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248. Overshadowing
Protection. Psalm 91. L.M.
The man who once
has found abode
Within the secret
place of God
Shall with
Almighty God abide,
And in His shadow
safely hide.
I of the Lord my
God will say,
He is my refuge
and my stay;
To Him for safety
I will flee,
In Him my
constant trust shall be.
The Lord with His
protecting care
Shall keep thee
from the hidden snare;
When fearful
plagues around prevail
Thy life the
scourge shall not assail.
Thou shalt
beneath His wings abide,
And safe within
His care confide;
His faithfulness
shall ever be
A sure protection
unto thee.
No nightly
terrors shall alarm,
No deadly shaft
by day shall harm,
Nor pestilence
that walks by night,
Nor plagues that
waste in noonday light.
At Thy right
hand, though thousands die,
No harm shall
unto thee come nigh;
But thou secure,
unharmed, shalt see
What wicked men's
reward shall be.
249.
The Reward of Perfect
Trust. Psalm 91. L.M.
Because Thy trust
is God alone,
Thy refuge is the
Highest One,
No evil shall
upon thee come,
Nor plague
approach thy guarded home.
Angelic guards at
His commands
Will bear thee
safely in their hands,
Will keep thee,
lest, if left alone,
Thou dash Thy
foot against the stone.
Though fierce and
treacherous foes assail,
Their power and
wrath shall not prevail;
Their cruel
strength, their venomed spite,
Thou shalt
o'ercome with conquering might.
Because on Me he
set his love,
I will his
constant Saviour prove,
And since to him
My Name is known,
I will exalt him
as My own.
As oft as he
shall call on Me,
Most gracious
shall My answer be;
I will be with
him in distress,
And in his
trouble I will bless.
Complete
deliverance I will give,
And honor him
while he shall live;
Abundant life I
will bestow,
To him My full
salvation show.
250.
The Duty of Praise. Psalm 92. L.M.
How good it is to
thank the Lord,
And praise to
Thee, Most High, accord,
To show Thy love
with morning light,
And tell Thy
faithfulness each night;
Yea, good it is
Thy praise to sing,
And all our
sweetest music bring.
O Lord, with joy
my heart expands
Before the
wonders of Thy hands;
Great works,
Jehovah, Thou hast wrought,
Exceeding deep
Thy every thought;
A foolish man
knows not their worth,
Nor he whose mind
is of the earth.
When as the grass
the wicked grow,
When sinners
flourish here below,
Then is there
endless ruin nigh,
But Thou, O Lord,
art throned on high;
Thy foes shall
fall before Thy might,
The wicked shall
be put to flight.
Thou, Lord, hast
high exalted ma
With royal
strength and dignity;
With Thy
anointing I am blest,
Thy grace and
favor on me rest;
I thus exult o'er
all my foes,
O'er all that
would my cause oppose.
The righteous man
shall flourish well,
And in the house
of God shall dwell;
He shall be like
a goodly tree,
And all his life
shall fruitful be;
For righteous is
the Lord and just,
He is my Rock, in
Him I trust.
251.
Joyful Worship. Psalm 92. 8s
and 7s.
It is good to
sing Thy praises
And to thank
Thee, O Most High,
Showing forth Thy
lovingkindness
When the morning
lights the sky.
It is good when
night is falling
Of Thy
faithfulness to tell,
While with sweet,
melodious praises
Songs of
adoration swell.
Thou hast filled
my heart with gladness
Through the works
Thy hands have wrought;
Thou hast made my
life victorious,
Great Thy works
and deep Thy thought.
Thou, O Lord, on
high exalted,
Reignest evermore
in might;
All Thy enemies
shall perish,
Sin be banished
from Thy sight.
But the good
shall live before Thee,
Planted in Thy
dwelling-place,
Fruitful trees
and ever verdant,
Nourished by Thy
boundless grace.
In His goodness
to the righteous
God His
righteousness displays;
God my rock, my
strength and refuge,
Just and true are
all His ways.
252.
The Divine Rule and
Power. Psalm 93. S.M.
Jehovah sits
enthroned
In majesty most
bright,
Appareled in
omnipotence,
And girded round
with might.
The world
established stands
On its
foundations broad;
His throne is
fixed, He reigns supreme,
The everlasting
God.
The floods have
lifted up
Their voice in
majesty,
But mighty is the
Lord our God
Above the raging
sea.
Thy testimonies,
Lord,
In faithfulness
excel,
And holy must Thy
servants be
Who in Thy temple
dwell.
253. God the Righteous Judge.
Psalm 94. L.M.
O Lord, Thou
Judge of all the earth,
To Whom all
vengeance doth belong,
Arise and show
Thy glory forth,
Requite the
proud, condemn the wrong.
How long, O Lord,
in boastful pride
Shall wicked men
triumphant stand?
How long shall
they afflict Thy saints
And devastate Thy
chosen land?
The widow and the
fatherless
They slay, and
helpless strangers smite;
The faithful God
they do not fear,
They say the Lord
will not requite.
Be wise, ye fools
and brutish men;
Shall not He see
Who formed the eye?
Shall not He hear
Who formed the ear,
And judge, Who
reigneth, God Most High?
The Lord will
judge in righteousness,
From Him all
truth and knowledge flow;
The foolish
thoughts of wicked men,
How vain they are
the Lord doth know.
That man is blest
whom Thou, O Lord,
With chastening
hand dost teach Thy will,
For in the day
when sinners fall
That man in peace
abideth still.
The Lord will not
cast off His own,
Nor His
inheritance forsake;
Just judgment
shall at length prevail,
And upright
hearts shall courage take.
Who will arise
for my defense
Against the
wicked in the land?
Against iniquity
and wrong
What man for me
will valiant stand?
Unless the Lord
had been my help,
My life had
quickly passed away;
But when my foot
had almost slipped,
O Lord, Thy mercy
was my stay.
Amid the doubts
that fill my mind
Thy comforts,
Lord, bring joy to me;
Can wickedness,
though throned in might,
Have fellowship,
O Lord, with Thee?
The wicked, in
their might arrayed,
Against the
righteous join their power,
But to the Lord I
flee for help,
He is my refuge
and my tower.
Our God, the
refuge of His saints,
Will fight
against iniquity;
Avenger of the
innocent
The Lord
omnipotent will be.
254.
An Invitation to
Worship. Psalm 95. L.M.
O come before the
Lord, our King,
And in His
presence let us sing;
Let us in glad
and joyful lays
The Rock of our
salvation praise;
Before Him come
with thankful song,
In joyful psalms
His praise prolong.
Almighty power
the Lord maintains,
Exalted over all
He reigns;
He holds the
valleys in His hand,
He makes the
mighty mountains stand;
To Him belong
both land and sea,
Creator of the
world is He.
O come and let us
worship now,
Before our Maker
let us bow;
We are His sheep
and He our God,
He feeds our
souls in pastures broad;
He safely leads
us in the way;
O come and heed
His voice today.
Take heed and
harden not your heart
As did your
fathers, nor depart
From God to
follow in their ways;
For with
complaints instead of praise,
With doubt
instead of faith confessed,
They put their
mercy to the test.
Take heed that ye
provoke Him not
As did your
fathers, who forgot,
With erring
heart, God's holy ways
And grieved Him
all their sinful days;
To whom in wrath
Jehovah sware,
My promised rest
they shall not share.
255.
Adoration and
Submission. Psalm 95. 8s and 7s.
Now with joyful
exultation
Let us sing
Jehovah's praise,
To the Rock of
our salvation
Loud hosannas let
us raise;
Thankful tribute
gladly bringing,
Let us come
before Him now,
And, with psalms
His praises singing,
Joyful in His
presence bow.
For, how great a
God, and glorious,
Is Jehovah Whom
we sing;
Over idol-gods
victorious,
Great is He, our
God and King.
In His hand are
earth's deep places,
His the strength
of all the hills,
His the sea whose
bounds He traces,
His the land His
bounty fills.
To the Lord, such
might revealing,
Let us come with
reverence meet,
And, before our
Maker kneeling,
Let us worship at
His feet.
He is our own God
and leads us,
We the people of
His care;
With a shepherd's
hand He feeds us
As His flock in
pastures fair.
While He proffers
peace and pardon
Let us hear His
voice today,
Lest, if we our
hearts should harden,
We should perish
in the way;
Lest to us, so
unbelieving,
He in judgment
shall declare:
Ye, so long My
Spirit grieving,
Never in My rest
can share.
256.
Worship and Its
Motives. Psalm 95. C.M.
O come and to
Jehovah sing,
To Him our voices
raise;
Let us in our
most joyful songs
The Lord our
Saviour praise.
Before His
presence let us come
With praise and
thankful voice;
Let us sing
psalms to Him with grace,
With grateful
hearts rejoice.
Jehovah is a
mighty King,
Above all gods
His throne;
The depths of
earth are in His hand,
The mountains are
His own.
To Him the
spacious sea belongs,
He made its waves
and tides;
And by His hand
the rising land
Was formed, and
still abides.
O come, and
bowing down to Him
Our worship let
us bring;
Yea, let us kneel
before the Lord,
Our Maker and our
King.
257. The
Evangel of the Kingdom. Psalm 96. C.M.
O sing a new song
to the Lord,
Sing all the
earth to God;
In daily praises
bless His Name
And tell His
grace abroad.
Among the nations
far and wide
His glory
celebrate;
To all the
peoples of the earth
His wondrous
works relate.
The Lord is great
above all gods,
Let glad hosannas
rise;
The heathen gods
are idols vain;
Jehovah made the
skies.
Great honor is
before His face,
And majesty
divine;
Within His holy
dwellingplace
Both strength and
beauty shine.
Let all the
peoples of the earth
Give glory to the
Lord,
Give Him the
glory due His Name
And strength to
Him accord;
With offerings
come ye to His courts,
In holy beauty
bow,
Let all the earth
with reverence come
And serve Jehovah
now.
To all the
nations of the earth
The blessed
tidings bring;
Tell all the
world Jehovah reigns,
The universal
King.
The world shall
therefore stand unmoved,
Established by
His might;
And just is He to
judge the wrong
And vindicate the
right.
Let heaven and
earth and sounding sea
To Him glad
tribute bring;
Let field and
wood and all therein
Before Jehovah
sing;
For, lo, He comes
to judge the earth,
And all the world
shall see
His everlasting
faithfulness,
His truth and
equity.
258. The Message of
Redemption. Psalm 96. L.M.
O sing a new song
to the Lord,
Sing all the
earth and bless His Name;
From day to day
His praise record,
The Lord's
redeeming grace proclaim.
Tell all the
world His wondrous ways,
Tell heathen
nations far and near;
Great is the
Lord, and great His praise,
And Him alone let
nations fear.
The heathen gods
are idols vain;
The shining
heavens the Lord supports;
Both light and
honor lead His train,
While strength
and beauty fill His courts.
Let every tongue
and every tribe
Give to the Lord
due praise and sing;
All glory unto
Him ascribe,
Come, throng His
courts, and offerings bring.
O fear and bow,
adorned with grace,
And tell each
land that God is King;
The earth He
founded in its place,
And justice to
the world will bring.
Let heaven be
glad, let earth rejoice,
The teeming sea
resound with praise;
Let waving fields
lift high their voice,
And all the trees
their anthem raise.
So let them shout
before our God,
For, lo, He
comes, He comes with might,
To wield the
scepter and the rod,
To judge the
world with truth and right.
259.
The Universal King. Psalm 96. 11s,
10, 9.
Sing to the Lord,
sing His praise, all ye peoples,
New be your song
as new honors ye pay;
Sing of His
majesty, bless Him forever,
Show His
salvation from day to day.
Tell of His
wondrous works, tell of His glory,
Till through the
nations His Name is revered;
Praise and exalt
Him, for He is almighty,
God over all let
the Lord be feared.
Vain are the
heathen gods, idols and helpless;
God made the
heavens, and His glory they tell;
Honor and majesty
shine out before Him,
Beauty and
strength in His temple dwell.
Give unto God
Most High glory and honor,
Come with your
offerings and humbly draw near;
In holy beauty
now worship Jehovah,
Tremble before
Him with godly fear.
Make all the
nations know God reigns forever;
Earth is
established as He did decree;
Righteous and
just is the King of the nations,
Judging the
people with equity.
Let heaven and
earth be glad; waves of the ocean,
Forest and field,
exultation express;
For God is
coming, the Judge of the nations,
Coming to judge
in His righteousness.
260.
Divine Sovereignty. Psalm 97. L.M.
Jehovah reigns;
let earth be glad
And all the isles
their joy make known;
With clouds and
darkness He is clad,
On truth and
justice rests His throne.
Consuming fire
destroys His foes,
Around the world
his lightnings blaze;
The trembling
earth His presence know,
The mountains
melt before His gaze.
The heavens His
righteousness proclaim,
Through earth His
glory shines abroad;
From idol-worship
turn with shame
And bow before
the living God.
Thy Church
rejoices to behold
Thy judgments in
the earth, O Lord;
Thy glory to the
world unfold,
Supreme o'er all
be Thou adored.
All ye that truly
love the Lord,
Hate sin, for He
is just and pure;
To saints His
help He will accord
And keep them in
His love secure.
For good men
light and joy are sown
To bless them in
the harvesttime;
Ye saints, your
joy in God make known
And ever praise
His Name sublime.
261.
The Victories of
Jesus Christ. Psalm 98. 8s and 7s.
Sing a new song
to Jehovah
For the wonders
He hath wrought;
His right hand
and arm most holy
Triumph to His
cause have brought.
In His love and
tender mercy
He hath made
salvation known,
In the sight of
every nation
He His
righteousness hath shown.
Truth and mercy
toward His people
He hath ever kept
in mind,
And His full and
free salvation
He hath shown to
all mankind.
Sing, O earth,
sing to Jehovah,
Praises to
Jehovah sing;
With the swelling
notes of music
Shout before the
Lord, the King.
Seas with all
your fullness thunder,
All earth's
peoples now rejoice;
Floods and hills
in praise uniting
To the Lord lift
up your voice.
For, behold,
Jehovah cometh,
Robed in justice
and in might;
He alone will
judge the nations,
And His judgment
shall be right.
262.
A Salvation for the
World. Psalm 98. 6s and 5s.
Unto God our
Saviour
Sing a joyful
song;
Wondrous are His
doings,
For His arm is
strong.
He has wrought
salvation,
He has made it
known,
And before the
nations
Is His justice
shown.
Joyful, all ye
people,
Sing before the
Lord;
Shout and sing
His praises
Now in glad
accord;
With the harp and
trumpet
Joyful praises
bring;
Come, rejoice
before Him,
God, the Lord,
your King.
Waves of mighty
ocean,
Earth with
fulness stored,
Floods and fields
and mountains,
Sing before the
Lord;
For He comes with
justice,
Evil to redress,
And to judge the
nations
In His
righteousness.
263.
The Glad Tidings. Psalm 98. 6s
and 5s.
Unto God our
Saviour
Sing a joyful
song;
Wondrous are His
doings,
For His arm is
strong.
He has wrought
salvation,
He has made it
known,
And before the
nations
Is His justice
shown.
He remembers
mercy,
Faithful to His
own,
And our God's
salvation
All the earth has
known.
Joyful, all ye
people,
Sing before the
Lord;
Shout and sing
His praises
Now in glad
accord.
Waves of mighty
ocean,
Earth with
fulness stored,
Floods and fields
and mountains,
Sing before the
Lord;
For He comes with
justice,
Evil to redress,
And to judge the
nations
In His
righteousness.
264.
Missionary Triumphs. Psalm 98. L.M.
Come, let us sing
before the Lord
New songs of
praise with sweet accord,
For wonders great
by Him are done,
His mighty arm
has victory won.
The great
salvation of our God
Is seen through
all the earth abroad;
Before the
nations' wondering sight
He has revealed
His truth and right.
He called to mind
the truth and grace
Bestowed upon His
chosen race,
And unto earth's
remotest bound
Glad tidings of
salvation sound.
All lands, to God
lift up your voice,
Sing praise to
Him, with shouts rejoice;
With voice of joy
and loud acclaim
Let all unite and
praise His Name.
Praise ye the
Lord with harp and song,
With voice of
psalms His praise prolong;
In swelling
chorus gladly sing
And shout before
the Lord the King.
Let earth be
glad, let oceans roar,
And praises sound
from shore to shore;
Let floods and
hills with glad accord
Show forth their
joy before the Lord.
For, lo, He
comes; at His command
All nations shall
in judgment stand;
In justice robed,
and throned in light,
The Lord shall
judge, dispensing right.
265.
The Majesty and
Holiness of God. Psalm 99. C.M.
Jehovah reigns in
majesty;
Let all the
nations quake.
He dwells between
the cherubim;
Let earth's
foundations shake.
Supreme in Zion
is the Lord,
Exalted
gloriously;
Ye nations,
praise His name with awe,
The Holy One is
He.
The mighty King
loves justice well,
And equity
ordains;
He rules His
people righteously
And faithfulness
maintains.
O magnify the
Lord our God,
Let Him exulted
be;
In worship at His
footstool bow,
The Holy One is
He.
When priests and
prophets called on God,
He their
petitions heard;
His cloudy pillar
led them on,
And they obeyed
His word.
Though sending
judgments for their sins,
He pardoned
graciously;
Exalt the Lord
and worship Him,
The Holy One is
He.
266.
The Holiness of God. Psalm 99. 12s,
13, 10.
God is King
forever: let the nations tremble;
Throned above the
cherubim, by all the earth adored;
He is great in
Zion, high above all peoples;
Praise Him with
fear, for holy is the Lord.
Merciful as
mighty, He delights in justice,
For He reigns in
righteousness and rules in equity;
Worship and exalt
Him, bowing down before Him,
Perfect in power
and holiness is He.
Holy men of old
in Him alone confided;
He forgave their
sins, although they felt His chastening rod;
In His holy
temple worship and adore Him,
Faithful and holy
is the Lord our God.
267.
God the Righteous
King. Psalm 99. S.M.
Jehovah reigns
supreme:
Let nations
tremble now;
He dwells between
the cherubim:
Let earth before
Him bow.
The Lord in Zion
reigns
O'er all the
earth abroad;
Ye nations,
praise His glorious Name,
For holy is our
God.
The King Almighty
lives
Just judgment to
maintain;
He rules His
people righteously
And makes His
justice plain.
Exalt ye now the
Lord,
Our God in
praises laud,
And at His
footstool worship Him,
For holy is our
God.
268.
Thanksgiving and
Praise. Psalm 100. L.M.
All people that
on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord
with cheerful voice;
Him serve with
mirth, His praise forth tell,
Come ye before
Him and rejoice.
Know that the
Lord is God indeed;
Without our aid
He did us make;
We are His flock,
He doth us feed,
And for His sheep
He doth us take.
O enter then His
gates with joy,
Within His courts
His praise proclaim;
Let thankful
songs your tongues employ,
O bless and
magnify His Name.
Because the Lord
our God is good,
His mercy is
forever sure;
His truth at all
times firmly stood,
And shall from
age to age endure.
269.
Universal Praise. Psalm 100. 8s.
All people that
dwell on the earth,
Your songs to
Jehovah now raise;
Come, serve Him
with gladness and joy,
Approach Him with
anthems of praise.
Know ye that
Jehovah is God,
Our Sovereign and
Maker is He;
His people,
forever His own,
The sheep of His
pasture are we.
With thankfulness
enter His gates,
His praise in His
temple proclaim;
Your voices in
thanksgiving raise,
And bless ye His
glorious Name.
For gracious and
good is the Lord,
His mercy to us
never ends;
His faithfulness,
true to His word,
Through ages
unending extends.
270.
Gladness in Worship. Psalm 100. C.M.
O make a joyful
noise, ye lands,
And serve the
Lord with fear;
With gladness
wait His high commands,
And with a song
draw near.
Know that the
Lord is God alone;
He made us and
will keep,
For His we are,
and not our own,
His people and
His sheep.
With glad
thanksgiving throng His gates,
His goodness to
proclaim;
Within His
courts, where mercy waits,
Give thanks and
bless His Name.
For He is good,
and time shall prove
His mercies ever
sure,
And while the
ages onward move
His truth shall
still endure.
271.
Godly Resolves. Psalm 101. 7s
and 6s.
Of mercy and of
justice
My thankful song
shall be;
O Lord, in joyful
praises
My song shall
rise to Thee.
Within my house I
purpose
To walk in
wisdom's ways;
O Lord, I need
Thy presence;
How long wilt
Thou delay?
On what is base
and evil
I will not set my
heart;
Transgressors'
ways abhorring,
With them I take
no part.
No froward man or
evil
Shall my
companion be;
I will not suffer
slander
Or pride or
treachery.
The faithful and
the upright
Shall minister to
me;
The lying and
deceitful
My favor shall
not see.
I will in daily
judgment
All wickedness
reward,
And cleanse from
evildoers
The city of the
Lord.
272.
Affliction and
Appeal. Psalm 102. L.M.
Lord, hear my
prayer, and let my cry
Have ready access
unto Thee;
When in distress
to Thee I fly,
O hide not Thou
Thy face from me.
Attend, O Lord,
to my desire,
O haste to answer
when I pray,
For grief
consumes my strength like fire,
My days as smoke
pass swift away.
My heart is
withered like the grass,
And I forget my
daily bread;
In lonely grief
my days I pass
And sad my
thoughts upon my bed.
My foes reproach
me all the day,
My drink is
tears, my bread is grief,
For in Thy wrath
I pine away,
My days are like
a fading leaf.
273.
The Deliverance of
Zion. Psalm 102. L.M.
Thou, O Jehovah,
shalt endure,
Thy throne
forever is the same;
And to all
generations sure
Shall be Thy
great memorial Name.
The time for
Zion's help is near,
The time
appointed in Thy love;
O let Thy
gracious aid appear,
Look Thou in
mercy from above.
O Lord, regard
the prayer of those
Who love the
walls of Zion well,
Whose hearts are
heavy for her woes,
Who sad amid her
ruins dwell.
Thy power and
glory shall appear,
And Zion's walls
shall be restored;
Then all the
kings of earth shall fear
And heathen
nations serve the Lord.
The Lord has
heard and answered prayer
And saved His
people in distress;
This to the
coming age declare,
That they His
holy Name may bless.
The Lord, exalted
on His throne,
Looked down from
heaven with pitying eye
To still the
lowly captive's moan
And save His
people doomed to die.
All men in Zion
shall declare
His gracious Name
with one accord,
When kings and
nations gather there
To serve and
worship God the Lord.
274.
Mortality and
Immortality. Psalm 102. L.M.
Before my journey
is complete
My vigor fails,
my years decline;
My God, O spare
me, I entreat;
The days of life
are wholly Thine.
O cut not short
my life's brief day,
O Thou Whose
years eternal run,
Thou Who didst
earth's foundations lay,
Creator of the
stars and sun.
The earth and
heavens shall pass away,
Like vesture worn
and laid aside,
But changeless
Thou shalt live for aye,
Thy years forever
shall abide.
Thy servants'
children shall remain
For evermore
before Thy face;
Enduring honor
they shall gain,
Established ever
in Thy grace.
275.
The Covenant God and
His Church. Psalm 102. 7s.
Thou, O Lord, art
God alone;
Everlasting is
Thy throne;
Through the ages
men shall sing
Praise to
heaven's eternal King.
Thou, enthroned
above the skies,
Wilt for Zion's
help arise;
Let Thy grace to
her appear,
For the promised
time is near.
If with love
compassionate
We, Thy servants,
mourn her state,
Wilt not Thou, O
gracious Lord,
Help in Zion's
need afford?
Lord, Thy glory
shall appear,
Kings and nations
then shall fear;
And Thy Name
shall be adored
When Thy Zion is
restored.
This all ages
shall record
For the glory of
the Lord;
Thou dost hear
the humble prayer,
For the helpless
Thou dost care.
Thou eternal art,
and great,
Heaven and earth
Thou didst create,
Heaven and earth
shall pass away,
Changeless Thou
shalt live for aye.
As one lays a
garment by,
Thou wilt change
the starry sky
Like a vesture
worn and old,
But Thy years
shall ne'er be told.
Thou wilt make
Thy servants' race
Ever live before
Thy face,
And forever at
Thy side
Children's
children shall abide.
276.
The Church and Her
Head. Psalm 102. 7s.
Thou, O Lord, art
God alone;
Everlasting is
Thy throne;
Through the ages
men shall sing
Praise to
heaven's eternal King.
Thou, enthroned
above the skies,
Wilt for Zion's
help arise;
Let Thy grace to
her appear,
For the promised
time is near.
If with love
compassionate
We, Thy servants,
mourn her state,
Wilt not Thou, O
gracious Lord,
Help in Zion's
need afford?
Lord, Thy glory
shall appear,
Kings and nations
then shall fear;
And Thy Name
shall be adored
When Thy Zion is
restored.
277.
Thankful Joy and
Praise. Psalm 103. C.M.
O praise and
bless the Lord, my soul,
His wondrous love
proclaim;
Join heart and
voice and all my powers
To bless His holy
Name.
O praise and
bless the Lord, my soul,
And ever thankful
be;
Forget not all
the benefits
He has bestowed
on thee.
He freely pardons
all thy sins,
And He is strong
to save;
He heals Thy
sickness, soothes thy pain,
And ransoms from
the grave.
He crowns thee
with His grace and love,
And with His
strength endued,
Thou mountest up
with eagle's wings,
Thy joyous youth
renewed.
The Lord will
judge in righteousness
For all that are
oppressed;
To all His saints
His gracious acts
And ways are
manifest.
The Lord is ever
merciful,
And unto anger
slow;
His
lovingkindness and His grace
In rich abundance
flow.
He will not chide
for evermore,
He turns His
wrath away;
He has not
strictly marked our sins,
Our evil to
repay.
As heaven is high
above the earth,
So great His
mercy proves;
As far from us as
east from west
He all our sin
removes.
278.
The Fatherly Love of
God. Psalm 103. C.M.
The tender love a
father has
For all his
children dear,
Such love the
Lord bestows on them
Who worship Him
in fear.
The Lord
remembers we are dust,
And all our
frailty knows;
Man's days are
like the tender grass,
And as the flower
he grows.
The flower is
withered by the wind
That smites with
blighting breath;
So man is quickly
swept away
Before the blast
of death.
Unchanging is the
love of God,
From age to age
the same,
Displayed to all
who do His will
And reverence His
Name.
Those who His
gracious covenant keep
The Lord will
ever bless;
Their children's
children shall rejoice
To see His
righteousness.
279.
The Universal Debt
of Praise. Psalm 103. C.M.
Established in
the highest heavens
The Lord has set
His throne,
And over all His
kingdom rules,
For He is God
alone.
Ye angels that
excel in strength,
Bless ye the
Lord, your God;
Ordained to hear
and do His will,
Proclaim His
praise abroad.
Bless ye the
Lord, all ye His hosts
That serve the
Lord, your King,
And wait His
pleasure to perform,
To Him your
praises bring.
Bless ye the
Lord, all ye His works
In His dominion
broad,
And, never
ceasing, O my soul,
Bless thou the
Lord, thy God.
280.
The Tender Mercies
of God. Psalm 103. 8s and 7s.
O my soul, bless
thou Jehovah,
All within me
bless His Name;
Bless Jehovah and
forget not
All His mercies
to proclaim.
He forgives all
thy transgressions,
Heals thy
sicknesses and pains;
He redeems thee
from destruction,
And His love thy
life sustains.
He with tender
mercies crowns thee,
Satisfies thy
full request,
So that like the
tireless eagle
Thou with youth
renewed art blessed.
Righteous is the
Lord in judgment
Unto all that are
oppressed;
To His people He
has ever
Made His goodness
manifest.
Yea, the Lord is
full of mercy
And compassion
for distress,
Slow to anger and
abundant
In His grace and
tenderness.
He will not be
angry alway,
Nor will He
forever chide;
Though we oft
have sinned against Him
Still His love
and grace abide.
As the heavens
are high above us,
Great His love to
us has proved;
Far as east from
west is distant,
He has all our
sins removed.
As a father loves
his children,
Feeling pity for
their woes,
So the Lord to
those who fear Him
Mercy and
compassion shows.
281.
A Mindful God. Psalm 103. 8s
and 7s.
Mindful of our
human frailty
Is the God in
Whom we trust;
He Whose years
are everlasting,
He remembers we
are dust.
Man is like the
tender flower,
And His days are
like the grass,
Withered where it
lately flourished
By the blighting
winds that pass.
Changeless is
Jehovah's mercy
Unto those who
fear His Name,
From eternity
abiding
To eternity the
same.
All the faithful
to His covenant
Shall behold His
righteousness;
He will be their
strength and refuge,
And their
children's children bless.
282.
The Blessed and Only
Potentate. Psalm 103. 8s and 7s.
In the heavens
the Lord Almighty
Fixed His
everlasting throne;
Over all is His
dominion,
He is God, and He
alone.
Bless the Lord,
ye mighty angels,
Ye that hearken
to His voice,
All His gracious
word fulfilling;
Ever bless Him
and rejoice.
Bless the Lord,
all ye His servants,
Ministers of God
Most High;
Ye His hosts,
that do His pleasure,
God your Maker
glorify.
Bless the Lord,
all things created;
Be His holy Name
adored
All throughout
His wide dominion;
O my soul, bless
thou the Lord.
283.
Motives to Gratitude. Psalm 103. 11s
and 10s.
(See words under #284)
284.
The Wonders of
Divine Grace. Psalm 103. 11s and 10s.
O come, my soul,
bless thou the Lord thy Maker,
And all within me
bless His holy Name;
Bless thou the
Lord, forget not all His mercies,
His pardoning
grace and saving love proclaim.
CHORUS:
Bless Him, ye
angels, wondrous in might,
Bless Him, His
servants that in His will delight.
Good is the Lord,
and full of kind compassion,
Most slow to
anger, plenteous in love;
Rich is His grace
to all that humbly seek Him,
Boundless and
endless as the heavens above.
His love is like
a father's to his children,
Tender and kind
to all who fear His Name,
For well He knows
our weakness and our frailty,
He knows that we
are dust, He knows our frame.
We fade and die
like flowers that grow in beauty,
Like tender grass
that soon will disappear;
But evermore the
love of God is changeless,
Still shown to
those who look to Him in fear.
High in the
heavens His throne is fixed forever,
His kingdom rules
o'er all from pole to pole;
Bless ye the Lord
through all His wide dominion,
Bless His most
holy Name, O thou my soul.
285.
The Greatness of God
in Nature. Psalm 104. 10s and 11s.
My soul, bless
the Lord! the Lord is most great;
With glory
arrayed, majestic His state;
The light is His
garment, the skies are His shade,
And over the
waters His courts He has laid.
He rides on the
clouds, the wings of the storm,
The lightening
and wind His mission perform;
The earth He has
founded her station to keep,
And wrapped as a
vesture about her the deep.
O'er mountain and
plain the dark waters raged;
His voice they
obeyed, the floods were assuaged;
Uplifting the
mountains He ordered a bound,
Forbidding the
waters to cover the ground.
He causes the
springs of water to flow
In streams 'mid
the hills and valleys below;
Beside them with
singing the birds greet the day,
And there the
beasts gather their thirst to allay.
286.
A Faithful Creator. Psalm 104. 10s
and 11s.
He waters the
hills with rain from the skies,
And plentiful
grass and herbs He supplies,
Supplying the
cattle, and blessing man's toil
With bread in
abundance, with wine and with oil.
The trees which
the Lord has planted are fed,
And over the
earth their branches are spread;
They keep in
their shelter the birds of the air,
The life of each
creature the Lord makes His care.
The seasons are
fixed by wisdom divine,
The slow changing
moon shows forth God's design;
The sun in his
circuit his Maker obeys,
And running his
journey hastes not nor delays.
The Lord makes
the night, when, leaving the lair,
The lions creep
forth, God's bounty to share;
The Lord makes
the morning, when beasts steal away
And men are
beginning the work of the day.
How many and wise
Thy works are, O Lord!
The earth with
the wealth of wisdom is stored,
The sea bears in
safety the ships to and fro,
And creatures
unnumbered it shelters below.
Thy creatures all
look to Thee for their food;
Thy hand opens
wide, they gather the good;
Thy face Thou
concealest, in anguish they yearn;
Their breath Thou
withholdest, to dust they return.
287.
A Meditation on
Providence. Psalm 104. 10s and 11s.
Thy Spirit, O
Lord, makes life to abound;
The earth is
renewed and fruitful the ground;
To God ascribe
glory and wisdom and might,
Let God in His
creatures forever delight.
Before the Lord's
might earth trembles and quakes,
The mountains are
rent and smoke from them breaks;
The Lord I will
worship through all of my days,
Yea, while I have
being my God I will praise.
Rejoicing in God,
my thought shall be sweet,
While sinners
depart in ruin complete;
My soul, bless
Jehovah, His Name be adored,
Come, praise Him,
ye people, and worship the Lord.
288.
The Creator
Glorified. Psalm 104. C.M.
O Lord, how
manifold the works
In wisdom wrought
by Thee;
The wealth of Thy
creation fills
The earth and
mighty sea.
Let God rejoice
in all His works,
And let His works
proclaim
For evermore
their Maker's praise
And glorify His
Name.
While life shall
last, my thankful lips
A song to God
will raise,
And while my
being I possess,
My Maker will I
praise.
My heart shall
think upon His grace
In meditation
sweet;
My soul,
rejoicing in the Lord,
His praises shall
repeat.
289.
The Unfailing
Faithfulness of God. Psalm 105. C.M.
O praise the
Lord, His deeds make known,
And call upon His
Name;
Sing ye to Him,
His praises sing,
His wondrous
works proclaim.
Let hearts
rejoice that seek the Lord,
His holy Name
adore;
Seek ye Jehovah
and His strength,
Seek Him for
evermore.
Ye children of
God's covenant,
Who of His grace
have heard,
Forget not all
His wondrous deeds
And judgments of
His word.
The Lord our God
is God alone,
All lands His
judgments know;
His promise He
remembers still,
While generations
go.
While yet our
fathers were but few,
Sojourners in the
land,
He sware that
Canaan should be theirs,
And made His
covenant stand.
He suffered none
to do them wrong
In all their
pilgrim way;
Yea, for their
sake were kings reproved
And covered with
dismay.
His stern command
restrained their foes
And filled them
with alarm:
Touch not My own
anointed ones,
Nor do my
prophets harm.
He wholly broke
the staff of bread
And called for
famine sore,
And He prepared
His people's way
By sending one
before.
Then Joseph, sold
to slavery,
With cruel chains
was bound;
Till his
prediction came to pass,
Distress and
grief he found.
The king released
him from his bonds
And made him rule
the land,
Subjecting chiefs
and senators
To his
controlling hand.
To Egypt Israel
followed then,
And there grew
great and strong,
Until their
friends became their foes
And did them
grievous wrong.
God sent His
servant Moses then,
And Aaron, whom
He chose;
Great signs and
wonders they displayed
To terrify their
foes.
In darkness they
were taught to fear
God's great and
holy Name;
On man and beast,
on vine and field,
His awful
judgment came.
He smote the
firstborn in the land,
The chief of all
their strength,
Enriched His
people with the spoil
And brought them
forth at length.
He led them forth
in health and strength,
None weak in all
their band,
And Egypt, filled
with fear, rejoiced
To see them leave
the land.
He spread a cloud
to cover them,
Most glorious and
bright,
And made a fiery
pillar shine
To give them
light by night.
At their request
He sent them quails,
And bread of
heaven bestowed;
And from the
rock, to quench their thirst,
The living waters
flowed.
His sacred word
to Abraham
He kept, though
waiting long,
And brought His
chosen people forth
With joy and
thankful song.
The lands and
toil of wicked men
He gave them to
possess,
That they might
keep His holy laws;
Jehovah praise
and bless.
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