1 Arise, my soul, my joyful powers,
And triumph in thy God;
Awake, my voice, and loud proclaim
His glorious grace abroad.
2 He raised me from the depths of sin,
The gates of gaping hell;
And fixed my standing more secure
Than ’twas before I fell.
3 The arms of everlasting love
Beneath my soul he placed,
And on the Rock of Ages set
My slippery footsteps fast.
4 The city of my blest abode
Is walled around with grace;
Salvation for a bulwark stands,
To shield the sacred place.
5 Satan may vent his sharpest spite,
And all his legions roar;
Almighty mercy guards my life,
And bounds his raging power.
6 [Arise, my soul! awake my voice,
And tunes of pleasure sing;
Loud hallelujahs shall address
My Saviour and my King.]
Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #94
First Line: | Arise, my soul, my joyful powers |
Title: | Redemption and Protection from Spiritual Enemies |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Arise, my soul, my joyful powers. I. Watts. [Redemption.] First published in his Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, Bk. ii., No. 82, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled "Redemption and Protection from Spiritual Enemies." Its use, generally in an abbreviated form, has been and still is limited, in Great Britain, but is somewhat extensive in America.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)