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God's Word Most Excellent, or Sincerity and Watchfulness

Isaac Watts (1719) • English

Primary Scripture: Genesis 32:26

Verse 1

Behold the morning sun begins its glorious ways; its beams through all the nations run, and life and light convey.

Verse 2

How perfect is thy word! and all thy judgments just! Forever sure thy promise, Lord, in which we surely trust.

Verse 3

I hear thy word with love, and I would fain obey; send thy good Spirit from above to guide me lest I stray.

Verse 4

O who can ever find the errors of their ways? Yet with a bold, presumptuous mind I would not dare trangress.

Verse 5

While with my heart and tongue I spread thy praise abroad, accept the worship and the song, my Savior and my God.

Scripture References

Reference 1

  • genesis 32:26

Reference 2

  • psalms 19

Reference 3

  • psalms 119

Reference 4

  • isaiah 8:20

Reference 5

  • 2-timothy 3:15-17