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The eternal and the sovereign God

Appears in 154 hymnals First Line: Jehovah reigns: he dwells in light Lyrics: 1 Jehovah reigns: he dwells in light, Girded with majesty and might: The world created by his hands, Still on its first foundation stands. 2 But ere this spacious world was made, Or had its first foundation laid, Thy throne eternal ages stood, Thyself the ever living God. 3 Like floods the angry nations rise, And aim their rage against the skies; Vain floods, that aim their rage so high! At thy rebuke the billows die. 4 Forever shall thy throne endure; Thy promise stands for ever sure; And everlasting holiness Becomes the dwellings of thy grace. Scripture: Psalm 93

The God of the Gentlies

Appears in 166 hymnals First Line: Let all the earth their voices raise Lyrics: 1 Let all the earth their voices raise, To sing the choicest psalm of praise, To sing and bless Jehovah's name: His glory let the heathens know, His wonders to the nations show, And all his saving works proclaim. 2 The heathens know thy glory, Lord, The wond'ring nations read thy word, But here Jehovah's name is known, Nor shall our worship e'er be paid To gods which mortal hands have made. Our Maker is our God alone. 3 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky, He made the shining worlds on high, And reigns complete in glory there; His beams are majesty and light; His beauties how divinely bright! His temple how divinely fair! 4 Come the great day, the glorious hour, When earth shall feel his saving pow'r, And barb'rous nations fear his name: Then shall the race of men confess The beauty of his holiness, And in his courts his grace proclaim. Scripture: Psalm 97

Grace and glory

Appears in 83 hymnals First Line: The Almighty reigns exalted high Lyrics: 1 The Almighty reigns exalted high O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky; Though clouds and darkness veil his feet, His dwelling is the mercy-seat. 2 O, ye that love his holy name, Hate every work of sin and shame; He guards the souls of all his friends, And from the snares of hell defends. 3 Immortal light, and joys unknown, Are for the saints in darkness sown; Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise, And the bright harvest bless our eyes. 4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record The sacred honors of the Lord: None but the soul that feels his grace Can triumph in his holiness. Scripture: Psalm 97

The Messiah's coming and kingdom

Appears in 1,896 hymnals First Line: Joy to the world – the Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world – the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King: Let every heart prepare him room, And heav'n and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns; Let men their songs employ, While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow, Far as the curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. Scripture: Psalm 98

The magistrate's psalm

Appears in 48 hymnals First Line: Mercy and judgment are my song Lyrics: 1 Mercy and judgment are my song; And since they both to thee belong, My gracious God, my righteous King, To thee my songs and vows I bring. 2 If I am rais'd to bear the sword, I’ll take my counsel from thy word; Thy justice and thy heav'nly grace Shall be the pattern of my ways. 3 Let wisdom all my actions guide, And let my God with me reside; No wicked thing shall dwell with me, Which may provoke thy jealousy. 4 No sons of slander, rage and strife Shall be companions of my life; The haughty look, the heart of pride Within my doors shall ne’er abide. [5 I’ll search the land, and raise the just To posts of honor, wealth and trust; The men that work thy holy will Shall be my friends and fav'rites still.] 6 In vain shall sinners hope to rise By flattering or malicious lies; Nor, while th' innocent I guard, The bold offenders e'er be spar'd. 7 The impious crew (that factious band) Shall hide their heads, or quit the land; And all that break the public rest, Where I have pow'r, shall be supprest. Scripture: Psalm 101

Abounding compassion of God; or, Mercy in the midst of judgment

Appears in 468 hymnals First Line: My soul repeat his praise Lyrics: 1 My soul, repeat his praise, Whose mercies are so great; Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2 God will not always chide; And when his strokes are felt, His strokes are fewer than our crimes, And lighter than our guilt. 3 High as the heav'ns are rais'd Above the ground we tread, So far the riches of his grace Our highest thoughts exceed. 4 His power subdues our sins, And his forgiving love Far as the east is from the west; Doth all our guilt remove. 5 The pity of the Lord To those that fear his name, Is such as tender parents feel – He knows our feeble frame. 6 He knows we are but dust, Scatter'd with every breath: His anger like a rising wind Can send us swift to death. 7 Our days are as the grass, Or like the morning flower! If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, It withers in an hour. 8 But thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure; And children's children ever find Thy words of promise sure. Scripture: Psalm 103:8-18

God's universal dominion; or, Angels praise the Lord

Appears in 78 hymnals First Line: The Lord, the sov'reign king Lyrics: 1 The Lord, the sov'reign king, Hath fix'd his throne on high, O'er all the heav'nly world he rules, And all beneath the sky. 2 Ye angels, great in might, And swift to do his will, Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear, Whose pleasure ye fulfil. 3 Let the bright hosts, who wait The orders of their king, And guard his churches when they pray, Join in the praise they sing. 4 While all his wondrous works, Through his vast kingdom, shew, Their maker's glory, thou, my soul, Shall sing his graces too. Scripture: Psalm 103:19-22

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 heav'ns are for his curtains spread; Th' unfathom'd deep he makes his bed; Clouds are his chariot when he flies On winged storms across 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 for ever 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; Refreshing streams, by secret veins, Break from the 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 the First. 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 gen'rous 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 the Second 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 labor 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 ev'ry 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 wand'ring in the paths below. 20 There ships divide their wat'ry way, And flocks of scaly monsters play; The huge Leviathan resides, And, fearless, sports amid the tides. Pause the Third. 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 diff'rent food, Their cheerful looks pronounce it good: Eagles and bears, and whales and worms Rejoice and praise in diff'rent forms. 23 But when thou hid'st thy face 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 honor'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 sov'reign 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 heav'nly King, Immortal hallelujahs sing. Scripture: Psalm 104

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 pow'r 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 cov'nant 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 ancient race; And Christians join the solemn word, Amen, to all the praise. 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 own arm their fetters broke, And freed them from th' Egyptian yoke, They trac'd the desert, wand'ring 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 assuage 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 wand'ring 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 dang'rous 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 pow'rful hand, And brings us to the heav'nly land. 8 O let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord! How great his works! how kind his ways! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise. Scripture: Psalm 107