Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: My soul repeat His praise
Topic: God/Compassion of
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: George Root
Meter: SM
Tune: Rialto
Hymn Number: 86
Page Number: 038, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMY soul, repeat His praise
Whose mercies are so great;
Whose anger is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.
High as the heav'ns are rais'd
Above the ground we tread,
So far the riches of His grace
Our highest thoughts exceed.
His pow'r subdues our sins,
And His forgiving love,
Far as the east is from the west,
Doth all our guilt remove.
The pity of the Lord,
To those that fear His name,
Is such as tender parents feel;
He knows our feeble frame.
Our days are as the grass,
Or like the morning flow'r;
If one sharp blast sweeps o'er the field,
It withers in an hour.
But Thy compassions, Lord,
To endless years endure;
And children's children ever find
Thy words of promise sure.