Submission to afflictive providences, Job 1. 21

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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 9254-9933; checksum cd22500330b17ec9dae5b95881de51e7d546d5730fe0b617581defca21894341.

# Submission to afflictive providences, Job 1. 21

Submission to afflictive providences, Job 1. 21

Hymn 1:5. Submission to afflictive providences, Job 1. 21.

1 Naked as from the earth we came, And crept to life at first, We to the earth return again, And mingle with our dust.

2 The dear delights we here enjoy, And fondly call our own, Are but short favours borrow'd now, To be repaid anon.

3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high, Or sinks them in the grave; He gives, and (blessed be his name!) He takes but what he gave.

4 Peace, all our angry passions, then, Let each rebellious sigh Be silent at his sov'reign will, And every murmur die.

5 If smiling mercy crown our lives, Its praises shall be spread; And we'll adore the justice too That strikes our comforts dead.