Worship — Holy Scriptures
How perfect is thy word
- No. 191
- Metre S. M.
- Tune DAY.
- Words Isaac Watts.
- Music H. Abbott.
- Key D-flat major
- Singing key D♭ major
- Time 3/4
- 4 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenHow perfect is thy word!
Thy judgments are all just;
And ever in thy promise, Lord,
May man securely trust.
I hear thy word in love,
In faith thy word obey;
O send thy Spirit from above,
To teach me, Lord, thy way.
Thy counsels all are plain,
Thy precepts all are pure;
And long as heaven and earth remain,
Thy truth shall still endure.
O, may my soul with joy
Trust in thy faithful word;
Be it through life my glad employ,
To keep thy precepts, Lord.
About this hymn
As printed As printed: running head «WORSHIP—HOLY SCRIPTURES.»; hymn number «191» (large), tune name «DAY.» centred over the music followed by «S. M.», «H. Abbott.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «How». Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «11, 688, 236.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 11, 688 or 236). «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 4. Lines 2 and 4 of each text stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («word !», «pure ;», «word ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- Worship — Holy Scriptures · No. 191 · printed page 66
- Checked
- score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30
