Psalm 111
Words: Isaac Watts
Watts subtitle: The wisdom of God in his works.
l Songs of immortal praise belong
To my almighty God;
He has my heart, and he my tongue,
To spread his name abroad.
2 How great the works his hand has wrought
How glorious in our sight!
And men in ev'ry age have sought
His wonders with delight.
3 How most exact is nature's frame!
How wise th' Eternal mind!
His counsels never change the scheme
That his first thoughts designed.
4 When He redeemed his chosen sons,
He fixed his cov'nant sure;
The orders that his lips pronounce
To endless years endure.
5 Nature and time, and earth and skies,
Thy heav'nly skill proclaim;
What shall we do to make us wise,
But learn to read thy name?
6 To fear thy power, to trust thy grace,
Is our divinest skill
And he's the wisest of our race
That best obeys thy will.
PART 2.
Watts subtitle: The perfections of God.
1 Great is the Lord; his works of might
Demand our noblest songs:
Let his assembled saints unite
Their harmony of tongues.
2 Great is the mercy of the Lord;
He gives his children food;
And, ever mindful of his word,
He makes his promise good.
3 His Son, the great Redeemer, came
To seal his cov'nant sure;
Holy and reverend is his name,
His ways are just and pure.
4 They that would grow divinely wise
Must with his fear begin;
Our fairest proof of knowledge lies
In hating every sin.
