Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#271a

271a. Grace above Riches; or, the happy Nation

1 Happy the city, where their sons
Like pillars round a palace set,
And daughters, bright as polish'd stones,
Give strength and beauty to the state.

2 Happy the land in culture dress'd,
Whose flocks and corn have large increase;
Where men securely work or rest,
Nor sons of plunder break the peace.

3 Happy the nation thus endow'd,
But more divinely blest are those
On whom the all-sufficient God
Himself with all his grace bestows.

Text Information

• First Line: Happy the city, where their sons
• Title: Grace above Riches; or, the happy Nation
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1787
• Scripture:
  Psalm 144:12-15
• Topic: Assistance from God; Blessings: of a nation; Frailty of Man; God: great and good; God: his sovereignty and goodness to man; Grace: above riches; Life: short and feeble; Man: his vanity as mortal; Nation's: prosperity; Riches: compared with grace; Spiritual Enemies; Vanity: of man as mortal; War: spiritual
• Notes: Third Part

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