Sweet Is the Work, My God
The same words as 6 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
2 words changed · 2 stanzas only in Millennial Harp #72 · 2 stanzas only in Church Hymnal #46
Verse 1
Sweet is the work, my God, my King,
To praise Thy name, give thanks and sing,
To show Thy love by morning light,
And talk of all Thy truth by night.
Verse 1
Sweet is the work, my God, my King,
To praise Thy name, give thanks and sing,
To show Thy love by morning light,
And talk of all Thy truth at night.
Not in this version
Verse 2
My heart shall triumph in my Lord
And bless His works and bless His word;
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!
How deep Thy counsels, how divine!
Not in this version
Verse 3
Fools never raise their thoughts so high;
Like brutes they live, like brutes they die;
Their name shall perish from the earth,
While saints rejoice in nobler birth.
Verse 2
Sweet is the day of sacred rest; No mortal cares shall seize my breast; O may my heart in tune be found, Like David's harp of solemn sound!
Not in this version
Verse 3
When grace has purified my heart, Then I shall share a glorious part; And fresh supplies of joy are shed, Like holy oil, to cheer my head.
Not in this version
Verse 4
Then shall I see, and hear, and know
All I desired or wished below;
And every hour find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.
Verse 4
Then shall I see, and hear, and know
All I desired or wished below;
And every power find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.