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Now blessed be the Lord our God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 23 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Lyrics: 1 Now blessed be the Lord our God, The God of Israel, For he alone doth wondrous works In glory that excel. 2 And blessed be his glorious Name To all eternity: The whole earth let his glory fill. Amen, so let it be. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 72:18-19 Used With Tune: DUNDEE Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650

Our God, our Help in ages past

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,285 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Lyrics: 1 Our God, our Help in ages past, Our Hope for years to come, Our Shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal Home. 2 Under the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defense is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carried downward by thy flood, And lost in following years. 6 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 7 Our God, our Help in ages past, Our Hope for years to come, Be thou our Guard while troubles last, And our eternal Home. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE

Exalt the Lord, his praise proclaim

Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Lyrics: 1 Exalt the Lord, his praise proclaim; All ye his servants, praise his Name, Who in the Lord's house ever stand And humbly serve at his command. The Lord is good, his praise proclaim; Since it is pleasant, praise his Name; His people for his own he takes And his peculiar treasure makes. 2 I know the Lord is high in state, Above all gods our Lord is great; The Lord performs what he decrees, In heaven and earth, in depths and seas. He makes the vapors to ascend In clouds from earth's remotest end; The lightnings flash at his command, He holds the tempest in his hand. 3 Exalt the Lord, his praise proclaim; All ye his servants, praise his Name, Who in the Lord's house ever stand And humbly serve at his command. Forever praise and bless his Name, And in the church his praise proclaim; In Zion is his dwelling place; Praise ye the Lord, show forth his grace. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 135:1-7 Used With Tune: CREATION Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912

All people that on earth do dwell

Author: William Kethe Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 754 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth-tell, Come ye before him and rejoice. 2 The Lord ye know is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take. 3 O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his name always, For it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: THE OLD HUNDREDTH

Summer and Winter

Appears in 39 hymnals Topics: Perfections of God; Perfections of God First Line: Let Zion praise the mighty God Lyrics: 1 Let Zion praise thy mighty God, And make his honours known abroad; For sweet the joy, our songs to raise, And glorious is the work of praise. 2 Our children live secure and blest; Our shores have peace, our cities rest; He feeds our sons with finest wheat, And adds his blessing to their meat. 3 The changing seasons he ordains, The early and the latter rains; His flakes of snow like wool he sends, And thus the springing corn defends. 4 With hoary frost he strews the ground: His hail descends with dreadful sound: The icy bands the rivers hold, And terror arms his wintry cold. 5 He bids the southern breezes blow; The ice dissolves, the waters flow: But he hath nobler works and ways To call his people to his praise. 6 Thro' all our realm his laws are shown; His gospel through the nation known; He hath not thus reveal'd his word To every land: praise ye the Lord. Scripture: Psalm 147

Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 302 hymnals Topics: The Glory of the Triune God God's Nature; The Glory of the Triune God God's Nature; Prevenient Grace Repentance; Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace Rebirth and the New Creation; Aldersgate; Biblical Narrative; Christian Experience; Faith; Grace; Love; Mercy; Pilgrimage Lyrics: Come, O thou Traveler unknown, whom still I hold, but cannot see! My company before is gone, and I am left alone with thee; with thee all night I mean to stay and wrestle till the break of day. I need not tell thee who I am, my misery and sin declare; thyself hast called me by my name, look on thy hands, and read it there. But who, I ask thee, who art thou? Tell me thy name, and tell me now. In vain thou strugglest to get free, I never will unloose my hold; art yhou the man that died for me? The secret of thy love unfold; wrestling, I will not let thee go till I thy name, thy nature know. Wilt thou not yet to me reveal thy new, unutterable name? Tell me, I still beseech thee, tell, to know it now resolved I am; wrestling, I will not let thee go, till I thy name, thy nature know. ’Tis all in vain to hold thy tongue or touch the hollow of my thigh; though every sinew be unstrung, out of my arms thou shalt not fly; wrestling I will not let thee go till I thy name, thy nature know. What though my shrinking flesh complain, and murmur to contend so long? I rise superior to my pain: when I am weak then I am strong, and when my all of strength shall fail I shall with the God-man prevail. My strength is gone, my nature dies, I sink beneath thy weighty hand, faint to revive, and fall to rise; I fall, and yet by faith I stand; I stand and will not let thee go till I thy name, thy nature know. Yield to me now -- for I am weak, but confident in self-despair! Speak to my heart, in blessing speak, be conquered by my instant prayer: speak, or thou never hence shalt move, and tell me if thy name is Love. ’Tis Love! ’tis Love! thou diedst for me, I hear thy whisper in my heart. The morning breaks, the shadows flee, pure, Universal Love thou art; to me, to all, thy mercies move -- thy nature, and thy name is Love. My prayer hath power with God; the grace unspeakable I now receive; through faith I see thee face to face, I see thee face to face, and live! In vain I have not wept and strove-- thy nature, and thy name is Love. I know thee, Savior, who thou art, Jesus, the feeble sinner’s friend; nor wilt thou with the night depart. but stay and love me to the end: thy mercies never shall remove, thy nature, and thy name is Love. The Sun of Righteousness on me hath rose with healing in his wings: withered my nature’s strength; from thee my soul its life and succor brings; my help is all laid up above; thy nature, and thy name is Love. Contented now upon my thigh I halt, till life’s short journey end; all helplessness, all weakness I on thee alone for strength depend; nor have I power from thee to move: thy nature, and thy name is Love. Lame as I am, I take the prey, hell, earth, and sin, with ease overcome; I leap for joy, pursue my way, and as a bounding hart fly home, through all eternity to prove thy nature, and thy name is Love. Scripture: Genesis 32:24-32

The Divine Nature, Providence, and Grace

Appears in 224 hymnals Topics: Perfections of God; Perfections of God First Line: Praise ye the Lord; 'tis good to raise Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord; 'tis good to raise Our hearts and voices in his praise; His nature and his works invite To make this duty our delight. 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem, And gathers nations to his name; His mercy melts the stubborn soul, And makes the broken spirit whole. 3 He form'd the stars, those heav'nly flames, He counts their numbers, calls their names, His sovereign wisdom knows no bound, A deep where all great thoughts are drown'd. 4 Great is the Lord, and great his might; And all his glories infinite: He crowns the meek, rewards the just, And treads the wicked to the dust. Pause. 5 Sing to the Lord, exalt him high, Who spreads his clouds around the sky; There he prepares the fruitful rain, Nor lets the drops descend in vain. 6 He makes the grass the hills adorn, And clothes the smiling fields with corn; The beasts with food his hands supply, And feeds the ravens when they cry. 7 What is the creature's skill or force? The vigorous man, the warlike horse, The sprightly wit, the active limb All are too mean delights for him. 8 But saints are lovely in his sight; He views his children with delight; He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And finds and loves his image there. Scripture: Psalm 147

The Harmony of the Perfections of God

Author: Tucker Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: O Love, beyond conception great Lyrics: 1 O Love, beyond conception great, That formed the vast stupendous plan, Where all divine perfections meet, To reconcile rebellious man. 2 There wisdom shines in fullest blaze And justice all her rights maintains; Astonished angels stoop to gaze, While mercy o’er the guilty reigns. 3 Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too; In Christ they both harmonious meet; He paid to justice all its due, And now he fills the mercy-seat. 4 Such are the wonders of our God, And the amazing depths of grace, To save from wrath’s vindictive rod, The chosen sons of Adam’s race.

The Wisdom of God

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 49 hymnals Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: The Lord, descending from above Lyrics: 1 The Lord, descending from above, Invites his children near, While power, and truth, and boundless love Display their glories here. 2 Here, in thy gospel’s wondrous frame, Fresh wisdom we pursue; A thousand angels learn thy name, Beyond whate’er they knew. 3 Thy name is writ in fairest lines; Thy wonders here we trace; Wisdom through all the mystery shines, And shines in Jesus’ face. 4 The law its best obedience owes To our incarnate God; And thy revenging justice shows Its honours in his blood. 5 But still the lustre of thy grace Our warmer thoughts employs; Gilds the whole scene with brighter rays, And more exalts our joys.

Glory be to God the Father

Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 213 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE