The Psalter ‎#274

274. Mortality and Immortality

1 Before my journey is complete
My vigor fails, my years decline;
My God, O spare me, I entreat;
The days of life are wholly Thine.

2 O cut not short my life's brief day,
O thou Whose years eternal run,
Thou Who didst earth's foundations lay,
Creator of the stars and sun.

3 The earth and heav'ns shall pass away,
Like vesture worn and laid aside,
But changeless thou shalt live for aye,
Thy years forever shall abide.

4 Thy servants' children shall remain
For ever more before Thy face;
Enduring honor they shall gain,
Established ever in thy grace.

Text Information

• First Line: Before my journey is complete
• Title: Mortality and Immortality
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 102
• Topic: Children: Promises for; Death: Deprecated; God: Attributes of; God: Creator of All; God: Eternity of; God: Hearer of Prayer; God: Immutability of; Grace: Quickening; Grace: Restoring; Grace: Sustaining; Life: Brevity and Uncertainty of; Parents and Children; Prayer: Complaint in; Prayer: For Deliverance from Death; Prayer: For Deliverance from Trouble; Royalty of Christ: Ultimate Acknowledgement of
• Notes: Stanzas 12-15

Tune Information

• Name: LOUVAN
• Composer: Virgil C. Taylor
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major