"God's Decrees"

A hymn written by Isaac Watts (in common meter).

"God's Decrees"

1. Let the whole race of creatures lie
Abas'd before their God;
Whate'er his sov'reign voice hath form'd,
He governs with a nod.

2. Ten thousand ages ere the skies
Were into motion brought,
All the long years and worlds to come
Stood present to his thought.

3. There's not a sparrow or a worm
But's found in his decrees;
He raises monarchs to their throne,
And sinks them, as he please.

4. If light attend the course I run,
'Tis he provides the rays;
And 'tis his hand that hides my sun,
If darkness clouds my days.

5. Yet I would not be much concern'd,
Or vainly long, to see
The volumes of his deep decrees,
What months are writ for me.

6. When he reveals the book of life,
O may I read my name
Amongst the chosen of his love,
The foll'wers of the Lamb!

 

If anyone wants to see more Isaac Watts' hymns besides what you see posted, I found them online here:

A Selection of Hymns, Chiefly Watts's, for Use in Public Christian Worship - Google Books