1 Come, children, learn to fear the Lord, And that your days be long, Let not a false or spiteful word Be found upon your tongue.
2 Depart from mischief, practise love, Pursue the works of peace; So shall the Lord your ways approve, And set your souls at ease.
3 His eyes awake to guard the just, His ears attend their cry; When broken spirits dwell in dust, The God of grace is nigh.
4 What tho' the sorrows here they taste Are sharp and tedious too, The Lord, who saves them all at last, Is their supporter now.
5 Evil shall smite the wicked dead; But God secures his own, Prevents the mischief when they slide, Or heals the broken bone.
6 When desolation like a flood O'er the proud sinner rolls, Saints find a refuge in their God, For he redeem'd their souls. | Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David: suited to the Christian worship in the United States and allowed by the Synod of New York and New Jersey to be used in all the churches #76 (1790) The Cyber Hymnal #770 Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.80 (1806) Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America: being an improvement of the old version of the Psalms of David ; allowed by the reverend Synod of New York and Philad #71 (1791) Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David: to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian church in general (4th ed.) #62 (1790) 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.) #68a (1786) Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #62 (1786) Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David: to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian church in general (3rd. ed.) #68a (1787) Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David: to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian church in general (Corr. and enl.) #XXXIVd (1785) Psalms: carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America: being an improvement of the old versions of the Psalms of David #34d (1793) The Psalms of David: imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship #XXXIVd (1780) The Psalms of David: imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship (27th ed.) #P34d (1766) The Psalms of David: imitated in the language of the New Testament. #62 (1740) |