My blest Redeemer and my Lord,
by Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
Representative text
As printed in The Church Hymnal (1941), no. 140 — the newest hymnal carrying it.
Verse 1
My blest Redeemer and my Lord, I read my duty in Thy Word; But in Thy life the law appears, Drawn out in living characters.
Verse 2
What truth and love Thy bosom fill! What zeal to do Thy Father's Will! Such zeal, and truth, and love divine, I would transcribe, and make them mine.
Verse 3
Cold mountains and the midnight air Witnessed the fervor of Thy prayer; The desert Thy temptations knew, Thy conflict and Thy victory, too.
Verse 4
Be Thou my pattern; make me bear More of Thy gracious image here; Then God, the Judge, shall own my name, Among the followers of the Lamb.