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6 Thou God! whom heavenly hosts obey, How highly blest is he,

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Whose hope and trust, securely placed,
Are still reposed on Thee!

84 (VERSION II.) L.M.

TOW pleasant, how divinely fair,

O Lord of Hosts! Thy dwellings are.

With long desire my spirit faints
To meet the assemblies of Thy saints.
2 Blest are the saints who sit on high,
Around Thy throne of Majesty;
Thy brightest glories shine above,
And all their work is praise and love.
3 Blest are the souls that find a place
Within the temples of Thy grace;
There they behold Thy gentler rays,
And seek Thy face, and learn Thy praise.
4 Blest are the men whose hearts are set
To find the way to Zion's gate:

God is their strength, and through the road
They lean upon their helper, God.

5 Cheerful they walk with growing strength,
Till all shall meet in heaven at length;
Till all before Thy face appear,

And join in nobler worship there.

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HE that hath made his refuge God,

Shall walk all day beneath His shade, And there at night shall rest his head. 2 What though a thousand at thy side, At thy right hand ten thousand, died? Thy God His chosen people saves, Amidst the dead, amidst the graves.

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3 But if the fire, or plague, or sword,
Receive commission from the Lord
To smite His saints among the rest,
Their very pains and death are blest.
4 The sword, the pestilence, or fire,
Shall but fulfil their best desire;
From sins and sorrows set them free,
And bring Thy children, Lord! to Thee.

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ITH glory clad, with strength arrayed,
The Lord, that o'er all nature reigns,
The world's foundations strongly laid,
And the vast fabric still sustains.
2 How surely 'stablished is Thy throne,
Which shall no change or period see;
For Thou, O Lord! and Thou alone,
Art God from all eternity.

3 The floods, O Lord! lift up their voice,
And toss their troubled waves on high;
But God above can still their noise,
And make the angry sea comply.

4 Thy promise, Lord! is ever sure;
Unchanged and firm Thy laws remain,
And in Thy dwelling, bright and pure,
Eternal holiness shall reign.

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COME, loud anthems let us sing!
Loud thanks to our Almighty King;
For we our voices high should raise
When our salvation's Rock we praise.
2 Into His presence let us haste,

To thank Him for His favours past;
To Him address, in joyful songs,
The praise that to His name belongs.

3 Oh! let us to His courts repair,
And bow with adoration there;
Down on our knees devoutly fall,
And on the Lord our Maker call.

4 For He's our God, our Shepherd He;
His flock, and pasture-sheep are we.
Oh! let us as His flock draw near,
His voice with glad attention hear.

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COME! let us sing to the Lord,
In God our salvation rejoice!
In psalms of thanksgiving record
His praises, with heart and with voice:
For God is the King, and He reigns
In glory supreme on His throne;
His wisdom all nature sustains,

And the strength of the hills is His own.

2 The sea is the Lord's, He hath made
The wild waves their dwelling to know;
The earth is the Lord's, he hath laid
Its deeper foundations below :

He spoke, and the mountains upreared
Their snow-mantled peaks to the sky;
The forests and valleys appeared,
And sent up their voices on high.

3 O come! let us kneel at the feet

Of our Maker, and humbly adore!
O give Him the praise that is meet,
His mercy's deep wonders explore!
For we are His flock, whom He feeds
Amidst the green pastures of love;
O blest are the people He leads
To dwell in His presence above!

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HE great Jehovah reigns;
Let all the nations fear;

Let sinners tremble at His throne,

And saints be humble there.

Jesus the Saviour reigns!

Let earth adore her Lord;

Bright cherubs his attendants stand,

Swift to fulfil His word.

In Zion is His throne,

His honours are divine;

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His Church shall make His wonders known, For there His glories shine.

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Exalt the Lord our God,

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And worship at His feet;

His nature is all holiness,
And mercy is His seat.

How glorious is His name!

How terrible His praise!

Let heaven and earth aloud proclaim
The wonders of His grace.

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LL people that on earth do dwell!

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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 flock, He doth us feed,
And for His sheep He doth us take.
3 Oh! 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;

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His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

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WITH one consent let all the earth
To God their cheerful voices raise;
Glad homage pay with awful mirth,
And sing before Him songs of praise.
2 Convinced that He is God alone,

From whom both we and all proceed;
We whom He chooses for His own,
The flock that He vouchsafes to feed.
3 Oh! enter, then, His temple gate,
Thence to His courts devoutly press;
And still your grateful hymns repeat,
And still His name with praises bless.
4 For He's the Lord, supremely good;
His mercy is for ever sure :

His truth, which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure.

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Y song shall be of mercy;
Come! ye who love the Lord,
Who know that He is gracious,
Who trust His faithful Word:
Tell out His works with gladness,
With me exalt His name,
Whose love endures for ever
To endless years the same,

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