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Text:Forever Settled in the Heavens
Tune:DUKE STREET
Composer:John Hatton

59. Forever Settled in the Heavens

1 Forever settled in the heav'ns,
thy word, O Lord, shall firmly stand;
thy faithfulness shall never fail;
the earth abides at thy command.

2 Thy word and works unmoved remain,
thine ev'ry purpose to fulfil;
all things are thine and thee obey,
and all as servants wait thy will.

3 I should have perished in my woe
had not I loved thy law divine;
that law I never can forget;
O save me, Lord, for I am thine.

4 The wicked would destroy my soul,
but in thy truth is refuge sure;
exceeding broad is thy command,
and in perfection shall endure.

Text Information
First Line: Forever settled in the heavens
Title: Forever Settled in the Heavens
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Topic: Law of God; God: His Truth; God: Faithfulness of
Source: The Psalter, 1912; alt. 1961
Tune Information
Name: DUKE STREET
Composer: John Hatton (1793)
Meter: L.M.
Key: D Major



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