Better Far Than Life to Me

Like a vine whose ten­der branch­es

’Round the oak have learned to cling;

So my heart has found a shel­ter

In Thy love

O Lord

my king.

Day by day my lips shall of­fer

Grateful songs of praise to Thee;

For Thy won­drous lov­ing­kind­ness

Better far than life to me.

As a bird on pin­ions wea­ry

Trembling seeks its par­ent nest

Came my spir­it hea­vy la­den

To its re­fuge on Thy breast.

In Thy pre­cious lov­ing­kind­ness

Shall my trust­ing soul ab­ide

From the ar­rows of op­press­ion

Guarded safe on ev­ery side.

Higher than the hills that cir­cle

’Round Thy throne in Heav­en ab­ove

Deeper than the migh­ty ocean

Is Thy vast eter­nal love.