Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#123b

123b. The aged Saint's Reflection and Hope

1 My God, my everlasting hope,
I live upon thy truth;
Thine hands have held my childhood up,
And strengthen'd all my youth.

2 My flesh was fashion'd by thy power
With all these limbs of mine:
And from my mother's painful hour
I've been entirely thine.

3 Still has my life new wonders seen
Repeated every year;
Behold my days that yet remain,
I trust them to thy care.

4 Cast me not off when strength declines,
When hoary hairs arise;
And round me let thy glory shine,
When e'er thy servant dies.

5 Then in the history of my age,
When men review my days,
They'll read your love in every page,
In every line thy praise.

Text Information

• First Line: My God, my everlasting hope
• Title: The aged Saint's Reflection and Hope
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 71:5-9
• Topic: Aged saint's reflection and hope; Christ: our strength and righteousness; Courage: in death; Death: and the resurrection; Hope: of resurrection; Psalm: and Old Age; Resurrection: of the saints; Resurrection: and death; Righteousness: from Christ
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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