Verse 1
Death may dissolve my body now,
And bear my spirit home;
Why do my minutes move so slow,
Nor my salvation come?
Verse 2
With heavenly weapons I have fought
The battles of the Lord,
Finish’d my course, and kept the faith,
And wait the sure reward.
Verse 3
God has laid up in heaven for me
A crown which cannot fade;
The righteous Judge at that great day
Shall place it on my head.
Verse 4
Nor hath the King of grace decreed
This prize for me alone;
But all that love and long to see
Th’ appearance of his Son.
Verse 5
Jesus the Lord shall guard me safe
From every ill design;
And to his heavenly kingdom keep
This feeble soul of mine.
Verse 6
God is my everlasting aid
And hell shall rage in vain;
To him be highest glory paid,
And endless praise.—Amen.
Isaac Watts, “Death May Dissolve My Body Now”