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Psalm CXLVII
Hymnal: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 2 #249 (1760) First Line: Praise ye the Lord: Oh blissful theme Lyrics:
I. Praise ye the Lord: Oh blissful theme,
To sing the honours of his name!
'Tis pleasure, 'tis divine delight,
And praise is lovely in his sight!
II. His Salem now the Lord restores;
No more her ruin she deplores;
Again the scatter'd tribes return,
And Israel's sons no longer mourn.
III. No more their breaking hearts despair,
He binds their wounds with tender care;
His healing hand removes their pain,
And chearful comfort smiles again.
IV. He counts the host of starry flames,
Knows all their natures and their names;
Great is our God! his wond'rous pow'r,
And boundless wisdom we adore.
V. How gracious is the Lord! how kind!
To raise the meek dejected mind;
But awful terrors in his frown,
Shall cast rebellious sinners down.
VI. Sing to the Lord, let praise inspire
The grateful voice, the tuneful lyre;
In strains of joy, proclaim abroad
The endless glories of our God.
VII. He veils the sky with treasur'd show'rs;
On earth the plenteous blessing pours;
The mountains smile in lively green,
And fairer blooms the flow'ry scene.
VIII. His bounteous hand, (great spring of good!)
Provides the brute creation food;
He feeds the ravens when they cry;
All nature lives beneath his eye.
IX. In nature what can him delight,
Most lovely in its Maker's sight?
Not active strength his favour moves,
Nor comely form he best approves.
X. Dear to the Lord, for ever dear,
The heart where he implants his fear;
The souls who on his grace rely,
These, these are lovely in his eye.
XI. Jerusalem, his honours raise;
Thy God, O Sion, claims thy praise;
His mighty arm defends thy gates,
His blessing on thy children waits.
XII. Sweet peace, to crown the happy scene,
O'er thy fair border smiles serene;
The finest wheat luxuriant grows,
And joyful plenty round thee flows.
XIII. He speaks! and swiftly from the skies
To earth the sov'reign mandate flies;
Observant nature hears his word,
And bows obedient to her Lord.
XIV. Now thick descending flakes of snow,
O'er earth a fleecy mantle throw;
Now glitt'ring frost o'er all the plains
Extends its universal chains.
XV. At his fierce storms of icy hail
The shiv'ring pow'rs of nature fail;
Before his cold what life can stand,
Unshelter'd by his guardian hand?
XVI. He speaks! the ice and snows obey,
And nature's fetters melt away;
Now vernal gales soft rising blow,
And murm'ring waters gently flow.
XVII. But nobler works his grace record,
To Israel he reveals his word;
To Jacob's happy sons alone
He makes his sacred precepts known.
XVIII. Such bliss no other nation shares,
The laws of heav'n are only theirs;
Ye favour'd tribes your voices raise,
And bless your God in songs of praise. Scripture: Psalm 147 Languages: English
Psalm CXLVII
O Praise ye the Lord
Hymnal: A New Version of the Psalms of David #254 (1752) Lyrics: 1. O Praise ye the Lord,
Prepare your glad Voice.
His Praise in the great
Assembly to sing.
2. In our great Creator,
Let Isr'el rejoice;
And Children of Sion
Be glad in their King.
3. Let them his great Name
Extol in the Dance;
With Timbrel, and Harp,
His Praises express:
4. Who always takes Pleasure
His Saints to advance;
And with his Salvation
The humble to bless.
5. With Glory adorn'd,
His People shall sing
To God, who their Beds
With Safety does shield.
6. Their Mouths fill'd with Praises
Of him their great King;
Whilst a two-edged Sword
Their Right-hand does wield.
7. Just Vengeance to take
For Injuries past;
And punish those Lands
For Ruin design'd.
8. With Chains, as their Captives,
To tie their Kings fast;
With Fetters of Iron
Their Nobles to bind.
9. Thus shall they make good.
When them they destroy,
The dreadful Decree
Which God does proclaim ;
Such Honour, and Triumph,
His Saints shall enjoy.
O therefore forever
Exalt his great Name.
Scripture: Psalm 149 Languages: English
O Praise ye the Lord
The Church is God 's House and Care
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #254a (1786) First Line: Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name,
While in his earthly courts ye wait,
Ye saints that to his house belong,
Or stand attending at his gate.
2 Praise ye the Lord, the Lord is good;
To praise his name is sweet employ:
Israel he chose of old, and still
His church is his peculiar joy.
3 The Lord himself will judge his saints;
He treats his servants as his friends;
And when he hears their sore complaints,
Repents the sorrows that he sends.
4 Through every age the Lord declares
His name, and breaks th’ oppressor’s rod;
He gives his suffering servants rest,
And will be known th’ almighty God.
5 Bless ye the Lord, who taste his love,
People and priests exalt his name:
Amongst his saints he ever dwells;
His church is his Jerusalem. Topics: Church the House and Care of God; Family love and worship; Grace and providence; Idolatry reproved; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Providence and creation; Rain from heaven; Storm and Thunder; Thunder and storm; Weather; Works and grace; Church the House and Care of God; Family love and worship; Grace and providence; Idolatry reproved; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Providence and creation; Rain from heaven; Storm and Thunder; Thunder and storm; Weather; Works and grace Scripture: Psalm 135:19-21 Languages: English
The Church is God 's House and Care
The Church is God 's House and Care
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #254a (1787) First Line: Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name,
While in his earthly courts ye wait,
Ye saints that to his house belong,
Or stand attending at his gate.
2 Praise ye the Lord, the Lord is good;
To praise his name is sweet employ:
Israel he chose of old, and still
His church is his peculiar joy.
3 The Lord himself will judge his saints;
He treats his servants as his friends;
And when he hears their sore complaints,
Repents the sorrows that he sends.
4 Through every age the Lord declares
His name, and breaks th’ oppressor’s rod;
He gives his suffering servants rest,
And will be known th’ almighty God.
5 Bless ye the Lord, who taste his love,
People and priests exalt his name:
Amongst his saints he ever dwells;
His church is his Jerusalem. Topics: Church the House and Care of God; Family love and worship; Grace and providence; Idolatry reproved; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Providence and creation; Rain from heaven; Storm and Thunder; Thunder and storm; Weather; Works and grace; Church the House and Care of God; Family love and worship; Grace and providence; Idolatry reproved; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Providence and creation; Rain from heaven; Storm and Thunder; Thunder and storm; Weather; Works and grace Scripture: Psalm 135:19-21 Languages: English
The Church is God 's House and Care
Praise ye the Lord, let praise employ
Author: Anne Steele Hymnal: The Modern Psalmist #d257 (1839)
Praise ye the Lord, let praise employ
Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #257b (1786) First Line: Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall join Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall join
In work so pleasant, so divine;
Now while the flesh is mine abode,
And when my soul ascends to God.
2 Praise shall employ my noblest powers,
While immortality endures;
My days of praise shall ne’er be past,
While life and thought and being last.
3 Why should I make a man my trust?
Princes must die and turn to dust;
Their breath departs, their pomp and power,
And thoughts all vanish in an hour.
4 Happy the man, whose hopes rely
On Israel’s God: He made the sky,
And earth, and seas, with all their train,
And none shall find his promise vain.
5 His truth forever stands secure;
He saves th’ opprest, he feeds the poor;
He sends the labouring conscience peace,
And grants the prisoner sweet release.
6 The Lord to sight restores the blind;
The Lord supports the sinking mind;
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless.
7 He loves his saints, he knows them well;
But turns the wicked down to hell;
Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns;
Praise him in everlasting strains. Topics: Afflicted supported; Afflictions in mind and body; Creatures no trust in them; Faithfulness Of God; God goodness and truth; God worthy of all praise; God kind to his people; Goodness of God; Mercies and truth of God; Princes vain; Souls in separate state; Trust in the Creatures vain; Afflicted supported; Afflictions in mind and body; Creatures no trust in them; Faithfulness Of God; God goodness and truth; God worthy of all praise; God kind to his people; Goodness of God; Mercies and truth of God; Princes vain; Souls in separate state; Trust in the Creatures vain Scripture: Psalm 146 Languages: English
Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth
Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth
Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #257b (1790) First Line: Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall join Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall join
In work so pleasant, so divine;
Now while the flesh is mine abode,
And when my soul ascends to God.
2 Praise shall emply my noblest powers,
While immortality endures;
My days of praise shall ne’er be past,
While life and thought and being last.
3 Why should I make a man my trust?
Princes must die and turn to dust;
Their breath departs, their pomp and power,
And thoughts all vanish in an hour.
4 Happy the man, whose hopes rely
On Israel’s God: He made the sky,
And earth, and seas, with all their train,
And none shall find his promise vain.
5 His truth forever stands secure:
He saves th’ opprest, he feeds the poor;
He sends the labouring conscience peace,
And grants the prisoner sweet release.
6 The Lord to sight restores the blind;
The Lord supports the sinking mind;
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless.
7 He loves his saints, he knows them well,
But turns the wicked down to hell:
Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns;
Praise him in everlasting strains. Topics: Afflicted supported; Afflictions in mind and body; Creatures no trust in them; Faithfulness Of God; God goodness and truth; God worthy of all praise; God kind to his people; Goodness of God; Mercies and truth of God; Princes vain; Souls in separate state; Trust in the Creatures vain; Afflicted supported; Afflictions in mind and body; Creatures no trust in them; Faithfulness Of God; God goodness and truth; God worthy of all praise; God kind to his people; Goodness of God; Mercies and truth of God; Princes vain; Souls in separate state; Trust in the Creatures vain Scripture: Psalm 146 Languages: English
Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth
Psalm CL
Hymnal: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 2 #259 (1760) First Line: Praise ye the Lord; let praise employ Lyrics:
I. Praise ye the Lord; let praise employ
In his own courts, your songs of joy;
The spacious firmament around,
Shall echo back the joyful sound.
II. Recount his works in strains divine;
His wond'rous works how bright they shine!
Praise him for his almighty deeds,
Whose greatness all your praise exceeds.
III. Awake the trumpet's piercing sound,
To spread your sacred pleasures round;
While sweeter music tunes the lute,
The warbling harp, and breathing flute.
IV. Ye virgin train with joy advance
To praise him in the grateful dance;
To praise awake each tuneful string,
And to the solemn organ sing.
V. Let the loud cymbal sounding high,
To softer deeper notes reply;
Harmonious let the concert rise,
And bear the rapture to the skies.
VI. Let all whom life and breath inspire,
Attend, and join the blissful choir;
But chiefly you who know his word,
Adore, and love, and praise the Lord. Scripture: Psalm 150 Languages: English
Psalm CL
Praise ye the Lord, let praise employ
Author: Anne Steele Hymnal: The Christian Minstrel #d260 (1858)
Praise ye the Lord, let praise employ
The Song of Deborah
Hymnal: A New Version of the Psalms of David #263 (1752) First Line: Praise ye the Lord, who hath aveng'd Lyrics: 1.Praise ye the Lord, who hath aveng'd
His Isr' el, on their haughty Foes;
When the brave People freely did
Their Lives, for Liberty, expose.
3. Hear, O ye Kings, Princes give Ear,
Whilst I to great Jehovah sing;
In sacred Numbers shout the Praise
Of ISr'els God, th' almighty King.
4. When God from Mount Seir march'd in State,
And turn'd from Edom's lofty Tow'rs,
Th' Earth shook, the Heav'ns in Thunders dropt,
The Clouds pour'd down their rapid Show'rs.
5. The Mountains flam'd, and melting flow'd,
Nor could Jehovah's Presence bear;
So Sinai unknown Terrors felt,
When Isr'el's God was present there.
6. In Shangar's Anath's valiant Son,
And famous Jael's former Days,
The Roads, by Trav'lers were untrod;
Who fearful, walk'd thro' secret Ways.
7. The Villages were broken up,
Their Lands uncultivate were lay'd;
Untill I Deborah was rais'd
And Mother in God's Isr'el made.
8. New Gods their sickly Fancies chose,
Fierce Wars their Gates invaded then;
Was Shield, or Spear, in Isr'el's Tents
Seen among Forty Thousand Men?
9. My Heart is set on Isr'el's Chiefs,
Who offer'd of their own Accord,
Bravely to join, and head the Troops
In Battle: Blessed be the Lord.
10. Sing ye that on white Asses ride.
And now secure in Judgment sit.
Ye Trav'lers join the sacred Song,
Who safely go where ye think fit.
11. Ye that from th' Archer's Noise are freed,
Lurking at ev'ry watering Place,
Jehovah's righteous Doings, now
May there rehearse, in Songs of Praise:
The truely gracious Actions he
To Isr'els Villages hath shown;
That now the People of the Lord,
Safe to their Borders, may go down.
12. Wake Deb'rah, wake, excite thy Pow'rs,
His Fame, in sacred Hymns, to spread;
Rise, Barak, thou Abinoam's Son,
Thy captiv'd Foes, in Triumph, lead.
13. Thus Carman's Nobles he reduc'd,
And put beneath his Remnant's Feet;
The Lord, to my Dominion, forc'd
Their mighty Captains to submit.
14. From Ephraim's Mount there came aRoot,
Which with fierce Amalek emgag'd.
Benjamin follow'd close, and join'd
His Forces, where the Battle rag'd.
From Machir's Stock, renown'd of old,
There come great Captains, famous Men;
And Zebulun sent such as knew
To weild the Sword, and use the Pen.
15. The noble Lords of Isachar
To Deborah their Forces led;
On Foot they march'd down to the Vale,
With gallant Barak at their Head.
But Reuben seperate remain'd,
Distant in Mind, much more than Parts;
The Conduct of which potent Tribe
Made great Impressions on our Hearts.
16. Did'st fear the losing of thy Sheep,
That thou among the Sheepfolds stay'd?
Thee, has the Bleating of thy Flocks,
To base Neutrality betray'd?
Truly thy Conduct, Reuben, who
So wholly seperate remained;
And would not join so good a Cause,
Our Hearts has griev'd, thy Glory stain'd.
17. So beyond Jordan, Gilead stay'd:
And why did Dan in Ships abide?
While Ashur clung to his Sea Shore,
To hide in Creeks, or curb the Tide.
18. But Zehulun, and Naphtali,
Were ready, for the publick Good,
In the high Places of the Field,
To risk their Lives, and spend their Blood.
19. Confederate Kings of Canaan came,
With Jabin join'd, and for him sought,
In Tannach, by Megiddo's Stream;
But lost the Booty which they fought.
20. They fought from Heav'n, th' marshal'd Stars,
Each active in their stated Course,
Exert their Influence, and fought;
Against proud Sis'ra bent their Force.
21. The River Kishon swept them off;
That ancient River, here well known
A Brook, now to a River swol'n:
Thou, O my Soul, hast Strength trod down?
22. The fierce Rencounters of their Horse,
In hasty Flight, each other wound;
Their Speed is stop'd, they tumbling cast
Their mighty Riders to the Ground.
23. Curse Meroz, said God's Angel, Curse
All bitterly to her belong;
For they refus'd to help the Lord,
To aid his Arms against the strong.
24. Bless'd Jael Kenite Heber's Wife,
Shall be above all Women-kind;
Her Fame, beyond her Sex, shall spread,
In ev'ry Tent, to ev'ry Wind.
25. He Water ask'd; to quench his Thirst,
She gave him Milk, beyond his Wish:
She brought forth Butter to regale,
And serv'd him in a lordly Dish.
26. She took the Tent Nail in her Hand,
Her Right-hand seiz'd the Hammer fast;
Thro' Sis'ra's Temples drove the Spike,
And then cut off his Head at last.
27. He started, stagger'd, in a Maze,
He fell, down at her Feet lay spread;
Close at her Feet he bow'd, he fell,
There where he bow'd, he fell down dead.
28. His Mother thro' the Window look'd,
And cry'd, impatient for her Son,
Why does his Chariot stay so long?
Why do the Wheels so slowly run?
29. Her prudent Ladies answer'd her;
Yea, eager, she herself reply'd,
30. Have they not sped? and now a Prey,
To each a Maid or two, divide?
Is n't Sis'ra choosing, from the Spoils,
Rich Robes, which beauteous Colours deck,
Of Needle Work, on either Side,
Fit to adorn the Conqu'rour's Neck?
31. So, Lord, may all thine Enemies
In Ruin sink, and perish quite:
But those that love Thee, like the Sun
Be when he marcheth in his Might.
Scripture: Judges 5 Languages: English
The Song of Deborah
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