5 He rules by his resistless might;
Will rebel mortals dare

Provoke the Eternal to the fight,
And tempt that dreadful war?

6 0 bless our God, and never cease;
Ye saints, fulfil his praise;

He keeps our life, maintains our peace,
And guides our doubtful ways.

7 Lord, thou hast proved our suffering souls, To make our graces shine;

So silver bears the burning coals,
The metal to refine.

8 Through watery deeps and fiery ways,
We march at thy command,

Led to possess the promised place,
By thine unerring hand.

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NOW shall my solemn vows be paid,

To that almighty power,

That heard the long requests I made,
In my distressful hour.

2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare
To make his mercies known;

Come, ye that fear my God, and hear
The wonders he has done.

3 When on my head huge sorrows fell,
I sought his heavenly aid;

He saved my sinking soul from hell,
And death's eternal shade.

4 If sin lay covered in my heart,

While prayer employed my tongue; The Lord had shown me no regard, Nor I his praises sung.

5 But God, (his name be ever blest,) Has set my spirit free;

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Nor turned from him my poor request,
Nor turned his heart from me.

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HINE, mighty God, on Sion shine, With beams of heavenly grace; Reveal thy power through all our coasts, And show thy smiling face.

2 When shall thy name from shore to shore,
Sound all the earth abroad;

And distant nations know and love
Their Saviour and their God?

3 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Sing loud with solemn voice;
Let every tongue exalt his praise,
And every heart rejoice.

4 He, the great Lord, the sovereign Judge,
That sits enthroned above,

In wisdom rules the worlds he made,
And bids them taste his love.

5 Earth shall obey his high command,
And yield a full increase;
Our God will crown his chosen land
With fruitfulness and peace.

6 God the Redeemer scatters round
His choicest favours here;
While the creation's utmost bound
Shall see, adore, and fear.

ET God arise in all his might,

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And put the troops of hell to flight:
As smoke, that sought to cloud the skies,
Before the rising tempest flies.

2 He comes, arrayed in burning flames :
Justice and vengeance are his names:
Behold his fainting foes expire,
Like melting wax before the fire.

3 He rides, and thunders through the sky,
His name, Jehovah, sounds on high;

Sing to his name, ye sons of grace;
Ye saints, rejoice before his face.
4 The widow and the fatherless
Fly to his aid in sharp distress;
In him the poor and helpless find
A Judge that's just, a Father kind.
5 He breaks the captive's heavy chain,
And prisoners see the light again;
But rebels that dispute his will,

Shall dwell in chains and darkness still.
6 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong;
Crown him, ye nations, in your song:
His wondrous names and powers rehearse,
His honours shall enrich your verse.

7 He shakes the heavens with loud alarms;
How terrible is God in arms;

In Israel are his mercies known,
Israel is his peculiar throne.

8 Proclaim him King, pronounce him blest; He's your defence, your joy, your rest; When terrors rise, and nations faint,

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God is the strength of every saint.

LORD, when thou didst ascend on high, Ten thousand angels filled the sky; Those heavenly guards around thee wait, Like chariots that attend thy state. 2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear More glorious when the Lord was there; While he pronounced his holy law, And struck the chosen tribes with awe. 3 How bright the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious powers of hell, That thousand souls had captive made, Were all in chains, like captives, led.

4 Raised by his Father to the throne,
He sent his promised Spirit down,
With gifts and grace for rebel men,
That God might dwell on earth again.

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E bless the Lord, the just, the good,
Who fills our hearts with heavenly food
Who pours his blessings from the skies,
And loads our days with rich supplies.
2 He sends the sun his circuit round,

To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground;
He bids the clouds with plenteous rain,
Refresh the thirsty earth again.
3 'Tis to his care we owe our breath,
And all our near escapes from death;
Safety and health to God belong;

He heals the weak and guards the strong.
4 He makes the saint and sinner prove
The common blessings of his love;
But the wide difference that remains,
Is endless joy, or endless pains.

5 The Lord that bruised the serpent's head,
On all the serpent's seed shall tread;
The stubborn sinner's hope confound,
And smite him with a lasting wound.
6 But his right hand his saints shall raise
From the deep earth or deeper seas,
And bring them to his courts above;
There shall they taste his special love.
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"SAVE me, O God, the swelling floods
Break in upon my soul;

I sink, and sorrows o'er my head
Like mighty waters roll.

2 "I cry till all my voice be gone,
In tears I waste the day:

My God, behold my longing eyes,
And shorten thy delay.

3 "They hate my soul without a cause,
And still their number grows

More than the hairs about my head,
And mighty are my foes.

4 ""Twas then I paid that dreadful debt
That men could never pay,
And gave those honours to thy law
Which sinners took away."

5 Thus in the great Messiah's name
The royal prophet mourns;
Thus he awakes our hearts to grief,
And gives us joy by turns.

6 "Now shall the saints rejoice and find
Salvation in my name,

For I have borne their heavy load
Of sorrow, pain, and shame.

7 "Grief, like a garment, clothed me round, And sackcloth was my dress,

While I procured, for naked souls,
A robe of righteousness.

8 "Amongst my brethren and the Jews,
I like a stranger stood,

And bore their vile reproach, to bring
The Gentiles near to God.

9 "I came in sinful mortals' stead
To do my Father's will:

Yet, when I cleansed my Father's house,
They scandalized my zeal.

10 "My fastings and my holy groans
Were made the drunkard's song;
But God from his celestial throne,
Heard my complaining tongue.

11 He saved me from the dreadful deep,
Where fears beset me round;