Nature poems
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Psalm 89 part 4
© Isaac Watts
v.19ff
C. M.
Christ's mediatorial kingdom; or, His Divine and human nature
Psalm 8 part 2
© Isaac Watts
v. 3ff, paraphrased.
L. M.
Adam and Christ, lords of the old and new creation.
Psalm 74
© Isaac Watts
Will God for ever cast us off?
His wrath for ever smoke
Against the people of his love,
His little chosen flock?
Psalm 51 part 3
© Isaac Watts
O Thou that hear'st when sinners cry,
Though all my crimes before thee lie,
Behold them not with angry look,
But blot their mem'ry from thy book.
Psalm 51 part 1
© Isaac Watts
Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive,
Let a repenting rebel live:
Are not thy mercies large and free?
May not a sinner trust in thee?
Psalm 33 part 1
© Isaac Watts
Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord,
This work belongs to you;
Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, just, and true!
Psalm 19 part 1
© Isaac Watts
Behold, the lofty sky
Declares its Maker God,
And all his starry works on high
Proclaim his power abroad.
Psalm 19
© Isaac Watts
THE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord,
In every star thy wisdom shines
But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.
Psalm 148 Paraphrased
© Isaac Watts
Loud hallelujahs to the Lord,
From distant worlds where creatures dwell;
Let heav'n begin the solemn word,
And sound it dreadful down to hell.
Psalm 148
© Isaac Watts
Proper Metre.
Praise to God from all creatures.Ye tribes of Adam, join
With heav'n, and earth, and seas,
And offer notes divine
Psalm 147 part 1
© Isaac Watts
Praise ye the Lord; 'tis good to raise
Our hearts and voices in his praise;
His nature and his works invite
To make this duty our delight.
Psalm 14 part 1
© Isaac Watts
Fools in their heart believe and say
"That all religion's vain;
There is no God that reigns on high,
Or minds th' affairs of men."
Psalm 139 part 2
© Isaac Watts
'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came,
A work of such a curious frame
In me thy fearful wonders shine,
And each proclaims thy skill divine.
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 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.
