Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #201 (1786) Hymnal Title: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) First Line: Give thanks to God, he reigns above Lyrics: 1 Give thanks to God, he reigns above,
Kind are his thoughts, his name is love:
His mercy ages past have known,
And ages long to come shall own.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord
The wonders of his grace record;
Israel, the nation whom he chose,
And rescu'd from their mighty foes.
3 [When God's almighty arm had broke
Their fetters and th' Egyptian yoke,
They trac'd the desert wandering round;
A wild and solitary ground!
4 There they could find no leading road,
Nor city for a fix'd abode;
Nor food, nor fountain, to asswage
Their burning thirst or hunger's rage.]
5 In their distress to God they cry'd
God was their Saviour and their guide;
He led their wandering march around.
And brought their tribes to Canaan's ground.
6 Thus when our first release we gain
From sin's old yoke, and satan's chain,
We have this desert world to pass,
A dangerous and a tiresome place.
7 He feeds and clothes us all the way,
He guides our footsteps lest we stray,
He guards us with a powerful hand,
And brings us to the heavenly land.
8 Oh let the saints with joy record
The truth and goodness of the Lord!
How great his works! how kind his ways!
Let every tongue pronounce his praise. 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
Israel led to Canaan, and Christians to Heaven