HYMN 11, L. M.
Parting with carnal joys.
by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

send the joys of earth away;
Away, ye tempters of the mind!
False as the smooth, deceitful sea,
And empty as the whistling wind.

Your streams were floating me along
Down to the gulf of black despair,
And whilst I listened to your song,
Your streams had e’en conveyed me there.

Lord, I adore thy matchless grace,
That warned me of that dark abyss,
That drew me from those treach’rous seas,
And bid me seek superior bliss.

Now to the shining realms above
I stretch my hands and glance mine eyes;
O for the pinions of a dove,
To bear me to the upper skies!

There, from the bosom of my God,
Oceans of endless pleasure roll;
There would I fix my last abode,
And drown the sorrows of my soul.

—from The Psalms & Hymns of Isaac Watts. Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book II: Composed on Divine Subjects

salme 111 (Geneva Bible)

1 Praise ye the Lord. I will prayse the Lord with my whole heart in the assemblie and Congregation of the iust.
2 The workes of the Lord are great, and ought to be sought out of al them that loue them.
3 His worke is beautifull and glorious, and his righteousnesse endureth for euer.
4 He hath made his wonderfull workes to be had in remembrance: the Lord is mercifull and full of compassion.
5 He hath giuen a portion vnto them that feare him: he wil euer be mindfull of his couenant.
6 He hath shewed to his people the power of his workes in giuing vnto them the heritage of the heathen.
7 The workes of his handes are trueth and iudgement: all his statutes are true.
8 They are stablished for euer and euer, and are done in trueth and equitie.
9 He sent redemption vnto his people: he hath commanded his couenant for euer: holy and fearefull is his Name.
10 The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord: all they that obserue them, haue good vnderstanding: his praise endureth for euer.

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