The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 28:28
Words: Charles Wesley, Short Hymns (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762), Volume 1, number 788.
Music: Adowa Charles H. Gabriel, 1912 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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Be it my only wisdom here,
To serve the Lord with filial fear,
With loving gratitude;
Superior sense may I display
By shunning every evil way,
And walking in the good.
O may I still from sin depart;
A wise and understanding heart,
Jesus, to me be given,
And let me through Thy Spirit know
To glorify my God below,
And find my way to Heaven.