6 All thy works, O LORD, shall bless thee,
Thee shall all thy saints adore;
King supreme shall they confess thee,
And proclaim thy sov'reign power.

7 They thy might, all might excelling,
Shall to all mankind make known;
And the brightness of thy dwelling,
And the glories of thy throne.

8 Ever, GOD of endless praises,
Shall thy royal might remain;
Evermore thy brightness blazes,
Ever lasts thy righteous reign.

9 Them that fall the LORD protecteth,
He sustains the bow'd and bent;
Every eye from thee expecteth,
Fix'd on thee, its nourishment.

10 Thou to all, great GoD of nature,
Giv'st in season due their food;
Spread'st thy hand, and every creature
Satisfiest still with good.

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11 GOD is just in all he doeth,
Kind is he in all his ways;
He his ready presence showeth,
When a faithful servant prays.

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12 Who sincerely seek and fear him, He to them their wish will give;

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When they call, the LORD will hear them,
He will hear them, and relieve.

13 From JEHOVAH all who prize him
Shall his saving health enjoy;
All the wicked, who despise him,
He will in their sin destroy.

14 Still, JEHOVAH, thee confessing,

Shall my tongue thy praise proclaim;
And may all mankind with blessing
Ever hail thy holy Name.

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1 O PRAISE the LORD, and thou, my soul,
For ever bless his Name':

His wondrous love, while life shall last,
My constant praise shall claim.

2 On princes, on the sons of men,
Let none for aid rely;

They cannot help, they turn to dust,
And all their counsels die.

3 Then happy he, who Jacob's GoD
For his protector takes;

Who still, with well-placed hope, the LORD
His constant refuge makes.

4 The LORD, who made both heaven and earth, And all that they contain,

Will never quit his steadfast truth,
Nor make his promise vain.

5 The poor, oppress'd, from all their wrongs
Are eased by his decree;

He gives the hungry needful food,
And sets the prisoners free.

6 By him the blind receive their sight,
The weak and fall'n he rears;
With kind regard and tender love
He for the righteous cares.

7 The strangers he preserves from harm,
The orphan kindly treats;

Defends the widow, and the wiles
Of wicked men defeats.

8 The God that does in Sion dwell
Is our eternal King:

From age to age his reign endures;
Let all his praises sing.

1 I'LL praise my Maker with my breath, And, when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers;

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My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and being last,
Or immortality endures.

2 Why should I place in man my trust?
Ev'n princes die and turn to dust,

Vain is the help of flesh and blood;
Their breath departs, their pomp, and
And thoughts, all vanish in an hour,

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Nor can they make their promise good.

3 Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's GOD: he made the sky,

And earth, and seas, with all their train; He saves th' oppress'd, he feeds the poor; His truth for ever stands secure,

And none shall find his promise vain.

4 The LORD gives eye-sight to the blind,
The LORD supports the sinking mind,
He sends the righteous strength and peace,
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless,

And to the prisoner grants release.

5 GOD shall the wicked overturn,
On them his wrath shall ever burn,
Sinners shall perish in their ways;
Sion! the God thy sons adore,
He, he is king for evermore;

The LORD thy GOD for ever praise.

PSALM 121.

From the cxlvii. Psalm of David.

PART I C. M.

1 O PRAISE the LORD with hymns of joy,
And celebrate his fame';
For pleasant, good, and comely 't is
To praise his holy Name.

2 His holy city GOD will build,

Though levell'd with the ground;
Bring back his people, though dispersed
Through all the nations round.

3. He kindly heals the broken hearts, And all their wounds does close; He tells the number of the stars,

Their several names he knows.

4 Great is the LORD, and great his power,
His wisdom has no bound;

The meek he raises, and throws down
The wicked to the ground.

5 TO GOD the LORD, a hymn of praise
With grateful voices sing;

To songs of triumph tune the harp,
And strike each warbling string.

6 He covers heaven with clouds, and thence Refreshing rain bestows,

And on the mountains, through his care,
The grass in plenty grows.

7 His care the beasts that loosely range
With timely food supplies;

He feeds the ravens' tender brood,
And stops their hungry cries.

8 The LORD to him that fears his name
His tender love extends;
To him that on his boundless grace
With steadfast hope depends.

9 Let Sion and Jerusalem

To God their praise address;
Whose strength secures their lasting gates,
Who does their children bless.

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1 JEHOVAH speaks: swift from the skies
To earth the sov'reign mandate flies;
The elements confess their LORD,
With prompt obedience to his word:

2 The thick descending flakes of snow
O'er earth a fleecy mantle throw;
And glitt'ring frost o'er all the plains
Binds nature fast in icy chains.

3 He speaks: the ice and snow obey,
And nature's fetters melt away;
Softly the vernal breezes blow,
And murm'ring waters freely flow.

4 But nobler works his grace record:
To Israel he reveals his word;
To them, his chosen flock, alone,
He makes his sacred precepts known.

5 Such bliss no heathen nation shares,
.His oracles are only theirs:

Let Israel then their voices raise,
And bless their GOD in songs of praise!