Proverbs_1-7: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction

Thine, Lord, is wisdom, Thine

alone;

Justice and truth before Thee

stand;

Yet, nearer to Thy sacred

throne,

Mercy withholds Thy lifted

hand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each evening shows Thy tender

love,

Each rising morn Thy plenteous

grace;

Thy wakened wrath doth slowly

move,

Thy willing mercy flies apace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Thy benigh indulgent care,

Father, this light, this breath we

owe,

And all we have, and all we are,

From Thee, great source of

being, flow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parent of good, Thy bounteous

hand,

Incessant blessing down distils,

And all in air, or sea, or land,

With plenteous food and

gladness fills.

 

 

 

 

 

All things in Thee, live, move

and are,

Thy power infused…