Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #192 (1786) First Line: Thy works of glory, mighty Lord Lyrics: 1 Thy works of glory, mighty Lord,
That rule the boisterous sea,
The sons of courage shall record,
Who tempt that dangerous way.
2 At thy commands the winds arise,
And swell the towering waves!
The men astonish'd mount the skies,
And sink in gaping graves.
3 [Again they climb the watery hills,
And plunge in deeps again;
Each like a tottering drunkard reels,
And finds his courage vain.
4 Frighted to hear the tempest roar,
They pant with fluttering breath;
And hopeless of the distant shore
Expect immediate death.]
5 Then to the Lord they raise their cries;
He hears the loud request,
And orders silence through the skies,
And lays the floods to rest.
6 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears,
And see the storms allay'd;
Now to their eyes the port appears;
There let their vows be paid.
7 'Tis God that brings them safe to land;
Let stupid mortals know
That waves are under his command,
And all the winds that blow.
8 Oh that the sons of men would praise
The goodness of the Lord!
And those that see thy wondrous ways,
Thy wondrous love record. Topics: Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather; Afflictions removed by prayer; Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Glutton and Drunkard and Drunkard; Intemperance and pardoned; Israel saved from Egypt and brought to Canaan; Israel punished and pardoned; Israel travels in the wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mercies recorded; Nation's blest and punished; Providence recorded; Providence in air, earth, and sea; Psalm for mariners; Psalm for gluttons and drunkards; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather Scripture: Psalm 107 Languages: English
The Mariner's Psalm