Seedsower Music:: I Pray The Lord My Soul To Keep

The Bible is full of prayers that took place at night. Assuming that we will wake to see the morning light is hasty, and presumes on God's grace. Isaac Watts put his heart on paper in meter and rhyme, placing his hope in the grace of God.

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I Pray The Lord My Soul To Keep

November 4, 2008

Where...evening fades you call forth songs of joy. Psalm 65:8

Dread Sovereign! let my evening song

Like holy incense rise;

Assist the offerings of my tongue

To reach the lofty skies.

Through all the dangers of the day

Thy hand was still my guard,

And still to drive my wants away

Thy mercy stood prepared.

Perpetual blessings from above

Encompass me around,

But O how few returns of love

Hath my Creator found!

What have I done for him that died

To save my wretched soul?

How are my follies multiplied,

Fast as my minutes roil

Lord, with this guilty heart of mine

To thy dear cross I flee;

And to thy grace my soul resign,

To be renewed by thee.

Sprinkled afresh with pard'ning blood,

I lay me down to rest,

As in th' embraces of my God,

Or on my Savior's breast.

Isaac Watts