English poem
The Excellency of the Righteous, with Regard to their Relations, Employments, Pleasures, and Hopes…
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
O Israel, thou art blest; Who may with thee compare! Thine Excellencies stand confess'd; How bright thy Glories are!
O GOD of Israel, hear, And make this Bliss our own; Make us the Children of thy Care, The Members of thy Son.
Thus honour'd, thus employ'd, By these great Motives fir'd, Be Paradise on Earth enjoy'd, And brighter Hopes inspir'd.
Thy People, LORD, we love; Their GOD our Souls embrace; So may we find in Worlds above Among thy Saints a Place.
More by Philip Doddridge
- The Error of despising the Day of small Things. Zech. iv. 10
- The Eternal GOD his People's Refuge, and Support. Deut. xxxiii. 27
- The eternal Sabbath. Heb. iv. 9
- The evil Conscience purified by the Blood of JESUS. Heb. ix. 13, 14
- The Excellency of the Righteous, with Regard to their Temper. Prov. xii. 26. Part 1st
- The Faith of the Syrophenician Woman recommended. Matthew xv. 26, 27
- The fatal Consequences of forsaking the Hope of Israel. Jerem. xvii. 13, 14
- The final Sentence, and Happiness of the Righteous. Matt. xxv. 34