The Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts ‎#Ps.32

Ps.32. Psalm 16 Part 2

How fast their guilt and sorrows rise
Who haste to seek some idol-god!
I will not taste their sacrifice,
Their offerings of forbidden blood.

My God provides a richer cup,
And nobler food to live upon;
He for my life has offered up
Jesus, his best-beloved Son.

His love is my perpetual feast;
By day his counsels guide me right;
And be his name for ever blessed,
Who gives me sweet advice by night.

I set him still before mine eyes;
At my right hand he stands prepared
To keep my soul from all surprise,
And be my everlasting guard.

Text Information

• First Line: How fast their guilt and sorrows rise
• Title: Psalm 16 Part 2
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1806
• Scripture:
  Psalm 16
• Topic: Resurrection: and death of Christ; Christ: his all-sufficiency; Christ: his death and resurrection; Comfort: and support in God; Company of saints; Confession: of our poverty; Counsel: and support from God; Courage: in death; Death: and resurrection of Christ; Death: courage in it; God: all-sufficient; Good works: profit men, not God; Grace: without merit; Hope: of resurrection; Idolatry reproved; Merit disclaimed; Poverty: confessed; Resurrection: of the saints; Saints: the best company; Support: and counsel from God; Works: good profit men, not God
• Notes: Public Domain.

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