Bible Songs #159 "God Our Only Good" (Psalm 73)

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Bible Songs #159 "God Our Only Good" (Psalm 73:1, 13, 16-17, 23-26, 28)

1. O God, how good Thou art
To all the pure of heart,
Though life seems vain;
Burdened with anxious care,
I groped in dark despair,
Till in Thy house of prayer
All was made plain.

2. Ever, Lord, with Thee,
All shall be well with me,
Held by Thy hand;
And Thou wilt guide my feet
By Thy own counsel sweet,
Till I, for glory meet,
In glory stand.

3. In earth or heaven above
Who is there that I love
Compared with Thee?
My heart may faint with fears,
But God my strength appears,
And will to endless years
My portion be.

4. O it is good that I
May still to God draw nigh,
As oft before;
The Lord Jehovah blest.
My refuge and my rest.
Shall be in praise confessed
For evermore.

Text: The Psalter of 1912
Tune: OLIVET, Lowell Mason, 1832

Bible Songs (1930) #159 ("ARP Bible Songs"/"the Green Book," a publication of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church)
ARP Psalter with Bible Songs (2011) #181 ("the Blue Psalter," published by Crown and Covenant Publications)

Recorded on the porch of the Heidelberg Hotel at the Bonclarken Conference Center, Flat Rock, NC, during music conference, July 17th, 2025.