<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=412852" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Psalm 119 part 7</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Imperfection of nature, and perfection of scripture.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">ver. 96, paraphrased. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let all the heathen writers join<br>To form one perfect book;<br>Great God! if once compared with thine,<br>How mean their writings look!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not the most perfect rules they gave<br>Could show one sin forgiv'n,<br>Nor lead a step beyond the grave;<br>But thine conduct to heav'n.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've seen an end to what we call<br>Perfection here below;<br>How short the powers of nature fall,<br>And can no further go!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet men would fain be just with God<br>By works their hands have wrought;<br>But thy commands, exceeding broad,<br>Extend to every thought.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In vain we boast perfection here,<br>While sin defiles our frame,<br>And sinks our virtues down so far,<br>They scarce deserve the name.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our faith, and love, and every grace,<br>Fall far below thy word;<br>But perfect truth and righteousness<br>Dwell only with the Lord.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Isaac+Watts">Isaac Watts</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=412852" data-title="Psalm 119 part 7 de Isaac Watts" data-description="Imperfection of nature, and perfection of scripture. ver. 96, paraphrased. Let all the heathen writers join To form one perfect book; Great God! if once compared with thine, How mean their writings look! Not the most perfect rules they gave Co..."></div> </div> </div>

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