Religion

Psalm 16, Part 2: Christ's all-sufficiency

by Isaac Watts 1674–1748

From The Psalms of David Imitated (1719)

Religion

How fast their guilt and sorrows rise
Who haste to seek some idol-god!
I will not taste their sacrifice,
Their offerings of forbidden blood.

My God provides a richer cup,
And nobler food to live upon;
He for my life has offered up
Jesus, his best-beloved Son.

His love is my perpetual feast;
By day his counsels guide me right;
And be his name for ever blessed,
Who gives me sweet advice by night.

I set him still before mine eyes;
At my right hand he stands prepared
To keep my soul from all surprise,
And be my everlasting guard.

MLA

Watts, Isaac. “Psalm 16, Part 2: Christ's all-sufficiency.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watts/31/.

Chicago

Watts, Isaac. “Psalm 16, Part 2: Christ's all-sufficiency.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watts/31/.

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