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A hymn composed by William Billings with words by Isaac Watts. Billings published the original version in 1770 in his hymnbook "The New England Psalm Singer" but later revised and reprinted it in 1778 in "The Singing Master's Assistant," then after later revisions in "Music in Miniature" (1779).

Here are the lyrics:

Now shall my inward joys arise,
And burst into a Song;
Almighty Love inspires my Heart,
And Pleasure tunes my Tongue.

God on his thirsty Sion's Hill
Some Mercy-Drops has thrown,
And solemn Oaths have bound his Love
To show'r Salvation down.

Why do we then indulge our Fears,
Suspicions and Complaints?
Is he a God, and shall his Grace
Grow weary of his saints?

Can a kind Woman e'er forget
The Infant of her Womb,
Amongst a thousand tender Thoughts
Her Suckling have no Room?

Yet, saith the Lord, should Nature change,
And Mothers Monsters prove,
Sion still dwells upon the Heart
Of everlasting Love.

Deep on the Palms of both my Hands
I have engrav'd her Name;
My Hands shall raise her ruin'd Walls,
And build her broken Frame.