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Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #XIV (1787) First Line: Vain are the hopes, the sons of men Lyrics: 1 Vain are the hopes, the sons of men
On their own works have built;
Their hearts, by nature, all unclean,
And all their actions guilt.
2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths,
Without a murmuring word,
And the whole race of Adam stand
In guilt before the Lord.
3 In vain, we ask God's righteous law
To justify us now;
Since — to convince, and to condemn —
Is all the law can do.
4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace,
When in thy name we trust!
Our faith receives a righteousness
That makes the sinner just. Scripture: Romans 3:19-21 Languages: English
Justification by Faith, not by Works