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The Glory of God in Creation and Providence

Appears in 83 hymnals First Line: My soul, thy great Creator praise Lyrics: 1 My soul, thy great Creator praise; When cloth'd in his celestial rays, He in full majesty appears, And like a robe his glory wears. 2 The heavens are for his curtains spread; Th' unfathom'd deep he makes his bed; Clouds are his chariot when he flies On winged storms a-cross the skies. 3 Angels, whom his own breath inspires, His ministers, are flaming fires; And swift as thought their armies move To bear his vengeance or his love. 4 The world’s foundation by his hand Is pois'd and shall forever stand; He binds the ocean in his chain, Lest it should drown the earth again. 5 When earth was cover'd by the flood, Which high above the mountains stood, He thunder'd and the ocean fled, Confin'd to its appointed bed. 6 The swelling billows know their bound, And in their channels walk their round; Yet thence convey'd by secret veins, They spring on hills, and drench the plains. 7 He bids the chrystal fountains flow, And cheer the vallies as they go; There gentle herds their thirst allay, And for the stream wild asses bray. 8 From pleasant trees which shade the brink, The lark and linnet light to drink; Their songs the lark and linnet raise, And chide our silence in his praise. Pause I. 9 God from his cloudy cistern pours On the parch'd earth enriching showers; The grove, the garden, and the field, A thousand joyful blessings yield. 10 He makes the grassy food arise, And gives the cattle large supplies; With herbs for man of various power, To nourish nature, or to cure. 11 What noble fruit the vines produce! The olive yields a pleasing juice; Our hearts are cheer'd with generous wine, His gifts proclaim his love divine. 12 His bounteous hands our table spread, He fills our cheerful stores with bread; While food our vital strength imparts, Let daily praise inspire our hearts. Pause II 13 Behold the stately cedar stands Rais'd in the forest by his hands; Birds to the boughs for shelter fly, And build their nests secure on high. 14 To craggy hills ascends the goat; And at the airy mountain’s foot, The feebler creatures make their cell; He gives them wisdom where to dwell. 15 He sets the sun his circling race, Appoints the moon to change her face; And when thick darkness veils the day, Calls out wild beasts to hunt their prey. 16 Fierce lions lead their young abroad, And roaring ask their meat from God; But when the morning-beams arise, The savage beast to covert flies. 17 Then man to daily labour goes; The night was made for his repose: Sleep is thy gift, that sweet relief From tiresome toil, and wasting grief. 18 How strange thy works! how great thy skill! And every land thy riches fill: Thy wisdom round the world we see, This spacious earth is full of thee. 19 Nor less thy glories in the deep, Where fish in millions swim and creep, With wondrous motions swift or slow, Still wandering in the paths below. 20 There ships divide their watery way, And flocks of scaly monsters play; The huge Leviathan resides, And fearless sports amid the tides. Pause III. 21 Vast are thy works, almighty Lord, All nature rests upon thy word, And the whole race of creatures stands, Waiting their portion from thy hands. 22 While each receives his different food, Their cheerful looks pronounce it good: Eagles and bears, and whales and worms Rejoice and praise in different forms. 23 But when thy face is hid they mourn, And dying to their dust return; Both man and beast their souls resign: Life, breath and spirit, all are thine. 24 Yet thou canst breathe on dust again, And fill the world with beasts and men; A word of thy creating breath Repairs the wastes of time and death. 25 His works the wonders of his might, Are honour'd with his own delight: How awful are his glorious ways! The Lord is dreadful in his praise. 26 The earth stands trembling at thy stroke, And at thy touch the mountains smoke; Yet humble souls may see thy face, And tell their wants to sovereign grace. 27 In thee my hopes and wishes meet, And make my meditations sweet; Thy praises shall my breath employ Till it expire in endless joy. 28 While haughty sinners die accurst, Their glory bury'd with their dust, I to my God, my heavenly King, Immortal Hallelujahs sing. Topics: Creation and Providence; God his creation and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Spring and Summer; Works of creation and providence; Creation and Providence; God his creation and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Spring and Summer; Works of creation and providence Scripture: Psalm 104

God's Conduct of Israel, and the Plagues of Egypt

Appears in 65 hymnals First Line: Give thanks to God, invoke his name Lyrics: 1 Give thanks to God, invoke his name, And tell the world his grace; Sound through the earth his deeds of fame, That all may seek his face. 2 His covenant which he kept in mind For numerous ages past, To numerous ages yet behind In equal force shall last. 3 He swore to Abraham and his seed, And made the blessings sure: Gentiles the ancient promise read, And find his truth endure. 4 "Thy seed shall make all nations blest, (Said the Almighty voice) "And Canaan's land shall be their rest, "The type of heavenly joys. 5 [How large the grant! how rich the grace! To give them Canaan's land, When they were strangers in the place, A small and feeble band! 6 Like pilgrims through the countries round Securely they remov'd: And haughty kings that on them frown'd Severely he reprov'd. 7 "Touch mine anointed, and mine arm "Shall soon avenge the wrong: "The man that does my prophets harm Shall know their God is strong." 8 Then let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear; Israel must live through every age, And be th' Almighty's care. Pause I. 9 When Pharaoh dar'd to vex the saints, And thus provok'd their God, Moses was sent at their complaints, Arm'd with his dreadful rod. 10 He call'd for darkness: darkness came Like an o'erwhelming flood; He turn'd each lake and every stream To lakes and streams of blood. 11 He gave the sign, and noisome flies Through the whole country spread; And frogs in baleful armies rise About the monarch's bed. 12 Through fields and towns and palaces The tenfold vengeance flew; Locusts in swarms devour'd their trees And hail their cattle slew. 13 Then by an Angel's midnight stroke The flower of Egypt dy'd; The strength of every house was broke, Their glory and their pride. 14 Now let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear; Israel must live through every age, And be th' Almighty's care. Pause II. 15 Thus were the tribes from bondage freed, And left the hated ground; Rich with Egyptian spoils they fled, Nor was one feeble found. 16 The Lord himself chose out their way, And mark'd their journies right, Gave them a leading cloud by day, A fiery guide by night. 17 They thirst; and waters from the rock In rich abundance flow, And following still the course they took Ran all the desert through. 18 O wondrous stream! O blessed type Of ever-flowing grace! So Christ our rock maintains our life And aids our wandering race. 19 Thus guarded by th' Almighty hand, The chosen tribes possest Canaan the rich, the promis'd land, And there enjoy'd their rest. 20 Then let the world forbear its rage, The church renounce her fear; Israel must live through every age, And be th' Almighty's care. Topics: Covenant of Grace unchangeable; Egypt's Plagues; Faithfulness Of God; God Faithfulness; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Mercies and Truth of God; Covenant of Grace unchangeable; Egypt's Plagues; Faithfulness Of God; God Faithfulness; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Mercies and Truth of God Scripture: Psalm 105

Praise to God; or Communication with Saints

Appears in 87 hymnals First Line: To God, the great, the ever blest Lyrics: 1 To God, the great, the ever blest, Let songs of honour be addrest; His mercy firm forever stands; Give him the thanks his love demands. 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways? Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise? Blest are the souls that fear thee still, And pay their duty to thy will. 3 Remember what thy mercy did For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed; And with the same salvation bless The meanest suppliant of thy grace. 4 Oh may I see thy saints rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice! This is my glory, Lord, to be Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee. Topics: Communion with Saints; Conversion of Jews and Gentiles; Israel punished and pardoned; Love of God unchangeable; Saints punished and saved; Saints conducted to heaven; Communion with Saints; Conversion of Jews and Gentiles; Israel punished and pardoned; Love of God unchangeable; Saints punished and saved; Saints conducted to heaven Scripture: Psalm 106:1-5

Israel punished and pardoned; or, God's unchangeable Love

Appears in 42 hymnals First Line: God of eternal love Lyrics: 1 God of eternal love, How fickle are our ways! And yet how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy of grace! 2 They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung; But soon thy works of power forgot, And murmur'd with their tongue. 3 Now they believe his word, While rocks with rivers flow; Now with their lusts provoke the Lord, And he reduc'd them low. 4 Yet when they mourn'd their faults, He hearken'd to their groans; Brought his own covenant to his thoughts, And call'd them still his sons. 5 Their names were in his book, He sav'd them from their foes; Oft he chastis'd, but ne'er forsook The people that he chose. 6 Let Israel bless the Lord, Who lov'd their antient race; And Christians join the solemn word, Amen to all the praise. Topics: Communion with Saints; Conversion of Jews and Gentiles; Israel punished and pardoned; Love of God unchangeable; Saints punished and saved; Saints conducted to heaven; Communion with Saints; Conversion of Jews and Gentiles; Israel punished and pardoned; Love of God unchangeable; Saints punished and saved; Saints conducted to heaven Scripture: Psalm 106:7-8

Israel led to Canaan, and Christians to Heaven

Appears in 129 hymnals First Line: Give thanks to God, he reigns above Lyrics: 1 Give thanks to God, he reigns above, Kind are his thoughts, his name is love: His mercy ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord The wonders of his grace record; Israel, the nation whom he chose, And rescu'd from their mighty foes. 3 [When God's almighty arm had broke Their fetters and th' Egyptian yoke, They trac'd the desert wandering round; A wild and solitary ground! 4 There they could find no leading road, Nor city for a fix'd abode; Nor food, nor fountain, to asswage Their burning thirst or hunger's rage.] 5 In their distress to God they cry'd God was their Saviour and their guide; He led their wandering march around. And brought their tribes to Canaan's ground. 6 Thus when our first release we gain From sin's old yoke, and satan's chain, We have this desert world to pass, A dangerous and a tiresome place. 7 He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we stray, He guards us with a powerful hand, And brings us to the heavenly land. 8 Oh let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord! How great his works! how kind his ways! Let every tongue pronounce his praise. Topics: Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather; Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather Scripture: Psalm 107

Corrections for Sin, and release by Prayer

Appears in 41 hymnals First Line: From age to age exalt his name Lyrics: 1 From age to age exalt his name, God and his grace are still the same; He fills the hungry soul with food, And feeds the poor with every good. 2 But if their hearts rebel and rise Against the God that rules the skies; If they reject his heavenly word, And slight the counsels of the Lord: 3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliverance shall be found; Laden with grief they waste their breath In darkness and the shades of death. 4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries, He makes the dawning light arise, And scatters all that dismal shade That hung so heavy round their head. 5 He cuts the bars of brass in two, And lets the smiling prisoners through Takes off the load of guilt and grief, And gives the labouring soul relief. 6 Oh may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord! How great his works! how kind his ways! Let every tongue pronounce his praise. Topics: Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather; Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather Scripture: Psalm 107

Intemperance punished and pardoned; or, A Psalm for the Glutton and the Drunkard

Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: Vain man on foolish pleasures bent Lyrics: 1 Vain man on foolish pleasures bent, Prepares for his own punishment; What pains, what loathsome maladies From luxury and lust arise! 2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste; Yet drowns his health to please his taste; Till all his active powers are lost, And fainting life draws near the dust. 3 The glutton groans, and loaths to eat, His soul abhors delicious meat; Nature, with heavy loads opprest Would yield to death to be releas'd. 4 Then how the frighten'd sinners fly To God for help with earnest cry! He hears their groans, prolongs their breath, And saves them from approaching death. 5 No med'cines could effect the cure So quick, so easy, or so sure: The deadly sentence God repeals, He sends his sovereign word, and heals. 6 Oh may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord! And let their thankful offering prove How they adore their Maker's love. Topics: Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather; Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather Scripture: Psalm 107

Deliverance from Storms and Shipwreck; or, the Seaman's Song

Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: Would you behold the works of God Lyrics: 1 Would you behold the works of God, His wonders in the world abroad, With the bold mariner, survey The unknown regions of the sea. 2 They leave their native shores behind, And seize the favour of the wind! 'Till God commands, and tempests rise That heave the ocean to the skies. 3 Now to the heavens they mount amain, Now sink to dreadful deeps again; What strange affrights young sailors feel, And like a staggering drunkard reel. 4 When land is far, and death is nigh, Lost to all hope, to God they cry: His mercy hears the loud address, And sends salvation in distress. 5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage, And stormy tempests cease to rage; The gladsome train their fears give o'er, And hail with joy their native shore. 6 Oh may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord! Let them their private offerings bring, And in the church his glory sing. Topics: Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather; Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather Scripture: Psalm 107

The Mariner's Psalm

Appears in 77 hymnals First Line: Thy works of glory, mighty Lord Lyrics: 1 Thy works of glory, mighty Lord, That rule the boisterous sea, The sons of courage shall record, Who tempt that dangerous way. 2 At thy command the winds arise, And swell the towering waves! The men astonish'd mount the skies, And sink in gaping graves. 3 [Again they climb the watery hills, And plunge in deeps again; Each like a tottering drunkard reels, And finds his courage vain. 4 Frighted to hear the tempest roar, They pant with fluttering breath; And hopeless of the distant shore Expect immediate death.] 5 Then to the Lord they raise their cries; He hears the loud request, And orders silence through the skies, And lays the floods to rest. 6 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears, And see the storms allay'd; Now to their eyes the port appears; There let their vows be paid. 7 'Tis God that brings them safe to land; Let stupid mortals know That waves are under his command, And all the winds that blow. 8 Oh that the sons of men would praise The goodness of the Lord! And those that see thy wondrous ways, Thy wondrous love record. Topics: Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather; Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather Scripture: Psalm 107

Colonies planted; or, Nations blest and punished

Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: When God, provok'd with daring crimes Lyrics: 1 When God, provok'd with daring crimes, Scourges the madness of the times, He turns their fields to barren sand, And dries the rivers from the land. 2 His word can raise the springs again, And make the wither'd mountains green, Send showery blessings from the skies; And harvests in the desert rise. 3 [Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey, Or men as fierce and wild as they, He bids th' opprest and poor repair, And builds them towns and cities there. 4 They sow the fields, and trees they plant, Whose yearly fruit supplies their want; Their race grows up from fruitful stocks, Their wealth increases with their flocks. 5 Thus they are blest; but if they sin, He lets the heathen nations in, A savage crew invades their lands, Their princes die by barbarous hands. 6 Their captive sons, expos'd to scorn, Wander unpity'd and forlorn; The country lies unfenc'd, untill'd, And desolation spreads the field. 7 Yet if the humbled nation mourns, Again his dreadful hand he turns: Again he makes their cities thrive, And bids the dying churches live.] 8 The righteous with a joyful sense Admire the works of providence; And tongues of atheists shall no more, Blaspheme the God that saints adore. 9 How few with pious care record These wondrous dealings of the Lord! But wise observers still shall find The Lord is holy, just and kind. Topics: Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather; Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather Scripture: Psalm 107