LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Isaac Watts
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| | Dates: | 1719
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 73:25; Ps 73:26
| Hymns and Spiritual Songs Vol 2
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| 1. My God, My Portion, and My Love.
My everlasting all,
I've none but thee in heav'n above,
Or on this earthly ball.
2. What empty things
are all the skies,
And this inferior clod!
There's nothing here
deserves my joys,
There's nothing like my God.
3. In vain the bright, the burning sun
Scatters his feeble light;
'Tis thy sweet beams
create my noon;
If thou withdraw, 'tis night.
4. And whilst upon my restless bed,
Amongst the shades I roll,
If my Redeemer shows his head,
'Tis morning with my soul
5. To thee we owe
our wealth and friends,
And health and safe abode;
Thanks to thy name
for meaner things,
But they are not my God.
6. How vain a toy is glitt'ring wealth,
If once compared to thee!
Or what's my safety or my health,
Or all my friends to me?
7. Were I possessor of the earth,
And called the stars my own,
Without thy graces and thyself
I were a wretch undone.
8. Let others stretch
their arms like seas,
And grasp in all the shore
Grant me the visits of thy face,
And I desire no more.
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