Rejoicing in God

The righteous Lord, supremely great

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 44 hymnals

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1 The righteous Lord, supremely great,
Maintains his universal state;
O'er all the earth his pow'r extends,
All heav'n before his footstool bends.

2 Yet justice still with pow'r presides,
And mercy all his empire guides;
Such works are pleasing in his sight,
And such the men of his delight.

3 No more, ye wise, your wisdom boast;
No more, ye strong, your valor trust;
Nor let the rich survey their store,
Replete with heaps of shining ore.

4 Glory, my soul, in this alone,
That God, thy God, to thee is known;
That thou hast own'd his sov'reign sway,
That thou hast felt his cheering ray.

5 My wisdom, wealth, and pow'r I find
In one Jehovah all combin'd.
On him I fix my roving eyes,
Till all thy soul in rapture rise.

6 All else which I my treasure call,
May in one fatal moment fall:
But what his happiness can move,
Whom God the blessed deigns to love?

Source: A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #271

Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: The righteous Lord, supremely great
Title: Rejoicing in God
Author: Philip Doddridge
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d724

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #632

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #351

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d307

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CXLVI

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CXLVI

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #238

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A Selection of Hymns #CCXXXVIII

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #351

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #351

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Baptist Hymn Book #a302

Chapel Hymns #d534

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #81

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #81

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a124

Hymns Selected #d196

Hymns Selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge and Various Other Writers #d195

Primitive Baptist Hymn Book for All Lovers of Sacred Song. 3rd ed. #d177

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #358

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H392

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d399

Supplement to Watts #d403

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d534

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The Baptist Hymn Book #678

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The Baptist Hymn Book #302

The Christian Hymn Book #d595

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d597

The Christian Lyre #d413

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #20

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The Jubilee Harp #124

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #956

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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #244

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