7570. While Men Grow Bold in Wicked Ways

1. While men grow bold in wicked ways,
And yet a God they own,
My heart within me often says,
Their thoughts believe there’s none.

2. Their thoughts and ways at once declare,
Whate’er their lips profess,
God hath no wrath for them to fear,
Nor will they seek His grace.

3. What strange self-flattery blinds their eyes!
But there’s a hastening hour,
When they shall see with sore surprise
The terrors of Thy power.

4. Thy justice shall maintain its throne,
Though mountains melt away;
Thy judgments are a world unknown,
A deep, unfathomed sea.

5. Above the heav’ns’ created rounds,
Thy mercies, Lord, extend;
Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds
Where time and nature end.

6. Safety to man Thy goodness brings,
Nor overlooks the beast;
Beneath the shadow of Thy wings
Thy children choose to rest.

7. From Thee, when creature-streams run low.
And mortal comforts die,
Perpetual springs of life shall flow,
And raise our pleasures high.

8. Though all created light decay,
And death close up our eyes,
Thy presence makes eternal day,
Where clouds can never rise.

Text Information
First Line: While men grow bold in wicked ways
Title: While Men Grow Bold in Wicked Ways
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: The Psalms of David, 1719
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: LINCOLN
Composer: Thomas Ravenscroft (1621)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 12321 17115 44344
Key: G Major
Source: The Whole Booke of Psalmes (LonĀ­don: 1621)
Copyright: Public Domain



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