English poem
The Lord's People his Portion. Deuteron. xxxii. 9
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
Sov'reign of Nature, all is thine, The Air, the Earth, the Sea: By thee the Orbs celestial shine, And Cherubs live by thee.
Rich in thine own Essential Store, Thou call'st forth Worlds at Will: Ten thousand, and ten thousand more Would hear thy Summons still.
What Treasure wilt thou then confess? And thine own Portion call? What by peculiar Right possess, Imperial Lord of all?
Thine Israel thou wilt stoop to claim, Wilt mark them out for thine: Ten thousand Praises to thy Name For Goodness so divine!
That I am thine, my Soul would boast, And boast its Claim to thee; Nor shall GOD'S Property be lost Nor GOD be torn from me.
More by Philip Doddridge
- The last Words of David. 2 Samuel xxiii. 1-8
- The Light of good Examples, the most effectual Way to glorify GOD. Matt. v. 16
- The little Success which attended the personal Ministry of CHRIST. Isaiah xlix. 4
- The living Sacrifice. Rom. xii. 1
- The Love of GOD shed abroad in the Heart by the Spirit. Rom. v. 5
- The Meek beautified with Salvation. Psalm cxlix. 4
- The Mutability of the Creation, and the Immutability of GOD. Psalm cii. 25-28
- The Nativity of Christ. Luke ii. 10-12