Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#287

287. If God succeed not, all the cost

1 If God succeed not, all the cost
And pains to build the house are lost;
If God the city will not keep,
The watchful guards as well may sleep.

2 What if you rise before the sun,
And work and toil when day is done,
Careful and sparing eat your bread,
To shun that poverty you dread;

3 'Tis all in vain, till God hath blest;
He can make rich, yet give us rest:
Children and friends are blessings too,
If God our sov'reign make them so.

4 Happy the man to whom he sends
Obedient children, faithful friends!
How sweet our daily comforts prove,
When they are season'd with his love!

Text Information

• First Line: If God succeed not, all the cost
• Meter: l. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 127
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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