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Psalm 47: All people, clap your hands; to God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: All people, clap your hands; to God Lyrics: 1All people, clap your hands; to God with voice of triumph shout: 2For dreadful is the Lord most high, great King the earth throughout. 3The heathen people under us he surely shall subdue; And he shall make the nations under our feet to bow. 4The lot of our inheritance chuse out for us shall he, Of Jacob, whom he loved well, ev’n the excellency. 5God is with shouts gone up, the Lord with trumpets sounding high. 6Sing praise to God, sing praise, sing praise, praise to our King sing ye. 7For God is King of all the earth; with knowledge praise express. 8God rules the nations: God sits on his throne of holiness. 9The princes of the people are assembled willingly; Ev’n of the God of Abraham they who the people be. For why? the shields that do defend the earth are only his: They to the Lord belong; yea, he exalted greatly is. Scripture: Psalm 47

Psalm 73: Yet God is good to Israel

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: Yet God is good to Israel Lyrics: 1Yet God is good to Israel, to each pure-hearted one. 2But as for me, my steps near slipp’d, my feet were almost gone. 3For I envious was, and grudg’d the foolish folk to see, When I perceiv’d the wicked sort enjoy prosperity. 4For still their strength continueth firm; their death of bands is free. 5They are not toil’d like other men, nor plagu’d, as others be. 6Therefore their pride, like to a chain, them compasseth about; And, as a garment, violence doth cover them throughout. 7Their eyes stand out with fat; they have more than their hearts could wish. 8They are corrupt; their talk of wrong both lewd and lofty is. 9They set their mouth against the heav’ns in their blasphemous talk; And their reproaching tongue throughout the earth at large doth walk. 10His people oftentimes for this look back, and turn about; Sith waters of so full a cup to these are poured out. 11And thus they say, How can it be that God these things doth know? Or, Can there in the Highest be knowledge of things below? 12Behold, these are the wicked ones, yet prosper at their will In worldly things; they do increase in wealth and riches still. 13I verily have done in vain my heart to purify; To no effect in innocence washed my hands have I. 14For daily, and all day throughout, great plagues I suffer’d have; Yea, ev’ry morning I of new did chastisement receive. 15If in this manner foolishly to speak I would intend, Thy children’s generation, behold, I should offend. 16When I this thought to know, it was too hard a thing for me; 17Till to God’s sanctuary I went, then I their end did see. 18Assuredly thou didst them set a slipp’ry place upon; Them suddenly thou castedst down into destruction. 19How in a moment suddenly to ruin brought are they! With fearful terrors utterly they are consum’d away. 20Ev’n like unto a dream, when one from sleeping doth arise; So thou, O Lord, when thou awak’st, their image shalt despise. 21Thus grieved was my heart in me, and me my reins opprest: 22So rude was I, and ignorant, and in thy sight a beast. 23Nevertheless continually, O Lord, I am with thee: Thou dost me hold by my right hand, and still upholdest me. 24Thou, with thy counsel, while I live, wilt me conduct and guide; And to thy glory afterward receive me to abide. 25Whom have I in the heavens high but thee, O Lord, alone? And in the earth whom I desire besides thee there is none. 26My flesh and heart doth faint and fail, but God doth fail me never: For of my heart God is the strength and portion for ever. 27For, lo, they that are far from thee for ever perish shall; Them that a whoring from thee go thou hast destroyed all. 28But surely it is good for me that I draw near to God: In God I trust, that all thy works I may declare abroad. Scripture: Psalm 73

Psalm 74: O God, why hast thou cast us off?

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: O God, why hast thou cast us off? Lyrics: 1O God, why hast thou cast us off? is it for evermore? Against thy pasture-sheep why doth thine anger smoke so sore? 2O call to thy rememberance thy congregation, Which thou hast purchased of old; still think the same upon: The rod of thine inheritance, which thou redeemed hast, This Sion hill, wherein thou hadst thy dwelling in times past. 3To these long desolations thy feet lift, do not tarry; For all the ills thy foes have done within thy sanctuary. 4Amidst thy congregations thine enemies do roar: Their ensigns they set up for signs of triumph thee before. 5A man was famous, and was had in estimation, According as he lifted up his axe thick trees upon. 6But all at once with axes now and hammers they go to, And down the carved work thereof they break, and quite undo. 7They fired have thy sanctuary, and have defil’d the same, By casting down unto the ground the place where dwelt thy name. 8Thus said they in their hearts, Let us destroy them out of hand: They burnt up all the synagogues of God within the land. 9Our signs we do not now behold; there is not us among A prophet more, nor any one that knows the time how long. 10How long, Lord, shall the enemy thus in reproach exclaim? And shall the adversary thus always blaspheme thy name? 11Thy hand, ev’n thy right hand of might, why dost thou thus draw back? O from thy bosom pluck it out for our deliv’rance sake. 12For certainly God is my King, ev’n from the times of old, Working in midst of all the earth salvation manifold. 13The sea, by thy great pow’r, to part asunder thou didst make; And thou the dragons’ heads, O Lord, within the waters brake. 14The leviathan’s head thou brak’st in pieces, and didst give Him to be meat unto the folk in wilderness that live. 15Thou clav’st the fountain and the flood, which did with streams abound: Thou dry’dst the mighty waters up unto the very ground. 16Thine only is the day, O Lord, thine also is the night; And thou alone prepared hast the sun and shining light. 17By thee the borders of the earth were settled ev’ry where: The summer and the winter both by thee created were. 18That th’ enemy reproached hath, O keep it in record; And that the foolish people have blasphem’d thy name, O Lord. 19Unto the multitude do not thy turtle’s soul deliver: The congregation of thy poor do not forget for ever. 20Unto thy cov’nant have respect; for earth’s dark places be Full of the habitations of horrid cruelty. 21O let not those that be oppress’d return again with shame: Let those that poor and needy are give praise unto thy name. 22Do thou, O God, arise and plead the cause that is thine own: Remember how thou art reproach’d still by the foolish one. 23Do not forget the voice of those that are thine enemies: Of those the tumult ever grows that do against thee rise. Scripture: Psalm 74

Psalm 102: Lord, hear my pray'r, and let my cry

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Lord, hear my pray'r, and let my cry Lyrics: 1Lord, hear my pray’r, and let my cry Have speedy access unto thee; 2In day of my calamity O hide not thou thy face from me. Hear when I call to thee; that day An answer speedily return: 3My days, like smoke, consume away, And, as an hearth, my bones do burn. 4My heart is wounded very sore, And withered, like grass doth fade: I am forgetful grown therefore To take and eat my daily bread. 5By reason of my smart within, And voice of my most grievous groans, My flesh consumed is, my skin, All parch’d, doth cleave unto my bones. 6The pelican of wilderness, The owl in desert, I do match; 7And, sparrow-like, companionless, Upon the house’s top, I watch. 8I all day long am made a scorn, Reproach’d by my malicious foes: The madmen are against me sworn, The men against me that arose. 9For I have ashes eaten up, To me as if they had been bread; And with my drink I in my cup Of bitter tears a mixture made. 10Because thy wrath was not appeas’d, And dreadful indignation: Therefore it was that thou me rais’d, And thou again didst cast me down. 11My days are like a shade alway, Which doth declining swiftly pass; And I am withered away, Much like unto the fading grass. 12But thou, O Lord, shalt still endure, From change and all mutation free, And to all generations sure Shall thy remembrance ever be. 13Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet Thou to mount Sion shalt extend: Her time for favour which was set, Behold, is now come to an end. 14Thy saints take pleasure in her stones, Her very dust to them is dear. 15All heathen lands and kingly thrones On earth thy glorious name shall fear. 16God in his glory shall appear, When Sion he builds and repairs. 17He shall regard and lend his ear Unto the needy’s humble pray’rs: Th’ afflicted’s pray’r he will not scorn. 18All times this shall be on record: And generations yet unborn Shall praise and magnify the Lord. 19He from his holy place look’d down, The earth he view’d from heav’n on high; 20To hear the pris’ner’s mourning groan, And free them that are doom’d to die; 21That Sion, and Jerus’lem too, His name and praise may well record, 22When people and the kingdoms do Assemble all to praise the Lord. 23My strength he weaken’d in the way, My days of life he shortened. 24My God, O take me not away In mid-time of my days, I said: Thy years throughout all ages last. 25Of old thou hast established The earth’s foundation firm and fast: Thy mighty hands the heav’ns have made. 26They perish shall, as garments do, But thou shalt evermore endure; As vestures, thou shalt change them so; And they shall all be changed sure: 27But from all changes thou art free; Thy endless years do last for aye. 28Thy servants, and their seed who be, Establish’d shall before thee stay. Scripture: Psalm 102

Psalm 3: O Lord, how are my foes increas'd?

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: O Lord, how are my foes increas'd? Lyrics: 1O Lord, how are my foes increas’d? against me many rise. 2Many say of my soul, For him in God no succour lies. 3Yet thou my shield and glory art, th’ uplifter of mine head. 4I cry’d, and, from his holy hill, the Lord me answer made. 5I laid me down and slept; I wak’d; for God sustained me. 6I will not fear though thousands ten set round against me be. 7Arise, O Lord; save me, my God; for thou my foes hast stroke All on the cheek-bone, and the teeth of wicked men hast broke. 8Salvation doth appertain unto the Lord alone: Thy blessing, Lord, for evermore thy people is upon. Scripture: Psalm 3

Psalm 6: Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not Lyrics: 1Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not; Nor in thy hot rage chasten me. 2Lord, pity me, for I am weak: Heal me, for my bones vexed be. 3My soul is also vexed sore; But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make? 4Return, O Lord, my soul set free; O save me, for thy mercies’ sake. 5Because those that deceased are Of thee shall no remembrance have; And who is he that will to thee Give praises lying in the grave? 6I with my groaning weary am, I also all the night my bed Have caused for to swim; and I With tears my couch have watered. 7Mine eye, consum’d with grief, grows old, Because of all mine enemies. 8Hence from me, wicked workers all; For God hath heard my weeping cries. 9God hath my supplication heard, My pray’r received graciously 10Sham’d and sore vex’d be all my foes, Sham’d and back turned suddenly. Scripture: Psalm 6

Psalm 124: Now Israel may say, and that truly

Meter: 10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 27 hymnals First Line: Now Israel Lyrics: 1Now Israel may say, and that truly, If that the Lord had not our cause maintain’d; 2If that the Lord had not our right sustain’d, When cruel men against us furiously Rose up in wrath, to make of us their prey; 3Then certainly they had devour’d us all, And swallow’d quick, for ought that we could deem; Such was their rage, as we might well esteem. 4And as fierce floods before them all things drown, So had they brought our soul to death quite down. 5The raging streams, with their proud swelling waves, Had then our soul o’erwhelmed in the deep. 6But bless’d be God, who doth us safely keep, And hath not giv’n us for a living prey Unto their teeth, and bloody cruelty. 7Ev’n as a bird out of the fowler’s snare Escapes away, so is our soul set free: Broke are their nets, and thus escaped we. 8Therefore our help is in the Lord’s great name, Who heav’n and earth by his great pow’r did frame. Scripture: Psalm 124

Psalm 136: Praise God, for he is kind

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: Praise God, for he is kind: Lyrics: 1Praise God, for he is kind: His mercy lasts for aye. 2Give thanks with heart and mind To God of gods alway: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 3The Lord of lords praise ye, Whose mercies still endure. 4Great wonders only he Doth work by his great pow’r For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 5Which God omnipotent, By might and wisdom high, The heav’n and firmament Did frame, as we may see: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 6To him who did outstretch This earth so great and wide, Above the waters’ reach Making it to abide: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 7Great lights he made to be; For his grace lasteth aye: 8Such as the sun we see, To rule the lightsome day: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 9Also the moon so clear, Which shineth in our sight; The stars that do appear, To guide the darksome night: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 10To him that Egypt smote, Who did his message scorn; And in his anger hot Did kill all their first-born: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 11Thence Isr’el out he brought; For his grace lasteth ever. 12With a strong hand he wrought, And stretch’d-out arm deliver: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 13The sea he cut in two; For his grace lasteth still. 14And through its midst to go Made his own Israel: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 15But overwhelm’d and lost Was proud king Pharaoh, With all his mighty host, And chariots there also: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 16To him who pow’rfully His chosen people led, Ev’n through the desert dry, And in that place them fed: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 17To him great kings who smote; For his grace hath no bound. 18Who slew, and spared not Kings famous and renown’d: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 19Sihon the Am’rites’ king; For his grace lasteth ever: 20Og also, who did reign The land of Bashan over: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 21Their land by lot he gave; For his grace faileth never, 22That Isr’el might it have In heritage for ever: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 23Who hath remembered Us in our low estate; 24And us delivered From foes which did us hate: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. 25Who to all flesh gives food; For his grace faileth never. 26Give thanks to God most good, The God of heav’n, for ever: For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally. Scripture: Psalm 136

Glory to God the Father, God the Son

Meter: 10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: Glory to God the Father, God the Son, And unto God the Spirit, Three in One. From age to age let saints his name adore, His power and love proclaim from shore to shore, And spread his fame, till time shall be no more. AMEN. Topics: Doxologies

The spacious firmament on high

Author: Joseph Addison Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 790 hymnals Lyrics: The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heav’ns, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. Th’ unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator’s pow’r display; And publishes to ev’ry land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the ev’ning shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale. And, nightly to the list’ning earth, Repeats the story of her birth; 152 While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice, nor sound, Amidst their radiant orbs be found? In Reason’s ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; For ever singing, as they shine: ’The hand that made us is divine.’ Scripture: Psalm 19:1-6