4628. Now I'm Convinced the Lord Is Kind

1. Now I’m convinced the Lord is kind
To men of heart sincere;
Yet once my foolish thoughts repined,
And bordered on despair.

2. I grieved to see the wicked thrive,
And spoke with angry breath,
“How pleasant and profane they live!
How peaceful is their death!

3. “With well-fed flesh and haughty eyes,
They lay their fears to sleep;
Against the heav’ns their slanders rise,
While saints in silence weep.

4. In vain I lift my hands to pray,
And cleanse my heart in vain;
For I am chastened all the day,
The night renews my pain.

5. Yet while my tongue indulged complaints,
I felt my heart reprove—
Sure I shall thus offend thy saints,
And grieve the men I love.

6. But still I found my doubts too hard,
The conflict too severe,
Till I retired to search Thy Word,
And learn Thy secrets there.

7. There, as in some prophetic glass,
I saw the sinner’s feet
High mounted on a slippery place,
Beside a fiery pit.

8. I heard the wretch profanely boast,
Till at Thy frown he fell;
His honors in a dream were lost,
And he awakes in hell.

9. Lord, what an envious fool I was!
How like a thoughtless beast!
Thus to suspect Thy promised grace,
And think the wicked blessed.

10. Thus I was kept from full despair,
Upheld by power unknown;
That blessèd hand that broke the snare
Shall guide me to Thy throne.

Text Information
First Line: Now I'm convinced the Lord is kind
Title: Now I'm Convinced the Lord Is Kind
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: The Psalms of David, 1719
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: GERONTIUS
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1868)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 33215 13532 55556
Key: A Major
Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1868
Copyright: Public Domain



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