1 My God, in whom are all the springs
of boundless love, and grace unknown,
hide me beneath thy spreading wings,
till fearful clouds are overblown.
Up to the heav'ns I send my cry,
the Lord will my desires perform;
he sends his angel from the sky,
and saves me from the threat'ning storm.
2 Be thou exalted, O my God,
above the heav'ns, where angels dwell;
thy pow'r on earth be known abroad,
and land to land thy wonders tell.
My heart is fixed; my song shall raise
immortal honors to thy name;
awake, my tongue, to sound his praise,
to sing his everlasting fame.
3 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns,
and reaches to the utmost sky;
his truth to endless years remains,
when lower worlds dissolve and die.
Be thou exalted, O my God,
above the heav'ns, where angels dwell;
thy pow'r on earth be known abroad,
and land to land thy wonders tell.
Source: Christian Worship: Psalter #57B
First Line: | My God, in whom are all the springs |
Title: | Praise for Protection, Grace and Truth |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
My God, in Whom are all the springs. I. Watts. [Psalms lvii.] First published in his Psalms of David, 1719, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled, "Praise for Protection, Grace and Truth." In some collections, as in Dr. Alexander's Augustine Hymn Book, 1849 and 1865, it begins with stanza iii., "Be Thou exalted, O my God." Both the original and the abridged form are in limited use.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)