Forever Settled in the Heavens from Psalm 119 The Psalter, 1912

DUKE STREET (L.M.) John Hatton (1710-1793)

For-ev-er set-tled in the heavens,
   Thy word, O Lord, shall firm-ly stand;
Thy faith-ful-ness shall nev-er fail;
   The earth a-bides at Thy com-mand.

Thy word and works un-moved re-main,
   Thine ev-ery pur-pose to ful-fill;
All things are Thine and Thee o-bey,
   And all as ser-vants wait Thy will.

I should have per-ished in my woe
   Had not I loved Thy law di-vine;
That law I nev-er can for-get;
   O save me, Lord, for I am Thine.

The wick-ed would de-stroy my woul,
   But in Thy truth is ref-uge sure;
Ex-ceed-ing broad is Thy com-mand,
   And in per-fec-tion shall en-dure.