Why Should I Vex My Soul and Fret?
from Psalm 37
Isaac Watts
(1674-1748)
WHY SHOULD I VEX MY SOUL (C.M.)
Mitch Cervinka*
2000
Score
Why should I vex my soul and fret
To see the wick-ed rise?
Or en-vy sin-ners wax-ing great,
By vi-o-lence and lies?
As flow-ery grass cut down at noon,
Be-fore the eve-ning fades,
So shall their glo-ries van-ish soon
In ev-er-last-ing shades.
Then let me make the Lord my trust,
And prac-tice all that's good;
So shall I dwell a-mong the just,
And He'll pro-vide me food.
I to my God my ways com-mit,
And cheer-ful wait His will;
Thy hand, which guides my doubt-ful feet,
Shall my de-sires ful-fill.
The meek at last the earth pos-sess,
And are the heirs of heaven;
True rich-es with a-bun-dant peace,
To hum-ble souls are given.
Rest in the Lord and keep His way,
Nor let your an-ger rise,
Tho' prov-i-dence should long de-lay
To pun-ish haught-y vice.
Let sin-ners join to break your peace,
And plot, and rage, and foam:
The Lord de-rides them, for He sees
Their day of ven-geance come.
*Music: Composed 2000 by Mitch Cervinka.
Donated to the Public Domain for the unrestricted use of Christ's church.