless years endure.

5 Nature and time, and earth and skies, Thy heavenly skill proclaim: What shall we do to make us wise, But learn to read thy Name?

6 To fear thy power, to trust thy grace Is our divinest skill; And he's the wisest of our race, That best obeys thy will.

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