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Behold, the morning sun

PSALM XIX. Second Part.
God's word most excellent; or, Sincerity and watchfulness.
For a Lord's day-morning.

Poet: Isaac Watts, 1719
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
Behold, the morning sun
Begins his glorious way;
His beams thro' all the nations run,
And life and light convey.

Sounding Joy 118, Stanza 1
2
But where the gospel comes
It spreads diviner light,
It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.

Sounding Joy 118, Stanza 2
3
How perfect is thy word!
And all thy judgments just,
For ever sure thy promise, Lord,
And men securely trust.

4
My gracious God, how plain
Are thy directions giv'n!
O may I never read in vain,
But find the path to heav'n!

Sounding Joy 118, Stanza 3


PAUSE.
5
I hear thy word with love,
And I would fain obey;
Send thy good Spirit from above
To guide me, lest I stray.

6
O who can ever find
The errors of his ways?
Yet with a bold presumptuous mind
I would not dare transgress.

7
Warn me of ev'ry sin,
Forgive my secret faults,
And cleanse this guilty soul of min,
Whose crimes exceed my thoughts.

8
While with my heart and tongue
I spread Thy praise abroad;
Accept the worship and the song,
My Saviour and my God.

Sounding Joy 118, Stanza 4
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship. 22nd ed. London: T. Longman et. al., 1769.