Driving home last night after hosting my radio program my own radio was tuned to WRJC-FM 90.9. I want to thank them for introducing me to this great Isaac Watts hymn which I had never heard before.

Here is a video of the performance of the hymn by the Choir at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN in the Boe Memorial Chapel on May 7, 2012. The hymn text is below the video.

Hymn text by Isaac Watts set to the tune Dunlap’s Creek arr. Mack Wilberg.
Gerard Sundberg, Soloist. Zach Busch, Pianist. Joshua McClure, Organist.

My God, my Portion, and my Love,
My Everlasting All,
I’ve none but Thee in heav’n above
Or on this earthly ball.

What empty things are all the skies,
And this inferior clod!
There’s nothing here deserves my joys,
There’s nothing like my God.

In vain the bright, the burning sun,
Scatters his feeble light;
‘Tis Thy sweet beams create my noon;
If Thou withdraw, ’tis night.

Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift Thy glories high
And speak Thine endless praise.

The whole creation, join in one,
To bless the sacred Name,
Of Him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb!