HOW FAST THEIR GUILT AND SORROWS RISE
Words: Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David, 1719.
Music: Festus, from a German chorale in the Moravian Psalter (MIDI, score).
1.) 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.
2.) My God provides a richer cup, And nobler food to live upon: He for my life has offered up Jesus, His best-belovèd Son.
3.) 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.
4.) 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.
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