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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 1,259 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

The Divine Nature, Providence, and Grace

Appears in 222 hymnals Topics: Perfections of God; Perfections of God First Line: Praise ye the Lord; 'tis good to raise Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord; 'tis good to raise Our hearts and voices in his praise; His nature and his works invite To make this duty our delight. 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem, And gathers nations to his name; His mercy melts the stubborn soul, And makes the broken spirit whole. 3 He form'd the stars, those heav'nly flames, He counts their numbers, calls their names, His sovereign wisdom knows no bound, A deep where all great thoughts are drown'd. 4 Great is the Lord, and great his might; And all his glories infinite: He crowns the meek, rewards the just, And treads the wicked to the dust. Pause. 5 Sing to the Lord, exalt him high, Who spreads his clouds around the sky; There he prepares the fruitful rain, Nor lets the drops descend in vain. 6 He makes the grass the hills adorn, And clothes the smiling fields with corn; The beasts with food his hands supply, And feeds the ravens when they cry. 7 What is the creature's skill or force? The vigorous man, the warlike horse, The sprightly wit, the active limb All are too mean delights for him. 8 But saints are lovely in his sight; He views his children with delight; He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And finds and loves his image there. Scripture: Psalm 147

All people that on earth do dwell

Author: William Kethe Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 739 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

O Worship the King

Author: Robert Grant Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,173 hymnals Topics: God His perfections; God Majesty of; Worship; Church In the Old Dispensation; God Defender; Heaven Worship in ; God in Nature First Line: O Worship the King all glorious above Lyrics: 1 O worship the King all-glorious above, O gratefully sing his pow'r and his love; our shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise. 2 O tell of his might, O sing of his grace, whose robe is the light, whose canopy space. His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, and dark is his path on the wings of the storm. 3 The earth with its store of wonders untold, Almighty, your pow'r has founded of old; has 'stablished it fast by a changeless decree, and round it has cast, like a mantle, the sea. 4 Your bountiful care what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air; it shines in the light; it streams from the hills; it descends to the plain; and sweetly distils in the dew and the rain. 5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, in you do we trust, nor find you to fail; your mercies how tender, how firm to the end, our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend! 6 O measureless Might! Ineffable Love! While angels delight to hymn you above, the humbler creation, though feeble their lays, with true adoration shall lisp to your praise. Scripture: Psalm 104 Used With Tune: LYONS

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

The Eternity of God

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Perfections of God First Line: Lord, raise my soul above the ground Lyrics: 1 Lord, raise my soul above the ground, And draw my thoughts to thee; Teach me, with sweet and solemn sound, To praise the eternal Three. 2 Long ere the lofty skies were spread, Jehovah filled his throne; Or Adam formed, or angels made, The Maker lived alone. 3 His boundless years can ne’er decrease, But still maintain their prime; Eternity’s his dwelling-place, And ever is his time. 4 While like a tide our minutes flow, The present and the past, He fills his own immortal NOW, And sees our ages waste. 5 The sea and sky must perish too, And vast destruction come! The creatures! look how old they grow, And wait their fiery doom. 6 Well; let the sea shrink all away, And flame melt down the skies, My God shall live an endless day When the old creation dies.