When we are rais'd from deep distress

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Source: Project Gutenberg #13341 Source URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13341 Public domain basis: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707; 1818 Corrall printing in PG #13341). Author d. 1748. US public domain. Coverage: Complete individual poem extracted from parent edition watts-hymns-and-spiritual-songs at bytes 50749-51575; checksum 08809fbd678dba4922d01f39b958a915d12bedd9b801375eec80093f3e06524b.

# Hesekiah's song; or, Sickness and recovery, Isa. 38.9 &c

Hesekiah's song; or, Sickness and recovery, Isa. 38.9 &c

Hymn 1:55. Hesekiah's song; or, Sickness and recovery, Isa. 38.9 &c.

1 When we are rais'd from deep distress Our God deserves a song; We take the pattern of our praise From Hezekiah's tongue.

2 The gates of the devouring grave Are open'd wide in vain, If he that holds the keys of death Commands them fast again.

3 Pains of the flesh are wont t' abuse Our minds with slavish fears, "Our days are past, and we shall lose "The remnant of our years."

4 We chatter with a swallow's voice, Or like a dove we mourn, With bitterness instead of joys, Afflicted and forlorn.

5 Jehovah speaks the healing word, And no disease withstands; Fevers and plagues obey the Lord, And fly at his commands.

6 If half the strings of life should break, He can our frame restore; He casts our sins behind his back, And they are found no more.