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My Spirit looks to God alone;

PSALM LXII. 5,--12.
No trust in the creatures: or, Faith in divine grace and power.

Poet: Isaac Watts, 1719
Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
MY Spirit looks to God alone;
My Rock and Refuge is his Throne;
In all my Fear, in all my straits
My Soul on his Salvation waits.
Samaria 26, Stanza 1, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4
Russia 107, Stanza 1
2
Trust him, ye Saints, in all your Ways,
Pour out your Hearts before his Face:
When Helpers fail, and Foes invade,
God is our all-sufficient Aid.
Samaria 26, Stanza 1, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8
Russia 107, Stanza 2
3
False are the Men in high Degree,
The baser Sort are Vanity;
Laid in the Balance both appear
Light as a Puff of empty Air.

4
Make not increasing Gold your Trust,
Not set your Heart on glitt'ring Dust;
Why will you grasp the fleeting Smoke,
And not believe what God has spoke?
Samaria 26, Stanza 2, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4
5
Once has his awful Voice declar'd,
Once and again my Ears have heard,
"All Pow'r is his eternal Due;
"He must be fear'd and trusted too.

6
For Sovereign Power reigns not alone,
Grace is a Partner of the Throne:
Thy Grace and Justice, mighty Lord,
Shall well divide our last Reward.
Samaria 26, Stanza 2, Lines 5, 6, 7 & 8
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship. London: Printed for J. Clark, R. Ford, and R. Cruttenden, 1719