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Memories of God's Saving Mighty

Hymnal: Bible Songs #91 (1901) Topics: Vanity Of Men and Riches First Line: O God, we have heard, and our fathers Refrain First Line: In God who has saved us Scripture: Psalm 44:1-4 Languages: English Tune Title: [O God, we have heard, and our fathers]

Hear This, All Ye People, Hear

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #96 (1934) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: Vanity Of Riches Lyrics: 1 Hear this, all ye people, hear, Earth's inhabitants give ear; All of high and low degree, Rich and poor, give heed to me. 2 Truth with all my heart I seek, And my mouth shall wisdom speak; Hearken while in lyric strain I make hidden wisdom plain. 3 Why should I to fear give way When I see the evil day, When with wickedness my foes Shall surround me and oppose? 4 They that trust in treasured gold, Though they boast of wealth untold, None can bid his brother live, None to God a ransom give. 5 If from death one would be free And corruption never see, Costly is life's ransom price, Far beyond all sacrifice. Scripture: Psalm 49 Languages: English Tune Title: FISK

O Mighty Man, Why Wilt Thou Boast

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) #97 (1976) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Vanity Of Riches Scripture: Psalm 52 Languages: English Tune Title: WALTHAM

What are possessions, fame, and power

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #97 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Vanity of earthly Things Lyrics: 1 What are possessions, fame, and power The boasted splendour of the great? What gold, which dazzled eyes adore, And seek with endless toils and sweat? 2 Express their charms, declare their use, That we their merits may descry, Tell us what good they can produce, Or what important wants supply. 3 If, wounded with the sense of sin, To them for pardon we should pray, Will they restore our peace within, And wash our guilty stains away? 4 Can they celestial life inspire, Nature with power divine renew, With pure and sacred transports fire Our bosom, and our lust subdue? 5 When with the pangs of death we strive, And yield all comforts here for lost, Will they support us, will they give Kind succour, when we need it most? 6 When at th' Almighty's awful bar To hear our final doom we stand, Can they incline the Judge to spare, Or wrest the vengeance from his hand? 7 Can they protect us from despair, From the dark reign of death and hell, Crown us with bliss, and throne us where The just, in joys immortal, dwell? 8 Sinners, your idols we despise, If these reliefs they cannot grant; Why should we such delusions prize, And pine in everlasting want?

Dust to Dust, the Mortal Dies

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #97 (1934) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Topics: Vanity Of Riches Lyrics: 1 Dust to dust, the mortal dies, Both the foolish and the wise; None forever can remain, Each must leave his hoarded gain. Yet within their heart they say That their houses are for aye, That their dwelling places grand Shall for generations stand. 2 To their lands they give their name In the hope of lasting fame; But man's honor quickly flies, Like the lowly beast he dies. Though such folly mark their way, Men approve of what they say; Death their shepherd, they the sheep, He within his fold will keep. 3 O'er them soon shall rule the just, All their beauty turn to dust; God my waiting soul shall save, He will raise me from the grave. Let no fear disturb your peace Though one's house and wealth increase; Death shall end his fleeting day, He shall carry naught away. 4 Though in life he wealth attained, Though the praise of men he gained, He shall join those gone before, Where the light shall shine no more. Crowned with honor though he be, Highly gifted, strong and free, If he be not truly wise, Man is like the beast that dies. Scripture: Psalm 49 Languages: English Tune Title: WATCHMAN

Wealth Without God

Hymnal: Bible Songs #103 (1901) Topics: Vanity Of Men and Riches First Line: Hear this all ye people, hear Refrain First Line: O'er them soon shall rule the just Scripture: Psalm 49 Languages: English Tune Title: [Hear this all ye people, hear]

The Frailty of Life

Hymnal: The Psalter #104 (1912) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Vanity Of Men and Riches First Line: With firm resolve I held my peace Lyrics: 1 With firm resolve I held my peace And spake not either bad or good, Lest I should utter sinful thoughts While wicked men before me stood. 2 While I was dumb my grief was stirred, My heart grew hot with thought suppressed; The while I mused the fire increased, Then to the Lord I made request. 3 Make me, O Lord, to know my end, Teach me the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am And turn from pride and sinful ways. 4 My time is nothing in Thy sight, Behold, my days are but a span; yea, truly at his best estate, A breath, a fleeting breath, is man. 5 Man's life is passed in vain desire If troubled years be spent for gain; He knows not whose his wealth shall be, And all his toil is but in vain. 6 And now, O Lord, what wait I for? I have no nope except in Thee; Let not ungodly men reproach, From all transgression set me free. 7 Because Thou didst it I was dumb, I spoke no word of rash complaint; Remove Thy stroke away from me, Beneath Thy chastisement I faint. 8 When Thou for his iniquity Rebukest and correctest man, His beauty is consumed away, How weak his strength, how vain his plan. 9 Lord, hear my prayer, regard my cry, I weep, be Thou my comforter; I am a stranger here below, A pilgrim as my fathers were. 10 O spare me, Lord, avert Thy wrath, Deal gently with me, I implore, That I may yet recover strength Ere I go hence and be no more. Scripture: Psalm 39 Languages: English Tune Title: BERA

O Mighty Man, Why Wilt Thou Boast

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #104 (1934) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Vanity Of Riches Lyrics: 1 O mighty man, why wilt Thou boast Thyself in hateful cruelty, When God Almighty is most kind, And ever merciful is He? 2 Thy tongue deviseth wickedness, A weapon treacherous and keen; Thou lovest evil more than good, And falsehood in thy sight is clean. 3 Since, O thou false, deceitful tongue, In deadly words thou findest joy, The Lord shall pluck thee from thy place And all thy wickedness destroy. 4 The good, confirmed in godly fear, The pride and folly shall confess Of those who make not God their strength, But trust in wealth and wickedness. 5 I put my trust in God alone, Forevermore I trust His grace, And like the trees within His courts I flourish in a favored place. 6 With endless thanks, O Lord, to Thee, Thy wondrous works will I proclaim, And in the presence of Thy saints Will ever hope in Thy good Name. Scripture: Psalm 52 Languages: English Tune Title: WALTHAM

The Brevity of Human Life

Hymnal: The Psalter #105 (1912) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Vanity Of Men and Riches First Line: I constant care will take Lyrics: 1 I constant care will take, Lest sinful words they hear; My lips their silence shall not break While wicked men are near. 2 I dumb and silent stood, No words of mine were heard; I e'en refrained from speaking good, Till sorrow's deeps were stirred. 3 My heart was all on fire, With burning tho'ts suppressed; My tongue was loosed, my soul's desire I then to God addressed. 4 My end, Lord, make me know, My days, how soon they fall; And to my thoughtful spirit show How weak I am and frail. 5 To Thy eternal thought My days are but a span; To Thee my years appear as nought, A breath at best is man. 6 Man lives in empty show, His anxious care is vain, He hoards his wealth, and does not know Who shall possess his gain. Scripture: Psalm 39 Languages: English Tune Title: AYLESBURY

Chastened Submission

Hymnal: The Psalter #106 (1912) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Vanity Of Men and Riches First Line: What wait I for but Thee? Lyrics: 1 What wait I for but Thee? My hope is in thy Name; From all my sins deliver me, Nor put my soul to shame. 2 I suffered silently, Because Thy will is best; Remove Thy heavy stroke from me, For I am sore distressed. 3 When sin thou dost repay And chasten and restrain, Man's beauty quickly fades away; Yea, human life is vain. 4 O Lord, regard my fears, And answer my request; Turn not in silence from my tears, But give the mourner rest. 5 I am a stranger here, Dependent on Thy grace, A pilgrim, as my fathers were, With no abiding place. 6 O spare me and restore My failing strength, I pray; Ere I go hence and be no more, The hand of judgment stay. Scripture: Psalm 39 Languages: English Tune Title: DULCE DOMUM