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Text:Arise, My Gracious God
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:CAMBRIDGE (Harrison)
Arranger:Samuel S. Wesley
Composer:Ralph Harrison
Media:MIDI file

147. Arise, My Gracious God

1. Arise, my gracious God,
And make the wicked flee;
They are but Thy chastising rod,
To drive Thy saints to Thee.

2. Behold, the sinner dies,
His haughty words are vain;
Here in this life his pleasure lies,
And all beyond is pain.

3. Then let his pride advance,
And boast of all his store;
The Lord is my inheritance,
My soul can wish no more.

4. I shall behold the face
Of my forgiving God;
And stand complete in righteousness,
Washed in my Savior’s blood.

5. There is a new heav’n begun,
When I awake from death,
Dressed in the likeness of Thy Son,
And draw immortal breath.

Text Information
First Line: Arise, my gracious God
Title: Arise, My Gracious God
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: The Psalms of David, 1719
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: CAMBRIDGE (Harrison)
Composer: Ralph Harrison (1784)
Arranger: Samuel S. Wesley (1872)
Meter: SM
Incipit: 13212 17123 54325
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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