Sung during the Sunday worship at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London (Spurgeon’s).
Hymn 32 version 1 (based on Psalm 32) from our hymn book, Psalms & Hymns of Reformed Worship.
HOW blest are we if God the Lord
No more imputes our sin,
But washed in the Redeemer’s blood,
Our garments are made clean.
Happy beyond description, we
Whose debts are thus discharged;
Set from our guilt and bondage free,
We feel our souls enlarged.
While inward guilt remained suppressed
No comfort could we find,
Unease lay burning in the breast
And troubles plagued the mind.
Then we confessed our hidden thoughts,
Those secret sins revealed;
Thy pardoning grace forgave our faults,
And grace our pardon sealed.
How shall we dare delay to pray,
When like a raging flood,
Temptations rise to take away
Our hold from our dear Lord?
Our hiding-place and peace Thou art,
Our strength in Satan’s hour,
The guardian of the faltering heart,
And source of keeping power.
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Tune: Invitation
Composer: William Wallace (1812-65) arr. Christopher Laws (b.1946)