Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Hymnal: The Hymnal #10 (1956) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 Oh, happy man whose hopes rely
On Israel's God! He made the sky
And earth and seas and all their train;
His truth forever stands secure;
He saves the oppressed, he feeds the poor,
And none shall find his promise vain.
2 The Lord gives vision to the blind;
The Lord supports the fainting mind;
He sends the laboring conscience peace,
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless,
And grants the prisoner sweet release.
3 I'll praise him wile he lends me breath,
And when my voice is lost in death,
Praise shall employ my nobler powers;
My days of praise shall ne'er be past
While life and thought and beinb last,
Or immortality endures.
Topics: Death; God Creator; God Israel's; Hope; Praise; World; Adoration and Praise General Praise Scripture: Psalm 147:1-5 Tune Title: CHESHUNT COLLEGE
Oh, happy man whose hopes rely