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Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

My God, my Portion, and my Love,

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Verse 1
My God, my Portion, and my Love, My everlasting All, I've none but Thee in heav'n above, Or on this earthly ball, Or on this earthly ball.
Verse 2
What empty things are all the skies, And this inferior clod! There's nothing here deserves my joys, There's nothing like my God, There's nothing like my God.
Verse 3
To Thee I owe my wealth, and friends, And health, and safe abode; Thanks to Thy name for meaner things, But they are not my God, But they are not my God.
Verse 4
How vain a toy is glittering wealth, If once compared to Thee! Or what's my safety, or my health, Or all my friends to me, Or all the friends to me.
Verse 5
Were I possessor of the earth, And called the stars my own, Without Thy graces and Thyself, I were a wretch undone, I were a wretch undone.
Verse 6
Let others stretch their arms like seas, And grasp in all the shore; Grant me the visits of Thy grace, And I desire no more, And I desire no more.

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