Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #VI (1786) First Line: Who shall the Lord's elect condemn Lyrics: 1 Who shall the Lord's elect condemn,
'Tis God who justifies their souls,
And mercy, like a mighty stream,
O'er all their sins divinely rolls.
2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell?
'Tis Christ who suffer'd in their stead;
And, the salvation to fulfil,
Behold him rising from the dead.
3 He lives! He lives! and sits above,
Forever interceding there:
Who shall divide us from his love,
Or what shall tempt us to despair?
4 Shall persecution, or distress,
Famine, or sword, or nakedness?
He who hath lov'd us bears us through,
And makes us more than conqu'rors too.
5 Faith has an overcoming power,
It triumphs in the dying hour:
Christ is our life, our joy, our hope,
Nor can we sink with such a prop.
6 Not all that men on earth can do,
Nor powers on high, nor powers below,
Shall cause his mercy to remove,
Or wean our hearts from Christ our love.
Scripture: Romans 8:33 Languages: English
The triumph of Faith