Love poems
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Psalm 127
© Isaac Watts
If God succeed not, all the cost
And pains to build the house are lost;
If God the city will not keep,
The watchful guards as well may sleep.
Psalm 126
© Isaac Watts
When God restored our captive state,
Joy was our song, and grace our theme;
The grace beyond our hopes so great
That joy appeared a painted dream.
Psalm 125
© Isaac Watts
Unshaken as the sacred hill,
And firm as mountains be,
Firm as a rock the soul shall rest
That leans, O Lord, on thee.
Psalm 122
© Isaac Watts
How did my heart rejoice to hear
My friends devoutly say,
"In Zion let us all appear,
And keep the solemn day!"
Psalm 120
© Isaac Watts
Thou God of love, thou ever-blest,
Pity my suff'ring state;
When wilt thou set my soul at rest
From lips that love deceit?
Psalm 119. last part
© Isaac Watts
Father, I bless thy gentle hand;
How kind was thy chastising rod,
That forced my conscience to a stand,
And brought my wand'ring soul to God!
Psalm 119 part 8
© Isaac Watts
Lord, I have made thy word my choice,
My lasting heritage;
There shall my noblest powers rejoice,
My warmest thoughts engage.
Psalm 119 part 7
© Isaac Watts
Let all the heathen writers join
To form one perfect book;
Great God! if once compared with thine,
How mean their writings look!
Psalm 119 part 5
© Isaac Watts
O how I love thy holy law!
'Tis daily my delight;
And thence my meditations draw
Divine advice by night.
Psalm 119 part 4
© Isaac Watts
How shall the young secure their hearts,
And guard their lives from sin?
Thy word the choicest rules imparts
To keep the conscience clean.
Psalm 119 part 17
© Isaac Watts
When pain and anguish seize me, Lord,
All my support is from thy word:
My soul dissolves for heaviness;
Uphold me with thy strength'ning grace.
Psalm 119 part 16
© Isaac Watts
My soul lies cleaving to the dust;
Lord, give me life divine;
From vain desires and every lust
Turn off these eyes of mine.
Psalm 119 part 13
© Isaac Watts
With my whole heart I've sought thy face:
O let me never stray
From thy commands, O God of grace,
Nor tread the sinner's way.
Psalm 119 part 12
© Isaac Watts
My God, consider my distress,
Let mercy plead my cause;
Though I have sinned against thy grace,
I can't forget thy laws.
Psalm 119 part 10
© Isaac Watts
Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
Psalm 119 part 1
© Isaac Watts
Blest are the undefiled in heart,
Whose ways are right and clean;
Who never from thy law depart,
But fly from every sin.
Psalm 116 part 1
© Isaac Watts
I love the Lord; he heard my cries,
And pitied every groan;
Long as I live, when troubles rise,
I'll hasten to his throne.
Psalm 115
© Isaac Watts
Not to ourselves, who are but dust,
Not to ourselves is glory due,
Eternal God, thou only just,
Thou only gracious, wise, and true.
Psalm 112
© Isaac Watts
That man is blest who stands in awe
Of God, and loves his sacred law:
His seed on earth shall be renowned;
His house the seat of wealth shall be,
An inexhausted treasury,
And with successive honors crowned.
