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Text:In All My Vast Concerns with Thee
Author:Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Tune:DOWNS
Composer:Lowell Mason, 1792-1872

85. In All My Vast Concerns with Thee

1 In all my vast concerns with Thee,
In vain my soul would try
To shun Thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of Thine eye.

2 My thoughts lie open to the Lord
Before they're formed within;
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean.

3 O wondrous knowledge, deep and high,
Where can a creature hide?
Within Thy circling arms I lie,
Enclosed on every side.

4 So let Thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secured by Sovereign love.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: In all my vast concerns with Thee
Title: In All My Vast Concerns with Thee
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Scripture:
Topic: God the Father: His Presence; God: Grace; God: Abiding Presence
Tune Information
Name: DOWNS
Composer: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872
Meter: CM
Key: E♭ Major



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