Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#278a

278a. The Seasons of the Year

1 With songs and honuors sounding loud,
Address the Lord on high;
Over the heavens he spreads his cloud,
And waters veil the sky.

2 He sends his showers of blessing down
To cheer the plains below;
He makes the grass the mountains crown,
And corn in valleys grow.

3 He gives the grazing ox his meat,
He hears the ravens cry;
But man who tastes his finest wheat,
Should raise his honours high.

4 His steady counsels change the face
Of the declining year;
He bids the sun cut short his race,
And wintry days appear.

5 His hoary frost, his fleecy snow
Descend and clothe the ground;
The liquid streams forbear to flow,
In icy fetters bound.

6 When from the dreadful stores on high
He pours the sounding hail,
The wretch that dares his God defy
Shall find his courage fail.

7 He sends his word and melts the snow,
The fields no longer mourn;
He calls the warmer gales to blow,
And bids the spring return.

8 The changing wind, the flying cloud,
Obey his mighty word:
With songs and honours sounding loud
Praise ye the sovereign Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: With songs and honours sounding loud
• Title: The Seasons of the Year
• Meter: Common Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1787
• Scripture:
  Psalm 147:7-9
  ;
  Psalm 147:13-18
• Topic: Attributes of God; Blessings: of a nation; Blessings: of the country; Compassion of God; Creation and Providence; God: his Being, Attributes and Providence; God: great and good; God: His perfections; Grace: and providence; Harvest; Perfections of God; Praise: for rain; Praise: for temporal blessings; Providence: and grace; Providence: in air, earth, and sea; Rain from heaven; Seasons of the year; Spring and Winter; Weather; Winter and Summer; Works: of creation and providence

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