6    L.M.     B. Beddome
The Wisdom and Knowledge of God. Ps. 139

1 God’s ways are just, his counsels wise;
  No darkness can prevent his eyes;
  No thought can fly, nor thing can move,
  Unknown to him that sits above.

2 He in the thickest darkness dwells;
  Performs his works, the cause conceals;
  But though his methods are unknown,
  Judgment and truth support his throne.

3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas,
  He executes his firm decrees;
  And by his saints it stands confessed,
  That what he does is ever best.

4 Wait, then, my soul, submissive wait,
  Prostrate before his awful seat;
  And, ‘midst the terrors of his rod,
  Trust in a wise and gracious God.