11759 | The Cyber Hymnal#11760 | 11761 |
Text: | Not To Ourselves |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | HESPERUS |
Composer: | Henry Baker |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Not to ourselves, who are but dust,
Not to ourselves is glory due,
Eternal God, Thou only just,
Thou only gracious, wise and true.
2 Shine forth in all Thy dreadful name;
Why should a heathen’s haughty tongue
Insult us, and, to raise our shame,
Say, Where’s the God you’ve served so long?
3 The God we serve maintains His throne
Above the clouds, above the skies;
Through all the earth His will is done;
He knows our groans, He hears our cries.
4 But the vain idols they adore
Are senseless shapes of stone and wood;
At best a mass of glittering ore,
A silver saint or golden god.
5 With eyes and ears they carve their head;
Deaf are their ears, their eyes are blind;
In vain are costly offerings made,
And vows are scattered in the wind.
6 Their feet were never made to move,
Nor hands to save when mortals pray;
Mortals that pay them fear or love
Seem to be blind and deaf as they.
7 O Israel! make the Lord thy hope,
Thy help, thy refuge, and thy rest;
The Lord shall build thy ruins up,
And bless the people and the priest.
8 The dead can no more speak Thy praise,
They dwell in silence and the grave;
But we shall live to sing Thy grace,
And tell the world Thy power to save.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Not to ourselves, who are but dust |
Title: | Not To Ourselves |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Psalms of David, 1719 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HESPERUS |
Composer: | Henry Baker |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | Midi |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |