The Heavens Declare Thy Glory (Watts)

The heav’ns de­clare Thy glo­ry

Lord

In ev­ery star Thy wis­dom shines;

But when our eyes be­hold Thy Word

We read Thy name in fair­er lines.

The roll­ing sun

the chang­ing light

And nights and days

Thy pow­er con­fess:

But the blest vol­ume Thou hast writ

Reveals Thy jus­tice and Thy grace.

Sun

moon

and stars con­vey Thy praise

Round all the earth

and nev­er stand:

So when Thy truth be­gan its race

It touched and glanced on ev­ery land.

Nor shall Thy spread­ing Gos­pel rest

Till through the world Thy truth has run

Till Christ has all the na­tions blest

That see the light

or feel the sun.

Great Sun of Right­eous­ness

arise

Bless this dark world with heav’n­ly light;

Thy Gos­pel makes the sim­ple wise

Thy laws are pure

Thy judg­ments right.

Thy nob­lest won­ders here we view

In souls re­newed and sins for­giv’n;

Lord

cleanse my sins

my soul re­new

And make Thy Word my guide to Heav’n.