In God delight; on God depend

Author: James Merrick
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 In God delight; on God depend;
Him choose thy Guide, thy Way, thy End;
So shall his Love thy Wishes grant,
His Care anticipate thy Want.

2 With patient Hope await his Will;
Nor let the Sight of prosp'rous Ill
Induce thee, with Disquiet vain,
His wise Disposals to arraign.

3 For see the meek and pious Band
(Advanc'd by God's Almighty Hand)
Earth's Bounds possess and (Peace their Care)
The Fulness of its Blessings share.

4 That God, ye Saints, whose love ye seek,
The Arm of lawless Pow'r shall break;
And bid the Just protected stand
Beneath the Shadow of his Hand.

5 The Just (blest Object of thy Love!)
Thou, Lord, witl lead; his Path approve;
Thy faithful Hands his Steps sustain:
Nor falls He—but to rise again.

Source: Psalms and Hymns, selected for the use of the Parish-Church of Boston #103

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Author: James Merrick

Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse… Go to person page >

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