Forever Settled in the Heavens

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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 every purpose to fulfill;
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 on Thy truth I muse with awe;
imperfect I have found all else,
but boundless is Thy wondrous law.

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #119L

Text Information

First Line: Forever settled in the heavens
Title: Forever Settled in the Heavens
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ROCKINGHAM (Mason)


DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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The Cyber Hymnal #1586
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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #234

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Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #119L

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The Cyber Hymnal #1586

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Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #59

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