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Now blessed be the Lord our God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 23 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Lyrics: 1 Now blessed be the Lord our God, The God of Israel, For he alone doth wondrous works In glory that excel. 2 And blessed be his glorious Name To all eternity: The whole earth let his glory fill. Amen, so let it be. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 72:18-19 Used With Tune: DUNDEE Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650

Our God, our Help in ages past

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,258 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Lyrics: 1 Our God, our Help in ages past, Our Hope for years to come, Our Shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal Home. 2 Under the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defense is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carried downward by thy flood, And lost in following years. 6 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 7 Our God, our Help in ages past, Our Hope for years to come, Be thou our Guard while troubles last, And our eternal Home. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE

All people that on earth do dwell

Author: William Kethe Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 738 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth-tell, Come ye before him and rejoice. 2 The Lord ye know is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take. 3 O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his name always, For it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: THE OLD HUNDREDTH

Glory be to God the Father

Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 211 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE

The Power of God

Author: Burnham Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: God is my everlasting King Lyrics: 1 God is my everlasting King; God is my Strength, and I will sing; His power upholds my feeble frame, And I’m victorious through his name. 2 Devils retreat when he appears; Then I arise above my fears, And every fiery dart repel, And vanquish all the force of hell. 3 Through the Redeemer’s precious blood, I feel the mighty power of God; Through the rich aid divinely given, I rise from earth, and soar to heaven. 4 [Dear Lord, thy weaker saints inspire, And fill them with celestial fire; On thy kind arm may they rely, And all their foes shall surely fly.] 5 Now, Lord, thy wondrous power exert, And every ransomed soul support; Give us fresh strength to wing our way To regions of eternal day. 6 [There may we praise the great I AM, And shout the victories of the Lamb; Raise every chorus to his blood, And triumph in the power of God.]

Great is the Lord, his works of might

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 89 hymnals Topics: The Perfections of God

O Splendor of God's glory bright

Author: Ambrose of Milan, 340-397; Louis F. Benson Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 49 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Lyrics: 1 O Splendor of God's glory bright, From light eternal bringing light, Thou light of light, light's living Spring, True Day, all days illumining: 2 Come, very Sun of heaven's love, In lasting radiance from above, And pour the Holy Spirit's ray On all we think or do today. 3 And now to thee our pray'rs ascend, O Father, glorious without end; We plead with Sovereign Grace for pow'r To conquer in temptation's hour. 4 Confirm our will to do the right, And keep our hearts from envy's blight; Let faith her eager fires renew, And hate the false, and love the true. 5 O joyful be the passing day With thoughts as pure as morning's ray, With faith like noontide shining bright, Our souls unshadowed by the night. 6 Dawn's glory gilds the earth and skies, Let him, our perfect Morn, arise, The Word in God the Father one, The Father imaged in the Son. Amen. Scripture: John 1:4 Used With Tune: WINCHESTER NEW

Stand up, and bless the Lord

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 402 hymnals Topics: God Divine Perfections of Lyrics: 1 Stand up, and bless the Lord, Ye people of his choice; Stand up, and bless the Lord your God With heart and soul and voice. 2 Though high above all praise, Above all blessing high, Who would not fear his holy Name, And laud, and magnify? 3 O for the living flame, From his own altar brought, To touch our lips, our minds inspire, And wing to heav'n our thought! 4 God is our Strength and Song, And his salvation ours; Then be his love in Christ proclaimed With all our ransomed pow'rs. 5 Stand up and bless the Lord; The Lord your God adore: Stand up, and bless his glorious Name Henceforth for evermore. Amen. Scripture: Nehemiah 9:5 Used With Tune: LABAN

The Faithfulness of God

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 300 hymnals Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme Lyrics: 1 Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme, And speak some boundless thing; The mighty works, or mightier name, Of our eternal King. 2 Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God. 3 Proclaim, “Salvation from the Lord, For wretched dying men”; His hand has writ the sacred word With an immortal pen. 4 [Engraved as in eternal brass, The mighty promise shines; Nor can the powers of darkness rase Those everlasting lines.] 5 He that can dash whole worlds to death, And make them when he please, He speaks, and that almighty breath Fulfils his great decrees. 6 His every word of grace is strong As that which built the skies; The voice that rolls the stars along Speaks all the promises.

The Wisdom and Knowledge of God

Author: Beddome Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: God's ways are just, his counsels wise Lyrics: 1 God’s ways are just, his counsels wise; No darkness can prevent his eyes; No thought can fly, nor thing can move, Unknown to him that sits above. 2 He in the thickest darkness dwells; Performs his works, the cause conceals; But though his methods are unknown, Judgment and truth support his throne. 3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas, He executes his firm decrees; And by his saints it stands confessed, That what he does is ever best. 4 Wait, then, my soul, submissive wait, Prostrate before his awful seat; And, ‘midst the terrors of his rod, Trust in a wise and gracious God.