PRAISE, everlasting praise, be paid To Him that earth’s foundation laid; Praise to the God Whose strong decrees Sway all creation as He please.
Praise to the goodness of the Lord, Who rules His people by His Word; And has, as sure as His decrees, Set forth the kindest promises.
Firm are the words the Scriptures give, Sweet words on which God’s children live: Here is the very voice of God Who spoke, and spread the skies abroad.
O, for a strong, a lasting faith, Believing all the Lord has said! Owning the message of His Son, Making the joys of Heaven our own.
Then, though the earth’s foundations shake, And all the powers of nature break, Our steadfast souls shall fear no more Than solid rocks when billows roar.
Our everlasting hopes arise Above the present, changing skies, Where the eternal Builder reigns Who, risen souls, in joy, sustains.
Isaac Watts, 1674-1748