Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#228

228. The Saint's Trial and Safety

1 Unshaken as the sacred hill,
And firm as mountains stand,
Firm as a rock the soul shall rest,
That trusts th' almighty hand.

2 Not walls nor hills could guard so well
Old Salem's happy ground,
As those eternal arms of love
That every saint surround.

3 While tyrants are a smarting scourge
To drive them near to God,
Divine compassion will assuage
The fury of the rod.

4 Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere,
And lead them safely on
To the bright gates of paradise,
Where Christ their Lord is gone.

5 But if we trace those crooked ways
That the old serpent drew,
The wrath that drove him first to hell,
Shall smite his followers too.

Text Information

• First Line: Unshaken as the sacred hill
• Title: The Saint's Trial and Safety
• Meter: Common Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 125
• Topic: Afflictions: moderated; Grace: Tried by Affliction; Saints: afflictions moderated
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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