Thy Mercies Fill the Earth, O Lord

Thy mer­cies fill the earth

O Lord;

How good Thy works ap­pear!

Open mine eyes to read Thy Word

And see Thy won­ders there.

My heart was fa­shioned by Thy hand;

My serv­ice is Thy due;

O make Thy serv­ant un­der­stand

The du­ties he must do.

Since I’m a strang­er here be­low

Let not Thy path be hid;

But mark the road my feet should go

And be my con­stant guide.

When I con­fessed my wan­der­ing ways

Thou heardst my soul com­plain;

Grant me the teach­ings of Thy grace

Or I shall stray again.

If God to me His sta­tutes show

And heav’n­ly truth im­part

His work for ev­er I’ll pur­sue

His law shall rule my heart.

This was my com­fort when I bore

Variety of grief;

It made me learn Thy Word the more

And fly to that re­lief.

In vain the proud de­ride me now;

I’ll ne’er for­get Thy law

Nor let that bless­èd Gos­pel go

Whence all my hopes I draw.

When I have learned my Fa­ther’s will

I’ll teach the world His ways;

My thank­ful lips

in­spired with zeal

Shall loud pro­nounce His praise.