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Text:God, if you bless not, all the cost
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:ORREN TWO
Composer:Adrienne Tindall

90. God, if you bless not, all the cost

God, if you bless not, all the cost
and pains to build the house are lost;
cities must all be in your keep,
or watchful guards as well may sleep.

It’s all in vain, till you have blessed;
you make us rich, yet give us rest.
Children and friends are blessings too,
when you, our Sovereign, make them so.

Happy the ones to whom God sends
obedient children, faithful friends!
How sweet our daily comforts prove,
when you have blessed them with your love.

Text Information
First Line: God, if you bless not, all the cost
Author: Isaac Watts (1719, alt. 2013)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2014
Scripture:
Source: Psalm 127, alt
Tune Information
Name: ORREN TWO
Composer: Adrienne Tindall (2013)
Meter: LM
Key: C Major
Copyright: © 2013 Darcey Press



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