The Lord shall thy best hopes fulfil
For months and years to come;
The Lord, who dwells on Zion’s hill,
Shall send thee blessings home.
The Lord shall thy best hopes fulfil
For months and years to come;
The Lord, who dwells on Zion’s hill,
Shall send thee blessings home.
The Lord bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.T
The blessing of God on the business and comforts of life Isaac Watts If God succeed not, all the costAnd pains to build the house are lost;If God the city will not keep,The watchful guards as well may sleep. What if you rise before the […]
Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Surprising Deliverance Isaac Watts When God restored our captive state,Joy was our song, and grace our theme;The grace beyond our hopes so greatThat joy appeared a painted dream. The scoffer owns thy hand, and paysUnwilling honors to thy name;While we with pleasure shout thy praise,With […]
When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion,
We were like those who dream.
Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere,
And lead them safely on
To the bright gates of paradise,
Where Christ their Lord is gone.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever
A song for the fifth of November Isaac Watts Had not the Lord, may Isr’el say,Had not the Lord maintained our side,When men, to make our lives a prey,Rose like the swelling of the tide; The swelling tide had stopped our breath,So fiercely did the […]
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
Our foes insult us, but our hope
In thy compassion lies;
This thought shall bear our spirits up,
That God will not despise.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!