The Voice of Praise ‎#136

136. With songs and honors sounding loud

1 With songs and honors 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 blessings down,
To cheer the plains below;
He makes the grass the mountains crown,
And corn in valleys grow.

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

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

5 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.

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

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

Text Information

• First Line: With songs and honors sounding loud
• Author: Watts
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Psalm 74:16
  ;
  Psalm 104:13-15
  ;
  Psalm 104:19
  ;
  Psalm 97
  ;
  Psalm 100
  ;
  Psalm 147
  ;
  Jeremiah 31:35
• Topic: Attributes of God: Providence; In the Seasons

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