Will come to judge the earth, to vindicate His justice and his truth, to break the chain Of Nature's bondage,-come to renovate Creation, and for evermore to reign! PSALM CXXIV. HAD not the Lord been on my side, Had not my God his aid supplied, Men rose against me, I had been Had not the Lord been nigh to save, When troubles, like a tide, Came in upon me, wave on wave, Then had the deluge wide O'erwhelm'd me: then without control, The waters had gone o'er my soul. Blessed be God! my prayer he heard, He broke the snare: the trembling bird On joyful wing arose. Our help, our trust is in the Lord, Who call'd forth all things by his word. PSALM CXLV. I WILL extol thy name, O God, my king: Great is the Lord, unfathomably great: Oh, teach it to your children, and relate His deeds of might, the goodness of his ways. Tell of Jehovah's glorious majesty ; Tell of his power that spread the heavens abroad; Tell of the flaming mount, the parting sea, How earth, and sea, and heaven obeyed their God. Tell of the bread from heaven that daily fell; A cloud by day, by night with glory clad. Gracious and merciful is God: how slow The Lord is good: how free his mercies flow! Thee, all thy works, Maker omnipotent, Through all the various realms of nature praise : Thee, all thy saints, with voice intelligent Adoring, sing the wonders of thy ways. Oh, let them to an impious world proclaim That glory, power, and government are Thine; Till earth confess the terrors of thy name, And kings to Thee their shadowy crowns resign. Thy kingdom is an everlasting reign; The universe Thy infinite domain, Our God is faithful: every word must stand. On Thee all creatures wait. Lord, Thou suppliest The beasts with food. They cry in their distress : Thou openest Thy hand, and satisfiest The wants of all that live with plenteousness. The Lord is righteous, merciful as just, Holy as merciful. The Lord is nigh To all that call upon Him as their trust: No harm can reach His children: they shall see The wicked perish, and adore his ways. My heart shall still, O God, exult in Thee: Let every tongue swell Thine eternal praise! PSALM CXLVIII. I. PRAISE Jehovah, all on high- All ye countless hosts of his; Sun by day, and moon by night, Highest heavens, and all things there, Waters poised in purest air, And all ye realms of sky! |