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God's Power and Goodness.

1 O, THE Almighty Lord,

How matchless is his power!
Tremble, O earth, beneath his word,
While all the heavens adore.

2 Let proud, imperious kings

Bow low before his throne;

Crouch to his feet, ye haughty things,
Or he shall tread you down.

3 Yet, everlasting God,

We love to speak thy praise;
Thy sceptre's equal to thy rod,
The sceptre of thy grace.

4 Salvation to the King

That sits enthroned above!

Thus we adore the God of might,
And bless the God of love.

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God's Power and Goodness. Ps. 66.

1 SING, all ye nations, to the Lord, Sing with a joyful noise;

With melody of sound record

His honors and your joys.

2 Say to the Power that shakes the sky, "How terrible art thou!

"Sinners before thy presence fly,

"Or at thy feet they bow."

3 0, bless our God, and never cease;
Ye saints, fulfil his praise;

He keeps our life, maintains our peace,
And guides our doubtful ways.

4 Lord, thou hast proved our suffering souls, To make our graces shine;

So silver bears the burning coals,
The metal to refine.

5 Through watery deeps and fiery ways,
We march at thy command;
Led to possess the promised place
By thine unerring hand.

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The Vengeance and Compassion of God. Ps. 68.

1 LET God arise in all his might,
And put the troops of hell to flight,
As smoke that sought to cloud the skies
Before the rising tempest flies.

2 He rides and thunders through the sky;
His name Jehovah sounds on high;
Sing to his name, ye sons of grace;
Ye saints, rejoice before his face.
3 The widow and the fatherless
Fly to his aid in sharp distress;
In him the poor and helpless find
A Judge that's just, a Father kind.

4 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong;
Crown him, ye nations, in your song ;
`His wondrous names and powers rehearse ;
His honors shall enrich your verse.

5 Proclaim him King, pronounce him blest;
He's your defence, your joy, your rest;
When terrors rise, and nations faint,
God is the strength of every saint.

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Ps. 33.

1 LET all the just to God, with joy, Their cheerful voices raise;

For well the righteous it becomes

To sing glad songs of praise; 2 For faithful is the word of God; His works with truth abound; He justice loves, and all the earth Is with his goodness crowned.

3 By his almighty word, at first,

Heaven's glorious arch was reared;
And all the beauteous hosts of light
At his command appeared.

4 The swelling floods, together rolled,
He makes in heaps to lie,

And lays, as in a storehouse safe,
The watery treasure by.

5 Let earth, and all that dwell therein,
Before him trembling stand;

For, when he spake the word, 'twas made; 'Twas fixed at his command.

6 Whate'er the mighty Lord decrees,
Shall stand forever sure;

The settled purpose of his heart
To ages shall endure.

The Power and Goodness of God.

1 O, COME and sing your

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Maker's name;

With cheerful thanks his praise proclaim,
For ye are all his own;-

All, from the angel to the worm:
The vernal breeze, the raging storm,
Confess him Lord alone.

2 He gives the world yon orb of light;
He bids the moon shine mildly bright;
He wields the balanced earth;

He makes the seasons duly yield;
His dews refresh the grassy field,
And give its treasures birth.

3 "Tis God who swells the tender seeds,
And man with strengthening bread provides,
And heart-rejoicing wine;

He holds the lightning in his hand;
The host of heaven, the sea, the land,

Confess his power divine.

4 His rainbow still proclaims on high
That mercy, to repentance nigh,
Which never shall abate;

The morning on the midnight calls,
The day exclaims, till evening falls,
That God is good and great ;-

5 Great, when the thunder rolls along;
Great in the streams of ocean strong,
The light, the fountains sweet;

Great God, if thus thy praises be,
Make this devoted heart for thee
A sanctuary meet.

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Works of Creation and Providence. Ps. 33.

1 REJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord;
This work belongs to you;

Sing of his name, his ways, his word,
How holy, just, and true.

2 His mercy and his righteousness
Let heaven and earth proclaim;
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wondrous name.

3 His wisdom and almighty word
The heavenly arches spread,
And by the spirit of the Lord
Their shining hosts were made.
4 He bade the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep;

The flowing seas their limits know,
And their own station keep.

5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth,
With fear before him stand;
He spake, and nature took its birth,
And rests on his command.

Works of Creation and Providence. Ps. 33.

1 YE holy souls, in God rejoice;

WATTS.

Your Maker's praise becomes your voice;

Great is your theme, your songs be new; Sing of his name, his word, his ways, His works of nature and of grace, How wise and holy, just and true.