Religion

Hymn II.82: Redemption and protection from spiritual enemies

by Isaac Watts 1674–1748

From Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II (1707)

Religion

Arise, my soul, my joyful powers,
And triumph in my God;
Awake, my voice, and loud proclaim
His glorious grace abroad.

He raised me from the deeps of sin,
The gates of gaping hell,
And fixed my standing more secure
Than 'twas before I fell.

The arms of everlasting love
Beneath my soul he placed;
And on the Rock of ages set
My slipp'ry footsteps fast.

The city of my blest abode
Is wailed around with grace,
Salvation for a bulwark stands
To shield the sacred place.

Satan may vent his sharpest spite,
And all his legions roar;
Almighty mercy guards my life,
And bounds his raging power.

Arise, my soul; awake, my voice,
And tunes of pleasure sing;
Loud hallelujahs shall address
My Savior and my King.

MLA

Watts, Isaac. “Hymn II.82: Redemption and protection from spiritual enemies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watts/587/.

Chicago

Watts, Isaac. “Hymn II.82: Redemption and protection from spiritual enemies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watts/587/.

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