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Text: | Lord, all I am is known to Thee! |
Author: | Watts |
Tune: | ST. JAMES |
1 Lord, all I am is known to Thee!
In vain my soul would try
To shun Thy presence, or to flee
The notice of Thine eye.
2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,
My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.
3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord,
Before they’re formed within;
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean.
4 O wondrous knowledge, deep and high!
Where can a creature hide?
Within Thy circling arms I lie,
Beset on every side.
5 So let Thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secured by sovereign love.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lord, all I am is known to Thee! |
Author: | Watts (1719, a.) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | God: His Wisdom and Omniscience; Ninth Sunday after Trinity |
Notes: | Alternate tune #198 or #221 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. JAMES |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | A Major |
Notes: | Composer from index: Raphael Courtville, 1680 |