Hymnal: A New Version of the Psalms of David #88 (1752) Scripture: Psalm 48 Lyrics: 1. Great is the Lord, immensely great;
Greatly let them his Praise confess,
In City of our God who dwell,
That Mountain of his Holiness.
2. Mount Zion, Joy of all the Earth,
Most beautifully scituate;
There the great King, on her North Side,
His City built in royal State.
3. God in her Palaces is known
To be a Refuge strong, and high.
4. For, lo! when Kings against her came,
They only pass'd together by.
5. They came, they saw, they were amaz'd;
With Terror fill'd, confus'dly fled.
6. As Women in their Trav'ling Hours,
There were they seiz'd with Pain and Dread.
7. So the fierce boist'rous eastern Winds,
The Mid-land Sea to Fury wrought;
And the proud Fleets, from Tarshish Coast,
Were into sudden Ruin brought.
8. In City of the Lord of Host,
We've seen, what us our Fathers told;
God, his lov'd City, still preserves,
And will, thro' future Times uphold.
Second Part
9. Therefore, in ev'ry new Distress,
We, to thy Temple, will repair;
Think on thy wondrous Grace, O God,
And wait for our Deliv'rance there.
10. O God, thy Praise, thro' all the Earth,
Extends, far as thy Name is known;
Thy Right-hand's full of Righteousness,
As thou hast said, so thou hast done.
11. O let Mount Zion shout for Joy,
And Judah's Daughters loud repeat,
In chearful Songs, thy Judgments, Lord;
Which our Deliv'rance did compleat.
12. Thro' Zion walk, go round her Walls,
Her lofty Towers number well;
13. Her Forts, and Palaces observe,
And to your Sons this Wonder tell.
14. This God, who our Salvation wrought,
Thro' ev'ry Age, will be our God;
He'll guide us thro' the Vale of Death,
To Realms where none but Saints have trod.
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