Scripture Verse

He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure…this is all my salvation, and all my desire. 2 Samuel 23:5

Introduction

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Found­ed on Va­ri­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, by Job Or­ton (Shrop­shire, Eng­land: Jo­shua Ed­dowes & John Cot­ton, 1755), num­ber 21: Sup­port in God’s co­ve­nant un­der do­mes­tic trou­bles.

Music: St. James Ralph Courte­ville, in Se­lect Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Par­ish Church and Ta­ber­na­cle of St. James’, West­min­ster, 1696 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Philip Doddridge
1702–1751

Lyrics

My God, the covenant of Thy love
Abides for ever sure,
And in its matchless grace I feel
My happiness secure.

What though my house be not with Thee
As nature could desire?
To nobler joys, than nature gives,
Thy servants all aspire.

Since Thou, the everlasting God,
My Father art become;
Jesus, my guardian, and my friend,
And Heav’n my final home.

I welcome all Thy sovereign will,
For all that will is love:
And, when I know not what Thou dost,
I wait the light above.

Thy covenant in the darkest gloom
Shall heav’nly rays impart,
Which, when my eyelids close in death,
Shall warm my chilling heart.