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Let all the list'ning world attend
Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 49 Lyrics: 1 Let all the list'ning World attend,
2 and my Instructions hear:
Let High and Low, and Rich and Poor,
with joint Consent give Ear:
3 My Mouth, with sacred Wisdom fill'd,
shall good Advice impart;
The sound Result of prudent Thoughts,
digested in my Heart.
4 To Parables of weighty Sense
I will my Ear incline;
While to my tuneful Harp I sing,
dark Words of deep Design.
5 Why should my Courage fail in Times
of Danger, and of Doubt;
When Sinners, that would me supplant,
have compass'd me about?
6 Those Men, that all their Hope and Trust
in Heaps of Treasure place;
And boasting, triumph, when they see
their ill-got Wealth increase;
7 Are yet unable from the Grave
their dearest Friend to free;
Nor can, by Force of costly Bribes,
reverse God's firm Decree.
8,9 Their vain Endeavours they must quit;
the Price is held too high:
No Sums can purchase such a Grant,
that Man should never die.
10 Not Wisdom can the Wise exempt,
nor Fools their Folly save;
But both must perish, and, in Death,
their Wealth to others leave.
11 For tho' they think their stately Seats
shall ne'er to Ruin fall;
But their Remembrance last in Lands
which by their Names they call;
12 Yet shall their Fame be soon forgot,
how great soe'er their State:
With Beasts their Memory, and they,
shall share one common Fate.
Part II
13 How great their Folly is, who thus
absurd Conclusions make!
And yet their Children, unreclaim'd,
repeat the gross Mistake.
14 They all, like Sheep to Slaughter led,
the Prey of Death are made;
Their Beauty, while the Just rejoice,
within the Grave shall fade.
15 But God will yet redeem my Soul;
and from the greedy Grave
His greater Pow'r shall set me free,
and to Himself receive.
16 Then fear not thou, when worldly Men
in envy'd Wealth abound;
Nor thou, their prosp'rous House increase,
with State and Honour crown'd.
17 For, when they're summon'd hence by Death;
they leave all this behind;
No Shadow of their former Pomp
within the Grave they find:
18 And yet they tho't their State was blest,
caught in the Flatt'rer's Snare;
Who praises those that slight all else,
and of themselves take care.
19 In their Forefathers Steps they tread;
and when, like them, they die,
Their wretched Ancestors, and they,
in endless Darkness lie.
20 For Man, how great soe'er his State;
unless he's truly wise,
As like a sensual Beast he lives,
so, like a Beast, he dies.
Let all the list'ning world attend
Lord, we confess our numerous faults
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 119 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 49 Lyrics:
[Lord, we confess our num'rous faults,
How great our guilt has been!
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin.
But, O my soul! for ever praise,
For ever love his name,
Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways
Of folly, sin, and shame.]
['Tis not by works of righteousness
Which our own hands have done;
But we are saved by sovereign grace
Abounding through his Son.]
'Tis from the mercy of our God
That all our hopes begin;
'Tis by the water and the blood
Our souls are washed from sin.
'Tis through the purchase of his death
Who hung upon the tree,
The Spirit is sent down to breathe
On such dry bones as we.
Raised from the dead we live anew;
And, justified by grace,
We shall appear in glory too,
And see our Father's face.
Lord, we confess our numerous faults
Life's Ransom Price
Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 49 First Line: Truth with all my heart I seek Used With Tune: [Truth with all my heart I seek]
Life's Ransom Price
Listen, All People Who Live in This World
Author: Helen Otte Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 49 Topics: Afflictions; Easter; Eternal Life; Hope; Wisdom Used With Tune: JULIUS
Listen, All People Who Live in This World
Let Not the Wise Glory in Their Wisdom
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Psalm 49 Lyrics: Refrain:
Let not the wise glory in their wisdom.
Let not the mighty glory in their might.
Let not the rich glory in their riches,
let those who glory, glory in the LORD.
Hear this! Open your ears!
Listen, all people everywhere,
both great and small, rich and poor.
Listen to these words of wisdom! [Refrain]
Even the wise die.
They leave all their riches to others.
Their money will not let them live forever.
Their greatness cannot keep them from death. [Refrain] Topics: Affliction; Church Year Easter; Church Year Good Friday; Darkness; Emmaus Road; Eternal Life; God Trust in; God as Creator; God's Wisdom; God's Love; God's Power; Grace; Grave; Healing; Hope; Jesus Christ Good Shepherd; Life Stages Death; New Creation; Occasional Services Funerals; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; Questioning; Salvation; Sanctification; Social Justice; Victory; Wisdom Psalms; Witness; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 31-August 6; Settings Especially Appropriate for Children Used With Tune: [Let not the wise glory in their wisdom]
Let Not the Wise Glory in Their Wisdom
