Laudes Domini ‎#170

170. Omniscience--Ps. 139

1 Lord! where shall guilty souls retire,
Forgotten and unknown?
In hell they meet thy dreadful fire--
In heaven thy glorious throne.

2 If, winged with beams of morning light,
I fly beyond the west,
Thy hand, which must support my flight,
Would soon betray my rest.

3 If, o'er my sins, I think to draw
The curtains of the night,
Those flaming eyes, that guard thy law,
Would turn the shades to light.

4 The beams of noon, the midnight hour,
Am both alike to thee:
Oh, may I ne'er provoke that power,
From which I cannot flee.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, where shall guilty souls retire
• Title: Omniscience--Ps. 139
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Genesis 3:8
  ;
  Genesis 16:13
  ;
  Psalm 139:1
• Topic: God: The Father
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ELIZABETHTOWN
• Composer: Geo. Kingsley
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.