Blest be the everlasting God
by Isaac Watts·1707·Meter 8.6.8.6 (CM)
Based on 1 Pet 1:3-5.
1
Blest be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;
Be his abounding mercy praised,
His majesty adored.
2
When from the dead he raised his Son,
And called him to the sky,
He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die.
3
What though our inbred sins require
Our flesh to see the dust,
Yet as the Lord our Savior rose,
So all his followers must.
4
There's an inheritance divine
Reserved against that day;
'Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
And cannot waste away.
5
Saints by the power of God are kept
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers here,
Till Christ shall call us home.