LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Isaac Watts
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1719
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 36:6; Ps 36:5-9
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 563
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 240
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 56
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 26
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 48
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 217
| Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts - Psalms
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| 36
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 52
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MUSIC
 Baptist Hymn Book
| 56
| C
| Believers Hymn Book
| 315
| C
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. High in the heav’ns, eternal God,
Thy goodness in full glory shines;
Thy truth shall break
through every cloud
That veils and darkens Thy designs.
2. Forever firm Thy justice stands,
As mountains their
foundations keep;
Wise are the wonders
of Thy hands;
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.
3. Thy providence is kind and large
Both man and beast
Thy bounty share;
The whole creation
is Thy charge,
But saints are Thy peculiar care.
4. My God, how excellent
Thy grace,
Whence all our hope
and comfort spring!
The sons of Adam in distress
Fly to the shadow of Thy wing.
5. From the provisions
of Thy house
We shall be fed
with sweet repast;
There mercy like a river flows,
And brings salvation to our taste.
6. Life, like a fountain, rich and free,
Springs from the presence
of the Lord;
And in Thy light
our souls shall see
The glories promised in Thy Word.
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